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Embodying eighteenth-century craftsmanship:a little known 'stuccoman' at Newbridge House, Co. Dublin
Newbridge House Drawing room, 1763-64. Courtesy of Newbridge House, Co. Dublin.
As Julius Bryant pointed out 'the Newbridge Drawing Room is the only example in Ireland to survive from the 18th century of a wing added to a house for the enjoyment of art'. The art however was not just limited to that on canvas and behind gilt frames but extended to the decoration of the room. A Gesamtkunstwerk of old master pictures, ornate furniture, plush wallpaper and damask curtains, the room is crowned by a rich rococo ceiling. The story of this remarkably intact room can be brought alive by the surviving archival sources preserved by the Cobbe family.
Newbridge House, Co. Dublin. CRAFTVALUE
A new room for Newbridge:
Although built by Archbishop Cobbe from around 1747, finishing Newbridge House was the project of his son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Lady Betty Cobbe, who were given the house as their main residence after their marriage in 1755. They proceeded to decorate and fill the house with all manner of paintings, furniture and objets d'art. By the 1760s this collecting compulsion necessitated an extension, with the addition of an east-facing picture-gallery-cum-drawing-room at the rear of the house between 1763-64. The most likely architect of the extension is George Semple (fl.1700-1782). It is thought that Semple supervised the execution of a design by James Gibbs for the original house (1747-52), and certainly carried out several other commissions for Archbishop Cobbe. Following the death of James Gibbs in 1754, Semple was the best placed architect for completing Newbridge.
Richard Williams, stuccoman.
Surviving building accounts from the period of works on the extension provide rare evidence of the authorship of the drawing room ceiling, bringing to light the work of a previously unknown, but clearly skilled craftsman. On November 4th 1763 'Williams' was paid £6.16s.6d (the single largest payment he would receive) for 'the stucco'. This is the first known reference to the decorative plasterer, Richard Williams. Over the course of his employment Williams was paid a total of £26.17s.4 ½d. Although directly comparable costs are difficult to ascertain, this was a relatively good price to pay for a skilled craftsman, who on average earned approximately £30 per annum. In 1754 Nathaniel Clements paid the 'walloon' [Bartholomew Cramillion] £56.17s.6.d for one ceiling in the Ranger's Lodge (McDonnell, 161), while William Brownlow paid the stuccodore James Byrne £446 for the complete cost of the stucco decoration of No. 12 Merrion Square in Dublin. (Calderon & Casey, 14) Of the other trades at Newbridge, 'Welch the carpenter' was paid £23.6s.11d. on November 3rd 1763; Morgan the stonecutter's bill came to £24.8s.0d. in 1765, whereas David Sibbald was paid £18.18s.16d. for carpentry work carried out between February 1763 – June 1764.
Thomas & Lady Betty Cobbe account book, 1756-1765, entry 4 Nov. 1764. Courtesy: Cobbe Family Papers, Hugh Cobbe division
Payments relating to plasterwork had in fact begun the previous July, when Cobbe paid 'Knowd's bill for Lime for the Stucco Men'. Over the next six months several more payments for lime were made, amounting to £15.1s.0d. in total, while four monthly payments of £5.13s.9d were made to 'stuccomen' in the months prior to Williams' first mention in the accounts. Notwithstanding this, Richard Williams' involvement at Newbridge seems to have begun several months in advance of his first payment in November 1763. Over a month prior to this he is mentioned at Newbridge when the Donabate parish vestry book records:
'Richd Williams and Mrs Mary Carney was (sic) Married at New Bridge in the Parish of Donabate by the Revd Mr Cummins on Thursday the 29 of Sepr 1763'.
Mary Carney, a children's nurse, had arrived at Newbridge in 1761, just prior to the birth of the Cobbe's second child. Following their possibly clandestine marriage (though this seems unlikely since Cobbe was active as Church Warden at this time) both Mary and Richard continued to work in the house. This was an unusual, though not unheard of occurrence among the servant class in Georgian Ireland. Mary, or 'Nurse Carney' as she is referred to in the accounts, retained her position until February 1764 after which time she was discharged (presumably as her charge was now two years old). Richard continued to be employed at Newbridge until November 1764, when he received his last payment. Williams, therefore, would appear to have arrived among the troupe of 'stucco men' around August 1763, and went on to lead the team in producing rich, ornamental stuccowork in the principal rooms, during what was in effect his honeymoon period.
Drawing room ceiling, Richard Williams and 'stuccomen', executed 1763-64. Courtesy of Newbridge House, Co. Dublin.
The highly ornate rococo stucco work produced by Williams provides 'a vital counterpoint to the restraint of Palladian taste' that at Newbridge has a chaste English quality invigorated by flourishes of an Irish-crafted interior (Craftsmanship at Newbridge House, 18th December 2020). His work, while individualistic, contains definite similarities with the 'Dublin school' of plasterwork. The drawing room ceiling is rich in rococo vocabulary of broad-leaf acanthus, diaperwork, bandwork, rocaille, vases, and birds, which feature most successfully in enlivening the cornice. Distinct from the work of Cramillion and other rococo statuaries, Williams' work is one of the 'many un-figured ceilings that went up between 1755 and 1765' and exemplifies a transitional phase between the demise of figurative work and the rise of the more geometric work of neoclassicism.
Drawing room ceiling, details, Richard Williams and 'stuccomen', executed 1763-64. Courtesy of Newbridge House, Co. Dublin.
Donabate Church
On October 2nd 1764 the Donabate parish vestry agreed that owing to the £150 spent by Thomas Cobbe 'in very useful and ornamental improvements in & upon the Parish church' , including erecting 'at his own expense' a seat 'which he [Cobbe] hath fitted up in the Gallery' the Cobbe family was granted sole use of this seat. In addition to work by 'Cary the mason' and Sibbald the carpenter (totaling only £7.5s.7d) these 'ornamental improvements' appear to have included work by Richard Williams.
St. Patrick's CoI Church, Donabate, 'Cobbe pew', 1764. Courtesy of Newbridge House, Co. Dublin.
The ceiling and walling surrounding this balcony pew feature rococo embellishments in the style of Williams work at Newbridge. Although broadly similar stylistically speaking, the two ceilings differ in requirements. The drawing room is lofty and grand unlike the church ceiling which is intimate and thus requires greater detail. Egg and dart is replaced in the church by a border of water-leaves in relief. The balcony seat sits under an awkward coved ceiling expressed as an octagon at the centre and enlivened with scallop shells. The cove is interrupted in parts by the flat rear wall and by a corner fireplace abutting from the right. Clearly, this is the commission not of a prelate but of his independently-minded son, as nowhere are archiepiscopal motifs found.
St. Patrick's CoI Church, Donabate, ceiling details, 1764. Courtesy of Newbridge House, Co. Dublin.
On the expanse of wall left of the window is a vase of peonies and alyssum-like flowers, flanked by acanthus tufted scrolls. To the right, above the fireplace is a slanted cartouche containing the Cobbe family coat of arms. As at Newbridge, rocaille and acanthus tufted scrolls link up designs, fill otherwise blank expanses and navigate corners.
Interestingly one of the churchwardens who signed the above agreement was the carpenter David Sibbald, who was then engaged in works at Newbridge. Unlike Williams, who upon completion of works was to leave the Donabate area, no doubt in search of work elsewhere, Sibbald remained and settled, taking a lease on one of the smartest tenant houses in the vicinity. The Newbridge commission is the only documented example of Richard Williams work. We do not know anything about his origins or training, or indeed if he was local to the area. After Newbridge, Williams fades into the shadows for several years. He reappears in city directories between 1777-1783 at 20 Bow street listed as a 'stucco-worker and painter'. It is possible that Williams continued to receive Cobbe patronage, working on their now lost townhouse on Palace Row constructed from 1768. Unfortunately, the account books for that period do not survive and Williams' involvement there remains tentative.
Cathal Dowd Smith, Curator, Newbridge House, Co. Dublin
January 2021.
Julius Bryant 'The Newbridge Drawing Room: A Picture Gallery for a Georgian Villa' in Alastair Laing (ed.), Clerics and Connoisseurs, An Irish Art Collection through Three Centuries, (London, 2001), pp 63-72.
Loreto Calderón and Christine Casey, 'Number 12 Merrion Square: townhouse of the Right Honourable William Brownlow', in Nicola Figgis (ed.), Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies, Volume V (2002).
Christine Casey, Making Magnificence, (New Haven and London, 2017).
Alec Cobbe and Terry Friedman, James Gibbs in Ireland, Newbridge his villa for Charles Cobbe, Archbishop of Dublin, (Surrey, 2005).
Joseph McDonnell, 'Bartholomew Cramillion and continental rococo', in Christine Casey and Conor Lucey (eds.) Decorative plasterwork in Ireland and Europe Ornament and the Early Modern Interior, (Dublin, 2012)


