News stories about the South Downs becoming the new Champagne may make good headlines, but how much truth is there really behind the headlines, and beyond that, what effect will climate change really have on the wines we drink?
Global warming may not affect your holiday plans for next year, but viticulture is such a long term project that it is essential to study the potential effects on grapevines in good time to plan for the future.
Climate change predictions for the next 100 years from the Hadley Centre (see graphs below) include an increase in summer temperature, especially in Europe and North Africa. More frequent extreme weather is predicted, along with altered rainfall patterns; an increase in winter rainfall and decrease in summer rainfall.
In areas like Germany (right) where steep slope viticulture and thin soils are the norm, erosion could become a severe problem with heavy downpours. One potential solution is to plant cover crops to stabilise the soil surface, but this would also have the effect of increasing water demand.
Prof Hans R Schultz at the Geisenheim Research Institute points out that in Germany if you look at old "terroir" maps, the best quality sites are the highest altitude and most exposed. In the future, these may be the sites that face the biggest problems with environmental stress. Early signs of this trend were visible in many parts of drought-stricken Europe in 2003. Vina Grgic in Croatia reported that sites that were normally their best underperformed in this hot vintage, as vines shut down due to stress.
Another important aspect of research into climate change is looking at the effect of stress on white vines. Most of the research so far has been done on reds. From a practical point of view, it is easier to study colour changes and experience shows that reds can tolerate and are even enhanced by appropriate stressing. In contrast white varieties seem much more susceptible to stress effects and this may also be a factor in the phenomenon of atypical ageing flavour. Trials at Geisenheim with 2003 vintage showed a reduction in wine quality in wines made from stressed vines, compared to irrigated vines, and accelerated ageing trials made the differences even more significant. Rieslings from the hot 2003 vintage look to have lower ageing potential than 2002 – already developing kerosene-type characters.
There are already signs of significant changes in flowering and ripening patterns across the world. At Geisenheim, earlier bud break has been mapped since 1961 and flowering is currently 10 days earlier than the 30 year average. This has implications for spring frost damage in areas like Champagne and Chablis where frost protection is already a major expense. Veraison (the point at which ripening begins) is currently showing as 12 days earlier than the long term average, and research in places as far afield as Bordeaux, Alsace, New Zealand and USA are all showing trends towards earlier harvest.
On the face of it this sounds like a good thing, allowing growers to pick ripe grapes ahead of uncertain autumn weather. Inevitably the picture is not so simple, as there are likely to be changes in flavour profile from shorter ripening seasons, an imbalance between tannin and sugar ripeness, and changes in aroma profile as berries will be ripening through hot night temeratures.
The suitability of vine varieties for any particular area may have to be re-examined. Varieties like Silvaner, Muller-Thurgau, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris have fairly fragile aromatics and are also known to produce 'off' flavours linked to stress. Riesling appears to be sturdier (after all it does well in places as hot as the Clare Valley in Australia), but German research is predicting that reds varieties like Merlot and Cabernet will become more suitable choices for the Rhein by 2050. As an example, 2003 in the Rhein region showed a temperature pattern similar to Montpellier in the south of France in a typical year.
The Index above is used to predict a grape variety's ripening capacity and is based on the sunshine hours and temperature during the vegetative period (often described as a heliothermic index). Different varieties vary in their requirements for these factors and hence their suitability for different regions. The chart indicates varietal suitability based on the Index for Geisenheim, Germany so at 1500 Muller-Thurgau is the most suitable grape, 1600 is fine for Riesling, while Cabernet Sauvignon needs over 1900 on the index to ripen, so it is not suitable for colder cloudier areas.
As the region warms up (with global warming) and experiences higher temperatures and longer sunshine hours, then its Huglin Index will go up and the grape varieties that can ripen there will change too.
Diseases and pests are also likely to show changes, which growers will have to learn to cope with. Already in Germany, Esca and Black Rot appear regularly, even though 20 years ago such diseases were never seen due to winter cold. There are also more cycles of grape moth; once a rare pest, now a regular occurrence. Downy Mildew seems to be the only disease showing a decline. Warm and wet weather will be the worst combination for disease problems.
It is clear that global warming trends are already having an effect on both the style and quality of the wines we drink. If trends continue, grape growers (and wine drinkers) will need to rethink a lot of what they currently take for granted.


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Q: Parent to child connection not wiring up I've got an EntityFramework based database here created by code first approach. The database contains two tables with a parent-child-relationship between them:

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*Orderlists (based on model "Orderlist")

*Orders (based on model "Order")

where Orderlists contains an ICollection<Order> Orders which should (!) list all related orders. For some reason it doesn't.
The DbContext of the controller contains two DbSets:

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*DbSet<Orderlist>

*DbSet<Order>
The model Order on the other hand has got two properties (with its type in brackets):

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*int OrderlistId

*Orderlist OrderList
In the controller in a [HttpPost] Create method for a new Order object I'm wiring up this relation by picking the appropriate Orderlist object (with the correctly provided/selected ID) from the DbContext, setting OrderlistId and Orderlist of the newly created Order object appropriately and adding the Order to the Orders collection of the picked Orderlist (creating the collection if it is null).
Then I do a db.SaveChages(); which does what it's supposed to do.
When the database is generated at first from the code of the models, regarding the relationship only the OrderlistId property generates a field in the datatables. Neither the Orders collection of the Orderlist nor the Orderlist property of the Order generate fields in the tables. That's okay since it is still a valid relation: the ID of the Orderlist is a PK and the OrderlistId value is set correctly. The schemes of the datatables also reflect the relation by foreign keys.
Now, the problem is that the relation isn't restored when processing the data at a different point in my application. The Orders ICollection is always null when I pick it from the DbContext.
My question is: should the Orders ICollection be filled automatically when creating the DbContext object? Or do I have to fill it manually by iterating through the Orders DbSet of the DbContext and add every appropriate Order manually to its related Orderlist? And, if I have to, where and how do I have to do that?

A: All association properties in Entity Framework Code First models must be marked with the virtual keyword, if you want Entity Framework to automatically load the associated entities on-demand (lazy-loading).
The following (basic) model definitions should work.
public class OrderList
{
    public int OrderListId { get; set; }

    public virtual ICollection<Order> Orders { get; set; } // note the use of virtual
}

public class Order
{
    public int OrderId { get; set; }

    public int OrderListId { get; set; }
    public virtual OrderList OrderList { get; set; } // note the use of virtual
}

Also, note that when adding an Order to an OrderList, you don't have to set the association properties on the Order entity.  You can simply add the the new Order to the Orders collection on the OrderList entity, like this:
int orderListId = 1;
OrderList orderList = context.OrderLists.Find(orderListId);

Order newOrder = new Order();
orderList.Orders.Add(newOrder);
context.SaveChanges();

Alternatively, you could just set the OrderListId property on the new Order, and add it to the DbContext Orders collection.
Order order = new Order();
order.OrderListId = 1;
context.Orders.Add(order);
context.SaveChanges();

