Through funding from the DC Commission on the Arts, Day Eight produced the exhibition, "The Public Artworks of Rockne Krebs and Sam Gilliam, Built and Unbuilt", curated by Mollie Berger Salah, exhibition director Robert Bettmann. Below is the catalog essay published for the exhibition.
Making visual art is typically a solitary act. It's not produced in front of an audience, and few artists work in a group. As an act, making visual art is probably more comparable to monastic meditation than any other professional or creative discipline. And, just as the artwork was once created alone by the artist, it is commonly viewed alone by a single individual.
An exception to this scenario is the public artwork. Public art is almost never produced alone, and is commonly created by a committee (or committees) in interaction with an artist or artistic team. In all manner of creative considerations, including subject matter, public art differs from art created for gallery display. Unlike work intended for private display, public artworks are designed to engage the masses.
The visual artist making work for an individual to view is emboldened to take certain risks. The risk in public art isn't the artists alone: a poorly received public art work equally impacts a commissioning entity, or individual. Risk is managed by all participants in the creative process. There are the carefully crafted "Requests For Qualifications", evaluation of resumes, portfolio reviews, proposal invitations and budget reviews. Drawings and plans are made, and scale models rendered.
If selected, work is fabricated, shipped, and installed. The process may involve architects, engineers, accountants, machinists, financiers, construction crews, union laborers, and politicians. Along the way, artistic changes may be necessary because of budget, height and load restrictions, environmental conditions, and more.
This exhibition on the subject of public artworks by Rockne Krebs and Sam Gilliam owes much to access to the archives of the Rockne Krebs Trust, managed by his daughter, Heather Krebs, as it does to architect Steve Spurlock, who assisted Gilliam on a number of projects. And it allows us to revisit the trajectory of two of Washington, D.C.'s brightest art stars.
The pathways Sam Gilliam and Rockne Krebs navigated from gallery to public art commissions had some similarities. While their works could not be more different, many parallels unite these two artists who once had a seemingly inseparable friendship. Studiomates, for three decades they worked out of the same building – first at the Johnson Avenue, and later in studios on U Street. Both gained notice by the mid 1960s, both exhibited at the Jefferson Place Gallery for many years, and both had early successes with museum shows in D.C. and beyond.
Public art, almost by necessity, requires scale. It's in the open: away from a studio, gallery, or home. It competes with buildings, passersby, car horns, landscape. It blends into the scenery, because it is most often viewed in passing. And 99 times out of 100, it is expected to be there tomorrow, next month, and often times next decade, requiring materials that will withstand the elements: wind, rain, snow, ice, and harsh sunlight. But for both artists, it wasn't certain from the offset that either would be placing their works in the public square.
Early in 1968, Krebs received a workshop assistance grant from the Washington Gallery of Modern Art, through which he began collaboration with Paul R. Haldemann, an electrical engineering research associate at the University of Maryland. Haldemann's research sought to extend the life of gas lasers beyond 100 hours, and Krebs was interested in the sculptural potential of the beam.
Just one month after the Jefferson Place Gallery 10th Anniversary exhibition, Haldemann helped Krebs install "Sculpture Minus Object" at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art; it is the first identified piece of 3-D laser art. And it came with a learning curve. The lasers were displayed in the space through a series of carefully focused mirrors, and, according to Haldemann, the weight of so many people in the gallery during the opening caused the floor to sag just enough to ruin the mirrors' alignment, turning off the artwork.8 Described by attending critic Forgey as "an interesting failure" of "a certain sensuously communicable intensity."9 Krebs indoor piece was accompanied by an exterior one: a two-beamed searchlight truck that shot a V-shape into the night sky.
As Director of the new Corcoran Gallery at Dupont Center, Walter Hopps established workshops in design, architecture, photography, painting and sculpture — the latter two taught by Gilliam and Krebs respectively. 10 And, through the Stern Foundation, Hopps secured rent-free studio space for Gilliam and Krebs on Johnson Avenue (near 14th and R Streets), along with a $5000 fellowship payment. Each artist had a full floor of work space, enough to host workshops, and resident assistants, as well as to consider large artworks.
Around the same time, Hopps selected Gilliam and Krebs, along with Ed McGowin, for an exhibition on the second floor of the Corcoran's downtown gallery. "Gilliam, Krebs, McGowin" opened in the fall of 1969, coinciding with a survey of David Smith to draw some national attention.11 Their artworks informed by recent successes, each artist continued to stretch his wings.
In April 1969, Gilliam had jettisoned the stretcher bars for an installation at the Jefferson Place Gallery. Entitled "Swing", the free-flowing work consumed a small room in the back of the gallery. Canvas stretched wall-to-wall and hung from the ceiling, transforming the space into soft architecture. Now, six months later at the Corcoran, he went even larger. Had they laid flat, instead of draped unevenly through the galleries, most of the works were 10' x 75'. Exceeding this figure was "Baroque Cascade," a piece that stretched 150-feet in length, weaving back and forth across the expanse of the Corcoran's second floor atrium, allowing visitors to view the work from below.
Prior to the opening of "Gilliam, Krebs, McGowin," September 1969, technology company Hewlitt-Packard offered Krebs a singular opportunity: stipend and chance to roam their Palo Alto facilities, learning what he could. The residency was in conjunction with an Art and Technology Program at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In 1970, his work exhibited at the LA County Museum, and then in Osaka, Japan as part of the 1970 World's Fair.
Gilliam remained similarly in the spotlight after "Gilliam, Krebs, McGowin," with a solo at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City in 1971, a Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as several prominent residencies, and group exhibitions. Hopps included Gilliam's work in the 36th Venice Biennale in 1972, and Gilliam also began to explore printmaking. Simultaneously, he continued to create canvas works of extraordinary size. Gilliam's "Autumn Surf," created for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, was composed on a 450 foot, by 15 foot, piece of painted polypropylene. Both artists had overcome any issue of scale, and were prepared for public art commissions.
"Autumn Surf" was soon dwarfed by "Sea Horses." Installed on the exterior of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the summer of 1975, Gilliam dangled six sheets of polypropylene—14,800 square feet of material—over the sides of the museum's walls. The work shifted with the wind: in form and movement, the work was aptly named. What seemed like a departure from his earlier immersive environments of draped canvas, was in fact a return to simpler knots and drapes akin to those first seen in 1968 and 1969.15 The form also reflected Gilliam's willingness to flow between ideas and media within his studio practice. While Gilliam continued to work with soft forms well into the 21st Century, his studio process would eventually embrace watercolor, printmaking, and other formalist approaches, as well as stretched and shaped canvases that, at times, bulged from the wall.
Other public-facing works followed the Philadelphia Museum commission, including an installation at ArtPark (1977); his first public commission, "Triple Variants" for the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta (1979); and "Dupont Circle Grand," part of the Washington Project for the Art's Art Site Program (1980). With exception to the work in Atlanta—which was installed in the building's atrium—these commissions were expected to be temporary, allowing Gilliam exploit the fluid nature of canvas. But this would not always be so with Gilliam's public commissions.
Their next proposal, also submitted in 1980, was realized: "Sculpture with a D" was one of 20 artworks created within the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's northwest extension of the Red Line. Measuring 15' 7" high, and 44' 10" wide, the piece, consisting of nearly three dozen brightly colored panels, hangs above the platform at the Davis Square Station.
Spurlock and Frietch again made a model to visualize the space for the proposal. To attach and support the artwork, Spurlock devised a steel grid which served two purposes: it met the needs of the station construction with minimally invasive and stable attachment points, and it allowed Gilliam the flexibility to adjust placement of the panels along the grid in a manner that did not affect the grid's relationship to the attachment points.
Regardless of the artwork's design, an architect was essential to figure out how to get the piece on the wall, and within the building schedule. Like the complex in Trenton, the Davis Square Station had not yet been built when the artwork was selected.
His installations varied in scale, expanding and contracting with the size of rooms he was given, whether at the Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington Gallery of Modern Art, the Corcoran, or inside the U.S. World's Fair Pavilion in Osaka, Japan. Also in 1970, he created the first ever urban-scale laser environment, commissioned by Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Stern, for outside their Kalorama Triangle home in Washington, D.C. The Stern Line was installed in their home at 2103 S Street, NW, and could be seen from nearby Mitchell Park bouncing off their chimney and cutting across the backyard of their residence. The beam continued across the Connecticut Avenue Bridge, and the Calvert Street Bridge half a mile away.23 Philip B. Stern's mother, Edith Rosenwald Stern, would commission Krebs to produce a piece, "Rite de Passage," for the New Orleans Museum of Art the following year. By the time it was completed in November of 1971, Krebs had also completed outdoor pieces for museums in Buffalo, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis.
Difficulties with equipment didn't dissuade Krebs from continuing with laser projects, or from cities commissioning them. In 1983 he would fire a 7-mile-long laser, entitled "The Green Hypotenuse," from Mt. Wilson to the campus of CalTech in Pasadena. And in 1980, he made "The Source" as a part of the International Sculpture Conference. The piece consisted of a beam shot from the Lincoln Memorial that split, terminating into the Washington Monument and near the Capitol. A second beam fired from The Jefferson Memorial over the White House, and up 16th Street.34 Although not without complications, and occasionally breaking down,35 the piece continued through the 4th of July celebration.36 Considering the difficulties of the medium, it's probably little wonder that Krebs' practice expanded to include more prisms, and neon light. Both could be more stable, while still prone to problems.
Even though longtime studiomates, the public works of Gilliam and Krebs have little in common in terms of media, form, or scale. Where these two DC artists succeeded was finding a means to express their craft to expand the visual impact of a location.
While creating public works of art was not a get-rich-quick scheme, for Gilliam and Krebs it was an important part of how they made their livings as artists. Despite positive reviews, neither artist made a lot of money from early-career sales. However, since each artist possessed a clear direction and vision within their works, what they lacked in sales they made up for in grant and foundation awards. Gilliam worked between gallery exhibitions and public installations. After the Jefferson Place Gallery closed, Krebs focused primarily on public art works.
Though works of public art may fall into disrepair, or require cleaning and conservation (including Gilliam's work41), the lifespan of a work does not ultimately determine its value. The success comes from its presence in the public space, and the opportunity for hundreds or thousands of people to interact with the work on a daily basis. It enriches the environment, and as the work in Shreveport attests, enriches a community.
3 Forgey, Benjamin. "Sam Gilliam Bursts Forth at Phillips." The Washington Star 22 Oct.
11 Cohen, Jean Lawlor, et al. Washington Art Matters: Art Life in the Capital 1940-1990.
23 Felshin, Nina. "Rockne Krebs: Three Works." Art International May 1974.
37 Atchison, Pam. Telephone interview. 14 June 2018.


