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The Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region[2][3] (Spanish: Región de Aysén, pronounced [ajˈsen], or Región de Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo),[4][5] often shortened to Aysén Region or Aisén,[4] is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. Although the third largest in area, the region is Chile's most sparsely populated region with a population of 102,317 as of 2017.[6] The capital of the region is Coihaique, the region's former namesake.
Región Aysén del
General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Region of Chile
Map of Región Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Coordinates: 43°34′12″S 72°03′58″W / 43.57000°S 72.06611°W / -43.57000; -72.06611Coordinates: 43°34′12″S 72°03′58″W / 43.57000°S 72.06611°W / -43.57000; -72.06611
General Carrera
Capitán Prat
• Intendant
Geoconda Navarrete (Evopoli)
108,494.4 km2 (41,889.9 sq mi)
Area rank
Lowest elevation
(2017 census)
0.94/km2 (2.4/sq mi)
CL-AI
Official website (in Spanish)
The landscape is marked by several glaciations that formed many lakes, channels and fjords. The region contains icefields including the Northern Patagonian Ice Field and the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, the world's third largest after those in Antarctica and Greenland. Laguna San Rafael National Park, reachable only by boat or plane, is one of the region's most popular tourist destinations. Until the construction of Route 7 (the Carretera Austral, or Southern Highway) in the 1980s, the only overland routes from north to south through the region were extremely primitive tracks.
2 Climate
4 Government and administration
5.1 Early inhabitants
5.3 Becoming part of Chile
DemographyEdit
Region XI, Aysen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo, is the least populated of the country. According to the 2002 census there were only 91,492 inhabitants in an area of 106,990.9 km². The population density is 0.85 inhabitants per km². Between 2000 and 2005, the average annual growth rate was estimated at 1.35 per 100 inhabitants.[7]
The largest cities according to the 2002 census are Coyhaique (population 44,850), Puerto Aysen (16,936), Chile Chico (3042), Puerto Cisnes (2517), Cochrane (2217), Melinka (1411) and Mañihuales Villa (1401).
ClimateEdit
Fall foliage near Coyhaique in April, when autumn is nearing its peak.
Marble Cathedral and Marble Chapel, on General Carrera Lake, Aysén Region
Aysén Region climate's is classified as a cool oceanic climate with low temperatures, abundant precipitation and strong winds.[8] The relief found throughout the region results in different types of climate zones in the western and eastern parts.[8] There are 4 distinct climate zones found within the region.[9][10] Coastal areas to the west have a cool temperate climate.[9][10] The coastal areas receive abundant precipitation throughout the year with mean annual precipitation that can reach 4,000 millimetres (157 in).[9][10] For example, Puerto Aysen receives 2,940 mm (116 in) of precipitation per year while on San Pedro Island, it receives 4,266 mm (168.0 in).[8] Most of the precipitation are associated with strong winds from the northwest and the north.[9][10] The winter months are usually the wettest months.[9][10] Mean annual temperatures are between 8 to 9 °C (46.4 to 48.2 °F) with January being the warmest month.[8] Temperatures decrease with latitude although owing to maritime influence which is reinforced with strong westerly winds throughout the year, temperatures are not extremely low compared to inland areas.[9] As a result, mean temperatures rarely fall below 4 °C (39.2 °F) in the coldest months, while the diurnal range is small, averaging 5 to 7 °C (9.00 to 12.60 °F).[9][10] Owing to the high precipitation year-round, relative humidity is high, averaging 87% with no months averaging below 80%.[9][10] High cloud cover dominates the coastal areas year round.[9]
In more inland areas to the east (about 40 km (25 mi) to the east of the coastal areas), precipitation is much lower, averaging 730 mm (29 in) in Cochrane to 1,200 mm (47 in) in Coyhaique.[9] Precipitation is the highest from May to August, which receives 50% of the annual precipitation.[9][10] During periods of cold temperatures, precipitation can fall as snow during these months.[9][10] Being located inland and farther away from the maritime influence, the climate is more continental than coastal areas.[9][10] Mean temperatures average between 8 to 10 °C (46.4 to 50.0 °F) which tends to be 1 or 2 °C (1.80 or 3.60 °F) lower than coastal areas at the same latitude.[9][10] With lower precipitation, relative humidity is lower, averaging between 71% to 74% in Cochrane and Coyahique respectively.[9] Cloud cover is lower and there are more clear days in inland areas than coastal areas.[9]
Corresponding to the Northern Patagonian Ice Field and the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, which are located at higher altitudes, temperatures are cold enough to maintain permanent ice fields.[9] These two ice fields receive abundant precipitation year-round, particularly in the west facing slopes of the Andes that descend to the ocean and fiords.[9][10] The climate is very windy.[9] No meteorological stations exist in the ice fields so it is estimated that the average high, average low and mean temperatures are below 0 °C (32.0 °F) in all months to maintain permanent ice fields.[9]
The easternmost parts of the region have a cold steppe climate.[9][10] Precipitation is significantly lower than the other parts of the region with mean monthly precipitation below 40 mm (1.6 in).[9][10] Precipitation is concentrated from May to August where these months are responsible for 55% to 65% of the total annual precipitation.[9][10] Snowfall can occur during these months owing to colder temperatures.[9][10] Mean annual precipitation ranges from 300 mm (12 in) in Chile Chico to 612 mm (24.1 in) in Balmaceda.[9] Mean temperatures are lower than areas to the east, averaging between 6 to 8 °C (42.8 to 46.4 °F).[9] Mean summer temperatures can exceed 15 °C (59.0 °F) in Chile Chico, which permits agriculture, similar to the one in the central parts of the country.[9] This is due to the moderating influence of General Carrera Lake which prevents temperatures from dropping too low.[9][10] The vegetation is mostly shrubs owing to the low temperatures and precipitation.[9][10] Relative humidity is lower, with mean annual values varying between 62% to 71%.[9][10]
The primary sector dominates in the regional economy, which focuses on the exploitation and processing of marine, mining, forestry, and animal resources. Aquaculture is also an important activity and the region contributes 80% of Chile's salmon output.[6]
The archipelago and fjord region in the west is primarily oriented towards the exploitation and cultivation of marine resources. Since the 1980s, the extraction of sea urchins and locos have featured prominently in the economy of Guaitecas Archipelago.[11] In 1985 the discovery of merluza fishing grounds in Moraleda Channel sparkled a fishing boom.[12][11] In the 1990s, salmon aquaculture became an important economic activity and has remained so.[11][12]
An industrial park, devoted mainly to producing frozen and, to a lesser extent, canned, products has developed around Puerto Chacabuco, Puerto Aisén, and Puerto Cisnes.
Although mining, based on polymetallic deposits of zinc, gold, and silver, makes a small contribution to Chile's total mining GDP, it is significant in regional exports.
Exploitation of forests and the production of yard timber, plywood, and panels for furniture is mostly geared to export markets. Animal husbandry focuses on beef cattle, sheep, and sheep's wool, part of which is exported.
