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Healthcare Insights
Top 10 medical schools attended by North Carolina doctors
Published Dec 15th, 2022
Have you considered how proximity to medical schools can impact a state's physician population? We used Definitive Healthcare data to examine the medical schools attended by North Carolina doctors.
What medical schools are in North Carolina?
North Carolina is fortunate to be the home state of multiple highly-ranked medical schools, including:
Duke University School of Medicine
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine
Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Do these in-state medical schools provide a high share of the doctors in North Carolina? The PhysicianView product from Definitive Healthcare helped us uncover which medical schools produce the highest share of physicians in North Carolina.
Top medical schools attended by North Carolina doctors
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Medical school name
Share of NC doctors
1 University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill, NC 12.05% Explore
2 Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University Greenville, NC 5.13% Explore
3 Wake Forest University School of Medicine (Bowman Gray) Winston-Salem, NC 4.58% Explore
4 Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC 4.13% Explore
5 Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine Charleston, SC 2.54% Explore
6 University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, VA 2.16% Explore
7 University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia, SC 1.73% Explore
8 Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine Augusta, GA 1.61% Explore
9 Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus, OH 1.42% Explore
10 (tie) University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville, FL 1.30% Explore
10 (tie) West Virginia University School of Medicine Morgantown, WV 1.30% Explore
Fig. 1 Data is from Definitive Healthcare's PhysicianView product. Data compiled in December 2022.
Which medical school did most North Carolina physicians attend?
According to Definitive Healthcare data, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine has the highest percentage of doctors in North Carolina with a 12.05% share. UNC has the highest medical school enrollment of the medical schools based in North Carolina, so it's no surprise their share of doctors is over two times the share of the second medical school – Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, which has a 5.13% share.
As you would expect, in-state medical schools also rank #2 through #4 in the top medical schools attended by North Carolina doctors.
Proximity to North Carolina plays a major role in the list. Every medical school in the Top 10 list is based in the Southeastern United States except for the Ohio State University College of Medicine.
Medical school affiliations with leading academic medical centers
In addition to training physicians to serve the state's population, North Carolina residents can access advanced clinical care at the academic medical centers affiliated with each medical school. The academic medical centers affiliated with the North Carolina medical schools are ranked among the best hospitals in North Carolina. Access to this level of medical expertise is critical to improving the health of the state's population.
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The United States sent a talented team of orienteers to Scotland for the 2015 World Orienteering Championships. Race assignments, results and links to maps and photos are below.
Support the Team by making a donation and designating it for the Senior Team. Next year's World Orienteering Championships will take place in Sweden, August 20-28, 2016.
Alison Crocker qualified for the Sprint Final with a 6th place finish in her qualifying heat. She put in an outstanding effort, placing 15th in the overall standings, the highest finish for a U.S. orienteer the World Orienteering Championships. Her recollections on Attackpoint.


A team of researchers led by NIDDK Clinical Investigator Kristina Rother, M.D. has found that certain non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) are present in human breast milk.
The team collected breast milk samples from 20 lactating volunteers, irrespective of their habitual NNS intake. Saccharin, sucralose, and acesulfame-potassium were present in 65 percent of samples, and aspartame was not detected. Before this study, saccharin had been the only NNS reported to be found in human breast milk after maternal consumption. These new data show that multiple types of NNS can be passed to nursing infants.
The investigators also discovered that, of the six participants who did not knowingly ingest NNS, four of them had detectable levels in their breast milk. This supports the 2014 analysis suggesting many people do not recognize that NNS are present in various foods and beverages they consume.
More research is needed to determine how, if at all, exposure to NNS via breast milk affects infants.
"Since we don't have information on the effects artificial sweeteners may have on infants, these findings are only a first step, but they represent an important development in our understanding of the topic," said Rother.


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Welcome to USRIFLECAL30M1! If you are like me, owning an M1 Garand goes a lot deeper than just owning a firearm. It is about owning a piece of history that protected our freedoms and won a world war. Deemed the greatest single battle implement ever devised by man. . . (Patton), the M1 Garand is something that will consume you in the collecting of military surplus weapons and ignites a. 1/26/2018Universal M1 Carbine Question I just purchased a Universal M1 . 30 Carbine, S/N 89691 which appears in mint condition. I believe it is one of the first generation carbines made by Universal and would like to try to confirm that it is.
/9/2016This video will help you to identify an original M1 Garand by showing you how to spot an incorrect or fake barrel and bolt. Barrels and bolts were redesigned many times and each new design. /25/2015You have a very nice Winchester M1 Carbine. I'd have to see the stamps on ALL of the parts, but the good news for you is that from your pictures you have an un-touched (non-rebuild) authentic Winchester M1 Carbine. I've misplaced my Winchester Dates of Manufacture hand book, but I'm thinking yours is 1942/1943.
The result was firearm history with Inland Manufacturing becoming one of the largest gun manufacturers in the US, producing nearly 3 million firearms in less than 5 years. The most notable of Inland's firearm production was the . 30 Caliber M1 carbine and the folding stock variant, the M1A1 Paratrooper model.
When originally designed, the M1 carbine was intended to have only selective-fire capabilities. When actual production on the gun began, the decision was made to not include that feature. Full automatic fire capabilities were included in the design of the M2 carbine, an upgraded selective-fire version of the M1 released in 1944.
In September of 1941 the new Winchester-designed M1 Carbine was adopted for use by U. S. forces. The light weight M1 Carbine (as well as the M1A1, M2 and other models) were manufactured in large numbers throughout World War II and were used in all theatres of that war and in Korea in the 1950s.
Literally hundreds of pages of material have been written on the M1 Carbine, to include different marks used by contractors and subcontractors.


