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'Gotham: The Complete Third Season'; Arrives On Blu-ray & DVD August 29, 2017 From DC Comics & Warner Bros
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and DC Comics have now officially announced and detailed their Blu-ray & DVD releases of 'Gotham: The Complete Third Season' which will be available to own on both formats beginning August 29, 2017. Hit the jump to read the full announcement for the release including bonus content listings and more.
THE STAKES ARE HIGHER THAN EVER AND ALLIANCES ARE TESTED AS WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASES
GOTHAM: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON
ON BLU-RAYTM AND DVD ON AUGUST 29, 2017
Features all 22 villain-filled episodes, 2016 Comic-Con Panel,3 featurettes &much more!
BURBANK, CA (May 24, 2017) – In the latest season of FOX's hit show, the power struggle in Gotham is more contentious than ever, as DC Super-Villains even more ambitious and depraved are introduced and a realignment of alliances could change the future of Gotham forever. Join Jim Gordon and his Gotham constituents as they navigate the chaos that ensues when the world's most infamous DC Super-Villains wreak havoc on Gotham as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) releases the mysterious Gotham: The Complete Third Season on August 29, 2017. Gotham: The Complete Third Season will feature all 22 episodes plus fascinating special features including three featurettes, Gotham's 2016 Comic-Con panel and deleted scenes, and will be available to own on Blu-ray which includes a Digital Copy ($54.97 SRP) and DVD ($49.99 SRP). Gotham: The Complete Third Season is also available to own on Digital HD via purchase from digital retailers.
The fight for order and control in Gotham is deadlier than ever with the introduction of cunning, new DC Super-Villains who might alter the future of our heroes and their beloved city. With the Indian Hill fugitives on the loose, Jim Gordon takes matters into his own hands as a bounty hunter in order to save the city that he loves, but will he accomplish his mission to find deranged mastermind Hugo Strange and Fish Mooney, one of Strange's villainous subjects? While Gordon plays bounty hunter, Gotham City Police Department's Bullock and Barnes remain on the frontline in Gotham, fighting against crime and destruction in the monster-ridden city. The city seems to be descending further and further into chaos and darkness as burgeoning DC Super-Villains Penguin, Edward Nygma/The Riddler and more are joined by the future Poison Ivy, now transformed into a young woman who's harnessed the full power of her charms, and Jervis Tetch aka Mad Hatter, a. talented hypnotist teetering on the edge of madness. All the while, a young Bruce Wayne discovers that there are still more secrets behind his parents' murder as he peels back the curtain on the infamous criminal organization known as the Court of Owls.
With 5.4 million viewers tuning in per episode, Gotham: The Complete Third Season features an all-star cast lead by Ben McKenzie (Southland, The O.C.), Donal Logue (Sons of Anarchy, Vikings), David Mazouz (Touch), Morena Baccarin (Homeland, V), Sean Pertwee (Elementary), Robin Lord Taylor (The Walking Dead), Erin Richards (Being Human, The Quite Ones), Camren Bicondova, Cory Michael Smith (Carol), Jessica Lucas (Cloverfield), Chris Chalk (Rent), Drew Powell (The Mentalist), Maggie Geha (All My Children), Benedict Samuel (The Walking Dead) and Michael Chiklis (The Shield). Based on the characters from DC and produced by Warner Bros. Television, Gotham was developed by Bruno Heller (The Mentalist, Rome), who executive produces with Danny Cannon (Nikita, CSI), John Stephens (Gilmore Girls, Gossip Girl) and Ken Woodruff (The Mentalist, Shark).
"Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is thrilled to release the third season of the dark and poignant Gotham on Blu-ray and DVD" said Rosemary Markson, WBHE Senior Vice President, Television Marketing. "With villain-filled bonus extras along with the buzzworthy 2016 Comic Con panel, fans can dive further into all the twists and turns that Gotham provides."
With Blu-ray's unsurpassed picture and sound, Gotham: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray release will include 1080p. The full HD Video will feature DTS-HD Master Audio for English 5.1.The 4-disc Blu-ray will feature a high-definition Blu-ray and a Digital Copy of all 22 episodes from season three.
Gotham: 2016 Comic-Con Panel
Madness Rising: the New Villains of Gotham
The Dark Within the Dark: The Court of Owls
Ben McKenzie Directorial Debut
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How the Riddler Got His Name
These Delicate and Dark Obsessions
The Primal Riddle
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All Will Be Judged
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The third season of Gotham is also currently available to own on Digital HD. Digital HD allows consumers to instantly stream and download all episodes to watch anywhere and anytime on their favorite devices. Digital HD is available from various digital retailers including Amazon Video, CinemaNow, iTunes, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox and others. A Digital Copy is also included with the purchase of specially marked Blu-ray discs for redemption and cloud storage through participating UltraViolet retail services including CinemaNow, Vudu and Flixster Video.
About DC Entertainment
DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash, etc.), Vertigo (Sandman, Fables, etc.) and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating its content across Warner Bros. and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment and interactive games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is one of the largest English-language publishers of comics in the world.
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution and interactive entertainment businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. An industry leader since its inception, WBHE oversees the global distribution of content through packaged goods (Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD) and digital media in the form of electronic sell-through and video-on-demand via cable, satellite, online and mobile channels, and is a significant developer and publisher for console and online video game titles worldwide. WBHE distributes its product through third party retail partners and licensees.
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The Ritchie Family are an American vocal group based in Philadelphia that achieved several hits during the disco era. They have reunited and continue to perform. Their latest single "Whatcha Got" was released in 2021.

Background
The three original members were not related; the group was a creation of Jacques Morali who also formed the Village People. The group took its name from record producer Richie Rome, who added a T to the name; it originally consisted of three singers: Cassandra Ann Wooten and Gwendolyn Oliver (who eventually married musician Fred Wesley) of the girl group Honey & the Bees, and Cheryl Mason Jacks. Their manager was Jimmy Bishop, a successful Philadelphia radio personality who also managed Barbara Mason. Morali remembered Wooten and Oliver had done some session work for him, and he called them a few years later when he wanted to form a group and the Ritchie Family was born.

Following Brazil, they had success with the Arabian Nights album. Their follow up albums Life Is Music, which followed a 1930s theme, and African Queens were only mediocre successes. Each of these four albums was a concept album featuring songs of a similar theme as suggested by each album title. Each album also featured a long medley, usually running from 15 to 20 minutes.

Career: Original line up
 Brazil
Their first hit single, a reworking of the 1930s song "Brazil" reached the Top 20 in the United States in 1975. It would also later be nominated for the Best Pop Instrumental Performance at the 1976 Grammy awards but was beaten by "The Hustle" by Van McCoy. The album, also titled Brazil, sold well. By November 1, 1975, it had been on the Billboard Album Chart for five weeks and had moved up from #72 to #62. Between then and December 6 the album did reach #52. By then it had moved down from the previous week's position of #60 to #102. The album did give them another dance hit with "The Peanut Vendor". This first album featured vocals by session singers, Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson and Evette Benton. There was no actual group called The Ritchie Family at this stage.

 Arabian Nights
Cassandra Wooten and Nadine Felder from Honey & the Bees had done some background vocal work for Jacques Morali a couple of years prior and he contacted them as he wanted them to perform live as the Ritchie Family. Not wanting to do secular music anymore, Felder wasn't interested. Wooten and Cheryl Mason-Jacks had been doing some work together in a community theater group. With Wotton's former Honey & the Bee's bandmate, Gwendolyn Oliver they were looking to do background vocal music and started practicing for a few weeks until Wooten got a call back from Morali. So then in 1975, they went down to Sigma Sound Studios to audition. Singing a few bars of Brazil they got the job and became the face of The Ritchie Family. In 1976, they began recording the next album which was Arabian Nights album. The single from the album was "The Best Disco in Town". The song was a medley of recent disco songs linked together with an original chorus got to #17 on the Pop charts and #1 on the Dance charts and it became a worldwide hit. Described in the book Saturday Night Forever: The Story of Disco by Alan Jones and Jussi Kantonen as magnificent from start to finish, Arabian Knights has a travelogue type of theme to it. It begins at Istanbul and then goes to the "Lawrence of Arabia" theme and then to the finish at a Persian Market. It had a Hollywood feel with lively percussion, disco glamour and uncharacteristic male voices helping with the vocal chanting.

