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About Family Friends
Parent Befriending
Child Mentoring
Refer a family
Family Friends' volunteers come from a wide range of backgrounds and they are selected for their qualities of warmth, empathy and understanding.
Who volunteers?
Family Friends' volunteers come from a wide range of backgrounds and they are selected for their qualities of warmth, empathy and understanding. They use our training and their commitment and life experiences to become a supportive friend or mentor. In addition to finding it very rewarding and gaining the benefit of learning some new skills, many use their experience of volunteering with us to help develop their own careers. Our volunteers recognise the importance of reliability, confidentiality and trust.
Programme - have you got what it takes?
Could you give two hours of your time a week and a minimum 6 months' commitment to a family?
Are you a good listener with an empathetic nature?
Can you withhold judgement?
Are you reliable?
Have you lived in the UK for the last 2 years?
"A very worthwhile experience with plenty of support from the Family Friends' team" Hilary
What does Family Friends offer?
Full induction training and ongoing training
Weekly supervision and support
The chance to learn new skills
References provided after 6 months' commitment
Reimbursement of travel and project expenses
"I am certainly more aware of the difficulties for many in our society and I feel I have more empathy with families in difficulty" Hugh
What sort of families does Family Friends work with?
All families have requested a volunteer and have expressed the desire to make positive changes in their lives. Many face such issues as poverty, inadequate housing, poor health, social isolation, depression or challenges around refugee/asylum seeker/new immigrant status. Over 40% have a family member with a disability. Children may be affected by social exclusions, behavioural problems or lack of a positive adult role model. Often our families have become isolated from extended family and friends and need support to reconnect or find new resources.
We are working through volunteers, not trained professionals, and so Family Friends does not work with families who have severe, long-term mental health issues, children under five on the child protection register, any children who are on the child protection register for sexual or physical abuse in the home, current untreated substance misuse and/or domestic violence.
What time commitment does Family Friends ask of volunteers?
Volunteers visit the families they are matched to for 2 hours a week in the family's home. We look for a minimum of 6 months' commitment but generally work with our families for 1 year.
Before being matched to a family, volunteers are all required to attend an interview and complete a 14-hour training course.
Once volunteers are introduced, it is their responsibility to contact the office weekly to give feedback and receive supervision. This can be by email, phone or face-to-face.
They are also expected to attend informal evening support meetings every 3 months where ongoing training is given.
What is the recruitment process?
Prospective volunteers download the registration form from our website and send it by email to our office.
Family Friends' staff telephone prospective volunteers to discuss their application and arrange to meet them.
Group volunteer interviews take place at our offices, lasting 1-2 hours.
For police checking purposes, prospective volunteers must have lived in the UK for the last 2 years and must not have travelled abroad for over 6 months in either year.
Family Friends requires all volunteer applicants to complete a DBS application requesting an enhanced DBS certificate with access to information held on the DBS children and adults barred list. This is necessary as the role involves regulated activity with adults and children. As a Registered Body with the Disclosure and Barring Service(DBS), we adhere to the DBS Code of Practice under section 116A of the Police Act 1997 last updated 16 November 2015 (available on request).
Successful applicants are invited to attend the next training session. We contact their referees and send off police checks.
Volunteers attend 14 hours of training.
It may take 2-3 months from submitting the application form to being matched with a family. This depends on training dates, swift return of the police check and references and an appropriate family being available.
Once references and police check have been approved, and after discussing a prospective family with the volunteer, an introduction visit will be arranged.
"I have learnt many things from this experience including becoming more resilient, not giving up, being more creative and learning to have more patience with myself and others" Nishamani
What skills/experiences do I need to become a befriender/mentor volunteer?
We look for volunteers who are good listeners with an empathetic nature, who are able to withhold judgement. It is crucial that you are reliable and able to fulfil the time commitment. You do not need to have worked with families before; we welcome volunteers from all backgrounds who are ready to use their life experience to become a befriender/mentor. We will support you all the way.
Am I too old or too young to be a befriender/mentor?
You must be 23 years old to apply to volunteer with Family Friends and there is no upper age limit.
How long will it take to be matched to a family?
After successfully completing the two-day training, it normally takes 2 to 8 weeks. This can vary depending on how quickly we receive your references and DBS certificate. Also, the greater your time availability, the quicker it will be to match you.
What's the difference between Parent Befriending and Child Mentoring?
Parent Befriending is working directly with a parent/carer of a child aged 0-16 years. The rest of the family may also be at the home during visits. Child mentoring is working directly with a child aged 5-16. When mentoring a child, we ask that you spend 15 minutes each visit with the parent/carer. Our support is holistic and so both programmes are designed to have impact on the whole family.
What kind of time availability do I need to have?
You'll need to be available to do a 2 hour visit weekly; this does not include your travel time. Some parents prefer support during the weekdays when children may be at school. Child Befriending normally takes place after school in the week, or on the weekends. Volunteers commit to working with a family for a year. We do occasionally accept a commitment of six months, which must be agreed before being matched to the family.
Can I go away on holidays and miss a visit?
Absolutely! It's fine to miss up to four visits a year due to holiday. Anymore and we ask you to make up the time with some longer visits to the family. If you are planning on going away on holiday, do let your Family and Volunteer Coordinator as well as the family know.
Can I become a befriender/mentor if I have a criminal record?
Due to the nature of our work, Family Friends is unable to take on volunteers who have convictions (custodial or non-custodial) of less than 10 years old. Driving offences may be exempt from this. Please include all convictions on your application form. If you are unsure and would like to discuss this further please give us a call on 020 8960 9099.
What do you take into consideration when matching a mentor/befriender to a family?
We carefully match families and volunteers based on skills, interests and personality rather than ethnic and cultural background. We also take into consideration your time availability.
Do I have to pay for activities and outings?
You are able to claim back your expenses. The maximum amount that can be claimed per visit (including your travel) is £8 (for Parent Befriending) or £11 (for Child Mentoring). Family Friends has a small budget for volunteers and families to have one 'treat' visit every 8 to 12 weeks, where there is a larger budget. We aim to do low cost sustainable activities with families.
How will I be trained?
We presently run 5 14-hour courses a year with a maximum of 14 people per course. They usually take place on two consecutive Saturdays. The course is compulsory for all Family Friends' volunteers. The training has an interactive format, with teaching, discussion, games, quizzes, case studies and role play. The focus of the course is on 'active' listening skills, the role of a befriender and 'how to empower a family'. We also invite a current volunteer to the training to share their experience. The training is part of our selection process and also an opportunity for volunteers to discover if they wish to be part of Family Friends. Each attendee receives a Volunteer Training Folder containing relevant information and learning tools.
How will I be supported?
Each volunteer is assigned a Family & Volunteer Coordinator who oversees their work. Volunteers are required to contact their Coordinator within 2 days of each weekly visit to give feedback and receive supervision. This is normally done through email or phone conversation, depending on the situation. Face-to-face supervision may be given on occasion.
Volunteers are required to attend informal evening support group meetings every 3 months, where on-going training is offered by expert speakers. The meetings last for approximately 90 minutes and include refreshments and the chance to receive peer-to-peer support.
We send volunteers a monthly newsletter, containing information on activities, courses and relevant resources.
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I am interested in working with individuals both short-term and longer. Sessions are a combination of verbal work and bodywork. Bodywork includes biodynamic massage, energetic work and various biodynamic and neo-Reichian therapy techniques, both dynamic and otherwise. One goal of biodynamic therapy is to release old holding patterns and tensions from your body, and to reconnect you to your authentic self physically as well as emotionally and mentally. To be at home within yourself promotes wholeness, peace, and harmony. It also gives you a sense of wellbeing, increases your energy levels and helps to release your creativity, both as a means of self-expression and in your day-to-day life.
By experiencing how you are physically and by letting go of old patterns of tension and contraction fromyour body, you can begin to feel better both within yourself and within your world. You can learn to change how you feel in any moment and/or situation, so that you can continue to feel more at ease within yourself. This can be beneficial in dealing with anxiety, fear, guilt,shame, depression, sadness, uncertainty, low self esteem etc.
Biodynamic work can help and support you in times of grief and bereavement, through life's transitions and during big life changes. if you feel angry, biodynamic therapy can facilitate the expression and release of anger in a physical, genuine way. It can also offer simple concrete strategies for anger management.
I am at present also offering short-term biodynamic stress reduction and management work, which will enable you to understand, release, and regulate your stress. We will design and I will facilitate a predetermined number of sessions, which will include discussion, devising strategies and learning techniques, and bodywork (including biodynamic massage) to release stress from your body and restore its homeostasis (natural harmony).
Please contact me by phone for more info and/or a free introductory meeting. One point to note is that biodynamics approaches therapy through all aspects of a person, including his/her body.
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"Beautiful Birds Flying" is a beautiful snippet of euphoric escapism from Valley Maker
By Amelia Maher / 26 September 2018, 15:52 BST
Valley Maker - or Austin Crane as he is known in everyday life - reveals the incredibly atmospheric, thought-provoking poignancy of his newest offering "Beautiful Birds Flying".
Having released his last album all the way back in 2015, the Seattle-based artist has been teasing his upcoming album with a steady stream of new songs, yet with "Beautiful Birds Flying" he hits a special spot.
The song holds a very important message at its heart as it was written in the wake of the awful Mother Emanual Church shooting, and it sees Crane address his emotions surrounding the event that took place in a state he knows and loves, ruminating on the violence and sadness of it.