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Oesophageal carcinoma is a malignant tumour of the oesophageal mucosa. The incidence is around 5 to 10 per 100,000 per year, although is rising. The disease is rare below the age of 50 years and tends to present over the age of 60 years. The male to female ratio is 3 to 4 : 1.
The incidence of oesophageal carcinoma differs in various countries. The highest incidences are in China, Iran, the Transkei region of South Africa and the southern aspects of the former USSR. The highest incidence is approximately 300 times the lowest.
There are two types of primary oesophageal carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. The incidence of the latter is around two to three times higher in the United Kingdom. The main risk factor for adenocarcinoma is Barrett's oesophagus. The risk factors for squamous cell carcinoma include the following.
Oesophageal adenocarcinoma tends to occur in the lower third of the oesophagus for the simple reason that this tends to be where Barrett's oesophagus is found. Squamous cell carcinoma affects the upper third of the oesophagus is 15%, the middle third in 50% and the lower third in 35%.
Other than their risk factors and location within the oesophagus, adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma tend to share their other pathological properties. As with other tumours of hollow organs, oesophageal carcinoma can present as am irregular, polypoid tumour that protrudes into the lumen, or as a sessile, possibly stricturing, lesion, the latter being more frequent. Surface ulceration is common. The wall of the oesophagus can become infiltrated and stiffened by the carcinoma.
Local invasion is into the organs of the mediastinum, such as the bronchi, trachea, lung and pericardium. Tumours in the upper part of the oesophagus can invade structures within the neck and this will rarely include the carotid arteries or the laryngeal nerves.
Metastases first affect the local lymph nodes then spread to the liver, lung and brain.
Oesophageal carcinoma is staged by the TNM system.
Stage T4 can be subdivided into T4a (the tumour invades the pleura, pericardium or diaphgram) and pT4b (the tumour invades the trachea, aorta or vertebral column). Stage T4a tumours are theoretically surgically resectable whereas stage 4b are not.
The cut up of an oesophagectomy specimen follows the basic principles of the cut up of a hollow organ and is simliar to the method employed for a rectal tumour. The main differences from a rectal tumour are that a high tie lymph node is not present and that it is often prudent to leave the entire specimen closed and instead to divide it all into serial transverse slices. The entire circumferential surface of the specimen is a surgical margin and therefore inking it is prudent.
The main symptoms are dysphagia and odynophagia. The dysphagia becomes increasingly worse and although only the swallowing of solid food is impaired initially, the dysphagia progresses to affect the swallowing of liquids as well.
The difficulty in swallowing can cause weight loss. Weight loss and anorexia are also general, non-specific symptoms of many malignant tumours. Anaemia can arise due to chronic blood loss from the tumour, although haematemesis is unusual.
The carcinoma can cause chest or back pain.
Rarely, the voice can become hoarse if the tumour infiltrates the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Invasion of the trachea or bronchi may cause a cough; if the invasion is associated with the formation of a fistula then aspiration pneumonia will develop.
Invasion of the pericardium / left atrium can induce atrial fibrillation or pericardial effusion.
The main diagnostic investigation is an upper GI endoscopy with a biopsy of the tumour. A barium swallow may sometimes be performed as the initial investigation of dysphagia and this can show the tumour mass.
A CT or MRI of the chest can demostrate the tumour and indicate its radiological stage. This can be crucial in determining if surgery is a feasible option.
Standard blood tests (FBC, U+E, LFT) are usually performed to evaluate the nutritional and metabolic consequences of the tumour.
Oesophageal carcinoma tends to present at a late stage and thus less than one third of patients are suitable for surgery, particularly as there is considerable morbidity and mortality from the procedure. Anatomical continuity of the gastrointestinal tract is restored either by mobilising the stomach into the thorax or converting a segment of colon into a replacement oesophagus.
Very early carcinomas may be amenable to endoscopic mucosal resection.
The majority of patients are suitable only for palliative therapy which may involve chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. Strictures can be held open by stents.
The overall five year survival for oesophageal carcinoma is around 5%, largely due to the late presentation and paucity of patients who are suitable for surgery.
Oeosophageal tumours are dominanted by adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. However, other types of primary neoplasm can be encountered in the oesophagus, such as small cell carcinoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumours, leiomyomas and granular cell tumours.


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Watergolven is een techniek om golven of krullen aan te brengen in het hoofdhaar.

De techniek bestaat eruit dat nat haar met een verstevigingsproduct in rollen wordt gedraaid, waarna het onder een droogkap wordt gedroogd. Als vervolgens de rollen worden verwijderd en het haar wordt doorgekamd, is het haar gegolfd. Door het haar nat te maken, worden de waterstofbruggen tussen de keratineketens in het haar verbroken en wanneer het haar daarna ingerold en gedroogd wordt, herstellen de waterstofbruggen zich, met als resultaat dat het haar het gewenste volume en golven of krullen heeft. Na een regenbui of volgende wasbeurt is het effect van watergolven weer ongedaan gemaakt, doordat dit een tijdelijke bewerking is.

Watergolven wordt zowel toegepast op steil haar als op kroeshaar. Tegenwoordig is het echter gebruikelijker een permanente haargolf aan te brengen. Hierbij worden de zwavelbruggen tussen de keratineketens verbroken en dit resulteert in een blijvend effect.

