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Things to do in London, Ontario, Canada
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June 27, 2019 by Carol Perehudoff
Considering it's Canada's 11th largest city, London has a lot of green space. It also has plenty of culture. To help you find the best things to do in London, Ontario, local art gallery owner Michael Gibson gives us his insider tips.
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Trying to Cycle the Fanshawe Trail
My husband, Mark, and I stopped our bikes at the top of an incline on the Fanshawe Lake Trail just outside London, Ontario. My ankles were spattered in mud. My forehead was glistening from sweat.
Mark looked at his watch. "We're not going to make it."
I peered down at the uneven trail ahead of me. Beside us, leafy maples, fragrant pines and spruce stood shoulder to shoulder like spectators at a marathon, and the reservoir gleamed blue to our left. I didn't want to give up. I wanted to explore more of this 3,000 acre conservation area at the edge of London, but clearly I'd screwed up.
I'd put us on a 22-kilometre mountain biking trail, while we were riding skinny-wheeled city bikes. There were roots and rocks and bridges and twists and a dip down the centre of the path from a recent rivulet of rain.
We'd driven to London, Ontario, about 190 kilometres southwest of Toronto, to see an art exhibit at the Michael Gibson Gallery by landscape artist, Dorothy Knowles, who just happens to be my mother, but I wanted to see some of London's outdoor attractions first. I just wasn't expecting this much of it.
"I guess we'll have to turn back," I said, kicking dirt off my shoe.
"We can't," Mark pointed out. "It's one way."
"Oh, oh."
I have to get off this trail so I can get to my mom's art show! Paintings by Dorothy Knowles
Normally I consider myself a good travel planner. After all, traveling is my career. Since I'd heard that London, Ontario, is known as the Forest City, and that before it grew into an urban centre of 380,000 it was a thick blanket of trees, I wanted to explore its natural side as well as its cultural attractions.
My research, which took place in the car on the way down, mentioned places such as Sifton Bog, Westminster Ponds and Meadowlily Woods, where remnants of London's indigenous nature lives on, but I'd steered Mark towards the Fanshawe Conservation Area because one website said the trail was easy, and another listed it as 2/5 on the Difficulty Scale.
I'd assumed this meant on a scale between nice paved paths and some huffing and puffing, not the make-sure-you-have-the-proper-gear-or-you're-in-trouble scale.
"It's easy on a mountain biking scale," Mark said.
"Oh." Well, why hadn't somebody said so? It would have helped if I'd had some insider tips.
Michael Gibson – my insider source
Insider London
That's why, once Mark and I had skulked back along the trail the wrong way, walking our bikes, ringing our bells and leaping into the bushes whenever we heard another bike coming our way, I asked Michael Gibson, the owner of the Michael Gibson Gallery, for some ideas on the best things to do in London, Ontario.
A London resident since 1963, he established his downtown art gallery in 1984, and if anyone knows how to spend time in London, he does. So let me pass on his suggestions on where to eat, drink and browse. Below that I'll list some top London attractions Mark and I discovered for ourselves.
David's Bistro – An intimate French-inspired bistro across from Michael's gallery, it features a daily prix-fixe menu and affordable wine. David has been a downtown London restaurateur for decades and always is very welcoming and friendly.
Address: 432 Richmond St, London, ON N6A 3C9
Abruzzi – An Italian restaurant on King Street across from the market, they make their own pasta, have great risotto and always have a juicy pan roasted chicken on the menu.
Address 119 King St, London, ON N6A 1C3
New Dehli Deli – Michael's go-to lunch spot in the Covent Garden Market downtown. Bhan, the owner, works tirelessly to cook incredible Indian/Caribbean inspired curries.
Address: Covent Garden Market Bldg, 130 King St, London, ON N6A 1C5
Root Cellar – Located in Old East Village, the Root Cellar is a rustic chic restaurant with an organic menu and farm-to-fork cuisine.
Address: 623 Dundas St, London, ON N5W 2Z1
Chaucer's Pub – It's a great hiding spot in the winter if you grab a seat next to their fireplace. They feature a good selection of beers and have a nice patio in the summer.
Address: 122 Carling St, London, ON N6A 1H6
The Runt Club – They have a comfortable patio and food, and a casual atmosphere.
Address: 153 Albert St, London, ON N6A 1L9
Attic Books – A cavernous used book store on Dundas Street. Make sure to go upstairs to the second floor to browse limited edition books and their extensive art and architecture section.
240 Dundas St, London, ON N6A 1H3
Brown & Dickson – Another good used book store on Richmond Row that specialize in local history, art and culture.
567 Richmond St, London, ON N6A 3G2
Filthy Rebena – Vintage clothing store now located on Richmond Row across from Victoria Park.
177 Dundas St, London, ON N6A 1G4
Western Fair Market – Open only on Saturday and Sundays, the Western Fair Market has everything from local veggies, eggs, meat, cheese and baking.
900 King St, London, ON N5W 2X7
London Museum
At first glance the London Museum may look like a warehouse, and we actually drove right past it, but it looks better from other angles, and when my mother, my sister Catherine, Mark, and I all trooped in, we were delighted.
In addition to changing exhibitions it has a permanent exhibition called The Long View that showcases London artists as well as the Group of Seven, the Painters Eleven and the Regina Five.
Two prominent local painters to look out for are Paul Peel, London's best-known 19th century artist, and Greg Curnoe (1936 – 1992), whose 'bicycle' paintings propelled him to fame. Part of the London Regionalism movement, he was a fantastic creator, a kind person and someone I knew and adored.
Another artist to look for is the late Paterson Ewen, who lived in London for several years.
London Museum is at 421 Ridout Street North London, ON Canada N6A 5H4
Michael Gibson Gallery
Of course I'm going to mention Gibson Gallery. How could I not? Michael has a bold and determined idea of what he likes, shows what he likes, appreciates originality and his passion for art is clear.
My mother's show, for example, highlights a little-known series of still life paintings set in front of landscapes, an experimental (and fun) side of her art that has rarely been seen.
The gallery shows contemporary art by emerging artists and established national artists including work by my late father, William Perehudoff; Canadian abstract painter Jonathan Forrest; and the estate of the inimitable London-based artist Greg Curnoe.
157 Carling St, London, ON N6A 1H5
Banting House National Historic Site
Dr. Frederick Banting only lived in this home for 10 months, but it was here that he had his eureka moment that led to the discovery of insulin. Today, Banting House has restored rooms, artefacts and info on the importance of insulin in the treatment of diabetes.
Banting House 442 Adelaide St N, London, ON N6B 3H8
Fanshawe Conservation Area
Yes, I am going to mention the Fanshawe Conservation Area despite my failed attempt to be sporty. Why? Well, other people think that Fanshawe Lake Trail is easy so you might, too. Regardless, it's a lovely area to visit, and we enjoyed cycling around (just not on that trail).
Fanshawe Pioneer Village
The Fanshawe Pioneer Village is an open-air museum inside the conservation area. With more than 30 buildings, it recreates life in the good old days of yore. Run by the non-profit London and Middlesex Heritage Museum, it highlights 19th-century rural life and the development of London.
The Thames River Parkway
I found the cycling trail of my riverside dreams right in downtown London. It is the Forest City! Altogether the Thames River Parkway is a multi-use 40 km network of paved trails through the parkland that runs along London's Thames River, and if the weather is good, cycling or walking this scenic trail is one of the best things to do in London.
(And yes, London Ontario has a Thames, a Covent Garden Market and other place names that pay homage to its illustrious namesake.)
But back to the trail. To access it, we parked by the London Museum, which is in front of it. It's very handy if you want to combine London's cultural and outdoor attractions.
Victoria Park is the heartbeat of green London. This 18-acre park has picnic spots and places to stroll in the summer and an ice rink and Christmas lights in the winter. Established in 1878, it's the former site of a British military garrison, and the venue for many local events.
This long-running market is right downtown, has a fun atmosphere and a history that dates back to 1845. Open seven days a week, it houses restaurants, food stalls, and a seasonal Saturday farmer's market.
130 King St, London, ON N6A 1C5
Still wondering what to do in London, Canada? For more cultural attractions, you can visit London's other museums including the Children's Museum, the Museum of Archeology, the Royal Regiment Museum, or Eldon House, a historic home built in 1984.
You can also attend one of the city's many events such as Ribfest in August, or Sunfest, a music and cultural festival in July – and if you're up for a challenge, you can tackle the Fanshawe Lake Trail.
For more information on things to do in London Canada visit the tourism website. For more information on Canada Travel check out Things to do in Canada.
We stayed at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel London Ontario. It has an indoor pool, fitness room, restaurant, downtown location and the service was exceptionally friendly.
Another option is the Park Hotel London, an all-suites hotel with a bedroom and separate living room with a small kitchenette. It's close to restaurants and bars.
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Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure
Management systems/ management plan
Current traffic planning
Need to review the legal protection of the site
Requests approved: 0
Total amount approved : 0 USD
1993: World Heritage Centre / ICOMOS joint mission
1996 ICOMOS Mission Report, Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin, 4-8 November 1996
1995 WHC Mission Report, Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin, December 1995
1993 Joint World Heritage Centre / ICOMOS Mission Report, Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Information presented to the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee in 1997
The Committee at its twentieth session (Merida, 1996) examined in detail the state of conservation of the cultural landscape of Potsdam and urban development projects in its surroundings. The Committee requested the State Party to provide a full state of conservation report by 15 April 1997 for examination by the Bureau at its twenty-first session, and decided that if, at the time of the twenty-first session of the Committee the threats to the World Heritage site as mentioned in the report of its session persist, the Committee will consider the inscription of the World Heritage site of Potsdam on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The Minister for Science, Research and Culture of Land Brandenburg has provided a 'Second Report on the state of conservation of the World Heritage Site Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin'. This report will be made available to the Bureau as an information document. The report deals with the following:
In response to the World Heritage Committee's concerns and recommendations the German authorities will present a proposal to the World Heritage Centre for the extension of the World Heritage site "Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin" by the middle of 1997.
Furthermore, the Ministry in Brandenburg has initiated a comprehensive 'Urban Devleopment Master Plan for the Development of the Potsdam Cultural Landscape' (Leitplanung zur Entwicklung der Potsdamer Kulturlandschaft im Rahmen der Stadtentwicklung). This plan aims at a better coordination of all development projects for the area surrounding the World Heritage site and a harmonious town planning and management. The first phase of this plan will be determined in the second half of 1997 and completed and put into operation in 1998.
In response to the Committee's recommendation, development guidelines for the Quartier am Bahnhof/Alter Markt/Lustgarten have been drawn up which are to serve as the basis for three competitions. The competition for the Quartier am Bahnhof (Railway Station area inlcuding the site of the Hotel Project) was launched and the jury for this competition will meet on 30 September 1997.Parallel to this, a competition is under way for the Alte Markt/Lustgarten; the jury will meet on 29 August 1997. A third competition will be held for the Alter Markt.
As regards the "German Unity Transport Project No.17" an analysis of the impact is being prepared. However, there will be no dredging work along the river sides of the Babelsberg, Neuen Garten, castle parks of Glienicke and Sacrow. The Glienicke Bridge will not be changed. There will be no negative impact on the World Heritage Site.
With regards to several other individual construction projects in the vicinity of the World Heritage site, 'the aim of the city and the Land is to retain the historic structure of the area and to allow new building and resulting greater density only in so far as it is not harmful to the World Heritage Site's appearance'. The proposed master plan mentioned above will contribute to the development of more reliable criteria and reaching agreements at an early stage in the planning process. Several projects have been reviewed already in the light of their impact on the World Heritage site.
Action Required
The Bureau may wish to examine the report submitted by the German authorities and review whether threats identified by the World Heritage Committee still persist and whether additional measures have to be taken.
21st extraordinary session of the Bureau in 1997:
Following the request of the twenty-first session of the Bureau, June 1997, the Minister for Science, Research and Culture of Land Brandenburg submitted a third state of conservation report on the World Heritage site of Potsdam which addresses the following issues:
1) the extension of the boundaries of the World Heritage site;
2) the elaboration of a master plan for the Potsdam cultural landscape;
3) the completion of the international urban development competitions;
4) the impact of various construction projects on the values of the Potsdam cultural landscape;
5) the impact of the German Unity Transport Project No.17.
The Bureau took note with great interest of the third state of conservation report submitted by the German authorities and decided to refer its examination to the Committee when an expert will provide further information.
The Bureau at its twenty-first session requested the German authorities to provide a detailed report on Potsdam by 15 October 1997. At the time of the preparation of the document no report had been received.
The Bureau is requested to examine the expected report on Potsdam and to take the appropriate decision thereupon.
21 BUR IV.B.42
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (Germany)
The Bureau commended the Minister for Science, Research and Culture of the Land Brandenburg for the detailed report on the state of conservation of the site and the actions that have been taken to preserve the Potsdam cultural landscape.
The Bureau particularly welcomed the openness of the German authorities for dialogue and their commitment to seek compromise solutions. In particular, the Bureau took note of the commitments of the German authorities to:
- proceed with the extension of the World Heritage site as recommended by the World Heritage Committee at its twentieth session;
- initiate the preparation of a comprehensive 'Urban Development Master Plan for the Development of the Potsdam Cultural Landscape';
- launch three architectural/urban competitions for the Quartier am Bahnhof, Alter Markt/Lustgarten and the Alter Markt/Palais Barberini.
- cancel previous plans for the hotel in the Quartier am Bahnhof building area number 2, so as to include this area in the architectural/urban competition;
- not to implement the results of the earlier competition for building areas 9-12 for any construction above the zero ground level until the competition for the entire Quartier am Bahnhof will be completed and thus to allow for the competitors to develop their proposals for the entire site and for the German authorities to review the plans for building areas 9-12 in the light of their compatibility with the results of the competition and the feasibility of the project.
Furthermore, the Bureau noted with satisfaction that the 'German Unity Transport Project No 17' will not have any negative impact on the World Heritage site and that no dredging along the river sides of the castle park of Babelsberg, Neuen Garten and castle parks of Glienicke and Sacrow will be undertaken and that the Glienicke Bridge will not be changed.
Having examined in detail the report provided by the Minister for Science, Research and Culture of Land Brandenburg, the Bureau requested the German authorities to provide by 15 October 1997 a report for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its twenty-first session which should address in particular:
- the progress made in the preparation of the proposal for the extension of the World Heritage site;
- the progress made in the preparation of a comprehensive 'Urban Development Master Plan for the Development of the Potsdam Cultural Landscape';
- the results of the architectural/urban competitions for the Quartier am Bahnhof, Alter Markt/Lustgarten and the Alter Markt/Palais Barberini;
- an assessment of the impact of individual building projects, as mentioned in the report submitted by the German authorities as well as other projects, on the values of the Potsdam cultural landscape;
- the results of the impact assessment of the 'German Unity Transport Project No 17'.
The Bureau recommended that, on the basis of this new report, the Committee during its twenty-first session, examines if the threats to the World Heritage site still persist and if it still considers it necessary to inscribe the World Heritage site of Potsdam on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
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SOC: Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (Germany)
VII.47 Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (Germany)
The Committee examined in detail the third report on the state of conservation of Potsdam submitted by the Minister for Science, Research and Culture of the Land Brandenburg.
The Committee also listened to the observations made by the UNESCO expert who undertook various missions to Potsdam for extensive discussions with German authorities on the Federal, Land and local levels. The expert informed the Committee that when he started the discussions, the planning for the so-called 'Postdam Center' was already concluded. The expert considered the concept agreed upon by the City of Potsdam, responsible authorities and investors to be contradictory to the main features of the Potsdam cultural landscape. After extensive discussions, the German authorities accepted to tender an international competition for the area (with the exception of the building areas 9-12 where construction was halted at ground zero level) to elaborate a new and more adequate concept. The winning project respects in a better way the characteristics of the Potsdam topography and history. The expert analysed the effectiveness of different means of protecting a vast zone, e.g. through monument protection or through a planning mechanism such as a master plan. He concluded that a master plan for the City of Potsdam including the protected areas, would be the most effective and should be elaborated in a constructive dialogue between the German authorities and the World Heritage Committee. The expert stressed the effectiveness of the involvement of the World Heritage Committee and the Centre in planning processes such as for Potsdam, particularly if they would be involved in the early planning phases as stated in the Operational Guidelines.
The Committee made the following observations on the various issues addressed in the reports.
1. Extension of the World Heritage site
The Committee noted with satisfaction that the German authorities would proceed with the application for the extension of the site and that, as informed by the Observer of Germany, this would be submitted at the beginning of next year. The Committee regretted, however, that, contrary to the original proposal (as submitted in the first report on Potsdam to the Committee at its twentieth session) this extension would include only a small part of the « Städtchen » between the Pfingstberg and the New Garden in the World Heritage site. The Committee urged the authorities to reconsider this matter. The Committee welcomed the inclusion of the village of Bornstedt as an integral part of the World Heritage site, but was concerned that the rural character might further be affected pending the extension and the adoption of a master plan. The Committee strongly recommended that measures be taken to avoid further negative developments.
2. Elaboration of a master plan for the Potsdam cultural landscape
The Committee commended the commitment of the city of Potsdam to elaborate a master plan for the Potsdam cultural landscape and expressed the hope that it will provide an adequate mechanism and provisions for the protection of the World Heritage site and the Potsdam cultural landscape. It understood that a certain time will be required for the preparation of a master plan if it is to reflect a proper urban vision. In the meantime, the Committee requested that a first phase of such a plan be submitted to the Bureau at its twenty-second session. The Committee invited the authorities not to take any irreversible measures which could have a damaging impact on the Potsdam cultural landscape until the entry in force of the master plan.
3. Results of the urban development competition «Grüne Mitte-Alter Markt/Lustgarten»
The Committee welcomed the competition and its outcome. However, it considered that further steps be taken to rebuild the historic centre and to define its role. The Committee encouraged the City of Potsdam to continue this process.
4. Results of the urban development competition for the « Quartier am Bahnhof »
The Committee commended the German authorities and investors for having reversed the decisions concerning the so-called « Potsdam-Center », which would have had a severe impact on the Potsdam World Heritage site. The Committee considered the winning design of the urban competition for this area, which is now called « Quartier am Bahnhof », to be an acceptable compromise that will allow for the project to be better integrated into the cultural landscape of Potsdam. It expected that the plans for the building areas 9-12 will be reviewed in the light of their compatibility with the results of the competition.
5. Other building projects
The Committee reiterated its concern that other building projects pose potential threats to the Potsdam urban and cultural landscape, especially new buildings in Babelsberg (« Potsdam Fenster »), Gewoba-Buildings (Alt-Nowawes), and housing and business buildings at the Ribbeckstrasse, Bornstedt.
According to the recommendation of the Bureau made at its twenty-first session, the Committee examined if the threats to the World Heritage site still persist. The Committee concluded that although considerable improvements have been made, threats were still persisting. Therefore, the Committee decided to defer the discussion whether or not Potsdam should be inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger until its next session. The Committee requested the German authorities to submit a new report on the above issues by 15 September 1998 for examination by the Committee at its twenty-second session.
Nomination records (Year): 1989, 1991, 1998
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)
WHC-97/CONF.208/4B
WHC-97/CONF.208/INF.11
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We meet on the first Thursday of each month at the Crown Manor Hotel in Lyndhurst High Street. Our club maintains around 50 members who range in age from mid 50s upwards. Members are drawn from a wide area and applications from potential new members living within the vicinity of the New Forest are always welcome, and should be addressed to the Hon Secretary.
The cost of membership is limited to a modest annual subscription, currently ₤25, plus meals taken.
Our ladies join us for the May meeting and for a Christmas dinner at the same venue in December. For those who wish to participate we also arrange outings, walks, snooker, and golf.


