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The Board of Directors (the "Board") of Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company") has adopted the following Corporate Governance Guidelines (the "Guidelines") to assist the Board in the exercise of its duties and responsibilities and to serve the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Guidelines should be applied in a manner consistent with all applicable laws and stock exchange rules and the Company's charter and bylaws, each as amended and in effect from time to time. The Guidelines are intended to serve as a flexible framework for the conduct of the Board's business and not as a set of legally binding obligations. The Board may modify or make exceptions to the Guidelines from time to time in its discretion and consistent with its duties and responsibilities to the Company and its stockholders.
Director Responsibilities
Oversee Management of the Company. The principal responsibility of the directors is to oversee the management of the Company and, in so doing, serve the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. This responsibility includes:
Reviewing and approving fundamental operating, financial and other corporate plans, strategies and objectives.
Evaluating the performance of the Company and its senior executives and taking appropriate action, including removal, when warranted.
Evaluating the Company's compensation programs on a regular basis and determining the compensation of its senior executives.
Reviewing and approving senior executive succession plans.
Evaluating whether corporate resources are used only for appropriate business purposes.
Establishing a corporate environment that promotes timely and effective disclosure (including robust and appropriate controls, procedures and incentives), fiscal accountability, high ethical standards and compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
Reviewing the Company's policies and practices with respect to risk assessment and risk management.
Reviewing and approving material transactions and commitments not entered into in the ordinary course of business.
Developing a corporate governance structure that allows and encourages the Board to fulfill its responsibilities.
Providing advice and assistance to the Company's senior executives.
Evaluating the overall effectiveness of the Board and its committees.
Exercise Business Judgment. In discharging their fiduciary duties, directors are expected to exercise their business judgment to act in what they reasonably believe to be the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.
Understand the Company and its Business. Directors have an obligation to become and remain informed about the Company and its business, including the following:
The principal operational and financial objectives, strategies and plans of the Company.
The results of operations and financial condition of the Company and of significant subsidiaries and business segments, if any.
The relative standing of the business segments within the Company and as compared to competitors.
The factors that determine the Company's success.
The risks and problems that affect the Company's business and prospects.
Establish Effective Systems. Directors are responsible for determining that effective systems are in place for the periodic and timely reporting to the Board on important matters concerning the Company, including the following:
Current business and financial performance, the degree of achievement of approved objectives and the need to address forward-planning issues.
Future business prospects and forecasts, including actions, facilities, personnel and financial resources required to achieve forecasted results.
Financial statements, with appropriate segment or divisional breakdowns.
Compliance programs to assure the Company's compliance with law and corporate policies.
Material litigation and governmental and regulatory matters.
Monitoring and, where appropriate, responding to communications from stockholders.
Directors should also periodically review the integrity of the Company's internal control and management information systems.
Board, Stockholder and Committee Meetings. Directors are responsible for attending Board meetings, meetings of committees on which they serve and the annual meeting of stockholders, and devoting the time needed, and meeting as frequently as necessary, to discharge their responsibilities properly.
Reliance on Management and Advisors; Indemnification. The directors are entitled to rely on the Company's senior executives and its outside advisors, auditors and legal counsel, except to the extent that any such person's integrity, honesty or competence is in doubt. The directors are also entitled to Company-provided indemnification, statutory exculpation and directors' and officers' liability insurance.
Director Qualification Standards
Independence. Except as may otherwise be permitted by the rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market ("NASDAQ"), a majority of the members of the Board shall be independent directors. To be considered independent: (1) a director must be independent as determined under NASDAQ Rule 5605(a)(2) and (2) in the Board's judgment, the director must not have a relationship with the Company that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.
Size of the Board. The Board will periodically consider whether the size of the Board is appropriate given the Company's present circumstances and any changes in the Company's business.
Other Directorships. The Board does not believe that its members should be prohibited from serving on boards of other organizations, and the Board has not adopted any guidelines limiting such activities. However, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall take into account the nature of and time involved in a director's service on other boards in evaluating the suitability of individual directors and making its recommendations to the Board. Service on boards and/or committees of other organizations shall comply with the Company's conflict of interest policies.
Tenure. The Board does not believe it should establish term limits. Term limits could result in the loss of directors who have been able to develop, over a period of time, increasing insight into the Company and its operations and an institutional memory that benefit the entire membership of the Board as well as management. As an alternative to term limits, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall review each director's continuation on the Board at least once every three years. This will allow each director the opportunity to conveniently confirm his or her desire to continue as a member of the Board and allow the Company to conveniently replace directors who are no longer interested or effective.
Board Leadership Structure. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall periodically assess the Board's leadership structure, including whether the offices of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer should be separate, whether the Company should have an independent "Lead Director" in the event that the Chairman of the Board is not an independent director and why the Board's leadership structure is appropriate given the specific characteristics or circumstances of the Company. In the event that the Chairman of the Board is not an independent director, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may designate an independent director to serve as "Lead Director," who shall be approved by a majority of the independent directors.
The Lead Director, if one is appointed, shall:
Chair any meeting of the independent directors in executive session;
Meet with any director who is not adequately performing his or her duties as a member of the Board or any committee;
Facilitate communications between other members of the Board and the Chairman of the Board and/or the Chief Executive Officer; however, each director is free to communicate directly with the Chairman of the Board and with the Chief Executive Officer;
Monitor, with the assistance of the Company's legal advisors, communications from stockholders and other interested parties and provide copies or summaries to the other directors as he or she considers appropriate;
Work with the Chairman of the Board in the preparation of the agenda for each Board meeting and in determining the need for special meetings of the Board; and
Otherwise consult with the Chairman of the Board and/or the Chief Executive Officer on matters relating to corporate governance and Board performance.
Selection of New Director Candidates. Except where the Company is legally required by contract, by law or otherwise to provide third parties with the right to nominate directors, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be responsible for (i) identifying individuals qualified to become Board members, consistent with criteria approved by the Board, and (ii) recommending to the Board the persons to be nominated for election as directors at any meeting of stockholders and the persons to be elected by the Board to fill any vacancies on the Board. Director nominees shall be considered for recommendation by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee in accordance with these Guidelines, the policies and principles in its charter and the criteria set forth in Attachment A to these Guidelines. It is expected that the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will have direct input from the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and, if one is appointed, the Lead Director. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall consider candidates proposed by stockholders.
Extending the Invitation to a New Director Candidate to Join the Board. The invitation to join the Board should be extended either by the Chairman of the Board, on behalf of the Board, or the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, on behalf of such Committee. Unauthorized approaches to prospective directors can be premature, embarrassing and harmful.
Former Chief Executive Officer's Board Membership. The Board believes that the continuation of a former Chief Executive Officer of the Company on the Board is a matter to be decided in each individual instance by the Board, upon recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Accordingly, when the Chief Executive Officer ceases to serve in that position, he or she will be expected to resign from the Board if so requested by the Board, upon recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Selection of Agenda Items. The Chairman of the Board shall approve the agenda for each Board meeting. Each Board member is free to suggest the inclusion of agenda items and is free to raise at any Board meeting subjects that are not on the agenda for that meeting.
Frequency and Length of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board, in consultation with the members of the Board, shall determine the frequency and length of the Board meetings. Special meetings may be called from time to time as determined by the needs of the business.
Advance Distribution of Materials. Information and data that are important to the Board's understanding of the business to be conducted at a Board or committee meeting should generally be distributed in writing to the directors before the meeting, and directors should review these materials in advance of the meeting. The Board acknowledges that certain items to be discussed at a Board or committee meeting may be of an extremely confidential or time-sensitive nature and that the distribution of materials on these matters prior to meetings may not be appropriate or practicable. Presentations made at Board meetings should do more than summarize previously distributed Board meeting materials.
Executive Sessions. The independent directors shall meet in executive session at least twice a year to discuss, among other matters, the performance of the Chief Executive Officer. The independent directors will meet in executive session at other times at the request of any independent director. Absent unusual circumstances, these sessions shall be held in conjunction with regular Board meetings. The director who presides at these meetings shall be the Lead Director if there is one, and if not, shall be chosen by the independent directors, and his or her name shall be disclosed in the Company's proxy statement for its annual meeting of stockholders.
Attendance of Non-Directors at Board Meetings. The Board encourages the senior executives of the Company to, from time to time, bring Company personnel into Board meetings who (i) can provide additional insight into the items being discussed because of personal involvement in these areas or (ii) should be given exposure to the Board.
Key Committees. The Board shall have at all times an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Each such committee shall have a charter that has been approved by the Board. The Board may, from time to time, establish or maintain additional committees as necessary or appropriate.
Assignment and Rotation of Committee Members. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be responsible for recommending to the Board the directors to be appointed to each committee of the Board. Except as otherwise permitted by the applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and NASDAQ, each member of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be an "independent director" as defined by such rules.
Committee Charters. In accordance with applicable NASDAQ rules, the charters of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall set forth the purposes, goals and responsibilities of the committees as well as qualifications for committee membership, procedures for committee member appointment and removal, committee structure and operations and committee reporting to the Board. The Board shall, from time to time as it deems appropriate, review and reassess the adequacy of each charter and make appropriate changes.
Selection of Agenda Items. The chairman of each committee, in consultation with the committee members, shall develop the committee's agenda. At the beginning of the year each committee shall establish a schedule of subjects to be discussed during the year (to the extent practicable). The schedule for each committee meeting shall be furnished to all directors.
Frequency and Length of Committee Meetings. The chairman of each committee, in consultation with the committee members, shall determine the frequency and length of the committee meetings consistent with any requirements set forth in the committee's charter. Special meetings may be called from time to time as determined by the needs of the business and the responsibilities of the committees.
Director Access to Management and Independent Advisors
Access to Officers and Employees. Directors have full and free access to officers and employees of the Company. Any meetings or contacts that a director wishes to initiate may be arranged through the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary or directly by the director. The directors shall use their judgment to ensure that any such contact is not disruptive to the business operations of the Company and shall, to the extent appropriate, copy the Chief Executive Officer on any written communications between a director and an officer or employee of the Company.
Access to Independent Advisors. The Board and each committee have the power to hire and consult with independent legal, financial or other advisors for the benefit of the Board or such committee, as they may deem necessary, without consulting or obtaining the approval of any officer of the Company in advance. In the discretion of the Board or applicable committee, such independent advisors may (but need not) be the regular advisors to the Company. The Board or any such committee is empowered, without further action by the Company, to cause the Company to pay the compensation of such advisors as established by the Board or any such committee.
Director Compensation
Role of Board and Compensation Committee. The form and amount of director compensation shall be determined by the Board in accordance with the policies and principles set forth below. The Compensation Committee shall periodically review and make recommendations to the Board with respect to the compensation of the Company's directors. The Compensation Committee shall consider that questions as to directors' independence may be raised if director compensation and perquisites exceed customary levels, if the Company makes substantial charitable contributions to organizations with which a director is affiliated or if the Company enters into consulting contracts or business arrangements with (or provides other indirect forms of compensation to) a director or an organization with which the director is affiliated.
Form of Compensation. The Board believes that directors should be incentivized to focus on long-term stockholder value. Including equity as part of director compensation helps align the interest of directors with those of the Company's stockholders.
Amount of Consideration. The Company seeks to attract exceptional talent to its Board. Therefore, the Company's policy is to compensate directors competitively relative to comparable companies. The Company's management shall, from time to time, present a comparison report to the Board, comparing the Company's director compensation with that of comparable companies. The Board believes that it is appropriate for the Chairman of the Board and the chairmen and members of the committees to receive additional compensation for their services in those positions.
Employee Directors. Directors who are also employees of the Company shall receive no additional compensation for Board or committee service.
Director Orientation and Continuing Education
Director Orientation. The Board and the Company's management shall conduct a mandatory orientation program for new directors. The orientation program shall include presentations by management to familiarize new directors with the Company's strategic plans, its significant financial, accounting and risk management issues, its compliance programs, its code of business conduct and ethics, its principal officers, its auditors and its legal advisors. In addition, the orientation program shall include a review of the Company's expectations of its directors in terms of time and effort, a review of the directors' fiduciary duties and visits to Company headquarters and, to the extent practical, certain of the Company's significant facilities. All other directors are also invited to attend the orientation program.
Continuing Education. Each director is expected to be involved in continuing director education on an ongoing basis to enable him or her to better perform his or her duties and to recognize and deal appropriately with issues that arise. The Company shall pay all reasonable expenses related to continuing director education.
Management Evaluation and Succession
Selection of Chief Executive Officer. The Board selects the Company's Chief Executive Officer in the manner that it determines to be in the best interests of the Company's stockholders.
Evaluation of Senior Executives. The Compensation Committee shall be responsible for overseeing the evaluation of the Company's senior executives, including the Company's Chief Executive Officer. In conjunction with the Audit Committee, in the case of the evaluation of the senior financial executives, the Compensation Committee shall determine the nature and frequency of the evaluation and the persons subject to the evaluation, supervise the conduct of the evaluation and prepare assessments of the performance of the Company's senior executives, to be discussed with the Board periodically. The Board shall review the assessments to ensure that the senior executives are providing the best leadership for the Company over both the long- and short-term.
Succession of Senior Executives. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be responsible for overseeing an annual evaluation of succession planning for senior executives, including the Company's Chief Executive Officer.
Annual Performance Evaluation of the Board
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall oversee an annual self-evaluation of the Board to determine whether it and its committees are functioning effectively. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall determine the nature of the evaluation, supervise the conduct of the evaluation and prepare an assessment of the Board's performance, to be discussed with the Board. The purpose of this process is to improve the effectiveness of the Board and its committees and not to target individual Board members.
Board Interaction with Stockholders, Institutional Investors, the Press, Customers, Etc.
The Board believes that the Chief Executive Officer and his or her designees speak for the Company. Individual Board members may, from time to time, meet or otherwise communicate with various constituencies that are involved with the Company. It is, however, expected that Board members would do so with the knowledge of and, absent unusual circumstances or as contemplated by the committee charters, only at the request of the Company's senior executives.
The Board will give appropriate attention to written communications that are submitted by stockholders and other interested parties, and will respond if and as appropriate. Absent unusual circumstances or as contemplated by the committee charters, the Chairman of the Board (if an independent director), or the Lead Director (if one is appointed), or otherwise the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall, subject to advice and assistance from the Company's legal advisors, (1) be primarily responsible for monitoring communications from shareholders and other interested parties, and (2) provide copies or summaries of such communications to the other directors as he or she considers appropriate.
Periodic Review of the Corporate Governance Guidelines
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall, from time to time as it deems appropriate, review and reassess the adequacy of these Guidelines and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval.
Attachment A to Corporate Governance Guidelines
Criteria for Nomination as a Director
Nominees should have a reputation for integrity, honesty and adherence to high ethical standards.
Nominees should have demonstrated business acumen, experience and ability to exercise sound judgments in matters that relate to the current and long-term objectives of the Company and should be willing and able to contribute positively to the decision-making process of the Company.
Nominees should have a commitment to understand the Company and its industry and to regularly attend and participate in meetings of the Board and its committees.
Nominees should have the interest and ability to understand the sometimes conflicting interests of the various constituencies of the Company, which include stockholders, employees, customers, governmental units, creditors and the general public, and to act in the interests of all stockholders.
Nominees should not have, nor appear to have, a conflict of interest that would impair the nominee's ability to represent the interests of all the Company's stockholders and to fulfill the responsibilities of a director.
Nominees shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability or any other basis proscribed by law. The value of diversity on the Board should be considered.
Application of Criteria to Existing Directors
The renomination of existing directors should not be viewed as automatic, but should be based on continuing qualification under the criteria set forth above. In addition, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall consider the existing directors' performance on the Board and any committee, which shall include consideration of the extent to which the directors undertook continuing director education.
Criteria for Composition of the Board
The backgrounds and qualifications of the directors considered as a group should provide a significant breadth of experience, knowledge and abilities that shall assist the Board in fulfilling its responsibilities.
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The Marmes Rockshelter Site
View out of the Marmes Rockshelter site.
The Marmes rockshelter in eastern Washington State (map) is one of the oldest and most significant archaeological sites in NW North America. In its inundation by reservoir waters, it is also one of the sadder stories. Washington State University has put a large amount of Marmes material online, including several photo galleries of work in progress.
The site was found in the early 1950s on land owned by Roland "Squirt" Marmes (pronounced "Mar-muss") a local rancher, but it wasn't until 1962 that a large scale excavation commenced.
Shovel Bums of the Old School
In soon order, there was a series of sensational finds of artifacts, fauna and human remains. The oldest of these dated to 10,750 radiocarbon years ago, or, about 12,700 solar years ago. At the time, these were the oldest human remains known from the Americas, and the artifacts represented one of the oldest known sites and one that was, interestingly, markedly different from the Clovis Culture type especially in the number and style of large, stemmed projectile points. Among the other artifacts were distinctive crescentic stone blades, this exquisite bone needle, beads made of Olivella shell, which must have come from the Pacific Ocean. HistoryLink.org, Washington State's online encyclopedia, has a good summary article, and the WSU links above also give much more detail. Indeed, WSU has been doing some wonderful digitization of old projects, which I will highlight in posts to come. Things I have learned include the ubiquity of pipe smoking in the earlier days of Washington Archaeology. My only criticism of this wonderful resource is the lack of captions on the photo galleries. Who are these people, for example; who is under these splendid war bonnets? Take a moment to tell us in a caption, or the file name.
The story of the inundation of the site by rising river impoundment is also of interest.
Coffer Damnation surrounds the Rockshelter
The Lower Monumental Dam was closed in February 1969, and and as anticipated, the waters started to rise. Because the Marmes site had attracted national and international attention – with several thousand visitors per day – extraordinary measures were taken to try to protect the site. Legendary Washington Senator Scoop Jackson requisitioned 1.5 million dollars to pay for a coffer dam to keep reservoir waters out of the rockshelter. The deposits themselves were covered in plastic sheeting and gravels were piled on top. However, within only days of the water reaching the coffer dam, permeable gravels beneath allowed the site to become completely inundated, a condition it remains in until this day, where one of the major problems in preservation of this desert site is now the wakes of waterski boats. Ironically enough, the lead excavator, Richard Daugherty, left the project around this time for the similarly water-challenged Ozette Site.
An inventory and curation project in the 1980s and 1990s led to the reburial of the human remains. Whether there was further confirmation of this sensationalist New York Times report, I don't know:
"a young pre-Indian** nomad whose fellow tribesmen may have 'literally had him for dinner.' " He said the team had found one long bone, believed to be from a human, that had been split lengthwise. "Aborigines did this to get the bone marrow to eat," Fryxell (Who sadly died in 1974, aged only 40) said, concluding, "It is entirely possible Marmes Man was eaten by his buddies."
**["pre-Indian"? what.]
Keep in mind that one of the leading Marmes researchers was Grover Krantz.
In the curation and inventory process, a very large proportion of the artifacts were found to have gone missing, though some of these were found misclassified. In 2005, a major summary report was published. I for one appreciate the work it takes to finish off these older projects, nice work WSU archaeology.
What are the hillbilly mods to this truck all about?
The hullabaloo over Marmes Rockshelter did lead to much greater US federal involvement in Cultural Resource Management. The site was excavated because of the dam project, and it must be said, there was disconnect between the rush to salvage as much as possible with the belief that the site could ride out the inundation. Much bulldozing was done to quickly get through assumed sterile deposits to the cultural layers. Most of these actions are certainly understandable in the context of the time, and the context of having found a remarkable site, perhaps more remarkable than expected. But if the 1.5 million spent on the coffer dam had been spent on archaeology 365/24/7 at the site, perhaps that would have been a better decision. You may say, well, the engineers did not know the damn would leak. I say, they are paid to know exactly that, and the hubris emodied in that technological fix resonates throughout NW North America today, where threatened sites are routinely put under geotextiles of unproven worth.
The Marmes site itself, while drowned, may indeed still contain intact cultural material. As more reservoirs are drained across the Western USA, at some point it is conceivable that this or similar sites could be re-opened and nagging inconsistencies in data could be resolved.
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7 responses to "The Marmes Rockshelter Site"
Travis S. | September 26, 2009 at 11:04 am | Reply
Very cool. Coming from Washington I'd always heard of the Marmes site, but never heard anything in detail about it. Maybe that's because I went to UW.
Jebby Deringer | August 10, 2011 at 12:33 pm | Reply
The hillbilly mods look like an early attempt at a snorkel. It looks like the intake and exhaust are both coming straight from the engine compartment and up to keep them out of the water.
qmackie | August 10, 2011 at 4:01 pm | Reply
Hi Jebby,
Looking at it more closely, it looks like those planks right behind the truck are some sort of ramp. I wonder if they were using the truck to drive a winch, maybe off a back axle, and with it sitting there with engine running but not moving, they diverted the exhaust away from the rear end (where the working was) and perhaps they also needed to jerry-rig extra cooling capacity so the truck didn't overheat. You can see how the exhaust has stained the front of the truck's box. Certainly it looks like the truck was meant to just sit there and do something in relation to the ramp – back wheels are braced, the hood is off, etc. Maybe they ran it a lot so they could use the cigarette lighter or something!
You can also see another somewhat hillbilly-truck to the right, what looks like the front end of a jeep with an A-Frame winch attached.
APM | August 10, 2011 at 9:54 pm | Reply
surely its a jury-rigged refigeration unit for cooling beer. sure looks hot and dry.
blueribbonfair | November 7, 2014 at 6:51 pm | Reply
I lived at lyons ferry way back and my husband worked there so we were able to hike around the area.
Barbara | December 21, 2014 at 8:18 am | Reply
In 1968-1969 I was in 6th grade and we had to do current events presentations in class. I regularly did my talks on Marmes Man and found it all quite exciting. I remember being saddened by the ending.
Todd Kenning | October 24, 2017 at 1:51 pm | Reply
I found some fragments that had been given to my Mother in law from Washtucna. along with a paper that said; "these bone fragments came out of the Marmes Rock Shelter. She had died and we were clearing out her stuff. So I do not know when she had gotten it. You interested?