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JSC "Gaisre" was established on November 5th, 1992, and has been known as a company of international standards and quality service for over 10 years now. The main activity of the company is the provision of international freight service using tank-cars and tilt semi trailers, powdered cargo transport with tippers, excavator service and special purpose carriage techniques.
JSC "Gaisre" is a member of the Lithuanian National Automobile Carrier Association, which is one of the 1500 TIR system members. The company observes the Laws of the Republic of Lithuania, International Freight Carriage by Roads Agreement Convention, and other law acts that regulate international freight carriage.
Cargos carried by the company's transport are insured with Transportation Industry Companies Civil Responsibility Insurance (CMR insurance up to 310,000 EUR). If the need exists, optional additional insurance is available (for especially expensive or dangerous cargo carriage). All company automobiles are supplied with a mobile connection and tools for carrying dangerous cargos (ADR), plus a satellite connection that allows the control of cargo movement uninterruptedly from its place of loading to unloading, and to provide operative information to clients about the location of a cargo at any time.
Our automobile parking facility allows guaranteeing the timely acceptance of your cargo and carriage of it for big projects or one-time transportation. Our main routes are: carriage of cargo to or from Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Austria, France, Spain, Baltic countries and the CIS countries.
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Ms. Singhvi has been a supporter and has worked with non-profit organizations throughout her career. She is Co-founder of GWLN (Global Women Leadership Network), A board member at Maitri, an organization that supports South Asian women facing Domestic Violence issues; Arati for Girls, an India based women's empowerment organization that focuses on the issue of female gendercide; and BAVC (Bay Area Video Coalition), San Francisco based organization that inspires social change by empowering media makers to develop and share diverse stories through art, education and technology.
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'The Artist Is Not There as a Massage Therapist,' Says Sapphire of Her Work
Cololrines.com speaks with the author and poet about her second novel, which portrays the son of her famous–and controversial–character Precious.
Katti Gray Sep 19, 2011 9:38AM ET
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Brooklyn, N.Y.-based author and performance poet Sapphire, 61, calls "The Kid," her second novel, the most difficult thing she's written. She expects many readers to have a hard time confronting its often brutal, bare-naked truths. She hopes, too, that fact-based fictions in "The Kid" will move readers to action on behalf of, say, the dozen black and brown foster kids she recently met in Florida, while on her book tour. Their hardships mirror those of fictionalized Abdul, who, in "The Kid," languishes in foster care after his mother, Precious–from the movie "Precious"–dies from AIDS. I spoke with Sapphire about her latest work, and the difficult questions she has faced about portraying torments versus joys in the black experience. When did it become clear that you'd be writing the story of Abdul, who's introduced at the outset of "The Kid" as Precious' orphaned son? I'd actually started working on the idea in the late 1990s but stopped to write a book of poetry and to focus on teaching. My working title for the novel, which was a part-time writing project back then, was "The History of the Future." Around 2005, I began putting more energy into it, knowing that if I didn't ramp it up, I'd never finish. And after the movie, "Precious," came out, I realized I had a whole new market, a whole new audience. **How did you go about studying for and creating Abdul and the other characters in "The Kid," which seems a follow-up to "Push?"** Precious is Abdul's mother, but "The Kid" isn't really a sequel. Abdul's story is his own story. At the start of the novel, his Aunt Rita is nudging him awake so he can prepare for his mother's funeral. Precious died from AIDS, so "The Kid" features a whole new scenario. Abdul's life isn't defined, as Precious' was, by parental abuse. He'd started out with a mother determined, despite what she'd suffered, to create a good life for Abdul. When she dies, that good life is destroyed. Abdul has no safety net, no widower father, no kind grandmother to take him in. **"The Kid" has gotten mixed reviews, including some complaints of Abdul's run-on self-destruction and abuses, from outsiders, that are heaped upon him.** When I first started conceptualizing the novel, I remember telling a friend that no one is going to believe this shit about the priest molesting Abdul. Nowadays, that sort of thing is front-page news. A lot of research that I did for "The Kid" was on the social services system, the issues and challenges of adoption and foster care. And I looked at the core issue of Adbul's care and of his not being cared for: His mother kept reminding him to drink his milk and eat all his vegetables. But after she dies, the first thing he sees in his new foster home, in terms of food, are all these poisons they want feed him. He ends up stealing food. What does it mean to be a child without parents in Western culture? Have things changed that much since Charles Dickens wrote of the orphan's plight in "Oliver Twist?" "The Kid" looks at the peculiar, particular circumstances of a male child in New York City foster care, someone who'd been born perfect and, at 9, is 100-percent adoptable but doesn't get adopted into a decent home. He seems headed for trouble, partly because he is part of the least adoptable of adopted children in this country, where people will go to Russia to find a baby before taking in black male children. Too often, we focus on the end statistics–and not the early troubles–including the overwhelming number of African Americans caught up in the criminal justice system. Of that population, there are a disproportionate number who'd languished in foster care before they landed in prison. I'm looking at all those things as the core issues, and then I'm looking at the joys of this text. **For the reader who discovers the torments more readily than the joys, explain what you mean.** I'd been one of the poets and writers teaching in New York City classrooms. For a little while, I was in an eighth-grade earth science classroom. Abdul's fascination with the earth, with rocks in St. Nicholas Park in Harlem, are symbolic of stonewalls that he comes up against. He says, "I'm a Capricorn, and I'm used to climbing rocks." He's an articulate, educated, self-aware child who knows the depth and beauty of the Schomburg Center on Research in Black Culture, of the bell tower in Marcus Garvey Park. At the age of 9, he's reading better than his mother did at 18. He's enamored of Basquiat, the artist, and journalist Greg Tate. He listens to Charlie Parker. And in the midst of getting his good African education, he stumbles on an African dance class in the gym, on the floor above where he's been taking swimming lessons. He follows up his study of African dance with ballet and ends up in downtown's avant-garde arts scene…. There's all of that in this book. **Not all readers and, for that matter, all the folks in the movie audience for "Precious," which is based on the novel orginally known as "Push, view these two stories as redeeming. Why so?** By the time I got to Lansing, Mich., in late August, I'd done 17 cities in my book tour for "The Kid." The Lansing audience was 60 percent African American; most had not read the new book, though they'd read "Push," which was retitled as "Precious" after the movie came out. An African American woman, who had to be in her 40s or 50s held up the book with a bewildered look on her face and said, "I've never heard anything before like this in my life." Before I could answer, an African American woman who, as it turns out, is a social worker stood up and said, "I hear and see it every day. I'm so glad that there is a piece of literature that let's us coalesce around these issues." There are a lot of things in "The Kid" that we're not willing to engage on. The artist is not there as a massage therapist to make you feel good, to give you the warm and fuzzy…. After "Push" was published, it took 15 years for people to be willing to talk about that story. Now, maybe Precious, the movie character, does not horrify and embarrass, especially black people, anymore. **Does that kind of audience reaction pain you?** Thankfully, that audience in Lansing didn't leave it on me to explain things. Some in the audience know realities of male rape–and how many male rape victims mostly don't talk about it. They didn't leave it to me to explain other, un-discussed aspects of the experiences of some embattled black males. For some people, it's really true that they're lives are so different from Abdul's. Some people will never come into contact with an African American male, except as someone who delivers their groceries. For that woman, Abdul's story is so hard to believe. For many people, there is willful denial of the signs and symptoms. **As commentary, what do you hope the novel achieves?** I stayed connected to the 9-year-old and his ambitions. Abdul didn't end up a drug addict or in prison. He escaped from the hell he was in, with the mad doctor, and gets out with full possession of his life and faculties. I see him, in many ways, as not being as empathetic and lovable as Precious. But his outcome is 10 times more positive than Precious' outcome. At then end of the story, Abdul is 18, 19 years of age. His dance teacher is comparing him to Baryshnikov, the great Russian dancer who defected. Will Abdul be a flawed person? Aren't they all? 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Total harmonic distortion (THD) is an important aspect in power systems and it should be kept as low as possible. Lower THD in power systems means higher power factor, lower peak currents, and higher efficiency. Low THD is such an important feature in power systems that international standards such as IEC 61000-3-2 set limits on the harmonic currents of various classes of power equipment.
Where $$\theta_v$$ is the phase of the voltage and $$\theta_i$$ is the phase of the current.
This is not the full definition of power factor and this equation, which is called the displacement factor, is only true if both the voltage and the current are completely sinusoidal. The displacement factor aspect of power factor is well covered here and here.
Power factor is applicable to circuits with the general form of Figure 1 where there is an AC voltage source that provides an AC current for some kind of load. It is the nature of the load that determines the nature of the current and therefore the power factor.
If the load is purely resistive, then the average power and apparent power would be equal and the power factor would be 1. If the load also has capacitive and/or inductive elements then the phase difference between the voltage and current could be measured to determine power factor from the equation 1. Figures 2 to 4 show three types of loads along with the relationship between the phases of the voltage and current as well as the relative power factors. Remember, these power factors can be calculated directly from equation 1 because the voltage and current are purely sinusoidal.
Improving the power factor in systems like those in Figures 3 and 4 requires placing a component with the opposite amount of reactance into the system to counteract the reactance already in the system. This type of compensation is explained here.
Most electrical systems do not have loads with only resistors, inductors and capacitors. Most loads also include power conversion of some kind (such as AC/DC, DC/AC, or DC/DC converters) or some other kind of non-linear load (e.g. fluorescent lighting). These power converters and other non-linear loads change the nature of the current so that it is no longer sinusoidal. Switching power supplies, in which the power element rapidly transitions between a fully-on and a fully-off state, can be especially non-linear. Tricks such as filtering or adding control systems to force current flow to follow a reference signal are often used to reduce the effect of the switching. Even "linear" AC/DC converters significantly change the nature of the current so that it is no longer sinusoidal. Current in these types of converters is "bursty", and this article describes exactly why that is the case.
Since the current in these non-linear systems is still periodic (just not sinusoidal), this change in the nature of the current can be described in terms of the harmonic distortion of the current. Each one of the harmonics in the current has an RMS value, so calculation of the RMS current of the whole signal (as you would need to do when calculating power factor) involves summing the RMS value of each harmonic.
As mentioned before, the displacement factor is due to the phase difference between voltage and current $$( cos(\theta_v - \theta_i) )$$. The other term shown in eqn. 5 is called the distortion factor and is due to the harmonic distortion of the current.
Let's take a look at two example systems; both have harmonics in the current, but one of the systems tries to minimize the effect of the harmonics on THD. This has been examined previously, but the examination below specifically looks at the effects of the harmonics on power factor.
This circuit produces the voltage and current waveforms that appear in Figure 6 (for an explanation of why they look like this, see this article).
Clearly there is a lot of distortion in the current. Imagine a large scale power system with hundreds or thousands of AC/DC converters connected and the contribution to the harmonic distortion of all of those converters.
Let's actually quantify the power quality and perform the measurements and calculation for determining the power factor.
which is a very low power factor indeed, and the biggest contributor to this low power factor is the harmonic distortion of the current.
The second example has circuitry as discussed here and shown in Figure 8 that tries to make the current track the voltage as closely as possible. The purpose of this tracking is to improve the power factor, and while this power factor correction is certainly not perfect, it is a big improvement over the first example.
The current is obviously distorted, but not by much; the power factor correction significantly reduces the distortion. This next figure, Figure 10, gives an indication of how much the current harmonics have been reduced when compared to the harmonics in Figure 7.
This is a high power factor, but if only displacement factor was (incorrectly) used in this calculation, power factor would have been determined to be 0.999.
The full definition of power factor must include the phase relationship between the voltage and current (displacement factor) as well as the harmonic distortion (distortion factor). For simplicity, when the concept of power factor is first introduced, the displacement factor is the part of the power factor that is focused on. For a complete understanding of the power factor and the means to correct it, the distortion factor must also be included in any power factor calculations.
Just learned about this in class today - great read!
How about including an index to explain the symbols in the equations so that us dumbys can understand THD in depth as well?


