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East Africa's Future Hinges on Youth Participation in the Political Process
Kamala Dixon
East Africa has one of the youngest populations in the world: with a population of 150 million, a staggering 45 percent are under the age of 15 and 28 percent are between the ages of 15 and 24 years old.
Recognizing the importance of engaging this community, the International Republican Institute (IRI) partnered with the East African Community (EAC), a regional intergovernmental organization composed of six countries in the African Great Lakes region, to organize the first youth dialogue on regional integration in Arusha, Tanzania in 2018.
EAC's Youth Ambassadors Platform (EACYAP) organized the two-day event that brought together 65 youth delegates from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda to discuss ideas for meaningful youth participation in the region's political and integration process, including but not limited to the expansion of equal opportunities to young people in the common market.
The dialogue helped engage young people's energy and ideas, which when translated into policy and sustainable action, can be the most powerful driving force for peace, good governance and economic growth in the East African and Great Lakes region.
Jacob Price, IRI's Africa Program Officer, spoke during the opening ceremony. He emphasized the importance of having youth at every level of policy making and political processes in order to have their perspective heard.
"Our hope is that the youth will be inspired to increasingly participate in the region's political process, since IRI works majorly through the political parties in the EAC members States," he added.
The plenary discussions that followed allowed youth delegates to participate and contribute to issues being discussed by embracing an open-forum approach, creating a free exchange of ideas. Other plenary speakers at the dialogue included Kenya's High Commissioner to Tanzania and the EAC, Amb. Dan Kazungu, the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) Program Officer Dr. Kirsten Focken, and the EAC Deputy Secretary General Mr. Charles Njoroge.
The EACYAP's approximately 200 members actively participate in youth awareness activities, targeting over 70,000 students in universities and higher learning institutions of EAC member States. The platform brings youth together with the purpose of bridging the information gap about the EAC integration and fosters their participation in accelerating the region's integration through knowledge and experience sharing. The EAC integration creates a platform among partner states to share equal opportunities and promote peace and security among members states. The integration includes the following pillars:
Customs Union;
Common Market;
Monetary Union; and
Political federation.
Currently EAC has achieved three of the four pillars, and "political federation" will be the last critical piece. Young leaders need to be aware of these regional processes and leverage these opportunities to advance the participation of young people in decision-making processes.
IRI encouraged the youth-led organization to be a center of inspiration for their peers, with regards to political transformation and transparency in their countries and become a pathway to leadership as it engages with political parties. Our call within the EAC is to ensure young leaders become examples of democracy, good governance and human rights. By promoting these ideals in decision-making bodies, we help advance reform, and serve as role modes for current and future leadership in the region.
The EACYAP aspires to expand its membership to over 200,000 people, including college/university students and alumni in all the EAC member countries, by the year 2020. Currently, the EACYAP has over 200 members, and new members are joining every day from universities and civil society organizations. This platform will act as a strong vehicle for youth mobilization in the economic, social and political processes affecting the East African Community countries.
Our encouragement to other youth affiliated organizations that work across borders is to seek active partnerships with regional organizations like the EAC, which have the technical capacity to nurture and mentor them, with the aim of equipping them to be leaders and implement their ideas during policy formulation and application.
As a Generation Democracy alum and former East Africa Community Youth Ambassador, I campaign and advocate for African youth. I have facilitated and has led several processes involving youth within the East Africa Community platform. During the first Youth Dialogue, I was part of the organizing team. I work hard to ensure Tanzania has a free national youth council and that the formation of the East Africa Community youth council is as a viable platform for young people to leverage economic and political reform, and greater gender inclusion.


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Home Article GOP STRUGGLES IN OHIO.
GOP STRUGGLES IN OHIO.
Holly Yeager reports that early signs point to Democratic wins in Ohio's 2008 congressional races:
In the space of just two months, three Republican members of the state's House delegation -- Deborah Pryce, Ralph Regula and David Hobson -- announced that they would not seek re-election. (A fourth, Paul Gillmor, died in office; a special election to fill his seat is scheduled for December.) It was all enough to make Tom Cole, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, concede that Ohio is a "challenge state." But the challenge for the GOP isn't limited to Ohio, even though it may be more pronounced here, and happening sooner. Around the rest of the country a total of 12 House Republicans have so far called it quits, and that number is sure to grow. One explanation is the simple, sad facts of life for House Republicans. "I don't like being in the minority," Illinois Rep. Ray LaHood, elected in the 1994 Republican takeover, told the Los Angeles Times. "It's not that much fun, and the prospects for the future don't look that good." He isn't running again. Add to those open seats the unusual cash advantage the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee already has over Cole's NRCC, and you begin to get a sense of the real challenge Republicans face, not just in Ohio.
Read the rest (and comment) here. --The Editors

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Blogger's 911 Call Blows Up the Toronto Film Festival
The Sacrament arrived at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival with a lot of drama already built-in. It's about a pair of fictitious VICE correspondents who convince a friend to visit a family member at a Jim Jones/Guyana style religious compound so they can tag along for documentary purposes.
But the real drama at a Monday press & industry screening of the movie – per the dozens and dozens of subsequent news reports- occurred when New York-based blogger Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) dialed 911 to report what he thought was someone trying to pirate the film with a cell phone. The individual appears instead to have been a boorish film buyer with a reputation for flaunting electronic devices at screenings.
Billington's actions have become a tipping point for something many other journalists in attendance at TIFF this year have been grousing about: the festival's lack of a defined policy governing the use of cell phones and tablets at press & industry screenings. TIFF VP of communications Jennifer Bell is on record in some of the reports as confirming that TIFF does not have an official set of such rules, other than asking at the beginning of screenings that attendees silence/turn off their devices. (And we all know how well that works.)
Hollywood Elsewhere's Jeffrey Wells, no stranger to headline-grabbing film festival behavior, has deemed Billington's 911 call to be "serious gonzo." The firstshowing.net vet has since admitted that it was a mistake to call emergency services, but he has nevertheless sparked a massive Twitter discussion among journalists and perhaps as well pointed TIFF towards a serious review of P&I screening policies once this year's edition is concluded.
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Military Rifle Match
Name: Military Rifle Match
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM PDT
Website: http://www.eaglecapshooters.com
MILITARY RIFLE MATCH - Saturday August 3, 2019. Registration from 8:00 to 8:45 am, match begins promptly at 9:00 am. Location is the Eagle Cap shooting range, 7 miles North of Enterprise on Highway 3. Turn right on Ant Flat Road and go 1 mile South to the range. Military rifles with iron sites or scopes, or both with different rifles. Forty rounds per rifle, per entry. Cost is $15.00 for each entry. Course of fire: 500 yards - 8 rounds, bench with support 200 yards - 8 rounds, kneeling with support 100 yards - 8 rounds, standing off-hand 300 yards - 8 rounds, sitting with support 500 yards - 8 rounds, bench with support No bi-pods or slings at any positions. All supports will be provided.
Eagle Cap shooting range, 7 miles North of Enterprise on Highway 3. Turn right on Ant Flat Road and go 1 mile South to the range
Saturday August 3, 2019. Registration from 8:00 to 8:45 am, match begins promptly at 9:00 am.
John Straughan, Secretary Eagle Cap Shooters Association P.O. Box 928 Joseph, OR 97846 (541) 263-2109 secretary@eaglecapshooters.com
$15.00 for each entry.


