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Team Waitangi: Teaching against the grain in West London
December 21, 2014 December 21, 2014 Mechanical Dolphin
Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete, West London
Team Waitangi got its name five years ago, just before Christmas. I was teaching what the Brits call infants – 4 to 7 years old, specifically Year 1 or 1st Grade – in a deprived suburban corner of West London. Our staff were pretty diverse, with teachers from New Zealand, South Africa, and Australia. The school served a diverse community, too: most kids were from families that didn't speak English at home, new migrants who had come to us from Somalia, Iraq, Sri Lanka. Celebrations like Ramadan and Diwali were more important to our kids than, say, Easter. Even more than usual, this meant I did as much listening as talking, as much learning as teaching.
There was so much to learn, too. I loved discovering the Sikh festival which coincides with Diwali. It commemorates the release from prison of Guru Hargobind Ji. We reenacted it with the one Sikh boy in my class, other children playing the role of prisoners holding on to the tassels of the Guru's robe, so that he didn't feel left out when many others celebrated Diwali.
When Christmas arrived, I was keen that we did something to celebrate that, too. I wanted to show my kids the warm, gift-giving festival which is a part of Britain's holiday season even in secular families. So, I decided to take the kids carol singing.
Our classrooms each had a back door opening directly onto an enclosed outdoor area, safe for kids to play and learn in. This meant that we could go carolling in a way that would be difficult on the streets of our neighbourhood. We rehearsed singing "We Wish You A Merry Christmas", then toured the other classrooms, interrupting their lessons and serenading them from a chilly doorstep.
Part of carolling in the UK is collecting money for a good cause. Again, I wanted my students to experience this tradition with a sense of play, not obligation. We would just collect loose change, and only from the teachers in each class. Unbeknownst to the teachers, I then ploughed that money back into their drinks fund for the end of term celebrations.
I searched for a word that would hint at our secret carol collection plan. It wasn't strictly a teaching goal, but I wanted our project to have a name that reflected the diversity of our staff. The New Zealanders at our school had already introduced students to everything from the haka to Fred Dagg, poi dancing, and Patea Māori Club, so I was pleased when a bit of Googling revealed that Waitangi Day commemorated the signing of New Zealand's founding document. Therefore, our carollers would collect money for the "Waitangi Home for Needy Girls" – and Anna and Jen were very happy when some weeks later they realised that their donations to our charity bucket were in fact funding another couple of rounds down at the Grapes.
The Waitangi label stuck as four of us drew together like a secret club within the infant school. Two of Team Waitangi were Kiwis and two of us were Brits. Jen was from Aotearoa's North Island. She was tall and thoughtful and loved animals; we called her Eliza Thornberry, from the old cartoon about a family of animal lovers. Jen was the most empathetic teacher in the school, brilliant with challenging students – although sometimes she forgot to bring her class to assembly. Sometimes she even forgot it was her turn to take assembly…
Anna was tanned, fit, irrepressible. If she were a Wild Thornberry, she'd be more like Donny the animal boy.
The Wild Thornberries – from Tumblr user peteneems
Like me, Jen and Anna were both teachers. The other Brit in Team Waitangi was my teaching assistant, Mrs M. She was crafty and mischievous. Whatever I asked of her, she was willing to give it a go. Make a Chinese dragon and parade the class through the halls in a clashing, manic, kettle drum march? She was in. Make cardboard racing cars and musical instruments for our class to play with? Not a problem.
Once a week, teachers did birthdays for the year group. Each child who had a birthday that week came up to the front of the hall. They'd tell the others what presents they wanted and what celebrations their family had planned.
I got bored with the routines and didn't waste much time before starting to meddle. If I had to go up before the school and emcee a "birthday assembly", then I decided I should bring some personality to the affair – and make it a communal celebration, a birthday party of sorts. One week we had Rock Birthday Assembly. Our class lined up with cardboard instruments and mimed to 80s power ballads, then the teachers took the stage and delivered a caterwauling performance of "Alone" by Heart. Then there was Robot Birthday Assembly. We made a Powerpoint that looked like a retro computer screen, green on black, listing the "activation dates" of our birthday kids. The children were taught robot dancing and moves ranging from the "reboot" to the "malfunction".
Later that day, our school's head caught one of the year group wandering the corridors and tried to send him back to his classroom. He stood rigid, body slumped over, arms hanging down.
"I-HAVE-MALFUNCTIONED," he told the head. "I-CANNOT-RETURN-TO-CLASS-UNTIL-I-HAVE-BEEN-RE-BOOTED."
I was so proud.
In the year of Team Waitangi, the British curriculum was strict and straight, but our business was dance and play and stories. We were unafraid. A dull unit of physical education became an extended dance to Rose Royce's "Car Wash". Each group in the class was a different part of the car wash – vertical rollers, horizontal ones, shampoos and wipers – each with their own dance moves. Our Special Educational Needs kids sat in cars made from cardboard boxes. It was their job to pass through the car wash in procession. When the cars had all come through the wash, the dancers turned to the audience and did the dance from "Greased Lightning". This required deft timing with the volume control, because the lyrics were fresher than I remembered. There's barely time to fit in a drag race into that song before the lyric spits out one word or other that a teacher didn't really want to be explaining to an infant school class.
No game was too daft, no lesson plan too daring for Team Waitangi. Performances of Hakuna Matata and mini soap-opera style dramas based on ER (one kid in the George Clooney role with talcum powder to grey his temples); pantomime dress-up when Cinderella was our choice for a special storytelling day.
This might all sound silly or self-indulgent, a distraction from the business of learning. But it made every school day an adventure, education something to be relished. The alternative, tick-box schooling, was too awful to bear: a world where kids were being asked, "How could you 'up-level' this piece of writing?" I tried to complain about this term when I spoke at the House of Commons in 2010. A slightly miffed headteacher replied that language is always changing, and we shouldn't sneer at neologisms just because they're new. This is true. But to say "up-level" as opposed to "improve" suggests a world where children are not helped to develop their own good judgment about language and learning, only to jump through government-mandated hoops.
I was far happier when I saw kids reading and forming friendships outside of those uncomfortable pigeonholes. I remember a new boy from Iraq starting midway through the year, without a word of English. On his first day, we made our weekly trip to the school library. He tagged along in amiable but wary silence. Another boy, from a Somali family, found the Encyclopedia of DC Superheroes on the shelf – way beyond either of their reading abilities. He hauled the heavy hardback over to our new class member and rummaged through the pages intently. Finally he found the page he was looking for, jabbed with his finger, and looked up at the other boy.
