text:
Darkness and Confusion: The Conditions of the Lexington Common in the Minutes Before the Battle
In review of the documentation on the Battle of Lexington, particularly the depositions of the Lexington militia men, it is probable that as the light infantry companies of the 4th and 10th Foot stepped onto the village common, the sun had yet to rise and lighting conditions were poor.
Thomas Rice Willard watched the battle from a window in Daniel Harrington's house, located at the back of the Lexington common. Four days later, he testified "On the Nineteenth instant, in the morning, about a half hour before sunrise, I looked out at the window of said house, and saw (as I suppose) about four hundred regulars in one Body." John Robbins noted the training band "being drawn up (sometime before sun Rise) on the Green or Common . . .there suddenly appear'd a Number of the Kings Troops." William Draper, a resident of Colrain, Massachusetts who happened to be in Lexington on April 19th declared "about a half hour before sunrise, the King's Regular Troops appeared at the meeting house of Lexington." Finally, Thomas Fessenden asserted that as he stood in a pasture, he watched the regulars enter the common and rush the training band "at about half an hour before sunrise."
Along with the darkness, the militiamen of the Lexington Training Band were also in a state of confusion. As the British advanced towards the common, Captain Parker initially ordered his men to "Let the troops pass by, and don't molest them, without they begin first." However, when the light infantrymen rushed towards his company, Parker quickly reversed his own instructions. "I immediately ordered our militia to disperse, and not to fire."
Because of Parker's inconsistent commands, many, but not all, of the militiamen broke ranks and began to retire from the field. But simultaneously, additional men arrived at the parade ground to join the Lexington Training Band. Nathaniel Parkhurst affirmed, "we attended to the beat of our drum, and were formed on the Parade; we were faced towards the Regulars then marching up to us, and some of our Company were comeing to the parade with their backs towards the Troops, and Others on the parade, began to disperse when the Regulars fired on the Company."
According to Daniel Harrington, "Upon information being received . . . that the troops were not far off, the . . . company collected together . . . by the time the regulars appeared . . . [The company was] chiefly in a confused state and only a few of them being drawn up."
Within the space of minutes, the training band had become a confused mob.
The combination of the darkness, spectators gathered in small clusters and militiamen coming and going from the common must have contributed to Major Pitcairn and Lieutenant Sutherland's false impression that a large number of armed provincials were drawn up on the Lexington Common.
One officer believed he saw two militia companies formed on the common. Ensign Henry De Berniere of the 10th Foot, described the Lexington men drawn up in two "divisions", with a company-wide space between the two. As we previously discussed, that perception was erroneous.
"With What Little Silver She Had" - Female Evacuees of April 19th and Personal Property
Research conducted by historian Mary Fuhrer suggests ownership of luxury items in Lexington, including gold, silver, pewter, brass, clocks, and looking glasses soared after 1750. When Lydia Mulliken's husband died in 1768, an inventory of his estate revealed that they had gathered several markers of taste and fashion. When Anna Munroe married innkeeper William in 1767, she reportedly brought to the marriage a "Round mahogany table, two arm-chairs, looking-glass, hat-tree, Britannia teapot, silver tablespoon and . . . [a] pewter candlestick." William's brother Edmund Munroe had built up a goodly fortune trading in furs before his marriage to Rebecca Harrington, and he titled himself a "gentleman." Together the couple acquired pewter, brass, glass, china, tea board, tea table, "a number of picters," mahogany tables, chests of drawers, looking glasses, silver spoons, punch bowls, brass ink horns and an extensive line of linens. Rebecca's parents kept pace with their daughter. Following the Battles of Lexington and Concord Rebecca's parents submitted to the Massachusetts Provincial Congress a claim that included the loss of over £50 worth of textiles, including one "fine India dark gown," one "striped English cotton gown", an expensive eight-day tall case clock valued at at £15, three large mirrors, and teapots.
When many of women of Lexington fled their homes on April 19, 1775, they either carried off with them or scrambled to hide personal valuables. Why?
It appears part of the motivation may have to do with Massachusetts colonial inheritance laws. While all property technically belonged to the husband, household movables such as textiles, furniture, the tools of domestic production, silverware and dishes were generally passed from generation to generation through the female line and were considered properly part of women's domestic sphere. For example, Hannah Stone, bequeathed almost the whole of her personal estate "to my beloved daughter Tabitha Merriam." Hannah Stearns willed to her daughter-in-law Patty her porridge pot and flat irons. Abigail Bridge left her riding hood to one daughter-in-law and a dark calico gown to another.
Thus, a woman's household goods were her closest connection to lawful possessions and thus gave her a sense of ownership. This perception would be severely undermined or destroyed if her personal possessions were stolen by marauding British troops.
Given the above, what were some of the items civilian evacuees hid or carried off when they left their homes? The Reverend Jonas Clarke's family hid "money, watches, and anything down in the potatoes." Lydia Mulliken and her daughters, who lived along the Boston road, heard the alarm and hurriedly buried the family's silver and other valuables by a stone wall near their clock shop, then fled to distant safety." According to one account, A Lincoln evacuee carried off "the large family Bible, a loaf of bread . . . a looking glass, [and] with what little silver she had." Finally, two of Jonathan Loring's daughters hid the communion silver in a brush heap in back of the house before fleeing.
Every Now and Then We Engage in a Little Shameless Promotion
Well, it's finally here . . . After several months of rewrites and research "We Stood Our Ground" has been published as an ebook! Historical Nerdery's Alexander Cain rewrote the book to reflect the recent discovery of countless new historical documents, town records and historical artifacts.
We Stood Our Ground explains Lexington's shift from a passive to a radical town in the 1760s and early 1770s. It not only examines Lexington's religious, economic, social and geographical settings on the eve of the American Revolution, but also describes its citizens' reactions to the Stamp Act crisis, the Townshend duties and the Intolerable Acts. Lexington's war efforts prior to the Battle of Lexington are also carefully scrutinized.
For the first time the April 19th civilian evacuation of Lexington and the roles of Loyalists at the Battle of Lexington are covered. Likewise. Captain Parker's ambush of retreating British regulars is also reexamined based upon the archaeological surveys conducted at the original battle site.
Because of the support and encouragement Historical Nerdery has received from our fellow history nerds and friends, the ebook is available for FREE and can be downloaded here.
If you do download the book and like it, all we ask is you give it a favorable review on Amazon. If you have any issues with our research or the book itself, contact us directly and let me know what you think is incorrect or misinterpreted. Chances are we'll correct the errors!
"I Went Home After My Gun, Found It Was Gone" - The Lexington Men Who Saw Little or No Combat on April 19, 1775
Once again, Minute Man National Historical Park will be including in its interpretive programs for Patriot's Day weekend the events surrounding the civilian evacuations of the Battle Road. On April 14, 2018, reenactors will be present at the Captain William Smith House, the Thomas Nelson Jr. House site and the Jacob Whittemore House to call attention to the psychological and physical impact of the Battles of Lexington and Concord upon the local populace.
In light of this event, the Nerds decided to address a recent inquiry regarding male noncombatants . . . did they even exist? Were there just some men who missed out on the fighting or were part of the civilian evacuation?
To answer this question, we first narrowed our search parameters to Lexington records and accounts only. We then defined "men" and "males" as any individual who would have been required by law to turn out when a militia company assembled for an alarm. Thus, we excluded "elderly" men (over 60), children (under 12) and young teenagers (12-14) from our analysis.
After review, we were able to identify seven Lexington men that qualified for service in the militia yet saw little or no combat on April 19th. Of those seven, four could have been classified as "evacuees". The remaining three did not see combat due to special or unusual circumstances.
The first was John Raymond, who was employed by William Munroe as a general laborer. Following the Battle of Lexington, Raymond kept watch over the family tavern while Anna Munroe and her children fled the property. Early 19th Century accounts have argued Raymond was "a lame man", a "simple man" or "a cripple". However, historian J.L. Bell has suggested that Raymond was actually an active member of Parker's Company and only suffered from a temporary disability.
Raymond was shot and killed by British soldiers under Percy's command the afternoon of April 19th.
Another was Elijah Sanderson. The Lexington militiaman served as a mounted scout in the early morning and watched the Battle of Lexington from back of the common. After the battle, Sanderson went home to retrieve his arms and accouterments. Unfortunately, his brother got there first and took them. As a result, Sanderson was forced to watch the afternoon fighting in Lexington from a nearby hilltop.
According to his 1824 deposition "I went home after my gun,—found it was gone. My brother had it. I returned to the meeting-house, and saw to the dead. I saw blood where the column of the British had stood when Solomon Brown fired at them. This was several rods from where any of our militia stood; and I then supposed, as well as the rest of us, that that was the blood of the British. I assisted in carrying some of the dead into the meeting-house. Some days before the battle, I was conversing with Jonas Parker, who was killed, and heard him express his determination never to run from before the British troops. In the afternoon I saw the reinforcement come up under Lord Percy. I then had no musket, and retired to Estabrook's Hill, Whence I saw the reinforcement meet the troops retreating from Concord. When they met, they halted some time. After this, they set fire to Deacon boring's barn; then to his house; then to widow Mulliken's house; then to the shop of Nathaniel Mulliken, a watch and clock maker; and to the house and shop of Joshua Bond. All these were near the place where the reinforcements took refreshments. They hove fire into several other buildings. It was extinguished after their retreat. During the day, the women and children had been so scattered and dispersed, that most of them were out of the way when the reinforcements arrived."
James Reed also missed the afternoon fight because he was guarding captured British prisoners hidden in his house. "I also saw a British soldier march up the road, near said meeting-house, and Joshua Reed of Woburn met him, and demanded him to surrender. He then took his arms and equipments from him, and I took charge of him, and took him to my house . . . I also testify, that E. Welsh brought to my house, soon after I returned home with my prisoner, two more of said British troops ; and two more were immediately brought, and I suppose, by John Munroe and Thomas R. Willard of Lexington; and I am confident, that one more was brought, but by whom, I don't now recollect. All the above prisoners were taken at Lexington immediately after the main body had left the common, and were conveyed to my house early in the morning; and I took charge of them. In the afternoon five or six more of said British troops, that were taken prisoners in the afternoon, when on the retreat from Concord, were brought to my house and put under my care. Towards evening, it was thought best to remove them from my house."
At least four men missed the fighting because they were caring for their wives, mothers or daughters. Four Lexington women had given birth over the previous month and were still bedridden. Another three were all over eight months pregnant.
Moses Reed and his father-in-law Jacob Whittemore carried Sarah Reed and her newborn child out of the family home on a mattress. Likewise, teenager Joseph Estabrook and his father "assisted in carrying his mother with a young infant (Solomon) in her arms, in an arm chair, about a mile back from the scene of danger."
Limited historical documentation suggests that three of the four men never participated in the fighting and instead remained with their wives and families.
The fourth, Joseph Estabrook, is the variable. A purported letter from Estabrook in the early 1820s asserted he was present at the Battle of Lexington and had bullets pierce the skirts of his coat as he retreated off the Green. Unfortunately, this letter is somewhat suspect as Estabrook's birth records suggest he was at most fifteen years old at the time of the skirmish and would have been too young to serve with the militia.
"For My Folly I Had to Pay for All" - One Account of the Loyalist Plight After Saratoga
Following Burgoyne's defeat at the Battle of Saratoga, the morale of the Loyalist refugees attached to the British Army had devolved to the point of despair. Eighteen year old Elizabeth Munro was the daughter of the Reverend Harry Munro, a chaplain with the British Army. In 1810, she published Memoirs of Mrs. Elizabeth Fischer.
In her work, Elizabeth describes just how desperate the Loyalist refugees were following the British defeat.
