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A BRIEF HISTORY OF DORKING RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB 1921-2018
Dorking Rugby Football Club is founded with just one men's team and the first matches were played in Dorking on Meadowbank.
DRFC moves to a single rugby pitch at Pixham Lane. The Pavilion is shared with Dorking Cricket Club and the ground is shared with Old Dorkinians Football Club. The teams use the Star & Garter pub to get changed!
As DRFC grows in popularity, a Second team (A XV) is founded.
Sadly DRFC ceases to play, not to resume again until 1946, when just one team can start up again. It's not until 1947 that the A XV is reformed.
A third team (ExA XV) is founded and a 2nd pitch is borrowed on a cowfield at Sondes Place Farm. Alan Clatworthy joins the club, leading to the role of Hon. Secretary from 1949 to1958 and a marathon 45 year Presidency from 1963 to 2008.
The first fixture of Dorking v Muffinmen, leading to the creation of the invitational side playing annually against Dorking right up until 1992.
Dorking Schoolboys XV is founded. One team of mixed ages from 13 to 18 play in Christmas holidays. It grows in popularity until being split into three age groups U14, U16 and U18 in 1965.
Rugby is proving popular! A Fourth team (B XV) is founded.
The 60s were all about revolution! Captain Kirk and Lt. Uhura had the world's first interacial kiss... Apollo 8 is the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon... and DRFC appointed its first club coach!
With a new 50 year lease for the Pavilion and three rugby pitches, DRFC moves to Brockham Big Field. A new Pavilion is built and shared with Old Epsomians RFC and MVDC.
In a big year for the kids of Dorking as the Minis is founded for boys and girls aged 6 to 12 by Ted Ivens who is subsequently elected as the first Youth Chairman.
A very important area of the Pavilion, the bar area is extended from single to two storeys, leaving the changing rooms as single storey.
The Club's first Chairman Ted Ivens, is elected.
DRFC is appointed as host Club of the first Surrey Rugby Mini Festival, setting the scene for years to come!
The first Dorking Women's team is founded. Additionally, the 1st XV plays in first London Leagues as the RFU introduces Leagues for all Clubs.
Old Epsomians RFC leave the Big Field and DRFC takes over their assets and liabilities.
DRFC is awarded the RFU Mini and Youth Seal of Approval.
DRFC wins the Powergen National Vase at Twickenham, followed another success with DRFC winning the U17 National Championship at Worcester in 2007.
1st XV is promoted to RFU National Leagues for the first time in the Club's history, and DRFC's legal status changes from Members' Club to Incorporated Company limited by guarantee.
DRFC becomes the first Rugby Club in England to be registered as a full Registered Charity. Another registered charity - the National Trust - grants DRFC a new 50 year Lease the following year.
In a huge year for the club, DRFC is awarded coveted RFU Accredited Club status, wins the U17 National Championship at Worcester, and takes over responsibility for entire pavilion, which is demolished internally, leaving only outside walls and roof standing. The £1m refurbishment is completed during summer months and the Pavilion is re-opened by Bill Beaumont, RFU Chairman, on 31st October.
DRFC 1st XV wins the London and SE Division 1 League. Promotion to National League 2 South.
The club feels great pride in ex-youth member George Kruis making his England debut against New Zealand at Twickenham – the same year that another former youth player, Kay Wilson represented England in the Women's Rugby World Cup (debut 2011).
The club had a major restructure resulting with the appointment of the former 1st XV Captain Armand Roux as first DoR of DRFC. Another swell of pride as another ex-youth player, Elliot Daly makes his debut against Ireland during the Six Nations championship. DRFC 1st XV enters the National 3 South, and the club hosts it's biggest mini festival ever, with c.2,500 children playing throughout the day.
DRFC launches The John Douglas Youth Development fund, with the primary aim of financially funding projects and initiatives in the support of obtaining the highest possible standard and engagement of rugby through DRFC, with a particular emphasis on Youth Development. Its relevance is reinforced by two ex-Dorking youth players being selected for the 2017 Lions tour.


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Den olympiska elden, OS-elden, är en av de viktigaste symbolerna för de Olympiska spelen.

I antikens Grekland representerade elden kontakt med gudarna. Enligt grekisk mytologi fick människorna eld först sedan Prometheus stulit den från gudarna för att ge den till människorna. Då Zeus fick reda på detta blev han arg och straffade både människorna och Prometheus. För att hedra gudarna brann det alltid en eld på Hestias altare i Olympia.

De moderna olympiska spelen
I de moderna olympiska spelen tänds den olympiska elden i mars några månader innan spelen börjar.
Då skickas facklan till Olympia och börjar sin tur. En fackla placeras invid en spegel som med hjälp av solen tänder elden. Elden infördes i de olympiska sommarspelen 1928 i Amsterdam. En arkitekt kom på idén med att ha en eld som skulle brinna medan spelen pågår.

Sedan Olympiska spelen i Berlin 1936 färdas elden från Olympia till OS-stadion med en stafett, vilket ursprungligen var ett påhitt av Carl Diem som var ordförande i Tysklands olympiska kommitté 1936. Idén gavs klartecken av den tyska propagandaministern Joseph Goebbels. I Grekland, Jugoslavien och Tjeckoslovakien förekom det därför protester när elden fördes genom de länderna och i Prag släckte demonstranter facklan.

Under Olympiska spelen i Mexico City 1968 blev Enriqueta Basilio historisk när hon som första kvinna tände den olympiska elden.

Nästa gång elden släcktes var inför OS 1992 i Barcelona då tyska studenter i Köln hällde vatten över facklan i protest mot dess nazistiska ursprung. Inför Peking-OS 2008 tvingades organisatörerna att släcka facklan och avbryta stafetten när den passerade i Paris på grund av omfattande demonstrationer, den här gången mot att Kina arrangerar spelen.

På senare år har det blivit tradition att kända idrottare eller före detta idrottare springer den sista sträckan i stafetten och sedan tänder elden på stadion. Den förste kände idrottsman som tänt elden var Paavo Nurmi (1952). Andra som tänt elden är fotbollsspelaren Michel Platini (1992), tungviktsboxaren Muhammad Ali (1996) och friidrottaren Cathy Freeman (2000).