"Batman? Superman? Batman?"
The new boy looked from the Caped Crusader to the Man of Steel and back again. He chewed his lip and then pointed at one figure.
"Batman!"
The first boy smiled in agreement. "Batman, yeah, Batman!"
It was a gateway to friendship through books and the transnational reach of pop culture.
The Great Lie of Rock Week
Perhaps our finest hour was the Great Lie of Rock Week. A lie that might have gone too far, but produced incredible literacy work.
It began when I noticed that Mrs M. looked like Debbie Harry, or rather, like a person the young Debbie Harry might have become. When we decided to theme a week of lessons around rock music, dressing in leather jackets and bandannas and cranking out our Bonnie Tyler-esque school assembly, I tested the waters by telling the children they were going to see a video of Mrs. M. when she was younger. I slipped the Best of Blondie DVD into the player and gave them a bit of "Heart of Glass".
They were utterly convinced. "You look so pretty!" "Why don't you wear lipstick that colour any more?" "Do you still sing in the band?"
Dancing to Blondie became our reward at the end of successful lessons. "Brain breaks" were trendy back then, fun physical activities as rewards for five and six year olds forced to work at their desks for great chunks of time. "If you work really hard, we'll watch another one of Mrs M's pop videos!"
Our students' fascination with Mrs M's secret past stretched their speaking and listening skills. She went "on tour", giving Q&A sessions with other classes. She'd tell them about her time on the road with the band; they asked her about her fashion sense, the feel of performing on stage, and what it might be like to be famous. All of which then inspired incredible written recounts from them.
We did start to wonder if it had gone too far when a parent started asking Mrs M about her singing career. By then, we'd moved on from Rock Week to Rap Week, the seasons had changed, and we were outside in the playground, classes challenging one another to dance-offs. The concrete was warm from summer sun and the walls echoed to the sounds of "Hear the Drummer Get Wicked".
One day, Anna's class collected armfuls of newly mown grass from the school lawns and brought them into my classroom, where they promptly launched a grassfight. Peals of laughter threatened to draw the senior managers from their offices – we had to quickly rout the intruders and get the place tidied up before someone could call a halt to the fun.
Sure, that time spent throwing grass could have been spent drilling the kids through their phonics – but we found that enthusing the children with a passion for learning and talking about their experiences helped them get good grades. We wanted kids to feel that coming to school was an enjoyable experience. Part of our job was to encourage their natural curiosity and desire for self-expression. They were here to actively learn and explore, to recognize themselves as a community of peers. School was not just a place where you would be "taught at" or put through the hoops of a preexisting system. And the greater their desire to express themselves, the more surprising and exciting the adventures they had, the harder they worked to develop exactly the skills which the school system wanted to test.
The fact that Team Waitangi was half-Kiwi surely helped with our unconventional mission. At the time, the NZ curriculum was a lot freer than the one we struggled with in the UK. The practical Kiwi attitude, plus the fact that these teachers were wanderers, only teaching in London as part of their Overseas Experience, meant that they were more willing to get playful and practical.
Towards the very end of the year, we ran a series of activities based around Bugsy Malone. The school's neighbourhood was tough. When the first gun appeared in the opening sequence some of our children were scared – only to burst out in relieved laughter when the weapons shot shaving cream. We learned songs from the movie, singing that we were best at being friends. And we learned other, less sentimental lessons too. When students came to the front of the class to practice grammar – we still found time for grammar amid the grass-throwing! – the child at the front of the sentence wore a gangster's black fedora to mark them as the capital letter. And when we got to the very end of term, as a treat, we watched the whole movie.
At the end of the screening, one of the boys turned to me. We'd got him a little late in the school year. He had left his old school after fighting with all and sundry. When he came to us, he flipped chairs and tables, and kicked you under the kneecap, or grabbed your fingers and bent them back, because he knew these were ways he could hurt an adult. He had a speech and language disorder that was difficult to diagnose, because English was not his first language and very little of it was spoken at home. So while the special needs people and the translators did their best to help him, we concentrated on including him within the class and sharing every activity with him. We found a way to include him in everything, whether a drive through the dancefloor carwash or a keyboard solo on the Rock Week stage. Gradually he learned to write his own name, and the word "TESCO", which he saw every day as he walked past the supermarket on the way to school. When the credits rolled on Bugsy Malone that summer, he turned to me with a big grin, and said, "Mr. Finch, when I grow up, I'm gonna shoot you!"
I nodded and smiled. Daft as it seems, I thought: brilliant. The fact that you've made a verbal threat. That you've made that sentence. It's a world away from a kick in the kneecaps and a flipped over table. I'd rather your aggression came out by pretending to be a gangster than hurting yourself and those around you.
Team Waitangi was a special bond of camaraderie; born under faraway stars, but brought together to make fun amid the gears of an unlovely education system. That time is done now – and life set us all spinning off in very different directions. But, staff and students alike, we were always best at being friends.
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Familiar thought? We hastened to send her a copy of Slightly Foxed. It's good to know the rest of the world is gradually catching up with us.
The latest of the Slightly Foxed Editions is certainly one of those warming and illuminating books. We've long loved Helene Hanff 's 84, Charing Cross Road and now we're delighted to be able to reissue it. Based on a correspondence that began in 1949 between the author, an eccentric, self-educated New York scriptwriter, and the antiquarian booksellers Marks & Co of London's Charing Cross Road, it is really the story of a twenty year love affair conducted solely through literature, a funny, very poignant evocation of a gentler and more leisurely world. Maggie Fergusson originally wrote about it for us in an earlier issue and you can find her piece here on p.14.
For some time Jennie has been working on a new website for the Slightly Foxed bookshop and it's now up and running. We hope you'll find it as attractive and easy to use as we do. Excitingly, you can listen to bookshop readings and to sessions of the book group which meets regularly at the shop. There are also clearly laid out book recommendations including a second-hand section, news of forthcoming shop events, and gift ideas ('A Year of Good Reading' would make a very special present for the busy booklover in your life).
We do hope you'll take advantage of the website and the shop's friendly telephone ordering service for your book purchases this Christmas (www.foxedbooks.com; 020 7370 3503); and we're very appreciative of those of you who already do. Any book now in print which is featured in the current issue of Slightly Foxed is available from the shop, and we'll send any present elegantly gift-wrapped and accompanied by a handwritten card.
Speaking of gifts, we would just draw your attention to the lovely new Slightly Foxed shopping bag. Our sturdy grey book bag has long been a favourite with readers, but this unusually strong, elegant and capacious new bag fills a different need. There are more details in the enclosed catalogue.
