Second World War in Northern Ireland - County Down Part 5.
S.A.S. Trooper from Moira Murdered by the Gestapo.
The Murder of Joseph Walker, Special Air Service by the Gestapo.
The Unit had been divided into two groups with all of the Northern Ireland soldiers being with Captain Garstin and Lance Corporal Vaculik who was Free French.
French Resistance Fighters had been informed of the parachute drop however two of them believed that a third, who used to take used parachutes and sell them in Paris, was missing for some time and may have been captured by the Gestapo.
On the previous night of 3rd / 4th July a coded BBC radio message had been received by the Resistance Fighters telling them of a Parachute Drop however on that occasion the flight was cancelled with insufficient time to inform the French.
Ominously while they waited at the Drop-Zone some automatic gunfire was heard in the area.
At 01.53 the S.A.S. parachuted from the aircraft with most landing on the Drop Zone, which was a field of wheat, whilst the final five to jump had landed in a Wood. At the edge of the D.Z. was a group of men wearing civilian clothes who greeted Captain Garstin with the words "Vive la France" immediately after which the soldiers came under fire from automatic weapons.
There was a brief exchange of fire however it soon became obvious that the S.A.S. were surrounded and subsequently Vaculik was captured at 06.00 and Corporal Jones an hour later. - They soon learned that Captain Garstin, Lieutenant Wiehe, Trooper Thomas James "Tot" Barker (Previously of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and from Cookstown, County Tyrone) and Lance Corporal Howard Lutton (Who had been Army Air Corps and from County Armagh) had also been captured after being wounded.
Lance Corporal Lutton subsequently died of his wounds and is buried in Clichy Northern Cemetery.
Captain Garstin and Trooper Barker received hospital treatment for their wounds whilst the other men were initially taken to a converted Hotel near Champ de Mars in central Paris and then a Gestapo Headquarters where they were kept and interrogated for three days before being returned to the converted hotel.
A day or two later Captain Garstin and Trooper Barker were reunited with the other soldiers however Captain Garstin was very weak.
On 8th August all of the soldiers were given civilian clothing and told that they were to be exchanged for German Agents who were held by the British in London and that they were required to wear civilian clothing to ensure that they could pass through civilian areas.
At 01.00 the following morning all of the men were told to board a lorry and were driven north of Paris.
About five hours later they reached a Wood which was East of Noailles and here they were ordered out of the lorry and told to walk along a narrow path to a clearing in the Wood.
Corporal Vaculik asked if they were to be shot and received a reply to that effect.
The S.A.S. men were lined up from left to right Jones, Captain Garstin, Corporal Vaculik, Varey, "Tot" Barker, Joseph Walker (From Moira, County Down) and William Pearson "Billy" Young (Previously Royal Ulster Rifles and from Randalstown, County Antrim), although it is not certain if the order was Barker, Walker or Walker, Barker.
Facing the men were a number of Gestapo. Two Officers who were armed with Sten guns at the ready whilst another read out the Sentence. A Sergeant of the Gestapo who translated and a Gestapo Agent in civilian clothes.
On hearing the word "Shot" all of the men tried to escape into the woods.
Corporal Vaculik managed to get away while Corporal Jones tripped and fell. The Gestapo men ran past him thinking he was dead and when he got up again he saw four bodies lying where they had been shot but could not identify them before he tried to escape.
This Incident was investigated by Captain Sadler and Major Poat of the S.A.S. who visited Noailles around 20th September and on speaking with the local Resistance Leader he showed them where he believed the murders had taken place and also where the bodies of the S.A.S. soldiers were buried.
A grave had been dug in a wooded area about two miles from where the shooting had taken place and near a large chateau that is approximately one mile to the east of Noailles.
The Resistance fighter said that the Germans had a two day Curfew in place following the shooting and were searching for the bodies of Soldiers Jones and Vaculik.
The bodies of 5 murdered S.A.S. men lay at the scene for three days before finally being buried by a German Army Unit consisting of one Officer and approximately nine men who had been in the Chateau.
During the Investigation it was necessary to open the grave and on doing so a total of five bodies were found. All of them were dressed in civilian clothing and showed signs of having been handcuffed.
One of the bodies was identified as that of Captain Garstin.
All of the bodies were subsequently buried in Marrissel Cemetery at Beauvais with Captain Garstin being grave number 325 and the others 326 - 329.
The Gestapo had tried to conceal their actions so the Investigation looked into the Germans who had occupied the Chateau who had buried the bodies.
A woman Collaborator, who had worked for the Germans in the Chateau and believed that they had been a Luftwaffe Signal Section, identified a number of the soldiers including Captain Hans Garling, Officer Hans Zool and Oberfeldwebel Gall.
Joseph Walker was one of three Brothers who joined the Armed Forces so I am continuing this story below.
Isaac Walker had joined the Irish Guards and was 21 years old when he was Killed in Action in Tunisia, North Africa on 28th April 1943.
Joseph Walker's Headstone in Marissel French National Cemetery, Beauvail which is between Amiens and Paris.
William John Walker served with the Royal Marines and was discharged in 30th November 1944 with 7 1/2 years service.
The War Memorial at the front of St John's Church of Ireland in Moira has the name of Joseph Walker as shown above.
John Leishman served with the 51st Highland Division during the Second World War.
He was born in Falkirk, Scotland and joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at Sterling Castle on the day the United Kingdom entered the war on 3rd September 1939.
It was when he was serving in Northern Ireland that he met the woman who was to become his Wife in 1941 - Florence.
John served in the Lisburn, Donacloney, Waringstown and Moira areas on Northern Ireland.
He was evacuated from Dunkirk with the British Expeditionary Force and saw action with the 8th Army in North Africa as well as being involved in the Italian Campaign.
On D-Day he landed at Sword Beach in Normandy.
Some years ago he met Queen Elizabeth in Belfast and took the opportunity to remind Her Majesty that when she was serving in the A.T.S. She had changed the spark plugs on a car he was driving!
Waringfield Military Hospital was constructed during 1942 and was opened in June of that year as a 900 bed Convalescent Hospital.
5th General Hospital Emergency Medical Service Detachment of 2nd General Hospital arrived from Oxford to replace 5th General Hospital who had been there from the opening of the Hospital.
A video of the old Hospital can be seen by clicking on the link below.
Roy Whittaker was serving with 4/5 East Kent Yeomanry. He was a medic and arrived at Waringfield Hospital in 1946/7.
During his time at Waringfield he assisted in treating Soldiers who had been held Prisoner of War by the Japanese in Burma.
The three Scottish Soldiers shown below had been P.O.W's in Burma and are shown in Waringfield.
Roy Whittaker is playing in the Dance Band which is photographed whilst performing at Waringfield Hospital.
In the top right of the photograph above can be seen the Water Treatment Plant for the Hospital. - Some of these structures still remain and can be seen below.
The top aerial photograph shows the Waringfield Hospital site (From Moirahistory.uk) while the colour photograph shows the buildings after the war.
These two trees have some Second World War graffiti on them.
The one on the right has "Victory" written twice - Both across and down whilst the picture above says "Neeven Alken Belgie" - Neeven is a Belgian Surname with Alken being a town to the East of Brussels in Belgium.
Donaghadee and the sinking of "Miss Betty"
On 8th May 1943 the Pilot Vessel "Miss Betty" left Bangor at 09.55 to assist a ship entering Belfast Lough.
The "Miss Betty" was owned by The Admiralty and crewed by Harry Aiken of Bow Street, Donaghadee, William George Nelson of East Street, Donaghadee and William White of Mount Street, Donaghadee along with William Anderson of Crosby Street in Bangor.
The crew consisted of Aiken as Deckhand, Nelson Coxwain, White as Pilot and Anderson was the Engineer. The boat had been experiencing heavy seas and finally at 11.30 it was struck broadside by a wave and capsized with the loss of all hands.
Three bodies were recovered in Bangor however the body of William Anderson was washed ashore in Portpatrick and he is remembered on the Bangor War Memorial as shown below.
Donaghadee Orange Hall was used as a billet by the Army during the war.Various Units passed through including the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
The old red bricked building has now gone however the original stone remains.