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A successful entrepreneur, C. L. Mersch met Apollo 14 astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell on a business trip in 1975. During their friendship of more than thirty years, Mersch learned that on February 5, 1971, Mitchell landed the first Bible on the moon onboard the Apollo 14 lunar module Anteres. Intrigued, inspired, and intent on discovering the background of the story, Mersch embarked on years of research and interviews, unearthing a rich cornucopia of events which, combined in this narrative, yield one of the most inspiring sagas ever written about the Apollo Program. For more information visit www.carolmersch.com.
The Apostles of Apollo was written by C. L. Mersch in cooperation with Apollo 14 astronaut Navy Captain Dr. Edgar D. Mitchell and Reverend John M. Stout, NASA industrial chaplain and director of the Apollo Prayer League.
Mersch's friendship with Mitchell spans over thirty years and afforded her access to information and details surrounding the personal quest of Apollo astronauts and NASA personnel to carry a Bible to the Moon. A graduate of Oklahoma State University with a B.S. in Business and an undergraduate pre-law, Mersch is a successful entrepreneur who built three computer software companies. The businesses were sold in 1999, which afforded Mersch the opportunity to pursue a passion for writing.
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Spaceflight Magazine 12-2011 – "On the wings of Apollo" by Dwight Williams, Spaceflight Magazine, December, 2011. Please click Magazine name to view this Article in .pdf format.


