CB550 Bar Hopper Brat style.
This is our CB550 Bar Hopper that's for sale with original pink slip, one owner and last rode and parked way back in 1986 and now available to anyone out there for a fun looking machine.
This is not a show bike but something I wanted to resurrect from a stock bike that was simply left and then slowly corroded and this was the ideal time to do quite a few things to this bike to make it a cool Brat style Digger.
I have ridden this around and all it needs is air filters which I hope to sort out this week, but I rode her and she is a fun little bike, puffs a little smoke but it seemed to stop after a while, but sat for 28 years I am not surprised, but she seems to pull quite hard and It is fun to ride around, but this is not for a 300 pound guy as we lowered this and you would bottom the seat out on the tire.
Now we have done many things to this machine and that does not stop you from tearing it down, painting the frame and making a show machine, but we wanted to try something a little different and get the bike to look a little more Vintage than it is and I believe we pulled that off, judging by the amount of comments we have received over this bike.
As it has a title this can be shipped anywhere. And is now available, so if ya interested, drop us a line, I know the speedometer had 25,000 o it and I believe that to be a true reading, of course it now has a 2.5 inch speedometer on this machine now and it was set a zero and I have only done a couple of miles on it and maybe a couple more if you buy this as i run it as much as I can as i want to keep everything functioning.
So have a look below and see if ya like it? Thanks for looking.
Stock headers mated to our stainless muffler sets this side of the bike off very well and yes it is baffled too.
We used our rear license plate set up with the good old Ford Tail light to show we are into Vintage stuff and works very well indeed and yes, it has a brake light too.
Dakota made the one off seat as we needed a low seat base to give this machine that Digger styling and it looks great.
It is nice to bring the old Girl back to life after sitting in a garage since 1986.
The Brat bike is quite a new style that popped out of the cafe Racer and bobber style and now is very popular around the globe.
Brand New tires and tubes that really give it the Vintage style make this machine stand out from the others and I am glad I went this way.
This is no show pony but it turns plenty of heads as the stance is a good focal point on this 550.
Brand spanking New Chrome rims, with stainless steel laced and of course polishied hubs with new bearings make this a clean machine,.
We rebuilt the front brake caliper and also fitted braided brake lines, a new master cylinder and of course bled it all so it stops great.
New battery in an Alloy Battery box we make gives the bike a new life once more.
Sits well on the side stand and all the lights work as well as horn on this cool Brown bomber.
We also fitted one of our machined finned oil filter covers and of course changed the oil and filter.
We fitted out Alloy Fork brace to stiffen the front end up seeing as we removed the fender.
We angled the shocks and we wanted to make this low enough for many girls who love the bikes but are not tall enough to ride and this would be perfect for a shorter person.
We used vintage lowering blocks as this really is a nice and low digger style machine with a super stance.
The exhaust looks cool as its our stainless steel end and it does have a baffle too, you can hear it at the bottom of the blog here.
Vintage 7/8 Bars were added to my new bar risers and a set of Old school style grips added, as well as fitting a neutral light in the steering stem.
Below, you can see that the carbs are now fully rebuilt and had to be as this bike has not run since 1986 when it was parked up in La Mirada.
The forks are totally rebuilt with brand new uppers from franks and I had them shortened by 2 inches, I then cleaned up the lower stanchion and then machined the grooves in them and then polished to a nice luster.
New fork uppers and rebuilt and machines, this has the right stance as we lowered the bike 2 inches.
Check the tags out, April 1986 was the st time this was on the tarmac.
We drilled and polished rear brake hub and also the main hub has new bearings and was polished too.
I used an old 1932 Cowl light up front that my buddy gave me from Limeworks speed shop and this is a genuine Cowl light too.
Stainless Spokes and new rims make such a difference.
Bike sits really well and is a head turner for sure.
Dakota takes the Little Bar Hopper on its first maiden journey around the block and it was fine.
This is a fun machine and I am sure that someone will have a ball with it.
Here is the little Stainless end pipe that we sell and we fitted this to this little Bar hopper.
So- if ya want this, it is $4000 with the Original pink slip, we are in Anaheim and if you need it shipped anywhere in the lower 48 then call Larry at 209-495-3729 as he ships all my bikes from door to door and one of the best out there.
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Broadway Show 'Significant Other' to Dazzle Fugard ...
Broadway Show 'Significant Other' to Dazzle Fugard Theatre Stage
Fresh off Broadway and into one of Cape Town's most favourite theatres, this show about love, friendship and New York is simply unmissable
Head to the Fugard Theatre for the South African premiere of Joshua Harmon's Broadway hit, Significant Other, starting at 8pm on 30 May 2018 and runs until 7 July 2018.
Harmon also wrote the popular show Bad Jews, which sold out in its three seasons in both Cape Town and Johannesburg. His Broadway romantic comedy, Significant Other, has made waves in New York already and is now set to hit Capetonian shores for a night out of riveting entertainment and pizazz at The Fugard Theatre.
The play follows the story of Jordan Berman who is desperately looking for Mr Right, but he gets it wrong every time. He and his three best friends navigate love and friendship in the city of New York in their twenties.
While on his path to find his one true love, Jordan realises the only thing harder than looking for the one, is supporting your friends as they head off on the journey of marriage.
The show has been praised for its wit and comedy by the likes of the Hollywood Reporter and Chicago Tribune, proving to be an epic, fresh and modern show you simply can't miss out on.
Please note: Significant Other has an age restriction of 16.
Spoil your significant other with a night of romance with these top date ideas in Cape Town.
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Henry Wagons and Emma Donovan lead the talent list for the 2015 Australian World Music Expo in Melbourne in November.
Wagons will debut Henry Wagons & The Only Children, Emma Donovan will perform with The Putbacks.
The Australian World Music Expo showcases roots music over three days and nights.
Also announced for 2015 are Mojo Juju, Quarter Street, Mick Thomas, Ngaiire, Ruby Boots, OKA, Kingfisha, Archer and Thomas Oliver.
AWME 2015 will take place from 12th – 14th November at Arts Centre Melbourne, Max Watts, Shebeen, The Toff, Ding Dong and Lounge.
Ash Grunwald and Hiatus Kaiyote have been named in the first round of performers for the Australian World Music Expo (AWME) in Melbourne in November.
Indigenous music icon Archie Roach has been announced as a keynote speaker for the Australian World Music Expo (AWME) in Melbourne in November.
The Australian World Music Expo (AWME) has added Mama Kin, Warren H Williams and Blackchords.
The Australian World Music Expo (AWME) has announced its first round of showcasing artists with Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Vanuatu and Reunion Island representing the first nations announced.


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Al-Daghara Sport Club () is an Iraqi football team based in Al-Daghara, Al-Qādisiyyah, that plays in Iraq Division Three.

Managerial history
 Emad Al-Saeedi
 Sabah Ali Draiwish

See also
 2000–01 Iraqi Elite League
 2001–02 Iraq FA Cup

References

External links
 Al-Daghara SC on Goalzz.com
 Iraq Clubs- Foundation Dates

1989 establishments in Iraq
Association football clubs established in 1989
Football clubs in Al-Qādisiyyah

