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What is Xylella fastidiosa?
The role of ANSES in combating Xylella fastidiosa
Keywords : Plant health, Xylella fastidiosa
Xylella fastidiosa is a phytopathogenic bacterium that can affect plants in key agricultural sectors: grapes, citrus, Prunus, olives, alfalfa, oak, maple, horticulture, forestry, etc. There are no curative measures against this bacterium, except for grubbing up and destroying the contaminated plants and controlling the insect vectors. X. fastidiosa was first detected in Europe in 2013 in Italy, and was detected in Corsica in July 2015. More recently, isolated outbreaks have been reported in a greenhouse in Germany and also in Spain (Balearic Islands and the Alicante region). Here is an update on the role of the ANSES Plant Health Laboratory in combating this bacterium.
Xylella fastidiosa: defining characteristics
Xylella fastidiosa is a bacterium that affects the xylem, preventing the plant from feeding by impeding the movement of rising sap. The symptoms of contagion are not specific (wilting, leaf scorch), which makes it difficult to detect. There are currently no curative methods for combating this bacterium. The European Council Directive 2000/29/EC, on protective measures against the introduction and spread of the bacterium in Europe, advocates the grubbing up and destruction of contaminated plants.
Xylella fastidiosa, transmitted and mediated by insect vectors that feed on rising xylem sap (including leafhoppers and spittlebugs, xylem-biting and sucking insects), can affect more than 300 plant species belonging to 60 different botanical families: grapevines, citrus, fruit trees (Prunus, olive trees, etc.), coffee, avocado, alfalfa, oleander, oak, maple, etc.
There are currently six known subspecies of Xylella fastidiosa: fastidiosa, multiplex, morus, pauca, sandyi and tashke. They do not attack the same plants and have different degrees of virulence.
They produce different symptoms:
leaf scorch (oleander) and in the more advanced stages, parching of twigs (random distribution in the crown), followed in the most serious cases by the death of the plant (olive, almond, oak, elm, sycamore, etc.),
leaf chlorosis (on coffee, orange): on orange trees, infection also causes the production of smaller fruit,
defective lignification and persistence of petioles after the fall of the leaves in grapevines,
dwarf disease in alfalfa, together with a blue-green colouring of the leaves,
a bushy appearance and shorter internodes in peach trees,
yellowing and reddening of leaves in grapevines
Xylella fastidiosa in Europe: different situations in different countries
An initial outbreak of Xylella fastidiosa on olive trees, oleanders and almond trees was reported in October 2013 in the Puglia region, in the south of Italy. The situation evolved very rapidly into an epidemic, expanding exponentially in olive groves. The strain responsible belongs to the subspecies X. f. pauca.
As part of reinforced monitoring by state services, in July 2015, the Regional Food Service (SRAL) in Corsica informed the ANSES Plant Health Laboratory in Angers of a strong suspicion of Xylella fastidiosa on a myrtle-leaf milkwort shrub (Polygala myrtifolia), in the municipality of Propriano. This case was confirmed by ANSES two days later.
A vigilance plan was set up in 2015 and is still being applied throughout France. In 2017, the plan revealed that the bacterium is present in Corsica and on the Cote d'Azur. It does not seem to be an epidemic, as in Italy, where the disease is due to the rapid spread of a single strain. Unlike the situation in Italy, the contamination of these French regions seems to be due to at least two different introductions at least 25 years previously. The strains of X. fastidiosa isolated in France belong to two genetic lineages of the sub-species multiplex, whereas the Italian strain belongs to the subspecies pauca.
New outbreaks were detected in Europe in 2016. One, in Germany, is extremely localised. It concerns ornamental plants grown in a greenhouse in Saxony. The strain belongs to the subspecies X. fastidiosa fastidiosa. The others, in Spain, are much more disturbing. The presence of X. fastidiosa was reported in Mallorca in November 2016. Since then, the bacterium has been detected in three Balearic Islands and in the region of Alicante on the mainland.
Territorial surveillance and the Agency's role
The Plant Health Laboratory, which is the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for this bacterium, has developed an official method for the detection of X. fastidiosa, which is used for territorial surveillance by the accredited laboratories.
The Plant Health Laboratory also organises training and conducts assessments of the accredited laboratories. It is responsible for carrying out confirmation analyses when new outbreaks are detected. The ANSES Lyon Laboratory compiles and analyses the data concerning the occurrence of outbreaks so as to provide updated maps of the distribution of the disease, available on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Developing methodologies and new research: the Agency's involvement
The Plant Health Laboratory works to improve the sensitivity and reliability of methods for the detection of this bacterium on the host plant species and in the insect vectors by introducing new molecular techniques such as digital PCR.
In collaboration with INRA and in the framework of the H2020 European research programme, ANSES is working to characterise the strains present in France and Europe and the geographical distribution of the populations and their dynamics, in order to identify and characterise each introduction of X. fastidiosa. Work on the identification and the distribution of potential vectors is also under way, in collaboration with various partners in France.
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We're all trusting in someone or something. God placed that need deep in our souls to send us on a search for Him. Unfortunately, many people settle for far less than God.
Talent? Fame? Possessions? Money? Another person?
Sometimes its drugs or alcohol.
But all of this "searching" is meant to lead us to the cross. The whole Bible is the story of God's love for his people, their wandering away in disobedience and his final plan of redemption and restoration through Jesus Christ.
That is the purpose of life! And our adversary, Satan, will do whatever he can to make us miss it.
I love the book of Isaiah, but never remember noticing the verses you've shared in chapter 44 about "Who but a fool would make his own God – an idol that cannot help him one bit? … He trusts in something that cannot help him at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, 'Is this idol I'm holding in my hand a lie?" I LOVE that. And it's so true. Thanks for sharing that.
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[TV] Star Wars Rebels: Season 3
The end of season 2 of Star Wars Rebels was quite an amazing narrative climax and I wasn't quite sure how they'd follow-up from that point. I mean seriously, it was one of the best fights that we had seen in the series - or perhaps across most of the Star Wars franchise as well.
But season 3 of Star Wars Rebels promised a lot of big things to get folks excited. And this applied to both younger fans and older ones with memories of the larger Star Wars Expanded Universe, now known as Star Wars Legends.
The biggest piece of news that really made this season so exciting was the reintroduction of Grand Admiral Thrawn into the current Star Wars canon. He was definitely a fan favorite from the older books and to have him in the new canon was a great reassurance that Rebels was truly proving to be a great venue for "saving" elements from the old canon and bringing them into the present for all the newer Disney-provided fans.