Also in the catalogue you'll find our seventh literary crossword. Entries should reach us no later than 14 January and the first correct one to be drawn out of a hat will receive a free annual subscription.
Meantime, dear readers, we wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas and hope that Slightly Foxed will be a source of sanity and cheer in the worrying world of 2016.


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Imminent national energy policy decisions will determine growth prospects of Grimsby's offshore wind economy
A new report[1] by think tank Green Alliance[2] shows how Grimsby has benefited economically over the past 15 years from the growth of the offshore wind sector, building on its fishing heritage and port infrastructure, but driven by national energy policy.
The research finds that:
• ten companies have already created 231 direct jobs in the town's docks and two have confirmed expansion plans within the next two years;
• one wind farm, Westermost Rough, has supported more than £10 million of investment in Grimsby, including a £5 million upgrade to the historic Royal Dock;
• long term jobs and growth in Grimsby from this industry will be reliant on the construction of proposed new wind farms such as Triton Knoll, but current uncertainty over government energy policy now makes it unclear if, or when, Triton Knoll will be built.
Business investment in Grimsby has been stimulated by energy policy support for low carbon power generation. However, in recent months the government has signalled a significant weakening of its support for renewable energy. Green Alliance expects the government to decide on the nature of its support for low carbon electricity generation in the 2020s in the next few months, which will in turn determine the growth of the offshore wind economy in the UK sector of the North Sea.
Based on the report's findings, Green Alliance recommends two government actions to continue to support the local economy in Grimsby and prevent progress from stalling:
1. Commit to a minimum level of offshore wind deployment during the 2020s, if the industry meets cost reduction targets.
2. Recommit to the Regional Growth Fund (RGF), the future of which is uncertain. This fund has been critical to supporting port upgrades in Grimsby and other coastal towns.
Chris Holden, manager of AIS Training in Grimsby said:
"This report from Green Alliance is extremely important in highlighting how national government policy can have a huge impact on the prosperity of local areas. Small towns such as Grimsby benefit enormously from the huge investment global investors bring. AIS Training alone is investing up to £10 million into the region and creating up to 30 new jobs – not to mention the positive economic impact of bringing thousands of international delegates into the region for training.
"The wind industry is crucial to Grimsby's economic future and any wavering from central government risks a decade worth of momentum building and jeopardises further investment in the area. We urge the government to take note of this report and support the UK and Grimsby's position as a global leader in renewables. Jobs – both direct and indirect – must be protected and the UK's engineering heritage preserved."
Matthew Spencer, director of Green Alliance, said:
"The offshore wind industry is hugely important to the economy of ports like Grimsby because it is creating high value jobs and helping to offset the long term decline of employment in other local industries like fishing. The growth of the offshore wind economy in coastal Britain over the next decade now depends on energy policy decisions made by ministers in London over the next few months."
[1] Growing the UK's coastal economy: learning from the success of offshore wind in Grimsby is published by Green Alliance on 17 November 2015.
[2] Green Alliance is a charity and independent think tank focused on ambitious leadership for the environment. Since 1979, it has been working with a growing network of influential leaders in business, NGOs and politics to stimulate new thinking and dialogue on environmental policy, and increase political action and support for environmental solutions in the UK.
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Get Feed My Zombie now in the App Store!
Check out the debut trailer for Feed My Zombie!
Feed My Zombie is a Cut the Rope style of game coming soon to iOS devices. Drag your finger across the chain to break it and deliver fresh brains to Om-Zom, the zombie! 30 levels of zombie feeding action are coming with the first release. More levels coming every few weeks!
I had originally made a flash demo of this game a little over 5 weeks ago, which in turn got me a spot as a beta tester for iStencyl. Without that opportunity and all the help of Jon, this game would still be on the backburner for me. I can't thank him enough!
I remade this for iOS devices from the ground up. I wanted to address a number of things that were bothering me (and others) with the Flash version. The two biggest complaints were the lack of on screen tutorials and the chain anchor that had to be pushed rather than dragged. Those were the first things to fix. Now you see a nice little on screen hand animation along with some text hinting at what to do in the first few levels and whenever a new gameplay mechanic is introduced.
In terms of gameplay, I tried to create a few things different from Cut the Rope to keep it interesting. The trailer only shows off a few of the levels, I wanted to keep them a surprise for the actual release.
Also, the graphics have been totally redone. I liked the juxtaposition of the cartoony and bold actors against a grungy background, so I kept that general look. I had to teach myself Illustrator in the process because it wasn't something I was too familiar with. I also went ahead and removed the blood stained walls of the menu backgrounds from the Flash version. I wanted to keep it at least somewhat kid friendly (as much so as a zombie-eating-brains would allow, that is). Overall I'm pleased with how it looks.
Feed My Zombie is available now in the App Store! Grab your copy!
Here are some promo codes for the first lucky 8 to respond! Simply pick one and be sure to respond to this post so that I know which ones have been claimed.
In the next update (once the App Store is back from vacation) I will be submitting 30 winter themed levels, timed hearts to make collecting all of them tougher, Game Center Achievements, new gameplay elements, and a few minor bug fixes.
Really nice job on the trailer. Looks like the folks on Facebook liked it too.
Thanks! I happen to be one of those folks that liked it, haha. I'm pushing to have it ready to submit by tomorrow evening.
Feed My Zombie was submitted to the App Store today. I wanted to submit it earlier this week but I ran into a few unwanted distractions that kept me from doing so. Anyways, hopefully it'll get approved and make it into the store before the break. If not, it's ok, I'm still excited about my first app.
Now I have to finish up the free version and then retool it a little to have a Flash version ready by the end of the month!
Congratulations. I am quite stunned how you were able to pull this off so quickly since istencyl launch.
Can you share a little bit of the hardware/iphone versions you used to make your game and what's your impression of the workflow in istencyl? I can't remember you as one of the original istencyl beta testers and already one game submitted. Wow. Great job. And the trailer looked excellent too.
Hey thanks, I created it using a late 2009 Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard. I tested primarily on my iPhone 3gs and a borrowed iPod Touch 4th gen. I also got to test on an older Touch (2nd gen I think), but only a couple of times.
I was invited to the beta test a little late in the beta, the first week of November if memory serves me right. All in all it took roughly 6 weeks to make, with all the behaviors done on my own (unlike Bandit the Fox which was more or less a test game based off the Stencyl platform kit with a lot of behaviors coming from the Forge, and only a few made on my own). Overall my experience with iStencyl and the community has been great. It's really intuitive and easy to use, even inserting some custom code into code mode was simple enough. I got some help from Jon a couple of times along the way, but pretty much every question that I did have on how to handle something was already answered in the forums.