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Решнівка — село в Україні, у Старокостянтинівській міській громаді Хмельницького району Хмельницької області. Населення становить 571 осіб. До 2020 орган місцевого самоврядування — Решнівецька сільська рада.

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Вперше село згадується в історичних документах в 1583 році. Цю дату нам називає польський історик XIX ст. О. Яблоновський. Того року в Решнівці нараховувалось 7 димів, 4 городники, 3 підсусідки. На річці працював водяний млин на одне колесо. Село відносилось до Остропільської волості і належало князю Костянтину Острозькому.

Після поділу спадщини між синами Острозького Янушем та Олександром Решнівка, як і вся Остропільщина та Полонщина, відійшла Олександру. Потім власницею маєтку стала його дочка Софія, яка в 1613 році вийшла заміж за воєводу краківського Станіслава Любомирського. Село дісталось йому як посаг дружини. З тих пір і до 1780 року тут господарювали представники цієї аристократичної династії. Після 1649 року власником села був син Софії і Станіслава Яцек-Костянтин. В 1650 році йому належало в Острополі з дев'ятьма селами (поміж ними і Решнівка) 137 кріпаків, а в окрузі всього 953. Між 1655—1658 рр. на Остропільщині та в окружних волостях не було жодного диму

Після смерті бездітного Костянтина його маєтки перейшли до його брата Себастьяна Любомирського, а від нього до його сина Станіслава Іраклія. Наступним володарем Решнівки став його син Теодор Юзеф Костянтин, воєвода Краківський, одружений з Єлизаветою Каллєр-Камінг. Він всиновив її дітей Каспера та Анну. В 1745 році маєток переходить до Каспера.

Близько 1780 року Решнівка стала власністю генерала, старости копаніцького Калікста Лодзіо Понінського, який одружився з вдовою Каспера Барбарою Любомирською. Цей магнат, маючи розкішні резиденції в Новограді-Волинському та Полонному, розпочав будувати в Решнівці палац у вигляді середньовічного замку. Одночасно був закладений ландшафтний парк. Будівництво затягнулось, а 1817 року Калікст помер. Так як він був бездітним, то його племінники у 1818 році продали село з 328 кріпаками чоловічої статі власнику сусідніх Самчиків Петрові Чечелю, а він подарував його сину Ксаверію, який того ж року перевів до Решнівки частину кріпацьких сімей із своєї вотчини села Чечелювки Гайсинського повіту Подільської губернії. З 1823 до 1839 року власницею маєтку стала вдова Ксаверія Феліція Гіларівна Чечельова, в дівоцтві Хойєцька. Їй в Решнівці згідно ревізії 1834 року належало 778 кріпаків обох статей. Вона продовжила будівництво палацу, розпочате Калікстом Понінським.

Дочка Ксаверія Гелена після смерті матері в 1839 році стала власницею Решнівки, Вербородинець, Берегелів, Семереньок, Стецьок, Прохорівки в Старокостянтинівському повіті. В 1842 році вона одружилась з Мечиславом Еразмовичем Прушинським герба Равич. Він мав чин надвірного радника. З 1841 по 1853 рік був предводителем дворянства Старокостянтинівського повіту, бо здобув гарну освіту, закінчивши із золотою медаллю престижний Кременецький ліцей та з відзнакою Варшавський університет. Окрім згаданих маєтків, подружжю в повіті належали Цеценівка, Заставки, Волиця Керекешина та Бражинці біля Полонного, а також власні будинки у Старокостянтинові, Києві, Варшаві і Кракові. Місцем проживання обрали Решнівку. Мали 5 дітей.

Найстарший син Броніслав (1844—1918) мав резиденцію в Решнівці. Другий син Едуард (1845—1911) мав маєток у Волиці Керекешиній. Третій син Ян (1848—1918) жив у Семереньках. Мав кінний завод: вирощував коней на продаж. Був завзятим колекціонером — за цікавими речами їздив навіть до Єгипту та Англії. Дочка Ксаверія (1843—1929), в заміжжі Хойєцька, мала маєток, як літню резиденцію, в Берегелях, але більше проживала в Києві. Найменша дочка Феліціана (1850 — ?) була заміжня за Ахіллесом Брезою, жила в чоловіковому маєтку біля Острога.

Свято-Покровська церква в селі вже була в XVII столітті, бо в генеральній візиті від 6 жовтня 1764 року читаємо такий запис «…приходська Решнівецька церква …заснована в 1714 році. По руїнах люди почали звозити і старанням прихожан збудована без всякого фундуша». Якщо мова йде про руїни, то очевидно та давніша церква з певних причин зазнала руйнування. Храм, збудований в 1714 році, напевне знищила пожежа, бо вже в 1783 році прихожани з дозволу Остропільського декана Міхала Мокрицького збудували дерев'яну церкву на тому місці, де знаходиться сучасний храм. Будівля простояла двісті років, пережила революції, війни, аж поки не була зруйнована за розпорядженням Старокостянтинівського райкому комуністичної партії.

Прагнучи підпорядкувати своїй волі сільське духовенство, власник села надавав презенту, тобто рекомендаційний лист до єпископа про призначення священика, який одночасно звільнявся від деяких податків — двірського, бджільницької десятини, млинового, інвентарного. В ті часи обов'язковою умовою презенти було неухильне перебування священика в лоні греко-католицької церкви. Решнівецький церковний літопис 1894 року, посилаючись на давніші документи, називає священиків, призначених за презентою: Левицького Василя (1738—1743), Божкевича Андрія (1743—1780), Горського Андрія (1780—1810). Презента Теодора Любомирського від 12 вересня 1738 року дозволяла решнівецькому священику користуватись церковними землями, а також виставляти пасіку без жодної десятини, молоти десять вісьмаків на рік без брання мірок в решнівецькому млині і звільняла від усяких податків, які виконувала сільська громада. В ці часи до решнівецької церкви були приписані села Іршики та Малашівка. В 1764 році в Решнівці значилось прихожан-господарів — 60, в Іршиках — 40, в Малашівці — 20.

В адміністративному відношенні село до 1796 року відносилось до Остропільського ключа Лабунського повіту. З 1796 по 1810 рік — до Новоград Волинського повіту, а з 1810 — до Старокостянтинівського повіту. Після 1861 року Решнівка стала центром однойменної волості, до якої крім нашого села увійшли Іршики, Малашівка, Писарівка, Киселі, Половинники, Немирівка, Громівка, Сахнівці, Самчики, Степок, Ладиги, Лажева, Баглаї, Ємці. В різні часи кількість сіл у волості бувала різною. Зважаючи на перетворення села на центр волості, в північній частині села збудували в 1860-х роках будинок волосної управи, який зберігся до наших днів. Тривалий час після ліквідації волостей в 1923 році в цьому приміщенні була школа. Біля входу до будинку височів постамент в знак подяки імператору Олександру II за скасування кріпацтва.

В 1898 р. решнівецьким волосним старшиною був Кравчук Митрофан, а писарем Опанюк Яків. Цього року у волості нараховувалось 13 сіл, 1598 дворів, 12107 жителів. В 1913 р. волосним старшиною був Яснюк М., писарем — Грюнберг І. На цей час в селі діяв фельдшерський пункт, бакалійний магазин Штульмана Гершка Шимоновича та винна лавка № 285, кредитно-споживче товариство з 19 лютого 1911 року, насіннєве господарство поміщика Броніслава Мечиславовича Прушинського.

