Nested at the southern outskirts of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivali (East) in Mumbai, St. John's High School is an ICSE affiliated co-educational school. Chartered in the year 2007, St. John's High School is managed by St. Francis Educational Trust.
This premier institution has three pillars that are central to its ethos - Academic Excellence, All-round Development and Building of Character. As givers of education, we realize that ours is the crucial role of moulding young boys and girls into confident leaders of tomorrow.
Our approach to education is building a strong base for the students rooted in their upbringing and local communities, creating a sense of responsibility towards the nation, empowered with the abilities and competencies to flourish on a global scale. The school is committed to stay abreast of the rapidly evolving times around us, so the knowledge and skills we provide stays relevant and contemporary. But most importantly we endeavor to instill in our children a deeply human perspective of life, so they may carry the exemplary qualities of truth, justice and love wherever they go.
V. V. Bhat Memorial Inter School Competition 2018 - 2019 – Hriday S won Encouragement Prize in Sar Ankhon Par Drawing Competition.
V. V. Bhat Memorial Inter School Competition 2018 - 2019 – Aman A. won First Prize and Dhruv M. won Third Prize in Gadgets and me.
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V. V. Bhat Memorial Inter School Competition 2017 - 2018 - Mr. Vishal P. won Second prize in strokes of Genius – Sketch Making.
V. V. Bhat Memorial Inter School Competition 2017 - 2018 - Shubh H., Aditi K. & Kaif S. won Second prize in Shoebox Float- Model Making.
V. V. Bhat Memorial Inter School Competition 2017 - 2018 - Chinmayee D. & Gandhar G. won First prize in Maharashtra Quiz.
Master Kevin T. of Std. VIII performed exceptionally well in the Innovation Challenge organized by SOF and Techfest IIT Bombay and has qualified for the finals.
Rotary Club of Bombay Kandivali (RCBK) Inter School Painting Competition – Megha K. won consolation prize.
Vivekotsav Devotional Singing Competition - Shriya G. won Third Prize in Junior group.
Vivekotsav Devotional Singing Competition - Trisha S. & Soumya L. won Third prize in Senior Group.
Vivekotsav Marathi Elocution Competition - Shraddha M. & Gayatri N. won Third prize in Senior Group.
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DSO Kick Boxing Competition Mumbai Suburban, 2017-2018 - Ali Hasan K. won Gold Medal & Sabya Shreyas & Shivani M. won Silver Medal in different weight category.
Prabhodhan Athetic Meet, 2017-2018 - Gayatri N. won Gold medal in 200 meters Running Race.
DSO State Kick Boxing Competition, 2017-2018 - Ali Hasan K. won Silver Medal.
Uttar Mumbai Krida Mahotsav, 2017-2018 - Gayatri N. won Third prize in 400 meters Running Race.
31st State KickBoxing Championship 2017-2018 - Ali Hasan K. Sabya Shreyas & Shivani M. won Gold Medal in different weight category.
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Highest % in March 2017 examinations - Shreyas Sutar scored 93%.
100% result of Std. X students in March 2017 examinations.
Kick Boxing Mayor Championship held at SAI Kandivali, 2016 - 2017 - Ali Hasan K. won Gold Medal & Shivani M. won Bronze Medal.
Master Jay Mehta received a scholarship of Rs. 1,10,000/- for "ARC Engineering".
Students of Std. V participated in International School Awards conducted by the British Council on the topic- Non Material Heritage.


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Florence Vos Weeda (Amersfoort, 9 juni 1996) is een Nederlandse actrice.

Biografie
Vos Weeda begon met acteren tijdens haar middelbareschoolopleiding. Ze volgde een vooropleiding Theater en speelde bij Toneelgroep Amsterdam junior. Hier speelde ze de rol van Ophelia in een uitvoering van Hamlet. Kort daarna maakte ze haar debuut als filmactrice in de Nederlandse speelfilm Ventoux en werd ze gecast voor een vaste rol in de jeugdserie SpangaS. In deze serie speelde Vos Weeda twee seizoenen lang de rol van Juliëtte Vrolijks, een rol die ze overnam van Vajèn van den Bosch.

Naast haar rol in SpangaS speelde Vos Weeda nog een rol in speelfilm Renesse en een terugkerende rol in de dramaserie Weemoedt.
Sinds eind 2016 studeert Vos Weeda aan de Toneelschool Maastricht. Om zich op haar studie te kunnen concentreren, stopte ze met haar rol in SpangaS. In april 2017 was ze voor het laatst te zien in deze serie.

Filmografie

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| 2016 || Weemoedt || Claudia 's Gravenzande || Terugkerende bijrol
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| 2017 || Flikken Rotterdam || Sanne van Weelden || Terugkerende bijrol
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| 2020 || Ares || Chloe || Bijrol
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| 2021 || De slet van 6vwo || Alex || Hoofdrol
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Nederlands acteur

