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FBC Flash News – Three-Book YA Deal For Stephen Deas
PRESS RELEASE – THREE-BOOK YA DEAL FOR BRITISH FANTASY WRITER
Fantasy trilogy to chart descent of young thief into life as a professional killer.
"John Jarrold has concluded a three-book World Rights deal with Simon Spanton of Gollancz, for a YA fantasy series by novelist Stephen Deas, for a good, five-figure sum in pounds sterling. Deas' debut novel, a dragon fantasy titled THE ADAMANTINE PALACE, was published by Gollancz in March 2009 to plaudits and a fast reprint. There are two forthcoming sequels.
This new series will be interleaved with the adult dragon fantasies. The first volume, THE THIEF-TAKER'S APPRENTICE, will be delivered in December 2009, for publication in early autumn 2010. Deas is presently completing final editorial work on the sequel to his debut, KING OF THE CRAGS, which is due for publication in April 2010.
Simon Spanton said 'Following the success of THE ADAMANTINE PALACE it only seemed natural to approach John and ask if Steve would be interested in writing something for our upcoming YA list. And I shouldn't have been surprised that the material Steve came up with would prove to be exactly what I was looking for – a fast moving fantasy tale, set in a richly realised world, centred round a young character who rapidly finds himself deep in a web of conspiracies he is barely able to survive despite his skills. Being Steve this is also a book that pulls no moral punches and admits to a genuine darkness – no-one escapes the impact of their actions and with this book describing the fall of a young thief into a life as an assassin that's a particularly powerful aspect to the story for a younger readership. Much like Kristin Cashore's GRACELING and Carrie Ryan's THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH I expect this book to appeal equally both to readers of 14 years and upwards and those, like myself, well past their teenage years who nevertheless enjoy fantasy's ability to make you feel a world afresh. That Steve has been able to add this string to his bow only increases my admiration of his talent and professionalism.'
'To get a second deal so quickly after Steve's initial publication (with two out of those three books still unpublished) is remarkable, and a sign of how highly Simon and the team at Orion/Gollancz regard him,' said John Jarrold. 'He writes quickly and brilliantly. His stories and characters involve the reader from page one, with wit and inventiveness.'
Stephen Deas has worked as a systems designer and project manager for a number of technology-based aerospace companies and has reviewed books for the British SF Association's magazine VECTOR. He currently lives in Essex with his wife and two sons.
Contact John Jarrold or Simon Spanton for further details.
John Jarrold - e-mail: j.jarrold@btinternet.com phone:01522 510544
Simon Spanton – e-mail: sxs@orionbooks.co.uk phone: 020 7240 3444
8th May 2009"
FBC congratulates Stephen for the publishing deal and we hope he will remember us when the Adamantine Palace sequels come out since Robert and Liviu quite liked the first book and are eager to read and review the next installments here. The new series looks exciting too and we expect to cover it here.


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Home Sports Shurmur and Giants lose battle of supremacy in NY
The New York Giants have turned into the laughing stock of the NFL. Photo courtesy of Flickr.
Shurmur and Giants lose battle of supremacy in NY
Jared Kish
Week 10 of the NFL saw the battle of big brother versus little brother with the New York Giants taking on the New York Jets, in what would be the battle of supremacy for New York football.
Neither fan base has been happy with their teams this year, but expectations weren't high to begin with. However, the Jets came into the game as the worst team in football coming off a loss to Miami, and the Giants responded with "hold my beer."
In a 34-27 loss to the Jets in the Meadowlands on Sunday, the Giants need to re-evaluate themselves. Not only does the loss show the incompetence of head coach Pat Shurmur, the problems for the Giants that have been consistent throughout the season, really shined against Adam Gase and the hapless Jets.
When rookie quarterback Daniel Jones was drafted, Giants fans were calling for GM Dave Gentleman's head. However, all things considering, Jones arguably played his best game of the season against the Jets going 26-40 with 308 yards and four touchdown passes.
Despite the good play from Jones Sunday, he is still mightily struggling with hanging onto the football. In the third quarter, Jets safety Jamal Adams blitzed the Giants QB and ripped the ball out of Jones' hands and returned it 25 yards for a touchdown. It was the eighth time Jones had fumbled the football in his last four games.
I understand Jones is a rookie and with that comes growing pains, but this isn't a pain anymore. This is a full-on flesh wound that is bleeding profusely and the Giants can't seem to stitch it shut.
The coaching staff needs to find a remedy to cure Jones's butterfingers but that was the least of their problems on Sunday afternoon.
For the second week in a row, Saquon Barkley had minimal if not no impact on the game. The generational talent that is Barkley, managed to only rush for one yard on 13 carries against the Jets. The Giants running back has failed to even come close to his rookie season and has simply regressed.
Barkley was seen leaving the X-Ray room after the game and when asked if he was X-Rayed, he answered with "next question." It is clear that Barkley is a mess, frustrated, and his ankle is still bothering him, but if he isn't 100%, the Giants need to shut him down. There is absolutely no reason to risk further injury with Barkley on a 2-8 team that is abysmal.
Pat Shurmur's seat is definitely hot, but the one seat that is flaming is defensive coordinators James Bettcher. Somehow, someway, the Giants defense gave up 27 points to a Jet offense whose quarterback was "seeing ghosts" two weeks ago. What's even worse, is the Giants defense made the Jets offense look like a well-oiled machine which is enough to question Bettcher's job in its own right.
It would be easy for the Giants to use Bettcher as the scapegoat firing this week, but there is no question if that were to happen, the firing would be totally justified.
The Jets points total for the season are 16, 3, 14, 6, 24, 0, 15, 18, and now 34. Previously, the Jets have managed to only score eight offensive touchdowns through their first eight games. For those people who struggle in math, Gang Green's offense averages one touchdown per game. They scored four offensive touchdowns against the Giants defense. If that alone isn't enough to get Bettcher fired, I don't know what else the Giants front office needs to see.
These defensive numbers against the Jets don't tell the whole story but tell you what you need to know. Bettcher's defense this season has given up 289 total points in 10 games. That means the defense allows on average 28.9 points a game. They are on pace to give up 462 points which would be the most the franchise has given up in 53 years.
Granted Bettcher was dealt a bad hand of players mixed between veterans and rookies, but if DeAndre Baker's play throughout the first 10 weeks tells you anything about Bettcher's coaching, it is simply that he can't.
The same problems amongst the Giants defense have been apparent week after week. It's on Bettcher to correct them and he hasn't. The corners are getting beat right off the line, the safeties are allowing huge 50-60-yard plays, and the defense as a whole can't tackle to save their life. For those reasons, I don't think it's ridiculous to question Bettcher's job.
As much as Giants fans call for it, Shurmur won't be fired in season. If anything, he'll be gone at the end of the year. Which he rightfully should be, the man is 7-19 in his tenure with Big Blue and his play calling is atrocious.
Shurmur decided he would waste all his timeouts with four minutes left in the fourth quarter. The Giants then found themselves in a 4th and 1 and ended up punting the ball away on their own 39-yard line. In that situation, it shouldn't even be a question you go for it there. If you don't get it, so be it, but if you do your still alive. Instead the Giants received the ball back with seconds left as the clock just ran out.
The Giants head coach stressed urgency going into the game with the Jets. What urgency did this team show? They came out flatter than a pancake and completely flopped. Shurmur also continues to reiterate that despite losing every week, the Giants are on the right path.
"Because I think I'm seeing the things that will help us in the long run. Certainly, we haven't done enough in the short run. We're all going to see now, all of these young players, we're going to get to see them develop as we go forward." Shurmur said after the game.
But the thing is Pat, fans don't want to see the long run, they want to see changes in the short run. The Giants clearly haven't done enough in the short run and one change that will be made in the long run is that Shurmur won't be the coach.
The New York Stinkin Giants have turned into the New York Pathetic Giants and there is absolutely no doubt that this is the lowest of lows for a team that has been sad for the past three years.
Bill Parcells is probably sitting back every week laughing at this dreadful team reminiscing about the two Giants teams he brought to the height of glory. Shurmur is nowhere near the level of Parcells and their names shouldn't even be used in the same sentence, but to gain a little more credibility Shurmur, here's a tip. Go into the bye reevaluating your team and your scheme and come out on Nov. 24th in Chicago showing that you are deserving of being the head coach of the New York Giants.

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Douyé, holds her own as she steps up to center stage with her new project, which is due to be released Spring of 2013. The songs on the new album were inspired by life experiences.
"This album reflects growth and who I am musically", she said. Douye' co-wrote all the songs for this project with her long time co-writer, Terry Shaddick, a renowned British born songwriter.
This Rhine-River, Lagos born Nigerian, sings music that comes blended to perfection, rich in rhythm & soul with a splash of jazz; her sound is soulful and captivating.
The first single from this sophomore project is titled "A Beautiful Life" and the first single from the project is titled "Life Is Good"an upbeat vibrant tune that immediately puts one in a happy mood.
The song, "Life Is Good" has been gaining attention both in the United States and in Europe since it's release; the song climbed up to 9thplace on the UK Soul Chart and continue to gain consistent spinning on contemporary radio stations in the United States and in Europe.
"I released Life Is Good as my first single from this project because, I wanted to get a feel of my fans reaction to it and so far, it's been great and that's encouraging to me".
Douye' is a singer, whose inviting voice possesses depth and passion and such qualities certainly resonates in this project. Led by courage and perseverance, a father's dream and having the gift of song, this artist is definitely going places.