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Autumn Applause Ash forms a nicely rounded dense crown atop a straight trunk, making an excellent specimen or boulevard tree. Like the common White Ash, the excellent branching give it a strong structure. However it may be more prone to developing large surface roots than the common ash. Deep red fall color is excellent, developing best color in full sun. Autumn Applause is fairly adaptable to sand or clay, acid or alkaline, and will tolerate occasional wet soil or short drought periods. It does have a high tolerance to aerosol salt.
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Welcome to Berkeley, Mr. Cousins.
I wonder if we might go back to that day in August when the world learned of the dropping of the atomic bomb. As editor of a leading magazine in the United States, what was your reaction? What were your thoughts, and what did you do?
Well, we're talking about something that happened on the calendar 39 years ago, but in the memory, yesterday morning. One comes down for breakfast and there's a copy of The New York Times, and on this morning, streamer headlines three deep on the atomic bomb and Hiroshima. The article by William Lawrence, who had been brought into the confidence of the military several months earlier (and so he had a background for writing about it), talked about the development of atomic energy for military purposes. And one had a feeling, or at least I did, that a curtain had dropped on human history and that a new curtain was going up, and that no one quite knew what the new script would be. But the fact that the old play had ended seemed rather clear. It also seemed to me that a blanket of obsolescence had been thrown over human history, because all the things that human beings did, in terms of civilization, suddenly seemed to have no validity because there was now no mechanism by which human beings could provide for a reasonably secure future. We had always lived with the habits of war, and now methods for fighting war represented an entirely new dimension in warfare which threatened the species as a whole. But the habits of war, and the habits of thinking about relations among nations, hadn't changed, and so we were trapped. And so I say there was a sense that the curtain had come down on one stage in human history and a new curtain was going up, the script for which had not been written.
You wrote a very long editorial, "Modern Man is Obsolete."
On the day the bomb was dropped I wrote a rather longish editorial. And it had to get into the next issue of the Saturday Review, and my life in those days was shaped by deadlines. It was not just that I had a subject to write about, but a fixed time in which to do it. And so on that first day, I did the editorial (that was on a Monday, I think), and on Thursday it came out in the magazine. And then one of the publishers wanted to enlarge it into a book. And it went into different languages; a number of newspapers around the country reprinted it.
What was your conclusion that nation-states were now, potentially, in possession of a weapon that could destroy all of our civilization?
My conclusion was that the nation had come into existence, historically, as a device for protecting the lives, the institutions, and the property of its people, at least in those states in which property existed. And the function of the state had been just that, which is to provide a means of protecting the group, an extension of the tribal philosophy. But with atomic weapons, no nation was able any longer to perform its historic function. And yet we persisted in thinking that it did. The form existed but the ability to fulfill that particular function was annihilated along with the city of Hiroshima. But we continue to pursue the folklore of the nation without any of the benefits, or the prime benefit, that the nation was intended to give.
And you became an even more intense an advocate of world government and world federalism as a way out.
Since I am opposed to anarchy, and since the principle danger in the world was anarchy on a world level, I couldn't take leave of my convictions about the dangers of anarchy just because nations created this situation.
You wrote in the Christian Science Monitor a couple of years ago, when the Saturday Review died, "My hope, from my earliest days at the Saturday Review, was that the magazine would help to develop a language that transcends force. That was why Saturday Review was one of the first journals to call attention to the implications of nuclear weapons." Have we been successful in creating an image of the bomb that will carry us through these times? I mean, hasn't that battle been lost in some ways?
No battle is really ever lost as long as you're alive. The piece that I did for the Christian Science Monitor was written five or six years after I left the Saturday Review, and I was asked to reflect on the place of a magazine in society. The awareness of the implications of nuclear weapons was really not very great, but you can't blame the American people for not understanding the implications when President Truman, I think, did not understand the implications of the nuclear bomb. He thought of it as people thought of it, as a superior weapon, and used it as a superior weapon not recognizing that this represented a new age in human history, and that the United States, which was the first to develop the bomb, had some responsibility at least to think through the implications of the bomb. They dropped it on a living target, despite the fact that we were the only country that had the bomb, and he thought this was a quick way of ending the war. That was the only thing that interested him. The fact that this might, through that use, thus become a source of great danger to the United States in the future and that our failure to set up controls when we had the ability to do so, before the other countries had the bomb, this did not figure in his thinking. So, as I say, if the President of the United States didn't understand it, how can you blame the American people for not understanding it?
The scientists who developed the bomb did understand the implications, and they begged the President of the United States not to use the bomb just because we had the bomb. At the very least, they begged him, before using it on human beings, to have a test demonstration, perhaps somewhere in the Pacific, under the auspices perhaps of the International Red Cross. And, the effects of the bomb would thus be viewed by an international agency which would then report on it. And then Japan would have to make the decision as to whether the bomb should be dropped at all. And we could deliver an ultimatum to Japan on the basis of that test. So the issue was not whether we were going to save lives by dropping the bomb, the real issue was whether the United States was going to try to do everything possible to avoid using the bomb. If it had to use the bomb, that was something else. Of course, no one could ever know what the reaction of Japan might have been. It's quite possible that they would not have attached the same value, or depth, to a demonstration of the bomb as they did to the actual bombing at Hiroshima, but at least the United States would have been able to fulfill, it seems to me, the requirements of responsibility at that particular time.
So we have to ask ourselves: why was it that the United States did not have a test? It can't be, as the President said, "...because we wanted to spare the lives of Americans that might be required to invade Japan," because Japan still would have made the decision as to whether the bomb would have been used or not. So that argument doesn't count. The only argument that really makes sense historically has to do with the sequence of events at the time. You will recall that President Roosevelt, meeting Stalin at Yalta, tried to get the Soviet Union to fight a two-front war. The United States was fighting a two-front war, we were fighting in Europe, we were also fighting against Japan in Asia, and the president had been under severe pressure by the American Congress and the press to persuade Stalin to fight a two-front war too. And so at Yalta, he did everything he possibly could to get this commitment by Stalin. Stalin's argument was that if the Soviet Union were to divide its forces at a critical time in Europe, then we would lose in Europe and, by the time they might draw their forces back, it might be too late. And so Stalin felt that the important thing was to concentrate on the primary objective, which was to defeat the Germans in Europe. Roosevelt was not unmindful of the logic of this, but at the same time, he wanted a commitment by Stalin that the moment the war in Europe ended, Stalin would use his forces to help end the war in the Far East as well. They argued on this and Stalin finally agreed. But Roosevelt was not content just to get agreement in principle, he wanted a date by which the Soviet Union would enter the war in the Far East. And it was agreed that Russia would enter that war 90 days after the V-E Day. Now here chronology becomes important. At the time of Yalta, we did not know for sure that we would have a successful nuclear explosion. We had some indications, but hadn't yet tested a device. Now think of what happens. The war ends in Europe, the United States successfully tested its atomic reaction and we knew we could make the bomb, but we also knew that since we had the bomb, we could end the war without giving the Soviet Union a claim on the occupation. The moment that happened, therefore, all of our energies turned toward ending the war in the Far East before the Soviet Union would come in under the terms of the agreement.
So President Truman did not come clean with the American people. He made it appear that we were trying to spare lives from an American invasion. But the fact of the matter was that what we were trying to do was to end the war in the Far East before the Soviet Union would come in fully. We had a deadline. This explains why we had the second bomb on Nagasaki. After all, Japan had the example of Hiroshima. But we didn't want to have any discussions about peace terms. We wanted to have unconditional surrender by a certain date. Now this is history, this is what happened. As I say, if the American people don't understand the implications of nuclear weapons, we can't blame them, considering what happened at the end of the war.
So in this case, our leadership was blinded to the problem of what the bomb represented by its obsession with the international competition with the Soviet Union?
Yes. I think that we were thinking in terms of the bomb as a superior weapon, and not, in effect, as a symbol of a new age in human history in which we had to find an answer to war other than through force. Where we had to find an answer to international conflict through means that could ensure justice. We had to find some way of creating instruments in the world that could be able to prevent war and deal with the basic causes of war. We had come to that stage in human history when our failure to achieve these different means could also represent a colossal human failure in terms of the price that human beings all over the world would have to pay in the event of a nuclear war.


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A fantastic evening. Good food, wine and great value . Recommended .


