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Somnath Chatterjee decries judicial activism
New Delhi, November 14
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today decried judicial activism saying the judiciary's frequent interventions in the exclusive jurisdiction of the legislature was only helping in furthering eroding the authority of Parliament. Somnath Chatterjee
Andhra Speaker 'walks out' of Assembly
Hyderabad, November 14
In an unusual outburst of anger, Andhra Pradesh speaker K.R. Suresh Reddy today left the House in a huff after severely reprimanding the main opposition Telugu Desam Party members for their unruly behaviour.
PM's Singapore, Uganda trip bifurcated
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's trip to Singapore and Uganda next week, which was earlier being treated as one visit, has now been bifurcated to ensure that he is available for Parliament on the first half of November 22.
Winter session likely to be stormy
Despite assurances of good behaviour by all political parties, there are indications that the winter session of the Parliament which commences here tomorrow, is unlikely to have any improvement on the previous one which failed to conduct any substantial business due to sustained disruptions by the opposition parties.
Deora rules out hike in petrol prices
Notice to Himachal government, Bali
Don't acquire good agricultural land: SC
PM leaves for Moscow today
Bill for creating Armed Forces courts cleared
PM: Terror threat can trigger disasters
BJP-JD(S) MLAs paraded before Prez Pratibha
Narrow considerations can distort national vision: PM
Andhra reopens 31-yr-old Naxalite case
BJP begins dharna
Karnataka cabinet freezes decisions
Bangalore, November 14
The BJP-Janata Dal (Secular) "marriage of convenience" is already on the rocks two days after B.S. Yeddyurappa took over the reins of the state with the JD (S) objecting to the decisions taken by the five-member BJP cabinet.
Reddy only obstacle to separate Telangana state: Cong leader
The Telangana statehood issue is proving to be a minefield for the Congress leadership in Andhra Pradesh. The simmering differences over the sensitive issue occasionally come to the fore, putting the ruling party on the defensive. But, the latest missive from the maverick septuagenarian Congress leader M. Satyanarayana Rao has sent shock waves in the party.
CPI firm on opposing deal, says Dasgupta
Asserting that there was no climb-down in its stand on the Indo-US nuclear deal, the CPI today said it was willing to show flexibility on the issue and consider any government proposal to go to the IAEA for talks provided no document was initialled till the outcome of the discussions was discussed and thrashed out at the meeting of the UPA-Left committee.
Nandigram lesson well heeded
Assam not to acquire farmers' land
Guwahati, November 14
Learning a lesson from the tragedy that has struck Nandigram in neighbouring West Bengal, the Assam government has decided against acquiring the agricultural land from farmers in a big way to facilitate setting up industrial units by outside investors.
NHRC team to visit Nandigram
A six-member team of the National Human Rights Commission will visit Nandigram tomorrow to study the situation and suggest measures to restore peace. The team, headed by S.P Singh, SSP, will look into the exact nature of the incident, the genesis, the reasons that led to casualties and alleged molestation.
Assam House faces elephantine problem
The Assam government has sought help from experts of the WWF for solving the problem of growing man-elephant conflict in the state, which has witnessed rampant encroachment upon elephant migration corridors by the expanding human habitats.
Jaswant didn't offer opium, says Dilawar
Jaipur, November 14
Rajasthan social welfare minister Madan Dilawar today categorically denied charges of serving and/or tasting opium during a socio-religious ceremony at Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh's native village Jasol recently.
Muslim body against TV 'reality' shows
Thiruvananthapuram, November 14
A prominent Muslim educational body has opposed "reality" shows on TV channels featuring teenagers alleging that they often breach the cultural barriers.
SC to go ahead with scrutiny of all Bombay riot cases
The Vilasrao Deshmukh government in Maharashtra today came in for sharp attack in the Supreme Court for raising objections to the scrutiny of all 214 Bombay riot cases listed in a joint affidavit by victims and some NGOs demanding a fresh probe alleging that they were closed without a proper trial.
India worried over Pak nukes falling in jihadi hands
India today joined the world chorus of concern over the possibility of Pakistani nukes falling into the hands of jihadi elements in the context of ongoing political turmoil in Pakistan.
No answers to their tough questions
These children carry a special burden - the violence associated with terrorism and insurgency. As they voiced their thoughts here on Children's Day today, they raised questions none could answer.
36 children honoured
Minister of state for women and child development Renuka Chowdhury today presented the National Child Awards to 36 children for exceptional achievements to mark the Bal Diwas.
President Pratibha Patil meets schoolchildren during the Children's Day celebrations in New Delhi on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal
Arjun promises 150 more bal bhawans
The nation today remembered the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 118th birth anniversary, with President Pratibha Patil leading the countrymen in paying tributes to the architect of modern India.
Exhibition of Corbusier works opens in Delhi
Forty-two years after his demise, French architect and town planner Le Corbusier known for his genius, continues to live through his breathtaking buildings and furniture designs.
Uttarakhand hikes money for bravery awards
Dehra Dun, November 14
Uttarakhand Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri has announced unprecedented hike in gallantry awards money as well as annual grant for the soldiers hailing from the state.
Chandrayan-2: ISRO to provide orbiter
The Indian Space Research Organisation today claimed the agreement signed between it and Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) on November 12 would involve a lunar orbiting spacecraft and a lander on the moon's surface.
ULFA not sincere about talks: Gogoi
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi today fired a broadside at the banned United Liberation Front of Asom for being 'insincere' towards coming forward for talks with the government to find a solution to the insurgency problem respecting the people's longing for restoration of peace.
Warrant against Punjab ex-Guv's son
The Supreme Court has issued a non-bailable warrant against Ranjit Malhotra, a son of former Punjab Governor Surinder Nath, for not complying with its order to pay back the money of several consumers to whom he had promised the dealership of cooking gas.
India lodges protest with Pakistan
Unidentified persons broke into the house of Indian high commissioner Satyabrata Pal in Islamabad two days ago, prompting New Delhi to lodge a strong protest with the Pakistan government today. The break-in occurred during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday and involvement of some state agencies is suspected.
Cyclone alert.
World's smallest Gita.
Homage to Nehru.
Organic tea.
Bips in Santoshi's Ashoka.
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today decried judicial activism saying the judiciary's frequent interventions in the exclusive jurisdiction of the legislature was only helping in furthering eroding the authority of Parliament.
It will do us good to remember that such frequent interventions in the exclusive jurisdiction of legislature, would only contribute to further eroding the authority of Parliament, the Speaker said delivering the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial lecture on 'Status of Parliamentary Democracy in India'.
Chatterjee said the much talked about judicial activism of today was sought to be justified because of the perceived decline in the effectiveness of parliamentary accountability.
Not many seem to notice that once the judiciary gets involved with an issue, which falls within executive domain, it precludes the possibility of the legislature exercising its assigned role of ensuring executive accountability through effective legislative scrutiny, he pointed out.
In the background of frequent disruptions of parliamentary proceedings and business, the Speaker said for Parliament to discharge is constitutional duties, it is essential that it functions smoothly and by the rules of procedure which are devised to facilitate its orderly functioning.
It is essential for members to follow strictly the rules of procedure and conduct themselves with utmost sense of responsibility and with dignity and decorum, he said, a day before the commencement of winter session of Parliament.
Chatterjee said unfortunately a stage had come when questions were being asked about the utility and relevance of parliament in the country's polity.
Because of the competitive and confrontational politics that has overtaken the country today, parliament cannot appropriately discharge its essential functions.
While the public perceives a general decline in all our institutions of governance, it is the Parliament and the state assemblies that have come in, it seems justifiably, for strong criticism, he said.
Chatterjee said debates and discussions, the hallmarks of democracy, had been over-shadowed by disruptions, confrontations and other non-democratic alternatives, which have made the great institution itself a subject of ridicule, inviting public opprobrium.
He also said one would not be wrong to say that confrontational politics in the country have sharpened religious, linguistic and chastest divisions in the society and worryingly political power has got polarised around identities of caste, religion and language .
Chatterjee said that in the continuous non-functioning of Parliament, people, of late, are beginning to see a pattern designed to underline the system from within.
He said it was a matter of agony for presiding officers that several legislations of far-reaching importance, and even the budget of a billion plus people, are passed by Parliament without any serious discussion.
Ramesh Kandula
The opposition members incurred the speaker's ire when they created ruckus by surrounding his podium and making angry gesticulations at the chair.
Reddy, known for his suave approach and mild manners, lost his cool when slogan-shouting opposition members refused to leave the podium despite his repeated appeals to them to resume their seats.
"You are making a mockery of the House and democracy. What is this tamasha? This is the most unfortunate behaviour I have ever seen," an exasperated Reddy said.
He chided the TDP members for "misusing" the opportunity given to them to raise public issues and trying to convert the Assembly into a forum to settle political scores.
The trouble erupted during the Question Hour when opposition members sought to corner the Congress government over poor spending on welfare of the backward classes.
In the midst of frayed tempers and angry exchanges, the TDP members stormed the podium and argued with the Chair, demanding that their deputy floor leader T. Devender Goud be allowed to continue his speech.
"What sort of behaviour is this? There is a limit for tolerance. You cannot hijack the House. This is totally uncalled for and cannot be tolerated. I cannot run the House in this way," Reddy fumed.
At one stage, he got up from the Chair in a bid to restore the order.
Reddy asked the floor leaders of all parties to take note of the members' behaviour and advise him on how to conduct the House in such a hostile atmosphere.
Both Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy and opposition leader N. Chandrababu Naidu were present in the House during the hour-long furore but chose not to intervene.
In the midst of noisy scenes, the speaker abruptly announced that he was adjourning the House.
"I will not come to the house unless all floor leaders come to my chamber for discussion. Till then I am adjourning the house," he said before withdrawing to his chamber.
Later, he held a meeting with the floor leaders who assured him full cooperation in running the House. The TDP, however, stayed away from the meeting.
Rajeev Sharma
This may have been done to facilitate the Prime Minister's address to Parliament on November 22 on Indo-US nuclear deal. On November 15, when the winter session commences, Parliament is expected to have a discussion on the deal. However, it remains to be seen whether the much-awaited discussion kicks off on November 15 as the BJP has lot of ammunition on Nandigram flare-up.
On November 16, the UPA-Left meeting is scheduled which is likely to consume the entire day. These confabulations may continue informally for the next couple of days. On November 20, the Prime Minister will leave for Singapore for East Asia Summit, a multilateral event whose calendar cannot be dictated by India.
Originally, the Prime Minister was to leave Singapore on November 21 evening for Uganda for attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet (CHOGM) and he would have returned home only on November 25 evening.
The Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of External Affairs have done some choreography to rejig Manmohan Singh's schedule. As per the amended programme, the Prime Minister leaves for Singapore on November 20 morning as scheduled, but returns home the next evening. He leaves for Uganda on November 22 afternoon and comes back on November 25 evening.
The Prime Minister's official and media delegations remain the same because both East Asia Summit and CHOGM are multilateral events, preparation for which has been done weeks in advance.
The PMO is tightlipped about the PM's engagement in Parliament on November 22.
However, speculations are that he may use the first half of November 22 to make a suo motu statement on Indo-US nuclear deal to once again allay fears of the Opposition as well as the Left about nuclear deal adversely impacting Indian strategic programme.
Anita Katyal
The winter session can expect to witness a head-on collision between the government and the opposition which has identified a host of issues, ranging from Nandigram and the Indo-US nuclear agreement to price rise, FDI in retail, wheat imports, to put the ruling combine and the Left parties on the mat.
The opposition made their intentions clear at an all-party meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker today to discuss the smooth functioning of the House.
The Left parties, especially the CPM, will find themselves in the dock as the NDA is all set to focus on the Nandigram issue, even pushing the N-deal into the background, particularly now that the ruling combine and the Communists have arrived at a compromise on the matter.
Leader of opposition L.K.Advani, who visited Nandigram yesterday, has already indicated the NDA's intention to push for a debate on this issue. The main opposition party has already given a a notice for the suspension of question hour on November 16, the first working day of the session, for an immediate discussion on Nandigram.