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The gutter cleaning service will last between 1-2 hours based on the size of your home or business and the current condition of your gutters. Homeowners don't have to be present at the time of our service. If you are home, our technician will report to you when the service is over and answer any questions.
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Four SEO Myths You Need To Stop Believing Right Away!
Home > Blogs > Four SEO Myths You Need To Stop Believing Right Away!
The myths that surround Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) would have you believe that it is a notorious monster that is out to get you. However, in reality, SEO is the sweet, smart and misunderstood kid that people make-up stories about to soothe their own apprehensions.
SEO is about enabling a website to be understood by both, users and search engine robots. With time, SEO has turned into an urban legend in the world of digital marketing. A website with a good SEO strategy can benefit immensely even though the results may not appear immediately.
This idea springs from the mistaken belief that a quick and easy boost in page ranking with minimal effort is better than a steady growth. This is why most choose to go the Pay-Per-Click route (via advertising) for a quick boost.
Though SEO cannot instantly put you on Google's top 10 search results, the growth that it can provide is more stable and long-lasting. A study by User Centric showed that people are more likely to ignore the paid links in favour of the organic ones. SEO is also beneficial because it has been observed that people prefer to search for a product before purchasing it.
It is necessary to understand that SEO requires time, effort and commitment, like any good digital marketing course would teach you.
Keywords communicate your purpose and intent to the search engine. One of the reasons that SEO is misunderstood is because people confuse keyword optimization (which is an essential component of SEO) with keyword stuffing, where the content is overcrowded with specific keywords to influence rankings. This only proves to be a hindrance for both, the users and the search engine crawlers.
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The role of SEO does not end at getting a higher ranking. Though it is true that one of the major goals of SEO is to increase ranking, the purpose that ranking itself serves is getting more and more obsolete by the day. It has been observed that being ranked higher does not guarantee click-through rates or search traffic. Most SEO strategies fall short because they don't see past the goal of ranking.
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Quality social media activity is one of the key factors in a good SEO strategy. Updating your social platforms with quality and effective content will positively impact the results of your SEO efforts.
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Oberwil-Lieli (hasta 1984 Oberwil AG) es una comuna suiza del cantón de Argovia, situada en el distrito de Bremgarten. Limita al norte con la comuna de Berikon, al noreste con Birmensdorf (ZH), al este con Aesch (ZH), al sureste con Arni, al sur con Unterlunkhofen, y al oeste con Zufikon.