Shown here are Donaghadee girls Jean Lock, nee Somers on the left with Mavis Warden, nee Tollerton on the right.
The American Soldiers are Bob Leishman on the left and Frank Kouri to the right.
The Anti-Aircraft Gun Battery at Ballysallagh consists of two Gun Positions in which all of the Ammunition Storage structures have been removed.
A small shelter can be seen at each position, which would have held one gun, and the concrete base of the control building can still be seen.
The top photograph shows one of the gun positions complete with its shelter.
Above is the concrete base of the Command Building and the second of the two gun positions. - Like the first this has had the Ammunition stores removed and has a similar shelter.
On looking into this shelter you can see that the access ladder has fallen inside.
These pictures show an Air Raid Shelter which is situated in the garden of a house in Helens Bay.
The first picture should give some idea of how deep underground it has been constructed with the second showing a closer view of the entrance and single room behind.
As with virtually all the shelters I have been in the interior has been painted white.
Craigdarragh House at Helens Bay was used as an Army Camp with a large number of soldiers living in the grounds however the same camp was later used to house Prisoners of War.
This small copse and memorial stone was laid to remember members of the Campbell College Scout Troop who were killed during the Second World War and can be found at the Scout Camp at Crawfordsburn Country Park.
Here are three Air Raid Shelters built close together off Ballyrobert Road.
One has had its inside painted white and there may have been a Union Flag painted on the narrow wall. Such shelters were often painted white to provide as much brightness as possible at times of Blackout due to Air raids.
On the right you can see that the shelter is in super condition and interestingly these buildings are the same design as those which can be seen at Ballyvester near Donaghadee.
Beside Crawfordsburn Country Park is what was Crawfordsburn House.
It is now private dwellings however during the Second World War there was a Military Camp in this area with soldiers living in the field beside the old windmill at Old Windmill Road and others, perhaps Officers, residing in the large Crawfordsburn House which is shown here.
This is an interesting example of how the war effort affected everyone.
Tucked away up Coyles Lane at Ballyrobert was a small factory in which shell casings were produced. This was one of a number of small factories in the area which played their part during the war with another factory nearby producing recoil gear for Bofors Guns as well as aircraft components.
This picture shows what remains of the Coyles Land factory.
On 15th May 1941 Permission was granted by The Ministry of Home Affairs for a Bombing Range on the Eastern Side of Strangford Lough.
This Bombing Range Quadrant Tower can be found on the shoreline beside Mount Stewart. Some remnants of the original cream and light blue paint remain to be seen.
The tower would have been used to record the success of aircrews involved in Bombing Practice on the range.
There is a small store underneath the steps.
I have a copy of a "Headquarters Flying Training Command Range Index" which identifies this range as "Mount Stewart" with control at Bishops Court. The danger area of the range was 1000 yards and the radio callsign was "Stewart".
The range was only available for daylight use and had a triangular yellow target.
Shown above is a view inside the Tower and there are still traces of the Cream and Light Blue paint which had been used. The wording and measurement is on a concrete section of the building.
The Royal Air Force Air Operations Block for Ballyhalbert Airfield was located a short distance from the Airfield in the grounds of Tubber Na Carrig House on Tubber Road in Kircubbin.
Sadly that building was demolished some years ago however this building can be seen at the entrance to the field directly opposite and I suspect it may have had a direct connection to the Air Force personel at Tubber Na Carrig House.
Sergeant Robert Valentine Ievers was on board Douglas Boston Mk III, Z2165 on the night of 30th November / 1st December 1942 operating over Western Flanders in Belgium.
This was a combined Intruder and Leaflet Dropping operation code named "Nickle" when the aircraft was lost.
Shown here are what remains of an Anti-Aircraft Gun Battery which was positioned in Carryduff.
There are the remains of 3 buildings which were part of this Battery used as defence for the City of Belfast.
You can find these in Carryduff Park.
Gibraltarian Evacuee Camp, Cargagh Cutts.
These buildings are what remains of the Gibraltarian Evacuee camp which stood at Cargagh Cutts between Downpatrick and Clough.
The red bricked building is a regular site at these Camps and on this occasion it has been converted to serve as a Summer House.
The picture on the right above is one of 2 Toilet Blocks which remain at the site.
My favourite find here is the wording on the side of one of these toilet blocks that is shown here. The faint word "Girls" has been painted in red and on looking closely you can see "Gib" beside Girls and below this "Home" and possibly "Swiftly" or similar as time has taken its toll.
This Memorial Stone to 141st Armored Signal Company United States Army can be seen at Upper Square, Castlewellan.
Company E of 16th Armored Engineer Battalion 1st Armored Division arrived in Dundrum in 1942 and between 10th June 1942 and 28th October 1942 there was also a Headquarters and Headquarters detachment 1st Armored Division Trains.
Fortunately for me soldiers always seem to enjoy leaving their names where they have been and here is another example.
I cannot make out the name however the date is "MAY 23, 1942" with A.E.F. below which I would expect means "American Expeditionary Force"
The picture above shows Dundrum Camp as it looked after the war when it was being used as a Holiday Camp - Dundrum Castle can be seen in the background.
Shown on the left is 1st Platoon, Company G of 1st Infantry Division, United States Army marching along Newtown Road, Rostrevor at the end of a three day Exercise in the Mourne Mountains in 1944 with my photograph shows the same scene today. The lower photograph is from a slightly different angle.
On 11th July 1941 a Training Exercise involving the 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment was to take place off the Shore Road, Rostrevor which was to be observed by a senior Officer.
A total of 16 men were sitting in a boat approx 75 yards from shore and when the Exercise commenced they were to get into the water of Carlingford Lough and practice going ashore as if in a beach landing.
All the men were wearing full Battledress including Helmets and carrying their Rifles.
The soldiers had been in the boat since 2pm and were cold and damp when the senior Officer arrived two hours later and the Exercise commenced at 4pm.
The boat owner, Danny Tinnelly later commented that "Someone should have realised they were too cramped to go into the water" however in they went on the signal from their Commander and the inevitable happened.
With the soldiers weighted down with uniform and equipment, cold and cramped from the hours sitting in the boat they had no life preservers when they jumped into the deep water.
The first six men were seen to be in difficulties and struggling to get safely to shore but sadly all six were drown.
Danny Tinnelly recovered five of the bodies however it appeared to him that Cooper was more concerned about the recovery of the soldiers rifles that the men who had been killed.
Several days passed and all six victims were still laid out on the floor of the Medical Hall where they had been brought. Each was still wearing his uniform from the day of the tragedy and decomposition was beginning to take place.
Finally the six Union Flag draped coffins were transported with full military honours out of Rostrevor on 16th July and onward to Belfast for repatriation back to Britain.
Corporal Raymond Mort, 23 years.
Lance Corporal Francis Joseph Cannon, 21 years.
Private Haydon Thomas Jones, 21 years.
Private Clive Lamb, 22 years.
Private William Alden Morris, 31 years.
Private Leo Patrick Poole, 37 years.
Members of the 10th Infantry Division, U.S. Army were based here from October 1943.
The Unit consisted of 2nd Battalion and 3rd Battalion with Headquarters with Headquarters Company for each along with Companies E,F,G and H of the 2nd Battalion and Companies I,K,L and M of the 3rd Battalion.
The land is now owned by the Ballyedmond Estate and access in not permitted.
John D. McCory of Missouri was an enlisted man in the Missouri National Guard 35th Division mobilized for WW2 in 1942.
He attended Officer Cadet School and later Flight School at Ft. Sill Oklahoma as a Liaison Pilot flying the Piper L-4 Artillery Spotter before being reassigned to the 144th Field Artillery Group with whom he deployed to Northern Ireland with in 1943.
These black and white photographs are from John McCory.
It is pleasing to report that John survived the war flying very dangerous missions in his spotter plane to include the Battle of the Bulge.
In the last week of the War was given credit for finding the King of the Belgians who the Nazi's had incarcerated near Austria.
As a 22 year old Captain by the time of the War's end he was responsible for his groups aircraft as well as other Artillery Battalions spotter planes in an Army Corps.
He was awarded 2 Bronze Stars, a Distinguished Flying Cross and is listed in the Field Artillery "Hall of Fame" at Ft. Sill Oklahoma!