As I interview our region's business leaders for the blog, I always ask what they're reading. It's fascinating to see where people are getting their inspiration, and I'm an avid reader myself. Okay, maybe not as much as I used to be … I remember the days of winning summer reading contests in grade school, and I'm definitely not winning any points for volume any more. As an adult, reading is a luxury. So when you read, read the best. Here are some recommended selections from Dallas leaders to throw in your suitcase.
This book is essential reading to learn about how to adapt to the shifting forces of our networked world. Information, the authors say, flows like water, and we must learn how to tap into its stream. Learn how the power of pull brings the best out in people and institutions.
Goodwin examines how a one-term congressman and prairie lawyer defeated three gifted and energetic candidates to become president. Read about Lincoln's ability to put himself in the place of other men and to understand how their motives shaped our nation's most significant presidency.
This book by futurist David Houle asserts we are in a new global stage of humanity's cultural, social and economic evolutionary journey: The Shift Age. It is a time of transformation with great risk and incredible opportunity. Houle identifies and explains the dynamics and forces that will continue to reshape our world.
Recommended by Robin Robinson, President of the Baylor Health Care System Foundation.
We live in a transformational time in the history of medicine and health care. This book sets forth what health care and medicine will look like in the years ahead. It is already being called THE book to intelligently shape and guide the discussion and reorganization of health care reform in America.
The Powell Principles outlines former Secretary of State Colin Powell's decision-making, success and leadership philosophies, weaving in examples of how he used them to overcome obstacles in his work. The insights are honest and concise, making them highly usable for improving your own leadership skills and performance.
If you haven't yet read this defining book about what separates great companies from good ones, you should immediately. The book lays out principles to follow, based on five years of research, interviews and analysis by Jim Collins and his team, and they're ones you can't afford to ignore. Highly useful and a good read.
Harnish compiles the underlying fundamentals that haven't changed at the best-run organizations for more than a hundred years – from the one-page strategic plan to effective executive meetings. Case studies demonstrate the validity of this book's practical approaches.
This story about the rise of Samuel Zemurray, from his arrival in America as a penniless immigrant to his death as one of the world's most richest and powerful men as head of United Fruit Company, is a classic and fascinating story of the American Dream. A good read, this book offers lessons on the good and the bad of capitalism.