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Aircraft Projects
Republic P-47
Bell P-39 Airacobra
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
Vought F4U Corsair
Bell 47J helicopter
Douglas A-20 Havoc
DeHavilland Dove / Devon
Bell P-39/P-63
DH-100 Vampire / Venom
P-40 Warhawk parts
A-26 Invader parts
B-25 Mitchell parts
P-40 Warhawk
Gunsight parts
Other engines
V12 allison & Merlin
Instrument Panels
Bell P-39
Aircraft tooling
Bomber gun turrets
Vultee BT-13 WW2 basic trainer project
Queen Elizabeth II's C-47B Dakota cockpit
1954 queens royal tour aircraft
(SOLD) IJN Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 0
Japanese A6M Zero Battle veteran (SOLD)
extremely rare warbird project
DeHavilland Dove aircraft
1942 Vultee BT-13 two seat US army air forces & US navy trainer project.
This aircraft contains parts from several BT-13's however the main identity belongs to a US Navy SNV-2 or BT-13B trainer that flew during and after the second world war.
This project is 90% complete minus engine and propeller, it comes with many spares such as duplicate rudder, flaps, elevators, canopies etc, it is in need of a full restoration.
This aircraft could be cosmetically restored as a static museum piece in a relatively short period or be completely overhauled for flight.
The main inventory is shown in These photos
main fuselage frame
center wing section
outer wings
rear fuselage
vertical fin
horizontal stabilisers
multiple sets of landing gear
multiple sets of canopies
etc etc..
With an asking price of $15,000 USD it is the lowest priced WW2 warbird project on the market.
This aircraft is located on the east coast on Australia and can be shipped anywhere in the world in a 40' container.
Length: 28 ft 10 in (8.79 m)
Wingspan: 42 ft 0 in (12.80 m)
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 450 hp (340 kW)
Propellers: 2-bladed Hamilton-Standard 2-position
Maximum speed: 180 mph (290 km/h, 160 kn)
Range: 725 mi (1,167 km, 630 nmi)
Time to altitude: 9.2 minutes to 10,000 ft (3,000 m)
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This is the nose cockpit section from a C-47B Dakota that was used by the queen on her 1954 Royal tour of Australia.
(above: Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh exiting the aircraft)
The aircraft was delivered in 1945 to 36th squadron of the RAAF as A65-123 and was used to transport Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh around the country in 1954.
During this time it was briefly flown by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Video of this at top).
(above: during the tour)(below: later RAAF service)
It continued in RAAF service until 1968 when it was transferred to the Royal Australian navy and designated N2-123 coded NW for its home base at HMAS Albatros.
(above: with the navy at Nowra NSW)
After the Navy retired it's Dakotas this aircraft was broken up with only the cockpit being saved. Since then this section has been completely restored to its original condition and has been preserved in storage for over thirty years.
The section is entirely restored and complete down to the pilots head sets.
The section is mounted on a wheeled stand and can be shipped world wide safely via sea freight.
This section is a historic museum piece in excellent condition and ready to display.
The section should fit in a sealed 20ft HC container for shipping.
Asking US $42,000. (GST applicable if sold within Australia)
(SOLD) IJN Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 0 (A6m Zero)
This is an very rare, combat used Mitsubishi A6M2 type 0 'Zero' fighter aircraft that was flown by the Imperial Japanese Navy during WW2 in battle against allied forces.
Believed to have belonged to the fighter air wing of the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi, it participated in the early battles of the second world war in the Pacific including the bombing of Darwin, Australia.
(IJN A6M fighters taking off for battle during Operation I-Go)
The complete history of the aircraft is not known but what is known is that it was landed in the shortland islands for Operation I-Go, a Massive Japanese operation aimed at shoring up a line of defense against allied attacks in the south east pacific after recent defeats in the Battle of Guadalcanal & New Guinea.
However on the 18th of October 1943 the island where this Zero was based was attacked by the US Navy with 24 SBD dive bombers, 12 TBF Avenger bombers and 56 escorting fighters, followed up by 30 B-24 Heavy bombers and 17 P-38 lightnings that dropped 202 1000LB bombs on the runway and dispersal areas.
Although the aircraft did not take direct hit during the attack it was damaged by shrapnel and subsequently used for parts to keep other aircraft flying.
The remains of this aircraft were discovered hidden deep in the overgrown jungle and great effort has been put into recovering it from its isolated resting place for preservation and restoration.
The cockpit still contains many original items as it has remained completely untouched since 1945, however it is missing its seat, control stick and instrument panel as they were likely taken as souvenirs by US Marines after the Japanese surrender.
The remains are in remarkably sound condition and consist of the cockpit section complete with throttle, rudder pedals etc from the firewall and up to the rear bulkhead (which has been separated from the rear of the section) and wing sections with many places still retaining the unique green Japanese primer and stenciling.
This is possibly the last opportunity to own and restore a genuine Imperial Japanese Navy fighter aircraft from the second world war.
We can ship this aircraft project world wide via sea freight, serious parties should contact us for details.
This is an extremely rare, combat used Mitsubishi A6M2 type 0 model 21 fighter aircraft, tail code AI-XXX, flown by the Imperial Japanese Navy during WW2.
(A6M launching December 7 1941 for the attack on Pearl harbor)
This very aircraft was on the front line at the outbreak of WW2, belonging to the fighter air wing of the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi, it participated in the early battles of the second world war in the Pacific.
(A6M fighters stationed in Rabaul in April 1943 for operation I-Go)
The Akagi participated in the bombing of Pearl harbor on December 7th 1941 and later in January 1942 it was involved in attacks on Rabaul and in the bombing of Darwin.
The Akagi then participated in the invasion of Rabaul where it unloaded aircraft for the land based defence of the now captured Rabaul and Solomons chain of islands, however the Akagi was later lost during the Battle of Midway in June 1942.
This aircraft was then used in operation I-Go in April 1943, a massive Japanese offensive to destroy Australian, New Zealand and US forces in the Solomon islands area.
Believing this operation was successful, Admiral Yamamoto was flying to Rabaul to congratulate his forces when he was ambushed by P-38 lightning fighters, shot down and killed.
Operation I-Go was evidently not a success and soon after allied forces launched a massive bombing campaign against the amassed Japanese forces in the area.
On the 18th of October the airfield was attacked by the US Navy with 24 SBD dive bombers, 12 TBF Avenger bombers and 56 escorting fighters, followed up by 30 B-24 Heavy bombers and 17 P-38 lightnings that dropped 202 1000LB bombs on the runway and dispersal areas.
It was during these raids that this aircraft was caught on the ground and damaged.
This aircraft is a good basis for a restoration project, either as a static museum piece or as a flying aircraft. the cockpit still contains most parts including the throttle, rudder bar & pedals, panel mounts etc, the main items missing are the pilots seat and control stick.
With other ongoing A6M restorations at this time there is plenty of knowledge and support out there to rebuild this piece of history to its former glory.
Photos and information will be updated soon.
Serious parties should contact us for further information.
This aircraft was the first Dove/Devon used by the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Arrived in early 1948 and assembled by De Havilland at Rongotai.
Entered the New Zealand Civil Aircraft Register as ZK-AQV.
The C of A was issued on 09 April 1948 and was cancelled on 27 November of that year.
BOC with the RNZAF on 20 April 1948 as a VIP aircraft with the General Purpose Flight based at Ohakea.
To 42 Squadron Ohakea as NZ1801.
Into storage at Woodbourne in June 1963 and advertised for sale by GSB tender 24 April 1970.
Total airframe hours were given as 4003:30.
Sold in April 1970 to Australian Helicopters Ltd, Parafield, SA and registered as VH-MGT 01 June 1971.
To Airfast Helicopters, Mascot, NSW 20 November 1974.
To Armor Coatings Ltd, Park, SA 18 April 1975.
To M. Rainsford, South Perth, WA 22 April 1976.
Removed from register 10 September 1976 as withdrawn from use.
The aircraft currently has no engines and uses dummy propellers, the nose gear has been removed to make it look like a tail dragger, the interior is fairly bare also.
This is a great display piece with a good history, located just west of Sydney NSW, Australia.
Located in Australia, We specialise in WW2 aircraft projects and hard to get vintage aircraft parts or newly hand crafted parts for WW2 aircraft.
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Justia Forms Business Contracts CONSUMERS ENERGY CO Amendment No. 1, dated as of April 29, 2020, to $550 million
Amendment No. 1, dated as of April 29, 2020, to $550 million Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June 5, 2018 among CMS Energy, the Banks, as defined therein, and Barclays, as Agent
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AMENDMENT NO. 1
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 5, 2018
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this "Amendment") is made as of April 29, 2020 by and among CMS Energy Corporation, a Michigan corporation (the "Company"), the financial institutions listed on the signature pages hereof and Barclays Bank PLC as administrative agent (the "Agent"), under that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June 5, 2018 by and among the Company, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto (the "Banks") and the Agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Banks and the Agent agree to certain amendments to the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Company, the Banks and the Agent have so agreed on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms and conditions contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Banks party hereto and the Agent hereby agree to enter into this Amendment.
1.Amendments to the Credit Agreement. Effective as of April 29, 2020 (the "Amendment No. 1 Effective Date") but subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 below, the parties hereto agree that the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a)Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to (i) delete the definition of "Total Consolidated EBITDA" therefrom and (ii) add or amend and restate, as applicable, the following definitions in their appropriate alphabetical order therein:
" "Affected Financial Institution" means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution."
" "Bail-In Action" means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution."
" "Bail-In Legislation" means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound
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or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings)."
" "Material Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company that, on a consolidated basis with any of its Subsidiaries as of any date of determination, accounts for more than 10% of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries; provided, that Enerbank USA shall not be deemed to be a Material Subsidiary at any time."