 Life Is Music
Phil Hurtt who had co-produced Honey & the Bees material with Bunny Sigler had a good understanding of what qualities the vocalists could bring to the group. With their individual style he knew what they would be like together with Gwendolyn's sweet tone, Cassandra's soul and earthiness and Cheryl's more powerful vocals and embodiment of those two other qualities. So he was granted more time to work with them on their vocal arrangements. The respective talents of each vocalist were highlighted as well. The album sessions were kept within the allotted times and six songs were included. The result was a disco-pop album with some elements of Philly soul. This was also the last album that Ritchie Rome was involved with and he quit around this time. His replacement was Horace Ott for further album releases. Released in 1977 Life Is Music came out on Marlin 2203. By February 12 it was at #184 on the Record World Top 200. By March 15 it was at #13 on the album chart in Italy. By May 10 it was at #10. The single "Life Is Music" peaked at #102 on the Pop charts, #8 on the Dance charts and #74 on the R&B charts.

 African Queens
The album was another themed release with a historical nod to three African queens. With the rhythm backing by the group Gypsy Lane the album had a bit more of the driving Euro type snare drum beat to it than the lush Ritchie sound of the previous releases. In July 1977, it was announced in Billboard that TK Productions was embarking on a massive campaign for the group's African Queens album. The campaign involved mounting an African Queens billboard in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, African Queens kites being flown around the country with kite flying contests being linked to radio stations. There were also African Queens canvas tote bags, tee shirts. Included were full-color photos of Cassandra Wooten, Gwendolyn Oliver and Cheryl Mason Jacks dressed as African queens, Nefertiti, Cleopatra and Queen of Sheba. The album also included the song once done by Martin Denny, "Quiet Village".

Dismissal of original members and their replacement
By 1978, the three members, Wooten, Oliver and Mason-Jacks were dismissed without warning. It came as a shock to them as one day they were there and the next day they weren't. Even their songwriter Phil Hurtt was just as surprised. He went to the studio to attend the recording sessions and there were three new members in front of him. They had been replaced by Jacqui Smith-Lee, Theodosia "Dodie" Draher and Ednah Holt. It was believed that Morali had planned not to renew their contract and he had already been looking for some replacements. Gwendolyn Oliver stepped away from performing and Cassandra Wooten and Cheryl Mason-Jacks later teamed up with Michelle Simpson and formed CasMiJac.

Career: Subsequent line ups
The 1978 album, American Generation, featuring the new line-up was a slight departure from disco and more in the style of Europop, although one of the singles from it was called "I Feel Disco Good." The group abandoned the exotic and highly kitsch costumes of their earlier incarnation in favour of a more contemporary, sexually provocative style. For the next album, Bad Reputation, they brought in Victor Willis (original lead singer of Village People) joining Jacques Morali in writing the material. Holt soon departed (and formed her own group Ednah Holt and Starluv) and was replaced by lead singer Vera Brown; the group enjoyed success with "Put Your Feet to the Beat."

The Ritchie Family line-up of Brown, Smith-Lee and Draher next recorded the Give Me A Break album, which contained the hits "Give Me A Break" and "Never Be Able to Set You Free." Continuing with album releases, the next was a markedly different partnership with Jacques Fred Petrus and Mauro Malavasi, the pair behind Change. The album they recorded was I'll Do My Best (For You Baby); following that was All Night All Right (1983). By this time, Dodie Draher had left the group and newcomer Linda James took over her spot.

In 1980, they joined Village People for the movie Can't Stop the Music. The film was a resounding failure and still appears on many critics' "worst ever" lists; however, the soundtrack album sold well in some parts of the world. Disco music had peaked in major territories such as the USA.

After deciding to split, when group owner Jacques Morali discovered he had AIDS, the group continued as Vera Brown and the Rich Girls for one song called "Too Much Too Fast" that failed completely. Vera Brown has reformed The Ritchie Family, with Dodie Draher and Jacqui Smith-Lee, but without further releases. With original members Wooten, Mason-Jacks and Oliver, the group achieved its highest grossing sales.

Work outside The Ritchie Family

Cas Mijac
Cas Mijac is the name given to a background vocal group which was made up of Michelle Simpson, Cassandra Wooten and Cheryl Mason Jacks.
Wooten and Jacks tried to re-group after their leaving The Ritchie Family. In 1980, Wooten, Mason-Jacks joined Michelle Simpson and sang background vocals on John Lennon's Double Fantasy album. Working with Tony Davilio, they first worked on "Starting Over". As Davilio tells it, they were set up in the studio about three feet away from him around a suspended microphone. Because Wooten, Mason-Jacks, and Simpson didn't read music, Davilio was at the piano giving them their notes. He had to do it a few times and giving each of them their notes a few bars at a time. This method was used in the recording process as well. This can take time. Whenever one of Cas Mijac had to do a retake, the engineer would have to stop the tape and re-cue it back to the point of recording. After the couple of minutes it took to do this, they would sometimes forget their notes which frustrated Davilio who having been a smoker was suffering the effects of nicotine withdrawal. He would forget their names, confusing Cassandra with Cheryl. With the session continuing and both parties forgetting things he was getting frustrated and they were getting annoyed and things were getting unpleasant. While working on the song "Woman" he continued with the misnaming. Meanwhile Lennon had come into the studio and was standing behind him and, in Davilio's words, slapped Davilio "upside the head". The women were discussing going on the road with Lennon, but his being killed ended that opportunity. After that they put priority on new careers and their families.

Other
Cheryl Mason Dorman sang a song "Whatever He Says, Just Do It!" which appears on the Christian-themed Pacita's Friends album  which also featured Lenora Davis, Carrie Lloyd and Roz Christian. The album was released in 2007. Gwendolyn Oliver (married to musician Fred Wesley) opted for the quiet life, was a committed Christian who was very involved in her church and held Bible study sessions. She died on November 27, 2020 at age 71.

Reformation
In the beginning of reforming, Cheryl Mason-Dorman and Cassandra Wooten worked for a period of time with Michelle Simpson who they worked with in Cas Mijac. Then they stopped for a period and then later settled with Renee Guilory-Wearing. Now with original members Cassandra Wooten, Cheryl Mason-Dorman and new member Renee Guilory-Wearing as the reformed group they started touring.

The Ritchie Family is featured in Jim Arena's book First Ladies of Disco, released in June 2013. In July 2016, The Ritchie Family released a single "Ice" on Martha Wash's Purple Rose recording label. The song was later remixed and released as a maxi-single of six tracks.

Members timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums
Greatest Hits (1990, Unidisc)
The Best Disco in Town: The Best of the Ritchie Family (1994, Hot Productions)

Singles

 "The Best Disco in Town" also charted at No. 4 on the Disco Action chart as part of all tracks from the album Arabian Nights.