John left the Regular Army after the war but joined the Missouri National Guard and rose to the rank of Colonel before his retirement in 1975.
In 1940 Ranfurley House at Mary Street / Shore Road in Rostrevor was used by 3rd Battalion of the Monmouthshire Regiment.
This photograph shows Maggie McGivern and Mary Duffin standing outside the old Royal Ulster Constabulary Station in Mary Street, Rostrevor.
They are with British Soldiers who may have been Monmouthshire Regiment based a short distance away.
Rostrevor House on Greenpark Road, Rostrevor was used by the United States Army during the Second World War.
2nd Infantry Regiment of 5th Infantry Division were there and there were some Nissen Huts constructed within the grounds.
"Private First Class John Diehl having a smoke, Rostrevor 25 February 1944"
The photograph was taken my Technician Third Grade Joe Powell, who served as a medic in the 2nd Infantry Division in the European Theater of Operations.
Joe Harold Powell, M.D., was born on 15 February 1916 in Pine, Texas.
He moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1938, before enlisting in the United States Army on 10 April 1942.
The 2nd Infantry Division was sent to the United Kingdom to prepare for Operation Overlord in October 1943.
The division landed on Omaha Beach on 7 June 1944 and continued through France, participating in the Battle of Brest.
In October, the division entered Germany and remained there until May 1945.
It then entered Czechoslovakia before returning to the United States in July.
After the war, Powell earned his M.D. and moved to Mississippi.
He remained there until his death on 22 July 1987 in the city of Bay St. Louis.
This photograph is from a collection of items include a 2nd Infantry Division patch and photographs of Powell's time in New Orleans, Northern Ireland, England, France, Switzerland, and Germany.
With a spell of dry weather during July 2018 evidence of a Second World War Camp appeared in Kilbroney Park as referred to in the article you can watch with the link below.
My photographs below show the same location from ground level. There are some carving in the trees however they are difficult to read as can be seen in my picture below.
This picture shows nissen huts at a large Manor House which was being used as Quarters by 2nd Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division.
I believe the pillbox which is shown here is what was known as a Type 22 Pillbox. It is situated on the eastern side of Tyrella Beach and has a commanding view.
The original door as well as a few of the metal shutters remain. Great example.
This is an interesting position which has been made up of a group of buildings as well as what appears to be a concrete parking area for vehicles beside the small hill on top of which is the Gun Position.
Beside the road has been a red bricked building which has now been converted to a farmer's animal pen.
The concrete lane where vehicles would have parked also shows the bases of two buildings.
There is one singular structure on which have been constructed four separate gun positions. These appear to have been surrounded by a concrete wall of which only 2 complete sections remain at one of the gun positions as can be seen here.
Another photograph shows one of the gun positions with all of the concrete walls broken outwards almost flowerlike.
I am aware of some U.S. Army Personel having used this range. The 898th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Automatic Weapons) arrived in Northern Ireland on 19th May 1942 and stayed for a short time before going to Liverpool on 10th December 1942 from where they deployed to North Africa. The U.S. Army 8th Infantry Division also used this facility.
In this final picture St Johns Point Lighthouse in in the background and I hope you can make out all 4 of the gun positions within this structure which was used towards the end of the Second World War for Practice Firing by 18 Royal Artillery.
Gunner Alf Sear is shown on the right.
Belgian Soldiers were based here in Seapatrick. The Soldiers lived at Kiln Lane and I believe these old buildings may have been used.
The Unit concerned was 4th Infantry Brigade known as "Steenstraete" whose 1st Battalion were based at Union Camp as mentioned above.
On the 6th and 7th August 1940 the Royal Air Force moved its Number 7 Mobile Oxygen Plant and Number 22 Wing Servicing Unit from Aldergrove to Gill Hall in Dromore.
Sadly the building later fell into disrepair and was subsequently demolished.
Corporal James Alexander Clokey was serving with Royal Signals Airborne when he died on 24th October 1942.
He was the Son of John and Agnes Clokey.
Sergeant Jane Grant Beggs, Number 889112 was serving with the Womens Auxiliary Air Force when she died on 2nd october 1944.
Corporal John Mercer Ward is Buried at Dromore 1st Presbyterian Church.
He was serving with Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and was 21 years old when he died on 13th August 1941. He was the Son of Samuel G and Elizabeth M Ward of Dromore.
Company A and Company B of 7 Engineer Combat Battalion, United States Army were based in Magill's Field which is recorded in the "W.B.S. Troop Accommodations Northern Ireland District" List as having a capacity of 362 troops.
I believe that "Magill's Field" was on Blackbridge Road, Poyntzpass however I have been unable to confirm this.
This is the Control Shelter for a "Starfish" Decoy site at Creightons Wood near Holywood.
The building is a single room with protected entrance. The photohraphs show the escape hatch in the roof - to which had originally been a metal ladder and to the left of the hatch is the hole where the chimney of a small stove would have gone through.
The idea of such sites was that when there was an Air Raid fires would be lit over an area close to this shelter with the hope that bombs would be dropped here rather than the intended target.
In this case I suspect that the purpose of this site was to protect any planned bombing of Palace Barracks which is only a short distance away and was busy during the war.
Underneath all this undergrowth is another Shelter at the Creightons Wood Starfish Site.
The outer blast wall has collapsed onto the structure making access difficult.
On looking inside the walls and roof appear to have all been painted white.
When approaching Site 1 take the path to the right and where is starts to bend go into the woods on the left side of the path where you will find this shelter.
The first photograph above shows Belgian soldiers and Nissen Huts at Maze Race Course. - The Belgian Flag is clearly visible in the picture.
Belgian soldiers of 6th Infantry Brigade "Deinze" Provisioning Company arrived at the camp in June 1945 and remained there until the end of November. British, American and Polish soldiers had been there previously however the camp had been vacant for approximately one year before the arrival of the Belgian Soldiers.
Shown directly above are some of the Belgian Army Officers photographed in their camp at the race Course.
Below is a picture taken from the Grandstand showing some Belgian Soldiers as well as their Trucks.
Shown above is Ludovicus Verhoeven of 6th Infantry Brigade, Belgian Army in Camp at the race Course. He is also shown below on a Horse.
These final photographs show Belgian Soldiers relaxing around Camp.
Belgian Soldiers in Northern Ireland "Pay Book"
Shown here is a Pay Book which had been issued to Ludovicus Verhoeven of 6th Infantry Brigade, Belgian Army.
It is printed in English because at that time Belgium had been Occupied by the Germans and the Belgian Army was being re-formed in the United Kingdom.
Praise for the Belgian Soldiers from Colonel I.H. Good D.S.O.
"Den Tuub" ("The Tube" - This refers to the shape of the Nissen Huts) was a weekly publication produced by 6th Infantry Brigade of the Belgian Army which was distributed during their stay in Northern Ireland in 1945.
This edition includes a letter of appreciation to the Brigade from Colonel I.H.Good D.S.O. at Headquarters, Northern Ireland District, Lisburn dated November 1945.
This Pillbox is at Down Royal Racecourse. It is interesting that as well as the Loopholes for guns there is also one Observation slit which is shown above. It is facing Gravelhill Road and in the general direction of what was Long Kesh.
The entrance has a wall to protect users and the gun positions are pointing towards the Race Course on which there was the Camp shown above.
The War Memorial shown above can be sen in Maghaberry village.
Interestingly the picture on the right is of Royal Marines and the third in line is Corporal Richard Lewis Bashford of Number 6 Commando about whom you can read in the Information People Part 2 Section of this website.
As with other areas such as Ballyholme and Groomsport the town of Donaghadee has some old broken up WW2 Air Raid Shelters as part of the sea defences.
They can be seen along the shore from the harbour towards The Commons.
In this picture there are some red brick walls with the large concrete sections having been roof.
Having been constructed for the purpose of protecting people from Enemy Bombs the Air Raid Shelters were very sturdy buildings with lots of steel reinforced concrete.
563 Quartermaster Battalion (Colored) 4049 Quartermaster Truck Company of the United States Army were based in Donaghcloney from 1st February until 6th May 1944.