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Wolff, Isabel
Born in Warwickshire, England. Education: Cambridge University, B.S. (English).
Home—Islington, England. Agent—Author Mail, c/o HarperCollins, 77-85 Fulham Palace Rd., Hammersmith, London W6 8JB, England.
Novelist and journalist. Worked as an actress; British Broadcast Corporation World Service, London, England, radio producer and reporter for twelve years.
The Trials of Tiffany Trott, Onyx (New York, NY), 1998.
The Making of Minty Malone, Onyx (New York, NY), 1999.
Out of the Blue, HarperCollins (London, England), 2001, Red Dress Ink (New York, NY), 2003.
Rescuing Rose, HarperCollins (London, England), 2002.
Behaving Badly, HarperCollins (London, England), 2003.
SIDELIGHTS:
After changing careers from actress to radio producer, Isabel Wolff became an author, as she explained on her Web site, "without ever having set out to be a novelist." While working as a producer and reporter for the British Broadcast Corporation, Wolff also wrote freelance articles for several periodicals. In 1997 the London Daily Telegraph asked her to write a comic column, and it was there that popular British working-girl persona Tiffany Trott was born. Tiffany's exploits interested HarperCollins, who commissioned Wolff to turn the column into a book. Tiffany is a thirty-seven-year-old London-based copy writer who, after having been dumped by her guy, goes on a quest to find a new man. She goes on blind dates, attends singles events, and answers personal ads. Eventually she finds "Seriously Successful" only to find out he is seriously married. New Yorker book critic Liesl Schillinger likened Wolff's 1998 book The Trials of Tiffany Trott to popular British bachelorette heroine Bridget Jones. A reviewer for Publishers Weekly called the novel "hilarious and distinctly British," with a "quaint English vocabulary" sure to "add to the amusement for stateside readers."
Wolff's second novel, The Making of Minty Malone, tells the tale of a recently dumped radio reporter trying to cope with being jilted at the altar. In Publishers Weekly the critic admired Wolff's "unwavering sense of humor and offhand wit." Despite the "sappy ending," the reviewer concluded, the author's "talent for outrageous characters" makes this novel a success.
Out of the Blue, Wolff's third book, was called a "sweet, funny romance" by Booklist contributor Kristine Huntley. Faith Martin is a weather forecaster who discovers her husband has been cheating on her. With her teenage daughter and her glamorous magazine-editor best friend, Faith sets out to find another proverbial fish in the sea. Out of the Blue is "genuinely funny," a Publishers Weekly contributor claimed, but the "odd plot twists feel contrived" and sometimes the protagonist is "so clueless that she can be painful to watch."
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
Booklist, February 15, 2003, Kristine Huntley, review of Out of the Blue, p. 1058.
New Yorker, February 21-28, 2000, Liesl Schillinger, review of The Trials of Tiffany Trott, p. 58.
Publishers Weekly, June 28, 1999, review of The Trials of Tiffany Trott, p. 76; June 26, 2000, review of The Making of Minty Malone, p. 56; January 27, 2003, review of Out of the Blue, p. 237.
Isabel Wolff Web site,http://www.isabelwolff.com (May 21, 2003).*
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Under the heading 'Regulations', you will find more information about long-term access to KPN Wholesale's fixed broadband connection networks in the following items: 'open wholesale model 2014' and 'verbrede vrijwillige aanbod 2018' ('extended voluntary offer 2018').
In addition, KPN must publish a number of regulations on its website. These reports are also available on this section of the website under the heading Tarieven en kostendocumenten ('Rates and Cost Documents').
On Monday, May 19, 2014, KPN made a proposal for an Open Wholesale Model during the Industry Group Hypothesis session on Market Analyses.
On Tuesday, February 27, 2018, KPN Wholesale published its 'Verbrede vrijwillige aanbod' (Extended voluntary services) related to KPN's high-quality broadband network. These services guarantee long-term security of supply for wholesale partners and freedom of choice for Dutch consumers.
KPN publishes a number of reports on its website, which is required under the regulations.


A Big Thanks to Leanne at she can quilt for hosting this fun event! I'm sorry to say that I didn't get as much done as I wanted to this quarter. Here was the original post with the lofty list.
Orb Quilt - I requested this block a second time in a bee so I could have double the amount of blocks (and make the quilt double awesome), but sadly, I am still waiting on one more to arrive so this isn't done.
Big 10 Quilt - I am 3 seams away from completing the top, but it isn't done either.
Mondarin - blocks done, need to sew together - Forget it. I'm not feeling this one so will no longer put it on a finish list. Don't be surprised if one day though, I just finish it up and show it to you!
Churn Dash - The blocks are done but I still need to decide on a design and sew them all up.
I have decided not to do a low volume quilt. I just got caught up in all the hype and wasn't doing it because I wanted to, so now, I'm not doing it at all.
2 M quilts, one is basted and one almost has the top done, you will hear about both of them soon.
Baby Allen is going to get this quilt, I only have the label left and it will be heading to Washington, D.C.
Canada/USA Quilt is waiting for a big maple leaf.


I always say, the only thing I love more than playing with dead animals, is live ones. I love that so so much more. Here's just a few of the dogs that I have found on the streets on LA or rescued from shelters and then fostered personally in my home. Each one of these wonderful dogs now has a safe, permanent home and I'm lucky to have had them in my life.
Please spay, neuter, adopt and foster.


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Stuck jet stream, La Nina causing weird weather in U.S.
For example, there is a blizzard warning on Hawaii's Big Island summits, with up to 12 inches of snow expected and gusts over 100 mph.
By SETH BORENSTEINAssociated Press
Kenneth Warner races into the water to help rescue the driver of a car that went into the flooded Nooksack River on Nov. 16 in Ferndale, Wash. The Pacific Northwest is getting record rainfall, while Denver and the Rockies still haven't seen their first significant snowfall of the season. Elaine Thompson/Associated Press, file
America's winter wonderland is starting out this season as anything but traditional.
The calendar says December but for much of the country temperatures beckon for sandals. Umbrellas, if not arks, are needed in the Pacific Northwest, while in the Rockies snow shovels are gathering cobwebs.
Meteorologists attribute the latest batch of record-shattering weather extremes to a stuck jet stream and the effects of a La Nina weather pattern from cooling waters in the equatorial Pacific.
It's still fall astronomically, but winter starts Dec. 1 for meteorologists. This year, no one told the weather that.
On Thursday, 65 weather stations across the nation set record high temperature marks for Dec. 2, including Springfield, Missouri, hitting 75 degrees Fahrenheit and Roanoke, Virginia, 72 degrees Fahrenheit. Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Billings, Montana, broke longtime heat records by 6 degrees.
Parts of Canada and Montana have seen their highest December records in recorded history. On Friday, parts of South Carolina and Georgia hit record highs.
In Washington state, Seattle, Bellingham and Quillayute all set 90-day fall records for rainfall. Bellingham was doused by nearly 2 feet of rain. The Olympic and Cascade mountains got hit harder, with more than 50 inches in three months, according to the National Weather Service. Forks, Washington, received more rain in 90 days than Las Vegas gets in 13 years.
On top of that, there is a blizzard warning on Hawaii's Big Island summits, with up to 12 inches of snow expected and wind gusts of more than 100 miles per hour.
Meantime, snow's gone missing in Colorado. Before this year, the latest first measurable snowfall on record in Denver was Nov. 21, way back in 1934. There's a slight possibility of snow Monday night, according to the weather service. Yet, with no snow since April 22, this is the third longest stretch the city has gone without it.
One big factor: The jet stream – the river of air that moves weather from west to east on a rollercoaster-like path – has just been stuck. That means low pressure on one part of the stream is bringing rain to the Pacific Northwest, while high pressure hovering over about two-thirds of the nation produces dry and warmer weather, said Brian Hurley, a senior meteorologist at the weather service's Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland.
If the jet stream moves more or bends differently, rain and other extreme weather won't be as concentrated, Hurley said.
This is a typical weather pattern with a natural La Nina weather oscillation, he said. The flip side of El Nino, a La Nina is a cooling of parts of the central Pacific Ocean that changes weather patterns across the globe. La Ninas tend to bring more rain to the Pacific Northwest and make the South drier and warmer.
These bouts of extreme weather happen more frequently as the world warms, said meteorologist Jeff Masters, founder of Weather Underground who now works at Yale Climate Connections. But scientists haven't done the required study to attribute these events to human-caused climate change.
In Boulder, Colorado, meteorologist Bob Henson enjoyed a rare December bike ride on Thursday.
Still, "there's a lot of angst about the lack of snow," he said. "It puts you in a psychic quandary. You enjoy the warm weather while keeping in mind it's not good for Earth to be warming."
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nox's lifestream: Neil's point-free blog � Blog Archive � What is OSGi for??
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On my end am becoming increasingly curious about OSGi. Wonder how long till I succumb and scratch that itch and plunk down and do some happy code.
There are a variety of usage scenarios I can think right out of the bat. Wether its a fat client or a beer-belly server, who would not love upgrading your JAR dependent lifestyle with SOA concept based OSGi goodness?