Soundtracks
 1979:	Je Te Tiens, Tu Me Tiens Par La Barbichette
 1980:	Can't Stop the Music

References

External links

 Facebook - Original line up
 Facebook - Original Ritchie Family
 Soulwalking - The Ritchie Family

Interviews
 Live it Up with Donna Drake The Ritchie Family, Aug 30, 2016
 Backstage Exclusives With Robin Richie featuring THE RITCHIE FAMILY, Nov 3, 2019
 The Ritchie Family interviewed by Lenny Fontana for True House Stories™ # 017, Nov 19, 2020

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In addition, the Department of Theatre Arts embraces professional standards in the studio, classroom and production laboratory. A comprehensive ongoing review process occurs across all five degree programs: B.S. in Theatre arts Management, B.A. in Theatre Studies, B.F.A. in Theatre Production and Design – with concentrations in Design or Technology, and B.F.A. in Musical Theatre or Acting. Review is an essential component of upholding the quality and integrity of the training provided, especially in the B.F.A. (pre-professional) programs.
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A simile uses the phrases "like" or "as" where as a metaphor compares two unlike things by simply declaring it so.
So, an example of a simile would be "as angry as a bull"….
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Carrey currently stars in and executive produces series "Kidding". And Clarke recently wrapped filming the eighth and final season of the HBO series "Game of Thrones", which is aired in India on Star World.


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Aug 2018BlueHope Australia
Jun 2018Orange Sky Australia
Apr 2018Blind Eye Centre
Feb 2018Christmas Appeal
Dec 2017Salvation Army
Nov 2017BlueKnot Foundation
Oct 2017Beyondblue Foundation
To promote mental health awareness and wellbeing in the Brisbane community, our team at Brisbane City Psychologists has kindly volunteered 100+ hours so far to deliver:
Complimentary 20-min consultations with a Clinical Psychologist at our practice;
Chocolate Meditation Workshops for organisations;
Mental health awareness workshops for organisations.
Australia's Biggest Morning Tea brings people together to help fund Cancer Council's life-saving research, prevention, support programs, and information.
Our team proudly hosted a Morning Team at Brisbane City Psychologists. It was a lot of fun, and it was a great success!
Brisbane City Psychologists will donate 10% of the 2019 Mindfulness Program for Stress & Anxiety's profits to BeyondBlue.
Three million Australians currently experience anxiety or depression and every day nearly eight people commit suicide.
Beyondblue's mission is to provide support, tools and information for all Australians to achieve their best possible mental health and support those around them struggling with anxiety and depression.
Brisbane City Psychologists hosted a Toy & Food Drive in November/December 2018 for The Salvation Army Christmas Appeal to support their objective to bring hope to kids and teenagers in need over the Christmas period.
Food, toys, and gifts donated by our team members were delivered to The Salvation in December 2018, just in time for their amazing volunteers to pack lovely boxes and deliver to those in need before Christmas!
Brisbane City Psychologists donated all proceeds from $20 Consultations during July and August 2018 to SANE Australia.
SANE Australia is a national mental health charity working to support 4 million Australians affected by complex mental illness. SANE's work includes:
helping people affected by mental health issues improve their lives and reduce the risk of suicide;
mental health awareness;
online peer support and information;
stigma reduction;
specialist helpline support;
research and advocacy.
Brisbane City Psychologists donated all proceeds from 20-minute consultations during May and June 2018 to BlueHope.
BlueHope was created to provide support to former and current police officers, as well as their families, suffering from mental health issues. Having served as police officers themselves, they understand how they are often reluctant to reach out for help and use the internal support system. They have therefore created this not-for-profit organisation to provide independent and confidential support service, provided by people with policing experience.
Brisbane City Psychologists donated all proceeds from 20-minute consultations during March and April 2018 to OrangeSky Australia.
Orang Sky Australia is a free mobile laundry service for people experiencing homelessness. A brilliant idea founded by two 20-year-old Brisbane mates, Nic Marchesi and Lucas Patchett, who installed a couple of washing machines and dryers in the back of their old van, visiting parks in Brisbane to wash and dry clothes for free.
They not only help improve hygiene standards and restore dignity to people doing it tough but also tap into something more significant: the power of having meaningful conversations with people in need. The provision of such platform for conversation has become their main mission, attracting our attention as we understand how influential it can be in the lives of those struggling with mental health issues.
We would like to donate enough to fund 100 washes = 100 hours of meaningful conversations.
Brisbane City Psychologists donated all proceeds from 20-minute consultations during January and February 2018 to the Blind Eye Drop-in Centre in South Brisbane.
The Blind Eye Centre is a daytime sanctuary for the most vulnerable in our city. It is based on Christian values and behaviour with each individual being treated with dignity and respect.They run regular activities and provide basic facilities and services such as showers, a coffee and tea bar, and lunch daily at 12 pm among others, to assist those with a variety of needs. The centre is privately funded and runs on a volunteer basis.
Brisbane City Psychologists hosted a Toy & Food Drive in December 2017 for The Salvation Army Christmas Appeal to support their objective to bring hope to kids and teenagers in need over the Christmas period.
Food, toys and gifts donated by both clients and team members were delivered to The Salvation Christmas Warehouse in Bowen Hills on the 14th December 2017, just in time for their amazing volunteers to pack lovely boxes and deliver to those in need before Christmas!
Brisbane City Psychologists donated all proceeds from 20-minute consultations during November and December 2017 to The Salvation Army – Christmas Appeal.
Christmas isn't always a joyous occasion. For many, Christmas represents loneliness, isolation and stress.
Every year, The Salvation Army gives hope by providing food hampers and gifts to children and families in need during the Christmas season. They also run free Christmas meals across the country, every year. These events bring together those who are doing it tough, for a meal and companionship.
Brisbane City Psychologists donated all proceeds from 20-minute consultations during September and October 2017 to BlueKnot Foundation.
BlueKnot Foundation is a leading national not-for-profit organisation. Their main purpose is to help improve the lives of 1 in 4 adult Australians (5 million) who have experienced childhood trauma and abuse in all its forms, including:
neglect;
domestic violence in childhood;
sexual abuse; and
other adverse childhood events known as complex trauma.
Brisbane City Psychologists donated all proceeds from 20-minute consultations during August and September 2017 to BeyondBlue.
3 million Australians currently experience anxiety or depression and every day nearly 8 people commit suicide.
Praise & Recognition
Brisbane City Psychologists was a finalist for the prestigious Queensland Mental Health Week Achievement Awards, which celebrates and recognises outstanding achievement, commitment and effort in the mental health space by individuals and organisations big and small.
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Inside The Hells Angels :: Hells Angels Forever.
With the recent demise of probably the most popular televison show about outlaw bikers (Sons of Anarchy), what better way to spend time than to look at the original template. The motorcycle club that all others are measured against. The real McCoy. I'm talking of course, about the one and only Hells Angels. Incidentally, I just discovered several of the cast members in S.O.A were actual members of the HAMC Not sure if that's art imitating life or vice versa.
Formed in 1948 in California, the club to this day claims to be comprised of motorcycle enthusiasts that raise money for charities, while law enforcement agencies take a much different view. Whichever you believe, one thing is undeniable. When they ride in packs on Harley Davidsons, with that unmistakable winged death head on their backs, they are absolute 100% badasses. If you want to know more about how the club operates, check out an article Fortune did on them a while back. In the meantime, here's Hells Angels Forever – a 1983 documentary that profiles the infamous club, and features Sonny Barger, one of the founding members of the club. You can watch the whole movie below.
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Conformational flexibility in the molecular structure of rotenone, a naturally occurring insecticide
M. Rossi, P. Z. Fule, M. R. Taylor
Forestry, School of
The crystal and molecular structure of rotenone, a naturally occurring insecticide with mitochondrial and mitotic spindle inhibitory properties, was determined by direct methods. The crystals were orthorhombic, space group, P2I2I2I with two molecules in the asymmetric unit; a = 8.413 (1) A ̊, b = 19.840(1), c = 23.581(1), V = 3936 A ̊3, Z = 8. The structure was refined by least-squares methods to a final R = 0.067. The two molecules in the asymmetric unit have different conformations about the junction between the nonaromatic rings B and C. Ring B is in a sofa conformation in both molecules, with a slight distortion toward a half-chair in I, but with C8 and C8′ on opposite sides of the planar part of the rings. This difference in conformation results in I having an extended (linear) shape while II is V-shaped. The more elongated conformation of the molecule (I) has not been reported in previous studies. Ring C also has opposite conformations in the two molecules. The angle between the planes formed by rings A and D in molecule I is 64.3°, while in molecule II it is 88.3°. Molecular mechanics techniques were used to determine the energy of the two conformations. These calculations, at room temperature, predict molecule II to be the more stable conformer. The highly flexible site in the B/C ring junction is also chemically very reactive. This flexibility and reactivity are further discussed in terms of rotenone's inhibitory activities.
Bioorganic Chemistry
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Rossi, M., Fule, P. Z., & Taylor, M. R. (1988). Conformational flexibility in the molecular structure of rotenone, a naturally occurring insecticide. Bioorganic Chemistry, 16(4), 376-387. https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-2068(88)90023-5
Conformational flexibility in the molecular structure of rotenone, a naturally occurring insecticide. / Rossi, M.; Fule, P. Z.; Taylor, M. R.
In: Bioorganic Chemistry, Vol. 16, No. 4, 12.1988, p. 376-387.
Rossi, M, Fule, PZ & Taylor, MR 1988, 'Conformational flexibility in the molecular structure of rotenone, a naturally occurring insecticide', Bioorganic Chemistry, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 376-387. https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-2068(88)90023-5
Rossi M, Fule PZ, Taylor MR. Conformational flexibility in the molecular structure of rotenone, a naturally occurring insecticide. Bioorganic Chemistry. 1988 Dec;16(4):376-387. doi: 10.1016/0045-2068(88)90023-5
Rossi, M. ; Fule, P. Z. ; Taylor, M. R. / Conformational flexibility in the molecular structure of rotenone, a naturally occurring insecticide. In: Bioorganic Chemistry. 1988 ; Vol. 16, No. 4. pp. 376-387.
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Household credit continued to decline in May, and loans to companies also fell, new data from the Central Bank said.
On an annual basis, loans to households fell by 3.9 per cent, compared with a decline of 4 per cent in the year ending April.
The decline in May was largely driven by a €242 million decline in loans for house purchases, and the sector showed a 2.5 per cent annual drop compared with April.
Lending for other purposes fell by €44 million last month, with loans for consumption increasing by €21 million.
Companies also saw credit decline over the year, with a 2.1 per cent fall in the year ending , with loans dropping by €338 million on a monthly basis.
Short-term loans rose by €68 million, but medium and long-term credit facilities fell by €301 million and €105 million respectively last month.
The figures also showed the decline in resident private sector deposits slowed from April, falling by 3 per cent over the year. In the previous month, the rate of decline had been 3.4 per cent.
Households saw the deposit level edge lower, by 0.3 per cent, while company deposits fell by 3.3 per cent. Deposits from insurance corporations and pension funds and other financial intermediaries were 7.9 per cent lower.
On a monthly basis, deposits were down €69 million, with household and company deposits rising by €48 million and €43 million. That was offset by a €160 million decline deposits by pension funds and financial intermediaries.