With racial segregation in the U.S. Army at that time these were coloured soldiers.
I do not know the precise location of these Soldiers so if you have information that can help me complete this picture then please contact me!


Named By: C. A. Brochu - 2007.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Crocodylidae, Crocodylinae.
Size: Estimated up to 5 meters long.
Fossil representation: Skulls, vertebrae, osteoderms.
The remains of the crocodile Voay were first described as a species of Crocodylus (C. robustus) back in 1872 by Grandidier and Vaillant, however later study found that the remains were nearer to the dwarf crocodile Osteolaemus, although not close enough to be included with this genus either. For this reason C. A. Brochu created a new genus under the name Voay in 2007, and in keeping with standard practices for naming new genera and species from existing classified material, the species name of robustus was retained to create a new type species of Voay robustus.
The remains of Voay which include skulls, vertebrae and osteoderms (the bony armour plates in the skin that are also sometimes called 'scutes') are classed as sub fossils which mean that they have not been completely fossilised. These remains are also dated to as recently as two thousand years ago, something that suggests that the genus went extinct with the arrival of the first humans upon Madagascar. This also coincides with the disappearance of other large animals from Madagascar at this time which has led to theory that human hunting may have been a factor in the disappearance of these animals. Although Voay is dated during the Holocene, a disappearance two thousand years ago would on paper suggest that the genus only lived ten thousand years. Realistically however, Voay probably also existed into the at least the late Pleistocene era, but further fossil remains from different time periods would be needed to establish and confirm a more complete temporal range for this genus.
The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is also known from Madagascar, but there is some debate concerning whether the Nile crocodile and Voay co-existed in Madagascar at the same time, or if Nile crocodiles colonised Madagascar to fill a predatory void left behind by the disappearance of Voay. At this point either theory is plausible since although similarly sized, Voay is morphologically different to the C. niloticus. One key area is the more robust limbs, and since crocodiles usually rely upon their tails for swimming, the stronger limbs might suggest that Voay spent a greater amount of time on the land than C. niloticus. This could also mean a stronger disposition towards hunting and possibly even scavenging on land, which would infer different specialisation and behaviour to the C. niloticus.
Voay also has a proportionately shorter and deeper snout than C. niloticus with nasal openings that are also reduced in size. This also infers a different prey specialisation to the longer and more slender snouted C. niloticus and if the two lived in the same habitats, it's possible that they may have been able to coexist by adopting different lifestyles. A precedent could be established by looking at South American crocodiles of the Miocene. Here you had three giant crocodiles called Purussaurus, Gryposuchus and Mourasuchus. All three lived in the same approximate geographic area but each specialised in a different feeding strategy. Purussaurus had a skull similar to a caiman, indicating that it was a hunter of large prey. Gryposuchus however was more like a gharial (alternatively gavial) and was suited to hunting fish. Finally Mourasuchus seems to have been a filter feeder that consumed large amounts of small prey animals. Even though we still don't know exactly how well these three crocodiles got on, it is possible that they could inhabit the same water systems without competing for the same food as one another.
Voay did have a pair of horns that grew from the back of its head that were actually extensions of the squamosal bone (one of the most rearward portions of the skull). These horns are often seen in other crocodiles as well, which has led to the more common term of these species and genera being called 'horned crocodiles'.
- Description of a skull of the extinct Madagascar crocodile, Crocodilus robustus Vaillant and Grandidier. - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 44 (4): 25. - Charles C. Mook.
- The giant dwarf crocodile: a reappraisal of 'Crocodylus' robustus from the Quaternary of Madagascar. In: Patterson, Goodman & Sedlock, eds., Environmental Change in Madagascar. p. 70. - C. A. Brochu & G. W. Storrs - 1995.
- Morphology, relationships, and biogeographical significance of an extinct horned crocodile (Crocodylia, Crocodylidae) from the Quaternary of Madagascar. - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150:835-863. - C. A. Brochu - 2007.
- The late Pleistocene horned crocodile Voay robustus (Grandidier & Vaillant, 1872) from Madagascar in the Museum f�r Naturkunde Berlin. - Fossil Record 12: 13. - C. Bicklemann, N. Klein - 2009.


There are ZERO requirements to be an Inspector in California!
In California, there is no mandatory license, certification or minimum qualifications for anyone to inspect a swimming pool in Los Angeles. Since no such necessary documentation for inspectors exists, how do you know whether or not you're getting a professional inspection from an individual that knows what they are doing? Truth be told… you can't.
The qualification for inspections of swimming pools should be a state California contractor's license. This is real documentation backed up by genuine experience. A licensed contractor must "qualify" in order to sit for a test. All contractors must submit their experience to the state licensing board, along with testing and fingerprints to obtain their license. Most "home inspectors" will just take an online course or a day long class in order to be "certified" to inspect swimming pools. Fact is, certifications mean absolutely nothing.
In general, a swimming pool inspection should take no less than an hour. In same cases this is longer than some home inspections. It's important to realize that a swimming pool inspection is much more than just looking at the pool and rubber stamping a check sheet. Despite what most people think about inspections, the pool inspection should encompass not only the pool body, equipment, it must also consist of safety components as well. As a matter of fact, safety should be the single most important system inspected in my opinion.
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Sarah Sze: Afterimage
8 June - 28 July 2018
An exhibition featuring two new site-specific works: Images in Debris, an installation of images, light, sound, film, and objects, that seeks to transform the visitor's perception and experience of the first-floor gallery; and Afterimage, an environment of wall-based works in the ground-floor gallery that replicates aspects of the artist's studio and includes elements made in situ as well as images collected, gathered and discarded in the process of making the work. In both works Sze continues her decades-long exploration of the ways in which the proliferation of images – printed in magazines and newspapers, gleaned from the Web and television, intercepted from outer space, and ultimately imprinted on our conscious and unconscious selves – fundamentally changes our relationship to physical objects, memories and time.
Constellatory, monumental, intimate and immersive, Images in Debris, 2018, is the latest iteration of a major series of sculptures that study the image in motion. Begun in 2015, this series includes Timekeeper, first shown at Rose Art Museum, Massachusetts, in 2016 and subsequently at Copenhagen Contemporary in 2017, and Centrifuge, Sze's site-specific installation for the Middle Hall of Haus der Kunst, Munich (on view until 12 August 2018). In these expansive works, Sze explores our sense of time, place and distance, and the construction of memory, through the never-ending stream of images - personal, searched, researched and found - that we negotiate daily. While Sze has worked with moving image since the late-1990s, these installations represent an evolution in her practice, where light, movement, images and architecture coalesce into a single, precarious equilibrium.
Simultaneously a sculptural installation and a functional projection tool, Images in Debris lends equal weight to images and objects, breaking out of the flat screen into the space of architecture, and experimenting with the edges between the two. At its centre is an L-shaped desk, inspired by the artist's own studio desk, which, acting like a projector at the centre of a planetarium, casts images on to torn sheets of paper attached to an intricate structure built on the desktop, and across the gallery walls. Moving and scanning the architecture at different speeds, the work unfolds like a series of experiments that seem to alter our sense of gravity, scale and time. Sze's work has often referred to instruments of measure and mapping as well as the worlds they strive to evaluate. Part constellation, part debris field - a place of both networked and fractured relationships - Images in Debris is analytic of the ways in which we experience the image-saturated contemporary world. Poised at the intersection of the material and the virtual, it offers multiple screens or windows on to moments by turns public and private.
The imagery itself - much of it shot on the artist's iPhone - often points to its own materiality or changes in material state. A forest burns. Water spills or splashes - a reference to Harold Edgerton's famous 1936 photograph Milk-Drop Coronet and to the earlier experiments of Muybridge and Marey. Edits, meanwhile, draw attention to processes of decay or transformation in a virtual sense - succumbing to pixilation, becoming ghostly like digital 'snow'. In tandem, altered states of consciousness are suggested by imagery such as the motif of a child asleep. Within the slow loop of the imagery - so long that repeats take days rather than hours - beginnings and endings are willfully suspended. Here, Sze applies to sculpture the filmic idea of the edit, where meaning occurs in the splice, and the viewer, moving through the space, creates their own narrative arc.