Government and administrationEdit
Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region is subdivided into 4 provinces in which each province is divided into municipalities (communes).[13] There are a total of 10 municipalities in Aysén Region.[13]
Aysén Province (capital: Puerto Aysén)
Aysén Cisnes Guaitecas
Capitán Prat Province (capital: Cochrane)
Cochrane O'Higgins Tortel
Coyhaique Province (capital: Coyhaique)
Coyhaique Lago Verde
General Carrera Province (capital: Chile Chico)
Chile Chico Río Ibáñez, Chile
Early inhabitantsEdit
The earliest historically known inhabitants of the fjords and channels of Aysén Region are the Chono and Kawésqar. These two groupss shared a life style as canoe-faring hunther-gatherers. They also shared physical traits such as being of low stature, long-headed (Dolichocephalic) and having a "low face".[14] Despite similarities their languages were completely different.[15] The Chono moved around in the area from Chiloé Archipelago to 50° S and the Kawésqar from 46° S to the Strait of Magellan. Thus both groups overlapped in Gulf of Penas, Guayaneco Archipelago and other islands.[15] Yaghans inhabited a reduced area south of Tierra del Fuego.[15] Both Chonos and Kawésqar used Pilgerodendron uviferum as firewood as well as wood for rows, boats and houses.[16]
Guaitecas Archipelago made up the southern limit of Pre-Hispanic agriculture[17] as noted by the mention of the cultivation of potatoes by a Spanish expedition in 1557.[18]
Colonial eraEdit
Pedro de Valdivia sought originally to conquer all of southern South America to the Straits of Magellan (53° S). He did however only reach Reloncaví Sound (41°45' S). Later in 1567 Chiloé Archipelago (42°30' S) was conquered, from there on southern expansion of the Spanish Empire halted. The Spanish are thought to have lacked incentives for further conquests south. The indigenous populations were scarce and had ways of life that differed from the sedentary agricultural life the Spanish were accostumed to.[19] The harsh climate in the fjords and channels of Patagonia may also have deterred further expansion.[19] Indeed, even in Chiloé did the Spanish encounter difficulties to adapt as their attempts to base the economy on gold extraction and a "hispanic-mediterranean" agricultural model failed.[20]
During colonial times, the fjords and channels of Patagonia were first explored by the Spaniards. There were a number of motivations for their explorations, including a desire to Christianize indigenous peoples, to prevent intrusions of foreign powers into territory claimed by Spain, to increase geographic knowledge of the zone, and finally, to search for a mythical city called City of the Caesars.[21] False rumours of European settlements near the Straits of Magellan led the Spanish to organize the Antonio de Vea expedition of 1675–1676 which was the largest expedition to the date.[22][19] In 1792, the viceroy of Peru ordered the exploration of the Patagonian channels in order to find an entrance to the interior of Patagonia.[21] The said order was carried of by José de Moraleda who led an expedition that visited many of the main channels of the zone.[21]
Following the decline of the Chono populations in the archipelago in the 18th century, the area gained a reputation of "emptyness" among Chileans akin to the description of eastern Patagonia as a "desert."[23] However, the islands were often visited and traversed in the 19th century by fishermen, lumberjacks, and hunters from Chiloé.[23] This makes it clear that many areas that were traversed by explorers were already known to the inhabitants of southern Chiloé who visited these areas for wood, fish or hunting.[24][23]
Over-all the physical infrastructure of the Spanish in the fjords and channels during the colonial period was negligible and consisted of a few chapels built in the 1610s and 1620s and a wooden fortress built in 1750.[19] All these buildings were abandoned after a few years.[19]
Becoming part of ChileEdit
The Aysen region was the last to be integrated into the Chile state, long after even the southernmost region of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica. Its geographical location and transport difficulties explain the lack of interest in the nineteenth century for this region, to the point that no one even thought of colonizing it with immigrants, as happened with the other southern regions.
In 1870, Aysén Fjord was explored by Enrique Simpson onboard the Chacabuco, who discovered its usefulness for accessing more inland locations.[25]
Following the signing of the Boundary Treaty with Argentina in 1881, European settlers came from the Pampas to the valleys that cross the Andes from east to west. These private efforts led to the uncoordinated creation of cities of Puerto Aysen in 1904 and Balmaceda and Coyhaique in 1917 and 1929, respectively. The oldest town is Melinka, established by the mid-nineteenth century on Ascension Island in the Guaitecas Archipelago.
The indigenous population was sparse. In the insular region, the Guaitecas and Chonos inhabited the Chonos Archipelago. They are believed to have become extinct in the 20th century. In the archipelagos south of the Gulf of Penas and to Tierra del Fuego lived the Alacalufes or Kaweshkar, also fishermen. Both groups were quickly decimated by disease and attacks by settlers in the late 19th century coming from southern Chile and Europe; a great number of the Europeans were from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the former Yugoslavia, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark and the United Kingdom. Large numbers of Russians, Croats, Scots, Welsh and Irish arrived by government invitation and land sale programs to assist in populating southern Chile and to reduce the number of indigenous peoples.
Aisén (disambiguation)
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
^ "About". Energía Austral. Aysén Region, Chile. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2012. [...] will be located in the Aysén municipal district of the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region and will provide Chile [...]
^ Arismendi S, Nolberto; Nancy Andrade S; Ricardo Riegel Sch; Roberto Carrillo Ll (2010). "Presence of a Phytoplasma Associated with Witches-Broom Disease in Ugni molinae Turcz. and Gaultheria phillyreifolia (Pers.) Sleumer Determined by DAPI, PCR, and DNA Sequencing". Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research. 70 (1). doi:10.4067/S0718-58392010000100003. ISSN 0718-5839. [...] murta has been reported from the Maule Region to Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region (Seguel and Torralbo, 2004).
^ a b Examples of name usage: 1 Archived January 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, official regional government site refers to the region as "Región de Aysén".
2 Archived 2012-08-14 at the Wayback Machine, Chile's official meteorological agency refers to the region as "Región de Aisén".
3 Chilean government official website refers of Pilar Cuevas Mardones as intendant of "Región de Aysén" .
4 Chile's Ministry of Public Works calls the region "Región de Aysén" in the title of their 2011 report on that region.
5 Archived August 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Corporación Nacional Forestal, a government agency refers to the region as "Región de Aysén" in their homepage.
Here is some evidence of the short name use in English:
I, The Guardian reports on the 2012 Aysén protest.
II, Santiago Times, a local English language newspaper use "Aysén Region" in a note referring to the same protest.
III Santiago Times again.
Pankhurst, R.J; Hervé, F; Rojas, L; Cembrano, J (1992), "Magmatism and tectonics in continental Chiloé, Chile (42°–42°30′S)", Tectonophysics, 205 (1–3): 283–294, doi:10.1016/0040-1951(92)90431-5
V scientific paper in Journal of Hospital Infection referring to the region as "Aysen Region".
^ "Decreto Ley 2339. Otorga denominación a la Región Metropolitana y a las regiones del país, en la forma que indica". Ley Chile (in Spanish). Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. 10 October 1978. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
^ a b Compendio Estadístico (in Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, 2006, pp. 75–77
^ "Información Regional" [Regional Information]. Aysén (in Spanish). Gobierno Regional de Aysén. Retrieved 27 September 2020. La tasa media estimada de crecimiento anual, para el período 2000-2005, es de 1,35 personas por cada 100 habitantes.
^ a b c d "Clima y vegetación Región de Aysén" (in Spanish). Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "DESCRIPCIÓN CLIMATOLÓGICA" (in Spanish). Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Clima: Región de Aisén" (in Spanish). Castor y Polux Ltda. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
^ a b c Saavedra G., Gonzalo (2007). "Prácticas Económicas en las Costas Insulares de Aisén. Testimonios de Persistencia y Transformación" (PDF). Actas del 6º Congreso Chileno de Antropología. VI Congreso Chileno de Antropología (in Spanish). Valdivia: Colegio de Antropólogos de Chile A. G. pp. 1696–1703.