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Dublin shipping investment 'could create jobs'
The ongoing efforts to rehabilitate Dublin's status as a global financial and economic centre following Ireland's credit crash could be set to continue with an ambitious proposal to build an international shipping services centre in the form of a hub for the maritime industry in the city's docklands.
Dublin's Docklands are currently undergoing substantial investment, with areas such as Spencer Dock attracting a great deal of funding as developers attempt to drive urban regeneration across the Irish capital.
With IDA Ireland backing these plans from ISSC Dublin, along with the Irish Maritime Development Organisation, they could see a further major boost for Dublin.
According to the Irish Times, wealthy businessman Denis O'Brien - who has major interests in aviation finance through Aergo Capital - is the biggest investor behind the scheme, which could see the city attempt to build up its maritime network in a similar way to its air network.
CBRE surveyor Cormac Megannety told the Irish Times the companies involved are currently talking to landowners about what part of the city could be used, although the situation remains "delicate".
The shipping services centre "in Dublin docklands will become the prime location for shipping finance, leasing, innovative debt structuring products and specialist maritime services including securitising and listing," ISSC said.
Hopes are high that this will create more finance jobs in the capital, as well as highlighting its status as a potential hub for international firms planning to gain a foothold in the region.
Mr Megannety pointed out that Ireland's 12.5 per cent corporation tax rate was one attraction, noting that its tonnage tax is also a favourable one for businesses involved in the maritime industry.
He estimated that ISSC could also bring 2,500 ancillary jobs, in addition to 3,500 jobs directly, and take on some five per cent of the world's shipping traffic in a bid to rival other maritime hubs such as Hong Kong and Singapore.
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Aaron Carlson is thrilled to be working on this project with best friend and fellow Loyola alum, Ioanna Kekatos. Aaron approaches life through a lens of curiosity, integrity, and a willingness to take risks. He believes that educating yourself and being critical of the world around you is paramount to finding where a good story starts. Likewise, he would argue that no story ever has a true ending.
Aaron earned a bachelor's of business administration with honors from Loyola University Chicago, and also holds two master's degrees from Northern Illinois University, an MBA and an M.S. of higher education.
His diverse career background and extensive written work prepares him well for critical discussion on a variety of topics, including wellness, corporate/political strategy and issues pertaining to social justice and equity.
Aaron is thrilled to be joining Amazon at the end of the summer as an Operations Area Manager! In his off time he invests in the market, goes for runs, travels with his fiancé, and bakes whatever his fiancé is craving.
Ioanna Kekatos is a Chicago native who is trilingual in Greek, English and French. She has a background in HTML coding, SEO, Google Analytics, Reporting, Scriptwriting, Editing (Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut, and AVID), and inews.
She graduated with her Master's in Digital Media and Storytelling from Loyola University. In addition to her Bachelors Degree in Multimedia Journalism from Loyola University Chicago, she has hands-on experience working at NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt, WGN, and Rambler Sports Locker.
Ioanna has a passion for storytelling and doing so in an ethical and just way. From sports and to local news and politics, Ioanna has covered it all. She is the head anchor and reporter of Rambler Sports Locker.
She enjoys working in high-pressure situations. From researching and interviewing to recording and editing, she likes to follow the story from beginning to end.
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Jon knew his dad meant well, but he also knew that it wasn't true. Their schedule — their lives for the past 10 months — had totally dependent on the schedule of the courtroom. Dependent on the judge, on the lawyers and on Edward Spilling.
For the rest of his life, Jon would always remember his 16th year as the one Spilling stole from him. He stole his mother and the notion that good always beat evil. On the day Edward Spilling burst into their home, looking for a place to hide after a gas station robbery gone wrong, Jon stopped seeing the world one way and started seeing it another.
He was glad that Spilling was being sentenced today. He had seen him every day for a month as the trial went on. Jon saw him yawn, saw him stink-eye witnesses, saw him joke with his attorney, who returned the laugh.
Jon wanted to kill them both right then and there.
He knew, that he'd see Spilling again after this, when he went for parole — and the prosecutor warned them that there probably would be parole hearings — Jon and his dad would have to testify if they didn't want him to go free again.
After three hours of waiting in the courtroom, the judge finally came to read the sentence. Twenty years for taking Jon's mother. He felt his father wince beside him.
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A Beginner's Guide to the Enlightenment
Denis Diderot, Editor of the Encyclopédie. Wikimedia Commons
The Enlightenment has been defined in many different ways, but at its broadest was a philosophical, intellectual and cultural movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It stressed reason, logic, criticism, and freedom of thought over dogma, blind faith, and superstition. Logic wasn't a new invention, having been used by the ancient Greeks, but it was now included in a worldview which argued that empirical observation and the examination of human life could reveal the truth behind human society and self, as well as the universe. All were deemed to be rational and understandable. The Enlightenment held that there could be a science of man and that the history of mankind was one of progress, which could be continued with the right thinking.
Consequently, the Enlightenment also argued that human life and character could be improved through the use of education and reason. The mechanistic universe – that is to say, the universe when considered to be a functioning machine – could also be altered. The Enlightenment thus brought interested thinkers into direct conflict with the political and religious establishment; these thinkers have even been described as intellectual "terrorists" against the norm. They challenged religion with the scientific method, often instead favoring deism. The Enlightenment thinkers wanted to do more than understand, they wanted to change for, as they believed, the better: they thought reason and science would improve lives.
When Was the Enlightenment?
There is no definitive starting or ending point for the Enlightenment, which leads many works to simply say it was a seventeenth and eighteenth-century phenomena. Certainly, the key era was the second half of the seventeenth century and almost all of the eighteenth. When historians have given dates, the English Civil wars and revolutions are sometimes given as the start, as they influenced Thomas Hobbes and one of the Enlightenment's (and indeed Europe's) key political works, Leviathan. Hobbes felt that the old political system had contributed to the bloody civil wars and searched for a new one, based on the rationality of scientific inquiry.
The end is usually given as either the death of Voltaire, one of the key Enlightenment figures, or the start of the French Revolution. This is often claimed to have marked the downfall of the Enlightenment, as attempts to rework Europe into a more logical and egalitarian system collapsed into bloodshed which killed leading writers. It's possible to say that we are still in the Enlightenment, as we still have many of the benefits of their development, but I've also seen it said we're in a post-Enlightenment age. These dates do not, in themselves, constitute a value judgment.
Variations and Self-Consciousness
One problem in defining the Enlightenment is that there was a great deal of divergence in the leading thinkers' views, and it is important to recognize that they argued and debated with each other over the correct ways to think and proceed. Enlightenment views also varied geographically, with thinkers in different countries going in slightly different ways. For instance, the search for a "science of man" led some thinkers to search for the physiology of a body without a soul, while others searched for answers to how humanity thought. Still, others tried to map humanity's development from a primitive state, and others still looked at the economics and politics behind social interaction.
This might have led to some historians wishing to drop the label Enlightenment were it not for the fact that the Enlightenment thinkers actually called their era one of Enlightenment. The thinkers believed that they were intellectually better off than many of their peers, who were still in a superstitious darkness, and they wished to literally 'lighten' them and their views. Kant's key essay of the era, "Was ist Aufklärung" literally means "What is Enlightenment?", and was one of a number of responses to a journal which had been trying to pin down a definition. Variations in thought are still seen as part of the general movement.
Who Was Enlightened?
The spearhead of the Enlightenment was a body of well-connected writers and thinkers from across Europe and North America who became known as the philosophes, which is the French for philosophers. These leading thinkers formulated, spread and debated the Enlightenment in works including, arguably the dominant text of the period, the Encyclopédie.
Where historians once believed that the philosophes were the sole carriers of Enlightenment thought, they now generally accept that they were merely the vocal tip of a much more widespread intellectual awakening among the middle and upper classes, turning them into a new social force. These were professionals such as lawyers and administrators, office holders, higher clergy and landed aristocracy, and it was these who read the many volumes of Enlightenment writing, including the Encyclopédie and soaked up their thinking.
Origins of the Enlightenment
The scientific revolution of the seventeenth century shattered old systems of thinking and allowed new ones to emerge. The teachings of the church and Bible, as well as the works of classical antiquity so beloved of the Renaissance, were suddenly found lacking when dealing with scientific developments. It became both necessary and possible for philosophes (Enlightenment thinkers) to begin applying the new scientific methods - where empirical observation was first applied to the physical universe - to the study of humanity itself to create a "science of man".
There was not a total break, as the Enlightenment thinkers still owed a lot to Renaissance humanists, but they believed they were undergoing a radical change from past thought. Historian Roy Porter has argued that what in effect happened during the Enlightenment was that the overarching Christian myths were replaced by new scientific ones. There is a lot to be said for this conclusion, and an examination of how science is being used by commentators does seem to greatly support it, although that's a highly controversial conclusion.
In general, Enlightenment thinkers argued for freedom of thought, religion, and politics. The philosophes were largely critical of Europe's absolutist rulers, especially of the French government, but there was little consistency: Voltaire, critic of the French crown, spent some time at the court of Frederick II of Prussia, while Diderot traveled to Russia to work with Catherine the Great; both left disillusioned. Rousseau has attracted criticism, especially since World War 2, for appearing to call for authoritarian rule. On the other hand, liberty was widely espoused by Enlightenment thinkers, who were also largely against nationalism and more in favor of international and cosmopolitan thinking.
The philosophes were deeply critical, indeed even openly hostile, to the organized religions of Europe, especially the Catholic Church whose priests, pope, and practices came in for severe criticism. The philosophes were not, with perhaps some exceptions like Voltaire at the end of his life, atheists, for many still believed in a god behind the mechanisms of the universe, but they railed against the perceived excesses and constraints of a church they attacked for using magic and superstition. Few Enlightenment thinkers attacked personal piety and many believed religion performed useful services. Indeed some, like Rousseau, were deeply religious, and others, like Locke, worked out a new form of rational Christianity; others became deists. It was not religion which irked them, but the forms and corruption of those religions.
Effects of the Enlightenment
The Enlightenment affected many areas of human existence, including politics; perhaps the most famous examples of the latter are the US Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. Parts of the French Revolution are often attributed to the Enlightenment, either as recognition or as a way to attack the philosophes by pointing to violence such as the Terror as something they unwittingly unleashed. There is also debate about whether the Enlightenment actually transformed popular society to match it, or whether it was itself transformed by society. The Enlightenment era saw a general turn away from the dominance of the church and the supernatural, with a reduction in belief in the occult, literal interpretations of the Bible and the emergence of a largely secular public culture, and a secular "intelligentsia" able to challenge the previously dominant clergy.
The Enlightenment of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries era was followed by that of a reaction, Romanticism, a turn back to the emotional instead of the rational, and a counter-Enlightenment. For a while, in the nineteenth century, it was common for the Enlightenment to be attacked as the liberal work of utopian fantasists, with critics pointing out there were plenty of good things about humanity not based on reason. Enlightenment thought was also attacked for not criticizing the emerging capitalist systems. There is now a growing trend to arguing that the results of the Enlightenment are still with us, in science, politics and increasingly in western views of religion, and that we are still in an Enlightenment, or heavily influenced post-Enlightenment, age. More on the effects of the Enlightenment. There has been a lean away from calling anything progress when it comes to history, but you'll find the Enlightenment easily attracts people willing to call it a great step forward.
Wilde, Robert. "A Beginner's Guide to the Enlightenment." ThoughtCo, Aug. 26, 2020, thoughtco.com/a-beginners-guide-to-the-enlightenment-1221925. Wilde, Robert. (2020, August 26). A Beginner's Guide to the Enlightenment. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/a-beginners-guide-to-the-enlightenment-1221925 Wilde, Robert. "A Beginner's Guide to the Enlightenment." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/a-beginners-guide-to-the-enlightenment-1221925 (accessed January 28, 2023).
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Monaghan launches a Wetland Network for nature, climate and people
The Monaghan Wetland Network is launching during National Heritage Week, to showcase the importance of wetlands for nature, climate and people.�
The purpose of the Monaghan Wetland Network is to safeguard our wetlands through conservation and nature enhancement measures, promoting their biodiversity, cultural, health benefits and values, sharing our experiences and building capacity to protect our wonderful wetland heritage.�
Funding is also being made available through Monaghan County Council, via the Monaghan Wetland Action Plan Fund to carry out actions at a Wetland Network sites. The aim of the fund is to incentivise community groups and individual landowners to take positive actions for wetland sites as part of the Monaghan Wetlands Action Plan. �The fund is modest, but it is planned to grow this in subsequent years as the network develops.
The Heritage Office of Monaghan County Council invites people, community groups and landowners to join the County Monaghan Wetland Network. The Heritage Officer Shirley Clerkin said "We are in a climate and biodiversity crisis, and we need our wetlands as part of a resilient nature to help buffer some of the negative impacts of these changes. �We also need to build understanding and skills about nature and wetlands in the county. Our recent attitudes study found that 87% of respondents were interested in conserving wetlands. This network is a response to this need."
This network is part of the County Monaghan Wetland Action Plan, which is developing a plan to protect, enhance, conserve, and advocate for the biodiversity and heritage of Monaghan's wetlands. Monaghan County Council Heritage Office is working alongside Wetlands Surveys Ireland to develop the plan, and a web app to make it easy to identify wetland sites.
How to join the County Monaghan Wetland Network? ... you can find out more �and download a booklet on the scheme on the County Monaghan Heritage website by following this link: bit.ly/MonaghanWetlandNetwork
This project is being funded by Monaghan County Council Heritage Office (monaghan.ie/heritage) and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage under the National Biodiversity Action Plan.
An Introduction to Wetlands in County Tipperary
To coincide with the start of Heritage Week and to celebrate wetlands in County Tipperary, Wetland Surveys Ireland have just published a new online story map entitled: An Introduction to Wetlands in County Tipperary.
The story map was produced by Mary Catherine Gallagher and Peter Foss and was funded by the Tipperary Heritage Office through the National Biodiversity Action Plan fund.
The online story map features lots of information on the wetlands found in County Tipperary, their importance to our wildlife and our own health and includes a section on wetlands to visit in County Tipperary.�
You can see the story map at: bit.ly/TipperaryWetlands
#MapofIrishWetlands @TheHeritageCouncil @tipperarycc @tipperarylibraries @DeptHLGH
Leitrim's Wetland Wealth
Leitrim's Wetland Wealth - A story map showcasing the wetland habitats of County Leitrim has just been launched by Wetland Surveys Ireland as part of the forthcoming Heritage Week events.
The story map was produced by Mary Catherine Gallagher and Peter Foss and was funded by the Leitrim Heritage Office through the County Heritage Plan scheme.
The story map features a range of information about the wetlands found in County Leitrim, their importance to our wildlife and the ecosystem services they provide us with. The story map includes a section on wetlands to visit in County Leitrim.�
You can see the story map at: bit.ly/LeitrimWetlands
#MapofIrishWetlands @TheHeritageCouncil @DeptHLGH @leitrimcoco
MWAP Public Survey on attitudes to wetlands
During April we asked people to complete a questionnaire on a range of topics relating to peoples attitudes and knowledge about �wetlands in County Monaghan, which would inform the development of the County Monaghan Wetland Action Plan.�
The infographic below shows a summary of findings from the 156 completed surveys submitted. The project team would like to thank all those who completed a survey and for the additional valuable information they provide on many wetlands in the county.�
You can download the infographic PDF here.
#MonaghanWAP #MapofIrishWetlands
FarmPEAT Project looking to recruit a Project Officer
The FarmPEAT Project is currently looking to recruit a Project Officer with an agri-environmental background. The position is based out of our midland office in Moate, County Westmeath. View the job description and instructions on how to apply�on the projects website at www.farmpeat.ie.
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Restoring Monaghan's Wetlands - Free Webinar - All welcome!
During the online webinar we will:
outline the value of County Monaghan wetlands and the ecosystem services they provide such as carbon capture and flood control
hear from groups who have undertaken wetland projects
learn how you can help take action to protect and restore wetlands�
find out more about the objectives of the Monaghan Wetland Action Plan
When: Apr 27, 2021 at 19:00 on Zoom
Webinar registration: bit.ly/MWAPwebinar
Public survey on attitudes to wetlands in County Monaghan
The County Monaghan Wetland Action Plan 2020-2021 aims to develop an integrated plan for the conservation of the wetland resource in County Monaghan, through co-operation and engagement with a wide range of partners and community groups.�
As part of the development of the plan the project team are asking members of the public to complete a short anonymous questionnaire on their attitudes to wetlands, how people use them and what they value about wetlands across the county.�
The survey is being undetaken on behalf of the Monaghan County Council Heritage Office (monaghan.ie/heritage) and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage under the National Biodiversity Action Plan.�
You can complete the survey by using this link: bit.ly/WetlandsPublicSurvey
County Monaghan Wetland Action Plan Preliminary Scope and Methodology Report 2020
The County Monaghan Wetland Action Plan 2020-2021 (MWAP) aims to develop an integrated plan for the conservation of the wetland resource in County Monaghan, through co-operation and engagement with a wide range of partners and community groups. A report outlining the methodology to be used in the formulation of the MWAP has been just been published by Monaghan County Council.�
Extensive work has been undertaken over the past fifteen years in identifying and characterizing the ecological character of wetlands throughout County Monaghan. The outcome of this work has produced a valuable dataset containing information on 710 wetlands, of which 202 have been subject to field survey. This information will form the basis of a Wetland Action Plan for the county. As part of this project, those 202 sites for which standard information is available will be evaluated in relation to the provision of ecosystem services following a "Rapid Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Services (RAWES)" approach as promoted by the Ramsar convention. This approach aims to assess the multiple benefits that wetlands provide.
Following the RAWES assessment, the project will objectively identify management, restoration and rehabilitation priorities for the wetland resource of the county to, amongst other things, improve biodiversity outcomes and climate mitigation/adaptation.
The project will help define climate action as well as management strategies, defining an action plan for wetland protection in County Monaghan.
The project will help determine whether high-carbon ecosystems should be prioritised for restoration and rehabilitation budgets over the coming years to safeguard peat carbon storage and sequestration. In the County Monaghan context, wetlands that are not peatlands may play important roles in flood mitigation and biodiversity protection and the ecosystem services on these sites will also be assessed as part of the project.
Actions will be costed as part of the plan and likely will focus on the re-wetting of drained fens and peatlands, prevention of nutrient inputs to wetlands, removal of invasive species including self-seeded conifers, awareness raising and capacity building initiatives.
A public engagement strategy will be developed and funding sources identified to ensure the wide uptake of the wetland action plan among partners and community groups, the primary beneficiaries in County Monaghan.
The County Monaghan Wetland Action Plan (MAWP) project is a joint project initiative funded by Monaghan County Council, and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
County Monaghan Wetland Action Plan 2020-2021 Web App
The County Monaghan Wetland Action Plan 2020-2021aims to develop an integrated plan for the conservation of the wetland resource in County Monaghan, through co-operation and engagement with a wide range of partners and community groups.
As part of this project, the 202 sites for which standard survey information is available thanks to past wetland surveys in the county, will be evaluated in relation to the multiple benefits (ecosystem services) that these wetlands provide.�
A web app developed as part of the Monaghan Wetland Action Plan project shows the location of these wetland across the county, and allows local groups and interested parties see the results and outcome of the project.�
The map can be viewed here: bit.ly/MonaghanWAP
County Monaghan Wetland Action Plan 2020-2021
The County Monaghan Wetland Action Plan 2020-2021aims to develop an integrated plan for the conservation of the wetland resource in County Monaghan, through co-operation and engagement with a wide range of partners and community groups. The plan is being launched to co-incide with World Wetlands Day on the 2 February.�
Extensive work has been undertaken over the past fifteen years in identifying and characterizing the ecological character of wetlands throughout County Monaghan. The outcome of this work has produced a valuable dataset containing information on 710 wetlands, of which 202 have been subject to field survey.�
This information will form the basis of a Wetland Action Plan for the county. As part of this project, the 202 sites for which standard information is available will be evaluated in relation to the multiple benefits (ecosystem services) that these wetlands provide.
The project will objectively identify management, restoration and rehabilitation priorities for the wetland resource of the county to, amongst other things, improve biodiversity outcomes and climate mitigation/adaptation.