The Left parties will seek to counter this attack by seeking a discussion regarding Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's role in Godhra.
Jangveer Singh
The cabinet at a meeting yesterday took major decisions, including awarding contracts for building airports at Shimoga and Gulbarga. It also made some bureaucratic transfers.
The decisions have come under attack from JD (S) legislature party leader H.D. Kumaraswamy, who claims they are illegal and has threatened to take up the issue with Raj Bhawan to get them annulled.
Kumaraswamy said the cabinet, which he plans to join at a later date, couldn't take crucial decisions till it proves its majority on the floor of the House.
While the BJP went ahead with the cabinet decisions without consulting its coalition partner, the JD (S) wants all important decisions okayed by a coordination committee to be headed by Kumaraswamy.
Yeddyurappa responded to the criticism today by saying the government would take decision only after winning the vote of confidence on November 19.
Meanwhile, the JD (S), which is trying to set its house in order, announced that all 18 ministers in its quota under the power-sharing agreement would take the oath of office on November 21.
The JD (S) is having difficulty in quelling the rebellion among legislators who did not get a representation in the ministry during the earlier coalition with the BJP.
Legislature party leader Kumaraswamy announced that he would call upon H.D. Deve Gowda along with other senior leaders to finalise the list of ministers.
Kumarswamy, when asked, said the demand for first-time legislators to be accommodated in the ministry was not an "anti-party activity" but did not elaborate on the issue.
Rao, a former minister known for courting controversies with his off-the-cuff remarks, has dropped a bombshell, saying that Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy was the "only obstacle" to the creation of a separate Telangana state.
"As long as Rajasekhar Reddy is the Chief Minister, Telangana state cannot become a reality," he said, sending the ruling party circles into a tizzy.
In a chat with reporters in the Assembly lobby, the former APCC president, a staunch supporter of Telangana cause, went on to claim that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had told him that the Centre had no objection to formation of a separate Telangana state but Reddy was not keen on dividing the state.
"The Prime Minister had, in fact, suggested the state Congress leaders should convince the Chief Minister first. So, we will convince him. I am sure he will not go against the wishes of the Telangana people," said Rao, who had participated in the statehood movement in the late 1960s.
He also claimed that Congress president Sonia Gandhi was not opposed to the formation of the Telangana state.
"Since Rajasekhar Reddy belongs to the Rayalaseema region, he is not keen on Telangana. It is but natural," he said.
The senior Congress leader was forced to quit the cabinet last year after his bete noire and Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K. Chandrasekhar Rao won the byelection from the Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency by a handsome margin.
The byelection was necessitated when TRS chief accepted the challenge thrown by Rao to quit his Lok Sabha seat and seek a fresh mandate. Rao's sudden outbursts indicate a growing sense of restiveness among protagonists of Telangana within the Congress who have been pitching for statehood cause.
The Telangana Regional Coordination Committee of Congress (TRCCC) had recently held a meeting here and adopted a resolution requesting the high command to take a positive stand on the issue.The TRCCC leaders are also planning to meet Sonia Gandhi on the issue.
So far, the Congress has taken a public stand that it favours constitution of a new States' Reorganisation Commission (SRC) to go into demands for smaller states, including Telangana.
It had constituted a committee of UPA partners to ascertain views of various political parties and build a consensus over the issue, a task that has not made much headway.
The party had lost its pre-poll ally TRS which had pulled out of the UPA government last year protesting against the delay in the creation of a separate state.
Prashant Sood
CPI leader in Lok Sabha Gurudas Dasgupta said the flexibility shown by the party should not be viewed as a climb-down by his party and the Left. He said the CPI was firm in its opposition to the deal which was not in the nation's interest.
Though CPI leaders were not willing to come on record to say that the flexibility being shown by them was to provide a breather to the government, there were indications that it was a fallout of the UPA leadership expressing concerns about international ramifications.
Dasgupta also took exception to the winter session of Parliament being convened only for three weeks, saying that there were effectively 10 working days. He said during the brief period, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would travel out of country twice. "Disrespect is being shown to Parliament. During Jawaharlal Nehru's days, no minister was allowed to go out of the country during the session. Now even the Prime Minister is going out," he said.
Dasgupta said Parliament was being "sidelined" by the Congress "in collusion" with the BJP.
Bijay Sankar Bora
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today informed about the scarcity of suitable plot of bigger sizes had been a major impediment in the state's efforts to lure investors to set up industrial units.
"Every prospective investor wants large plots of land just off Guwahati city. But there is scarcity of land and the state government has taken a decision not to acquire agricultural land for industrial units to avoid antagonising the farming community," Gogoi said.
He claimed that there would have been more industrial units in the state had there been available land near Guwahati. He said all the investors wanted land near Guwahati for security reasons as they were afraid of setting up industrial units in remote areas of the state out of fear for insurgents.
To tackle the problem of land, the state government is setting up some industrial growth centres in other parts of the state including western, central and northern Assam areas where adequate security cover would be provided to facilitate setting up cluster of industrial units.
A West Bengal based two-wheeler and tractor-manufacturing company has set foot in Assam to set up the region's first two-wheeler manufacturing unit at the industrial growth centre at Chayygaon in Kamrup district.
A six-member team of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will visit Nandigram tomorrow to study the situation and suggest measures to restore peace.
The team, headed by S.P Singh, SSP, will look into the exact nature of the incident, the genesis, the reasons that led to casualties and alleged molestation. The NHRC team will also look into the role of the police and the local administration to find out if there were any lapses on their part.
At the same time, the NHRC team will review the progress made in the investigation on the incidents of violence in the same area in March this year.
Assam forest minister Rockybul Hussain today stated in the state Assembly that there was no immediate respite in sight the problem of elephant depredation or man-elephant conflict unless new human habitats on traditional elephant migration corridors were not cleared.
He said, "Elephant being a highly mobile animal required vast area to roam around. Because of continuing encroachment upon elephant migration corridors in the state the man-elephant conflict has reached an alarming proportion. We have sought opinions from global experts including those from the WWF for finding a solution to it."
The minister called upon the state legislators to take initiative to remove human habitats from elephant migration corridors in the state. He said a two-pronged strategy had been adopted by the state government to tackle the problem. The strategy revolved around planting of fast growing fodder plantations for elephants as short-term measure while trying to regenerate elephant habitats at the same time as a long-term measure.
Assam is home to about 2,500 wild elephants while over 5,000 elephants roam around in the north-east traversing through all the states following their traditional migration corridors.
The northern parts of Assam has been especially bearing the brunt of elephant depredation specially in Lakhimpur, Majuli, Bihpuriua, Biswanath areas that resulted in the loss of human lives besides extensive damage to the standing crop during the harvesting season.
A team of experts from Australia has advised the Assam government to use chilly bombs like those used in African countries to scare away herd of wild elephants straying on to the human habitats. The Assam Wildlife and Forest Department is examining the suggestion.
Dilwar, who is among the 10 BJP leaders against whom an FIR of violation of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 has been lodged at the Balotra police station, said that neither the opium was served by host Mr Singh during the ceremony nor he and other fellow BJP leaders had tasted the contraband.
Dilawar said his father was an authorised opium grower for several years and he was familier with the taste and flavour of opium.
"Therefore, I can responsibly say that what was offered by host Singh did not contain opium and was merely Kesar dissolved water," Dilawar asserted.
An FIR has been lodged against Dilwar, Singh, Rajasthan education minister Ghanshyam Tiwari, former Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's son-in-law and industries minister Narpat Singh Rajvi, Government Chief Whip Mahavir Prasad Jain, sitting MP and BJP national vice-president Kailash Meghwal, former BJP state presidents and sitting MPs Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi and Raghubir Singh Kaushal and sitting MLAs Shankar Singh Rajpurohit and Jogeshwar Garg for alleged violation of the NDPS Act during the function. — UNI
"We are not against art. But what is now happening is that youngsters and adolescents are being used for imitation of vulgar scenes taken from films," Fazal Gafoor, president of Muslim Educational Society (MES) that runs several schools and colleges in Kerala, told PTI.
The views expressed by MES president has sparked a debate, especially among women, who often figure prominently in popular music and cinematic dances beamed during prime time by channels.
Gafoor said while MES was not against artistic freedom or music or dance competitions on channels, the organisation would strongly oppose what was now going on in the name of art.
"Often, before the telecast of these shows, the youngsters stay together for rehearsal. Can these kind of things be allowed in the name of art and culture? Nothing should cross the cultural limits a society allows for its people."
The MES' views on this issue should not be taken as the concern of the Muslim community alone as this was a matter concerning the entire society, he added.
He also clarified that MES has not issued any instruction to its students to boycott these programmes. It was for the parents to decide on the matter. However, the MES has banned staging of cinematic dances in youth festivals on the MES campuses.
Asked for comment, state Mahila Congress president Shanimol Usman said, it was largely a matter of individual choice on whether to participate in these kinds of shows or not.
"It is better to avoid creating social controversies on matters which are largely individual decisions," she said.
Striking a different note, prominent women's rights activist Ajitha said though most of these shows were meant for commercial purposes, the argument that women alone should stay off these kind of programmes was not acceptable.
"If men can participate in such shows, what prevents women from being part of them ?," she asked. — PTI
Legal Correspondent
Senior advocate Rajiv Dhawan, appearing among a battery of lawyers for an NGO, told a Bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan that though the Chief Minister after apex court's August 1 order for a joint affidavit, in a public statement, had said he would extend full cooperation for reopening of the cases "here the state comes with a stand that it is not possible, it is very strange".
The Bench having Justices R.V. Raveendran and J. M. Panchal as the other two judges, after an acrimonious argument on the issue from both sides, rejected the Maharashtra government's stand. It said it would go ahead with the scrutiny of the 214 cases listed in the joint affidavit by various petitioners to find out as how many of them would actually require a fresh investigation or trial.
The court on August 1 had asked all the petitioners to file a joint affidavit listing the cases required to be reopened and re-investigated as recommended by a commission headed by Justice V.N. Srikrishna.
The court had issued a direction after the petitioners had sought the implementation of the Srikrishna Commission report to which the successive governments in the state had developed a "cold feet". The commission had indicted a large number of police officials, including 30 officers of different ranks, for dereliction of duty during the riots.
Since voluminous documents had been compiled all these years, including three action taken reports, by the government on the Srikrishna Commission's recommendations, the apex court had devised the methodology of a joint affidavit to make easier for it to find out as how many cases actually needed a fresh look.
After the court took a tough stance on the issue, senior advocate Ashok Desai, appearing for the state government, sought eight weeks to submit his reply to the 247-page joint affidavit and the Bench eventually posted further hearing for January 22 next.
While passing the August 1 order, the court had said it could issue orders for the reopening of those cases in which either the FIRs were not registered by the police deliberately or the cases were closed or not tried properly in the same manner as was done in the Gujarat riot cases.
The court had said the joint affidavit should clearly indicate the FIRs registered, cases not registered despite complaints, accused discharged without action, public prosecutor were not appointed, if appointed did not carry the trial procedure properly and any other glaring mistakes.
But Desai said the list of 214 cases in the joint affidavit did not give such information and it was not possible to "zero in" on the cases actually required to be reopened.
But Dhwan said the government's stand was quite "contrary" to what the Chief Minister had said after the court order. The Chief Justice said it was not possible for the court to have a "roving" inquiry into the matter or examination of each case individually and that was the reason for devising the joint affidavit procedure. "But if you make it complex, it will lead nowhere," the court said.
External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee, while delivering a lecture here, made a direct mention of the political situation in Pakistan and voiced concern over proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. He also cited the nuclear game run by disgraced Pakistani scientist A Q Khan.