In the ground floor gallery Sze debuts the first iteration of her ongoing project, Afterimage, which explores how images function as tools to make sense of the world. Comprised of multiple layers of paint, ink, paper, pencil, prints, objects, and wood, this new body of work, like Images in Debris, both re-frames and refracts the collision of images we are confronted with daily. The title, referring to the effect where an image continues to appear in our vision after exposure to the original image has ceased, also alludes to the filmic idea of the persistence of vision, where the afterimage fills in the gaps between film frames, setting still images into motion in our perception and memory.
The Afterimage series consists of paintings integrated within and amongst a constellation of their own archival references and materials, revealing the processes of their making and questioning how meaning is ascribed to individual works of art. Sze has completed much of this work on site, using the gallery walls as an active location to map, dissect, and construct images, laying bare the generative narrative of the studio as a live event. The process of how images are generated, collected, appropriated and developed to create other images is evident in the range of materials and paraphernalia on the walls. The wall becomes a place of experimentation where ideas in their conception are mapped out to create images. Traces of multiple image-making mediums are layered in the work, such as the ghost images of etching, the skidding surface of silkscreen printing, the layering cuts of collage, the dripping and brushing of paint, the exposure by light of photographs, the digital disturbance of computer processing, and the flickering movement of film. Circling the circumference of the gallery, the constellations of images shift in scale, fade, disappear, re-emerge, creating a storyboard of how an image is burned into memory and persists over time.
Sarah Sze represented the United States at the Venice Biennale in 2013 and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2003. The artist has exhibited in museums worldwide, and her works are held in the permanent collections of prominent institutions, including The Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Fondation Cartier, Paris; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles. Sze's work has been featured in The Whitney Biennial (2000), the Carnegie International (1999) and several international biennials, including Berlin (1998), Guangzhou (2015), Liverpool (2008), Lyon (2009), São Paulo (2002), and Venice (1999, 2013, and 2015). Sze has also created public works for the High Line in New York, and subsequently the city's Second Avenue Subway Station; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Centrifuge, a major commission by Haus der Kunst, Munich, occupies the museum's Middle Hall until 12 August 2018. Sze was born in Boston, Massachusetts and lives and works in New York.
'I'm interested in the idea of how something is seared into your memory. We have all of this information… How does something stick with you?'
In this film, the artist discusses the process of creating the site-specific works in her new exhibition at the gallery: Images in Debris, an installation of images, light, sound, film, and objects, that seeks to transform the visitor's perception and experience of the first-floor gallery; and Afterimage, an environment of wall-based works that replicates aspects of the artist's studio and includes elements made in situ as well as images collected, gathered and discarded in the process of making the work.
A Zapote Productions' film; all works ©/courtesy Sarah Sze
Exhibition Posted July 5 2022
Sarah Sze features in Mondo Reale, the 23rd Triennale Milano
The Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain has been invited by Triennale Milano to be part of the 23rd International Exhibition. Mondo Reale (15 July–11 December 2022), curated by Hervé Chandès, Artistic Managing Director, is a reaction on the idea of mystery and unknown through the work of 17 international artists. Milan, Italy
Commission Posted June 26 2021
Sarah Sze at Storm King Art Center
Opening on 26 June 2021, Fallen Sky is comprised of a deliberately incomplete and increasingly delicate 36-foot-diameter spherical cavity, sheathed in mirrored stainless steel. Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, NY
Sarah Sze: Night into Day opens at Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
For her second solo show at the Fondation Cartier, Sarah Sze will create an immersive exhibition (24 October 2020–7 March 2021) in dialogue with Jean Nouvel's building. With two new works, she offers a reverie around the proliferation of images transforming our relationship to our environment. Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
Tate Modern reopens, featuring Sarah Sze's installation Seamless
Seamless, 1999, (on display until 22 November 2020) incorporates functional, human-scale items, for example a ladder. Other handmade elements, such as tiny bridges made from matchsticks, use a scale that relates to fictional miniature worlds. Spiralling structures also suggest the microscopic scale of molecular science. They resemble the double helix shape of DNA, molecules that determine the growth and reproduction of all living things. Tate Modern, London
News story Posted June 10 2020
As reported in The New York Times, Sarah Sze's ambitious installation for LaGuardia Airport's new Terminal B is unveiled
'Sze's sculpture, titled "Shorter Than the Day," after a line in an Emily Dickinson poem, functions almost like a timekeeper. She has engineered a vast matrix of metal rods that cohere into a monumental yet ethereal globe. Suspended from a central spot on the ceiling of the departures level, it descends through a cutaway in the floor and is visible floating overhead from baggage claim.' Hilarie M Sheets, The New York Times
News story Posted March 5 2020
As reported in The New York Times, Sarah Sze has been commissioned to create a new permanent installation for La Guardia Airport
Sarah Sze has been commissioned by the Public Art Fund, the New York-based nonprofit for public art, in partnership with LaGuardia Gateway Partners to execute a large-scale project integrated throughout the architecture of the arrivals and departures hall of the new Terminal B, expected to open later this year, alongside commissions by Jeppe Hein, Sabine Hornig and Laura Owens. The New York Times
Sarah Sze: Images in Debris at MOCA Toronto
Constellatory, monumental, intimate and immersive, Images in Debris (on view 6 February–10 May 2020) is one in a series of sculptures by Sarah Sze where light, movement, images and architecture coalesce into a single, precarious equilibrium. Toronto, Canada
News story Posted January 2 2020
Sarah Sze writes about her experience as the Alan Kanzer artist-in-residence at the Zuckerman Institute
An interdisciplinary collaboration between the School of the Arts and Zuckerman, the Kanzer program gives visual artists time to forge interactions with scientists working on the brain, the senses, perception, learning and memory. Sarah Sze, Columbia News
Interview Posted December 10 2019
The Way I See It: Sarah Sze and Siddhartha Mukherjee on Louise Bourgeois' Quarantania, I
In this BBC Radio 3 series, leading creative thinkers choose an artwork from the Museum of Modern Art, and talk about how it inspires or provokes, thrills or surprises them. Presented by Alastair Sooke. BBC Radio 3
Sarah Sze's Triple Point (Pendulum) goes on view at MoMA
First exhibited at the 55th Venice Biennale, where Sze represented the United States in 2013, the work hovers between many forms at once. MoMA reopens to the public on 21 October 2019. MoMA, New York
Film Posted October 1 2019
Now online: Sarah Sze's TED Talk How we experience time and memory through art
In this talk, recorded at TED in April 2019, Sze takes us on a kaleidoscopic journey through her work.
Expect the Unexpected, featuring Sarah Sze, opens at The Lowry, Salford
An eclectic and provocative exhibition (29 June–29 September 2019) of work by visual artists who incorporate elements of chance in their work, inspired by John Cage's hugely influential performance piece 4' 33". The Lowry, Salford
Talk Posted April 10 2019
Sarah Sze takes part in TED2019: Bigger Than Us
Held in Vancouver, this year's TED talks (15–19 April 2019) focus on the political and technological turmoil of the past few years, its consequences, and the questions that have arisen as a result. Sarah Sze will speak as part of Session 6 (17 April), Imagination. Vancouver Convention Centre
Event Posted October 9 2018
Sarah Sze artist's talk at Tate Modern
The artist discusses her practice at this evening talk (6.30-8pm, Thursday 15 November 2018) in conversation with Mark Godfrey, Senior Curator of International Art. Tate Modern
News story Posted October 9 2018
The New York Times reports on Fallen Sky by Sarah Sze, Storm King Art Center's first public commission in nearly a decade
Responding to a hollow in the ground, the work will be installed at the 500-acre sculpture park in 2020. Sara Aridi, The New York Times
Read our Sarah Sze: Afterimage online publication
We are delighted to announce a new publication for the exhibition Sarah Sze: Afterimage, featuring a text by the artist and an essay by Jarrett Earnest.