" "Resolution Authority" means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority."
" "Total Consolidated Capitalization" means, at any date of determination, without duplication, the sum of (a) Total Consolidated Debt plus all amounts excluded from Total Consolidated Debt pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii) and (vii) of the proviso to the definition of such term (but only, in the case of securities of the type described in clause (iii) of such proviso, to the extent such securities have been deemed to be equity pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 480-10 (previously referred to as Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 150)), (b) equity of the common stockholders of the Company, (c) equity of the preference stockholders of the Company and (d) equity of the preferred stockholders of the Company, in each case determined at such date."
" "UK Financial Institution" means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms."
" "UK Resolution Authority" means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution."
" "Write-Down and Conversion Powers" means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers."
(b)Article VIII of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
FINANCIAL COVENANT
So long as any of the Obligations shall remain unpaid, any Facility LC shall remain outstanding or any Bank shall have any Commitment under this Agreement, the Company shall at all times maintain a ratio of Total Consolidated Debt to Total Consolidated Capitalization of not greater than 0.70 to 1.0."
(c)Section 12.19 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"12.19 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Credit Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Credit Document may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a)the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and
(b)the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i)a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii)a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; or
(iii)the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority."
(d)Exhibit B to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety in the form attached hereto as Annex I.
2.Conditions of Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Amendment on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date is subject to the conditions precedent that (i) the Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by the Company, the Majority Banks and the Agent and (ii) the Agent shall have received payment and/or reimbursement of the Agent's and its affiliates' fees and expenses (including, to the extent invoiced, fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent) in connection with this Amendment.
3.Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants as follows:
(a)This Amendment and the Credit Agreement as modified hereby constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company and are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to (i) the effect of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and (ii) the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(b)As of the date hereof and after giving effect to the terms of this Amendment, (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the representations and warranties contained in Article V of the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby (and, solely with respect to the representation
contained in Section 5.6 of the Credit Agreement, after giving effect to any reports filed with the SEC prior to the date hereof), are true and correct.
Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement.
(a)This Amendment shall constitute a Credit Document.
(b)Upon the effectiveness hereof, each reference to the Credit Agreement in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
(c)Each Credit Document and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
(d)Except with respect to the subject matter hereof, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Agent or the Banks, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement, the Credit Documents or any other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith.
5.Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW (INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF NEW YORK, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS.
6.Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose.
7.Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telecopy, e-mailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. The words "execution," "signed," "signature," "delivery," and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
CMS ENERGY CORPORATION,
as the Company
/s/ Srikanth Maddipati
Srikanth Maddipati
Vice President and Treasurer
individually as a Bank and as Agent
/s/ Sam Yoo
SAM YOO
as a Bank
/s/ Nancy R. Barwig
Nancy R. Barwig
MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.,
/s/ Viet-Linh Fujitaki
Viet-Linh Fujitaki
/s/ Sara Just
Sara Just
Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to
Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement CMS Energy Corporation
MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,
/s/ Edward Sacks
Edward Sacks
Authorized Signatory
BNP PARIBAS,
/s/ Denis O'Meara
Denis O'Meara
/s/ Theodore Sheen
Theodore Sheen
/s/ Amit Vasani
Amit Vasani
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
/s/ Ming K Chu
Ming K Chu ***@***
Director ###-###-####
Annie Chung ***@***
FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
/s/ Will Merritt
Will Merritt
Director II
GOLMAN SACHS BANK USA,
/s/ Jamie Minieri
Jamie Minieri
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
/s/ Lisa A. Ryder
Lisa A. Ryder
THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY,
/s/ Will Hicks
Will Hicks
/s/ Kelly Sarver
Kelly Sarver
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
/s/ Martina Wellik
Martina Wellik
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
/s/ David Dewar
David Dewar
/s/ Katie Lee
TRUIST BANK, Successor by Merger to SUNTRUST BANK,
/s/ Bryan Kunitake
Bryan Kunitake
/s/ Jesse Tannuzzo
Jesse Tannuzzo
MORGAN STANLY BANK, N.A.,
/s/ Jake Dowden
Jake Dowden
/s/ Jenna R. Papaz
Jenna Papaz
COMERICA BANK,
/s/ Brandon Kotcher
Brandon Kotcher
I, _______________, __________________ of CMS Energy Corporation, a Michigan corporation (the "Company"), DO HEREBY CERTIFY in connection with the Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"; the terms defined therein being used herein as so defined), among the Company, various financial institutions and Barclays Bank PLC, as Agent and an LC Issuer, that:
Article VIII of the Credit Agreement provides that the Company shall: "At all times maintain a ratio of Total Consolidated Debt to Total Consolidated Capitalization of not greater than 0.70 to 1.0."
The following calculations are made in accordance with the definitions of Total Consolidated Debt and Total Consolidated Capitalization in the Credit Agreement and are correct and accurate as of __________, _____:
Total Consolidated Debt
Indebtedness for borrowed money
Indebtedness for deferred purchase price of property/services
(+) $
Liabilities for accumulated funding deficiencies (prior to the effectiveness of the applicable provisions of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 with respect to a Plan) and liabilities for failure to make a payment required to satisfy the minimum funding standard within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA (on and after the effectiveness of the applicable provisions of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 with respect to a Plan).
Liabilities in connection with withdrawal liability under ERISA to any Multiemployer Plan
Obligations under acceptance facilities
Obligations under Capital Leases
Obligations under interest rate swap, "cap", "collar" or other hedging agreement
Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities
the Consumers Preferred Equity
non-contingent obligations in respect of letters of credit and bankers' acceptances
Guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations
elimination of reduction in Debt due to any election under Section 25 of Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 825-10 to "fair value" any Debt or other liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary
elimination of reduction in Debt due to application of Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 470-20
Principal amount of any Securitized Bonds
(-) $
Junior Subordinated Debt of the Company, Hybrid Equity Securities and Hybrid Preferred Securities of the Company or owned by any Hybrid Equity Securities Subsidiary or Hybrid Preferred Securities Subsidiary
Agreed upon percentage of Net Proceeds from issuance of hybrid debt/equity securities (other than Junior Subordinated Debt, Hybrid Equity Securities and Hybrid Preferred Securities)
Liabilities on the Company's balance sheet resulting from the disposition of the Palisades Nuclear Plant
Mandatorily Convertible Securities
Project Finance Debt of the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary
Debt of the Company and its Affiliates that is re-categorized as such from certain lease obligations pursuant to Section 15 of Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 840-10
Debt of EnerBank USA
Total Consolidated Capitalizations
The sum of Items A(o), A(p) and A(t) above1
1 In the case of securities of the type described in A(p), only to the extent such securities have been deemed to be equity pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 150.
Equity of common stockholders
Equity of preference stockholders
Equity of preferred stockholders
Debt to Capital Ratio
(total of A divided by total of B)
to 1.00
Applicable Sustainability Adjustment2:
Gwh
Baseline Sustainability Amount
Sustainability Amount (comprised of Renewable Energy):
solar generation
hydroelectric generation (excluding pumped storage)
biomass generation
other Renewable Energy generation
(to the extent approved by the Majority Banks)
purchased wind generation
purchased other Renewable Energy generation (as reported on Form 10-K)
Flint, MI (50%) for duplication
Grayling, MI (50%) for duplication
Sustainability Amount: sum of 2(a) through 2(i) =
2 For the avoidance of doubt, all reported figures shall be consistent with those reported on the Company's most recently filed annual report on Form 10-K (or any successor form) (or, subject to the satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 6.7(c), any amendment thereto).
Sustainability Amount divided by Baseline Sustainability Amount
Other Non-Renewable Energy Generation
coal steam generation
oil/gas steam generation
hydroelectric generation (to the extent not constituting Renewable Energy)
gas combined cycle
gas/oil combustion turbine
other gas generation
Filer City, MI (50%) for duplication
sum of 3(a) through 3(j) = Non-Renewable Owned/Purchased Generation
Sustainability Amount (2(j)) plus Non-Renewable Energy (3(k)) = Total Owned/Purchased Generation
Baseline Sustainability Percentage
Sustainability Percentage
(total of Sustainability Amount (2(j)) divided by Total Owned/Purchased Generation (3(l))
Sustainability Percentage Greater than, Equal to, or Less than Baseline Sustainability Percentage
6. Applicable Sustainability Adjustment
Applicable Margin adjustment
Applicable Sustainability Adjustment3
Sustainability Percentage ≥ Baseline
Sustainability Percentage AND:
Sustainability Amount ≥ 105% of
reduced by 0.025%
reduced by 0.05%
Sustainability Percentage < Baseline
Sustainability Percentage AND
Sustainability Amount ≤ 95% of
increased by 0.025%
increased by 0.05%
No Applicable Adjustment
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Certificate this _____ day of ____,______.
3 Check applicable adjustment. For the avoidance of doubt, only one selection shall be made.