Pakistan observers here attach a lot of significance to Mukherjee's direct references to Pakistan. Mukherjee's remarks have come a day after Iran handed over a set of blueprints to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that detail precisely how one might shape weapons-grade uranium into a form useable in a nuclear warhead.
The IAEA has been after hard copies of the plans for two years, ever since an inspector accidentally stumbled across a few pages of them while investigating Iran's nuclear program. Iran asserts that it received the plans unexpectedly from the Pakistanis who supplied them with certain technologies years ago.
The external affairs minister conveyed his concerns in his speech on "The world today: An Indian perspective" after inaugurating the new home of the Foreign Service Institute here. Consider the relevant quotes: "In India, we are acutely aware of the ferment in our neighbourhood and the need to ensure a peaceful periphery for our and the region's development… Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the possibility of their falling into the hands of terrorists must rank among the most critical challenges facing the world today. The issue cannot be addressed merely by focusing on supply-side technology controls. The so-called A Q Khan network made a mockery of these controls."
Mukherjee said a new approach was required, which also prioritised disarmament. In this context, he called for the need for a no-first use agreement internationally.
The minister pointed out that India had always pursued the objective of global disarmament, based on the principles of universality, non-discrimination and effective compliance.
Zuber, 12, from Godhra in Gujarat wanted to know if the people who burnt down his home and mercilessly killed his father in the 2002 riots would ever be brought to book.
Pranjal, 16, from Assam wanted to know when his brother's murderers would be punished.
Zafar, 7, from Kashmir said his father, who was a militant, was the reason behind the destruction of his family. "He is gone, but now no one is ready to take us in schools. Will we ever get employment?" he asked.
In response to the queries that these children posed, minister of state for home affairs Prakash Jaiswal could only say that the healing process would take time.
"It will take time. Justice will prevail. It is your responsibility now to distance yourselves from the negative forces in society. That is the strongest stand that you can take against them," Jaiswal told the children who had gathered for a programme called the National Campaign for Protection of Rights of Children in the capital today.
Nearly 1,500 children from various riot- and terrorism-affected places across the country, like Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Assam, came together in the capital for this programme.
Chandan Majumdar, who runs the NGO Anand Ghar in West Bengal for the benefit of HIV positive children, said for the innocent children every day is a struggle for survival.
"The hospital that we run doesn't have adequate anti retro viral treatment facility. The children are shunned by society and not allowed to attend school," Majumdar said during the programme.
While some children narrated their problems, millions of kids across the country went about their daily chores-washing dishes, chopping vegetables, scrubbing floors-unaware that they can even voice their thoughts, let alone be rescued.
Raju, 9, who works in a dhaba in the national capital, does not know what Children's Day is.
Raju is one of the million children whose tiny hands are tired, not of holding pens and pencils but of making tea in the dhabas, rolling out rotis and washing dishes in restaurants or scrubbing floors in houses. Instead of a colourful dream, all they see are their chapped and scalding hands.
Giving a puzzled look on being asked what Children's Day meant to him, Raju said: "It's just a normal day...I will work until night".
Raju's statement was yet another reminder of the failure of the law which came into effect last year and prohibits children below the age of 14 from working in hotels, restaurants, dhabas and homes.
For those kids who were luckier than the others, it was a day that they have been looking forward to eagerly. After all it's not everyday that one has no classes, gets to wear anything but their uniform to school and, for a change, have their teachers regale them.
Anoushka Gupta, a class IV student of the Shri Ram School in the capital, for instance, was unusually excited by the thought of school on Wednesday. "We went to school in clothes that we chose and there were special games as well as special food," she said. — IANS
These awards are given every year by the ministry to the children in the age group of 4 to 15 years to recognise their exceptional achievements in the fields like art, culture, sports and academics. The awards carry a medal, certificate and a cash prize of Rs 20,000 for gold medal and Rs 10,000 for silver medal.
The gold medal at the national level was awarded to Fenil Chetan Shah of Gujarat for winning several national and international chess tournaments. Silver medals were awarded to 35 children for their exceptional achievements at the state level. These children include budding scientist, mathematician, painter, folk singer, classical dancer, international skates player and child with exceptional photographic memory. The awardees also include four children with physical disabilities.
A large number of children dressed in white khadi visited Shanti Van, his memorial, to pay tributes to their 'Chacha' Nehru.
Besides the President, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, home minister Shivraj Patil, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit paid floral tributes at the memorial.
Later, dignitaries, including Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee, the Prime Minister, Home Minister Shivraj Patil, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha L.K. Advani, union ministers Pranab Mukherjee, P.R Dasmunshi, H.R. Bharadwaj and others paid tributes to Panditji's potrait in the Central Hall of Parliament.
Meanwhile, human resource development minister Arjun Singh said today that there would be 150 more bal bhavans in the country by next year.
Inaugurating the International Children's Assembly and Integration Camp on the occasion of Children's Day, Arjun Singh said there were only 74 bal bhavans that do not suffice the need of children. "Our aim should be to bring up 150 more bal bhavans next year and one in each village in the future," he said.
Arjun Singh released the bal bhavan publications - "Voice of youth on sustainable development" in Hindi and English reflecting children's thoughts on sustainable development. The theme of this year's assembly is "Education for sustainable development".
A cultural programme was also organised on this occasion in which besides children from India, children from Syrian Arab Republic, Norway and China are also participating in this year's assembly.
Tripti Nath
In the absence of any inheritor of his rich legacy, it is the Le Corbusier Foundation, which is keeping his memory alive through expositions and symposiums across the world.
French Ambassador to India Jerome Bonnafont today inaugurated 'Le Corbusier, From Marseilles to Chandigarh -1945-1965', the first important exhibition on Le Corbusier's works, ever produced in India.
It will showcase more than 200 works of Corbusier, including plans, models, paintings, sculptures, tapestries, manuscripts, books, drawings, photographs and other pieces from the collections of the Le Corbusier Foundation.
Speaking on the occasion, the French Ambassador said, "We are hoping to get the nomination of Le Corbusier on the UNESCO World Heritage List. In India, this will of course apply to Chandigarh. India and France are joining efforts to preserve Le Corbusier's heritage all over the world."
The exposition promises the Indian public a view of the final 20 years of Le Corbusier's work. The French Embassy which is holding the exhibition with the foundation, says it dates back to the building of the Unite d' habitation (housing units) in Marseilles (1945-1952), the first large-scale work undertaken by him at the age of 58 - to the last works, finished or in gestation: the plan and institutional buildings in Chandigarh or the Hospital in Venice, the Chapel at Ronchamp, the Couvent de la Tourette or the Cabanon at Cao Martin.
What is interesting is that this glorious record is not exempt from equally resounding failures: the failure of the Plan d' urbanisme for Saint-Die in 1945, the failed venture of the competition for the United Nations Headquarters in New York in 1947 or his non-participation in the 1951 UNESCO competition in Paris.
The exhibition at the Visual Arts Gallery in India Habitat Centre will be on till November 24. In Chandigarh, the exhibition is scheduled from December 6 to 22 at the Fine Arts Museum at Punjab University. The exhibition's last stop in India is in Ahmedabad from January 5 to 22 at the Ahmedabad Textile Mills Association.
Duport who is the President of the Le Corbusier Foundation said the foundation held exhibitions on Corbusier's works from time to time to keep his memory alive.
"Apart from exhibitions in Delhi, Chandigarh and Ahmedabad, an exposition of Corbusier's works is scheduled in Mori Museum in Tokyo. Another exhibition organised by Vitra Museum in Wiel Aum Rhine began from Rotterdam and will travel to Lisbon, Liverpool and Berlin," she added.
"The foundation was created by Corbusier to preserve his memory and his designs which Corbusier built in nine countries- Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, Switzerland and the United States. Apart from Chandigarh, he designed four buildings in Ahmedabad- one for the Sarabhai family, one for the Shodan family, the Ahmedabad museum and a building of the Mill Owners Association," Duport said.
Raju William
Starting with the highest awards given in recognition of exemplary bravery, the winners of Paramveer Chakra will receive Rs 25 lakh as compared to Rs 1,72,500 earlier. The annual grant of Rs 1000 has also been increased to Rs 1.50 lakh. Similarly, a lump sum amount of Rs 1.45 lakh and an annual grant of Rs 800 given earlier to winners of Ashok Chakra have been hiked to Rs 25 lakh and Rs 1.20 lakh, respectively.
From Rs.1.15 lakh award money and Rs 400 annual grant given earlier to Mahavir Chakra winners has been raised to Rs 15 lakh besides an annual grant of Rs 1.14 lakh. Kirti Chakra winners are entitled to Rs 15 lakh and Rs 1 lakh as annual grant instead of Rs 87,000 with an annual grant of Rs 350. Winners of Veer Chakra and Shuarya Chakras will receive Rs 10 lakh each while the annual grant in case of Veer Chakra winners has been increased to Rs 66,000. Shaurya Chakra winners will get Rs 50,000 annually.
Though award money in the case of Sarvottam Yudh Sewa Medal will remain unchanged but the annual grant for the winners of honour has been raised from earlier Rs 600 per annum to Rs 4,000. As compared to Rs 75,000 earlier, the winners of Uttam Yudh Sewa Medal will now get Rs 1.27 lakh. Their annual grant has also been enhanced from Rs 350 to Rs 4200. Not to be left behind, the war widows in the state will be entitled for monetary help of Rs 25000 instead of Rs 5000.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today claimed the agreement signed between it and Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) on November 12 would involve a lunar orbiting spacecraft and a lander on the moon's surface.
The space agency said under the agreement, which was signed during the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Russia, ISRO would be responsible for the orbiter while Roskosmos would be responsible for the lander.
ISRO said the mission, Chandrayan-2, would involve lunar orbiting and landing on the moon. The agency said a few scientific instruments from other space agencies may also be accommodated on these systems. The Chandrayan-2 would be launched on India's GSLV around 2011-12 time frame.
ISRO, meanwhile, announced that activities for launching Chandrayan-1, India's first unmanned mission to moon during April 2008, are progressing well. The spacecraft was in the final stages of integration and testing, and would be launched on board India's PSLV. This mission features a spacecraft orbiting around the moon for two years at an altitude of 100 km, mapping the topography and the mineralogical content of the lunar surface.
The Chandrayan-1 will also have a Moon Impact Probe payload for demonstrating the technology needed for accurate landing on the moon's surface.
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi today fired a broadside at the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) for being 'insincere' towards coming forward for talks with the government to find a solution to the insurgency problem respecting the people's longing for restoration of peace.
In reply to a debate on an Opposition-sponsored cut motion against demands for supplementary grant for the state police, Gogoi said the banned ULFA had lost a golden opportunity last year to start a political dialogue during the 44-day period when the government declared a unilateral ceasefire against the militant group during August-September 2006.
Dismissing Opposition's allegation that the government had utterly failed to contain insurgents, Gogoi said the situation had improved during the Congress rule since 2001 compared to the situation during the AGP's regime during 1996-2001.
"Let a non-bailable warrant be issued for securing the arrest of Ranjit Malhotra," a Bench of Justices G.P. Mathur and V.S. Sirpurkar in a brief order issued on November 12 said after a large number of affected consumers had filed a contempt petition against him for "failing" to implement the order.
The apex court had issued directions on April 4, 2005, to Jammu-based Malhotra to refund the money he had collected from the consumers.
The consumers had alleged that various government agencies did not take action against him and his two companies - Malhotra Troika Group and Olympia Gases - "due to political backing".
The ministry of external affairs summoned Pakistan's deputy high commissioner Afrasiab here and lodged a "strong protest", official sources said. A similar protest was lodged in Islamabad by the Indian high commission. Pakistan has assured that the matter will be looked into. — PTI
Gujarat ex-minister held
Ahmedabad: Former Gujarat minister and BJP leader Babu Bokharia, accused in an illegal mining case, was arrested after he landed at the Sardar Patel international airport here from London, the police said. Bokharia was taken into custody by the Porbandar police after he arrived on a Jet Airways flight on Wednesday. The police had sent a team to Ahmedabad to arrest Bokharia on his arrival from London. — PTI
Probe purchase by CM's wife
Bhopal: A local court on Wednesday directed the Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta to initiate an inquiry into the "purchase" of four dumpers in the name of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's wife Sadhana Singh. — UNI