Looking for a job? Well if your living in or around Scottsdale your in luck! Scottsdale has been voted the number one place to find a job in the country according to Wallet Hub. Other Arizona cities that rounded out the top were Chandler ranked 10th and Tempe ranked 14th. Gilbert, Peoria, Phoenix, Mesa and Glendale filled out the rest of the list all coming in the top 70 out of 182 cities total. Wallet Hub took two cities across the country and compared two fields job market and socio-economics. They then used 30 other relevant metrics like job opportunities, and assigned weights to each. For example "job opportunities" were given twice the amount of weight as "job security". The numbers where then crunched an totaled leaving Scottsdale Arizona number one! If you are starting a new job, and have questions about it read, Your First Day on the Job.
Tempe is the latest city to ban cell phone use while driving. Arizona has a very limited state law, only restricting new drivers for a short period of time, which has incited cities to move forward with stronger restrictions. Tempe's new law bans all hand-held use unless the driver is stopped or parked. If you are texting, or on the phone while the vehicle is in motion you will be given a ticket.
Stacey Garcia was told that she couldn't play baseball for her middle school. If she wanted to play ball, it was going to have to be softball; but Stacey wanted to play baseball. She had already played in little league and wanted to continue so her parents went to the district. The district agreed that Stacey could tryout with the rest of the baseball hopefuls. She tried out and the next day met up with the coach. "He came up to me, showed me a list of all the names that made it, and he said congratulations and shook my hand, and I saw my name on there, which was really cool," said Stacey, according to ABC 15. Stacey Garcia is now her Glendale middle school's baseball team and hopes to make to make it on her high school team next year.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety has a new tool, drones. For the last year the department has been mastering the use and technology around drones. DPS will be using drones to help clear traffic accidents more quickly. They will allow DPS to quickly take pictures of the accident that later can be stitched together similar to the way Google Maps works. These pictures can then be used to create measurements that help in their investigation. The aerial view also provides officers with a new perspective that gives them insight into the accident. Detective Brian Hon with DPS said,"So, the type of product that we're able to put out is far above and beyond what we're able to do in the past." DPS sees this as just the beginning for drones and hopes to make use of them in other departments in the future.
Do you have freedom of speech in school? Last Friday, during a "Party in the U.S.A" spirit day at Perry High School in Gilbert, Arizona students were asked to take down a "Make America Great Again" (commonly referred to as "MAGA") banner. Students also reported being asked to remove MAGA hats, though the school officials state they never made this request. The incidents upset some students and parents who latter held a protest of approximately 50 outside the school the following Monday. Perry High School sophomores who participated said they support students' right to Free Speech. However, do students have the same rights on campus that they do off of campus? The Supreme Court has had several landmark cases on the subject some of which do limit student speech on a school premise like Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier and Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraiser and others that enforce a students right to freedom of speech like Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School. To learn more about freedom of speech read, "Freedom of Speech, What is and What it isn't".
Toni Harris is making history by becoming the first female football player in a non kicker position to sign a letter of intent to play at Central Methodist University in Missouri. Becca Longo, from Basha High School in Chandler Arizona, was the first woman to sign a letter of intent back in 2017 as a kicker with Adams State University in Colorado. Unlike Becca Longo though Toni Harris will be playing defensive back. Toni Harris hopes to one day play for the National Football League. With female players gaining momentum in sports she just might make it.
Did you know it is a crime to pretend to commit a crime? It may seem strange that not actually doing something is a crime but when you really stop to think about it, it makes sense. If you report to police that something happened that didn't they will not know that you are not telling the truth. The police will then investigate the crime as though it really happened. This takes valuable time and resources from the police department that could have been used to help someone who is in need. If you lie to the police it is called False Reporting. Recently a man in Chicago told the police that he was a victim of a crime. This man is now under arrest and is being tried for false reporting among other things. In Arizona if you file a false report you could be charged with a class 1 misdemeanor or a class 6 felony for a second offense. What if you lie about a crime in school? Learn more about what can happen to you at school.
A new law is in effect for Glendale and all of those who travel through it. The City of Glendale has passed a distracted driving law. This new ordinance states that you can be, "pulled over for using your phone, even if you're at a stop light." There are two exceptions, you can use your phone to turn on your hands free device and in cases of emergency. You can read the entire city ordinance here, including all the exemptions.
With the New Year comes the infamous New Year's resolution a commitment that you make to yourself that you will do or not do a particular thing in the new year, usually with the thought that what you commit to will make you a happier or better person than you were the year before. While resolution are known for failure studies show they don't have to be if you make them manageable and realistic. Instead of planning to travel to the moon maybe look into making it to a science camp or staying awake in your science class. Whatever your goals make them small enough so that you can stick with them but large enough that they are still worthwhile to you. Next year you will get to brag to your friends that you successfully kept your resolution. (Learning to not brag and being a good winner can be next year's resolution) Good Luck!
'Tis the season to see, buy and sell fireworks but do you know the law? Find out what the laws are in your area by checking out the My Streets section of LawforKids! There you can easily see what is and isn't allowed in your neighborhood. From all of us at LawforKids have a safe, fun and.... HAPPY NEW YEAR!
A new public health epidemic is sweeping the nation one puff at a time according to the U.S. Surgeon General. Vaping and e-cigarettes are on the rise since they entered the market in 2007, especially with youth. But who is the Surgeon General and why should we listen to him? The Surgeon General is our "Nations Doctor and provides Americans with the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and reduce the risk of illness and injury". According to the Surgeon General,"Most e-cigarettes contain nicotine – the addictive drug in regular cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products". Nicotine is harmful. The Know the Risks website explains that nicotine "can cause nicotine addiction, mood disorders, and permanent lowering of impulse control. Nicotine also changes the way synapses are formed, which can harm the parts of the brain that control attention and learning". One of the most common e-cigarettes for youth is a brand called JUUL which contains a salt based nicotine in its flavored pods. However, according to the Surgeon General's advisory, "approximately two thirds of JUUL users aged 15-24 do not know that JUUL always contains nicotine".If the health risks of nicotine aren't enough of a deterrent then remember JUUL and all other forms of nicotine are also illegal. For more information about the laws visit our Law section.
For years there has been a growing concern that students, especially at the elementary and middle school level are being given too much homework. According to the Wall Street Journal in the most recent study available (2016) high school students spend an average of 7.5 hours a week on homework while grades K-8 averaged 4.7 hours. Some school districts, like Ridgefield Public Schools in Ridgefield, Connecticut and Wayne Township Public Schools in Wayne, New Jersey, are saying that it is just too much time and are restricting the amount of homework teachers can assign or banning it all together. However, the response from parents has been conflicted. Some parents feel that the ban and restrictions are necessary; schools have invaded their home with relentless amounts of work that cut into family time and extracurricular activities. Other parents don't like the ban because they feel that homework allows them to take part in their child's education and helps students learn the material. Arizona it seems has yet to take a stand one way or the other but as the idea continues to spread to other states (New York, Louisiana, Florida, Texas), what may have once been a students dream may one day become a reality.
It's snow season and that brings all the fun that comes along with it; sledding, skiing, snowboarding and of course the infamous snowball fights! But if you are going to enjoy the snow be sure that you travel a little further than your emergency pull off or roadside. Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) reminds us that while this may seem like an easy quick solution to get some snowy fun in it could also cause some serious problems "Highway shoulders are for emergencies only. Stopping there puts you and your loved ones at risk of a crash. It blocks first responders and snowplows en route to emergencies or to help stranded motorists. It also contributes to backups and delays." Don't worry there are tons of other free places to play that don't jeopardize your roadside safety such as local parks and free sledding attractions like Oak Hill Snow Play Area. Have fun playing in the snow and stay off the roadsides.