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The University of Auckland creates two classes of ...
Dargaville's media should honour the town's intell...
Carey Davies on separatism in New Zealand and Britain
Watching, and waiting
Deeper water
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Amidst taonga
Memo to Rose Stirling: an open mind need not be an empty mind
Kaipara blogger Liz, who brought the latest soft soaping of Dargaville pseudo-historian and tomb-robber Noel Hilliam to light earlier in the week, has produced a cartoon which amusingly skewers the obsessions of Hilliam and his ilk, and which reminds me oddly of the collages of Marian Maguire, an artist who doesn't make the mistake of dressing fantasy up as reality.
While Liz was poking fun at Hilliam's paranoiac fantasies, Rose Stirling was leaving a comment on this blog in defence of her presentation of the man as a serious historian in the article she wrote for a recent issue of the Dargaville and Districts News. Here's Rose's response to the open letter I wrote her a couple of days ago:
First of all - I never called [Hilliam] a marine biologist - oops.
I do not know who monitors these pages but I do not believe name calling is very intellectual.
I am Maori of Ngati Porou and Ngati Paoa descent. I am proud of my Maori ancestory. To say that I am racist because I interviewed someone who believes that Maori were not the first to settle NZ is like saying I must be a chef because I interviewed Gordon Ramsey per say.
I'm proud to be Maori but I'm also proud to be a Maori with an open mind. I intend to report on Mr Hilliams findings in the very near future and a second opinion will be sought and reported on. This first news item was to break the news.
Here's my reply to Rose's message:
Thanks for responding Rose.
It's all very well to speak of keeping an 'open mind', but there is a difference between an open mind and an empty mind. I'm afraid that your article raises serious questions about your competence as a journalist.
A five minute google search would have shown you that Noel Hilliam does not have the qualifications and track record of publications that would allow him to be fairly called an historian, that he has made a series of bizarre claims over the years that have been proven quite false, that he has been repudiated by serious scholars, by Dargaville Maritime Museum, and by the tangata whenua of the northern Wairoa, and that he has links to an openly racist organisation which uses his 'research' to advance its agenda.
Any journalist worth their salt would have done some basic research on Hilliam and, at the very least, gotten in touch with some of the man's many detractors and included the opinions of these people in a profile of him.
Saying that you're going to get the facts right and present a balanced opinion the next time you write something about Hilliam doesn't cut it.
And trying to wriggle off the hook by citing your links to iwi whose rohe are far from the northern Wairoa is, frankly, pathetic. You don't get a free pass just because you can whakapapa back to iwi in different parts of the island. You have a responsibility to the mana whenua of the indigenous people of the northern Wairoa - the people whose burial caves have been robbed by Hilliam, and whose artefact was desecrated - and you have failed to meet that responsibility.
Have you stopped to wonder how someone whose ancestors' remains have been disturbed by the man whom you presented as a serious historian might feel about him? David Williams, who represented Te Uri o Hau in Treaty negotiations, has written about the pain that grave-robbing caused the iwi in the nineteenth century, and about the way that Hilliam has reawakened that pain by blundering into caves in recent decades. For someone who proclaims their Maoriness, you seem very blase about the free pass you have given to a man with a long history of insulting Maori and desecrating Maori taonga.
The decent thing to do would be to apologise and to retract your patently false representation of Hilliam as a serious scholar.
You talk about writing yet another article on Hilliam, but wouldn't it be far better for you to bring your readers' attention to the work of the scores of serious scholars investigating Northland history and prehistory? These archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, literary scholars, and sociologists consult and respect the communities they work with, proceed in a systematic manner using the research skills they gained through careful study, and turn their work into rational arguments which are available for public perusal. Wouldn't they be more worthy of your attention than a totally untrained retired farmer who breaks into burial caves at night, destroys and desecrates taonga, and produces nothing more coherent from his 'research' than rants against 'political correctness' on the websites of anti-Maori organisations like the One New Zealand Foundation?
You defend your item as a quick attempt to 'break' a piece of 'news', but why, I wonder, do you consider Hilliam's repetitive ravings 'news', rather than the many and continuing publications of scholars like Doug Sutton, who has led the most detailed study ever of prehistoric Northland pa, or Stephen Turner, who has investigated the history of the community around Lake Omapaere in recent years using radical new techniques, or Trevor Bentley, who recently published the first proper biography of the legendary Jacky Marmon, the first white settler of the Hokianga and a crucial figure in Northland history?
And if you wanted to show off the best side of Dargaville, wouldn't you want to write about Kendrick Smithyman, one of the town's most erudite and eloquent sons, rather than produce another piece about Hilliam, a man who has caused your town nothing but embarrassment?
I've amended the description of Hilliam from 'marine biologist' to 'marine archaeologist'. Hilliam has no skills in either discipline, and he has made so many claims to so many different fields of expertise that it didn't occur to me or to others here that I'd misread your description of him. I'm half-expecting the bloke to claim to be an astronaut next...
herb said...
if Rose is Maori...why couldn't she spot the obvious crap Hilliam talked...about the Maori language being heavily influenced by Spanish?
I think she might be as big a bullshit artist as him, actually...
let's see her go onto a Ngati Porou marae and present Hilliam's Nazi theories as something respectable and newsworthy. Heh...
Giovanni Tiso said...
It's Maguire, not MacGuire.
One has to love Stirling's complete disregard for evidence-based journalism - when all facts are opinions, you're at your most open minded and fair when you entertain them all. Hooray!
Nice comment by Marty Mars in the other thread:
Kia ora rose,
I hope you have you have a good read of the post and follow the links provided. The evidence is there - the photos of ancestors descecrated to further the anti-maori agenda is there.
You could turn it around - write an article on grave robbing and its sick parent. Expose these scum to the light, as Maps and others do. This will be mana enhancing for you, your hapu and iwi, and most importantly mana whenua, who are still suffering the descecration of their ancestors today.
The challenge is to be part of the solution Rose not part of the problem.
and from Edward in the other one
Marine archaeologist is not any better I'm afraid, so it seems you missed the point, but I'm sorry if you have been subject to name-calling. I'm afraid, however, like Maps, I don't buy into the 'open minded' reporting excuse though - as I've said in my comments, Mr Hilliam has a right to say and believe what he likes, and you have a right to publish it, but as a journalist providing a public platform for his ideas, the responsibility falls on you to make sure that such claims are critically appraised, balanced by evidence, and opinion is sought by qualified experts. You have failed to do this so excuse us if we remain unimpressed by your response.
As an archaeologist I am continually faced with public misnomers and confusion fed by such myths, and the difficult battle to educate the public of genuine research and the history of our country is undermined by thoughtless "open minded" (read: uncritical) reporting. No one here is against having an open mind or even the right for Hillaim to have his opinions or you to publish them, but 'free speech' and 'open mindedness' does not mean freedom of responsibility.
It is amusing though, how junk-science and pseudo-history theorists are quick to cite freedom of speech, and yet when those who disagree publically challenge these theories they are met with threats of legal action due to claims of defamation. I recieved such threats by Mr Hilliam last year for openly criticising his claims.
Perhaps you should be more thoughtful about who and how you interview in the future and a little less quick to play the tired old 'open minded' card as an excuse. As I said, context-free reporting is a public disservice.
Of course Rose will never consider one of Doug Sutton's treams' internationally-acclaimed books 'news'.
Doug Sutton isn't a broken-down old redneck with an unhealthy fascination for the remains of the dead.
Rose and her publishers aren't interested.
I find Rose Stirling's comments really strangely uninformed.
Surely she has to know better than this - especially if she comes from *the*Stirlings?
Or - paranoia! -she is not quite what she promotes herself as?
I just started Herodotus's "The Histories" A great read BTW!
But he hasn't mentioned the Peloponnesian Maori yet; but I will report back when I get up to there.
Herodotus was the father of lies.
One wouldn't even need a five-minute Google search. I am a journalist working on a different paper in the same media group (Fairfax) as Rose's paper. After the posting of Rose's article, I had a quick scan of the shared Fairfax electronic archives -- which every journalist does as they prepare to interview someone -- and saw that Hilliam had been written about many times, with his "controversial" views covered and rebutted. All it would have taken is a quick phone call to the likes of Kerry Howe, to get one contrasting quote to Hilliam's nonsense.
Exactly, anon! I can't understand how Rose could have failed to perform these simple tasks, and how she could possibly think that Hilliam deserves another article, when all he has are obvious absurdities and conspiracy theories involving unnamed people and unnamed dates.
He was the father of lies - but his father had a father. Truth is - shall we say - subject to subjectivity! The great thing with such as Herodotus is the ingeniousness of their "lies" - and they don't pretend history or in fact anything is "factual"...it is all very complex.
But this doesn't mean Hilliam is quite on the same plane shall we say as Herodotus - he, Hillamadodotus, the man in question, is more a kind of poor man's Ezra Pound!
Richard I'm scanning my copy as well. I'm 'certain' we'll find that 'earth shattering evidence' maybe never.
Scott thanks for speaking out about this.I drew that cartoon out of the sheer amusement I held over the article. It was more 'it's a conspiracy!'type of article than anything that could be taken seriously. Hence the cartoon.
Richard and I will report back in about 2 centuries or so when at last 'the truth is out there' Too many X-Files episodes I would think.
AngonaMM said...
Canto 6, 17-21. No reason why Ruggiero's hippogryph could not have descended below the Equator (first journey of 'Orlando Furioso'). Ariosto insists the unnamed hippogryph is no mythological beastie, but a product of nature. It definitely crossed the Pacific on the way to Alcina's island, and (though not mentioned in O.F.) it is not beyond belief that it made a rest-stop in Auckland or Hawaii in late 8th c.
One of Noel's chums has tried to substantiate the claim about the New Zealand tree in Spain:
'I gather that a Pohutakawa is alive and well in the township of Aorangi Spain, Europe and historical documentation supports how it was obtained.'
Does anyone know a place in Spain called Aorangi? I just did a google for it, and came up blank.
I'm sure we'll get all that documentation proving the history of the tree from Noel, at about the same time he gives us the location of that Nazi sub off the coast of Northland...
it's la corunna, not aorangi
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/
article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=218169
probably one of the many trees from NZ planted in europe in the 19th century (lots of cabbage tree around)
but...even on the outside chance it was brought back to spain by a spaniards before cook's arrival, so what? hilliard claims to have evidence whites were here before maori...does he think maori got here at the same time as cook? nothing would surprise...
yep the maori power/history establishment is obviously trying to cover this tree up, and we need a fearless truth teller like noel hilliard, just look at the response of the most famous historian here
'Dr Belich says there are legends about Spanish ships arriving in New Zealand in the 16th Century and that was a time when many explorers kept their discoveries to themselves.
So he says it is entirely possible that Spaniards arrived on New Zealand soil in the 1500s.'
http://tvnz.co.nz/content/57589/423466.html
what a cover-up! they're runnings cared! and the sad thing is this is OLD news. nearly ten years old in fact.
and yes it has nothing to do with the claim whites were here thousands of years ago before maori. clear;y they were here before the tree arrived in spain even by the oldest age given for the tree, so - what's the point?
Hilliam is awesome...yeah right! said...
Kia ora,
I was wondering if you could please provide a reference for me to David William's writings about people unlawfully taking kōiwi tangata from Te Uri o Hau? Is this in the Waitangi Tribunal records? I would really be interested to read more is all.
Thanks and keep up the great blog...I thoroughly enjoy reading it :)