Camp Grandmama and Grampy Campy (6/7 YO) – Highlights of Day 2 | What Will We Do Today?
Day 2: Art Day – Day 1, in case you missed it, was the day we picked up the middle'uns (Kevin, Carson and Luci). It wasn't a full day, but we sure packed in a full day's worth of activities.
I think we had established that this set of grand-kids was the dream team of arts and crafts. That's great, because I had plans…big plans.
To welcome the kids, we usually get them flashlights, water bottles and other camping type things, so imagine my excitement when I found water bottles that featured artists and designers. I also picked up some artist supplies. Oh…this is going to be fun.
When I found these water bottles, I was beyond excited.
They were part of an art series. Kismet!!
And look, they come in this cute little roll-up case.
Okay, we have all the equipment we need. What next?
A bit of research revealed that we have an Art Institute less than an hour away!! I dug a little deeper and was able to identify the art and artists they have on display. (Seriously, what in the world did we do before the internet?). Naturally, we wanted to visit the Art Institute, and naturally I wanted the kids to have a little knowledge in hand so that they would be really engaged.
We learned a little bit about Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848 - 1933), and the kids made these awesome stained glass type pictures. This project spanned a couple of days because there were SO MANY little pieces.
We have had very little sun around here for the past few days, but these brighten the place up a bit. Guess which are the boys and which is Luci's?
A collage of collages in the style of Romare Bearden (1911 - 1988). Haven't heard of him? Me neither. But his work is part of the collection at our Art Institute, so Romare Bearden it is.
Quick. The sun is out. Time for our Jackson Pollock moment.
I mistakenly told the kids that Jackson Pollock used different painting tools. They chose tooth brushes and sticks. What? No Paintbrush?
The kids were very nervous about mixing colors.
Each one of the kids had a chance to direct the other two. That way, each one of them had a canvas that reflected their vision. as long as their vision included blobs of paint, scads of cottonwood and an occasional roly-poly (an armadillo looking bug, for those of you who haven't seen one).
Our first attempt had each of the grand-kids standing on a different side and slinging the paint at the canvas. Anyone see the problem with that ... ahem ...failed strategy? Great. Wish you had been there to point it out before the paint started to fly. After I cleaned all the shoes (really, Luci, did we need to paint in rhinestone shoes?), I decided it would be better to have the kids spatter all together. To make sure the canvas was adequately covered in paint, I had them walk around the perimeter.
For our next project, I've found a use for paint chips. We'd better get started on the project. Mr. H. Is getting nervous seeing paint chips on the counter!
Carson is a minimilist, using one color to cover two or three emotions.
It's interesting to note that all three kids picked Lemon Curd to represent their Mom. Makes sense to me.....I just LOVE lemon curd.
This is probably the last year I can get away with this. Is it wrong? I mean, look how cute they are!