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#include "pomp_priv.h"

/* Include all available implementations */
#include "pomp_evt_linux.c"
#include "pomp_evt_posix.c"
#include "pomp_evt_win32.c"

/** Choose best implementation */
static const struct pomp_evt_ops *s_pomp_evt_ops =
#if defined(POMP_HAVE_EVENT_FD)
	&pomp_evt_fd_ops;
#elif defined(POMP_HAVE_EVENT_POSIX)
	&pomp_evt_posix_ops;
#elif defined(POMP_HAVE_EVENT_WIN32)
	&pomp_evt_win32_ops;
#else
#error "No event implementation available"
#endif

/**
 * For testing purposes, allow modification of event operations.
 * @param ops : new event operations.
 * @return previous event operations.
 */
const struct pomp_evt_ops *pomp_evt_set_ops(
		const struct pomp_evt_ops *ops)
{
	const struct pomp_evt_ops *prev = s_pomp_evt_ops;
	s_pomp_evt_ops = ops;
	return prev;
}

/*
 * See documentation in public header.
 */
struct pomp_evt *pomp_evt_new(void)
{
	return (*s_pomp_evt_ops->event_new)();
}

/*
 * See documentation in public header.
 */
int pomp_evt_destroy(struct pomp_evt *evt)
{
	POMP_RETURN_ERR_IF_FAILED(evt != NULL, -EINVAL);

	if (evt->loop != NULL) {
		POMP_LOGW("event %p is still attached to loop %p",
			evt, evt->loop);
		return -EBUSY;
	}

	return (*s_pomp_evt_ops->event_destroy)(evt);
}

/*
 * See documentation in public header.
 */
int pomp_evt_attach_to_loop(struct pomp_evt *evt,
		struct pomp_loop *loop, pomp_evt_cb_t cb, void *userdata)
{
	int res = 0;
	POMP_RETURN_ERR_IF_FAILED(evt != NULL, -EINVAL);
	POMP_RETURN_ERR_IF_FAILED(loop != NULL, -EINVAL);
	POMP_RETURN_ERR_IF_FAILED(cb != NULL, -EINVAL);

	/* Make sure event is not already attached */
	if (evt->loop != NULL) {
		POMP_LOGW("event %p is already attached in %s loop",
			evt, (evt->loop == loop) ? "this" : "another");
		return -EEXIST;
	}

	/* Call implementation specific function */
	res = (*s_pomp_evt_ops->event_attach)(evt, loop, cb, userdata);
	if (res < 0)
		return res;

	/* Save cb and loop */
	evt->cb = cb;
	evt->userdata = userdata;
	evt->loop = loop;
	return 0;
}

/*
 * See documentation in public header.
 */
int pomp_evt_detach_from_loop(struct pomp_evt *evt, struct pomp_loop *loop)
{
	int res = 0;
	POMP_RETURN_ERR_IF_FAILED(loop != NULL, -EINVAL);
	POMP_RETURN_ERR_IF_FAILED(evt != NULL, -EINVAL);

	/* Make sure event is properly attached in this loop */
	if (evt->loop == NULL) {
		POMP_LOGW("event %p is not attached to any loop", evt);
		return -ENOENT;
	} else if (evt->loop != loop) {
		POMP_LOGW("event %p is not attached to this loop", evt);
		return -EINVAL;
	}

	/* Call implementation specific function */
	res = (*s_pomp_evt_ops->event_detach)(evt, loop);
	if (res < 0)
		return res;

	/* Clear cb and loop */
	evt->cb = NULL;
	evt->userdata = NULL;
	evt->loop = NULL;
	return 0;
}

/*
 * See documentation in public header.
 */
int pomp_evt_is_attached(struct pomp_evt *evt, struct pomp_loop *loop)
{
	POMP_RETURN_ERR_IF_FAILED(evt != NULL, 0);

	if (loop == NULL)
		return evt->loop != NULL;
	else
		return evt->loop == loop;
}

/*
 * See documentation in public header.
 */
int pomp_evt_signal(struct pomp_evt *evt)
{
	return (*s_pomp_evt_ops->event_signal)(evt);
}

/*
 * See documentation in public header.
 */
int pomp_evt_clear(struct pomp_evt *evt)
{
	return (*s_pomp_evt_ops->event_clear)(evt);
}