FAYETTEVILLE, TN- The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series will conclude its 34th season of racing across the southeast this Saturday night October 14th at the Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL., for the annual NASCAR Weekend 40 that will pay $4,000 to win and also the 2017 Southern All Star Champion and Cruise with the Champions Rookie of the year will also be named. This also will be the 98th race in Southern All Star history to be sanctioned at the Talladega Short Track.
Ocala, Florida (06/06/17) – Devin Dixon piloted the Big Frog Motorsports #58 Dave's Towing/Rocket XR1 Late Model into battle on Saturday night at Dixie Speedway with the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series. The Florida driver enjoyed a solid outing as he registered a podium finish.
Sweetwater, TN – Round 6 of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Season took the series to Tim and Angie Kyle's I-75 Raceway in Sweetwater, TN for the 3rd Annual Bill Hendren Memorial 40. The race honoring the Hendren patriarch would see twenty-one competitors sign in for action at the 3/8 mile semi-banked oval. Cory Hedgecock made the trip all the way from his race shop, about 7 miles, to see if he could remain "perfect" at I-75 Raceway during NeSmith Dirt Late Model Series competition.
CARTERSVILLE, GA – Point leader Steve Pate of Heflin, AL picked up win number five on Saturday night in NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 8 action at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL. Pate now has 338 points at the top of the National standings and holds a seven point lead over Branden Harris of Molino, FL.
CARTERSVILLE, GA – Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS drove the Billy Riels Racing Special to a 40-point win on Saturday night at LA 36 Speedway in Lacombe, LA to remain the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point leader after Week 8 competition. Lee is the only driver to have raced in all eight weeks.
CARTERSVILLE, GA – Week 8 of the 2016 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season will feature eight races in five different states. There will be two races on Friday night six races will be contested on Saturday night. The Weekly Point Averages suggest there could be some wholesale position changes among the Top 10 drivers this week.
CARTERSVILLE, GA – A busy NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 7 schedule of events saw several drivers take big wins and put them in title contention. Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS continues to lead the point standings, but how strong is his point lead? Beginning this week, we will put the point standings in perspective by looking at Weekly Point Averages.
EASTABOGA, AL – Michael Page of Douglasville, GA earned $2,500 for 13 minutes of work Saturday night by going wire-to-wire in the 50-lap caution-free NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series main event at Talladega Short Track driving the M&M Truck and Trailer Repair Special to record his first career victory.
SWEETWATER, TN – Cory Hedgecock of Loudon, TN swept the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series season opener on Friday night at I-75 Raceway driving the Eagle Racing Engines Rocket. Hedgecock was the fast qualifier with a new track record, and then led all 40 lap of the main event to capture his first career NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series victory.
CARTERSVILLE, GA – Week 3 in the 2016 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division season has 16 races at 15 different tracks in eight different states on the schedule of events. There will be four races on Friday night and a dozen events scheduled for Saturday night. Five tracks will be hosting their NeSmith Street Stock season opener, and three tracks will have their first ever sanctioned race.


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Amazon joins major employers, requires masks for all warehouse employees starting Monday
Kaitlin Lewis
Amazon warehouse employees will be required to wear masks indoors starting on Monday, even for employees that are vaccinated, reported the Associated Press.
The announcement was sent to all 900,000 U.S. warehouse employees on Friday. Until now, only employees who were not vaccinated were required to wear a mask while working indoors.
According to the Associated Press, Amazon said in its announcement that the mask mandate was made in response to the spread of COVID-19 variants in the U.S. as well as consultation from its own medical experts.
More: What we know about COVID-19 delta variant precautions, vaccination rates around Cincinnati
Amazon's mask mandates follows other major employers, such as Walmart, who in late July started requiring masks for all employees in areas where there is substantial or high spread of COVID-19, no matter if employees had been vaccinated or not.
In both Hamilton and Butler County, the level of COVID-19 transmission is considered substantial, according to the CDC. In Warren, Clermont and Northern Kentucky Counties such as Kenton and Campbell, the spread of COVID-19 is considered high.
Walmart told USA Today that customers are strongly encouraged, but not required to wear masks while shopping in their stores.
Other major employers who now require masks for its employees in COVID-19 hotspots include Target, Sam's Club and Kohl's. Kroger is requiring unvaccinated employees to wear masks while at work, and asks that unvaccinated customers do the same.


How my Stylefeed Thea Striped dress has been my saviour through two breastfeeding stints.
After jumping my first breastfeeding hurdle, I immediately came up against a second. "Why oh why are breastfeeding clothes so ugly?!" I thought to myself as I walked through the big retailers, desperate to find stylish clothes I could feed in.


I would like to share with you my card for this month's challenge: "Going round in circles" over at A Vintage Journey Challenge Blog.
I have created a vintage, grunge, masculine style card.
I have distressed the edges of my patterned paper with a paper distressing tool, then inked the edges with Tim Holtz's distress inks.
I have also added stamped images to my patterned paper before adding this piece to my card as shown.
My circles are Kaisercraft decorative die - Interlock circles. I die cut one set of circles in brown & one set of circles in black cardstock.
I have then glued my black die cut circles behind the brown circles to create a shadow effect and added some gesso to the circles before adhering this whole piece to my card.
That's a fabulous die, and I love the grungy look and your muted colour tones. Thanks for joining us on A Vintage Journey.


