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Expedition 46 - 4" -Spaceboosters - Unofficial
Submitted by liem on Tue, 01/13/2015 - 21:48
Expedition 46 is scheduled to be the 46th expedition to the International Space Station.
Sergey Volkov, Mikhail Korniyenko and Scott Kelly are to transfer from Expedition 45, the latter two as part of their year-long stay aboard the ISS. Expedition 46 is scheduled to begin upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-17M in November 2015 and conclude upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016. The crew of Soyuz TMA-19M are then to transfer to Expedition 47.
The 46 icon in the foreground of the Expedition 46 patch represents the forty-sixth expeditionary mission to the International Space Station. The graphic portrays the limb of the home planet, Earth, with the black vastness of space in the background. Earth is depicted at the top with the flags of the countries of origin of the crew members: the United States of America, Russia and the United Kingdom. The flag of the U.K. is displayed in a position of prominence in recognition of the significance of the first British astronaut flown in space for the European Space Agency. The outer border is in the shape of a triangle with an unbroken border, symbolizing the infinite journey of discovery for past, present and future space explorers. The names of the six Expedition 46 astronauts and cosmonauts are shown in the border.
After production had started on the patch, a decision was made to not go with the design.
Due to production delays by the official supplier, A-B Emblem, Spaceboosters Limited in the UK had their own version produced. You can purchase this patch at Spaceboosters Web Store.
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Expedition 48 - Tim Gagnon re-release
Submitted by liem on Sat, 02/04/2017 - 23:49
Jeffrey Williams, Aleksey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka transferred from Expedition 47. Expedition 48 began upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-19M in 7 July 2016 01:36 UTC and concluded upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-20M on September 6, 2016. The crew of Soyuz MS-01 are transferred to Expedition 49.
This version was produced by the artist Tim Gagnon and features more colors than the common version from A-B emblem.
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Expedition 48 - TsENKI- 4" - "Rubin"
This version was limited to VIPs only and has a mis-spelled Rubins as "Rubin"
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Expedition 51 - A-B Emblem - 4" - Revised Crew
Expedition 51 is the 51st expedition to the International Space Station. Peggy Whitson, Oleg Novitskiy and Thomas Pesquet will be transferred from Expedition 50. Peggy Whitson is the intended commander of Expedition 51, the first woman to command two expeditions to the ISS, having previously commanded Expedition 16.
Due to a decision to cut down the number of participating Russian astronauts in 2017, only two astronauts will be launched on Soyuz MS-04, bringing the total crew number to five. The Interagency Commission of the State Corporation Roscosmos has approved the lists of the main and backup crews of expeditions to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2017: Fyodor Yurchkhin, ISS-51 flight engineer, ISS-52 commander and Jack Fischer, ISS-51, ISS-52 flight engineer.
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Expedition 50 - TsENKI - 4"
Robert S. Kimbrough, Andrei Borisenko and Sergey Ryzhikov transferred from Expedition 49. Expedition 50 began upon the departure of Soyuz MS-01 on October 28,2016 and will be concluded upon the departure of Soyuz MS-02 in March 2017. The crew of Soyuz MS-03 are then to transfer to Expedition 51.
After the launch of Soyuz MS-03, Peggy Whitson, at age 56, became the oldest woman to fly into space. She will also become the first woman to command two ISS expeditions (will command Expedition 51). Soyuz MS-03 docked at the International Space Station on November 19, 2016, bringing the total number of people in the station to 6.
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Anatoli Ivanishin, Kathleen Rubins and Takuya Onishi transferred from Expedition 48. Expedition 49 began upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-20M on September 6, 2016 and concluded upon the departure of Soyuz MS-01 in October 2016. The crew of Soyuz MS-02 then transferred to Expedition 50.
Expedition 48 - A-B Emblem - 4" - Light names
This version was embroidered with lighter names than the official version.
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Yuri Malenchenko, Timothy Peake and Timothy Kopra transferred from Expedition 46. Expedition 47 began upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-18M on 2nd March 2016 and concluded upon the landing of Soyuz TMA-19M on the 18th June 2016. The crew of Soyuz TMA-20M are then to transfer to Expedition 48
STS-35 - 4" A-B Emblem revised
Submitted by liem on Thu, 09/22/2016 - 14:45
The original STS-35 artwork differed significantly from the A-B Emblem STS-35" souvenir patch. A number of close reproductions by Cape Kennedy Medals and others have come close, but not matching the original prototype. In 2016, A-B Emblem, when stock of the older STS-35 patch ran out, produced a new version on their newer machines that more faithfully reflects the original artwork and prototype. This is the version currently on sale at their web site (as of September 2016).
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STS-76 - 4" - Space Coast International
STS-76 was NASA's 76th Space Shuttle mission, and the 16th mission for Atlantis. STS-76 launched on 22 March 1996 at 3:13 am EST (UTC −5) from Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39B. STS-76 lasted over 9 days, traveled about 3,800,000 miles (6,100,000 km) while orbiting Earth an estimated 145 times, and landing at 5:28 am PST (UTC −8) on 31 March 1996 at Edwards Air Force Base runway 22.
The flight was the third Shuttle mission to dock with the Russian Space Station Mir, as part of the Shuttle-Mir Program, carrying astronaut Shanon Lucid to the orbital laboratory to replace NASA astronaut Norm Thagard. STS-76 also carried a SPACEHAB single module along with Lucid, and on flight day 6 Linda Godwin and Michael R. Clifford performed the first U.S. spacewalk around two docked spacecraft.
This patch was produced by Space Coast International and was carried on board STS-76 in the Official Flight Kit. It has some minor differences from the official A-B Emblem version, primarily in the Mir detail and extra set of solar panels.
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STS-76 - 4" - A-B Emblem Prototype
This is the A-B Emblem prototype version of the STS-76 patch. It has white thread instead of black for the Mir details and an extra set of solar arrays. The stars have a black shadow, but do not appear behind the yellow contrails like in the souvenir version.
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TMA-04 - 4" - Spaceview
Submitted by liem on Fri, 09/04/2015 - 18:55
Soyuz TMA-4 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. It was launched on April 19, 2004 (UTC) from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Gennady Padalka from Russia, Michael Fincke from the USA and André Kuipers from the Netherlands were flown to the International Space Station. Kuipers returned to Earth 9 days later together with ISS crew 8 with the re-entry module of the Soyuz TMA-3, the other two stayed as ISS crew 9. The craft landed October 24, 2004 with Padalka, Fincke and Yuri Shargin aboard.
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Soyuz TMA-3 was a Soyuz (Russian Союз ТМА-3, Union TMA-3) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle which was the third flight for the TMA modification of the Soyuz spacecraft, and the 7th Soyuz to fly to the ISS.
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TMA-2 - 4" - Spaceview
Soyuz TMA-2 was a Soyuz (Russian Союз ТМА-2, Union TMA-2) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. The spacecraft docked with the ISS 2003-04-28 and undocked 2003-10-27. Soyuz TMA-2 was the second flight for the TMA modification of the Soyuz spacecraft, and the 6th Soyuz to fly to the ISS.
The commander is Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (Russia), and flight engineer Edward Tsang Lu (USA), and after docking with the ISS they exchanged with the resident crew on ISS and became the seventh station crew, called "ISS Expedition Seven". Alexander Kaleri and Michael Foale were assigned as the backup crew.
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TMA-01 - 4" - Stewart Aviation
Soyuz TMA-1a. was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle with a Russian-Belgian cosmonaut crew blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This was the fifth Russian Soyuz class shuttle to fly to the International Space Station. It is also the first flight of the TMA-class Soyuz spacecraft. Soyuz TM-34 was the last of the prior Soyuz-TM spacecraft to be launched.
The Soyuz is a three-seat spacecraft is to transport astronauts to the ISS and then there will always be one attached to the ISS for a rescue vehicle for the crew of the outpost. The onboard resources and properties of propellant loaded in the reentry capsule of the Soyuz limit safe operation of the craft in space to six months; thus, Russia committed to fly a new or refurbished Soyuz to the ISS every six months to replace the previous one. These missions to replace the Soyuz at the ISS became known as "taxi" flights.
This patch was produced by Stewart Aviation as this patch didn't actually go up on the mission.
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TMA-18M - 4" - TsENKI
Soyuz TMA-18M is a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 2 September 2015. It will provide the two twelve-months occupants (Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko) at the International Space Station with a fresh Soyuz capsule. TMA-18M is the 127th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft; the first having occurred in 1967. The ascent flight consists of a Russian commander and two flight engineers from Denmark (ESA) and Kazakhstan respectively.
Originally the third member should have been the British singer Sarah Brightman as a space tourist, but on May 13, 2015, she announced she had withdrawn from training. The Kazakh Aidyn Aimbetov is of the first Kazakh cosmonaut class, and the first selected to fly. The ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen became the first Dane in space.
The descent crew will be the same Russian commander and the two twelve-months occupants in March 2016. Two of the ascent crew members will return to Earth with Soyuz TMA-16M in September 2015.
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This patch uses the wrong "B" for the cyrillic in Baikonur. Only 50 or so are thought to exist.
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Soyuz TMA-17M is a 2015 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 44 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-17M is the 126th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft; the first having occurred in 1967. The crew consists of a Russian commander accompanied by Japanese and American astronauts. The capsule is to remain docked to the space station for about five months until the scheduled departure of Expedition 45 in December 2015.
The Soyuz TMA-17M patch is inspired on the design of the Apollo 17 patch. The main element in this logo is a portrait of Sergei Korolev, the legendary 'main constructor', who shaped the early years of Soviet cosmonautics. He is depicted watching the Soyuz spacecraft on its celestial voyage, trailing three red lines. They symbolize the three crewmembers, but also represent the three manned craft that Korolev developed; Vostok, Voskhod and Soyuz. Behind the earth, a red sun rises. After the American Apollo element and the Russian Korolev item, the sun is Japan's element in this design. The constellation of Scorpio tops off the patch, with the star Antares highlighted, as this is the callsign for this particular Soyuz mission to the International Space Station.
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Soyuz TMA-16M is a 2015 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 43 crew to the Station. TMA-16M is the 125th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first having launched in 1967. The Soyuz will most likely remain docked to the Station for the Expedition 44 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle until its scheduled departure in September 2015.
Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko will perform the first one-year stay at the Space Station, returning in Soyuz TMA-18M.
The patch shows the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft coming in for docking with the space station. In the background, the outline of a stopwatch is visible, which, when combined with the three running figures, depicts the "marathon" theme of this crew, as two of its members aim for a record stay of twelve months and Soyuz commander Padalka will break the record for cumulative days in space. Three stars for the crew members, their names, the spacecraft identification and the Roscosmos logo complete the background of the stopwatch, while the Russian and American national colors form the outer border of the design.
Soyuz TMA-15M was a 2014 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 42 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-15M was the 124th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first flight launching in 1967. The Soyuz remained docked to the space station for the Expedition 43 increment, serving as an emergency escape vehicle until departing and returning to Earth as scheduled in June 2015.
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Soyuz TMA-14M was a 2014 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 41 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-14M is the 123rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first flight launching in 1967. The Soyuz remained docked to the space station for the Expedition 42 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle until undocking and landing as scheduled in March 2015.
The Soyuz TMA-14M mission patch shows a porthole on the International Space Station, providing a view of the new spaceship coming in for docking. In the background, the rising sun announces dawn and a new expedition on the orbital research facility, expanding our knowledge and preparing for new destinations.
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Soyuz TMA-12M was a 2014 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 39 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-12M was the 121st flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since the first in 1967 and the 38th Soyuz mission to the ISS.
After a successful launch on 25 March 2014, docking was scheduled to occur on 26 March via the relatively new six-hour duration orbital trajectory. In the event, one of the orbital burns scheduled to refine the trajectory did not occur as planned, due to an attitude control problem in which the spacecraft was incorrectly oriented. The rendezvous phase was subsequently replanned to the formerly-used two-day trajectory. Accordingly, TMA-12M arrived at the ISS on 27 March. The Soyuz remained docked to the ISS to serve as an emergency escape vehicle until undocking and landing as scheduled on 11 September 2014.
The Soyuz TMA-12M mission patch shows the entire cycle of the spacecraft's flight. Liftoff is depicted showing the launch vehicle from a dramatic angle, flying into a starry sky towards the silhouette of the International Space Station. The six larger stars represent the six-member crew of ISS. The scene is framed by the Soyuz landing apparatus, suspended under the large canopy of the main parachute. The crew names are incorporated in the orange bands on the white parachute.
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I've long since learned, and try to live by a simple rule. When in pain, grief, fear, or frailty, there are only a couple of rules for being a good human. I call it the Dumping Circles Rule. When someone has died, for example, there is an order of who gets to dump sadness on whom.