Початкова школа, як однокласне народне училище, в селі було відкрите в 1869 році. Тут навчались також діти і з сусідніх сіл. До 1912 року в Решнівці дітей навчав Роговецький Олексій Кирилович, а з 1912 р. — Павленко Семен Герасимович. У 1912—1915 рр. співів навчав дяк Бальмич Йосип Іванович, гімнастику викладав єфрейтор запасу Мех Уліян Лукіянович. Законоучителем були місцеві священики: Дубицький Анатолій Іванович (1869—1892 рр.), Дубицький Мілетій Анатолійович (1892—1910 рр.), Лібацький Іван Онисимович (1910—1917 рр.).

У 1823 році в селі проживало кріпаків близько 650 душ, в 1834 р. — 778 душ. В 1893 році в селі було дворів — 145, жителів — 876 чол., з них поляків 22 чол., євреїв 15 чол. В 1911 р. дворів 233, жителів — 1147 чол., крім того на хуторі «Решнівецький церковний ліс» був 1 двір і проживало 2 чол., на фермі «Валюнин» — 1 двір, жителів — 4, на фермі «Броніславівка» — 1 двір, жителів — 7 чол. В 1914 р. дворів 264, жителів — 1236 чол.

Під час організованого радянською владою Голодомору 1932—1933 років померло щонайменше 229 жителів села.

12 червня 2020 року, відповідно до розпорядження Кабінету Міністрів України № 727-р «Про визначення адміністративних центрів та затвердження територій територіальних громад Хмельницької області», увійшло до складу Старокостянтинівської міської громади.

19 липня 2020 року, після ліквідації Старокостянтинівського району, село увійшло до Хмельницького району.

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RIVACRE Valley Primary School is determined to fight back after an Ofsted report led to it being placed on special measures.
The Overpool school was visited in July and September by a team of Government inspectors, who criticised many aspects of its work.
But staff are certain 2004 will be a better year. Head David Walden, who took over in September, will lead the revival.
Mr Walden said: 'We know there are a number of issues facing the school, but I am very optimistic that with the support of the parents, teachers and local education authority, we can maintain the rapid progress already made this term.'
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Despite this, inspectors were confident the school could catapult itself into respectability.
The report said: 'The recently appointed headteacher, with the support of an effective deputy, is providing much-needed stability and strong leadership.
'The headteacher has begun the process of a review and has established a secure foundation from which the school can improve and remove the causes of its weaknesses.'
The report also highlighted several positive aspects. These included:
National test results at Key Stage 1;
The quality of teaching was satisfactory or better in 12 of the 18 lessons;
The provision for pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is good;
Pupils' behaviour in class and their attitudes to staff and each other are generally good.
Among the measures taken are a purpose-built foundation building for nursery children.
Plans are also in hand to improve IT facilities. The arts room is being developed, as well as the dance and drama facilities.
Mr Walden said: 'We are intending to get out of special measures as soon as possible.
'The staff are working extremely hard and we are confident we can make the school a success.'