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Roger Fritz
b.1936
Roger Fritz is a renowned actor, director, producer and photographer with numerous film and television credits to his name. He co-founded the legendary magazine, twen, in 1959. Since that time his photography has been featured regularly in Vogue, Stern, Geo, Bunte, Quick and Life, to name only a few.
A friend of noted Beatles photographer Astrid Kirchherr and her mentor Reinhard Wolfe, he was first introduced to the Beatles in Hamburg in 1960. Then, through further connections in the art and music industries, he met Brian Epstein who, knowing of his experience in film as well, personally invited him to visit the set of Help! in Austria in 1965. He directed his first short film, Verstummte Stimmen, in 1963. His first feature, Mädchen, Mädchen, followed in 1966. Both films achieved great commercial and critical success, including awards from the Bundesfilmpreis. As an actor and producer Roger Fritz has worked with Luchino Visconti, Gian-Carlo Menotti, Rudolf Thomas and Sam Peckinpah, among others. Roger Fritz performed in several Fassbinder movies, including Querelle, Lilli Marleen and Berlin-Alexanderplatz.
In 2007 he was honored with the Lead Award for a reportage in Qvest on Hamburg's St.Pauli District.
John Lennon Smiling, Austria, 1965 (Ref.#B64)
Paul McCartney, Austria, 1965 (Ref.#B57)
The Beatles and "Wives" Composite, Austria, 1965 (Ref.#S31)
The Beatles Arriving at Salzburg Airport, 1965 (Ref.#B71)
The Beatles in Costume for Help!, Austria, 1965 (Ref.#B22)
The Beatles in Snow, Austria, 1965 (Ref.#B23)
The Beatles Leaping Down Snowbank, Austria, 1965 (Ref.#B25)
The Beatles on Snowbank, Richard Lester & Crew in Foreground, Austria, 1965 (Ref.#B31)
The Beatles Toboggan Hire, Austria, 1965 (Ref.#B45)
The Beatles Toboggan Scene, Austria, 1965 (Ref.#23)
The Beatles Walking in Snow, Austria, 1965 (Ref.#B24)
The Beatles, Richard Lester & Crew on the set of Help!, Austria, 1965 (Ref.#B20)

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Cancel Culture: Myth or Reality?
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Pippa Norris
Paul F. McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics
In recent years, a progressive "cancel culture" in society, right-wing politicians and commentators claim, has silenced alternative perspectives, ostracized contrarians, and eviscerated robust intellectual debate, with college campuses at the vanguard of this development. These arguments can be dismissed as rhetorical dog whistles devoid of substantive meaning, myths designed to fire up the MAGA faithful, outrage progressives, and distract from urgent real-world problems. Given heated contention, however, something more fundamental may be at work. To understand this phenomenon, the opening section defines the core concept and theorizes that perceptions of this phenomenon are likely to depend upon how far individual values fit the dominant group culture. Within academia, scholars most likely to perceive "silencing" are mismatched or non-congruent cases, where they are "fish-out-of-water." The next section describes how empirical survey evidence is used to test this prediction within the discipline of political science. Data are derived from a global survey, the World of Political Science, 2019, involving almost 2500 scholars studying or working in over 100 countries. The next section describes the results. The conclusion summarizes the key findings and considers their broader implications. Overall, the evidence confirms the "fish-out-of-water" congruence thesis. As predicted, in post-industrial societies, characterized by predominately liberal social cultures, like the US, Sweden, and UK, right-wing scholars were most likely to perceive that they faced an increasingly chilly climate. By contrast, in developing societies characterized by more traditional moral cultures, like Nigeria, it was left-wing scholars who reported that a cancel culture had worsened. This contrast is consistent with Noelle-Neumann's spiral of silence thesis, where mainstream values in any group gradually flourish to become the predominant culture, while, due to social pressures, dissenting minority voices become muted. The ratchet effect eventually muffles contrarians. The evidence suggests that the cancel culture is not simply a rhetorical myth; scholars may be less willing to speak up to defend their moral beliefs if they believe that their views are not widely shared by colleagues or the wider society to which they belong.
Norris, Pippa. "Cancel Culture: Myth or Reality?" Political Studies (August 2021).


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Has McCain Been Suffering From What The DSM-IV Classifies As Caffeine Intoxication?
"(F)or someone with a busy, stressful job, little stresses elicit big responses on caffeine, and big stresses elicit huge responses." Lane once did a study in which he compared caffeine's effects on type-A versus type-B personalities. "Caffeine tended to make type Bs into type As," he says. "Their blood pressure went up. They rose to challenges." The type As didn't get any more ambitious; they just became more excitable.
from: The Coffee Junkie's Guide to Caffeine Addiction (NY Mag)
Is it just coincidence John McCain is often depicted with a jumbo-sized Starbucks in or at hand?
People I've mentioned it to tend to write it off to the fact Mac is always being photographed. That said, however, I don't see other people in McCain's entourage clinging to the java, and I don't see those Ventis littering the Obama pics. (And then, I don't remember when another candidate telegraphed this kind of obsession with such attention-grabbing motorcade trips to Starbucks, either.)
In terms of just the recent visual data, take a look at this shot from two weeks ago, of Cindy boarding the flight to the first presidential debate. (Maybe something to note, as well, given Cindy's history of substance abuse — despite the media's hesitancy to bring it up.) And then, there was this photo-op of McCain in his Arlington office just a few days later. The pic above, by the way, was taken yesterday, at McCain's campaign HQ.
As I've been writing throughout the campaign, I think McCain's touchiness and erratic behavior is part of his nature. However, the penchant for caffeine certainly can't be doing anything to contribute greater balance of stability to an already hyperactive and jittery personality like McCain, who can hardly stand or sit still. In fact, in a post from the Concord Monitor blog back in June, McCain himself cites his caffeine intake as a problem, disclosing how its been a factor — at least, during the Republican primaries – in his debate performance. (In the recent presidential debates, in particular, there has been speculation about McCain's curious habits and disinhibition.) As the Concord Monitor quotes McCain:
"I have really learned that one of my biggest problems is I was having two or three cups just before I start," he said on his campaign bus this morning. "(I was) trying to talk too fast, to get too much out, and you can see that I did that in the first few debates consistently, so I was cut off of caffeine," he said.
Giving additional fuel to the concern is the fact that McCain, rather than toning down the intake, instead indicated he had to be cut off.
I recently read in a throw away line — I believe, in a recent NYT article — that McCain, besides downing coffee all day, hardly eats. That led me to this passage by Chris Jones written last February. Jones was traveling with the McCain campaign during the presidential primaries and published his trip diary, "John McCain's Last War," in Esquire. (The Buchanan referred to is McCain's press secretary Brooke Buchanan.)
McCain stirs. Buchanan worries aloud that he hasn't been eating enough. Apart from this morning's fritter and coffee, he's had a handful of potato chips and a can of Red Bull. (The barbecued chicken that came on board the bus in Des Moines was a shade of salmonella pink that could have derailed the candidate for days.) There are trays of chilled Chinese food stashed up front, fallout-shelter eats that are now dug out and served in plastic boxes on plastic trays. McCain picks at a bit of fruit, chokes back a cold egg roll. "I really don't eat well," he says. "I eat junk. I kinda get pumped up at these things and don't have much of an appetite."
Coffee and Red Bull? (Not to mention the sugar chaser.) Again, by McCain's own words, he has a habit of "getting pumped up" (although it's not clear how much, or to what extent, he's getting pumped up for or from public appearances). Either way, however, this account suggests that McCain has been regularly using not just coffee but stimulant drinks.
I understand Americans have a love affair with coffee. At the same time, this country — in tandem with massive direct-to-consumer advertising by the pharmaceutical industry — is consistently in denial about its reliance on drugs and alcohol (ranging from recreational drugs, sleeping drugs, sex performance drugs, athletic performance drugs and, yes, caffeine). When it comes right down to it though, substance abuse is substance abuse, whether the dependency involves caffeine — caffeine intoxication being a clearly designated mental disorder in the The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) – or some other substance.
Just to be clear, I'm not saying John McCain is an addict, but it is interesting to consider the effects of the disease as compared to McCain's observable behavior on the campaign trail, with intoxication characterized by restlessness, nervousness, excitement, insomnia, muscle twitching, a rambling flow of thought and speech, irritability and psychomotor agitation, and actual overdose exhibited by mania, depression, lapses in judgment and disinhibition. (And then, this is besides the issue of the pathological effects of caffeine abuse on both the gastrointestinal and cardiovascular system — especially in a man of McCain's age.)
Over all, it's one thing for American's to consider whether to elect a man as hot-headed and erratic as McCain. It's even more worrisome, though — especially as we're reminded through these regular, visual telegraphs — that the man, through his penchant for this readily available drug, is consistently pouring oil on the fire.
Update 5:42 pm PST: Hmm. This just came across the wire showing the McCains departing this afternoon from Reagan Airport.
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As with most of the Expose Your Self project, the lyrics were written after the music was produced but titles were already decided on for theme direction.
Recorded completely on a MacBook, we initially used the Garageband app until disaster struck and many original tracks were lost on a bad external hard drive. We then switched to Protools 7.4 saved what we could among the corrupted files and required another 2 years to complete the project.
We built the tracks up with the work of drummer Grant "Slam" Walthall and the keyboard work of Zach Davis, who was 15 at the time the album production began. Garrick layered electric and acoustic guitars.
Eventually Julia Harrell's added percussion and brought in guests performers which include Garrick's parents Ernest and Marie and "Cello" Joe Chang on the title track and the trippy, soaring mostly instrumental "Grey Sky". He added a great cello track to "Walking In To Heaven" but that was lost with the hard drive too.


