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Opinion: Why innovation matters
In 1980, futurist Alvin Toffler described three waves of social transformation in human history, each faster and more complex than the previous, and each bringing disruption, dislocation and massive social change.
Kris Magnusson and Laurie Anderson
Sep 20, 2014 • Last Updated October 10, 2014 • 3 minute read
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In 1980, futurist Alvin Toffler described three waves of social transformation in human history, each faster and more complex than the previous, and each bringing disruption, dislocation and massive social change. The first wave brought a transition from hunter-gatherers to farmers in the Agricultural Age. Then, 10,000 years later, the second wave ushered in the Industrial Age; factories replaced farms as the dominant form of economic sustainability. The third wave, less than two centuries later, transformed human society again: information replaced industry as the main driver of the economic engine. And now, after a few decades, we are in the Knowledge Age, characterized by "knowledge workers" — people that, in Peter Drucker's words, "think for a living."
The Knowledge Age requires people to think and act differently. These "new ways" are often referred to as 21st-century learning skills, and are more process-oriented ("how" questions) than they are content-oriented ("what" questions). They also reflect the need for us to operate in increasingly complex environments, communicate and work in groups more effectively, and develop innovative ways to deal with emerging issues. In the midst of such seismic shifts, one might reasonably ask, "what is the role of the university, and how does it need to change?"
Since medieval times, universities have served a critical role in the building of prosperous, democratic and civil societies. Universities have traditionally been centres for the creation and dissemination of specialized knowledge. The expectation was that students would go to a "place of learning," and acquire knowledge by listening to an expert or master. During time, as more students wanted to acquire knowledge, small gatherings were replaced by attendance in classrooms and lecture halls, but the emphasis remained on the master who possessed knowledge. Universities still issue master's degrees, indicating that the holder of such a degree has "mastered" the complexity and depth of a subject area.
The transition to a knowledge economy is disrupting how people perceive universities. Information can be retrieved in nanoseconds with a Google search, the place of learning is no longer fixed and the master is no longer the only source of information. Today's university students are digital natives accustomed to accessing information any time and any place they want. The knowledge economy is also disrupting the workplace, and more than ever, universities are expected to match their programs to rapidly evolving workplace needs. These sea changes are happening at a time when costs are rising but funding stagnates or is reduced. The role, indeed the relevance, of a traditional university is being questioned.
In the Knowledge Age, the university's role in society is more important than ever. The attributes of a liberal arts education — flexible and critical thinking, creativity, collaborative problem-solving, tolerance for ambiguity and respect for myriad perspectives — become even more critical in an age of rapid access to unlimited amounts of information. In the Knowledge Age, the teacher's role expands from being the "sage on the stage" to being the "guide on the side," helping students make meaning out of seemingly endless reams of information.
And, it works. Study after study reveals the benefits of a university education. Long-term employment prospects and lifelong earnings are highest with a university education. Those who have a university education also have increased life satisfaction, more confidence in the future, and even improved health outcomes.
There is no question that universities face tremendous challenges.
They need to find ways to become more accessible to a wider range of learners. They need to be more responsive to rapid changes. They need to make both the content and the experience of university education more engaging and relevant, and they need to adopt a more visionary stance and a stronger profile of community engagement. In short, they need to embed innovation into their very DNA, in the same way innovation in knowledge generation (research) and academic freedom (the right to convey and report on knowledge) are essential components of a university.
Simon Fraser University is focused on the connections between knowledge creation, knowledge dissemination and community engagement. We know that yesterday's success is tomorrow's redundancy, and for a university to remain meaningful and relevant, we need to continue to promote, provoke and question innovation. This will ensure that universities continue to play a crucial role in the rapidly changing future.
Kris Magnusson is dean of education and Laurie Anderson is executive director at Simon Fraser University.

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I have a plot! And a cast of characters! I finally feel like I might be ready for NaNoWriMo 2008. There is a nice circular "finish where you started" thread going through the story, and my minor characters have definite things to do that advance the plot. It's a time travel story that doesn't violate what I believe about time travel. I have science fiction, velociraptors, and witch trials. This is going to be fun! I even found my copy of No Plot, No Problem by Chris Baty.
A huge part of my plotting process is talking it over with Hubby and him giving me all the good ideas, and some less good ones that get rejected. We talk it over, he finds the plot holes, gives me another deluge of ideas, and the story gets written. I don't know how I'd do NaNo without him! I'm getting the final polish on the plot and adding a few twists, getting photos of the actors to play each character, and assembling some research.
Wow, you are organized! I have an idea. And something like a general thrust. And three names. And that's it.


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Building Services Design
Embassy of Ireland, London
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade established a contract for the provision of Architectural and Project Management services for the upgrade of the existing roof, and restoration of the historic façade of their Grade II listed building located on Grosvenor Place, London.
DarntonB3 was appointed for the above, and additionally to act as Contract Administrator, Principal Designer, to provide Party Wall Services, and Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Services.
The role was fulfilled throughout all RIBA works stages to date; from assisting to define and prepare the brief, undertaking and procuring various surveys in order to develop the design, managing the tender and appointment process, technical detailing, monitoring the construction phase, and everything in between.
The site is located on the corner of Grosvenor Place and Chapel Street, opposite Buckingham Palace Gardens. The surrounding area is characterised by similar scale historic buildings and is adjacent to Belgravia Conservation Area. The building works required planning, listed building, and landlord approvals and remained occupied by diplomatic staff, including the ambassador, throughout.
Listed Grade II, the building is a former terraced town mansion built in 1868 by Architect, Thomas Cundy III in a "French Renaissance" style. Cundy was the surveyor to the Grosvenor Estate and he also designed a number of Gothic style churches and other London terraces in an Italianate style. It is evident great care and attention was given to the building when originally constructed, and the quality of the materials and detailing were critical to restore this building to its former glory.
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Fans from USA arrested for preaching on the streets of St. Petersburg – Your Bible
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American football fans were detained in St. Petersburg (Russia). On the day of the semifinals of the world Cup, having come a little to the stadium, they began to call for reconciliation with God, reports IN the LIGHT with reference to the St. Petersburg media.
The evening of July 10 before the game France – Belgium police officers approached two US citizens who were in the crowd, but stood out in baseball cap Trust Jesus (Trust in Jesus) with leaflets with religious content and stickers on the Russian-American friendship. Visiting Americans belong to the movement "Street preachers."
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The Russian Orthodox Church and the Church of Greece discussed the religious situation in Ukraine
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Leisure in Eltham, New Eltham and Mottingham, London SE9
Bexley Magic Society
Bexley N/A
SE9 DA6 8
The Bexley Magic Society was formed over 60 years ago and currently boasts some 40 members, some of whom are full time magical performers working in the south east and across the country.
Also, several members have achieved membership of The Magic Circle and are very active in its running.
So, I hear you say, what has that got to do with me? Well, do you ever struggle to raise funds?
Bexley Magic Society prides itself on the shows they put on for local organisations wanting to raise money.
Thanks to the likes of Derren Brown & Dynamo magic has recently become a very strong form of popular culture again.
So, why not use this to your advantage.
A BMS club show is a fantastic event and best of all there is absolutely NO-RISK to you whatsoever.
All that BMS ask is for a return on all ticket sales. If for any reason you don't manage to sell many tickets you will still only owe BMS their percentage on ticket sales.
If you also decide to provide your guests with food, drink or even hold a raffle all the money you raise, you get to keep.
What we can promise you is an unforgettable night of magical entertainment.
For more information on this exciting NO RISK fundraising opportunity please contact our Club Event organiser, David Klass:
Email: david@klassymagic.co.uk
Tel: 020 8650 3864 or 0787 656 7181
NJ Theatre Academy
Harris Academy Greenwich
Middle Park Avenue
Classes every Friday from 5:30-8:30 in drama, dance and singing from ages 5-18. All classes taught by experienced professionals. For more info contact Nikki.
Make a Noise Choir
Footscray Rugby Sports and Athletics Club
239 - 241 Footscray Road
Community choir open to absolutely everybody; no audition necessary.
FREE trial session.
Every Wednesday 7:30-9:30pm.
Plenty of parking and a bar.