However, despite its lyricism, Valley Maker are able to find light and hope within the cracks. The track is embodied by an epic expansiveness that is created through the glistening harmonies and twanging guitars, in a way making it a safe place to escape the constant violence that reality hits us with. This is only enhanced by the stunning landscapes that fill the accompanying video that was directed by Movie Company (Joseph Kolean and Zach Gutierrez).
Speaking on the track's creation, Crane says "'Beautiful Birds Flying' was the first song I wrote for the album that would become Rhododendron. I wrote it almost immediately after hearing about the horrific Mother Emanuel Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina – which is a city I love in the state where I grew up. It was meaningful to record the song a few years later with Chaz Bear (Toro Y Moi), who I went to college with at the University of South Carolina. The song wrestles with the presence/recurrence of violence in the world and how to respond to that – feeling tendencies towards escapism, while also acknowledging an inevitable rootedness in places and patterns that are complicit."
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'I just want to find 11,780 votes' Audio: Trump pressures GA SOS to reverse election results
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"President Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to "find" enough votes to overturn his defeat in an extraordinary one-hour phone call Saturday that election experts said raised legal questions.
The Washington Post obtained a recording of the conversation in which Trump alternately berated Raffensperger, tried to flatter him, begged him to act and threatened him with vague criminal consequences if the secretary of state refused to pursue his false claims, at one point warning that Raffensperger was taking "a big risk."
Throughout the call, Raffensperger and his office's general counsel rejected Trump's assertions, explaining that the president is relying on debunked conspiracy theories and that President-elect Joe Biden's 11,779-vote victory in Georgia was fair and accurate.
Trump dismissed their arguments.
"The people of Georgia are angry, the people in the country are angry," he said. "And there's nothing wrong with saying, you know, um, that you've recalculated."
Raffensperger responded: "Well, Mr. President, the challenge that you have is, the data you have is wrong."
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At another point, Trump said: "So look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state."
The rambling and at times incoherent conversation offered a remarkable glimpse of how consumed and desperate the president remains about his loss, unwilling or unable to let the matter go and still believing he can reverse the results in enough battleground states to remain in office.
"There's no way I lost Georgia," Trump said, a phrase he repeated again and again on the call. "There's no way. We won by hundreds of thousands of votes."
Several of his allies were on the line as he spoke, including White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and conservative lawyer Cleta Mitchell, a prominent GOP attorney whose involvement with Trump's efforts had not been previously known.
In a statement, Mitchell said Raffensperger's office "has made many statements over the past two months that are simply not correct and everyone involved with the efforts on behalf of the President's election challenge has said the same thing: show us your records on which you rely to make these statements that our numbers are wrong."
The White House, the Trump campaign and Meadows did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Raffensperger's office declined to comment.
On Sunday, Trump tweeted that he had spoken to Raffensperger, saying the secretary of state was "unwilling, or unable, to answer questions such as the 'ballots under table' scam, ballot destruction, out of state 'voters', dead voters, and more. He has no clue!"
Raffensperger responded with his own tweet: "Respectfully, President Trump: What you're saying is not true."
The pressure Trump put on Raffensperger is the latest example of his attempt to subvert the outcome of the Nov. 3 election through personal outreach to state Republican officials. He previously invited Michigan Republican state leaders to the White House, pressured Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) in a call to try to replace that state's electors and asked the speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to help reverse his loss in that state.
His call to Raffensperger came as scores of Republicans have pledged to challenge the electoral college's vote for Biden when Congress convenes for a joint session on Wednesday.
Republicans do not have the votes to successfully thwart Biden's victory, but Trump has urged supporters to travel to Washington to protest the outcome, and state and federal officials are already bracing for clashes outside the Capitol.
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During their conversation, Trump issued a vague threat to both Raffensperger and Ryan Germany, the secretary of state's general counsel, suggesting that if they don't find that thousands of ballots in Fulton County have been illegally destroyed to block investigators — an allegation for which there is no evidence — they would be subject to criminal liability.
"That's a criminal offense," he said. "And you can't let that happen. That's a big risk to you and to Ryan, your lawyer."
Trump also told Raffensperger that failure to act by Tuesday would jeopardize the political fortunes of David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, Georgia's two Republican senators whose fate in that day's runoff elections will determine control of the U.S. Senate.
Trump said he plans to talk about the fraud on Monday, when he is scheduled to lead an election eve rally in Dalton, Ga. — a message that could further muddle the efforts of Republicans to get their voters out.
"You have a big election coming up and because of what you've done to the president — you know, the people of Georgia know that this was a scam," Trump said. "Because of what you've done to the president, a lot of people aren't going out to vote, and a lot of Republicans are going to vote negative, because they hate what you did to the president. Okay? They hate it. And they're going to vote. And you would be respected, really respected, if this can be straightened out before the election."
Trump's conversation with Raffensperger put him in legally questionable territory, legal experts said. By exhorting the secretary of state to "find" votes and to deploy investigators who "want to find answers," Trump appears to be encouraging him to doctor the election outcome in Georgia.
But experts said Trump's clearer transgression is a moral one. Edward B. Foley, a law professor at Ohio State University, said that the legal questions are murky and would be subject to prosecutorial discretion. But he also emphasized that the call was "inappropriate and contemptible" and should prompt moral outrage.
"He was already tripping the emergency meter," Foley said. "So we were at 12 on a scale of 1 to 10, and now we're at 15."
Throughout the call, Trump detailed an exhaustive list of disinformation and conspiracy theories to support his position. He claimed without evidence that he had won Georgia by at least a half-million votes. He floated a barrage of assertions that have been investigated and disproved: that thousands of dead people voted; that an Atlanta election worker scanned 18,000 forged ballots three times each and "100 percent" were for Biden; that thousands more voters living out of state came back to Georgia illegally just to vote in the election.
"So tell me, Brad, what are we going to do? We won the election, and it's not fair to take it away from us like this," Trump said. "And it's going to be very costly in many ways. And I think you have to say that you're going to reexamine it, and you can reexamine it, but reexamine it with people that want to find answers, not people who don't want to find answers."
Trump did most of the talking on the call. He was angry and impatient, calling Raffensperger a "child" and "either dishonest or incompetent" for not believing there was widespread ballot fraud in Atlanta — and twice calling himself a "schmuck" for endorsing Kemp, whom Trump holds in particular contempt for not embracing his claims of fraud.
"I can't imagine he's ever getting elected again, I'll tell you that much right now," he said.
He also took aim at Kemp's 2018 opponent, Democrat Stacey Abrams, trying to shame Raffensperger with the idea that his refusal to embrace fraud has helped her and Democrats generally. "Stacey Abrams is laughing about you," he said. "She's going around saying, 'These guys are dumber than a rock.' What she's done to this party is unbelievable, I tell you."
The secretary of state repeatedly sought to push back, saying at one point, "Mr. President, the problem you have with social media, that — people can say anything."
"Oh this isn't social media," Trump retorted. "This is Trump media. It's not social media. It's really not. It's not social media. I don't care about social media. I couldn't care less."
At another point, Trump claimed that votes were scanned three times: "Brad, why did they put the votes in three times? You know, they put 'em in three times."
Raffensperger responded: "Mr. President, they did not. We did an audit of that and we proved conclusively that they were not scanned three times."
Trump sounded at turns confused and meandering. At one point, he referred to Kemp as "George." He tossed out several different figures for Biden's margin of victory in Georgia and referred to the Senate runoff, which is Tuesday, as happening "tomorrow" and "Monday."
His desperation was perhaps most pronounced during an exchange with Germany, Raffensperger's general counsel, in which he openly begged for validation.
Trump: "Do you think it's possible that they shredded ballots in Fulton County? 'Cause that's what the rumor is. And also that Dominion took out machines. That Dominion is really moving fast to get rid of their, uh, machinery. Do you know anything about that? Because that's illegal."
Germany responded: "No, Dominion has not moved any machinery out of Fulton County."
Trump: "But have they moved the inner parts of the machines and replaced them with other parts?"
Germany: "No."
Trump: "Are you sure? Ryan?"
Germany: "I'm sure. I'm sure, Mr. President."
It was clear from the call that Trump has surrounded himself with aides who have fed his false perceptions that the election was stolen. When he claimed that more than 5,000 ballots were cast in Georgia in the name of dead people, Raffensperger responded forcefully: "The actual number was two. Two. Two people that were dead that voted."
But later, Meadows said, "I can promise you there are more than that."
Another Trump lawyer on the call, Kurt Hilbert, accused Raffensperger's office of refusing to turn over data to assess evidence of fraud, and also claimed awareness of at least 24,000 illegally cast ballots that would flip the result to Trump.
"It stands to reason that if the information is not forthcoming, there's something to hide," Hilbert said. "That's the problem that we have."
Reached by phone Sunday, Hilbert declined to comment.
In the end, Trump asked Germany to sit down with one of his attorneys to go over the allegations. Germany agreed.
Yet Trump also recognized that he was failing to persuade Raffensperger or Germany of anything, saying toward the end, "I know this phone call is going nowhere."
But he continued to make his case in repetitive fashion, until finally, after roughly an hour, Raffensperger put an end to the conversation: "Thank you, President Trump, for your time."
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Otlile "Oti" Mabuse (born 8 August 1990) is a South African talent show judge, presenter, dancer and Latin dance champion currently based in the United Kingdom. She is best known for being a professional dancer on the British television series Strictly Come Dancing, which she won in 2019 and 2020, and its German equivalent, Let's Dance. She was a Dance Captain on The Greatest Dancer. Since 2021, she has been a panellist on The Masked Dancer and became a judge on Dancing on Ice in 2022.