We'll be sending out your new council tax bill for 2018/19 the week beginning 5 March. It will tell you which band you're in and how much you need to pay from April 2018. If you're signed up to paperless billing you'll get it by email on or shortly after Monday 5 March.
Your bill will be correct as of 23 February 2018. If you make any final payments, something changes - for example, you move home, or you're awarded any discounts or exemptions after this date, it won't show on your bill. If the amount you pay then changes, we'll send you a revised bill.
Check your bill carefully to make sure you know what you need to pay and that you're getting any discounts or exemptions or council tax support you're entitled to. If you disagree with the amount you need to pay, you may be able to appeal your council tax bill. You must continue to pay your council tax until a decision has been made.
The council tax we collect is shown as a 'precept'on your bill, and is collected on behalf of us, Kent County Council, police and fire services and parish councils, to help pay for services you receive.
Your bill will show how much each instalment is and how you can pay it. If you pay by direct debit, you don't need to do anything, your amounts will change automatically. If you pay using one of our Allpay cards, this is still valid as long as you haven't moved home.
If you own a property that has been empty for two years or more, an additional 50% charge, known as a premium, will be shown on your bill.
Your bill may show arrears if you pay in 12 monthly instalments and haven't yet paid February and March amounts, if you paid them after 23 February, or if you haven't paid some or all of your council tax. If you're struggling to pay, you must contact our council tax team as soon as possible. If you don't let us know and continue to not pay, we may take action to recover the outstanding money.
See how we work out your council tax and find out where it goes.