Mottingham Floral Arrangement Society
St Andrews Church Hall - Mumbray Hall
Meeting on the 3rd Wednesday of every month, visitors are very welcome to their monthly demonstrations/workshops. Visitors £5 per evening. Our meetings start at 7.30pm. Easy parking.
21st September, 19th October and 16 November for 2016
Meeting in 2017 start 15th February with AGM & demonstration, 15th March, 19th April, 17th May, 21st May, 19th July, 16th August, 20th September, 18th October and 15th November
Dance Wise
1st Floor, 370 Footscray Road
SE9 2AA
Dance Wise is one of the leading dance studios in the South East. Dance tuition is available for all levels especially beginners. We specialise in Ballroom & Latin for children and adults and also have a strong theatre school offering ballet, tap, modern and street dance.
All the Arts Theatre School Ltd
435 Footscray Road
& St Edwards Hall, St Keverne Road SE9 4AQ
Affordable classes in drama, singing & dance for children and teens ages 3-18yrs. ATA has branches in New Eltham, Mottingham & Bexley taught by Ex-Brookside actress Lucy Morgans.
ATA is a well established and hugely successful performing arts school
All sessions include a mixture of dancing, singing and acting with regular opportunities to perform on stage in local and professional productions including Danson Festival, Chislehurst Rocks, Sadlers Wells, The Stag Theatre & The Albert Hall.Children are taught in small groups for concentrated tuition.
Vocational exams in drama (LAMDA) and dance (IDTA) are available and the school boosts a 100% pass rate for all exams.
Current pupils are performing in the west end production of 'Oliver', 'Carousel' and 'The Railway Children' as well as lead roles in BBC's MI High, Holby City, Zing Zilla's,The Railway Children and the Disney Channel, current commercials include Santander, Asda, Bennetton & McDonalds. 100 of our pupils have performed in professional pantos.
All staff are CRB checked, first aid trained and qualified industry professionals including ex-soap and West End actors
All the Arts are one of the few local schools accredited by the Council of Dance Education and training, which has awarded them Recognised School Status, ensuring good quality professional teaching and safety at all classes.
Winner of 'Most Loved Local Business 2011'- Best of Bexley.
Kent champions 2010,2011 & 2012 of Dance Make Your Move.
Nominee of Best Preschool Classes- netmums 2012
Regional Winner of Festival for Stars 2012
Winner of the Bromley Business Award 2013
Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road, Eltham
Zumba Gold - Ideal for 50Plus Ladies, Returning to Exercise, Beginners, Low Impact (or Higher) Moves. Come and Enjoy Good music, Easy Fun Dance Fitness Moves, Improve your fitness levels suitable for your needs, Improve your Mobility, Flexibility and Balance, Keep your minds active and Meet some new people. Come along and sign in! Give me a call or drop me an email for more information (All Welcome)
Greenwich Academy of Music and Drama
43 Beechhill Road
Tel: 02084884535 (answer phone)
The Greenwich Academy of Music and Drama is an exciting venture for people living, working, and at school in and around the Borough of Greenwich, bringing performing arts groups and ensembles to all members of our community.
The Greenwich Academy of Music and Drama Ltd was established in 2006 as an organisation through which to run performing arts ensembles, holiday courses and education workshops.
We are a non-profit making company limited by guarantee and aim to provide all members with an experience which is positive, friendly, inspiring and above all of high artistic quality.
We run a range of ensembles for wind, brass, percussion and singers during term-time and in the holidays. These ensembles, based on age and ability, provide a clear pathway for each individual's progression as their skills and knowledge develop:
Greenwich Youth Band, Greenwich Wind Ensemble, Summer Music Course, Musical Theatre Holiday Course, Greenwich Community Choir, Greenwich Stage Right Marlborough, Greenwich Stage Right Charlton, Greenwich Academy Apprentice Scheme, Greenwich Youth Choir.
Adult Social and Activity Group
Footscray Road
Tel: Ruby Niblett 020 8302 6829
Meetings held on Tuesday afternoons, 2-4pm.
Activities include Table Tennis, Badminton, Board games, Refreshments and Conversation
Arabesk Arabic Dancers
Community Hall, New Eltham Library, Southwood Road
(Perform locally and further afield)
SE9 3QT
Arabesk Arabic Dancers are a troupe, formed of 'Belly Dancing Classes' members and friends, who perform at community and charity events and private functions.
If you would be interested in joining the group or would like to book Arabesk to dance at your event please contact Elaine.
St Mary's Community Centre
SE9 1BJ
Come and join the fun! Specialising in pre-school dance classes, BabyBallet introduces little ones to all the enjoyment of ballet dancing through music, movement and laughter.
Ballroom and Latin Dancing with Katie
Katie Gleeson
6 Cradley Road
Katie is a British Ballroom Champion teaching at Dancewise in New Eltham. ISTD qualified and very experienced teaching children and adults. Wedding dances also a speciality. Please call if you would like to arrange a private lesson or maybe you would like to arrange your own group for a private session. Learn the dances you love on Strictly. Come learn and have fun.
New Eltham Library
Every MONDAY (no classes on Bank Holidays)
Beginners and Improvers 7.15-8.30pm
Community Hall - New Eltham Library, Southwood Road, London, SE9 3QT
For Adults (over 14yrs) of any size or shape. Suitable for Beginners and Improvers, including complete beginners.
The classes are 'drop-in', so you can join at any time.
Come and have fun, meet new friends, learn a new skill and keep fit at the same time.
Wythfield Road
The Home of Local Theatre in the SE9 Area, showcasing some amazing local talent. Many local groups use the theatre for their productions. We stage Musicals, Plays and Pantomimes and are also home to many Local Dance School Productions. New for this year is the Comedy@The BHT Comedy Club
Bumps & Babies
New Eltham Methodist Centre
Group for expectant & new mums, with babies up to 12 months. Just turn up - £1.50 per adult each session.
Ceroc Eltham
Ceroc Dance Classes, UK's most popular partner dance.
No partner needed, two left feet welcome, fun and easy to learn.
£9 per night
£5 Students
Ceroc Dance Classes in Eltham on Mondays
The UK's most popular partner dance.
No partner needed, two left feet welcome.
Easy and fun to learn.
Eltham, SE9 5EQ
Starts from 7.30pm to 10.45pm
Civil Service Retirement Fellowship
United Reform Chruch
1 Court Road
SE9 5AD
Open to ex Civil Servants and non Civil Servants (Associate Members). Meetings usually with speakers, outings, theatre trips and holidays.
DDA Performing Arts
Turning Pages Community Centre
Nesbit Road
SE9 6HS
We provide a variety of classes on a Saturday Morning including Pre-School Dance, ISTD Ballet, Tap & Modern, Acrobatics and Street Dance.
We aim to provide a fun and caring enviroment for children to learn and meet new friends along the way.
All classes are taught by qualified teachers who have a passion and love for dance which they aim to pass on to their students.
We hold annual show and or exams.
The first lesson is free so come for a trial.
Edith Nesbit Society
26 Strongbow Road
SE9 1DT
Established in 1996, it aims to celebrate the life and work of the author and her friends by talks, publications and visits. Edith Nesbit lived at Well Hall House, Eltham SE9 from 1899-1922 and wrote many of her books there.
542 Westhorne Avenue
SE9 6DH
Spanish kids' club in South East London. Build up your child's Spanish language skills and cultural understanding through fun and friendship!
Eldorado Musical Productions
Grove Park area & Eltham
A local amateur dramatic society that meets twice a week Mondays in Grove Park & Wednesdays in Eltham and performs at Eltham's Bob Hope Theatre twice a year. Specialises in musical theatre
Eltham and Avery Hill Gardens Society
Pippenhall Allotments
Bexley Road
SE9 2PE
Members shop at Pippenhall allotments open every Sunday morning from 9am to 12pm through the Spring and Summer, and from 10am to 12pm during the Autumn and Winter (closed late November to mid January) for all types of gardening products including composts and fertilisers at very competitive prices. Annual subs for 2017: £4, concessions £2. Programme of events through the year for members and their family or friends. See our website for more details.
Eltham Choral Society
Westmount Road
Eltham Choral Society is an amateur, mixed choir of around 90 voices that rehearses at Eltham Park Methodist Church, Westmount Road, Eltham, every Thursday evening in term-time. New members welcome. no audition necessary. We produce four concerts a year, of music from the choral tradition, from renaissance to new music.