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Are you trying to find out whether or not CBD will help your anxiety, sleep problems (insomnia), or depression? Maybe you're pregnant, looking for a solution that will help with your nausea, or maybe you just gave birth (congrats!) and are looking for a solution to help you lose weight postpartum. CBD is the non-psychoactive ingredient in hemp (meaning it doesn't get you high), and has anecdotal reports of helping with mental health issues.
If you are looking for information on how CBD can help your mental health, you're not alone. Did you know that women are twice as likely than men to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder? For a majority of this population, depression and anxiety go hand-in-hand. With the daily life stress we face, it can feel overwhelming. But don't forget that you're not helpless, and you haven't run out of options.
Allow me to put a disclaimer on this blog post: we don't guarantee or make claims on anything in this blog post. We don't promise that CBD oil will cure, treat, or eradicate symptoms of any illness or ailment you may have. We simply believe one thing: finding scientifically based information on CBD and how it may help you should not be the hard part of your day. After all, being a woman is hard enough!
You may have heard about how CBD oil is good for anxiety from a friend or a review. Anxiety is one of the most common reasons why people buy and use CBD. In fact, HelloMD released a survey that indicated 66% of their sample use CBD to relieve their anxiety. But has there been any research to show that CBD is good for anxiety?
As a matter of fact, yes, there is! Several studies have been done on animals and humans concluding that CBD indirectly works on the brain to lessen anxiety, particularly in the parts of your brain that are directly linked with anxiety. In these studies, it was found that blood flow to the areas of your brain that deal with anxiety is reduced, suggesting that CBD oil is good for relieving anxiety symptoms.
Social anxiety in relation to CBD oil has been of particular interest to researchers, and as such there are several studies positively evaluating CBD in reducing social anxiety.
One study, for example, evaluated how participants with SAD (Social Anxiety Disorder) felt physiologically before, during, and after giving a public speech. During all phases of the experiment, the CBD group exhibited less anxious symptoms and scored closer to the group that did not have a SAD diagnosis. Although the study was small, it did have some interesting implications on how CBD can reduce the symptoms of anxiety, hyper-vigilance, cognitive impairment, and discomfort during high stress times.
This has been attributed, in part, to the reduction of blood flow in the areas of the brain that deal with social anxiety when CBD is taken. This is thought to be how CBD helps PTSD symptoms.
And we all know about those high stress times, am I right?
What is the best CBD to take for anxiety?
Really, any CBD strain is good for anxiety, as long as the CBD comes from high quality hemp plants. This means that the hemp plants are raised without pesticides and selectively chosen based on their high CBD content.
That's another important point to mention. Be sure to choose CBD oil that has a high CBD to THC ratio. The CBD oil itself is best to be 0% THC (or close). While some prefer to take CBD with THC, others find THC intensifies anxiety, psychosis, or mania. Unless you are known to relax by escaping reality, stick to a true non-psychoactive alternative medicine – pure CBD oil (or oil that has less than 1% THC).
Canazil's CBD oil comes from organic hemp grown in Washington. It is extracted from hemp using clean and efficient methods, and contains 0% THC. Give our CBD oil a try if you're in the market for some brands. We can probably be found in your local vape or CBD shop, but if not, request that they carry Canazil.
The answer to this question is somewhat complicated because there is more disagreement on whether CBD can help with sleep issues like insomnia. While some report CBD oil as an effective sleep aid and swear by taking it every night before bed, research studies offer conflicting reports depending on dosage and intervals between use.
One study examined CBD as a "wake-promoting agent" with the potential of decreasing daytime drowsiness in Parkinson's patients. However, the same study also found that CBD allows you to get a better sleep overall (both a more satisfying and longer rest).
Another study claims that CBD acts like a sedative in larger doses, which implies that CBD helps you sleep, or improves overall insomnia symptoms. Nevertheless, this seems to be only in higher doses. In lower doses, CBD oil can actually increase concentration and alertness. This shows the potential of CBD to act as both a stimulant and sedative, depending on the situation and dosage. This makes sense considering how CBD works on the endocannabinoid system.
It's also important to note that some insomniacs have trouble sleeping due to stress, which CBD helps to alleviate. That could be the reason you're awake in the first place, right?
How much CBD you should take to sleep depends on your personal body chemistry. Many believe that CBD works as a good sleep agent in higher doses, so you'll want to experiment with taking slightly more CBD than what you would take during the day.
If you're wondering what the best CBD oil is for a natural sleeping aid, it is CBD oil with a low THC concentration grown from high quality hemp plants.
When you think of depression, you probably think of sadness. But did you know depression can also cause a decreased appetite? Sure that means you lose weight, but it's not fun to be depressed. The good news is that CBD can help depressive symptoms and aid in weight loss at the same time — the best of both worlds.
CBD is a cannabinoid, meaning that the molecule works on receptors in our endocannabinoid system to regulate stress and hormones while also helping with neurotransmitter release.
Our endocannabinoid systems are known to influence the regulation of our neurotransmitters (particularly serotonin and dopamine, the two neurotransmitters involved in happiness and reward). THC is known to work on this system as well, but since it is a psychoactive ingredient (that can cause depressive symptoms in high doses), more attention has been given to CBD.
In recent study, CBD showed promise in decreasing stress and increasing serotonin through the same mechanism that allows CBD to regulate anxiety. The conclusion is that CBD is an effective natural SSRI (antidepressant).
If you're depressed but not stressed, CBD is still worth considering over antidepressants. And guess what? Unlike antidepressants, CBD might actually help you LOSE weight! You read that right! CBD is actually being considered as a potential natural weight loss aid.
Is CBD good for weight loss?
While CBD alone probably won't make you lose a significant amount of pounds, CBD oil is gaining traction as a potential weight loss aid. Indeed, research has found that when used correctly, CBD plays a role in how fat is stored and how insulin is produced (which could indirectly lead to fat loss).
In the body, there are different types of fat cells. White fat cells store energy, and can be identified under the microscope by large fat droplets (see illustration above). These cells comprise about 20-25% of the body weight in healthy non-overweight men and women. Brown fat cells, on the under hand, contain more mitochondria (the energy powerhouses you learned about in middle school) and have smaller fat droplets. When you are a baby, you only have brown cells. As you grow older, brown fat cells are converted to white fat cells. Wouldn't it be amazing if you could convert them back?
The CBD fat cell study examined how white fat cells are converted to brown fat cells under the influence of CBD. The study concluded that CBD oil can aid weight loss by activating genes that convert white fat cells to brown fat cells. This is on par with using CBD in lower doses to increase alertness. The increase in alertness may come from the new brown fat cells that release more energy and heat, helping you get more done in your day! This is one of the many reasons why CBD can also help with depression in addition to weight loss.
When you think antidepressants, do you think weight gain? You're not alone. While CBD can help convert fat cells, it has to be done at the right dose. Similar to how CBD can slow the body down and get sleep in high doses, the overactivation of CB receptors can lead to an increase in appetite, metabolic dysfunction, and abdominal fat.
So, how do you use CBD oil for weight loss? The key factor is to make sure you're micro-dosing (taking a small amount) during the day.
If you're also trying to get some shut eye in addition to losing weight, then only take a large dose before bed.
Does CBD help with cramps?
Menstrual cramps are triggered by hormones involved in pain and inflammation. Since CBD is an anti-inflammatory, it is thought to help with cramps too. Be aware however that there haven't been any studies completed to conclusively explore the relationship between the two. There are only anecdotal reports that CBD helpz with cramps. It's worth a try if nothing else is helping.
Does CBD help with Nausea?
CBD can help with nausea, but it depends on why you have nausea to begin with. If you ate something that upset your stomach, for example, CBD probably won't miraculously aid your digestion. However, if you have nausea as a result of anxiety, stress, or PMS, then CBD may help. This goes back to the concept that CBD interacts with the endocannabinoid system to destress you, while also influencing your hormone levels, thereby removing the potential stressor. For PMS nausea, CBD can help by influencing your hormones. It's worth a shot!
This is a great question. The research on this is far and few between, and with it being a very delicate subject to begin with, we don't recommend taking CBD during pregnancy. Although the little research out available suggests that the fetus does have its own endocannabinoid system, we can't conclude that the fetus will safely metabolize cannabidiol.
To be on the safe side, we don't recommend you take CBD when you're pregnant.
Regardless of whether you take CBD regularly, you should at least have it for when you need it.
CBD is the non-psychoactive and non-habit forming phytocannabinoid found in hemp that is known to help with stress, anxiety, depression, and insomnia. Since women are twice as likely than men to suffer from these mental issues as a result of daily life stress, CBD oil may help.
Canazil's CBD oil is refined with MCT Oil (Coconut Oil) that intensifies its health benefits. Coconut Oil is known to maximize CBD absorption into the bloodstream while also lowering cholesterol, aiding in weight loss, moisturizing skin, and promoting productivity. But please remember that we don't promise our CBD oil will help cure, treat, or eradicate any of your symptoms. We just want to help make CBD a more accessible option to those who can't afford costly (and potentially habit forming) medicine from Big Pharma.
If you're not pregnant, there's really no reason not to try CBD oil. Look for our Canazil CBD oil at your local vape or CBD shop. And if they don't carry it, be sure to request it!
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General Chemistry Online: FAQ: The periodic table: What elements are present in the human body?
What elements are present in the human body?
Living cells contain anywhere from 65 to 90% water by weight, so it's no surprise that most of the body's mass is oxygen. Carbon, the basic building block of organic compounds, takes second place. Together, the top six body elements - oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus - account for about 99% of the body's mass.
Elemental composition of living cells. Source: H. A. Harper, V. W. Rodwell, P. A. Mayes, Review of Physiological Chemistry, 16th ed., Lange Medical Publications, Los Altos, California 1977.
But this is like describing a slice of Black Forest chocolate cake as "mostly carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen". A list of ingredients completely misses what's essential and interesting about the cake. As Hermann Muller put it, "To say that a man is made up of certain chemical elements is a satisfactory description only for those who intend to use him as a fertilizer."
General Chemistry Online! What elements are present in the human body?


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21/22 Away Fan Guide: Stourbridge
We make a return to Buildbase FA Trophy action on Tuesday night with a trip to Bromsgrove Sporting's Victoria Ground to take on Stourbridge in the fourth round. Our Away Fan Guide has all the matchday information ahead of the tie.
Stadium Address
The Victoria Ground, Birmingham Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0DR
Tel: 01384 394040 | Email: enquiries@stourbridgefc.com
Tickets can be purchased online in advance from Stourbridge's website here.
Tickets are priced at:
£11 Adults
£8 concessions (65 and over)
£6 Juniors
£2 U12's (must be accompanied by a paying adult)
Tickets can also be purchased on the night from Stourbridge's ticket office but prices will increase by £1 per ticket for adults, concessions and juniors.
Programmes will be on sale priced at £3 each.
Segregation will not be in place for this fixture with Lions fans able to choose their viewing spot at The Victoria Ground.
The Lions line up in their yellow and black away kit.
There are overed areas on three sides of the ground and an uncovered terrace behind one goal.
Refreshments will be available in the ground including a wide range of hot and cold snacks and beverages.
Bromsgrove's clubhouse will be open and accessible for all supporters on Tuesday night.
Guiseley AFC Supporters' Club's coach leaves Nethermoor at 4:45pm priced at £20 members and £24 non-members.
To book please call Paul on 07518445861 with early booking recommended.


It's not uncommon to see massive numbers being thrown around the Amazon experts arena, but what are people really making at the end of the day?
In this blog post, I uncover one of the biggest smoke screens that many info marketers use to hide what they're really making.
The image in this blog post is my Amazon PPC advertising in the UK month-to-date (we are 21 days into the month at this point).
3,319 pounds sold @ an average of 10.6% ACOS. That's about USD $4,300 in sales from a $430 ad-spend (10% of $4,300).
This is only a small portion of my total sales for the month in the UK but look at the ACOS number. 10.6% average.
My net profit (across these 6 products) averages at about 45% WITHOUT advertising included.
So when I deduct the 10% ACOS for advertising, I am still making 35% net profit on sales that came from ads.
A vast majority of my revenue comes from organic sales (natural ranking) but this 10% ACOS number is exceptional. In the US it is 3X higher because the market is much more established and competitive.
ACOS stands for "Advertising Cost Of Sale".
It is important that you understand this concept because it's a number that a lot of Amazon sellers hide. It's easy to get around town quoting a top-line sales number and net profit margin, but without knowing what percentage of sales come from advertising and what the ACOS number is on those sales, top line revenue means nothing.
Let's say they're doing $50,000/month at 30% margin. You could easily think, "Oh wow. This guy is making $15,000/month profit".
BUT – If 70% of their sales come from ads and their ACOS is 20% (which is still low), it means that on 70% of their revenue they're only making 10% profit.
In other words, 70% of $50,000 = $35,000. On that $35,000 in sales (which came from paid-ads) they are making only 10% profit = $3,500.
Then they make their 30% margin on the remaining 30% of their revenue that DIDN't come from ads. So 30% profit on only $15,000.
$3,500 profit on $35,000 + $4,500 on $15,000 of their revenue = $8,000 profit.
That makes their real margin $8,000 on $50,000 in sales or 16%. That's still not terrible but it's literally half the 30% margin they thought they were making.
I know this might make your head hurt but read this ten times if you have to.
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Khaţāylū (persiska: خَطايلو, خطایلو) är en ort i Iran.   Den ligger i provinsen Västazarbaijan, i den nordvästra delen av landet,  km väster om huvudstaden Teheran. Khaţāylū ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Khaţāylū är kuperad västerut, men österut är den platt. Den högsta punkten i närheten är Kūh-e Sīr Dāghī,  meter över havet,  km väster om Khaţāylū. Runt Khaţāylū är det ganska tätbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Urmia,  km norr om Khaţāylū. Trakten runt Khaţāylū består till största delen av jordbruksmark.

Inlandsklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är november, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är augusti, med  mm nederbörd.

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Q: respond_with and how to set redirect location? I have the following that update user profile. It does perfectly fine with base url (http://domain_name.com/users/).
def update
  @user = User.find(params[:id])

  respond_with @user do |format|
    if @user.update_attributes(params[:user])
      if current_user.becomes(User) == @user
        sign_in(@user, :bypass => true)
      end
      flash[:notice] = 'User was successfully updated.'
      format.html { redirect_to @user }
      format.json { render :status => :ok }
    else
      format.html { render :action => 'edit' }
      format.json { render :status => :bad_request }
    end
  end
end

Now I want to move it into admin namespace (http://domain_name.com/admin/users/). And what I try is to change
redirect_to @user

to
redirect_to admin_user_path(@user)

then I got:
def update
  @user = User.find(params[:id])

  #respond_with(@user) do |format|
  respond_with(@user, :location => admin_user_path(@user)) do |format|
    if @user.update_attributes(params[:user])
      if current_user.becomes(User) == @user
        sign_in(@user, :bypass => true)
      end
      flash[:notice] = 'User was successfully updated.'
      format.html { redirect_to admin_user_path(@user) }
      format.json { render :status => :ok }
    else
      format.html { render :action => 'edit', :location => edit_admin_path(user) }
      format.json { render :status => :bad_request }
    end
  end
end

But it does not work. I also try to change
respond_with(@user) do |format|

to something like
respond_with(@user, :location => admin_user_path(@user)) do |format|

But it doesn't work too. Can anyone have some experience, please give me some advice or explanation.
Thanks!

A: I do believe the following line:
  respond_with(@user, :location => admin_user_path(@user)) do |format|

Seems a bit odd to me. I would've thought this should be respond_with(@user) do |format|
Also take a read of the following: Ryan's Scraps - Cleaner RESTful Controllers / respond_with. Ryan states the following under Pre-Action Overriding:

It's also possible to override standard resource handling by passing in a block to respond_with specifying which formats to override for that action.

From this you will see that the formats that are to be overrided are declared at the top of the class using respond_to

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Home Beyond Broadway	Lost at Sea: 'Kid Victory' at the Vineyard Theatre
Lost at Sea: 'Kid Victory' at the Vineyard Theatre
The cast of 'Kid Victory.' (Photo Carol Rosegg via The Broadway Blog.)
Kid Victory, the new musical that opened last week by Greg Pierce (book and lyrics) and John Kander (music) at the Vineyard Theatre, is not easy to watch. That's not always a bad thing, but it makes for an uneven exploration of difficult subject matter that hits more dissonant chords than likely intended.
Luke (Brandon Flynn) has just returned home after a harrowing year during which Michael (Jeffrey Denman), a predator who lured the teen through the social networking component of an online game, held him captive. Now at home, Luke is trying to assimilate back to life in high school and at home with his religious and doting mother, Eileen (Karen Ziemba), and his patient but passive father, Joseph (Daniel Jenkins).
Brandon Flynn and Jeffry Denman in 'Kid Victory.' (Photo: Carol Rosegg via The Broadway Blog.)
Luke struggles with flashbacks and feelings complicated by his own sexuality. He finds solace in Emily (Dee Roscioli), the owner of a local shop, Wicker Witch of the West. Meanwhile, his mother engages Gail (Ann Arvia), a member of her Baptist fellowship, for some amateur therapy, which only pushes Luke into further introspection.
Other characters weave their way in and out of the storyline. Detective Marks (Joel Blum) makes a brief tap-dancing appearance where he question's Luke's compliance; Andrew (Blake Zolfo) arrives for another tap-dancing number as an online hook-up that Luke arranges to meet in an abandoned house; and Suze (Laura Darrell, sans tap shoes), Luke's casual girlfriend who is desperate to reconnect since his return.
Flynn, a recent college graduate from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts, is tasked with carrying the emotional weight of Kid Victory, a pseudonym that his character has created for his online persona. It's a sweet and vulnerable performance, and oddly non-musical: Luke is the only character that doesn't sing. Perhaps it is to symbolize some kind of emotional barrier, but it the very thing that makes the musical art form so unique and this omission strips the character of his evolution. Instead, Pierce ends the show with Luke's description of a creaky shutter outside of his basement prison that dissolves into a solo for his father. And in a final bit of tragically misplaced writing, we're left with an image of Luke pantomiming a confession to his dad, only to be upstaged by Michael's demise from the previous scene.
Kander's score has a few melodic highlights, including the opening "Lord, Carry Me Home" and "People Like Us," in which eccentric Emily extols what makes each of us unique. It's juxtaposed to Luke's admission of his time with Michael and it's as though she never hears him, ending the song with an invitation to grab a burger. Other bits of the score harken back to Kander's previous work, with the aforementioned tap sequences (choreographed by Christopher Windom) acting as a kind of social commentary.
Directory Liesl Tommy does little to bring cohesion to Kid Victory, which suffers from an identity crisis that rivals its lead character. The realistic basement set design by Peter Hylenski is a disturbing reminder of Luke's traumatic experience. Regardless of the scene, the looming dinginess and entrapment overwhelm the action. I assume this is to mimic his mental torment, but its literal interpretation is often at odds with the narrative.
Though Flynn and Denman deliver complex, frightened (and frightening) characters, the rest of Kid Victory's cast suffers under the heavy-handed material. And as a whole, no one wins.
Kid Victory
Vineyard Theatre
108 East 15th Street, NYC
Through March 19
Lost at Sea: 'Kid Victory' at the Vineyard Theatre was last modified: February 27th, 2017 by Matthew Wexler
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Biografia
È stato alfiere del  ai Giochi olimpici di .
Nella competizione a cinque cerchi ha gareggiato nel concorso del C1 1000 metri, dove è stato eliminato in semifinale.

Ai campionati mondiali di canoa/kayak di Seghedino 2019 è giunto ottavo nella finale B nel C2 200 metri, remando con Roque Fernandes Dos Ramos.

Ai Giochi panafricani di Rabat 2019 ha vinto la medaglia d'oro nel C-2 1000 metri, in coppia con il connazionale Roque Fernandes Dos Ramos, quella d'argento nel C-1 1000 metri e quella di bronzo nel C-1 200 metri.

Palmarès
Giochi panafricani
Rabat 2019: oro nel C-2 1000 metri; argento nel C-1 1000 metri; bronzo nel C-1 200 metri;

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Alfieri ai Giochi della XXXI Olimpiade
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Q: How to calculate number of solid color images on the screen of random pixel generator? Is there a statistical formula/function to calculate number of basic geometric shapes on the displays of random pixel generator?
Let's say we have a basic random pixel generator which has 10*10 screen resolution, 100 pixels each having 3 colors (blue, green & red).
What are the odds of getting a rectangular 6 pixel solid color image (2X3, 3X2, 1X6 or 6X1 all connected having same color)  on the screen?
What is the right approach/logic to make such calculation? Is enumerating all possible outcomes only way to come up with a likelihood?

A: This is more exploratory Commentary than an Answer.
As far as I can see this will be a fairly messy problem.
For simplicity, let's start by figuring out if any of the ten rows
on your 'screen' will have six or more pixels of the same color
in a row.
Begin by using R to simulate the probability of getting a run of six or more
pixels of the same color in a single row of ten positions.
[Colors RGB are denoted 123; rle is R's 'run length encoding' function,
from which we can get the lengths of runs of colors, and hence the maximum
run length. At the end of the simulation mx >= 6 is a logical vector
of a million TRUEs and FALSEs; mean(mx >= 6) is the proportion of its
TRUEs.]
set.seed(2019)  # for reproducibility
col = 1:3
mx = replicate( 10^6,  max(rle(sample(col, 10, repl=T))$len) )
p = mean(mx >= 6);  p
[1] 0.015034

Thus the probability of a run of five of one color in one row of ten pixels
is $p = 0.015.$ With a million iterations, this result should be accurate to about three decimal places.
[There is considerable literature on counting numbers of runs; you may prefer to use ideas there to get an exact result by
analytic means. There are users of this site who are better at combinatorial
computations than I; maybe someone will post a better answer.]
Now let the random variable $X$ be the number of such color runs among ten independent rows, where $X \sim \mathsf{Binom}(10, p).$ We find
$$P(X > 0) = 1 - P(X = 0) = 1 - (1-p)^{10 }\approx 0.14.$$
1 - pbinom(0, 10, p)
[1] 0.1405663

The answer for columns on your screen should be the same. It will be a little
more difficult to find the probability of $2 \times 3$ arrays of color-matched  pixels and then the probability that any one of the four configurations you
mentioned will occur. (Because the four types of outcomes are not
mutually exclusive, the last step will not be as simple as adding four
probabilities.) Finally, to me, it seems a bit arbitrary not to include patterns
such as the one below (in which * is a non-red pixel):
***RRRR***
****RR****

Note: Here is a demonstration of getting mx from one simulated
row of ten, for which the maximum run happened to be of length 3.
 row = sample(1:3, 10, repl=T); row
 [1] 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 1 3 2             # RRBBGGGRBG
 rle(row)
 Run Length Encoding
   lengths: int [1:6] 2 2 3 1 1 1
   values : int [1:6] 1 3 2 1 3 2
 rle(row)$len
 [1] 2 2 3 1 1 1
 max(rle(row)$len)
 [1] 3


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Eleanor Holmes Norton, née le  à Washington (district de Columbia), est une femme politique américaine. Membre du Parti démocrate, elle est élue Déléguée de la capitale fédérale, Washington (district de Columbia), avec le statut particulier lié à ce mandat de membre sans droit de vote à la Chambre des représentants des États-Unis. Leader du combat pour transformer le statut du district de Columbia pour faire de lui le  État des États-Unis, elle est régulièrement réélue depuis sa première élection en 1990.