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Making the right decision is not always easy, especially for teenagers who are still working to find their places in the world. Unfortunately, teenagers who make wrong decisions can sometimes face serious consequences that can affect the rest of their lives. Those who face criminal charges at a young age may have to deal with legal and personal consequences such as:
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Animal Man
Species: Human
Creators: Carmine Infantino, Dave Wood
Associated Teams: Forgotten Heroes, Justice League
Powers: Animal-like physiology
Animal Man (Bernhard "Buddy" Baker) is a fictional DC Comics superhero. As a result of being in proximity to an exploding extraterrestrial spaceship, Buddy Baker acquires the ability to temporarily "borrow" the abilities of animals (such as a bird's flight or the proportionate strength of an ant). Using these amazing powers, Baker fights crime as the costumed superhero, Animal Man.
Animal Man is also the name of a monthly comic book series featuring Baker. It was released in DC's high quality New Format, and was published without the Comics Code Authority seal of approval, later becoming one of the first titles in the Vertigo imprint.
Created by writer Dave Wood and artist Carmine Infantino, Buddy Baker first appeared in Strange Adventures #180 (September 1965) and adopted the name Animal Man in issue #190. Animal Man was a minor character for his first twenty years, never gaining the popularity of other DC heroes such as Batman or Superman. However, he became one of several DC properties, such as Shade, the Changing Man and Sandman, to be revived and revamped in the late 1980s for a more mature comics audience. As seen in the comic below, he was billed as a "full time hero", an aspect that would be the most changed by Morrison's revamp.
Grant Morrison's Animal Man was innovative in its advocacy for animal rights, willingness to break the fourth wall and portrayal of Animal Man as an everyman hero with a wife and children. After that series ended in 1995, the character has made brief appearances in DC crossover events. Animal Man recently was a major character in the weekly series 52.
Although Morrison's issues are the better-known and higher selling, the title's entire run maintained a general consistency of themes, content, and narrative structures. These included social consciousness, metaphysics, deconstruction of the superhero genre and comic book form, postmodernism, eccentric plot twists, explorations of cosmic spirituality and mysticism, the determination of apparent free will by a higher power, and manipulation of reality including quantum physics, unified field theory, time travel and metafictional technique. The series is well-known for its frequently psychedelic and "off the wall" content.
A majority of the series' cover art was done by Brian Bolland, often portraying intentionally unusual or shocking imagery with no text blurbs.
Animal Man debuted in Strange Adventures #180 in 1965, in a story written by Dave Wood and drawn by Carmine Infantino and George Roussos. Animal Man was given his costume and name in Strange Adventures #190. He continued as a semi-regular feature in the book, making occasional cover appearances, until the introduction of Deadman, who became the main feature with issue #205.
His subsequent appearances were sporadic and sparse. In 1980, Animal Man made a notable guest appearance in Wonder Woman #267-268.
His main appearances in the 1980s were as a member of the "Forgotten Heroes", a team of minor DC heroes. It was in that capacity that he appeared in the company-wide crossover event Crisis on Infinite Earths.
In the late 1980s, following the slate-cleaning Crisis on Infinite Earths event, DC began employing innovative writers, mostly young and mostly British, to revamp some of their old characters. In the period that saw Alan Moore reinvent Swamp Thing, and Neil Gaiman do the same with The Sandman, Animal Man was re-imagined by Scottish writer Grant Morrison. Morrison wrote the first 26 issues of the Animal Man comic book, published between 1988 and 1990, with art by Chas Truog and Doug Hazlewood; Brian Bolland provided the covers.
Although the series was initially conceived as a four-issue limited series, it was upgraded into an on-going series following strong sales. Consequently, Morrison developed several long-running plots, introducing mysteries, some of which were not explained until a year or two later. The title featured the protagonist both in and — increasingly — out of costume. Morrison made the title character an everyman figure living in a universe populated by superheroes, aliens, and fantastic technology. Buddy's wife Ellen, his son Cliff (9 years old at the beginning of the series), and his daughter Maxine (5 years old) featured prominently in most storylines, and his relationship with them, as husband, father, and provider, was an ongoing theme.
The series championed vegetarianism and animal rights, causes Morrison himself supported. In one issue, Buddy helps a band of self-confessed eco-terrorists save a pod of dolphins. Enraged at a fisherman's brutality, Buddy drops him into the ocean, intending for him to drown. Ironically, the man is saved by a dolphin.
Buddy fought several menaces, such as ancient, murderous spirit that was hunting him; brutal, murderous alien Thangarian warriors; and even the easily-defeated red robots of an elderly villain who was tired of life. The series made deep, sometimes esoteric, reference to the entire DC canon, including B'wana Beast, Mirror Master, and Arkham Asylum.
During his run on the title, Morrison consistently manipulated and deconstructed the fourth wall the imaginary barrier separating the reader from the setting of the story which also extends to the characters and their creators. One visual expression of this theme was to present characters in a state of partial erasure often juxtaposing the artist's pencil drafts with the finished art. Additionally, some characters become aware that they are being viewed by a vast audience, and are able to interact with the borders of the panels on the page. The series notably contained the only overt references to the various Earths of the pre-Crisis DC Multiverse.
Issue #5, "The Coyote Gospel," features Crafty, a thinly-disguised Wile E. Coyote (of the Road Runner cartoons). Weary of the endless cycle of violence which he and his cartoon compatriots are subject to, Crafty appeals to his cartoonist-creator. A bargain is struck: he can end the violence only by willingly being condemned to leave his cartoon world, entering Animal Man's "comic" world instead. The issue concludes with a series of "pull-back" shots beginning with a close-up of Crafty's bleeding body (and white blood), culminating with a panel depicting the cartoonist's immense hand, coloring Crafty's blood with red paint. The issue is partly a religious allegory and partly a juxtaposition of the various layers of reality: cartoon to comic book, comic book to real life. It was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Single Issue of 1989.
The culmination of this self-referentiality is Animal Man's eventual discovery that all of the inhabitants of the DC universe are fictional characters. He even meets Grant Morrison, the callous "god" who controls his life.
Buddy suffers a tragedy when his wife and children are brutally murdered while he is away on a case. [1] Buddy tracks down the killers to exact vengeance. His search leads him into a comic book limbo, a plane of residence for characters who are not actively written about. Animal Man ultimately confronts his writer in issue #26, and his family is restored to life, as Morrison finds he cannot justify keeping them dead simply for the sake of "realism".[2] (See comic book death)
Grant Morrison also explains to Buddy that he writes him as a vegetarian only because he himself is a vegetarian too, and every trait Baker possesses could be changed at a whim. "They might do the obvious and go for shock by turning you into a meat-eater," Morrison says. In issue #27, the first of Peter Milligan's run, Buddy indeed bites into a horse.
Following Morrison's run, Peter Milligan wrote a 6-issue story featuring several surreal villains and heroes, exploring questions about identity and quantum physics and utilizing the textual cut-up technique popularized by William Burroughs. Tom Veitch and Steve Dillon then took over for 18 issues in which Buddy goes to work as a movie stuntman and explores mystical totemic aspects of his powers. Jamie Delano wrote 29 issues with Steve Pugh as artist, giving the series a more horror-influenced feel with a "suggested for mature readers" label on the cover, beginning with issue #51.
After Jamie Delano's first six issues, wherein, among other things, he killed off the central character of Buddy Baker, created the "Red" and resurrected Buddy as an "animal avatar" (analogous to the "Green" of Swamp Thing), the series became one of the charter titles of DC's new mature readers Vertigo imprint with #57, and its ties to the DC Universe became more tenuous. Vertigo was establishing itself as a distinct "mini-universe" with its own continuity, only occasionally interacting with the continuity of the regular DC Universe. The title evolved into a more horror-themed book, with Buddy eventually becoming a non-human animal god. The super-hero elements of the book were largely removed — since Buddy was re-born as a kind of animal elemental, and legally-deceased, he discarded his costume, stopped associating with other heroes, and generally abandoned his crime-fighting role. He co-founded the Life Power Church of Maxine to further an environmentalist message, drifting along Route 66 to settle in Montana. In Delano's final issue was #79, culminating in Buddy dying several more times.
Between issues #66 and #67, Delano also penned the Animal Man Annual #1, focusing on Buddy's daughter Maxine. It was the third part of Vertigo's attempt to create a crossover event titled The Children's Crusade. This event ran across the Annuals of the five then-Vertigo titles – Animal Man, Swamp Thing, Black Orchid, The Books of Magic and Doom Patrol – book-ended by two Children's Crusade issues co-written by Neil Gaiman, and starring his Dead Boy Detectives.
A brief run by Jerry Prosser and Fred Harper featured a re-re-born Buddy as a white-haired shamanistic figure before the series was canceled after the 89th issue due to declining sales.
Morrison's run on the series is collected into three trade paperbacks entitled: Animal Man, Animal Man: Origin of the Species (which includes the Secret Origins #39), and Animal Man: Deus Ex Machina.
Back in the DCU
After the cancellation of his own series, Animal Man made cameos in several other titles. Baker continued to split his time between his family, his career as Animal Man, and regular stunt work for films. He occasionally lent his talents to various super groups, including the JLA, Forgotten Heroes, and played a prominent role in the Swamp Things's task force, Totems. [3]
This marked the reappearance of Buddy in costume, and heralded his return to the mainstream DC Universe (although his Vertigo appearances were clearly meant to take place inside the DCU as well). He subsequently appeared alongside Aquaman, Hawkman and Resurrection Man.[4] In JLA #27 (March 1999) Buddy officially joins the League to battle a rampaging Amazo in the Florida Everglades. He, and many other emergency recruits, are defeated and their powers copied on a conceptual level; since Amazo is programmed to copy the League, anyone who is a member can have their powers copied. Superman literally disbands the entire team, defeating Amazo. Buddy does not stay for the reorganization. During a JLA crossover event, the Martian Manhunter seeks out Animal Man's expertise in the morphogenetic field to assist the League.[5] During this encounter, Martian Manhunter was disturbed by his accidental glimpse of Buddy's understanding of the true nature of the DC Universe.
Animal Man also makes an appearance in the Identity Crisis limited series, helping to search for the murderer of Sue Dibny.
After encountering danger signs from the animal world, Animal Man is recruited by Donna Troy as part of a team journeying to New Cronos to stop the Infinite Crisis, mirroring his role in Crisis on Infinite Earths, in which he journeyed into space with the Forgotten Heroes on Brainiac's ship. During this adventure, he formed a mentoring friendship with Firestorm, Jason Rusch.
Due to a malfunction of the zeta beam which Adam Strange deploys to return the team to earth, Animal Man, along with most of the heroes, go missing after Infinite Crisis. Eventually some of the heroes are recovered but Adam Strange, Buddy and Starfire are still missing. They become core cast members of DC's weekly series 52.
In 52, Animal Man, Starfire and Adam Strange are stranded on an alien planet. The trio escape, but are pursued by bounty hunters. They are joined by Lobo. In issue #36, during a battle with Lady Styx and her horde, Animal Man is killed by a necrotoxin, which causes its victims to rise again in the service of Lady Styx. Animal Man makes Starfire promise not to let him come back as a zombie. He gestures to the reader, saying, "Look, they're cheering us on. I told you the universe likes me." At the moment of his death, Ellen, still on Earth, senses his death and begins to cry.