Emblematic establishment in Pigalle, cleverly decorated and very well attended. While the entrance is free, the –beautiful– drink list is much more expensive.
It is in this magnificent rococo setting, with its dizzying ceiling height, that Bizet is said to have composed his eponymous opera. Today, DJs don't care about it. Their –incredibly trendy– selection allows different music styles (rock, hip-hop, electro) to regain their golden age just for a night. The customers swaying their hips are equally great: many models and hipsters share the dance floor. With the combination of alcohol, this can result in the most improbable conversations, or even choreographies.


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Returning to School: Considerations for Students with the Most Intensive Behavioral Needs. A Guide to Supporting Students With Disabilities, Their Families, and Educators During the 2020–21 School Year
This guide is a set of strategies and key practices with the ultimate goal of supporting students with the most intensive behavioral needs, their families, and educators in their transitions back to school during and following the global pandemic in a manner that prioritizes their health and safety, social and emotional needs, and behavioral and academic growth.
Intensive Intervention: A Practitioner's Guide for Communicating with Parents and Families
For children with the most severe and persistent academic and/or behavioral challenges, parent and family involvement is vital. School teams can use this guide to better understand intensive intervention and how to engage parents and families with the process.
CEC 2016 Strand: Intensive Intervention 2.0: Integrating for Intensity, Learning from Implementation, and Refining our Understanding of Evidence
NCII presented a strand at Center for Exceptional Children (CEC) 2016 Convention and Expo. The strand, Intensive Intervention 2.0: Integrating for Intensity, Learning from Implementation, and Refining our Understanding of Evidence, discuss lessons learned from NCII's support for implementation of intensive intervention within a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) framework. The strand addresses (a) the integration of academic and behavioral intervention to support students with diverse learning needs; (b) successes and challenges observed by school and district leaders attempting to implement intensive intervention in high-needs schools, and; (c) considerations for understanding standards of evidence and identifying appropriate interventions and strategies across tiers of an MTSS system.
What Counts as Evidence? Making Decisions for Instruction and Intervention within a Multi-Tiered System of Support
What is an evidence-based practice? How do I know if evidence shows that a practice will be right for my students? Many practitioners ask these critical questions every day as they are faced with making decisions regarding how to best meet the needs of their students.
At what point should a team consider referring a student for special education services? What data would they need?
In this video, Dr. Evelyn Johnson, Associate Professor at Boise State University, discusses how data can be used to support eligibility decisions for students with disabilities.
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In this video, Dr. Steve Goodman, Director of Michigan's Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative, discusses the benefits of embedding intensive intervention within a multi-tiered system of support.
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In this video, Lucille Eber, E.D., Statewide Coordinator of Illinois' Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities (EBD) Network and an NCII Advisory Committee member, discusses the relationship between Tier II and Tier III behavior interventions and whether all kids need to access Tier II prior to Tier III.
What is the relationship between foundational skills and the core curriculum within intensive or Tier III interventions?
In this video, Russell Gersten, Senior Advisor to the National Center on Intensive Intervention and Professor Emeritus at the College of Education at the University of Oregon, discusses the relationship between foundational skills and the core curriculum within intensive interventions.
Why is it important to ensure students with disabilities are part of multi-tiered frameworks?
In this video, Mary Randel, a doctoral candidate in Special Education at Michigan State University & NCII Coach for the Swartz Creek School District, addresses the importance of ensuring that students with disabilities have access to supports across the tiers of a tiered frameworks, especially intensive intervention.