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FREDERICK NELSON VOGT
B. January 23, 1917 in Illinois
D. February 9, 1917 in Fremont Township, Lake County, IL
Father: Joseph August Vogt born June 2, 1877 in Germany son of Joseph Vogt (1845-1910) and Johanna (Scholz) Votg (1849-1919); married Abigail Jane "Abbie" Converse on April 5, 1901 in Lake County, IL; Joseph died October 1958 in Lake Villa, Lake County, IL (See section pertaining to Joseph August Vogt buried in the Fort Hill Cemetery)
Mother: Abigail Jane "Abbie" (Converse) Vogt born July 21, 1879 in Volo, Lake County, IL daughter of Cyrus Converse (1851-1922) and Belle C. (Parks) Converse (1861-1938); Abigail died October 6, 1956 in Pistakee, McHenry County, IL (See section pertaining to Abigail Jane "Abbie" (Converse) Vogt buried in the Fort Hill Cemetery)
Ethel C. (Vogt) Benwell born September 15, 1901 in Illinois; married Clifford George Benwell (1892-1953) about 1920 as his second wife, son of George C. Benwell (1857-1939) and Adell M. (Claxton) Benwell (1864-1920); Clifford married (1) Jennie V. Potter (1894-1918) daughter of Charles Potter and Mary (Barrus) Potter; Ethel's last residence in Round Lake, Lake County, IL; Ethel died December 1986
Edward Charles "Chub" Vogt born September 16, 1903 in Avon Township, Lake County, IL; Edward died June 30, 1978 in Lake County, IL (See section pertaining to Edward Charles "Chub" Vogt buried in the Fort Hill Cemetery)
Bernard W. Vogt born July 10, 1906 in Fremont Center, Lake County, IL; married Mary E. Beckey (1907-1983), daughter of William James Beckey (1877-1943) and Eda Belle (Snyder) Beckey (1885-1942); Bernard died June 9, 1977 in Kenosha, Kenosha County, WI; Bernard and Mary are buried in Warren Cemetery, Gurnee, Lake County, IL; according to the Daily Sentinel (Woodstock IL) Monday, June 13, 1977, page 8:
"BERNARD W. VOGT – ANTIOCH – Bernard W. Vogt, 70, Camp Lake, Wis., died Thursday, June 9, in Kenosha Memorial Hospital, Kenosha, Wis. He was born July 10, 1906, in Fremont Center, and moved to Camp Lake four years ago. He farmed in the Round Lake area for many years. Survivors are his widow, Mary; a daughter, Mrs. Lawrence (Joe) Weidman, Salem, Wis.; a granddaughter, Keri; a brother, Edward Vogt, Island Lake; and a sister, Mrs. Ethel Benwell, Round Lake. Services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Strang funeral home, Antioch, with burial in Warren cemetery."
Mary Vogt born January 11, 909 in Avon Township, Lake County, IL; Mary died March 15, 1939 in Grant Township, Lake County, IL (See section pertaining to Mary Vogt buried in the Fort Hill Cemetery)
Frank Vogt born August 4, 1911 in Round Lake, Lake County, IL; married Mary Reba McKenzie on May 22, 1940, daughter of Hugh Hamilton McKenzie (1878-1945) and Mary Rebecca (Matthews) McKenzie (1881-1970); Frank died May 18, 1960 in Waukegan, Lake County, IL (See section pertaining to Frank Vogt buried in the Fort Hill Cemetery)
George Vogt born about 1914 in Illinois
According to the Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947:
"Name: Frederick Nelson Vogt; Birth Date: 23 Jan 1917; Birth Place: Illinois; Death Date: 9 Feb 1917; Death Place: Fremont Twp, Lake, Illinois; Burial Date: 11 Feb 1917; Cemetery Name: Port Hue (sic Fort Hill); Death Age: 17 Days; Race: White; Marital status: S; Gender: Male; Father Name: Joseph Vogt; Father Birth Place: Germany; Mother Name: Abbie Converse; Mother Birth Place: Lake Co., Ill; FHL Film Number: 1543604"