Learn to make oil-free, creamy spreads, yogurt cheese, and nut cheese your family will crave and demand.
OMGee Good Vegan Cheese Recipes is a short guide with testimony from Jill McKeever about how she got her family off the crazy dairy train. Jill includes her family's favorite vegan cheese recipes along with mouthwatering photography for motivation. There are valuable recipe tips and resources included as well.
My intentions in writing this publication are to expand your knowledge, cooking expertise, add to your family approved recipe collection, and be a part of your journey to improving your health and those you care about around you.
Going off the rails of the dairy train can be mentally stressful for animal-dairy lovers. I know; I was one of them back in 2011 before I transitioned to the plant-based lifestyle. To be entirely honest, I am still a cheese foodie to this day. It is normal for there to be a variety of cheeses in my fridge. The only difference is I explore, purchase, and prepare nondairy and nut-based cheeses instead of the animal stuff. Because let's face it, cheese is so fun to eat. I never want it to go out of my life. There, I said it out loud.
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But since the bolivar was overvalued, local products became less competitive abroad, whereas foreign products became cheaper at home, thereby reducing demand for national produce. This effective subsidy on purchasing dollars spurred already strong demand from those keen to avoid inflation or devaluation of the local currency.
Many businesses and individuals were also willing to pay a premium to circumvent controls, either to avoid bureaucratic trade barriers or to safeguard the value of their capital, and a currency black market sprang up to cater for this demand. Where black-market dollars became part of the cost structure of basic goods, the profit margin between the cost of production and state-controlled prices narrowed or disappeared entirely, causing further damage to local production.
Beyond undermining local businesses, these policies also created opportunities and incentives for corruption, which grew in attractiveness in step with economic distortions, creating a vicious cycle.
The wider the gap between the official and black-market exchange rates, the greater the incentive to get hold of cheap official-rate dollars and resell them on the black market ("currency arbitrage"). The wider the gap between the prices of oil or foodstuffs in Venezuela and neighbouring countries, the greater the incentive to smuggle these products across the border for resale.
Differences in price are captured privately at the state's expense while producing nothing, which in turn leaves fewer resources available for the everyday business of running the country.
When the former finance minister Jorge Giordani resigned in protest of Maduro's mishandling of the economy, he estimated that between 2003 and 2012 a truly incredible $300bn was lost to currency arbitrage alone.
In the short term, Chavez - unlike Maduro - prevented this problem from spiralling out of control by devaluing the local currency when official and black-market rates began to diverge significantly.
But in the long term, he placed his faith in a socioeconomic "about face". This transformation was premised on the power of a social economy that would use alternative forms of organisation, such as cooperatives and self-managed factories, to revive local production and provoke an empowering cultural shift towards active social engagement and solidarity.
But massive state investment in nationalised and self- or co-managed industries bore little fruit. And even though the number of cooperatives exploded, in practice they were often as inefficient, corrupt, nepotistic, and exploitative as the private sector that they were supposed to displace.
Inasmuch as these were statist policies of 21st-century socialism, we might indeed say socialism is to blame. But there is more to it.
First, it is important to realise that Chavez chose to call his transformative project "21st-century socialism", but Venezuela's economy remained market-based and private-sector dominated throughout his time in office.
Though the social economy and the public sector were heavily promoted - including through nationalisation - the private sector was expected to remain dominant, and it did. A centrally planned socialist economy like Cuba's was neither the aim nor the reality.
Second, part of the problem was always that oil-rich, hyper-consumerist Venezuela was the last place you would expect socialism to blossom - and these characteristics caused grave problems for the government.
The crucial role of oil in the international capitalist system makes oil-price volatility a central player in Venezuelan development, as Maduro has discovered to his cost.
But more importantly, the sheer value of oil provokes the "resource curse" in undiversified economies like Venezuela's. With boom-time windfalls favouring exchange-rate shifts that make other exports uncompetitive, "petromania" leads to lavish public spending, while distorted incentives undermine ethics, entrepreneurship, and efficiency throughout the state and wider society.
As Al Jazeera's insightful documentary The Battle for Venezuela explains, this is nothing new. On the contrary, Venezuela's formation as a state and as a society was intimately linked to the oil industry, and this is reflected in its politics.
Long before Chavez took office in 1999, there were two Venezuelas: "the Venezuela that benefits from oil, and the Venezuela that remains in the shadow of the oil industry" as veteran Venezuela analyst Miguel Tinker Salas puts it.
The benefiting elite, from which the core of Venezuela's opposition emerged, rightly recognised that Chavez's promise to redistribute the oil wealth to the marginalised majority was sincere. But they also instinctively understood that Chavez wanted to rewrite the national narrative without the rich, white, educated, Western-facing elite as its heroes, thereby also robbing them of the social status that reproduced and ring-fenced their material wealth.
It is this cultural threat that explains the ferocity and durability of elite rage and obstructionism: staging the 2002 coup even though Chavez's democratic legitimacy was undoubted and then organising a devastating, management-led oil strike at a time when his economic policy remained more reformist than radical.
By his own account, it was the implacability and intransigence of this elite, bequeathed to him by Venezuela's capitalist history, that drove Chavez towards the idea of a more radical 21st-century socialism in 2005.
Like the bolivar, the claim of an "economic war" is a ludicrously devalued currency under Maduro. However, nothing suggests that provoking political problems through hoarding, cutting production, or manipulating the black-market exchange rate was ever beyond the pale for private actors with the power to do it.
Companies and wealthy individuals have also always had the clearest means and the most capital to invest in the large-scale currency arbitrage that has been bleeding Venezuela dry for over a decade.
But the effects of oil dependency extend far beyond a particular group or class. As one of the architects of Venezuela's social-economy drive puts it, the pervasive culture has always favoured "living off government transfers of [oil] rents instead of deservedly enjoying the fruits of productive work."
In Venezuela, social divisions are so deep and societal trust is so weak that the idea of a social contract, a national pulling-together, or even a basic acceptance of the rules of the game is a distant dream. As the local saying goes, "for my friends, anything; for my enemies, the law".
Politics must play out against a cultural backdrop that implicitly understands that you should use any means necessary to siphon off as much oil wealth as possible for you and yours.
Chavez responded to these difficult circumstances by putting his faith in three things: himself, the military, and socialism.
Faith in himself meant improvising new institutions and funding sources linked to the presidency so that he could implement his ideas immediately and without internal opposition. Faith in the military meant placing trusted "right-hand men", especially those involved in his 1992 coup attempt, in positions of institutional and financial power, as well as assigning key economic functions to the army.
And faith in socialism meant believing in the transformative power of participatory democracy and the social economy to replace the prevailing petro-state mentality of "grab what you can" with a more social, solidarity-based ethic.
Sadly, each leap of faith had serious unintended consequences.
Moving power away from the traditional state removed even the deficient monitoring and accountability that they offered, hampering control and enabling corruption.
The ideological convictions of trusted lieutenants from the 1992 coup turned out to be far weaker than the massive incentives to embezzle state resources, and neither were they afraid to put their subordinates to work in smuggling networks.
More broadly, though many marginalised citizens were undoubtedly empowered and enlightened by their experience of Chavez's Bolivarian Revolution, just as many relaxed into a clientelistic exchange of state benefits for political support.
Chavez also began to abuse the tools of his socialist transformation - particularly nationalisation and access to foreign currency - more as a means of disciplining the private sector than of reshaping the economy.
With the death of Chavez in 2013, this dysfunctional, highly centralised system passed into the hands of Maduro, a leader with far less capacity to control the powerful forces rending the country asunder.
But rather than allow democratic politics to take its course as the limitations of his administration were exposed by plummeting oil prices, Maduro waded across the anti-democratic Rubicon into which Chavez had only dipped his toes.
By nixing a recall referendum, jailing political opponents, invoking a constituent assembly to usurp the democratically elected parliament, and creating a link between political support and access to essential goods, Maduro has now blocked any path out of Venezuela's crisis.
So is socialism to blame for Venezuela's woes?
Certain statist economic policies associated with a project called 21st-century socialism are indeed implicated in many of the economic distortions and damaging incentives ravaging the Venezuelan economy.
But they were also implemented in a highly divided, distrustful, and conflictual society in which the oil-rich state is seen as a means of securing personal wealth.
Chavez's response to implacable opposition and widespread corruption was to turn to those he trusted in the military and to the promise of social transformation through socialisation of the economy. But his faith in neither was repaid.
But just as capitalism itself was not to blame for the pacted corruption and murderous repression of prior governments that created the popular discontent and personal drive which brought Chavez to power, socialism itself is not to blame for the creeping authoritarianism of a Maduro regime that is now preventing replacement of a failing government and model.
In many ways, the blame game is a red herring, an exercise in cherry-picking to promote greater state intervention or the "free" market rather than any identifiable model. The statist might cite happy Norway before the Gulag, whereas the free-marketeer will surely prefer New Zealand's peaceful neoliberalisation during the 1980s to the murder and torture of Chile's under Pinochet.
The lesson is perhaps that there are no clean, textbook models. The real issue is whether a given political economy is producing desirable results for its citizens. Where once that was the case in Venezuela, clearly it is no longer so.
Dr Asa Cusack is Managing Editor of the LSE Latin America and Caribbean blog.