Early life and education
Mabuse was born in Pretoria, and studied civil engineering at university before embarking on a career in professional ballroom dancing. Her elder sister, Motsi Mabuse, is also a professional ballroom dancer. Oti has participated in the German series Let's Dance as a professional dancer, after which she joined Britain's Strictly Come Dancing.

Dancing career

Mabuse won the South African Latin American Championship eight times, after which she moved to Germany to broaden her dancing horizons. She has earned a number of titles in her dancing career; including:
 third place in World Cup Freestyle Latin in 2014,
 second place European Championship Latin in 2014 and
 first place in German Championship PD Freestyle Latin.

Let's Dance
In 2015, Mabuse appeared as a professional dancer on the eighth season of  Let's Dance, the German version of Strictly Come Dancing.

She was partnered with singer Daniel Küblböck. The couple were eliminated in week 9, finishing in sixth place.

In 2016, Mabuse returned as a professional dancer for the ninth season of Let's Dance. She was partnered with television presenter Niels Ruf. The couple were the first to be eliminated in week 2, leaving in 14th place.

Season 8: with celebrity partner Daniel Küblböck

Season 9: with celebrity partner Niels Ruf

Strictly Come Dancing
Highest and lowest scoring performances per dance

In 2015, Mabuse appeared as a professional on the 13th series of Strictly Come Dancing. She was partnered with Olympic boxer Anthony Ogogo. The couple were eliminated in Week 3, finishing in 14th place. That year, she also participated in the Children in Need and Christmas specials of the show, in which she partnered with actors Jack Ashton and Tom Chambers respectively.

In 2016, Mabuse was partnered with former Hollyoaks actor Danny Mac for the show's 14th series. The couple reached the final and finished as runners-up. For the show's 15th series in 2017, she was partnered with Paralympic sprinter Jonnie Peacock, they were eliminated in Week 9 in eighth place. She was paired with England cricketer Graeme Swann for the show's 16th series, they were eliminated in Week 10 in seventh place.

In 2019, for her fifth stint on the show, she was partnered with former Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher, who replaced her originally announced partner, Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing, who had to withdraw from the show after sustaining a foot injury when dancing on the launch show. They went on to become the winners of the series. Laing was confirmed as a contestant for the 18th series the following year, but was re-partnered with fellow professional Karen Hauer, in which Mabuse was partnered with comedian and actor, Bill Bailey, reaching the final and became series winners, with Mabuse becoming the second pro to win the show twice (the other being Aliona Vilani who won series 9 and series 13) and the only pro to win twice in succession.

On 18 April 2021, two weeks after being unveiled as part of 19th series of the show, Mabuse revealed that this would most likely be her last. On 22 February 2022, Mabuse confirmed she was leaving the show after seven years.

Series 13: with celebrity partner Anthony Ogogo

Series 14: with celebrity partner Danny Mac

Series 15: with celebrity partner Jonnie Peacock

# Bruno Tonioli was absent and there was no guest judge.

Series 16: with celebrity partner Graeme Swann

# Bruno Tonioli was absent; Alfonso Ribeiro was guest judge.

Series 17: with celebrity partner Kelvin Fletcher

Mabuse was originally paired with Jamie Laing, however he had to pull out due to a foot injury whilst the recording of the launch show. Laing was replaced with Kelvin Fletcher, just before the start of the live shows.