The Yard Person is responsible for providing best in class service to a wide variety of customers, while maintaining the lumberyard. Loading and unloading building materials, storing them in the proper locations, and carefully administering corresponding invoices and transfer documents. These tasks are accomplished by using a variety of equipment including forklifts, pallet jacks, lumber carts, etc. This position mandates a solid understanding of building supply inventory, prices, returns and exchange policies.
	Identify and assist customers with advice, information, and/or help in gathering and loading orders.
	Load and unload materials.
	Take all necessary safety precautions when handling freight, tools, and equipment.
	Store material in correct locations in the yard.
	Keep the yard clean and the inventory neat and orderly.
	Be familiar with the locations(s) of all inventory and equipment.
	Be familiar with the safe operation and maintenance of equipment, including forklift, lumber cart, pallet jack, banding machine, etc.
	Assist customers in handling large or heavy items.
	Be aware of theft and take action, in line with company policy, to report or discourage it.
	Restock lumber bins, sheds, etc. when they are depleted.
	Check incoming merchandise against orders or invoices, identify damaged goods, shortages, and backorders.
	Report any shortages, damaged goods, and backorders to your supervisor.
	Make suggestions for rule, policy, and/or procedure changes when you think that such changes will improve efficiency, morale, profits, sales, etc.
	Help in training new employees.
	Work on any special projects assigned by your supervisor, after determining their priority in relation to your other duties.
	Must be able to communicate effectively and persuasively with employees, management, and customers.
	This position requires possession of, or training completion for Forklift License and Fall Arrest Training.