"We retreated after the last battle to Saratoga, where we encamped a small distance from the river, to prevent their cannon having any command over us—having nothing to do, waiting General Burgoyne's orders. We were deprived of all comforts of life, and did not dare to kindle fire for fear we should be observed from the other side of the river, and they might fire on us, which they did several times. Being about the middle of October, we suffered cold and hunger; many a day I had nothing but a piece of raw salt pork, a biscuit, and a drink of water—poor living for a nurse. At this time I had my child at my breast, being eleven months old. One day, wearied of living in this manner, I told some of the soldiers' wives if they would join me, I would find out a way to get some provision cooked—seven of them joined me. I spoke to some of the soldiers that were invalid, and told them if they would make up a fire back in the woods, and get a large kettle hung on, we would fill it with provision, and cook it, which would last us some time. They consented to do it for a guinea; they went to work and built up the fire, hung on the kettle, and put water in it, then we women put in what we pleased; we soon filled it with a variety; it began to boil; we all kept a distance from the fire for fear of the cannon that were placed on the other side of the river on a high hill; they soon discovered our fire, and saluted us with a cannon ball; it struck and broke our kettle to pieces, and sent the provision in the air. We met with no hurt only losing our intended feast. The soldiers demanded their pay, which I paid; but as the disappointment was so great, the rest declined paying anything, saying they had lost enough by losing their provision, so for my folly I had to pay for all."
Photo Credit: Joshua Blessing
Elizabeth also described the long trek to Canada and the hardships she experienced along the way.
"A few days after the capitulation took place, when I saw the troops lay down their arms, I was glad, for I was wishing to get out of the camp. Mr. Fisher said he should go to Canada. I refused going with him, and went back to Hebron, where I meant to have stayed. Mr. Fisher proceeded on his way to Canada. On his arriving at Diamond Island, he met my father, who asked for me. Mr. Fisher told him that I was not willing to go to Canada, at which my father was angry, and said he must go back and bring me and the child. Mr. Fisher came for me and told me what my father had said . . . To please him I went, and when we got to Diamond Island my father was gone on his way. The next day we followed and overtook him at Mount Independent; he was walking in company with General Powell. When we landed, he came and took me by the hand and kissed me . . . This was the first time I had seen or spoke to my father since my marriage; he likewise told me he would see me in Montreal. The next day we all set off to cross Lake Champlain; the season of the year being far advanced, and going to the northward, we found it very cold and stormy. We were eleven days on the lake, in an open boat, it snowed and rained every day; we slept on shore every night on the ground, as there were no inhabitants on that side of the Lake in those days, for they had fled on account of the war. On the 22d day of November we landed in Montreal. As the river St. Lawrence was almost frozen over, we found it exceedingly cold . . . When we came to Montreal, we found the town very much crowded, and house-rent and fire wood high. As we had nothing to do, we hired some rooms and lived with a French family that winter."
"House Broke Open" - The Infamous Thief Levi Ames
Last week the Nerds received an inquiry as to whether we were aware of any highly publicized incidents of crime in 18th Century Massachusetts. We dug through our files and came across one individual who received an inordinate amount of attention on the eve of the American Revolution.
Levi Ames was born in 1752 in Groton, Massachusetts. When he was two years old, his father Jacob died. By the time he had reached the age of seven, Ames was stealing petty items, such as eggs, fruit, jack knives and chalk. His mother, unable to control his behavior, secured an apprenticeship with a local tradesman. Levi remained with his master until he was a teenager and then promptly ran away. He turned to theft to support himself.
One of the earliest recorded incidents involving Ames occurred when he was just sixteen years old. The young man let loose a herd of cattle and used the distraction to rob his neighbor's house. Shortly thereafter, he broke into a Marlborough minister's home and stole his personal belongings and food. He also robbed a selectman in Waltham.
Ames became so good at housebreaks that by the late 1760s and early 1770s, he was successfully robbing homes in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. He even teamed up with Tom Cook, a notorious New England thief who called himself "The Leveller". (Some historians have suggested Cook modeled himself after Robin Hood and shared his plunder with the poor.)
Occasionally, Ames got caught. Pursuant to 18th Century law, the illegal breaking and entering into a home was a capital offense punishable by death. However, Ames avoided a death sentence following his first capture and was merely confined to a Cambridge jail.
Following his second apprehension, he was branded on the forehead with the letter "B".
Nevertheless, Ames' reputation as a skilled thief continued. In fact, he was so well known in various illicit circles that a "Mr. Meriam" recruited Ames to rob his father-in-law, a "Mr. Symonds of Lexington". Meriam provided detailed instructions on how to enter the home and where to locate hard currency and valuables. According to the Ames, "I supposed he gave me this information through envy against his father-in-law, through whose means he was then confined for debt."
As it is with many thieves, Ames eventually became careless. In the Spring of 1773, Ames recruited Joseph Attwood to be his partner. The two initiated a crime spree that began in Woburn and continued in Waltham, Boston, Cambridge, Worcester, Newburyport, Plymouth and Natick. The pair usually struck on Sundays and typically stole coats, tools, currency, firearms, cloth, dry goods and other "sundry articles".
In May, 1773, the pair arrived in Lexington. The first house they robbed belonged to the Reverend Jonas Clarke. According to the minister, "House broke open. Tankard pepper box &c stole . . . Heard of our plate that was stole!!" Soon after, Joseph Simond's house was also burglarized. "Mr. Joseph Simond's House broke open his watch stolen &c."
In August, 1773, the pair were finally caught after breaking into Martin Bicker's home. Ames was arrested in the days after the crime and found to be in possession of Bicker's money. Joseph Attwood fled to New Hampshire but was later apprehended. Both men were subsequently prosecuted.
In order to save his own life, Attwood agreed to testify against Ames. During the trial he went into great detail about the pair's activities, including the burglary of the Reverend Clarke's home. It was also revealed that Ames also went to great pains to remember the names of his victims. Not only did he provide details about the items he stole but he could also link each item to its owner. Only on a rare occasion he could not "recollect their owners".
The Court found Ames guilty of burglary. He was ordered to be executed on October 14, 1773.
The Reverend Clarke mentions first learning of the sentence in early September. In response, the Lexington minister traveled to Boston and visited the condemned man. While together, Clarke noted "Levi Ames confessed to stealing my plate! Bro't my Plate home." Surprisingly, Ames also informed the minister where he could find the remaining stolen items.
Clarke traveled again on October 7th to meet once more with Ames.
Of course, Jonas Clarke was not the only minister to visit the thief. Word of Ames' repeated declaration of remorse, his devotion to the Bible and his model behavior as a prisoner attracted many Massachusetts ministers.
To accommodate so many visitors, the Royal Court postponed Ames's execution one week.
On October 21st, hundreds of spectators gathered to witness Ames' execution. After being hauled in chains through the streets of Boston in a cart and then led up onto the scaffold, the condemned thief cautioned young onlookers against following in his tragic path. "Ye youth! who throng this fatal plain, And croud th' accursed Tree: O! shun the paths that lead to shame, Nor fall like wretched me." He was then hung from the neck.
The next day, the Reverend Clarke recorded in his journal "Levi Ames executed!"
Shortly after Levi Ames death, his words of caution were transcribed and published throughout New England. Eventually, the Ames execution provided fodder for a movement to abolish capital punishment for crimes against property.
In 1805, Massachusetts Legislature finally relented and abolished the death penalty for burglary and arson.
"The Bloody Field at Menotomy" - The Brutality of the Menotomy Fight
It is unfortunate that outside of historical works and research studies, the fight at Menotomy on April 19, 1775 does not receive the attention it deserves. The late afternoon engagement was a brutal, hand to hand struggle that resulted in an American casualty rate that was higher than the Battles of Lexington and Concord combined.
Following Percy's departure from Lexington around 3:30 in the afternoon, he and his men were repeatedly harassed by enemy fire. "As soon as they saw us begin to retire, they pressed very much upon our rear-guard, which for that reason I relieved every now & then. In this manner we retired for 1 5 miles under an incessant fire all round us." Lieutenant Frederick MacKenzie also made note of where the provincial attacks were coming from. "Before the Column had advanced a mile on the road, we were fired at from all quarters, but particularly from the houses on the roadside, and the Adjacent Stone walls."
As the troops advanced, they approached the Town of Menotomy, which had been abandoned by the local populace hours earlier. The town was the perfect location for sniper attacks and ambushes as the village road sloped downwards and was flanked on both sides for over a mile with homes, barns and enclosed pastures. Minute and militia companies recognized the opportunity, poured into the village and took up positions inside the homes and along stone walls.
As the regulars continued towards the town, colonists sheltered in the homes opened fire. Recognizing the extremely dangerous situation his men were in, Percy ordered the homes cleared. Squads of regulars rushed out from the column and stormed the various structures. The fighting moved from house to house and it was literally to the death. "Soldiers were so enraged at suffering from an unseen Enemy, that they forced open many of the houses from which the fire proceeded."
Lieutenant John Barker of the 4th Regiment of Foot described how no quarter was given to the enemy. "We were now obliged to force almost every house in the road, for the Rebels had taken possession of them and galled us exceedingly, but they suffer'd for their temerity for all that were found in the houses were put to death." Another officer recalled that the regulars "put to death all those found in [the houses]."
Many of the flanking parties also had orders to torch the houses they cleared. However, Lieutenant Mackenzie noted the task was virtually impossible. "Those houses would certainly have been burnt had any fire been found in them, or had there been time to kindle any; but only three or four near where we first formed suffered in this way."
One of the first units to incur the British wrath was Captain Gideon Foster's Company. The unit had made a forced march from Danvers to Menotomy in just under four hours. Upon arrival, Foster positioned his men along a stone wall flanking a hillside orchard, alongside minutemen and militiamen from Lynn, Needham and Dedham. Some of Foster's company took cover behind another wall across the roadway at Jason Russell's house. As Percy's column approached, the Danvers men apparently did not see a flanking party from the 4th Foot come up behind them. Now trapped between two bodies of enemy troops, the men from Danvers, Lynn and Needham made a mad dash for the Russell House. Several militiamen were cut down as they tried to escape. One of those was twenty-one year old Perely Putnam of Danvers.
The British soldiers pursued the provincials into the Russell House and found two militiamen on the first floor. The first tried to escape and "leaped through the end window, carrying sash and all with him." Regulars waiting in the yard shot and killed him. The second followed and was wounded in the leg. He somehow managed to escape. Later accounts purport his hat, coat and waistcoat had no less than thirty-two bullet holes in them.
British regulars quickly stormed the second floor, cellar and attic. Fighting was close and hand to hand. Many of the regulars relied upon the bayonet. Captain Foster would later assert that three or four of his men surrendered only to be "butchered with savage barbarity." Nineteen year old minuteman Dennis Wallis attempted to surrender but fled when he realized he was about to be killed. He was shot several times yet somehow managed to survive.
By the time the fighting in and around the Russell House had concluded, eleven men were dead. Danvers suffered the greatest loss, with seven men killed, two wounded and one man captured. Only John Parker's Lexington Company had a higher casualty rate for that day.
Fighting was equally brutal at Captain Samuel Whittemore's home. Both primary and secondary sources document that Whittemore was brutally beaten and bayoneted multiple times by enraged soldiers as he defended his residence.
Behind the flanking parties came the plunderers. Stolen property claims submitted to the Massachusetts Provincial Congress by Menotomy residents included reports of stolen clocks, alcohol, clothing, jewelry and furniture. Of course, not all of the thieves were successful in their ventures. When he visited Menotomy on April 20th, the Reverend David McClure observed "Several were killed who stopped to plunder, & were suddenly surprised by our people pressing upon their rear."
Period accounts suggest the house to house brawl left the homes and road littered with dead soldiers. "I saw several dead bodies, principally british, on & near the road. They were all naked, having been stripped, principally, by their own soldiers. They lay on their faces." Andover militiaman Thomas Boynton described the damage along the road as his minute company advanced towards Cambridge. "We saw houses burning and others plundered and dead bodies of the enemy lying by the way, others taken prisoners."
In May, 1775, Hannah Fayerweather Winthrop wrote to her friend Mercy Otis Warren and described the carnage she observed in Menotomy. "What added greatly to the horror of the Scene was our passing thro the Bloody field at Menotomy which was strewd with the mangled Bodies, we met one Affectionate Father with a Cart looking for his murderd Son & picking up his Neighbours who had fallen in Battle, in order for their Burial."
Posted by Alexander R. Cain at 9:50 AM No comments:
Darkness and Confusion: The Conditions of the Lex...
"With What Little Silver She Had" - Female Evacuee...
Every Now and Then We Engage in a Little Shameless...
"I Went Home After My Gun, Found It Was Gone" - Th...
"For My Folly I Had to Pay for All" - One Account ...
"The Bloody Field at Menotomy" - The Brutality of ...