# Bruno Tonioli was absent; Alfonso Ribeiro was guest judge.

Series 18: with celebrity partner Bill Bailey

# Motsi Mabuse was absent; Anton du Beke was guest judge.

Series 19: with celebrity partner Ugo Monye

Dance tours and other professional engagements

 2017 - Mabuse took part in the national Strictly Come Dancing - The Live Tour with her celebrity partner Danny Mac. They were voted the winners of more individual shows than any other couple by the audience.
 2017 - In August, Mabuse and Ian Waite announced a 60-date 2018 UK tour An Audience With. She was a contestant on an episode of Tipping Point: Lucky Stars.
 2018 - In October, Mabuse announced she would be teaching at Donahey's Dancing with The Stars Weekends in 2019.
 2019 - Mabuse became a dance captain on The Greatest Dancer, alongside Cheryl, Matthew Morrison and later Todrick Hall.
 2019 - Mabuse was a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef.
 2019 - Mabuse was shortlisted (nominated) for BroadwayWorld UK Awards - Best Choreography of a New Production of a Play or Musical for her work Kiss Me, Kate at the Watermill Theatre.
 2020 - Mabuse became the new host of Boogie Beebies.
 2020 - Mabuse was a contestant on the Christmas Special of Michael McIntyre's The Wheel.
 2021 - On 4 March, it was announced that Mabuse would be a panelist on a brand new ITV show, The Masked Dancer UK, a spin off of The Masked Singer UK, replacing Rita Ora's position in the original show.
 2021 - On 22 December, it was confirmed that Mabuse will replace John Barrowman on the judging panel of the 14th series of Dancing On Ice.
 2022 - In February, Mabuse announced that she was leaving Strictly after seven series.
 2022 - from April, Mabuse worked as the choreographer of the UK and Ireland production of The Cher Show, which will tour the country.

Personal life
In 2014, Mabuse married Romanian dancer Marius Iepure, whom she met in Germany. They currently live in London after moving there from Germany in 2015.

Filmography

Bibliography
 Oti Mabuse, Dance with Oti, Walker Books, London, 27 May 2021. ISBN 9781406399967.
 Oti Mabuse, Dance with Oti: the lion samba, Walker Books, London, 7 July 2022. ISBN 9781529500783.

References

Further reading

External links
Oti Mabuse's Dancing Legends (BBC Radio 4)

1990 births
South African expatriates in England
South African expatriates in Germany
Living people
People from Pretoria
South African ballroom dancers
South African emigrants to Germany
South African emigrants to the United Kingdom
South African female dancers
Strictly Come Dancing winners

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SN 2001aq – supernowa odkryta 15 marca 2001 roku w galaktyce A140133-0059. W momencie odkrycia miała maksymalną jasność 19,90.

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La Sérénade est une pièce pour quintette à vent d'André Jolivet composée en 1945 d'abord pour hautbois et piano puis orchestrée par le compositeur; le hautbois joue le rôle de « primus inter pares » soliste, face à la flûte, la clarinette, le cor et le basson. La pièce se révèle brillante et virtuose.

Histoire
Influencé par Ferruccio Busoni, Arnold Schönberg, Igor Stravinsky et Edgar Varèse, André Jolivet trouve un nouveau langage et une nouvelle esthétique sonores qui lui laissent une impression durable. Ses études
l'amènent  Il existe dans le répertoire de Jolivet des traces d'une influence de musique instrumentale indienne, de chants arabes, de musique rituelle de cultures primitives (notamment de Polynésie) et également du jazz.

Avant de se consacrer exclusivement à la composition grâce à une bourse obtenue en 1942, Jolivet a été professeur et journaliste musical. Avec Olivier Messiaen,
il se trouve à la tête du trio du groupe d'avant-garde Jeune France. De 1945 à 1959, il est directeur musical de la Comédie-Française à Paris puis, à partir de 1966, professeur de composition au Conservatoire national.

La Sérénade est d'abord un morceau de concours du Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris pour hautbois et piano composé en 1945. La partie de piano est ensuite instrumentée par André Jolivet pour flûte, clarinette, cor et basson. L'œuvre, dans la  forme quintette à vent, est créée le  par le Quintette de l'Orchestre national à la R.D.F..

Structure
La pièce se compose de quatre mouvements :
Cantilène. Moderato
Caprice. Scherzando
Intermède. Moderato
Marche burlesque. Allegro

Analyse

Discographie sélective
 Sérénade pour quintette à vent avec hautbois principal, avec le Quintette à vent français, (LP, Erato, 1959)
 Danses et Divertissements - Poulenc, Paul Taffanel, André Jolivet, Henri Tomasi avec Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, Stephen Hough, (BIS Records, 2009).

Notes et références

Liens externes
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Œuvre d'André Jolivet
Jolivet, Sérénade
Jolivet, Sérénade
Sérénade


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Carriera professionistica

Philadelphia Eagles
Polk non fu scelto nel Draft NFL 2012 ma firmò il 28 aprile 2012 coi Philadelphia Eagles. Debuttò come professionista nella settimana 1 della stagione 2012 contro i Cleveland Browns. Nel corso della stagione fu il quarto running back nelle gerarchie della squadra, disputando 7 partite, nessuna delle quali come titolare.

Il primo touchdown in carriera, Polk lo segnò nella settimana 4 della stagione 2013 contro i Denver Broncos.

Nella settimana 3 della stagione 2014 contro i Washington Redskins, Polk ritornò un kickoff per 102 yard in touchdown, contribuendo alla terza vittoria consecutiva degli Eagles. Il primo touchdown su corsa della stagione lo segnò nella settimana 9 contro gli Houston Texans.

Houston Texans
Il 28 aprile 2015, Polk firmò un contratto di un anno con gli Houston Texans.

Statistiche

Statistiche aggiornate alla stagione 2014

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Q: Power Pivot Max Value Selected In Slicer I have the following slicer in excel and the users select more than one option

How can I get with DAX the maximum value selected in the slicer? and save it in a variable
with the example I should get the value 4
I have tried the following formula but I get an error
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The Universe was God's blank canvas. He spoke and there was light. White Light is actually broken down into the three primary colors red, yellow and blue. From these colors we can make all of the other colors such as green, orange and purple. So when God spoke color came forth! God placed the lights in the sky and created the earth. Showed the waters were to be and made the grass. He made animals of vibrant colors and strange shapes. Think of a peacock or a giraffe! He gave them stripes like a zebra and spots like a leopard. He is the greatest artist! Then He Made us. God made us in his image. He is a creator so we too were made to create.
I have always had a passion for color and all things creative. As a Christian artist I believe that my art work is an expression of not only my soul but a spiritual expression of my faith. I believe God created me to be an artist so that I could create with Him. Together we can express beauty, truth and peace. My Hope is that my art will bring life and positive enrgy into the room it is in.
First what does the word Prophetic mean? In simple terms it means to hear God. We can hear God in things others tell us, we can hear Him in reading our Bibles and when we pray. Hearing God requires that we listen and ask questions. When God speaks to us he speaks our language. Sometimes he causes you to think about someone and he is gently urging you to pray for that person. Sometimes you feel like you should read a particular book in the bible. Sometimes you might see a picture in your head .
Sometimes when I paint God gives me something specific. Sometimes it is only a leading to paint a certain color. Usually as I paint the Lord will give me the next step. As I take that step, He gives me the next until an image begins to form in my minds eye.
When painting at home, I almost always listen to worship music or work in a very calm atmosphere while I am in my studio. I am a worshipper at heart and long for my art to be reflective of my faith and love for God.
Sometimes I paint at Church during live worship when I am not leading worship.