^ a b Saavedra Gallo, Gonzalo (2011). "Tensiones modernizantes y condicionantes culturales del desarrollo en el borde costero del Sur Austral chileno" [Modernizing tensions and cultural conditioners of development in the south austral Chilean coastal seaboard]. Revista Lider (in Spanish). 19: 201–219.
^ a b "¿Qué es el Gobierno Regional?" (in Spanish). Gobierno Regional de Aysén. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
^ Trivero Rivera 2005, p. 42.
^ a b c Trivero Rivera 2005, p. 33.
^ Molinet, Carlos; Solari, María Eugenia; Díaz, Manuel; Marticorena, Francisca; Díaz, Patricio A.; Navarro, Magdalena; Niklitschek, Edwin (2018). "Fragmentos de la historia ambiental del sistema de fiordos y canales nor-patagónicos, Sur de Chile: Dos siglos de explotación". Magallania (in Spanish). 46 (2): 107–128. doi:10.4067/S0718-22442018000200107.
^ Bird, Junius (1946). "The Alacaluf". In Steward, Julian H. (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. Bulletin 143. I. –Bureau of American Ethnology. pp. 55–79.
^ Contreras, Andrés; Ciampi, Luigi; Padulosi, Stefano; Spooner, David M. (1993). "Potato germplasm collecting expedition to the Guaitecas and Chonos Archipelagos, Chile, 1990". Potato Research. 36 (4): 309–316. doi:10.1007/BF02361797.
^ a b c d e Urbina Carrasco, Ximena (2016). "Interacciones entre españoles de Chiloé y Chonos en los siglos XVII y XVIII: Pedro y Francisco Delco, Ignacio y Cristóbal Talcapillán y Martín Olleta" [Interactions between Spaniards of Chiloé and Chonos in the XVII and XVII centuries: Pedro and Francisco Delco, Ignacio and Cristóbal Talcapillán and Martín Olleta] (PDF). Chungara (in Spanish). 48 (1): 103–114. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
^ Torrejón, Fernando; Cisternas, Marco; Alvial, Ingrid and Torres, Laura. 2011. Consecuencias de la tala maderera colonial en los bosques de alece de Chiloé, sur de Chile (Siglos XVI-XIX)*. Magallania. Vol. 39(2):75–95.
^ a b c Morales Matos, Guillermo (1996), "Conflictos geográficos en las tierras patagónicas chilenas", Ería: Revista Cuatrimestral de Geografía, 41: 206–212, retrieved 12 September 2013
^ Martinic B., Mateo; Moore, David M. (1982). "Las exploraciones inglesas en el estrecho de Magallanes. El mapa manuscrito de John Narborough" (PDF). Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia (in Spanish). 13: 7–20. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
^ a b c Núñez, Andrés G.; Molina O., Raúl; Aliste A., Enrique; Bello A., Álvaro (2016). "Silencios geográficos de Patagonia-Aysén: Territorio, nomadismo y perspectivas para re-pensar los margenes de la nación en el siglo XIX" [Geographical silences in Patagonia-Aysén: Territory, nomadism and perspectives for re-thinking the margins of Chile in the nineteenth century]. Magallania (in Spanish). 44 (2): 107–130. doi:10.4067/S0718-22442016000200006.
^ Bello Maldonado, Álvaro (2017). "Exploración, conocimiento geográfico y nación: La "creación" de la Patagonia Occidental y Aysén a fines del siglo XIX" (PDF). In Núñez, Andrés; Aliste, Enrique; Bello Maldonado, Álvaro; Osorio, Mauricio (eds.). Imaginarios geográficos, prácticas y discursos de frontera: Aisén-Patagonia desde el texto de la nación. GEOlibros (in Spanish). Impresión Gráfica LOM. pp. 61–86. ISBN 978-956-14-2064-9.
^ Simpson, E. (1874). Esploraciones hechas por la Corbeta Chacabuco al mando del capitán de fragata don Enrique M. Simpson en los Archipiélagos de Guaitecas, Chonos i Taitao. Santiago. Imprenta Nacional.
Trivero Rivera, Alberto (2005). Los primeros pobladores de Chiloé: Génesis del horizonte mapuche (in Spanish). Ñuque Mapuförlaget. ISBN 91-89629-28-0.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Aysén.
(in Spanish)—Goreaysen.cl: Official Aysén Region website
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aysén_Region&oldid=996921273"


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West Hills (1-1) tried to keep things close and they were able to for about a quarter and some change into the second quarter when the Patriots turned on the afterburners.
The Patriots behind Jackson Larsen and his first half leading 12 points and also Miles Williams who punched in 11 points paved the way to outscoring the Wolf Pack 17-10 over the final three minutes of the first half to take a 35-22 lead at intermission.
"The third quarter was really fun and we as a team feed off the energy of Coach Famber. The game was really fun. It was a good way to start the tournament as we got contributions from everyone." Said Patriots Assistant coach Tim Brown.
Indeed the third quarter and the second half was fun as the Patriots continued where they left off starting out on an 8-0 run to lead 43-24 and would go onto outscore West Hills 30-12 to lead 65-34 after three-quarters of action.
Three Patriots would score in double digits led by Larsen who finished with 22 points, Williams and Vinnie Signorelli each chipped in with 13 points. Signorelli capped his scoring by nailing four three-pointers.
Christian over the final three quarters from the final three minutes of the second quarter would go onto outscore the Pack 67-39 which included 40-29 in the second half.
Leading the scoring for the Pack was sophomore Kyle Dobyns who scored 16 points while Ashton Avestro put up 14 points.
In what will be the first of four matchups this season between these two the Santana Sultans (1-0) led from beginning to end for the victory over the Granite Hills Eagles (0-1).
The Sultans in the first quarter would double up the Eagles 16-8 as they nailed four long-range shots from behind the arc.
They would go onto outscore the Eagles 11-9 to take a 27-17 lead at the break. Leading the charge for the Sultans was Desmond Williams who scored 5 points.
He would lead all Santana scorers with 14 points on the night while for the Eagles Yakov would tally 16 points on the night.
Santana would outscore the Eagles 28-24 in the second half.
Up next for the Eagles is a contest with Southwest El Centro on Friday, November 30th and for Santana, a contest with cross-town rivals West Hills at 7:30 P.M. at West Hills.


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Sophie shot two rounds of 82 for 164 over a par-72 course of 5,825yd.
Bargeron (pictured) finished T29 in a field of 84 players.
Jessica Smith (West Alabama) was the individual winner with rounds of 74 and 78 for eight-over 152 - a shot ahead of runner-up Pamela Mosley (Armstrong State) (73-80).
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Sophie had the second best Armstrong State individual score over the first 36 hole - a pair of 76s for 152 and joint 16th position in a field of 94 players.
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Shaman-healer, Michael Dunning is our guest this week in our Initiation Series: Curing our Cultural Sickness. He joins us to discuss his exceptional initiation experiences with a Yew tree in Scotland and how they transformed him. It is our hope that in hearing the stories of a diverse range of contemporary initiation experiences-that have functioned to truly transform individuals into shamans-that we will come to remember what initiation truly means. Michael gradually became aware of his calling as a shaman-healer following a near -death encounter with an elemental spirit in the far north of Scotland. A second near-death experience occurred several years later that entirely destroyed his health. Michael began to experience regular visions, prolonged out - of - body states and intense physical pain. Managing his daily life became a great challenge. He was finally rescued by a friend who lived in a small cottage close to a 2000 year -old, female yew tree. This marked the beginning of a ten-year period of healing and a shamanic initiation through nature, which took place under the vast enclosure of the tree. Michael now teaches Yewshamanism throughout New England where he is a biodynamic craniosacral therapist and teacher.