Biographie

Jeunesse et formation

Eleanor Holmes Norton est l'aînée des trois filles de Coleman Sterling Holmes, un fonctionnaire, et de Vela Lynch Holmes, une enseignante.

Son père Coleman Sterling, après avoir brillamment terminé ses études secondaires au  de Washington, est admis à l'université de Syracuse où il obtient le Bachelor of Arts (licence), trajet universitaire relativement exceptionnel pour un Afro-Américain de cette époque où règnent les lois ségrégatives de type lois Jim Crow dans le district et les États limitrophes (Maryland, Pennsylvanie). Quand il a fini ses études, les États-Unis sont frappés par un chômage massif lié à la Grande dépression, où il était plus difficile pour les Afro-Américains de trouver un emploi que pour les Blancs, mais grâce à sa formation il est embauché comme inspecteur de santé publique.

Sa mère Vera après avoir achevé ses études secondaires à New York, elle aussi est admise à l'université de Syracuse où elle rencontre son futur époux, Coleman Sterling. Après leur mariage, elle emménage à Washington avec son mari et dans un premier temps travaille comme assistante au sein de l'agence fédérale du Bureau de la gravure et de l'impression, avant de devenir professeur dans des établissements scolaires de Washington.

Leur fille aînée est prénommée Eleanor en honneur d'Eleanor Roosevelt, Première dame des États-Unis du 4 mars 1933 au 12 avril 1945. Eleanor Holmes a deux sœurs Portia née en 1938 et Nellie née en 1939. Eleanor commence ses études scolaires au sein de la Monroe Elementary School (aujourd'hui connue sous le nom de l'École de Park View) établissement ségrégué où les livres et manuels scolaires sont de seconde main. En 1949, elle commence ses études secondaires à la   de Washington, établissement également ségrégué qui tire son nom de Benjamin Banneker, scientifique afro-américain du . Dès la première année, Eleanor est élue présidente de sa classe et songe à devenir journaliste. Elle admire deux femmes qui sont ses héroïnes Elanor Rossevelt et la militante afro-américaine Mary Church Terrell, elle est enthousiasmée par cette dernière lorsque celle-ci en 1949 a organisé des piquets empêchant l'entrée du magasin  de Washington parce qu'il interdisait les femmes afro-américaines d'utiliser ses toilettes ou bloquant l'entrée des restaurants de Washington pratiquant la ségrégation. Après avoir achevé ses études secondaires à la  en 1955, elle est admise à l'Antioch College  de Yellow Springs, dans l'État de l'Ohio. Eleanor est la seule étudiante afro-américaine de l'Antioch College, où elle obtient le Bachelor of Arts (licence) en 1960. Elle poursuit ses études universitaires à l'université Yale où elle obtient successivement un Master of Arts (master de littérature) en 1963, puis le Juris Doctor en 1964.

Pendant ses études universitaire, elle est marquée par le boycott des bus de Montgomery organisé en 1955 par Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King et la National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), événement majeur du mouvement américain des droits civiques. C'est ainsi, qu'elle adhère au NAACP puis après les événements des Neuf de Little Rock en 1957, puis elle rejoint le Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) en 1963 pour participer à la campagne du Freedom Summer de 1964 tragiquement endeuillée par les meurtres de la Freedom Summer. C'est à la suite de ces événements qu'elle renonce à son projet de devenir journaliste pour devenir une juriste au service des droits civiques des Afro-Américains.

Carrière
Elle commence sa carrière en rejoignant Fannie Lou Hamer pour établir le dossier juridique du Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, qui permettra après bien des débats, à ce que des délégués afro-américains soient présents lors de la convention du Parti démocrate de 1964. Puis, la même année, elle est employée comme assistante du juge fédéral  à Philadelphie, où elle reste pendant un an jusqu'à la fin de l'année 1965 et s'inscrit au barreau de la Pennsylvanie.

L'avocate de l'ACLU
Eleanor Holmes Norton est embauchée par l'American Civil Liberties Union, ou ACLU (Union américaine pour les libertés civiles) où elle fait partie des deux personnes du service juridique avec le titre de directrice adjointe, elle y travaille pour un salaire modeste de  par an et sans limites horaires. Quoi qu'il en soit, cet emploi correspond à sa volonté de . Elle commence par défendre les opposants à la Guerre du Viêt Nam, comme le militant Julian Bond en s'appuyant sur le Premier amendement de la Constitution des États-Unis. En 1968, c'est toujours au nom de cet amendement qu'elle prend la défense du gouverneur de l'Alabama George Wallace, opposant farouche au Civil Rights Act de 1964, et au Voting Rights Act de 1965 (qui prohibent toutes les lois et réglementations ségrégationnistes sur l'ensemble des États-Unis), contre le maire de New York John Lindsay qui avait interdit l'organisation d'un meeting ségrégationniste au Shea Stadium de New York. Elle fait sa plaidoirie en s'appuyant sur un cas précèdent où en 1966 le National States Rights Party  avait organisé un rassemblement dans la ville de Princess Anne dans le Maryland, meeting où devait se tenir des discours racistes et encourageant les violences contre les Afro-Américains. La ville obtint une injonction pour interdire ce rassemblement et l'ACLU vint défendre le National States Rights Party en arguant du principe de la liberté de parole garantie par la Constitution des États-Unis. C'est ainsi que Eleanor Holmes Norton reprend ce cas en le liant à celui de la ville de New York et gagne son procès en octobre 1968 devant la Cour suprême des États-Unis par la décision 393 U.S. 175 (1968) .

Le , le magazine Newsweek publie une tribune titrée  signée par  femmes membres de son personnel, pétition qui dénonce les discriminations dont sont victimes les femmes pour obtenir un poste de rédactrice et qui déclarent déposer une plainte auprès de la  (EEOC) contre la direction du magazine, pour violation du Titre VII du Civil Rights Act de 1964 qui stipule les interdictions suivantes : . Plainte visant un paradoxe, car le magazine Newsweek appartient au groupe de média du Washington Post Consortium, dirigé à l'époque par une femme Katherine Graham depuis 1961. Ce groupe de femmes choisissent Eleanor Holmes Norton pour les représenter. Katherine Graham vit difficilement les contradictions que lui posent cette accusation, d'un côté, en tant que femme elle éprouve une empathie vis à vis d'elles et de l'autre côté elle est la rare femme dirigeante d'un groupe de presse qui a du se battre contre les préjugés de son époque pour se maintenir à ce poste. En août 1970, un compromis est établi entre Katherine Graham et les plaignantes au siège de l'ACLU sous la présidence de Eleanor Holmes Norton.

La présidente de la Commission des droits humains de la ville de New York
En 1970, Charles Lindsay, le maire de New York, lui propose le poste de présidente de la Commission des droits humains de la ville (CCHR), structure chargée d'appliquer la . Poste qu'elle accepte. Charles Lindsay, malgré son différend au sujet de George Wallace a été impressionné par le souci de Eleanor Holmes Norton à appliquer de façon rigoureuse les lois concernant les droits civiques, et en tant que maire il veut une présidente qui puisse enquêter sur tous les cas de discriminations qui entachent la ville de New York. Alors qu'elle prend ses fonctions de présidente de la CCHR, elle fait la douloureuse épreuve de la naissance de sa première enfant, Katherine Felicia, qui est porteuse du syndrome de Down plus connu sous le nom de trisomie 21. À ce sujet elle déclarera . Eleanor reprend son travail de présidente de la CCHR. Sa première mission est d'enquêter sur les revendications d'un groupe de femmes qui organise un piquet empêchant l'entrée des  (DORIS) pour protester contre la politique discriminatoire de cette institution. Eleanor mobilise son équipe pour enquêter sur les pratiques d'embauche et de promotion des femmes des DORIS. À la grande surprise du maire, il s'avère que seulement  des postes à responsabilités sont tenus par des femmes. Les enquêtes s'étendent à l'ensemble des services de la ville et de ses employeurs. Le , la CCHR rend ses conclusions sur la base de nombreux témoignages attestant de la pratique commune de la préférence des hommes sur les femmes tant pour les politiques d'embauche que pour les politiques de promotion.

Pendant la présidence de Eleanor Holmes Norton, la CCHR devient l'une agences municipales les plus actives pour les droits des homosexuels, pour la reconnaissance par les employeurs des obligations religieuses comme celle des Juifs orthodoxe qui ne peuvent travailler le samedi à cause de la célébration du shabbat et de ses obligations, et bien entendu contre toutes les formes de ségrégation raciste. La principale action est l'intervention pour faire respecter les droits des femmes notamment dans le monde du travail. Eleanor se rend compte que son action mériterait d'être élargie, à ne plus être limitée à la ville de New York, le combat pour le droit des femmes est un combat national.

La présidente de l'Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

À la suite de la promulgation du Civil Rights Act de 1964, par le président Lyndon B. Johnson, a été créée une agence fédérale l' ou EEOC (Commission pour l'égalité des chances en matière d'emploi). Cette agence, qui ouvre ses portes le , a pour mission d'enquêter sur les discriminations basées sur la race, le sexe, la religion, l'origine ethnique dans le monde du travail conformément au Titre VII du Civil Rights Act de 1964 cité plus haut. Dans les cas de discriminations avérées, l'EEOC n'a qu'un pouvoir de médiation, ce qui lui vaut le surnom de « tigre sans dent ». Cette agence rencontre plusieurs difficultés, son champ entre dans celui de dix huit autres agences fédérales qui interviennent dans le monde du travail et enquêtent tout comme elle sur les violations du droit du travail, agences dépendant notamment du Département du Travail des États-Unis ou de l' ce qui crée des situations conflictuelles. Enfin cette agence souffre d'un manque significatif de leadership, depuis sa création sept présidents se sont succédé sans être capable d'imposer le rôle de l'agence face à ses détracteurs. C'est pour remédier aux maux de l'EEOC que le président Jimmy Carter nomme Eleanor Holmes Norton à la tête de l'EEOC, elle prend ses fonctions le .