Yellow, white and light green "large steamboat" labels. White "Pop Series" print at top. Laminated (> front only) flipback single cover. Some lamination creases on front. Light yellowing and one dirt stain on back. Light creases along the edges. A bit worn corners, one of them (> bottom > right) being also bent.
Some hairlines and light surface / needle marks. Plays great. Matrix numbers: R-6061 A-2WMH / B-2WMH. Company inner sleeve. Partially split seams.
A world-famous American singer, actor and comedian, born Dino Paul Crocetti in 1917 in Steubenville, Ohio. Credited to Dean "Tex" Martin. A total of 12 well-known country & western songs, including "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", "Room Full of Roses", "I Walk the Line" and "Singing the Blues". UK mono issue of his 3rd Reprise album.


text:
Sarah Connor is back: Linda Hamilton returning to Terminator after 25 years
Adam StarkeyWednesday 20 Sep 2017 6:31 pm
Linda Hamilton is coming back as Sarah Connor (Picture: 20th Century Fox)
Linda Hamilton is set to return to the Terminator franchise as Sarah Connor after a 25 year absence.
The 60-year-old actress is set to reunite with James Cameron for a new sixth instalment in the blockbuster franchise.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cameron made the announcement at a private event celebrating everything Terminator, saying: 'As meaningful as she was to gender and action stars everywhere back then, it's going to make a huge statement to have that seasoned warrior that she's become return.
Linda Hamilton is a beloved part of the Terminator franchise (Picture: Bobby Bank/WireImage)
'There are 50-year-old, 60-year-old guys out there killing bad guys, but there isn't an example of that for women.'
Cameron however isn't directing the upcoming sixth film, instead opting for producing duties with Deadpool's Tim Miller set to take the directing helm.
Dolittle fans disgusted over scene involving 'pulling bagpipes out of dragon's a**hole'
His involvement however is still notable, considering it's the first time he's been involved in the franchise since 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
The sixth entry will also be based on a story written by Cameron, which is apparently planned to be a new trilogy and will act as a direct sequel to the second instalment.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is also set to return for the new flick, so expect one massive mechanical love-in when the film releases.
Hamilton's Sarah Connor won't be the centrepiece of the story, with Cameron adding how they're looking for someone younger to form the basis of the film.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is also returning for the new flick (Picture: 20th Century Fox)
'We're starting a search for an 18-something woman to be the new centrepiece of the new story. We still fold time. We will have characters from the future and the present,' Cameron said.
'There will be mostly new characters, but we'll have Arnold and Linda's characters to anchor it.'
Let's be honest, anything after 2015's Terminator: Genisys will be a significant improvement.
MORE: How close are we to facing a Terminator?
MORE: 'Jesus Christ! How fast do you run?' Robert Patrick on being T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Avatar teases thirsty fans with sneak peek at images for sequel
Dancing on Ice: Phillip Schofield throws shade at Strictly Come Dancing over same-sex snub

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Well-wishers have raised more than two thirds of the £3,000 needed to help Igor Gieci get back on his feet.
A campaign to help the 55-year-old homeless man was launched after he was seriously hurt in an unprovoked, prolonged, and brutal attack in the early hours of Monday – as he slept in a tent on Blackpool's Promenade.
The Slovakian, who has been homeless for between six and eight months and does not qualify for housing benefit, is set to move into a flat in central Blackpool tomorrow using the cash already raised.
The rest, campaigners hope, will pay for a six-month tenancy and furnishings – while employers have been urged to come forward too.
By this morning, £2,046 had been given by 177 people – with donations still coming in regularly. They can be made here.
Mr Gieci has been flooded with offers of help, and has been given food, furniture, medicine, glasses, and a hair cut. He has been staying at a holiday flat for free since the assault.
He said he was attacked at around 2am by three boys, aged around 17 to 18, who demanded money before jumping on him "like a trampoline". They also ripped and discarded his tent and, Mr Gieci said, stole a basic mobile phone he fears they threw in the Irish Sea.