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E. Mandell de Windt, longtime Eaton Corp. CEO and civic leader, dead at 91
Edward Mandell de Windt, who for nearly two decades led industrial giant Eaton Corp. and who played a significant role in Cleveland civic life, has died. The longtime executive better known as Del passed away Wednesday in Stuart, Fla., just days after his 91st birthday. Mr. de Windt was Eaton's chairman and CEO from 1969 to 1986. His retirement in April 1986 culminated a 45-year association with the company. Only company founder Joseph Eaton was at its helm for longer than Mr. de Windt. "We have lost a great friend and an exceptional leader," said Alexander M. Cutler, Eaton's current chairman and CEO. "Under Del's direction, Eaton became a highly diversified global company with annual sales that grew to more than $3 billion. His legacy extends to his many contributions to the Cleveland area through an unwavering commitment to the community and civic causes." Through strategic acquisitions, Mr. de Windt was able to grow and diversify Eaton into what has become a global power management company with $16 billion in annual sales. Key acquisitions during his tenure included the deal in 1970 for Char-Lynn Co., which produced hydraulic motors for agricultural and industrial equipment, the purchase of the Cutler-Hammer electrical business in 1978, and a 1983 joint venture with Sumitomo Heavy Industries in Japan. The electrical and hydraulics businesses continue to be major growth vehicles of Eaton today. Mr. de Windt began his career with Eaton in 1941 as a production clerk at its Battle Creek, Mich., engine valve plant. He was transferred to the company's Cleveland headquarters in 1944 and wrote Eaton's first personnel manual. He also developed a proposal for the orderly rehiring of servicemen at the end of World War II. Eaton continues to be recognized today as a veteran-friendly company. After serving in key assignments in human resources and operations, Mr. de Windt was elected vice president of sales in 1959 and became group vice president of the company and president of Eaton International in 1961. He was elected a director of the company in 1964, executive vice president of operations in 1967, and president of the company later that year. In 1969, at the age of 48, Mr. de Windt was elected chairman and CEO. In addition to his business accomplishments, Mr. de Windt was a well-regarded civic leader in Greater Cleveland. Among the major initiatives that were launched under Mr. de Windt's leadership were Cleveland Tomorrow, which became a model civic organization nationally because it engaged local CEOs to work in collaboration with government in addressing the city's significant economic challenges, and the Greater Cleveland Roundtable, which Mr. de Windt founded as its executive director. It served as a model urban coalition for bringing together divergent groups of citizens to face the socio-economic problems presented by poor education, racism, unemployment and insufficient fair housing. Over the course of his career, Mr. de Windt was a director of 15 major corporations and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. He also was active in a number of industry bodies, such as the Business Council and the Business Roundtable. Mr. de Windt was preceded in death in 1987 by Betsy, his wife of 46 years. He is survived by his second wife Mary, his five children Pamela Burke (Daniel), Delano de Windt II (Adriane), Dana de Windt (Kathy), Elizabeth Kelly (Martin) and E. M. de Windt Jr. (Susan), 13 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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"Many low- and moderate-income families qualify for charity care but are not receiving it," notes Maryellen Hayden, head organizer with ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now).
Most families getting by on the minimum wage qualify for significant breaks on medical bills, Hayden says, but they often aren't aware of it. And hospitals don't do enough to make them aware, she contends. So such families get socked with medical bills they can't handle on their own, and see disastrous results: collections agents hounding them, liens put on their homes, and severe damage to their credit ratings.
ACORN has invited all of City Council, County Council, the county's state legislators, representatives from major local hospital systems, and all interested citizens to a town hall meeting to discuss connecting needy patients with charity care programs, and to hash out new, clear guidelines for the administration of such programs.
"We have to figure out where in our society this medical care is going to come from," Hayden says. "The hospitals are getting major tax breaks because they are nonprofts. They need to spend their fair share toward health care, toward those stuck in the middle."
One such stuck-in-the-middle ACORN member, for instance, was forced into loans at astronomical rates when his minimum-wage, benefit-less job couldn't help him pay for a both gall-bladder surgery and a replacement for the collapsed roof of his house.
Lead ACORN organizer Ruthisha Johnson says that, so far, city councilors Bill Peduto, Sala Udin, Doug Shields and incoming member Tonya Payne, county councilor Brenda Frazier and state Rep. Jake Wheatley said they planned to attend the meeting, along with a representative of UPMC.
UPMC did not return a call for comment by press time.
"We are hopeful that UPMC is going to present a charity care plan that can work," Hayden says. "The hospitals need to equally share the burden of charity care."
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Fallout: Wasteland Warfare Expansion Based on Fallout: New Vegas Available For Pre-Order Now!
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Super Mutants, Warring Factions, and Blackjack Tables — What More Could a Vault-Dweller Ask for!
London, UK (May 3, 2021) – Today Modiphius Entertainment, the world-class tabletop publisher and creator, is pleased to announce that pre-orders for their Fallout® New Vegas Expansion book are now live on the Modiphius website! Indulging in all the opulent, seedy back-alley dealings the titular town of New Vegas is known for, this fully-featured campaign expansion to Fallout: Wasteland Warfare gives fans of the tabletop wargame a chance to live out their wildest fantasies from the wasteland's monument to debauchery.
Making a name for oneself on the mean streets of New Vegas can seem insurmountable at a glance, but Fallout: Wasteland Warfare players will have all the tools they need to do so with the Fallout New Vegas Expansion. Be it through new factions, model painting guides, miniature galleries, storyline event systems, game achievements, narrative and fundamental card decks, or the five new scenarios — players will soon learn what happens in New Vegas, stays in New Vegas.
"It's so exciting to stop being secretive about the Fallout: New Vegas Expansion," said Chris Birch, co-founder at Modiphius Entertainment. "Few video games have the reverence that Fallout: New Vegas does, and translating what made it great into a wargaming setting was a challenge — though I am confident Fallout: Wasteland Warfare players will love what we have done with this expansion."
Key Features of the Fallout New Vegas Expansion:
Viva New Vegas – A rich, captivating storyline based on the legendary exploits of the vault-dweller from Bethesda's hit RPG video game Fallout: New Vegas
Two Factions, One City – Picking a fight with either the New California Republic (NCR) or Caesar's Legion might not be the wisest decision for up-and-comers. However, it's possible, as both factions are coming in this expansion complete with paintable models
Pick a Card, Any Card – A brand new set of fundamental cards (items, AI, and unit) tailor-made for the NCR and Caesar's Legion factions. As well as new narrative cards like the Stranger, Danger, Creature, Event, Explore, and Quests to flesh out games with that distinct New Vegas flavor
Machines and Monsters – Survivors, Super Mutants, and Robots all have their own distinct and lavishly detailed expansion units to bring the Mojave Desert's denizens to life in a thrilling tabletop setting
Whoever Wins the Fight Tells its Tale – New storyline mechanics ensure every game has its own unique outcome
Vault dwellers eager to get their hands on the Fallout New Vegas Expansion can pre-order now on the Modiphius store starting from £30.00 GBP. Additionally, Fallout Wasteland Warfare is also available starting for £60.00 GBP. The New Vegas expansion for Fallout: Wasteland Warfare will be available to ship towards the end of May 2021.