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Canada Place is definitely one of the most spectacular spots to visit in Vancouver. It is a combination of cruise ship and convention centre with a hotel inside, and it represents one of the best architectural delights the city has to offer, right on the waterfront. The panoramic view of North Vancouver and the surrounding mountains makes it an ideal place for taking dates or taking pictures – or just watching the city pulse.
The Vancouver Lookout tower sits atop Harbour Center and with its 360° observation deck, it's one of the most popular attractions in Vancouver. By taking a ride in the rapid glass elevator you'll get 147 m above street level in a mere 40 seconds. Aside from admiring spectacular views of Vancouver, you can visit the Armstrong Gallery (named after astronaut Neil Armstrong), featuring the art of local artists. There are also historic photo panels documenting how much have the views from the Lookout changed over the years and of course, if you get hungry you can visit the Top of Vancouver Revolting Restaurant with a very special feature – it rotates during the day, so while you're enjoying a tasty meal, the view changes around you.
A great kid-friendly museum that offers prolonged hours of fun and education. It is located on Main Street at the far east end of False Creek. The site also offers a fabulous view of the Vancouver skyline.
Located in the former main Vancouver courthouse, The Vancouver Art Gallery is the fifth-largest art gallery in Canada. The gallery's collection varies from historical, classical artists to more contemporary ones. With its ionic columns, formal porticos, a central dome and ornate stonework, the building itself is a spectacle.
Vancouver's Chinatown is the largest in Canada, which makes sense considering that Chinese-Canadians make up the largest minority group in the city. Chinatown is filled with great markets, offering the freshest vegetables, mushrooms, oriental medicine and seafood, both fresh and dried. Visitors will enjoy this part of town – it's loaded with cultural influence, making it unique and fun.
Situated in the heart of Vancouver's Chinatown, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is the first of its kind built outside of China. As a scholars' garden reminiscent of those built in 15th century China, its architecture and choice of foliage is based upon philosophical principles of Taoism and Feng Shui. A multifarious selection of lush plants chosen to emphasize seasonal changes, pond with fish and turtles, pagodas and rock formations representing mountains evoke an overall atmosphere of mystical tranquility.
For thrill-seekers suffering from low adrenaline levels, the Capilano Suspension Bridge will provide the much needed cure, all set in cedar-scented rain forest trails around North Vancouver's most famous landmark. During the summer, the park is open from 9 AM until 9 PM, with an admission fee of $25 for adults and $18 for children. British Columbia residents are eligible for a discount that comes with a season pass. The best months to visit are May through September.
Offering similar excitement as above, the Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge is free to visit. While not as high and long as the Capilano, it's narrower and moves about a lot more. It is a part of the Badon-Powell trail, which is a popular hiking route.
One of the premier attractions of Vancouver, Grouse Mountain offers outdoor sport enthusiasts many activities including skiing and snowboarding (with 25 runs), skating, sleigh riding, snowshoe trails and hiking. You may just catch one of the many events held there, such as the World Famous Lumberjack Show. The Observatory restaurant provides an excellent panoramic view of the downtown area, and the great West Coast cuisine will ensure that nobody leaves hungry. You can also visit the Grouse Mountain Website.
Gassy Jack is a historical figure that you may already have read about in the short history of Vancouver article on this site. He is credited as being one of the most important figures in Vancouver's past. Just as he would have liked, today Vancouver represents a mix of art and entertainment. It's full of nightclubs, restaurants, art galleries and studios, but you can find film schools and media and design companies as well. Make sure to check out the steam-powered clock which can be found at the corner of Cambie and Water Street.
Burnaby Village, an open air museum, is a reconstructed 1920s village, with more than 30 full scale buildings, some of which are originals, moved from other locations in the community and restored. The costumed staff is representing traditional trades, most popular being the blacksmith, the farmhouse or the print shop. There is also an old interurban tram, which was restored to its original appearance in 2008.
A former marine base turned into a recreational park more than a century ago, Stanley Park offers a wide range of things to do – from renting a bike, hiking, playing golf, swimming in the ocean, water park or heated pool to taking a ride on a miniature replica of a locomotive engine or visiting a farmyard with your children, not to mention the famous Vancouver Aquarium, there is always plenty to do in Stanley Park.
A unique neighbourhood completely transformed from its industrial past, it's a fabulous place for shopping or lounging at one of the many cafes. Adults may enjoy the historic beer brewery. Granville Island is located on the picturesque waterfront.
Robson Street (named after the premier of British Columbia from 1889-1892, John Robson) is one of the most famous shopping districts in Vancouver. Nicknamed Robsonstrasse, after strong immigration from postwar Germany, Robson Street was well known for being the center of German commerce and culture in Vancouver. Nowadays, Robson Street is lined with stores of famous world designers as well as smaller boutiques. If you get hungry or thirsty, there are many restaurants, cafes and eateries offering wide variety of cuisines.
I love the photo of Science World. The museum is a bit more boring on the inside than you'd think looking at the photo. I can't wait for my next trip to Grouse mountain for skiing.
I don't think it's fair to say science is boring. If you don't like science then you shouldn't go to a science museum.
I'm just planning a trip to Vancouver. This is a big help for me. Thanks a lot Jay!
recently came from vancouver being britisher people were damn rude.
My wife and I visited Vancouver in the spring and had a great time, beautiful city with some great people and places to see.
I'd like to visit again and play tourist for awhile, rather then just visiting family quickly.
What a beautiful and magical place. I used to live in Vancouver and this article has made me home sick. Would love to see some more articles focusing on specific neighbourhoods in Vancouver.
Hi Sadhbh, thank you for your comment! You can find photo essays focusing on specific neighbourhoods in my Neighbourhood guide.


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Telamon  (în ), fiul regelui Aeacus din Egina și al reginei Endeïs, a fost un erou din mitologia greacă. Împreună cu fratele său, Peleus (tatăl lui Ahile), l-a însoțit pe Iason în celebra expediție a argonauților. Este menționat de mai multe ori în Iliada ca fiind tatăl eroilor ahei Aiax din Salamina ("Aiax cel Mare") și .

De asemenea, Telamon și Peleus au fost prieteni apropiați ai lui Heracle, însoțindu-l în expedițiile acestuia împotriva amazoanelor și împotriva Troiei.

Conform celor relatate în , Telamon a fost foarte aproape de a fi ucis în timpul asediului Troiei chiar de către prietenul său Heracle. Telamon a fost primul care a escaladat zidurile troiene, pătrunzând în cetate, fapt care l-a înfuriat teribil pe Heracle, care dorea ca laurii victoriei să-i aparțină doar lui. Heracle a scos sabia, fiind gata să-l ucidă, când Telamon a reacționat rapid începând să adune pietre din zidul troian și ridicând cu acestea un altar în onoarea lui Heracle. Acesta a fost atât de încântat, încât după ce și-a luat partea de pradă din Troia, l-a recompensat pe Telamon dându-i-o pe Hesione, fiica regelui Laomedeon al Troiei. Hesione a cerut favoarea de a-l lua cu ea și pe fratele ei mai mic, Podarces. Heracle nu ar fi permis acest lucru, cu excepția cazului în care Hesione l-ar fi cumpărat Podarces ca sclav. Hesione a plătit pentru fratele ei cu un voal. Numele Podarces a fost apoi schimbat în Priam, nume semnificând "cel cumpărat" (mai târziu, Priam a devenit rege al Troiei, sfârșind tragic în timpul războiului troian).

În arhitectură

În arhitectură, "telamonii" sunt sculpturi masculine colosale folosite drept coloane. Aceștia sunt, de asemenea, numiți atlanți, fiind versiunea masculină a cariatidelor.