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Q: Setup mercurial to only work with users already authenticated with my server? I have a Mercurial server setup and would like to use it for source control over Apache. The setup i followed, however, requires that I have a .htpasswd which it uses to authenticate Mercurial users.
Is it possible to have this authenticated list be the people who are already users on the server so they don't have to create new id's and passwords?

A: Certainly.  This is one of mercurial's strengths.  When run as a CGI (or wsgi) it entirely trusts the REMOTE_USER environment variable.  So just have apache set REMOTE_USER before running the ScriptAlias (or wsgi) and mercurial will use that authentication.  Apache has many different authentication modules to interface with any user/pass system you already have.

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The Last Animal by Abby Geni
The Last Animal is a collection of thematically linked short
stories - a debut collection by a young and promising Chicago writer. In
it, the relationship between humanity and the natural world come
together in elegant prose.
In the first story, "Terror
Birds," Lory Geni uses an ostrich farm as the background for the human
drama that slowly unfolds. The story is told in first person narration
by Jack, a nine-year-old boy, and his mother, Sandy. The story is
simple: Jack has seen his father making love to a young woman who tends
the ostriches - a woman he once adored. He also knows this woman phones his father when his mother is out and that they argue. The child does not understand what he is witnesses, yet he understands its destructive nature. Similarly, the
wild ostrich, a dangerous, unpredictable animal capable of killing a
human if aroused, serves as a metaphor for unleashed passions. As Jack
remarks: "I loved the ostriches - and all the other monsters - for what they
were: sheer brute force, untempered by either conscience or
consciousness." (p. 27) Although "Terror Birds" deals with themes of
adultery and deception, it has no real villains. Geni is merely depicting the
emotional damage wrought when love dwindles and restraint fails.
story, "Captivity," explores a daughter's relationship with her mother
as she grieves the disappearance of her brother. Lucy clings to hope
that he is alive; her mother believes him to be dead and wishes for
closure. Both women are held captive by the confusion their grief
causes. "I missed my mother more," Lucy confesses, "than when we were on
opposite ends of the same city...It broke my heart that two such
interesting women found silence easier than speech, standing side by
side in the kitchen as she grated cheese into the pasta and I chopped
the vegetables, or watching television with our heads cocked at the same
angle." (p. 73)
Lucy works at the aquarium (presumably
Shedd Aquarium) and soon takes refuge there. She hides at closing time
and begins to roam the empty rooms at night. One of her daytime tasks is
to dive into the octopus tank and feed the octopuses before live
audiences. Now she seeks solace with the octopus, Falco. Geni's
passages of the museum at night are among the finest in the book. The
sense of loneliness the animal might be experiencing is juxtaposed with
Lucy's ability to empathize with it.
"Captivity"
employs humor as well as sadness. When an administrator remarks that
Falco is becoming aggressive, that he almost bit someone, Lucy defends
They bite their prey, she says. I've never been bitten. I don't know of any divers who've been bitten.
They're poisonous, the manager remarks.
I had the feeling she'd just learned this. She had degrees in marine
biology, and I had field experience, so friendship was impossible
between us. This discrepancy was common among the members of the
administration and staff at the aquarium. The managers grouped together
at lunch, no doubt grumbling about our stubbornness and absence of hard
data, while we, the aquarists and underlings, bonded after hours at the
dolphin pool to complain about our bosses' lack of common sense. (p. 88)
All ten stories capture the experiences of growing up, of loving people and of losing
them. Each story substantiates how redemption is often found in
nature - in caring for animals (domestic or wild) or in creating and
tending a garden. Ultimately, our relationship to the natural world defines our essential humanity.
The Last Animal is packed with emotionally charged and evocative stories. You need not be an animal lover to be captivated by them.