One of the largest problems modern business deal with is employee turnover. It's something that can easily affect any business at any time, and it's considered a very costly problem. It's often tied to management and how ineffectively the hiring process was conducted. In order to reduce employee turnover it's important to understand just why it's so dangerous for the business' bottom line.
In most cases of employee turnover the cost is around 40% of the employee's salary. This means that in order for the investments in the employees to make returns, and to not lose that investment, there have to be standard levels of satisfaction that most of the employees feel. Otherwise, once the employee feels dissatisfied or disrespected, they'll leave immediately and a new employee will have to take their place. If this happens regularly then it will lead to lower morale and less motivation for the other employees to continue working their positions, and that will increase the risk of them leaving their positions as well. It can be a vicious cycle if not managed properly from the start. You will end up spending about 40% more in training and on-boarding if this is not dealt with.
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Christianity vs LGBT rights – Poland's double standards
byLinda Piskunova
Poland is a country of continuous controversy. The two current opposers are dominating Christian community and the LGBT community. Christianity continues to discriminate and hate against the LGBT community and in an act of resistance, when the EU threatens to stop sending funds, the EU is accused of being intolerant of the Christian faith. With the leading Polish party PiS winning the presidential elections, hope is fading for the Polish LGBT community.
Poland can perhaps be seen as famous, or some people would say infamous, for its strong connection to the Roman Catholic Church. Roman Catholicism is deeply rooted into their culture, that many Poles view it as a part of their identity. As with many countries in Europe, Christianity has dominated, particularly in Poland for many centuries. However this brings to question: why did christianity continue to grow after the magnification of the communist regime?
There are 3 key factors which shaped this :
The election of a Polish Pope in 1978 – Cardinal Karol Wojtyła of Krakow. This was the first non-Italian Pope since the renaissance. He went on a mission to Poland, millions attended his masses and watched them in the TV or through the radio. This gave people hope and showed them that the regime cannot and will not oppress their faith;
Churches and bishops encouraged free speech in a system that forbade it. Christianity became a source of light for a lot of people, particularly the youth. This is something they held onto and which continued 'underground';
During the well known solidarity movement in 1989; people recited parts of the bible, members of the clergy were present and more people attended masses during this time than ever before.
Arguably Poland's largest and most influential political party PiS, is strongly affiliated with the values of the Roman Catholic Church and the representatives are very proud about their religion. PiS holds the majority in the parliament and now their candidate, Andrzej Duda, has been reelected as president, which ultimately means that it has become impossible to veto their new bills and laws.
The party PiS is heavily against LGBT rights and members, including the president whom previously stated: "LGBT are not people — they are an ideology", "LGBT ideology is worse than communism" and promises that "gay couples would not be able to adopt children and will prevent education about gay rights in public schools". Recently a number of Polish towns have announced that they are LGBT free-zones, which in itself lacks accuracy. This has caused upset and uproar within communities and states, for instance the Netherlands strongly condemns this as against EU principles.
The EU has threatened to withdraw funds from the towns that advocate homophobia but people have argued that this would go against the EU's tolerance and it demonstrates a lack of respect of the faith of the Polish people.
To gain a full understanding of this, it is imperative to deconstruct this argument: The principles of the European Union are as follows – human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law and human rights. The EU states that, "human rights are protected by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. These cover the right to be free from discrimination on the basis of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, the right to the protection of your personal data, and or the right to get access to justice." It is possible to argue that religion is included within the previous statement and the EU is attacking it or not tolerating it but this argument is likely to face major opposition. Unlike the Polish treatment of the LGBT community, the EU is not asking Christians to give up their faith. The EU simply does not agree with Polish policies attacking and marginalising a vulnerable, minority group of people.
Additionally, claiming that the hate towards the LGBT community is a reflection of their religion is inaccurate. Christianity is a kind and forgiving faith, which is ever changing and evolving with the times. The Pope has stated on a number of occasions that he and/or God does not judge good people based on their sexuality. Moreover, anyone who has previously been offensive to anyone of the LGBT community should seek forgiveness and redemption. Therefore, it seems apparent that a lot of Christians are not evolving and persisting with old manners they were once taught, not listening to the words of the Pope, human rights or critical assessments.
Lastly, when becoming a member state of the EU in 2004 Poland, like any other country, has pledged to evolve and pursue their values, therefore by refusing to do so, they are rejecting the promises that are inclusive of being an EU member, calling to question the continuation of EU funding.
However, Poland continues to receive EU funds. Nevertheless this was not without opposition, multiple member state representatives did not support this because they do not feel comfortable with the hateful direction of Polish policies. However, the COVID-19 crisis needs is at the forefront of world importance at this time and needs to be overcome through unity and no singular country should be excluded. However, the LGBT crisis should not be ignored and it should not be taken that other states are approving of the oppression happening within the country due to continued funding because of the current pandemic.
The country, its people and the PiS party need evaluate their promises, not only to the Polish people, but to other member states and to follow those agreed values. More importantly, it is imperative for them to understand that sexual orientation is not an ideology and dehumanisation of any group is not, and will not ever be acceptable.
Linda Piskunova
I am a 20-year-old student of marketing and management. Prior to this, I studied International Relations and Modern Languages. I am a young business owner, currently co-owning 2 businesses. I am very passionate about world politics, business, sports and always seek ways to better myself and the world around me.
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Ripon, Calaveras advance in Division IV softball playoffs
Scott Linesburgh Record Staff Writer @ScottLinesburgh
May 22, 2019 at 12:01 AM May 22, 2019 at 11:16 PM
STOCKTON — Sydney Thomason was her usual calm and effective self in the pitcher's circle, and the Ripon offense slugged its way into the next round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV playoffs.
McKenna Daley knocked in two runs and Mackenzie Hutchinson blasted a three-run home run as the Indians beat Liberty Ranch 5-1 on Wednesday at the Arnaiz Softball Complex. Ripon (22-2) will meet Calaveras at 3 p.m. today.
"You want to stay on the winning side of the bracket, that's for sure," Ripon head coach Robert Vernon said. "Because once you're hit with a loss, it gets long out here."
The Indians avoided the loser's bracket thanks to a few power hits and their sophomore pitcher, who has thrown every game this season. She allowed just three hits, and none after the third inning.
The Hawks (16-6) scored their only run in the third, but it was unearned.
"That's typical Sydney," Vernon said. "She doesn't walk kids, she pitches to contact and we just have to make plays behind her."
Liberty Ranch's lead didn't last long. In the bottom of the third, Myra Toledo walked to start the inning, was sacrificed to second base and scored on Daly's RBI double to left-center field to tie the contest.
"It was crucial to get right back in the game," Daly said. "If we didn't that would have probably been the end."
Daly gave her team the lead in the fifth when Toledo against got on base after she was hit by a pitch, and later scored on Daly's base hit to left field.
Hutchinson put the game away in the sixth with her three-run homer to left-center.
Calaveras 7, Casa Roble 0
Calaveras (21-3) earned the right to meet Ripon with a seven-run second inning.
Angelina Deleon had a homer and two RBI, MacKenna Steele went 2 for 2 with a triple and two RBI, Alanda Cardon had a double and two RBI and Bri Head went 2 for 3 with an RBI.
Head, a senior pitcher, gave up five hits and struck out three in the shutout against the Rams (15-10-1).
"I was just keeping the ball low, and switching it up with the change up," Head said. "I was able to keep them off balance. I felt efficient."
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Maidenhead Locator System
Geocode system used worldwide by radio amateurs
The Maidenhead Locator System (a.k.a. QTH Locator and IARU Locator) is a geocode system used by amateur radio operators to succinctly describe their geographic coordinates, which replaced the deprecated QRA locator, which was limited to European contacts.[1] Its purpose is to be concise, accurate, and robust in the face of interference and other adverse transmission conditions. The Maidenhead Locator System can describe locations anywhere in the world.
Maidenhead locators are also commonly referred to as QTH locators, grid locators or grid squares, although the "squares" are distorted on any non-equirectangular cartographic projection. Use of the terms QTH locator and QRA locator was initially discouraged, as it caused confusion with the older QRA locator system. The only abbreviation recommended to indicate a Maidenhead reference in Morse code and radio teleprinter transmission was LOC, as in LOC KN28LH.[1]
John Morris G4ANB originally devised the system and it was adopted at a meeting of the IARU VHF Working Group in Maidenhead, England in 1980.[2]
2 Description of the system
3 Adoption and use
4 Hardware and software support
6.1 Maps with Maidenhead Locator grid
Amateur radio contests on VHF and UHF are often scored based on the distance of contacts, typically 1 point per kilometre,[3] so there is a need for amateurs to exchange their locations over the air. To facilitate this, following the growth of the sport in the 1950s, the German[2] QRA locator system was adopted in 1959. The QRA locator system was limited to describing European coordinates, by the mid-1970s there was growing need for a global locator system.[3]
By the time of their April 1980 meeting, in Maidenhead, England, the VHF Working Group had received twenty different proposals to replace the QRA locator grid. That devised by Dr. John Morris (G4ANB) was deemed to be the best.[3]
At the 1999 IARU Conference in Lillehammer it was decided that the latitude and longitude to be used as a reference for the determining of locators should be based on the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS-84).[2]
Description of the system
A Maidenhead locator compresses latitude and longitude into a short string of characters, which is similar in concept to the World Geographic Reference System or GEOREF. This position information is presented in a limited level of precision to limit the number of characters needed for its transmission using voice, Morse code, or any other operating mode.[4]
The chosen coding uses alternating pairs of letters and digits, like so:
BL11bh16
In each pair, the first character encodes longitude and the second character encodes latitude.[5] These character pairs also have traditional names, and in the case of letters, the range of characters (or "encoding base number") used in each pair does vary.
The world is divided into 324 (18×18) Maidenhead fields.
To avoid negative numbers in the input data, the system specifies that latitude is measured from the South Pole to the North Pole, and longitude measured eastward from the antimeridian of Greenwich, giving the Prime Meridian a false easting of 180° and the equator a false northing of 90°.
To simplify manual encoding, the base for the first pair of letters—traditionally called a field—was chosen to be 18, thus dividing the globe into 18 zones of longitude of 20° each, and 18 zones of latitude 10° each. These zones are encoded with the letters "A" through "R".
Fields are divided into 100 squares each.
The second pair of numbers, called a square and placed after the first pair of letters, uses a base number of 10, and is encoded using the digits "0" to "9". This is where the alternative name "grid squares" comes from. Each of these squares represents 1° of latitude by 2° of longitude. For additional precision, each square can optionally be sub-divided further, into subsquares. These are encoded into a second pair of letters, often (but not always) presented in lowercase. Again, to make manual calculations from degrees and minutes easier, 24 was chosen as the base number, giving these subsquares dimensions of 2.5' of latitude by 5' of longitude. The letters used are "a" through "x".
The resulting Maidenhead subsquare locator string is hence composed of two letters, two digits, and two more letters. To give an example, W1AW, the American Radio Relay League's Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station in Newington, Connecticut, is found in grid locator FN31pr. Two points within the same Maidenhead subsquare are always less than 10.4 km (6.5 mi) apart, which means a Maidenhead locator can give adequate precision from only six easily transmissible characters.
For even more precise location mapping, two additional digits were proposed and ratified as an extended locator, making it altogether eight characters long, and dividing subsquares into even smaller ones with dimensions 15" of latitude by 30" of longitude. Such precision has uses in very short communication spans. Beyond this, no common definition exists to extend the system further into even smaller squares. Most often the extending is done by repeating alternating subsquare and square rules (base numbers 24 and 10 respectively). However, other bases for letter encodings have also been observed, and therefore such extended extended locators might not be compatible.
To summarise:
Character pairs encode longitude first, and then latitude.
The first pair (a field) encodes with base 18 and the letters "A" to "R".
The second pair (square) encodes with base 10 and the digits "0" to "9".
The third pair (subsquare) encodes with base 24 and the letters "a" to "x".
The fourth pair (extended square) encodes with base 10 and the digits "0" to "9".
(The fifth and subsequent pairs are not formally defined, but recursing to the third and fourth pair algorithms is a possibility, e.g.: BL11bh16oo66)