It's a good time for the Star Wars fandom.
Synopsis: Star Wars Rebels is a CGI animated science fiction adventure series created by Simon Kinberg, Dave Filoni and Carrie Beck. The third season ran for 22 episodes and a fourth season has already been confirmed.
The season begins with the two-part episode Steps Into Shadow, which gets us up to speed on the crew, the rebels and the Empire as well. Ezra (Taylor Gray) now has some new Force abilities after secretly exploring the Sith Holocron still in his possession. Kanan (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) isn't having an easy time of getting used to his blindness. And the Rebels as a whole are trying to get better organized and mount a serious strike against the Empire.
But the Empire isn't sitting idly as the Rebels advance their plans. Governor Pryce (Mary Elizabeth McGlynn) manages to get the Seventh Fleet moved to her command to deal with the Rebels. And the fleet is led by brilliant military tactician Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen). And given his reputation for using more creative tactics in dealing with his enemies, it seems the Rebels are up against a serious threat indeed.
What I Liked: The show is going in a really interesting direction with how the stories are leading us closer and closer the formation of the actual Rebellion that we saw in Star Wars: A New Hope. A lot of the bigger pieces come into play in this season given various Rebel groups starting to come together. And at the same time we also get to see notable figures from the Rebellion finally join the show like the ever noble Mon Mothma (Genevieve O'Reilly).
And it feels like pretty much the entire Rebels crew get some great steps forward in terms of their character development. And the supporting cast just keeps getting more and more awesome all around. Plus you can feel how confident the writing team is given some of the stories they explored including an awesome throwback to Star Wars: The Clone Wars in "The Last Battle". So much fun all around and an amazing battle in the finale as well!
What Could Have Been Better: As much as I was SUPER EXCITED to have Grand Admiral Thrawn back in the official Star Wars canon, his depiction on the show has been a bit of a mixed bag. His old Legends character was known for using the art and culture of his rivals to better understand them and use this knowledge to map out brilliant tactics that preyed on their psychological weaknesses. Here he just had a few moments of relative brilliance, but it was more general military brilliance and not something that felt like revelations only he could have come up with.
It also felt like a lot of the big plot elements left over from the last season and teased in the pre-season videos didn't all get as explored as they could have been. The best example of this would be Ezra and his temptations of going to the Dark Side of the Force. It was a bit think hinted at and it sort of played a role when Ezra was being a dick in the first few episodes. But then it was sort of nothing after and the bigger story just took over. So that felt a little sloppy.
TL;DR: Star Wars Rebels is still an amazing show and a celebration of the past of the Star Wars franchise and a bold path forward. We don't have too much story left before the rest of the established canon squeezes the show in but I think we're going to continue enjoying the ride for as far as it will go. And thus the season gets 4 surprise Star Destroyers out of a possible 5.
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Fender Guitars Lose Guitar Copyright Case
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Legendary guitar maker, Fender Guitars, helped pave the way for electric guitars of today, but the question of today, "is Fender's body-shape generic?". Obviously TTAB (Trademark Trial and Appeal Board) believe so. Fender lost its case to make its Stratocaster, Telecaster and Precision guitar body shapes a trademark in the USA.
It was a battle
In the court case, Fender had targeted the companies of ESP Guitars, US Music Corporation, Sadowsky Guitars, Stuart Spector Designs, Michael Tobias, Schecter Guitar Research, Warmoth Guitar Products, Lakland Musical Instruments, Peavey Electronics and others as infringing Fenders' designs.
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) argued:
"Fender refers to the 'iconic' status of these [instrument] outlines in American popular culture. However, we must resolve a narrow issue: Do consumers associate these two-dimensional outlines, depicted in the drawings, as indicators of source?"
After five years with the legal process, the litigation added over 20,000 pages of evidence demonstrating numerous guitar companies that manufacture and sell guitars which use the body design that Fender sought to trademark.
"The applicant has not established acquired distinctiveness such that these two-dimensional outlines of guitar bodies, standing alone, serve to indicate source," the TTAB concluded. "The evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates that these configurations are so common in the industry that they cannot identify source.
"In fact, in the case of the [Stratocaster] body outline, this configuration is so common that it is depicted as a generic electric guitar in a dictionary."
Below are two images. Pick out what guitar is a Fender Stratocaster and which is a copy of the Fender Strat. (Read: How To Spot a Fake Fender Guitar)
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10 Questions with Alaia (Tres Leches and AlAIA)
It's 8:35pm. Monday night at Rhein Haus Seattle on Capitol Hill. It's Rhein Haus' weekly "Meat Raffle Monday". Starting at 7:30pm and ending at 9:30pm, two raffle tickets are drawn every half hour. Each ticket costs $1. With each raffle win, the winner selects a premium meat (steak, a half chicken, etc.) and also a set of in house made sausages. It was mid way through this event that my interview with Alaia began.
Alaia to me has always been a fascinating member of the Seattle music scene. I would see her name pop up as a camera operator on a KEXP Live video. I would read an article about one of her music projects (Tres Leches, and AlAIA) in a local paper or magazine. I would catch one of her shows, or even just see her in attendance at a local show.
You would think a person who has exposed themselves to this much music or has remained this active in the local scene would have a high opinion of themselves in terms of musical taste but regarding Alaia that could be further from the truth. If there is anything I can say from the amount of time I've known Alaia, she is more than happy to not only talk about music but also explore what makes a person interested in music. It's from this fascination of the other, and this backdrop of a meat raffle at Rhein Haus, that I decided now was a good time to ask Alaia these 10 questions…
Thanks again for doing this:
1.) I've enjoyed the Phonic Earth series on Youtube (Alaia has an ongoing mini series of videos that explores how music connects us). How did you select the topics for each video?
The topics are general interest topics connecting human lines that I found to be most relatable through music. Some people find connectors through food or visual art. For me the most accessible medium is music. There's only so much we understand about the human brain and art and music connects us in these intangible ways. I was talking to a person who had a parallel experience of art looking at Petroglyphs in Arizona as I did, looking at Monet's "Water Lilies". We were both put on a surreal plain by a piece of the world represented in an unfamiliar way. The human mind has unknown brilliance and music can connect us to this unknown.
Wow. Okay. Going off the creation of videos and their connection to music…
2.) You're a videographer for KEXP. Of the performances you've seen, which one was a must see and who was your personal favorite?