That's great info. I hope the istencyl workflow including the publication process (not counting actual game-making itself ) is smooth and streamlined enough for everyone to go through easily. I would like to get my hand on it when I get a chance.
Good luck with your new game and perhaps many more to come.
Feed My Zombie is available now, check the main post for details and promo codes!
Congrats! Downloading now, I chose NTFXL693X34E.
That reminds me, I should post some promo codes for my game.
As with Populate, my sister has an iPhone so I sent her a promo code. I'll fiddle with it this weekend over Christmas and give you some feedback too. Thanks!
I played couple of levels and I say this is very well done! Playing this on iPod Touch and the only thing that annoys me that the game has hard time recognizing when you are tying to move the chains, For example in Stage 4 I keep constantly accidentally cutting them, could you increase the area where it recognizes that the chain is trying to be moved? maybe make the top rings of the chain uncutable? It's annoying to start such a simple levels many times over simply because it recognized the wrong swipe motion.
...Playing this on iPod Touch and the only thing that annoys me that the game has hard time recognizing when you are tying to move the chains, For example in Stage 4 I keep constantly accidentally cutting them, could you increase the area where it recognizes that the chain is trying to be moved? maybe make the top rings of the chain uncutable? It's annoying to start such a simple levels many times over simply because it recognized the wrong swipe motion.
I think that's been the biggest issue so far, but it's been fixed for the next update.


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CONTROLLED AIRSPACE AROUND FARNBOROUGH AIRFIELD
On 11 July, the CAA published its decision granting a large area of new controlled airspace around Farnborough Airfield. This decision follows an airspace change proposal process initiated by TAG Farnborough Airport.
Lasham Gliding Society is strongly opposed to the CAA's decision. Contrary to the statements made in the CAA decision document, Lasham Gliding Society considers that the decision to introduce new controlled airspace has not been justified by the CAA: it will create a choke point, it does not represent an efficient use of the airspace and it does not properly or reasonably balance the needs of all users. The consequence of the implementation of this large volume of controlled airspace, at the request of a small airfield which has around 28,000 annual (non-public) movements, will be to displace many times more transiting flights and to cause significant congestion of general aviation movements outside the controlled airspace. Lasham Gliding Society, the world's biggest gliding club with around twice the number of annual movements of Farnborough Airport, will be in this bottleneck. This gives rise to obvious safety risks for gliders and other aircraft.
The CAA has not published any data or evidence to support its decision that the new arrangements will be safe (or that the existing arrangements are not safe), and it has not published any analysis of the impact on Lasham Gliding Society or general aviation traffic in the choke points. Further, the measures suggested by the CAA for mitigating the serious safety risk are inadequate and ill-conceived.
In the course of the decision-making process, Lasham Gliding Society in partnership with the British Gliding Association and the General Aviation Alliance, engaged with the CAA in meetings and in writing to explain the problems with the changes proposed by TAG Farnborough. The same parties also submitted a practical and safe alternative airspace design at the request of the CAA. Notwithstanding this, the CAA has proceeded to approve TAG Farnborough's proposal with only minor modifications.
In these circumstances, Lasham Gliding Society has taken legal advice and will be writing formally to the CAA asking it to withdraw its decision. If the CAA does not withdraw the decision, or provide information properly justifying it, Lasham Gliding Society will consider all options including a legal challenge. If you are interested in providing financial support to the Society to help it to challenge the CAA's decision, please contact the office at Lasham.
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This interesting surname is of Norman-French origin, from St. Aubyn in France, and may now be regarded as a completely Hibernicized name. The family, first called de St. Aubyn, arrived in Ireland in the wake of the Norman Invasion (1169 - 1170), and by the year 1200 they were settled in Counties Tipperary and Kilkenny, from whence they spread to the neighbouring Munster counties of Cork and Waterford. Other Norman names which have become completely Irish are Roche (originally "de Roche") and Cusack (originally "de Cussac"). The Tobins were an extremely influential family in County Tipperary in medieval times, and the head of the family was known as Baron of Coursey...
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Georgina Louisa Montgomery who married James Tobin in Bangalore in 1861 is my great great grandmother. Great grandmother is Katherine or Kitty Tobin who married William Ball in 1894. Grandmother Amy Agnes Ball married Robert Edward Baker Willmott in Madras in 1920. Gets complicated as I am the biological son of Leon Aubrey Willmott, 1926-1988. Leon was born in Madras and died in Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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I'm Tobin from Tipperary/Kilkenny border . I am starting to look into my Family history. Hopefully I'll be able to get back with some exciting info in time.
I am researching my relatives and in particular James Tobin who married my great great grandmother Georgina Louisa Montgomery in 1861 in India. Any information much appreciated. Gary.....in Brisbane.
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I'm looking for any Tobin's in Kilkenny who may be related. My Great Grand Father (William Tobin) came to Australia in 1853 all details I have are below. Martin Tobin (1799) & Ally (Alice) Hanley (1800) lived in Tullowbrin, Rathcoole, Kilkenny & had 9 children. 1. Bridget Tobin (1816-1878) married Andrew Costello 2. Mary Tobin (1819) married John Byrne & had 9 children 3. Ellen (Eleanor) Tobin (1820) married Brian Byrne & had 4 children 4. Alice Tobin (1822 -1824) 5. Margaret Tobin (1823) married James Phelan & had 10 children 6. Alice Tobin (1825-1883) married John Carty & had 5 Children (to Australia 1852) 7. Michael Tobin (1826) married Mary Harding & had 4 children 8. William Tobin (1829-1910) married Ann Scarf (to Australia 1853) 9
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When we caught up with author Paul Auster at the Wooster (Support) Group's first benefit art auction this week at the Sean Kelly Gallery, we wondered if he had ever been approached to write something outside of his typical genre: "Yeah. For some reason photographers ask me to write prefaces to their books all the time," he told us, while standing in a gallery space that was full of photographers and artists. "I must have had a hundred requests over the years. I have no idea why. Maybe because of the movie Smoke, where one of the characters is taking the same picture every day for twenty years. I don't really know." See more in our Party Lines slideshow.