text:
import BoostBuild

t = BoostBuild.Tester(pass_toolset=False)

t.write("input.sss", "")

t.write("Jamroot.jam", """
import type ;
import common ;
import generators ;
import "class" : new ;
import feature : feature ;
import toolset : flags ;

type.register AAA : aaa ;
type.register BBB : bbb ;
type.register CCC : ccc ;
type.register DDD : ddd ;
type.register SSS : sss ;

feature aaa-path : : free path ;
feature bbb-path : : free path ;

class aaa-action : action
{
    rule adjust-properties ( property-set )
    {
        local s = [ $(self.targets[1]).creating-subvariant ] ;
        return [ $(property-set).add-raw
            [ $(s).implicit-includes aaa-path : AAA ] ] ;
    }
}

class aaa-generator : generator
{
    rule action-class ( )
    {
        return aaa-action ;
    }
}

class bbb-action : action
{
    rule adjust-properties ( property-set )
    {
        local s = [ $(self.targets[1]).creating-subvariant ] ;
        return [ $(property-set).add-raw
            [ $(s).implicit-includes bbb-path : BBB ] ] ;
    }
}

class bbb-generator : generator
{
    rule action-class ( )
    {
        return bbb-action ;
    }
}

generators.register-standard common.copy : SSS : AAA ;
generators.register-standard common.copy : SSS : BBB ;