Must see is definitely Floating Points. It's jazz that puts you… It's like future jazz. A soundtrack to a future where everyone gets raw. It's very improvisational and very rooted in jazz. There's this kind of Wurlitzer that sounds like they put it through a teleportation device. There's like 7 people in this group and this also pushed us to be more creative in the way we filmed the session in order to incorporate everything that was going on. Another one we shot was Boogarins. I love Dinho's voice. Dinho's so nice. Whenever Boogarins comes to town Dinho always give me a list of Brazilian bands to listen to. He just turns me on to such great music my favorite being Jupiter Apple. He's a person you just feel light around. He just has the best smile and his voice is fucking amazing. I don't think you can beat that Brazilian psych-jazz style.
So I should definitely check these out? (haha)
Yeah and you can. (haha)
3.) I read somewhere you are a fan of pinball? Best Machine?
Yeah! There's a cool machine over at Jupiter Bar in Seattle. It's an older kind of bootleg Baseball machine. There are lights around the board showing you where to hit the ball to get a single or a double or whatever and also if you get a home run, you get baseball card.
Wait. You get a baseball card? (haha)
Yeah an actual baseball card comes out of the side! I like the Monster Mash, too. It might be the knock off Monster Bash. Jupiter bar is probably the best place for pinball in Seattle.
4.) I read a recent interview you had done for KEXP. I like your view about having compassion for person's situation and the view that it's survived natural selection. That compassion is a powerful tool, is a profound viewpoint. Can you expand on that? Like what shaped that mentality?
You kind of asked me a meditative question, where I have to think about how did I get to this point? I don't know. I think people will use history and science to shape any narrative they want. If you stop and take a look around you- well, I have a lot of really great people in my life that don't have to be as great as they are. They have every reason to not treat people with the kindness that they do, they have every reason to treat people bad, yet there's something in them where they don't want to do that. That doesn't serve them. That doesn't serve them at their core. They're not the people who hurt them. If you view things through natural selection some people think everything is cruel. Survival of the fittest, only the best can survive. There's that view, but somehow there's also compassion existing. I don't know if there is a "why", but there is an "is". That is just the way that it is, in that compassion has survived.
You can see it in humans, but you could also see it in animals. When they're fed and they have their resources, you'll see these videos where a cat is helping a bird. The cat has its resources and since it has it's resources it doesn't have a reliance on those to survive. It demonstrates that once you have access to those resources, it doesn't have to succumb to that cycle of the need to survive. Like once you have that access you have time to help and time to think. When you are able to have your resources you are able to expand on the mind you have, and a lot of people when they're not terrified for their own life, I think a lot of people will gravitate towards helping others. A lot of people want to help, and in that way they find meaning. I think it's what keeps some people around even. I think it's what makes life worth while for some people.
5.) You and your band's music videos, on stage presences, and film styles are fairly unique. What helped shape that style?
(Small break as they call out the last meat raffle tickets.)
We do everything ourselves. We make our visual performance art ourselves. We each have general interest about learning about the world. We each are interested in the worlds in ourselves. Ulises is very interested in science and quantum theory, and his experience with immigration also influences his art. It's not all of what he's about, he's an artist with a lot of views and he has to do a lot of reflection on himself to find out what that means to him. We're all just interested in learning. The heart performance art during the Halloween show for example was all about learning about myself. That was during a time in my life where found myself alone which I wasn't used to. I was always scared of being by myself and being able to do it shows a way that I am trying to overcome that fear. Zander showed me a lot about literature and videos and really helped me cope with being alone. I was very afraid of being alone. Those thoughts of "You're not enough", "You have nothing to say", "You have nothing interesting to put out there"…that's not true. That's never true. There's so much that could be said and done. So I know Zander is very interested in learning too because he's taught me things. He's very interested in looking into himself as an individual as well. This was a long way of saying we're all interested in learning.
6.) I saw the music video for "What are you doing?". What's the coolest thing I can do in Seattle if I had only one day in Seattle?
I really like going to the Northwest African-American Museum and also San Fernando Peruvian Roasted Chicken Shop. That museum is a terrific way to learn about the Northwest and when you get done you can walk through the park. Judkins park. You can learn so much at the museum, then as you meditate on what you've learned, you can walk down this beautiful park, and you'll end up at one of the greatest places to have roasted chicken in Seattle.
What's the best thing to order there?
I almost don't want to tell people about this place, but I want them to stay in Seattle, so I hope they get all the business they can. Get the Arroz con Mariscos. That's my favorite thing, but for sure try the chicken. The green sauce is really good.
7.) What band(s) should I be listening to now?
Benjamin Clementine is the person I always tell people is the best.
(A freind interrupts to offer us a portion of a giant pretzel.)
Elaborating on Benjamin Clementine. I don't think I know of another current artist that created another genre. He's very inspired by Chopin and Debussy, but with a kind of Brit Rock feel but it's different stylistically in that it's not always a completely Westernized song structure. He just ascends to this other place and will maybe reference that place later in the song, but never go back to that place. He's so good at melody, but each piece makes you feel like you're at home and you don't realize this song has no chorus (or at least I can't place the chorus). He also has great subjects and experiences which he translates to his work. His music really puts me at ease. Lyrically he's incredible and his story is something you should read into. He's the most inspirational person I've ever one met, and two just that I've ever listened to. I work around music. Like I'm around music all the time and I've never been more shook than when I've met Benjamin Clementine.
These questions are from my last interview Bree McKenna:
8.) Who is the cutest member of the band Hanson?
Oh no what if you don't know who that band is? I can look them up (haha)…
(Googling Hanson and watching music video for MMMBop. There was some surprise that a guy was the lead singer for MMMBop. After we found a picture of them when they were in their prime…)
I think Bree has to define what cute is and that's my response to that. (haha)
9.) What TV show are you binge watching right now?
There's a couple. Right now I'm watching Kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsey. Pretty much anything with Gordon Ramsey. I almost feel like I'm doing an intensive on Gordon Ramsey. Like I'm watching Hell's Kitchen, then Kitchen Nightmares, Master Chef, and even Junior Master Chef. I think it's really funny watching him blow up. Like it's so far from anything I can express. It's so interesting. It's so far from who I am, how I'd treat people and what I'd like to be around. It's interesting watching him tear down the owners who treat their staff like shit though. Forcing them into a position where they have to be held accountable. I'm interested in these interactions because it's such a different culture from what I am used to.
Alright and Bree's last question…
Wait can I throw this in?