Eltham Escape Rooms
3 St Marys Place
SE9 1BL
An escape room, also known as an "escape game", is a physical adventure game in which players solve a series of puzzles and riddles using clues, hints, and strategy to complete the objectives at hand. Players are given a set time limit to unveil the secret plot which is hidden within the rooms.
Eltham Lacemakers
Progress Hall
Admiral Seymour Road
SE9 1SL
We are a group of ladies who meet on Friday mornings to make Bobbin lace. We meet term time only from 9.15am to midday. We make all types of popular lace and have a very experienced tutor. If you would like to see our work or try to see if it's for you please feel free to pop in. We have the necessary equipment to loan newcomers.
Eltham Stars Academy
We provide the highest quality of training brought to you, exclusively by current film, TV and West End DBS checked professionals. Our classes are aimed at having fun, making friends, learning new skills and gaining confidence.
Our tutors will always be on hand to aid and give advice. So whether you're here for fun, friends or because you want to break into the industry, we're sure we can help and be with you every step of the way.
Eltham Writers Group
Eltham Writers Group was established in October 2017. We are a friendly group whose aims are to share our writing, provide feedback, allow writers to develop, grow their craft and give support to each other in our writing ambitions. We are a diverse group with a wide range of experiences, memories and gifts which we bring to our writing. Currently we have nearly 20 writers working on short stories, novels, memoirs and plays. People bring along their writing to read and receive comments and encouragement from the rest of the group.
EMILY JADE THEATRE ARTS
Eltham United Reformed Church
Emily Jade Theatre Arts is a dance and theatre training school established by an experienced and professional teacher. Classes for children aged 2.5 - 10 years in nursery, ballet, tap, jazz, drama, musical theatre and street dance are currently available. Trial classes in all disciplines are available by appointment.
All classes at EJTA are taught by fully qualified, DBS checked and insured teachers who are experts in their field, and our Patrons are very highly regarded.
We endeavour to provide training of the highest standard, helping every child to achieve their full potential in all disciplines. Whether the aim is to have fun learning and developing new skills, or to pursue a professional career in the world of dance and musical theatre, we aspire to meet the needs of every child.
Folk Mob Club
Blackheath Rugby Club
Kidbrooke Lane
Wednesday nights, 8-11pm. First Wednesday of the month performers invited from the floor onto the stage, with a PA system, and every other Wednesday an acoustic singaround session.
Gambit Juniors Chess Club
Eltham Park Baptist Church
Friendship Centre
SE9 1JE
This is one of two children's chess clubs in Royal Greenwich and is for beginners who want to learn to play and children who want to play better chess. Girls and boys from six years old are very welcome to come along to give chess a try. There are however, many children that already play chess and the club invites them to come along as well. All children will be prepared for local chess tournaments and encouraged to take part in these during the ongoing chess season. Mums and dads are welcome to stay during the session to observe. One aim of the club is to identify talented players who may be put forward into teams that will play for Greenwich and represent the borough in tournaments against other London boroughs.
SE9 N/A
The Greenwich Academy of Music and Drama is an exciting venture for people living, working, and at school in the Borough of Greenwich, bringing performing arts groups and ensembles to all members of our community.
H.A.L.O.
Middle Park Community Centre Hall
SE9 5SD
A social group for mentally and physically disabled people. We meet on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesday of the month at Middle Park Community Centre. Could you spare a couple of hours to volunteer and help? Do you know anyone else that would be interested in helping or joining us as a member of H.A.L.O.? For more information, phone Vicky on 020 8856 4629
HookedOnCrochet.net
46 Greenvale Road
SE9 1PD
I am a passionate crocheter and have coming from a commercial background I decided to start my own (online) business selling my handmade creations, for instance hats, booties, shawls for babies, toddlers, kids. adults, (sun)glasses cases, heat pads and much more. They are ready for purchase or can be made to order in your favourite colour combinations or various sizes.
I also design crochet patterns and sell them or include them complimentary to crochet kits.
If you are interested to learn the art of crochet I would like to welcome you to one of my crochet classes for single persons and small groups.
Last but not least I am (re)selling knitting/ crocheting yarn of my favourite brand, ICE Yarns.
If you are interested to learn more about any of my services please don't hesitate to contact me :)
Intimate Opera Club
Southend Crescent
A friendly group that rehearses on Monday evenings in Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent and performs concerts of operatic arias, ensembles and choruses, together with items from light opera and musical shows.
Joe's Guitar Tuition
The Den, 210 Middle Park Avenue
(and am mobile!)
SE9 5SF
Lion Swimming Club for people with Physical or Learning Disabilities
The Eltham Centre
2 Archery Road
SE9 1HA
Tel: none
We are the Lion Swimming Club and we have sessions at the Eltham Centre at the following times: Spa pool (temp 32c) Tues, Weds & Thurs evenings 6-30 - 8pm plus Sunday mornings 10am - 12noon. Main and family pools Sunday mornings 10am - 11.30am.
The club is open to anyone with any kind of permanent physical, learning, mental or sensory disability. All ages welcome. We are also looking for volunteer helpers. 020 8859 3998.
Little Angels - Stay and Play Group
Eltham Green Community Church
SE9 6DR
Little Angels is a stay-and-play group for parents and carers with pre-school aged children. We meet every Tuesday during term-time from 10am-12 noon.
Every half term, we have a theme that ties in with a craft activity, a story and song time and also in the play activities we set up, as much as it possibly can. During each session we also provide refreshments.
Little Wings music classes
41 Pullman Place
SE9 6EG
Our Saturday classes are fun for all the family! Everyone is encouraged to join in from young babies to grandmas. There is lots of singing and dancing and the usual parachute and bubble popping fun! There is also free play time after the class where refreshments are provided and parents/carers can get to know other local families.
Saturdays 10.30am
Location All Saints Church Hall, Bercta Road, London, SE9 3TZ
Price £6 (siblings £3) drop in only, refreshments included
Mecca Bingo, Eltham Hill
SE9 5ED
Cheap and exciting nights out with great food, service and atmosphere!
New Eltham Community Productions
435-9 Footscray Road
New Eltham Community Productions is New Eltham's local amateur drama and musical society, putting on plays, musicals and pantos throughout the year for our local community and beyond. We rehearse at The Centre on Tuesday or Thursday evenings from 8-10pm - visit our website to find out more or email us at necpneweltham@yahoo.co.uk
Coldharbour Evangelical Free Church
Southold Rise
SE9 3BG
Parent and Toddlers Group meet every Thursday at 10.00 am. All are welcome but children MUST be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Rotary Club of Chislehurst
Chislehurst Golf Club, Camden Park Road
SE9 BR7 5HJ
Chislehurst Rotary Club is part of the wider national and international Rotary organisation; in Great Britain and Northern Ireland alone, there are 38,500 Rotarians
Our aims in Chislehurst mirror those of other Rotary clubs:
Service: raising money and directly helping those in the local and wider community.
Friendship: weekly meetings of professional and business people offer the chance of mixing with like-minded individuals.
International: awareness and fund raising for specific projects overseas identified by the club.
We are a group with no political or religious affiliation. We simply believe in helping others and having an enjoyable time in each other's company.
Please visit our website to find out more about us and request an invitation to a meeting.
Soulja Taekwondo Academy
New Eltham Library (C.A.N.E)
3 Southwood Road
Friendly and professional martial arts training offering Olympic style Taekwondo and Self Defence classes.
Classes at New Eltham Library every Tuesdays and Thursdays 5.50m-7.00pm. Come and try a session for FREE!
South East London Meccano Club
Falconwood Community Centre
31-39 Falconwood Parade, Welling
SE9 DA16 2PG
The South East London Meccano Club was formed in 1976 to give Meccano enthusiasts in the area a chance to meet and swap ideas.
We hold four meetings a year and an exhibition in the autumn. Members receive the club newsletter SELMEC News four times a year.
At the informal meetings members bring along their latest models (completed, or in whatever unfinished state they may be in at the time!) and all are given the chance to give a short talk about them. You can also buy Meccano spare parts from one of the dealers who regularly turn up.