With last Sunday's launching of the Eric Williams Memorial Collection at UWI, Dr. Williams's memory and image have been dusted and refurbished.
Four decades after Williams decided to 'let down his bucket' in his native land, the man and the myth persists.
And this is so, primarily, because he is, unquestionably, the greatest Trinidadian of the 20th Century – the person who has had the greatest influence on the affairs of the country.
He was the man who led the country to Independence and who shaped post-colonial Trinidad and Tobago, for better or for worse.
Dr, Williams was internationally recognized as a major scholar (his seminal work Capitalism and Slavery overturned a century of scholarship on the reasons for the abolition of slavery) as acknowledged as one of the fathers of regional integration.
He was a statesman who somehow found the time to write books and built the PNM into an impregnable political force. He was an excellent communicator, fascinating the masses with his oratory, addressing his peers at Oxford in Latin or impressing them with his brilliant discourses.
Williams was a larger-than-life figure and a winner.
He also had his frailties. One of them was women, according to a former Cabinet minister who was close to Williams in the early years of the party. He claimed Williams always had "woman trouble".
He confided that during Williams's stormy marriage to his first wife, the former Elsie Ribiero, a thick set Portuguese woman from St. Vincent, the man who had an unenviable reputation for intimidating Cabinet ministers, party members, relatives, civil servants and just about everybody, was routinely manhandled by his no-nonsense wife.
The relationship eventually ended in the United States in an acrimonious divorce. Williams was taken to court for child support and this last indignity was said to be the reason why he resigned his professorship at Howard University in 1948 to work full time with the Anglo American Caribbean Commission at Kent House, Maraval, as deputy chairman of the Research Council.
His second marriage, unfortunately, ended with the early death of his wife, the former Eveline Moyou and his secret wedding to Frederick Street dentist Mayleen Mook Sang in 1959 did not last as long as the proverbial Red House fire.
The late copper work artist and virtuoso masman Ken Morris, a friend and liming partner of Williams in the early days of the party, once told me that Johnny O'Halloran would procure literally dozens of beautiful women who worshipped the then youthful Prime Minister but he seemed more interested in chatting with them than indulging in amorous activities.
A journalist colleague, who was involved in the beauty contest business, might have had a different story to tell. He actually helped organize a relationship with a statuesque beauty queen in the early Seventies but Williams had to terminate the romance when it was discovered that the lady had a violent boyfriend who regularly battered her.
This resulted in his alienating the party stalwarts of the calibre of CLR James, Dr. Winston Mahabir, Sir Learie Constantine, Dr. Patrick Solomon, Karl Hudson-Phillips, Dr EC Richardson and others.
In the Caribbean, he was not on speaking terms with Barbadian leader Errol Barrow and Kamaluddin Mohammed, as Minister of West Indian Affairs, was delegated to mend fences in the embryonic stages of Carifta.
When Caricom came into being, Williams became reclusive and never ventured out of Trinidad and Tobago to attend any Heads of Government meetings until this quixotic behaviour became a Caribbean joke.
He intensely disliked the United States and Venezuela to the extent that he made only one official visit to the US.
He accused Venezuela of harbouring imperialist intentions in the Caribbean and in 1963, in an instance or rare political shortsightedness, turned down Venezuela's offer to become a founding member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
A decade later, Williams tried unsuccessfully several times to become a member of this political oil cartel.
He was a man of contradictions and allowed himself to be bullied by big business, despite rhetoric to the contrary. The traditional commercial business elite was regarded as a political enemy but in 1969 Williams introduced legislation to prevent Alstons and other business houses from being acquired by British corporate raider Oliver Jessel.
The 1967 Finance Act, which sought to increase taxes, was seen as causing the break between him and ANR Robinson, who introduced the legislation.
Big business demanded Robinson's head: Williams had a cabinet reshuffle, removed Robinson from the Finance Ministry transferring him to External Affairs.
Williams was rude to party members insulting a village headman during his "Meet the People" tours in the Sixties.
His treatment of the press was no different, his acid tongue humiliating newsmen. At one press conference in 1970, one journalist had the temerity to ask Williams if journalists could look forward to more press conferences.
Williams had his faults and his idiosyncrasies, which did not dilute his enormous success as a politician or perceived greatness as a statesman.
No one really expected him to die – we believed he was too smart for that.
His distinctive monotone and hearing aid, which was food for comedians like John Agitation, will remain forever with those of us who lived in the William's era.
And it will always be a job to separate the man from the myth.
Very insightful article, it is always good to get a glimpse of the true Williams. There were so many sides to him.
For those of us who grew up and was introduced to politics by this great man he will always be that mythical wizard who lived the contradictry lives of educator, author, politician, statesman, teacher and intellectual. Everyuthing about this man seeemed mysterious but that was in a curious provocative kind of way. Almost all great men had 'another' side which could be considered unusual. Einstein gave the world a lot of innovative physics formula and mathematical formations but he was lousy in family life, that is what happens when one belongs to the human race. We cannot be perfect. Much is made of Dr. Williams outburst about the Indians being a 'recalcitrant minority'. While profound as a man of his caliber making such an unfortunate statement, it was borne out of frustration and did not identify with the many good things that the Indian population came to benefit from his policies. While the seminars and commemorations on his life and works should live on for eternity efforts should be made to enliven the life and times of Dr. Williams in our very young and not so young. As a boy growing up in the country I was taught and schooloed by my elders about Marcus Garvey and what he stood for, I did not need a text book to explain that to me because his workis became a part of my culture and upbringing. It is very unfortunate that a large portion of the have not heard or know of this great gtreat man, they cannot be blamed for this butr those responsible for accurately regurgitating our past owe it to trutrh to keep his name alive and on our hearts and minds.
Most people would accept Eric's academic excellence and Capildeo's as well. It is true Eric had the ability to perceive easily and who to dispense with at ease. Frank Rampersad was Eric's budget speech writer for years and was rewarded later on in the Chamber's administration. Eric gave the impression of lacking people skills at time and having the penchant to use an acid tongue i.e. keep your friends close and your enemies closer, especially so in a political career. At the same time Eric always crystallised his ideas for the good of Trinidad based upon his own personal experiences whilst living in metropolitan countries prior to dropping his bucket in T&T.
" As a boy growing up in the country I was taught and schooloed by my elders about Marcus Garvey and what he stood for," and yet nothing about CLR James , George Padmore,and for unfortunate Afrikan kids, in USA ,Afrika, and T&T ,cousin Stokley Michael de Belmont kid without whom many would still be eating in the garbage bins of restaurant, and sitting at the back of busses.
You know why T&T Afrikan kids especially ,did hear anything about them , and therefore why the self hatred persist ,as they conclude – just like counterparts in Afrika , and USA- that their people are only good to play stupid music, dance on stage like puppet idiots, kick balls, and run races like animal?
Well, let me just add that papa Eric banned two of these guys from their own country, and we know why, hummm? Give de man his props , but dis too must be part of the discussion.
In the interim , we are fed the hog wash of fake intellectuals,local and foreign based, as epitomized by a tasteless country hating novelist V.S Naipaul, national ingrate in chief, who can never in his twisted soul give credit to his land of birth , when his real enemies are the European peoples he pretends to love , who likewise will return the same favor of pretense.
We hear nada of real writers , and patriots such as de very witty , and socially potent Samuel Selvon,our own Earl Lovelace,of 'De Dragon can't dance' fame, Sando's own Historian Michael Anthony , and of course our selfless Professor Cudjoe, who toils daily , and unselfishly in trying to elevate the psyche of his downtrodden people , and more importantly advance the cause of our entire country , as he tries to make a difference, by keeping , undemocratic , politically clueless, neo racial , self aggrandizing barbarians, at bay.
We the socially conscious ,who are aware of what the consequential fall out from neglect, divisions, demonization, and worst of all, denunciation / humiliations of particular heroes , as led by power mongrels ,can be ,luv you Dr Cudjoe.
Keep dem honest my friend. Good job, as usual.
Dr Williams suffered from Bipolar disorder & severe depression for most of his life.
Divide and rule was his mantra, he divided the Country along racial lines to stay in power, he allowed small Islanders to migrate to sweet T&T and settled them to get votes. He gave them a fish rather than teach them to fish.
Today we are reaping what he sowed which was supported by his student Manning and others.
Now the PP Government is endevouring to correct the disturbing situation, they are faced by idiots from that old regime who find it appropriate to only condem any positive move.
Indian community in Trinidad. Had he been interested in divide and rule he would never have invited Indira Gandhi to visit. Your views are not shared by the world comunity, but mainly by those who benefitted from the free secondary education he offered to all, and who would turn around and bite the hand that fed them. His was a model of trying to pull this country together. That is why TIME magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. I believe the list is still available online. Check and see.
More lies by Indians to spite Dr Williams this is what you get when you allow crooks into your home & give them free education.
The indentured Indians who were lied to by the Brits,about the conditions of their bound servitude, have a right to be in Trinidad, just as the Africans who were purchased as commodities.. My only problem with them is their continued divided loyalty to our homeland.
I am very Africa conscious, but if Ghana or Nigeria tried to jump in Trinidad and Tobago's face, I will be pelting verbal rocks at them. I do not believe, based on my observations in TnT that the majority of Trini-Indian population would throw rocks at India if she attacked Trinidad. They would find that it was the Trini's fault, especially Dr. Williams and the PNM.
I make this comment despite the fact that I have nieces with both Hindu nd Muslim names.