On shortwave frequencies, positions are reported at square precision, and on VHF and UHF, subsquare precision is used. At high microwave frequencies extended square and extended subsquare precision is often used.
Adoption and use
Like the QRA system before it, Maidenhead locators were enthusiastically adopted by radio amateurs beyond contesting, and it is now in widespread use.
Maidenhead locators are still used as part of the formulas for scoring in many VHF amateur radio contests and as the basis of earning awards like the American Radio Relay League's VHF/UHF Century Club, URE TTLOC, etc. operating contests.
Under IARU Region 1 rules, VHF distance calculations are carried out between Maidenhead subsquare centres, assuming a spherical Earth. This results in a small error in distance, but makes calculations simpler and, given the inherent imprecision in the input data used, it is not the biggest error source. Until the adoption of WGS 84 as the official geodetic datum of the Maidenhead locator system in 1999,[2] operators had usually specified their location based on their local national datum. Consequently, stations very near the edges of squares (at denoted precision) may have changed their locators when changing over to the use of WGS 84.
The relatively new FT8 narrowband digital mode transmits Maidenhead locator square as part of standard messages, with the 4 character locator square being efficiently represented within 15 bits of the transmitted string.
In 2019 the IARU clarified the latest position on use of the IARU locator at various levels of precision.[6]
Hardware and software support
In 1985, the Radio Society of Great Britain published a small set of BASIC language routines to convert from locator references to geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) for further processing.[7] A complete program in BASIC called Universal Gridlocator was made available the following year by ARRL for a nominal cost of US$3.[8] Many other utilities exist to convert latitude and longitude to locators, as this is a favourite hack for programmers who are also radio amateurs. Perl supports conversion between geographical coordinates and Maidenhead locators in module Ham::Locator by Andy Smith, available on CPAN.[9]
Many commercially available general purpose (civil) Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers (e.g. Garmin GPS-12) have the option to display positions in Maidenhead Locator format.[10]
Military Grid Reference System
Ordnance Survey National Grid
QRA locator
United States National Grid
World Geographic Reference System (GEOREF)
^ a b Eckersley, R.J., G4FTJ (1985). Amateur Radio Operating Manual (third ed.). Potters bar, UK: Radio Society of Great Britain. pp. 64–66. ISBN 0-900612-69-X.
^ a b c d "The Locator System" (PDF). qrz.ru. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
^ a b c Rosvall, Folke, SM5AGM. "The Locator System". jonit.com. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^ Tyson, Edmund, N5JTY (January 1989). "Conversion between geodetic and grid locator systems" (PDF). QST Magazine. Newington, CT: American Radio Relay League. pp. 29–30, 43. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
^ Paige, Bruce, KK5DO (2000). "Maidenhead grid squares". amsat.org. AMSAT. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
^ Talbot, Andy, G4JNT (16–23 September 2017). "Clarification and extension of the IARU locator system". In Green, Dennis, ZS4BS (ed.). Report of the 24th IARU Region 1 General Conference (PDF). 24th IARU Region 1 General Conference. Landshut, DE: International Amateur Radio Union Region 1. p. 42. Appendix A, paper LA17 C5 17. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ Morris, John, GM4ANB (1985). Amateur Radio Software. Potters Bar, UK: Radio Society of Great Britain. pp. 129–161. ISBN 0-900612-71-1.
^ Overbeck, Wayne (December 1986). "A universal grid-locator program for your personal computer". QST Magazine. Newington, CT: American Radio Relay League. pp. 30–31.
^ "Ham Locator v 0.1000". cpan.org. CPAN module.
^ Burlingame, L.A., N7CFO (2010). "GPS units that support the Maidenhead grid system". n7cfo.com. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
Maps with Maidenhead Locator grid
ARRL World Grid Locator Atlas. Newington, CT: American Radio Relay League. 2007. Containing all 32,400 Maidenhead Locator Squares
IARU Locator of Europe. Potters Bar, UK: Radio Society of Great Britain. 1984.
IARU Locator of Western Europe. Potters Bar, UK: Radio Society of Great Britain. 1985. (scale 1:2,000,000)
ARRL Amateur Radio Map of North America. Newington, CT: American Radio Relay League. 2003.
"Amateur Radio Maidenhead Grid Square Locator and Distance Calculator". karhukoti.com.
"View full dynamic Maidenhead locator grid in Google Maps". sotamaps.org. Click on the [Position] control in the map area to activate.
"View Maidenhead locator grid overlay in OpenTopoMap". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 18 August 2022. "Click on the [QTH Locator] checkbox in upper right corner menu to activate."
"ABC of Grid Locator System". HamRadio India.
"Grid Locators and Grid Squares". ARRL.
"An explanation of the [Maidenhead] system and how it came into being". jonit.com. From the field hunter's web page.
"Map grid square". levinecentral.com. [Maidenhead] grid square for any location or amateur radio call sign
"Find QTH". no.nonsense.ee. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2014. QTH locator or Maidenhead grid square, at arbitrary sub-level, and approximate distance, midpoint and bearing between two squares.
"Generate a KML file that outlines a grid position". w8an.net.
"Maidenhead locator". dev.unclassified.de. C# class to convert between geographic coordinates and Maidenhead locators, including distance calculation
"View Maidenhead grid on Google Earth". earthpoint.us.
Geocode systems
Administrative codes
FIPS country code (FIPS 10-4)
FIPS place code (FIPS 55)
FIPS county code (FIPS 6-4)
FIPS state code (FIPS 5-2)
NUTS (EU)
ONS codes (United Kingdom)
MARC country codes
SGC codes (Canada)
UN M.49 (UN)
IATA airport code
ICAO airport code
IANA country code
alpha-2
Aircraft prefixes
IOC country code
FIFA country code
place codes
C-squares
Geohash
Geohash-36
International Map of the World indexing system
Mapcode
Marsden square
Natural Area Code
Open Location Code
QDGC
UN/LOCODE
WMO squares
ICES Statistical Rectangles (north-east Atlantic region)
Irish grid reference system
National Topographic System (Canada)
Ordnance Survey National Grid (UK)
Australian post codes
CEP (Brazil)
Eircodes (Republic of Ireland)
New Zealand post codes
Postal Index Number (India)
United Kingdom post codes
ZIP Code (United States)
ITU-R country codes
ITU-T country calling codes
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Seattle's largest businesses, including Amazon, are targeted in a new tax that aims to stem the city's homeless problem.
Seattle's City Council approved the tax on businesses that gross at least $20 million per year in the city.
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I've interviewed over 1000 people. This was the interview that stood out to me.
Last year I had the opportunity to participate in interviews to select new facilitators to work at Leading Teams.
I was one of three extra people involved in interviews (at Leading Teams we consider the views of the wider team when we're making hiring decisions) and have since reflected on the interview process and the outcome.
I have probably participated in somewhere between 500-1000 interviews during my career as a significant part of that career was spent in HR. And yet I believe that this was probably the first time I had a really clear idea about what type of character traits we were looking for in any potential candidate.
The reason for this that is at Leading Teams we spend a lot of time defining the culture we want in our team and what specific behaviours will deliver that culture. We call this an agreed behavioural framework, or 'trademark' and we believe it to be an essential part of the model that delivers high performing leaders and teams.
Show genuine care for each other.
Challenge yourself – take risks.
Having these so clearly defined meant that all I needed to do in the interview process was look for examples from the candidate's stories or actions that fit with the behaviours we were looking for.
One of the candidates talked about his decision after finishing university to apply for and accept a role in a remote indigenous community at Tennant Creek. For me this ticked all the boxes in relation to thinking outside square and trying new things, as well as challenging yourself and taking risks.
That person got the job.
View all potential outcomes in terms of the team's best interests.
Having this amount of detail around the actions and behaviours that we look for enabled me to ask some specific questions to the candidates about how they work in a team. One of the candidates for the facilitator role had spent a lot of time in individual and quite isolated roles. That candidate had great stories about personal sacrifice but struggled to come up with examples of where they had worked to assist teammates or worked towards a team's best interests.
Most of the high performing organisations we work with these days concentrate on getting the character part right in the recruitment process, rather than the skill set. They understand that they can train an individual to develop the skill set more easily than change their character.
Where does your organisation sit on clarity around the behaviours you want to drive high performance?
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Bowing to the real world The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace opens its sixth International Center in New Delhi, India.
Posted on Sustainabilitank.info on January 12th, 2016
by Pincas Jawetz (pj@sustainabilitank.info)
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a unique global network of policy research centers in Russia, China, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. Our mission, dating back more than a century, is to advance the cause of peace through analysis and development of fresh policy ideas and direct engagement and collaboration with decisionmakers in government, business, and civil society. Working together, these centers bring the inestimable benefit of multiple national viewpoints to bilateral, regional, and global issues.
Looking out their Washington DC Headquarter's window and reviewing data about the global economy and expected future growth, the Carnegie Endowment leaders – formerly an all male Anglo-Saxon bunch – discovered finally America's India.
Policy Centers or Think Tanks for Africa and Latin America are not in the cards for the foreseeable future.
WASHINGTON—The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace announced today that Carnegie India, its sixth international center, will open in April 2016.
Based in New Delhi, Carnegie India will produce high-quality public policy research about critical national, regional, and global issues. As with Carnegie's centers in Beijing, Beirut, Brussels, Moscow, and Washington, Carnegie India will be staffed and led by local experts who will collaborate extensively with colleagues around the world.
The center's research and programmatic focus will include the political economy of reform in India, foreign and security policy, and the role of innovation and technology in India's internal transformation and international relations. It will build on decades of scholarship on India and South Asia across Carnegie's programs, in particular the work of Vice President for Studies George Perkovich, Senior Associate Ashley J. Tellis, and Associate Milan Vaishnav, while placing special emphasis on developing a cadre of young, up-and-coming Indian scholars.
C. Raja Mohan will serve as the founding director of Carnegie India. Mohan has been a nonresident senior associate at Carnegie since 2012, as well as a distinguished fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi, and a visiting research professor at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. He also served as a member of India's National Security Advisory Board. From 2009 to 2010, Mohan was the Henry Alfred Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the U.S. Library of Congress. Previously, he was a professor of South Asian studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and the Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. He is a columnist for the Indian Express and previously worked as the diplomatic editor and Washington correspondent of the Hindu.
"I am deeply honored to serve as the center's founding director and to work even more closely with longtime Carnegie colleagues across the world. I look forward to the center contributing to India's rich intellectual tradition through the in-depth, nonpartisan research of our scholars," Mohan said. "I am confident that Carnegie India will add to Carnegie's global reputation for quality, integrity, and independence."
Shivnath Thukral will serve as Carnegie India's managing director. He was group president of corporate branding and strategic initiatives at Essar, a $35 billion corporation. He spent fifteen years as a TV anchor and business analyst for India's premier English TV news channel New Delhi Television, and was managing editor of the business television news channel NDTV Profit. A graduate of the Delhi School of Economics, he interned at the U.S. Senate and was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship in 2012.
The center's creation has been supported by Carnegie India's Founders Committee, a group of Indian and international donors co-chaired by former cabinet secretary and Indian ambassador to the United States, Naresh Chandra, and former United States ambassador to India, Frank Wisner.
"On behalf of the entire Founders Committee, we want to congratulate Carnegie on the formal launch of Carnegie India," said ambassadors Chandra and Wisner. "India—with its strategic partnership with the United States and its growing role in the Asia-Pacific and around the world—is a significant development on the international landscape and a natural area of focus for Carnegie."
President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Williams J. Burns, said, "We are very proud to add Carnegie India to Carnegie's network of international centers. We are especially proud to have Raja Mohan serve as its founding director and grateful for the generous support of our donors and Founders Committee members that made this milestone possible."
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The City of London was founded by the Romans in AD43 and from its early days was an important international trading hub. Our tour starts at Tower Hill where we will find out why London was established at this spot and we'll look at a section of the defensive wall that was built around the City in the second Century.
We'll find out why William I built the Tower of London after he conquered England in 1066 and we'll walk along a stretch of The Thames to hear about the mass of shipping that thronged the Port of London for nearly 2000 years – and, of course, a few stories about London Bridge. We'll walk some Medieval alleyways and get an impression of life in the Middle Ages and in Victorian London. We'll also see how radically the face of the City has changed in recent years with dramatic new buildings and several exciting new developments. This tour will take about 2 hours and will finish by Bank underground station.