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House Manager Sharon Calladine talks us through a day in the life of an islander who spends all winter taking care of a reclaimed Georgian Mansion House
The House Manager of the reclaimed Georgian Mansion House known as Belmont House on Unst, Shetland, has revealed the extraordinary work and personal effort which goes into maintaining the unique property and its VisitScotland 4 star status throughout the winter months.
Sharon Calladine, an Australian former Secondary School Teacher who has taught English, Geography and History in Australia, England and Egypt, as well as Applied Linguistics in the Middle East, Japan and China, has looked after Belmont House for the past three years. Alongside handling bookings and administration, she carries out numerous practical tasks to ensure everything is ready for guests on arrival. Living nearby on the island, Sharon, additionally acts as a point of contact for guests whilst they are at Belmont.
Although self catering business for the House, which dates back to 1775 when it was built by local landowner Thomas Mouat, is most brisk in the Spring and Summer, there can still be the odd group of guests staying at the property over the festive period, mainly local Shetlanders, or guests staying to attend the Up Helly Aa celebrations in January and February.
The House is fortunate enough to be booked this year between Christmas and New Year with a local family who want to get together and relax," says Sharon, who moved to Unst seven years ago, having originally come to visit on holiday with her husband, a Scotsman from Angus. The well travelled pair describe themselves as "in love with all islands," but were particularly attracted to the beauty and tranquillity of Unst.
"If we have a festive booking we make a real point of decorating Belmont for Christmas, as it looks amazing," says Sharon. "I add many of my own Christmas ornaments as I live in a small croft house, so am never able to decorate it as thoroughly as I would like. I also crochet and have made more than seventy little Christmas wreaths to hang up on the tree and fireplace. The Board of trustees that run the House, together with myself, want it be as festive and welcoming as possible. It's a grand house, the grandest on the island, and deserves to be dressed up at this time of the year."
"Deep cleaning however, begins in earnest in January," says Sharon. "We have a VisitScotland 4 star rating and have to maintain our high standards. The House can be very busy with people coming and going during the summer months, so it's really important to have time to clean and carry out maintenance when it's not catering for guests. It's an old House, and we have harsh weather conditions to contend with, but I am glad to say that we have our routine down to a fine art which more than delivers the results we need."
The Georgian character of Belmont's bedrooms has been carefully preserved.
And it is a very thorough routine indeed, with Belmont House cleaned from top to bottom, often by Sharon herself and just one other helper, her cleaner Allyson Williams. They counteract the damp weather and salt spray from the sea by cleaning and wiping down all Belmont's windows and external doors with vinegar, to reduce mould. Exposed woodwork, such as the porch benches, are re-painted, whilst the wooden benches in the kitchen are oiled with olive oil.
"We really put our backs into our deep clean, disinfecting door handles, shampooing carpets, cleaning soft furnishings and curtains, and washing and cleaning all the fireplaces," said Sharon. "We even take down the light fittings, and the paintings on the walls to clean behind them."
Belmont House has an outside pavilion and a basement which are also cleaned out thoroughly. "This year I hope to oil and stain all of the woodwork in the West Pavilion," said Sharon. "It's a real asset to the Main House with some guests choosing to sleep here for a more adventurous experience.
Sharon explained that occasionally plans for any repairs to Belmont in the winter could be hampered by extreme weather conditions, but many suppliers are local, including Charlie Clark, referred to as the "maintenance hero".
"He will be making a counter top cover for the laundry sinks," she says. "He also helps us check the fire and sprinkler systems, which are very important jobs. He is really invaluable for a whole host of maintenance issues as sometimes we can't get tradesmen over from other islands."
Once everything is done, Belmont House will be ready once again for another busy lettings season, which sees Belmont particularly busy in April and May with bird and wildlife watchers visiting Unst.
The Mansion House is deep-cleaned every winter from top to bottom.
"Next year is the VisitScotland Year of Coasts and Waters, which is ideal for us here on Unst, surrounded by stunning coastline and sea!" says Sharon. "We will be once again looking at hosting some media as part of our ongoing PR and Marketing campaign, and we hope to have many guests coming from all over the UK and beyond."
"I love seeing groups enjoying themselves here. I also like knowing that myself and the Trustees are doing all we can to preserve and maintain the historical integrity of the House for the guests, and its importance to the island. It makes Belmont come alive having people here. It's a beautiful, magical House which feels very cosy. It's wonderful seeing others appreciate its beauty, calmness and place in the landscape."
Sharon finished by saying, "It may be a great deal of hard work maintaining a House like this in this location, and I am sure many guests will not appreciate just what goes into keeping Belmont as grand as she was in her heyday as the House of the island's rich landowner, but to me, it's well worth a bit of sweat and the odd callused hand, as it's a real privilege to look after this property, and to be a part of its long term, viable future."
It's ironic as my original plan on coming to Unst to live was to be semi retired! You could say that Belmont House got under my skin!
Belmont House is owned by the Belmont Trust, a registered charity formed to ensure the preservation and protection of Belmont for the benefit of Shetland. Income from visitors to Belmont House goes directly towards the ongoing maintenance and upkeep of the property.
Belmont House has been rated 5 star 'Excellent' on TripAdvisor and 4 star by the National Trust for Scotland Holidays. Rates are from just £25 per person per night (based on a short break with 10 sharing). Flexible arrival and departure dates. Guests can stay for full weeks or short breaks. The minimum stay is two nights. Belmont House welcomes guests contacting them direct to discuss their requirements in order to plan your stay and travel arrangements.
For more information contact Sharon Calladine on +44 (0)1957 711870 or email at bookings@belmontunst.co.uk
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Q: Characterization of eventually periodic orbits Let $f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R}$, $x\mapsto 2x^2-1$. We consider the sets
$A=\{x\in\mathbb{R}\,|\,\mbox{the sequence of iterates $f^n(x)$ is eventually periodic}\},$
$B=\{\cos{(a\pi)}\,|\,a\in\mathbb{Q}\}$.
We have the inclusion $B\subseteq A$, which follows from $f^n(\cos(a\pi))=\cos(2^na\pi)$ and the piegenhole principle, since for a fixed $a\in\mathbb Q$ the set $\{\cos(2^na\pi)\,|\,n\geq0\}$ is finite.
Is it true that $A=B$ ?