In issue #37, moments after Starfire and Adam Strange leave Animal Man in space, Buddy comes back to life. The aliens who originally granted his powers stand next to him, saying: "And so it begins." After plucking him out of the timestream and repairing his body, they leave him in outer space. Animal Man must reach out to another life form in order to survive, and claims the abilities of a group of Sun-Eaters, including their homing sense. He observes his wife from a wormhole in space; Ellen is seeing another man.
Buddy returns to earth, describing the marvels of space to his delighted family. Ellen throws a party to celebrate his return, but some followers of Lady Styx appear, bent upon killing the family. They are eliminated by Starfire, who has only partially recovered from wounds suffered in space. She delivers Buddy's jacket and faints from weakness and surprise when she sees him alive, leaving the family to care for her.
Countdown to Adventure
Animal Man is to join Adam Strange and Starfire in the upcoming series titled Countdown to Adventure written by Adam Beechen. The first issue reveals that his family has been caring for Starfire, who still has not regained her powers. Buddy convinces Ellen to let Starfire stay and act as a nanny to his two children. When a strange form of madness infects the people of San Diego, he and Starfire team up to stop it. Buddy's closeness to Starfire has made Ellen disgruntled, and thinks that Buddy is in love with her. Buddy's powers have been in a state of flux, not working at all at times, and manifesting strange abilities at others, such as creating a whirlwind, or firing energy beams. Once their extraterrestrial trip is done, Starfire leaves the Baker home, telling them that they will always be in her heart.
Fictional character biography
Pre-Crisis
Buddy Baker gained animal powers when he encountered a spaceship which blew up, infusing him with radiation. He used his powers to fight crime and ward off alien attackers.
He then joined the Forgotten Heroes group prior to the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Post-Crisis
Baker's post-Crisis origin was slightly altered, but retained the essence of the original. While hunting with his father as a teenage boy, he encounters a crashed spaceship which apparently endows him with his abilities. (The slight discrepancies between the two were addressed as variations on Earth-2 and Earth-1, and were acknowledged in-story, with the "original" Buddy Baker appearing, and not wishing to be written out of existence.) After an apparently unsuccessful stint as a superhero, followed by a hiatus where he utilized his powers to work as a film stuntman, Baker decides to restart and make a career out of it; this is where his self-titled series begins.
He is married to a high school sweetheart, Ellen, an illustrator for children's books (and later, comics). They have two children, Cliff and Maxine, who are a pre-teen and toddler, respectively, when the series starts. They live in a suburban area outside of San Diego.
Through the series, Animal Man becomes a man of great compassion toward all creatures, an ardent animal rights activist, an environmentalist, and a vegetarian. Later, he finds his link to the M-field has been passed on to his daughter, Maxine, who is also connected to the animal kingdom. Although he wears a mask, he goes to no great lengths to conceal his true identity. A jacket was added to Animal Man's costume (so he could have pockets and a place to put his keys). However, this jacket was not a leather jacket: Buddy specifically discusses that he won't wear leather, he considers this immoral.
An early aspect of the character was his desire for fame, and is manifested by his wish to be in the Justice League. He is initially driven by a desire for the publicity from interviews and public appearances more than any altruistic impulse. Buddy joins the newly-formed Justice League Europe and bonds with Dmitiri of the Rocket Reds over the shared experiences of being fathers.[6] However, he soon resigns due to personal problems.[7]
After a brief period of re-conditioning and exploration of his limits, Baker's first work is a job from S.T.A.R. Labs investigating a break-in in an animal testing facility. He traces it to B'wana Beast, who he is able to befriend. The conditions he witnesses at the testing facilities compel him to become vegetarian, a sudden decision that briefly puts him at odds with his family.
During his further adventures, he experiences glitches with his powers. He also begins experiencing evidences of his existence within a comic book, although he does not immediately understand them for what they are. He is targeted for murder by a mysterious organization, and is also pursued by Dr. James Highwater, a man with no memory of any prior existence, and seemingly no purpose other than to contact Baker. A parallel story involves a pair of yellow aliens (described as "agents of some unspecified 'higher power'" that engineered the spaceship wreck which granted his powers) who are aware of the events of the Crisis and monitor Baker's actions. They are aware of "a second Crisis" coming which they believe only Animal Man can revert. They reconcile the two variations of Animal Man's origin through an unexplained "surgery" which also extends his abilities. Elsewhere, in Arkham Asylum, the Psycho Pirate, aware of "continuity" and his fictional environment, opens a gateway into the real world and other comic book realities.[8]
While away on a vision quest with Highwater, Baker's family is brutally murdered. His investigation leads him into the rift in Arkham, through a comic book purgatory, and to the home of his current writer. After this encounter, his family is restored back to life and he has no memory of their deaths or the aftermath.
Next, after falling into a coma, he finds himself in a strange alternate reality, which he correctly deduces is a divergent phase of existence and is then able to return home.
Having since left the Justice League, Baker resumes his stuntwork career. He also finds himself frequently displaying uncontrolled animalistic behavior. He is assaulted by a neighbor, Travis Cody, a burnout with a PhD in electronic engineering from MIT. Cody has deduced that Baker's powers have become skewed, and that unfocused usage of his abilities kills the animals. After reaching an understanding, the two work together to measure and enhance Animal Man's powers. They are themselves targeted by a group of shamans, one of whom was present at Animal Man's origin, and who are aware of the yellow aliens and the writer. During this time, Baker's daughter Maxine begins demonstrating powers similar to his own, and is able to communicate with the shaman, who is attempting to bring Baker to him.
S.T.A.R. Labs again contacts Baker, offering a position as their spokesman on environmentalism, but he declines. After an accident in which Baker kills the entire population of the San Diego Zoo, his wife takes their daughter to live with her mother in Vermont to avoid the media attention. Baker descends into a depression and his son runs away. Baker goes to Vermont as well, where he finally meets the shaman. Meanwhile, Cody has been hired by S.T.A.R. Labs for his expertise, and while there he uncovers a conspiracy involving one of the shamans.
Buddy can mimic any abilities of any animal as a result of his encounter with a crashed alien spacecraft. He does this by either focusing on a specific animal near him, or, as he learned later, by drawing power from the animal kingdom in general (this enables him to even mimic animals that are extinct). The nature of these powers has been described in various ways, including the superficial "alien radiation" explanation of his early appearances, the reconstruction of his body by aliens with "morphogenetic grafts" at the cellular level, and currently, mystical access to a "morphogenetic field" created by all living creatures, also known as "the Red". He does not grow wings to fly as a bird (instead he flies in classic "Superman style"), nor does he form gills to breathe underwater when mimicking a fish, but he has occasionally been known to mimic the actual appearances of animals, such as adopting the claws of a wolverine temporarily, or his metamorphosis toward the end of Delano's run on his series.
Among the "animal powers" Buddy has been known to use are:
The strength of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
The flight of a bird.
The swimming ability of a fish.
The speed of an ant.
The reflexes of a fly.
The wall-crawling of a spider.
The sonic blast of a pistol shrimp.
The sense of smell of a moth.
The stench of a skunk.
The color changing of a chameleon.
The agility of a snake.
The electricity of an electric eel.
A worm's ability to re-grow lost body parts.
The reproduction abilities of protozoa.
The durability of a cockroach.
The ability to "fire lightning from his face" from an unidentified alien creature.
The level of Buddy's abilities are proportional to the size of the animal they are drawn from. Hence, drawing the jumping ability from a flea would allow him to cover great distances. However, taking the abilities of a larger animal does not result in diminished power for him. In some appearances, he can also talk to animals and enter their minds.
Tapping into the Red, Animal Man can also fire blasts of force or unidentified energy. He can even use the primordial energies to start a new universe.
In 52, Buddy experiences an upgrade that allows him to connect to the Universe's morphogenetic field, providing him unlimited access to all animals in the universe regardless of origin. Though he gains their abilities, Animal Man knows nothing about the creatures he's taking them from.
Animal Man won the Squiddy Award for Most Improved Series in 1992. In addition, issues #5 and #19 tied with eleven other comics for the Squiddy Award for Favorite Single Issue of Any Series in 1989. [9]
Brian Bolland won the Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist in 1992 for his work on Animal Man.[10] The series also earned several nominations in 1989, for Best Single Issue (#5), Best Writer (Grant Morrison), and Best Series.[11]
Animal Man appears in Justice League Unlimited #29, helping Superman and B'Wana Beast against Queen Bee.
In the Titans Tomorrow alternate future from Teen Titans vol. 3 #17-19, Buddy Baker died in a crisis along with most of the other main DCU superheroes. His replacement as Animal Man in that future was Garfield Logan (aka Beast Boy).
Grant Morrison's run on the series has been collected in the following trade paperback:
Material collected
Vol. #1 Animal Man Animal Man #1-9 ISBN 1-56389-005-4
Vol. #2 Origin Of The Species Animal Man #10-17 plus the 19-page story from Secret Origins #39 ISBN 1-56389-890-X
Vol. #3 Deus Ex Machina Animal Man #18-26 ISBN 1-56389-968-X
^ Animal Man #20
^ Animal Man #21-26
^ Tom Peyer's one-shot Vertigo Totems
^ Resurrection Man #24-27
^ JLA #40
^ Justice League International, vol. 1 #24
^ Justice League Europe #12
^ www.io.com/~woodward/chroma/crtanimal.html
^ The Squiddy Award Winners
^ www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner92.php
Animal Man at the Comic Book DB
Timothy Callahan, Grant Morrison: The Early Years, (Sequart.com Books, [Masters of the Medium], 2007); ISBN 0615140874
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Pulled Pork sandwiches are a staple in Austin, TX and being an Austin, TX bed and breakfast we figured it was about time to give the Texas BBQ classic a try. We went to work on it last night and served it for lunch today to the corporate group from spreadfast.com. We were honored to have the social media experts attend a retreat here at the Inn Above Onion Creek bed and breakfast. The plates came back clean so we thought we would share the recipe with ya'll. I'll get on chef to get us the recipe asap. He created it in house and getting a chef to write down a recipe is like peeling a tub of potatoes. It takes work.
Apply rub on all sides of the pork shoulder. It's best to do this the day before. However, it will still be very good if seasoned right before cooking.
Preheat the smoker to 200-250 degrees. We use oak and mesquite because it's readily available to us, but any wood like pecan or hickory will do fine.
Place the shoulder as far away as possible from the heat source. The idea here is to infuse the meat with the smoke for half its cooking time. The other half will be done in the oven. The reason for this is not to over smoke the meat. Pork shoulder is a tough cut of meat that needs to cook low and slow; leaving it to smoke the entire time would result in meat that is overwhelmed by the smoke. However, some people like a strong smoke flavor, so it's totally up to you. Three to four hours in the smoker should be plenty of time.
After the meat is properly smoke, put it in a 225 degree oven for about four hours or until a fork slides in easily. When the shoulder is done, let it rest for 15-twenty minutes. Use two forks to "pull" the meat into bite-sized chunks. Make sure to put some of the pan drippings (make sure to skim the fat) back into the meat. The rest of the drippings can be used to fortify your favorite barbeque sauce. Any barbeque sauce will do, however, I like the flavor of the meat itself.
Serve the pork on toasted rolls or buns with sliced onion and pickles and enjoy.