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About Modiphius Entertainment
Modiphius is a British entertainment publisher working with global creative talent to develop unique creative properties. We publish roleplaying games, boardgames, miniatures, novels, cool accessories, and more. Our aim is to inspire those who read, play, or encounter our work with tales of heroism, adventure, and courage.
As well as our own IP: Achtung! Cthulhu, Modiphius has also published other major licensed properties from Star Trek Adventures the roleplaying game, Fallout Wasteland Warfare wargame, and Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms miniatures games, the Kung Fu Panda co-operative board game, and the forthcoming Dune: Adventures in the Imperium roleplaying game.
About ZeniMax Media Inc.
ZeniMax Media is an interactive media company headquartered outside Washington DC with international publishing offices in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Eindhoven, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney and Moscow. Through its subsidiaries, ZeniMax Media creates and publishes original interactive entertainment content for consoles, PCs, and handheld/wireless devices. ZeniMax Media divisions include Bethesda Softworks, Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, Arkane Studios, Tango Gameworks, MachineGames, ZeniMax Online Studios, Alpha Dog Games, Roundhouse Studios, ZeniMax Europe Ltd., ZeniMax Asia K.K., ZeniMax Asia Pacific Limited, and ZeniMax Australia Pty Ltd. For more information on ZeniMax Media, visit www.zenimax.com.
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My Camino de Santiago - Travel Diary - 1. Departure - Why Not?
And along the way they have discovered that it is not a simple road marked by millions of yellow arrows. It is an inner journey that strikes you with yourself.
It all started when I came back from Ireland.
Gabriele, an excellent musician and aspiring cook, is his birthday party. He just escaped a bad accident, let's say he saw death in the face. Or maybe he saw his life running in front of him along with the guard rail he destroyed. Something like that.
"Alby, wanna go to do the Camino de Santiago?".
Without thinking too much, my answer was another epic and sonorous "Why not?".
And so it was that we spent the whole summer preparing ourselves, physically and mentally, for the departure towards a journey that takes so many people. But even if more and more people choose to set off for Santiago de Compostela, everyone has their own journey. A journey inside itself, which in one way or another will change it.
This is not a weekend away from home, even a week alone. The journey of Santiago is an experience difficult to explain in words. Some mythicize it, others underestimate it.
Here I want to tell you only my personal experience, hoping to put in writing the experiences I have lived.
The dead man almost ran away from the pilgrim's office. Indeed, the dead. We could have started our adventure like this, feeling guilty for having traumatized the sweet and kind lady of the first "Sello".
Why? Because as a child restless, which we are, we wanted to leave immediately from Saint Jean and start the Walk in the afternoon. It is well known that the weather in the Pyrenees is unstable, especially in the evening hours, but it scared us more from having to wait another night to start our journey.
And with the lady's wish, a trembling "Buen Camino! Adelante, adelante! "We took our first step towards Santiago.
I really think she was right. Starting around 13.00 we have covered almost all 25 km of the first stage in the afternoon with only a few threatening clouds.
Yet despite my problems of rising self-esteem I did it! Problems that were quickly resolved when I could admire eagles from the top of the top and cross the border with Spain!
We continue to walk along the path, here are the first meetings with the pilgrims and the enthusiasm has immediately reached the stars. But only 4 km from the goal, Roncesvalles, rain thought to destroy our emotions.
Or at least to give us the first hard lesson of the journey. He swept us through the woods, sending so much water and hail down that we can not proceed. We are now completely wet, the path has become a torrent of water that exceeds the height of the feet.
There is no one around us anymore, we are alone. A small shelter saves us from the storm and we can call for help. Arrived in Roncesvalles aboard the jeep of firefighters we are already famous as the intrepid Italians in the middle of the storm.
The second day of walking begins before dawn. We are in a medieval convent worthy of the Harry Potter films. It's still dark outside, but we are impatient to redeem the mistakes made the day before. After the abrupt start, we have already left behind the steep stony slopes, the high mountains to climb and the unpleasant emotions.
In front of us opens an incredibly beautiful valley, made of gentle green slopes with pastures of cows and villages with wooden houses. Under our feet they flow one by one, these small mountain villages, up to Zubiri.
The recommended stage for the second day. With our pace we arrived at lunch time, it seems almost a waste of time to stop here until the next day. So we decide to continue to where it will be possible.
We still feel able to continue, so we decide to reach the goal. We begin to go down to the valley bottom along the river Arga, coming across a mineral factory that seems to care about the beauty around it.
Continue to produce and to divert the gaze of the pilgrim for a moment. Proceeding we find ourselves in a small path that continues to follow the river, surrounded by thick vegetation and occasionally open on fields and pastures. We descend fast, more and more taken by our sense of discovery for a valley so beautiful and full of history.
All of a sudden, over the hill we see Pamplona! We've been walking so long that our feet are starting to hurt. A scream of euphoria leads us to the city after 42 km on foot.
Leaving Pamplona you start walking through the endless fields. With the city behind us, an extensive wheat-colored plain opened up before us and in the distance we could already see the imposing plateau of "Alto del Perdòn".
Right here is one of the most famous monuments of the Way dedicated to the pilgrim and here "Donde se cruza el camino del viento con el de las estrellas" without knowing it we knew what would become our fellow travelers.
From up there you can admire the whole valley, Pamplona, the endless fields, and even the mountains from which you have just arrived. And even if you know the road is still long, you start thinking about what you're doing, trying to see the peaks of the Pyrenees you've climbed.
After every climb there is always a descent, and this is full of huge pebbles that do not facilitate things. Not to think about the difficulty of the descent we started singing Italian songs, and it worked! We managed to get off so fast.
Here we have earned the title of "jukebox of the path" boasting a musical repertoire ranging from Roman stornelli to songs that have made the history of international rock.
And that's how we arrived in Puente la Reina, a small and charming village where according to an inscription "all the paths to Santiago become one". Here, in fact, they cross the Roncisvalle pass with the Somport Pass, joining in one way that leads to the tomb of the apostle.


There are many great options for authentic souvenirs from Granada, but something food-related is practically guaranteed to be a winner. Even when your trip comes to an end, you can still keep the flavors of Andalusia alive. These incredible gourmet food gifts from Granada will delight your family and friends (and make them want to book their own trip!).
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All Spanish cheeses are worth trying, but queso montefrieño is among the best.
If you only try one typical food in Granada, make it jamón de Trevélez. Produced more than 1,400 meters above sea level in the mountain village of Trevélez, the unique altitude and weather conditions help create jamón that is second to none. If you're still not convinced that this is one of the best gourmet food gifts from Granada, just ask the Spanish royal family, who chose it as their exclusive ham brand (talk about eating like a king!).
Nothing beats delicious, sliced-to-perfection jamón!
These sweet treats are especially popular during Christmas and Easter, but there's nothing that says you can't enjoy them year-round. Pestiños have simple Arabic roots, and the original recipe consists of classic Spanish ingredients such as olive oil, lemon, honey and wine. Bring home a freshly baked box, and share the love!
You can never have too many local baked goods! Piononos are more than just a typical dessert from Granada—they also make one of the most delicious food gifts from your travels. These tasty treats consist of a roll of sponge cake soaked in sweet syrup and topped with toasted cream.