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The Dave Dameshek Football Program
Dave Dameshek sets his gaze on the NFL landscape to analyze, celebrate and - when necessary - offer improvements to America's true national pastime from a true fan's perspective. From his previous broadcasting stops on ESPN Radio, the Adam Carolla Radio Show and the 'Daves of Thunder' podcast, to his written work on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live', 'The Man Show' and NFL.com, Dave always agrees with what he's got to say. Dave is joined each week by NFL.com's Adam Rank for some much-needed hooey and applesauce. On this podcast, nothing is off-limits... Except some stuff.
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Conference Championship recap with Shaun O'Hara
Dave Dameshek is joined in Studio 66 by our old pal Shaun O'Hara to recap Conference Championship Weekend. Shek and Shaun kibitz about what's next for the Tennessee Titans and Green Bay Packers as they head into the offseason after the title game loss (3:50) and then which team between Kansas City and San Francisco has the early advantage in Super Bowl LIV (21:32).
Championship Round Red Challenge Flag Picks & whose legacy changes with a SB LIV win?
Dave Dameshek is joined in Studio 66 by Matt "Money" Smith to get you ready for Championship weekend! Money starts off with reading some of Eddie Spaghetti's latest Tweets (3:18). Then, Shek asks if Lamar Jackson was a victim of the curse of "s'posta" (8:18)? Next, the guys debated whose legacy changes the most with a Super Bowl win in Miami (24:45). Lastly, the group rounds out the show by making their Red Challenge Flag picks for the Titans vs Chiefs and the Packers vs 49ers (38:02).
Geoff Schwartz joins to recap the Divisional Round games!
Dave Dameshek is solo in Studio 66 but our old pal Geoff Schwartz Skypes in to recap the AFC & NFC Divisional round games. First though, Shek and Eddie Spaghetti kibitz about their thoughts on this weekend's games and review their game picks (2:16). Then, we hear from Geoff who recaps Minnesota vs San Francisco, Tennessee vs Baltimore, Houston vs Kansas City and Seattle vs Green Bay (19:52).
Divisional round Red Challenge Flag Picks & Lamar Jackson from the 2018 Draft
Dave Dameshek is solo in Studio 66 but joined by Eddie Spaghetti behind the glass to get you ready for the AFC & NFC Divisional round playoff games (). First off, the guys start off by talking about the Giants hiring rather unknown candidate Joe Judge as head coach and the Panthers paying top dollar to hire Matt Rhule (1:35). Next, the duo makes their Red Challenge Flag Picks for Vikings vs 49ers, Titans vs Ravens, Texans vs Chiefs and Seahawks vs Packers (8:21). They round out the show by...
Wild Card Weekend Recap
Dave Dameshek is joined in Studio 66 by Handsome Hank and first time guest DeAngelo Hall! The trio talks about the Dallas Cowboys hiring Mike McCarthy (4:22), Russell Wilson being a special quarterback (7:55), how the Titans should attack the Ravens (18:15) and if there should've been a pass interference call against Kyle Rudolph (23:05). After DeAngelo departs, Shek and Hank dive into Shek's three predictions of Tom Brady becoming a Los Angeles Charger, Bill Belichick coaching the New York...
2019 Sheky Awards
Dave Dameshek is joined in Studio 66 by Handsome Hank to give out the winners of the 2019 Sheky awards! After saying what his 2020 New Years resolution was (5:27), Shek gave out awards to best sports name of the year (10:39), best name of someone who follows Dave on Facebook (12:43), the Sonic award (18:48), best non-football playing guest (21:17), favorite football playing guest (22:42), worst food to eat after brushing your teeth (23:52), lifetime achievement award (24:35), favorite child...
Wild Card Red Challenge Flag Picks & Belichick to the Giants?
Dave Dameshek is joined in Studio 66 by Handsome Hank to get you ready for Wild Card Weekend! The duo starts off talking about the coaching changes around the league and if Bill Belichick would think about taking the New York Giants job (8:47). Next, the guys give a brief review of the new Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker and try to figure out where it ranks among the other movies (20:50). Then, Shek, Handsome and Eddie Spaghetti round out the show with their Red Challenge Flag Picks for Buffalo...
Christmas Eve "N IF L" special!
Dave Dameshek is joined on the Stage 5 set alongside Handsome Hank for this Christmas Eve N If L special! After opening the show with some Christmas caroling (2:05) and discussion about the best holiday treats the duo talks about three brand new N-If-L's. They start with what if the Chicago Bears drafted Deshaun Watson over Mitch Trubisky (12:57), what if the Bengals selected Lamar Jackson at pick #21(23:49) and what if Alshon Jeffery caught the pass vs the New Orleans Saints in the 2018 NFC...
Raiders on a Playoff Run & David Carr for the Steelers
Dave Dameshek is joined by Handsome Hank and David Carr in Studio 66 to go around the league after most of the Week 16 games! David Carr and Handsome Hank tell Dave that nobody cares about his fantasy win (2:30) before they break down the Dolphins win (5:20). There are rumors that Jon Gruden wants to move on from Derek Carr and his brother has something to say about that. (5:35).
Week 16 Red Challenge Flag Picks & where does Drew Brees rank all-time?
Dave Dameshek is joined in the Stage 5 set alongside Matt "Money" Smith & Handsome Hank before the Week 16 games! Shek first tells his annual Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer story (6:40) and then they get into Fresh Takes of the week which is where does Drew Brees rank all-time in the Super Bowl era (13:17)? After that, the guys make their Red Challenge Flag picks for Week 16 (33:25).
Will the Cowboys go on a SB run & do you feel bad for the Browns?
Dave Dameshek is joined by Handsome Hank in Studio 66 to go around the league after most of the Week 15 games! The duo kibitzed about the Steelers loss to the Bills on Sunday night football (5:00), can the Cowboys take care of the Eagles and go on a deep playoff run (10:31), booing Derek Carr and the Raiders during their last home game in Oakland (20:42), the Dolphins draft strategy (31:46), if you feel bad for the Cleveland Browns after this last home loss (37:44) and the Food Block...
Week 15 Red Challenge Flag Picks & odd team out for the playoffs
Dave Dameshek is joined in the Stage 5 set alongside Matt "Money" Smith before the Week 15 games! Shek and Money quickly get into Fresh Takes which was deciding which AFC and NFC team in the Wild Card race will be left out of the playoffs (2:22)? After that, Shek, Money and Spaghetti play a round of Use Your Noodle (29:39) and place a few calls for Spaghetti's WFAN tryout (35:05). Finally, they round out the show with their Red Challenge Flag picks for Week 15 (38:37).
Shaun O'Hara joins to go around the league!
Dave Dameshek is joined by our old pal Shaun O'Hara to go over the hot button topics in the NFL right now! Over the course of this show they hit on Eli's return on Monday Night Football (1:54), the future of Brady & Belichick in New England (17:21), who should win defensive player of the year (24:55), the recent antics of Baker Mayfield and Le'Veon Bell (33:08) and who is the NFC's best team (37:35)?
Week 14 Red Challenge Flag Picks & selecting the all-time secondary team
Dave Dameshek is joined in the Stage 5 set alongside Matt "Money" Smith and Handsome Hank before the Week 14 games! Shek, Money and Hank first start eating doughnuts that were left in the studio and discussing the best types of doughnut (2:00). After that, the guys kibitz about the Carolina Panthers firing Ron Rivera and where he could land a job next (10:15)? Next up, the group dives into Zaxby's Fresh Takes and debates who should be on the NFL's all-time secondary team (18:57). Finally,...
Willie McGinest on the Patriots loss to Houston & the AFC playoff picture
Dave Dameshek is joined in Studio 66 by our old pal Willie McGinest who makes his first appearance of the year and Handsome Hank. The trio dives right into the New England Patriots loss to the Houston Texans and if we should be concerned with the Patriots offensively? Next, the group discusses the AFC playoff picture involving the Patriots, Bills, Chiefs and Ravens and how it could look come January (17:18)? Before Willie exits, he sheds a little light on Shek's prediction about Tom Brady...
Week 13 Red Challenge Flag Picks & best Thanksgiving meats
Dave Dameshek is joined in the Stage 5 set alongside Cole Wright and Handsome Hank before the Week 13 games! The trio first does a draft of best Thanksgiving meats and Cole explains why he loves turkey so much (4:00). After that Shek, Cole and Hank get into Fresh Takes debating the NFL's all-time running back team (9:22). Finally, they round out the show with their Red Challenge Flag picks for Week 13 including the Thanksgiving games (19:54).
Will Jason Garrett be fired & would Patriots fans want to win the SB in 2020 without Brady?
Dave Dameshek is solo in Studio 66 but is joined by Eddie Spaghetti to recap the Week 12 games. The duo talks about who is the best team in the AFC (2:50), Jason Garrett's future in the NFL (6:50), would Patriot fans be happy to win a Super Bowl in 2020 if Tom Brady wasn't their quarterback (16:55) and who should start - Mason Rudolph or Duck Hodges (28:30)?
Week 12 Red Challenge Flag Picks & who is 'America's team' in 2019?
Dave Dameshek is joined in the Stage 5 set alongside Matt "Money" Smith and Handsome Hank before the Week 12 games! Money and Hank first recap their trip to Mexico for the Chiefs vs Chargers game (4:09). After that, Shek debates if it's ironic or coincidental if the 49ers play the Ravens in this year's Super Bowl based on their reversals from SB XLVII to now (12:24). Next up, the group dives into Zaxby's Fresh Takes and debates which team should be considered 'America's Team' for 2019...
David Carr on the Raiders playoff push & why the Ravens offense is effective
Dave Dameshek is joined in Studio 66 by our old pal David Carr to kibitz about the Week 11 games! The guys touch on a bunch of topics including why scoring has been down (4:10), the Raiders impressive rookie class & brother Derek's great season so far (7:40), Myles Garrett vs Mason Rudolph (18:50), Lamar Jackson's success with Greg Roman in Baltimore (29:58) and Tua Tagovailoa's injury (48:55). The duo rounded it out by debating which has better food between the Bay Area and Las Vegas during...
Week 11 Red Challenge Flag Picks & which NY team would you rather coach?
Dave Dameshek is joined in the Stage 5 set alongside Matt "Money" Smith before the Week 11 games! The guys first joke about why businesses even have "casual Fridays" (2:45) and recap the Chargers loss to the Raiders (11:35). Next up, they dive into Zaxby's Fresh Takes and debates which New York team would they rather take over the Giants or the Jets (15:58)? Then, Money and Shek continue helping Eddie Spaghetti with his mock WFAN tryout (28:50). Finally, after a Use Your Noodle trivia...