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Health insurance rates to go up for thousands of Vermonters
August 7, 2022 August 7, 2022 Eliz Health Insurance
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Health care coverage for thousands of Vermonters will be significantly more expensive next year. The Green Mountain Care Board approved double-digit rate hikes for Blue Cross Blue Shield and MVP Health.
For 70,000 individuals and small employers who get their health insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield and MVP Health, rates will increase up to nearly 20% depending on the plan.
Thursday, regulators approved rate hikes for Vermonters on Blue Cross Blue Shield and MVP Health plans.
Under BCBS, the board approved an 11.7% rate hike for small businesses and an 11.4% increase for individual and family coverage.
Under MVP, an 18.3% hike for small group plans and 19.3% for individual and family plans.
That news is a tough pill for Anders Aughey to swallow.
"That's going to impact me pretty severely," Aughey said.
He works at the Vermont Workers' Center and buys his insurance through Vermont Health Connect.
Blue Cross Blue Shield and MVP are the primary insurers offering plans through the state exchange.
His employer covers some of his deductible but Aughey pays about $150 out of pocket and he has a $6,000 deductible.
"As it stands right now for me, I might as well not have health insurance," he said.
The rate requests are driven by big budget requests from hospitals which regulators are considering right now. The hospitals' requests are driven by prescription drug prices, inflation and having to pay traveling nurses to fill systemic staffing shortages.
"We have to predict that the current system we have will continue to produce rates that more and more Vermonters will be priced out of," said Mike Fisher, a Vermont Legal Aid health care advocate.
For years, Vermont has been trying to change how health care is paid for, switching from fee-for-service to all-payer. But the federal government says not enough providers have signed on.
"It was not enough moving forward and now we have the new crisis on top of it," said Rep. Anne Donahue, R-Northfield.
So last session lawmakers passed Act 167 which begins a process to explore "global budgets" and reset the conversation around reform.
The rate hikes come at a delicate time in Vermont's health care arena. Hospitals are requesting big rate hikes and there's turnover at the Green Mountain Care Board.
Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, is expected to name a permanent chair by the end of the summer, but until then, thousands of Vermonters are going to see their premiums increase.
"Citizens, small businesses, workers are going to find health care inaccessible. That's inappropriate," said Sen. Ginny Lyons, D-Chittenden County.
Right now there is financial help for Vermonters– subsidies on the Vermont Health Connect. Open enrollment begins in November.
The Inflation Reduction Act also includes more financial help but that is still being worked out in Congress.
Green Mountain Care Board approves insurance premium rate hikes
Copyright 2022 WCAX. All rights reserved.
Finding health insurance prices for care is an ordeal : Shots