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Bibliografie
 Victor Kernbach, Dicționar de mitologie generală, Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, București, 1989
 N. A. Kun, Legendele și miturile Greciei Antice, Editura Lider, București, 1996, ISBN 973-9154-51-4
 Kevin Osborn, Dana L. Burgess, Ghid esențial de mitologie clasică, Editura Paralela 45, Pitești, 2005, ISBN 973-697-869-9

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Q: detail not found в ответ на запрос с  Django есть модель Profile(код будет ниже), настраиваю API, уже настроил показ всех профилей, теперь же хочу выводить данные по конкретному профилю по номеру user, однако в ответ получаю ошибку, помогите, пожалуйста.
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IN THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT OF NIGERIA
IN THE PORT HARCOURT JUDICIAL DIVISION
HOLDEN AT PORT HARCOURT
BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP, HON.JUSTICE N.C.S OGBUANYA
SUIT NO: NICN/ABJ/118/2017
MARGRET EZEAGWU - CLAIMANT/RESPONDENT
NIGERIAN PORTS AUTHORITY - DEFENDANT/APPLICANT
REPRESENTATION:
Thaddaeus Dzege, Esq - for the Claimant/Respondent;
Anthony Nwobueze,Esq - for the Defendant/Applicant
This Suit was originally commenced at the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt Division on 6th October 2011 and later transferred to National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) Abuja Division on 26th May 2016 and later refiled at the Port Harcourt Division of NICN.
By a Writ of Summons refiled at NICN on 10th November 2017, the Claimant claimed against the Defendant for the following reliefs:
(1). A Declaration that the Dismissal of the Plaintiff by the Defendant without due process is unlawful , null and void contrary to the Public Service Rules 2008
(2). A Declaration that the Dismissal of the Plaintiff by the Defendant without giving her any opportunity of being heard on the ground so raised amount to denial of her fair-hearing as guaranteed under Section 36 of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (now amended in 2011)
(3). An Order of court for Defendant to immediately re-instate the Plaintiff into its employment without any loss of status or any entitlement due thereby.
(4). Any other Order(s) that this court may deem fit to make in the circumstances.
The Defendant reacted with its defence processes wherein it denied the claims, followed with a Notice of Preliminary Objection dated 27th December 2017 and filed on 28th December 2017, challenging the jurisdiction of the court, on the ground that the suit has become statute-barred, having been caught by the provisions of S.2 (a) Public Officers Protection Act (POPA); the suit having not been commenced within the prescribed three months of the cause of action.
In opposition to the Preliminary Objection, the Claimant/Respondent filed a Counter-Affidavit with Written Address dated and filed on 30th January 2018. In furtherance of the objection, the Claimant two (2) separate Reply on Point of Law. One dated 23rd February 2018 and the other dated 28th February 2018. At the Hearing proceedings of 22nd March 2019, learned Counsel for the Defendant/Applicant moved the court to strike out the earlier one of 23rd February 2018 and retain the later one of 28th February 2018. The said earlier one was accordingly struck out, leaving that of 28th February 2018 as subsisting.
Both counsel agreed that the Notice of Preliminary Objection should be taken first before the substantive suit, as the Defendant/Applicant's counsel had insisted the Application presents good point on law to knock out the case at Preliminary stage. On that note, the matter set down for Hearing of the said Pending Notice of Preliminary Objection.
Moving the Application, learned Defendant/Applicant's Counsel adopted the processes filed; particularly the Written Address dated 27th December and filed on 28th December, 2017 and the subsisting Reply on Point of Law dated 28th February 2018. Counsel raised a sole issue for determination- Whether or not the case is statue-barred given that it was not filed within 3 months allowed by S.2 (a) POPA, the Defendant being a Public Officer?
Referring to Paragraph 4 (2) Affidavit in support as shown in Paragraphs 13 and 14 of the Statement of Claim, Counsel submitted that the Claimant is an employee, whose cause of action in the suit arose sometime on 30th October 2009 and the action was brought on 6th October 2011, about 2 years after the cause of action arose, contrary to the 3month-limits prescribed in S.2 (a) POPA.
Counsel hulled in a myriad of cases on application and effect of statute-bar on jurisdiction of the court, such as: Ihrahim v.J.S.C [1998] 14 NWLR 584 1 @ 31- 32 para H-B; Worherem v. Emeruwa [2004] 13 NWLR (Pt. 890) 398 @ 415 Para F-H; Anozie v. A.G.F. [2008] 10 NWLR (Pt.1095) 278 @ 291, Para. H; Controller-General Prisons v. Idehen [2010] 3 NWLR (Pt.1182) 502 @ 515, Para. B, and contended that the suit has become statue-barred and therefore, the court lacks jurisdiction to entertain same. He urged the court to so hold and dismiss the suit.
On his part, learned Claimant/Defendant's counsel in opposition to the Notice of Preliminary Objection, pointed that he filed Counter-Affidavit deposed to on 30th January, 2018 by learned Counsel himself. He also drew attention to his Written Address dated and filed on 30th January, 2018, in which he raised a sole issue for determination- Whether the action is statue-barred i.e whether S. 2 (a) POPA is applicable to this suit?
Counsel adopted the Written Address and relied on the averments in the Counter-Affidavit in opposition to the Preliminary Objection. To Counsel, the crux of the opposition to the preliminary objection is that S. 2 (a) POPA does not apply to this suit being an employment contract claim which the limitation effect in POPA does not affect. And given the circumstance of the Claimant's case, the Defendant/Applicant should not take advantage of the provision as it is in gross violation of the rule of natural justice of fair Hearing, in that the Claimant/Respondent was dismissed without being afforded any opportunity of being heard. Counsel refers to paragraph 4 of the Defendant/Applicants' Affidavit in support of the Preliminary Objection wherein the Defendant/Applicant admitted breaching the fair hearing of the Claimant while dismissing her. Counsel cited and relied on Adusec v. Adebayo (2012) All FLWR (Pt. 627) 66 @ 679, paras. B-C, to the effect that an admission requires no further proof.
Arguing that the circumstances of the case reveals breach of constitutional provisions regarding fair hearing, counsel cited and relied on Mohammed v. Abu Zaris [2014] 7 NWLR (PT.1407) 500 at 539-540 para. F-H, to the effect that S.2 (a) of the POPA is subject to 1999 the Constitution (as amended). Thus, a public officer who has contravened the provision of the constitution as related to fundamental rights therein, in the execution of his public duty cannot claim protection under the Act, counsel submits.
Counsel further pointed that contrary to the position maintained by the Defendant/Applicant on the accrual of the cause of action, the cause of action arose 3rd May, 2011 as deposed to in paragraph 5 of the Counter Affidavit as shown in paragraph 15 of the Claimant's statement of claim, wherein it was averred that the Defendant refused to consider the appeal. To counsel, cause of action arose when the Defendant refused to consider her appeal after the dismissal.
Concluding, Claimant/Respondent's counsel urged the Court to dismiss the preliminary objection and award substantial cost against the Defendant/Applicant.
In his Reply on Point of Law, in response to the arguments of the Claimant/Respondent's Counsel that POPA does not apply to a contract of employment of statutory flavour, learned Defendant/Applicant's counsel cited and relied on Bakare v Nigeria Railway (2002) 22 WRN 60, which held that S.2 (a) POPA applies to contract of employment, as the instant case. Counsel argued that the Supreme Court also had in UNIJOS v. Ikegwoha [2013] 9NWLR (Pt. 1360)478 and Yare v. N.SW and I.C [2013 12 NWLR (Pt.1367)173, applied the S.2 (a) POPA to "annihilate the cases of the Appellants which were based on contract of employment". Counsel further argued that in Sunday v. Chief of Defence Staff [2016] 1 NWLR (Pt. 1494)615, the Court of Appeal , when faced with the same question, as to whether or not the limitations provisions of S.2(a)POPA applies to contract of employment?, the Appellate Court answered in the affirmative; that it applies. Counsel concluded and urged the court to uphold his submissions on the preliminary objection and dismiss the suit.