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Imagine a wine shop where an expert has personally tasted and selected every wine, and beverage industry types drop in to make deals and shoot the breeze. Novices won't accidentally buy nasty mass-produced plonk because it's simply not on the shelves.
Wines by Nature is that kind of place. It opened last summer in The Shoppes at East Wind, an elegant new collection of boutiques, restaurants, studios and artisanal food shops in Wading River.
George Eldi, the owner and Long Island native with almost 20 years in fine wine sales, chose this location to realize his lifelong dream because, he said, there's a real sense of community, especially with shops like The Cheese and Spice Market next door.
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Time and experience have clearly bestowed upon this wine connoisseur a bevy of business savvy, encyclopedic knowledge and very good taste, not to mention amazing adventures involving the world's greatest wines, like tasting Essencia Tokaji. "It's so expensive, you drink it by the tablespoon," Eldi said. It's true, these Hungarian beauties cost up to $1,000 per bottle.
Wines by Nature is full of fascinating reds, whites, pinks, bubblies, liquors and spirits at all price points. Many wines are quality products from lesser-known regions, but there is also a to-die-for selection of high-end wines, like my favorite Bordeaux red, Chateau Phélan Ségur from Saint-Estèphe.
Over the years, Eldi said he found himself drawn to vineyards that are sustainably, organically and bio-dynamically farmed, as well as wines made with minimal intervention, low sulphur and certainly no unnecessary chemical additives. "I got to know so many people behind the labels and felt that more people need to know their story. How could I not open a shop with that focus? We seek out wines that have a taste-of-place and soul, where Mother Nature has the say in the identity of the wine, not a marketing group or a chemist."
These wines are hands-on efforts from smaller producers, like The Hermit Ram Sauvignon Blanc ($30), a cult wine from the Canterbury region of New Zealand. It's melon-y, complex and cloudy because it's unfiltered, according to Magnus Riddiford. He's from a multi-generational farming family in New Zealand wine country and co-founded Wine Dog Imports to bring these kinds of wines into the U.S.
There's a great Long Island section, too. Eldi credits many of the early winemakers of the East End for inspiring him when he was just starting out. "I learned more drinking beer with winemakers than on any sommelier course I took."
That day, I was looking for crisp, dry whites. Eldi picked out a Patricius Tokaj Dry Furmint from Hungary ($15), an Antonopoulos Moschofilero from Greece ($12) and a Domaine Marcel Deiss Alsace from France ($23). They were all delicious and I particularly liked the Furmint. Another white to try, he recommended, is Aligoté, a lesser-known grape that's traditionally rather rustic but is now made in a more refined style. "It's a way to drink white Burgundy at half the cost."
When discussing reds, Eldi explained that it's hard to find high-end Burgundy because so much of it is allocated in advance to buyers and collectors. But he has friends in high places that can help with that. A week later, I received a shipment of three Burgundies, including a 2012 Alain Burguet Gevrey-Chambertin, "Clos de Beze" Grand Cru ($500), which was absolutely stellar.
It's all about being in tune with his customers, Eldi said. As for his favorite wine? "Vintage Brut Champagne from Pol Roger. I could drink that all day, every day."
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The other day, I was on a teleseminar where the speaker was out of breath the whole time. It wasn't that he was talking fast; it seemed more like he was holding his breath.
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It is a very obvious point to make and yes, very important. However, one of the problems with severe SAD is that you cannot breathe, the fear stops you from being able to draw deeper breaths.
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Who Was The Very Generous Lady Banks?
Posted by Sharon Slater | Jul 4, 2014 | People & Genealogy, Who was?
Mrs. Anne Banks, was born about 1718, she was married to Louth man Samuel Banks. The Banks family were in Ardee, County Louth from approximately 1660. Anne Banks would make Limerick her home and would pass away a widow at the grand age of 90 in September 1807 in Charlotte's Quay. In her will she donated intially over £8,768 to local charities this would equate to approximately €865,900 today, plus the interest on this sum for several years.
Her final resting place was in Kilnasoolagh Church, near Newmarket-on-Fergus County Clare where her plaque reads on the south wall reads:
"Near this spot are deposited the remains of Mrs Anne Banks of Limerick widow who bequeathed property exceeding £3000 in trust for such charitable uses as to her executors should seem fit in the wide distribution of her bounty the poor of this parish (in which she long resided and the infirmary of Ennis and the principal public institutions, of the city of Limerick were permanently endowed). As a tribute to her memory and to record such munificence this slab has been erected by her surviving executors the Rev Lewis & Daniel Gabbett Esq under whose care the above sum nearly trebled its amount 1828." (ref. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, Ireland, 1910. Vol. VIII. No. 1.)
The church under which she was buried in 1807 was replaced in 1815 by a new building designed by James Pain, who designed many of the buildings in Limerick.
A plaque was also raised in honour of Anne Banks in St. Mary's Cathedral in 1828. Her philanthropy to Fever Hospital, the Female Orphan Asylum, the Lying-in Hospital, the House of Industry, the county Infirmary, and the Dispensary would live on for another 30 years at least. In 1834 the estate donated £68.3.8 to the House of Industry. In 1860 there was still £30 of the interest from Anne Banks' contribution being donated to the County Infirmary.
The representatives of Mrs Banks were Governors for life at the Fever and Lock Hosptial (St. John's). The executors of her will were James Cooper (d.1827), Reverend William Lewis (d. 1892) and Daniel Gabbett (d.1848) a who as a solicitor living at Strand House.
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The Political Insiders Power List for 2012 names who affects the political tides of Hudson County. There will be no media members on it, and you won't see many CEOs, unless they can truly sway government or clear the air in smoke-filled rooms.
The majority of the county's political zoology is within the Hudson County Democratic Organization, which continues to diminish in stature in the eyes of the Garden State . Most New Jersey power lists from outside Hudson do not mention anyone from our nook. One statewide 100-member list even has Shaq O'Neal but not a single Hudson official. Ouch.
Understand that lists are fun to do -- although it is only a snapshot in time and that during any year, the balance of power can quickly shift. There are many familiar names left out, so consider that they may yet have a place in Hudson's savanna. Yet, many don't hunt any more or they are falling behind the pack and are unaware that they have become "a dish fit for the gods," as the Bard puts it.
There may be one or two king-makers who were overlooked or agency director who may be miffed, but there's always next year. Here's the new list and those named to the top three positions have not changed from 2011.
1. North Bergen Mayor and Sen. Nicholas Sacco stays on top of the Insider's Power List for 2012. Sacco was No. 1 out of 25 in last year's roster as the county's most politically influential personality. In 2011, he orchestrated an end to the Athletics Department in the county schools system, selected the eventual winner in the election for Hudson County sheriff and pretty much dominated county Democratic decisions and patronage.
Today, he is still considered the de facto head of the Hudson County Democratic Party, although the truth is that, although surrounded by other county pols, he is as much a lone maverick as his North Hudson "rival," Union City Mayor and Sen. Brian Stack. It's a Nick-elodeon world. If the choice was what is good for the Hudson County Democratic Organization or what is good for Nick and North Bergen, what do you think Nick would do -- every time?
Besides all the county and local Democratic black ops, Sacco has become a much more active player in Trenton. He parlayed his efforts to help Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver fend off Majority Leader Joe Cryan and returned her to power. The payoff was a Budget Committee chairmanship for Assemblyman and loyal serf Vinnie Prieto of Secaucus. It was this column that first informed readers that Sacco probably preferred the utilitarian post of chairmanship to the mostly pomp and circumstance of majority leader.
For Sacco, having the influence of a budget chairman keeps him perceptionally abreast of Stack, who has established a working relationship with Gov. Chris Christie. The North Bergen strongman still has this little problem of an ethics complaint concerning sexual harassment filed by a former municipal employee. It is too early to tell how damaging is this blip on the radar.
2. The aforementioned Stack remains at No. 2. In the "hills" of North Hudson, he seems to be Romulus to Sacco's Remus. The two are opposite poles on the Hudson political battery.
Part of the 33rd Legislative redistricting was an obvious ploy (laughingly denied) to weaken Sen. Stack's fortress. Instead, the Union City political boss accumulated monster numbers, more than 20,000, in his November re-election. Expect that power base to grow in Jersey City. Stack hopes to eventually influence future elections in the county seat -- before a 2013 frontal assault by the HCDeadO to unseat him from the Senate. I'm not sure who will be around in HCDeadO then to order a Pickett's Charge.
It never ceases to amaze me how some "punt-its" and other politicians read him wrong. Start with the premise that Hudson's Captain Nemo may seem to plow the keels of others because of his Christie connection, but he always bleeds Democrat. Under the right circumstances, state legislators from other parts of the state are happy to deal with him when they need support for a measure or an appointment. His flaw is a temper that overrides the brain's control of his mouth, but a huge majority of his constituents love him.
3. U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez returns as third on the list. Menendez brings home the federal bacon for state and county. He is the most important politician to come out of Hudson and set anchor in the Potomac in some time. Yet the senator continues to be listed below No. 1 in the Hudson rankings. His biggest mistake was loyally endorsing West New York Mayor Sal Vega for re-election. Vega was trounced.
Menendez is in heavy re-election campaign mode that stresses daily press releases and announcements. He is lucky that there is no strong Republican challenger at this late date. Locally, the question is whether Menendez can count on the HCDeadO to produce big numbers or will he rely on, for better or worse, his grasp on President Obama's coattails?