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Top-10 for Hughes in Reiteralm World Cup
NSWIS snowboarder Jarryd Hughes has continued his strong recent form with a tenth place finish in the snowboard cross World Cup event in Reiteralm, Austria.
The 2018 Olympic silver medalist qualified for finals in 11th place, and made a great start to heat racing winning in the round of 32.
In the quarter final round, Hughes just missed out on advancing to the next stage finishing third in his heat, giving him a final placing of tenth.
Also in action were NSWIS teammates Adam Dickson in 31st and Adam Lambert in 36th.
Unfortunately World Championship mixed team gold medalist Belle Brockhoff was unable to compete due to knee soreness, but is expected to return to training in the next weeks.
2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games Champion Josie Baff has recently joined the Snowboard Cross team in Europe for the remainder of the season with an aim to begin the qualification process towards Beijing 2022 Olympic Games.
The snowboard cross team will next head to Bakuriani, Georgia, for a double World Cup event on March 4 and 5.
IMAGE: Jarryd Hughes taking in the sun at Reiteralm © Jarryd Hughes Instagram
Australia wins mixed teams World Championship gold
Australian has won a historic World Championship gold medal in the snowboard cross mixed teams event in Idre Fjäll, Sweden.
The Australian team featured NSWIS riders, 2018 Olympic silver medallist Jarryd Hughes and multiple World Cup winner Belle Brockhoff, who delivered Australia's first ever mixed teams medal in the new Olympic event which will debut in Beijing 2022.
The mixed teams event is a two-competitor-per-team relay with one male and female athlete. The male athletes race first, with the women leaving the start gate with the respective time margin that the men crossed the finish line.
In the medal round, Hughes got Australia off to a great start in the final with impressive riding to cross the line in first place, 0.77 seconds ahead of the Italian team.
Brockhoff then raced exceptionally well to take the victory finishing 0.64 seconds ahead of the Italian team with France crossing the line in third place.
"Well, this is as good as it gets! We haven't raced in a team event before ever. We knew we could do it and we were really confident in our abilities, then we just set out a really good game plan among the two of us and maximized our strengths and I am just lucky to have had such a strong rider like Belle to be riding with," said Hughes after stepping off the podium.
"I am really stoked to be here, especially after yesterday's fall, it's a bit of a redemption, so I am very happy and very excited," teammate Brockhoff said.
The mixed teams gold is the first Australian snowboard cross World Championship gold medal since the late Alex "Chumpy" Pulllin won his second consecutive World title in 2013.
The NSWIS snowboard cross athletes will now head to the Austrian resort of Reiteralm for a World Cup event on February 18.
Brockhoff just misses podium at World Championships
Belle Brockhoff came agonisingly close to a podium finish but had to settle for fourth place in the FIS Snowboard Cross World Championships at Idre Fjall (SWE) early on Friday morning (AEDT).
In an exciting race with multiple change of leads, Brockhoff was quick out of the gate, beaten only by defending World Champion Eva Samkova (CZE). Brockhoff battled for second position with Charlotte Bankes of Great Britain for large portions of the run, with the two eventually overtaking Samkova after one of the jumps.
Unfortunately Brockhoff slipped out of the course at the bottom roller section while in second place, a mistake that relegated her out of medal contention and allowed Bankes to sail towards gold, with Moioli (ITA) in second place and Samkova in third.
In the Men's event, 2018 Olympic silver medallist Jarryd Hughes was the best placed of the Australian athletes, making his way through to the quarter finals to close in 11th place. After qualifying brilliantly for the finals, neither Adam Dickson nor Adam Lambert could advance past the first final round and finished in 24th and 26th place respectively.
Brockhoff and Hughes will be in the start gate again tonight (Friday) for the Mixed Snowboard Cross Team event. The race starts at 10.30pm AEDT and Snow Australia is once again able to provide exclusive live access to the event broadcast for the Australian audience. To watch the race head over to https://www.snow.org.au/live/
Ski & Snowboard Cross World Championships this week in Sweden
The 2021 FIS Ski & Snowboard Cross World Championships will take place this week in the Swedish resort of Idre Fjäll.
The World Championships will open up first with the Snowboard Cross on February 11 with the Snowboard Cross team event on February 12. The Ski Cross athletes will close out the World Championships on February 13.
In action for Australia will be World Cup medalists Belle Brockhoff, Adam Lambert and Adam Dickson, with 2018 Olympic silver medalist Jarryd Hughes competing in his first event of the season.
Doug Crawford and Robbie Morrison will be making their World Championship debut in the Ski Cross competition.
Tuesday February 9 - Snowboard Cross Qualifying
Wednesday February 10 - Ski Cross Qualifying
Thursday February 11 - Snowboard Cross Final
Friday February 12 - Snowboard Cross Team Event
Saturday February 13 - Ski Cross Final
IMAGE: Belle Brockhoff and Adam Dickson celebrate podium performances at the World Cup finals in Veysonnaz, Switzerland, in March 2020 © Chris Hocking
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Our many services for children and families strive to provide the tools and support needed to live stable and engaged lives. This includes counseling, case management, early childhood education, mentorship, financial assistance and other programs that aid stability, self-sufficiency and food security.
This program is a match program for Jewish children "littles" who would benefit from having a carefully screened and selected mentor "big." Match activities are tailored to the little's individual or special needs and the big's interests and abilities. Matches are monitored and supported by professional staff and provide positive role modeling, access to Jewish holidays and events, and the chance to have some fun with a friend. These positive relationships between the bigs and littles flourish in a Jewish context, sometimes lasting well beyond the expected one-year commitment.
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PCHP for FCC is an early learning program for family child care providers and children in their care.
This program recognizes that when families have basic needs satisfied, adequate healthcare and stable housing, their children are more likely to get to school and succeed. ACT, which serves families in elementary school and early childhood programs in the St Louis Park School District, provides resources to assist with parenting support, school and educational concerns, and access to community resources.


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Kechi Okwuchi – 'America's Got Talent' Contestant Who Almost Died In a Plane Crash
Updated Jun 13, 2017 at 7:24pm
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Kechi Okwuchi is a singing contestant on America's Got Talent, who nearly died in a fatal plane crash that claimed the lives of 107 passengers. In 2005, she and one other person survived a Sosoliso plane crash and since then, Okwuchi has had over 100 surgeries due to the burns she endured on over 65% of her body as a result of the crash. It was a Nigerian flight traveling between the cities of Abuja and Port Harcourt, which crash-landed at Port Harcourt International Airport, as reported by CNN. There were seven survivors on-site, but five later died at a nearby hospital. According to reports, the reason for the crash was that the plane missed its approach due to pilot error aggravated by windshear. Unfortunately, the plane burst into flames when it crashed. The captain on board was Benjamin Adekunle Adebayo. Sadly, there were many students on the flight as well, with 60 of Okwuchi's schoolmates from Loyola Jesuit College dying.
In a blog on Bella Naija, Okwuchi wrote about her experience in surviving the fatal accident, stating:
Fifteen minutes to the end of the flight, the pilot announced that we were soon to land in the Port Harcourt airport. I remember I was sitting in an aisle seat, and my close friend Toke was on the aisle seat to my right. The ensuing turbulence was getting very frequent, but I didn't think too much of it until someone from the back shouted 'Is this plane trying to land?' I couldn't see out the window from my seat, but now I think about it that was probably for the best. Everything was so surreal in that moment. I turned to Toke and we held hands, and I was like 'Maybe we should pray?' Before we could even start, there was this sudden shrill sound ringing in my ears, and next thing I knew, I was waking up in Milpark Hospital, South Africa. To this day I don't remember the actual impact of the crash.
She then added that:
The first voice I heard was feminine and unfamiliar; it was a nurse and she kept calling my name, asking me if I could hear her. As I roused, I remember feeling completely numb and completely exhausted in a way I couldn't quite understand. Eventually I saw my mom's silhouette; I could tell she was smiling, but I remember wishing I could see her face more clearly, 'cause my vision was very blurry. As I lay there, I knew that things were pretty bad, but that she was right there beside me made me feel such relief, I can't even explain.
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During Okwuchi's AGT audition, she talked about her experiences after the deadly crash, recalling that:
Lying down in the hospital bed with bandages from head to foot, music was my escape and that's why it means so much to me.
After singing on the AGT stage, Okwuchi received a standing ovation.
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Kechi Okwuchi is a contestant on America's Got Talent and the singer nearly died in a plane crash, that claimed the lives of over one hundred people.