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"JCIRP Achieves Global Reach and Local Impact"
Drs. Elizabeth Krebs (center) and Stanton Miller (second from right) are analyzing crashed motorcycle helmets from Rwanda with the support of medical students from University of Rwanda (UR) and Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC): Emmanuel Mashyaka (UR MS5), Jules Iradukunda (UR MS6), Alex Rugamba (UR MS4), Myles Dworkin (SKMC MS4/MPH), Kelly Kaneza (UR MS4). Dr. Krebs aims to expand the bidirectional medical student exchange program between UR and SKMC that was initiated in 2006 by Dr. James Plumb, now the director of the Jefferson Center for Urban Health.
Since its launch in 2014, the Jefferson Center for Injury Research and Prevention (JCIRP) has been designed on the model for Injury Control Research Centers (ICRCs) put forth by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As one of just 30 ICRCs in the U.S., JCIRP remains committed to addressing the challenges outlined in the CDC Injury Research Agenda for 2009-2018 and the Pennsylvania Injury Prevention and Control Plan. "We are making great strides in fostering interdisciplinary collaboration across campus and community borders – all with the goal of saving lives and reducing disability," says Stanton Miller, MD, MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor and Executive Director, JCIRP.
In Spring of 2017, Dr. Miller and Charles J. Yeo, MD, FACS, Chair of Surgery at Jefferson, reached out to Philadelphia Health Commissioner Thomas Farley, MD, MPH, to pose an earnest query: What can we, as a Department of Surgery, do to help combat gun violence?
The initial meeting planted the seed for what became a daylong symposium, Code Red: Battling the Plague of Gun Violence, on June 21, 2018. More than 300 healthcare professionals attended the event, which so far has prompted the formation of two city-wide committees in conjunction with Commissioner Farley's office. One is focusing on firearm violence and gun control policy formulation; the other, with Dr. Miller as a co-chair, is devoted to the formal scientific study of firearm violence and its prevention.
Elizabeth Krebs, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, first visited Rwanda in 2009 as a fourth year medical student at Jefferson. Despite nearly 100 percent helmet use compliance, motorcycle crashes are a predominant cause of brain injuries in Kigali, Rwanda. Dr. Krebs and some engineering colleagues wondered if these helmets could be optimized to more effectively prevent traumatic brain injuries. They began to investigate the possibility of a motorcycle helmet specifically tailored to conditions commonly encountered in the developing world.
Dr. Krebs, who returned to Jefferson last year as faculty, won a Dean's Transformational Science Award in support of her research and Jefferson's growing global health presence. With Dr. Miller as a co-investigator and support from JCIRP, the study aims to investigate motorcycle crash dynamics, resultant injuries and the damage sustained by the helmet. The goal: to help engineers understand the forces most commonly impacting the head that a helmet must be designed to mitigate.
Support of this research highlights Jefferson's growing commitment to global health and "Medicine+" elements within our JeffMD curriculum, which encourages interdisciplinary collaboration and cross-fertilization of knowledge domains to enrich the education of healthcare providers. The coming year will bring new global initiatives, such as the Jefferson Consortium for African Partnerships (JCAP), bi-directional student and faculty international exchanges and collaborations with architecture and engineering colleagues on the Jefferson East Falls campus.
The Eakins Writers' Workshop, a medical humanities initiative within JCIRP and the Department of Surgery, provides a forum for capturing stories of injury. The workshops are being led by writing faculty from Jefferson – East Falls Campus, with initial sessions focused on telling stories from the perspectives of healthcare providers who care for the injured. Preliminary plans are taking shape for a publication called Evanescent, where these stories can be featured.
If you have interest in research related to injury prevention and control, please contact Dr. Miller via email at Stanton.Miller@ jefferson.edu or by phone 215-503-1016. Dr. Krebs can be reached via emailed at Elizabeth. Krebs@jefferson.edu for inquiries related to global health.
(2018) "JCIRP Achieves Global Reach and Local Impact," Jefferson Surgical Solutions: Vol. 13 : Iss. 2 , Article 7.


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Fort Smith board awaits study on annexation of unincorporated areas
By John LovettTimes Recordjlovett@swtimes.com
Aug 12, 2018 at 12:01 AM Aug 14, 2018 at 10:20 AM
A feasibility study by the Fort Smith Planning Department is expected to be complete in October to determine costs and benefits of annexing 10 "unincorporated islands" that account for about 2,581 acres within the Fort Smith city limits.
The study was prompted by the Fort Smith Board of Directors to determine what areas both inside and outside the city limits "potentially should be or might be" annexed, At-Large Position 5 City Director Tracy Pennartz said. The Planning Department is expecting to give its presentation to the board toward the end of October, said Maggie Rice, senior planner with the Fort Smith Planning Department.
An unincorporated island is property zoned in a county but within city limits.
"We are in the beginning of the discussion of what impact annexation could have," Pennartz said by phone Friday. "I don't see anything happening by the end of the year."
Pennartz's term expires Dec. 31. Three candidates are running for the position and one could be voting on the matter sometime in early 2019 if a vote does not come sooner. The mayor's term also expires at the end of the year, and three candidates are vying for the position.
Several businesses at Industrial Park South near the intersection of Arkansas 45 and Planters Road have expressed opposition to annexation into the city limits. The industrial park is in a 1,503-acre unincorporated island, the largest of the 10 islands, and contains businesses like Gerdau Fort Smith, Maverick Transportation and Zero Mountain.
Mark Rumsey of Zero Mountain and John Kelleher of Gerdau Fort Smith said the businesses built the facilities on the outskirts of Fort Smith with the economic development enticement and understanding those parcels would never be annexed.
While revenue generation is a point of interest to the board of directors for annexation, planning for the future and pre-empting annexation by other surrounding cities was also expressed at the city board of director's June 22 strategic workshop.
Joe Rumsey, president and CEO of Zero Mountain, said businesses should not be considered revenue generators for the city, but rather job creators for people who in turn spend their earnings in and around the city on necessities and entertainment. Zero Mountain has about 130 employees at its Fort Smith facility. Simmons Foods also leases property at the Fort Smith Zero Mountain facility and employs about 100 people with a large job expansion underway.
The Zero Mountain president also said the city may see a slight increase in taxes with the annexation of the industrial park, but it would "impede growth with permitting."
Noting the monthly payments the businesses at the industrial park pay for city fire and rescue protection, as well as city sewer and water rates, Kelleher said he does not see any annexation benefits to Gerdau MacSteel.
"To the contrary, I see the annexation as nothing more than an assessment to increase revenue while no service or benefit will be realized," Kelleher wrote in an email.