The ultra-expensive space flights and the exclusive conference for dragonfly robots -- here's what you need to know about the billionaire's space plans.
Jeff Bezos: Billionaire, space nerd and founder of Blue Origin.
Jeff Bezos has done it. Elon Musk has done it. In fact, if you're a billionaire who hasn't started a space company you're officially behind the times.
In this week's episode of Watch This Space, we take a look at Bezos' plans for space travel with Blue Origin and investigate just what the world's richest man wants to do with his spacious, space-aged rockets.
Rich! Rich! I tell ya!
Founded in 2000 by Amazon tycoon Bezos, Blue Origin's mission is all about "building a road to space so our children can build the future." It's not a literal road -- not even Amazon money can subsidize that much bitumen and white paint. Instead, Blue Origin wants to work toward a future where "millions of people are living and working in space."
Sound ambitious? You bet. But the company is really working off the ethos that multiple parties have to work together to reach the goal of a future in space, and it takes ambitious organizations to make those first steps. Blue Origin also hopes that by using reusable rockets, and subsidizing its costs by flying ultra-rich space tourists on jaunts past the Karman Line into microgravity, will help make it financially viable.
Blue Origin takes its name from the origin of all its rockets, here on Earth (also known as the Blue Planet). The logo is a feather, which symbolizes flight. This is a space company that does what it says on the can.
New Shepard will take humans and cargo just past the boundary of space, the Karman Line.
There are two rockets in development that will zoom along Blue Origin's road to the future.
First up is New Shepard. Named after the first American in space, Alan Shepard, this reusable rocket is designed to take human passengers (and research experiments) to the edge of space just past the Karman Line, at an altitude of 100 kilometers (62 miles). As of January 2019, the rocket had been on 10 test flights, most recently carrying eight NASA-backed experiments into space. It hasn't started flying humans yet, but those lucky passengers will get an 11-minute flight and the joy of experiencing weightlessness. Their wallets will also feel lighter, with tickets expected to cost up to $200,000 per person.
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is bigger than SpaceX's spacecraft and almost as big as the Saturn V rocket that took Apollo 11 into space.
New Glenn is Blue Origin's rocket that will go into orbital space. It's almost as big as NASA's Saturn V rocket, and Blue Origin says it can carry twice the payload of other spacecraft currently available, and can take off and land in 95 percent of weather conditions. Blue Origin is billing this as a spacecraft that will take cargo into space for third parties who are willing to pay.
What's this got to do with MARS?
While Bezos might not have immediate plans to go to the red planet, he's still got a focus on Mars... sort of.
MARS is Bezos' annual conference focused on the future of technology (it stands for machine learning, automation, robotics and space). Media aren't allowed, so we only know what goes down from the many, many tweets that attendees post during the conference: the crazy robots that do yoga or fly like dragonflies, the Blue Origin rockets on display around the corner from Mark Hamill sitting on a deck chair.
If Blue Origin is a company started by the world's richest man that is going to sell tickets to space for hundreds of thousands of dollars, then it only makes sense that Bezos' space conference would also be for the rich and powerful to show them what the high-tech future holds.
To learn more about Blue Origin, Bezos and the super-exclusive wellness-futurism retreat that is MARS, check out this week's episode of Watch This Space. And you can get your space fix every other Friday with new episodes, or catch up with the whole series on CNET or YouTube.


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Hypermethylation of the Wilms' tumor suppressor gene CpG island in human breast carcinomas
Douglas E. Laux, Edward M. Curran, Wade V. Welshons, Dennis B. Lubahn, Tim H.M. Huang
CpG island hypermethylation is known to be associated with transcriptional silencing of tumor suppressor genes in neoplasia. We have previously detected aberrantly methylated sites in the first intron of the Wilms' tumor suppressor (WT1) gene in breast cancer. In the present study, we extended the investigation to a CpG island located in the promoter and first exon regions of WT1. Methylation of this CpG island was found to be extensive in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells, as well as in 25% (five of 20 patients) of primary breast tumors. While levels of the known 3.0-kb WT1 mRNAs were decreased or not detected in these cell lines, the expression could be partially restored following treatment with a demethylation agent, 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine. Surprisingly, a novel 2.5-kb WT1 transcript was expressed at high levels in both untreated and treated MDA-MB-231 cells. This novel transcript was likely a WT1 variant missing the first exon, and therefore escaped the methylation control present in the normal transcript. Our study implicates the future need to investigate the significance of this aberrant transcript as well as the role of WT1 CpG island hypermethylation in breast neoplasia.
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Laux, D. E., Curran, E. M., Welshons, W. V., Lubahn, D. B., & Huang, T. H. M. (1999). Hypermethylation of the Wilms' tumor suppressor gene CpG island in human breast carcinomas. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 56(1), 35-43. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006222803788
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In: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, Vol. 56, No. 1, 1999, p. 35-43.
Laux, DE, Curran, EM, Welshons, WV, Lubahn, DB & Huang, THM 1999, 'Hypermethylation of the Wilms' tumor suppressor gene CpG island in human breast carcinomas', Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 35-43. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006222803788
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Home IIFD Blog Why Dressing Room is a Hard Need Today in Interior Designing?
All of us love to dress up! We all agree that we want a private space where we can get ready on regular basis or for some party, where there are all our clothes on display and we can choose from entire closet just like we go shopping. Sounds like a dream! But you can easily turn this idea into a reality. Interior Designers from Best Interior Designing Institutes in Chandigarh are having this concept as their master stroke key. You can ask your interior designer to revamp your store area into a chick walking wardrobe with dressing area.
It's not only a desire but is essential. It's important to organize all our clothing and pairs of shoes and all other accessories. we need to build a space adjacent to our bedroom to keep all this stuff, this space is called 'dressing room'. This nice concept of organizing your home into a dream is nicely taught in practical sessions at IIFD and thus it got named as Top Interior Design Institute in Chandigarh. Times have gone when we used to dress up in our bedroom in an open area where everything comes out from our small n messy wardrobe from clothes to accessories and pair of shoes. For women it's a big deal to keep everything in a small area especially the ones who love makeup!
Now a days, where we are modernizing, we have become aware of the fact that the dressing unit should be a different room which should be attached to our bedroom or washroom to dress up easily without hassle every morning. It can accommodate everything from clothes to shoes and jewelry if organized properly. Many popular interior designers who completed their studies from IIFD – Best Interior Design College in Chandigarh are offering these services by opening their own brands of interior designing. For this you can hire an interior designer or can do it yourself with knowledge of right material and measuring the space accordingly. 'Space is money', therefore we need to utilize it in an appropriate manner.
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Would-be robber shot in Fayetteville Burger King parking lot, police say
by: CBS 17 Digital Desk
Posted: Jan 13, 2020 / 10:41 AM EST / Updated: Jan 13, 2020 / 06:54 PM EST
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Fayetteville police are investigating a shooting that occurred Monday morning at a Burger King.
Multiple officers responded to the Burger King located in the 2800-block of Bragg Boulevard at Elm Street on Monday morning around 9:43 a.m. after a shooting occurred there, according to police.
A man was located in the parking lot suffering from a gunshot wound, police said. He was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
According to authorities, the person who was shot "was attempting to commit a personal robbery when the victim of the robbery produced a handgun and fired several shots. The person who was shot suffered one gunshot wound. Those involved are currently being interviewed."
The identities of those involved are currently being withheld. The shooting is under investigation.
Police have not released any further information.
Anyone with information regarding the shooting investigation is asked to contact Detective D. Smith with the Fayetteville Police Department at (910) 818-2169 or Fayetteville / Cumberland County Crimestoppers at (910) 483-TIPS (8477). Crimestoppers information can also be submitted electronically, by visiting http://fay-nccrimestoppers.org and completing the anonymous online tip sheet.
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. (WNCN) -- Since the rapid deployments of thousands of Fort Bragg soldiers, civilian workers at the Soldier Readiness Centers have been working overtime to get the next round of soldiers ready to go if they get the call.
"Our staff literally went from 28 to around 73 covering day and night shift," said Carlton Marlowe, a health tech supervisor at Pope Soldier Readiness Center.
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by Laura Smith / Jan 17, 2020
HOPE MILLS, N.C. (WNCN) - A new bridge in Cumberland County over Interstate 95 Business is set to open in late January — but before that happens there will be lane closures.
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Bailiff History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The surname Bailiff is derived from the Old French word baillis, which is the nominative form of the word bailliff. The name was originally occupational for a bailiff, a deputy of a king or lord, whose duties included collecting of rents and administering justice. In Wales, this name was for an agent of the English lords of the marches.
Early Origins of the Bailiff family
The surname Bailiff was first found in Glamorganshire (Welsh: Sir Forgannwg), a region of South Wales, anciently part of the Welsh kingdom of Glywysing, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Important Dates for the Bailiff family
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Bailiff Spelling Variations
Compared to other ancient cultures found in the British Isles, the number of Welsh surnames are relatively few, but there are an inordinately large number of spelling variations. These spelling variations began almost as soon as surname usage became common. People could not specify how to spell their own names leaving the specific recording up to the individual scribe or priest. Those recorders would then spell the names as they heard them, causing many different variations. Later, many Welsh names were recorded in English. This transliteration process was extremely imprecise since the Brythonic Celtic language of the Welsh used many sounds the English language was not accustomed to. Finally, some variations occurred by the individual's design: a branch loyalty within a family, a religious adherence, or even patriotic affiliations were indicated by spelling variations of one's name. The Bailiff name over the years has been spelled Bayliss, Bailiss, Baliss, Balis, Balies, Bayles, Bayliff, Bayliffe, Bailiff, Bailiffe and many more.
Early Notables of the Bailiff family (pre 1700)
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Some of the Bailiff family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Bailiff migration to the United States
Many Welsh joined the great migrations to North America in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Like their Scottish and Irish neighbors, many Welsh families left their homeland hoping to find hope and prosperity in a land that the English did not exercise a tight rule over. Those Welsh immigrants that successfully traveled to North America went on to make significant contributions to the rapid development of both Canada and the United States in terms of the settling of land and the establishment of industry. They also added to the rich cultural heritage of both countries. An examination into the immigration and passenger lists has discovered a number of people bearing the name Bailiff:
Bailiff Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
Joseph C Bailiff, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1853 [1]
Bailiff migration to New Zealand
Bailiff Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
Miss Fanny Bailiff, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Sebastopol" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 21st May 1863 [2]
Contemporary Notables of the name Bailiff (post 1700)
David Bailiff (b. 1958), American college football coach from Dallas, Texas
Jessica Bailiff, American singer-songwriter from Toledo, Ohio
Guy Bailiff, American Republican politician, Candidate for Kentucky State House of Representatives 93rd District, 1975 [3]
William Ellis Bailiff (1882-1972), Welsh football goalkeeper
^ New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
^ The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Bailiff (Welsh)