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Controversy over approval of Aduhelm for Alzheimer's Disease
November 25, 2021 June 10, 2021 by Luke Ainsworth
For the first time in 20 years, the United States FDA has approved a new drug for Alzheimer's disease, news that brought both celebration and dismay.
While patients and families suddenly glimpse hope, many researchers dismiss that hope as illusory. One FDA advisor, Prof. Caleb Alexander of Johns Hopkins, said he was "surprised and disappointed". Prof. Scott Emerson, a biostatistician on the panel, likened the drug's development to "firing a shotgun at a barn and then painting a target around the bullet holes". Prof George Perry, a prominent neurobiologist, says this will "set the research community back 10 to 20 years."
The stakes are high, and the Therapeutic Goods Administration is now evaluating Aduhelm for use in Australia.
Rarely do decisions by a small committee have such an impact. With over 150 million people projected to have dementia by 2050, new treatments are vital, and demand is ravenous. The company, Biogen, prices the drug at $A72,000 annually, and has no doubt that patients and governments will be willing to pay.
In a hypothetical scenario where the 44 million current Alzheimer's patients receive Aduhelm, that's $3.7 trillion a year, or almost half of the world's entire health budget. By 2050, it would be $12.6 trillion – or $400,000 per second, every second. If Biogen receives the merest fraction of that, they have the quite the windfall indeed.
Much of the real cost is also invisible to the company's estimate. There is administration, which is by intravenous infusion every four weeks. Then of course come side effects, one of which was brain swelling in a whopping 40% of patients. Brain swelling is about as harmless as it sounds and needs regular MRI scans just to monitor. That burden alone would rapidly engulf the health budget of Midas at his peak.
Such breathtaking expense demands compelling evidence. In a statement, Biogen declared that "there is finally a medicine that addresses a defining pathology of the disease, by reducing amyloid beta plaques in the brain". While acknowledging "residual uncertainties", the FDA said that "Aduhelm is the first treatment directed at the underlying pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease, the presence of amyloid beta plaques in the brain."
The FDA statement reports the results of two phase 3 clinical trials: one showed "reduction in clinical decline", i.e. patients still declined, but slower than without treatment. The second did not, i.e. decline was just as rapid as without.
What got Aduhelm over the line was this: "Aduhelm consistently and very convincingly reduced the level of amyloid plaques in the brain in a dose- and time-dependent fashion. It is expected that the reduction in amyloid plaque will result in a reduction in clinical decline."
Here we have a curious point. One of the two trials the FDA offers as evidence showed (1) reduction in amyloid, but not (2) reduction in clinical decline. The FDA then concluded that they expect (1) will lead to (2), which is precisely what did not happen.
The FDA has drawn a line in the sand, and that line passes directly through amyloid (Aβ). So convinced is the FDA that they are willing to demote the clinical data (ambiguous at best) to secondary importance.
In the favourable trial, Aduhelm patients showed 22% slower cognitive decline. That sounds impressive, but is falling from a building 22% slower any better? In real terms, the 22% derived from a difference of 0.39 on an 18-point score of cognitive and functional skills.
There is little chance that 0.39 would be enough to escape placement in a nursing home, which is what prospective patients will be spending their children's inheritance hoping to achieve. And so the lynchpin of Aduhelm's approval is reducing Aβ. But how certain can we be that Aβ is even the main villain? By the FDA's own evidence, not very.
A crucial lesson from medical school is the difference between association and causality. A classic example was a study that found a strong correlation between number of TV aerials and bowel cancer. Researchers concluded that radiation from the TV aerials was causing bowel cancer. Others scoffed and said that it was too much sitting on the couch. The truth was neither: TV aerials correlated with wealth, which correlated with eating processed foods. Here we can see that an outward mark of a process may have little or nothing to do with the process itself.
I heard a psychiatrist once lament that current drugs were at the level of "targeting bilirubin". Bilirubin is the liver product that turns the skin and eyes yellow when elevated in hepatitis. A hypothetical drug against bilirubin might normalise the yellow colour but it would do nothing about the real problem, the hepatitis. Liver damage carries on unhindered.
The question for Alzheimer's is whether Aβ is the bilirubin of the brain. Alas, much research suggests that it is. As discussed in Alzheimer's, the Arthritis of the Brain and Alzheimer's Missing Link, "the brain in Alzheimer's is not merely crumbling with the march of time, but like a building engulfed by fire. The blaze is the brain's own defences gone haywire; the plaques and tangles, the smouldering ruins." Much evidence does suggest that Aβ is more of a result than a cause. We may clear the ashes, but the fire burns on.
We can also be certain that much of Alzheimer's can be blamed on amyloid's partner in crime, the tau protein. The ApoEe4 gene is another culprit, but far from the only one. The real enemy may be further back in the shadows, and all we can see now are shadows of shadows.
Researchers can be sure that Aβ is at least part of the process, and some evidence suggests that it fuels the fire once begun, at least in some patients. We might therefore tweak our housefire image to say that Aβ is like the embers. Removing it will not douse the flames or repair the damage, but it might slow it down in some cases.
One unfortunate aspect of Aduhelm is that these findings about the lesser role of Aβ date back well before the drug was even developed. Researchers should have known that any benefit would be marginal at best. Biogen probably understood that they were barking up the wrong tree, but with so much money at stake, why not bark a little louder?
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It's one thing to find out that your partner has been cheating on you, it's an entirely different matter to learn they've been having an affair with one of your relatives.
But this is exactly what happened to Jamie Walker, a mum-of-two from the US.
The parent has gone viral on TikTok after sharing the shocking tale of how the day after her 33rd birthday she discovered her husband had been sleeping with her own mother – for five years.
In a series of videos, Jamie explained how it was her teenage son who first uncovered the truth in 2011 after he walked in on his dad and his grandmother having sex one day.
She said: "My son walked in on my now ex-husband with my mum – my flesh and blood mum – doing what they had been apparently doing for the last five years.
"There was a showdown, my son was like, 'If you don't tell her, I'm going to tell her.'
"My ex-husband decided he wanted to be the one to tell me, so he took me on a long drive, that ended at the parking lot of f***ing Walmart, we had a serious conversation and he told me what had been going on for the last five years."
Jamie was devastated by the truth, but claims she couldn't leave her husband right away due to financial constraints.
"I was in shock and I didn't know what to do. I wasn't in a position to financially take care of myself or the kids at that time, so we stuck it out and did therapy," she admits.
Her shocking story has gone viral
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The family later moved to Tennessee in a bid to put the past behind them and have a fresh start – but her husband couldn't stay faithful and is said to have cheated on her again, this time with a 60-year-old co-worker.
The pair finally divorced in 2017 and her husband has since married the co-worker.
In additional clips, Jamie answers some of her followers' burning questions – including how her son, who is now 25, handled everything.
"My son who was 16 at the time and had that traumatic experience of walking in on his dad and his grandma, he's doing good, he struggled for a little bit."
She said her son understandably doesn't have a great relationship with his dad or grandma, but her daughter is still co-parented by her ex.
Jamie also opened up about what her relationship with her mum is like today, saying she cut her off completely for the first four years as she needed "space to heal" and didn't want to deal with her "bulls***".
She added that things have started to become more cordial between the two of them over the last year, but she still won't engage in any conversation about her ex-husband.
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Joshua's father and stepmother lived across the road from us. Like us, they were renovators, people who liked to tinker and do up old homes. They were about 3/4 of the way through their substantial renovation and had been in the street for around 2 and a half years when we arrived. They were excited to meet us when we moved in, and once discovered we had many common interests we became firm and fast friends.
Like me, Mrs Neighbour was a devoted foodie masquerading as a teacher. She was five or so years older than me, had taught most of adult life and was studying guidance counseling at Uni, working in that role in a region close by. She had met and married Mr Neighbour around 10 years before we met them. He was another 10 or so years older than her and had a son, Joshua. They raised Joshua together until just a few weeks before we met them, when Josh chose to move to Sydney to be closer to his biological mother. Filled with charm and charisma like his father, Josh worked in film and media, and quickly established strong career in Sydney, flying back for visits, full of stories of a life filled with promise.
The three of them were wonderful together, close and funny and good to be with.