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I love this thought. I want my daughter to love books as much as I do!
"Tell me your friend and I will tell you who you are" ,,,,you are the prove of your own daughter and she will surely love books as much as you do.
Sweet post! I still enjoy my children's books and save them for my grandchildren.
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William FitzWilliam,  comte de Southampton, KG (c.1490, Aldwark, North Riding of Yorkshire - , Newcastle upon Tyne), courtisan et soldat anglais, est le troisième fils de Sir Thomas FitzWilliam d'Aldwark et de Lady Lucy Neville, fille de John Neville (1er marquis Montagu).

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Le père de FitzWilliam est mort quand il est dans sa petite enfance, et sa mère se remarie avec Sir Anthony Browne Sr. de sorte que FitzWilliam est le demi-frère de Sir . Probablement en raison de cette connexion, il est choisi comme compagnon d'Henry Tudor, prince de Galles (futur roi Henri VIII d'Angleterre) et grandit à ses côtés. Après le couronnement du roi Henri en 1509, il est nommé gentilhomme huissier et échanson du roi, et monte progressivement à la cour. Il commence sa carrière militaire en mer, servant sous le marquis de Dorset en 1512, et Sir Edward Howard dans la deuxième attaque désastreuse sur Brest. Contrairement à son commandant, il échappe à la débâcle, mais est grièvement blessé par un carreau d'arbalète. Il se rétablit suffisamment à temps pour accompagner le roi Henri VIII en France en tant qu'écuyer du corps, et est fait chevalier le 25 septembre 1513, le lendemain de la prise de Tournai. En novembre, il épouse Mabel Clifford, fille d', mais le mariage reste sans enfant.

William FitzWilliam se distingue en tant que commandant de la marine, diplomate et ministre du gouvernement. Une grande partie de son temps en tant que vice-amiral (1513-1525) et amiral est consacrée à maintenir la Manche à l'abri des pirates, et il est félicité par le cardinal Wolsey pour son initiative dans ses actions contre les Français. En mai 1522, l'Angleterre déclare la guerre à la France. Le comte de Surrey prévoit d'attaquer Le Havre en juin et Morlaix le  juillet, mais échoue en grande partie en raison de difficultés pratiques. Fitzwilliam est nommé vice-amiral, donc lorsque le comte de Surrey abandonne le siège de Brest, il est laissé en poste pour bloquer le port. La marine anglaise patrouille les côtes bretonnes pendant les trois mois suivants, mais est incapable de remporter une victoire décisive avec leurs alliés espagnols. Au cours de l'automne, la campagne de patrouille maritime est abandonnée avec peu de résultats .

En tant qu'ambassadeur à la cour de France vers 1521, FitzWilliam s'attire les faveurs du cardinal Wolsey, montrant qu'il est apte à occuper une fonction plus élevée. Néanmoins, les missions ultérieures échouent : l'obsession du roi Henri pour son divorce avec sa femme, la reine Catherine d'Aragon, laisse à ses ambassadeurs peu de place pour une autre initiative.

William Fitzwilliam est nommé trésorier de la maison en 1525, un poste qui lui donne un siège doffice'' au Conseil privé. Il est nommé capitaine de Guines en 1524 et maintient un lien avec Calais pour le reste de sa vie, étant en grande partie responsable de l'Acte de Calais de 1536. Il joue également un rôle important dans le désamorçage des troubles religieux à Calais à la fin des années 1530. Il est député du Surrey de 1529 jusqu'à son élévation à la pairie en tant que comte de Southampton''' en 1537.

FitzWilliam est « exécuteur » pour le roi Henri VIII lors de la chute des épouses du roi, Anne Boleyn et Catherine Howard, le Pèlerinage de Grâce et la conspiration d'Exeter. En 1539, en tant qu'amiral, il transporte la future quatrième épouse du roi Henri, Anne de Clèves, de Calais, et lors de sa première rencontre, écrit des lettres dans sa louange au roi, "considérant qu'il n'était alors pas temps de la déshonorer, ... l'affaire étant jusqu'ici résolue .

À l'automne 1538, Guillaume et l'évêque d'Ely vont interroger Margaret Pole, comtesse de Salisbury. William retient ensuite Margaret Pole comme prisonnière jusqu'en mai 1539.

À partir de 1540, William FitzWilliam est un Lord du sceau privé compétent jusqu'à sa mort en 1542, mais il ne réussit pas à remédier aux graves défauts structurels du duché de Lancastre et de l'administration de l'Amirauté, probablement parce qu'avec plusieurs postes, il est surchargé de travail - une faute grave dans le système Tudor. En tant que magnat régional, il élimine les conflits entre factions dans le Surrey. Le comte de Southampton est nommé lieutenant et capitaine général dans le nord en 1542, pour commander une expédition en Écosse, mais c'est un homme malade qui doit être transporté à Newcastle upon Tyne dans une litière. Néanmoins, il meurt en octobre seulement trois jours après son arrivée là-bas. FitzWilliam est apparemment enterré à Newcastle, car bien que sous sa volonté, une chapelle devait être construite pour sa tombe à l'église paroissiale de Midhurst, dans le Sussex, aucune tombe n'y a été érigée. N'ayant aucune descendance légitime, sa pairie s'éteint . À sa mort, Cowdray House, achetée à l'origine par FitzWilliam à Sir Henry Owen en 1529, passe à son demi-frère cadet, Sir Anthony Browne.

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Comte de la pairie d'Angleterre au XVIe siècle
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Chevalier de la Jarretière au XVIe siècle
Décès en octobre 1542
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At least three people were killed and five others injured after being stuck by thunderbolts in Haripur and Pirganj upazilas in Thakurgaon on Friday.
The deceased were identified as Moinuddin, 26, son of Ashanur, and Shariphan, 40, wife of Md Bablu of Lahuchand village of Haripur upazila and Mobarak Ali, 38, of Patuapara village in Pirganj upazila.
Eyewitness said two brothers Moinuddin and Naimuddin were going to paddy field and on the way they took shelter at Bablu's house seeing thunderbolt on the sky, said Dangipara Union Parishd Chairman Moniruzzaman Moni.
But, two brothers and Babul's wife Shariphan sustained injuries when a thunderbolt struck them, leaving them critically injured, he said.
Later, they were taken to Ranisankail Hospital where the duty doctor declared Moinuddin and Sariphon dead.
A case of un-natural death was filed with Haripur Police Station, said Ruhul Kuddus, officer-in-charge of the police station.
In Pirganj upazila, Mobarak Ali was killed after being hit by thunderbolt while he was sleeping in his home, said Upazila Nirbahi Officer AWM Rahman, reports UNB.