Please notice that the number of tautomers could be different in aromatized and dearomatized forms. This happens because some aromatized forms could have different dearomatized representations.
This examples show how to calculate CIP stereo descriptors for different molecules. Descriptors calculation is activated by corresponding Indigo option molfile-saving-add-stereo-desc and descriptors are added into generated mol file as data S-groups with special name field INDIGO_CIP_DESC. Setting Indigo option molfile-saving-add-stereo-desc to 0 (or false) (the default value) disables descriptors calculation and removes all such data S-groups during corresponding mol file generation.
The first case is the molecule with isotope inclusion.
The second case is the molecule with cyclic ligands and heterocycles.


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Complete games are discussed so that one gains an idea about typical strategies for both sides. More than that, these model games provide inspiration to play the opening. This is an interactive DVD. At key moments Grandmaster King pauses and puts you on the spot. You will have to find and play the best move. He then gives feedback in further video clips according to the move you chose. The repertoire on this DVD fits in with the openings recommended on Power Play DVDs 23 & 24 – the Queen's Gambit Declined and a Repertoire for Black against the Catalan. The systems covered on this DVD are the Colle-Zukertort, the London System, the Jobava Variation (1 d4 d5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Bf4), the Veresov, the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit and the Trompowsky.


I had the honor to tell the story of this spectacular home and its lovely family for the print edition of the Wall Street Journal. Ed and Leslie not only opened their home, they allowed me to truly connect with their family…plus any shoot that includes the game Exploding Kittens is a win!
Another unexpected delight: I shared a wonderfully compelling and collaborative day of shooting with the architect who designed this remodel, Jennifer Weiss. I'm grateful to have had this opportunity to work with a group of people who are so talented, gracious and committed to the pursuit of excellence.
Going forward, I'll include my favorite video of the prior month in this newsletter. My goal is to make these videos compelling and high value, if you have a moment to watch and share your feedback, I'd be grateful.
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Des Rocs: Everything You Need to Know
Pam Ricklin	July 9, 2018	Tagged Artist Interview, Bebe Rexha, Fall Out Boy, Nate Ruess, Pam Ricklin, red hot chili peppers, The All-American Rejects, The Doors, Weezer
A few months ago, we shared our review of Des Rocs' debut single "HVY MTL DRMR." (Spoiler alert: we loved it!) Since then, he's released a new song called "Used to the Darkness" and is planning to release more music very soon! We spoke with Des Rocs about his musical inspirations, the song he wish he had written, and his upcoming show at Rough Trade on July 10th in NYC!
You've released 2 singles so far as Des Rocs ("HVY MTL DRMR" and "Used to the Darkness") which are both FANTASTIC! What inspired you to write and create these tracks?
The beginning of Des Rocs was an uncertain time. I was alone in a sea of people day and night – running around the city and writing in coffee shops until they kicked me out. There was a profound sense of isolation that allowed me to dig into parts of myself I hadn't written about. Both HVY and Darkness were born from this period.
Were there any artists/bands you listened to that helped influence these songs?
A lot of early 70s live Elvis concerts and Roy Orbison.
What's it like performing as a solo act vs. in a group?
It's still a band up there on stage, so there's still the same punch to it. Not a huge difference really.
Image: Facebook (@iamdesrocs)
You've performed with an impressive list of A-list acts like Fall out Boy, Weezer, The All-American Rejects, Bebe Rexha, Nate Ruess…I can keep going! Who was your favorite artist/band you've played with?
They're all really incredible and it's tough to find a favorite. Nate was the first real tour I was ever on, watching his set every night taught me a lot. He brought a certain magic to the performance that I envied.
What other songs will you be playing at your upcoming Rough Trade show? Any Secret Weapons tracks?
I'm playing the rest of the songs from my debut EP, (coming this fall). No S.W…Gerry had a crazy high voice and I ain't gonna try hitting those notes.
When can we expect more music? (2 tracks aren't enough!)
July 13 – "Let Me Live / Let Me Die"
Rapid fire:
Favorite venue? Webster Hall, RIP.
First concert you ever attended? Red Hot Chili Peppers – Jones Beach
Song you wish you wrote? "You Got It" – Roy Orbison
Your least favorite song of all time? I need a year to think about this.
You can play on a line-up with any 3 artists/bands, dead or alive, who do you choose? Perry Como, The NFG, and The Doors
For more on Des Rocs, you can follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and listen below on Spotify!
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A Minnesota volunteer firefighter was left overwhelmed with grief when he and his team responded to the scene of a car that had flipped over and caught on fire. When the firefighter saw the vehicle, he collapsed in tears.
It was 10:00 pm on Sunday when Randy Peterson received the signal that a vehicle accident had occurred. He and his fellow firefighters were on call, and responded. He was already a bit worried, knowing that his son Carter hadn't made it home yet.
Randy's son had been driving to drop off his girlfriend in the town of Hawley, 40 miles away from his own house in Ada.
As Randy's fire truck was driving out to the scene of the accident, he had been on the phone attempting numerous times to get a hold of his son. No one answered.
As soon as Randy arrived upon the scene, he knew it was Carter who was inside the burning, overturned wreckage. He recognized his car.
Only 10 miles away from his home, Carter was allegedly hit by an pickup truck that had blasted through a stop sign.
The other driver of the truck, 20 year-old Ethan Stensgard, was miraculously unharmed. Unfortunately alcohol was found to play a factor in the cause of the accident. No charges have been filed against Stensgard as of yet.
The whole town of Ada has been left overwhelmed with heartache by Carter's death, remembering the teen whose passions in life were his girlfriend and football.


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We're excited to celebrate an important milestone for the Backstage community: 50+ public adopters!
Before digging into why we believe this is so important, we want to send a huge "thank you" to all the Backstage adopters and contributors who have helped grow the Backstage community. First, to the publicly listed adopters as your visible support for the project excites others to learn more about Backstage. Second, to those non-listed adopters, many of whom still engage in the community via issues, comments, or code contributions. Thank you!
Why we care about public adopters
If you roll the clock back to early 2020 when Backstage was open sourced, we never could've imagined surpassing this milestone. It feels particularly big given that Backstage tends to be adopted by complex organizations with hundreds (if not thousands of) developers and thousands (if not tens of thousands) of software components.
We've also seen such diverse examples of Backstage in the wild. Adopters as varied as American Airlines and Splunk have demoed their Backstage-built developer portals. We've seen digital-first companies like Zalando and DAZN share their journey from proof-of-concept to in-production. And the developer experience team at Expedia Group has been shared at multiple Community Sessions, detailing their adoption journey as well as contributing back with ideas for new features.
For the Backstage project, public adopters are important because they provide a wide variety of use cases, industries, and degrees of complexity (teams, number of services, etc.) that Backstage is able to support. In addition, a growing adopters list shows the project's maturity and helps other organizations understand the benefits and make the decision to join the project and the community.
In other words, the more the public adopters list grows and becomes more diverse, the more the community will grow and provide contributions that benefit all adopters.
Fifty is just the beginning
While we're thrilled to celebrate this milestone, the public adopters list is just one metric we monitor in the overall health of the Backstage project. It definitely doesn't tell the whole story! We're seeing continued growth within the contributor community, PRs, and GitHub overall ratings as well. As fate would have it, we also recently reached 50+ plugins in the Backstage Plugin Marketplace!
If you are a Backstage enthusiast, please join me and the entire Backstage Team in celebrating this milestone. And if you are a Backstage adopter not already listed in the GitHub page, consider adding your name to better inform the community and participate in the project.