COURT'S DECISION
This Defendant/Applicant's Notice of Preliminary Objection innocuously challenges the jurisdiction of this court to hear and determine the claims in this suit; the action having been commenced outside the 3-month statutory period set out under S.2 (a) POPA. Nevertheless it was hotly contested on both sides; for and against whether POPA statute of limitation objection applies. Whereas the Defendants' counsel contended that the suit is caught by the provisions of S.2 (a) POPA, and therefore non-justiciable and liable to be dismissed, it is the Learned Claimant's spirited contention that though the suit was commenced outside the 3-month prescribed timeline under S.2 (a) POPA, but that the suit still survives, as the facts and circumstances of the suit fall outside the general rule of statute-bar, and constitutes an exception or does not apply at all, the suit being employment contract claims.
There is no doubt that the issue bordering on jurisdiction of court is a radical one and always occupies a pride of place in the proceedings towards addressing of issues raised for determination for effectual resolution of the matter in dispute between the parties before the court. For me, if it comes to the fore that the court lacks jurisdiction to hear and determine a suit pending before it, that is the end of the judicial exercise of power in entertaining the suit and the rest of the issues awaiting determination in the substantive suit abate forthwith, having lacked foundation to rest upon and anchor judicial efforts for valid resolution of the matter in dispute.
This axiomatic legal proposition may have informed the proposition by the learned Defendant/Applicant's counsel to set down the preliminary objection for hearing, as he believes the suit would not survive that round of bout. The S.2 (a) POPA states:
"where any action, prosecution or other proceeding is commenced against any person for any act done in pursuance or execution or intended execution of any Act or law or of any public duty or authority or in respect of any alleged neglect or default in the execution of any such Act, Law, duty or authority the following provisions shall have effect-the action, prosecution or proceeding shall not lie or be instituted unless it is commenced within three months next after the act, neglect or default complained of, or in any case of a continuation of damage or injury, within three months next after the ceasing thereof'.
In Ajayi v. Adebiyi [2012] 11 NWLR (Pt. 1310) S.C. 137@ Pp. 196-197, paras. G-B,(Ajayi'Case), the Supreme Court elucidated on the essence of statute of limitation thus:
"A statute of limitation of action is designed to stop or avoid a situation where a plaintiff can commence action anytime he feels like doing so, even where human memory would normally have faded and therefore failed. Put in another language, by the statute of limitation, a plaintiff has not the freedom of the air to sleep or slumber and wake up at his own time to commence an action against a defendant. The different statutes of limitation which are essentially founded on the principle or equity and fair play, will not avail such a sleeping or slumbering plaintiff".
In the Ajayi'Case (Supra) @ P. 172, paras. B-E, the apex court went ahead to lay the effect of statute-barred on a pending suit, thus:
"Where an action is statute-barred, a plaintiff who might have had a cause of action loses the right to enforce the cause of action by judicial process, because the period of time laid down by the Limitation Law for instituting such an action had elapsed and the right to commence the action would have been extinguished by law".
See also other cases to the same effect: AG, Adamawa State v. AG, Federation [2014]1NWLR(Pt.1428)SC ; Lafia LG v. Gov. Nasarawa State [2012]17NWLR (Pt.1328)94SC; Sulgrave Holdings Inc. v. FGN [2012]17 NWLR (Pt.1329)309SC; Adigun v. Ayinde [1993] 8NWLR (Pt.313)516; Emiator v. Nigerian Army [1999] 12 NWLR (Pt. 631) 362; Ekeogu v Aliri [1991] 3 NWLR (Pt. 179) 258; Permanent Sec; Ministry of Works, Kwara State v. Balogun (1975) 5 SC 57; Ibrahim v. JSC [1998 14 NWLR (Pt. 584) 1; Offoboche v. Ogoja L.G. [2001] 16 NWLR (Pt. 739) 458; Egbe v. Adefarasin (No.1) [1985] 1 NWLR (Pt. 3) 549; Obiefuna v. Okoye (1964) 1 All NLR 96.
The gist of the Claimant's case is that she was employed by the Defendant as an Assistant Manager (Nursing). On 12th May 2006, she applied to go on a sabbatical leave of absence to enable her to undergo a Nursing program in United Kingdom for duration of one year, starting from 1st June 2006. The Defendant did not react upon receipt of the said Claimant's letter. The Claimant then proceeded to the travel. At the end of the sabbatical leave period, the Claimant returned to Nigeria and returned to work on 12th September 2008 but was not allowed to work as the Defendant had issued a letter dated 21st July 2009, dismissing her from the Defendant's employment. After unfavourable appeal against her dismissal, she commenced this suit on 6th October 2011 to challenge her said dismissal.
Interestingly, both parties are in tandem with the fact that the suit was commenced outside 3 months of the cause of action, even if the actual date of cause of action was variedly disputed by the Claimant's counsel. What is however in contention is as to the applicability of the general rule or if any exception avails the Claimant? Thus, the principal issue to determine here is whether any of the known exceptions to the general application of the rule on statute of limitation avails the Claimant?
From a succinct review of long line trending judicial authorities on this subject, two classes of exceptions to POPA jurisdictional objection emerged- one is whether the subject matter of the claim is outside the scope of the provision to render it inapplicable, such as actions founded on contract and where continuous damage is established to keep the cause of action running and not yet crystallized. See: AG, Rivers State v. AG, Bayelsa State [2013]3NWLR (Pt.1340)123@144-150.
Another class of exception is where the acts of the public officer was outside lawful authority, such that the action complained about was done malafide and outside 'the colours of office', and thus, cannot be justified. See the the latest Supreme Court case of Kwara State Pilgrims Welfare Board v. Alhaji Jimoh Baba [2018]9NWLR (pt. 1623) 36 on an exception bordering on bad faith / acting outside the 'colour of office' i.e acts done without legal justification. This class of exception usually entails giving evidence at the trial to ascertain the extent of breach of duty and unconstitutional act.
A trial court faced with this type of exception is usually admonished to be weary of treating any substantive issue at interlocutory stage via preliminary objection, to avoid being pitched another tricky adjudication principle -that a trial court should not at interlocutory stage overreach issue slated for the substantive suit. As the presence or otherwise of any of such exceptions is a question of fact of the surrounding circumstances, an inquiry to unravel the evidence to establish any of such exception would lead to delving into the substantive suit. This class of exception cannot easily be dealt with at the preliminary level of the objection by normal arithmetical computation of time between the cause of action and the filing of the suit by gleaning on the originating process filed by the Claimant. It is best taken together with the substantive suit. See: Ezeani v. Nigerian Railway Corporation [2015]3NWLR (Pt.1445) 139 @ 166, paras.D-G, per Pemu JCA.
The Claimant/Respondent's counsel however presented a mixture of the two classes of exceptions to statute of limitation- (i) that POPA is not applicable to employment contract and (ii) breach of the acts of the Defendant as public officer was outside the colours of office, thereby constituting breach of fair hearing against the Claimant. Counsel however, unwittingly conceded to hearing of the preliminary objection separately and at preliminary stage. Thus, making the hearing at preliminary stage susceptible for the court to falling into temptation of reviewing evidence not yet tendered at the substantive level; as to whether the Claimant was denied fair hearing or the Defendant acted malafide and 'outside of colours of office'.