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Calosoma breviusculum is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and Azerbaijan.

Subspecies
These three subspecies belong to the species Calosoma breviusculum:
 Calosoma breviusculum breviusculum (Mannerheim, 1830)  (Armenia, Georgia, and Turkey)
 Calosoma breviusculum pumicatum Lapouge, 1907  (Iran)
 Calosoma breviusculum substriatum (Motschulsky, 1860)  (Azerbaijan)

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Velocity Global, the provider of global expansion services, has launched a new online guide to the most promising destinations around the world for business expansion, the company said.
The 2019 Global Expansion Tech Index ranked the Netherlands, the United States, China, Denmark, and Singapore as the most favorable countries for tech businesses looking to move into new markets overseas.
The interactive data table, published as part of the business´s annual analysis of how US and UK tech firms approach global expansion, ranks 50 countries on connectivity, infrastructure, knowledge and skills, regulatory complexity and GDP growth, using figures from the World Bank and Global Economic Forum.
The data table´s built-in filters allow firms to order the ranking according to the metrics most important to them and see which countries best suit their specific expansion objectives. Germany, for example, is ninth overall but scored better than any other nation on infrastructure.
The microsite also includes an interactive infographic highlighting key findings from the company´s research into the expansion ambitions of 1,000 US and UK tech companies. The survey revealed that 90% of tech businesses across both countries plan to expand into a new market within the coming years, and that access to new customers and talent are the key drivers behind this.
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"... of the Roman aristocracy. Hopkins takes impish pleasure in cocking a snook time and again at traditional historians, but there is no cause for the anger that has been aroused, as when Professor Badian in reviewing the earlier volume wrote that 'the feuding against "conventional" historians is deplorable.' It may be tiresome after a while, but it cannot be condemned if it has more than a ..."
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Mission Work - How Do You Know If It's For You
For many years Jill Jack had a tugging at her heart. Her spirit was telling her to do more. One day the voice was so loud in her head that she found herself picking up the phone and scheduling a meeting to discuss mission work and traveling to a 3rd world country. Have you been curious? Do you ever dream of doing mission work? Whether it be in your hometown or traveling to a Third World Country? Jill Jack can help by sharing her mission experiences, feelings, and maybe even a song.
On This Episode:
1:00 - Something missing
4:00 - Taking risks
10:00 - Sometimes silence is powerful
12:00 - Love and support, even in disagreement
15:45 - Leonard the bus driver
16:45 - Trust and faith
19:30 - A lot to take in
21:00 - Heartbreaking scenes
23:00 - A song for Leonard
About Jill Jack:
Jill Jack is a 43 time Detroit Music Award winner who has traveled the world sharing her life experiences through song. What Jill has enjoyed the most over her 30 year music career was meeting people. Jill found that in sharing her trials and tribulations, her dreams and aspirations she connected with people of all walks of life. Her fans would reach out to her and ask for advise on how to pursue their dreams. Jill decided 3 years ago to create Dream Big Incorporated - a place where Jill could share her gift of believing in, supporting and guiding individuals of all walks of life pursue their biggest dreams! Dream Big with Jill Jack! A radio show that will inspire, educate, and encourage listeners to be and do what their hearts are nudging them to do.


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Q: Changing css class for li element problems I have the following structure :

 First Element

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The first time the page is loaded the first li will be selected by highliting it to background color blue.
The next time the user clicks another element in the list it should change to blue and the rest should have white background.
I am using this script :
function GetMyTopic(catID) {
 $('#myTopicsList li').each(function () {

        if ($(this).attr('id').indexOf(catID) > 0) {
            $(this).addClass('SideBarBoxliSelected');
        }
        else {
            $(this).addClass('SideBarBoxli');
        }
    });
}

here the css :
.SideBarBoxli{margin-bottom:4px; background-color:#fafafa; height:22px; }
.SideBarBoxli:hover {background-color:#E3ECF8; cursor:pointer; }
.SideBarBoxliSelected{margin-bottom:4px; background-color:#6388BF; height:22px; }

When I click and assign the SideBarBoxliSelected class to the clicked li the background remains the same.
Any suggestions?