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Shortwave Station Bends But Doesn't Break
WRMI in Okeechobee scrambled back to service despite hurricane damage
By James Careless
Among the many victims of Hurricane Irma in September was the transmitter/antenna farm of Radio Miami International, WRMI in Okeechobee, located on a cattle ranch 40 miles inland from Port St. Lucie on Florida's Atlantic coast.
Folded tower.
On Sunday Sept. 10, Irma's roaring winds tore across the flat plains housing WRMI's 23 antenna systems, comprising a total of 68 towers — the largest commercial shortwave radio transmission site in the United States. The hurricane-force winds snapped one of WRMI's towers in half, leaving the torn metal lattice dangling suspended in the transmission lines. A second tower was bent in half like a paperclip. Many transmission lines radiating from WRMI's central 16,000-square-foot transmitter building to the arrays also were knocked down along with the telephone poles that supported them.
The post-Irma scene looked as if a drunken giant had wandered across the cattle ranch and tripped repeatedly, taking down whatever he had stumbled across.
Add a main power outage that lasted from Sunday to Wednesday, and WRMI was definitely hammered by Hurricane Irma. Yet the station managed to stay on air throughout the chaos, thanks to the efforts of WRMI Facility Manager Pat Travers and five others who hunkered down in the reinforced concrete transmitter building during the storm.
"We have a 25 kilowatt diesel generator on site, which powered a 100-watt shortwave transmitter feeding a dipole antenna," WRMI General Manager Jeff White said. "This kept WRMI's programming on air to the world 24/7 throughout Irma."
Granted, 100 watts has nothing on 100,000 watts, the power rating common to most of WRMI's 14 SW transmitters. To cover the world successfully by bouncing radio signals off the ionosphere, serious transmitter power is required.
"But as any amateur radio operator will tell you, you can cover a lot of ground with 100 watts," White quipped. "We received reception reports from listeners as far away as southern Ontario and Sacramento, Calif., who had picked up our 100 watts Irma transmissions."
MEGA TRANSMISSION SITE
Built originally by Christian broadcaster WYFR (Family Radio) to reach the world, the Okeechobee transmitter/farm was purchased by WRMI in 2013.
Previously, the commercial shortwave station founded by White and his partner Kiko Espinosa (chief engineer, deceased in 2005) had broadcast from Miami via a 50,000-watt SW transmitter using either a corner reflector antenna beaming 160 degrees toward the Caribbean and Latin America, or a yagi-style log periodic antenna beaming 317 degrees toward North America. The two original antennas were used at different times of the day, depending on which part of the hemisphere was being served.
With the acquisition of the Okeechobee antenna farm in 2013, WRMI's transmission options became global; the station subsequently shut down its Miami transmitter site while retaining its studio and office in that city.
STORM PATROL
Spreading out from the transmitter building in a hub-and-spoke pattern of antenna arrays, antenna switchers and feeder lines, the station's transmission infrastructure is an RF engineer's fantasy of curtain array, log periodic and double rhombic antennas collectively aimed at 11 regions of the globe. Add 14 high-power SW transmitters, and WRMI has a near-perfect platform for transmitting its own English and Spanish programming worldwide and for leasing airtime to third-party broadcasters.
The threat of hurricanes is nothing new to Jeff White.
"I have operated stations through a few of them," he said. "So I know what it takes to prepare for a hurricane, and to keep things going when it hits and during the recovery process afterwards."
Fortunately WRMI's transmitter building is strong enough to survive a hurricane. The original roof had been damaged by a previous storm when Family Radio owned this site. But they replaced it with a super-strong roof that could resist high winds and did just that during Irma's onslaught.
Meanwhile, White always has lots of diesel fuel on hand to keep the station's 25 kW generator running, "many five-gallon water jugs for us and our water-cooled transmitters," and plenty of gasoline for the station's trucks. "We have an old Florida Power truck with a cherry-picker for putting up telephone poles and attaching wires to them," he said. "You need to have your own to maintain a site of this size."
With plenty of food supplies and bedding, the WRMI crew hunkered down at the antenna farm.
"At 4:30 on Sunday afternoon, the winds starting whipping up," White said. "Next the alarm bells started ringing, which tell us when transmission paths have been interrupted due to fallen lines. Then we lost electricity from outside, knocking our main transmitters offline. So we powered up the generator to keep the lights on, turned on the 100-watt backup transmitter and stayed on air via the dipole antenna as best we could."
The facility's transmission line grid suffered damage in several places.
FALLOUT AND RECOVERY
The two towers wrecked by Irma are part of WRMI's 44 degree double rhombic array aimed at Europe and the Middle East. Before the storm, the station transmitted on 15770 kHz on this array. It delivered a strong, reliable signal to this market on this channel.
"With the loss of the 44 degree array, we have switched to other arrays to cover Europe and the Middle East on 7780 kHz and 11580 kHz," said White. "I don't know when we will be able to afford to replace the two towers Irma damaged, so this will have to do for now."
The fallen transmission lines and poles were not a big issue. "Right after the storm, our crew got out in our used Florida Power truck and started putting things right," White said 12 days afterwards. "Today, almost everything is back in place — and 13 of our 14 transmitters are already back on air."
WRMI's antenna farm had external power restored on Sept. 13. "Our internet was down for a while after that," said White. "This left us trying to link up to the outside world using a microwave internet link, which was problematic."
Still, not long after Hurricane Irma did its worst to WRMI's Okeechobee antenna farm, this commercial SW broadcaster was back in business.
"We have yet to figure out how to repair the 44-degree double rhombic array and its two destroyed towers," said White. "But other than that, Radio Miami International has bounced back from Irma quite quickly."
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Trista Sos, a licensed vocational nurse from Redding, faces disciplinary action by the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians after she pleaded no contest and was found guilty of one misdemeanor count of obtaining controlled substances by fraud and one misdemeanor count of petty theft.
Investigators from the Investigation and Enforcement Unit Sacramento Field Office within the Department of Consumer Affairs' Division of Investigation investigated Sos after receiving information that she had been stealing narcotics from a convalescent home in Chico where she worked.
The investigation found that in May 2015, Sos received narcotics from staff who had worked the shift prior to hers, but at the end of her shift the narcotics were missing. The Butte County District Attorney's Office initially charged Sos with three counts of obtaining controlled substances by fraud and one count of petty theft.
The Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians has filed an accusation against Sos, alleging that she made false, incorrect, inconsistent or unintelligible entries in hospital records during her employment in Chico and also at a second employer in Red Bluff in October 2015. The accusation also alleges that Sos self-administered marijuana without a physician's recommendation from approximately 2014 to 2016.
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Thank you for continuing this journey of The Gospel Project® for Kids. Aren't you excited that we've finally reached the New Testament? Four hundred years of God's silence separated the last book of the Old Testament—Malachi—and the first book of the New Testament—Matthew. Matthew, the first of the four Gospels, begins with Jesus' genealogy, like a family tree.
The prophecies concerning Jesus' birth are numerous, and many of them refer to Jesus' lineage. Old Testament prophecies tell of the promised Messiah being born from the seed of a woman (Gen. 3:15); from the seeds of Abraham (Gen. 22:18), Isaac (Gen. 21:12), and Jacob (Num. 24:17); from the tribe of Judah (Micah 5:2); from the line of Jesse (Isa. 11:1); and from the house of David (Jer. 23:5). The prophecies said He would be born of a virgin (Isa. 7:14) and would be the Son of God (1 Chr. 17:13-14; Ps. 2:7). Jesus fulfilled all of these prophecies.
Jesus came to earth as a baby in Bethlehem. Jesus had earthly parents, Mary and Joseph, but His true Father is God. Jesus was still God the Son when He came to earth, but He also took on the form of a man. Jesus was born to save people from their sins.
Jesus is the Son of God, which means that He is fully God. But when Jesus was born on earth as a little baby, He had human parents too. Their names were Mary and Joseph. Jesus is fully human, too. Jesus is both fully God and fully human; that makes Him different from any other man.
Like all people on earth, Jesus' family had a history—a family tree. Jesus had parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great- grandparents ... all the way back to Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden.
The Bible says Adam and Eve had children. Three of their sons were named Cain, Abel, and Seth. When Seth got older and had a family, his wife had a baby. Seth named his son Enos (EE nahs). Enos grew up and had a family too, and his great-great-grandson was named Enoch (EE nuhk). Enoch loved God, and he was part of Jesus' family.
Then there was Noah! Noah obeyed God and built an ark to save his family from a great ood. Noah was part of Jesus' family too. Abraham was in Jesus' family, and so was his son Isaac. When Isaac had a family, one of his sons was named Jacob. Jacob was part of Jesus' family.
Years later, a man named Salmon (SAL mahn) was born into Jesus' family tree. He married Rahab (RAY hab), who had hid the Israelite spies when they came to Jericho. Rahab had a baby, and his name was Boaz (BOH az). Boaz was a farmer, and he married Ruth. Boaz and Ruth had a son named Obed (OH bed).
Obed's son was Jesse. Jesse had many sons, and the youngest was David. David was just a boy when he was chosen to be Israel's king. King David liked to write. He wrote songs—called psalms—and some of them were about the time when Jesus would come to earth.
Other people in Jesus' family were kings too. David's son Solomon was a king. King Jehoshaphat (jih HAHSH uh fat) was part of Jesus' family, and so was Uzziah (uh ZIGH uh), Ahaz (AY haz), Hezekiah (HEZ ih kigh uh), and Josiah.
Then came Matthan (MAT than). Matthan's son was named Jacob, and Jacob's son was named Joseph. Joseph is the man who took Mary to be his wife. Mary and Joseph were the earthly parents of Jesus, God's Son—the Messiah.
Christ Connection: Jesus came to earth as a baby in Bethlehem. Jesus had earthly parents, Mary and Joseph, but His true Father is God. Jesus was still God the Son when He came to earth, but He also took on the form of a man. Jesus was born to save people from their sins.


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The Vintage Yachting Games are an international Quadrennial multi class sailing event for former Olympic classes and the former Classes of the Paralympic Games. The Vintage Games is held every four years.

The idea behind the Vintage is to Organize a four yearly high-end event in the calendars of all the former (Paralympic) Olympic Classes after their discontinuation at the Olympics or Paralympic Games. First the idea was discusses and developed locally by Rudy den Outer and representatives of several Dutch class organizations of former Olympic classes (Martijn van der Driest of Europe, Harold Wijgers of Flying Dutchman, Johan Offermans of Soling, Michiel van Dis of Dragon and Hans Nadorp of 5.5 Metre). In the next phase the presidents/chairman of the international classes became involved (Jan Abrahamsen of Europe class, Theo Meus of O-Jolle, Alberto Barenghi of Flying Dutchman, Rose Hoeksema of Soling and Rupert Fisher of Dragon).

The first edition was held in Medemblik 20–27 September 2008. During the closing ceremony the next host country, Italy, received the Vintage flag from the mayor of Medemblik, Th. van Eijk.

The Vintage Yachting Games Organization (VYGO), a foundation under Dutch Law, was founded on 11 December 2006 by Rudy den Outer, Nancy Schoof and Sebastian Hopf. The VYGO has since become the governing body of the Vintage Yachting Games, whose structure and actions are defined by her constitution and charter. The VYGO's ownership lies with the Vintage Yachting Classes.