The Antideficiency Act is one of the major laws through which Congress exercises its constitutional power of the purse. In general, the Act prohibits agencies from incurring financial obligations unless Congress has enacted sufficient appropriations.
In this testimony we discuss the fact that if a program has no available appropriations, and no exception to the Act applies, the agency must commence an orderly shutdown and normal operations may resume only after Congress enacts an appropriation to end the lapse.
The front of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
As the Antideficiency Act prohibits agencies from incurring obligation in excess or in advance of an appropriation, a lapse in appropriations raises issues under the Act with regards to whether an agency can continue operations for a given program. Agencies that are normally subject to the annual appropriations process may, in some cases, continue to operate without implicating the Antideficiency Act if the agency or program has available budget authority. Absent available budget authority, the Antideficiency Act bars agencies from incurring obligations, unless an exception to the Act allows an agency to do so. For example, the Act permits agencies to incur obligations in advance of appropriations for emergencies involving the safety of human life and protection of property. GAO has also recognized other limited exceptions to the Antideficiency Act, and both the Attorney General and the Office of Legal Counsel in the Department of Justice have also issued opinions in this area.
Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the Antideficiency Act and its application during a lapse in appropriations. A lapse in appropriations, also known as a funding gap, refers to a period of time between the expiration of an appropriation and the enactment of a new one during which an agency or program experiences a lapse in funding. For example, a fiscal year may end without the enactment of a full-year appropriation or a continuing resolution for the next fiscal year, or a continuing resolution may lapse without the enactment of a subsequent appropriation. Such a lapse may also occur if a particular appropriation becomes exhausted before the end of the fiscal year. A lapse in appropriations may vary in scope, and can affect individual agencies and programs or affect the federal government at large.
Through the Constitution, the framers of our government provided that the legislative branch – the Congress – has the power to control the government's purse strings. The framers vested Congress with the power of the purse by providing in the Constitution that "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law." U.S. Const., art. I, § 9, cl. 7. Time and again, the Supreme Court has reaffirmed that this clause means exactly what its straightforward language suggests: "no money can be paid out of the Treasury unless it has been appropriated by an act of Congress." Cincinnati Soap Co. v. United States, 301 U.S. 308, 321 (1937).
The Antideficiency Act is a major law in the statutory framework through which Congress exercises its constitutional control of the public purse. 31 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1342, 1349–51, 1511–19. The Act prohibits agencies from obligating or expending in excess or in advance of an available appropriation unless otherwise authorized by law; accepting voluntary services for the United States, except in cases of emergency involving the safety of human life or the protection of property; and obligating or expending in excess of an apportionment, or in excess of the amounts permitted by agency regulation. 31 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1342, 1517. Congress recently amended the Antideficiency Act to provide that, among other things, federal employees furloughed as the result of a lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse. Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, Pub. L. No. 116-1, § 2, ___ Stat. ___ (Jan. 16, 2019); Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019, Pub. L. No. 116‑5, § 103, ___ Stat. ___ (Jan. 25, 2019), codified at 31 U.S.C. § 1341(c)(2).
The Antideficiency Act is the only fiscal statute that includes both civil and criminal penalties for a violation. Those who violate the Antideficiency Act are subject to administrative discipline, such as suspension or removal from office, as well as criminal penalties in the case of a knowing and willful violation. 31 U.S.C. §§ 1349, 1350, 1518, 1519. Criminal penalties include a fine of not more than $5,000, imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both. 31 U.S.C. §§ 1350, 1519. In addition to these penalties, agencies must immediately report violations to the President and to Congress, and must also send a copy of the report to GAO. 31 U.S.C. §§ 1351, 1517(b). As of 2004, GAO serves as the repository for Antideficiency Act reports, and reports dating back to fiscal year 2005 can be accessed at GAO's website.1 Antideficiency Act Resources, available at www.gao.gov/legal/appropriations-law-decisions/resources (last visited Jan. 29, 2019).
Because of the Antideficiency Act's prohibition against incurring obligations in excess or in advance of an appropriation, a lapse in appropriations raises issues under the Act with regard to whether an agency can continue operations for a given program.
As an initial matter, certain agencies and programs may continue to operate without implicating the Antideficiency Act if the agency or program has available budget authority. Such authority may derive from multiple year or no-year appropriation carryover balances, or otherwise available balances from other authorities, such as from fee income that Congress made available for obligation. The source of these available balances can be from a prior fiscal year's appropriations act granting multiple or no-year authority or from permanent authority made available outside of the annual appropriations process. In addition, certain statutory authorities may expressly authorize an agency to enter into obligations in advance of an appropriation. The Antideficiency Act is not implicated where an agency permissibly obligates available budget authority, even if other agencies or programs within an agency are concurrently experiencing a lapse in appropriations.
If an agency has available budget authority, programs within the agency may potentially operate using those available funds and, in general, the agency may incur and liquidate obligations, including those for employee salaries, as it normally would. However, an agency must still ensure that it adheres to all other applicable laws. For example, sometimes an agency may have two appropriations that may arguably be available for the same purpose. In those cases, an agency must elect to use a single appropriation. The agency may not switch to a different appropriation merely because the one it chose first is now depleted. B-307382, Sept. 5, 2006; B-272191, Nov. 4, 1997. This is sometimes known colloquially as the "pick-and-stick rule." This rule could be implicated if, while experiencing a lapse in appropriations, an agency begins to use a different appropriation than usual merely because the appropriation it would typically obligate for a given purpose has now lapsed.
Similarly, during a lapse in appropriations, agencies may potentially operate by exercising existing statutory authorities to transfer amounts between available appropriations or to reprogram amounts within the various purposes provided in an available appropriation. Agencies still must comply with statutory requirements contained in transfer or reprogramming authorities, including those requirements incorporated by reference into an appropriations act. Advance notification requirements, for example, provide a mechanism by which Congress may exercise its constitutional power of the purse. Where Congress conditions the availability of funding on advance notice to the appropriate congressional committees, such funding is not available until the agency provides the required notification. B‑319009, Apr. 27, 2010. Congress may expressly include such a restriction in the statutory language itself, or it may incorporate the restriction by reference. See, e.g., B-329739, Dec. 19, 2018; B-323699, Dec. 5, 2012; B-316760, Feb. 19, 2009; B‑183851, Oct. 1, 1975.
If an agency or program lacks available budget authority, as in the case of a lapse of appropriations, then, as a general matter, the Antideficiency Act bars the agency from incurring obligations. An agency without available budget authority may incur obligations only where an exception to the Antideficiency Act allows the agency to do so. One key exception is provided explicitly in the text of the Antideficiency Act itself. The Act permits agencies to incur obligations in advance of appropriations "for emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property." 31 U.S.C. § 1342. Importantly, in 1990, Congress amended this section to add: "As used in this section, the term 'emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property' does not include ongoing, regular functions of government the suspension of which would not imminently threaten the safety of human life or the protection of property." Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-508, title XIII, § 13213(b), 104 Stat. 1388, 1388-621 (Nov. 5, 1990), codified at 31 U.S.C. § 1342 (emphasis added).
GAO has also recognized other limited exceptions to the Antideficiency Act that may, under some circumstances, allow agencies to incur obligations during a lapse in appropriations. For example, during a lapse in appropriations, Congress and the Executive may incur obligations to carry out core constitutional powers. Agencies also may incur those limited obligations that are incident to executing an orderly shutdown of agency activity.
The Attorney General and the Office of Legal Counsel in the Department of Justice have also issued opinions describing other limited exceptions. As the Attorney General explained in a 1981 opinion, it is impossible to catalogue in advance all the agency activities that may fall within one of the exceptions to the Antideficiency Act. Instead, determining which activities may be excepted requires a case-by-case analysis of the particular program or circumstances at issue, as well as of the relevant statutes. For example, in that 1981 opinion, the Attorney General noted an exception to process Social Security payments. 5 Op. Off. Legal Counsel 1, 5 n.7 (1981). The Attorney General opined that agencies may incur obligations if authority to do so arises by "necessary implication from the specific terms of duties that have been imposed on, or of authorities that have been invested in, the agency." Id. at 5. This exception was applied to only one example in the 1981 opinion. In a footnote, the Attorney General explained that it was under the "necessary implication" basis that he authorized obligations "for the administration of benefit payments under entitlement programs when the funds for the benefits payments themselves are not subject to a one-year appropriation." Id. at 5 n.7. The footnote highlighted that Social Security benefits were funded through trust funds into which amounts were automatically appropriated and that the "benefit payments are to be rendered, at Congress' direction, pursuant to an entitlement formula." Id.
Where an agency incurs obligations under an exception to the Antideficiency Act, Congress has not yet enacted an appropriation sufficient to liquidate the obligation. Therefore, the agency may not make a payment to liquidate the obligation during the lapse in appropriations; instead, the agency may make a liquidating payment only after Congress enacts sufficient appropriations to do so. Congress recognized this bedrock principle when it recently amended the Antideficiency Act to provide pay for federal employees affected by a lapse in appropriations: the amendment provides that payment to employees after the lapse in appropriations ends is subject to the enactment of appropriations ending the lapse. Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, Pub. L. No. 116-1, § 2, ___ Stat. ___ (Jan. 16, 2019); Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019, Pub. L. No. 116-5, § 103, ___ Stat. ___ (Jan. 25, 2019), codified at 31 U.S.C. § 1341(c)(2).
The Antideficiency Act is one of the major laws through which Congress exercises its constitutional power of the purse. In general, the Act forbids agencies from incurring obligations unless Congress has enacted sufficient appropriations. Therefore, if a program has no available appropriations, and no exception to the Antideficiency Act applies, the agency must commence an orderly shutdown and normal operations may resume only after Congress enacts an appropriation to end the lapse.
Chair McCollum, Ranking Member Joyce, and members of the Subcommittee, this completes my prepared statement. I would be pleased to respond to any questions that you may have.
See Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, Pub. L. No. 108-447, div. G, title I, § 1401, 118 Stat. 2809, 3192 (Dec. 8, 2004), codified at 31 U.S.C. §§ 1351, 1517(b).


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Within sysVASC, Baker will contribute clinical datasets and samples from large population based cohorts, miRNAomics dataset, as well as animal models.
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Karlheinz Peter is associate director and department head at Baker. In addition, he is a professor of Medicine & Immunology at Monash University, and senior interventional cardiologist at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. His basic science and clinical work focuses on improving the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in order to prevent and treat myocardial infarction. Karlheinz Peterhas also been awarded a highly competitive Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council based on his innovative work.
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Q: Mod_rewrite and URL redirection - APACHE,Mod_rewrite,PHP,Codeigniter I have got a very specific problem. I am using wamp server to run my codeigniter projects locally. I have loaded mod_rewrite in and it is showing in my phpinfo.
In my wamp root directory, I have a codeigniter project folder "mysite".Here is the directory structure of mysite.
-mysite
   |--images
   |--eshots
   |--useruploads
   |--temp
   |--SpryAssets
   |--css
   |--js
   |--timthumb

After enabling this mod_rewrite, I modified my "host" file in my windows directory and added this line of code in my virtual host file to access my website like this. (mysite.local)
   127.0.0.1 mysite.local

After this I created an htaccess file in root directory (i.e under mysite folder)
  htaccess file:

  RewriteEngine on

  RewriteCond $1  !^(index\.php|images|lists|eshots|useruploads|temp|SpryAssets|css|js|robots\.txt|timthumb\.php)

  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?$1 [L]

  <IfModule mod_security.c>

  SecFilterEngine Off

  SecFilterScanPOST Off

  </IfModule>

After this, when I try to access my website from the wamp, it leads me to nowhere. For example, if I click from localhost's project folder i.e mysite, it takes me back to the localhost folder and my URL looks like this:
http://mysite.local/mysite/
and when I click on mysite again, it shows the URL like this:
http://mysite.local/mysite/mysite
And after this, my link doesn't take me to the web pages. And remain stuck here.
Why am I getting this behavior from server? Is there any problem with CODEIGNITER or htaccess file that is stopping this? And what steps I need to do so that I could get each N everything working including javascript, css, images .
How to deal with this challenging problem?
Mostly people say you need to have your mod_rewrite enabled or read manual provided from Apache.
[UPDATED]:
when I TRIED WID new codeigniter project.FIRST,I copied all the files apart from htaccess file into project folder.Luckily i was able to navigate to the index page but it didnt show me any css,image,scripts.
My htaccess consists of only these bits:            RewriteEngine on    .
What shall i do now to make my js,images work as above?Apache_error log looks like this:.Also,when i try to move onto next pages ,it says "(Error:404)The requested URL /Code/wham.local/categories/listings/Products  was not found".Kindly suggest.Where wham.local is virtual host.
apache_error Log:
 [Sun Nov 25 13:00:54 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: D:/wamp/www/css, referer: http://localhost/Code/
 [Sun Nov 25 13:00:54 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: D:/wamp/www/css, referer: http://localhost/Code/
 [Sun Nov 25 13:00:54 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: D:/wamp/www/js, referer: http://localhost/Code/
 [Sun Nov 25 13:00:54 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: D:/wamp/www/js, referer: http://localhost/Code/
 [Sun Nov 25 13:00:54 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: D:/wamp/www/js, referer: http://localhost/Code/
 [Sun Nov 25 13:00:54 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: D:/wamp/www/js, referer: http://localhost/Code/

 [Sun Nov 25 13:00:54 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: D:/wamp/www/js, referer: http://localhost/Code/

 [Sun Nov 25 13:00:54 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: D:/wamp/www/images, referer: http://localhost/Code/
 [Sun Nov 25 13:00:54 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: D:/wamp/www/images, referer: http://localhost/Code/
 [Sun Nov 25 13:00:54 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: D:/wamp/www/images, referer: http://localhost/Code/
 [Sun Nov 25 13:00:54 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: D:/wamp/www/images, referer: http://localhost/Code/
 [Sun Nov 25 13:00:54 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: D:/wamp/www/images, referer: http://localhost/Code/
 [Sun Nov 25 13:00:54 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: D:/wamp/www/images, referer: http://localhost/Code/
 [Sun Nov 25 13:00:54 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: D:/wamp/www/images
 [Sun Nov 25 13:01:03 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: D:/wamp/www/images
 [Sun Nov 25 13:01:55 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: D:/wamp/www/images
 [Sun Nov 25 13:01:56 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: D:/wamp/www/Code/wham.local, referer: http://localhost/Code/

A: check the http.conf file in C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.17\conf
if their is entry like this
        #Virtual hosts
        #Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
        then open the file httpd-vhosts.conf add below lines  in it.
     <VirtualHost *:80>
       DocumentRoot  "C:/wamp/www/mysite/"
       ServerName     mysite.local
      </VirtualHost>

     <VirtualHost *:80>
      DocumentRoot  "C:/wamp/www/"
      ServerName     localhost
      </VirtualHost>

otherwise you can add this line to httpd.conf file also
and restart ur server.
this is the virtual host concept.