In the circumstances, having not taken evidence on the alleged breach of fair hearing and acts of malafide /acts outside the colours of office, to establish the exception to application of the limitation provisions of POPA, I find and holdthat this aspect cannot be reviewed at this preliminary stage as the main case of the Claimant borders on breach of fair hearing in her dismissal, which is being challenged in the substantive suit.
On that note, the Application would be considered solely on the basis of the class of exception bordering on non-applicability of POPA limitation period on Contract of employment. I so hold.
In my view, the lingering issue arising for consideration in determination of this Application is- whether limitation provision under S.2 (a) POPA applies to contract of employment? In other words, is employment contract claims one of such contracts that are excused from operation of POPA? The issue as to whether POPA and similar associated statutes of limitation applies to specific Contracts has since been rested by the apex court in Nigeria.
Tracing the evolution of judicial decisions on the subject reveals that as at 1974, the Supreme Court in NPA v. Construzioni S.P.A (1974)1All NLR (pt.2)463 had held that the provision of S.97 Ports Act which is identical to S.2 POPA is not applicable to contracts. This decision was followed in F.G.N v. Zebra Energy [2002]18NWLR (Pt.798)162 and Osun State Government v. Dalami (Nig.) Ltd [2007]9NWLR (Pt.1038)66. The NPA' Case involved a contract entered into between the parties for construction of second Apapa Wharf extension. The Zebra Energy' Case was in respect of a contract for building and allocation of offshore oil blocks. And the Osun State' Case was in respect of a lease agreement for management of Cocoa Products Industry in Ede, Osun State. All these cases relate to specific contracts and the apex court had the occasion to hold that the limitation statutes are not applicable to such contracts.
However, on the part of employment contract claims (contract of service), trends of judicial precedent tend to depart from the pattern of other forms of contract. Employment contract claims (contract of service) have been inexplicably excised out of the category of contracts where statutes of limitation in the likes of POPA were held to be inapplicable.
From the evolutionary trend of authorities, the exclusion of employment contract claims (contract of service) from the contracts excused from operation of POPA, even started earlier in 1972 and continued in the later years, as revealed in the Supreme Court's cases of N.B.C v. Bankole (1972) NSCC220 and Bakare v. Nigerian Railway Corporation [2007]17NWLR (Pt. 1064)606. In both cases, the Plaintiffs instituted their suits for unlawful termination of their employment outside 12 months as provided for by the relevant statutes. The Supreme Court however held that the actions were statute-barred and that the Defendants enjoyed the statutory privilege provided in S.61 (1) of the Broadcasting Corporation Act (Bankole'Case), and in S.83 (1) of the Railway Act(Bakare'Case), respectively. Both protective provisions were identical to the Public Officers Protection Act (POPA). Also, in Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria v. Gold [2007] 11NWLR (Pt.1044)1, the Supreme Court again held that POPA applies to contracts of employment.
Since this judicial development as also expressed in other later cases by the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal has followed suite, making employment contract claims to be subjected to the harsh effects of POPA and other like statute of limitation (extinguishing the cause of action and any right accruable to litigant). In Tajuddeen v.C.P.SB [2010]4NWLR (Pt.1184)CA325 @340, Para.H, His Lordship, Juaro JCA, emphatically restated that since the Supreme Court's position is to the effect that POPA is applicable to contracts of employment, the Court of Appeal is bound by the decisions of the Supreme Court and would follow suite.
In fact, in the Bakare'Case (N.R.C), an attempt by the learned Appellant's counsel to move the Supreme Court to reverse its earlier decision in Bankole'Case(N.B.C)was stoutly rebuffed by the Supreme Court per Mohammed JSC, @ Pp.663-664, paras.C-A, holding that counsel failed to present material occasioning injustice on employees to warrant invoking the apex court's jurisdiction to reverse itself and depart from its earlier decision. This has remained the position as argued by the learned Defendant/Applicant's counsel, also relying on other similar authorities, while urging this court to follow suite and dismiss the Claimant's case, which was unarguably filed out of the 3-month limit prescribed by S.2 (a) POPA. I find this precedent-based proposition as forming the gamut of the Defendant/Applicant's grouse against the Claimant's Suit, as expressed in the Notice of Preliminary Objection under consideration.
Going forward, the arising nagging question is, has there been a change in the position of law on this subject? Put differently, is the position earlier taken by the Appellate Courts (Supreme Court and Court of Appeal) still subsisting and remains the legal regime for resolution of this lingering issue posed for determination in this Application? To my mind, I will answer NO; that the trend has changed. Informed research reveals that another prevalent precedent has emerged, given the recent position taken by the Supreme Court in the very recent case of N.R.M.A & FC v. Johnson [2019]2NWLR (Pt. 1656) SC247, on this recondite issue. There, my Lord, Ariwoola JSC in the lead Judgment of the apex court, wittingly included Contract of Service in the family tree of Contracts not affected by the limitation statutes, thereby reversed the age-long dichotomy in operation of limitation statutes between specific contract and contract of service, as maintained by the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal over the years, in many decided cases (I had earlier cited and reviewed).
The celebrated Johnson'Case involved employment claims of some persons employed by the National Revenue Mobilization Allocation And Fiscal Commission (N.R.MA&F.C) at the twilight of the outgoing military administration in May 1999 but which employment was cancelled by the incoming civilian Government. Referring to the NPA'Case and Osun State'Case (supra), the Supreme Court @ p.270, para. F, emphatically held thus:
"Section 2(a) of the Public Officers Protection Act does not apply to cases of contract. In this case, the respondent's claim is on service contract. Thus, the appellants are not covered by the provisions of the Public Officers Protection Act". (Emphasis mine)
Having brought forth to the fore this most recent and apt authority of the apex court on the issue slated for determination in this Application under consideration, and in due reverence to the hallowed doctrine of stare decisis and judicial precedent, of which I am sworn-bound to honour and observe, I can only take a bow and bend to apply the law as it is now, no longer as it was before. Consequently, I find and hold that the earlier position taken by the Appellate Courts no longer represents the current state of the law on the subject, which frees me to discountenance same. Nevertheless, I am again bound to follow a new pathway set forth in the new precedent. I so hold.
Accordingly, in line with the recent Supreme Court decision in the Johnson' Case (supra), and this suit being an employment claim of service contract, in my considered view, the S.2 (a) of the Public Officer Protection Act (POPA), prescribing 3-month time limit to commence suit upon arising of the cause of action, no longer apply to employment claims, as in the instant case. I so hold.
In the circumstance, this Preliminary Objection by the Defendant/Applicant fails completely as lacking in merit and being otiose. It is hereby dismissed. I so hold.
I must say that this Ruling reflecting the current state of the law would not have been arrived at if left at the extent of research conducted by both counsel. Incidentally, none of them brought this very important authority to the attention of the court, particularly the Claimant's counsel whose efforts to save the Claimant's case would have been diminished by the devouring posture of the hitherto prevailing position of law on the issue, which led to abrupt slaughter of many cases falling victim of the POPA statute of limitation objection. I hasten to say that, as the law is fervently evolving and trendy in operation, effective research has become the most potent tool-kit of modern dispute resolution.
On the whole, this Suit survives. It is hereby set down for Trial of the substantive matter.
Ruling is entered accordingly. I make no order as to cost.
HON. JUSTICE N.C.S OGBUANYA