Vintage Yachting Games principles
The Vintage Yachting Games are governed by the following set of principles:
 Charter Vintage Yachting Games
 Constitution Vintage Yachting Games
 VYGrules
 Standard VYG Notice of Race
 Standard VYG Sailing Instructions

Charter Vintage Yachting Games
The constitution of the Vintage Yachting Games Organization is based upon the Vintage Yachting Games Charter. Decisions made by the board or supervisory board and even race management must be in line with this charter:
 Sailing is a sport to be performed with light sailing vessels (yachts). Sailing is done by sailors. Sailors participate in the sport in order to win races or series. This winning must be reached only by fair sailing, superior speed, strategically and tactical maneuvering, use of knowledge, excellent performance of skill and showing correct behavior
 The Vintage Yachting Games is the result of the organized action, carried out under the authority of the Stichting Vintage Yachting Games Organization (VYGO), of all participating individuals and entities who like the game of Sailing. Its symbol is the yachts logo
 All Individual Competitors, Judges, Coaches, Measurers, Members of the Regatta Committee, Sponsors, Organizers, Supervisory Board Members as well as Board Members regard the Competing Sailor in the Vintage Yachting Games as the most important stakeholder of the Vintage Yachting Games. They must act in order to guard the interest of those Sailors. The way active and competitive sailors want to play the game of Sailing is paramount for the Vintage Yachting Games
 The interest of Vintage Yachting Games sailors in a specific class will be guarded by the relevant International Class Organizations (ICO) participating in the Vintage Yachting Games Organization's Supervisory Board
 During the Vintage Yachting Games the sailors represent their National Class Organization (NCO) In the absence of a NCO the relevant ICO will act in her place
 Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with the object Vintage Yachting Games and its organization

Constitution of Vintage Yachting Games
The constitution governs the way of management of the VYGO. This is the deed under Dutch law of the VYGO foundation.

VYG rules
Describes under what conditions the Vintage Yachting Games edition will be sailed, organized and managed.

Standard VYG Notice of Race (NOR)
This document is the basis of the final NOR that is determined in cooperation by the Host club and the VYGO. The final NOR must be published at least one year before the start of the first race of a Vintage Yachting Games edition.

Standard VYG Sailing Instructions (SI)
This document is the basis of the final SI that is determined in cooperation by the Host club and the VYGO. The final SI must be published at least one month before the first race of a Vintage Yachting Games edition.

Vintage Yachting Games Event Structure

The structure of an edition of the Vintage Yachting Games is similar to that of an Olympic sailing event. It consists of:
 Opening ceremony if possible with fleet review
 A series of races per Vintage Yachting Class (at least 7 scheduled)
 A closing ceremony that includes the Vintage InterPares (VIP) race and medal presentation. Also the country trophy will be handed to the winning country.
 Passing of the Vintage Yachting Games Flag to the next host country
 Celebration

Fleet review
The fleet review of is a part of the opening ceremony of the Vintage. The element can be compared with the athletes parade into the stadium  at the opening of the Olympics.

The races of the Vintage Yachting Games

Each edition of the Vintage Yachting Games will have a series of at least seven scheduled races per Vintage Yachting Class. At least five races must be completed to make a valid series. The top three of each Vintage class are granted the right to fly the Vintage Yachting Games logo in gold, silver or bronze in her mainsail for the next four years.

Vintage InterPares race

As a part of the closing ceremony the winning helmsman of each class will sail one final race in a former Olympic class. The winner will be win the title of Vintage InterPares (VIP) and is granted the right to fly the Vintage Yachting Games logo in her sail for the next four years. The VIP race is the substitute for the medalrace during the Olympic sailing event. In 2008 the 12' Dinghy was used for the VIP race.

Country Trophy

The country trophy is handed to the national team of the best performing country during an edition of the Vintage. This trophy is donated by the artist, sailor, International Judge and former international umpire Menno Meyer.

Venues

Classes

To become a Vintage Yachting Class a class must:
 Be a former Olympic class or former Class in the Paralympics
 Still be sailed in regattas in five or more countries
 Have one single set of class rules
 Be represented in the VYGO's supervisory board.

The Vintage Yachting Classes consist of 13 Classes. The Vintage Yachting Classes are eligible for competition in the Vintage Yachting Games.

 • = Event in this year
 VIP = Used for the Vintage Inter Pares race
  = Open event
  = Female event
  = Male event

Facts and figures
These facts and figures aere based upon the entries documented in the Official Vintage Results and on the Wikipedia pages:
2008 Vintage Yachting Games
2008 Vintage Yachting Games – Europe Female
2008 Vintage Yachting Games – Europe Male
2008 Vintage Yachting Games – O-Jolle
2008 Vintage Yachting Games – Flying Dutchman
2008 Vintage Yachting Games – Soling
2008 Vintage Yachting Games – Dragon
2012 Vintage Yachting Games
2012 Vintage Yachting Games – Women's Europe
2012 Vintage Yachting Games – Men's Europe
2012 Vintage Yachting Games – O-Jolle
2012 Vintage Yachting Games – Flying Dutchman
2012 Vintage Yachting Games – Tempest
2012 Vintage Yachting Games – Soling
2012 Vintage Yachting Games – Dragon
2012 Vintage Yachting Games – 5.5 Metre
2018 Vintage Yachting Games

Country trophy

Medal table

Statistics
The statistics are based upon the boats that are taken into account in the final results. For 2008 this were all entries. For 2012 only the paid entries.

Vintage InterPares

Medal leaders (by Vintage)

Multiple medalists

Ranking of Vintage Gold medalists
The ranking is done based upon the 1964 Olympic scoring system. Best seven races count. If less than seven races are sailed 0 points are given to the cancelled (can) races.

References
Information about the former Olympic classes can be verified in the book: Vintage Yachting Games, Olympic Classes

Vintage Yachting Games
Sports organizations established in 2006
Quadrennial sporting events
Yachting races

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Cllr Alambritis is Leader of the London Borough of Merton, a position he has held since 2010. As Leader of Merton Council Cllr Alambritis is responsible for an outer London Borough with 200,000 residents in 80,000 households served by 8,000 businesses. Cllr Alambritis has also been a Board member of the London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) 2010-2018. His London Council's Leaders experience includes membership of that organisation's Audit Committee. Stephen Alambritis joined London LGPS CIV as a Non-Executive Director in September 2018 following approval by the FCA. He is one of two NEDs selected from suitably qualified and experienced Leaders of London Local Authorities (London CIV's shareholders) in order to improve Board stakeholder and shareholder awareness and engagement. For much of his career Cllr Alambritis worked in the SME sector, specifically at the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), as Head of Public Affairs, a role which involved significant contact with government and the financial environment of the City of London alongside the other main business organisations the CBI, IOD and BCC. Stephen is a Full Member on the EU Committee of the Regions (CoR) representing local government at the highest level in Brussels to the European Commission and to the European Parliament. Mr Alambritis has held a number of government appointments to regulatory and consumer bodies including: Better Regulation Taskforce (1997-2001), Disability Rights Commission, Commissioner (2004-2007), Enterprise UK & Global Entrepreneurship Week, Non-Executive Director (2005-2010), Ministry of Justice, Consumer Advisory Panel Member (2006-2010), Equality and Human Rights Commission, Commissioner (2009-2012), Smart Energy Group, Board Member (2013-2016). Mr Alambritis has the following qualifications; BA (Govt), MSc (Econ), MA (Business Law) and is a former Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (FCIPR).


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Carl served as an Advisory Director of Partners Bank of Texas which was bought by Sterling Bank, now Comerica. He was also a founder of E-stamp which was the fifth licensee in the history of the U.S. Postage Service and first to provide personal computer issued postage. Its assets were subsequently acquired by Stamp.com. He also was a cofounder of ClicknPrint now Extremtix, an internet ticketing firm. He also served on the executive committee of the PCPS of the AICPA for 6 years. As of October 20, 2015, Carl has been made a member of the Houston Maritime Museum Board of Trustees. He is very excited about what he can add to this vital group that showcases the Port of Houston's contribution to the Houston economy.
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Welcome to the Columbiana Police Department section of our website. We hope you spend some time exploring the entire site and we ask that you let us know what kinds of information you would like to see here. There is a wealth of good information on this site that will help you get to know your law enforcement officials and the services we provide.
As Chief, my mission is to create and maintain a community oriented, high performance team of law enforcement professionals who deliver timely, fair and effective police services to all of our citizens and visitors. The police officers and dispatchers of the Columbiana Police Department join me in providing timely responses to protective, investigative, preventive and law enforcement challenges that arise in our community.
We are privileged to enjoy strong community support and I invite you to join us as partners in keeping Columbiana safe and peaceful. Our success and the success of our City is predicated upon cooperation and communication between police officials, city officials, school officials, business leaders, and interested citizens. I ask each of you to tell me about concerns, problems and relevant information that may enhance our ability to prevent criminal activity, solve crimes and improve the quality of life in Columbiana.
Please use the interactive features of this web site to communicate with us and to learn more about your police department. Together, we can keep criminal predators from gaining a foothold in our beautiful City.
The Columbiana Police Department is currently staffed with a Chief, 2 Sergeants, 17 officers, 10 dispatchers, and 20 Auxiliary officers. The Columbiana Police department is the primary law enforcement provider for the City of Columbiana, Ohio with a jurisdictional area of 6.2 square miles which includes a household population of 6,384.
The Columbiana Police Department dispatches for the Police Department, City Fire and EMS Departments and also acts as a Columbiana County 911 PSAP. The 911 PSAP is the primary answering point for all calls that originate in the City of Columbiana, the Village of Leetonia, and Fairfield Township. Secondary answering point services are provided on an overflow basis to the rest of Columbiana County as needed.
The Columbiana Auxiliary Police was first formed in 1940′s as a Civil Defense Unit with 22 men.
It was soon boasting 42 members. A few years later, after deciding to part from the "Civil Defense" as the membership wanted to work only in their own community, the "Auxiliary Force" was formed.
The Columbiana Force was the first Auxiliary Unit in the area. Art Carpenter was named commander, and the unit was divided into three squads, with Carpenter leading one, and Sgt. Gene Hanna and Sgt. Herb Scott leading the other two. The Auxiliary unit serves as a backup unit for the Columbiana Police. The Auxiliary force is responsible for all of the traffic and crowd control at all special events held in the city, including the 4th of July Festival, the annual Columbiana Street Fair and Columbiana Christmas Parade. They also assist the regular department during natural disasters and power outages with in the city.