A: Here is the html I would use:

first

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Here is the code I would use:
$(document).ready(function() {
    $('ul#myTopicsList li').click(function() {
        $('li.SideBarBoxliSelected').removeClass('SideBarBoxliSelected');
        $(this).addClass('SideBarBoxliSelected');
    });
});

The .click function will set it so that whenever someone clicks on any of the li items they will trigger the anonymous function which removes the class SideBarBoxliSelected from the currently selected one and adds it to the clicked item.
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You can also add the following to make sure the first item has the class SideBarBoxliSelected on page load:
$('ul#myTopicsList li:first').addClass('SideBarBoxliSelected');

The above line would go on the line before the $('ul#myTopicsList li').click call.

A: Try this.
$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#myTopicsList li').click( function() {
        $('#myTopicsList li').removeClass('SideBarBoxliSelected');
        $(this).addClass('SideBarBoxliSelected');
    });
});

A: When is GetMyTopic called? I would suggest using the Firebug plugin for Firefox to debug your javascript. Make sure the right CSS class is being applied to each LI involved in your test case. If not, you can figure out why by stepping through the script in the debugger. You can also check out the CSS in firebug to see what styles are getting applied.
Also, in your sample code you are using the 'id' attribute to identify list items, but you don't have an id attribute defined in your HTML or script. Maybe something is getting left out?

A: I'm not sure using the indexOf function is the best way to compare the id to your passed in variable.  Maybe try using:
if ($(this).attr('id') == catID)

instead?

A: I think you need to add the period in front of "SideBarBoxliSelected" so .SideBarBoxliSelected

A: This is the simplest way to do it.
HTML

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CSS
#myTopicsList li {background:#fafafa;margin-bottom:4px;height:22px;}
#myTopicsList li:hover {background:#E3ECF8;cursor:pointer;}
#myTopicsList li.active {background:#6388BF;}

jQuery
$(document).ready(function(){
    $('#myTopicsList li').click(function(e){
        // remove all active classes
        $('#myTopicsList li').removeClass('active');
        // add active class to clicked item
        $(this).addClass('active');
    });
    // click on the first item on page load
    $('#myTopicsList li').eq(0).click();
});

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Our Founders' Solutions for Illegal Immigration
May 18, 2010 by Daniel
by Chuck Norris
With his thick Austrian accent, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger quipped in his commencement address at Emory University this past week: "I was also going to give a graduation speech in Arizona this weekend. But with my accent, I was afraid they would try to deport me."
It seems that the whole country is taking sides in the battle over the border in Arizona. Yet it truly remains the tip of the iceberg of our immigration troubles. Spurred on by the national debate, at least 10 other states are seeking to enact tougher immigration laws.
Now more than ever, we must protect our borders and sovereignty, by providing genuine solutions to the dangers of American boundary fluidity. With estimates showing that by 2060 America will add 167 million people (37 million immigrants today will multiply into 105 million then), it is imperative for us to do more to solve this crisis. Now is the time to beat the doors of change and save the boundaries and future of America.
But the federal government has failed miserably to produce a viable solution to the illegal immigration crisis. Amnesty is not the answer. And immigration laws aren't effective if we continue to dodge or ignore them. Furthermore, globalization efforts have only confused security matters, further endangering our borders and national identity — our sovereignty. And the question that keeps coming to my mind is: How is it that we can secure borders in the Middle East but can't secure our own?
From America's birth, our Founders struggled, too, with international enemies and border troubles, from the sea of Tripoli to the western frontier. While welcoming the poor, downtrodden and persecuted from every country, they also had to protect the sacred soil they called home from unwanted intruders.
America's Founders also were concerned with properly assimilating immigrants so that their presence would be positive upon the culture. George Washington wrote, "By an intermixture with our people, they, or their descendants, get assimilated to our customs, measures, laws: in a word soon become one people." Thomas Jefferson, hailed as one of the most inclusive among the Founders, worried that some immigrants would leave more restrictive governments and not be able to handle American freedoms, leading to cultural corruption and "an unbounded licentiousness, passing, as is usual, from one extreme to another. It would be a miracle were they to stop precisely at the point of temperate liberty.
These principles, with their language, they will transmit to their children. In proportion to their number, they will share with us the legislation. They will infuse into it their spirit, warp and bias its direction, and render it a heterogeneous, incoherent, distracted mass." And Alexander Hamilton insisted that "the safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of citizens from foreign bias and prejudice; and on the love of country, which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education, and family."
According to the Declaration of Independence, "obstructing the Laws for the Naturalization of Foreigners" was one of the objections leveled against Britain that warranted the American colonists' seceding. Yet even the Founders themselves believed that a total open-door policy for immigrants would only lead to complete community and cultural chaos.
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Prosecutor: Police discipline for arrested officer deficient
ELIZABETH - The Linden Police Department in New Jersey was deficient in disciplining a police officer arrested twice on drunken-driving charges before he was charged a third time after a 2015 crash that killed a fellow officer and another passenger, a prosecutor said Friday.
Acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park did not specify how the police department was deficient in disciplining Linden police Officer Pedro Abad for the two drunken-driving arrests that occurred before the fatal crash March 20, NJ.com (http://bit.ly/1Oh6Esm ) reported. She said the prosecutor's office will now oversee the department's internal affairs division, pending further notice.
Linden police Chief James Schulhafer said in a statement that the police department "welcomes the additional oversight."
Abad has since been dismissed from the department, NJ.com reported.
Authorities allege that Abad was drinking with friends at Curves, a Staten Island, New York, strip club, before driving the wrong way on the West Shore Expressway and crashing head-on into a tractor-trailer. Officer Frank Viggiano and Joseph Rodriguez, both 28, were killed. Abad and 24-year-old Linden Police Officer Patrik Kudlac, who also was in the vehicle, were badly hurt.
Abad, 28, has pleaded not guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and manslaughter charges. He is free on $25,000 bail. A vehicular homicide conviction carries up to 25 years in prison.
His attorney, Mario Gallucci, said it's concerning that the prosecutor's office thought Abad needed disciplining instead of treatment for the disease of alcoholism. "The first thing they thought of was discipline, not helping," Gallucci said.
Abad had two drunken-driving arrests in the previous four years before the fatal crash: one from a 2011 accident in Roselle, New Jersey, after he allegedly drove through the wall of a convenience store; the other in 2013 after he struck a parked car in Rahway, New Jersey.
NJ.com reported that court records show the drunken-driving charge from the 2011 accident was dropped because Abad's attorney repeatedly failed to receive evidence from the Roselle Police Department.
Abad's license was suspended after the second arrest; the suspension ended in May 2014, the Motor Vehicle Commission said. A judge then required Abad to fit his car with an ignition interlock, designed to prevent a driver from driving drunk. The interlock device was removed in September 2014, the commission said.
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(Anterior shin splints) What is a compartment syndrome?
Compartment syndromes arise when a muscle becomes too big for the sheath that surrounds it causing pain. The big muscle on the outside of the shin is called the tibialis anterior and is surrounded by a sheath. This is called the anterior compartment of the lower leg. Compartment syndromes can be acute or chronic.
An impact which causes bleeding within the compartment and therefore swelling.
A muscle tear which also causes bleeding.
Over use injury which also causes swelling.
A sharp pain in the muscle on the outside of the lower leg, usually the result of a direct blow.
Weakness when trying to pull the foot upwards against resistance.
Swelling and tenderness over the tibialis anterior muscle.
Pain when the foot and toes are bent downwards.
Rest, but try to exercise your upper body or cycle if it is not painful.
Apply ice and compression for 20 minutes at a time.
Correct any biomechanical disfunction with orthotic devices.
Operate. They could make a small cut or two in the muscle sheath to allow the muscle to expand out.
Over use and over developing the muscle through training.
At rest the blood vessels are not at capacity. During exercise these blood vessels fill up much more and expand putting pressure on the sheath.
The sheath becomes inelastic and unable to expand.
Pain which increases during exercise which eventually makes running impossible.
Pain goes after a short rest but comes back again during exercise.
Difficulty in lifting the toes and foot up.
Pain when pulling the toes and foot downwards.
Apply sports massage techniques to increase the elasticity of the muscle sheath.
Prescribe diuretics and anti-inflammatory medication.
Analyse your training methods, running gait and types of shoe to determine any contributory factors.
Use sports massage techniques to stretch the muscle sheath.


Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd and Shenergy (Group) Co., Ltd has currently signed the LNG fueling station project framework agreement. The objective of the agreement is to implement natural gas-related business and other value-added services.
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Ontario farmers are now facing new restrictions on the use of neonic-treated corn and soybean seed starting with 2016 planting. The Ontario government unveiled its rules for protecting pollinators through reducing acres treated with neonicotinoid-treated corn and soybean seeds on June 9, 2015. The new regulations come into effect on July 1, 2015. Farmers will make seed choices this fall under these regulations.
The OFA has supported and consistently advocated for a broad pollinator health strategy. We submitted a formal response to the Pollinator Health discussion paper. We maintain our original position that any approach must be manageable on the farm, and that a comprehensive pollinator strategy is needed to address all pollinator health problems. The strategy must be inclusive to pests, disease and loss of habitat to name a few areas.
When the Ontario government made it clear they were moving ahead with changes to the Pesticides Act to restrict the use of neonicotinoid coated corn and soybean seed, OFA recognized the importance of working with the government to ensure their regulatory intentions would still be workable for Ontario farmers.
Now that the government's new regulations are posted, OFA's work continues. The OFA will be looking for better detail and flexibility to implementation of the regulations to give clarity and efficiency. Our concern is in minimizing the impact on farmers. We will be closely working with government during further discussions and consultations.
We made some progress to decrease the burden of the regulations faced by farmers and the seed industry prior to this release. Under the new legislation seed dealers on the farm are not regulated and transporting neonic-treated seed isn't restricted. Ontario farmers still have access to neonic-treated corn and soybean seed where need is illustrated. Nonetheless, the regulations still present a burden coming within a very short implementation timeline.
The OFA has two important tasks. First we need to work closely with the government and industry to do what we can to make these regulations workable to begin addressing the aspirational target of the government. Secondly, we need to continue to push for a comprehensive pollinator strategy that works for all in the province to further pollinator health improvement with all considerations.
Our work isn't done until this regulatory regime makes sense, and a pollinator strategy is completed. Achieving minimum competitiveness impact for all, while supporting new innovation to come to the province, have to be considerations. Bottom line, we need a holistic pollinator health strategy that engages everyone and works for all Ontario farmers.
Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association (OARA) and Ontario Tire Stewardship (OTS) are proud to announce the sixth annual OARA Tire Take Back event to raise money for The Sunshine Foundation of Canada.
From June 1-6*, Ontario residents can drop off unlimited used tires for free at participating Auto Recyclers during business hours across the province. Every single tire dropped off generates a donation to the Sunshine Foundation!
It will be easy to drop off your used tires, as there are 60 OARA locations across Ontario participating in this year's event.
OARA Members process end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) in an environmentally responsible manner, ensuring the environment is protected from potentially harmful operating fluids and toxins such as mercury and lead.
Scroll down for a map of participating locations.
All tire collection allowances from each tire dropped off go towards the Sunshine Foundation of Canada, an organization that helps dreams come true for children who are challenged by severe physical disabilities or life-threatening illnesses.
Read more about our valuable partners. Without the support of the dedicated organizations who collect and haul the thousands of used tires dropped off during Tire Take Back, the event could not be possible. Beyond providing their services, these organizations also contribute financially, so that as many Sunshine Children as possible can have their dreams fulfilled.
For the second year in a row, Thanksgiving comes in June. It's Local Food Week from June 1-7, a celebration of the fresh, healthy food grown, and processed right here in Ontario. Local Food Week highlights Ontario's agriculture and food industry, and provides the perfect backdrop to promote the wide variety of Ontario foods and beverages available all year long.
If you live and eat in Ontario, you enjoy the widest variety of locally-produced food. Ontario farmers grow and produce more than 200 products. These range from traditional crops and livestock like corn and wheat, hogs and chickens to ethnic foods like bok choy and kohlrabi. We're able to produce such high volume and variety of quality food because Ontario has more than half of the highest quality, Class 1, farmland in Canada.
Ontario's more than 51,000 farmers produce more than just food. Ask the average person on the street about the importance of Ontario agriculture and they won't likely know our sector directly contributes $13.7 billion to Ontario's economy. And on a national level, our province generates nearly one-quarter of the total revenue for farms across Canada.
Agriculture's biggest partners, Ontario food processors, understand the value of local food. Ontario's food and beverage sector purchases more than 60% of all the food produced on Ontario farms. Food processors are extending the value of Ontario grown and raised products, and contributing an additional $21.3 billion to our province's GDP. Local food has a huge impact in Ontario – not just feeding us, but fueling the entire economy.
Thanksgiving is typically a time when we pause to enjoy the bounty of the harvest. For the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) we believe Local Food Week is about recognizing the variety of great, healthy food grown right here at home. The Ontario government has chosen the first week of June to focus special attention on the homegrown food and beverages available in Ontario. Those of us in agriculture know Local Food Week is really local food year. Celebrate the good things that grow Ontario during Local Food Week. And keep the love of local going all year long – Ontario farmers are. And Ontarians are reaping the benefits of our industry 365 days a year.


Three items can appear each time you walk to get your mail….
BTW- Did anyone ever have, or still have, a mail slot? We, Salvage Sister's family growing up, use to have one in our home in Chicago.
1) THE GOOD -A letter from a friend (although a rare species), favorite magazine, package you ordered, or even a check.
2) THE BAD – BILLS, BILLS, and more BILLS! Maybe a tax audit. You know this kind of mail.
You pretty much have a handle on the first two. You enjoy the first and deal with the second so you have a house to live in (or car to drive).
The THIRD…ah…that's where the problems can come in. Sometimes this mail is "middle" mail.
The true junk (POLITICAL ADS…anyone like these?) gets thrown away/recycled BUT WE HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR YOU………………………….
If you are a crafter, there are lots of craft projects you can do like making beads, bookmarks, etc!
Shred the non-glossy, black and white,paper and use it as compost.
Shred the colorful paper and use it as fill for presents in gift bags.
Catalogs, that you want, can be used for home decorating inspiration and they are FREE. Catalogs that you don't want, call the toll-free # to "opt-out". AND they can be great for collages and kids art projects.
Paid Envelopes can be used for grocery lists. You can put your coupons right inside, and you are ready for the store.
Crumble up the paper and use it as packing material for presents you are sending soon (In case you missed the signs, Christmas is coming up).
If you are a teacher or homeschool parent, here are some GREAT IDEAS!
Now onto the "middle" mail solution…………….
ORGANIZING TIP – For the next two weeks, separate your "middle" mail immediately into different categories….coupons, catalogs, to read. After the two weeks, have a designated spot for the items you do want to keep i.e. "This is where I will keep Restaurant Coupons" or "Catalogs to look at". Now pick a day to deal with these before you end up with 20 catalogs and expired coupons.
Would love to learn how you deal with your junk mail.
Oh my goodness – – how clever is this?! Creating junk mail confetti might be my new favorite hobby. Thanks for the creative and resourceful idea, Salvage Sister and Mister! And for sharing this gem at The Creative Spill on my FB page. Hugs to you!
Lauren @ The Thinking Closet recently posted…The Grand Reveal of my eBook Title, Cover, & Launch Date!
I love this idea!! Who would have imagined how pretty the cutouts would look from those ugly junk mail papers…well, you did, you imagined it and it's great!
Thanks for sharing at Something To Talk About link party!!
Thank you Angie. I am so glad to have linked up with you all! Thanks for the party!
Aww, thanks Lisa for coming over and your sweet, sweet comment!
Seriously, this is such a genius idea! You're so funny. I've always wanted a mail slot. You get to have the coolest stuff. Can't wait to see your kitchen tomorrow. Thanks for linking up with us lady. We appreciate you!
CoCo, Thanks so much for checking it out. I really appreciate your kindness.
Hahaha Great idea! We get so much junk mail too!


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package com.main.Json;

import android.util.Log;

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
import org.apache.http.client.entity.UrlEncodedFormEntity;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URLEncodedUtils;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.util.List;

public class JSONParser {

	 InputStream is = null;
	 JSONObject jObj = null;
	 String json = "";

	// constructor
	public JSONParser() {

	}

	// function get json from url
	// by making HTTP POST or GET mehtod
	public JSONObject makeHttpRequest(String url, String method,
			List<NameValuePair> params) {

		// Making HTTP request
		try {

			// check for request method
			if(method == "POST"){
				// request method is POST
				// defaultHttpClient
				DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
				HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url);
				httpPost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(params,"utf-8"));

				HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpPost);
				HttpEntity httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();
				is = httpEntity.getContent();

			}else if(method == "GET"){
				// request method is GET
				DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
				String paramString = URLEncodedUtils.format(params, "utf-8");
				url += "?" + paramString;
                Log.i("URL",url);
				HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(url);
				HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpGet);

				HttpEntity httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();
				is = httpEntity.getContent();
			}

		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
        catch(Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

		try {
			BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
					is, "utf-8"), 8);
			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
			String line = null;
			while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
				sb.append(line + "\n");
			}
			is.close();
            Log.i("sb",sb.toString());
            String str="{\"";
            int index=sb.indexOf(str);
			json = sb.substring(index,sb.length());
            Log.i("json",json);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			Log.e("Buffer Error", "Error converting result " + e.toString());
		}

		// try parse the string to a JSON object
		try {
			jObj = new JSONObject(json);
		} catch (JSONException e) {
			Log.e("JSON Parser", "Error parsing data " + e.toString());
		}

		// return JSON String
		return jObj;

	}
}

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Project: LFDCAP-19, 2019 C&D LANDFILL CONSTRUCTION at Kandiyohi County Landfill.
The Work includes earthwork of approximately 8,000 cubic yards for a 0.9 Acre C&D Final Cover and a new ramp into MSW Phase 7B with 350 CY of Class V for surfacing. Related work includes 286 Linear Feet of Dike for Ditches, 6,800 Square Feet for Erosion Control, 700 Linear Feet for Silt Fence, and 126 Linear Feet of 12-inch CPEP pipe, along with misc. site work and restoration. Please Note: No "fluff" factors are used for payment of volume measurements.