Andalusia is one of the world's foremost producers of pure liquid gold. The fertile soil of Granada province combined with the beautiful Mediterranean climate provide perfect conditions for producing some of the world's best extra-virgin olive oil. Stop into any specialty store or gourmet shop to pick up a unique local bottle.
Granada produces some of the best olive oil in the world!
Tucked away in the picturesque Las Alpujarras mountains are many artisanal chocolate producers who have been perfecting their delicious craft for centuries. Indulge your sweet tooth and pick up some of the best chocolate you'll ever eat (which is saying a lot!).
The cheese is unique and jamon tasty too. But the olive oil from Granada is definitely one of my favorites!
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Chaldean Catholic bishops call for peace in Iraq, Syria
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IRBIL, Iraq – Chaldean Catholic bishops, meeting for their annual synod, pleaded for peace in the Middle East and for the liberation of areas seized by the Islamic State group so that the displaced can return to their homes.
Chaldeans were among the approximately 120,000 Christians who were uprooted when the Islamic State seized Mosul and the Ninevah Plain in Iraq during the summer of 2014.
In the final statement issued at the conclusion of the Sept. 22-27 synod, the 20 bishops from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, the United States, Canada and Australia also expressed their solidarity with Bishop Antoine Audo of Aleppo, Syria, one of the participants.
They called for officials to "stop the war in Syria and sit together in a constructive dialogue to find a peaceful political solution that preserves the country and the nation."
Regarding the issue of priests and monks who left their dioceses and monasteries in Iraq without formal permission to emigrate, the bishops emphasized that such departures from the homeland "were raising doubts among faithful." Consequently, the statement directed that those priests and monks must "leave their current dioceses (abroad) immediately."
"We could accept them, on condition that one of the Chaldean bishops can accommodate them after a month or two of rehabilitation," the statement continued. "Meanwhile, (those) priests should return to their bishops to regularize their status before commencing their pastoral mission." They confirmed that Chaldean Father Noel Gorgis, who had emigrated without permission, had been ordered to leave the Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle in San Diego.
The synod selected three candidates for bishop of the San Diego eparchy to be sent to Pope Francis. Bishop Shlemon Warduni has been serving as interim bishop of the eparchy since the retirement of Bishop Sarhad Jammo.
The statement said that the Chaldean Church will proceed with the cause for canonization of Catholics martyred in Iraq since 2003, including Archbishop Faraj Rahho, Father Father Ragheed Kani, four deacons and a nun.
http://www.catholicregister.org/home/international/item/23209-chaldean-catholic-bishops-call-for-peace-in-iraq-syria
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5 of the Best Tech Dividend Stocks to Buy
Tech may not be the ideal sector for dividend stocks, but there are some great exceptions
By Neil George, Editor, Profitable Investing May 9, 2019, 8:47 am EST May 9, 2019
Technology is the alchemy of the stock market. It is where companies turn worthless silicon into incredible new and expensive gizmos and devices. And it is where other companies conjure up applications and software out of the thin air of their employees' minds.
So, no wonder investors love to find the latest companies as soon as they can to invest in the attempt to capture that sort of alchemy.
And it shows in the performance of the technology sector of stocks. If you look at the S&P 500 Information Technology Sector Index over the past 10 years, it has generated a total return of 478.85% as compared to the general S&P 500 Index's return of 282.42%.
S&P Information Technology Index vs. S&P 500 Index Total Return Source Bloomberg
But there are many challenges in investing in technology. One of them is the vast uncertainty of ideas going from start to viable. And then, even with viability, the companies behind them still have to perform as profitable companies — at least eventually. And along the way, they tend to share little of their wealth in dividend distributions to shareholders, as many tend to burn cash rather than piling it up. That's why you don't see so many of them among dividend stocks lists.
This shows up in the average dividend of the S&P Technology Index which is a paltry 1.37% as compared to the S&P 500 Index at 1.92%.
So, what about the idea of finding technology companies that are bringing new products to eager markets and that are profitable enough to pay better dividends? These companies do exist, and their shareholder are profiting from them with growth and income. Here are five from varied technology markets that are profitable and pay well.
Hercules Capital (HTGC)
Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) is based in the Palo Alto, California, which is home of many of the tech companies of the past and future. The company is set up as a Business Development Company (BDC) and really operates much like a merchant bank. It searches out technology companies from varied sectors and provides financing for development. And in turn, it also takes equity stakes via varied means, including warrants, which provides additional payouts when the companies come to the public market or are sold to other, larger companies.
It has hundreds of companies in its portfolio and has had a series of major bold-faced names in its history of investments. And the returns to shareholders has been impressive. Over the past five years alone, the shares have generated a return of 52.6%
And this return comes with a nice dividend currently yielding 9.4%. The company has been increasing revenues by 8.8% and has an impressive net interest margin (the difference in funding costs to investment earnings) at 9.3%. This drives an impressive return on equity of 14.5%.
Yet the stock is still a bargain at only 1.34 times its book of asset. It makes for a great buy in a taxable account.
Microsoft (MSFT)
I know that Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) isn't an unknown company nor an undiscovered stock, even among dividend stocks. Yet it is a transforming company in the technology space. It has gone from a company that relied on unit sales of software packages and other products to services and products that are sold by subscription or on contract for recurring revenue.
And it performs for shareholder. For the past five years, it has generated a return of 254.75%.
It has done so with a big build-out of its cloud computing business and subscriptions for its software and other products. And this provides cash for its dividend yield of 1.5%. Revenues are up by 14.3% and its operating margin is fat at 33.1%, which in turn drives the return on shareholder's equity to 40.1%.
The stock isn't cheap, but the company keeps building up its underlying assets and sales, so a price to book at 10.12 times and a price to sales at 7.9 times isn't that bad when both the book and the sales are climbing.
It should be bought in a tax-free account.
Digital Realty Trust (DLR)
Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) which owns and runs data centers around the U.S. and the globe. Data centers are vital to cloud computing and data processing for much to most of the technology world.
The stock has delivered with a return over the past five years of 158.5%.
The company pays an ample tax-advantaged dividend, yielding 3.7%. And it continues to perform with revenues gaining by 23.9% and its operating profit as measured from funds from operations (FFO) running at 16.4%.
And yet, the REIT is a value at only 2.84 times its impressive book of assets.
It should be bought in a taxable account.
NextEra Energy (NEE)
NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) is a utility company — and while those are often dividend stocks, that might not strike you as a technology company until you learn more about the company. It has a base of regulated power businesses serving Florida which provides a dependable flow of profits. And in turn, those profits work to fund its massive unregulated, tech-focuses wind and solar power businesses around the U.S. and beyond.
This has made the company into one of the largest wind and solar power companies in the world. And it has delivered profits to shareholders with the stock generating a return over the past five years of 120.4%.
And it pays is shareholders with a dividend of 2.7%. Revenues have improved by 11.85 times in just the past three years. The return on equity is running at 8.7%. And the stock is a value at only 2.63 times its book. The stock should be bought in a tax-free account.
FMC Corporation (FMC)
FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) is a very old company with a history of technology innovation. It has invented and sold countless products and services in varied industries and turn have delivered to shareholders. The past five years has seen a return of 30.7%.
Now, you'll note that the profits have been coming more recently. This is due to the history of the company transforming itself and its focus from varied technologies over time. But now after some business sales and acquisitions over the past years it is now fully focused on the technology of improving agricultural production. It is a global leader in pesticide and herbicide products and services with pin-point technology in the type of products and their applications.