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Symbolism and Status – An Enlightening Tour of Highgate Cemetery West
Highgate Cemetery stands on Highgate hill, with a commanding a view over London. Because of that, it became the place to be buried in Victorian times.
Highgate is one of seven cemeteries opened in the 1800s to relieve pressure on the horrendously overcrowded inner city church graveyards. They'd been overwhelmed by new inhabitants brought into the capital by the industrial revolution. But the Victorians weren't high on Government interference. So the new cemeteries were all run by private companies and needed to make a profit.
A couple of years ago I visited Highgates' East Cemetery, so it was only a matter of time before I also made my way to the West. I love a good cemetery. It sounds morbid and part of the appeal is the Gothic nature of them. But I also like history and of course, the hidden story behind each resident. If you're a writer, they're good places to find inspiration.
Unlike the Highgate East, where you can wander as you wish, visits to the West are by tour only.
The £12.50 cost is reasonable, especially as the money goes towards the upkeep of the site. It does mean you can't track down the graves of people you might be interested in, but you do get a boatload of intriguing information from an enthusiastic guide.
The main thing I learnt about is the amount of symbolism in Victorian graves. Urns represent the soul, wreaths mean victory over death, Pelicans are a symbol of piety – nothing on a Victorian burial monument is there just to look pretty. It all means something.
George Wombwell's lion
Our guide also introduced us to some of the cemeteries more interesting inhabitants.
Bare-knuckle boxer Tom Sayers and dog, Lion
George Wombwell, a successful menagerist and his sleepy lion, and Tom Sayers, a successful bare-knuckle boxer and his faithful dog, Lion.
And as far as writers go, we did get a glimpse of the tomb of Radclyffe Hall, author of early lesbian novel 'The Well of Loneliness'.
Radclyffe Hall's tomb
The West side of the cemetery was always the poshest , positioned right at the top of the hill. There were places for the poorest yes, but these were simply a pit you shared with many others and had no gravestone. At the other end of the scale is the most expensive tomb in the place built by Julius Beer for his daughter Ada, at a cost of thousands.
The cemetery still has cache to it. When we visited, there was much ado about where George Micheal would be buried (his mother is interred in a private location in the cemetery). But there's no mistaking that years of neglect have taken their toll.
The Circle of Lebanon
Highgate has been restored in parts but it's still very overgrown. One of the titbits given by our guide was that the graves are leased not owned. Technically it's the responsibility of the deceaseds relatives to maintain them. If this isn't done, the grave would be forfit. But this isn't enforced at the moment and , as you can imagine, many have been forgotten. It does make you wonder if one of your own relatives might be nestled around there somewhere!
The Egyptian Avenue
For me and many others though, the decrepit nature of the place just adds to the atmosphere. If you're into Victorian history, graveyards, architecture, London or just after a fascinating tour this could be for you. Quick tip – if you go at the weekends, you don't have to book but the tours are popular. We went on a cold Sunday morning in February and the tour filled up quickly.
Have you ever visited Highgate? Or another cemetery that's captured your imagination?
Highgate Cemetery, East
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Immune cells are normally associated with fighting infection but in a new study, scientists have discovered how they also help the nervous system clear debris, clearing the way for nerve regeneration after injury.
In a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers showed certain immune cells can clean up nerve debris, while previous models have attributed nerve cell damage control to other cells entirely.
Registration is now open for our upcoming event. This conference will feature presentations on the latest in PN research, coping skills for patients with painful neuropathies, the role of physical therapy and exercise, and the Peripheral Neuropathy Research Registry (PNRR). A Q&A, along with opportunities to share stories with other patients, will also take place during the program.
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From 2002 to 2015, there was a substantial increase in gabapentinoid use, according to a research letter published online on January 2nd in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Michael E. Johansen, M.D., from Grant Family Medicine, OhioHealth, in Columbus, characterized the use of gabapentinoids among adults using data from the 2002 to 2015 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Data were included for 346,177 individuals.
New research has demonstrated that an enzyme previously identified as playing a role in peripheral neuropathy induced by cancer chemotherapy also plays a role in peripheral neuropathy caused by diabetes.
Dr. Sandra Rieger (picture on the right) attended our 2016 International Research Symposium, therefore we have been following her progression since she was first awarded the grant in 2016.
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Home TV Stars Female TV Stars Claire Blackwelder Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics
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Claire Blackwelder Quick Info
Date of Birth August 26, 1993
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Boyfriend Garrett Poladian
Claire Blackwelder is an American actress who is known for playing the role of Kendall Morgan/Purple Dino Charge Ranger in the family action-adventure TV series, Power Rangers Dino Charge. Inspired by her mother, she started performing at a very early age and would often perform for her friends and family alongside her sisters. Claire Blackwelder also participated in a number of plays and musicals during her school and college years which include a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream while she has also appeared in several shows and movies which include the likes of 101 Ways to Get Rejected, Power Rangers Dino Charge Halloween, Stalked by My Doctor: The Return, Teens Wanna Know, and Her Worst Nightmare. Apart from acting, she enjoys singing and writing songs and takes inspiration from all the women who have struggled persistently and juggled with multiple responsibilities to achieve what they want. Moreover, Claire Blackwelder has also garnered quite a social media fan base and has more than 25k followers on Facebook, more than 15k followers on Twitter, and more than 50k followers on Instagram.
Claire Elizabeth Blackwelder
Claire Blackwelder as seen while posing for the camera at Catch LA in West Hollywood, California, United States in September 2018 (Claire Blackwelder / Instagram)
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Claire Blackwelder studied at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School located in Bethesda, Maryland. Later, she went on to pursue a theatre major at the University Of Southern California and was also a member of its a cappella group named 'SoCal Vocals'.
Moreover, Claire Blackwelder has also studied Shakespeare at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford.
Father – Ern Blackwelder (Businessman)
Mother – Sheila Hennessey (Actress)
Siblings – Holly Blackwelder (Younger Sister), Ellie Goebel (Older Sister)
Others – Alice Hennessey (Grandmother)
Claire Blackwelder is represented by Velocity Entertainment Partners, Talent Management Company, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Claire Blackwelder has dated –
Garrett Poladian – Claire Blackwelder is in a relationship with Garrett Poladian. The duo has been together for a couple of years and can often be seen hanging out as well as traveling to a variety of places. Claire also often flaunts her relationship by posting their loved-up pictures and videos on Instagram.
Claire Blackwelder as seen while posing for a fun picture with Garrett Poladian in Bermuda in April 2018 (Claire Blackwelder / Instagram)
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Beautiful smile
Lean physique
Claire Blackwelder has either endorsed or promoted a couple of brands through social media which include the likes of Bikini Hut.
Claire Blackwelder as seen while posing for a picture during a hike in July 2018 (Claire Blackwelder / Instagram)
Having been cast as Kendall Morgan/Purple Dino Charge Ranger in the family action-adventure TV series, Power Rangers Dino Charge (2015-2016), in which she appeared alongside the likes of Brennan Mejia, Camille Hyde, Yoshi Sudarso, Michael Taber, James Davies, and Campbell Cooley
Claire Blackwelder made her first TV show appearance by playing the role of Sophie in an episode, titled Cheer Up, of the comedy series, 101 Ways to Get Rejected, in January 2014.
Claire Blackwelder stays fit by leading an active life. Additionally, she also loves going on hikes which in turn help her maintain a healthy physique. She has also taken training in Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai.
Claire Blackwelder as seen while posing for a picture with her father in June 2019 (Claire Blackwelder / Instagram)
Claire Blackwelder Facts
She started performing for her friends and family at a very young age and participated in almost all of her school plays.
Claire Blackwelder started taking piano lessons when she was in the 1st grade.
She has got her artistic genes from her mother as when she was around 9 years old, her mother completed her Master's Degree in Classical Acting.
During her time at the University Of Southern California, Claire took part in several plays and musicals.
It was just a day before she began with the program at the British American Drama Academy that she got to know that she was cast in 2 seasons of the Nickelodeon's popular series, Power Rangers.
Claire Blackwelder has also been cast as Hippolyta in the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Theatricum Botanicum located in Topanga, California.
She believes that the universe responds to the energy that you introduce to it, often in ways that are completely unexpected.
Apart from acting, she enjoys singing as well and often sings rock, jazz, pop, and folk music.
Throughout her life, Claire Blackwelder has been greatly inspired by the women in her family. Apart from them, she takes inspiration from the likes of Natalie Portman, Helen Hayes, Ella Fitzgerald, Brie Larson, Kate Winslet, Sara Bareilles, Emma Thompson, and Lake Bell.
Her maternal grandmother has been a businesswoman.
In 2015, Claire Blackwelder appeared as a guest in an episode, titled Dragon Ball Z Resurrection F Premiere – Interviews W Frieza (Freeza), Goku & More, of the talk-show series, Teens Wanna Know.
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Apple blames glitch for being clueless about its News app user numbers
by Amanda Connolly — in Apple
Apple News launched in Spetember and Tim Cook revealed in October that 40 million people had tried out the new app.
But, despite releasing that figure, the company has admitted that it doesn't really know how many people are using the app because of a glitch in its system, according to an interview with Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of internet software and service, in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Cue said the company only recently noticed the counting error because it was focused on other parts of the product. He added:
"We're in the process of fixing that now, but our numbers are lower than reality."
Because of this, the company says it has been underestimating the figures it gives to prospective publishers and advertisers, as it's safer than overestimating.
Cue reiterated Cook's statement that 40 million people have tried the Apple News app, but he didn't elaborate on whether these users were returning or give any insight into the amount of traffic on the platform.
It's a little odd that Apple would be so careless or distracted enough to let this error occur, but we'll have to take the company's word for it right now.
Tim Cook is due to address investors and analysts on January 26 to announce Apple's quarterly earnings, so it could be an opportunity for the company to clear the air over its figures once and for all.
➤ Apple News app is off to a rocky start [The Wall Street Journal]
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Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., Additional notes on tape box: Yei (tenses), Some speech, followed by song, Tape numbered 14.
Oral history interview with Gadija Adams [Part 1 of 3]
Oral history, Harfield Village (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, Adams, Gadija, ,