A: It looks like this line is messing with you:
RewriteCond $1  !^(index\.php|images|lists|eshots|useruploads|temp|SpryAssets|css|js|robots\.txt|timthumb\.php)

Try this instead
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  !^(index\.php|images|lists|eshots|useruploads|temp|SpryAssets|css|js|robots\.txt|timthumb\.php)

A: you need to enable rewrite module for apache.. you can do this by going to
wamp tray icon > apache > apache module then select rewrite module.

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A group of 44 enjoyed a quality coach tour by Bibby's of Ingleton. The travellers mainly came from the north of England, from Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire, although there was at least one from North Wales.
The tour was entitled "Following the Romantics". This harked back to the river Wye tours that were offered from the mid-18th century, mainly from Ross on Wye to Chepstow. There were stops at the highlights: Symonds Yat, Monmouth, and Tintern. Even though Yorkshire has stunning Abbeys such as Fountains Abbey and Rievaulx Abbey, the visitors were still extremely impressed with the grandeur of Tintern. They could appreciate why Wordsworth from Cumbria wrote his major poem about Tintern, and Turner did his famous water colours at Tintern!


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from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function

import os
import sys
import argparse
import redmapper

if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Compute random weights')

    parser.add_argument('-c', '--configfile', action='store', type=str, required=True,
                        help='YAML config file')
    parser.add_argument('-r', '--randfile', action='store', type=str, required=True,
                        help='Random file to compute weights')
    parser.add_argument('-l', '--lambda_cuts', action='store', type=float, nargs='+',
                        required=True, help='Minimum richness')

    args = parser.parse_args()

    config = redmapper.Configuration(args.configfile)
    weigher = redmapper.RandomWeigher(config, args.randfile)
    for lambda_cut in args.lambda_cuts:
        wt_randfile, wt_areafile = weigher.weight_randoms(lambda_cut)

        print("Made weighted random file %s" % (wt_randfile))
        print("Made weighted area file %s" % (wt_areafile))

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In the continuing saga of my MH871 cutter going down for the count (USB port busted) I decided to bring in a replacement machine, and the LiYu - SC fit the bill, price-wise.
1. Even with the blade BARELY poking out of the end of the holder (and I mean, like I need a magnifying glass to even see the point sticking out) I must keep the pressure at 1mm, which is the lowest possible. And even then, I have backing paper being scored.
2. Tracking of long sections of vinyl is pretty dismal, and I'm messing with the pinch rollers to try and correct that. I also experienced that "vinyl bunching" problem at first, but that's been resolved with adjustments of the roller pressure. Just gotta keep on fiddling around until I get it right.
3. Lord knows, when paying $90 for a stand, getting a catch-basket as a standard attachment would have been nice. But, I'll now have to fabricate one (just as I did for the MH).
4. Much QUIETER than the MH Refine, for sure.
However, it makes this noticeable Tap-Tap-Tap as the blade holder comes into contact with the vinyl (the base is hollow, I guess, and echoes the impact).
5. The machine is white/beige & the base matches. So, why include a BLUE dust cover? It should be white, obviously.
6. In the first day of cutting, it stopped twice. This SC simply decided to quit right in the middle of longer jobs that were running (eight-footers). I have the machine grounded properly, and this really surprised me, as a crash/quit never happened with the MH.
Both times this occured (two different jobs), I rebooted everything (computer and program and machine), resent the work, and the SC proceeded correctly to the end of the cuts.
i love my sc ! i run mine at 600 and 12g of pressure. I get know scores on the backing. You have a good point about the cover being blue.
Whew, you can say that, again?
HAL....Im ready to go now.....HAL?
OK, here's what's been going on today --- my laptop doesn't have a serial port (and for the life of me, I couldn't get the KEYSPAN to work, despite fooling with all sorts of settings for hours).
So, I just went out and grabbed an older DELL Optiplex desktop WinXP computer for $80 (with 17" LCD Acer monitor) from a guy on CL.
Literally, within 15 minutes of setting it up and installing SignBlazer, the SC cutter was working like a charm from the serial port.
I believe that will be the most stable way to run it, based on many members here saying SERIAL SERIAL SERIAL!!!!!!
Now, if I can only figure out what to do with the PINK roll of vinyl they sent me in my starter pack!!!!!!!!
Sorry, I can explain. Several threads where Spammed this morning. This thread had over 3 pages of the same content. Nothing to do with vinyl. I replied to a Spam-Bot. "Hello, Dave..."
Every spam post was a book & there were plenty of posts . Must have taken up a bunch of John's time deleting all those . Thanks John . I can't imagine those posts getting any customers ... it would postively make me refuse to even consider anything they offered , even if it was something I would consider . How a business conducts themselves determines if i do any business with them . Deal with low business standards starting out , you deserve what you get IMO .
The SC machine is rocking and rolling along like a champion.
In the past week, I've done all sorts of work with it, and not even a hint of a hiccup.
Thank you, USCUTTER, for providing this machine.
It's just the right machine for my shop.
Here is a comment regarding the pressure rollers on the SC unit.
I have placed a bit of vinyl onto the top of my machine to indicate the farthest extent the pressure-roller should be placed, to remain in contact with the grit roller.
The Blue arrow in my illustration indicates the point the pressure-roller should be located at.
The Green arrow shows where it will be if you slide it all the way to the stop-point (set-screw) and that location will NOT WORK for guiding the vinyl properly.
Thanks for posting the pic. I'm going to put some vinyl on mine, so I know where to stop.
Have you had any issues since running a serial cable connection?
So far my SC machine has worked very well. I have only done small decals and paint masks for myself and have not had issues with the cutter until this past week.
My cuts seem to be leaving little tags and the end of the cut paths dont always match up now. For larger 1" or larger letters it's not a problem but on smaller letters for my radio control models it's an issue.
Not a single issue, the SC loves running on serial connection.
Those "tags" are likely the result of incorrect blade offset and/or cut direction (try changing these parameters).
Also, dull blades will tend to 'tear" instead of CUT.
UPDATE -- I took out that set-screw from its incorrect point, and simply drilled a new hole and put the screw into position a little over further to the left on the rear rail. That solved the issue.