L'un des premiers actes d'Eleanor est symbolique, sur la porte de son bureau elle change l'écriteau « Chairman » par « Chair » et non pas comme elle l'aurait pu le faire par « Chairwoman » ; par ce geste, elle marque sa volonté d'égalité entre les hommes et les femmes. Elle commence par un apurement du passif des plaintes déposées auprès de l'EEOC, passif lié à des défauts de procédures et un manque de rigueur quant aux recueils des plaintes. Toute plainte doit maintenant faire l'objet d'un enquête contradictoire rigoureuse pour établir sa validité, si la plainte est retenue, cela déclenche une réunion d'arbitrage entre les deux parties afin qu'elles établissent une solution satisfaisante pour chacune d'entre elles sous la présidence d'un membre de l'EEOC. Très rapidement le passif des plaintes est dans un processus d'épuration spectaculaire, en moins de trois mois,  des plaintes en souffrance sont classées. Les nouveaux cas sont traités dans un délai d'un mois au lieu de traîner pendant des années auparavant. Forte de ses réussites, Eleanor demande au président Jimmy Carter une augmentation de son budget et d'embaucher pas loin de  salariés supplémentaires. Sous sa présidence de grands groupes industriels et des syndicats sont contraints de payer des indemnités de plusieurs dizaines de millions de dollars. L'action de l'EEOC touche toutes les formes de discriminations présentes dans le monde du travail, celles envers les minorités, les femmes, les femmes enceintes, le harcèlement sexuel, etc., Eleanor Holmes Norton est réputée comme celle qui a redonné ses dents au « tigre sans dent ». Sur son initiative l'EEOC publie de nombreux guides de prévention et de conseils quant aux diverses discriminations. Mais quand Ronald Reagan est élu président des États-Unis en 1981, l'administration nouvellement placée annonce clairement d'en finir avec les réglementations qui entravent les entreprises, et donc l'EEOC doit mettre ses activités en veilleuse. Le , Eleanor Holmes Norton remet sa démission de présidente de l'EEOC au président Ronald Reagan qui la remplace par Clarence Thomas. Grâce à sa formation et son expérience, elle commence une carrière dans l'enseignement supérieur comme professeure à l'université de Georgetown, au Boston College, et à la Faculté de droit de Harvard.

La campagne pour devenir membre du Congrès
Dès 1973, alors qu'elle participait à la création de la National Black Feminist Organization, elle se rend avec  Afro-Américaines à la Cathédrale Saint-Jean-le-Théologien de New York pour écouter une conférence donnée par Shirley Chisholm, la première Afro-Américaine à être élue au Congrès. Carolyn Reed, une des organisatrices de la conférence, se lève pour présenter Eleanor devant l'auditoire, et dans son discours de présentation la propose pour être la future candidate à la mairie de New York, son panégyrique est tel que la foule se lève et scande . Eleanor Holmes embarrassée répond, non sans humour, , car elle n'avait jamais songé à briguer un mandat électif. Ce n'est qu'à la fin des années 1980 qu'elle y repense car la situation de la ville de Washington était plus que problématique. La gestion de l'équipe municipale du maire Marion Barry était désastreuse, des scandales de corruption de fraudes touchent plusieurs de ses membres, le maire lui même est condamné à six mois de prison pour détention et consommation de cocaïne. Le statut de la ville de Washington (district de Columbia) est particulier, pendant longtemps la capitale fédérale était administré par un conseil nommé par le président des États-Unis, ce n'est qu'en 1974 que les habitants peuvent élire un maire. Le district de Columbia n'avait aucun élu siégeant au Congrès, ce n'est qu'en 1971 qu'est créé le mandat de Délégué ( pour la ville de Washington, mandat ordinairement réservé aux territoires des États-Unis comme Porto-Rico, Guam, les Îles Vierges, les Samoa américaines, etc., le pouvoir des Délégués est limité, ils peuvent prendre la parole, présenter des lois, être rapporteurs de loi, participer à des commissions, en revanche ils n'ont aucun droit de délibération.

Le , Eleanor Holmes pose officiellement sa candidature auprès de la Commission électorale fédérale de Washington pour être candidate au siège de Délégué du district de Columbia à la Chambre des représentants des États-Unis sous les couleurs du Parti démocrate, siège tenu par Walter Fauntroy depuis 1971. Elle va devoir surmonter son principal handicap, car si elle a grandi dans Washington et connait les problèmes de la ville, il demeure que depuis 1981 elle s'est éloignée de la vie politique pour se consacrer à sa carrière d'universitaire, plus spécialement comme professeure à l'université de Georgetown, malgré tout son atout est sa réputation de féministe et de défenseure des droits civiques. Elle recrute Donna Brazile comme directrice de campagne dont la première mission est lever des fonds pour financer la campagne (affiches, publicité dans les divers media, éditions de brochures, envois de courriers et de courriels, prospection téléphonique, location de locaux, organisation de conférences et de banquets). Pour cela Donna Brazile et Eleanor Holmes Norton mobilisent leurs réseaux. À mi parcours de la campagne, Eleanor a pu obtenir la somme de , c'est-à-dire autant que ses concurrents. Des organisations féministes la soutiennent comme l'Emily's List ou la NARAL Pro-Choice America. Sa principale concurrente est la sortante  qui souligne l'éloignement d'Eleanor de la scène politique locale, qu'elle n'a participé à aucun des derniers scrutins locaux. Son concurrent du Parti républicain, Harry M. Singleton, l'accuse d'omettre la publications de ses déclarations fiscales, ce qui fut réfuté. Betty Kane reprend les accusations de Singleton pour disqualifier Eleanor. Le  se tiennent les élections et malgré les attaques virulentes au sujet de ses impôts Eleanor Holmes Norton emporte les élections grâce aux voix des femmes et l'électorat blanc.

La déléguée du district de Columbia à la Chambre des représentants
Eleanor Holmes Norton fait partie des trois femmes afro-américaines qui siègent à la  session de la Chambre des représentants (1991-1993) avec Cardiss Collins et .

La crise de la municipalité de Washington

Lorsque Sharon Pratt Kelly est élue maire de Washington en 1991 pour prendre la suite de Marion Barry, elle découvre une administration rongée par des années de corruption, une bureaucratie pléthorique et un déficit du budget qui, accumulé au long des années, a créé une dette d'un montant de . La nouvelle maire mène diverses réformes qui ne résorbent pas la dette, au contraire à la fin de son mandat, en 1995, le montant de celle-ci se monte à la somme de . La ville est en état de quasi-faillite, elle obligée de faire appel au banques pour payer les employés de ses services publics essentiels (policiers, pompiers, enseignants, personnel de santé, personnel de voirie, etc.). Les banques se montent prudentes, doutant de la solvabilité de la municipalité. De façon habituelle les municipalités américaines se financent par les taxes et impôts divers, notamment ceux des entreprises et des propriétaires immobiliers ; or Washington dispose de très peu d'entreprises et tous les bâtiments fédéraux (Maison Blanche, Congrès, ministères, Bibliothèque du Congrès, musées, monuments historiques, etc.) appartiennent au gouvernement fédéral et ne versent aucun impôt à la municipalité. Cet appauvrissement est également celui de la population, chômage lié au peu d'emplois en dehors de l'administration fédérale, développement d'une économie parallèle par divers trafics dont celui de la drogue. Face à cette situation, Eleanor Holmes Norton organise le , un rassemblement dans l'auditorium de la  où elle a invité le républicain Newt Gingrich, président de la Chambre des représentants des États-Unis à écouter les revendications des Washingtoniens. Bien que Gingrich soit un conservateur qui a désapprouvé les programmes spécifiques en faveur des Afro-Américains, il est touché par les doléances des Washingtoniens et la situation financière de la municipalité, il va obtenir de la part du Congrès une subvention de . Lorsque l'ex-maire Marion Barry est réélu maire en 1995, Eleanor va dénoncer à Chambre des représentants son incurie et qu'il soit disqualifié pour gérer les subventions du Congrès et obtient de la part de Gingrich un compromis pour que ces subventions soit contrôlées par les instances fédérales.

Le , le Congrès suit le projet de Eleanor Holmes Norton, soutenue par la majorité républicaine, en nommant un comité de surveillance de la municipalité de Washington ; ce comité est composé de cinq résidents de la ville dont quatre Afro-Américains, recrutés et rémunérés par le Congrès, sa mission est de contrôler l'établissement du budget municipal et de prescrire des recommandations pour que l'équilibre soit atteint d'ici trois années. Ce dispositif fait dire à , le représentant de la Virginie que Eleanor Holmes Norton . Marion Barry et son équipe s'opposent à ce comité de surveillance, demandent sa dissolution. En juillet 1996 un audit financier est transmis au Congrès qui fait notamment état de la perte de confiance des banques qui refusent tout emprunt de la ville de Washington. En 1997, Eleanor Holmes Norton avec d'autres membres du Congrès proposent un plan de redressement de la ville assorti d'une allocation au montant de  étalé sur  dont  assureraient les pensions de retraite des employés de la ville. Durant la durée de ce plan de renflouement, la municipalité de Washington serait sous la tutelle de l'état fédéral. Le , le président Bill Clinton signe le  qui est un plan de rénovation et de renflouement de la capitale fédérale et confirme le rôle du comité de surveillance. Eleanor Holmes Norton, au sujet de ce plan de rénovation, dit , elle rajoute . Effectivement Marion Barry s'insurge contre cette loi qui enlève toute compétence à l'équipe municipale. Eleanor Holmes Norton devient la cible de nombreux opposants, l'accusant de s'être ralliée aux forces les plus conservatrices des républicains, d'être la complice d'une loi contraire aux libertés civiles, lorsqu'elle prend la parole lors d'une convention de la National Urban League, des militants l'accueillent en arborant une pancarte où il est écrit .