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Jun 17, 2019 - World
Trump to send 1,000 troops to Middle East as Iran tensions escalate
Dave Lawler, author of World
The U.S. is deploying an additional 1,000 troops to the Middle East in response to "hostile behavior by Iranian forces and their proxy groups" that threaten U.S. "personnel and interests," acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan announced Monday.
The backdrop: The U.S.-Iran standoff is reaching uncharted waters. As the Trump administration scrambles to rally an international response to Iran's alleged covert attacks last week, Tehran is taking a long-feared step in broad daylight — announcing it will breach the 2015 nuclear deal's limits on enriched uranium in 10 day's time.
Shanahan said the U.S. isn't seeking "conflict" with Iran, but would "make adjustments to force levels as necessary given intelligence reporting and credible threats."
Meanwhile, the Pentagon tonight released additional photos it says indicate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps was behind attacks on two oil tankers last week.
While the U.K., Saudi Arabia and Israel have backed the administration's assessment, domestic critics and some U.S. allies — including Germany and Japan — have demanded more evidence
The big picture: President Trump now faces dual challenges — deterring attacks on oil shipments through the critical Strait of Hormuz and keeping Iran from marching toward a nuclear weapon — amid a crisis that many of America's allies privately hold him at least partially responsible for.
Barbara Slavin of the Atlantic Council argues for Axios Expert Voices that Iran is "signaling the death" of the 2015 nuclear deal.
"Even if initial infringements are modest, the combination of rising tensions in the Persian Gulf, a near-total U.S. embargo on Iranian energy exports and Europe's failure to operationalize a reliable means of trading with Iran is increasingly unstable," she writes.
"If the Iranians make good on their threat… Tehran will have enough fuel to make a single bomb in less than a year for the first time since the 2015 agreement went into effect," David Sanger writes in the NY Times.
The White House, meanwhile, is accusing Iran of "nuclear blackmail" and vowing to never allow the regime get a bomb.
The Trump administration argues that the impending crisis only highlights the vulnerabilities of the original deal. Trump's critics argue that he left the deal without a Plan B, and has simply been squeezing Iran since and waiting for something to burst.
The Trump administration has said its ultimate goal is a new, more comprehensive deal with Iran. Trump has said repeatedly that he doesn't want a war.
But officials suggested that even absent a deal the maximum pressure campaign would render Iran less dangerous by restricting its cashflow. Recent events are challenging that theory.
What to watch: Iran is now betting that the Trump administration "is too risk-averse to resort to military action and potentially touch off a regional conflagration," Slavin writes. That too will be put to the test.