"I believe we have always been good environmental stewards, strong philanthropists and good corporate citizens," Kelleher wrote. "We have always tried to give back to the community with financial support and more importantly time. This has been done over the last 34 years without regard to city/county jurisdictions."
Kelleher also noted a "unilateral assessment will negatively impact our competitiveness and will ultimately have an impact on all stakeholders." Gerdau employs about 525 people at its Fort Smith steel plant. Kelleher defined "stakeholders" as their "hard-working employees, community members, customers, suppliers and shareholders."
Karen Meyers, vice president of government relations for Rheem, said an internal study is being conducted for the Fort Smith facility to determine if there are any benefits to annexation. The Fort Smith Rheem facility lies in a 243-acre unincorporated island at Zero Street and Arkansas 45.
"We can't be for sure if we are for it or against it," Meyers said by phone Friday.
At the June 22 city board workshop, Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken said "annexation would help the city, help the school district" and "if we show the cost benefit is positive, it would go forward." Geffken also said at that meeting he would want to discuss the issue with leaders of the businesses in the unincorporated islands once the study is completed.
The three candidates for mayor — Luis Andrade, Wayne Haver and George McGill — attended a discussion Tuesday at Zero Mountain cold storage at Industrial Park South to listen to business leaders from Rheem, Gerdau MacSteel and Zero Mountain.
All three candidates expressed a need for more dialogue between city officials and businesses on any potential annexation of unincorporated areas. After hearing the business leaders' concerns over annexation, Andrade said he would veto an annexation of the industrial park until a "better solution is found."
Haver and McGill also each expressed intentions to be strong on business retention and growth and consult with local businesses on issues that directly impact them.
"This is about leadership and accountability," McGill said. "It's just that simple. My No. 1 priority is business retention and improving the business environment, not just to stay but to grow."
Differences in opinion, however, were expressed on the nature of which end of the city government to begin with on a full assessment. While McGill proposed an assessment from the bottom up, Andrade, agreeing with Mark Rumsey, said it should start at the top and move down.


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2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Specs, Design, Price, Release Date: GM Scheduled to Debut New Car on October
Chevrolet will be showing off its new 2023 Corvette Z06 this October. The new video teased the new 'Vette ripping through European race tracks. Here's what you could expect for the new 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06. Photo : TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images
General Motors is gearing up to unveil its newest Chevrolet Corvette Z06 this October. Possibly the best-sounding 'Vette yet, GM finally gave fans a first official look at the Z06. Here's what we know about the new 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06.
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In less than two months from now, General Motors will be introducing the new 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z06.
Fans can mark October 26, 2021 on their calendars for the big reveal.
The Z06, according to Kelley Blue Book, is Corvette's ultra-high-performance version, with parts borrowed from Chevrolet's racing teams. A new generation of Corvette also meant a new Z06, a tradition that has been going on since 1963.
Chevrolet has released teaser videos, silhouettes, and sound bytes of the 2023 Corvette Z06 over the past few months but now with an official release date released, the company finally released an official photo of the car parked next to a Chevy C8. R racing car, Slash Gear said.
The Z06 was "under wraps'" though, literally, as it donned a camouflage wrap.
The new video Chevy posted featured the Z06 Corvette prototype ripping through various race tracks like the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, Sarthe, France, and the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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From the sound-byte released last month and the video recently posted, the high-revving sound of a V8 is hard to miss. Instead of the traditional rumble of an American V8, it was a bit tinnier, similar to that of a flat-plane crank of a McLaren or Ferrari.
Though the stock C8 Corvette has a 6.2-liter V8 powerful enough to produce 495 horsepower and has a 6,500 rpm deadline, rumors suggest the Z06 will be fitted with a 5.5-liter naturally aspirated V8. That should be able to provide the new Corvette with enough power to pony up 617 of horsepower, spinning up to 9,500 rpm, said Slash Gear.
It is possible Chevy will stick to the 'Vette giving all the power to the rear wheels, with an updated eight-speed dual-clutch transmission.
The 2023 Z06 will have a more aerodynamic body and a larger spoiler as well. It should also be coming with wider and stickier tires. It is unsure whether or not GM will announce a matching convertible with the Z06, though.
Pricing has not been released yet either but the 2021 Corvette coupe does start at $69,298 and can go as high as $84,898 for the more high-end trim. This is before other performance or appearance options are added, Driving noted.
The current Stingray is one of the fastest-selling cars in America all year, Kelley Blue Book mentioned. Supplier problems have left the automaker struggling to keep up with the high demand and many have been sold even before they have left the factory.
This new Z06 could easily find itself in the "exclusive supercar" category, with demand requiring buyers to get on a waiting list.
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The 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) opened on June 12 with hopes of reaching agreements on fisheries, intellectual property rights for new vaccines and food security, but also fears that geopolitical tensions could divide the world into two trade blocs, EFE reported on June 12.
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala warned at the opening ceremony that the war in Ukraine, economic tensions between major powers and the failure of WTO members to reach major agreements for several years have revived the lurid specter of a new "trade cold war".
She warned, "A split into trade blocs could mean a 5 percent drop in global gross domestic product."
The WTO ministerial meeting is usually held every two years, but has not been held for nearly five years due to the epidemic. Over the next three days, the session will seek to reach agreement on issues such as the temporary suspension of the patent on the New Crown vaccine to boost vaccine production in developing countries.
India and South Africa proposed this back in 2020, and most developing countries have joined in, although a host of developed countries, where the pharmaceutical industry plays a major role, remain reluctant to do so.
Food security will be another focus of negotiations. The war in Ukraine has exacerbated inflation caused by rising food and fertilizer prices, and the session is expected to negotiate measures to ease the embargo on food exports and facilitate access to these essential commodities.
Negotiations in this area are tricky because despite Russia's isolation from the international community, the WTO mechanism stipulates that any measure must be adopted by consensus, meaning that each member (Russia is also a WTO member) has veto power, so Russia must be counted on to reach any agreement.
According to another report on the website of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun on June 13, the ministerial meeting of the WTO opened on June 12 at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. This session will discuss issues such as food security and fisheries subsidies, which are threatened by the war between Russia and Ukraine.
On the issue of fisheries subsidies, the WTO has been negotiating for more than 20 years. There are views that subsidies that lead to indiscriminate fishing should be prohibited, while developing countries, which rely on fisheries to support their economies, are cautious and demand exceptions, etc.
WTO reform will also be an issue. The main focus will be on restoring the dispute settlement function to resolve trade frictions among members.