The following article was prepared as the lead article for the new technology supplement within The Australian Teacher Magazine. In brief it was designed to set the scene, to provide an overview of the current situation, to highlight the continuing waste on technology spending across the nation and the dangers associated with using an 'ICT expert' model. But it also identified many of the very pleasing developments underway.
Throughout the last century the technology has promised Australian schools so much and yielded so little.
Today it is marginally better.
While a sizeable number of pathfinding schools have since the turn of the century begun to make excellent use of the technology and are fast moving towards its near invisible, normalised use sadly most continue to make the same old mistakes, focus on the gear, not the teaching and waste both money and opportunities.
While common sense and the research make it patently clear that it is the expert use of the tool, and not the tool itself that makes the difference school after school, government after government, media report after media report continue the preoccupation with the technology and leave the human element, the teachers, their leaders, the students and parents out of the equation, somehow imagining the latest netbook, tablet or iPad will revolutionise the teaching. It didn't happen with the magic lantern, the silent 16 mm projector or educational television and as the research Winzenried and I undertook on the use of technology in the last century it won't with today's technology.
It is the teachers, the school's leader, the school collaborating with its community and the wise use of the market in the astute use of the technology that makes the difference.
When in the region of 40%-50% of Australia's teachers are still not provided their own digital teaching tools and the governments working on the national roll out of a 'Digital Educational Revolution didn't even identify let alone redress the teachers' equipment shortcomings the national leadership is symbolically communicating very strongly the teachers don't matter.
When the teachers don't use the digital nor will their students, even if issued with the gear.
When the person in the school ultimately responsible for normalising the astute everyday use of the digital, the principal, is appointed without ascertaining if he/she has the macro understanding needed to be the chief architect of a digital school nor is provided the post graduate level development to prepare them for that role one can understand why so many of Australia's schools are daily grossly underusing the investment in the technology.
When the political focus from both major political parties continues to be the laptop and not its astute 24/7/365 educational use and the evolution of a more networked and collaborative mode of schooling the likelihood of perpetuating the waste is further amplified.
Fortunately there are a growing number of very astute schools and school leaders across Australia showing the way forward, full well recognising the imperative of placing the educational agenda to the fore, of seeking to provide an appropriate education for the C21 and a networked world, of ensuring every staff member is readied to play his/her role, of collaborating closely with the student's homes and of making best holistic use of the suite of digital technologies on the market.
Your quest ought be to learn from them.
The very real challenge is to understand the tightly integrated operations of schools which are working within a networked operational paradigm, which have gone digital and have normalised the use of the digital in the everyday teaching of all staff, and which are now collaborating everyday with their homes and communities in the 24/7/365 teaching of their young.
These schools, primary and secondary, state and non-government, urban and regional have all recognised it is the classroom teacher – not the government, nor the system or the school principal – who decides what technology will be used or not used in the classroom. Teachers are the gatekeepers to the classroom. Unless teachers believe the particular technology will improve the student's learning, is easy to use and maintain and is readily available in every teaching room the technology will not be used despite the best efforts of digitally astute school leaders.
It is why Australia's failure to provide every teacher the desired digital work tools is so damaging. It not only communicates symbolically the teacher doesn't matter but more importantly it retards the shift nationally to the normalised use of the digital and collaborative 24/7/365 teaching.
It is appreciated a significant – but as yet unquantified – proportion of teachers purchase their own technology, regardless of their employer's tardiness but it is long past the time when every full time teacher in Australia should either be provided the requisite digital work tools or the funding to secure them.
While no state or national government in the 90's would have contemplated even low level of clerks not having his/her own computer in 2012 most are seemingly unconcerned a third, maybe a half of its teachers still don't have one.
The research I'm undertaking with Professor Glenn Finger and Dr. Lorrae Ward is increasingly affirming that it is only when all the teachers have normalised the use of the digital in their everyday teaching will they be ready attitudinally and competence wise to collaborate with their homes and vitally work with the parents and the young themselves in better using the digital and teaching capacity of their student's homes.
Only then will they begin thinking in the networked mode in keeping with the mindset employed by the Net Generation parents and the students.
Until that occurs the school and leadership will tinker with the technology but continue working within the old insular paper based paradigm behind their school walls or office doors believing educationally only they know what is best for their clients.
What percentage of your teachers have normalised the everyday use of the digital in their classroom?
Until you have 100% you'll struggle to move forward.
Unless you have a school principal with the wherewithal to perform as the school's chief digital education architect and the capability of leading an increasingly complex, tightly integrated organisation that collaborates authentically with its community you'll also struggle.
The principal's leadership will facilitate or block the evolution of the school regardless of the work done by all the other staff and community members.
In the same way solo teaching characterised the paper based school so it appears a more collaborative model of teaching that entails the professional teachers collaboratively teaching the young in conjunction with the parents, and increasingly the grandparents and the young themselves, will be typical of the digital and networked school.
The young teach themselves with the aid of an ever-evolving suite of integrated technologies and invariably their peers, 24/7/365.
Today's schooling contributes to that teaching less 20% of the young's learning time each year.
The remaining 80% of the teaching and learning is handled by default by the naturally inquisitive young themselves, their parent/s and increasingly their grandparent/s.
Basic to that teaching and learning is the normalised, all pervasive use of the digital, around about a half of which is still banned from use in the school.
Across the developed world the digital capacity and teaching expertise of the student's homes is burgeoning. Historically Australia has never had such well – educated parents and indeed grandparents, or a parent cohort so at ease with the digital.
As the 2011 Project Tomorrow research attests schools have both a digitally empowered student and parent clientele desirous of collaborating with the schoolteachers.
The astute pathfinding schools in Australia and indeed across the developed world – schools like Noadswood (UK), South Forsythe High (US), Apiti (NZ), Matapou (NZ), Kimi Ora Special School (NZ) and Broulee PS and The Friends School (Aus) – have recognised the importance of integrating their own digital and teaching capacity with that of the young's homes and have embarked on the path of pooling the school and home resources, of teaching the young collaboratively with the homes 24/7/365, of adopting a far more personalised style of teaching and creating networked school communities.
However that is only happening in those schools where at least a critical mass of the staff is digitally ready to collaborate.
Historically, despite numerous efforts from on high, schools have not collaborated with their homes, basically restricting the parent and student involvement and keeping them at arm's length.
That situation is changing overnight in the pathfinding networked school communities. It is as if there is a natural flow on effect when all in the school's community, the teachers, the students and the parents normalise the use of the digital.
The walls and the old divides begin to disappear.
Underpinning all these developments is the open, near invisible, all pervasive, multi-faceted use of the digital.
Significantly these pathfinding schools are seeking to make best the use of not only the teaching elements of the digital but also the facilities that will streamline the communication, the collaboration, networking, administration and organisation of the school and its community.
All have recognised the imperative of having a quality, simple to use multi-faceted digital communication suite that includes an integrating website, the email to all the members, regular multimedia communiqués and apposite social networking and collaboration facilities.
Of note is the number that have opted for open class blogs and wikis as part of that digital communications suite doing away with password entry and dismantling much of the electronic wall typically surrounding schools.
The overarching desire is authentic and open collaboration.
Already apparent in these pathfinding schools is the ever-tighter integration of all the schools in and out of school operations, an effective shaping educational vision, a related C21 curriculum and pedagogy, normalised on-going teacher development, the astute use of digital convergence to allow the one operation to perform multiple purposes, increased efficiencies, the use of the digital to curtail workload creep and vitally an increased level of synergy and productivity.
Also inherent in these pathfinding schools and their collaboration with their homes and young is the use made of the market, with each member of the networked school community choosing the appropriate technology available on the market at the time.
Probably unwittingly these schools are finding like the young and the parents the best way of deciding which of the myriad of the personal digital devices to acquire is to leave it to personal choice and the market.
Most in keeping with their close collaboration with their homes have already embarked on a BYOT (bring your own technology) – or what is also known as a BYO, BYOD, BTOC or personal digital devices – technology acquisition approach, with the school providing the infrastructure and the homes the preferred personal mobile technology.
So significant has been the BYOT development, and so great are its potential implications for society's teaching of its young that Martin Levins and I have joined with writers in the UK and US to prepare for release by ACER Press in coming months a publication simply titled BYOT that provides a general rationale for and guide to its wise implementation.
The trend line is strongly suggesting that in time all schools – some admittedly far latter than others – will use some type of BYOT in its school technology funding. The megatrends at play and the plethora of educational, social, economic, organisational, technical and political reasons for its adoption are such as to see the small 1:1 computing wave being overtaken by the BYOT tsunami.
Personal readiness, preference and the market determine the choice and purchase of the home and student personal technology.
On reflection a significant proportion of the waste incurred with the digital technology over the last 25 years can be attributed to the use of an 'ICT expert' model rather than letting the market shape the choice.
It bears noting the students and the parents – reading the market – historically identified the educational importance of all the children having a computer well before the vast majority of educational authorities and governments and have a far stronger track record – far less wasteful performance – in selecting the most appropriate 'state of the art' personal digital technology than many of the school decision makers.
Market research done in the mid 90's in Australia revealed most parents believed they should buy a home computer to improve their children's educational attainment. Time and research has endorsed the astuteness of their actions. A small group of proactive schools and education authorities made the same call and have reaped the dividends every since.
The Federal government didn't do anything in the Howard years and when the Rudd Labor made its move in 2007 it erroneously opted to perpetuate the reliance on the 'ICT expert' model.
It is interesting to note that while those 'experts' opted to spend the DER money on laptops the education market has seen the continuing the push by Australia's schools from 2003 to purchase interactive whiteboards (IWBs) for all classes K-12. While none of the authority 'experts' advocated the school acquisition of IWBs, except for the occasional dabble, the 2011 industry figures reveal 58% of classrooms in Australia now have IWBs.
Astute education authority administrators ought by now appreciate the wisdom of devolving the personal technology choice making to the school, its community and the market, abandoning the reliance on the 'ICT experts' model and so removing from their operations the very considerable financial and political risk, and waste inherent in that model. It simultaneously removes from their remit the highly volatile decision making associated with the choice of rapidly evolving personal digital technologies and allows a focus on the far more stable networked infrastructure and specialist technologies.
Today there are pathfinding schools globally that have finally begun to harness and normalise the everyday use of the digital in their operations that provide a vital insight into the desired nature of schooling in a networked world.
They are most assuredly not wasting resources.
They also have as their overarching focus the 24/7/365 education of their young and a clear appreciation of the core role the digital must play.
This entry was posted in 24/7/365 teaching and learning, Collaborative Teaching, Digital Schooling, Evolution of Schooling, ICT waste, Use of Instructional Technology in Schools and tagged BYO, BYOC, BYOD, BYOT, Collaborative teaching, digital schooling, evolution of schooling, Future teaching, home-school collaboration, Personal digital devices, school technology selection, student digital devices. Bookmark the permalink.


To charge and sync Lightning™ devices you need the flatOUT™ LED 6 ft. Charge & Sync Cable in White. You will know your device is fully charged when the LED charge indicator light turns from red to blue. You will find the White flat design is tangle-free avoiding the dreadful mess other cables encounter. The 6ft design gives you plenty of freedom to use your device while you charge or sync. Purchase yours today to save time, money and the environment.
Reach us directly for more information on your White Scosche Flatout LED 6 ft. Charge & Sync Cable w/LED Indicator for Lightning Devices through our Contact Page. Or visit our FAQs page.


text:
Le cycle solaire 6 est le sixième cycle solaire depuis 1755, date du début du suivi intensif de l'activité et des taches solaires. Il a commencé en  et s'est achevé en .