We established a very close friendship and did many things together, with Mr Neighbour seeing himself as a 'young surrogate grandfather' to my boy. He was a funny man, – very trendy, always with current fashions and top ten music which cracked me up. We often went out for breakfast, sharing our love of good food, starting the day together with laughs that often bled into long weekends as we returned home to hammer, saw and demolish; and cook, eat and laugh. We had great input into each others renovations. At one point we had purchased 2 sets of silky oak french doors at auction which were keyed alike. They took one set and us the other. To this day, our key still opens the french doors of that house, and that key opens the set we installed. We were like family and shared respectful boundaries.
Joshua and Mr Neighbour were into extreme sports. Anything fast or adrenaline pumping had them hooked. And once a year Joshua, his dad and a group of men headed over to New Zealand where they took part in heli-skiing. To heli-ski is to jump from a helicopter at a certain height which gives the feel and thrill of a jump, land on a steep surface and continue the ski down the slope. It is very fast, very expensive and very dangerous.
That year, the snowfall had been great. It was a perfect trip and some great runs on the slopes and mountains had been had. On this particular day, the sky was the clearest, deepest blue – the kind of blue that you can only get in that breath-taking cold that fresh crisp snow on a sunny still day can yield. And whilst the sun was shining and the air was still, the threat of wind and strong snow falls were predicted for later that day.
Like so many days, so many times, so many people before them, Mr N and Joshua prepared to take yet another jump from the helicopter. It was to be the last run for the week, and for their trip. Mr N prepared himself first of the two, but last of the group. A tap on the shoulder and out of the chopper he went, experiencing that great thrill of delight and rush of adrenaline as he landed and searched suitable tracking. He could hear Joshua's whoop of excitement as he came down several meters behind him. A quick look over his shoulder and he could see his son's face under the beanie and balaclava, only just hearing his voice calling to his dad that all was OK as the wind whipped away the words… and then all of a sudden he could not see his boy at all.
The sun was still shining. The sky was still that glorious blue. The stillness, the silence that had been so glorious just minutes before was now eerie and mind numbing.
And as they were the last of the team to jump the line, there was no one around, anywhere.
Joshua had fallen through the snow into a chasm. The new, soft fresh snow had covered a death trap in pretty white fluff. White fluff that belied a long shelf of ice covered rock before stepping down into a long deep chasm into the earth. And 500 meters below that snow lay Josh on a bed of ice. With only the headlamp that all heli-skiers carry, Mr N shone the light down and reassured his son. His emergency kit contained a rope and supplies for such an event – an event heli-skiers are trained to deal with but never expect – but the rope was short by just meters. Meters.
I can only imagine the hours that followed. When Mr N retold the story it cames in moments and portions, the happenings fragmented into memory synapses. There is only so much a parent can want to remember of such an event. It appears that he had to complete the ski down the mountain to alert the officials. By the time the rescue team were dropped from a chopper, hours had passed. Miraculously, Joshua was still alive.
They slipped water and thermal warming supplies down via rope, but were hampered by the now falling snow and increasing winds. Rescue officials would not lower a harness without a tether that would sustain a possible avalanche, so again, hours passed before another chopper, equipped correctly, arrived. By that time, the winds were fierce and the snow was thick and Mr N was no longer able to stay at the glacier without risk to himself.
He had to be forcibly removed.
He called down to his son and said he would see him soon.
Joshua's body lies, encased in ice, on that glacier to this day.
In spirit, he is joined by other snow and ice sports people. Mountain climbers, heli-skiers, trekkers. Whilst nature can keep the snow and ice and mountains at the temperature they are, Joshua remains 24 and beautiful. Every year, new snow falls and new ice is formed. The sky in winter is still that glorious, deep blue that comes with breathtaking cold. The snow falls are pure as white that blinds. Heli-skiers jump and glide and whoop to the thrill and although some may have a fleeting thought of danger and death, they are probably not even aware that they share the air with Joshua's spirit as he glides and swoops and whoops forever.
As for my neighbours? The media circus followed them home and stalked our street for days until a new news story took it's place. They were left with their home and memories, memories that nothing can erase. In Sydney, a massive memorial service was held. Joshua's parents were presented with a wonderful, majestic tree which they were allowed to bring back to Brisbane. A tribute from The Australaisian heli-ski team, and all of Josh's mates.
The tree lived in a pot for several months. The neighbours paid tradespeople to whip the house into completion. And the day they sold the house, she brought the tree over to me. She asked me to plant the tree in my yard as a memorial to Joshua, in a place where we had shared such good times as a family. And as we packed them up for their move to a new State to begin a new life, she reminded me to always care for the Joshua Tree.
I couldn't bring the Joshua Tree with me when I moved.
I'm sorry, and I know you understand. But I can tell it's story, and I promise you I will.
Such a beautiful story and so the memory of Joshua lives on.
I have just moved myself …..I understand all about letting go…and holding onto memories.
Yes, those sorts of things are very hard to let go. We left behind plant gifts in memory of our wedding and my Beloved's Dad. I wish we could have brought them with us.
Oh I am crying. That is such a tragic tale… my heart to A and B. I cannot begin to imagine such life being snuffed out.
That was a lovely, lovely tribute. Perhaps you can tell the new owners of it's importance, the Joshua Tree.
What a tragic story, but so beautifully told. My heartaches for Joshua's parents and for you as the 'guardian' of the tree. I hope the new owners value The Joshua's Tree's significance in the future.
I saw your twitter about how this might be a bit long winded, but it was perfect. What a loving gesture to take on the care of a tree in someone's memory. I hope the new people in your house continue to give it the care and love that you have.
Such a sad story, I can tell by the way you've written it how much you care about The Joshua Tree. Wherever you are the purpose and meaning of the tree will never be lost, memories are the important thing and they can be passed on, as you are doing so responsibly.
Oh, I feel so sad and moved by your retelling of this tragic story. But you tell it with such beauty and warm memories, that though there is great sadness, there is also great joy in the memories you all shared. I am sure the new owners of the house will indeed cherish The Joshua Tree and hopefully the story will always be passed on and retold to generations to come.
Oh, Shirley, what a tragic story, such an incredible loss.
Is there a plaque on the tree, denoting it as Joshua's tree? The tale will certainly be told, perhaps you could write the full story down, to be passed on properly in the words of one who knows it fully, if and when the next owners move on.
Ooh, it gives me shivers, but I am also uplifted to think Joshua is still there in a place he so loved, but I know his family would rather he was with them.
I just knew this was going to be a tear-jerker … what a tragedy. That poor, poor family.
Can't you take a cutting from the tree? Or a seed to plant?
You should put a photo of the tree with this post, and press a few leaves to put into a frame or something to take with you.
such a tragic thing to happen.
I absolutely have tears in my eyes after reading that. I wonder if it is possible to take a cutting from the tree at all and take it with you? Your writing is so beautiful..
Such a hard story to tell. such a hard parting from the tree.
Please do try to take a few cuttings, and leave a copy of this story for the new minders of the Joshua Tree.
Take plenty of pics and a cutting or 3, what a sad ending to a young life.
Aaargh – I was hoping that it was his recovery tree.
Lesley's idea of a cutting is great… did his parents take a cutting with them?
It will continue to grow and thrive and be loved. What excellent caretakers you have been, of the tree, of the person and love that it represents.
..and you tell that story well.
P.S You may be able to take a cutting of the tree with you depending on the species (most aussie natives can be grown from a cutting). I'm a botanist and have some experience in growing trees from cuttings …let me know if you want more info….
I have knots in my stomach and throat. Really makes one think about what we have now.
I have tears in my eyes and knots in my stomach reading this, like those above me. Half way through I got an uneasy feeling about where your story was going. God bless Joshua and his parents. Getting up every morning and going on must be the hardest thing in the world to do. Although they must take some comfort from knowing their son died doing something he loved so much. Do, do do take cuttings and root them. You might even send one to your friends………..This was beautifully written.
What a beautiful and sad story.
You told Joshua's story beautifully- poignantly- hopefully you will be able to take a piece of the Joshua tree with you to transplant into your new home.
It is a parent's greatest fear – to lose their beloved child. Joshua is forever remembered and loved by you and yours- those memories are something special. Joshua sounds like a wonderful young man.
I hope all goes well with the move- wherever you are, you will carry the memories of your good friends and Joshua.
You MUST publish these stories eventually Shirley. They are just so great.
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Shirley once again this is wonderful but so very sad. I get what you are going through as we left such memories behind when we immigrated here from Scotland. Remember they are always in your heart forever and thank you for sharing.