Review Posted June 28 2018
Time Out reviews Sarah Sze: Afterimage
★★★★ 'Afterimages are the ghostly pictures that float in front of a person's eyes after they've stopped looking at the actual thing. The artworks in Sarah Sze's exhibition of the same name are made up of not just one lingering image, but hundreds of them.' Rosemary Waugh, Time Out London
Interview Posted June 17 2018
The Observer interviews Sarah Sze
'I don't do Twitter or Instagram or Facebook. I feel like there's enough information in my head already.' Killian Fox, The Observer
Nick Compton writes about Sarah Sze: Afterimage in Wallpaper*
'This is a kind of cubism of the age of information overload, getting to the contemporary splintering, the attempt to contextualise and edit the daily rush of digital and IRL information.' Wallpaper* Nick Compton

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Agric leads non-oil export proceeds with US$340m in Q1
Jul 25, 2017 Sep 22, 2017
NIGERIA – Efforts by the federal government to diversify the economy and generate foreign exchange from other sources might have started yielding the needed results as the trade statistics report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), revealed that the exportation of agricultural goods grew by 82 per cent in the first quarter of 2017.
The sectoral breakdown showed that proceeds from agricultural products stood at $340 million (N105.06 billion) in the first quarter of 2017, representing 39.5 per cent of total non-oil export proceeds.
Food products, manufactured products and industrial goods counted for 10.8 per cent, 16.9 per cent and 10.9 per cent respectively.
However, the latest quarterly Economic Report from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) puts non-oil exports provisionally at $87 million (N26.88) in Q1 2017, indicating a substantial rise of 86 per cent Quarter-on-Quarter.
However, they declined by 15 per cent Year-on-Year (y/y).
Analysts believe the q/q surge was attributed to a significant increase in receipts from food and agricultural products.
They however warned that the federal government should urgently address increasing drive by farmers to export their produce, a situation, they stressed will fuel the rise in food inflation.
According to analysts at FBN Quest, "We note that food inflation has risen steadily over the past few months (January – March 2017 inclusive). One likely reason, although anecdotal at this stage, is the increasing preference of farmers to export their produce as opposed to supplying domestically.
In our view, this preference can be linked to the fact that the currency has depreciated by 56 per cent from N196/US$ on the interbank market over the period in question (i.e. Q1 2017 vs Q1 2016)."
They added: "The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has announced its intention to boost export activities through payment of the export expansion grant (EEG). The EEG was suspended in 2014. However, N20bn was set aside for its revival in this year's budget.
"The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), following discussions with the authorities, thinks that the new grant may have lower rates than previously, be robustly designed to prevent abuse by applicants and reward exporters for value addition."
The Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbe recently formally flagged off the export of yam with 72 tons of the produce exported to Europe.
Speaking during the flag off of the project at the Lilypond Container Terminal, Ijora, Lagos, Ogbe said he considers the event another giant leap in the country's quest to grow the agricultural sector towards the diversification of the nation's revenue base and conservation of foreign exchange by limiting citizen's appetite for imported food.
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While emphasising the need for farmers to ensure quality control, Ogbe appealed to exporters to ensure that their produce meet global standard as Nigeria can no longer afford the embarrassment of product rejection.
He said there is high demand for Nigerian yam once international standards are met; adding the federal government was working at taking yam production, processing and marketing in Nigeria to the level of that obtains in Ghana.
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Quite frankly, I appreciate the point they are making but the truth is that the yams we export will in no way diminish the quantity at home. Most of the yams we produce rot away.
"New yam will be here in two weeks, the old stock is still there and people in the markets are getting worried but the new yam will come and nobody will touch the old one. We actually overproduce food here," he said.
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Home/Asia/China confirms oldest tomb with "squatting" owner
Pasquale Barile 19 Aprile 2019
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Chinese archaeologists have identified a tomb within which a young woman has been squatting for 13,500 years.
The tomb, part of the Qingtang ruins in southern China's Guangdong Province, hosts a female aged between 13 and 18, who was placed in a squatting posture with her head missing for unknown reasons.
It has been confirmed as the oldest tomb found in China whose owner's body was deliberately placed in a specific posture, said Liu Suoqiang, who heads the Qingtang ruins excavation project.
Apart from the squatting posture, the discovery of burial items, including a bone pin, inside the tomb suggests burial practices at that time already followed a set of procedures and rituals, said Liu, a senior researcher with the Guangdong Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology.
"It (laying the dead in a certain posture) points to the emergence of the concepts of life and death and of primitive religious beliefs," Liu said.
The practice of burying the dead in a squatting posture has been found in prehistoric tombs in southern China and southeast Asia, a major difference from northern China where early tomb owners were usually found lying on their backs with stretched limbs.
Archaeologists are still debating on the symbolism of the squatting posture, with some suggesting it was a simulation of a baby in the womb.
Liu said they were also studying whether the women's head was missing due to natural causes or was removed before the burial rite for some reason, an assumption that needs proof from more discoveries of similar tombs.
The Qingtang ruins, whose excavation finished earlier this year, has been listed as one of the top 10 Chinese archaeological discoveries in 2018.
Archaeologists have found pottery fragments dating back about 17,000 years ago at the site, providing more proof that southern China might be the first region where pottery was ever produced.
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Korean-American Astronaut Was a Navy Seal and a Harvard Doctor Before Joining NASA
Aviation and the studies of out outer-space have come in leaps and bounds over the last few decades.
Astronauts can now spend up to half a year living in international space stations and many are sent to and from space all the time.
NASA's most recent recruit has a pretty impressive resume, and he seems to be the perfect candidate to be sent into outer space.
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What there is beyond our planet is a mystery...
But because of the developments in astronomy over the last few decades, a lot has been discovered about our solar system and what there is outside of Planet Earth.
The first-ever astronaut was sent into space in 1961.
Soviet Air Forces pilot Yuri Gargarin was the first human to journey into space after completing one orbit of Earth in his capsule Vostok 1.
Yuri became a national hero...
But 7 years later, Yuri and his flight instructor Vladimir Seryogin were piloting a plane when it crashed in bad weather and killed them both - he was only thirty-four-years-old. Yuri's legacy still lives on to this day - his ashes were interred into the Kremlin wall that is ritually visited by space flight crews prior to their departure for Baikonur.
More and more astronauts began venturing further into space...
Following Yuri's footsteps, 7 American astronauts completed the Mercury Project in which John Glenn was officially the first American to orbit Earth.
NASA created the International Space Station.
The space station (ISS) is an outer-space office for astronauts all around the world to use for science and research on behalf of NASA.
Astronauts spend up to 6 months living onboard the ISS.
The space station travels through space at a staggering 17,500 miles per hour at an altitude of about 220 miles, and each mission lasts around 6 months - which is the time an astronaut will spend at a time onboard.
NASA orchestrates "spacewalks" every year.
Any time an astronaut gets out of a vehicle while in space, it is called a spacewalk. A spacewalk is also called an EVA, which stands for extravehicular activity.
The first spacewalk was orchestrated in 1965.
The first-ever person to go on a spacewalk was Alexei Leonov, who was from Russia. The first spacewalk was on March 18, 1965, and it was 10 minutes long. Whilst the first American to go on a spacewalk was Ed White. His spacewalk was on June 3, 1965, during the Gemini 4 mission which lasted twenty-three-minutes.
Spacewalks are a regular occurrence today in 2019.
Today, astronauts go on spacewalks outside the International Space Station and now, spacewalks usually last between 5 and 8 hours, depending on the job.
And let's face it...
It must take a pretty resilient personality to undergo one of these spacewalks for a living.
NASA has just hired a new recruit...
And his resume is nothing that we have ever seen before.
This is Lt. Jonny Kim...
He is a thirty-five-year-old American-Korean and he has just been hired as a NASA astronaut.
But on top of being an astronaut...
Kim is a former Navy SEAL as well as being a Harvard medical doctor.
He is the first of his kind...
Kim, who lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children, will make history as the first Korean-American NASA astronaut to embark on assignments to the Space Station, on Artemis missions to the Moon and potentially on the first human exploration mission to Mars.
A very ambitious man...
Kim said as a youngster he felt like "the epitome of that quiet kid who just lacked complete self-confidence," in a 2018 interview with Annals of Emergency Medicine
At the age of sixteen, Kim learned about the United States Naval Special Warfare Command...
"Going into the Navy was the best decision I ever made in my life because it completely transformed that scared boy who didn't have any dreams to someone who started to believe in himself," he explained.