Le statut du district de Columbia en question
Les Washingtoniens sont de plus en plus nombreux à contester le statut particulier du district, ils demandent que le district puisse devenir un État et avoir une représentation au Congrès comme tous les autres États à savoir deux sièges au Sénat et un siège à la Chambre des représentants avec voix délibérative, mouvement de contestation qui reprend les critiques historiques du  qui existe depuis la création du statut du district en 1801 (le ). Eleanor va régulièrement déposer à la Chambre des représentants un projet de loi allant dans ce sens, le , et relancer des projets de lois semblables au  adopté par le Congrès en 1978, mais qui jamais pu avoir le quorum nécessaire pour être promulgué et qui a expiré en 1985 (seuls seize États avaient ratifié l'amendement, alors que trente huit étaient nécessaires), amendement, qui s'il ne transformait pas le district en État, lui aurait donné les mêmes droits de représentation au Congrès que les autres États. En 1993, Eleanor Holmes Norton dépose un projet de loi, le « New Columbia Statehood Act » qui a pour but d'établir le district de Columbia comme le  État des États-Unis. Pour faire aboutir sa requête, elle s'est assurée du soutien du président Bill Clinton et de leaders clés au Congrès comme Dick Gephardt le président du groupe des Démocrates à la Chambre des représentants. Le projet de loi est refusé par la Chambre des représentants, seuls  ont voté pour et les Républicains se sont montrés les plus hostiles au projet de loi, un seul républicain a voté en faveur de ce projet. Ce vote est probablement politique, car la population du district vote à  pour les Démocrates et un vote favorable aurait envoyé deux sénateurs démocrates de plus au Sénat. Les hésitations des Démocrates s'expliquent par le fait que la municipalité de Washington s'est montrée incapable d'administrer le district comme un État et comme le dit Tom Delay, le représentant républicain du Texas, . Cela dit pour Eleanor Holmes Norton, son projet de loi, même s'il a été repoussé, a le mérite d'avoir à nouveau posé le problème et d'avoir provoqué des débats publics dans l'opinion. La question est à nouveau relancée en septembre 1998, lorsque le  dépose une plainte en justice pour réclamer une juste représentation au Congrès aussi bien à Chambre qu'au Sénat. Plainte que Elanor va soutenir. Le Congrès réagit vivement en faisant passer une loi qui interdit le poste de procureur de district  pour l'Office Counsel, ce qui annule son dépôt de plainte et va compliquer toute action en justice pour représenter le district.

Des membres de l'Office Counsel, autorisent la modification des plaques d'immatriculation des véhicules des habitants du district avec la mention  qui est une référence historique à la Boston Tea Party de 1773, où un groupe de Bostoniens (Les Fils de la Liberté) ont protesté contre les taxes liées aux Townshend Acts édictées par la Couronne britannique. Plaques qui allaient être vues par les  de touristes qui visitent chaque année la capitale fédérale.

Le  le Congrès met à l'ordre du jour un vote sur un projet de loi le District of Columbia Appropriations Bill qui sera adopté le  sous le nom de District of Columbia Appropriations Act (Loi sur les subventions allouées au district de Columbia) qui détaille le montant des différentes subventions et leur destinations. Pendant les débats autour du projet de loi, sept personnes vont manifester pacifiquement dans la galerie de la Chambre des représentants en scandant des slogans  et , ce sont Martin Thomas, Karen Szulgit, Tania Snyder, Queen Mother ShemaYah, Debbie Hanrahan, Bette Hoover et Steve Donkin, après leur expulsion suivie de leur arrestation, dès qu'ils sont libérés, ils sont appelés les Democracy7, et reçoivent un large soutien de la part des Washingtoniens.

Le procès des Democracy7
Le  commence le procès des Democracy7. Dès l'ouverture du procès le procureur demande à ce que soient écartés les témoignages concernant le statut du district de Columbia et sa représentation, Martin Thomas l'un ses sept inculpés proteste . Après quelques jours de report du procès, le procureur abandonne les charges contre Martin Thomas, ne gardant que six membres des Democracy7 avec l'accusation d'interruption des débats à la Chambre. Lors des délibérations du jury il est impossible de déclarer la culpabilité des prévenus, la juge  annule le procès et se prononce pour un nouveau procès. Entretemps, cinquante-sept résidents du district déposent une plainte auprès de la Cour suprême des États-Unis, celle-ci rend un arrêt qui, tout en confirmant la constitutionnalité du statut actuel du district, ajoute dans son délibéré que la Cour , mais que celle-ci ne peut être modifiée que par le Congrès. Le  s'ouvre le nouveau procès contre les Democracy7, les charges sont identiques au premier procès, le seul témoin de la défense est Eleanor Holmes Norton. Cette dernière déclare devant les jurés que la manifestation n'a nullement interrompu les débats de la Chambre, elle rappelle aux jurés, qui sont des Washingtoniens comme les prévenus et elle, qu'il est anormal que les habitants du district paient les taxes et impôts, que leurs fils fassent la guerre dans les Forces armées des États-Unis et qu'ils n'aient aucun droit de vote sur le budget de leur ville. Elle souligne que la manifestation des Democracy7 est dans la ligne de la désobéissance civile non violente pratiquée par Martin Luther King et les militants du mouvement américain des droits civiques. Après deux jours de délibérations, le jury déclare les prévenus non coupables pour chacune des charges retenues.

Le No Taxation Without Representation Act de 2002

En mars 2001, Eleanor Holmes Norton et le sénateur du Connecticut Joseph Lieberman présentent simultanément un projet de loi au Congrès le No Taxation Without Representation Act 2001, la première à la Chambre des représentants, le second au Sénat. Ce projet de loi a pour but d'obtenir une représentation « normale » au Congrès pour les résidents du district de Columbia, projet soutenu par la majorité des résidents du district. Si le projet de loi est adopté par le Congrès, alors les résidents du district seront dispensés de payer des impôts fédéraux sur le revenu jusqu'à ce qu'ils soient représentés comme les autres États, ce qui inciterait le Congrès à modifier le statut du district. Eleanor Holmes Norton défend le projet lors des débats à la Chambre des représentants en disant que le but n'est pas créer un paradis fiscal mais de mettre le Congrès en face de ses responsabilités, d'obtenir un droit de représentation semblable au Wyoming qui compte moins d'habitants que Washington, d'en finir avec un statut humiliant où le Congrès décide de tout, de la façon dont la ville dépense ses impôts jusqu'à la façon dont elle ramasse les ordures sans prendre compte l'avis des personnes concernées. Eleanor Holmes Norton dans sa plaidoirie fait valoir que  vétérans habitent à Washington et déclare :  Le projet de loi est refusé mais il a eu le mérite de reposer le problème avec un soutien quasi unanime des Washingtoniens et le soutien de plusieurs représentants et sénateurs.

Le Washington, D.C. Admission Act de 2020
Le , Eleanor Holmes Norton présent un projet de loi le  (HR.51) lors de la  session du Congrès des États-Unis qui a pour but, comme les précédents projets de loi déposés par elle, de faire accéder le district de Columbia au statut d'État plénier avec des élus ayant un droit de délibération aux deux chambres du Congrès. Nancy Pelosi, la présidente de la Chambre des représentants des États-Unis, soutient le projet. Ce projet de loi contient les principales dispositions suivantes :
 Le territoire du district de Columbia sera admis dans l'union en tant que  État.
 Le nouvel état sera nommé « Washington, Douglass Commonwealth ».
 Un nouveau district fédéral sera créé dans les limites du nouvel État, dénommé « la capitale », englobant la Maison Blanche, le Capitole, le bâtiment de la Cour suprême, les principaux bâtiments fédéraux (ministères, agences) et d'autres monuments fédéraux adjacents au Capitole et au National Mall.
 Le John A. Wilson Building sera le siège du gouvernement du futur Washington, Douglass Commonwealth
 Le nouvel État élira deux sénateur et, dans un premier temps, un membre de la Chambre des représentants. La Chambre des représentants sera élargie en permanence à 436 membres. À la suite du prochain recensement après l'admission, une nouvelle répartition déterminerait le nombre de représentants auxquels le nouvel État aurait droit en fonction de sa population.
 La loi sur les délégués du district de Columbia sera abrogée.
 Un processus accéléré sera mis en mouvement pour introduire et ratifier un nouvel amendement constitutionnel abrogeant le Vingt-troisième amendement de la Constitution des États-Unis, définissant le statut du district de Columbia
 Les élus locaux actuels (maire et conseil municipal) feront la transition pour devenir le gouverneur et la législature du nouvel État.

Le projet de loi est refusé par Mitch McConnell, le chef de la majorité républicaine au Sénat. Le projet de loi est à nouveau proposé le  par Eleanor Holmes Norton lors de la  session du Congrès des États-Unis. La loi est adoptée par une courte majorité le  par la Chambre des représentants par un vote de  voix pour contre  voix. La prochaine bataille va se jouer au Sénat.

Vie privée
Le , Eleanor Holmes épouse Edward Norton qu'elle a connu à l'université Yale avant qu'il ne fasse ses études de droit à l'université Columbia de New York. Le couple donne naissance à deux enfants Katherine Felicia, atteinte de la trisomie 21 (1970), puis John (1972), ils divorcent en 1993.