There's been plenty of talk about the Reds becoming sellers later this year, potentially shedding the salaries of Aaron Harang, Bronson Arroyo, and Francisco Cordero. However, at 17-15, this team is firmly in contention. The problem is that their runs scored and allowed totals suggest a below-.500 team, a club that should finish with 74 wins or so. To remain in the playoff hunt, the Reds need to play better.
With 4.66 runs scored per game this year, the Reds rank in the middle of the NL. If they're able to maintain that production, they'd probably finish around sixth in the runs scored rankings. Improvements might come from within, as more is expected from Brandon Phillips, Orlando Cabrera, Drew Stubbs, and Jonny Gomes. My speculation: potential outfield bats the Reds could pursue include Scott Podsednik, Andruw Jones, David DeJesus, and Ryan Church. The ability to play center field would be beneficial.
The Reds' starting pitching has been terrible, with a 5.31 ERA. Only Mike Leake has an ERA under 5.00. Again, improvements should come from within, with Harang, Arroyo, Johnny Cueto, and Homer Bailey capable of better things. Aroldis Chapman doesn't appear ready given a 5.1 BB/9 in Triple A. One interesting rental idea if the Diamondbacks continue to stumble: Brandon Webb. He's talked about playing closer to his Kentucky home, so Cincinnati would be perfect.
The Reds' bullpen has technically struggled, though much of the ERA damage came from low-leverage pitchers Logan Ondrusek and Carlos Fisher. Despite spotty control, Nick Masset's 14.6 K/9 and .511 BABIP suggest he'll round back into setup man form.
Like most teams, the Reds have a few areas for improvement. However, their likeliest path to the playoffs involves veterans simply meeting expectations.
If Webb proves himself to be healthy and his typical self I would be thrilled to see the Reds trade for and extend him. because of his high ground ball tendencies he'd be a fit for GABP and because of his desire to be close to home may give the Reds something of a discount as well. Add in the fact that Price was his pitching coach in Arizona.
I would also like to see the Reds target one of the displaced Texas catchers just so they have have a young catcher in the system till Mesaroco is ready.
dude mesaraco hasn't gotten out of A ball in 4 years. He's a bust.
Hope about Elijah Dukes………seems he just disappeared from the game of baseball??? The only bad mention that he had with the Nationals is that he wasn't a happy-go-lucky person……what does that have to do with his skills? I think he would fit in great here or with any team in need of a strong outfielder. As long as he keeps his attitude in check, not get into any trouble (which he's done well the last two years)…..why not? Let's play ball!!!!
Elijah Dukes would fit in perfectly here….or any team in need of a outfield bat. What has happened to him? With the nationals there were no problems other than the fact that he isn't a happy-go-lucky type of person, but he showed his patience with the fans always. Especially the kids! Any team would benefit from having him and I've seen no mention of him since the beginning of April????
Elijah Dukes is bat—- insane. Probably not a super duper idear.
The problem with the names mentioned, Posednick, Dejesus, Church, they are ALL left handed sticks. We do need a lead off man even though Cabrera is doing okay… for now. We need a LF power stick that can hit for average, and Bullpen needs some work. I would still like to give up Harang/Bronson and prospects in exchange for a legit ace. I hope we are in playoff contention for once, Yonder is a useless chip for us right now. Trade him if we can.
If the Reds become buyers……….
Please don't pull a Wilfredo Ledezma on us.
Ctown you are dead wrong. The only example you cited that is legitimately "lucky" is the lack of injuries.
You said that they have been lucky that they have been playing team right after they have been hot? You mean playing a team coming in on a hot streak is lucky??? The Astros were on something like an 8 game winning streak when the reds went in and swept them. Take a look back over the last month. How many of the Reds opponents came into their series with the Reds on serious hot streaks? That is lucky? You talk about the warm weather heating up the opponents bats? Ummm I think that works both ways brother. You stated the home/road record. 2 over at home and .500 on the road. If that trend keeps up I will take that all year! That would equate to a nice little record at the end of the season. You list Rhodes stats and contribute that to luck? Seriously? Do you even try to read your posts before you hit submit? Thats damn good pitching not luck! You are trying so daggone hard to be negative but you are losing more and more ammo by the day. Give it up. Your act is tired. Go root for the Cubs where your negativity will fit in.
Not sure why people keep talking about the Reds as darkhorse contenders the last few years. Simply put, they're not a very good team. Right now could be their high water mark for this season, in fact if they finish 2 over .500 this year it would likely be considered a successful season give recent history. Their run differential tells a better, more complete story of them as a team and at -20 they'd be fourth in the league and two games under .500. Should the Reds really expect to outperform their run differential for the rest of the season or should they expect their record to more accurately reflect that differential as the season goes on? Every year there are a few teams that are either lucky or unlucky and go in the opposite direction of their run differential, but generally speaking you are your run differential just like you are what you eat. The Reds are essentially a sub-.500 team that has gotten a bit lucky so far this year. If they go all out and start buying then maybe they finish above .500. Seems to me that the better idea would be for them to continue stockpiling young players and hope to contend for real in a year or two (or three). That said, if they are going to be buyers they really need to concentrate on pitching, specifically ground ball pitchers (that's you, Mr. Webb, if you ever get healthy). With Dusty as manager and that staff leading the charge it's hard to imagine them being in contention come September. I'm sure I won't make any friends with Reds fans for pointing this out but year after year it's pretty much the same thing for them, until they actually honest to God contend then the smart move is to bet against them.
Currently, there are 15 teams that have a negative Run Differential. Three of those teams have a winning record and 12 of those teams have a losing record.
The Reds are 17 and 15 and have a -20 Run Differential.
The Nationals are 18 and 14 and have a -16 RD.
The D-Backs are 14 and 19 and have a -25 RD.
The Mariners are 12 and 19 and have a -22 RD.
The White Sox are 13 and 19 and have a -24 RD.
For those who don't think having a negative Run Differential over a season makes a difference, I refer you to these stats.
2005 – 15 teams had a negative RD. Two of those teams had a winning record that year, 12 had a losing record and one was .500.
2006 – 13 teams had a negative RD. One team had a winning record and 12 teams had a losing record.
2007 – 16 teams had a negative RD. Two teams had a winning record and 14 had a losing record.
2008 – 14 teams had a negative RD. One had a winning record and 13 had a losing record.
2009 – 15 teams had a negative RD. Two had a winning record and 13 had a losing record.
Again the Reds have NOT had any serious injuries to a starting position player or starting pitcher, the starting pitchers have been bad and haven't had their "dead arm" period yet, the relief pitchers are getting overworked, the team has played 20 of their 32 Games against teams with losing records, they have played more Home Games than Road Games and are scoring about a Run more at Home than on the Road AND they have, so far, been outscored by the opposition.
So, for those drinking the Kool -Aid, go ask the Las Vegas odds makers what the Reds chances are from here on out on having a winning record and going to the Play Offs.
Yes, the offense might get a little better but the chances are even greater that the OPPOSING teams offenses improve more. When THAT happens, the Reds will NOT be winning these close Games.
8-4 in 1 run games and 4-0 in extra innings. That is the sign of a good baseball team. Not a lucky baseball team. You mention Mike Leake. Wait until the league finds out he doesn't have a fastball that will blow them away? Tell that to Greg Maddux.
So the highlight of your season is a 7 game losing streak? I think that is enough right there to expose you as a hater. You just can't stand success can you?
I'll sit back and enjoy winning baseball!!!!
Actually, a lot of one run and extra innings games aren't a sign of a good team, blowouts are a sign of a good team. By then end of the season it's more likely that the Reds will have played many more one run and extra inning games than say, the Yankees. Would that mean that the Reds are better than the Yankees? No.
And you're comparing Leake to Maddux when he's made less than 10 MLB starts? That is seriously foolish. You've drunk the Koolaid, we get it, but don't pee on our legs and tell us it's raining.
You've essentially taken a few characteristics of the Reds, drawn the wrong conclusions and started calling anyone who disagrees with you haters who can't stand it when the Reds succeed. So I suppose that every baseball fan in the world who isn't a fan of the Reds is a hater who desires to see the Reds fail more than anything. Hey, your team is two games over .500 after about 30 some odd games, they haven't "shocked the world" yet. Any you know that if they're still above .500 in a month Reds fans will be crawling out of the wood work with that "shock the world" cliche. Quite frankly the world doesn't care much about the Reds and don't care enough to be shocked by anything they do.
The Reds are 2nd in the Majors in Average with 2-outs and runners in scoring position, just below the Yankees. THAT is a sign of a good baseball team.
The Reds have all the tools in place, especially the minor league depth, to make a run at the NL Central pennant and Wild Card race. Youth is on their side, which is more than what can be said for teams like the Cards and Cubs who have huge contracts on their hands and will likely eat most of them due to lack of production (except for Pujols and Carpenter).
The Cubs bullpen "blowing games" is an excuse considering the fact that 90% of their players are under performing. I would say beating the Cubs 14-2 the other night, and then Johnny Cueto pitching a 1-hit shutout beating the Pirates 9-0 on Tuesday is enough indication that this team is a serious contender. If you think otherwise, you're ignoring the facts.
This team has 6 starters that could drive in 70+ runs this season or more. 3 to 4 of which that are capable of putting 90+ runs or more across the plate.
Cubs fans are just angry they haven't won a series in 100+ years and ctown is just ALWAYS angry…never optimistic. This team doesn't have a $200+ million payroll like the Yankees. You can't spend the money if the money isn't there, and definitely not considering that the average game attendance is under 20,000.
Quit bitching…get to the games…and support your team.
High school catchers tend to take a while to develop. Mesaroco is actually hitting well this year and should be advanced likely before the break.
Mesarco was a bust, now he's a top line prospect again. Look at his numbers so far this year, I think he's got a 1.200 OPS, although I don't have defensive stats, I hear is very good defensively behind the plate.
The world doesn't care about the Reds? The Reds haven't been dominant in 30 years so that'll do that to an organization. However, the Reds are on the verge of being perennial contenders, with their minor leagues finally producing talent and having an amateur scouting director talented as Chris Buckley. Once the Reds are in the postseason again, their popularity will soar again and that just eats away at Cubs and Cards fans. The fact is the Dodgers only started making the postseason a few years ago after a decade of missing the playoffs, and their popularity dipped too. The fact is, outside of Los Angeles, no one cares about the Dodgers either.
The fact that Cubs fans are reading and posting on Reds articles only proves their obsession with us.
The Reds might be buyers in July, but they'll have to unload some salary before they start purchasing contracts.