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17 Oct - The BFI LFF 'Outlaw King' Premiere
October 17th, 2018.
After yesterday's bullshit 'Suspiria' Premiere, which was so awful I'm still picking errant swearwords off my keyboard, it was a sweet relief to have just a regular, mildly disappointing premiere today. Given the amount of sleep I'm currently on, that's a level of disappoitment I'm more than comfortable with.
I'm back on the red carpet, the number of autograph dealers around me was slightly less than yesterday, and pleasingly I'm not feeling the same sense of musical dread coming from the speakers as the day before. It's raining, though. There is that.
"Who is this? Why are you calling me? And why do you keep asking why I'm calling you in a voice that sounds just like mine?? ANSWER ME!! AND STOP SHOUTING AT ME!!"
The two German ladies to my left were excited about the prospect of meeting Chris Pine and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. However I really REALLY wanted to photograph actress Florence Pugh, a task which would enable me to bring to a close a years-long outstanding item. I'd missed her on Sunday when she was at a premiere I was unable to attend because… oh, who cares.
A quick shot of The List for this event reveals that Florence Pugh is not scheduled to attend, even though she's one of only four people (and the only woman) on the poster. Damnit… why do German women seem to always get what they want?
"Well… just tell me if my desperation starts to look in any way uncool"
"It's not so much a case of 'naughty' or 'nice' with regard to the people in that public pen. They're closer to getting a summons from a war crime tribunal in the Haague than anything from the North Pole" - i'm not sure who this is, but from a quick glance at imdb.com I'm going to guess James Cosmo, who was in Braveheart, Highlander, Troy.. and this movie. If it's him.
"Who are you? And do you know Chris Pine? And do you have his phone number, home address and hotel room for his stay in London? I'm asking…. for a friend"
"And I'm that friend"
"The car's not stopping! What do we do?"
"Well, it's either a former Avenger or a Starfleet captain…. what are our options?"
"Get a cheaper director and hope they screw up the franchise?"
"This is how they do high-fives in Hollywood now, I'm told". Tony Curran has a long and storied imdb entry which includes an Underworld film, the TV Series '24', six episodes of something called 'Crazyhead' and something called 'two-headed rat bastards'.
"No…. I'm still unsteady on fist-bumps. Let's figure out the Hollywood low-five first, yeah?"
"For the record, THIS is how you cast a young Santa Claus" - David Mackenzie has directed such things as 'Hell or High Water'… and the relatively obscure (but certainly interesting) 'Perfect Sense' - a premiere where I gave up photographing Milla Jovovich over Eva Green.
"The jacket isn't fur, it's actually a kind of soy. Yes, it's true, you can skin soybeans. It's excruciating for the soy, but it's actually technically vegan". Excitingly, I managed to learn via imdb.com that this is Gillian Berrie, one of this film's eight (8) producers.
Of the movie's six male producers, I'm going with this being Danny McGrath. Though I'm basing this on the yellow tie, mainly.
"Is my name Billy? Timmy? Why are you asking these questions?" I don't know who this is, but he was induced to sign autographs. And the dealers aren't entirely indiscriminate.
"I'm wearing a vest, and you're not. That means I don't even need to pull rank to win this argument" - it's Chris Pine! He's best known for being Captain Kirk in the JJ-Abramsverse Star Trek movies (ie. the ones in 2009, 2013 and 2016)
I'm kind of equally mesmerised by Chris Pine's piercing blue eyes as I am by that blurry finger seemingly gently touching the skin of the corner of his eye….
"And so he stuck out his finger and he gently touched me. I don't know what to make of it. Is it legal? Did it mean something? How can I answer questions about this movie until MY questions on this are answered?"
"I was only in one of those movies, you know. And you can kind of see that as an implied spoiler…. for a movie made in 2015". Aaron Taylor Johnson's only Avengers outing was in Age of Ultron…. though his character still exists (played by another actor) in the X-Men films.
"Nono… don't worry. I'll watch the full clip. I have plenty of time" - along with playing Kick-Ass in the Kick-Ass films and John Lennon in the BFI LFF premiereing "Nowhere Boy" back in 2009, he's married to director Sam Taylor Johnson who (among other things) directed the first "Fifty Shades of Grey" movie.
"Low-five me, Bruv!"
"That's not how they do it in Hollywood, Babe" - I have no idea who this is
"Side-five me, Bruv!"
"That's not how they do it in Hollywood either, Babe" - no idea who this is either.
(edited to add : Jamie Pigott, actor… aka "@jampig1" on twitter)
"OMG i've got him in front of the 50% Sale sign!! Take a photo already!!!" - those signs are certainly the unintentional highlight of this festival.
"Aaron Taylor Johnson isn't THAT good-looking, Liz…."
"You're on a date with ME, Liz…"
"Well, what am I supposed to do, then??"
So, that was that. Eight days down, Four days to go…. and maybe I'll get some sleep before then, who know? For now it's +1 for the Archive of Premieres, links to facebook here and twitter here, and a comfortable bed less than twenty paces from where I'm sitting.
…. and a moment's silence for the missing Florence Pugh. Where wert thou, Lady Macbeth?
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Office c. Sir Richard Wodehous and Agnes Wilson [?]
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In July 1487 a widow, Agnes Wilson, of Staines, Middlesex, or somewhere nearby, was examined regarding allegations that she and the local vicar, Sir Richard Wodehous, were engaging in a sexual relationship. [Note that "Sir" was the honorific title used for priests as well as for knights, similar to "Father" or "Reverend" today.] This is an "office" case rather than an "instance" case, as most others were: the court (the "office") took upon itself to summon Wilson, rather than that some other party sued her (an "instance" case, or litigation). Wilson had ingenious explanations for why the vicar had come to her house at 2 in the morning and had been in her bedchamber for part of that time: it was all completely innocent. And perhaps it was. But the neighbourhood men were not convinced and seized him to take him to the a local official — and reported her and presumably Wodehous to the Consistory court. She was given the opportunity to find seven "honest women neighbours" to vouch for her unblemished reputation: this process, known as compurgation, was one way for the court to dismiss an allegation, providing that the person accused could find enough people to stand up for her. It would be interesting to know what happened to her and to Wodehouse – but unfortunately that's not in these records.
LMA, MS DL/C/A/001/MS09065, fol. 37r
Testimony of Agnes Wilson, Defendant, 30 Jul. 1487
Agnes Wilson sworn etc. To the first and second articles, she admits their contents. To the third and fourth articles, she admits their contents. To the fifth and sixth articles, she says that on the feast of St. Margaret [20 July], between the hours of two and three after the middle of the night, Sir Richard Wodehous came to her house and they gossiped together in her kitchen in the presence of two of her children, of whom one was sixteen and the other thirteen, and then Sir Richard went up to a certain upper chamber to look inside a chest in which, as this witness had told him, was a charter of the free gift of all the goods of her husband. In neither this chamber nor in any other was this witness alone with him, but Richard her son of thirteen years was with the vicar in the chamber. And afterwards after he looked at it for a good while, this witness at the door of the chamber asked him whether [….] and he answered no. And to all the other contents in them she responds negatively. To the seventh article, she says that she heard that certain people, that is Peter Olyver […], Roger Nott, William Ruttour draper, seized this vicar leaving the house of this witness about four o'clock, and led him to John Clerk. And to the rest she responds negatively. To the eighth article, she responds negatively to all its contents. To the ninth article, she responds negatively to all its contents. To the tenth article, she admits its contents. And that from what Peter Olyver and the others said, on the same day the lord assigned to the woman to purge herself on the vigil of the exaltation of the Holy Cross [13 Sept.] before him or his commissary in the church of Staines [Middlesex] with the hands of seven of her honest women neighbours.
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Chris Wilder - the Sheff Utd boss as seen by those who played under him
By Sean Cole
Football writer
From the section Sheff Utd
Chris Wilder and Sheffield United won League One with 100 points in the 2016-17 season
Chris Wilder started out as a Sunday League manager and is now finding ways to outwit the best in the country on a regular basis.
It has been an eventful journey to reach this point, featuring five promotions at four different clubs, since taking his first job at Alfreton Town in 2001.
Wilder, who on Friday extended his Sheffield United contract to 2024, arrived at Alfreton as player-manager, leading the club to the Northern Counties East Premier Division title and success in the Derbyshire Senior Cup. He also had a lasting impact on the team's young prospect, Ryan France.
"Chris believed in me. He believed in what my strengths and abilities were. At the time I was a young lad playing in a men's team and he looked after me," says the winger, who went on to play in the Premier League with Hull City.
"He didn't let me off with anything. If I needed telling off, or I wasn't performing at 100% for whatever reason, he'd let me have it. I think sometimes you need that, especially as a young lad because you need to find that consistency in your game."
France had been released by Sheffield Wednesday at 16 and had started to doubt if he could make a career in football. He was 20, and busy earning a degree at Nottingham Trent University, when Wilder arrived. His new manager played behind him at right-back and provided plenty of support.
"He used to call me 'the future'," France says. "When he came into the team, all he used to do was pass me the ball. He believed in me. He came in and encouraged me to do the things I was good at. He became more than a manager; he became a close friend. We're still close friends now."
Although Wilder left Alfreton after a single season, with France ignoring interest from Coventry City to stay on for another year and complete his studies, he still took a keen interest in his former player's fortunes.
That much was shown when France did move on, to Hull in 2003.
"Before my debut against Kidderminster our secretary brought me a letter in," France says. "It was from Chris, wishing me all the best and saying he knew this day would come. He'd encouraged me to believe that it would happen."
France scored on his debut and never looked back. He'd reached the top level with Hull by 2008, just as Wilder's reign at his next club Halifax Town was coming to an end.
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'He expected you to work hard - he didn't praise you for it'
When Wilder arrived at The Shay in July 2002, they had just been relegated out of the Football League. He was tasked with keeping the club competitive while cutting their wage bill.
Lewis Killeen, then a young prospect in Sheffield United's reserves, joined on loan in November that year. He later made the move permanent and stayed at Halifax for the duration of Wilder's six years in charge there, making more than 200 appearances.
"He made it his own squad," recalls Killeen. "He got in good professionals and good lads. People worked really hard, which is sort of his blueprint. That was one of the big things that stood out for me when I played for him.
"He expected you to work hard; he didn't praise you for it. I think that's done well for him throughout his career. You can see that with how his team's playing now.
"One of the main things that he used to say to us in the changing room was that he could put his dog on the pitch and it would work hard. He wanted that quality as well on top.