Distinctions
 1971 : lauréate du Louise Waterman Wise Award, décerné par le Congrès juif américain,
1978 : élévation au grade de Doctorat honoris causa de l'Université Brown (LL.D.),
2011 : lauréate du Foremother Award décerné par le ,
2020 : couronné par la ,

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Naissance en juin 1937
Naissance à Washington (district de Columbia)
Délégué à la Chambre des représentants des États-Unis pour Washington (district de Columbia)
Personnalité du Parti démocrate dans l'État de Washington
Étudiant de l'université Antioch
Étudiant de l'université Yale
Représentante des États-Unis
Personnalité politique afro-américaine
Femme politique américaine
Docteur honoris causa de l'université Brown
Féministe américaine
Membre de la National Association for the Advancement of Colored People


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Siân Griffiths (Fiction) | Ogden, UT
sbgriffiths@gmail.com
www.sbgriffiths.com
Siân Griffiths lives in Ogden, Utah, where she directs the Creative Writing Program at Weber State University. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Georgia Review, Redivider, Fifth Wednesday Journal, Quarterly West, Ninth Letter, and The Rumpus, among other publications. Her short fiction has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, once by Versal and once by The Georgia Review, and her debut novel, Borrowed Horses (New Rivers Press), was a semi-finalist for the 2014 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. Currently, she reads fiction as part of the editorial team at Barrelhouse. For more information, please visit sbgriffiths.com
Borrowed Horses (New Rivers 2013). Fiction.
"This work by Sian B. Griffiths qualifies as a minor masterpiece of the novelist's art. Complex and memorable characters, minute attention to background details, an imaginative storyline, and a master of dialogue, Borrowed Horses is a consistently entertaining read."
-Small Press Bookwatch, Midwest Book Review
"Griffiths' great accomplishment in dealing with the men in Joannie's life is that she manages to be sympathetic to both Joannie's physical desires (many of which are described in sensual detail) and her almost feminist nature. What Joannie discovers through much trial and error is that balance can only be found in the middle. In this way, and in many others, life is like riding a horse."
-Peter Geye, Minnesota StarTribune
"what really captured me was the beauty of the writing. […Borrowed Horses is] keen yet accessible."
-Sharon Browning, LitStack
"A remarkable debut, tough-minded and feisty as the prodigal daughter at its heart. Borrowed Horses explores with precise attention a corner of our country–the rolling Palouse of northern Idaho–rarely portrayed in fiction, and, along the way, translates equestrianism into a kind of beautiful metaphysics."
-Lance Olsen, Calendar of Regrets
"Siân Griffiths puts Idaho on the map. Her writing is as tough and lovely as a flower blooming in gravel."
-Amina Gautier, At-Risk, Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award
"I've never ridden a horse, but after reading this book, I feel like I know what it means to meet a fence and jump–that moment of flight. Griffiths etches her characters, their rituals and desires, with startling devotion. There is more than one love story in this novel, and each one pulls hard. Friendship and grit ride alongside both misplaced and slow-burning passions through a distinctly Western emotional landscape. Joannie Edson is both a woman I admire and want to throttle: this is what recommends her. We are all haunted–Borrowed Horses shows one woman learning to weather the ghosts and jump again."
-Kirsten Kaschock, Unfathoms and Sleight
Siân Griffiths
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Orlando Philharmonic concert salutes Mozart (and the bassoon)
By Matthew J. Palm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (BETTMANN ARCHIVE)
The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra will celebrate Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in its next Focus Series concert, which takes place this Monday, March 14.
The program includes the great composer's Divertimento in F Major, Symphony No. 29 in A Major and Concerto for Bassoon in B-flat Major. That last work will put the spotlight on Diane Bishop, the orchestra's principal bassoonist.
The "Focus on Mozart" concert will be conducted by Guillaume Pirard. Born in Belgium, the violinist studied at the Brussels Royal Conservatory of Music, the Den Haag Royal Conservatory in the Netherlands and the Juilliard School in New York City. Along with Eric Jacobsen, the Phil's music director, Pirard is one of the co-founders of the Knights, a progressive orchestra based in New York.
Monday's concert is at 7 p.m. at The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave., Orlando. Tickets are $23-$54. Call 407-770-0071 or go to orlandophil.org


Boiled peanuts are a must during football season. Chicken Legs LOVES boiled peanuts, so we make them all season long. I usually make them in the slow cooker, but I decided to give them a try in the Instant Pot. OMG! SO easy! They cook in less than a hour. Perfect for a last minute tailgating snack.
Make sure to buy RAW peanuts. I find them at the grocery store in the produce section. Chicken Legs likes his boiled peanuts seasoned with cajun seasoning. I use Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning. I buy the regular creole seasoning with the salt in the mixture. Boiled peanuts need the salt. I've also seasoned the peanuts with Old Bay or a handful of salt. All three are delicious!!
Store any leftover boiled peanuts in the fridge. We like to reheat them in the microwave before digging in again. The leftovers will keep about 10 days.
Place peanuts in the Instant Pot. Add cajun/creole seasoning and salt.
Add water to cover peanuts.
Secure lid and seal. Cook on "manual" or "high-pressure" for 45 minutes. Let pressure naturally release for 5 minutes. Quick release any remaining pressure.
Does this amount of time in the Instant Pot leave them a little crunchy, or are they soft in the middle?
Make sure you use fresh green peanuts and not dried peanuts. Green peanuts are leaps and bounds better than dried. I am from SC and boiled peanuts are a huge thing here :)I make boiled peanuts several times a week during the summer. We LOVE them!!
Hi Steph - can you tell me how you make boiled peanuts in the slow cooker?


I was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I still love to go back to visit Tennessee and see the mountains and visit with some of the friendliest folks on earth. I must say though, that Michigan is not a place I miss because of the freezing cold weather, although I have so many friends there still that I really miss. Luckily, they love to come and visit me in sunny Florida.
Of course I babysat but my very first real job was when I was 14 working at the mall at an Orange Julius. Does anyone remember that place? I made $1.90 an hour and I thought I was rich when I got my first paycheck. The benefits were great too as I got to eat as much as I wanted and I loved the burgers, fries, fried chicken sandwiches and the delicious strawberry Julius's. The brown polyester outfit was not so great and the hair net, well you can imagine how lovely that was.
Twenty-five years ago, while looking for a summer job during college break, I interviewed for a job selling home water purification systems. I thought it was ingenious and wanted to take the job right away. My father disagreed and I took another job. I still wonder what would have happened if I would have taken that job. The market was wide open and I just walked away. Learned a lesson though, always follow your gut.
There have been many people who I have garnered bits and pieces of advice from, but there is one person that really has influenced my career and who I always go to for career advice. His name is Ted Rubin and he is one of the top CMO's and marketers in the world today. You can follow along with him on Twitter with 140,000 others @TedRubin and be sure to read the book he co-authored with Kathryn Rose called Return On Relationship. Ted taught me that marketing is about giving more than you take and creating relationships that benefit others before they benefit you. Along with his business acumen, he is just a really nice guy and I absolutely adore him.
Aside from finding a way back into the business world after taking a 12-year break to raise my three daughters, I would say my greatest achievement is earning a position within an organization that works worldwide to help create a more sustainable future for us all. I work as CMO for Factory Direct Promos, which is one of the largest factory direct suppliers of eco-friendly, custom reusable bags in the world and we make a difference with each custom, reusable bag we create. Our clients include large brands like American Express, Pepsi, Carnival Cruise Lines, smaller brands, and even non-profits like The Salvation Army and municipalities like Los Angeles. As our Founder and CEO, Jason Tunick says, "When our reusable bags reach thousands of companies, they green millions of consumers and that's how change begins." It feels good to do good and I consider that my greatest achievement professionally.
Oh my goodness, there have been so many it is hard to choose my biggest. I always look at mistakes as character builders both personally and professionally and honestly, I think our mistakes endear us to those around us. I am the ultimate optimist and always try to see the positive in the negative, but don't get me wrong, making mistakes feels awful. Like when I did not proof an infographic well enough and the facts were wrong and the mistake was caught by a hugely popular website and posted one Sunday morning while I was at a lovely breakfast after church with my family. That turned into not the most enjoyable Sunday with the boss but the good news was that we were on one of the top websites. I think my biggest mistake in business was probably not listening to my intuition on many occasions until finally realizing, that is the best way to mark a successful path. There are so many experts out there but ultimately, it is important to do your homework, get the information you need to make a good choice and then listen to that voice inside that will never let you down. Ignore it at your own peril.
I am a really positive person and can see the best in all people and situations. I love to point out to people the strengths I see in them.
I hate to admit it, but it is hard for me to step away from work. To me work is fun and I sometimes forget it is not so fun for my three girls although they are always bringing me leads.
I think sitting down and writing a good old fashioned, hand-written note is one way marketers can really set themselves apart from others and strengthen relationships. At Factory Direct, we have this awesome seed paper that when planted sprouts into wildflowers. I love to stay in touch with clients and prospects by jotting down a quick message to connect on my custom seed paper note cards. My youngest loves it when I make a mistake, as that is just another chance for us to plant some more wildflowers in the yard.
My mom always used to say to me, "You might as well ask; all they can say is no", and I have carried that thought with me in both my personal and professional life. It helps to put things in perspective. As far as a phrase that makes me squirm, I can't really think of any.
Oh that is easy, everything makes me stressed! I like to joke that I am like a little Chihuahua, always nervous. I have a lot of energy and always need a creative outlet for that energy. I find myself working a lot but my weekends are for family and a time to de-stress.
I actually love to work out. I have worked out since I was 14 and it is my outlet that keeps me sane and the one thing I do for myself. I work out almost every single day, even on vacation. I also really love to go out to eat with my family and go on our Sunday bike rides.
My playlist includes anything from classic rock to classical. My favourite would probably have to be Pachelbel's Canon or anything Mozart. I also love The Black Eyed Peas, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival and so many more. I can't pin it down. I love music. I especially love to listen to music when I travel. Pop in my ear buds and I am off.
Again, I have to give a shout out to Ted Rubin and his book Return On Relationship but I also need to mention Nichole Kelly's How to Measure Social Media. Two great must haves for anyone marketing through digital media.
Not really. I am not a sport's girl nor do I watch much TV. My daughter plays lacrosse so I would have to say that is about the extent of my love for sports.
I am pretty happy to stay right here in the good old USA but if I had to choose another country, it would be somewhere warm, intimate and fun like Monaco. I always love a party.
I really admire what Scott Monty does with Ford. He has some really innovative ideas, a great brand and a very loyal following that makes for success. Still, he is one of those people who make you feel like you are the only one in the room when you have face time with him.
Again, I alluded to this earlier but I really love that my company is working hard to make a difference in the future sustainability of the world. I also love that I can connect with people from all over the globe.
I used to be such an avid reader but these days if I have a free moment, I am hanging with my three daughters or sneaking in a work out. I recently read The Alchemist and I would put that on the top of my list.
I seem to always go to sleep at night thinking about work but nothing specific. Just whatever project I am currently working on or how I can connect my brand in better ways to our target markets. I really love what I do and feel very blessed to be able to make a difference in the world through the work I do. Once my head hits the pillow, I am usually out like a light and off to dreamland pretty darn quick. Then I am up early and ready to do it all again. Life is good.