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President John F. Kennedy and former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, attend the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. President Kennedy, General Eisenhower (center left), and Janet Avery Dulles (widow of former Secretary Dulles) view a bust of the late Secretary of State; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby, stands left of Mrs. Dulles. Also pictured (in background): former Administrator of the FAA, General Elwood R. "Pete" Quesada; Governor of Virginia, Albertis S. Harrison, Jr.; Representative Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agent, Arthur L. "Art" Godfrey. Chantilly, Virginia.
ST-A10-5-62. General Dwight D. Eisenhower at Dedication Ceremony for Dulles International Airport
Former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (center), walks through one of the mobile lounges at Dulles International Airport during dedication ceremonies for the airport named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles; Director of the Bureau of National Capital Airports, G. Ward Hobbs, walks right of General Eisenhower. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Lieutenant General Harold W. Grant; former Administrator of the FAA, General Elwood R. "Pete" Quesada. Chantilly, Virginia.
ST-A10-36-62. General Dwight D. Eisenhower at Dedication Ceremony for Dulles International Airport
Former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (center left), and others attend the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. Seated on speakers' platform (L-R): Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas (mostly hidden on edge of frame); Governor of Virginia, Albertis S. Harrison, Jr.; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay (in back, partially hidden); General Eisenhower; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone (in back, mostly hidden); Aline B. Saarinen (widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen); unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); former director of the CIA, Allen W. Dulles. Standing: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; unidentified; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. Chantilly, Virginia.
ST-A10-35-62. President John F. Kennedy Speaks at Dedication Ceremony for Dulles International Airport
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. Also pictured on speakers' platform: Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas (face obscured); Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Aline B. Saarinen, widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen, (mostly hidden, right of lectern); former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Allen W. Dulles. White House Secret Service agent, Ken Giannoules (partially hidden), stands at left in front of platform. Chantilly, Virginia.
President John F. Kennedy and former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, attend the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. President Kennedy, General Eisenhower (center), and Janet Avery Dulles (widow of former Secretary Dulles) view a bust of the late Secretary of State; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby, stands left of Mrs. Dulles. Also pictured (in background): former Administrator of the FAA, General Elwood R. "Pete" Quesada; Representative Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts); Virginia Rusk (wife of Secretary of State, Dean Rusk); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh. Chantilly, Virginia.
President John F. Kennedy and former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, attend the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. Left to right (in foreground): Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Governor of Virginia, Albertis S. Harrison, Jr.; General Eisenhower (back to camera); President Kennedy (holding hat); Deputy Administrator of the FAA, Lieutenant General Harold W. Grant (back to camera); Director of the Bureau of National Capital Airports, G. Ward Hobbs (mostly hidden behind Lt. General Grant); former Administrator of the FAA, General Elwood R. "Pete" Quesada. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Arthur L. "Art" Godfrey; Protocol officer for the State Department, Richard J. Gookin. Chantilly, Virginia.
President John F. Kennedy and former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, attend the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. Left to right (in foreground): Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Governor of Virginia, Albertis S. Harrison, Jr.; President Kennedy (holding hat); General Eisenhower; former Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), General Elwood R. "Pete" Quesada; Director of the Bureau of National Capital Airports, G. Ward Hobbs; Deputy Administrator of the FAA, Lieutenant General Harold W. Grant (back to camera). White House Secret Service agent, Arthur L. "Art" Godfrey (partially hidden), stands at left in background. Chantilly, Virginia.
KN-25016. President John F. Kennedy Speaks at Dedication Ceremony for Dulles International Airport
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. Also pictured on speakers' platform: Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas (behind lectern); former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (standing); Aline B. Saarinen (widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen); former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Allen W. Dulles. Chantilly, Virginia.
KN-25013. President John F. Kennedy at Dedication Ceremony for Dulles International Airport
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. On speakers' platform, right of lectern (L-R): former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (standing); unidentified (mostly hidden); Aline B. Saarinen, widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen (partially hidden on edge of frame). Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas (face obscured) sits behind President Kennedy. Chantilly, Virginia.
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. Standing on speakers' platform, right of lectern (L-R): Governor of Virginia, Albertis S. Harrison, Jr.; former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Aline B. Saarinen (widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen); former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Allen W. Dulles. Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas (mostly hidden) stands behind President Kennedy. Chantilly, Virginia.
Former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (at lectern), delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles; President John F. Kennedy sits left of lectern. Also pictured on speakers' platform: Director of the Bureau of National Capital Airports, G. Ward Hobbs (face obscured); Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Aline B. Saarinen (widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen). Chantilly, Virginia.
Former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (at lectern), delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles; President John F. Kennedy sits at left. Also pictured on speakers' platform: Director of the Bureau of National Capital Airports, G. Ward Hobbs (face obscured); Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Aline B. Saarinen (widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen). Chantilly, Virginia.
President John F. Kennedy, former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and others stand for the National Anthem at the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. On speakers' platform (L-R): Chaplain of the United States Senate, Reverend Frederick Brown Harris; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren; President Kennedy; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby; Governor of Virginia, Albertis S. Harrison, Jr.; General Eisenhower; Aline B. Saarinen (widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen); former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Allen W. Dulles; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (in back). Also pictured: White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton; White House Secret Service agents, Ken Giannoules and Dick Johnsen. Chantilly, Virginia.
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. Also pictured on speakers' platform: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (standing, mostly hidden); former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (standing); Aline B. Saarinen (widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen); former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Allen W. Dulles. Chantilly, Virginia.
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. Also pictured on speakers' platform: Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas (mostly hidden, behind lectern); Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone (mostly hidden, right of lectern); former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (standing); Aline B. Saarinen (widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen); former director of the CIA, Allen W. Dulles. Chantilly, Virginia.
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. Also pictured on speakers' platform: Representative Oren Harris of Arkansas (mostly hidden, behind lectern); Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone (partially hidden, right of lectern); Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (standing); former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (standing); Aline B. Saarinen (widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen); former director of the CIA, Allen W. Dulles. Chantilly, Virginia.
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Warren, Earl, 1891-1974 (22)
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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 (14)
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Akinci Meets US Asst. Secretary of State Mitchell
US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell who was in Cyprus for contacts was received by President Mustafa Akıncı on Friday.
Mitchell also met with the Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades.
The issue of natural gas in the Eastern Mediterranean was discussed at both meetings.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting which lasted more than an hour, the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs said that he had held positive meetings with both leaders.
Mitchell said that his country supported the the resumption of the Cyprus negotiations process and that they would be having more contacts on this issue in the coming days.
Also speaking to the press, President Mustafa Akıncı said that he had held a comprehensive meeting with the US Assistant Secretary of State during which the US official, Mitchell heard with due attention the positions of the Turkish Cypriot side.
President Akıncı said that it was unfair that only the Greek Cypriot side possesses the joint state and acts like the sole owner of the island and of its natural wealth.
The current situation, he said, threatens peace at sea, but it is possible for bridges of cooperation to be built between the island's two communities and also Turkey and Greece.
Instead of causing tensions, he said, it would be beneficial to create cooperation opportunities.
"It is a shame because the Greek Cypriot side sees even the seas as its own, its own area of sovereignty, and they do not even want to discuss this issue with the Turkish Cypriots," Akıncı said.
He added that this behavior is wrong and, only causes tensions. That is why, he said, it is very important for the Greek Cypriot side to change its mentality.
Akıncı also said that the most practical and cheapest way to transfer Cyprus' and Israel's natural gas to Europe, was through Turkey, as the pipeline through southern Cyprus to Crete, Greece and Italy is much more expensive, time consuming and passes through deep waters.
He also said that water from Turkey could serve the needs of the entire island and that the electric cable from Turkey could unify Cyprus with the Middle East and Turkey with Europe.
All this however, he said, requires peace, a solution and cooperation.
Also touching upon accusations directed at him lately Akıncı said that he is being blamed lately by the Greek Cypriot side for being unwilling to meet with the Greek Cypriot leader Anastasiades at an informal dinner, but added that unless there is a change in the stance of the Greek Cypriots, his side does not wish to enter a process doomed to end before it even begins.
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Coal, Combined Cycle, Gas
UK power bosses rule out new CCGTs
24 March 2004 – The UK is not likely to see the construction of any new combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT) power station in the short term, according to the bosses of five major power companies operating in the UK. The industry leaders from Powergen, Scottish & Southern Energy, EDF Energy, Scottish Power and RWE Innogy, made their comments at a London conference yesterday arranged by the Business Council for Sustainable Energy UK.
Paul Golby, chief executive of Powergen UK said that the industry had had its fingers burnt and that to suggest to his board that they build a new UK CCGT, "would be career limiting." Ian Marchant, the chief executive of Scottish & Southern Energy said that at present, much of the UK's generating capacity was not in the hands of long-term players with banks holding significant stakes. This created uncertainty and in his view, it would be another 12-18 months before he would be looking to make any decision about new build.
The chairman and chief executive of EDF Energy, Vincent de Rivaz, said that he would not recommend building any new CCGT facilities in the UK at this time. "We are however investing in Flue Gas Desulphurisation technology in our existing plants." He said.
Charles Berry, executive director of Scottish Power, said that there was too much uncertainty in the market to encourage investment. "Similar markets to the one created by NETA see cycles, often over seven years, with a two year peak. The question is, how will a UK government react to a price spike when it comes?" Juergen Dennersmann, executive director of RWE Innogy, agreed that the level of uncertainty was too great to contemplate new UK gas fired generation, although he said that it is generally accepted that new capacity will be needed.