He was kept very busy during his time in the Navy...
He was commissioned as an officer through the Navy's enlisted-to-officer commissioning program after he graduated from the University of San Diego with a math degree in 2012.
He then served as a Special Operations Combat Medic, sniper, navigator and point man on over 100 combat missions in two deployments to the Middle East including Ramadi and Sadr City Iraq. His military honors include a Silver Star and a Bronze Star.
After returning stateside, he attended Harvard medical school...
He specialized in emergency medicine and graduated in 2016.
Kim said he was inclined to pursue medicine after seeing his friends killed in combat - a moment that changed his career trajectory was feeling helpless in 2006 as he tried to treat a friend who was shot in the face. That friend sadly died from his wounds.
He was selected to be an astronaut in 2017...
'I was happy, jubilated, excited... all these emotions,' Kim said on the moment he found out he was selected by NASA for its next astronaut class.
After spending 2 years training, Kim officially graduated on the 10th of January...
What you don't always see are the men and women behind the scenes working tirelessly to support the… https://t.co/f6LPFqJVjg
— Jonny Kim (@Jonny Kim)1577728854.0
In the grueling training process, the group trained in spacewalking, robotics, International Space Systems, T-38 jet proficiency, and Russian language, according to Task and Purpose.
Now, he's eagerly awaiting his first assignment, which will likely be to the moon.
An incredible future lies ahead...
A true privilege and honor to walk among the @NASA Astronaut Corps with my brothers and sisters. We know there are… https://t.co/qyDdLWQt0c
"I'm excited for the adventure," Kim said, "I think it'll be another occupation where I say, 'I can't believe I'm getting paid for doing this.'" Good luck, Jonny!


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Skeleton Fest Draws 3,500-Plus
By IAN MUNRO
Daily News-Record 10/21/19
HARRISONBURG — Rithika Ganesha Babu, 2, of Harrisonburg celebrated her second Halloween event at the fourth annual Skeleton Festival in downtown Harrisonburg on Saturday.
Rithika and her parents were just one family that made up the estimated 3,500plus guests at the event that spanned across downtown in the Friendly City.
"Last time, she was just 5 months old, so she couldn't do anything," said Radhika Nandakumar, Rithika's mother. "So this time she'll be seeing all the faces and having fun."
Radhika and her husband,
Ganesh Babu Sadasivian, moved to Harrisonburg from India three years ago and said there's no holiday celebrated like Halloween in their birth country.
"We are learning new things — this is our second time being with the baby," Radhika Nandakumar said. "We are also getting to know what's really happening — it's really fun."
Children dressed as costumes from Benjamin Franklin to famous modern DJs roamed around trick-or-treating at various businesses and participating in events like the costume contest and an obstacle course.
Many parents expressed how happy they were with the event.
Betty Aceituno, of Harrisonburg, who dressed as a medieval noble lady to compliment her 4-year-old son David's knight costume, said her family doesn't usually trick-or-treat on Halloween night.
"We have three kids and they love to dress up," Aceituno said. "It's a good opportunity to have them trick-or-treat in a safe environment."
Ages, darkness and event conflicts are often reasons that the family does not go out on Oct. 31, she said.
With the streets closed to vehicular traffic, visitors were able to safely walk around downtown.
"She's pretty stoked about just walking around honestly," said Katie Brubaker of Harrisonburg, whose 18-month-old daughter Vivian wandered around the closed road next to the Denton building.
"Having the traffic blocked off this way is really perfect even for a kid as young as she is," Brubaker said. "She can just walk where she wants to and see what she wants to do."
The daytime event also keeps Brubaker at ease versus having to watch after her daughter the evening of Halloween.
"I'd be terrified," she said. "This works much better."
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The sprocket assembly on a bicycle consists of a chain and two sprockets on the rear wheel. If the sprocket on the pedal is 9 inches in the diameter , the sprocket on the rear wheel is 6 inches in diameter , and the rear wheel is 26 inches in diameter, how fast is the bicycle traveling mph when the cyclist is pedaling at the 1.2 rev per second.?
I don't know what information to use.
1.2rev/s * 9/6 * 26πin/rev = 147in/s
now just convert that to mi/hr
Which of the following were the three main parts of Athenian democratic government? A. the Congress, the Council, and the Assembly B. the House of Representatives, the President, and the Assembly C. the Assembly, the Courts, and
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The figure shown the chain drive of a bicycle. How far will the bicycle move if the pedals are rotated at 180°. Assume the radius of the bicycle wheel is 13.6 inches. There's a small circle w/a radius of 1.38 in and a large
Workers have loaded a delivery truck in such a way that its center of gravity is only slightly forward of the rear axle. .63m in front of the rear wheels and 2.3m behind the front wheels. The mass of the truck and its contents is
An assembly line worker at Rob's Bicycle factory adds a seat to a bicycle at a rate of 2 seats in 11 minutes. Write a proportion relating the number of seats s to the number of minutes m. At this rate, how long will it take to
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Discussion in 'Motorcycle Buy & Sell - S.E. Asia' started by robeuto, Dec 25, 2012.
I bought this serviced bike on 29th November 2012 in Hanoi from "Phung's Motorbikes" (see www.2wheelsvietnam.com) for $300 + $20 for the reck. You can see the purchasing agreement if you like. The bike has taken me all the way from Hanoi/Vietnam to Siem Reap/Cambodia and is a great runner. I've been going roads where I met 2 people the entire day and the Win has been a very reliable companion on a great trip without ever failing on me!
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I bought the following accessories you will need on the road and would like to sell them with the bike [purchasing price in brackets].
My contact details if you want to go for a test ride in Siem Reap. Can also tell you about the highlights of my trip and give you some advice!
Good luck selling the bike. It certainly sounds like you had a good time.
Any chance of some pix & a few tips on what & where, how good / bad it all was.


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Evelyn C. (Ebby) Twyman, 66, of Oxford, passed away on July 21 at Christiana Hospital in Newark Del.
She was the wife of Ronald C. Twyman, with whom she shared 36 years of marriage. Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Lula Carter Jackson. Evelyn was a caring, loving person who was full of sass. She enjoyed trips to Delaware Park, puzzles and especially spending time with her family.
She leaves her legacy to be cherished by her husband; three sons, Randy Twyman (Charisse) of Johnstown, Todd Jackson, Sr. (Rebecca) of Oxford, and Timothy Faber (Felicia) of Oxford; three daughters, Connie Lopez of Johnstown, Eboni Jackson of Oxford, and Shylene Jackson of Oxford; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by a son, Roger Twyman; daughter, Joyce E. Miller; brother, John Jackson; nephew, Kristopher (Kris) L. Jackson; and niece, Madeline K. Poe.
A service was held July 28. Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.
Donna Marie Messina, 58, of Glen Mills, passed away on July 21.
She was the wife of Michael Messina, with whom she shared 25 years of marriage. Born in Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., she was the daughter of Bartholomew and Eileen Mayer Mammolito. Donna was a homemaker and she enjoyed cooking, baking, and being with her family and friends.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, Louis Scheiner of Michigan; two daughters, Jennifer Monroe of Michigan, and Denise Marie Christmas and her husband Charles of California; one sister, Michele Condron of Florida; six grandchildren; four stepchildren; and six step-grandchildren. She was predeceased by one son, Phillip Degnan; and a sister, Denise Mammolito.
Services and burial will be private. To view her online tribute and to share a memory with her family, visit www.griecocares.com.
Kenneth Brian Meeder, Sr., 52, of Drumore, Pa., passed away on June 13 at home.
He was the husband of Julie Draper Meeder, with whom he shared 23 years of marriage. Born in Chester, he was the son of the late Glenn and Jeannette Grueninger Meeder. Kenneth was employed with London Grove Industries in Jennersville as a cabinet maker. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, woodworking and riding his motorcycle.
He is survived by his wife; daughter, Taylor Meeder, at home; one granddaughter; one brother, Glenn Meeder, Jr., of Glen Mills; and two sisters, Donna Lamonica of Wilmington, Del., and Charlene Mazepink of Nottingham. He was preceded in death by one son, Kenneth Meeder, Jr.; and brother, Michael Meeder.