Q. What happened to your forehand today?
ROGER FEDERER: Mistakes, few too many, I guess. I'm not happy about the performance of my forehand. Rarely it happens to me, because it's my best shot in the game. I guess it's a bit different against Rafael.
You got to keep on pushing, and I just missed a few too many to go a break down in the first set. Missed my opportunities in the breakpoints and then go breakdown in the second, os it was disappointing.
Q. Beside the forehand, what should you do to beat him on clay?
ROGER FEDERER: Not make those mistakes, you know, and use the chance when I had them early on. I was playing very easily solid and in the beginning, created myself chances. He didn't have any breakpoints.
Unfortunately it turned around with a few mistakes. But I feel this match gave me some information. I think I'm absolutely in the mix with him on clay, which is how I wanted to feel.
You know, it's always disappointing to lose, but I feel like I didn't play well and still it was close. That's a good thing.
Q. You played 19 sets against him and you won only 5. What that means? I mean, almost one out of three. That's big, big difference apparently. The reason, explanation is only technical or sometimes mental? Do you get nervous when things are not going well?
ROGER FEDERER: Are you talking about clay?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, I don't know. You've seen his record on clay?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, he's won a few in a row. He's an excellent player, let's not forget. You're talking like he's playing around with me. That's not the case. It came very close the last few times, but clay is his number one surface; it's not mine, and still I come so close.
It's for me a good -- still a good thing to do, you know, to play, I don't know, four finals in a row on clay now. Okay. I lost four times against Rafa. I'd rather have that than lose against four different guys.
I feel like I'm in good shape for the rest of clay court season, and it's going to come down to the French Open to see who wins.
Q. Is this where Tony comes in handy, where you can both analyze what you think is more information and use it on this surface, which you say is obviously the one you want to improve on?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, yeah, it's always good when you have somebody telling you from the outside. But I mean I also understand my game very, very well. I know what I'm going to have to work on in the next couple of weeks, and, you know, physically I feel fine. It was absolutely no problem today.
Of course it wasn't -- a four- or five-setter would have given me more information, and also physically. It's going to be interesting this year not having played any five-setters going into the French Open, which we had last year here in the final and then also in Rome.
So that's going change, but we're definitely going to talk about and see what he thinks.
Q. What I meant before is that it is not mental, because even the serve, which has nothing to do -- or not much to do with Nadal -- it is not working as it usually does. I mean, you are bad percentage and second serve you lost a lot of points. Is it something that makes you more nervous or anxious when have to play him or not?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, he's a left-handed player, so you serve differently. I mean, I don't know. Your questions are very strange today, seriously. You have to play different against Rafa than when you play against Ferrer or Ferrero.
I play 95% against right-handed, so when I play left-handed it's obviously a bit different. For him he plays right-handed guys all the time so he doesn't need to adjust. So there he has I guess a little advantage.
This is what I'm trying to do over the last few years. I play better against lefties having a left-handed coach. Hitting a lot of balls with him helps, too. So it doesn't come down to how I serve or do that, it's just about having a good day against him.
I've come very close and play very well against him, but on clay you need a really good day, you know.
Q. On the evidence of today and what you've seen generally this week of Rafa, do you think his game has gone on from last year, that he's better?
ROGER FEDERER: I thought he was playing identical to last year, to be honest. He's got such a solid base, you know, in terms of how he plays because he does it all year around already. He plays the same way.
I mean, it doesn't change for him on hard court or clay. Even on grass he plays the same way. So when he comes on clay the movement comes handy for him, too, because he's the No. 1 clay court mover to me. Obviously he's born on this surface so all of it works in his favor.
Look, he dominated everybody this week. I was expecting him to maybe struggle last year, but after he played so well again I see him strong against this year.
Q. Is there any new information you think you can carry forward today from what you found in the game?
ROGER FEDERER: No. But it's good for me to play against him. He sometimes makes me improve my backhand. I think that problem is solved for me. Today I started to miss on the forehand but, look, again, it can happen over a few minutes that you're going to have a downfall on one of your shots.
Again, you should try to avoid it, and that's going make you practice and make you a better player. I enjoy playing against him and I think the same for him. We can improve playing against each other. It was only two sets, so there's not too much -- you know, it was over in a hurry, so there's not too much we can say about it.


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Q: Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Unrecognized SSL message, plaintext connection? I am getting the following error when setting up an email service with spring boot while trying to connect to round cube:
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Unrecognized SSL message, plaintext connection?