# Produce two targets from a single source
rule make-aaa-bbb ( project name ? : property-set : sources * )
{
    local result ;
    local aaa = [ generators.construct $(project) $(name) : AAA :
        [ $(property-set).add-raw <location-prefix>a-loc ] : $(sources) ] ;
    local bbb = [ generators.construct $(project) $(name) : BBB :
        [ $(property-set).add-raw <location-prefix>b-loc ] : $(sources) ] ;
    return [ $(aaa[1]).add $(bbb[1]) ] $(aaa[2-]) $(bbb[2-]) ;
}

generate input : input.sss : <generating-rule>@make-aaa-bbb ;
explicit input ;

flags make-ccc AAAPATH : <aaa-path> ;
rule make-ccc ( target : sources * : properties * )
{
    ECHO aaa path\: [ on $(target) return $(AAAPATH) ] ;
    common.copy $(target) : $(sources) ;
}

flags make-ddd BBBPATH : <bbb-path> ;
rule make-ddd ( target : sources * : properties * )
{
    ECHO bbb path\: [ on $(target) return $(BBBPATH) ] ;
    common.copy $(target) : $(sources) ;
}

generators.register [ new aaa-generator $(__name__).make-ccc : SSS : CCC ] ;
generators.register [ new bbb-generator $(__name__).make-ddd : SSS : DDD ] ;

# This should have <aaapath>bin/a-loc
ccc output-c : input.sss : <implicit-dependency>input ;
# This should have <bbbpath>bin/b-loc
ddd output-d : input.sss : <implicit-dependency>input ;
""")

t.run_build_system()
t.expect_output_lines(["aaa path: bin/a-loc", "bbb path: bin/b-loc"])

t.cleanup()

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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text:
import { Guid } from '@microsoft/sp-core-library';
import * as strings from 'CalendarFeedSummaryWebPartStrings';
import * as ICS from 'ics-js';
import * as moment from 'moment';
import { ActionButton, DocumentCard, DocumentCardType, FocusZone, css } from 'office-ui-fabric-react';
import * as React from 'react';
import { IEventCardProps, IEventCardState } from '.';
import { DateBox, DateBoxSize } from '../DateBox';
import styles from './EventCard.module.scss';
const AllDayFormat: string = 'dddd, MMMM Do YYYY';
const LocalizedTimeFormat: string = 'llll';
import { Text } from '@microsoft/sp-core-library';
/**
 * Shows an event in a document card
 */
export class EventCard extends React.Component<IEventCardProps, IEventCardState> {
    public render(): React.ReactElement<IEventCardProps> {
        const { isNarrow } = this.props;

        if (isNarrow) {
            return this._renderNarrowCell();
        } else {
            return this._renderNormalCell();
        }
    }

    private _renderNormalCell(): JSX.Element {
        const { start,
            end,
            allDay,
            title,
            url,
            category,
            description,
            location } = this.props.event;
        const eventDate: moment.Moment = moment(start);
        const dateString: string = allDay ? eventDate.format(AllDayFormat) : eventDate.format(LocalizedTimeFormat);
        const { isEditMode } = this.props;
        return (

                <div
                    className={css(styles.cardWrapper)}
                    data-is-focusable={true}
                    data-is-focus-item={true}
                    role="listitem"
                    aria-label={Text.format(strings.EventCardWrapperArialLabel, title, `${dateString}`)}
                    tabIndex={0}
                >
                    <DocumentCard
                        className={css(styles.root, !isEditMode && styles.rootIsActionable, styles.normalCard)}
                        type={DocumentCardType.normal}
                        onClickHref={isEditMode ? null : url}
                    >
                        <FocusZone>

                                <DateBox
                                    className={styles.dateBox}
                                    startDate={start}
                                    endDate={end}
                                    size={DateBoxSize.Medium}
                                />

{category}

{title}

{dateString}

{location}

                                <ActionButton
                                    className={styles.addToMyCalendar}
                                    iconProps={{ iconName: "AddEvent" }}
                                    ariaLabel={strings.AddToCalendarAriaLabel}
                                    onClick={this._onAddToMyCalendar}
                                >
                                    {strings.AddToCalendarButtonLabel}
                                </ActionButton>

                        </FocusZone>
                    </DocumentCard>

        );
    }

    private _renderNarrowCell(): JSX.Element {
        const { start,
            end,
            allDay,
            title,
            url,
            category,
            location } = this.props.event;
        const eventDate: moment.Moment = moment.utc(start);
        const dateString: string = allDay ? eventDate.format(AllDayFormat) : eventDate.format(LocalizedTimeFormat);
        return (

                    <DocumentCard
                        className={css(styles.root, styles.rootIsActionable, styles.rootIsCompact)}
                        type={DocumentCardType.compact}
                        onClickHref={url}
                    >

                            <DateBox
                                className={styles.dateBox}
                                startDate={start}
                                endDate={end}
                                size={DateBoxSize.Small}
                            />

{title}

{dateString}

                    </DocumentCard>

        );
    }

    private _onAddToMyCalendar = (): void => {
        const { event } = this.props;

        // create a calendar to hold the event
        const cal: ICS.VCALENDAR = new ICS.VCALENDAR();
        cal.addProp("VERSION", 2.0);
        cal.addProp("PRODID", "//SPFX//NONSGML v1.0//EN");

        // create an event
        const icsEvent: ICS.VEVENT = new ICS.VEVENT();

        // generate a unique id
        icsEvent.addProp("UID", Guid.newGuid().toString());

        // if the event is all day, just pass the date component
        if (event.allDay) {
            icsEvent.addProp("DTSTAMP", event.start, { VALUE: "DATE" });
            icsEvent.addProp("DTSTART", event.start, { VALUE: "DATE" });
        } else {
            icsEvent.addProp("DTSTAMP", event.start, { VALUE: "DATE-TIME" });
            icsEvent.addProp("DTSTART", event.start, { VALUE: "DATE-TIME" });
            icsEvent.addProp("DTEND", event.start, { VALUE: "DATE-TIME" });
        }

        // add a title
        icsEvent.addProp("SUMMARY", event.title);

        // add a url if there is one
        if (event.url !== undefined) {
            icsEvent.addProp("URL", event.url);
        }

        // add a description if there is one
        if (event.description !== undefined) {
            icsEvent.addProp("DESCRIPTION", event.description);
        }

        // add a location if there is one
        if (event.location !== undefined) {
            icsEvent.addProp("LOCATION", event.location);
        }

        // add the event to the calendar
        cal.addComponent(icsEvent);

        // export the calendar
        // my spidey senses are telling me that there are sitaations where this isn't going to work, but none of my tests could prove it.
        // i suspect we're not encoding events properly
        window.open("data:text/calendar;charset=utf8," + encodeURIComponent(cal.toString()));
    }
}