The Annual Meccano Show (usually in October) is a one day event in Eltham, open to the public. All members are encouraged to attend - with their models of course! We also attend many other local events.
We have over 50 members of all ages, and it doesn't matter if you are an experienced modeller or someone starting with their very first set. By the way, you don't actually have to build Meccano models to join the club - although it is better that you do' the meetings would be dull otherwise - but some members prefer to collect rare parts or sets, or are interested in Meccano literature. In fact, the club is open to anyone, male or female, with an interest in Meccano.
The annual subscription is £5.00 for adults/family membership (at the same address).
If you would like more information about the club, please contact our Secretary or just turn up at one of our meetings or exhibitions. We look forward to seeing you!
St John the Baptist Church Bellringers
Eltham High Street
SE9 5LX
Tuesday: 8.00 - 9.30pm (practice)
Sunday: 9.15 - 10.00am (service ringing)
If you are looking for a new mental and physical challenge, have you considered learning to ring church bells? No musical ability necessary - although a sense of rhythm helps! We are a small and friendly group, and welcome both existing ringers and new learners to join us. If you are interested in learning, either contact the Tower Captain, David Holdridge, or come along to one of our Tuesday evening practices from 8:00 to 9:30 pm.
Storytelling in Hope Circle
St Marys Community Centre
180, Eltham High Street
Informal storytelling group 8 - 10 pm, Tuesday evenings. We share stories, often around a theme, following the old oral tradition. Beginners welcome.
StreetVibes Youth
6 Eltham High Street
FREE and subsidised music and media activities for young people aged 14-19 years old.
We operate as StreetVibes Academy, a school that offers an alternative, creative curriculum.
We have top class facilities and services that we are offering to the wider community. These include recording studio hire, rehearsal rooms, professional tuition in music technology, production and sound engineering, lyric development and vocals, filmmaking and video production, web design and animation. Plus live instrument tuition in bass, drums, guitar and keyboards.
Studio SE9
Personal Training and Small Group Classes in fully equipped private fitness studio. Nutrition advice and diet support.
Swimming pools open 7 days a week, adult and children lessons. Also houses a fitness centre, and classes.
The Priory Players
SE9 1
The Priory Players are a friendly group, open to anybody interested in amateur dramatics.
We meet every Tuesday at the Progress Hall from 8.00pm to 10.00pm and anybody who is interested in coming along one evening to see what we get up to is most welcome.
The Sixties Club
SE9 9BZ
Social club for people in their 60s.
Time Out - A Coffee Club for Over-55s
Every Friday morning from 10.30am-12 noon, we meet for tea, coffee, homemade bread pudding and cakes with over 55s from across the local area. We also have a ten minute message. The friendly atmosphere means Time Out has generated a strong sense of community where everyone is welcome.
Utopian Operatic Society
Lionel Road Community Centre
We are an amateur dramatic society who rehearse on a Thursday evening 7.30 p.m. - 10 p.m. New members welcome. Our next show is Snow White to be performed 11th - 12th March 2017.


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Glen Echo Pottery
Glen Echo Pottery - Classes and Pottery Gallery
Teen Wheel
Adult Beginning Wheel and Continuing Wheel
Adult Handbuilding
Open Studio Time
Pottery Gallery
Darby Community Outreach Program
Information for continuing students
Memorial for Barry Wolfe
With Montgomery County in Phase 2 of recovery from the Covid-19 shutdown, the Pottery partially reopened on July 6, 2020, with carefully redesigned classes and open studio times consistent with covid-19 guidelines to ensure the safety of students and instructors. Initial sessions were continuing adult wheel and handbuilding students who had registered for the July-September period. A second series of Fall classes began on September 29, 2020, including the addition of a Teen Wheel class. Adult and Teen classes are continuing through the winter and into 2021.
Glen Echo Pottery located in historic Glen Echo Park (near Washington, DC and Bethesda, MD) normally offers
Year-round classes for adult and teen students spanning all skill levels
Master potter workshops with nationally known visiting artists
Annual Popcorn Gallery exhibit of recent work by advanced students and staff
Pottery-making demonstrations and exhibits of finished work, in our Gallery, open 12-5 PM on weekends
For course listings, schedules and registration, go to the Glen Echo Park website. See our Classes pages for further information.
Looking for unique, handcrafted pottery? The Glen Echo Pottery Gallery is normally open from April through December. Our hours are from noon - 5 pm every Saturday and Sunday throughout the year, and for extended hours during special events in the Park. Because of the pandemic, the Gallery was closed for the remainder of 2020. However, we decided that, with appropriate precautions, outdoor pop up sales might occur.
The video above provides a brief tour of our Gallery from the 2018 Gallery season.
2020 Events:
Images below are from our first pop up sale of the year, Saturday, September 5, 2020 from 11 am to 4 pm, when we participated in the Park's Outdoor Art Market.
Our second safe and successful Outdoor Art Market took place on October 17, 2020.
We also converted our 33rd Annual Holiday Pottery Sale to an Outdoor Winter Pottery Sale in the Park on Sunday, December 6 and Saturday, December 12, 2020.
Below is a slideshow with examples of some of the tables of pottery and vignettes of some of the different types of pottery that was available at the December sale. .
12th Annual Popcorn Gallery Exhibit
Outside the Box 2019
A juried exhibit of recent work by instructors and advanced students at Glen Echo Pottery to celebrate our constant artistic evolution.
Friday, May 3 through Sunday, June 2, 2019
In cooperation with the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, Inc., The National Park Service & Montgomery County, MD.
For a slide show of this and other past exhibits click Events.
Congratulations to Glen Echo Potter John Christian whose work was accepted for the Yellowstone Art Auction 53 at the Yellowstone Museum in Billings MT. The exhibit runs from January 22 to March 6, 2021. Shown is one of John's pieces in the show.
Help us continue to improve Glen Echo Pottery. As a non-profit organization we rely on tuition income and an active cadre of volunteers. Improving our facilities and replacing old equipment requires more, successfully competing for grant support and then raising the required matching funds! Click on I'd like to donate to see how you can help by contributing to our general fund or
specify the special Kathy Darby Community Outreach Fund through which we fund pottery workshops for low-income youth.
Free public parking in the main lot at Glen Echo Park. Enter via Oxford Rd off of MacArthur Boulevard. Follow the path over the bridge and towards the carousel and signs to the Sale. Click HERE for a map.
7300 MacArthur Boulevard at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD 20812
Phone: (301) 229-5585 Email: info.glenechopottery@gmail.com
Glen Echo Pottery is supported in part by funding from the Montgomery County government, the Arts and Humanities Council
 of Montgomery County, and from the Maryland Arts Council.


What if we can be like birds who can fly in different places and directions? Perhaps, I feel relaxed every time I watch birds flying around.
This must have been a site to behold! Such a big number of geese, I must say. Was there a storm coming when you took these pictures? I have heard geese travel to other places when the current weather condition is not favorable for them.
Wow, it's quite interesting that geese fly in herds when there is an upcoming weather problem? Your photos have caught them in action!
Very wondrous pictures! I like how you take a shot of them while they're flying. I am impressed by the quality of information you provide.Keep it up.
I was dreaming of the same thing. I like to fly just like birds and get to different places for free, no hassle along the road all are free.


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In Apple win, Samsung Galaxy Tab blocked in EU
Apple has been granted a preliminary injunction that bars Samsung from selling the Android-based Galaxy Tab 10.1 in all countries in the European Union except for the Netherlands.
Roger Cheng
Aug. 9, 2011 10:29 a.m. PT
Apple and Samsung Electronics' legal tussle has extended to Europe, where Apple scored a preliminary injunction banning the Galaxy Tab 10.1 from nearly all European Union nations.
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Foss Patents reported today that Apple has been granted a preliminary injunction by a German court. The ban includes all nations in the EU except for the Netherlands. As with prior complaints, Apple claims the Galaxy Tab is illegally copying technology used in the iPad.
Foss said Apple is asking the district court in Dusseldorf, Germany, to impose a $350,000 fine for each violation or imprisonment for Samsung management.
The battle is part of a wider conflict between Apple and the various companies supporting Android. With Google's mobile software gaining momentum, Apple is attempting to take the wind out of Android's sails with lawsuits against several of its key supporters.