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Kathryn Cleghorn and Animals Alive: dogs' best friend
For Kathryn Cleghorn, Animals Alive — possibly the largest no-kill dog shelter in the Caribbean — is a genuine labour of love. Erline Andrews learns more
By Erline Andrews | Issue 134 (July/August 2015)
Two newly arrived residents at the Animals Alive sanctuary. Photograph by Edison Boodoosingh
The quiet of a Sunday morning in a south Trinidad village is broken by the sound of many dogs barking. The clash of high-pitched and deep woofs creates a cacophony that can be heard from atop the short, steep, freshly paved road leading down into a 3.5-acre compound, where four low, wide buildings hold kennels. It is visitors' day at the Animals Alive sanctuary — perhaps the largest no-kill dog shelter in the Caribbean — and the sight of human strangers is exciting the three-hundred-plus non-human residents.
As volunteer caretaker Charlie Gunness leads a nervous reporter into the compound, the six or so dogs allowed free rein of the place suddenly scurry towards the tall, wide, yellow gates, yapping and wagging their tails as a dark green Jeep enters. They're a ragtag bunch, mainly mongrels, what Trinidadians and Tobagonians call "pot hounds," many rescued from horrific circumstances. One, small and black, has two circular areas — about the width of tennis balls — missing from the thick fur on either side of her torso. A beige and orange dog looks even more battle-scarred. She hobbles, and has one inch of slanted stitching where her left eye should be.
"Kathryn's here," says Gunness, explaining the dogs' sudden excitement. Kathryn Cleghorn, who founded Animals Alive seven years ago, steps out of the vehicle amid yelping dogs, looking all-business. She is dressed in a two-piece workman's suit, dark green with bright orange stripes at the wrists and ankles. Her dark hair is pulled back in a distracted ponytail, strands escaping and framing her serious face. Today is a busy day, and she has little time to talk to the press. Besides the usual cleaning and feeding, carried out by a few paid workmen, a litter of puppies has just been brought in, rescued from an ailing mother. Cleghorn and another volunteer are going to try to get them to suckle from a lactating dog on the compound. Then there is the stream of people here to look at the dogs and ask questions.
The best outcome from these visits is that members of the public agree to adopt animals, a process that includes representatives from Animals Alive visiting their homes to make sure they meet certain stringent criteria. The next best outcome is if they agree to "mentor" — the word used by Animals Alive — one of the dogs. The arrangement is an important source of funds for the charity, which costs around US$3,000 a month to operate, Cleghorn told a daily newspaper. It's like the sponsor-a-child programmes run by international aid organisations. The sponsor pays a monthly fee of $15 for a dog of their choice, which remains on the compound. The sponsor receives photos and regular updates on the dog. Sponsors can visit, but this isn't necessary. Many of them live abroad.
There are three fenced grassy spaces around the compound, furnished with garden chairs and tables under shade, where a sponsor can spend time with their dog, sitting or running around. Roger Marshall, who helps raise funds for and administer Animals Alive, came up with the idea. He helps other animal organisations in T&T. But Animals Alive is the target of most of his efforts. "When I came to visit them [for the first time], I was very impressed. They were doing so much with so little," he says. "The dogs here are better off than most dogs in people's homes."
After Cleghorn, David "Charlie" Gunness is probably the most important contributor to Animals Alive's existence. A man with twinkling, friendly eyes beneath a shock of dark, wavy hair, he built and maintains the buildings and tends the grounds. It's partly a labour of love. He and Cleghorn have been in a relationship for twenty-five years.
He remembers how it all started, almost three decades ago. He and Cleghorn worked at a secondary school in south Trinidad. He taught math; she English. "She used to collect dogs and carry them by her house," he says. Cleghorn, now vice principal at another secondary school, has seventeen dogs at her home. All are blind, lame, or otherwise undesirable by most people's standards. Cleghorn's dedication impressed him, and he "get hook" on the cause, says Gunness, who's retired.
Lauren Ali, Cleghorn's twenty-five-year-old niece and an Animals Alive volunteer, says the family got their concern for animals from her late grandparents. There were always pets in their house, and the children and grandchildren were taught to respect and love animals. But the bug bit Cleghorn hardest of all. "It was always Kathryn's dream to have a place like this," says Ali. "It's what she's wanted her whole life."
"Charlie used to always tell me, stop talking and do something about it," says Cleghorn. "That's when I started picking up stray dogs and started bringing them to my home. Then I got together with a couple of people who were similar-minded and created Animals Alive."
The land was donated by a benefactress and, besides the various fundraising events and initiatives, the compound is run by donations from individuals and businesses.
The no-kill concept is controversial, a source of deep disagreement among activists. The Trinidad and Tobago Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals euthanises, as does People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the renowned American animal rights organisation. In an article on its website, PETA suggests that euthanasia is ultimately more compassionate for the greatest number of animals. No-kill shelters leave the animals they can't accommodate to suffer and die in even worse ways, the organisation argues. "Getting a spay/neuter law passed saves even more lives," says PETA. "Stopping the problem at its source is where our time, energy, and funds are needed most."
But for Cleghorn, and others in T&T who have turned their homes into unofficial shelters, deliberately killing unwanted pets undermines the very reason they've dedicated their lives to animal welfare. "Life is divine," said Cleghorn, "and we should not kill any of God's creatures. They all have a purpose and a reason for being, and we should preserve and protect life."
Tobago: green as an island
Island Beat (September/October 2000)


Taurine is found in high concentrations in muscle, brain, heart and blood. A person weighing 70 kg has approximately 70 g of taurine distributed throughout their body. Put another way, a 70 kg person naturally already has in his body 70 times the amount of taurine contained in one can of Red Bull Energy Drink.
Taurine is also contained in different foodstuffs like scallops, fish, poultry and most infant formulas.
The human body contains 70 times more taurine than one 250ml can of Red Bull.


Contingency planning: Will your health care cover an overseas emergency, or should you buy supplemental insurance?
Mar 9, 2012, 6 a.m.
In all of the excitement of planning a vacation, one area that tends to get ignored is health insurance. Many U.S. health insurance plans, including Medicare, do not cover policyholders outside of the United States. Below are just a few tips to help you decide whether you need overseas health insurance.
Call your health insurance provider. Health insurance policy restrictions and inclusions can boggle the mind. Plus, they change constantly. Well before your departure, give your health insurance provider a call and ask whether you'll be covered should you fall ill or have an accident in the country you'll be visiting. If you rely on Medicare for your health coverage, be advised that this program is only valid within the United States.
Check for health alerts. The US State Department maintains a database of health alerts worldwide. While you're planning your trip, it's a good idea to check this site to see if there are any current public health concerns where you'll be traveling.
Check for national health insurance. Some countries with nationalized health plans offer health insurance to visitors for specific time periods. Visit the State Department Web site and use the drop-down menu to see if the country you'll be visiting offers such a program for overseas visitors.
Buy supplemental insurance, if necessary. If your individual health insurance coverage doesn't extend to overseas doctors and there are no national health insurance programs you can use, consider buying supplemental health insurance. There are companies that offer travel abroad health insurance, usually for a specific time period. Among these are USI Affinity Insurance and Travel Guard Insurance companies. Be sure to read the fine print, carefully. Many of these policies do not cover policyholders for pre-existing conditions.


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John Kirkham (16 June 1918 – 1982) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward for Ellesmere Port Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Wellington Town.

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Instructions for Citizen Skyhawk Eco-Drive Watch
By: Rob Wagner
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The citizen skyhawk Eco-Drive watch offers a multifunctional timepiece that uses a solar cell to convert light into electrical energy. The cell, embedded in the dial, drives the hour, minute and second hands, chronograph, alarm, timer and other functions. Fully charged, the Skyhawk Eco-Drive shifts into a power save mode to conserve energy in low-light or dark conditions. It can operate in power save mode for months.
The Citizen Skyhawk Eco-Drive features a full calendar that also includes the name of the major city closest to where the wearer lives. It has daylight savings time capabilities and a chronograph that measures the hours, minutes, seconds and 1/100th of a second. It also features multiple time zones, three alarm functions, rechargeable battery, insufficient charging warning function and an overcharging prevention mechanism.
Setting the Watch
The Citizen Skyhawk Eco-Dive features two function buttons at 2 and 4 o'clock on the case edge in addition to the crown at 3 o'clock. Pulling the crown out to the first position allows the owner to change the digital time zone display at 8 o'clock on the dial. Pulling the crown out all the way out and rotating it clockwise will change the time, correct the date and change the alarm times.
Button Functions
Begin using the basic button functions by pressing the 2 o'clock button once to start and stop the chronograph's stopwatch. The 4 o'clock button resets the stopwatch and can switch the alarm off and on. Use the buttons in combination with rotating the crown for other functions, according to Citizen Watch Company.
Chronograph Functions
Set the chronograph by rotating the crown. This sets the different modes for the calendar, alarms, time zone settings and timer. Rotating the crown changes the mode hand located on the dial at the 6 o'clock position. Turn the crown until the hands reaches "CHR" for chronograph. Press the 2 o'clock button until "HR" flashes in the digital display window and then set it. Press the 2 o'clock button again until "MIN" is displayed for the minutes. Set the minute hand and then press the 2 o'clock button again until "SEC" appears to set the seconds. This sets the hands on the subdials and the digital display time.
The time zone functions on a Citizen Skyhawk Eco-Dive watch differ from other chronograph brands because the Skyhawk offers digital displays with instructions using a combination of rotating the crown and pressing the 2 and 4 o'clock buttons. The Skyhawk allows the owner to set one of the 29 time zones to local time by turning the crown clockwise, setting the hand mode to "TIME" for time and "CAL" for calendar. Press the 2 o'clock button once for each major city that scrolls through the digital display window until the desired city is located. Once the city is located, press the 4 o'clock button to bring up the appropriate time and dates of the major cities.
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Rob Wagner is a journalist with over 35 years experience reporting and editing for newspapers and magazines. His experience ranges from legal affairs reporting to covering the Middle East. He served stints as a newspaper and magazine editor in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Wagner attended California State University, Los Angeles, and has a degree in journalism.


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JCT Vol.3 No.2 , April 2012
Lung Cancer: Facts, Figures and Reflections on Spending
Usman Ahmad, Michael Ruschel, Frank C. Detterbeck*
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA.
School of Medicine, Universitat Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Abstract: The war on cancer was declared 40 years ago. While the potential for reducing deaths is increasing, so are the costs. Finding the right prioritization in our complex world is difficult; we present some interesting facts regarding other wars and aspects of society that are worth reflecting on as we struggle to find the right balance.
Keywords: Lung Cancer; Costs; Screening
Cite this paper: U. Ahmad, M. Ruschel and F. C. Detterbeck, "Lung Cancer: Facts, Figures and Reflections on Spending," Journal of Cancer Therapy, Vol. 3 No. 2, 2012, pp. 123-126. doi: 10.4236/jct.2012.32016.
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[2] The National Lung Screening Trial Research Team, "Reduced Lung-Cancer Mortality with Low-Dose Computed Tomographic Screeing," New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 365, No. 26, 2011, pp. 395-409. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1102873
[3] S. Daggett, "Cost of Major U.S. Wars," Congressional Research Service Report RS22926, 2010
[4] A. Leland and M.-J. Oboroceanu, "American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics," Congressional Research Service Report RL32492, 2010
[5] "Historical Tables: Office of Management and Budget, Table 3.2., Outlays by Function and Subfunction: 1962-2016," Accessed on 7 February 2011. http://ww.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals
[6] National Cancer Institute, "2010 Fact Book," U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. http://obf.cancer.gov
[7] "Federal Trade Commission Cigarette Report for 2006," 2009. http://www.ftc.gov/os/2009/08/
[8] A. B. Mariotto, K. R. Yabroff, Y. Shao, et al., "Projections of the Cost of Cancer Care in the United States: 2010-2020," Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 103, No. 2, 2011, pp. 117-128. doi:10.1093/jnci/djq495


At least 200 people were reportedly inside the Borderline Bar and Grill, which was hosting a university student night, at the time of the attack.
They have not yet confirmed any motive behind the attack.
President Trump tweeted on Thursday morning to say he been briefed on the shooting, describing it as "terrible", and praising the bravery of the police officers involved.
A college country music night was underway when the suspect apparently threw a smoke grenade into the crowd before opening fire with at least one weapon.