Kids can now be engaged in Bible reading and study as never before. As they read the HCSB Big Picture Interactive Bible for Kids, they will see scenes from the Bible literally pop off the page via a free downloadable app that lets them view the images in an augmented-reality format while listening to narrations by Jenna Lucado Bishop.
This full-color, fully designed Bible meets children in the visual world they are so accustomed to by bringing Bible pages to life and showing young readers how they are a part of God's great story.


Arnold Labby was born in Portland, Oregon on August 25, 1924. He attended Laurelhurst Elementary, Grant High School, and Lewis & Clark and Reed colleges. His father's family, originally named Labkowski, was from Georgia and came to the US in 1905 with Arnold's father Harry, who became a dentist. His mother's family (Goldfarb) came to the Woodbine, New Jersey socialist colony in 1895 and worked in their Yuditski Hat factory. He married Eva Lamfromm in 1959 while living in San Francisco, and they had three daughters, Lisa, Andrea, and Karen. Arnold served in the Second World War, and later became a highly regarded clinical psychologist in Portland. He has always been a member of Congregation Beth Israel, but has had little involvement in the Jewish community.


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Władysław Grabowski (ur. 2 sierpnia 1890 w majątku Żadziew, zm. 29 kwietnia 1930 w Poznaniu) – hrabia, pułkownik piechoty Wojska Polskiego.

Życiorys
Władysław Grabowski urodził się 2 sierpnia 1890 roku w majątku Żadziew, w ówczesnym powiecie święciańskim guberni wileńskiej, w rodzinie Ludwika Konstantego i Marii ze Świętorzeckich. Ukończył szkołę realną Wielkiego Księcia Piotra Oldenburskiego w Petersburgu (7 klas z odznaczeniem) i wstąpił do wojska.

1 września 1909 roku wstąpił do Pawłowskiej Szkoły Wojskowej w Petersburgu. 6 sierpnia 1911 roku został mianowany podporucznikiem Lejbgwardii i subalternem 5. kompanii Pułku Grenadierów Gwardii w Petersburgu. Od 29 lipca 1914 roku był subalternem i dowódcą wywiadowców w polu. 16 listopada tego roku trafił do szpitala w związku z odmrożeniem szyi, rąk i nóg. 30 kwietnia 1915 roku wrócił do macierzystego pułku i objął dowództwo 5. kompanii. W zastępstwie dowodził również II batalionem pułku. 27 czerwca ponownie znalazł się w szpitalu w następstwie doznanej kontuzji głowy i prawej części ciała. 19 lipca 1915 roku został mianowany porucznikiem Lejbgwardii. Od 3 października znów dowodził 5 kompanią i w zastępstwie II batalionem. 29 sierpnia 1916 roku został mianowany sztabskapitanem Lejbgwardii. 27 września, ranny w rękę i zatruty gazami, po raz trzeci znalazł się w szpitalu. Od 15 stycznia do 1 marca 1917 roku był słuchaczem kursu w oficerskiej Szkole Automobilowej. Następnie ukończył trzymiesięczny kurs w Akademii Wojskowej w Petersburgu.

Od 1 czerwca 1917 roku służył w Naczelnej Kancelarii Komisji Wojskowej Naczelnego Polskiego Komitetu Wojskowego w Petersburgu. W lipcu 1917 roku został mianowany kapitanem piechoty liniowej. W listopadzie tego roku "na zasadzie poprzednich wniosków za odznaczenie w bojach" został mianowany podpułkownikiem ze starszeństwem z 14 września 1916 roku.

Od 20 grudnia 1918 roku w Departamencie I Mobilizacyjno-Organizacyjnym Ministerstwa Spraw Wojskowych.

Od 16 marca 1919 (faktycznie od 22 kwietnia) do 28 maja 1920 dowodził 22 pułkiem piechoty, a następnie Grupą Południową Frontu Poleskiego. Od 1 do 17 czerwca 1920 zastępował na stanowisku dowódcy 59 pułku piechoty wielkopolskiej pułkownika Stanisława Wrzalińskiego, który zachorował i przebywał w szpitalu.