4. As the May 2013 Jersey City municipal election approaches, Councilman Steven Fulop's stature grows. Constantly meeting and greeting city residents, the Downtown councilman is considered the best financed, as of now, and organized candidate for mayor. There is little competition out there -- to date.
The gang in City Hall have a disorganized whispering campaign suggesting that Fulop is overrated and that he is still an unknown at the far corners of the city.
A perceived future leader of the county seat carries weight. He is considered the promise of what could be in Jersey City and no one wants to get on Fulop's bad side -- not that he has yet to show one. Fulop is doing his populist thing when he pushed through several measures, including mandating the use of city seals or decals on municipal-owned vehicles and eliminating expensive health benefits for non-paid, appointed board members on city agencies.
As a leading contender, he will be a favorite target. Can you say Urban Times?
5. Hudson County Freeholder Bill O'Dea of Jersey City is no longer chairman of the county freeholders panel. Yet it can be expected that he will have a great deal of influence with the new chairman, Eliu Rivera, a fellow Jersey City resident who has to drag a bottle of oxygen with him to help him make it through the day. Rivera missed Thursday's freeholder meeting because he was hospitalized with a cold and Hoboken Freeholder "Stick" Romano had to take charge of the session. Rivera was released yesterday.
O'Dea had a smooth run as the chairman of the county legislative body. Even more impressive was O'Dea's influential role in a coup in the Jersey City Democratic Organization that saw Freeholder Jeff Dublin tabbed as the local party's president, ending the control of the Healy administration over the group. These days you hear that O'Dea's future is in the county executive's office.
6. The chairman of the Hudson Democrats, Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith, has slightly slipped on the ladder because he heads the highly dysfunctional HCDeadO, which has yet to show much improvement as an organization since Smith took the helm. It is a tolerated entity in state politics. To be fair, the Bayonne mayor's attention is being dominated by his hometown that needs revitalization of the old commercial main street, is receiving new development, and requires a constant struggle, lik emost municipalities, to control property taxes.
As chairman of the party, Smith has power, particularly in deciding who can be on the primary slate. The Bayonne mayor is the voice of the Democrats, when the chairmen of the past few years are seen more as Geico Gekko than MGM Lion. Smith also has control over one state 31st District legislator in Trenton.
As HCDeadO chair, Smith did go national with a press conference in Weehawken last month in which he called Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney "wildly out of touch," presumably with Americans. The background explanation is long and boring.
7. Weehawken Mayor Richard Turner has made a huge jump from last year's No. 15 ranking. Not to diminish his status too much, but it could be argued that the lofty position has as much to do with the county's lackluster "talent."
Turner may be mayor of one of the smaller municipalities in the county, but his township is relatively well run and has an aura of being upwardly mobile. More importantly, he is highly influential in two larger burgs, West New York and Hoboken.
West New York officials seek Turner's advice on many matters, particularly financial ones. It is a close bond, which at times annoys No. 1 on this list because West New York is now in Sacco's 32nd Legislative District, while Turner and Weehawken are in the 33rd.
Turner, who is also the New Jersey chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Albio Sires, has partnered with his northern neighbor, West New York, to bring Formula One racing to their waterfront communities in 2013. The proposed grand prix has the full support of Gov. Chris Christie's administration.
The Weehawken mayor is also willing to provide much advisement and assistance to his southern neighbor, Hoboken. One just assumes Hoboken is a suburb of Weehawken. There was even some talk sometime back -- more tongue in cheek -- of a merger and the new burg would be called Weeboken.
HCDeadO leaders are constantly wondering what Turner is up to and figure him for a minor version of Richard III.
8. Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise doesn't have the clout of executives of the past or of those in surrounding counties -- which may be a good thing. He serves at the pleasure of the county mayors and there is speculation about whether he will stay the entire term of office -- and I'm sure he will say he will. But, the tectonic plates are moving under the political landscape and there will be mayor changes over the next few years.
Still, the executive does hold sway over a form of government that is found on everyone's tax bills, one that is responsible for county parks, roads, security at state courts, maintaining a prison and some health facilities, supposedly promoting economic and commercial development, and -- can you believe it -- pushing tourism.
DeGise does provide employment for Democratic operatives like former Jersey City cop Craig Guy and Harold "lunchtime consultant" Demellier, many Jersey City council members, and a number of newly retired area police officers. It is a home for "in" lawyers and consultants. The county is the nursery for patronage jobs for all municipalities, but mostly for North Bergen and Jersey City. The executive is also a gold card member of the HCDeadO secret political think tank.
At least DeGise dreams about a Hudson County golf course for the average guy -- or gal.
9. Here comes controversy: Are Jersey City Councilwomen Viola Richardson of Ward F and Nidia Lopez becoming the Thelma and Louise of the City Council? They have angered the city administration with their impudent attempt to oust Council President Peter Brennan. The two ladies may now have more clout than the administration-backed tandem of Brennan and Heights Councilman Bill Gaughan.
The growing bond between at-large panel member Richardson and Lopez of Ward C should make for some interesting council sessions right up to the 2013 municipal election. It is Lopez who has been spearheading the drive to make Richardson the new chairman.
Since winning the vacant at-large council seat in a November special election, Richardson is feeling good about herself. Some of her colleagues believe she earned the right to name her replacement to her old Ward F council post. It is now filled by Richardson choice Michele Massey, who now, ironically, seems reluctant to demote Brennan.
Still, Richardson feels her citywide victory allows her to privately consider a run for mayor.
Her partner, Lopez, has become a busy bee. She has suggested measures on the City Council, including requiring good manners from her colleagues. For instance, she is trying to ban their use of cellphones and other electronic devices during council sessions. Lopez is unaware they need to use these devices, usually in the hallway, to get help on how they are to vote.
She has been involved in the effort to increase taxis in Journal Square in the evening rush hour. Lopez also demanded to know why the fountain is no longer working in the Square, calls for the return of the city's Peter Stuyvesant statue that was kidnapped by school officials, and generally has been working her ward and trying to achieve the title of the city's top Hispanic pol.
Once considered a lackey of the city administration, Lopez has stuck her neck out and joined Fulop in several votes that angered City Hall officials, including the lone votes against the Erie Street Redevelopment Plan, a partial ruse to sell the Erie Street police headquarters.
Is the ranking of this female partnership too high? I don't think so, but that's the fun of lists. We'll see how long they can sustain their muscle flexing? Meanwhile, they should stay out of convertibles.
10. State Sen. Sandra Bolden Cunningham has a great deal of influence in Ward F and some of Ward A. The senator has developed standing in Jersey City thanks to the legacy of her late husband Glenn Cunningham, who was the city's first black mayor. In Trenton, she is trying to build her own reputation with a series of measures signed into law by the governor. Just to name two, one is to encourage banks to open in low-income areas and another requires assisted-living facilities to have a "bill of rights" for residents.
She had a bit of a hiccup last year with her claim on the Senate floor that state residents in need lost a $140 monthly general assistance payment while arguing that Gov. Chris Christie should restore some budget line item cuts. The senator said those losing benefits would turn to crime. Unfortunately, those cuts had already been reinstated.
Cunningham's strength is that she is always capable of running for mayor. She has leveraged that threat in the past to secure backing from the county Democrats for her legislative seat in Trenton and for support of people of her choosing for certain posts and patronage in the city and county.
The city election is approaching and once again she is coy about her possible candidacy in the local race. Ironically, her longtime adviser Joe Cardwell is suggesting that she stay out of the mayoral contest. But Cardwell will be out of the picture after his sentencing in federal court yesterday to six months in jail and six under house arrest for his Bid Rig III corruption guilty plea. This will allow others -- sources say this includes Newark Mayor Cory Booker's pal Elnardo Webster and Jersey City dark lord Mark Munley -- to talk her into challenging Fulop.
11. West New York Mayor Dr. Felix Roque pulled what some consider an upset when he defeated the forces of former Mayor Sal Vega last year. Roque campaigned while the town was in the 33rd Legislative District of No. 2 on the list, and now his town is part of the 32nd, No. 1's territory. Yet, talk to Roque and there is no way you can tell whom he favors. The mayor says he likes to be friends with everyone.
This puts him in a position to ask and receive assistance from any faction.
The two questions down the road are where does he stand with Menendez -- or where does Menendez stand with him during the 2012 election -- and what side will he be on when the county Democratic Party's civil war begins again in 2013?
12. The two law firms of Scarinci & Hollenbeck of Lyndhurst and Chasan, Leyner, Lamparello of Secaucus (sorry, I use commas in these titles) get their huge shares of contracts in North Jersey, including Hudson County. Their biggest influence is that Donald Scarinci has a friendship bond with Sen. Menendez and Ralph Lamparello is friendly with Sacco, whose township attorney, Herb Klitzner, works out of Lamparello's office.
13. Who would have thought? Assemblyman Prieto is mentioned here because he will obviously have some say on the state budget and finances as chairman of the state committee that decides such fiscal matters. Just imagine, a guy from Secaucus holds the purse strings of New Jersey.