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Book review – fiction
Samuel Beckett walks into a nail bar
Cressida Connolly 29 March 2014 9:00 am
It isn't very often that a writer's work is so striking that you can remember exactly where and when you…
Caught between a New Age rock and a theory junkie hard place
James Walton 22 March 2014 9:00 am
Siri Hustvedt's new novel isn't exactly an easy read — but the casual bookshop browser should be reassured that it's…
The making of a novelist
Paul Binding 22 March 2014 9:00 am
Karl Ove Knausgaard was eight months old when his family moved to the island of Tromøya; he left it aged…
Madness and massacre in the jungle
Simon Baker 15 March 2014 9:00 am
In his new novel, Children of Paradise, Fred D'Aguiar, a British-Guyanese writer, returns to the Jonestown massacre, previously the subject…
Lost Kerouac that should have stayed lost
Lewis Jones 15 March 2014 9:00 am
In 1944, when he was 22, Jack Kerouac lost a manuscript — in a taxi, as he thought, but probably…
The spy who came in from le Carré
Charles Cumming 8 March 2014 9:00 am
The single most terrifying moment of my adult life occurred at 8.55 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday 5 August…
Sometimes one story is worth buying a whole book for. This is one of those times
Cressida Connolly 8 March 2014 9:00 am
Any new book by Lorrie Moore is a cause for rejoicing, but her first collection of short stories for 16…
What E.M. Forster didn't do
Richard Davenport-Hines 8 March 2014 9:00 am
'On the whole I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings…
Fairytales of racism
Matilda Bathurst 1 March 2014 9:00 am
A preview of Helen Oyeyemi's Boy, Snow, Bird appeared in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists issue in April last…
A family novel that pulls up the carpet before you're even in the door
Anthony Cummins 22 February 2014 9:00 am
I first mistook David Gilbert's second novel for the sort of corduroy-sleeved family saga at which American writers excel. The…
First novels: When romance develops from an old photograph
Emily Rhodes 22 February 2014 9:00 am
The intensely lyrical Ghost Moth is set in Belfast in 1969, as the Troubles begin and when Katherine, housewife and…
Isabel Allende's Ripper doesn't grab you by the throat
Andrew Taylor 15 February 2014 9:00 am
Isabel Allende is not an author one usually associates with the thrillers about serial killers. Ripper, however, lives up to…
How miserable a marriage can be
Katie Waldegrave 1 February 2014 9:00 am
In Never Mind Miss Fox, Olivia Glazebrook's second novel, the revelation of a long buried secret releases a Pandora's Box…
Fiction embroiled in the Profumo affair
Amanda Craig 1 February 2014 9:00 am
Sex, spies, aristocrats and atom bombs — the Profumo affair is in the news again, thanks to the recent Andrew…
A creepy father, a lustful music teacher, four virgins — and one genuine love affair
Simon Baker 1 February 2014 9:00 am
London, 1794. It's a different world from that portrayed by the Mrs Radcliffes and Anons of the time: rich young…
The Good Lord Bird, by James McBride - review
Justin Cartwright 25 January 2014 9:00 am
James McBride's The Good Lord Bird is set in the mid 19th century, and is based on the real life…
Write what you know — especially if it's the second world war
Simon Akam 25 January 2014 9:00 am
Adam Foulds's latest novel is less successful than its predecessor. In 2009 he reached the Booker shortlist with The Quickening…
A cruel novel about an India-born, world-famous, possibly real-life author
Ben Lawrence 25 January 2014 9:00 am
It is six years since Hanif Kureishi's last novel Something to Tell You, a kaleidoscopic meditation on life and death…
Butcher's Crossing is not at all like Stoner — but it's just as superbly written
Adam Foulds 18 January 2014 9:00 am
John Williams's brilliant 1965 novel, Stoner, was republished last year by Vintage to just, if surprisingly widespread, acclaim and went…
An utterly charming, totally bonkers short novel
Sophia Waugh 4 January 2014 9:00 am
This utterly charming, totally bonkers short novel is something from another age. There are elements of A Handful of Dust…
The food of love
Jane Ridley 4 January 2014 9:00 am
The Albek Duo are two astonishingly beautiful and talented Venetian musicians, Fiona and Ambra, who are identical twins. Hearing the…
The best children's books for Christmas
Melanie McDonagh 30 November 2013 9:00 am
Animal stories for children are always tricky; as J.R.R. Tolkien observed in his essay on fairy stories, you can end…
Should Elizabeth Jane Howard have brought back the Cazalets?
Nicola Shulman 23 November 2013 9:00 am
Some years ago, a woman wrote to Dear Mary, at the back of this periodical, with an unusual problem: she…
Marriage Material, by Sathnam Sanghera - review
Margaret Drabble 21 September 2013 9:00 am
Sathnam Sanghera, in his family memoir The Boy with the Topknot, heaped much largely affectionate contempt and ridicule on his…
A Bright Moon for Fools, by Jasper Gibson - review
Ben Hamilton 17 August 2013 9:00 am
Harry Christmas, the central character of this bitterly funny debut novel, is a middle- aged, overweight alcoholic, with no friends…
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AMC Theatres® Statement about MoviePass Announcement: "Not Welcome Here"
August 15, 2017 06:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time
LEAWOOD, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMC Theatres® announced today its concern that an announcement by a small fringe player in the reselling of movie tickets is not in the best interest of moviegoers, movie theatres and movie studios. Accordingly, AMC is consulting with its attorneys to determine if or how AMC can prevent a subscription program offered by MoviePass from being used at AMC Theatres in the United States. AMC is the largest movie theatre operator in the United States.
MoviePass announced a change to its "subscription model" that would allow consumers to see up to 365 movies a year for a monthly fee of $9.95. MoviePass envisions paying AMC its full ticket price without discount. The AMC average ticket price for watching a movie at AMC Theatres in the most recent financial quarter was $9.33. From what we can tell, by definition and absent some other form of other compensation, MoviePass will be losing money on every subscriber seeing two movies or more in a month.
Bloomberg today called it a "crazy plan." AMC noted that it is not yet known how to turn lead into gold. AMC believes that holding out to consumers that first run movies can be watched in theatres at great quantities for a monthly price of $9.95 isn't doing moviegoers any favors. In AMC's view, that price level is unsustainable and only sets up consumers for ultimate disappointment down the road if or when the product can no longer be fulfilled. AMC also believes that promising essentially unlimited first-run movie content at a price below $10 per month over time will not provide sufficient revenue to operate quality theatres nor will it produce enough income to provide film makers with sufficient incentive to make great new movies. Therefore, AMC will not be able to offer discounts to MoviePass in the future, which seems to be among their aims.
While AMC is not opposed to subscription programs generally, the one envisioned by MoviePass is not one AMC can embrace. We are actively working now to determine whether it may be feasible to opt out and not participate in this shaky and unsustainable program.
About AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
AMC (NYSE: AMC) is the largest movie exhibition company in the U.S., in Europe and throughout the world with 1,009 theatres and 11,083 screens across the globe. AMC has propelled innovation in the exhibition industry by: deploying more plush power-recliner seats; delivering enhanced food and beverage choices; generating greater guest engagement through its loyalty program, web site and smart phone apps; offering premium large format experiences and playing a wide variety of content including the latest Hollywood releases and independent programming. AMC operates among the most productive theatres in the United States' top markets, having the #1 or #2 market share positions in 22 of the 25 largest metropolitan areas of the United States, including the top three markets (NY, LA, Chicago). Through its Odeon subsidiary, AMC operates in 14 European countries and is the #1 theatre chain in Estonia, Finland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Sweden and UK & Ireland. www.amctheatres.com
AMC Theatres
Ryan Noonan, 913-213-2183
rnoonan@amctheatres.com


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Snow Pack Gets A Huge Boost - Is It Enough?
Ordinarily, 58% is nothing to write home about, as we depend on that snow to fill our reservoirs and provide drinking water. What's different, and encouraging, is that fact that the storms also brought rain, and lots of it. Helping to fill our reservoirs to record levels.
Folsom Lake, for example, is usually just over half full this time of year, peaking around the beginning of June at about 80% of capacity.
Today, it stands at 85% of capacity, and with the new spillway completed, Folsom Dam operators are able to hold more water than in the past without risk of flooding.
"Even if the snow pack never gets to 'normal,' and it probably will not, things are not in that bad of shape for the coming season," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Ken Clark said.
So, it looks like we won't be having any water shortages this year, but as always, it's a good idea to conserve.
it will have to be. let's hope next year is at least as good.