Od 17 czerwca 1920 do lutego 1928 dowodził 62 pułkiem piechoty wielkopolskiej. W międzyczasie (od 4 sierpnia do 27 grudnia 1922) był w zastępstwie dowódcą piechoty dywizyjnej 15 Wielkopolskiej Dywizji Piechoty w Bydgoszczy. 3 maja 1922 został zweryfikowany w stopniu podpułkownika ze starszeństwem z dniem 1 czerwca 1919 roku i 141. lokatą w korpusie oficerów piechoty. 1 grudnia 1924 Prezydent RP Stanisław Wojciechowski na wniosek ministra spraw wojskowych, generała dywizji Władysława Sikorskiego awansował go na pułkownika ze starszeństwem z dniem 15 sierpnia 1924 i 18. lokatą w korpusie oficerów piechoty. 18 lutego 1928 mianowany został dowódcą piechoty dywizyjnej 14 Wielkopolskiej Dywizji Piechoty w Poznaniu.

Zmarł w nocy z 28 na 29 kwietnia 1930 w 7 Szpitalu Okręgowym w Poznaniu na uraz serca. 2 maja 1930 został pochowany na Cmentarzu Garnizonowym w Poznaniu.

Władysław Grabowski był żonaty z Marią z Siellawów (1900–1970), z którą miał córkę Wandę (ur. 1924).

Ordery i odznaczenia
 Krzyż Srebrny Orderu Wojskowego Virtuti Militari (1921)
 Krzyż Walecznych
 Złoty Krzyż Zasługi (10 listopada 1928)
 Medal Pamiątkowy za Wojnę 1918–1921
 Medal Dziesięciolecia Odzyskanej Niepodległości
 Odznaka Frontu Poleskiego "Za Męstwo"
 Krzyż Komandorski Orderu Świętego Sawy (Jugosławia)
 Medal Zwycięstwa ("Médaille Interalliée")
 Order św. Włodzimierza z Mieczami i Kokardą kl. 4 (Imperium Rosyjskie)
 Order św. Anny z Mieczami kl. 2 (Imperium Rosyjskie)
 Order św. Anny z Mieczami kl. 3 (Imperium Rosyjskie)
 Order św. Anny kl. 4 z Mieczami i nadpisem "Za waleczność" (Imperium Rosyjskie)
 Order św. Stanisława z Mieczami kl. 2 (Imperium Rosyjskie)
 Order św. Stanisława z Mieczami i Kokardą kl. 3 (Imperium Rosyjskie)
 Medal pamiątkowy 300-lecia Domu Romanowych (Imperium Rosyjskie)
 Medal Pamiątkowy Wojny Ojczystej (Imperium Rosyjskie)
 Medal "Za pracę przy przeprowadzeniu powszechnej mobilizacji w 1914" (Imperium Rosyjskie)

Przypisy

Bibliografia

 Księga chwały piechoty, praca zbiorowa, Warszawa 1992, reprint wydania z 1939 r.
 Prinke R. T., Poradnik genealoga-amatora, s. 61.

Członkowie Naczelnego Polskiego Komitetu Wojskowego
Dowódcy 22 Pułku Piechoty (II RP)
Dowódcy 59 Pułku Piechoty Wielkopolskiej
Dowódcy 62 Pułku Piechoty (II RP)
Dowódcy piechoty dywizyjnej 14 Wielkopolskiej Dywizji Piechoty
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Srebrnym Orderu Virtuti Militari (II Rzeczpospolita)
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Walecznych
Odznaczeni Medalem Dziesięciolecia Odzyskanej Niepodległości
Odznaczeni Złotym Krzyżem Zasługi (II Rzeczpospolita)
Pochowani na Cmentarzu Garnizonowym w Poznaniu
Polacy – oficerowie Imperium Rosyjskiego
Polacy – żołnierze Armii Imperium Rosyjskiego w I wojnie światowej
Polacy odznaczeni Medalem Zwycięstwa
Polacy odznaczeni Orderem św. Sawy
Polacy odznaczeni Orderem Świętego Stanisława (Imperium Rosyjskie)
Polacy odznaczeni Orderem Świętego Włodzimierza
Polacy odznaczeni Orderem Świętej Anny
Pułkownicy piechoty II Rzeczypospolitej
Uczestnicy wojny polsko-bolszewickiej (strona polska)
Urodzeni w 1890
Zmarli w 1930

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Remember The Overachievers? My littlest brother and his lovely wife, the ones who made a gorgeous new veggie garden with over 300 landscaping bricks and 10 yards of topsoil this spring? (It still makes my back hurt just to think about that!) Well, lest you think they're resting on their laurels, I should assure you that their garden is still moving along quite nicely.
Did you guess that this is a compost bin? If so, you guessed correctly! They did a nice job on construction, and I'm jealous of this pretty bin--beats the heck out of my ugly black plastic ones, but those were the only ones that I could get my former husband to approve so I'm kind of stuck with them.
Jeff reports that the whiskey barrels smelled really good, and that they were very heavy. He was glad that the website where they ordered them (linked above) included shipping in their pricing, and that a friend stopped by the day they were delivered. He was able to talk his friend into helping him move the barrels so he didn't have to do that on his own.
I was promised more pictures as the garden starts to grow, but I know that they finally got their grapes, blueberries, and all the rest planted. And since I know that Jeff sometimes reads my blog, I would like to offer up this link to the Ohio State Extension Office's page on growing blueberries in the home garden.
I think he wondered whether I was playing a cruel trick on him when I advised him to not let his blueberry bear fruit this year, so I'm letting this page back me up. As it says: " Blueberry plants normally do not need to be pruned for the first three years. Remove blossoms that appear in the year of planting and second year after planting to stimulate vigorous growth." It's not easy to do--I know that all too well--but it's definitely worth it!
That is quite a nice compost bin and I like how the rain barrels look. They have been busy. Does your brother do work for hire? Say, for a gardener in a neighboring state?
And you are right about the blueberries! You have to get the plants to grow first, then you get more blueberries in the long run. The same is true of strawberries, pick off the blooms that first year. Hard to do but the pay off is worth it.
Go Amanda and Jeff! They are amazing:) Thanks for the updates on their garden projects, and for your really neat tour of your old neighborhood! It's always fun to read your blog, Kim. I can't wait to see your garden in person once I get back to Ohio!
I did update the blog again a couple of weeks ago. Still not thrilled with the look, but I don't have much time to keep playing with it. Maybe later in July I'll have time to go at it again.
Jane-in-Maine, are you psychic? I started writing you an email last night to catch up--and congratulate you on helping out your patient with that tough delivery! And here you show up in my comments... :) I also wanted to put a bug in your ear about switching your blog to google/blogger, so we can all leave you comments, too. Maybe when you move back to Ohio soon?!
Wow, that is one nice compost bin. I too am stuck with black plastic, but take consolation in the fact that black "disappears" into the background. Or so I am told. And I second the notion that any serious gardener is definitely going to want more than one composter.
Now those are some dandy rain barrels. They look good against their brick home. I bet the residue in the barrels will benefit the plants some too.
Your blueberries really look good. I will have to pass along this info to my sister who is growing blueberries. She has been a little disappointed in their beginnings.
Attractive rain barrels - what a concept. I wish the sponsored ones around here looked a little nicer. And the compost bin I thought looked like a hot tub from the side. Very nice.
Karen, funny you say that... that's how I sold the ex on them in the first place. I promised him that they would disappear into the shadows under the tree at the side of the house! And they did.
I really do think that's true about the blueberries. I forgot to de-berry them when I moved them here 4 years ago, and I have regretted that ever since. I really think that they would be much larger and healthier if I hadn't stressed them out by letting them berry.
Like minded siblings are a joy! Nice looking compost bin and the rain barrel is great. He is pretty good at construction projects isn't he!
Oh geez, I just wrote a long and rambling comment (honest!) and it came back with a 'blogger error' and some error number and said that I should go to blogger and...it's been too long a day! I'll be back (if this one works) soon.
I could be totally wrong, but it looks like they put a screen divider in the middle of the compost bin making it into 2 bins. And I totally want one -- it's ever so much nicer than my metal trash can composters!
They're doing great, aren't they? Love the rain barrels. Ours are black, because that's what Romie can bring home from work.
That is awfully pretty to put compost into. I have the black plastic one for food scraps which keeps things a little too moist and three others built out of old palettes. Not pretty, but functional. And then... there is the other "pile" out in the field. Thanks goodness the property is large enough to make them disappear with distance!
SMC, I would love to have room for the palette kind of compost bins. I just don't think that the little plastic ones that I have offer up enough room to get things cooking, unfortunately. I do plan to try some vermicomposting in the basement this winter, though... we'll see how that goes!
NICE!! I LOVE those rain barrels, and the price was actually lower than I thought it would be. Heh...I thought the composter looked like a hot tub, too. I'm excited to hear that you are gonna do some vermicomposting, we can be "worm buddies" :)! I'm finishing the switch with my bins this weekend, the bottom one is full and I think the wormies are done migrating to the new one. (I'll post about it next week.) Fun stuff!