In a globe in vital need of more food and other agriculture products, FMC is the go-to Ag tech company. Revenue is soaring at 64.2% and its operating margins are at a fat 18.6% which helps to deliver a return on equity of 15.6%.
And its dividend yields 2% — not the cream of the dividend stocks crop, but still solid. The stock is also a value at only 3.73 times book and 2.2 times its rapidly rising sales. It should be bough in a tax-free account.
For more of my technology dividend stocks, please take a look at my Profitable Investing, which is now in its 30th year of publication.
Article printed from InvestorPlace Media, https://investorplace.com/2019/05/5-of-the-best-tech-dividend-stocks-to-buy/.


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Man City are top of the league for digital
The Premier League club took a conscious decision to go fully digital instead of setting up a TV channel - and are now reaping the rewards
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Chris Maguire	 8:20am 11th Aug 2017
Sergio Aguero in action for Man City
Manchester City FC say the decision of its owners to go completely digital has helped build its global audience.
That's the view of the club's editor-in-chief Chris Bailey, who effectively oversees all the editorial content coming out the club.
He said following the club's takeover in 2008 the new owner Sheikh Mansour made being completely digital a key priority.
Man City's Twitter account now has 4.6 million followers while the club also has a big social media presence on Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram.
A recent funny video the club shared of star player Kevin De Bruyne being accidentally hit in the face with a ball was viewed more than 10 million times in total.
Bailey said Man City took a conscious decision not to set up a TV channel, preferring instead to go down the digital route.
"We try and entertain people," he said. "We have that culture and hopefully try to build it a bit quicker although, like I said, a lot of Premier League clubs are catching up.
"The idea was to grow the fan base, and to pinch a phrase from the 2017 general election, it was always going to be 'for the many, not the few'."
With the Premier League now being a global brand Bailey said the digital approach has enabled them to reach with audiences all over the world.
"I am so lucky because we're allowed to make mistakes," he said. "We are encouraged to innovate, to try stuff where we can. If we make mistakes nobody's really shouting at us and that's a really great culture.
"Football's always been, conservative with a small 'c'. It's a bit of an echo chamber, it's very slow to change. I'm sure you both have to convince chairmen of boards, to spend money on tech, to spend money on people who run tech and I've got to say at this point, people are the most important thing."
We reported earlier this year how City recruited a firm to trawl trillions of their fans' social media posts to understand them better.
Bailey spoke at a recent digital summit called by new Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and agreed with a comment from AO.com's founder John Roberts.
"My job is to run a team, build a team and get the right people," explained Bailey. "John said 'always employ people that are smarter than you'. That's not hard in my case and that's what we do.
"Let them do what they do, don't micro manage them, don't interfere, they're creatives, really bright people. Just let them do what they do."
The club recently released an app dedicated to developing the skills of young Americans which allows them to compare themselves with City stars.
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Zack Byrd
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Zack Byrd December 3, 1932 -March 6, 2018 Born in Mount Vernon, Texas to Morris Byrd and Sally Tinsley Byrd Married to Melba Ruth (Cookie) Bumstead Byrd in Warren, Texas on July 7, 1957 He graduated from Mount Vernon High School. Zack earned his Bachelors degree from East Texas State University and Masters degree from Stephen F. Austin University. He also studied under the Doctoral program at Texas A & M University. Zack proudly served in the U.S. Army in Austria and Italy and was a veteran of the Korean War. He was a life long educator. Zack began his career as a Woodshop and Industrial Arts teacher at Woodlawn Junior High and worked as a Counselor, Assistant Principal, Principal and Superintendent in Port Neches-Groves ISD, spanning a career of 35 years. He also served as an interim Superintendent in Sabine Pass ISD and High Island ISD. He concluded his career in education at the age of eighty. Zack was an active member of First Baptist Church, Port Neches, Texas where he served in many capacities for over sixty years. Zack's heart belonged to his family, especially his eight grandchildren. His hobbies were farming and woodworking, which he passed on to his children. Zack and Cookie shared a life of almost sixty-one years. His children are Keith and Judy Byrd, Grant and Jill Byrd and Steve and Amber Byrd Morris. His grandchildren are Lindsay Byrd, Kerry and Katelyn Byrd Hlanak, Alex and Caroline Byrd Dyer, Zack Chance Byrd, Keegan Byrd, Darby Byrd, Reed Morris and Wyatt Morris. They were the light of his life and he theirs. Celebration of Life for Zack will be held Thursday, March 8, 2018 at First Baptist Church, Port Neches, Texas. Visitation will be at 11 am followed by the service at 1 pm. Internment will follow at the family cemetery in Warren, Texas. Services are under the direction of Melancon's Funeral Home, Nederland, Texas.
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Les élections sénatoriales françaises de 1909 se déroulent le  et ont pour but de renouveler la série C du Sénat et cinq sièges vacants.

Contexte
Les élections municipales de 1908 marquent un net recul socialiste dans les villes. .

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Au total, la gauche gagne 19 sièges dont 9 pour les radicaux-socialistes. Il s'agit ainsi d'une victoire de la gauche.

Notes et références

1909
France
Janvier 1909

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SACRAMENTO, CA - The board of KPEnterprises announced today that they have appointed Manuel Palachuk as President of KPEnterprises Business Consulting, Inc. Palachuk will assume the responsibility for daily operations beginning immediately.
Clients of KPEnterprises will continue to enjoy the same industry-leading services they have come to expect. "This move is great for KPEnterprises and for our clients" said Nicko Demeter, Director of Operations.
Palachuk has been with KPEnterprises for three years and has served as the Service Manager for about half of that time. He has been in the Information Technology business since 1989, working as an electronics technician, a security administrator, and as a systems administrator.
Palachuk has an AAS degree in Electrical Engineering Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Automated Manufacturing Technology. In addition, he is a Microsoft Certified Professional and a Microsoft Small Business Specialist.
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That pretty much sums up the mood of our trip from Mississippi to Managua, in a 1982 VW named Shaky Shakira thus far. I originally saw Shaky Shakira as a pleasant old woman, but now view her as a chain smoking B%^ch! We are constantly shadowed by a trail of black diesel smoke, which gets all over the gear in the trailer and is beginning to stain all of my clothes. I fear I will look like an orphaned hood rat when I finally arrive in Nicaragua. Shakira is full of surprises and on the eve before we enter the "danger zone" ie. Northern Mexico, I am beginning to feel quite anxious.
Before the trip even began, Shaky was revamped, rebuilt (first and second pictures below). However, here is Eli on the side of the road (third picture below) using whatever resources he has to make a quick fix to the emergency brake that we believe caused us to run out of fuel.. again. We now have a feeling we'll continue to make alterations and quick fixes for the entire duration of the trip.
We arrived in Brownsville, Texas, a moderately sized border town on the southernmost tip of Texas. It was only about 4pm, but we had to stop because we wanted to get an early start at the border the next morning as we planned to heed the warnings to stay off the roads in Mexico at night.
We pulled into a cozy little Best Western with a "harmless" cricket infestation complete with signs advising us to pick them up and place them outside if they were jumping around in our room. The front desk attendant, Tule, was a curvy Mexican mother of four with kind eyes who was knitting pink booties for her expectant sister. She greeted us with a shy but beautiful smile, saw Shakira and the trailer through the security camera, and asked us about our trip.