A Samsung spokesman said that the company is "disappointed" by the decision, and that Apple's original filing and the subsequent judgment came without notice or a chance for the company to present any evidence of its own.
"Samsung is disappointed with the court's decision and we intend to act immediately to defend our intellectual property rights through the ongoing legal proceedings in Germany and will continue to actively defend these rights throughout the world," the company said in a statement.
"We will take all necessary measures to ensure Samsung's innovative mobile communications devices are available to customers in Europe and around the world," the company added. "This decision by the court in Germany in no way influences other legal proceedings filed with the courts in Europe and elsewhere."
Apple did not respond to multiple requests for comment on the injunction, however spokeswoman Kristin Huguet reissued a statement the company delivered with its original suit against Samsung in April to Bloomberg this afternoon.
"It's no coincidence that Samsung's latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging," Huguet said. "This kind of blatant copying is wrong, and we need to protect Apple's intellectual property when companies steal our ideas."
The injunction sounds similar to efforts in Australia, where Apple has also sought to stop the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Samsung had agreed to stop selling the U.S. version, but insists it would sell an Apple-approved version.
In the U.S., Apple and Samsung have several complaints and lawsuits filed against each other, both in the courts and at the U.S. International Trade Commission.
While the various Android tablets have only seen mixed success in the market, Samsung has come the closest to rivaling the iPad. Its Galaxy Tab is thinner and lighter than Apple's tablet, and the price is comparable.
CNET News staff writer Josh Lowensohn contributed to this report.
Updated at 3:25 p.m. PT with comment from Samsung, and once again at 4:40 p.m. PT with comment from Apple.
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Abdoulaye Seye (født 30. juli 1934 i Saint-Louis i Senegal, død 13. oktober 2011 i Thiès i Senegal) var en senegalesisk kortdistanceløber, og den første senegaleser til nogensinde at vinde en OL-medalje.
Han deltog for Frankrig i Sommer-OL i 1960 i Rom i Italien i 200-meter-løbet, hvor han vandt en bronzemedalje. Selvom Senegal fik deres uafhængighed fra Frankrig to måneder før de Olympiske Lege, så deltog landet først ved sit første Sommer-OL i 1964 i Tokyo.

Seye vandt også en guldmedalje ved 100-meter-løbet under Middelhavslegene i 1959 i Beirut.

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Sprintere fra Frankrig
Sprintere fra Senegal
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Local commercial property developer, Knight Property Group, are pushing ahead their investment within the North East with the development of Kingshill Commercial Park in Westhill.
With a development spend of £5million, the construction of units 1 and 2 is creating work for 100 local sub-contractors and suppliers for 9 months.
James Barrack, Managing Director at Knight Property Group comments, "It's important that we continue to spend money within Aberdeen and support local businesses. Despite the challenging market we have faced, thankfully there are signs of improved confidence within the city.
The Westhill development gained significant interest in Q2 last year with the signing of three long term leases on units 2, 3 and 4.


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How I Treat My Competition*
March 02, 2017 / Lauren Blake Crandall
*Hint: I'm not proud of it.
A few months back, I read a new biography of Eric Liddell. Liddell was a Scottish runner who represented Great Britain in the 1924 Paris Olympics. He refused to run his best event—the 100 meter dash—because the heats were held on his Sabbath. Instead, he ran the 400 meters, an event that wasn't his specialty. And, against all odds, he won the gold medal.
Perhaps Eric Liddell is remembered best as one of the main characters featured in the Oscar-winning movie Chariots of Fire. (If you haven't seen Chariots of Fire, you must. Right now. I'll wait. Go buy it or rent it immediately. You'll love it—just ignore the New Age soundtrack and you're golden.)
But as with all of us, there's so much more to Eric Liddell than a one-paragraph explanation of his athletic derring-do. Before each race, he shook hands with every fellow competitor. After finishing—after he had beaten most (if not all) of them handily—he shook their hands again and congratulated them on a well-run race. He did this before and after every race—even races he ran while imprisoned in a Chinese labor camp.
When I read this about him, I asked myself if I was this kind of competitor—one that recognized and saluted and appreciated my competition.
The answer made me uncomfortable.
I reasoned at first that logistics had a lot to do with why I fell dismally short. Rowers are segregated in different boats, with water between us. We can't shake hands, can we? Isn't it enough to mumble, "Good luck!" and be done with it?
At the end of a race, if it was any sort of a race, we are exhausted. Completely and utterly beat, puffing like locomotives. Nothing left. So I don't have the energy to seek out my competitors and thank them for a great race. (Do I?)
But after more soul searching, I admitted that water and boats and exhaustion aren't the true reasons I ignore (yes, ignore) my competitors. These aren't the reasons I avoid their gaze. Why I finish a race, grab my oars, grab my boat, and head off the dock without a word, staring straight ahead.
The fact is, I'm terrified of my competition. I don't want to appear weak, or conciliatory, or like I'm pandering. I'm afraid to learn through a handshake or well wishes that they are stronger, fitter, or wiser rowers than I. And if I've lost, I don't want to concede that, either.
So I ignore them. I don't look at them, I don't talk to them. I try not to even think of them, either before or after racing.
(It pains me to admit this. Because this isn't how I want to be.)
My soul searching continued. What if, instead of seeing them as necessary obstacles to be beaten and overcome, I think of them differently?
What if I think of them as fellow rowers—with all the toil, hopes, courage, and sheer gumption that word packs? After all, they also have to carve out time to practice and keep in shape and eat well and explain to others that they row and don't "do canoeing or kayaking." Don't fellow racers make my racing career richer, more fun, and, yes, possible? Shouldn't they be acknowledged and thanked for that?
I now think so.
I think adopting the Eric Liddell model would make my racing more unselfish. Less about me. Less about the winning. More about the sport and the thrill and the speed—regardless of the outcome. I think it can even make racing even more fun for me if I acknowledge and thank the other rowers who fight as hard and work with as much determination as I do. Gratitude is a wondrous thing.
I began to rethink what this could have meant for me last season. For example, what if I had walked up to the two 8+ boats of women that I'd raced the entire length of last year's Head of the Charles—through three miles of twists, turns, bridges, and achingly intense rowing—and said something? What if I'd wished them well? Or, complimented their grit and determination? What if I had looked each woman in the eye and shaken her hand, thanking her enthusiastically and gratefully for a race I'll remember until the end of my days? What could that have meant to me? Or to them?
Sadly, I'll never know.
But maybe this season, I'll find out.
photo credit: Scorpions and Centaurs rowers via photopin (license)
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Regattas and Racing
regattas, Chariots of Fire, Eric Liddell, Gratitude
January 24, 2017 / Jill Mazullo
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January 24, 2017 / Jill Mazullo/
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Feel like quitting? You aren't alone! Guest writer Laura Schmieg tells us when and why quitting might be a good option...and when it's most definitely not.
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Friendfeed to aggegate all my feeds in one place. Not really looked into this properly yet but thought I should grab my namespace there before someone else does.
Getsatisfaction, a great real-time customer support site that seems to be used by a growing number of tech companies and app developers. I've logged a few requests with the Spotify team so we'll see how that goes.


(Romans 12:1-2). Men and women are both responsible for their example to others. Being sensitive to the problems immodesty presents, will cause Christians to carefully adorn first the "hidden man of the heart" (I Peter 3:3-4). Jesus warned about the wrong use, action, and example of our influence in saying, ". . . whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart" (Matthew 5:28). Being noticed for scanty dress is not worth the loosing of our soul or the souls of others!


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By Karyn Pugliese
Karyn Pugliese is an Algonquin citizen of the Pikwàkanagàn First Nation, a member of the Bear Clan and a proud mom to Zackery. She grew up off- reserve on part of her people's unceded territory, which is, today, called Ottawa. Currently she lives in Winnipeg. She is the executive director of news and current affairs for APTN. Her opinions are her own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of her employer.
Maïtée Labrecque-Saganash, Cree from Waswanipi, Que., at a public rally in Montreal in 2016.
There was a smell to newsprint, I remember. Black ink stained my fingers as I rode the city bus into journalism school, awkwardly shuffling the oversized pages of my local newspaper. Do you remember those days?