When Lock 27 Brewery and restaurant opened its second location in downtown Dayton on Sept. 5, 2017, it was an exciting addition to the downtown dining landscape.
Its proximity to Fifth Third Field makes it a perfect stop before or after a Dragons game.
There was a fair sized menu of appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches and entrees to vie for diners' attention in a setting imbued with hip, crisp energy. The cool downtown industrial space in the Delco Lofts is much larger and more impressive in scope than the Centerville location coming in at 12,000 square feet.
The space may feel different, but the house beers are familiar. The restaurant's signature Mouth Breather IPA is on tap alongside other familiar favorites.
When it first opened, I couldn't get past the house smoked wings ($12.50). Dry-rubbed and house-smoked meaty wings are served with celery and Sriracha blue cheese with a hot habanero-peach sauce. These are among some of the best wings in town and the best dish on the Lock 27 Brewery menu. And I wasn't alone in thinking that. They are still one of the best-selling items on the restaurant's menu.
In the last year, I began to notice at events that the food Lock 27 was rolling out was more impressive. At this year's AleFeast in February, I sampled every restaurant's dish and by far the blackened shrimp served over creamy pecorino romano polenta, with a Creole cream sauce, bacon, scallion and tomato-onion relish served by Lock 27 Brewing was my favorite. It was the smaller portion of the regular menu item they have for $16 and it was absolutely delicious. I went back for seconds.
I introduced myself to Executive Chef Dane Shipp and told him as much and then I really started paying attention to what was happening at the restaurant.
I went more often after that and noticed the impressive and inventive lineup of specials they were doing. I had explored the menu previously, but under Shipp's watch the dishes were better than I thought they had been in the past.
Shipp, a proud Sinclair Community College culinary school graduate, has been cooking professionally for the last 10 years. He came to Lock 27 14 months ago and has been keeping the dishes the restaurant has become known for rolling out while also putting his stamp on some new menu items.
"Those experiences of trial and error, long days, and nights really prepared me for all the difficult task and pressures that come along with being a successful chef. I've become humble and realize the dedication and ambition it takes to run a successful kitchen." said Shipp. "My favorite dishes to make are my weekly specials. I do cuisines from all over the world, and the prices will vary depending on the ingredients in the dish."
Shipp and his staff serve 250 plates on an average day with around 500 plates on the weekends. They work to create experiences that mesh food and drink together for an elevated experience.
"People come out to dine not only for great food, but for plate presentation, great atmosphere and great service. Food is so much more than nourishment. It's an unforgettable experience that sticks with people forever. I set very high standards for my staff to execute each dish the right way, so our guests get the experience they deserve," said Shipp. "This year I am revamping my brunch menu, creating a unique touch that represents what Lock 27 is all about. I'm also doing a seasonal menu every three months. You can expect my weekly specials to improve, and become more creative each time."
In March, Lock 27 featured a red trout entree special topped with a crawfish and prawn sauce, served with zucchini and squash, and dirty rice for $18. There was also a grilled salmon dish with a spring pea purée, and roasted potato medallions for $17. A vegan crab cake sandwich with tomato, onion, and vegan remoulade for $14 was also featured.
Specials like these may change, but the seasonal menu that just launched is more consistent. Right now it features a hot-truffle cauliflower appetizer ($12), a strawberry spring salad ($10), a Caprese panini ($10 or $12 with chicken), pulled pork sandwich ($12) and a BBQ Jackfruit sandwich ($12) for vegetarians.
A drunken noodle dish with crispy tofu ($15, $17 for chicken, $19 for shrimp) and a fried catfish ($16) with smoked collard greens, and southern cheese grits are the featured seasonal entrees.
The restaurant's new brunch menu is called "The Hangover Brunch." for good reason ... carby, cheesy, caloric and filling, it could just be the cure for what ails you.
Get biscuits and gravy for $12 or go with a gravy flight — one biscuit and a sample of all four gravies for $8. Then there are the "Bonuts," biscuit donuts rolled in cinnamon and sugar then served with a lemon marscapone for $8.
There are also biscuit sandwiches that are so big you will need a fork to eat one. The "What Happened Last Night?" ($14) made with country ham, fried green tomato, scrambled eggs, cheddar cheese, and red eye gravy and the "Last Night Was Lit!" ($14) made with fried green tomato with bacon, cheddar cheese, scrambled eggs and chipotle aioli are the two best sellers served up with crispy seasoned potatoes.
Breakfast tacos ($11), a "Hangover Bowl" ($14) featuring chicken or chorizo, sunny side up eggs, cheddar, fried chicken gravy, and scallions topped over a bed of crispy potatoes and a Southern Croque Madame ($13) are some of the other dense, delicious breakfast creations Lock 27 is serving on the weekends from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
"I'm a freestyle chef. I don't look up recipes, I just get in the kitchen and connect with the food. Cooking to taste, and understanding flavor balance," said Shipp. "I come up with new ideas by just letting my mind wander into the different cuisines of the world. I might start with an ingredient from Morocco, then everything else just starts falling into place ... There is no profile of food I do at Lock 27. There are many different cuisines. Anyone could come in and find something they will love or be familiar with."
The restaurant isn't perfect. It's filled with hard surfaces that make it extremely loud when it's full. All the glass surrounding the space can make it cold and it's so popular (the best problem a good restaurant can have) that sometimes it's hard to find a seat at the bar or get a table. All these are non-issues when you look at the food being served by Shipp and his team from the kitchen and the great beers on the menu. And don't get me started on those fantastic smoked wings ... they are still my favorite.


text:
St. Augustine of Canterbury
At the end of the sixth century anyone would have said that Augustine had found his niche in life. Looking at this respected prior of a monastery, almost anyone would have predicted he would spend his last days there, instructing, governing, and settling even further into this sedentary life.
But Pope St. Gregory the Great had lived under Augustine's rule in that same monastery. When he decided it was time to send missionaries to Anglo-Saxon England, he didn't choose those with restless natures or the young looking for new worlds to conquer. He chose Augustine and thirty monks to make the unexpected, and dangerous, trip to England.
Missionaries had gone to Britain years before but the Saxon conquest of England had forced these Christians into hiding. Augustine and his monks were to bring these Christians back into the fold and convince the warlike conquerors to become Christians themselves.
Every step of the way they heard the horrid stories of the cruelty and barbarity of their future hosts. By the time they had reached France the stories became so frightening that the monks turned back to Rome. Gregory had heard encouraging news that England was far more ready for Christianity than the stories would indicate, including the marriage of King Ethelbert of Kent to a Christian princess, Bertha. He sent Augustine and the monks on their way again fortified with his belief that now was the time for evangelization.
King Ethelbert himself wasn't as sure, but he was a just king and curious. So he went to hear what the missionaries had to say after they landed in England. But he was just as afraid of them as they were of him! Fearful that they would use magic on them, he held the meeting in the open air. There he listened to what they had to say about Christianity. He did not convert then but was impressed enough to let them continue to preach — as long as they didn't force anyone to convert.
They didn't have to — the king was baptized in 597. Unlike other kings who forced all subjects to be baptized as soon as they were converted, Ethelbert left religious a free choice. Nonetheless the following year many of his subjects were baptized.
Augustine was consecrated bishop of the English and more missionaries arrived from Rome to help with the new task. Augustine had to be very careful because, although the English had embraced the new religion they still respected the old. Under the wise orders of Gregory the Great, Augustine aided the growth from the ancient traditions to the new life by consecrating pagan temples for Christian worship and turning pagan festivals into feast days of martyrs. Canterbury was built on the site of an ancient church.
Augustine was more successful with the pagans than with the Christians. He found the ancient British Church, which had been driven into Cornwall and Wales, had strayed a little in its practices from Rome. He met with them several times to try to bring them back to the Roman Church but the old Church could not forgive their conquerors and chose isolation and bitterness over community and reconciliation.
Augustine was only in England for eight years before he died in 605. His feast day is celebrated on May 26 in England and May 28 elsewhere. He is also known as Austin,a name that many locations have adopted.
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redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Colonel Jackhigh begins sassing a British men about their ways and also mentions that his horse is of such a high caliber that it will be any other horse. The British man takes him up on this offer and they make a bet to race their horses the next day. At the race the next day, the British man shows up first, looking prim and proper while everyone bets on him. Some time later, Jackhigh shows up on a horse that looks all but dead and a bit scary. People switch their bets to Jackhigh in part to root for the underdog. The race begins and the British man takes pity on Jackhigh's horse and lets him get ahead. However, when the British man tries to get ahead afterward, every time his horse gets close, Jackhigh's horse turns and smiles a freakish and intimidating smile that stops the British man's horse in its track. Eventually, the horse does this enough that the British man's horse runs away, allowing Jackhigh to win.
This story reminds me greatly of Twain's The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. It has the same type of delivery to it, though it is doesn't have the same framing device. There's also the clear element of Americana in this story of the folks changing bets upon the declaration of a clear underdog in this battle.
Source: The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce, compiled by Ernest Jerome Hopkins. Bison Books, 1984. The full works of Ambrose Bierce, including this story can be found here on Archive.org.


So here's the dilemma, I remember going to see Our Lady Peace at the Brookdale in Barrie, I remember Salvador Dream opening, I also remember that drummer Jeremy Taggart was still underage so they made a deal he could play in the bar area but when he wasn't playing he had to stay up at the merch table near the front. I checked and it wasn't '95 because they were in the US at around that time, so it was either '94 or earlier…..it was an early show in their career because it wasn't a huge crowd, I'm pretty sure we went to just see Salvador Dream because we were digging their CD "UR".
So if you were at the show let me know.