There is now weekly Prayer 12:00 - 12:30 on Thursdays in the Prayer Room.
and it is the first door on your right.
is in need of funds.
and see if you can help.
for anything you can do.
Thanks to Sir George Jacobescu, CEO of Canary Wharf plc - we have a very fine, small meeting room.
This we can use for confessions, spiritual guidance, marriage preparation, bereavement counselling - and much more.
So please do let me know (vladimirfelzmann@rcdow.org.uk) if you would like to take advantage of this new facility.
Needless to say, we won't pass your details to any third parties.
Rev. Mgr. Dr. Vladimir Felzmann, born in Prague in 1939, came to London just after World War II. Having studied Civil Engineering at Imperial College,London and received his DD at the Lateran University in Rome, he was ordained priest in 1969 and in 1999, at the request of Cardinal Hume, was awarded the title of Monsignor [Prelate fo Honour] by the Pope.
Currently Fr. Vlad [as he tends to be known] is Catholic Chaplain for Sport, CEO of The John Paul II Foundation for Sport , Trustee of The Passage,CaAPA and Genesis.
A social entrepreneur, he founded and directed two annual Westminster Diocese Pilgrimages to Lourdes and founded the Peer Educational Centres SPEC and LOFT at the All Saints Pastoral Centre at London Colney, SPECeast in Wapping and launched The John Paul II Foundation for Sport[JP2F4S] as a Registered Charity, Octocber 2011.
Fr. Vlad is a member of the Canary Wharf Multifath Chaplaincy Team.


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Anniversary of Martin Luther King's visit to St Paul's marked at free lunchtime talk
Dr Martin Luther King Jr, is seen as one of the most influential figures in modern worldwide history.
To mark the 50th anniversary of Dr King's address to 4,000 people at St Paul's Cathedral, this talk by Simon Carter, Head of Collections, will recount the circumstances of the visit and explore how the Cathedral became involved with the civil rights movement; the campaign for nuclear disarmament and clandestine anti-apartheid activities.
Monday 8 December
1 - 2pm
Wren Suite, Cathedral Crypt
This talk is part of a series organised by the Cathedral's Collections department.
Each presentation takes an aspect of the Cathedral Collections as the starting point to illuminate and elucidate an aspect of the rich life and work of St Paul's. These 45-minute introductions in the crypt Wren Suite are delivered by Cathedral staff and volunteers who have researched specific items from the Library, Archives or Object Collection.
The talks will endeavour to bring star objects and less well known but significant treasures to the fore as they reveal details behind the big stories in the history of St Paul's as well as some of the less well known facets of the pursuit of the Cathedral Mission and associated activities and events.
More information on the Cathedral Collections
Martin Luther King preaches at St Paul's


The San Francisco Civic Symphony of the San Francisco Civic Music Association (SFCMA) will conclude its season with a program entitled A Tribute to Tchaikovsky. San Francisco Symphony (SFS) violinist Eliot Lev will be the soloist in the major work on the program, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Opus 35 violin concerto in D minor. (Readers probably know by now that SFS is performing that concerto this week; and I must confess that I forgot to check to see if Lev was in his usual place in the Second Violins section!) The first half of the program will present two of Tchaikovsky's shorter, but very well-known, orchestral compositions, the Opus 31 "Marche slave" and the Opus 49 "1812 Overture." In addition the string section will play the Andante cantabile (second) movement from the Opus 11 (first) string quartet in D major. (The second movement is in D-flat major.) The conductor will be Music Director Jessica Bejarano.
This concert will begin at 3 p.m. this Sunday, June 10, at Nourse Theater. This venue is located at 275 Hayes Street, across the street from Davies Symphony Hall and on the southeast corner of Franklin Street. As is the case for all SFCMA events, admission will be free. Registration is appreciated but not required. Those who wish may register through an Eventbrite event page. Seating is on a first-come first-served basis. Doors open half an hour before the performance begins. Donations are gratefully accepted, with a $10 donation suggested for each person.


From the acclaimed author of "The Pencil" and "To Engineer Is Human," "The Essential Engineer" is an eye-opening exploration of the ways in which science and engineering must work together to address our world's most pressing issues, from dealing with climate change and the prevention of natural disasters to the development of efficient automobiles and the search for renewable energy sources. While the scientist may identify problems, it falls to the engineer to solve them. It is the inherent practicality of engineering, which takes into account structural, economic, environmental, and other factors that science often does not consider, that makes engineering vital to answering our most urgent concerns.
Henry Petroski takes us inside the research, development, and debates surrounding the most critical challenges of our time, exploring the feasibility of biofuels, the progress of battery-operated cars, and the question of nuclear power. He gives us an in-depth investigation of the various options for renewable energy--among them solar, wind, tidal, and ethanol--explaining the benefits and risks of each. Will windmills soon populate our landscape the way they did in previous centuries? Will synthetic trees, said to be more efficient at absorbing harmful carbon dioxide than real trees, soon dot our prairies? Will we construct a "sunshade" in outer space to protect ourselves from dangerous rays? In many cases, the technology already exists. What's needed is not so much invention as engineering.
Just as the great achievements of centuries past--the steamship, the airplane, the moon landing--once seemed beyond reach, the solutions to the twenty-first century's problems await only a similar coordination of science and engineering. Eloquently reasoned and written, "The Essential Engineer" identifies and illuminates these problems--and, above all, sets out a course for putting ideas into action.
Henry Petroski is the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University. The author of more than a dozen previous books, he lives in Durham, North Carolina, and Arrowsic, Maine.


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The second in the Gangster School series by Essex's Kate Wiseman hits the shelves in bookshops this September.
The Brotherhood of Brimstone: Gangster School 2 is a rollicking mid-range adventure set in Blaggard's School for Tomorrow's Tyrants. Perfect for fans of David Walliams and Jeff Kinney, it follows a successful launch and strong sales of the first Gangster School novel this spring.
Trouble is brewing at Blaggard's: The Brotherhood of Brimstone delivers laughs, adventure and intrigue when Sir Byron's Brain, a priceless legendary diamond goes missing. If it leaves the school grounds, Blaggard's will be destroyed forever and the head teacher obliterated!
Could the evil Brotherhood of Brimstone – an ancient secret society – have anything to do with it? Best friends Milly and Charlie embark on an adventure to find out. They discover a web of evil plots involving Gruffles, Charlie's stinky dog, and Wolfie, the robot dog turned invisible superhero. Can our heroes defeat the evil Brotherhood, rescue their canine companions and save the day?
'Gangster School is brimming with villainy, gadgets and giggles. Never mind Hogwarts, if my letter from Blaggard's doesn't come soon, I am going to forge one myself.' Tamsyn Murray, author of Completely Cassidy and Instructions for a Second-Hand Heart.
Published by ZunTold, the new publishing house which aims to bring diversity to children's and young adults' fiction, The Brotherhood of Brimstone is available from 24th September 2018, £6.99, 9781999863326.


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John FitzGibbon,  comte de Clare KP GCH PC ( - ) est un aristocrate et homme politique anglo-irlandais.

Jeunesse
FitzGibbon est né le 10 juillet 1792. Il est le fils aîné de John FitzGibbon (1er comte de Clare) et de son épouse, Anne Whaley . Il a deux frères et sœurs, l'hon. Richard Hobart FitzGibbon (qui devient plus tard le  comte de Clare) et Lady Isabella Mary Anne FitzGibbon .

Ses grands-parents maternels sont Richard Chapel Whaley, de l'abbaye de Whaley dans le comté de Wicklow, et Anne Ward (fille du révérend. Bernard Ward). Son oncle est Thomas Whaley, un député de Newcastle. Son père est le deuxième, mais premier fils survivant, et héritier de John FitzGibbon, de Mount Shannon dans le comté de Limerick et d'Eleanor Grove (fille de John Grove, de Ballyhimmock, dans le comté de Cork) .

À la mort de son père en 1802, il devient baron FitzGibbon dans la pairie de Grande-Bretagne et de comte de Clare dans la pairie irlandaise . Il fait ses études à la Harrow School et à la Christ Church d'Oxford, où il obtient son diplôme en 1812 .

Carrière
De 1820 à 1851, il est actif dans la gestion immobilière lorsqu'il n'est pas dans la fonction publique, et à partir de 1820, il participe aux travaux de la Chambre des lords. En 1830, il devient conseiller privé, et plus tard la même année, il est nommé gouverneur de Bombay, jusqu'en 1835 .

En 1835, il est investi en tant que chevalier grand-croix de l'ordre royal guelfe, est membre de la Royal Asiatic Society à partir de 1839 et investi chevalier de Saint-Patrick en 1845. Il est sous-lieutenant du comté de Limerick de 1846 à 1849, puis Lord Lieutenant de la ville de Limerick pour le reste de sa vie.

Vie privée
Le 14 avril 1826, il épouse l'hon. Elizabeth Burrell, fille de Peter Burrell,  Lord Gwydwyr et Priscilla Bertie, de plein droit baronne Willoughby de Eresby . Sa dot est comprise entre 30 000 et 60 000 £ . Le couple vit séparé, Lady Clare déménageant sur l'île de Wight où elle construit une église catholique à Ryde et un prieuré à Carisbrooke.

Il est également connu pour avoir été un grand ami de Lord Byron alors qu'il fréquente l'école de Harrow. Byron a prétendu l'aimer "à l'infini" et a déclaré qu'il ne pourrait jamais entendre le mot "Clare" sans "un murmure du cœur" .

Lord Clare meurt le 18 août 1851 et, comme il n'a pas de descendance, son frère cadet lui succède dans ses titres et domaines. Ses restes sont déposés à Catacomb B, Vault 63, dans le cimetière de Kensal Green, à Londres, où sa casquette de maintenance peut être vue à l'intérieur de la voûte. Sa veuve est enterrée au cimetière Mountjoy à Carisbrooke, île de Wight, à côté de sa compagne proche, Miss Charlotte Elliot .

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Personnalité inhumée au cimetière de Kensal Green
Gouverneur de Bombay
Membre du Conseil privé du Royaume-Uni
Lord-lieutenant de Limerick
Chevalier de l'ordre de Saint-Patrick
Étudiant de Christ Church (Oxford)
Élève de Harrow School
Décès en août 1851
Naissance en juillet 1792
Décès à 59 ans
Comte de Clare