There are headlines that I remember. Headlines like: "RCMP identifies woman's remains." The unnamed Indian woman, only a body. Her death warned the good people of the town to avoid unsafe areas until police could move the bad element along. Do you remember those days? Hard to believe that was only 20 years ago.
Caucasian women suffering the same fate had different headlines. "Jenny we love you, we miss you" or "Waiting for Alicia." Loved and grieved, their humanity valued, their deaths were newsworthy.
This is not anecdotal. Dozens of well-researched essays compare how media have framed such stories. The evidence is in: race mattered.
Subject. Verb. Object. The arrangement of persons, choice of verbs, and order of facts. Building a narrative is not unbiased.
Journalists tell the stories of missing and murdered Indigenous women differently now. If the awards we bless each other with every year mean anything, then differently is better. But it took years to do work we are proud of. And lest we forget, we did not get there on our own. Indigenous families insisted their loved ones deserved equal word counts, to be above the fold. Mothers marched through downtown streets, held vigils, lit candles. Women glued photos of their lost sisters onto coloured bristol board, scrawled their names in bold black marker. They planted themselves on Parliament Hill in the path of journalists heading to scrums. Why did we make families push so hard and wait so long?
My friends, journalism is not a reconciliation-free zone.
There's a story the late Métis journalist Olive Patricia Dickason liked to tell. In 1970, she applied to university to study Indigenous history. She was told she couldn't because there was no such thing. She persisted. Her PhD, entitled A Concise History of Canada's First Nations, was eventually published as a history text that landed on my desk in Native history, an optional class. Separate from the mandatory Canadian history.
Today we debate whether Indigenous history should be mandatory. What happened to Indigenous Peoples impacted all of Canada: treaties, residential schools, water, environment and economic development. Do we believe history slices cleanly into two isolated halves? How would Canada be different if we equally valued both?
Journalism is the first draft of history. Indigenous journalists do not want a seat at the old table. We have broken your table and built our own. We've invited all Canadians to sit with us. Our journalism made Indigenous people the subject of the verb, not the object.
Our histories and our journalism collided on Twitter in 2017. Remember the #AppropriationPrize? Does removing Cornwallis's statue erase history? If we acknowledge Sir John A. Macdonald's dark side, is Canada's civic history and pride destroyed?
Reconciliation means putting our truths in the same story. Stories built on half-history lead to tropes not truths. Simplistic solutions and stereotypes served quick, as easy to digest as Pablum. These tropes stay in the public realm despite evidence to the contrary, because evidence to the contrary is rarely reported. It's what has been described as "searchlight journalism." Reporters shine a light, briefly, intensely, on a crisis. There is a burst of press. Then silence. A void. Until the next crisis.
These tropes stay in the public realm despite evidence to the contrary, because evidence to the contrary is rarely reported.
In 2016, seven children in Attawapiskat were treated for drug overdoses, suspected suicide attempts. Maclean's ran this headline: "The unasked question about Attawapiskat." That question was: Why don't they move? That is not an unasked question. It is usually the first-asked question. It is definitely the always-asked question. It is, too often, the only question ever asked.
We haven't tackled the toughest issues yet. Journalists afflict the comfortable. We don't get a free pass when it's our turn. We learned something from covering the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. It was painful and shameful, but the outcome was worthwhile. So I hope we'll keep plugging away at this, even when it's hard. For journalists, reconciliation will come word by word, story by story, one truth at a time.


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Q: An approximation of $\sqrt{1 + x}$ or $\sqrt{x}$ with connections to combinatorics or random walk? I am looking for an approximation of $\sqrt{1 + x}$ or $\sqrt{x}$.
We know $\sqrt{1 + x}$  has a Taylor expansion:
${\displaystyle {\sqrt {1+x}}=\sum _{n=0}^{\infty }{\frac {(-1)^{n}(2n)!}{(1-2n)(n!)^{2}(4^{n})}}x^{n}=1+{\frac {1}{2}}x-{\frac {1}{8}}x^{2}+{\frac {1}{16}}x^{3}-{\frac {5}{128}}x^{4}+\cdots ,}$
But for the problem I am working on, (a problem in random walk), I would like to get an alternative approximation of $\sqrt{1 + x}$ or $\sqrt{x}$, and hope it has some natural connections to combinatorics or probability or random walk.
Is there an approximation of $\sqrt{1 + x}$ or $\sqrt{x}$ which has some connections to combinatorics or probability or random walk ?

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Using a unique dataset of more than 1 million loans made by 296 German banks, we evaluate the impact of many aspects of customer–bank relationships on loan default rates. Our research suggests a practical solution to reducing loan defaults for new customers: Have the customer open a simple transactions account – savings or checking account. Observe for some time and then decide whether to make a loan. Loans made under this model have lower default, as banks can use historical data about their borrowers to establish a baseline against which new client-related information can be evaluated. Banks assemble this historical information through relationships of different forms. We define relationships in many different ways to capture non-credit relationships, transaction accounts, as well as the depth and intensity of relationships, and find each of these can provide information that helps reduce default – even establishing a simple savings or checking account and observing the activity prior to loan granting can help reduce loan defaults. Our results show that banks with relationship-specific information act differently compared with banks that do not have this information both in screening and subsequent monitoring borrowers which helps reduce loan defaults.


The U.S. hopes to achieve "major disarmament" of North Korea's nuclear weapons program within two-and-a-half years, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday at a news conference with South Korean and Japanese officials in Seoul to discuss Tuesday's Singapore summit between President Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Michael R. Gordon and Jessica Donati report at the Wall Street Journal.
The U.S. remains committed to the "complete, verifiable and irreversible" denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, Pompeo said today, hitting back at reporters who questioned why the joint Singapore statement did not explicitly use such wording. Michael Crowley and Louis Nelson report at POLITICO.
North Korean state media have spun the summit as a boon for Kim, who was able to extract key concessions including: an end to joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises, a promise from Trump to eventually lift sanctions against Pyongyang and a phased, "step-by-step" denuclearization process rather than immediate dismantlement. Choe Sang-Hun reports at the New York Times.
Sanctions on North Korea would not be lifted until North Korea has achieved "complete denuclearization," Pompeo said, dismissing North Korean state media reports that the U.S. would grant concessions to Pyongyang in exchange for a phased denuclearization process. The BBC reports.
"What's most important was that the people of the world, including those in the United States, Japan and Koreans, have all been able to escape the threat of war, nuclear weapons and missiles," the South Korean President Moon Jae-in told Pompeo at their meeting in Seoul today, making the comments amid skepticism about the outcome of the Trump-Kim summit and concerns about the sincerity of Pyongyang's desire to denuclearize. Christine Kim and David Brunnstrom reports at Reuters.
The cancelation of joint U.S.-South Korea drills "requires consultations," the South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said at the joint news conference with Pompeo, responding to Trump's surprise announcement on Tuesday to halt the military exercises. Ben Westcott, Jungeun Kim and Jennifer Hauser report at CNN.
"It will be necessary to flexibly change military pressure against the North to abide by the spirit of the Panmunjom Declaration," President Moon said today, referring to his agreement with Kim in April and indicating that South Korea would reconsider its position on joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises if North Korea sincerely takes steps to carry out denuclearization. Reuters reports.
North and South Korean officials are holding high-level military talks at the border village of Panmunjom today, which is in the demilitarized zone (D.M.Z.) between the two countries, to focus on implementing the agreements made during Kim's meetings with Moon in April and May, according to Seoul's defense ministry. Kim Tong-Hyung reports at the AP.
The Pentagon has been considering the future of U.S.-South Korea military exercises following Trump's surprise announcement, with a White House National Security Council official saying that "regular readiness training and training exchanges will continue." Phil Stewart reports at Reuters.
A formal suspension of the August joint military exercises is expected to be announced by the Trump administration this week, according to several administration officials, which would be accompanied by detailed Pentagon guidance to the U.S. military. Barbara Starr, Pamela Brown and Ryan Browne reports at CNN.
The House Armed Service Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) yesterday expressed his support for the end of joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises. Ellen Mitchell reports at the Hill.
Japan has been considering arranging a summit meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Kim, government sources have said today. Yoshifumi Takemoto and Elaine Lies report at Reuters.