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Report: US Must Improve Cyber Defense and Intelligence Capabilities
"Develop strategies beyond the current patch and pray procedures."
WASHINGTON-- (The Blaze/AP)-- A new study warns that the U.S. must develop cyber intelligence as a new and better coordinated government discipline that can predict computer-related threats and deter them.
The report by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance says the dramatic expansion of sophisticated cyber-attacks has moved beyond acceptable losses for government and businesses that simply threaten finances or intellectual property.
"The impact has increased in magnitude, and the potential for catastrophic collapse of a company has grown," said the report, which is slated to be released later this month. It adds that it is not clear that the business community understands or accepts that.
The report comes amid growing worries the U.S. is not prepared for a major cyberattack, even as hackers, criminals and nation states continue to probe and infiltrate government and critical business networks millions of times a day.
INSA, a non-partisan national security organization, says the U.S. must develop strategies beyond the current "patch and pray" procedures, create cyber intelligence policies, coordinate and share intelligence better among government agencies and businesses, and increase research on attack attribution and warnings.
And it says the U.S. must develop effective cyber intelligence so officials can assess and mitigate the risks.
Many of the report's observations echo sentiments expressed by Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security officials who have been struggling to improve information sharing between the government and key businesses. But efforts to craft needed cybersecurity legislation have stalled on Capitol Hill.
INSA's report also lays out the growing threats from other nations - including those who are friendly, corrupt or just unable to control hackers within their borders.
While it doesn't name the countries, it notes that failed states provide opportunities for hackers, as they do for criminals and terrorists, while other nations tolerate the criminals as long as they concentrate their activities beyond their borders.
U.S. officials have long pointed to Russia and China, as well as a number of Eastern European nations, as some of the leading safe havens for cybercriminals, or government-sponsored or tolerated hacking.
At the same time, the report warns that the U.S. has also outsourced much of the design and maintenance of computer technology to other countries where potential adversaries can easily insert themselves into the supply chain.
"The present situation is as dangerous as if the United States decided to outsource the design of bridges, electrical grids, and other physical infrastructure to the Soviet Union during the Cold War," said INSA, which is headed by Frances Townsend, who was homeland security adviser in the Bush administration.
Much like the criticism of the overall intelligence community in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, the INSA report says that cyber intelligence needs better coordination among government agencies, as well as with the private sector.