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Q: Haskell Higher Order Functions I have a homework on higher order functions in Haskell and I'm having a little trouble getting started.
If I could get some help and explanation on the first question, I'm confident I can finish the rest.

Using higher order functions (map, fold, or filter), and if necessary
  lambda expressions, write functions f1 and f2 such that f1 (f2 (*) [1,2,3,4]) 5 ~> [5,10,15,20]

f1 =
f2 =

I'm thinking I have to use a partially applied map so that [1,2,3,4] becomes [(*1),(*2),(*3),(*4)] ?

A:
I'm thinking I have to use a partially evaluated map so that [1,2,3,4] becomes [*1,*2,*3,*4] ??

Your intuition brings you closer to the answer, so that's a good sign
That said, the expression you're given to work with is really weird
f1 (f2 (*) [1,2,3,4]) 5

I would write f1 and f2 as follows
let f1 = \xs n -> map (\f -> f n) xs
    f2 = map
in f1 (f2 (*) [1,2,3,4]) 5
-- [5,10,15,20]

A: If you take f2 = map, you immediately get to the first step that you've come up with:
f2 (*) [1, 2, 3, 4] =
map (*) [1, 2, 3, 4] =
[(1 *), (2 *), (3 *), (4 *)]

Now given this list of multiplier functions, we need
f1 [g1, g2, ..., gn] x =
[g1 x, g2 x, ..., gn x]

since then we can apply it on f2 (*) [1..4] to get
f1 [(1 *), (2 *), (3 *), (4 *)] 5 =
[1 * 5, 2 * 5, 3 * 5, 4 * 5] =
[5, 10, 15, 20]

which is what you're after.
If you look at f1, it looks almost like a map, except the arguments are flipped:
f1 = \gs x -> map h gs

Now we just need to figure out what h is. h needs to be something that takes a function like (2 *) and gives you the result of applying that function to 5; i.e. h = \g -> g 5.
Putting it all together, we get
let f2 = map
    f1 = \gs x -> map (\g -> g x) gs
in f1 (f2 (*) [1, 2, 3, 4]) 5

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