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North Korean hackers are suspected to have carried out a cyberattack against British coronavirus vaccine developer AstraZeneca recently according to a new report by Reuters.
According to Reuters, North Korean hackers posed as recruiters on social networking site LinkedIn and WhatsApp in order to approach AstraZeneca staff, including those working on coronavirus research.
The suspected hackers then offered fake job offers to the company's staff then sent documents -- some using Russian email addresses -- purporting to be job descriptions that were in fact laced with malicious code designed to give the hackers access to the victim's computers, Reuters reported.
According to Reuters, the hackers were not successful.
Drugmaker, AstraZeneca has not reacted to the report
But the University of Oxford, working in conjunction with the drugmaker to develop a covid-19 vaccine said the university is working closely with the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to ensure protection of Vaccine materials and data
"Oxford University is working closely with the National Cyber Security Centre to ensure our COVID-19 research has the best possible cybersecurity and protection," a university spokesperson told CNN.
Speaking to CNN, a member of staff of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's mission to the United Nations in Geneva said the Reuters report was "fake news," alleging that the information had been "fabricated."
The Reuters report comes after a South Korean lawmaker said the country had stopped North Korean attempts to hack its own pharmaceutical companies working on Coronavirus vaccines.
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CDGVAL (Charles de Gaulle Véhicule Automatique Léger) är en slags automatgående tunnelbana som går inom Paris-Charles de Gaulle flygplats utanför Paris.

Längden på huvudlinjen är 3,5 km, och det finns fem stationer. Banan är gratis att använda och den är till för att ta sig mellan flygplatsens terminaler, samt järnvägsstation och bilparkeringar. I framtiden ska den anslutas till terminal 2G, en terminal för lite mindre plan (bland annat med Air France Göteborgsplan), som i dag bara har bussanslutning med terminal 2.

Det finns ytterligare en linje, som används för att ta sig inom terminal 2E på flygplatsen. Den kallas egentligen LISA (Liaison Interne Satellite Aérogare). I framtiden ska den anslutas till en ny byggnad med fler utgångar öster om 2E.

Fordonen är av typen VAL, med både gummihjul och metallhjul. Antal årliga passagerare är 10 miljoner.

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Martin Luther é um filme mudo alemão de 1923, do gênero drama biográfico-histórico, dirigido por Karl Wüstenhagen, baseado na vida do reformador cristão do século 16 Martinho Lutero, com locações em locais históricos em Erfurt e o Wartburg.

O filme ainda existe, mas apenas através de cópias destinadas a distribuição fora da Alemanha.

Elenco parcial
 Karl Wüstenhagen como Martinho Lutero
 Dary Holm
 Anton Walbrook
 Wilhelm Diegelmann
 Elise Aulinger
 Eugen Gura
 Viktor Gehring
 Rudolf Hoch
 Charlotte Krüger