I also like Kim's Convenience. I think it's a Netflix show. It's a family show where the character's are very relatable. I think the writing's really good and it makes me laugh a lot.
10.) Describe your dream stage outfit?
There are some things that come to mind but I want to be sure I'm intentional about it, and not just go right to let's Paul McCartney this sh… (haha)
(haha) I know right. Let's Lady Gaga this one.
Fire and meat everywhere! (haha)
I wanna do like Madonna and roll on stage in a wedding gown.
I really feel like…okay, I saw Angels in America in New York and the way they did the angel is so amazing. She looks like- she's not goth, but she's very Tim Burton-esque. Just ghost white, frizzy hair, but tattered and torn and wings are just raven wings, but there's still a bit of color. Like I think she was wearing a body suit underneath that was rainbow. I really like that. The way they did it, the wings were puppets, but I really think it would be cool if the wings were attached to you so you could fly into the audience. So then you could fly to people and sing to them. You could demand their attention like if they're on their phones. If it's a small space then it's like an ice breaker, but if it's a big space then it's a connector to everyone, not just the front. Like the balcony. There's so many times a performer will be like, "How are the poor people in the balcony doing? haha. Sorry you couldn't afford to be down here.". You could just fly up there. You could piss a bunch of people off and just fly up there and just switch perspectives of the show.
No joke I went to a Taylor Swift show. A friend offered me tickets, and I thought why not?
Sure, that's why you went. (haha)
Okay fine, I'm a Taylor Swift fan and wanted to go see her live. (haha) Mid show she's performing on the main stage. All of a sudden there's a basket that came down on the stage. Then there were what looked like platforms positioned furthest away from the main stage and in front of people near the back of the stadium. She got in the basket, it took her up, she landed on these platforms on the far end of the stadium, and then continued the show for about 3 or 4 songs on those platforms. (haha) It's what you described, these people paid a lot of money to be right up front and be next to the stage, and Taylor got in a basket and took the show to people on the other end of the stadium. (haha)
(haha) I like that. I like that a lot. There you go. This goes back to the idea that people have way more in common than you think. I would think Taylor Swift and I have nothing in common but hey, there you go. We both want to fly across a stadium and engage as much of the audience as we can.
(You can catch Alaia and Tres Leches at Mercer and Summit Block Party next Saturday at the Cove stage from 2:!5 to 2:45pm. Thanks Again Alaia!)
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We're only a few days into January, yet already we have seen a flurry of articles predicting the new, 'hot' technology for 2015. From 3D printing, automated cars and smart technology in the workplace, 2015 looks to be a ground breaking year for technology, with all of us feeling its impact, and nowhere more so that in the workplace.
For businesses wanting to cooperate with, or keep ahead of change, it is important that they spend the early part of 2015 evaluating the impact of new technology on their processes and people before they begin to implement change. The need for technology is clear – companies who aren't digitally active struggle to keep pace with their competitors and attract new customers who are demanding greater digital interaction and delivery, in keeping with their own infrastructure and ways of working. Agility is today's business zeitgeist. However, companies who rush to new technology without thinking about how it will be embedded in the business, risk severe implementation headaches.
– Employees turn on their bosses out of anger for what they perceive to be a lack of consideration for worker job security. Long-service employees may find the change disloyal and insensitive.
– Employees turn on the younger generation of workers out of envy for the digital awareness of the younger computer natives. The envy can turn into resentment and lead to worker divides and cliques that severely disrupt progress and change.
– Employees turn on the technology, blaming it as a cause of workplace friction and refusing to, or begrudgingly, work with it. This frustration hinders implementation of technology and, if not done right, can be the reason why investments fail and further disgruntlement.
We recommend that HR professionals and business leaders take the initiative in planning for this technological change. The reasons for investing in new technology, and the benefits it provides, make the change unavoidable for many businesses. Post-recession, many companies now like to operate as lean organisations, and consequently prefer the benefits offered by technology, such as automaton and the reliability, efficiency and high-level productivity that come with it.
According to the CIPD, employee anxieties over job insecurity are made worse by the organisation's failure to communicate and plan for change with its workers. Too few workers understand the true impact of technology in the workplace because, blinded by doubt and worry, they don't see the benefits, nor are they offered appropriate re-training when their jobs are affected by new technology. Until this is done, employees will struggle to see technology as a positive rather than a cause of redundancies.


We heard the clap, clap, clap sound of slippers as Mrs. Horowitz came down the stairs. Having removed her square-shouldered jacket, the woman looked rumpled. Her brown shirt hung limply over a hunched back, and the front was equally ill tailored. It drew attention to the way her breasts dangled down, which reminded me of rumpled balloons with the air gone out of them, bouncing against each other as they hover in midair the day after a party is over.
I said not a thing and smiled at her as charmingly as I knew how, which must have done something to disarm her, at least for a moment. She let me in and asked Natasha to make coffee for our dear guest and a cup of tea for her, and on second thought no, not tea but hot, boiling hot water with a heaping teaspoon of honey, and on second thought no, just half a teaspoon, and not to forget, a squeeze of lemon, too.
I took a step over the threshold. The living room was huge, and the furniture—highly decorative, giving you the impression that you were transported, somehow, around the other side of the world and back in time, to a palace built in the second half of the eighteenth century in Russia. Every piece was gilded in a variety of hues: red-gold, green-gold, even silver. Here and there, some of the gold leaf was damaged, but that did not detract from the richness of the decor.
I was especially overwhelmed by the eclectic combinations of ornamental motifs. There were carved garlands of flowers and foliage, rosettes, shells, urns, harps, even sphinxes.
And yet there was something about the place that made it look not only in disrepair but also about to be deserted.
It felt—oh, how would I put it in words?—as if it didn't belong to this family anymore, as if they had stopped caring for it, for some reason. The floor was covered with dust. The iron chandelier hanging above the staircase had half of its light bulbs missing.
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When my husband and I found out we were pregnant with our first child we were thrilled! Our pregnancy went well besides extreme nausea and vomiting that occurred daily until hours before Chase was born. Before labor struck I visited our local hospital where Chase would be delivered to receive IV fluids due to dehydration. When the time came, at approximately 34 weeks I tested negative for group B strep. I was thrilled--one less thing to worry about. Only 4 weeks later our beautiful son was born. My labor started 4 days prior to the birth of my son. I was having contractions anywhere from 15 to 4 minutes apart. Being my first pregnancy I went to the hospital daily to get checked. Finally after many exhausting days my son was born. My delivery was much easier than my labor or pregnancy, to my relief. Chase was born at 9:42 pm and weighed 7 lbs 1 oz! He received perfect ratings on the apgar testing and he was breast feeding, pooping and peeing like a champ. Chase had higher levels of jaundice but we still got sent home two days later. They had us come back every day for 4 days to have his bilirubin tested. He gradually improved.