Introduction of new coefficients for the calculation of wages of low-paid public sector workers is planned from June 1, 2019. Minister of Education and Science Kulyash Shamshidinova reported on the work being carried out in education at a press conference in the Government.
"75% of the funds allocated to increase the wages of low-wage workers in budgetary areas go to the educational field," said the minister.
At the same time, she recalled that since 2018, 208 thousand teachers (70%) receive a 30% extra charge for teaching on the updated content of education, 60 thousand teachers who have successfully passed qualification tests — 30-50% extra charge.
"Teachers are tested twice a — in May and November. Within three years, advanced training will be held: 144 thousand teachers on the updated content of secondary education, 82 thousand psychologists and class teachers, 15 thousand engineering and pedagogical workers of colleges, 2.4 thousand university teachers," Shamshidinova informed.
According to her, integration into school curricula, development of IT-skills, implementation of project and research works, integration of knowledge and their practical application, extracurricular activities that complement the curriculum and aimed at the development of children will also be continued.
Updating of educational programs in the system of vocational and higher education will continue taking into account the requirements of the labor market, professional standards, WorldSkills standards, harmonization of educational programs with leading foreign universities, the foundations of entrepreneurship, project training.
In addition, pursuant to the instructions of Elbasy about attracting students to volunteering, the introduction of a system of volunteer vouchers will begin: for 25 hours — 25 thousand tenge and two credits, for 50 hours — 50 thousand tenge and five credits.
Thus, active students will be able not only to be proactive, but also to increase their income, working with children with special educational needs, with minor children of deviant behavior, carrying out social work with older children, engaging in tutoring.


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John Shaw Neilson
A life in letters
Helen Hewson
Literature: history & criticism
John Shaw Neilson (1872-1942) is one of Australia's finest and best-loved lyric poets. This comprehensive selection of letters to, from and about him fills a long-felt need, providing a vivid personal and social history.
The selection begins in 1906 when A. G. Stephens started up The Bookfellow. From this crucial point, and throughout the ensuing thirty-five years, we follow Neilson the man—farming and working in the bush, maintaining caring relationships with his scattered family, and finally moving in 1928 to Melbourne and a job as an interdepartmental messenger with the Country Roads Board in Carlton.
Helen Hewson has chosen and edited her material from more than a thousand existing letters, most of which have not been published previously. They cover family, social and publishing correspondence, in addition to the detailed letters about writing poetry which passed between Neilson and his three very different editorial advisers, A. G. Stephens, Robert H.…
Helen Hewson has chosen and edited her material from more than a thousand existing letters, most of which have not been published previously. They cover family, social and publishing correspondence, in addition to the detailed letters about writing poetry which passed between Neilson and his three very different editorial advisers, A. G. Stephens, Robert H. Croll and James Devaney, his first biographer.
Other writers of the period who corresponded with Neilson included Robert Bridges, Mary Gilmore, Christopher Brennan, Vance and Nettie Palmer, Hubert Church, Percival Serle and Frank Wilmot. The letters are full of revealing details about his association with many institutions and personalities-the Australian Literature Association, the Bread and Cheese Club, Coles Book Arcade, the Hill of Content, the Hawthorn Press, Blamire Young, Vance and Nettie Palmer, Mary Gilmore, Bernard O'Dowd, Frank Wilmot, Victor Kennedy and others.
John Shaw Neilson: A Life in Letters establishes a social background and a literary context which ends any suggestion that Neilson is merely a 'bush poet' or 'a simple singer'. This complex poet participated in an intricate network of literary relationships and literary production, and it is only through reading the letters that one realises the degree to which he reflected on his own and other people's poetry and writing.
Helen Hewson's background is English and Fine Arts with a particular interest in Australian writing, poetry and art. She was for twenty years an Honorary Research Associate in the School of English at the University of Sydney and continues her research into the imagery and language shaping the poetry of John Shaw Neilson. Currently she is examining and cataloguing the work of the Melbourne graphic designer, cartoonist and printer, Anthony Harvey, whose Australian greeting cards…
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As a guitarist that often does holiday gigs, this book suites my needs quite well! It is a great source of a variety of different holiday melodies (Hannukah and Christmas tunes alike), and it is laid out so that there are no page turns! I use it with my students as the melodies are easily handled by the most beginner of beginners. After Ch. 3 of Mel Bay's method Volume 1, the students can handle almost all of the melodies, and I can play the accompaniment. Overall, kudos to the writer and arranger for creating a thoughtful book that students can use to have fun during the holiday season.
I just want to somewhat counteract the 1 star review given by the other reviewer. I am an intermediate guitarist and really enjoy most of the arrangements in here, especially for a beginner looking to improve.
He starts out with a particular relatively simple melody, and then adds harmonies to it, and then chords / more harmonies on top of that. So as a beginning guitarist, you can most likely make it through the first third, then use what you've learned for the second third, and finally struggle through and bring it all together for the last part.
It has a bunch of christmas / holiday standards, they all sound pretty good, and I have to say this was one of my favorite sheet music purchases.
As I've gotten better at the guitar, this book has relatively grown with me, and I've really enjoyed it. I can't speak to its utility as a "gig book" by itself where you're being paid to play (some of the songs are a bit short), but it's a great collection of arrangements, and I would gladly buy it again for $12 if I were to lose my copy.
It is a shame I can give this book no stars, however, I will say that if I could give this book zero stars I would. This is potentially the worst Christmas book of guitar music ever published. Not only does it fail to deliver on being a gig book, all of the arrangements are needlessly difficult, but it also contains terrible fingerings. The fingerings, in fact, are so bad that I was convinced that the author was not even a guitarist, much to my dismay, he is a guitarist. The fingerings constantly ask the player to "hop" a finger from string to string instead of using free fingers and or guide fingers to solve difficult passages. The simple fact is that a gig book, especially a Christmas gig book, should be true to the original and offer sight readable material otherwise it is NOT a gig book and should not be published as such. This isn't to say these arrangements are impossible, they can be played, however, they are not worth playing when you get to the meat of it. There are random harmonies placed at odd portions of pieces that make no sense. For example, the third line second measure of "it came upon a midnight clear" contains a chord on the down beat of middle C the D above and the G on the staff, this is a terrible non-functional harmony. It is jarring and halts all momentum of this great Christmas classic. The book as a whole contains example after example of strange harmonies like this which are possibly forgivable if the pieces are easily executed, however, they are not and so any gigging musician would be ill advised to spend time trying to work this up, especially if they are short on time.


The process-oriented approach in a modern utility structure requires the integration of technical activities, functions, information, technology, economical analysis, managerial issues, and business rules.
Established in 1997, NEEDS is committed to the pursuit of excellence in serving the regional market needs in the fields of energy systems, electrical and water networks, infrastructure development, smart grid, automation and control systems, information technology, smart metering, environment, policy development, and project quality management.
"Commitment to Lead the Digital Transformation of Utility Business in the 21st Century towards Overall Business Sustainable Environment with Ultimate Professional Integrity."
NEEDS endeavors to be a pioneer consulting and engineering company specialized in the integration of advanced automation and information technologies with planning, design, operations, finance, management, customer services, and other business activities of governmental and private utilities in the region.