Références

06
1810 en astronomie

1811 en astronomie
1812 en astronomie
1813 en astronomie
1814 en astronomie
1815 en astronomie
1816 en astronomie
1817 en astronomie
1818 en astronomie
1819 en astronomie
1820 en astronomie
1821 en astronomie
1822 en astronomie
1823 en astronomie

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Nestled in beautifully landscaped gardens is this charming 2 bedroom home offering large spacious lounge which captures the morning sun. A delightful kitchen to cook those favourite meals. A wonderful conservatory to relax with a book and soak up the afternoon sun. A modern bathroom with shower over bath plus toilet, and the added extra of another shower and separate toilet. Single garage with auto door and situated in a NE location.


text:
The Cuban Atlantic
How socialist Cuba's foreign policy of solidarity with Africans, midwifed a new genre of music on the island.
Bakosó dancing. Image credit Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi.
British sociologist Paul Gilroy suggested the history of culture in the Atlantic world is characterized by constant exchange. One of the most traceable elements of that exchange, is the musical connections between communities of African descent on either side of the ocean. These musical practices operate as sites of resistance, cultural retention, and social cohesion that allow us to understand some of the ways we all are formed by trans-continental processes.
During the dawn of recorded music in the early part of the 20th century, Cuba—one of many New World sites of African and indigenous resistance to European colonization and enslavement—would become a hotbed for musical export in the emerging industrialized system of music distribution. Folk musical traditions from across the island would come together in Havana's studios, and then get dispersed around the entire Atlantic world. In the early part of the 20th Century, Cuban musical styles like son, mambo and guaguanco followed migrants and sailors out across the Atlantic, hitting radio waves in the ports of landing, and spreading throughout the interior of the countries they landed in.
With its strong traces of West and Central African rhythms, this music would find legions of devoted followers on the African continent. Local artists would try their hand at recreating the sound, and start to mix elements of their own local traditions creating what we now know as Congolese rumba, soukous, mbalax, semba, kizomba, and highlife, etc. These styles, amongst many others on the continent, would go on to form the backbone of national identity in the post-independence period, their propagation supported with enthusiasm by the leaders of the new nations. They are also the ancestors of many popular music sounds on the continent today.
Kiki on Conga. Image credit Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi.
While Cuba had technically been independent for at least a half century before sub-Saharan African nations, one could argue that Cubans found their true independence in conjunction with their peers on the continent. The Cuban Revolution in 1959 shook off the final shackles of American empire and posed a challenge to the hemispheric dominance of US imperial capitalism. In the Cold War propaganda machine, Cuba would go on to become the western hemisphere antithesis to everything its larger and more powerful neighbor to the north stood for.
After the Revolution, Cuban cultural production would become cut off from capitalist networks of trade, though the nation would retain some influence in the Caribbean and South America (despite US attempts to prevent it). In Africa, countries like Angola would strengthen their ties with Cuba during the Cold War, but the outsize cultural influence that Cuba held in the Atlantic world, pre-revolution, would leave a void that would quickly be filled by Jamaica, Brazil, and the Cuban and Puerto Rican diasporas in the US. Cuba itself would turn more inward, its cultural production burdened by the heavy weight of nostalgia and nation building—European, indigenous, and African roots fighting it out in a perennial dance on top of the ruins of the Spanish empire.
Youth of Chicharones. Image credit Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi.
The beauty in black Atlantic cultural formation is in the continual exchange of information that persists between peoples of African descent across language, national borders, and even time. This "counter-culture" of western modernity utilizes and navigates systems that were designed to exploit and repress the communities from which it came. So naturally, on the back of western capitalism, African popular music influenced by Cuba would repeat the process initiated in the early 20th Century, finding receptive audiences back on the western side of the Atlantic Ocean. In places like Santo Domingo, Port au Prince, Cartagena and Baranquilla, the process of acculturation and hybridization would repeat, and Africa would have its turn to make its mark on the popular musics of the Caribbean in the latter part of the century.
It would take until more recently, in the wake of political and cultural revolutions driven by youth on the African continent, and a global revolution in communication technology for similar processes to happen in Cuba. And that's where Puerto Rican brothers Eli and Khalil Jacobs-Fantauzzi's latest documentary Bakosó: Afrobeats in Cuba picks up.
The opening scene in the film shows Havana-based DJ Jigüe tuning into a radio interview with an artist named Ozkaro to hear that "something" is happening 700 km away in his home province of Santiago. A new musical genre, bakosó, was developing, and local artists such as Ozkaro were blending Afro-Cuban folk and popular music with contemporary continental genres like afrobeats, afrohouse, and kuduro. There are huge parties with hundreds, maybe thousands of fans in a public square, new dance styles and crews, and the city's existing set of rappers and reggaetoneros are enthusiastically taking to the genre.
DJ Jigüe. Image credit Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi.
Jigüe decides that he needs to go back home after being disconnected and see what is going on in Santiago. This personal journey home, to a place of roots, serves as a metaphor in the film itself, for bakosó's origin story, and for Cuban's engagement with African culture in general. This, along with other devices employed by the directors, such as the folkloric dance performance that bookends the film, create a form-defying, yet accessible introduction to Cuba's cultural landscape.
Once in Santiago, we travel with Jigüe to meet Ozkaro in his home studio where they discuss the difficulties in being an artist in Santiago: the lack of technology with which to produce and the challenge of being distant (or rather disconnected) from Havana where the largest media houses are. The absence of such hurdles is taken for granted in the global North. In the production of the current mainstream global pop sound, access to state of the art technology is a necessary prerequisite. Even with these limitations, Cubans have no problem accessing sounds from Africa. That's because contemporary African genres arrived in Cuba from a surprising source: medical students from Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania, South Africa, and across the continent.
DJ Jigüe and Ozkaro. Image credit Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi.
Some bakosó producers offer explanations as to why they think the African students' music has been taken up with enthusiasm by the public in Santiago. Reasons dance around the idea of African retentions, sometimes slipping into essentialist tropes common across Latin America like, "Santiageras have a certain sexuality." But, it's Ozkaro who provides one of the most profound insights when he explains the importance of the clave rhythm to the Cuban public. His insight is interesting because it is an electronically programmed clave that has become the most pronounced element across many African popular music genres, and was one of the main rhythms that African audiences had originally connected with when Cuban music reached their shores.
The film moves on from there to explore more of the African retentions embedded in Santiagero culture, and explains the conditions that birthed a strong African consciousness in this part of the island. In a scene where the group Conexión Africa is recording a song called "Africa" with an Angolan football club's banner on the wall of the booth, one can tangibly feel such African consciousness manifesting.
Bakosó party. Image credit Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi.
While this celebration of Africa in Cuba is inspirational, the film is a bit overburdened by the weight given to the personal allegory of a return to African roots (and subsequent journey out to share them with the world). Beyond just a connection to roots, it must be understood that the birth of this new musical genre was assisted by Cuba's state foreign policy of building global South solidarity, and aiding the African liberation movements. The film lightly touches on this. For example, Jigüe mentions the history of Cuban military support for Angola, and how this action is thought upon fondly by many of the Angolan students who arrive to Cuba. The film, however, would have benefited from more of this political context to balance out Jigüe's romanticism.
One section, if expanded on, would have gone a long way to rectify this issue, and that was the story of how a nationwide Africa Day celebration came to be in Cuba. Nayda Gordon, the founder of a youth African dance troupe, Sangre Nueva, explains how years ago African students would only practice their cultures with each other in parties and celebrations behind the closed doors of the medical schools. The cultures of these students piqued her interest, so she reached out to a medical student named Demba and together they organized to form the troupe. A former African medical student, Dr. Ibrahim Keita, mentions Demba and a committee that was formed ten years ago with the aim of integrating African students more with the local community. Keita alludes to the fact that this committee helped bring about the Africa Day festivities and claims, "if Kuduro is being accepted by Cuban youth today, it's because that was our intention."
Santiago, Cuba. Image credit Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi.
Gordon's personal motivation to connect with strangers is fascinating. It would be interesting to contextualize her initiative in relation to Cuban social norms and find out why it was important for her to connect Cuban youth with African culture. Also, the modes available for building programs of integration through grassroots solidarity in Cuba are unfamiliar to me, and in the film this section passes very quickly. It left me wondering: What was the committee? Who all was involved? And, how did they managed to gain state support? An international audience especially would have benefited from further exploration of these questions.
Jigüe mentions over and over that this or that could happen "only in Santiago." This perhaps works best in a local context amidst a continued struggle with racial inequality on the island, but not so much outside of Cuba. Because, rather than exceptional, the formation of a genre like bakosó, and the conditions that allowed it, is a process that I have personally seen repeated over and over across the Atlantic world (admittedly thanks to a little passport privilege and a fast internet connection). Kuduro, afrobeats, and afrohouse themselves are a result of such processes, and this is not the first time director Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi has been there for such moments. He previously documented the growth of hip hop in Cuba with his film Inventos: Hip Hop Cubano and the rise of hiplife in Ghana in Homegrown: Hiplife in Ghana.
Dancer from Sangre Nueva. Image credit Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi.
What is exceptional about Santiago that makes it stand out amongst its hemispheric neighbors are the social conditions that allowed this exchange to happen. In contrast to North America—where corporate streaming platforms and an "Africans! They're just like us" narrative are propelling Afropop into the mainstream—in Cuba a state policy of global South solidarity, has merged with an African consciousness embedded amongst the people. This political formation is what opened pathways for integration between Cubans and their African immigrant neighbors. Paradoxically, at a time when much of us are hyper-connected, in the face of digital disconnection, Cubans were able to connect with Africa via Africans themselves. So, bakosó remains as a unique cultural space in a world where cultural difference seems to be melting away—it is wonderful, simply, because it is still a story of a specific place, and a sound for a specific people, at a specific moment in time.
Still, what may be most exciting for audiences in regards to both the film and the music itself is that they allow us to romanticize the potentials and possibilities they symbolize. Bakosó, as a gift to Cuba from the African nations that were touched by Cuba's influence, being sent back to the island that helped define what it means to be African in the modern world. With beautiful cinematography, and an innovative take on the documentary genre, the Jacobs-Fantauzzi brothers have done a great job in documenting this exchange on another leg of its journey.
Boima Tucker is the Managing Editor of Africa Is a Country.
British sociologist Paul Gilroy suggested the history of culture in the Atlantic world is characterized by
The place of race in Cuba
Esteban Morales Dominguez
Cuba achieved more for Afro-Cubans in 50 odd years than in the 400 years before that. However, socialism did not resolve the question of racism on the island.
Coming to voice in Cuba
Aliyah Blackmore
Thanks in part to the internet, Black women in Cuba are now able to forge space and create visibility for themselves.
If Africa is a country, then Fidel Castro is one of our national heroes
On 25 November 2016, Fidel Castro passed away. To many Africans Fidel was a hero, playing a central role in their liberation from colonialism.
The Shifting, Sonic Geography of Cartagena, Colombia
It had been three years since I'd visited Cartagena, and I was shocked by all the changes. They must have been bubbling under the surface the last time I came, because they seemed so drastic. …