This leads me to think roundcude is not using a SSL connection and I should not use port 143. Therefore I try and use port 25, but I get the following error when I do.
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Unrecognized SSL message, plaintext connection?

application.properties
#email setup
spring.mail.host = mail.email address.com
spring.mail.username = email address
spring.mail.password = my password

spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.auth= true
spring.mail.port = 25 or port 145
spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.socketFactory.class= javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory
spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.socketFactory.fallback= false
spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.ssl.enable = true

Email service
@Component
public class EmailServiceImpl implements EmailService {

    @Autowired
    private JavaMailSender javaMailSender;

    @Override
    public void sendEmail(String toAddress, String fromAddress,
                          String subject, String body) {

        SimpleMailMessage simpleMailMessage = new SimpleMailMessage();

        simpleMailMessage.setFrom(fromAddress);
        simpleMailMessage.setTo(toAddress);
        simpleMailMessage.setSubject(subject);
        simpleMailMessage.setText(body);

        javaMailSender.send(simpleMailMessage);

    }
}

I looked at roundcube's documentation and apparently is uses port 143 so this is rather confusing. This making me think I am setting this up wrong.
I also tried gmail but since I have a two factor authentication I ran into more issue so I decided to use roundcube which is what I would rather use anyway.
Advice?

A: It seems you're trying to connect to SMTP using non-secure ports. Usually secure ports would be 587 or 465.
This is the configuration that works for me to send e-mail using GMail:
spring.mail.host=smtp.gmail.com
spring.mail.port=587
spring.mail.username=my-email@gmail.com
spring.mail.password=my-password
spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.auth = true
spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.starttls.enable = true
spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.socketFactory.class = javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory
spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.connectiontimeout = 60000
spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.timeout = 60000

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Haiti: Baby Doc- to try or not to try?
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SourceRussell White
The decision in late February 2014 by the Haitian Court of Appeal that former dictator Jean-Claude ('Baby Doc') Duvalier can stand trial for crimes against humanity represents a significant challenge for President Michel Martelly's government.
The Appeal Court's decision reversed a January 2012 judicial ruling that Duvalier could not stand trial for such crimes because of the statute of limitations for the alleged crimes.
"There are obvious indications that Jean-Claude Duvalier indirectly participated and is legally responsible because he refrained from taking reasonable and necessary measures to prevent these crimes and punish those responsible," Judge Jean Joseph Lebrun ruled.
The charges against 62-year old Duvalier include murder, illegal arrest, torture, and forced political exile of opponents of his regime. 'Baby Doc' is alleged to have used the paramilitary 'Tontons Macoute' militia to carry out these abuses.
Duvalier's lawyer, Reynold Georges, had argued that that the statute of limitations in Haiti sets a maximum of ten years and therefore any alleged crimes committed twenty-five years ago could not be considered.
Moreover, international laws dealing with crimes against humanity which stipulate that a statute of limitations does not apply were invalid because such laws had never been ratified by any Haitian government.
The new Appeals Court decision has been widely applauded by human rights activists and by those who were victimised by the Duvalier regime.
Reed Brody, counsel for Human Rights Watch, was quoted in the Miami Herald as saying 'We've seen Jean-Claude Duvalier be invited to presidential events and prancing around the country as if he were a VIP rather than an accused criminal. It's an important affirmation of the potential of the rule of law'.
Duvalier succeeded his father François 'Papa Doc' Duvalier as President for Life in April 1971 at the age of 19, and ruled the country until an uprising deposed him in 1986. He spent 25 years in exile in the United States and France before returning to Haiti in 2011.
Under Baby Doc, Haiti was widely seen as a kleptocracy. As poverty increased, Duvalier, his then-wife Michèle Bennett and his entourage amassed enormous personal fortunes. Money that had been given as aid to help the ailing Haitian economy was siphoned off into personal bank accounts.
In his account of Duvalierism, Haiti: State Against Nation, the Haitian anthropologist Michel-Rolph Trouillot notes that 'Duvalierists increasingly dipped into U.S. aid money, often without bothering to engage in any intermediate transaction to cover the embezzlement.'
Trouillot goes onto to describe a situation whereby particular duties and certain taxes were paid straight into the bank accounts of the Duvaliers. Het claims that in the fifteen years in which he was Haiti's president, Jean-Claude Duvalier accrued a personal fortune in the region of $500 million.
Although Baby Doc's regime was largely based on graft, he also kept the instruments and architecture of fear and terror that had helped to sustain his father in power for more than 15 years.
A report by Amnesty International from early 2014 refers to the 'triangle of death', a network of prisons including Fort Dimanche, where those who opposed the regime were held and often underwent beatings and other forms of torture.
No guarantees
Despite the appeal court giving the go-ahead to try Duvalier for the crimes that he committed while president, there is no guarantee that the government will press ahead with prosecution.
President Martelly has previously spoken of an amnesty for Duvalier, and his cabinet has a number of Duvalierists within it.
Francois Nicolas Duvalier, son of Jean Claude and grandson of François, works in the Presidential palace for President Martelly.
Martelly has also sought to rehabilitate Duvalier, inviting him, as well as other presidents including Prosper Avril and Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to various state events and ceremonies.
Duvalier's presence alongside Martelly at an independence celebration in Gonaïves on January 1 2014 drew considerable criticism from observers of Haiti. Martelly justified his invitation to Duvalier by arguing that it was part of a project to achieve national reconciliation, to bring the past and present together.
The Martelly government also re-issued Duvalier with a diplomatic passport in January 2013.
Historic trial
Trying Duvalier for crimes against humanity will undoubtedly present challenges for Haiti's under-funded legal system, and the trial would be the biggest and most significant in the country's history.
Human rights advocates believe that, as well as providing the victims with their day in court and with the opportunity to seek restitution, such a trial could boost the credibility of the government and the legal system and would show Haitians that there is justice in Haiti.
As Reed Brody wrote in a piece in the Miami Herald (subsequently published on the Human Rights Watch website) 'the prosecution of Duvalier could kick-start the system and help to begin building the state institutions that Haitians deserve.'
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The assault on academic freedom in Brazil
Scholars for Academic Freedom in Brazil was set up in late 2018 with the aim of building a network of academics in UK universities and beyond, to raise awareness of attacks on academics and academic freedom in Brazil. Group member and LAB trustee David Treece outlines the changes during Bolsonaro's presidency that have brought about the group's creation.
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Ever since the arrival of Spanish Conquistadors in the 16th century, many outsiders have followed the example of these bold European adventurers along with the crown heads of Europe in seeing South America as a treasure house of mineral wealth.
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Residents of traditional communities in the Brazilian Amazon municipality of Barcarena, near the mouth of the Amazon River, say that their subsistence and commercial livelihoods, and their health, have been destroyed by an invasion of mining companies which began in the mid-1980's. This story is the fifth in a series.
Narratives of migration through film
Lia Gomez-Lang takes a close look at Fernanda Valadez's poignant feature film Sin Señas Particulares (Identifying Features), a tender portrayal of disappearances of migrants on the Mexico-United States border, and LAB recommends other important films presenting narratives of migration.
Bolivia's lithium coup
Almost 85 per cent of the world's lithium reserves are concentrated in the Lithium Triangle along the borderlands of Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. Bolivia's resources remain largely unexploited. Will Bolivia be able to industrialise Lithium production on its own terms?
Brazil: diversity does well, but the moderates are the winners
Bolsonaro and his brand of extreme right wing politics have emerged as the big losers in Brazil's recent local elections, but established left wing parties have not done so well either. Jan Rocha reports.