Fast forward many sleepless nights to about 9 weeks old. My husband went off to work and Chase and I did our daily routine, as usual. Everything was fine up until around 4:30 pm, I went from having a perfectly healthy baby boy to a screaming, projectile vomiting angry baby! His symptoms progressed over about a 4 hour span of time. First he was irritable and then he wouldn't stop crying and throwing up. I called my husband and suggested he come home. By the time he got home from his meeting Chase was inconsolable. We decided to call our pediatrician. When we contacted her we informed her of his symptoms and she originally thought it was a GI issue. She said we could wait it out and it could be gas or we could bring him in to our local hospital. Being new parents, we decided peace of mind was a lot better...I'm so thankful we made that decision. We packed up and left to go to our local hospital, the one Chase was born at. Once we got there Chase looked perfectly fine, no crying at all. The nurse took his temperature and we were shocked when she said it was 101. We were almost immediately seen by a doctor who had nurses come in and start and IV "just in case." She then sent us for a X-ray to look at his belly and lungs. When she got the results she came in and told us she would be transferring us to our local children's hospital thirty minutes away by ambulance because Chase needed surgery most likely for what she thought at the time was Intussusception of the bowel, aka telescoping bowel.
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The Barbados Act gives the State the ability to impose new taxes without the Citizen having the opportunity to vet those taxes
The Provisional Collection of Taxes Act (PCTA) Cap 85 of the Laws of Barbados gives the Minister of Finance through the Parliamentary process the power to make and have resolutions passed allowing taxes to be collected without the relevant tax legislation having been enacted.
The Commencement date for this Act is June 30th 1967.
The Act is very short and contains the following features:
The Act covers existing taxes as well as new taxes.
Once contained in the approved budgetary proposals of the Minister of Finance, they have effect on the date announced by the Minister as if the appropriate legislation had been enacted.
The legislation has to be implemented within four months of the date of the proposals made by the Minister of Finance in the House of Assembly.
Where the legislation is not introduced and passed within the required time frame any taxes paid under that legislation are to be refunded.
The UK Act is fundamentally different from the Barbados Act
The purpose of this mechanism seems to be to allow the State to continue to collect taxes until the bill authorising such collection has been passed into law. The legislation was adapted from similar UK legislation. The reasoning behind this Act in the UK was that income tax and corporation tax were considered to be annual taxes, and could not be collected without the passage of a Finance Bill which would always take some time before the Royal Assent was given. In the interim the State could continue to collect taxes.
The UK replaced its 1913 Act with new legislation in 1968. The UK PCTA of 1968 is somewhat different from the Barbados legislation in the following material respects:
It provides for the renewal for a further period of taxes already in force, whether at the same or different rate and with or without modification.
The resolution must have a statement that it is expedient in the public interest to begin immediate collection of taxes without the enactment of the relevant legislation.
It does not apply to the imposition of new taxes.
The PCTA as a Mechanism for the Imposition of New Taxes is completely inappropriate
The PCTA would work well in the circumstances outlined in the UK Act. The taxes and their collection would have been in effect for the past year at least and the PCTA would permit the seamless collection of taxes with no disruption of the activities of the taxpayer and the taxpayer would have had the opportunity to review the legislation previously. The mechanism would also work well for a change in tax rates.
It is submitted however that the mechanism does not work well for the imposition of new taxes.
In Barbados the further practice has developed that in circumstances where the legislation has not been enacted within the stipulated period of four months an Act validating the collection of the taxes without the appropriate legislation can be enacted.
The National Social Responsibility Levy is a new tax which should never have been imposed without the provision of legislation available for Scrutiny.
According to the Summary to the Budgetary Proposals of 2016 which appears as an Appendix thereto, a National Social Responsibility Levy (NSRL) was to be introduced from September 1, 2016. The Levy was to be introduced at a rate of 2% on all imports. The levy would also be applied to goods manufactured in Barbados in order to avoid breach of World Trade Organisation rules against imposing discriminatory levies on imports. There would be no imposition of the levy on goods imported to be used in local manufacturing in order to avoid a double imposition of the levy.
The Budgetary proposals of the Minister of Finance were delivered in the House of Assembly on August 16, 2016. The practice direction from the Barbados Revenue Authority was issued on August 30, 2016. Despite the practice direction there was still a great deal of uncertainty as to the mechanism for the imposition of the tax.
It is submitted that this was insufficient time to put into operation a new tax. There is no obligation by the Minister of Finance to use the PCTA even though available as a legislative tool. Far less disruption would have occurred had the practice of consultation and running models for the imposition and collection of taxes been engaged.
The Constitution allows the State to tax its Citizens but does not give the State the right to circumvent the legal fetters meant to protect the Citizen.
Let us start at the beginning. Money can be considered property and Section 16 of the Constitution of Barbados does protect Barbadians from the deprivation of property " except by or under the authority of a written law". Within that very section there is a carve out for taxation where the act of deprivation is " in satisfaction of any tax, duty, rate, cess or other post". Nevertheless despite this carve out one could argue that exceptions to fundamental freedoms should be construed as narrowly as possible in order to avoid the creeping erosion of such rights.
Dr. Francis Alexis in his treatise Changing Caribbean Constitutions states:
Where the limitation of a right is allowed by the Constitution, what is done must have a legitimate aim or objective regarding the permitted limitation. The measure provided for by the law must be proportionate to that aim, the law must not be disproportionate, overbroad, excessive or too wide. There must be proportionality between the measure applied and the mischief being cured.
In support of this position he quotes Lord Diplock in Ryan v. A-G (1980) A.C 718 at 718E.
In the case of the NSRL the State is seeking to impose a new tax which prima facie would be in breach of the fundamental rights of Citizens in the circumstances where there is no written law. Is the PCTA the written law to which the Constitution refers? Arguably it is not, since it is not a substantive Act itself which contains any charging provisions by which a tax could be levied and more worrisome any safeguard provisions for disputing the levying of such taxes.