Trump's tweet about North Korea no longer posing a nuclear threat was made "with eyes wide open," Pompeo said in Seoul, explaining that Trump and Kim had a "blunt conversation" about what Pyongyang would need to do to rejoin the international community. The AP reports.
Democrats have criticized the Singapore statement for its lack of detail and for making too many concessions to Kim, pointing to previous unfulfilled North Korean commitments to denuclearize and the fact that the joint declaration provides no specific timeframe or actions to be taken. David Brunnstrom and Steve Holland report at Reuters.
The cancelation of joint military exercises "seems like a pretty substantial concession on our part," the former Deputy Defense Secretary Robert O. Work has said, warning that the decision could advantage China and Russia. Spencer Ackerman reports at The Daily Beast.
An explanation of the nature and purpose of the joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises is provided by the AP.
The denuclearization process is likely to be difficult as it would require tough negotiations, years of dismantling and verification, and trust that North Korea would sincerely pursue the path of disarmament. Joby Warrick explains at the Washington Post.
Following the Singapore summit, the responsibility has now fallen to Pompeo to reassure allies and hash out the details of denuclearization, which is likely to be a difficult task due to the lack of specifics in the joint declaration, concerns about joint military exercises, and the other concerns and interests of country's in East Asia. Elias Groll and Robbie Gramer write at Foreign Policy.
A comparison of Trump's approach to North Korea's nuclear weapons program with his approach to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is provided by Katrina Manson at the Financial Times.
Yemeni government forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition yesterday launched an assault on the port city of Hodeidah, after the U.N. failed to broker an agreement between the coalition and Iran-backed Yemeni Houthi fighters currently in control of the city. Dion Nissenbaum and Margherita Stancati report at the Wall Street Journal.
The assault began with coalition airstrikes and shelling by naval ships, according to Saudi-owned satellite news channels and state media, with convoys of vehicles seen to be heading toward the rebel-held city before dawn, all forming part of an operation dubbed "Golden Victory". Jon Gambrell reports at the Washington Post.
The Houthi rebels controlling the city reported "two enemy air strikes on the [Hodeidah] area," via their news outlet Al-Masirah, while the previous day coalition sources stated that 18 air strikes had been carried out on Houthi positions around the port, AFP reports.
Attacking forces managed to "liberate areas… in the surroundings of the airport" and captured or killed "dozens" of Houthis, according to Emirati news agency W.A.M., also reporting the "martyrdom" of four Emirati soldiers. Medical sources in the region claimed 22 Houthi fighters had been killed in coalition strikes, the BBC reports.
Coalition troops today captured the town of Nakhila in Yemen's ad-Durayhimi district, some 12.5 miles south of Hodeidah's International Airport, as fierce fighting and airstrikes pounded the area on the second day of the offensive. Jon Gambrell reports at the Washington Post.
Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. announced late yesterday what they described as a "multi-faceted plan" to protect Hodeidah's citizens, with the plan including the establishment of routes for food, medical supplies and oil shipments to Hodeidah from Saudi Arabia's southern city of Jizan and U.A.E. capital city Abu Dhabi. The AP reports.
"We have several ships stationed, and we have storage capacity very close to Hodeidah fully stocked up," U.A.E. Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem al-Hashimy, told Reuters in Riyadh, adding that "we have as well planes that are out of the U.A.E. that are ready to be flown in once the situation allows for that." Sarah Dadouch and Alexander Cornwell report at Reuters.
"[Do not] allow any sniper or gunmen from Houthi [rebel] militia on the roofs of your houses. Stay away from military camps … Do not store petrol products," Information Minister for the exiled Yemeni government Muammar al-Iryan warned Hodeidah residents. Patrick Wintour reports at the Guardian.
A protracted battle for Hodeidah will intensify what is already a humanitarian disaster, with a quarter of a million people in the city in danger of injury or death from an urban assault, the U.N. has said. Margaret Coker and Eric Schmitt report at the New York Times.
The U.N. has said that it will continue to bring aid to the city, with U.N. humanitarian coordinator Lise Grande stating that "we are there and delivering, we are not leaving Hodeidah." The U.N. Security Council is due to meet behind closed doors today over the offensive, at the request of the U.K., Mohammed Ghobari and Mohamed Mokashef report at Reuters.
"We have a ship offloading food even as shelling and bombing is happening. Humanitarians will not walk away," Grande told reporters from the capital, Sana'a. Manal Abdulrahman reports at Al Jazeera.
"I call on the parties to engage constructively with our efforts to spare Hodeidah any military confrontation," U.N. special envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths said in a statement released yesterday, adding "I also call on the parties to exercise restraint and to give peace a chance." U.N. News Centre reports.
U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson yesterday urged the coalition to adhere to its promises to protect civilians and keep humanitarian aid flowing, but made no call for the coalition to call off the attack. Patrick Wintour reports at the Guardian.
Turkey's military said today that Turkish and U.S. officials have reached an agreement on a plan for the Syrian town of Manbij, with a military statement announcing that Turkish and U.S. military officials met at the U.S. European Command headquarters in Stuttgart on June 12 and 13 and reached an agreement on a "Manbij Implementation Plan." The statement indicated that the plan would be discussed by senior officials from the two countries, but provided no specific details, the AP reports.
The military-to-military talks followed an agreement between Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on June 4 over the Manjib road map, and the new joint statement suggests that the agreed road map is functioning well within the set timeframe. The Hurriyet Daily News reports.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said last night that Iran's presence in Syria is not negotiable, also repeating his assertion that Iran has no fixed bases in Syria in an interview with Iran's Al Alam TV. Assad suggested that contacts are "ongoing" between the Russians, the U.S., and the Israelis, but was firm that the relationship between Syria and Iran "will not be part of any settlement" and is "not in the international bazaar," the AP reports.
"We are giving the political process [in Syria's rebel-held southwest Syria] a chance. If that doesn't succeed, we have no other option but to liberate it by force," Assad commented in the interview. Lisa Barrington reports at Reuters.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (O.P.C.W.) has said chemical weapons are very likely to have been used in Syria last year, concluding that sarin was used as a weapon in the south of rebel-held Latamina on 24 March 2017 and chlorine at its hospital the next day, although in line with its mandate O.P.C.W. did not assign blame. The BBC reports.
The O.P.C.W. is additionally investigating a suspected chemical attack on April 7 this year in the Douma enclave near Damascus, which prompted missile strikes by the U.S., U.K. and France. Anthony Deutsch reports at Reuters.
Top Syrian Kurdish politician Aldar Xelil has said he hopes President Bashar al-Assad is serious about negotiating with Kurdish-led forces and signalled a readiness for talks without conditions. Tom Perry reports at Reuters.
Israel has attacked Iranian-backed Shi'ite Muslim militias in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today, characterizing the strikes as helpful in stemming a Syrian Sunni Muslim refugee exodus to Europe. Although Israeli officials have previously disclosed scores of air strikes in Syria to prevent suspected arms transfers, they have rarely given detail on the operations, or described non-Lebanese militiamen as having been targeted, Dan Williams reports at Reuters.
The U.N. General Assembly voted in favor of a resolution condemning Israel for "excessive use of force" and for the violence in Gaza since mass Palestinian protests began March 30 along the Israel-Gaza border. Edith M. Lederer reports at the AP.
The resolution also called on U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to recommend an "international protection mechanism" for the occupied Palestinian territory. Michelle Nichols reports at Reuters.
The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said the resolution was "one-sided" and did "nothing to advance peace between Israel and Palestinians," after her efforts to persuade member states to approve an amendment to the resolution that would have criticized the militant Palestinian Hamas group. Rick Gladstone reports at the New York Times.
The Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will not support a U.S. peace plan if it avoids the status of Jerusalem and the issue of Palestinian refugees, a spokesperson for Abbas said yesterday, with Palestinian Authority officials saying that Abbas would not meet with Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner when he visits Israel next week. Jack Khoury and Amir Tibon report at Haaretz.
Attorneys for President Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen are expected to stop representing him in the criminal investigation into Cohen's business dealings, according to a person familiar with the matter. Rebecca Ballhaus and Nicole Hong report at the Wall Street Journal.