Karen Daniels Oral history interviews Gadija Adams, an ex-resident of Harfield Village, Cape Town. These Oral history interviews provide a very rich source or oral history regarding social life in Harfield Village and Claremont, as well as forced removals and their after-effects. Harfield Village, before the Group Areas Act, was a small mixed area of African, coloured and white inhabitants and was also known as "die vlak" by the locals. The themes included in the Oral history interviews are: inter-racial mixing and romanticisation of racial harmony, community and family relationships, religion - both Christian (Anglican, Methodist, Dutch Reformed) and Muslim (Harvey Road, Stegman Road and Main Road Mosques) - and schooling, leisure activities such as the Coon Carnival, music and jazz, shebeens and drinking. Class issues are discussed with reference to crime, gangs, "skollies", home ownership, rentals, incomes and employment. The physical, emotional and economic hardships endured by Harfield residents during and after the forced removals and the Group Areas Act are also discussed. Each Oral history interview in this collection contains a useful summary of the Oral history interview dynamics and the date of the Oral history interview., Forced removals, Cwc6.04a.mp3: Part 1 of 3 ; 30:35 min; interview 4 of 39
Title on box: ŋ, amani (1), Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., Recording with Abbedis (also spelled Abadis in Westphal's notes) in the N, amani language, 6 July 1967
Oral history interview with Mr and Mrs Howie [Part 1 of 3]
Oral history, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--South Africa--Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African, World War, 1939-1945--Women--Interviews
This sub-collection centres on the diverse war experiences of the interviewees, mainly in in North Africa, Italy and South Africa. It contains information about prisoner of war experiences in Italy and Germany and repatriation through the Port of Odessa in 1945. Themes include: 1948 elections in South Africa, desert warfare at El Alamain, entry into the armed forces, family background, war experiences in Mogadishu and Normandy, post-war politics in South Africa, the psychological effects of war, schooling; war and women's employment in the armed forces., Pin5.11a.mp3: Part 1 of 3 ; 31:48 min. ; interview 11 of 19
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Sound recording by Ernst Westphal.
Oral history interview with Mary van der Ross [Part 1 of 2]
Oral history, Harfield Village (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, Van der Ross, Mary, ,
Karen Daniels interviews Mary van der Ross, an ex-resident of Harfield Village, Cape Town. These interviews provide a very rich source or oral history regarding social life in Harfield Village and Claremont, as well as forced removals and their after-effects. Harfield Village, before the Group Areas Act, was a small mixed area of African, coloured and white inhabitants and was also known as "die vlak" by the locals. The themes included in the interviews are: inter-racial mixing and romanticisation of racial harmony, community and family relationships, religion - both Christian (Anglican, Methodist, Dutch Reformed) and Muslim (Harvey Road, Stegman Road and Main Road Mosques) - and schooling, leisure activities such as the Coon Carnival, music and jazz, shebeens and drinking. Class issues are discussed with reference to crime, gangs, "skollies", home ownership, rentals, incomes and employment. The physical, emotional and economic hardships endured by Harfield residents during and after the forced removals and the Group Areas Act are also discussed. Each interview in this collection contains a useful summary of the interview dynamics and the date of the interview., Forced removals, Cwc6.34a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 30:28 min; interview 34 of 39
Yeyi (1)
khi, Yeyi language, African languages--History
Recording mostly in English and Afrikaans. There may be some Yeyi on the reverse track., Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., Note on box: Booitjie, bnt
Oral history interview with Mr D.K. Alderman [Part 1 of 2]
Oral history, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--South Africa--Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African
This sub-collection centres on the diverse war experiences of the interviewees, mainly in in North Africa, Italy and South Africa. It contains information about prisoner of war experiences in Italy and Germany and repatriation through the Port of Odessa in 1945. Themes include: 1948 elections in South Africa, desert warfare at El Alamain, entry into the armed forces, family background, war experiences in Mogadishu and Normandy, post-war politics in South Africa, the psychological effects of war, schooling; war and women's employment in the armed forces., Pin5.01a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:55 min. ; interview 1 of 19
Oral history interview with Trevor Adams, a survivor of the St. James Church massacre [Part 1 of 2]
Oral history, St. James Church (Kenilworth, South Africa), Forgiveness--South Africa, Reconciliation, ,
On the 25th July 1993, four operatives of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA), the armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) attacked St James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town, during a Sunday evening service. Approximately one hundred congregants were inside the Church. During the attack, the congregants were fired on with automatic weapons and two hand grenades were thrown into the Church. Eleven members of the congregation died and fifty-eight were injured. This research explores the intra- and inter-personal tensions within the testimonies of survivors on the process of forgiveness and reconciliation. Themes include: the amnesty application by the APLA cadets to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC); personal responses to trauma; memories of the event; Christian beliefs in context of personal trauma; congregational mapping; political violence and the public and personal processes of forgiveness., Pol2.01.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 25:04 min. ; interview 1 of 6
Oral history interview with Gary Kriel, a bassist [Part 1 of 2]
Oral history, Kriel, Gary, Jazz musicians--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews, Bassist--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews,
This is one interview in a collection of interviews composed of the life histories of twenty Cape Town jazz musicians. Some of the themes explored are the effects of apartheid in the music scene in the 1950's and 1960's; priorities of recording labels; music reception across social groupings in District Six and the extensive influence of American jazz. Music genres referred to span big band, the avant garde, bebop, dance, jive, marabi, township jazz, goema and Latin., Amu1.12a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:15 min ; interview 12 of 23
Oral history interview with Mr P.W. McMinn [Part 1 of 3]
Oral history interview with Cliffie Moses, a guitarist [Part 1 of 2]
Oral history, Moses, Cliffie, Jazz musicians--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews, Guitarist--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews,
Oral history interview with Monty Weber, a drummer [Part 1 of 2]
Oral history, Weber, Monty, Jazz musicians--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews, Drummer--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews,
Oral history interview with Stoto Zibi, a jazz saxophonist [Part 1 of 2]
Oral history, Zibi, Joseph Stoto, Jazz musicians--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews, Saxophonist--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews,
Oral history interview with Mrs Juliega Gaffoor [Part 1 of 3]
Oral history, Harfield Village (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, Gaffoor, Juliega, ,
Karen Daniels interviews Mrs Juliega Gaffoor, an ex-resident of Harfield Village, Cape Town. These interviews provide a very rich source or oral history regarding social life in Harfield Village and Claremont, as well as forced removals and their after-effects. Harfield Village, before the Group Areas Act, was a small mixed area of African, coloured and white inhabitants and was also known as "die vlak" by the locals. The themes included in the interviews are: inter-racial mixing and romanticisation of racial harmony, community and family relationships, religion - both Christian (Anglican, Methodist, Dutch Reformed) and Muslim (Harvey Road, Stegman Road and Main Road Mosques) - and schooling, leisure activities such as the Coon Carnival, music and jazz, shebeens and drinking. Class issues are discussed with reference to crime, gangs, "skollies", home ownership, rentals, incomes and employment. The physical, emotional and economic hardships endured by Harfield residents during and after the forced removals and the Group Areas Act are also discussed. Each interview in this collection contains a useful summary of the interview dynamics and the date of the interview., Forced removals, Cwc6.13a.mp3: Part 1 of 3 ; 30:28 min; interview 13 of 39
Oral history interview with an ex-resident of Harfield Village [Part 1 of 2]
Oral history, Harfield Village (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, ,
Karen Daniels interviews an ex-resident of Harfield Village, Cape Town. These interviews provide a very rich source or oral history regarding social life in Harfield Village and Claremont, as well as forced removals and their after-effects. Harfield Village, before the Group Areas Act, was a small mixed area of African, coloured and white inhabitants and was also known as "die vlak" by the locals. The themes included in the interviews are: inter-racial mixing and romanticisation of racial harmony, community and family relationships, religion - both Christian (Anglican, Methodist, Dutch Reformed) and Muslim (Harvey Road, Stegman Road and Main Road Mosques) - and schooling, leisure activities such as the Coon Carnival, music and jazz, shebeens and drinking. Class issues are discussed with reference to crime, gangs, "skollies", home ownership, rentals, incomes and employment. The physical, emotional and economic hardships endured by Harfield residents during and after the forced removals and the Group Areas Act are also discussed. Each interview in this collection contains a useful summary of the interview dynamics and the date of the interview., Forced removals, Cwc6.22a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 30:40 min; interview 22 of 39
Oral history interview with Arthur Prodehl [Part 1 of 4]
Oral history, Harfield Village (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, Prodehl, Arthur, ,
Karen Daniels interviews Arthur Prodehl, an ex-resident of Harfield Village, Cape Town. These interviews provide a very rich source or oral history regarding social life in Harfield Village and Claremont, as well as forced removals and their after-effects. Harfield Village, before the Group Areas Act, was a small mixed area of African, coloured and white inhabitants and was also known as "die vlak" by the locals. The themes included in the interviews are: inter-racial mixing and romanticisation of racial harmony, community and family relationships, religion - both Christian (Anglican, Methodist, Dutch Reformed) and Muslim (Harvey Road, Stegman Road and Main Road Mosques) - and schooling, leisure activities such as the Coon Carnival, music and jazz, shebeens and drinking. Class issues are discussed with reference to crime, gangs, "skollies", home ownership, rentals, incomes and employment. The physical, emotional and economic hardships endured by Harfield residents during and after the forced removals and the Group Areas Act are also discussed. Each interview in this collection contains a useful summary of the interview dynamics and the date of the interview., Forced removals, Cwc6.29a.mp3: Part 1 of 4 ; 31:35 min; interview 29 of 39
Oral history interview with John Ntshibilikwana,a jazz saxophonist [Part 1 of 2]
Oral history, Ntshibilikwana, John, Jazz musicians--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews, Saxophonist--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews,
Oral history interview with Thembani Dyule [Part 1 of 2]
Oral history, Gun Free South Africa (Organization), Gun control--South Africa
Gun Free South Africa is an advocacy group formed in 1994 with the aim of building a safer country through the reduction of firearms in society. In association with "Gun Free South Africa", the interviewer focuses on youth activists and young members of the community sharing their experiences of gun violence and opinions on gun control. Themes include: biographical information; civic organisations; community involvement; crime and organisational affiliations., Por1.04a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 47:29 min. ; interview 4 of 6