Even if one were to accept that the PCTA could be used for the imposition of new taxes that piece of legislation includes a fetter in favour of the Citizen in that it gives the State four months to put its house in order. In many instances the State side steps that fetter in favour of passing a validation act in order to cure the breach. The purpose of legislation in taxation is to ensure that there is certainty and that the provisions of the law do not encroach upon the fundamental rights of the Citizen more than is necessary. It is submitted, that to then take the next step of validating such legislation erodes another mechanism to check the encroachment of the State on the rights of the Citizens.
If one were to embrace the argument of Dr. Francis Alexis one must look to the mischief which the State seeks to cure and determine its legitimacy. One can only guess that the State is seeking to avoid the process of implementing a new tax through the process of writing a policy paper, consulting with stakeholders and passing the resulting legislation through Parliament and the Governor-General. Is the ultimate mischief that the process is too time consuming? The Constitution is after all according to Section 1 of the Constitution the supreme law and one should tread cautiously when dealing with provisions which might facilitate a breach of the Constitution. And the limitations to such rights and freedoms allowed by the State are according to section 11 of the said Constitution in existence to ensure that all Citizens enjoy them or are in the public interest, not to facilitate the State ignoring legal fetters in exchange for the quick collection of taxes.
The Constitution, fundamental rights and freedoms, tax legislation and short cuts do not go hand in hand.
It is unconscionable that the PCTA should be used to impose new taxes on Citizens and should be halted.
It would seem that the PC TA has strayed from its origins which was to allow the State to continue to collect existing taxes until it had a fresh mandate to do so under legislation. The PCTA raises too many Constitutional and moral issues in seeking to impose new taxes through this mechanism. The current approach of the State results in the State engaging in activities which do deprive the Citizen of property but without the necessary scrutiny. The substance of the legislation is not circulated in the Gazette in order to give adequate notice to the Citizens and nothing is laid in Parliament to be scrutinised by the representatives of the people before implementation. New taxes should not be imposed on Citizens without the most careful scrutiny.
This means that the Citizen can not determine the practical impact on him, his business or his household and more fundamentally whether it encroaches on any existing fundamental rights. The mad scramble to hold consultations and collect taxes within a matter of a few weeks may provide an adrenaline rush, however there can be no reason good enough to sail so close to the abrogation of the rights of Citizens. The imposition of new taxes through the PCTA should be put to an end and the PCTA amended in order to remove the ability to impose new taxes through this piece of legislation.
Lynette Eastmond
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We'll always be best friends forever, won't we?
Ted Berman directed this Disney film about orphaned fox Tod (Mickey Rooney) and a hound dog named Copper (Kurt Russell) who become unlikely friends but are separated by the social pressures around them.
I remember seeing this film for the first time when I was small and being attracted to it- perhaps because it was about unlikely friendships and the fact it had a melancholic soundtrack.
The poignancy at the end when the two friends conflicts are resolved hits a sad note. The two animals have the memories of their friendship, but they know they will never see each other again. I guess it reflects on real life, when you have been friends with someone and due to circumstances you are apart, but you thrive on the memories you had when you were friends.
As a young child the giant bear towards the end of the film very scary.
I found it interesting The Fox and the Hound was based on a book by Daniel P Marnix and was the first animated feature in the 1980s to use computer graphics .
Goodbye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end. But in my heart's the memory, and there you'll always be.


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HOW COOL ARE YOU GIRLS!!!WOW!!!
beautiful outfits. love the JC shoes + pink socks and those sunglasses!
one words.. wow!!! great outfit!!
Love Love Love both outfits.. those JC's are fab, and that RL ruffle blouse perfection. You ladies knock it out the park daily :).
wow..! you already got the ADR for H&M glasses. very cute! and i love your outfits.
wow!! so stylish!! Love both of them!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh love, love the shoes, and wonderful sunglasses.
As usual, you both look absolutely amazing. I LOVE the jacket and blazer from H&M, so gorgeous!
You ladies look just lovely! I love the hair in the first look--gorgeous! You ladies can sure rock a blazer in a very feminine way!
two things 1. those fringe booties are AWESOME and 2. I'm so jealous of those adr for h&m sunnies, I stalked them for a month only to find out they weren't getting them at my h&m, so i will live vicariously through yours....because you look awesome in them!
aaa you are so so cool! love you!
Aah! 1st outfit, love it! that blazer is amazing. 2nd outfit, love it too :) - perfect shirt and jeans!
I love the 2nd outfit. Thnx for ur comment on my blog.
AAAAHH the crocodile sunglasses! I was dying to get them :( Beautiful both of you.
OMG you both look fabulous! adorable outfits!
Sisters you are fabulous! First of all I'm following from august and I want to thank you for do the same. Second I like your look and your crocodile sunglasses!!! I've the gold one if you have seen my post about ADR!
Looking amazing as always, andi absolutely love both looks. Dammie's hair looks great!
Aww you both are rocking this looks as always..
Wowww the jc fringe shoes are amazing and I also love the gorgeous ruffle shirt!!
i can't decide i love both looks!
Both rocking outfits again, ladies. I don't know how you come up with all these great stuff, but keep up the great and awesome work!
love the pink socks combined with these amazin'heels, and these sunnies are so hot,especially the blouse suits perfectly to this Outfit..
Wow. Amazing outfits. I love the JC Shoes and the sunnies.
loving the bright pink socks!
Love those ADR glasses I can't wait to rock mine!!! Lovely outfits girls!
You ladies are too fab, love the shoes and the sunglasses!!


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Momo Seh, standing, is from Liberia. He has been working as a youth intern at IPPFAR since May 2013. He is the National Youth Coordinator of the Youth Action Movement in Liberia.
I have been living in Nairobi, Kenya since May 2013 where I work as a youth intern for the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Africa Regional Office.
Leaving home to work and live in a new country has been both exciting and challenging. Exciting in the sense that I get to experience a new culture, languages and people and challenging because of issues like language barrier. In Kenya, people speak Swahili.
They do not understand the Liberian accent very well, so after I arrived, I found I had to repeat myself several times to be understood.
My move to Kenya was under positive circumstances. This is not the case for youths in Africa. Many are forced to flee their countries due to war, natural disasters or poverty. They grapple with limited access to sex education, contraceptives and other SRH services.
Earlier this year, I interviewed a 20-year-old Sierra Leone refugee. She was a school drop-out. She had two children. She and her partner did not use condoms and she had never been tested for HIV.
This interview was during a fact-finding and outreach mission targeting teen mothers among Sierra Leone refugees living in western Monrovia in Liberia.
I was part of a team of youth volunteers from the Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia.