COLUMBIA, Pa. – Two male suspects face charges in an early Friday morning shots fired incident in Columbia Borough. The Lancaster County District Attorney's says it will hold a news conference Saturday morning and release the names of those suspects and the charges against them.
The incident began at about 3:25 a.m. in the area of the 100 block of N. 7th Street. Police from multiple surrounding departments were called to assist borough police including the county SERT team. Several streets in the borough were blocked off for hours and residents ordered to shelter in place while police investigated. The area was cleared at around 9 a.m. There were no reported injuries during the incident.
District Attorney Craig Stedman is expected at the 9 a.m. Saturday news conference at the Columbia Borough Police Department.


Resident's parking permits are only issued to people who live in properties in residential areas where parking has become a problem and a parking zone has been introduced. In some of these zones we also offer the option to apply for visitor's permits.
Who own or use a building in a resident's parking zone but do not live in it all or most of the time.
People who live in a car-free or permit-free development.
If you are on the Council Tax and/or Electoral Register you can apply online for a resident and/or visitor permit.
Please allow 15 working days for your application to be processed.
Please note: If you live in a property which spans multiple numbers, e.g. 40-48, please just enter the first number in the 'House No' field, e.g. 40, on entering the application.
You will be prompted to upload supporting documentation, e.g. proof of address. You can do this during the application or or log back in within 10 days, using the application number and PIN emailed to you.
If we do not receive your supporting documents your application will be refused.
Can a residents parking zone be set up in my area?
While we understand residents may find is difficult to park in their street when non-residents use it to park on, we can only create new residents parking zones when external funding is secured, for example, as part of a large approved development in the area.
However, if access to your driveway is often blocked by parked cars, you may be able to apply for an 'H' mark to be painted on the street outside your property. Find out more about 'H' marking.


text:
Arts & Crafts - Childrens
Refine by town Dunoon Helensburgh Oban
Quick Links... Arts & Crafts - Childrens Computer Coding & Programming Cookery Classes - Childrens Dancewear & Dance Shoes - Childrens Drama Classes - Childrens Sun & UV Protection Wear - Babies & Childrens Touch Typing - Childrens
Children's Party Entertainers in Argyll & Bute
Children's party entertainers for all ages from 1st birthday to teens. There are a variety of themes including magicians, jugglers and clowns as well as princess parties, fairy parties and superhero parties. Parties with a difference include animal parties, film making parties, skateboarding, football and other sports themed parties and fashion parties where guests learn how to design and make their own unique items!
Argyll & Bute
Magic Bob
Scotland's top full-time professional magician! 18 years of entertaining children/adults/families/special needs groups/business people. Magic Bob has spent much time in research and rehearsal to ensure that he will be giving audiences the best entertainment at the fairest price to suit client's specific needs. Children from the age of 3 years will be treated with respect and in an un-patronising manner.
Magic Bob has also developed a range of workshops and tutorials to encourage and educate the amateur magician.
Children's magic parties in Aberdeenshire, Dumfries & Galloway, Angus, Argyll & Bute, East Lothian, Fife, Mid Lothian, Moray, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Scottish Borders, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian
Category: Children's Party Entertainers
Chaplins Pantos 4 Kids
The Children's Pantomime Company That Comes To You!
Web: www.chaplinspantos.co.uk
Smart Raspberry Cookery School
Online and in-class Cookery Classes for Girls and Boys
Smart Raspberry specialises in providing cookery classes and workshops to children as young as 5 years up to teenagers. We run classes during term time and the school holidays as well as workshops, parties, Duke of Edinburgh courses and more. We are now offering franchising opportunities nationwide. For more information please go to the franchise page: https://www.smartraspberry.com/franchise-opportunities/
Extra-Curricular Classes
"Such a popular extracurricular activity, extremely well organised; they are run by dedicated, enthusiastic staff who are educating our children in cookery skills and widening their horizons! First Class!" Rob Harmer, Headteacher at St Marys School, Henley-on-Thames
Open Classes – Weekends and Holidays
The Best Club ever!!!! That's how my daughter describes Smart Raspberry Cookery School. The Saturday morning and holiday clubs have taught my daughter how to cook a vast array of sweet and savoury dishes, which has increased her confidence and taught her to be responsible around the kitchen. The recipes are easy to follow and so good I have actually continued to use them myself, definitely recommended!!" Rachel Foreman, Parent
Workshops in Schools
"We recently worked with Smart Raspberry for our discovery week. Our theme was Mind, Body and Soul. We were given amazing options for our cooking class and they were able to work with our date and time constraints. In the end, we chose smoothies and a noodle salad. All of the students choose the cooking class as a highlight of their week. The food was delicious and many students reported later that they had made them on their own at home. Overall a great success. The end result included happy and full students! Highly recommend!" Mercedes Savage, ACS Hillingdon International School
"My daughter had the Smart Raspberry cupcake party for her 8th birthday. It was fantastic and all the girls loved it – the cake making, the icing (with an animal theme) and eating the final product! One of her friends needed an egg-free version and her Mum said they were the best egg-free cakes she had ever tasted! I would thoroughly recommend Smart Raspberry for an exciting and hassle-free party" Karen, Parent
Children's cookery classes in Amersham, Beaconsfield, Chesham, Denham, Gerrards Cross, Great Missenden, High Wycombe, Slough, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Luton, Harefield, Hayes, Hillingdon, Northwood, Ruislip, Uxbridge and West Drayton, Ascot, Bracknell, Reading, Slough, Windsor, Wokingham, Milton Keynes, Newport Pagnell, Olney, Stony Stratford, Bletchley, Winslow, Woburn Sands, Aylesbury, Haddenham, Wendover, Princes Risborough, Thame, Marlow, Maidenhead, Henley-on-Thames, Ilford, Loughton, Epping, Woodford, Chigwell, West London, Ealing, Acton, Chiswick, Hammersmith, Sutton, Epsom, Ewell
Song & Dance Factory
Character & Superhero Parties - Making Kids Dreams Come True!
Exciting interactive and energetic children's themed parties in Glasgow, Edinburgh and surrounding areas designed for girls and boys aged 3 and upwards. Party themes include Princess parties and Superhero parties such as Spiderman, Batman and Pirates.
Web: www.songanddancefactory.com


The Public is in the cinemas right now. The Public was released on 2019 in cinemas in . Above, you can book your cinema tickets in cinema near you in one click. Get your cinema tickets for The Public now! The Public is a 2019 Drama Movie.It is directed by Emilio Estevez . The film stars Alec BaldwinChristian SlaterEmilio EstevezGabrielle UnionJacob VargasJeffrey WrightJena MaloneMichael Kenneth WilliamsRichard T. JonesTaylor Schilling in role.


5429 West Avenue, Single Family Home. South end Cape Cod Home. This five bedroom, two bath single family is just 2 streets from the beach and within proximity of the 55th Street shops, stores, 52nd Street playground, Corson s Inlet State Park, boat ramp, fishing bridge and a variety of dining establishments. Features include a relaxing back yard, central air conditioning, 1 car off street parking, ceiling fans and enclosed outdoor shower. This is a non smoking property. In Season weekly rentals check in at 2 PM Saturdays and check out at 10 AM Saturdays. Tenants are encouraged to personally inspect any property they rent. The tenant bears the sole risk of renting a property sight unseen and in not being satisfied with the condition of the property at the time of check in. This property is located in Ocean City, New Jersey, America�s Greatest Family Resort. Ocean City is a family resort town located on an island along the Atlantic Ocean 15 miles south of Atlantic City. The beaches are lifeguard protected during the summer season and there are dedicated surfing beaches. In addition to the 2.5 mile boardwalk with amusement piers, shopping, restaurants and The Music Pier � an entertainment venue for concerts and other events, there is also the Bay Front area for watersports, fishing charters, boat rentals and a Down Town Shopping District with unique stores, restaurants and of course our famous Spring and Fall Block Parties. Contact us Today to Book your Vacation Rental in Ocean City, NJ.