"Tactically he was very good at mixing it up. We'd play different ways in different games. Even though he had a preferred way of playing he'd change that if it wasn't working. The first year I was there we played 4-3-3 and not many teams were playing that sort of formation at that time."
Wilder spent six seasons in charge of Halifax Town
Halifax went on to challenge for promotion, reaching the play-off final in 2006, where they lost 3-2 to Hereford United, before the club went into decline. They successfully fought against relegation for two seasons, even overcoming a 10-point deduction for going into administration, but were eventually forced to fold.
The club was relaunched as FC Halifax Town but Wilder had already moved on to become Alan Knill's assistant manager at Bury, leaving after six months to take the Oxford United job in December 2008.
'The DVD analysis increased to a level I hadn't been used to'
Targeting a return to League Two, Oxford were struggling when Wilder came in.
"Training-wise the intensity increased and there was a lot more of an emphasis on winning. There were always games and there'd be races on a Friday," says James Constable, who was on loan from Shrewsbury Town at the time.
"Everybody wanted to win at everything they were doing and that little tweak in our mentality slowly soaked in. That's how we continued for the rest of the season. I think we only lost a couple of games for the remainder of the year. Unfortunately, we missed out on the play-offs because of a points deduction."
A peripheral figure at his parent club, Constable was signed permanently and became the focal point of the team, scoring 22 goals as Oxford went up through the play-offs. As they established themselves in League Two, Wilder's thoroughness and eye for detail increasingly stood out.
"The analysis with DVDs and clips increased to a level I hadn't been used to before. We were getting a pack on a match day of five or six pages with our set plays and their set plays. Things to think about. Their positives and negatives.
"On the Friday we'd get to see for ourselves what they did on set plays so going out there we'd covered every base. All the excuses were taken away and it was over to us to make sure we carried out what we'd worked on."
Wilder's stock was rising and, having already been linked with several vacancies, in January 2014 he took over at Northampton Town. It was a surprising move, with the Cobblers languishing bottom of League Two, but they clinched survival on the final day thanks to a 3-1 win over his former club.
'People were working hard and going three months without money'
The next season wasn't going to plan as Northampton hovered above the relegation zone but a few clever additions helped steer them to mid-table safety and lay the foundations for future success.
"We were in a bit of a tricky situation form-wise," says Joel Byrom, a midfielder who spend two years with Northampton from 2014.
"I think we dropped quite low in the league and a lot of people were calling for his head. Then all of a sudden he signed a couple of players in January who turned out to be really important for us over the next 18 months.
"Everyone mentions his recruitment. He knows the right people to have around the dressing room. There aren't cliques, or people thinking they're above their station. They're all good, honest lads. He had that at Northampton and I think he's got it again at Sheffield United."
Wilder won 61 of his 126 games in charge of Northampton
As with his previous roles, Wilder's man-management helped to create 'an unbelievable team spirit' that served the club well during difficult periods. A campaign which would end with 99 points and the League Two title started under a cloud, with financial uncertainty and staff not being paid.
"We played away at Notts County and after the game he was in a foul mood. We'd won the game but he spoke to the captain before his post-match interview and said, 'Look, I'm going to go in on the club a little bit.' He went mad. We had an offer from somebody who wanted to buy the club, the old chairman he'd been with at Oxford, and the club were stalling on it," recalls Byrom.
"He wanted the lads and the staff getting paid and we had a decent offer for a takeover. He was always pushing for the lads and had the best interests of the club at heart. People were working hard every day and they went up to three months without getting any money. He wanted the best for everyone."
Within a week of Wilder's outburst a deal was done and Northampton proceeded to dominate the division, losing just one of their last 26 league games. The celebrations had barely died down when an offer arrived from his boyhood club Sheffield United, which he simply couldn't refuse.
'He's ruthless - he has no qualms about dropping a player'
In the space of three years, supported by his long-time associate Alan Knill, Wilder led the Blades to two promotions and a place in the Premier League. Widely tipped to struggle, they have more than held their own without compromising on the clear identity and style of play that got them this far.
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Jake Wright, who played for Wilder at Halifax, Oxford and then Sheffield United, has witnessed this impressive rise first-hand. A potent mix of hard work, tactical acumen, shrewd recruitment and an uncanny knack for inspiring players has been evident throughout.
"He's not changed at all," says the defender, now on loan at Bolton Wanderers.
"I don't think his training sessions or his intensity have changed. As he's progressed, he's got better players in, so the quality's changed. But how he goes about the day-to-day running of a football club hasn't really changed.
"He's always been hands-on. He's always taken a lot of sessions himself. He knows what it takes to win and he knows how to motivate his players to be ready for a game.
"He's ruthless. He's got no qualms about dropping a player - no matter how long you've know him or how well you've done for him - he makes decisions to benefit the club."
Like France, Killeen, Constable and Byrom, Wright is proud to have played for Wilder and felt his influence. No matter where they encountered him on his journey to the top, none are surprised to see him make it. They believe there's still more to come too.
"His CV's incredible - one of the best in the country for how well he's done at certain teams," Wright says.
"I can't compliment him enough as a manager. I've probably played more games for him than any other player and he hasn't changed the way he is. He's kept his philosophy.
"This is his dream job but if one of the top clubs came calling - no disrespect to Sheffield United - then it would be a difficult decision for him. I know he's very motivated and he wants to achieve as much as he can. I'm sure he'll have a lot of opportunities in the future."
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Write regularly! It is much better to practise for 10 minutes everyday than just one writing task every few weeks. You could write a diary, write sentences or even write short stories! Try to write things that are relevant to what you need your writing skills for.
Learn your top five mistakes and make sure you correct them. They could be spelling, punctuation or word order, for example. It would be silly to make the same mistakes over and over - your writing would not improve! It is also important to remember to check your handwriting. People form an impression of you based on the presentation of what you write and say.
Read as much as possible. Read things that interest you from blog posts, news articles, magazines or books. This will help you to constantly expand your vocabulary and improve your writing fluency.
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Young Western Leftists are confused about a lot of things — capitalism versus socialism/communism, for example, believing the latter economic models are superior — because the people responsible for educating them have lied to them for years.
They've been conditioned to believe that their feelings and their virtue signaling are more important than critical thinking and reasoning. They have been propagandized to feel emotions first and to rely on them to guide their worldview instead of factual things that they see with their eyes and hear with their ears.
That explains why, for example, many young Western youth support and defend both radical and mainstream Islam no matter what, including the Left-wing LGBTQ community, despite the fact that Islam punishes gays, lesbians, and LGBTQ individuals with physical harm and even death.
As Bare Naked Islam reports, recently a 17-year-old gay Iraqi boy living in Switzerland with his family survived a murder attempt by his father, who tried to cut his throat simply because he is homosexual:
"Are you gay? Are you gay? Are you gay?" asked Iraqi Muslim father as he tried to kill his gay son by slitting his throat. Had Seran M still been living in Iraq, nothing would have happened to the father as his death would be considered an "honor killing," permissible under sharia law. When he learned that his teenage son was gay, he went crazy and tried to kill him with a knife.
A Swiss source noted that Seran awoke one morning to his father holding a knife blade to his throat. And the only thing that kept him alive, apparently, was his survival instinct.
As you can see from the photo above, his father managed to wound Seran several times but he nevertheless escaped through a balcony window and managed to find some help from neighbors, who then called emergency medical personnel and the police.
Seran was taken immediately to a hospital in Bern, where he was treated for cuts to his upper body and neck area. He's lucky; during the attack his father narrowly missed cutting his carotid artery, which would have caused him to bleed to death very quickly.
"But my trachea was affected and I had to be placed in an artificial coma," he explained, where he remained for quite some time.
Western liberals have no idea what really happens in Islamic countries
It's been six months since the attempted murder and now Seran is leading a new life. However, the scars remind him constantly of the attack by his own father — one that he would have gotten away with if he still lived in an Islamic country. (Related: Western civilization is a 'dead man walking' as 'truth become treason' in the European empire of lies: 'Behold, America! This fate awaits us!')
"I see them in the mirror or when I do selfies and snaps," he told the Swiss media source. "These brands will accompany me for the rest of my life."
The news source reported that Seran grew up in a rural area in the Canton of Bern; he always understood that his family was never going to accept his sexual orientation. "I have always hidden my homosexuality from my family," he said.
And now we know why: Because under Islam, homosexuality is forbidden, punishable by death in most Muslim-majority nations.
Gay men have been thrown off of buildings in places like Iran. They have been dragged through the street behind motorcycles and vehicles in places like the Gaza Strip. They have been beheaded.
And yet the American and Western LGBTQ community supports Islam and abhors "Islamophobia," without ever understanding that in the countries they are defending, their own lives would be in jeopardy if they lived them openly — or tried to.
It's insane but it's because they've been propagandized to believe everything bad about their own culture, while taught to accept every other culture, no matter how barbaric and uncivilized.
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Each company has a personality and tenor. Top management is extremely variable in how they approach, participation in and their interest in registration. Some are very involved. Some want to watch but monitor closely. Some don't want to participate at all.
Some companies are given ultimatums. Deadlines. No new business, or reduced business threats (particularly US automotive). Some companies go through the process in an attempt to improve.
These are three implementation strategies a company has to consider. It should be noted that available human resources is an important part of any implementation strategy. Unfortunately, often this aspect is a serious threat to successful implementation within the project constraints (e.g.: time).