The last ministerial meeting held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2017 closed without adopting a ministerial declaration, and the U.S. Trump administration showed its criticism of the WTO. This time, the positions of countries are also divided on various issues, and it is still unknown whether a ministerial declaration will be issued.
Also according to AFP on June 12, the WTO's first ministerial meeting in nearly five years opened in Geneva on June 12, with 164 members hoping to agree on fisheries, patents for new vaccines and strategies to avoid a global food crisis, but differences remain wide.
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala declared herself "cautiously optimistic" from the start. She believes that if the WTO's top decision-making body can agree on at least "one or two" issues, "it will be a success".
Tensions were on display at a closed-door meeting on the 12th, where a number of delegates took the floor to condemn Russia's military action against Ukraine. A WTO spokesman said the Ukrainian representative also delivered a speech that was greeted with a standing ovation by participants. And just before Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov spoke, some 30 delegates "left the room.
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By Melonyce McAfee, CNN
Updated 2:05 PM EDT, Fri May 29, 2015
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NEW: The drawing does not sell, will be kept in case of a post-auction bid
It's not the first time Dr. Seuss has been accused of racism
His World War II drawings of Japanese people were racially incendiary
A California auction house is selling an early drawing by Dr. Seuss that's sure to disappoint the parents and children who adore his later work.
The 1929 color illustration for "Judge" magazine depicts a blatantly racist scenario and uses a slur to describe black people. It's being auctioned for a minimum bid of $20,000.
In the four-panel drawing titled "Cross-Section of The World's Most Prosperous Department Store," the artist depicts scenarios in which rich men can purchase items to make their lives more difficult.
These include a fly for your ointment and a monkey wrench for your machinery. The final and largest panel features a crowd of men rendered in classic blackface caricature, with dark skin and pronounced red lips, being presented to a white shopper. A sign reads: "A n—- for your woodpile."
Photos: Dr. Seuss' most popular books
"What Pet Should I Get?", the first new, original book by Dr. Seuss in 25 years, was published in July 2015. Its first printing was increased from 500,000 to 1 million. The author's most popular books serve as graduation gifts, read-alouds for children, parody fodder for politicians and inspiration for big Hollywood films.
PHOTO: courtesy Random House
Dr. Seuss' "Oh, The Places You'll Go!" debuted in 1990 and is author and illustrator Theodor Geisel's top-selling book.
PHOTO: From Random House
Characters created by Geisel and "Oh, The Places You'll Go!" have led to companion books and new editions. First lady Michelle Obama reads a Dr. Seuss-inspired work "Oh, the Things You Can Do That Are Good For You" by Tish Rabe, to students visiting the White House in January 2015.
PHOTO: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
Dr. Seuss' "The Cat in the Hat" was published in 1957. Most of his books remain in print and sell briskly a quarter-century after his death.
"The Cat in the Hat" was made into a film in 2003. The movie, starring Mike Myers as the titular feline, got poor reviews.
PHOTO: From Universal Pictures
Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham" was published in 1960.
Conservative pundit and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin read a parody version of "Green Eggs and Ham" during the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2014.
PHOTO: T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images
Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax" debuted in 1971.
A film version of "The Lorax" was released in 2012.
Dr. Seuss' "Fox in Socks" was published in 1965.
"One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" was published in 1960.
"Horton Hatches the Egg" was published in 1940.
"Horton Hears a Who!" was published in 1954. A film version came out in 2008.
Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" was published in 1957. An animated TV special appeared in 1966, and a film, starring Jim Carrey, was released in 2000.
Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines the expression "A n—- for your woodpile" as "dated now offensive: something (as a concealed motive or obscure factor) contrary to appearances in a situation."
A request for comment from Seuss' publisher has not yet been answered. Bill Dreyer, the director and curator of The Art of Dr. Seuss, declined to comment.
There were no bids as of 8 p.m. ET Thursday and the lot was closed for bidding. The drawing will be kept for a while, in case of a post-auction bid, according to auction manager Laura Yntema.
Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel, was 25 when the illustration was created. He would begin publishing his popular children's books eight years later.
The Nate D. Sanders Fine Autographs and Memorabilia website states that the illustration contains "shockingly racist content."
The auction house will not reveal the seller or the buyer unless given permission.
Dr. Seuss' history of creating offensive caricatures isn't a secret.
His World War II depictions of Japanese people have drawn criticism for their portrayal of stereotypical physical features and behaviors. The National Education Association's Asian Pacific Islander caucus objected to the use of Dr. Seuss as the figurehead for the "Read Across America" campaign in 2003.
Seuss went on to create children's books such as "Horton Hears a Who!" and "The Sneetches" that espouse messages of tolerance, which some have interpreted as an apology for his WWII propaganda.
People who grew up clinging to Dr. Seuss' wise words and singular artwork took to social media in light of the recently uncovered cartoon to express their disillusionment.
"Nooooooo!!! Not Dr Seuss?!?! Childhood retroactively blown…" wrote actress Gabrielle Union on Twitter.
Nooooooo!!! Not Dr Seuss?!?! Childhood retroactively blown... https://t.co/Y1fktYgD7t
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) May 27, 2015
Here's a racist drawing from Dr. Seuss. It's a good reminder that no one is every really who you think they are. pic.twitter.com/EUS5Nn6NPx
— Scrawls Deep (@adroitandadrift) May 28, 2015
Seuss, who died in 1991, is still releasing work posthumously, with his latest title coming out this summer. "What Pet Should I Get?" debuts July 28 and will be the first new, original Dr. Seuss book since "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" in 1990.
CNN's Sam Stringer contributed to this report.


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Open thread: Regular season game 54
By Mike Prada Feb 22, 2008, 2:58pm EST
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I'm kind of in the middle of something, but I'll return with a full game preview before 7:30 (promise!). For now, use this space to discuss the game tonight, since discussion has already begun in other locations.
As mentioned earlier, none of Cleveland's new players are going to go tonight. They'll have only 8 players available, and two are recent call-ups from the D League.
Lines are Cavs by 3 and 189 on the total points.
Update [2008-2-22 17:12:52 by Pradamaster]: Here's a brief preview. I'd throw up all the numbers, but since the Cavs made such a big trade yesterday, they probably won't be relevant.
First, some key links for today's game:
Friday Update [Wizards Insider].
Skeleton Crew [Cleveland Plain Dealer].
Ball Movements [Hardwood Paroxysm].
No Forgetting That Romp [Washington Times].
NBA 3 Way Deal Good for Most [Knickerblogger].
Disappearing Defense [Washington Post].
Coach Jordan: Why do you hate the Wizards' rookies? [Les Bullez].