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almost 7 years ago on Nick Anderson
That's why I said "it seems", but that's just a character issue. The fact is that Armstrong cheated, whether he was a douche or a nice bloke, that's beside the point….
@DrCanuck,You may want to check this link then http://cavalierfc.tumblr.com/post/30172302298/its-not-about-the-bike
And it's only one among several I've read. Armstrong not only was a cheater, but it seems he was also a douche.
@DrCanuckActually, if you read behind the headlines you'll see that there's plenty of evidence against this cheater.
about 7 years ago on Nick Anderson
And it's still doing in Afghanistan, Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia and who knows where else…. Of course, that can't be considered a crime against humanity because?
over 7 years ago on Nick Anderson
I think the cowardly politicians who have sent and are keeping those poor sods in those wars of choice have done much worse things to the Geneva Convention and the Charter of Human Rights and they are still getting their fat checks from their sponsors…
over 7 years ago on Stuart Carlson
Give me a break! Bin Laden had been largely irrelevant for several yearsAl-Awlaki was almost a nobody before he was whacked maffia-style in breach of almost every conceivable lawKaddafi was lynched and the whole campaign, which by the way was in violation of the UN mandate, was actually led by the French and the Brits, with Obama reluctantly joining in later (not the mention that Libya is likely to turn out to be a mess bigger than Iraq)…
Are you aware that the pullout is not exactly because the US government (whichever moron happens to be in charge), but because the Iraqi government refused to grant immunity to US troops?
And it is strong in what sense?
Ten years on and the over hyped terrorists are still winning, while the over equipped ones are still killing….
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A Tangible Connection: House on Haliburton Lake
This upscale cottage project by The Ventin Group Architects Ltd. (+VG) links the exterior to the interior, visually and spatially.
By David Lasker On Dec 11, 2020
Photography by David Whittaker
An entry sequence of anticipation and surprise is the first of many striking impressions in this residence by The Ventin Group Architects Ltd. (+VG) that overlooks Haliburton Lake on a remote site in Central Ontario near Algonquin Park. The plan's long, narrow footprint gives lake views to most of the principal rooms while allowing the house to fit into the hillside without creating an incongruously tall building on the lake side.
"We try to hug down when we design a lakeside cottage," says architect Peter Berton, +VG Partner-in-charge and one of Canada's most prolific designers of upscale country houses. "The cottage should seem to rise naturally out the ground and nestle under the surrounding trees."
Approaching the 7,742-sq.-ft. structure, visitors pass by a series of voids: the first two are lightwells while the third, conveniently near the door, is a niche with shelves for stacking firewood, a trademark of Berton-designed houses. "The design should take everyday things into account," he says. "When you drive in the country, there is nothing more beautiful than seeing stacked rows of firewood. Wood storage can form an outdoor wall as pretty as a stone wall."
When the door opens, two more design theme becomes evident. First, the materials palette continues seamlessly indoors and out, helping draw the eye to the views outside. Second, principal rooms flow openly, one to the other, in the best traditions of open-plan modernism. Indeed, the living room, dining room and kitchen comprise a great room. Still, its constituent parts are not so undelineated as to feel like a big blob. A freestanding island counter partitions the dining room from the living room without making the space feel closed in. "You want to feel that you are in a room, yet at one with the outdoors," Berton says.
While principal rooms have lake views, the exception is the cozy and intimate games room, with its darker view into the woods. "This is where the client and guests go after dinner to sit and enjoy a glass of port," he says.
+VG's Ty Murray, Architectural Designer and Lead Project Coordinator, worked with Berton on the house. "We wanted to bring the exterior inside and convey that living in the house feels like participation in the natural setting rather than living apart from it," he says.
To that end, he explains, the design features a series of pavilions marching along the hillside-facing elevation. They are finished in dark-grey panels of Swisspearl, a maintenance-free, indoor-outdoor cementitious cladding material.
"These pavilions contain functional program elements like storage, laundry and mud room," Murray says. "Our design elaborates on not only carrying the pavilions inside through the building envelope, but also down through the floorplate, where the lightwells cut through the floor and the Swisspearl descends to the basement. This architectural move serves tangibly to connect the exterior to the interior, visually and spatially. "The concept demands a hierarchy of spatially and acoustically separated rooms, from the open-concept living room, dining room and kitchen, to the two-storey cube containing the self-contained games room on the upper level and the home theatre below." Like the exercise room, which is also on the lower level, the theatre can be sealed off acoustically from the rest of the house.
Several measures minimize distractions that would draw attention away from the impressive views. For instance, the upper level's sloping roof deck rests on paired, rather than single, Douglas fir rafters. Downlights tuck unobtrusively into the hollows between the beam pairs. The rafters' regular rhythmic spacing animates the ceiling plane while evoking the site's tree canopy. "Putting a light on a sloping ceiling is problematic," Berton says. "The usual solution is to hang a pendant, but the way they meet the ceiling is often awkward."
On this project, he avoids pendants except for a trio of luminaires suspended over the dining table, where they symbolically replace the traditional room chandelier. Functionally, they serve as accent lighting close to the plates while permitting a low ambient light level to ensure that diners enjoy the last glimmers of the twilit view.
In front of windows, a narrow dropped-floor sector conceals heat registers and electric outlets. To room occupants, the dropped sector, like the catch basin wrapping around an infinity pool, lies just beyond, below and out of sight. The raised blinds, meanwhile, tuck away behind the exposed steel beam.
Further to reduce distractions, the screened porch is located at the end of the house, adjacent to the living room rather than in front of it as per the country-cottage stereotype. "Traditionally, screen porches are a mask on the building, darkening the rooms with a black bug screen that blocks the view," Berton says. "Porches belong off to the side, where they create cross ventilation rather than block the view and the light."
This country house also runs against type in its minimalist modernist aesthetic, he adds. "The client likes the simple, clean modern look. They don't like overdone interior design. They don't clutter things up with tchotchkes.
"But they don't like cold minimalism either; there's a difference. That's why clients come to us, because they like the combination of modern design with warmth, thanks to the natural materials and the connection to the exterior in a clean way." The pavilions combine minimalism with avoidance of distractions by hiding the clutter of laundry and cloak, mud and powder rooms behind those austere dark Swisspearl walls.
"The pods are very geometric," Berton says. "They read as a series of buildings under one roof." In doing so, the pavilions' simplicity and lack of details indicating scale create a subtle feeling of ambiguity that evokes the abstracted grandeur and hint of surrealism associated with the work of Swiss architect Mario Botta—the final surprise in this unusual lakeside cottage.
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Anti-Semitism and where to find it, an old problem with a new twist.
And are UK universities part of this problem?
A university problem?
Bill Clinton once said he smoked cannabis but did not inhale, but who believed this? Clinton did seem to struggle with that heady mix of truth and logic on a number of occasions. He is not alone with this problem. We are told that anti-Semitism is on the rise in the UK. We are also told it is possible to be anti-Israel but this does not amount to being anti-Semitic. Once again this is hard to credit, for a number of reasons, not least being the people who say this. As they, like Clinton, are not very convincing. To be against a country but not its people sounds like Clintonism on a grand scale. After all what is a country without its people? And it's not good enough to do the relabel trick popular with the Left, to substitute the word Zionism for Israel. As if to make it seem like an abstract concept rather than a real place. This is a sleight that fools nobody but speaks volumes about those who would try such a thing.
So where do we find this rising tide? All sorts of places, but the Labour Party and universities are something of a treasure trove and there is an entwining of these two. As there is between anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. This happens because the Left have pulled another moral equivalence stunt, they lump these two things together. This is wrong. In so many words they say you get anti-Semitism because you have Islamophobia.
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China signals willingness to use force in Hong Kong: Bonnie Glaser
China suggests PLA can help 'maintain social order' if requested by Hong Kong government
By Zin Kao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Hong Kong Protesters thrown black paint at Chinese Liaison Office in Sheung Wan Hong Kong Protesters thrown black paint at Chinese Liaison Office in Sheung Wan (AP photo)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Ministry of National Defense of China announced on Wednesday (July 24) that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) could legally intervene with Hong Kong's ongoing protests if requested to do so by the Hong Kong government.
Bonnie Glaser, a senior adviser for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), responded to the announcement, writing on Twitter that "Making this point publicly at this juncture is undoubtedly a signal."
Although Hong Kong protesters remain largely peaceful, the spokesperson of the Defense Ministry, Wu Qiao (吳謙), called the vandalizing of Beijing's liaison bureau in Hong Kong is "intolerable." He added that the PLA's garrison stationed in Hong Kong can be legally deployed to "maintain social order" upon the request of the Hong Kong government, according to Article 14 of the Garrison Law.
China's defence ministry has said the People's Liberation Army can legally intervene to help Hong Kong to "maintain social order" if requested to do so by the territory's government. https://t.co/Xay9GarWvT
— Bonnie Glaser / 葛來儀 (@BonnieGlaser) July 24, 2019
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