Cohen is facing increasing pressure from both the Manhattan criminal investigation and special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential election, and amid shifts in legal representation and skyrocketing bills, is reportedly feeling neglected by the president. Former member of the Ukrainian parliament Andrii V. Artemenko has commented that many of the questions he faced during several hours of testimony Friday before a grand jury were focused on his interactions with Cohen, Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger report at the Washington Post.
Artemenko said that Mueller's questions focused on a meeting he had with Cohen on Jan. 27, 2017, organized by Trump's business associate Felix Sater, that concerned a proposed plan to end the conflict in Ukraine and eventually lift U.S. sanctions on Russia — a priority for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Artemenko and Sater both deny that the meeting was friendly toward Russia, but the two men and Cohen have given different public accounts of the meeting, Luis Sanchez reports at the Hill.
An associate of Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort proposed recruiting former politicians from Belgium, Germany and Spain, for a secret lobbying push on behalf of the Ukrainian government in 2012, according to court documents briefly made public yesterday by Mueller's team, which give fresh insight into Manafort's orchestration of a campaign to boost the image of then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. The lobbying effort has subsequently become part of Mueller's legal case against Manafort, who faces charges including money laundering, failing to disclose his foreign lobbying work in the U.S. and obstruction of justice, Theodoric Meyer and Josh Gerstein report at POLITICO.
House conservatives Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) introduced a resolution yesterday calling on the Department of Justice (D.O.J.) to turn over key documents – relating to congressional investigations examining the F.B.I.'s decision making during the 2016 presidential election. The legislative measure seeks to compel the D.O.J. to comply with outstanding congressional subpoenas, Olivia Beavers reports at the Hill.
White House counsel Don McGahn recused his entire staff last summer from working on the Russia investigation as many of his office's lawyers played significant roles in key episodes at the center of the probe, former White House attorney Ty Cobb said yesterday. According to Cobb, many of McGahn's attorneys "had been significant participants" in the firings of national security adviser Michael Flynn and F.B.I. Director James Comey, Darren Samuelsohn reports at POLITICO.
The House Appropriations Committee yesterday rejected Rep. Barbara Lee's (D-Calif.) amendment to sunset the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (A.U.M.F.) in a 22-30 vote that was made along party lines. The 2001 A.U.M.F. was passed soon after the Sept. 11 attacks and there have been debates about the broad powers it grants the president to wage war, Rebecca Kheel reports at the Hill.
Pre-trial scheduling by the military judge in the 9/11 war crimes trial at Guantánamo indicates that the trial will not start until 2020. Carol Rosenberg reports at the Miami Herald.
Career diplomats and employees at the State Department have been vetted by a senior adviser to determine their loyalty to Trump and his agenda, according to current and former U.S. officials. Colum Lynch and Robbie Gramer reveal at Foreign Policy.


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Home › Opinion › Board watching TV? Play a game
Board watching TV? Play a game
Justice Lovin Senior Copy Editor web@paisano-online.com @ThePaisano
Most of the time — as in the case of working, sleeping, or waiting in line—one's freedom is limited by necessity. The exception to this is leisure time, the time during which you are free to act according to your will, that is, to do whatever you want. And that comes with a great deal of responsibility.
Unfortunately, television has become the cornerstone of leisure activity in our society. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American spent more than half of his or her leisure time watching television. For the college-aged group, ages 20 to 24 years old, the next most common activity was the combined category of 'video games and Internet browsing,' which occupied three-fourths of an hour on the average weekday. These two categories, video games-plus- Internet browsing and television, occupy well over half of the five hours of leisure time that mythical average 20 to 24 years old had on weekdays.
Electronic media dominates the average person's leisure time to such an extent that some really great pastimes are being neglected: newspaper reading for instance, and perhaps the most tragically under-utilized leisure activity is the tabletop role playing game, in my opinion. More people should be playing Dungeons and Dragons.
For the uninitiated, tabletop role-playing games (RPGs) are simulated adventures wherein players take on the roles of villains, heroes or morally neutral "Uber-mensches." These games can be played with or without an actual table, in most cases you can even find a forum where you can play online. Think of it like being five years old and playing with your imagination, but having clear rules and well established tropes and settings.
The players narrate their reactions to situations generated by the 'Game Master' that controls everything in the game except for the player characters. These games use dice to introduce an element of chance into the narrative, most recognizably the 20-sided die used by Dungeons and Dragons, and many, many others to determine the success or failure of in game actions.
And it's not just Dungeons and Dragons; there is an abundance of great science fiction, fantasy and comic book-themed tabletop, role-playing games. Moreover, in this great Internet era of ours, many game makers publish free starter-rule sets online, and free dice simulators are accessible in both mobile app and browser form.
You don't have to pay to use your imagination.
Watching TV, on the other hand, is a static activity in which participants are passive and have little to no say in their experience. This creates a dangerous possibility for TV to—without the consent, and often without the knowledge of the viewer—modify a viewer's world view and belief system by presenting realistic but ultimately fictional experiences and by limiting and modifying perspectives and frameworks for those experiences. For more on this, see Noam Chomsky's "The Manufacturing of Consent," an analysis of the subtle ways in which American media institutions shape and reinforce ideology.
Tabletop, role-playing games also come with a built in ideology, but players, not producers are in control of the outcome; these games are active experiences built on collaborative storytelling. The participants are responsible for everything involved, ideas evolve naturally through interaction as players choose the themes and conflicts to suit their tastes. Tabletop role–playing games present an obviously fictional but surprisingly real experience in which the only limits are those set by yourself.
If what you do determines who you are, then role-playing games are among the best choices for leisure activity and TV is among the worst. Infinite possibilities and freedom of tabletop RPGs from external limits offer complete players autonomy and imaginary freedom.
Now, will you actually become a wizard or a space pirate? No, that's impossible. But surely a player character acting as your avatar in a world that exists for you and only you is superior to characters and settings crafted to appeal to the broadest audience possible and interrupted every few minutes by someone trying to sell you something you don't want.
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J Card Fail. 2019 Feb;25(2):130-136. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.12.006. Epub 2018 Dec 22.
The Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment Among Adults With Incident Heart Failure: The "Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke" (REGARDS) Study.
Sterling MR1, Jannat-Khah D2, Bryan J2, Banerjee S3, McClure LA4, Wadley VG5, Unverzagt FW6, Levitan EB7, Goyal P8, Peterson JC2, Manly JJ9, Levine DA10, Safford MM2.
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York. Electronic address: mrs9012@med.cornell.edu.
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York.
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Cognitive impairment (CI) is estimated to be present in 25%-80% of heart failure (HF) patients, but its prevalence at diagnosis is unclear. To improve our understanding of cognition in HF, we determined the prevalence of CI among adults with incident HF in the REGARDS study.
METHODS AND RESULTS:
REGARDS is a longitudinal cohort study of adults ≥45 years of age recruited in the years 2003-2007. Incident HF was expert adjudicated. Cognitive function was assessed with the Six-Item Screener. The prevalence of CI among those with incident HF was compared with the prevalence of CI among an age-, sex-, and race-matched cohort without HF. The 436 participants with incident HF had a mean age of 70.3 years (SD 8.9), 47% were female, and 39% were black. Old age, black race, female sex, less education, and anticoagulation use were associated with CI. The prevalence of CI among participants with incident HF (14.9% [95% CI 11.7%-18.6%]) was similar to the non-HF matched cohort (13.4% [11.6%-15.4%]; P < .43).
A total of 14.9% of the adults with incident HF had CI, suggesting that the majority of cognitive decline occurs after HF diagnosis. Increased awareness of CI among newly diagnosed patients and ways to mitigate it in the context of HF management are warranted.
Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Heart failure; cognition; cohort study; hospitalization; prevalence
[Available on 2020-02-01]
10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.12.006
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As a very strong supporter of both VisitBritain and VisitEngland, and the roles they are charged with delivering under the Development of Tourism Act, I am concerned by some aspects, and the potential consequences, of recent changes.
I attach a copy of an article that will appear shortly (in the Tourism Society journal) as a personal commentary on the rearrangements and the new Discover England Fund – and would, if you wish, be pleased to discuss these views with you.
Public funding is scarce, so it must be applied most appropriately, as we work together to optimise the benefits that tourism can bring.