Filmes de drama biográfico da Alemanha
Filmes em língua alemã
Filmes ambientados no Sacro Império Romano-Germânico
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Haunted Houses: Review of Still-Life With God by Cynthia Atkins
Poetry Book Review
By Angele Ellis on November 25, 2021
"Nature is a haunted house—
but Art—is a house that tries to be haunted." – Emily Dickinson
(epigraph of Cynthia Atkins's "House And Home," Still-Life With God)
In her intense and inventively lyrical third book of poetry, Cynthia Atkins explores the houses that nature creates and humans too often desecrate, starting with the body. If art, like a haunted house at Halloween, offers only echoes of experience—rubber flaps fluttering hair like bat wings and bowls of spaghetti enveloping hands like entrails, while the wanderer is jolted by weird murmurs and cackles in the dark—Still-Life With God accomplishes its magic with shattering skill. The mysterious figure in a red dress and striped cap on this book's cover (Perseverance by Lisa Telling Kattenbraker) is an incarnation of the poet: she juggles balls on a desolate planet against a backdrop of stars, while fallen ones litter the ground at her feet.
"God" is everywhere and nowhere in the haunted houses Atkins has constructed. Atkins uses the concept of the divine alternately (or simultaneously) to describe sufferer, abuser, and oblivious observer. In "Skin Deep," Atkins riffs on the hopeful Yiddish-English expression "from your mouth to God's ear" as "…Our calls / hollow in the wax of God's ear." This poem describes the harrowing pursuit and rape of a Jewish teenager "…by a town car of clowns—The drunken / pimpled sons of sons of sons / of the Ku Klux Klan." The details of the speaker's suburban 1970s make this living nightmare graphically real: "virgin Kmart underwear," "fluorescent…Denny's bathroom," "Sweet'NLow and sadness." She survives by summoning the spirits of her ancestors against theirs:
…I counted the headstones
of my people, like tiny boats
in an inlet. One by one, they saved me.
This is true even when "God" is "drunk at 2 a.m." or deafened, and when in the aftermath of her assault the speaker finds "…magic-markered / on my locker—a swastika like a jungle gym / for the dead."
"The word 'God' makes me feel naked. It strips me down like bare trees in winter and makes me feel vulnerable and exposed," Atkins said in an April 2020 interview with Largehearted Boy, a literature and music website. "I felt it was a risky title—and also somewhat indelicate, kind of like the f-word. Just where does this word belong; well, this is the kind of thing the book tries to excavate"
Among the songs Atkins names in the interview as part of her musical playlist while writing this book is "My Blood" by Twenty One Pilots. "Still-Life With God is about the bonds, familial and made family," Atkins said. "This song is about tight bonds and being loyal to your blood—your people, whoever they may be."
Atkins writes movingly of people connected to her by blood. These include her ancestors (in "The Street Is A Museum," they "…live / in the branches, how they twirl to the klezmer / music—like a horse tail snapping in a gust of wind" as if they are figures from a Chagall painting) and her lost, mentally ill sister, described tenderly but with lacerating detail in "Anorexia Nervosa" ("…The way my sister pulled her thinning / hair back to yank her insides out / over the toilet. Thin as a barbed wire fence, / her arms and legs fold into a self, / a prison of skin she starves herself / to jump from").
But also, in three remarkable poems I discuss below, Atkins widens her vision and compassion to encompass other people whose fates the poet can't forget. In "God Is My Alibi"—one of ten "God Is…" poems in this full-length collection—Atkins tells the story of "Willy," a Black friend sentenced to jail "…for an ounce of stale attic / mouseweed."
The racist injustice of Willy's fate ("four scorched years" "…Poverty's train went to jail / with Willy, his mama sobbing on the rail" is intercut with the speaker's privileged, banal collegiate life in a lava lamp haze of weed with an unfaithful boyfriend—white like herself, and who, like herself, remains free:
…My boyfriend rolled a fat one
and checked out like a dog gone missing
about the town, to cavil at the moon.
"Dog" is "God" spelled backwards. Guilt is a blood-red thread throughout "God Is My Alibi," with allusions to lynching ("…Bodies losing form in trees, / where prayers are blazed on fire") and Ronald Reagan's failed War on Drugs ("…snare drums of the quietest kind / of war, "Just say no.") The poem's final line is meant to sting: "The newspapers wrapped in skin and bone."
In "When God Is A Bullet," Atkins enters the mind of a killer when he is still an abused and alienated child:
…This is the kid never invited—
to a party, a club, a secret. […] This is the red blemish
larger than the shrunken world.
The speaker's empathy sharpens rather than softens the tragic arc of another gun crime that belongs in part to society and thus to everyone:
…This is our garden of shame. We are the junkies,
roaming the internet…I am the boy. I hear hate
gargling up the flagpole in the schoolyard.
All of us dug in this hole so deep—
Yet somehow, our damaged world also contains mercy. "A Goddess In Purple Rain" is a Prince tribute poem that expands its connections like music expands into the sky. The speaker—a rock and roll Edward Hopper—sees into a laundromat where "a lady is lit-up…folding sheets, pink curlers of baroque / in her hair, singing and creasing / a t-shirt with sequins."
Her mind flashes back to an old memory of dancing to "Purple Rain" (…"I almost can taste / the sweat on the brow of the boy I danced with […] / It tasted like dry toast / on the brunt of hurting.") And then she is back with the woman in the laundromat, imagining both of them dancing with their sons. As the poem takes its course, the two women are still together in the magical evening: "…Look at the moon, hanging like a shoe / to throw its heel of light / on a page or an empty field."
This poem's ending to me encapsulates Cynthia Atkins's passionate, urgent call to make poetry:
"…rooftops are hunkering down to sing
lullabies to the young, and the night
is a stranger touching my sleeve."
Cover Art, Lisa Telling Kattenbraker, "Perseverance." Purchase at Bookshop.org
Featured photo: Alexis Rhone Fancher
Book cover art by Lisa Telling Kattenbraker;
Author photo by Jen Gallager
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Leal, Joanne (2001) Nicolas Born. In: Sandford, J. (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9780415263528.
Official URL: https://www.routledge.com/Encyclopedia-of-Contempo...
Book synopsis: With more than 1,100 entries written by an international group of over 150 contributors, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture brings together myriad strands of social, political and cultural life in the post-1945 German-speaking world. With a unique structure and format, an inclusive treatment of the concept of culture, and coverage of East, West and post-unification Germany, as well as Austria and Switzerland, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture is the first reference work of its kind. Containing longer overviews of up to 2,000 words, as well as shorter factual entries, cross-referencing to other relevant articles, useful further reading suggestions and extensive indexing, this highly useable volume provides the scholar, teacher, student or non-specialist with an astonishing breadth and depth of information.
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Evolution of Family Business
Continuity and Change in Latin America and Spain
Edited by Paloma Fernández Pérez, University of Barcelona, Spain and Andrea Lluch, CONICET, Argentina and Los Andes University, Colombia
Family businesses are everywhere, but there is little information regarding their growth and development. This book is one of the few to analyse the identity and evolution of the largest family businesses in Latin America and Spain. With contributions from 20 scholars from 12 different countries, the book compares the relationship of families in business within their national economies, foreign capital, migration, and politics. The authors deny the existence of a 'Latin type' of family capitalism in their countries, and highlight diversity, and national and regional differences.
Family businesses are everywhere, but there is little information regarding their growth and development. This book is one of the few to analyse the identity and evolution of the largest family businesses in Latin America and Spain.
With contributions from 20 scholars from 12 different countries, the book compares the relationship of families in business within their national economies, foreign capital, migration, and politics. The authors deny the existence of a 'Latin type' of family capitalism in their countries, and highlight diversity, and national and regional differences.
This interdisciplinary book will be useful for students and scholars of economics, management, history, sociology, and anthropology. Politicians, family business consultants, family businesses, and international institutions will also benefit from insights within this book.
'This book engages in the debate on evolution and change of family capitalism. Based on historical analysis and a conjoint effort by management scholars and social scientists, it is a treasure trove of thoroughly researched and prominently recounted stories on the basic components, origins and dynamics of family capitalism. It offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the multifaceted and complex sector of private enterprises in Latin America and Spain.'
– Alfredo De Massis, Lancaster University, UK
'An impressively original book which provides a wealth of new empirical evidence on the evolution of business and management in Latin America and the Spanish-speaking world. It challenges past generalizations by demonstrating the heterogeneity in the family businesses and business groups of different Spanish-speaking countries.'
– Geoffrey Jones, Harvard Business School, US
Contributors: M.I. Barbero, L. Casanova, M. Cerutti, A.D. Costa, Carlos Dávila, P. Díaz Morlán, A. Discua Cruz, C.E. Drumond, P. Fernández Pérez, L. Fortín, E. Guillén Miranda, J.M. Las Heras, J.C. Leiva, A. Lluch, J. Martínez Echezárraga, M. Monsalve Zanatti, N. Puig, C.Ramos Rodas, C. Raudales, J. Vidal Olivares,
Foreword by Andrea Colli
Paloma Fernández Pérez and Andrea Lluch
PART I COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
1. Latin American Multinationals Facing the 'New Reality'
Lourdes Casanova
2. State, Institutions and Impact of Economic Policies on the Historical Evolution of Family Businesses in Spain and Latin America
Javier Vidal Olivares
3. The Origins of Modern Family Foundations in Spanish Speaking Countries: A Preliminary Study
Nuria Puig
PART II	LARGE NATIONAL MARKETS AND LARGE FAMILY GROUPS (MEXICO, BRAZIL, ARGENTINA)
4. Large Businesses and Entrepreneurial Families in Mexico
Mario Cerutti
5. Brazilian Companies and Business Groups from a Historical Perspective
Armando Dalla Costa, Carlos Eduardo Drumond and José María Las Heras
6. Family Capitalism in Argentina: Changes and Continuity over the Course of a Century
María Inés Barbero and Andrea Lluch
PART III	BUSINESS FAMILIES AND POLITICS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED MARKETS (COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, HONDURAS)
7. Politics and Endurance of Entrepreneurial Families: The Case of "Presidential Families" In a Latin American Economy (Colombia, 1850-2010)
Carlos Dávila
8. From the Domination by Family Elites to the Presence of Multiple Players. Capitalism in Costa Rica in the Twentieth Century.
Juan Carlos Leiva and Erick Guillén Miranda
9. Large Family Businesses in Honduras: The Influence of State Intervention and Immigration in the Twentieth Century.
Allan Discua Cruz, Concepción Ramos Rodas, Claudia Raudales and Lourdes Fortín
PART IV	BUSINESS FAMILIES BETWEEN DICTATORSHIP AND DEMOCRACY (SPAIN, PERU, CHILE): FROM NARROW REGULATED MARKETS TO THE GLOBAL MARKET
10. Between Power and the Market. An Approach to the Historical Evolution of Large Family Businesses in Spain in the Twentieth Century
Paloma Férnandez Pérez and Pablo Díaz Morlán
11. Evolution of the Peruvian Large Family Business 1896 -2012
Martín Monsalve Zanatti
12. Large Entrepreneurial Families in Chile. Their Characteristics and Contribution to the Country (1830-2012)
Jon Martínez Echezárraga
Family Business Organisation Studies
Encyclopedia of Sport Management
Paul M. Pedersen
Research Handbook on Nonprofit Governance
Gemma Donnelly-Cox, Michael Meyer, Filip Wijkström
Handbook of Theories of Public Administration and Management
Thomas A. Bryer
The Construction of Social Bonds
Göran Ahrne