The key piece of news is that not only will Caron miss the game, but AD might as well, at least according to the first Wizards Insider link. Ivan says AD is a "game-time decision."
The worse news on Butler is he might miss even more time, because Eddie insists on having Butler go through a full practice before he plays. We have a game against Charlotte tomorrow before hitting the road to play a back-to-back against New Orleans and Houston Monday and Tuesday. That leaves Sunday as a travel day, and Eddie doesn't have his team practice on back-to-backs. If Eddie were to stick to his policy, then Butler will miss at least the next three games. That's not good. I sincerely hope Eddie lets him try playing against Charlotte and limit his minutes depending on how he feels. Of those three teams, the Bobcats are the least powerful, so it might be a good chance to let Caron get his rhythm back.
Otherwise, the Times and Post stories focus on what has changed since the last time these two teams played, when Cleveland crushed us by 36. That result was very concerning then, and in retrospect, it's still really concerning. That was a key test for our healthy team, and we failed it tremendously. Now that Cleveland has basically no players left, tonight's a good time to return the favor.
Speaking of, the Cavs will play LeBron James, Damon Jones, Eric Snow, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Dwayne Jones, Devin Brown, and the two D-Leagers tonight. This means we should expect a lot of LeBron and nobody else, which is why it sucks doubly to not have Caron in the lineup tonight. It's not really Caron's defense, which is pretty good against LeBron, if not good against everyone else. It's his offense, and his ability to make LeBron work on that end of the court. My guess is LeBron's going the distance tonight, so it'll be important for Andray Blatche to be active on the glass, because it'll eventually tire LeBron out.
On that note, I want to see whoever's playing the point guard to emphasize pushing the ball on rebounds. Cleveland is an athletic team, but all of their athletes are injured, and even when they were healthy, they were only playing at the 17th-fastest pace in the league. Their transition defense has been subpar this year after being so good last season, so I think we can capitalize with some easy looks.
I'm also looking for a big game from Jamison. Drew Gooden usually plays him well, particularly on the offensive end, where he's had some of his best games against us. Without Gooden, the Cavs will have to put Dwayne Jones on Antawn, so Antawn should be assertive and score on him.
Anyway, this is an open game thread, so think about what this guy should do with his site here.


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Q: Got status 500 and message "Missing URI template variable 'rank'", whenever test HTTP POST request on postman I got the error "Resolved [org.springframework.web.bind.MissingPathVariableException: Missing URI template variable 'rank' for method parameter of type Rank]" on eclipse console
And message: "Missing URI template variable 'rank' for method parameter of type Rank" with status "500" whenever try HTTP POST request

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        return ResponseEntity.created(new URI("/comp/rank" + result.getId())).body(result);
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A: Change @PathVariable with @RequestBody
Here you are making a request to save the entity and you should pass the payload as @RequestBody in JSON format. From postman you may use raw type and select the JSON type.
Ideal way is to use @RequestBody whenever we are creating or updating the records which requires the object to passed with POST and PUT methods. For methods which retrieves the records based on Id or some parameters you may use @PathVariable
You may explore more about the annotations here

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'American Idol': You Need Sarah Silverman
The comedian showed off her pipes at an event benefitting Down Syndrome
Laurene Williams | March 10, 2010 @ 12:25 PM	Last Updated: December 13, 2010 @ 12:56 PM
It was a one-night, once in a lifetime, completely eclectic, fun-filled amalgam of creators, builders and performers who brought TwentyWonder, a benefit for Down syndrome, to Los Angeles over the weekend.
>Billed as a world's fair for supporters of the Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles (DSALA), TwentyWonder packed a dazzling array of talent and information, seamlessly fusing, in an uncanny and unconventional sort of way, the arts with the sciences.
Just when the event could have turned into a dry, grown-up affair filled with long speeches and glazed eyes, Jim Hodgson and his team delivered the fluid, the bold and the unexpected.
She's got pipes. Cranking out three pitch-perfect "songs" in her ode to private parts and other loves, she single-handedly turned the benefit into a very spirited and very R-rated Lollapalooza loaded with V-bombs and P-zingers.
"American Idol": You need her.
Butterflies, Anyone?
Taylor Lura who oversaw the Emporium of Entomology exhibit, which showcased bugs, beetles and butterflies of every shape, size and hue, was happy to creep out the guests. Her oversized roaches were less cuddly than the Walking Stick critters from Australia (Phasmatodea).
But her attraction was a big draw. "Science has a lot of technical words and jargon and people can't understand it," said Lura. "By combining it with the arts you make it more accessible."
In the spirit of the evening, people held scorpions with a smile. And then moved on to sing karaoke on a green screen.
After yodeling or crooning, benefactors checked out the inventor's corner, dropped in on the short films fest, scoured clothing racks and took a stroll through the aMAZEment exhibit where medical facts about Down syndrome were laid bare.
Community and Awareness Keep Growing
"Supporters flew in from everywhere," Hodgson said, "Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Florida .. .I'm really lucky to have all these people come out for this event. TwentyWonder is really about creating community and about bringing Down Syndrome out into the open and into our culture."
And that he did with high energy, flying colors and major spirit.
Among the hundreds of supporters and volunteers to attend were Sam Simon (co-creator of "The Simpsons"), Don Foster (exec. producer of "Two and a Half Men"), author Tim Johnston, screenwriter Dottie Dartland and Peter Hayes of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Will Wright, creator of Spore and The Sims, contributed a three-minute video from his Stupid Fun Club.
"It's a true movement," said Hodgson. "Life is better due to medical advancements. And it's definitely better for children born with Down — about 1 in every 733 births. Their life expectancy in 1929 was nine years. By 1983 that age rose to 23 years. Today a child born with DS can expect to live to an average of 60."
By framing the benefit in a fun house venue that also featured comedian Dana Gould, performers from the Harmonix game Rock Band, singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Philips and the crew from Joel Hodgson's Comedy Central cult classic "Mystery Science Theater 3000" — now back with more movie riffing in Cinematic Titanic — supporters of TwentyWonder drove home the importance of ongoing treatments, services and programs for kids and adults living with DS.
Next up for Jim Hodgson and DSALA is the SunDown Film Fest and Awards, slated for June.
HOLLYBLOGS
Laurene Williams
Laurene Williams talks with provocative filmmakers and performers who are out of bounds. She is the senior editor at HoneyColony.com and the writer/director of "Phil Cobb's Dinner for Four," an out-of-bounds tale on Amazon Instant Video.