We wanted to find out two things. First, how accessible sexual and reproductive health services were to them and secondly to know the number of children each of them had.
Some of these teen mothers were single, some had partners. But most had two or three children. It was shocking to find out that they had very little information about sexual and reproductive health or where they could access services.
The situation is no different in urban centres. Though these young refugees have access to health centres, they lack the confidence to use these services. Young migrants need to be free from harassment and intimidation. Many of them feel SRH is the "business of adults" especially when you talk to them about family planning.
Here in Nairobi, the IPPF Kenyan Member Association (Family Health Options Kenya – FHOK) is working for young people to have confidence in ourselves. Through them I can access SRH services. When I first arrived, I visited their youth centre in Eastleigh. They provide life skills including tailoring, pastry making, and beauty and hair training. These kinds of trainings empower young people to be financially independent, and this is essential for our development and decision-making.
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This footed antique quadruple silverplate tea set by Pairpoint Silver depicts the celestial motif of Orion and Canis Major! A VERY highly collectible Victorian theme that encompasses mythology and the Victorian era. Creamer, open sugar bowl and waste bowl all in quadruple silverplate.
All of the pieces of this Pairpoint quadruple silver plate tea serving set have a satin finish on their bodies, a decorative band around the center depicting Orion, Canis Major, flowers leaves and a cartouche in the center of the front - which could be engraved with your family initials! All three antique silver pieces of holloware have four applied floral feet, rope-like handle/s hand-tooled flowers, vines, buds and berries on the upper 1/3 of the body and brightly polished silver on the insides.
The footed waste bowl measures 13" in circumference, 7" from handle to handle, 5.5" high and weighs 15.1 ounces. The applied handles show some silverplate wear, the rim is a bit rough and the inside shows tiny surface scratches from wear. One of the feet is very slightly bent, which may cause the waste bowl to slightly rock when moved. But it stands stable when the other three feet are firmly planted.
The matching footed silverplate creamer measures 10.5" in circumference, stands 5" high, 4.5" from the tip of the creamer spout to the handle and weighs 12/6 ounces. The inside of the creamer shows very minor wear marks, and we note one slim dark stripe of discoloration of the silverplate extending from the underbelly up through the center band of decoration. Barely noticeable unless one was especially looking for it. The four feet are perfectly aligned and stable.
The matching silverplate sugar bowl measures 10.5" in circumference, stands 5" high, 4.5" from the tip of the creamer spout to the handle and weighs 13.2 ounces. We note two slim dark stripes of discoloration of the silverplate extending from the underbelly up through the center band of decoration. Barely noticeable.
Orion is one of the most universal mythological characters. Orion was the hunter of Taurus the bull, and Lepus the hare. Followed faithfully by his companions Canis Major, and Canis Minor, he is the dominator of the northern sky. Madly in love with the daughter of King Oenopion of Chios, Metrope, Orion was consistently denied marriage to her. His love for her raged, and while in a drunken stupor, raped Metrope. Oenopion consulted Dionysis, and found revenge. Dionysis cast Orion into a deep sleep, and plagued him with blindness. Upon awakening Orion sought the help of an Oracle. It told him that to gain his sight back, he would need to travel east, and let the rays of the sun strike his eyes. Orion did this, regained his sight, and later lived in Crete, where the goddess of the moon Artemis fell in love with him. Her love for him was so strong, that she failed to light the evening sky with moonlight. Orion's death came about when Apollo challenged Artemis to hit a speck among the waters of the ocean, not knowing that this speck was Orion swimming. Artemis shot a single arrow killing him. In response to her actions, Artemis placed Orion, along with his companions Canis Major, and Canis Minor in the sky, near the seven daughters of Oenopion, the Pleiades. Here they remained as the mightiest hunters of the night sky.
All three pieces of the Pairpoint tea set have a beautiful patina. All three antique silverplate pieces of holloware share the touchmark of Pairpoint, the Pairpoint logo of a "P" within a diamond, quadruple plate and the pattern number "2026". You can learn more about the history of the Pairpoint Silver Company from our Silver Manufacturers pages.


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Lime Leaf Verdejo 2018
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Verdejo, an invigorating white grape, is Spain's secret weapon. From the Rueda region known for its pricey whites, this excellent selection is notably crisp, dry, and fresh. Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) has his own secret weapon, an alter ego as actress Dorothy Michaels, which allows him to win a coveted soap opera role. Directed by Sydney Pollack and also starring Jessica Lange, Tootsie remains as crisp and unique as it was on its first release almost 40 years ago.
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If you've never tried Verdejo, Spain's 'secret weapon' white, Lime Leaf is your perfect first taste. Known for its crisp texture and invigorating, citrus-infused flavors, it's a big hit with Sauvignon Blanc fans and, thanks to a tip-off from old friends (see below), we secured this top-quality example for you. It's made with 'declassified' fruit grown in premium Rueda (home to some of Spain's crispest and priciest whites), so you're enjoying a worldclass wine at a much friendlier price.
Rueda was granted Denominación de Origen (DO) status in 1980, but wines have been made here since the 11th century. Rooted in stony, limestone-based soil on a high-altitude plateau, vines enjoy a cooling influence from the Duero River. This setup, along with long hours of brilliant sunshine, gives the grapes a ripe-yet-zingy character. With more than half of the region planted to Verdejo, it is definitely the star white here. It's a local favorite and wine list staple at fashionable European restaurants.
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We owe the discovery of this racy white to our old friends, father and son winemakers, Julián and Javier Murúa (left). They're responsible for our best-selling Barón de Barbón Rioja. Javier has excellent contacts all over Spain. He heard of a small, Rueda-based cellar that had a little extra juice, so he let us know. Clear proof of the virtue of having 'in the know' friends.
A superb choice for an aperitif, Lime Leaf will also pair well with a variety of salads – try Niçoise or a crisp Caesar with blackened chicken. It's also as delicious with seafood as a squeeze of fresh lime. We love it with grilled shrimp skewers, tangy ceviche with salmon and avocado, simple white fish with steamed veggies, and all manner of sushi.


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New Canaan's Graham Harden is one of the top defensive players to ever come from the state of Connecticut. After his family moved to Connecticut when he was five, Graham grew up playing football, ice hockey and baseball. He first played organized lacrosse in the eighth grade and was instantly drawn to the sport.
Graham began his high school career at New Canaan High School, making the varsity team as a freshman and sophomore. Graham finished his high school career at Deerfield Academy, leading his team to a Western New England Prep School League Championship during his senior season. Graham received All-Western New England honors in 1986 and 1987 and high school All-America honors in 1987.