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Ovid Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Michigan:

 Ovid Township, Branch County, Michigan
 Ovid Township, Clinton County, Michigan

See also
 Ovid, Michigan, a village in Clinton County

Michigan township disambiguation pages


Nausea When You're Not Pregnant?
Morning nausea, although it's heavily associated with pregnancy, happens a lot more often than people realize. For those without a bun in the oven, nausea in the morning is usually a sign that something is going wrong overnight. More often than not, it has to do with the nighttime routine. So, if it's happening to you, don't fret! By keeping a food journal and watching out for common culprits, you should be able to get to the bottom of what's causing your nausea and how to fix it.
Life is hectic for a lot of people. They're getting home late, in a rush to eat, typically overeating or indulging in fast foods. Then they go to bed with their dinner still digesting, which leads to acid reflux and a host of other issues that can bring nausea in the morning.
Laying down for bed puts pressure on the esophageal sphincter, which is like a valve on top of the stomach. Under pressure, the valve opens and food comes back up. Usually you can feel it – known as heartburn – but sometimes there are just other symptoms like puffy eyes and a stuffy nose.
To reduce acid reflux, it's a good idea to limit consumption of acidic foods.
It's a bit of debate, but nightshade foods are believed by many to be extra inflammatory, which can contribute to acid reflux and morning sickness. Some examples of nightshade foods are again tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and most potatoes. Some chemicals found in nightshades (and other healthy foods) are a little sketchy, such as alkaloids and glycoalkaloids, which are naturally occurring pesticides. Nicotine, solanine and capsaicin are of the greatest significance when it comes to our diet.
The biggest contributing factor to acid reflux is eating too late at night. The pressure on the stomach from laying down is made even worse by food still being digested. According to Chinese medicine, the digestive system is strongest between 5:00 and 7:00 pm, so try not to eat after 7:00.
It might seem like too simple of a solution but eating earlier makes a big difference for digestion. It only takes the stomach 30 minutes to an hour to empty out when eating pure carps, but for proteins and fats it can take 3 to 5 hours.
Is your morning sickness accompanied by difficulty swallowing? If you have a lot of acid reflux, more histamines are produced which stimulates mucus production. You wake up feeling icky with a swollen esophagus which makes it hard to swallow.
Post nasal drip is usually seen with acid reflux. Mucus is draining from your sinuses and going down your throat. The dripping can bring on nausea in the morning. Seasonal allergies can definitely be a factor with post nasal drip too.
A big trend in the weight loss world right now is the Keto Diet, which is a diet low in carbs and high in fats. The goal is to get your body to the state of ketosis where it's burning fat for fuel. What many people who start the keto diet don't know is that it can take weeks or months for your body to make the switch, and it's a little tough along the way when it comes to blood sugar. When blood sugar falls overnight, muscles release glycogen overnight to keep it stable, which can lead to some morning sickness.
The same goes for people who are skipping dinner altogether, trying intermittent fasting, or just plain not eating enough food. Morning sickness in this regard is a very extreme form of hunger caused by putting your blood sugar on a roller coaster. If your diet is making you sick in the morning, it's time to rethink it.
It's so important for people, particularly women, to manage stress. Eating good quality carbs at night (not too many!) is especially important when stressed out. Think about limiting screen time and other de-stressors.
Sometimes when we have a lot going on, the body is already on edge first thing in the morning. If stress is making you nauseous, it's highly recommended to have a quick stress-reduction routine for mornings too. There are also herbs and supplements that can help lower cortisol and lower blood sugar.
Not getting a good night sleep can definitely play a role in morning sickness. When you're constantly waking up due to not breathing well, there could be a food connection, especially if combined with acid reflux or post nasal drip. A great way to test for sleep apnea is a home sleep study, but if that seems a little intense you can always try using a Fitbit or other fitness tracker that monitors movement while you sleep. It will tell you how restful your sleep is.
Last but not least, we have to mention hormones as a possible cause of nausea. After all, morning sickness is so associated with pregnancy because it's often caused by an estrogen and progesterone imbalance. Even if a woman isn't pregnant, the hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle can cause issues too. I highly recommend women who are menstruating to keep their cycle logged in their food journal.
The Quick fix for Morning Nausea!
Remember, morning nausea is a sign that something overnight is not going right. Taking a look at your symptoms, diet, habits, and lifestyle can clue you into what's happening so you can make adjustments and enjoy your mornings again.
This blog is a summary of my podcast on this topic. Click here to listen to my podcast!


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Hi Adrian - these are amazing!!!!! Thank you so much!
Senior Press Officer Adrian, they are beautiful! Thank you so, so much for taking such lovely pictures of our events. Absolute pleasure working with you again and look forward to the next event.
Just a quick note to say a big thank you for all your help and support in Harrogate for the BBIA - you were totally brilliant and professional. Thanks, also, for the photos on disc, excellent.
Chairman Thanks Adrian, there are some truly excellent photos here.
As a former editor of Harpers & Queen, I've looked at more party photographs over the years than I care to contemplate, and I have to say that yours are first-rate - thank you so much! My wife and I are both delighted with them.
These are the finest pictures of a Sunshine Coach presentation I have ever seen. We can't thank you enough!
Corporate Fundraising Manager Thanks so much for this - and lovely to meet you last night!
Adrian has done a marvellous job on the photos for us, please pass on my gratitude?
How are you, hopefully recovered from a very manic wedding day on the 24th!! I just wanted to personally send you a HUGE THANKYOU for your skill, patience, kindness, humour and boundless energy on the day!!
You were so good with everyone and relaxing us all to get the best possible pictures, I am very grateful for your calm approach and for dealing with all the chaos so unflappably.
Also thank you for helping me with my microphone when I got stuck at the beginning of my speech!
And how could I not thank you also for dealing with my many and detailed schedules and instructions with such grace!