Numerous studies, including a new meta-analysis, have explored the use of whole body vibration treatment for people with multiple sclerosis. Does this nondrug, noninvasive approach have a place in an MS treatment plan?
For multiple sclerosis patients who use Betaseron, the interferon beta-1b prescription drug designed to reduce relapses in individuals with relapsing-remitting MS, a new delivery system will be available soon in the United States. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Bayer's BetaConnect, the first electronic autoinjector for treating RRMS.
Read more about Gut Bacteria Role in Multiple Sclerosis Treatment?
Why symptoms of multiple sclerosis tend to improve in the winter and get worse in the summer has puzzled experts and patients and prompted a number of speculations. Now a team of researchers has offered a new explanation that involves melatonin, which could lead to better treatment opportunities for people with MS.
It likely comes as no surprise that smoking is not good for people who have multiple sclerosis, but what may be news is how smoking impacts disease progression. A new study from Karolinska Institutet explains the effects of smoking on MS and is believed to be the first one to provide evidence of what happens when MS patients quit smoking, while another recent study also reveals news about smoking and MS prognosis.
Hearing problems are not a common symptom of multiple sclerosis. That's good news. However, for approximately 4 to 6 percent of individuals with MS, hearing challenges are a reality that can have an impact on their quality of life, although the other good news is that most patients recover completely.
An international team of researchers recently reported on the results of the extension of a trial comparing fingolimod and interferon beta-1a in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Basically, patients fared better when they took fingolimod, but it's worth examining the details.
Exercise may have a significant impact on multiple sclerosis in children, according to a new study. The findings, which appear in the online issue of Neurology, could be important for the estimated 10,000 children in the United States and the many thousands of others around the world who have multiple sclerosis.
The role of vitamin D in multiple sclerosis, especially related to relapse rate and disease progression, was the subject of a recent study conducted by a team from Australia. The findings shed light on the association between exposure to the sun, supplementation with vitamin D, and latitude on people with multiple sclerosis.
Two cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) associated with the use of fingolimod (Gilenya) in individuals with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis have been reported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In both cases—one probable and one definite--the individuals had not been treated previously with another immunosuppressant drug for MS.
Massage for multiple sclerosis is not a cure, but it can provide significant benefits without the risk of drug side effects. In fact, the authors of numerous studies have reported on the advantages of this complementary therapy for MS patients.
Some individuals who have multiple sclerosis have thought about or are interested in participating in clinical trials. For those who fall into these categories and who would like some assistance, there is a Clinical Trial Notification Program that can let you know about multiple sclerosis clinical trials for which you may qualify.
For people with multiple sclerosis who choose to take medications, identifying which one or ones will be effective is a challenge and often discouraging. Now a team in Italy has discovered a specific gene mutation that may eventually help bring personalized medicine to multiple sclerosis patients.
Of the many natural treatment approaches to multiple sclerosis, the Wahls Protocol, which includes a diet and lifestyle program designed to support brain cell function, has attracted special attention in part because it was developed by a physician who has MS. Another reason is that many people who have tried it say it works, but not everyone agrees.
A new study that will evaluate the effectiveness of an experimental oral drug (RPC1063) and Avonex (interferon beta-1a) in individuals with relapsing multiple sclerosis is now recruiting participants. The effort, which is known as the Sunbeam Study, is funded by Receptos, Inc., which makes the experimental drug.
The question about the relationship between prolactin and multiple sclerosis is one that numerous researchers have been trying to answer. What do we know about the potential benefits or disadvantages of this hormone when it comes to MS?
A 20-minute documentary on multiple sclerosis, entitled simply "SM" (the original title in Polish) offers a poignant look at the lives, thoughts, and goals of three people with the disease. The two women and one man, who range in age from 20 to 61, demonstrate the universality of the determination, hope, and challenges of the disease.
Two recent studies offer some important information on bone health for individuals who have multiple sclerosis. If you have MS and haven't had a talk with your doctor about osteoporosis and your bones, it's high time you did.
Although most people associate a hug with something pleasant and loving, an MS hug doesn't fit that definition. The MS hug is a common but not always well-known symptom of multiple sclerosis, especially among individuals who have a recent diagnosis.
Trigeminal neuralgia, also known as tic douloureux, is an extremely painful nerve disorder that occurs in about 3 to 4 percent of individuals who have multiple sclerosis. About 2 to 4 percent of patients with trigeminal neuralgia have MS.
Several studies have shown that hypnosis can help relieve pain associated with multiple sclerosis. If you are not satisfied with your current pain relief program or you want to try a natural approach that eliminates the risk of side effects from drugs, then hypnosis training may be for you.
A small study conducted by researchers at Marquette University in Milwaukee found that ballroom dancing may help improve function in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Some people turn to acupuncture for multiple sclerosis, but use of this alternative or complementary treatment choice is not well studied. Here's what a recent review and an additional study have to say about the use of acupuncture for relief of MS symptoms. Please feel free to share your experiences!
One of the first signs of multiple sclerosis is Uhthoff's phenomenon, episodes of blurry or dimmed vision associated with a rise in body temperature. Why does this happen and what can you do about it?


text:
Author: Golf Australia
Aussie trio earn Asian selection
Australians Min Woo Lee, Shae Wools-Cobb and Grace Kim have each been selected to represent the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation next week in Qatar.
Kim, 17, of Sydney will join 11 teammates to defend the Patsy Hankins Trophy against the European women's team at the Doha Golf Club from 8-10 March.
The Aussie men will play for the Bonallack Trophy at the same venue, trying to win back the trophy retained by Europe in Portugal two years ago.
Wools-Cobb, 22, of the Sunshine Coast, and Lee, 19, of Perth, will be key parts of a talented men's team seeking Asia-Pacific's first win in the biennial event since 2004 in Italy.
The men's Asia-Pacific team will be coached by Adelaide's Gareth Jones and have for the second time as its captain Melbourne's Matt Cutler, who said he was "excited" by his team's prospects.
"I am very happy with the men's team we have selected. We have a group of players that thoroughly deserve to represent our region and I know will give their all in the matches with Europe," Cutler said.
"I think the women's team will also pack a punch. They did really well in the inaugural Patsy Hankins Trophy two years ago to keep Europe at bay and we again have a talented group assembled to defend the title."
The events, played concurrently feature two sessions of team play – five foursomes matches each morning and five fourball matches each afternoon – on each of the first two days, then a day of 12 singles matches to finish on the third.
The winners of the respective trophies will be determined by the most cumulative matches won.
Lee and Wools-Cobb, who both figured prominently in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Wellington last year, bring good form to Qatar.
Lee, who won the United States Junior Championship in 2016 and in 2017 was runner-up at the Australian Amateur, recently made the quarter-finals of the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia's World Super 6 Perth, co-sanctioned by both the Asian and European tours.
Wools-Cobb won the Northern Territory Amateur in 2016 and was a semi-finalist at the 2018 Australian Amateur in Perth in January.
They will be part of a quality squad including Indian sensation Rayhan Thomas, outstanding Japanese pair Takumi Kanaya and Kazuya Osawa and former Australian Junior champion Daniel Hillier, of New Zealand, where he also won his national amateur championship last year. No fewer than 10 of the men's team are ranked in the top 100 of the world amateur standings.
Kim, who recently made her debut on the LPGA Tour's ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open, is the reigning Australian Junior and SA Women's Amateur champion. The Avondale member also played in last week's inaugural Women's Amateur Asia Pacific championship in Singapore, won by another member of next week's team, the Thai prodigy Atthaya Thitikul.
ASIA PACIFIC TEAMS
Patsy Hankins Trophy
Grace Kim (Australia)
Liu Wenbo (China)
Du Mohan (China)
Ya-Chun Chang (Chinese Taipei)
Yu-Chiang Hou (Chinese Taipei)
Yuna Nishimura (Japan)
Riri Sadoyama (Japan)
Seo-yun Kwon (Korea)
Hae-ran Ryu (Korea)
Yuka Saso (Philippines)
Paphangkorn Tavatanakit (Thailand)
Atthaya Thitikul (Thailand)
Bonallack Trophy
Min Woo Lee (Australia)
Shae Wools-Cobb (Australia)
Rayhan Thomas (India)
Takumi Kanaya (Japan)
Kazuya Osawa (Japan)
Jaemin Han (Korea)
Dong-min Kim (Korea)
Daniel Hillier (New Zealand)
Lloyd Jefferson Go (Philippines)
Gregory Foo (Singapore)
Sadom Keawkanjana (Thailand)
Kammalas Namuangruk (Thailand)
Yu-Chiang Hou (Chinese Taipei


text:
You are here: Welcome » Reviews » Film Reviews » Japanese Anime » Review of 'The Little Norse Prince (Taiyou no ouji Horusu no daibouken)'
Review of 'The Little Norse Prince (Taiyou no ouji Horusu no daibouken)'
The first movie directed by Isao Takahata while Hayao Miyazaki is just beginning his illustrious career in the lowly position of animator. Really only now of interest to fans of the two directors The Little Norse Prince (Prince of the Sun: The Great Adventure of Horus) tells the story of Horus, a young boy whose village has been destroyed by an evil villain. Horus sets out on his own after his father dies and comes across a village also under the threat of the same villain. Horus must prove himself by defeating the evil.
Having been created so many years ago the animation is surprisingly good with a fairly simple story-line. Enjoyable, light entertainment.
Studio: Optimum Asia


text:
Idaho was one of the last areas in the lower 48 states to be explored by people of European descent. Now, a little more than 130 years later, Idaho is nearing 2 million people. Still quite a bit less than neighboring states but perhaps worthy of recapping some Idaho history for the new, existing, and part-time residents.
Before Lewis and Clark made their way through Idaho in 1805 -with assistance from the Shoshone Indians, fur trappers, traders and miners began their descent within a few years. Prior to 1805, an estimated 8,000 Native Americans lived in what is today the state of Idaho, and few if any had ever seen a white man.
For some time, Idaho fell into periods of being included in Oregon and Washington Territories. It finally became its own U.S. territory in 1863. By 1880 the population reached 32,000, and national republicans eager to increase their influence pushed for Idaho statehood in 1888. By July 3, 1890, Idaho became the 43rd state in the Union.
Early settlers included people from Ireland, England, Germany, China, Africa, and the Basque people who brought the sheep herding to Idaho. Today, Boise has the largest community of Basque in the United States.
Henry Spalding first introduced potatoes to Idaho in the 1830s, when he was also introducing Christianity to the Nez Perce Indians in the Lapwai area in north Idaho. He also developed the first irrigation system
The British-owned Hudson Bay Company controlled the trade in the Snake River area by the 1820s.
In 1809, Kullyspell House, the first white-owned establishment and first trading post in Idaho, was constructed.
Cataldo Mission, the oldest standing building in Idaho, was constructed at Cataldo by the Coeur d'Alene and Catholic missionaries.
When Idaho became an official territory, Lewiston was named the capital in 1863. History claimes the capital was stolen and taken to Boise. If you would like to learn more you can watch it here.
Do you know Idaho? Can you name the following?
Idaho state bird
Idaho state flower
Idaho's nickname
Idaho state gem
Idaho state raptor
Idaho state fruit
Idaho state song
gem state
peregrine falcon
Here we have Idaho – Click HERE to listen to the song


text:
The Hundred Days was Napoleon Bonaparte's final military campaign in 1815.