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Stantonbury
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SP 836 427
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Buckinghamshire
now Milton Keynes
medieval Lincoln (Dorchester to 1085)
now Oxford
medieval not confirmed
now St Peter
Type of building/monument
Ruined parish church
Ron Baxter
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Stantonbury is on the N side of Milton Keynes and is one of the former villages of Buckinghamshire that were absorbed into the new town after its boundaries were designated in 1967. In 1913 RCHME noted that the church was in good condition and had been recently restored. The church was still in use in 1927, when the VCH described it as a small, rubble building consisting of a nave, chancel and N porch. The chancel contained the oldest fabric, seen on the S wall, and a new nave was added in the 1st half of the 12thc. An aisle or chapel was built on the S side of the chancel but later removed and in the 13thc a N aisle was added to the nave and the N chancel wall was rebuilt. The nave was shortened by 10 feet at the W end in the 15thc. The N aisle was removed, perhaps in the 16thc when the arcade was blocked and the N porch added. According to Pevsner and Williamson (1994), excavations have shown that there was a W tower. The most interesting feature was the small chancel arch, which survives but was removed when the roof collapsed in 1956 and has since been installed in St James's church, New Bradwell (qv). No Romanesque sculpture remains on site.
Stantonbury was held by Ralph from Miles Crispin in 1086, and by Bisi, a thegn of King Edward in 1066. It was assessed at 5 hides and had a mill and a fishery rendering 50 eels, and meadow for 4 ploughs.
The overlordship of this manor passed from Miles Crispin to the Honour of Wallingford, where it remained until the 16thc. The tenancy remained in the family of Ralph, whose descendant Ralph de Stanton held it in the Pipe Rolls of 1166-67. In 1202 his daughter Amice sold 2 virgates of land to Simon de Stanton, or Simon Barry, from whom the manor takes its name. It remained in this line until the end of the 14thc at least. The church formed part of the endowment of Goring Priory, Oxfordshire according to a charter of 1181 that mentions the brothers William and Ralph Barry as the donors. It was appropriated to the priory in 1220 and continued in their possession until the Dissolution. The church remained in use into the 19thc, but by then the village was almost uninhabited. St James's New Bradwell was built in 1857-60 to serve the settlement of workers attracted by the establishment of a new railway works founded at nearby Wolverton, and from 1860 this new church was used as the parish church. Unfortunately it was not discovered until 1909 that the paperwork needed to transfer the rights and privileges of a parish church from St Peter's to St James's had never been completed, causing a good deal of consternation among parishioners who thought they had been married there. In that year an Act of Parliament was therefore obtained by the patron, Earl Spencer, legalising them retrospectively.
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For comments on the chancel arch, see the report on St James's, New Bradwell. I am most grateful to Bryan Dunleavy who made the historic photographs available on his blog, Wolverton Past - History before 1970.
English Heritage Listed Building 45901
N. Pevsner, Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. London 1960, 241..
N. Pevsner and E. Williamson, Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. London 1960, 2nd ed. 1994, 551.
RCHME, An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Buckingham. Volume 2 (north). London 1913, 270-72.
Victoria County History: Buckinghamshire. IV (1927), 462-66.


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PSR B1257+12A (catalogato, secondo le convenzioni della nomenclatura planetaria, anche come PSR B1257+12 b), o Draugr, è un pianeta extrasolare orbitante attorno alla pulsar PSR B1257+12, situata nella costellazione della Vergine a 980 anni luce di distanza dalla Terra. È il pianeta più interno, e orbita ad una distanza di 0,19 UA con un periodo orbitale di circa 25 giorni. Nel 1997, venne ipotizzato che il pianeta fosse in realtà un artefatto causato dal vento emanato dalla pulsar, ma questa ipotesi venne smentita. Il pianeta ha una massa più o meno doppia rispetto a quella della Luna e paragonabile quella di Ganimede, collocandosi così come il più piccolo pianeta orbitante attorno a un'altra stella mai scoperto finora. L'oggetto, orbitando a una distanza pari all'incirca alla metà di quella in cui orbita Mercurio intorno al Sole probabilmente mostra sempre la stessa faccia alla stella per via delle forti forze di marea.

Nonostante la natura degenere della sua stella, la brevissima distanza a cui il pianeta orbita gli consente di raggiungere temperature relativamente elevate, paragonabili a quelle di un inverno europeo. Tuttavia il fortissimo vento stellare causato dalla pulsar difficilmente potrebbe permettere a un corpo tanto piccolo e con un campo magnetico conseguente di mantenere una propria atmosfera in grado di consentire all'acqua di mantenersi allo stato liquido o in grado di schermare a sufficienza la superficie dalle radiazioni ionizzanti. Pertanto la presenza di vita, almeno per come la conosciamo noi, è con tutta probabilità da escludere.

Come semplice curiosità è possibile notare come, nonostante il corpo riceva un irraggiamento dalla propria stella superiore a quello ricevuto da Marte da parte del Sole e di soli 11 K inferiore a quello ricevuto dalla Terra, la luminosità sulla superficie del pianeta (immaginandolo senza atmosfera o privo di nubi) è invece paragonabile a quella di una pallida luna piena sulla Terra. Questo avviene perché se nel nostro sistema solare grossa parte dell'energia viene trasferita ai corpi planetari attraverso la banda della luce visibile, nel sistema di PSR B1257+12 invece il calore viene trasmesso perlopiù attraverso raggi X e raggi γ, mentre la luce visibile costituisce solo una piccola percentuale dell'irraggiamento complessivo.

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Voci correlate

 PSR B1257+12B
 PSR B1257+12C
 PSR B1257+12D

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

  On PSR 1257+12 A (Extrasolar Visions) – impressione artistica di come apparirebbe la pulsar dalla superficie di PSR B1257+12A.

Corpi celesti scoperti nel 1994
Pianeti extrasolari della costellazione della Vergine
Pianeti terrestri
Pianeti extrasolari scoperti con il metodo delle frequenze di pulsazione