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So…yeah, I REALLY needed this past weekend off. It was great! I had a four day, mini-vacation. Hung out with my hubby and kiddo, we had soooo much fun. It looked like it was going to rain all weekend, but we live in Michigan. If you stayed indoors every time the sky looked cloudy, you'd hardly go anywhere or do anything! Pftttttt!!! The weather is ONLY predictable in the fact that you can NEVER predict it. Three seasons in one day? Sure! That's Michigan.
The Ya'ssoo Greek Festival was surprising! Very educational. I've been to church fairs before, but I'd never been to a Greek Orthodox Church. All I can say is the folks at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Ann Arbor were amazing! Rarely have I met sooo many warm and friendly people in one place! And…the church grounds were packed!!! Wow!!! They had tours of the church, Greek music, Greek food, Greek dancers, crafts for the kids… We had a REALLY nice time. We're putting this one on the calendar for next year!
I LOVE Greek Food! YUM!!!
Orthodox Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Roughly translated, iconography is writing through images. When I toured St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Ann Arbor, they explained why they use iconography. I never thought about it before, but during our tour, the guide explained that until recently, most people couldn't read. The church used pictures, icons, to explain various stories. Everything depicted in an icon is there for a reason. Nothing is by chance. And, in general, icons are often depicted slightly abstract. You're not supposed to look at an icon of Mary, for instance and think of it as a portrait of Mary. I learned that you're supposed to be able to look at an icon, pick apart the symbolism, and see the soul of the person being depicted. Isn't that fascinating? It's like a puzzle of sorts. EVERYTHING has meaning.
Our tour guide at Saint Nicholas. You can see examples of Iconography behind him. These are "temporary" pieces being used until Phase I is completed.
Pics from the Iconographer in Greece. He's painting HUGE canvases that will later be installed here in Michigan. Cool stuff!
They've only just begun the process of putting iconography on the walls of the church's sanctuary. By autumn of this year, the church is hoping to have Phase I completed. One day, they hope to to have every inch of wall in the sanctuary covered in icons. It should be interesting to see what the church looks like at this time next year.
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Just as fragile items are wrapped in bubble wrap in order to maintain their true pristine form, car experts have found an astonishingly better way to preserve the timelessness of your car. With the exciting introduction of ceramic coating or Nano coating, the showroom shine of your precious car stays intact.
This extensive way of applying a thick shiny and durable clear coating over cars has been proved a hundred times more effective than the old Teflon coats. While, Teflon coats were a thin layer of synthetic wax, the innovative Nano coating is a thick film of 2 microns with an eternal glistening impact. The application of ceramic coating may be a slightly expensive alternative but not without cause, it is way more long lasting and more successful in protecting the car from the evils of chemicals and tarnishing. The best thing about this ceramic coating is that you can be more carefree in cleaning your car. The application of nano ceramic coatings is a tedious thing to do, but you can always choose between DIY application or professional by auto detailing shop. However, it is notable that where you may need to apply wax twice a month for an exhausting car, one coat of Nano coating lasts about more than a year or so!
The astonishing fact is that not does it brings out the shine in old worn out cars, it also protects your vehicle from all kinds of antioxidants. Car Ceramic coating acts like a friendly car-care cream which eliminates the bonding of contaminants with the car's paint. Thus, preventing oxidation! Chemical etching is just one of the profound benefits of ceramic coating. There is no greasy after effect like the one that is noticed after Teflon coatings, ceramic provides a car with a more porcelain luster without any slickness. The Nano coating is a strong shield against weather extremities for car owners who love long drives and travelling in harsh weathers. The Nano ceramic coating is equipped with hydrophobic technology to fend of water marks from your car and acts as a sunscreen for your car to shield it from UV rays of the sun. Not only it does this, but ceramic coating also provides substantial protection against light scratches on your vehicle due to its thick layer of glossy fortification.
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As a unique material result produced as a result of tourism activities, tourism commodities not only have use value and value, but also have intrinsic characteristics that are different from ordinary products.
1) Miniaturized and portable. This is the general appearance of best-selling travel goods. The convenience of carrying the items is consistent with the tourist's psychological expectations of a relaxed and pleasant journey. It is difficult to imagine that tourists will have a good mood to travel around with large items. This also restricts the development of large-scale tourism products, such as brocades and small handicrafts with rich cultural features. With the improvement of the living standards of tourists, more and more attention has been paid to the packaging of goods and increasingly delicate.
2) The aesthetic value is high. Tourism is essentially a tourist who walks out of the open air. The process of seeking beauty enjoyment includes the pursuit of natural beauty, social beauty and artistic beauty. Tourism products are associated with tourism. In order to meet this demand of tourists, we are pursuing the beauty of arts and crafts in creation and are highly artistic and ornamental. The purchase of tourist goods also reflects the tourists' recognition of their aesthetic value.
3) Diversification and hierarchization. The differences in personal experience, hobbies, economic income, and cultural accomplishment of tourists determine their demand for goods. Different aesthetic standards and their evaluation results. That is, the demand of tourists for tourism products is personalized and diversified. This difference in diversity has also led to the gradation of tourist commodities. High, medium, and low-grade goods are suitable for different levels of tourists' needs.
4) High added value. The lowest price a tourist pays for purchasing a tourist product is not only based on the undifferentiated labor of the human being in which it is materialized, but also tends to depend to a greater extent on the aesthetic value, commemorative significance, and spiritual enjoyment of the companion tourist product. And people are generally not sensitive to the price of emotional enjoyment, often several times or even more than ten times the cost.
5) Big consumer elasticity. Travel commodities are generally not daily necessities. They are influenced by the mood of tourists and the environment of shopping areas, and are arbitrarily purchased. On the other hand, a consumer's consumption behavior often arouses the desire of the surrounding tourists to purchase, that is, the purchase of tourism products has a bounce. At the same time, tourism is subject to cyclical or sudden fluctuations in the influence of the four seasons, holidays, and socio-economic politics. Visitors' artificial increase or decrease will inevitably affect the sales of tourism products. Therefore, the sales of tourism products are highly volatile and the consumption elasticity is large.
6) Regional culture. Tourism products in the concept of modeling, raw material texture, process design, craftsmanship and other aspects, all have different degrees of tourism with the national characteristics and local atmosphere, as well as the characteristics of the tourist area. The regional nature of cultural connotation is the outstanding feature of tourism products, and it is also the key to its characteristic development.
7) Commemoration. The regional culture of tourist commodities makes it possible for tourists to seek tourism monuments. Tourists can also display their travel experiences accordingly. At present, domestic tourists to purchase tourism products are largely due to their commemorative significance.
1) Most tourism companies do not attach importance to the packaging of tourism products. Tourism products as tourist destinations Consumer goods developed for tourists generally do not value their packaging. Many travel destinations have direct exposure to food and drink, which is unhygienic and unsightly, and has greatly affected the sales of travel goods. Due to the lack of attention to the packaging of tourist goods, the proportion of sales of tourist goods in tourism consumption has been low. It should be noted that packaging can not only protect tourism products from pollution, damage, deterioration, etc. And can promote the role of consumption, easy to carry the packaging so that tourists desire to buy a great increase, is conducive to the development of tourism products.
2) The packaging level of tourism products is low and unsightly. At present, most of China's tourism products are sold without packaging and some have been packaged simply, but at a low level. The packaging materials are often used in a single, color is not rich, there is no description, and some are even inconsistent with the content and form, tourism products should also be based on the psychological needs of tourists, using a variety of means for the composition of goods, features, manufacturers And other aspects to explain, so that it can timely, extensive and accurate communication of information. In addition, beautiful packages not only increase the sales of tourism products, but also increase the value of tourism products themselves. The degree of exquisiteness of the packaging of the same kind of tourist goods is different, and the price that is recognized by the market is different. The exquisite packaging enables tourists to put it down and promote their sales.
3) The packaging of tourism goods lacks cultural connotation. The cultural connotation of packaging refers to the cultural character or cultural taste of the packaging. It is a product of the combination of the traditional culture of the nation and the characteristics of the times. Most tourism products developed in China's tourism destinations are packed with rough, simple, and colorless cultures. The packaging of travel goods. Regardless of the materials used and the shapes they have, there are two main functions. The first is the natural function. That is to play a protective role for tourism products, do not make the quality of the damage, the number of shortages; First, the social function, that is, tourism products play a mediating role. That is, introducing tourist products to tourists and attracting tourists. In order to achieve the purpose of expanding sales and occupying the market. To fully display the social functions of packaging for tourism products, that is, to enrich its cultural connotations, and to improve the cultural taste of tourism product packaging is the main direction of the packaging power of tourism products.
5 Improve the appeal of tourism products. Measures to improve its packaging The packaging of good tourism products has a certain appeal to tourists and can arouse the desire of tourists to buy. How to increase this attractiveness should start from the following aspects. That is, the color of the package, the pattern of the package, and the connotation of the package.
1) The color of the packaging: it plays a crucial role in tempting people's charm. Because 83% of the sensors come from the visual sense, if we can directly reflect the characteristics of the tourism products in the grasp and use of the packaging colors, and we can come to the collision and understanding with the tourists, then this kind of tourism products may become Tourists must choose undoubted tourist products. According to the intrinsic color or attributes of tourism products, the adoption of visualized colors enables tourists to recall memories of tourism products, and to make judgments on the basic contents and characteristics of tourism products. This is an important means for the current use of packaging colors. Such as handmade bamboo products for small toy packaging with a blue cat carton packaging is very funny JJ, children like it, when the tourism of native products on the packaging of green packaging is shown to be beneficial to human health, green food, the packaging of thousands of grapes Grape color and so on. These use the color of the tourism product itself to reproduce the color of the package, and thus have a basic concept and impression of the tourism product.