UNC Years
Graham then played lacrosse collegiately for the University of North Carolina where his teams won four straight ACC championships and played in four straight NCAA Division I National Tournaments from 1988-1991. Graham was a captain on the 1991 team which had one of the finest seasons in college lacrosse history recording a 16-0 record and capturing the NCAA Division I National Championship. As a byproduct of his team's success, Graham received several individual honors. He was name First Team All-ACC and First Team All-America. Additionally, he was named ACC Player of the Year, received The William F. Schmeisser Award as the NCAA Division I Outstanding Defensemen of the Year, and was chosen to play in the North-South Senior All-Star game.
Post-Graduate Lacrosse
After college, Graham played lacrosse in the United States Club Lacrosse Association with the Greenwich-based Shearson Bulls in 1992 and with the New York Athletic Club in 1993. He was named First Team All-Club both years. In 2002, Graham was one of 57 players selected to the ACC 50th Anniversary Men's Lacrosse Team.
Coaching Success
Graham began his coaching career in 1992 at Wilton High School, helping the Warriors to a CT State championship. He again coached in 1998 at the University of North Carolina as the defensive coordinator. In 2005, Graham returned to coaching at the high school level and has not stopped since. While coaching at The Lovett School in Atlanta, he helped lead the team to a state title in 2005 and a state runner-up finish in 2006. Later in 2006, Graham and his family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where he joined the Mariemont High School coaching staff. In ten years, the Mariemont boys team has played in five state title games, winning three (2007, 2013, 2014). In 2014, Graham was named the US Lacrosse Assistant Coach of the Year for the Southern Ohio region. In addition to his coaching duties for the boys, Graham has been a part of the girls varsity coaching staff at Mariemont since 2014.
A Pillar in the Community
In 2011, with lacrosse still in the growth stages in Cincinnati, Graham started helping a local non-profit organization called the Cincy Royals as their Director of College Recruiting. The organization provides boys and girls an opportunity to play lacrosse during the summer and fall to improve their skills and gain exposure to collegiate programs. Players and parents had little understanding of the recruiting process and Graham gladly shared his knowledge. Over the past five years, Graham has also served as the Director of Boys Lacrosse and as the Director of the Royals' Summer Knights youth program, additionally he is an active member of the Board. All of these roles have been as a volunteer.
Being exposed to play from different areas in Cincinnati, Graham discovered that many spring youth programs in the Cincinnati lacked knowledge of the game. This prompted Graham to author a youth's coaches guide to boy's lacrosse.
Graham and his wife Dawn live in Terrace Park, Ohio and have three children, Kendall, Lindsay and Cole.
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I grew up with the Harden family in New Canaan, CT. Boyd and I have been friends since 3rd grade. We were teammates on HS State Championship winning football and lacrosse teams. Great friends with Shea, Graham, HH as well and Mr and Mrs H. Boyd and I lived and coached together after college at Brown U before Boyd went to Marine Corps officer candidate school. Played and coached lacrosse for 40 years at every level. Played in many post college tournaments with Boyd, Graham & HH (Vail, New Orleans, Hartford, Lake Placid).
Brooks Matthews
Brooks played at UNC with Graham from 1987-1991. Brooks and Graham were two of the three captains who helped the '91 team to an undefeated season, ending in the school's 4th NCAA Lacrosse Championship. Brooks and Bryan Kelly are working with Coach Joe Breschi in mobilizing the Carolina Lacrosse Family.
Beth Carroll
Beth and Graham met during the budding years of the Cincy Royals. Together, through thick and thin, ups and downs, victories and defeats, they with the Royals inner circle, persevered to create and maintain the only sustained and successful summer travel program in the history of Southwest Ohio Lacrosse. Serving thousands of boys and girls from 4th-11th grade, Graham's vision, council and philosophy are stamped indelibly throughout the program. Beth is helping GForce raise funds, awareness and is assisting with event marketing and social media campaigns.
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Hester Sullivan
From social worker to EMT, Hester has served in a variety of capacities from outreach to homeless people on the streets of New York City (Lenox Hill Neighborhood House) to Deputy Executive Director of New York City's largest non-sectarian Food Pantry (New York Common Pantry). Hester has known Graham practically since they moved to Terrace Park. Their love of basketball and mutual disdain for the other's undergraduate University bonded them immediately. She runs on EMS with Graham, has served as his team mom for both Mariemont and the Cincy Royals, and has gone to Mountain TOP with Kendall twice. Both Hester's son and daughter have been coached by Graham and her husband was even briefly his team mate on Terrace Park's old man's team. Hester is helping SW Ohio Fundraising efforts, co-coordinating GForce wear and designed the GForce Marketplace Web Site.
Greg Dolan
Greg and Graham became friends while attending business school together at UNC-Chapel Hill. Following business school, Greg became a marketing executive, managing brands for Fortune 500 food companies such as Kraft Foods and the Campbell Soup Company. Greg started his own company in 2010 behind the development of a marketing investment optimization software application created by he and his business partner. While he grew up a baseball player, Greg is a huge fan of the game of lacrosse and all three of Greg's children are active in youth travel lacrosse. As one of the business school leads, Greg is helping to create annual fundraising platforms including the Final Four Raffle, a golf tournament in Chapel Hill and organization of youth lacrosse clinics in North Carolina.
Todd Steele
The Harden family have been good family friends to the Steeles in Cincinnati for many years, and their boys are best of friends. Graham has coached all four Steele kids in lacrosse and he serves with Molly Steele on the Terrace Park EMS. Todd has coached Graham's son, Cole, in everything but lacrosse in case Graham's DNA didn't translate. Todd and Molly are helping coordinate activities and fund raising in Terrace Park for the benefit of GForce.
Peter Fearey
Peter played lacrosse with Graham for three years at Deerfield Academy and is helping GForce build out its website and online presence.
Bryan Kelly
Graham and Bryan were both defensemen for the Carolina Tarheels from 1987 to 1991 and is helping GForce develop and execute fundraising efforts to offset Graham's ongoing medical costs.
Reid Campbell
Reid and Graham have been close friends for nearly 35 years going all the way back to when they grew up together in New Canaan, CT. Reid played lacrosse at Washington & Lee University and teamed up with Graham on the Shearson Bulls Lacrosse Club after college. Reid is assisting in various fundraising and administrative efforts for GForce.