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Close-up: Writers/Showrunners/Executive Producers Amy and Tassie Cameron of Cameron Pictures
By Margaret DeRosia ● February 19, 2019 12:00
Amy and Tassie Cameron on set.
This year's recipients of the CFC Award for Creative Excellence are two remarkable, inspiring and collaborative creator-alumnae sisters, Amy Cameron and Tassie Cameron. Their individual accomplishments are noteworthy, visible in more detail below. Together they are a force, using their collective clout and experience to back exciting creators making fresh, original work. What connects their projects is an astute attention to quality, not just to the stories they select and produce, but also to the entire storytelling process, from idea to execution.
Amy Cameron is an award-winning journalist, author, TV series creator/showrunner and broadcast executive. She wrote for publications such as Maclean's, The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Owl and The Presbyterian Record; contributed to different programs on CBC Radio; and won several Atlantic Journalism Awards for her first job as the arts, crime and aboriginal affairs reporter for New Brunswick's provincial daily newspaper, the Telegraph Journal. Her first TV concept, Wild Roses, went straight to series at CBC. She then became an executive in charge of production in the comedy department at CBC, where she worked on Little Mosque on the Prairie, and then in the drama department, where she oversaw internationally acclaimed shows such as Heartland, Republic of Doyle and The Book of Negroes.
A critically acclaimed writer and showrunner, Tassie Cameron is a multiple Gemini and Canadian Screen Award (CSA) nominee and winner. She is also the recipient of the distinguished CSA Margaret Collier Award and the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) Showrunner Award. Some of her credits are the feature film, Cake, starring Taye Diggs and Heather Graham (which she developed during her time in the Cineplex Film Program's Writers' Lab); a feature film adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel, The Robber Bride; executive producer of the CTV miniseries, Would be Kings; executive producer on series such as Private Eyes and the upcoming Nurses; co-executive producer on Flashpoint; she created the series, Ten Days in the Valley, starring Kyra Sedgwick, and co-created/executive-produced the long-running series, Rookie Blue.
In 2016, they formed Cameron Pictures, first with their hit series Mary Kills People for Global (Canada) and Lifetime (U.S.; first two seasons), followed by the CBC comedy Little Dog, which just began its second season on CBC – as well as a fast-growing development slate of exciting new projects coming up.
The annual CFC Award for Creative Excellence honours CFC alumni who have made significant creative and entrepreneurial contributions to the international screen-based entertainment industry. The Camerons display both an individual and collective commitment to creative excellence; a high level of integrity in their work; an abiding dedication to supporting original and distinctive voices; and a deep commitment to collaboration, including with the CFC itself, where they now serve as mentors and special guests. They both embody many of the qualities and values espoused by the CFC, so we are especially pleased to honour them with this award.
Amy and Tassie Cameron will receive this award at an invitation-only event in Los Angeles this March, where they will join previous honourees Semi Chellas (2014), Graeme Manson and John Fawcett (2015), Don McKellar (2016), Damon D'Oliveira and Clement Virgo (2017), and Christina Jennings (2018).
Read on to learn more about the Camerons. Below, they share some of their career twists, turns and highlights, including the impact of the CFC on their work and drive to collaborate, not compete.
Getting Their Start
Both Amy and Tassie Cameron attended the Cineplex Film Program Writers' Lab, but traveled to it via different routes. After Tassie received her masters in cinema studies from New York University, she did a range of film and television jobs in New York, moving from PA to HBO's manager of postproduction for their feature film division.
Despite her success, she wasn't doing what she really wanted – writing. In 1999, her friend and CFC alumna, Miranda de Pencier, encouraged her to write a script and apply to the CFC. Tassie got in and moved to Toronto. "The CFC was my start as a writer. From then on, I was lucky enough to keep working. My first real job was on the reboot of Degrassi, and then the CBC show Tom Stone for two years. That was followed by The Eleventh Hour and Rookie Blue. I've been working steadily in television since the CFC."
Amy studied fine arts at Concordia and followed their mother, Stevie Cameron, into journalism, but regular gigs were drying up. In 2006, Tassie suggested Amy pursue screenwriting, so Amy also wrote a script and got in. She left the CFC with a successful pilot deal with CBC, a series she co-created with de Pencier and Tassie that became Wild Roses and ran for one season.
"As wonderful as that deal was," Amy adds, "It threw me off. Because I'd created a show that got an order, I was no longer considered a junior. Yet I also had no experience, so I couldn't be a senior." Then the CBC invited her to take an executive position in their comedy department, which ushered her into broadcasting, first comedy and then drama.
Starting Cameron Pictures
In April 2016, they formed Cameron Pictures. At the time, Tassie thought, "It's common for writers to start thinking about producing, to want more agency and control over their projects. I'd been contemplating this move for a while, consulting on various projects, and thought it would be wonderful to have more ownership of my projects.
"Amy and I are best friends and she's the best producer I know. Truly. I thought, If we're going to take a risk, there's nobody I trust more, nobody I know who would protect me and our ideas more passionately."
- Tassie Cameron
Amy hesitated at first, but admitted that she "loved the idea of working with Tassie," adding, "No one but my sister could have torn me away from my great team at the CBC. Also, the things that terrify me the most are usually the things I know I should do!"
"When people ask, 'What's it like working with your sister?' I say, 'I am my best self with Tassie.' It's nice to work with someone you trust absolutely and who brings out the best in you. I feel very lucky to have this partnership."
- Amy Cameron
They formed Cameron Pictures in 2016 to produce Mary Kills People, in partnership with eOne for Global in Canada and Lifetime in the U.S. – a series first developed by Bell Media Prime Time TV Program alumna Tara Armstrong at the CFC.
Tassie served as its first showrunner, until Tara Armstrong took over for the second season. Now Tassie is co-showrunning the final season with alumna Marsha Greene. Mary follows Dr. Mary Harris (Caroline Dhavernas), a single mother and emergency room doctor who moonlights by helping terminally ill patients die on their own terms. The third and final season is set to air this spring.
Partnering with eOne on Mary also enabled the Camerons to concentrate more on the creative side, with eOne fielding business elements, helping to make this a successful first production for Cameron Pictures.
The Role of the CFC
The Camerons often recommend people go to the CFC, given its impact on their careers. As Amy reflects, "The CFC feels like summer camp for writers. You nerd out with other writers, dive into the idea of story and character and world-building with people who care about your characters as much as you do – wonderful, exciting, creative work. Yet the Program folds in business, so that it does not feel overwhelming or unattainable. You meet all the people you should, and learn how these worlds work, how productions come together. You get a complete education in the world of film and television in Canada. That's a remarkable achievement."
Tassie amplifies this view. "The CFC started my career. I'd worked for 10 years in film and TV, but never as a writer. It was a privilege to pitch, put myself out there, and come up with ideas to collaborate with others. More than that, it gave me the confidence to call myself a writer, which I'd never had. Having the confidence to articulate that and go out in the world feeling sure with the CFC's support? That was huge."
Collaborating with CFC Alumni
Cameron Pictures has worked with multiple other CFC alumni on Mary. Directors Holly Dale, David Wellington, James Genn and Paul Fox have directed episodes, and Dale won a Directors Guild of Canada Award for her season one work on Mary. Co-producer Pat Smith, writer Mike Goldbach, story coordinator Justin Rawana and editor Roslyn Kalloo have also worked on the series.
Little Dog originated with CFC Writers' Lab alumnus and actor Joel Thomas Hynes, who also plays its lead, Tommy. The series features the talents of other CFC alumni, including showrunner/executive producer Sherry White; directors Molly McGlynn and Jordan Canning; editors John Nicholls, James Patrick and Dev Singh; writers Cory Bowles, Lisa Rose Snow, Lisa Codrington, Jane Maggs and Christopher Roberts; and composer Erica Procunier.
Though conceptually distinct, both Mary and Little Dog balance comedy and drama, refracting the messy complexities of people's lives. To capture these tonal shifts in Little Dog, a series about the masculine world of boxing in Newfoundland, the Camerons brought in more women behind the camera: female directors, a female cinematographer, an all-female B camera team, and a female stunt coordinator.
Amy adds that for Cameron Pictures, "It is not acceptable in 2019 to have all-white, all-male directors or writers rooms." This is especially relevant for the projects they're attracted to, which, as Tassie adds, feature "complex, strong, female characters juggling life. We love working with and telling their stories, but there's no single quota for hiring. It's more that we're always looking to give people opportunities, whether it's women; diverse writers, directors and actors; people of a certain age not being considered; or comedy directors wanting to move into drama."
"Take every job and be kind"
Cameron Pictures is busy wrapping up Mary Kills People's season three and have several projects in development with other companies, including one just creatively greenlit with a broadcaster and Heather O'Neill's The Lonely Hearts Hotel, which they've optioned. Tassie notes that they are "happy to be spending all the time making projects" and that they "have enough stuff going to stay busy for the foreseeable future."
When asked what advice they might give to those coming up, they both laughed and said, "Besides go to the CFC?"
Amy advises, "Take every job you can. Say yes to everything, whether it's as a PA or on craft services. Open doors for yourself, because the people you meet will always reenter your life. This industry is small enough that it happens, so make as many connections as you can, and be kind and smart."
Tassie adds, "Our mother would always tell us, 'Work harder than everybody else and don't fuck up.' She wasn't saying 'Don't make mistakes.' Rather: "Don't be a jerk. Don't be difficult. Don't be uncollaborative. Be a good person and do the right thing as much as you can.'"
The Camerons advocate and practice this collaborative, non-competitive approach. To them, their colleagues are "their greatest support system," Tassie notes. "These are amazing people who we turn to all the time for help and never feel anything but joy for when they succeed."
So do all of us at the CFC, as we extend our joy and congratulations to the Camerons for receiving this year's Award!
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