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"river where the moon rises" Kim so-Hyun and Nin-woo nealing in front of the King.
KBS 2TV's Monday-Tuesday drama "river where the moon rises" is receiving exciting responses as it is a well-made luxury historical drama. The bloody power struggle set in Goguryeo and the romance of Pyeong-gang (played by Kim So-Hyun) at the center of it are unfolding excitingly, keeping the Monday-Tuesday drama on the throne.
In particular, in the last episode, Ko Won-Pyo (played by Lee Hae-young), who has more power than the king, drew attention by making the marriage of Pyongyang and his son Goh Kun (played by Lee Ji-hoon) a hot topic. This is Ko Won-Pyo's political ruse to pressure peace. But being a family with Ko Won-Pyo, who killed her mother, was something that Pyeong-gang couldn't have done.
READ ALSO: Daebak Real Estate unveiled a mystery promotion poster.
Last episode on "river where the moon rises"
In response, Pyeong-gang refused to marry and even collapsed. However, it was not possible to prevent the wedding of a princess as long as it had already announced its national marriage. Also, the production team released a still cut of Ondal (Nin In-woo), who applied for the Princess spouse, amplifying viewers' curiosity about who will be the Princess husband?
Meanwhile, it was revealed Pyeong-gang and On-dal stood together in front of the King of Goguryeo's King Tae-wang ahead of the ninth episode. Despite the overwhelming power of the king and nobles, the imposing images of Pyeong-gang and On-dal are eye-catching.
On the other hand, King Pyeongwon's expression of looking at them has a complicated feeling. I wonder what her father, King Pyeongwon, was thinking when he saw a man standing with his daughter, who was sorry for not being able to stop Pyeong-gang's national marriage after eight years.
READ ALSO: "Joseon Exorcist" Revealed a poster of eight Character
In addition, Ondal is the son of Onhyeop (played by Kang Ha-neul), who reminds us of the mistake of King Pyeongwon, just like Pyeonggang, and officially a family of traitors. The key point to watch is how King Pyeongwon and the nobility treat Ondal when this fact is revealed.
Finally, Ondal is seen kneeling in front of the King, making us look forward to the ninth episode of "river where the moon rises" where we can check the entire situation.
Meanwhile, the ninth episode which will reveal why Kim So-Hyun, Nin-Woo, and Kim Beop-rae visited, will air at 9:30 p.m. today (15th).
Photo Credit = KBS 2TV's
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Completed in 1889, Hartford Union Station acts as downtown's western boundary; in the 1980s, it underwent a phased rehabilitation and now houses transportation and commercial uses.
Connect to Bradley International Airport on the 30-Bradley Flyer local bus. More about 30-Bradley Flyer fares and schedules.


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Steffen Freund (Brandenburg, 1970. január 19. –) Európa-bajnok német labdarúgó, védekező középpályás, edző. Jelenleg a Tottenham Hotspur csapatánál dolgozik, mint segédedző.

Pályafutása

Klubcsapatban
A  keletnémet BSG Motor Süd Brandenburg, majd a BSG Stahl Brandenburg csapatában kezdte a labdarúgást. Itt mutatkozott be az első csapatban 1988-ban. 1991-ben a Schalke 04 együtteséhez szerződött, ahol a középpályán lett meghatározó játékos. 1993-ban a Schalke pénzügyi okok miatt kénytelen volt eladni őt a Borussia Dortmundnak, ahol 1998-ig szerepelt. A Borussiával két bajnoki címet nyert. Tagja volt az 1996–97-es bajnokok ligája győztes csapatnak, de a döntőn nem lépett pályára. 1998 és 2003 között az angol Tottenham Hotspur játékosa volt és 1999-ben angol kupát nyert a csapattal. Ezt követően rövid ideig az 1. FC Kaiserslautern, majd kölcsönben az angol Leicester City labdarúgója volt. 2004-ben fejezte be az aktív labdarúgást. 2009. december 4-én Freud bekerült a Tottenham Hotspur hírességei közé a Darren Andertonon.

A válogatottban
1995 és 1998 között 21 alkalommal szerepelt a német válogatottban. Tagja volt az 1996-os Európa-bajnok csapatnak Angliában. 1992-ben két alkalommal szerepelt a német olimpiai válogatottban.

Edzőként
2007. szeptember 1-jén Freund a német U20-as válogatottnál Frank Engel vezetőedző segédedzője lett. 2007. december 5-én Berti Vogts a nigériai válogatott szövetségi kapitánya választotta maga mellé segédedzőnek a 2008-as afrikai nemzetek kupájára. A torna után visszatért a német U20-as válogatotthoz. 2009 májusában megszerezte az edzői képesítést. Július 17-én kinevezték a német U16-os válogatott vezetőedzőjének és kétéves szerződést kötöttek vele. Egy év múlva a csapat szakmai munkáját tovább folytatva az U17-es csapatot vezette és bronzérmet szerzett a 2011-es U17-es mexikói világbajnokságon az együttessel. Ezt követően visszatért az U16-os válogatotthoz egy új generációval foglalkozni. 2012. július 11-én korábbi klubja a Tottenham Hotspur segédedzője lett, majd augusztus 5-től a csapat nemzetközi technikai koordináotra lett.

Sikerei, díjai

Játékosként

 Németország
 Európa-bajnokság
 aranyérmes: 1996, Anglia
 Borussia Dortmund
 Német bajnokság (Bundesliga)
 bajnok: 1994–95, 1995–96
 UEFA-bajnokok ligája
 győztes: 1996–97
 Interkontinentális kupa
 győztes: 1997
 Tottenham Hotspur
 Angol ligakupa (League Cup)
 győztes: 1999

Edzőként
 Németország U17
 U17-es világbajnokság
 bronzérmes: 2011, Mexikó

Hivatkozások

Források

 Steffen Freund adatlapja a tottenhamhotspur.com oldalon

1970-ben született személyek
Élő személyek
Német labdarúgók
Labdarúgó-középpályások
A Schalke 04 labdarúgói
A Borussia Dortmund labdarúgói
A Tottenham labdarúgói
Az 1. FC Kaiserslautern labdarúgói
A Leicester City labdarúgói
Az 1996-os Európa-bajnokság labdarúgói
Az 1998-as világbajnokság labdarúgói
Európa-bajnok labdarúgók
Német labdarúgóedzők


Group from Providencd,Rhode Island formed in 1956 by peter Andreoli,Norman Marzano, Bobby Calitri, Maurice "Jimmy Boo" Bouchard, Dino Amaral and guitarist John Corsi.In 1960 Dino was replaced by Herbert Rickey.
In 1960-63 recorded for labels as Kapp,Rhody,JDS,Tic Tac Toe and Musictone.
In 1960 with the side_Mr. Lonely.they have a top 70 in the billboard charts.
And this same year they have a regional hit with their new release_Now That Summer Is Here.
In late 1961 kapp Records released_A Letter From Ann/This Year's Mister New.these sides have to Pete and Vinny overdubbing their voices.
Another recording acredited to The Videls for Musictone in 1963_We Belong Together.Today is a mistery record.
The Videls "road" group: Norman Marzano, Bobby Calitri & Joe Mancini (standing left to right), Richard Mancini (seated).
This same year Pete and Vinny recorded_Hand Clappin Time Part 1 & 2.on Big Top Records.in 1964 with a new vocal group The Treasures they recorded The Beatle's tune_Hold Me Tight.and later some singles under their original name of The Trade Winds on Red Bird Records in 1964-65(see in this blog).Also Anders and Poncia, found much greater success during the early '60s as songwriters in association with Phil Spector, co-authoring such future classics by the Ronettes as _Do I Love You?_ and _(The Best Part Of) Breaking Up.
Unreleased sides of The Videls are available in some doo-wop compilations as_I Passed Your House.
In 1980 Crystal Ball Records released a Videls album that mistakenly incluide_Save A Dream.but really this cut is an unreleased Mystics tune.
The original Videls 1957 (left to right): John Corsi, Bobby Calitri, Dino Amaral, Frank Bianchini, Norman Marzano, Peter Andreoli.
The Videls 1959 (left to right): Bobby Calitri, Vini Poncia, Peter Andreoli, Dino Amaral, Norman Marzano.
The Videls 1960: (left to right): Norman Marzano, Peter Anders, Vini Poncia, Bobby Calitri, Herbert Rickey.