Of course, it helps his standings that he is also an avatar for the No. 1 man on this list.
14. Paul Swibinski and his Secaucus-based Vision Media public relations and consulting firm is Sacco-powered. Swibinski has contracts with a number of county municipalities and agencies within these communities. His firm often pops up as the media consultant for political candidates and not just in Hudson County. Look for Swibinski to branch out more in Essex.
He has brought his son Phil into the business to learn the magic of turning anything negative into a positive. Journalists can count of Vision Media to have a logical answer for any situation, sometimes for both sides of the issue.
Jersey Journal file photoAssemblyman Ruben Ramos Jr.
15. Assemblyman Ruben Ramos of Hoboken gets a rung higher than the other Assembly members in Hudson County because he is also the head of the Mile Square City's Democratic Party and will eventually seek the office of mayor.
Unfortunately, Hoboken has little importance in countywide politics by nature of its legislative lines and lack of a large voting bloc. Because Hoboken politicians hate and devour each other, the rest of the county politicians consider the city Hudson's "North Korea."
16. This where the other remaining Assembly people reside, including Jason O'Donnell of Bayonne, who is no longer a favorite of Sacco, Charles Mainor of Jersey, and rookies Sean Connors, a Jersey City detective, and West New York radiologist Angelica Jimenez. They are in Trenton to represent Hudson County and New Jersey.
17. Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer rates because of her friendly status with Gov. Christie. Otherwise, she has little status among other Hudson pols. As much as the anti-administration folks point out Zimmer's flaws, I am not convinced they can defeat her next time around. She has managed to stabilize taxes (and it doesn't matter how it was done) and she seems to come up with all the right answers.
To be unfair, I could have added the name of Stan Grossbard to No. 17 since it appears the first husband may have some influence in municipal matters. OK, let's say he's part of her think tank. Zimmer has a few years to establish a legacy beyond bike lanes and other populist themes.
18. For such an unimportant city, here's a Mile Square resident who has risen a bit from the ashes. Former Sen. Bernard Kenny has had a subtle hand on area politics lately as someone willing to dispense advice or act as a buffer between political factions. My sources say Kenny has even sat with his former arch-rival, Stack, to discuss politics and other matters.
His law firm, Florio & Kenny, is probably doing better today than when he was in office and at the height of his political power. Go figure. All this and his friendship with Menendez puts him back in the rankings.
19. U.S. Rep. Albio Sires, by nature of being a member of Congress, makes the influential rankings. He is among those who determine what support Hudson County may expect from the federal government. He has been busy introducing bills, including one to help finance the creation of parks, and advocates for constituents, such as parents whose children live with autism.
A constant campaign fund-raiser, Sires' influence is among New Jersey (and Florida) Hispanic voters in what was once the 13th Congressional District and now redrawn as the 8th.
20. Political operative Tom Bertoli is most associated with Councilman Steven Fulop, which is reason enough to place him on this list. He pretty much replaces Guy and Demellier, whose stock rose and fell depending on the success and failures of the HCDeadO.
Bertoli has his fingers in several pies. Besides being a strategist in the Fulop camp, he has been active with Hoboken council members Beth Mason and Tim Occhipinti. Bertoli has been successfully involved in several Jersey City Board of Education races.
One of the best political ronins in the county, Bertoli knows how Hudson campaigns are conducted and can raise shields and fire phasers with the best of them. But, he prefers a stiletto over an ax in the election wars. His services will be in full swing in the 2013 Jersey City election.
21. Union City-based attorney John Lynch is the defense attorney for former Assemblyman Louis Manzo, one of the 44-plus defendants caught up in the 2009 massive FBI corruption and money laundering sting. Lynch's legal manipulations created a big ripple in the government's Big Rig III pool of cases.
In particular, Lynch successfully argued that the U.S. attorney's use of the federal Hobbs Act as a basis for charging his client does not apply to people not in public office. Manzo was a candidate, but not in office. As a result, a majority of serious corruption charges brought against Manzo were dropped in court. The feds responded by coming up with new indictments against Manzo.
Meanwhile, Lynch and Manzo are fighting back by accusing the federal prosecutor's office in Newark of ethics violations. The eventual Manzo trial, scheduled to begin next month, may prove to be a donnybrook.
22. I could probably have lumped developers Joseph Panepinto, a former Hudson County Dems chairman, and Eric and Paul Silverman of Jersey City in this slot, but it's time for a new name.
Frank Cretella is someone most people don't know. Perhaps they should. Cretella and his wife Jeanne, Staten Island residents, opened the Liberty House Restaurant, scenically located in Liberty State Park, Jersey City. He is well known in the world of politics.
Cretella's restaurant has become the favorite venue for politicians and government agencies making announcements or raising funds. The Liberty House is the Casa Dante of decades ago, a Rick's Cafe for politicians. Barack Obama held a fund-raiser there in 2007 when he was running for the presidency. Is it because they like the olives in the martinis?
When he opened the restaurant, Cretella also opened the Senior Spirit Medical Day Center. He is president of Landmark Developers of Staten Island, a firm that received approvals for a number of condominium and apartment redevelopment projects in Bayonne and Jersey City. Presently, he is the designated redeveloper for empty living space in the Morris Canal redevelopment project. And yes, Cretella and his restaurant have made contributions to the Healy Team.
One point of interest is that Cretella and his wife live in a Frank Lloyd Wright home in Staten Island -- the only one designed by the famous architect in New York City.
23. Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy makes his appearance in this list because he is head of one of the Big Six cities of New Jersey. Also, he is trying to change public perception of his administration from that of inept to one hampered by the national economy and other circumstances beyond anyone's control. Healy is convinced of two things: he can do the job of mayor and people have short memories. Mr. Voter Apathy could be his campaign manager.
It is odd to ask if he is capable of a comeback after a term when city residents demonstrated outside City Hall about official corruption.
24. Mark Albiez is legislative aide for Stack and Ramos. Just keeping up with 24/7 Stack should earn him sainthood or some time in ICU. He was the subject of an ethics complaint brought by Stack-hater Joseph Blaettler, who complained Albiez was using a city office while doing state business. It was dropped by the state ethics panel.
Albiez is one of the most knowledgeable individuals in Hudson when it comes to legislative business and he is a master in the art of how to get things done for constituents. He's a bit like Batman's Alfred.
25. Jersey City Councilman Rolando Lavarro is the first Asian and Filipino elected to the City Council. Lavarro is considered a member of the "reform" members (for want of a better description) of the council. He has an important and historic role. On his shoulders are the hopes and aspirations of other Asian-Americans in the city who may take a more active role in local government and elections in the future.
Lavarro is considered by some as someone who likes to make friends, not enemies. Now is not the time for him to take a tepid role on the City Council. After all, "action is eloquence."
-- Jersey City Hilltop Neighborhood activist Richard Boggiano surprised many by doing quite well in November's special council seat election despite entering late. Expect him to be on someone's city election ticket in 2013 and to keep complaining about politicians, newspapers, etc. Can "everyman" get elected?
-- Raj Mukherj, managing partner of IMPACT NJ, is obviously a rising presence in the world of lobbying, consulting, grassroots advocacy. His thing is to swim with the sharks, pols and government. The Hudson County Chamber of Commerce honored this Energizer Bunny at their Legends annual event. Has Hoboken adopted him yet?
-- Joseph Scott is CEO of the Jersey City Medical Center. It is enough to just say that when Scott talks, people listen. He oversees the county's largest non-profit and (some say politically) influential medical facility at a time when going private seems to be the trend.
-- Mike Novak, head of Hoboken-based American Environmental Solutions, is head of the Hoboken Chamber of Commerce. He has been hosting a number of events at fancy venues attracting politicians, for fundraising, and business people to promote local communities.
-- Activist and real estate agent Andre Richardson of Jersey City is someone everyone wants to help with their political campaign, but the organizer is expected to take another stab at landing a council seat.
-- If Hudson County Administrator Abe Antun ever left his job, the county and taxpayers would be in big trouble. Antun is the most knowledgeable and efficient public servant in the county. He is the master at explaining to an elected officials how they royally screwed up and make it sound like they only placed the salad fork on the wrong side of the plate. Antun would clean up messes and keep embarrassing conversations secret. It's mostly business with him.
-- Republican Stephen M. DeLuca of Jersey City was an unsuccessful county executive candidate. Legal counsel for the county GOP, DeLuca is so overqualified you have to wonder why he would even bother to get involved. His specialty seems to be international trade law. He was part of John McCain's legal team in Florida on Election Day in 2008. Expect him to stay involved in county GOP affairs. One skill that he has that should help: DeLuca is a scuba divemaster.
-- Peter Mocco is a former mayor of North Bergen. He is a major developer in the state and has been building Liberty Harbor North in Jersey City, among whose many amenities is the popular Zeppelin beer garden. Mocco also owns a block-long nursing home with hundreds of voting seniors.
With his political acumen, Mocco has been sought out by almost every city administration. What is the main thing people should know? Whatever Peter wants, Peter gets.


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Die Republik Zypern nahm an den Olympischen Winterspielen 1988 im kanadischen Calgary mit drei Athleten teil.

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