Hello. When I was about 6 or 7 years old I had Scarlitina. I would just like to say that you can treat the rash and make it become less itchy by soaking in an Oatmeal bath. I think you should use this in your treatment section because it worked wonders for me!
my son has it and is only 6 months old. will it scar or just be a passing illness? one day you couldnt see it and the next day it was noticable and the next it was obvious something was wrong.
I have a leaking valve and I recall my mom mentioning to me that I was very sick when I was a young child. She did mention Scarlatina. Since both my parents past away already, there is no way for me to learn more about it.
Your article gave me a thorough explanation, thank you.
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The Israel Scout Caravan has been a tradition in Dallas for over 40 years. The Friendship Caravan consists of 5 male and 5 female Tzofim (Israel Scouts) who are entering their senior year of high school. The Caravan travels thoughout North America each summer as emissaries, sharing their lives in Israel through song, dance and story. Participants are chosen after undergoing an extensive auditioning and interviewing process, ensuring that above all, they are true representatives of Israeli culture and spirit. The Tzofim Friendship Caravan typically reaches over 35 states, including 250 camps, community centers, churches, senior homes and schools, performing for an audience totaling nearly 100,000 people.
The Caravan coming to Texas' communities and camps will be in the Dallas area from Saturday night July 12 until Thursday morning July 17.
Each teen in the Friendship Caravan, like all 100 Delegation members visiting North America, is a member of the 60,000 member strong Tzofim (Israel Scouts) Movement which, in turn, is part of the International Scouting movement. The Tzofim Movement is the only non-political and non-sectarian youth movement in Israel. Everyone in the Tzofim Summer Delegation has gone through extensive interviews and a rigorous selection process. Each Delegate must exhibit leadership capabilities, a high level of scouting and extensive knowledge of Israeli and Jewish history. Fluency in English and strong communicative skills are additional requirements for Delegation members, as well as an intense love for the land and people of Israel and a desire to share this passion with North Americans. Once selected, they participate in an intensive preparation program before coming to the U.S. While all members of the Delegation proudly represent their homeland of Israel, only the Friendship Caravans, as entertaining emissaries, use song, dance as their medium.
The Caravan has appeared on over twelve different TV shows and several news spots, reaching over 90,000 viewers and entertaining groups ranging from birth to 100 years of age. The Tzofim Friendship Caravans will crisscross North America bringing Israeli culture and goodwill through their unique blend of smiles, songs and dances in Hebrew, Yiddish and English. The Caravans also come to each community or camp prepared to lead activities about Israel for children and adults of all ages. They are alsoflexible and can tailor their activities to a community or camp's specific needs.
In Dallas, as in many communities, home hospitality is provided for the teenage Tzofim for the duration of their visit. This hosting relationship goes beyond simply providing food and a bed the host families become true surrogate families during their stay. This personal contact, combined with the opportunity for the Tzofim to teach one-on-one about Israel, is invaluable, and the relationships forged can last a lifetime. Many communities have wait list for hosts and the reason is clear. As a host parent from Mahopac, NY recently said, "The Scouts changed our lives. These 12 individuals will forever be remembered by us all. They were incredible." Additionally, hosting a Tofe from the Caravan is often the impetus for a first Israel trip for many families. It's a great opportunity for the Tzofim and their families to host in return.
Being part of the Tzofim Friendship Caravan has a long term impact on the Tzofim themselves that goes beyond the experience of traveling and entertaining across North America. This project is a great opportunity to better understand Jewish life in the Diaspora - the variety of observances, customs, and communities.
They stay for an average of 8 nights in most other major cities during their 3-month US tour. While the Caravan has visit the Dallas area for 5 days in the past few years, in order to expand their schedule to 8 nights, our committee is seeking additional funding. With the additional time in the Dallas area in 5722, we would be able to expand our programming so that this year's Caravan can engage people at non-Jewish venues such as malls and churches. We have numerous Jewish families with children who would love to host the Tzofim additional nights.
Read more about the Caravan at www.israelscouts.org and click on Tzofim Friendship Caravan.
This button will take you to a page where you can either pay from your PayPal account or use almost any credit card without a PayPal account. If you prefer, you can write a paper check to Israel Scout Friendship Caravan Dallas and mail it to the address above. Recognition of your generosity would be given in our publicity and the printed program for the community-wide event during the Caravan's 2014 stay in Dallas. All donations are tax deductible per our 501(c)(3) status.