There is no disciplinary limitation for the applicants, but applications from the graduates of architecture and related fields in design, fine arts, humanities and social sciences are especially invited. Applicants from all fields are required to demonstrate their interest in and familiarity with architectural history through transcripts, a portfolio and a letter of intent, as well as satisfactory performance in entrance examinations. Proficiency in English is required of all applicants. Accepted students may be asked to attend a preparatory program.
For graduation, M.A. students are required to take seven courses (one required + 6 elective courses and min. 21 credits, not including language courses) and write a thesis.
For graduation, Ph.D. students are required to take eight courses (2 required+6 elective courses and min. 24 credits, not including language courses) and write a dissertation.


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Youth Protection Act (Jugendschutzgesetz, JuSchG) – Excerpts
Long title: Gesetz zum Schutze der Jugend in der Öffentlichkeit (Act to Regulate the Public Protection of Young Persons)
In the version of 25 February 1985 (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 425 ff. Valid as from 1 April 1985); as amended on 28 June 1990 by Article 21 of the third Act to regulate the organisation and codification of statutory provisions still in force (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 1221) and Article 16 paragraph 2 of the Act to regulate the combatting of crime of 28.10.1994 (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 3186)
Section 6 [Film showings]
Section 7 [Video cassettes, media carrying images]
Section 12 [Regulatory offences, criminal offences]
(1) Children and juveniles shall only be allowed to be present at public film showings where the films have been passed by the main Land authority for showing to them. Children under the age of six years shall only be allowed to be present where they are accompanied by a parent or guardian.
(2) Films which are such as to have an adverse effect upon the physical, mental orpsychological well-being of children and young persons shall not be passed for showing before them.
(3) The main Land authority shall formally designate films as
"Passed for showing without age restriction"
"Passed for showing from six years of age"
"Passed for showing from twelve years of age"
"Passed for showing from sixteen years of age"
"Not passed for showing under eighteen years of age"
Where it appears possible that a film designated in accordance with number 5 above may fulfil the definitional requirements of section 130 subsection 2, section 131 or section 184 of the Criminal Code, the competent public prosecution authority shall be informed.
(4) Within the framework of subsection 1 and subsection 3, first sentence, attendance at public fim showings unaccompanied by a parent or guardian shall only be allowed
for children, where the showing is over by 8 p.m.;
for juveniles under sixteen years of age, where the showing is over by 10 p.m.;
for juveniles over sixteen years of age, where the showing is over by midnight.
(5) Subsections 1 to 4 shall apply to the public showing of films irrespective of the manner of filming and showing. They shall also apply to the accompanying advertising and programme.
(6) Subsections 1 to 5 shall not apply to films made for non-commercial purposes so long as the films are not put to commercial use.
(7) Films designated by the main Land authority in accordance with the first sentence of section 3 above shall not be subject to sections 1 and 11 of the Act to regulate the dissemination of writings harmful to young persons.
(1) Recorded video cassettes, video discs and comparable media carrying images shall only be made publicly available to children and juveniles where the programmes have been passed and formally designated for their age group by the main Land authority.
(2) For purposes of approval and designation section 6 subsection 2, subsection 3, first sentence, and subsection 6 shall apply mutatis mutandis. The age category shall be indicated by a forgery-proof label. The label shall be affixed by the licensee to the medium and to its cover in a clearly visible form before the medium is delivered to trade circles or commercially used in some other way.
(3) Picture media not given a designation by the main Land authority or designated as "Not passed for showing under eighteen years of age" must not be
offered, given or otherwise made accessible to a child or juvenile;
offered or handed over in the retail trade outside of business premises, in kiosks or other sales outlets which the customer does not normally enter or in the mail order business.
(4) In public places recorded picture media shall not be offered in vending machines.
(1) Picture media designated by the main Land authority in accordance with subsection 2 read in conjunction with section 6 subsection 3, first sentence, nos. 1 to 4, shall not be subject to sections 1 and 11 of the Act to regulate the dissemination of writings harmful to young persons.
(2) Section 6 subsection 3, second sentence, shall apply mutatis mutandis.
(1) Any person who, in a capacity as the organiser of an event or as a business person, deliberately or negligently
1.-4. …
5. in contravention of section 6 subsection 1 or subsection 4 permits the attendance of a child or juvenile at a public film showing;
6. in contravention of section 7 subsection 1 makes accessible to a child or juvenile a recorded picture medium not passed for the appropriate age group;
7. in contravention of section 7 subsection 2, second and third sentences, fails to affix a label, or does so but not in the form there described or in a manner not corresponding to the age categorisation made by the main Land authority;
8. in contravention of section 7 subsection 3 number 2 offers or hands over a picture medium which has not been passed;
9. in contravention of section 7 subsection 4 offers a recorded picture medium in a vending machine;
10.-18. …
(2) Any person who, being over eighteen years of age, brings about or encourages conduct on the part of a child or juvenile intended to be prevented by a prohibition described in subsection 1 nos. 1-14 or contained in section 7 subsection 3 number 1 or by an enforceable order under section 10, shall also be deemed to have committed a regulatory offence. In respect of the prohibition contained in section 7 subsection 3 number 1 this shall not apply to the parent or guardian.
(3) The regulatory offence may be punished by an administrative fine of up to thirty thousand Deutschmark.
(4) A prison sentence of up to one year or a fine shall be imposed on any person who, in a capacity as the organiser of an event or as a business person
1. commits a deliberate infringement which is among those described in subsection 1 and as a result at least recklessly causes serious danger to a child or juvenile in his physical, mental or moral development; or
2. commits or persistently repeats out of a desire for gain a deliberate contravention which is among those described in subsection 1.
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