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Shames, Edward
Early Life and Becoming a Paratrooper Jump Training and the Tennessee Maneuvers Training in England and Jumping on D-Day D-Day Objectives
Shames receives friendly fire
Battle of Carentan Getting a Battlefield Commission New Duty Assignments Fighting in Holland for 79 Days Rescuing British Paratroopers During Operation Market Garden
Saving 150 Red Devils
European Theater of Operations (ETO)
Great Depression\"",Military training and instruction" Military service stateside Enlistment Performance of troops Terrain \"Clothing and equipment
Military training and instruction\" \"Military service stateside Terrain Performance of equipment Performance of troops
Experience behind enemy lines Military training and instruction Interactions with superiors Interactions with local populations Performance of equipment Performance of troops Overseas deployment Amphibious invasions
Combat decisions\"",Experience behind enemy lines" Aerial bombardment Performance of troops Experiencing enemy fire \"Terrain \"Experiencing friendly fire Foxholes
Combat decisions Military intelligence Performance of troops Experiencing enemy fire Experience with death Interactions with superiors Terrain
Combat decisions Liberty and Leave Military decorations Interactions with superiors Performance of troops
Military decorations\" \"Interactions with superiors Performance of troops
Experience behind enemy lines Interactions with superiors Interactions with local populations Military intelligence Performance of troops Clothing and equipment
Experience behind enemy lines Interactions with superiors Interactions with Allied troops Terrain Performance of troops Combat decisions
Experience behind enemy lines Performance of troops Reflections Experiencing enemy fire Interactions with superiors Tank warfare Liberty and Leave Food/mess Clothing and equipment Weather conditions Terrain
Early Life and Becoming a Paratrooper
Jump Training and the Tennessee Maneuvers
Training in England and Jumping on D-Day
D-Day Objectives
Battle of Carentan
Getting a Battlefield Commission
New Duty Assignments
Fighting in Holland for 79 Days
Rescuing British Paratroopers During Operation Market Garden
Edward Shames was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1922. He can recall the Great Depression, but it wasn't as severe in his part of the country as it was in others. Almost everyone had a job because of Norfolk's connection with the government and the military. His father was not effected as he was a government employee during the Depression. As a young man, Shames sold newspapers and magazines and shined shoes. He also caddied golf, worked in the fields and did anything he could to make a few bucks. Before the war, Shames worked for the Navy as a diver prior joining the Army. Shames heard about the paratroops from Fort Monroe. He heard that the paratroops were an elite unit and he wanted to join. He joined the Army at Camp Lee, Virginia. He was told that the paratroops wanted men of top condition and an IQ of 110 or better. His ego got the better of him and he decided he could make it in the paratroops. In the first physical, about 20 percent of the men were eliminated. He relates a story about Currahee [Annotator's Note: Currahee Mountain at Camp Toccoa, Georgia] and the initial training that occurred there. The recruits would walk eight to ten miles both ways to their training area. Shames says that men didn't want to quit because it was the thing to do. Everyone wanted to be a paratrooper. Shames says that during the 506th's [Annotator's Note: 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division] famous 149 mile march, they lost many men through the wear and tear of the march. Those who couldn't make the march were out of the paratroops. The march was made in three days in full combat gear. Shames carried a light machine gun [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber Browning M1919 light machine gun]. After the long march the men began their jump training.
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer re-starts the oral history at this point and asks the same questions as in the previous segment.] Edward Shames describes the training for the paratroops as brutal and very tough. Currahee Mountain served as both their training ground and their punishment. Jump training was taken at Fort Benning, Georgia. The men were required to make five jumps in order to get their paratrooper wings. Most men accomplished the goal in either one or two days. The Tennessee Maneuvers [Annotator's Note: training conducted in the Tennessee Maneuver Area in June and July 1943] were next for the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. In the Tennessee Maneuvers, the paratroopers prevailed over all conditions.
The men of the 506th [Annotator's Note: 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division] were sent to Ramsbury, England to stage for the invasion of Normandy. Edward Shames recalls three or four dress rehearsals prior to the invasion of Europe in order to throw the Germans off. Prior to the invasion, the townspeople were out in force to tell the men goodbye. Exercise Tiger [Annotator's Note: a major dress rehearsal for the invasion of Normandy] didn't go off well as the paratroops were dropped all over England, eerily similar to the Normandy drop a month later. The men were dropped everywhere and scared the English civilians. Shames was designated as a machine gunner in Company I, 506th PIR [Annotator's Note: Company I, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division]. After leaving Fort Benning, the men went to Camp McCall [Annotator's Note: Camp McCall, North Carolina]. Shames set up his machine gun and was commended for the placement of his weapon. His ability to read a map endeared him to the battalion commander in late February 1943. He was made the Operations Sergeant. While in England, Shames was assigned to build the sand tables prior to the invasion. Shames was in charge of briefing the battalion on their missions for the invasion. When Shames jumped on D-Day he jumped near the Carnation Milk Factory in Carentan. He was the last man in the stick of 19 paratroopers that jumped from his C-47 [Annotator's Note: Douglas C-47 Skytrain cargo aircraft]. When he landed he landed in the barn in the milk factory. He landed amongst a bunch of cows in the barn and cut himself out of his chute and shrouds. After orienting himself and heading in the right direction towards his rendezvous point, Shames met other paratroopers and together they headed towards their rendezvous. Shames says that he was unaware of his position, but knew he was headed in the right direction. In order to find out where he was, Shames decided to try and talk to some civilians and find out where they were on a map.
Edward Shames and his men stopped at a French farmhouse and met an old lady and man. The woman started to scream and Shames put his hand on her mouth. The old man directed Shames towards Ste. Mere Eglise, Ste. Come du Mont and informed them that they were in Carentan. Shames and his men left as fast as they could and headed towards their objectives. Along the way Shames picked up more men. All total he had 18 men with him. Shames describes the jump into Normandy as the 4th of July. He could hear the rounds coming through the parachute as he descended towards the ground. Shames' mission was to secure a bridge over the Douve River in Normandy and set up a position near the bridge. Shames and his men held their position for almost three days around the bridge. Their heaviest weapon was a 60mm mortar without a base plate. Shames had the men cut up blocks of C4 explosive and throw them over the dike on the other side of the Douve River. The following day [Annotator's Note: 7 June 1944], American aircraft flew over Shames' position in order to bomb the bridges that his men were securing. During the bombing, Shames jumped into a shell hole on top of the chaplain. At this time, the Germans were firing a 20mm at Shames. Shames told the chaplain to lay out recognition panels to stop the bombing while Shames threw smoke grenades to block the view of the German gunners. The attacking American aircraft, P-47's [Annotator's Note: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft], according to Shames, killed several Americans and wounded more. As a result of the air attack, the bridge that Shames was holding was severely damaged by the aircraft and rendered impassable. Shames estimates that there were over 100 paratroopers in the area around the bridge.