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Whereas other similar services are somewhat limited in terms of what you could do with your TV set, Android TV offers you complete Android system experience. Yes, even web browsing; and also indeed, playing games as well. So much power comes at an expense, specifically if you intend to feast your eyes on full HD or 4K resolution streams. That expense is mirrored in the effective hardware you should have in order to enjoy those kinds of resolutions.
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Although Superman Returns had it's fair share of critics, it was a good effort from Bryan Singer in trying to recapture the look of the 1978 original.
As part of the Superman Anthology recently released on DVD, here is a video of the original opening scene for Superman Returns.
It's dark and mostly quiet and features an intense look on Brandon Routh as he returns to Krypton based on claims that parts of his home planet were discovered by astronomers. The deleted scene is rumoured to have cost $10 Million to put together.
Superman Returns was released in 2006 in a planned reboot of the franchise, however it did not perform up to expectations at the box office and possible sequels were cancelled. The movie stared Brandon Routh as Superman / Clark Kent, Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane and Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor.


Woolworths stores across Townsville are helping to get the YWAM Medical Ship ship-shape for her return to Papua New Guinea by collecting toothbrushes, toothpaste and soap for remote communities in Papua New Guinea. The collection is sponsored by 1300SMILES.
Townsville's YWAM Medical Ship, the MV YWAM PNG, is in Townsville for two months of maintenance and re-stocking before she returns to PNG at the end of next month for her next deployment.
YWAM Medical Ships spokesperson, Anna Scott, said that the Townsville community are invited to help be a part of re-stocking the MV YWAM PNG before she leaves Townsville's shores.
"We are aiming to collect over 7,000 toothbrushes, toothpaste and soap before the end of next month.
"Often times toothbrushes, toothpaste and soap are simply not available in the communities we go to. Our teams of volunteers will distribute the items alongside our health education programs in remote villages, particularly amongst children.
"The Woolworths stores serve as an excellent collection point for those that would like to contribute," said Ms Scott.
YWAM Medical Ships School Ambassadors have kicked off the giving by contributing toothbrushes, toothpaste and soap collected amongst their schools.
Woolworths Group Manager 502, Richard Matthews, said they were proud to be supporting the campaign.
"We're very privileged to have a medical ship based in our city that goes out and serves alongside our nearest international neighbours.
"We are happy to be a part of helping to see Townsville's YWAM Medical Ship return to PNG in this small way – we hope the Townsville community rally behind this collection drive to help meet the goal," said Mr Matthews.
Collection boxes for toothbrushes, toothpaste and soap are in every Woolworths store in Townsville until July 19.


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White House visit by Brian Urlacher preceded Trump pardon of football great's brother, Casey Urlacher, in federal gambling case
'Grateful' Mike Pence returns to Indiana hometown as vice presidency ends
As counties prepare to enter next COVID-19 vaccine phase Monday, DuPage says it could take months to vaccinate the next group
KFC recipe revealed? Tribune shown family scrapbook with 11 herbs and spices
In Financial Disclosure Forms, Dodd's Irish Cottage Jumps In Value
By By DAVE ALTIMARI and DANIELA ALTIMARI
The Hartford Courant |
A new appraisal of the Irish cottage owned by Sen. Christopher Dodd concludes that it is worth about three times as much as Dodd has been reporting on his financial disclosure forms.
The new value of the cottage, on Inishnee island in County Galway, is $658,000, according to Dodd's 2008 financial disclosure form released Friday.
The two-page appraisal was done by the same man who did the original one in 2002 when the 1,200-square-foot cottage was valued at about $190,000.
The new appraisal comes two years into a historic crash in property values in Ireland, which suggests that it might have been worth even more in recent years when Dodd never reported its value at more than $250,000 in annual Senate financial disclosures.
Dodd has been criticized for understating the value of the cottage in his disclosure forms. Questions also have been raised about his original purchase of the cottage with a Kansas City businessman, William Kessinger, whom he met through longtime friend and campaign contributor Edward Downe.
It is unclear when the new appraisal was done, although a spokesman for Dodd said Friday that it was after questions arose in the press about the cottage and its value earlier this year. Courant columnist Kevin Rennie had raised the questions.
"The value of the cottage — or of Irish real estate, generally — isn't something that the Dodds have thought much about. However, questions have been raised and they recognize that it's important to make a good-faith effort at valuation for the Senate financial disclosures," spokesman Bryan DeAngelis said.
Dodd's new disclosure form also shows that his wife, Jackie Clegg Dodd, has received compensation from three of the four health care companies on whose boards she sits.
Clegg Dodd is on the boards of Brookdale Senior Living, Cardiome Pharma Corp., Javelin Pharmaceuticals and Pear Tree Pharmaceuticals, although she did not receive any income from Pear Tree, a Cambridge, Mass.-based firm that is developing drugs for aging women.
Dodd will play a key role in shaping health care policy as the No. 2 Democrat on the Senate's Committee On Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Committee Chairman Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., is being treated for brain cancer and has deputized Dodd to lead the charge for health care reform in his absence.
Republicans have accused Dodd of having a conflict of interest because his wife serves on the boards of health care and pharmaceutical firms.
The disclosure forms do not require Dodd to list specifically how much Jackie Clegg Dodd received from her various directorships, only that she received more than $1,000 for each.
However, Clegg Dodd was compensated at a rate of about $500,000 a year in 2007 and 2008 from seats on five corporate boards, according to the most recent filings by the companies to the federal Securities and Exchange Commission. Dodd's office said that her annual compensation was actually about $400,000.
Dodd is facing what many pundits predict will be the toughest re-election battle of his long career. Several of his opponents wasted no time in pouncing on the information contained in the newly released documents.
"The fact that Chris Dodd could for years cover up the full value of the Irish home he acquired through his association with Mr. Kessinger, as well as obscure by hundreds of thousands of dollars the value of his wife's corporate board memberships is shocking, and demonstrates the need for far more open and transparent personal financial disclosures," said Jim Barnett, campaign manager for Republican Rob Simmons. "Particularly troubling is that the enormous profits Dodd stands to reap raises further questions about Mr. Kessinger's motivation for selling the Irish property to Dodd at such an apparent discount."
Merrick Alpert, a Democrat who is running for the Senate seat now held by Dodd, also chimed in. "While the retirement and college funds of Connecticut citizens have been cut in half, it is painful to watch Sen. Dodd's foreign investment triple in value," Alpert said. "The fact that Mrs. Dodd receives a half-million dollars a year to sit on the boards of companies that are regulated by Sen. Dodd's committee is further evidence of the need to clean up the corrupt system in Washington."
Two other Republicans running for the seat, state Sen. Sam S.F. Caligiuri and former Ambassador Thomas Foley, did not return phone calls Friday afternoon seeking comment.
Dodd applied for a 90-day extension in May to submit his 2008 financial disclosure form but is releasing it now to answer questions about the cottage's worth.
"Obviously, they have operated well within the Senate rules — the Senate Ethics Committee confirms that — but felt it was just time to update the appraisal. There's certainly no incentive whatsoever to lowball the valuation," DeAngelis said.
The purchase price for the three-bedroom cottage was $160,000, Galway County records show. Dodd contributed $12,000 toward the down payment and owned one-third of the cottage, while Kessinger owned two-thirds.
In a March interview with The Courant, Dodd said he brought Kessinger on board in part because, financially, "it would have been tight" to purchase it solo. But he said he did not remember why he and Kessinger did not split the purchase 50-50.
Dodd said that Kessinger had visited Ireland several times and had long believed that owning property in the country would be a good investment.
"We thought that we would use it occasionally, let family and friends use it and then rent it out," Dodd said.
A couple from Dublin is now renting the cottage for the year, although it typically attracts renters only for weekends or during the summer because it does not have central heating, relying instead on plug-in electric radiators in the winter.
After Dodd and Jackie Clegg were married in 1999, they started talking about buying out Kessinger and that led to the 2002 bank appraisal, done by Matthew O'Sullivan, which valued the property at about $190,000, a 65 percent increase in value over what Dodd and Kessinger had paid eight years earlier.
Dodd has used that appraisal on all of his financial disclosure reports since 2002 even though the real estate market in Ireland boomed during that time frame.
Dodd also did renovations to the cottage that drove up the property's value considerably.
In his new appraisal, O'Sullivan said that despite the improvements, which include a new kitchen and impressive stonework, the house is still suitable only as a summer cottage.
The appraisal doesn't include comparisons of what homes in Galway County are sell for now or provide standard information such as the type of heating system and construction, normally included on appraisals filed in Galway County.
"The best room is the sitting room which has impressive stonework as well as open fireplace," O'Sullivan said. "The house itself is very basic and on elevated ground, is cold, windy and draughty."
In 2002, the Dodds bought out Kessinger, paying him $127,000 plus $50,000 to cover his remaining mortgage share.
"Candidly, our thinking was at the time, Jackie and I: Let's be more conservative on this in case anybody should ever raise a question about whether or not this is somehow an enrichment or taking advantage of the situation," Dodd said.