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There are numerous benefits of creating a trust as your primary estate planning tool. Different kinds of trusts can help you avoid probate, reduce estate taxes, or set up long-term property management for you and your family, including family members who are minors or have special needs.
A revocable living trust ("RLT") is a separate entity created for holding title to property for the benefit of a beneficiary. A revocable living trust is just that – revocable and changeable by the person who created it. A "living trust" (also called an "inter vivos" trust) is simply a trust you create while you're alive, rather than one that is created at your death.
With a revocable living trust, you, the property owner are the Settlor, who creates and can amend the trust, the original Trustee, who manages and distributes the property held in trust, and the beneficiary until death, at which time, a Successor Trustee transfers the property to the successor beneficiaries. Control over the property remains with the owner(s) during life and the transfer of property after death occurs without probate.
One of the primary advantages of creating a living trust is that property left through the trust does not have to go through probate. In a nutshell, probate is the court-supervised process of paying your debts and distributing your property to the people who inherit it. The average probate takes 7-12 months before distributions are made. Property you transfer into a living trust before your death does not go through probate. If you have property in more than one state, a trust can eliminate the need for probate proceedings in multiple jurisdictions. The successor trustee — the person you appoint to handle the trust after your death — simply transfers ownership to the beneficiaries you named in the trust according to how you stated in the trust agreement. In many cases, the whole process takes only a few weeks. When all of the property has been transferred to the beneficiaries, the living trust ceases to exist.
A simple probate-avoidance living trust has no effect on taxes. More complicated living trusts, however, can greatly reduce the federal and/or state estate tax bills for people who own assets above the estate tax exemption. If your estate, including life insurance, is sizable and over the estate tax exemption amount ($3,000,000 for the Maryland estate tax and $5,490,000 for the 2017 federal estate tax), a credit shelter trust can save your beneficiaries tens of thousands of dollars in estate taxes. This specific tax-saving trust is designed primarily for married couples. It is also commonly called an "AB trust," an "exemption trust," a "marital life estate trust," or a "marital bypass trust." Each spouse leaves property, in trust, to the other for life, and then to the children or other beneficiaries.
Another benefit of a trust is that it is a private document. A will becomes a matter of public record when it is submitted to a probate court, as do all the other documents associated with probate — inventories of the deceased person's assets and debts, for example. The terms of a living trust, however, need not be made public.
Some other benefits of trusts are that a trust can allow for great specificity with regard to distributions for beneficiaries, asset protection, retirement plan distribution planning to limit income taxes, provisions for special needs children, blended family planning, and provisions to prevent guardianship.


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Best Place To See Your Byline? On A Check! By Star Lawrence
In my previous spew concerning sites that offer to place your blog entries in publications to give you more "exposure," I indicated that I was not comfortable with the concept of opportunists feeding off my carcass without benefit of compensation.
But, since this write-for-free debate is such a tired standby, I sighed and said maybe I was becoming the crab on the block. What do you think? I asked. My mailbox overflowed!
One writer, who is a top-rated contributor to one of the sites mentioned, commented: "Although it's very nice to have a star by my name and be recognized for my superior writing prowess (gag, she adds), the articles haven't done a thing for me professionally. The only thing writing for free has done for me is gain me a reputation as a generous spirit – or sucker – depending on your vantage point."
"This ties to my pet peeve, trawling craigslist.org for legitimate writing job links and instead, finding several advertisements looking for writers for 'no pay,' just 'Coverage, Resume building! Exposure!' ad nauseum," writes feng shui expert Katy Allgeyer (www.fengshuibyfishgirl.com). "I actually emailed Craig himself. Much to my surprise, Craig emailed me back 20 minutes later and said they are working on the problem. I suggested they come up with another heading for these types of jobs. 'slave labor' comes to mind."
Betsy Crowfoot, a journalist and screenwriter for 11 years, says this controversy is being fueled by the existence of two camps: Those who are full-time writers and want/need to make a living at this profession, and those who want to be writers, but are making their living in another profession and don't rely on writing gigs to feed their children. (I would add those with working spouses to that list.) "Unfortunately," she says, "this gives editors/businesses the idea they don't have to pay writers or pay them on time."
"I can't tell you the number of times I"ve had these robber barons try to blow smoke up my rump with their lines about how they have helped writers by ripping off their content," writes DeAnn Rossetti. "I just read an ad yesterday on Craigslist that said, 'Do it for the love of writing.' Ha!"
Continues Rossetti: "These same people pay for everything else on their site, the hosting service, the website layout, and I am sure they pay a doctor when he has taken care of them. I doubt they tell him that by taking care of their health concerns, he is getting good publicity!"
Writes Kevin Murphy, author of Degrees of Murder and other books, "The only 'freebies' I ever do are for no-budget community organizations of which I am a member – and I do very few of those."
Lest this become too one-sided, Ricardo Valfreixo, a writer in Portugal, says, "I know an ad in a newspaper can cost a few bucks, I am not shocked at trading a 400-word article for an ad."
Travel writer Tim Leffel took it further. "This is a conflict that cannot possibly be resolved, no matter how many writers plead in vain for people not to write for free (or cheap). Compensation takes many forms. I have had professional travel writers ask me to put a link to their website on the home page of www.perceptivetravel.com rather than pay them – the link was more valuable to them in the long run.
"If you are just a freelancer trying to make a living selling articles, this is a raw deal," he allows. "But if you're one of the (wealthier) writers who puts out books, does paid lectures, or provides a consulting service, the benefit gained from the (website) traffic is far greater than what people make from a lousy article.
"Writing," Leffel adds, "is not rocket science, after all, or the free content sites wouldn't get so much traffic from their free content, Much of it is quite good, actually.
"Don't write for free," according to Leffel, "is dumb advice that will never work in the real world."
What if, Tim – and I know this sounds crazy – you could be paid and still get a mention?
That is how the real world works, if writers stick to their principles and decide their time and expertise are worth something.
Katy Allgeyer gets the last word: "All of these newbie writers out there don't realize they are undercutting not just other professional writers, but also cheating themselves out of paid work in the future if they agree to write for free now. The standards (and the paychecks) get smaller every time some writer agrees to write for free or less than market rates. There are just too many amateurs out there willing to bend over."
And speaking of pay, even ranting carries a pricetag.
Angela Hoy paid me to write this AND she always allows contributors to promote their books/services in their bios. All comments were used by permission. Sources – now, they do it for free.
Star Lawrence has been a full-time freelancer for 24 years. Her work appears monthly on WebMD.com and in various trades. She is also a columnist for the Arizona Republic and a screenwriter with two options to her name. Her website is: http://www.sunoasis.com/webjean.html.


I wrote an essay in early 2014 about my siblings and my baby shoes that our mother gave to us as Christmas presents a few years ago. As many people have enjoyed the piece after it was printed in a local newspaper, I am reprinting a slightly revised version below.
A few years ago at our family Christmas party, my mother surprised my ten siblings and me with special items from our past as Christmas gifts. After rummaging through her old cedar chest, she presented each of us with our first set of baby shoes, each pair still in remarkably good condition–ranging from the early 1950s to the late 1960s–and marked on the soles with our names, birth dates and other baby-related information. The presents were an instant hit, stirring up many childhood memories.
A few pairs were more faded from their original white color than others, and some had prominent scuff marks. One set sported little white buckles while all of the others had traditional laces. A tiny silver bell was attached to the shoelaces near the toes on one pair, and two other sets were identical as they were purchased for the twin girls in the family. But despite those minor differences, all were worn by eleven children (three boys and eight girls) who had shared the same small house in a small city on a dead-end street at a time when life seemed more leisurely than in today's e-hurried, text-rushed world.
After outgrowing our baby shoes, those twenty-two larger feet, whether in sneakers or slippers or flip flops, dangled each evening over the edges of benches or chairs around the dining room table. As in most households back then, meals were eaten and not swiftly inhaled, and served with generous helpings of conversation and friendly family arguments alongside the waxed green beans and steaming mashed potatoes.
Sometimes Mom or Dad would slip an eight-track tape into the stereo while we ate. Eddy Arnold might croon Make the World Go Away or Mitch Miller and his band would entertain us singing When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along as we kept time with our feet below the tabletop.
The only cell phone calls or text messages sent in those years to summon children from outside were full-throated shouts between cupped hands. Mothers and grandmothers standing at front doors around the neighborhood hollered out to those needing to rush home at once. The instantaneous reply of pounding footfalls over chalk-covered sidewalks, across lawns and up driveways was proof that a vocal message sent back then could travel nearly as fast as any launched electronically today when pressing SEND.
Shoes on feet of all sizes in those days constantly ran up and down the streets while playing kickball, Wiffle ball or running bases. At night they stealthily tiptoed through backyards dotted with flickering lightning bugs or along shadowy alleys between houses while engaged in games of Spotlight or Kick the Can.
And restless feet could never be contained indoors for long on sunny Saturday mornings in warm weather. After bowls of Life, Corn Flakes or Cap'n Crunch cereal were hastily eaten, the race was on to greet a cool, clean sidewalk for a game of hopscotch or to invade a patch of sweet, earthy soil beneath pine trees where green plastic soldiers would face each other in a battle royal.
And like today, after pedaling bikes along hometown streets and pressing car accelerators on local highways, those growing feet would eventually walk across a stage at graduation and pound the pavement in other cities where college and jobs beckoned. And often they would return home to visit and celebrate various occasions such as a wedding, a reunion or even a family Christmas.
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Q: Appledoc Exception: At least one directory or file name path is required Cho-Yeung-Lam:gogopiao_v2 apple$ appledoc -o ./doc --project-name gogopiao_v2

as I type the command above, error occur:
At least one directory or file name path is required, use 'appledoc --help'
gogopiao_v2 is the root directory of my project. Hope someone could help me with the problem.

A: You haven't specified the path where appledoc is supposed to search for your source file documentation. Also, specifying the project company is mandatory.
After listing the OPTIONS you have to tell appledoc the directory of your source files.
appledoc -o ./doc --project-name gogopiao_v2 --project-company YourCompany ./

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