(The) Hundred Days may also refer to:

 The Hundred Days (novel), an Aubrey–Maturin novel by Patrick O'Brian, set during Napoleon's 1815 campaign
Hundred Days (album), a 2009 album by JJ Lin
 Hundred Days Offensive, the Allies final push at the end of World War I
 Canada's Hundred Days, the last 96 days of World War I
 Hundred Days' War, an extended battle in the Lebanese Civil War
 Hundred Days' Reform, a 1898 reform program in China
"A Hundred Days", an episode of the TV series Stargate SG-1
One Hundred Days or 100 Days may refer to:

 100 Days (1991 film), an Indian thriller film
 100 Days (2001 film), a film about the Rwandan Genocide
 100 Days (2013 film)
 100 Days (2016 TV series), a Marathi language television series
 100 Days to Heaven or 100 Days, a 2011 Philippine television series
 Beyond 100 Days, previously known as 100 Days, a BBC News current affairs programme
 "100 Days", the first term (1834–1835) of British prime minister Robert Peel
 "100 Days", the 1994 Rwandan genocide
 One Hundred Days: Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander, a book by Admiral Sandy Woodward
 One Hundred Days: My Unexpected Journey from Doctor to Patient, a 2000 book by David Biro
 One Hundred Days: The Story of Architects Almost World Tour, a documentary about British metalcore band Architects' 2012 tour
 "One Hundred Days", a song by Mark Lanegean from Bubblegum
 One Hundred Days, a band led by Ian Tanner
 One Hundred Days Government, the first government of Cuban president Ramón Grau

See also

First hundred days (disambiguation)
Hundred Years' War
One Hundred Years of Solitude


World Cup Qualification CONMEBOL – Follow the Football match between Paraguay and Bolivia live with Eurosport. The match starts at 23:00 on 17 November 2015. Our live coverage lets you follow all the key moments as they happen.
Who will come out on top in the battle of the managers Eduardo Berizzo or César Farías? Find out by following our live matchcast.
Have your say by voting on who will win between Paraguay and Bolivia? Enjoy some pre-match reading with related articles about these two Enjoy some pre-match reading with related articles about these two Football teams.
Head-to-head: see historical stats and visit our detailed profiles for Paraguay vs Bolivia. Get all the latest on Football: fixtures, results and tables.


HOBE SOUND – Harold and Susan Jenkins have a gift for helping things grow: plants, trees, their family, business, community, and their legacy for the future.
Harold's grandfather, Carl, was a squash farmer in Indiana in the summer and in Jupiter Farms in the winter. His son, Harold "Gene" Jenkins, inherited his same work ethic for getting dirt under his fingernails, working hard, and respecting nature.
When Gene died in 1986, it was only logical that his son Harold and wife Susan Jenkins took over the business in 1988.
Susan agrees. Originally a New Jersey girl, Susan realized that running a Florida landscaping business wouldn't come naturally for her.
"But we dove in head first," she said, "determined to prove to ourselves and anyone who doubted us that we could do it." And in fact, they did it!
Harold became an expert in the landscape contracting industry, with a focus on design, installation and maintenance. If it grows outdoors in South Florida, Harold knows its life cycle, its preference for sun or shade, its water requirements, and the kind of nutrients that encourage its growth.
Harold is well known throughout the local community and statewide as an industry leader who is a straight shooter, gives clear answers, or searches until he's found the solution to a question. He became heavily involved with the Florida Nurserymen's Growers and Landscape Association (FNGLA) and well-schooled in the art of landscaping for high-end residential properties. Susan meanwhile learned every aspect of running the office with the guidance of Harold's mom, Dorothy Jenkins.
Harold and Susan will always tell you the success of the business really comes from their customers and employees. There are still a handful of customers that first hired Jenkins Landscape when Gene was running the show. About 30 percent of the employees have worked at Jenkins for more than 15 years. There are even a few that started before Harold and Susan became owners in 1986.
The involvement of the whole Jenkins family in the landscaping business is the stuff of legend in Hobe Sound.
If there is something good to be done for the environment, from sponsoring Hobe Sound Chamber of Commerce or Keep Martin Beautiful events to being hands-on in their donation of time, energy, labor and equipment working alongside other volunteers on projects such as the restoration of the Gomez Cemetery, you can count on them to be involved, often quietly without fanfare.
Two of Harold and Susan's children -- Steven and Erin, now the third generation of the Jenkins family in the landscaping business -- began working in the family business from the ground up and are now leading the company into the future.
Steven started the irrigation department and has expanded his knowledge to the landscape installation side. Erin is managing the maintenance and administration division of the company.
"My kids are doing an outstanding job running the company. They are building the business to be sustainable. That's a value that has helped the company prosper over the years, and it's a value that benefits our entire community," Harold said.
So what does Harold do, as he looks back at 60 years of growth of Jenkins Landscape? Retire? No, he runs for and wins a seat on the Martin County Commission. He has rapidly gained the reputation as a commissioner who listens. He knows the county -- its people, history, and its sense of community -- and he cares deeply about the legacy that he, his family, and all of the residents of the region will leave to their children and grandchildren.
Jenkins Landscape Co., established in 1959, is a family owned and operated business based in Hobe Sound. Jenkins is one of the top certified landscapers in the state using fully qualified staff and fleet of equipment. Services include, but not limited to, landscape installation and maintenance, irrigation installation and maintenance, tree trimming and removal, pest control and fertilization. Find Jenkins Landscape Co. on Facebook at www.facebook.com/JenkinsLandscape and visit www.jenkinslandscape.com for more information.


A law enforcement officer or a young man with a passion for football or boxing would make a great big for Peter, as the teen wants to explore those sports.
An energetic man with a passion for sports would make a great big brother for Lee'ontae.
If you enjoy a good adrenaline rush and are mechanically inclined, you could be the perfect big brother for Mykel.
A geologist could make a perfect match for Julieanne. But regardless of her future big sister's career choice, Julieanne is just asking for quality time together.
Are you looking to help out a child who could benefit from an extra friend and adult in their life? CBS7 is partnering with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Permian Basin to introduce you to West Texas children who are looking for mentors. They don't need much, they just want a buddy! You can catch our Be a Buddy segment every Wednesday on CBS7 News at 6.


text:
Viberate Will Launch Its ICO on September 5 with a Live Dj UMEK's Performing
Aug 31 2017 · 18:15 UTC | Updated Jan 31 2020 · 08:36
by Polina Chernykh · 3 min read
The new blockchain project is aimed at revolutionizing the live music industry, allowing musicians to be paid for their performances in digital currency.
Viberate is a new decentralized platform from a Slovenia-based startup designed to connect musicians with event organizers from all over the world. Described as a unique and revolutionary service, Viberate aims to become the largest global talent marketplace.
The company is set to transform the current live music industry just like Netflix changed TV and Airbnb changed the renting sector. With a new service, musicians will be able to increase exposure regardless of their popularity and monetize their services to earn the digital currency, including bitcoin, ether, and the platform's own cryptocurrency called Vibe.
The project was founded by a team of skilled managers and team leaders with an extensive experience in the music business. "We started the project because we were lost in the flood of trends in music. New artists emerge daily and it's hard to be on top of things, no matter how experienced you are," Viberate CEO, Matej Gregorčič, said in a blog post on Medium.
"The founders have worked together for 15 years, we're not just business partners, we're friends," he added. "We worked with big international clients such as Philip Morris, Vodafone, Hewlett-Packard and many others, who trusted us with their event management budgets."
The team already raised $580,000 in the first funding round in 2016 and received $440,000 from an angel investor earlier this year. Recently, the platform added more than 120,000 artist profiles, 50,000 venues, and over 210,000 different events to its platform.
Viberate is now planning to launch an ICO on September 5, 2017, that will continue until October 4, 2017. The company plans to raise $12 million during a crowdsale, which will be used to develop additional features and finance a global marketing campaign.
Overall, the startup will issue 200 million tokens, 60% of which will be available for investors. Besides, it will offer significant bonuses at each stage of the sale.
One of the project's co-founders, a famous techno DJ UMEK, is going to play a special live set for the launch of the ICO.
"Of course we'll throw a party for when the crowdsale launches! What kind of a music service wouldn't do that? I prepared a special 90-minute set and I'll play it in our offices in Ljubljana," he said. "We want as many people as possible to celebrate this special event with us, so we'll stream the set live on Facebook. I hope the neighbors will understand that we might cross a line with loud music for a while. They're invited anyway."
The live stream of the performance can be viewed here.
Unlike other ICO projects, Viberate is already an existing service, allowing users to explore the world of live music. "By buying Vibe tokens, you are contributing to a project that already has value and a vibrant community covering our backs. The database you see today was built with the help of over 50 thousand contributors," Gregorčič stated.
next Blockchain News, News, Token Sales
Author Polina Chernykh
Polina is an undergraduate student at Belarusian State Economic University (BSEU) where she is studying at the faculty of International Business Communication for a degree specializing in Intercultural Communication. In her spare time she enjoys drawing, music and travelling.
Subscribe to our telegram channel. Join