There's a new Humble Bundle up and it's focused on RPGs and the Borderlands games. While that means anyone who has somehow avoided the loot'em'up can get a hold of it now – including the most recent pre-sequel – there's also some other goodies in there as a bonus.
The first Borderlands, plus all of its DLC. It's okay, but pales in comparison to the sequel.
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut. A trilogy of action RPG games about killing vampires.
Wurm Unlimited. A sandbox MMO that has been running for longer than most and is packed with, frankly, incredibly weird stuff.
Borderlands 2, plus all of its DLC. Particularly the DLC includes some of the most imaginative and interesting game design ever, and the base game is a laugh as well.
Endless Legend. The first time Amplitude managed to get their grand ideas for 4X games to really pay off, resulting in a complex and highly original turn-based strategy.
Guild of Dungeoneering. A strange take on the RPG as you build the dungeon, rather than the character. Certainly unique.
Up yourself to $10 and you also get the Borderlands Pre-Sequel. It doesn't come with its DLC, and is the least well received Borderlands game, but if you're a completionist or like going to the moon it's probably a good shout.
The middle tier is definitely worth it from personal experience, and if you just want the Pre-Sequel it's less than a third of its current steam price. It'll run for the next two weeks, so plenty of time to decide. Click here if you'd like to buy.


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Invited Art Presentations
"Leonardo da Vinci's world map: On the neglected scope of his global cartographic projections." Rumsey Society, Stanford University, November 2019.
"Young Leonardo: In honor of his quincentennial " Laser Talks, Stanford University, September 2019.
"The Development of Chinese Perspective", Department of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China, November, 2018.
"Time, Light and the Nature of Conscious Vision", Institute of Philosophy, University of London, April, 2015
"The Arts and the Brain: What Does Your Brain See? What does Your Brain Hear?", AAAS/Dana Foundation Symposium with Nina Kraus and Gary Vikan, Washington, DC; October, 2013
"Application of Face Encoding to Art Investigations", invited paper for the European Conference on Visual Information Processing (EUVIP), Paris, France; June, 2013.
"Seeing in Depth: Space perception from Leonardo da Vinci to the 21st century", U Wisconsin Lecture in Culture and Society, Madison, Wisconsin; September, 2012.
"Thirty Millennia of Perspective", invited paper for the Asian Pacific Conference on Vision, Taipei, Taiwan; July, 2010.
"Eye Candy", panelist with Jules Feiffer, Buzz Hays, Margaret Livingstone, and Patrick Cavanagh; World Science Festival, New York, NY; June 2010.
"Darkness and Depth in Early Renaissance Painting," invited paper for the Human Vision and Electronic Imaging Conference, San Jose; January 2010. PDF
"How Did Leonardo Perceive Himself? Metric Iconography of Da Vinci's Self-Portraits," invited paper for the Human Vision and Electronic Imaging Conference, San Jose; January 2010.
"Gombrich's Vault of Perception: Do we "really" see straight lines as curved?" invited paper for the Gombrich Centenary Symposium, Warburg Institute, London; June 2009.
Panelist in "Portraits of Perception: The Human Face", with Chuck Close, Devorah Sperger, Margaret Livingstone, and Ken Nakayama; World Science Festival New York, 2009.
BBC Radio Oxford Broadcast "Alice's Adventures in … Woodstock?", proposing the novel sources of Lewis Carroll's creation in the court of Eleanor of Aquitaine. http://www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/content/articles/2009/01/02/alice.shtml.
"The Intersection of Art and Visual Science in the Italian Renaissance," Keynote Address to the European Conference on Visual Perception, Arezzo, Italy; August, 2007.
"On Painterly Perspective and Divine Proportion in Piero della Francesca's Oeuvre", contribution to the Renaissance Vision symposium, Arezzo, Italy, sponsored by Fondazione Piero della Francesca; August, 2007.
"Space Representation in Art and the Brain", eight-lecture series at the Department of Psychology, University of Paris, Rene Descartes, Paris; April, 2007.
"The Truth about Curved Perspective", contribution to the Pictures in Art, Science, and Engineering meeting, UC Berkeley; March, 2007.
"The History of Perspective from Greece to Magritte", Bellagio International Study Center, Bellagio, Italy; July, 2006.
"The Birth of Renaissance Perspective", Department of Psychology, Oxford University; August, 2005.
"Human Face Perception: Symmetry, Depth and Form", Keynote Address to the Society of Photo- Optical Instrumentation Engineers, San Jose, California, Jan, 2004.
"The History of Perspective" and "The Role of Optics", two lectures in a course on Optics and Art offered at the Department of Art History, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California; March, 2003.
"30,000 Years of Perspective Representation", Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada; November, 2002.
"The History of Perspective from Greece to O'Keefe." Institute for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, California, April, 2002.
"Art, Symmetry and Neuroscience", Frist Art Museum (Opening Lecture Series), Nashville, Tennessee; March, 2002.
"The Evocation of Light", Invited presentation for the Seeing the Light Symposium, Scottish Arts Council, Glasgow, Scotland; March, 2002.
"The Birth of Renaissance Perspective", Inaugural Summer Lecture of the Craik Club, University of Cambridge, UK; August, 2002.
"The Representation of Space in 20th Century Art." Invited paper at the Society of PhotoOptical Instrumentation Engineers, San Jose, California, Jan, 2001 (with A. Ione).
"What Perspective Construction Reveals about Hockney's Optical Hypothesis", Invited presentation for the Art and Optics Symposium, New York Institute for the Humanities, New York; December, 2001.
"The History of Perspective from Greece to Magritte", Invited presentation for The Art of Vision and the Vision of Art Symposium at the Australian National University, Canberra Australia, December, 2001.
"Masolino da Panicale and the Development of One-Point Perspective", School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, California, November, 2001.
"The Optical Innovations of Masolino da Panicale", Society for the History of Ophthalmology, Stanford, California; October, 2001.
"The Historical Development of Display in Art", Society for Information Display, Santa Clara, California; June, 2001.
"The Perspective Innovations of Masolino da Panicale", The Warburg Institute, University of London, London, U.K.; November, 2000.
"The Van Eycks and the Birth of Northern Perspective", The Maastricht McLuhan Institute, Maastricht, The Netherlands; November, 2000.
"Masolino da Panicale, A Neglected Genius of Renaissance Perspective", School of Architecture, University of Rome, "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy; October, 2000.
"The Van Eycks and the Birth of Northern Perspective", School of Liberal Arts, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium: October, 2000.