Edward Shames participated in the battle of Carentan [Annotator's Note: 10 to 14 June 1944]. Shames says that the Germans were cleared out of Carentan on 12 June and describes the fighting as hand to hand at some points. On 13 June, both forces met in a simultaneous counterattack. All hell broke loose. Shames was ordered to join Company H [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division] on the right flank of the attack. His job was to make sure that Company F was on Company H's flank and follow them across the road and across the hedgerow. Upon attempting to determine Company F's position, he could not locate them. He reported the situation to HQ [Annotator's Note: headquarters] and relayed the information to the operations officer of the regiment. After speaking with Colonel Sink [Annotator's Note: US Army Colonel, later Lieutenant General, Robert F. Sink], he was ordered to return to headquarters and show Sink his position. After Shames' thoughts were confirmed, Company D was ordered to take Company F's supposed position on the line. Towards the end of the evening, heavy units relieved them [Annotator's note: elements of the 2nd Armored Division].
On the night of the 13 June [Annotator's Note: 13 June 1944], Edward Shames was called by a runner to see Colonel Sink [Annotator's Note: US Army Colonel, later Lieutenant General, Robert F. Sink]. When he arrived at regimental headquarters, Sink promoted Shames to the rank of second lieutenant [Annotator's note: Shames was the first enlisted man in the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division to receive a battlefield commission]. Upon returning to his unit he was asked by the new company commander of HQ [Annotator's Note: Headquarters] Company about being the First Sergeant of HQ Company. Shames was given the choice of taking the First Sergeant job or refusing it. Shames decided to take the job of First Sergeant before getting back to England when the second lieutenant position became official. Shames waited until after the division came back on leave after the Normandy campaign and received his commission as a second lieutenant. He was told that he would be transferred out of the division as a new officer. Colonel Sink decided to keep the three new battlefield promoted officers in the 506th. Shames was, however, transferred from the 3rd Battalion to the 2nd Battalion. The new officers were told to re-supply, which also meant swapping their M1 Garands for carbines. Shames refused and kept his Garand for the duration. He could be identified through Bastogne and Holland as the officer who carried the M1 rifle. Shames ate for the first time in the Officer's Mess. The only open seat was next to Lieutenant Nye [Annotator's Note: US Army First Lieutenant James F. Nye], a well-off officer, who had been Shames' platoon leader and had a mean reputation.
Now that Edward Shames was an officer as well, he could tell Lieutenant Nye [Annotator's Note: US Army First Lieutenant James F. Nye] what he thought of him, that he was a mean son of a bitch. Upon reaching 2nd Battalion [Annotator's Note: 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division], Colonel Strayer [Annotator's note: US Army Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Strayer] assigned Shames to operations under Captain Lewis Nixon. Shames relates several stories about having to wake Nixon in the morning after Nixon had been on all-night drinking sessions. Shames went to the battalion commander for transfer and was told that he would not be transferred from under Nixon. Shames then decided to go to the regimental commander for transfer and his actions were frowned upon by the regimental commander, Colonel Sink [Annotator's Note: US Army Colonel, later Lieutenant General, Robert F. Sink]. Colonel Sink then assigned Shames to take the position of the 3rd Platoon Leader, Easy Company, 506th PIR [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division].
Edward Shames met the chief of the Dutch Undeground, John Van Kuijk, during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. Van Kuijk told Shames of a telephone line that ran from Tielberg to Eindhoven. Shames was selected to go with Van Kuijk to Tielberg to reconnoiter German tanks. Information was gathered by Shames and he reported back to the regiment and passed on the information. The men of the 3rd Platoon were the roughest, toughest, finest soldiers in the Army. Shames feels as though the men of the 3rd Platoon didn't like him because of his gruff manner. Shames and the men of the 3rd Platoon fought in Holland for a total of 79 days. Shames set up a system that no patrol would be sent out unless Shames went with the platoon. He rates his non-commissioned officers as the best in the entire company [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division]. Shames would not ask any of his enlisted men to do anything that he would not do himself. As the fighting in Holland died down, Shames' platoon conducted almost constant patrolling action to find out the German's positions and their intentions. Shames and his men left Holland and went to Mourmelon, France to re-equip and get replacements.
Edward Shames talks about Herbert Suerth and Suerth's desire to join his platoon. Shames found it funny that Suerth wanted to join his platoon as his platoon was one of the toughest platoons to be in. Suerth was wounded in Bastogne and ended up in the hospital for 18 months. Shames relates the story of how the Dutch Underground swam across the Rhine River to alert the 101st Airborne that the Underground was hiding over 100 of the British Red Devils [Annotator's Note: members of the British 6th Airborne Division] that had escaped from the debacle at Arnhem [Annotator's Note: the failure to seize the bridge at Arnhem]. Shames was asked to attend a meeting on how to rescue the British soldiers across the river. Shames relates the story of how he helped rescue the 150 or so British soldiers from the opposite side of the Rhine River during Operation Market Garden.
Bastogne was very cold. There, Edward Shames' platoon mostly executed patrolling actions. Shames relates that his platoon lost only one man during the Bastogne operation [Annotator's Note: the siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge from 20 to 27 December 1944]. Shames' men had very little food and ammunition during the campaign but morale was fantastic because they were trained for that type of campaign. Shames is very proud of his platoon; they did a hell of a job. His Platoon Sergeant, Paul Rogers, was the finest soldier he ever served with. Shames says that he was ready to go to Paris on leave and the next morning was told that he would not be going and instead was sent to Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. The trucks were unloaded in Bastogne and Colonel Sink [Annotator's Note: US Army Colonel, later Lieutenant General, Robert F. Sink] got out of a jeep and told Shames to get some men, go up the road and make contact with the enemy. The fog was so thick Shames could hardly see anything around him. Popeye Wynn, Earl McClung, Rod Strohl and Darrell Powers were chosen to execute the penetration patrol near Bastogne. During the patrol, they witnessed German tanks camouflaged in haystacks and retreated back to Colonel Sink to report their findings. Eleven German tanks were sighted and reported. The German artillery was murderous around Bastogne. Shames describes himself as a perfectionist; even though he never attained perfection, he always strove towards it. He was tough as hell on his men and they finally appreciated it when they all came back safely from the war. The presence of the National WWII Museum is important to educate and is super.
Shames describes the action near the Douve River bridge when he and the men with him were attacked by American aircraft, that he says were P-47 Thunderbolts. Shames and the chaplain laid out recognition panels and popped smoke grenades to alert the American aircraft that the troops they were attacking were friendly. The chaplain received the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions and Shames received his battlefield commission.