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/*
This is a collection of functions for operating eQEP and PWM
on the TI AM335x Sitara Processors. These operate with direct memory access
instead of userspace drivers. Therefore this code must be run as root, but
they execute roughly 2 orders of magnitude faster than userspace drivers
depending on the exact function.

Note that a device tree overlay is still necessary to configure the
pin multiplexer and enable clock signal to each subsystem.

the pwm driver is still needed to set up pwm output. This can
be done through /sys/class/pwm or with simple_pwm.c
*/

#ifndef MMAP_PWMSS
#define MMAP_PWMSS

// eQEP
int init_eqep(int ss);
int read_eqep(int ch);
int write_eqep(int ch, int val);

#endif


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<?php

namespace Bernard\Symfony\Command;

use Bernard\Producer;
use Bernard\Message\DefaultMessage;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;

/**
 * @package Bernard
 */
class ProduceCommand extends \Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command
{
    protected $producer;

    /**
     * @param Producer $producer
     */
    public function __construct(Producer $producer)
    {
        $this->producer = $producer;

        parent::__construct('bernard:produce');
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public function configure()
    {
        $this
            ->addArgument('name', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'Name for the message eg. "ImportUsers".')
            ->addArgument('message', InputArgument::OPTIONAL, 'JSON encoded string that is used for message properties.')
        ;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
    {
        $name    = $input->getArgument('name');
        $message = json_decode($input->getArgument('message'), true) ?: array();

        if (!json_last_error()) {
            return $this->producer->produce(new DefaultMessage($name, $message));
        }

        switch (json_last_error()) {
            case JSON_ERROR_DEPTH:
                $error = 'Maximum stack depth exceeded';
                break;
            case JSON_ERROR_STATE_MISMATCH:
                $error = 'Underflow or the modes mismatch';
                break;
            case JSON_ERROR_CTRL_CHAR:
                $error = 'Unexpected control character found';
                break;
            case JSON_ERROR_SYNTAX:
                $error = 'Syntax error, malformed JSON';
                break;
            case JSON_ERROR_UTF8:
                $error = 'Malformed UTF-8 characters, possibly incorrectly encoded';
                break;
            default:
                $error = 'Unknown error';
                break;
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        throw new \RuntimeException('"'. $error .'" occurred when decoding JSON data.');
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}


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Children too big to fit behind a school desk? Whatever next!
Stacia Briggs
Schoolchildren have devised a cunning new way to skive lessons: by becoming too fat to fit under their desks.
Standard school furniture is based on measurements made in the 1960s when children were smaller, thinner, didn't talk back and didn't communicate primarily by text.
Research, however, has suggested that the average height of children has increased at the rate of 1cm a decade, with the majority of growth in the lower leg, and that obesity among pupils has risen from around five per cent in 1985 to 19 per cent in 2011.
I'm not sure about you, but when I read those figures I'm not worrying about school furniture, I'm worrying about 1,000 years hence when all our children will have lower legs that are a full metre longer than they are today. They'll look like grasshoppers. Buying them school trousers will be a nightmare.
If the obesity crisis continues to rise at its current pace, those spindly lower legs won't be any use at all – the first time they stand up they'll buckle under their own weight and need to be wheeled round on gigantic skateboards. Thank God I'll be dead by then.
According to studies, unless schools start 'going large' with their furniture orders, children's schoolwork could suffer as back pain distracts their attention. Poor lambs.
I certainly wasn't overweight when I was at school although I may have been slightly under-height for my weight.
But even at my lowest, ahem, height, I could still fit under a school desk and have room for a copy of Jackie magazine to read during geography, particularly when learning about trade in Nigeria (a subject as relevant to my life then as it is now, ie not at all).
Back then, namby-pamby excuses about desks and bad backs would have been met with hollow laughter and a month of lunchtime detentions in the lair of the terrifying, bearded maths teacher whose hatred of young people was considered a bonus, rather than an impediment, to his teaching career.
It practically took the production of death certificate to get you out of PE lessons, and even if you had that you'd still be expected to carry the netball bibs, keep score and apply pressure to wounds when required.
Forget small desks, bad backs and obesity-based bullying, the PE knickers at my school caused the kind of injuries to one's self-esteem from which many, including me, never truly recovered.
I do remember, however, that even the pregnant student – who stayed at school until she was more than eight months gone – could lever herself behind a desk, so just how big are kids these days? Should I be saving up for a winch for my grandchildren?
Personally, I think all this trouble began when they got rid of the nit nurses. I have no proof to back this up, but that's never stopped me in the past.
Appeal to trace woman wanted on recall to prison