The Holland Park Hotel has long been a popular watering hole in the area. Graziers Steakhoues bistro is open daily for lunch and dinner.
Adjacent to the TAB, Thai Flavour is a small Thai restaurant in Holland Park where most of the seating seems to be alfresco dining.


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Events As They Happened, Not As You Wish They Had Happened
Since Dr. David Kanis, the interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, desires to "provide some context for my decisions" during the recent Criminal Justice search that has "received much attention," his recent memorandum deserves a close reading. In particular, the accuracy of the end-justifies-the-means tenor of the memorandum should be scrutinized, as should the Dean's portrayal of himself as controlling the search.
Going paragraph-by-paragraph, it appears that the first two paragraphs, which provide background for the Dean's subsequent discussion, are essentially accurate. Much of the material in the second paragraph is included in the recent investigative report submitted to the Faculty Senate. Unfortunately, paragraphs three, four, and five demonstrate sophistry at best, and mendacity at worst. No one acquainted with the trajectory of the Criminal Justice search would find credible the scenario sketched by the Dean in these three paragraphs.
In paragraph three, the Dean details the myriad problems with the Criminal Justice Department and claims that the decision to hire new faculty in August came from President Watson, who "heard my (Kanis's) deep concerns," about the program and "told the Provost to hire criminal justice faculty immediately." This account completely contradicts the comments Dr. Kanis made to at least two Criminal Justice faculty that the search had been ordered by the President and that he essentially "had to do it." Also in paragraph three, Kanis claims that in "the first week in August," the Criminal Justice "chairperson sent out an email to her three peers notifying them of this opportunity, and that they were invited to participate in the search." There is no record of this e-mail being received by any faculty in Criminal Justice and none of the faculty have any memory of such an e-mail. Kanis must be referring here to the e-mail of August 14 that went out to Criminal Justice faculty after five interviews had already been conducted. In fact, as the Faculty Senate investigation reveals, not until August 10, when the Dean told one Criminal Justice faculty member about the search, did any of the faculty know anything about the possibility of hiring new faculty. In fact, one of the department's senior faculty learned about the search after the list of final candidates had been promulgated and interviews scheduled. Dr. Kanis contradicts himself in this paragraph when he acknowledges that "I expressed my concern to the Provost over running a search in such a short time period, particularly with faculty involved in student registration or on vacation." In any event, the "opportunity" afforded Criminal Justice faculty extended only to participation in interviews that had already been arranged by the administrators conducting the search.
The final sentence in paragraph three seems nothing more than an attempt to spin the improper search by claiming that the applicants' were so impressive that the Dean "was stunned at [their] quality, with at least twelve having qualifications superior to the candidate recommended by the faculty and rejected by the President." Without going into the qualifications of all eleven finalists, it seems fair to say that the qualifications (as detailed in the job announcement) of Lewis Myers and Andre Grant hardly deserve to be described as "superior." In fact, neither of those two candidates possessed any record of publications nor did they list anything resembling a research agenda on their applications. In addition, Andre Grant listed no teaching experience on his application.
In paragraph four, Dr. Kanis again presents a narrative that contradicts the sequence of events established by the Faculty Senate investigation. In particular, his assertion that an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the candidates included faculty input is ludicrous. According the documentary evidence, the only conversation about the candidates between Dr. Yan Searcy, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Dr. Douglas Thomson, a senior faculty member in the Criminal Justice Department, occurred after the three successful candidates had already likely been selected. There was clearly no "consultation with faculty," as the Dean claims.
Paragraph five contains what appears to be a completely fabricated account of the Criminal Justice faculty being afforded the opportunity of "weigh[ing] in" on whether or not to halt the search, which the Dean claims he was considering. He describes the department as containing "four . . . faculty," a complete distortion of the facts. At the time of the search, the department included Drs. Mohammad Salahuddin, Douglas Thomson, and Professor Marc Cooper. The Department Chair, Professor Marian Perkins, is not faculty, as the Dean obviously should know. In any event, none of the faculty received a request to "weigh in" on whether the search should continue. In fact, Dr. Thomson has protested the irregularity and impropriety of the process from August 14 until the present day.
The remainder of the memorandum is mainly meaningless verbiage about how the university and the Dean plan to protect the integrity of future searches, spiced with another reminder that faculty have limited authority in this area. After all, the Dean will decide who the best candidate is for a particular job, and "it doesn't have to be the candidate chosen by the faculty." Given that search committees for faculty hires do not rank candidates and in essence to not make a choice, the Dean's comment here seems somewhat disingenuous.
While I have no desire to speculate on Dr. Kanis's motives in sending out this memorandum, I will make several observations based on its contents.
First, nothing in the memorandum ameliorates the completely improper nature of the Criminal Justice search of 2012. No rationalization or obfuscation can change the fact that Criminal Justice faculty were not involved in the selection of finalists for the positions, those selections were made by administrators. The complete control of the search by university administrators violated a number of university policies and professional "best practices." In addition, the improper search likely violated a number of accreditation standards.
Second, there was extremely limited faculty participation in the interviews, with Dr. Salahuddin apparently attending one and Dr. Thomson three. Thus, in seven of the eleven interviews, there were no Criminal Justice faculty present.
Third, none of the administrators who participated in the search operated in the best interests of either the program or the university. The claim that the search produced stellar candidates is disputed by at least one of the Criminal Justice faculty. Had any faculty input on the candidates been considered, two of the eventual hires would not have been on a list of finalists.
Fourth, perhaps most important, Dr. Kanis had an opportunity to go on the record during the Faculty Senate investigation and chose not to do so.
There are others who can speak to caliber of two of the new hires' teaching, and whether their hiring has been a great boon to the Criminal Justice Department, but I would invite anyone who is interested to revisit the investigative report on the Faculty Senate website and determine for yourself which narrative seems more credible.
Paul Gomberg Dec 12, 2012, 5:47:00 PM
Thank you, birobi, for this blog, which sets straight some of David Kanis's distortions.
I would like to speak to an issue of moral character and means-end rationality. Ten or twelve years ago I helped organize a forum on Chicago Public Schools (during the administration of Paul Vallas and Geri Chico), and David Kanis spoke at that forum on how, as the parent of an adopted teen-age son who was African-American, his eyes had been opened to the racism experienced by a young black male. I was very moved by what he said and came to admire his moral character and commitment.
But moral character is not a "once and forever" trait of a person, but something that can be either nurtured and developed or corroded and destroyed. In a person's desire to make the university better, he can persuade himself, "I am the good guy; so what I do now will lead to a better situation when I have more power and authority." The trouble with this line of reasoning is that if the things we do now do not develop in us moral principle and integrity, then we become what we abhor. If we do not act and speak and write honestly, then we become dishonest and unreliable.
If birobi's account of things is right (and he has no motive not to be truthful in these matters), then David Kanis is not telling us the truth but trying to represent the events of this August in a way that justify what the higher administration did. Perhaps he believes that some good will come of his memo. But if he is being careless with the truth, then certainly one bad thing has already occurred: he has become someone who is careless with the truth.
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