2) The pattern of packaging: It is the road sign that can seduce tourists most, and it is also a kind of announcement of the image of tourism products and the carrier of product culture. The combination of these patterns should be examined from three aspects: organizational form, the theme of expression, and the style of display. In terms of organization, no matter whether it is a geometric composition, an abstract tactical composition, or an instrumentalized or physical composition, there should be an internal painting language that can draw attention and communicate with tourists. And resonance points. In order to make this item acceptable to tourists. In the form of combination, some are dominated by prominent texts, and some focus on actual objects. There are also both. In the text, there are both single-character expressions, as well as combinations of texts and symbolic designs or photographs of objects, and there are also individual items that are represented by their internal contents; in fact, it is appropriate to use photographs as objects.
3) The connotation of packaging: It is mainly because of its cultural quality. The criterion of cultural quality lies in its artistic infectivity. The taste and the truth in it reveal the exquisite product image and packaging. Art infectivity is the most direct means of improving cultural tastes. It adopts a very delicate and direct grammar to culturalize the packaging of tourist goods, so that tourists are first surrounded by cultural atmosphere when shopping, and when they appreciate tourism products, It will also produce a recollection of classical culture. This artistic appeal often exceeds many times the value of intrinsic tourism goods.
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X-Wing Series Magazine Scans
Posted on May 13, 2012 by Pix
This post is going to be almost entirely off topic as I was asked a few days back for any more scans I had on the X-Wing series and I thought I ought to share them on here while I was at it. I didn't need too much incentive to look up info on some of my favourite games although the offer of a donation towards the collection didn't hurt. I've already spent the money appropriately which was never going to be a problem. Half went on a copy of Man On A Mission which incidentally is available to international buyers at about $10 less than Amazon.com at DVD Pacific, and with cheaper postage. They are also selling Wing Commander Academy at a better price so I swapped my pre-order for that while I was at it. The other half of the money went on a copy of A Mind Forever Voyaging which is one of those classics that I've wanted for years but it's rare to see it at a decent price.
Onto the scans anyway. I've not read most of these myself yet so it's just going to be a long list of where I got them from. They are in the order I scanned them which is more or less newest to oldest starting with a Star Wars games supertest from the September 1999 PC Zone:-
A review of X-Wing Collector Series from the February 1999 PC Zone:-
This is an interview with Larry Holland from the April 1999 PC Format:-
A review of X-Wing Alliance from the May 1999 PC Gamer:-
This is a 2 page ad + review for X-Wing Alliance from the May 1999 PC Gaming World:-
A review of X-Wing Alliance from the June 1999 PC Zone:-
This is taken from the top 100 games of all time article in the June 1999 PC Gamer:-
Another review of X-Wing Alliance from the June 1999 PC Guide:-
And one more from the June 1999 PC Home:-
Yet another from the June 1999 PC Format:-
A review of the combined X-Wing and Tie Fighter collections released on the White Label from the August 1998 PC Zone:-
A preview of X-Wing Alliance from the December 1998 PC Zone:-
A review of X-Wing Vs Tie Fighter – Balance Of Power from the February 1998 PC Gamer:-
And another from the March 1998 PC Zone:-
This is taken from the 100 best games article from the July 1998 PC Gamer:-
A preview of Balance Of Power from the January 1998 PC Gamer:-
An X-Wing Vs. Tie Figher review from the June 1997 PC Zone:-
An interview with Lucasarts president Jack Sorensen from the August 1997 PC Zone:-
An allegedly exclusive first look at some X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter screenshots from the February 1997 PC Zone. There are some interesting early Ultima 9 screenshots on this same page:-
Another preview from the May 1997 PC Format:-
An X-Wing Vs Tie Fighter review from the May 1997 PC Gamer + an interview with Larry Holland:-
Another review from the June 1997 PC Home:-
One more from the June 1997 PC Format:-
These are from the top 100 games article in the June 1996 PC Gamer:-
Another allegedly exclusive first look at X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter, this time from the July 1996 PC Gamer:-
A review of Tie Fighter from PC Power Platinum Volume 1:-
A review of Tie Fighter Collectors Edition from the January 1996 PC Gamer:-
A review of X-Wing Collectors CD-ROM from the January 1995 PC Format:-
A review of Tie Fighter – Defender Of The Empire from the March 1995 PC Zone:-
A tiny review of the X-Wing triple pack from the April 1995 PC Review, which caught my attention because I wasn't aware that there had ever been a floppy X-Wing collection:-
Another Defender Of The Empire review from the April 1995 PC Format:-
A B-Wing review from the March 1994 PC Format:-
A Tie Fighter review from the October 1994 PC Games:-
Another B-Wing review from the February 1994 PC Zone:-
An Imperial Pursuit review from the September 1993 PC Format:-
And another from the October 1993 PC Zone:-
Nearly done with a Tie Fighter review from the September 1994 PC Format:-
This is a pull out from the November 1994 PC Format with 32 pages of Lucasarts interviews and reviews:-
And to finish off a Tie Fighter review from the September 1994 Edge:-
I no doubt missed some articles along the way but hopefully that should be enough to satiate anyones thirst for articles about X-Wing games. I'll get all these magazines back where they belong and return to Origin games tomorrow.
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4 thoughts on "X-Wing Series Magazine Scans"
Broyax on March 16, 2013 at 6:24 pm said:
Since you're in the space combat simus series you could post some tests of the Freespace franchise, thx !
Pix on March 16, 2013 at 8:51 pm said:
I have them sat on a shelf but I've not managed to play the Freespace games yet. I really should get around to it one of these days.
Don't expect the full works as the guy that asked for these X-Wing scans was bribing me with cash but I'll try to dig a couple of reviews out next week.
No problemo !
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I love, love, love when I can tie together hands on science lessons with Bible content! For our Noah's Ark Bible lesson, I knew the kids would really be excited about the rain in a jar activities I had seen all over Pinterest, so we tried it with our AWANA Cubbies (3 and 4 year olds).
The basic science behind this project is that the shaving cream on top of the water becomes saturated and then it begins to "rain" into the jar below. I am sure the technical science is lost on these kiddos, but they were fully invested in making it rain. The hardest part was getting them to stop so others could have a turn! I know these kids love any activity involving shaving cream.
The AWANA curriculum divides the Noah story up into several lessons and this week's lesson focused in on the Great Flood. This can be a tricky story to tell to young children because we don't want to overwhelm them by focusing on what happened to all the people who weren't on the ark. When I teach a Noah's ark Bible lesson for kids I focus on Noah's righteousness in the sight of God and God's provision for Noah and his family as well as the animals on the ark.
However, I don't think we should underestimate children's understanding of good and evil. Their childlike faith allows them to easily hold in tension a God that is fully just and fully loving. Something we sometimes over complicate as we get older and our reasoning capabilities increase.
Just because we are uncomfortable with a God who enforces consequences doesn't mean we can ignore that aspect of His character.
There is a danger in over teaching a story such as Noah's ark, a favorite from infancy that even people who know little else about the Bible will be familiar with. Kids can grow up thinking they KNOW all there is to know about a story like Noah and the Ark, when in reality they have put very little thought into understanding how broken the world must have been and how God's "fix" for the situation, though mighty, was just a band-aid compared to the glorious gift that is ours through Christ's sacrifice and ultimate atonement on the cross for those who BELIEVE!
and just as belief was what set Noah apart in his day, our belief sets us apart in ours. Faith matters and consequences for disbelief still exist. That should move us to action.
Supplies for this project include shaving cream, water, clear jars (our church has tons of those clear short vases to use as centerpieces and they were perfect), pipettes, and food coloring.
We found it helpful to give each child a tray with the jar of water filled almost to the top, a pipette, a smaller container of water mixed with food coloring and when they were ready to start we put the shaving cream on top of the water.
I showed each child how to use the pipette and we limited the activity to four at a time.
I provided smocks in case the food coloring got out of control, but this wasn't nearly as messy as I expected. Some of the kids wanted to stir the shaving cream which was counter-productive to the activity, but process is more important than product in this case.
When it was time to switch and let new people do the activity, we used clean jars because the shaving cream doesn't "dump out" easily. If you have access to a sink where you can rinse the jars quickly they could be reused.
This worked best when we only allowed about four children to do the activity at a time. We set our other learning center activities for the children to do while they waited.
When we explained the activity, we talked about the rain God sent while Noah was in the ark which reinforced the learning from our formal story time and the lesson they work on at home with their parents.
For more of our Noah's Ark Bible Lesson, see my post about making a button rainbow here. Also, check out my Pinterest board, Fall, Flood, Babel, for more creative Noah's ark lesson ideas and other Genesis stories.
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    public function getName()
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NYPA Goes for the Gold!
August 16, 2016 Corporate Communicationsathletics, economic development, media relations, olympics, skier, sporting, sporting events, sports, track and field Leave a comment
This August, billions of pairs of eyes are glued to screens around the world watching their favorite events during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Everyone loves great athletic competition, but how many people can claim a direct relation to an actual Olympian? Julieanne Sullivan, NYPA's Media Relations Manager for Economic Development, can claim several Olympians as part of her family!
Harry Thomas Worthington, Julieanne's grandfather, was a nationally ranked track and field athlete during the early 20th century. His main event was the long jump, and in 1912 he participated in the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, placing fourth and narrowly missing his chance to earn a medal. Later, in 1915-16, Worthington was the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America (IC4A) long jump champion.
"He had a truly amazing life. The 1912 Olympics were just the beginning. My family was always so proud of him," says Julieanne.
Additional stats on Worthington can be found here.
Yes, you read that correctly. Media Relations Manager Julieanne Sullivan has an impressive Olympic lineage. In addition to her grandfather and 1912 Olympic track star Harry Worthington, Julieanne can also claim Trace "the Ace" Worthington as a cousin.
Trace Worthington enjoyed a spectacularly successful career as a freestyle skier. From 1986, when he won the aerials gold at the World Junior Championships to his retirement in the fall of 1997, he won 39 World Cup events, had 79 career podium finishes, was the World Cup Combined Champion three times and the World Cup Aerials Champion in 1995. His two gold medals at the World Championships in 1995 (aerials and combined), is an achievement never duplicated by ANY freestyle skier.
Trace also competed on two separate Olympic teams, following in the footsteps of his great-grandfather Harry. Ski Racing Magazine named him Freestyle Skier of the Year from 1992 to 1995 and International Skier of the Year in 1993.
For more on Trace's skiing career check out this Rolling Stone story from February, 1994 and his current Twitter page.
Stay tuned for more Olympians with a NYPA connection.