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ALBUM REVIEW April 7, 2005
Curtis Amy: Mosaic Select 7
By Colin Fleming
Relatively unknown as far as storming tenor players go, Texas-born Curtis Amy perhaps wasn't so storming after all, as this set suggests.
Familiar to rock fans for his solo on the Doors' "Touch Me, Amy was more restrained, more a player of shadings and touch, than his reputation and birthright might lead one to believe. These sessions for the Pacific Jazz label, all cut in the early '60s, open with two albums of the then exceedingly popular combo of organ ...
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Mosaic Select 7: Curtis Amy
Curtis Amy Mosaic Select 7 Mosaic Records
I can still remember doing an interview with Mosaic's Michael Cuscuna several years back when I felt compelled to probe him about the lack of reissues from African American artists who happened to record for the Pacific Jazz label. Many still associate Richard Bock's imprimatur with the 'cool school' and such artists as Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker and fail to understand the full scope of the label's deep ...
ALBUM REVIEW February 2, 2004
Curtis Amy: Mosaic Select 7: Curtis Amy
By AAJ Staff
Although saxophonist Curtis Amy gained wide exposure taking solos on pop tunes like the Doors' "Touch Me" and Carole King's "It's Too Late," he was in fact a superior jazz musician, a soulful, warm hard bop Texas tenor, and a probing soprano soloist. He was also a provocative, wholly original composer. Between 1960 and 1963, Amy recorded six albums for Pacific Jazz, including the brilliant Katanga!, all of which are reissued here on the seventh installment in the Mosaic Select ...
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Name: bernie
Bernie - Meaning of Bernie
What does Bernie mean?
[ 2 syll. ber-nie, be-rn-ie ] The baby boy name Bernie is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is BER-Niy- †. Bernie is used chiefly in the English language, and it is derived from Germanic and Old English origins.
Bernie is a pet form of the name Bernard (Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Polish) in the English language.
Bernie is also a variant of the name Bradburn (English).
See also the related categories, english and germanic (german).
Bernie is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1907, 0.013% of baby boys were given the name Bernie. Its ranking then was #513. The baby name has since substantially fallen in popularity, and is today of very light use. Out of all boy names in its group, Bernie was nonetheless the most widely used in 2018. Bernie has predominantly been a baby boy name in the past century.
Baby names that sound like Bernie include Berny, Birnee, Birney, Birni, Birnie, Birny, Burnee, Burney, Burni, Burnie, Burny, Bahram, Bairam, Bairn, Bajram, Baram, Baran, Barem, Barim, and Barin.
† Pronunciation for Bernie: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
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Howard Leight's "HearForever" Initiative is Next Generation of Hearing Conservation
Sep 23, 2009 | Marketing, People, Prevention, Regulation, Research |
Howard Leight, San Diego, introduces HearForever, an initiative aimed to raise awareness of the dangers, risks, and consequences of noise-induced hearing loss at work and at home.
HearForever personalizes the hearing conservation experience through a series of new advertisements and a special microsite.
"Noise-induced hearing loss is one of the world's most permanent and preventable occupational diseases," said Renee S. Bessette, COHC, marketing manager for Howard Leight LLC, in a statement released by the company. "The goal of HearForever is to spark fresh consciousness and immediate action about NIHL among people from all walks of life.
The ad series addresses the connections between human interactions and hearing loss through thought-provoking images that question, and aim to inspire and empower people to make healthy hearing decisions as part of everyday life.
"The founding of the HearForever initiative—along with the considerable resources and investment dedicated to it and related outreach efforts—represents Howard Leight's 30-year commitment to preventing occupational hearing loss by introducing innovative new hearing protection technology and products and promoting progressive Hearing Conservation Programs," she said.
The Web site provides information on the latest advances, research, and discoveries of noise-induced hearing loss detection and prevention, says the company. It is a source for educational, informative, and motivational materials to help prevent noise-induced hearing loss both on and off the job.
Using a "Learn, Educate, Connect" approach, the site is focused on hearing conservation for everyone exposed to hazardous noise. Facts, statistics, case studies, regulations, news updates, and tools focused on hearing conservation can be found in the "Learn" section. The "Educate" section provides participants with tools for outlining a detailed hearing conservation program. The "Connect" section helps to empower users to interact with HearForever and take action through blogs and "What Can I Do" activities.
In the statement, Bessette said that, over the years, thousands of people worldwide have shared personal stories, questions, and comments about hearing loss. "We aim to connect those involved with hearing conservation and hearing loss-prevention activities, to share their challenges and success stories, and ultimately inspire others," she said.
She noted that the HearForever initiative is especially timely given the proposed EPA rule change affecting the Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) for hearing protection products, testing, and usage. "These impending changes will create many questions among users and purchasers of hearing products … the HearForever microsite will be an extensive educational portal that will answer these questions," she said.
Additional HearForever actions include hearing conservation seminar tours in the United States in September and October. The seminar will include the distribution of materials such as free motivational posters, educational tools, and other outreach activities. Click here for more information on these activities.
[Source: Howard Leight]
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LOS ANGELES -- Dodger Stadium experienced a power failure just before the start of the second inning of the Brewers' 5-2 win over the Dodgers on Monday night.
Milwaukee led at the time, 1-0, when the lights failed and power throughout the stadium momentarily was cut off. Power was restored, but the game was delayed as the lights needed to be reset.
The game resumed after a 23-minute delay.
The Dodgers later released this statement on the outage: "The delay in tonight's game was caused by a disruption in the city's power feed to the facility. Once fixed, the lights came back on and the game resumed after 23 minutes."
Brewers manager Craig Counsell remembered playing a game in San Diego that was suspended by a power outage and finished the next day.
"It was a little bit of a challenge," he said, "but it wasn't a long delay, and we were one inning into the game. So for each guy, I didn't think it was that big of a deal."
Added Brewers starter Freddy Peralta: "I just came in and stretched in the training room, tried to stay hot. That's what I did."


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148 Bird Street
Scottsville, VA 24590
A Christian Community Learning to Love Better
Scottsville Presbyterian Church shares a faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Our congregation belongs to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). We serve the Lord in fellowship with other Presbyterian churches forming the Presbytery of the James in central Virginia.
We are an active congregation involved in many mission and service activities: Meals on Wheels, the Boys and Girls Club, the Discovery School and the Blue Ridge Mobile Food Pantry, to name a few.
We also enjoy a relationship with Chestnut Grove Baptist Church, an African American Church in nearby Esmont. We worship and share fellowship with Chestnut Grove several times a year. We believe that, in this small way, we are healing spiritual wounds resulting from slavery.
Most Sundays, young men from the Discovery School in Buckingham County worship with us. We enjoy their participation with us for the time they are living at the school; they truly add a new dimension to our worship.
Whatever your religious background, we hope you will find a spiritual blessing with us.
We were founded on October 18, 1827, in the nearby town of Warren, under the care of the West Hanover Presbytery. Our initial membership numbered six. Our first minister was the Rev. Samuel Hurd, a graduate of Union Theological Seminary in Richmond.
In 1830, through the influence of Peyton Harrison, a lawyer and large landowner in Albemarle County, the church moved from Warren to Scottsville, an important port on the James River. Harrison provided the land for a new church building, which was built in 1832 and has remained in continuous use since then.
Our two-story, brick building is a notable example of the Federal 'temple" style of church construction, which was common in Virginia in the early 19th century. It was the first church building within the corporate limits of Scottsville.
Through most of the 19th and 20th centuries, a long succession of ministers served the church, often for periods averaging three to five years.
In 1871, the Rev. Thomas D. Bell moved to Scottsville and pastored both the Scottsville and Howardsville churches. Bell remained pastor for 18 years, until his death in 1889. During his pastorate, our church's membership rose to 100, the highest in its history. The Sunday school numbered 71 pupils and eight teachers. In 1950, Sunday school rooms were added in the balcony, which was formerly a slave gallery.
Scottsville Presbyterian withstood the Civil War, two World Wars and numerous floods! In the not-too-distant future, we will be celebrating the church's 200th anniversary. What will the next 200 years bring?
Where We're Headed
We have just this past year finished updating the exterior of our building. This was not a simple paint job but a tedious restoration of doors and windows, shutters and railings. Plus, we replaced broken window panes with authentic antique glass. Other recent improvements include exterior lighting and a refurbished bathroom. Long-term plans include an update to our balcony and the search for a comprehensive outreach/mission program.
Scottsville Presbyterian's 2018 Session
Scottsville Presbyterian Church
148 Bird Street, Scottsville, VA 24590


… NORTH AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN REGIONS BY WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS.
Norwegian Cruise Line has been honored with a bevy of awards including "North America's Leading Cruise Line" for the second year in a row and the "Caribbean's Leading Cruise Line" for the fifth year by World Travel Awards. Norwegian was also awarded "Europe's Leading Cruise Line" for the tenth consecutive year, further exemplifying its position as a world leader in the cruise industry.
The World Travel Awards has been recognizing and acknowledging excellence amongst companies involved in the global travel and tourism industries since 1993. The annual awards are voted on by thousands of travel and tourism professionals from across the globe and honor travel companies that provide outstanding products and customer service.
Norwegian's fifteen ships sail a variety of thrilling itineraries, from the Caribbean to the Panama Canal, Europe, South America and the Mediterranean, as well as Australia and the Far East. All itineraries feature Norwegian's signature cruising experience, offering freedom and flexibility for guests to enjoy their own personal ideal vacation experience on their schedule.
Norwegian's newest ship, Norwegian Bliss, will sail to Alaska, the Caribbean and select voyages to the Mexican Riviera beginning June 2018. The line's sixteenth ship features many firsts-at-sea for the global market including the largest race track at sea, award-winning Broadway entertainment, two observation lounges for guests to enjoy stunning views and so much more. Norwegian has several ships cruising to the Caribbean and the Bahamas from convenient homeport locations including Miami, New York, Tampa, Port Canaveral (Orlando), New Orleans and San Juan, Puerto Rico.


For use with 1/4 in fuel hose. Designed for use with brass pipe nut 015.229 and allows use of flexible fuel hose in conjunction with brass union or banjo fittings, such as those used on SU carburettor and fuel pumps.
Solderless fitting. Use this with Nuts 015.272 and Olives 015.273, 5/16 in Copper Nickel Pipe 015.345 and Locknut 015.281. For other solderless fittings refer to 015.274 to 015.279.
Solderless fitting. Thread size 1/2 in x 24 T.P.I. Use this Nut with Olive 015.273 and 5/16 in Copper Nickel Pipe 015.345. For other solderless fittings refer to 015.274 to 015.280 and 015.281.