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Q: How to retrieve last autoincremented value in MS-Access like @@Identity in Sql Server I want to retrieve identity column value in ms access from an autoincremented column.
Basically i m running a transaction in which i have to write two insert queries. 2nd query will be containing autoincremented value that was generated from query 1. how can i do that ?

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However, Microsoft Access 2000 or later does support the @@IDENTITY property to retrieve the value of an Autonumber field after an INSERT

Source: Retrieving Identity or Autonumber Values
EDIT: As noted by @David-W-Fenton, you'll also need to use Jet 4.0 OLE DB Provider (this is also described into that previous document)


A secure network infrastructure is critical for organizations, and that requires keeping close track of what's going on with routers, switches and other network devices. You need to be able to quickly detect and investigate threats to your perimeter security, such as unauthorized changes to configurations, suspicious logon attempts and scanning threats. For example, failing to detect improper changes to the configurations of your network device in a timely manner will leave your network susceptible to attackers breaking in to your network and even gaining control over it.
In this blog post, I share the top 4 issues that network device auditing can help solve and offer a 3-step procedure for getting started with auditing your network devices effectively.
Improper configuration changes are one of the key threats associated with network devices. A single improper change can weaken your perimeter security, raise concerns during regulatory audits and even cause costly outages that can bring your business to a standstill. For example, a misconfigured firewall can give attackers easy access to your network, which could lead to lasting damage to your organization.
Auditing of network devices combined with alerting capabilities will give you the insight and control you need. By enabling you to quickly spot improper configuration changes and understand who changed what, auditing enables better user accountability and helps you detect potential security incidents before they cause real trouble.
Most attempts to log on to a network device are valid actions by network administrators — but some are not. Inability to promptly detect suspicious logon attempts leaves your organization vulnerable to attackers trying to hack their way to your network. Therefore, you need to be alerted immediately about unusual events, such as a device being accessed by an admin on a holiday or outside of business hours, failed logon attempts, and the modification of access rights, so IT personnel can take action to prevent a security compromise.
Having network device monitoring and alerting in place is also essential for compliance audits, so you can provide evidence that you keep a close watch on privileged users and their activities on your devices (e.g., who is logging in and how often).
Many organizations implement virtual private network (VPN) access to improve the security of remote connections, but there are many associated risks that should not be overlooked. Practice shows that VPNs are not 100% secure and any VPN connection is a risk. Ideally, rights to access network resources via VPN are granted only after proper approvals and users are able to access only those assets they need to do their jobs. In reality, VPN connections can usually be used by anyone in the organization without any approvals.
Therefore, you need to be able to spot threats, such as a user connecting via public Wi-Fi (since someone might steal their credentials) and a user who doesn't usually work with VPN suddenly beginning to use it (which can be a sign that a user has lost their device and someone else is trying to log in using it). Carefully monitoring your network devices and keeping track of each VPN logon attempt will help you quickly understand who tried to access your network devices, the IP address each authentication attempt was made from and the cause of each failed VPN logon.
Network scanning is not inherently a hostile process, but hackers often use it to learn about a network's structure and behavior to execute attack on the network. If you don't monitor your network devices for scanning threats, you might miss improper activities until a data breach occurs and your sensitive data is compromised.
Network device monitoring and alerting will help you proactively defend your network against scanning threats by answering questions such as which host and subnet were scanned, which IP address the scanning was initiated from, and how many scanning attempts were made.
Experience demonstrates that many security incidents begin with attacks on network devices. Therefore, any vulnerabilities in these devices represent a major risk for an organization's systems and data. One example is a major security flaw in D-Link devices that was discovered in 2016 by researchers from the security startup firm Senrio. They reported that a stack overflow issue in a Wi-Fi enabled camera, D-Link DCS-930L, allowed them to silently change the administrator password for the web-based management interface. This vulnerability could have been used by attackers to overwrite administrator passwords and install malware on the devices. In response to the report, D-Link promised to release a firmware update for DCS-930L to fix the vulnerability and began testing the flaw's impact on its other models.
This was not the last time that D-Link failed to discover serious vulnerabilities in its devices by themselves. In 2018, a researcher from Silesian University of Technology in Poland reported that eight D-Link router models in the company's small/home office "DWR" range are vulnerable to complete takeover. This time, D-link said that are going to patch only two of the eight impacted devices; the others will no longer be supported.
Three basic steps will help you get started with proper network infrastructure monitoring. These are general recommendations that should be tailored to the needs of your organization; you need to know your IT environment and business processes well to audit your network devices in the most effective manner.
Regularly assess risks and perform penetration tests.
You need to understand your attack surface area and detect vulnerabilities that could put you at risk. Regular risk assessments will help a great deal here but, ideally, you should also perform regular penetration testing to identify flaws in your network devices before hackers can discover and exploit them.
Determine which devices you need to audit.
There is no definitive list of network devices that you need to audit; it will depend on the specifics of your business, your industry, and the size and architecture of your network. I definitely recommend you monitor the devices that are responsible for the most critical assets in your organization, as well as all internet-connected devices.
Determine the frequency of auditing.
One of the common questions is how often you need to audit your network devices. No compliance standard defines a specific timeframe for network device auditing, and practice shows that it depends on the nature of your business and the complexity of your network infrastructure. One common guideline is to conduct monthly checks of the overall state of your network devices and ensure you get immediate alerts on suspicious activities that might pose threat to your network environment, such as a change to a device's configuration.


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