Services will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Edward L. Collins, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc., 86 Pine St., Oxford, PA 19363, to offset the funeral cost. Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.
J. Robert Baily, 69, of Frankford, Del., passed away peacefully on July 25 at Bebee Memorial Hospital in Lewes, Del.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Debbie Ruggieri Baily; and his parents, Joseph S. and Marjorie MacCloskey Baily. He is survived by his daughters, Mary Lou (Nick) Coutts and Alison Beth Baily; his sister, Betsy Mackenzie; and his two grandsons. He is further survived by numerous lifelong friends and extended family.
Bob, or Baily as he was affectionately known, grew up in Kennett Square. He was a 1966 graduate of Kennett High School, where he played soccer. Bob attended Goldy Beacom College, graduating with a degree in business. He was a well-known bartender at the Anvil Inn and other popular night spots in and around Kennett Square. He married the love of his life, Debbie, and became a vice president in the banking industry, where he remained for 25-plus years. After the untimely early passing of his wife, he focused on raising his two daughters and devoting his life to them. Baily always had a smile on his face and a joke to tell. He was a lifelong Philadelphia sports enthusiast. His favorite spot was sitting on his beach chair at the Outer Banks.
A memorial meeting for worship will be held at 11 a.m. Aug. 11 at the Kennett Friends Meeting House (125 W. Sickle St., Kennett Square). Burial will be held privately at the Old Kennett Friends Cemetery.
Bob was the fortunate recipient of an organ donation in 2009. His family is grateful for the additional years that they had with him as a result. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that friends and loved ones become an organ donor or contribute to The Gift of Life in his name (www.donors1.org/registry). To view his online tribute and to share a memory with Bob's family, visit www.griecocares.com.
Shirley Ann Shivery McAllister met her Heavenly Father in a glorious reunion on July 29.
Shirley was born in 1935 to the late Harold Morton Shivery, Sr., and Evelyn Bertha Hardy Shivery, of Russelville, Pa. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Allen McAllister; daughter, Richele Anne McAllister; granddaughter, Rebecca Anne MacKnight; sister, Jane Winifred Shivery Hackman Beyer of Factoryville, Pa.; and sister, Evelyn Dorine Shivery Butler of Oxford. She is survived by her sister, Brenda Lea Shivery Campbell of Nottingham; brother, Harold Morton Shivery Jr., of Oxford; daughter, DeAnna Marie McAllister MacKnight; son-in-law, Allen James MacKnight; granddaughter, Rachael Elizabeth MacKnight; grandson, Jack Allen MacKnight of Havre de Grace, Md.; along with many nieces and nephews.
Pastor Chuck Vuolo will be officiating a private graveside service to be held 11 a.m. Aug. 3 at Beulah Baptist Church in Russelville. In lieu of flowers, please share the Word of Jesus Christ by giving someone a Bible.
Stella May (Steele) Pierce, 87, of Oxford, passed away peacefully on July 29 at Twin Pines Health Care Center.
She was the beloved wife of the late Ernie Stanley Pierce, Sr., who passed away in 1995, and with whom she shared 44 years of marriage. Born in Oxford, Stella was the daughter of the late Emma Marian and Horace Millard Steele. She graduated from Oxford High School. She was a faithful member of the Oxford United Methodist Church. Stella had varied jobs throughout her lifetime in support of her family, including work at Howery's Restaurant, Cash's Grocery, The 5 and 10, and working with her husband, Ernie, in his kitchen cabinet business. She settled in to work at the Oxford Manor Nursing Home, where she spent over 20 years as a nurse's aide. Stella touched many people throughout her lifetime – taking care of her husband and her daughter, Betty, during their illnesses. Her joy was to care for those around her, especially her family.
Stella is survived by two children, Beverly Bove (Chris) of Landenberg, and Laura Lindsey (Bruce) of Oxford; and a daughter-in-law, Marlene, of Ohio. She also has 14 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Stella is also survived by a sister, Betty Wilson of Quarryville; a brother, Jack Steele (Violet) of Oxford; and a brother, Ralph Steele (Joyce) of Oxford. Stella was predeceased by her husband, Ernie; two of her children, Ernie Jr. and Betty Jane Lloyd; and a granddaughter, Stacey Bove.
Relatives and friends are invited to her viewing and services to be held on Aug. 3. A viewing begins at 9 a.m., with a funeral service at 11 a.m. at the Oxford United Methodist Church (18 Addison St., Oxford). Interment will be at the Oxford Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Stella's memory to The Oxford United Methodist Church, 18 Addison Street, Oxford, PA 19363; or to Twin Pines Health Care Center, 315 East London Grove Road, West Grove, PA 19390. Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.
Anna Maria Owens Blackburn, 61, of Mountain City, Tenn., passed away on July 26 at her home, surrounded by family and friends.
She was born in 1957 in West Chester to the late Roy Owens and Virgie Proffitt Owens. In addition to her parents, Marie was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Blackburn, and sister, Betty Lou Garman. Marie loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren, and will truly be missed.
Those left to cherish her memory include her children, Eric Blackburn, Kelly Vaughn and Carrie Hampton; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; sister, Kathy Ward; brothers, Lonnie Owens, Phil Owens and Franky Owens; special sister-in-law, Barbara Blackburn; and special brother-in-law, Rick Blackburn; and nieces, nephews and cousins.
A funeral will be held on Aug. 1 in Mountain City, Tenn. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.mountaincityfh.com.


KOOLNEE has now announced a limited-time price cut for the KOOLNEE K1 at Aliexpress. The sale is live now and will remain in effect for the next seven days and during this time consumers will be able to pick up the company's KOOLNEE K1 smartphone with a 20-percent discount. By definition, the KOOLNEE K1 is an affordable smartphone so now that it is available with 20-percent off its usual price, it is suddenly more affordable than ever. To put this into perspective the price drop means the KOOLNEE K1 is now available to buy for just $139.39. Marking the lowest price it has been since launch and even lower than the price it was during its pre-order period. Which in itself was a low price considering the specs and features the phone offers.
Speaking of which, the KOOLNEE K1 comes loaded with a 6.01-inch display which also makes use of an 18:9 aspect ratio, resulting in an FHD+ resolution. So this is now one of the most affordable ways to pick up a new 18:9 phone. Inside, the KOOLNEE K1 is packed with 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, and a MediaTek 6750T octa-core processor. Again considering the price this is a very competitive and powerful core spec combination. Adding to that, the KOOLNEE K1 is also a phone equipped with a dual rear camera setup comprised of a 16-megapixel camera along with a 2-megapixel secondary camera.
The rest of the main specs are padded out with an 8-megapixel front-facing camera, a 3,190 mAh capacity battery, microSD card support (up to 128GB), and Android 7.0 (Nougat). If all that is not enough, then in addition to the fingerprint sensor, the KOOLNEE K1 also features facial recognition software "Face ID" allowing owners to unlock the phone just by looking at it. Those interested in learning more about the KOOLNEE K1 can check out the video below which provides an overview of the phone and many of its major design and selling points. Alternatively, head through one of the Aliexpress links below which is also where the KOOLNEE K1 can be picked up for the limited-time sale price of $139.39.


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Q: How to set toolbar action icon in React Native? I am new in React Native. I want to set icon (from react-native-vector-icons) for ToolbarAndroid action. Here is my JSX code:
import ToolbarAndroid from 'ToolbarAndroid';
import MaterialIcon from 'react-native-vector-icons/MaterialIcons';
...
<ToolbarAndroid
  title='SomeTitle'
  titleColor='white'
  style={styles.toolbar}
  actions={[
    { title: 'Done', icon: 'HERE_I_DONT_KNOW_WHAT_TO_PUT', show: 'always' },
    { title: 'Setting', show: 'always' },
   ]}
/>
...

Name of icon from material design collection is done.
Thanks for help.

A: By using React Native 0.21 and react-native-vector-icons 1.3.0 you can now use iconName like this:
<MaterialIcon.ToolbarAndroid
  title='SomeTitle'
  titleColor='white'
  style={styles.toolbar}
  actions={[
    { title: 'Done', iconName: 'done', show: 'always' },
    { title: 'Setting', show: 'always' },
   ]}
/>

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