"Están locos," she said "Why don't you fly?"
Definitely a valid question! We asked her for tips about crossing the border.
"You don't want to take anything with you that they would want," she recommended.
"They" referring to organized Mexican criminals.
"Take a look at that," Eli proudly pointed to shabby Shakira, "I don't think that will be a problem!"
Tule took another look and clicking her tongue on her teeth pointed to the motorcycle.
"I don't know," she said "They may want that."
Referring to Amanda and not so subtly implying that the first two hundred miles into Mexico were not safe for a sola American female.
"Don't you think its a good idea to find a map and decide on our route for tomorrow?" she asked.
Digging in his heels Eli left the room, camera in hand, seeking to experience the Mexican-American culture of Brownsville. Amanda and I staked out in the room planning for our safety into Mexico. We printed and analyzed maps, read accounts from travelers who had used the route we planned to travel, and obtained road-side assistance and emergency phone numbers for the Mexican states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Laredo. We didn't find many first hand accounts of the route, but instead the same strong State Department warning repeatedly emblazoned on different sites all over the Internet. "Dangerous Travel Area. Do not travel alone or at night"
Eli came back to the hotel later in the night elated after experiencing a top-notch Mariachi experience North of the border. He was fed delicious food, took some great photos and even led one of their songs.
Eli has an acute taste for experiencing culture, and cool-natured ease that allows his subjects to feel comfortable around him. It is a fine art of a photographer. He has a phantom way of almost going completely unnoticed so he can swift in and out of a scene and capture the essence of a memorable moment.
There on the border, where the southern tip of Texas melts into Mexico, Eli captured the heart of a community and warmth of celebration. We didn't even have to go to the party, for his pictures took us there instead.


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Be a father to your child
Internets, I'm not gonna lie. If I had a kid, and it wasn't even in the same country, and the mother
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Internets,
I'm not gonna lie. If I had a kid, and it wasn't even in the same country, and the mother had especially bad genes, like maybe her parents were related, I can't tell you that I wouldn't just pretend it didn't happen.
Arguably, it shouldn't count anyway, since it's in a whole different country, and hence far enough away that it's likely no one would ever find out—especially back in the mid '80s, when Internets technology wasn't nearly as sophisticated as it is now.
Brian Johnson claimed to have made sweet, passionate love to a girl from Niagara Falls for precisely that reason. You didn't quite believe him, but you didn't have any way to prove that he was lying, now did you?
The fact alone that Drake even knows who his father is—without having done a 23 and Me—is enough for me to believe that Dennis Graham was telling the truth when he said that he was never an absentee father, and that Drake only pretended that he was because he thought it would help sell records.
Graham the Elder said, in an interview with Nick Cannon (from whom I get a lot of my information these days), that Drake admitted this, in one of their heart-to-heart talks. Drake himself vehemently denied this, the next day on Instagram, in a missive that made it sound like the old man was about to get "cut off."
From what I understand, Drake's father lives in a house next door to Drake's house in Calabasas—the one that supposedly has a pool bigger than Kanye's. (Or was it the other way around?) He probably scores quite a bit on the basis of being related to Drake, if he's even capable of doing so. I see a lot of paparazzi photos of him in the club dressed like a cartoon pimp.
How tragic would it be if he had to go back to living in Memphis because he didn't want people thinking that he didn't take care of his kids? Take it from someone who was in Memphis this summer: I'd much rather be known as a deadbeat dad. People are already gonna think that about you anyway, because you're an old black guy. Might as well reap the benefits!
You'd think that Drake would be more understanding of a father who didn't have a (then-) traditional relationship with his child's mother, given the fact that he has a baby by a white sex worker who lives in France. Obviously he can't be in France to teach the kid his ABCs and what have you, but I'm sure he cares about him—or would like people to think that he does—nonetheless. He was even about to name a line of sportswear after him.
To the extent that Drake is a better provider for his child financially, I'm sure it's just a matter of him having come along at a time when you can make boatloads of money in the music biz despite not having any talent, whereas his father, who's similarly afflicted, was a contemporary of Al Green, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye. He had no choice but to go up to Canada, where people don't know from good music.
Alas, there's just not as many people in Canada. Even if you sell a record to literally everyone who lives there, that's only like 300,000 copies, which was not enough to recoup, in the pre-streaming era. If it were, he would have been scoring with better-quality women, and this wouldn't be an issue.
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Japanese Luxury Cruise Train "Seven Stars" Makes First Appearance
JAPAN PRODUCTS | Transportation News, Travel and Tourism News | 09/13/2013
Kyushu Railway unveils luxury sightseeing train
Date: Sep. 13, 2013
Source: NHK WORLD
A railway operator in Kyushu, southwestern Japan, has unveiled a luxury sightseeing train that will debut next month.
The Kyushu Railway Company, known as JR Kyushu, held a ceremony on Friday to mark the completion of the "Seven Stars".
President Koji Karaike said each of the train's cars is decorated with artwork by master craftsmen and their sophisticated pieces will surprise passengers.
The train is painted with dark red and thin gold lines. All but one of the sleeping cars has 3 cabins for 2 people.
Each cabin has a shower and a toilet with washbasins made of locally produced Arita porcelain. The lounge car has a piano and a bar.
Eiji Mitooka, who designed the train, says he wanted to make the "Seven Stars" comparable to the Orient Express. He also says he hopes people regard the train in the ranks of the legendary international express.
Kyushu Railway will start 2-day and 4-day tours to major tourist destinations in Kyushu on October 15th.
The charge for a 4-day trip is as high as 5,700 dollars per person. Tours are fully booked until next June.
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Japan launches luxury Seven Stars train with $11,000 suite
This sightseeing service will wind its way through the southern island of Kyushu, stopping by huge volcanoes and relaxing hot springs.
Source: CNET – by Tim Hornyak
Japanese trains are known for their punctuality, speed, and safety, especially when it comes to bullet trains. Comfort and convenience, yes. Luxury, not so much.
But regional railway JR Kyushu has launched a deluxe passenger service where a ticket for two can cost as much as $11,500.
The seven-car Seven Stars is a "cruise train" that will shuttle around the volcanic southern island of Kyushu starting October 15 while pampering its passengers.
A highlight of the all-suite service is the end car's Deluxe Suite A, a 226-square-foot room that boasts a 5-foot panoramic window overlooking the track behind the train.
Its appointments are comfortable, though perhaps not extravagant. However, when booked for two people for a four-day, three-night journey, the suite costs about $5,750 per person. It's already fully booked through next June.
That's only an introductory offer. From July, the price will go up to about $7,835 per person for double occupancy.
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Lewis and Roslyn Patrick had no idea who the 'excited' young men were until they showed their son the photo.
The husband and wife from Sydney said they were sat near a group of "excited" young men playing a card game on a train to London on Sunday.
"Dad is like, oh, that's nice, and gives one of the gentleman his phone for this stranger to take a photo of Mum and Dad on this train from Manchester," explained Nathan Patrick, an eSports commentator.
"My Dad looks at my Mum like who on earth does this guy think he is?
It was only after Lewis Patrick sent the picture to his son that he realised the two men were United's star midfielders Pogba and Nemanja Matic.
Mrs Patrick, 65, told the Press Association: "I'd been watching them the whole time on the train.
She added: "My husband thought they were offering to take a photo of both of us, and they said, 'no we'll have a photo', and we were saying, 'oh no, it doesn't matter'.
Her son's tweets telling the story have been liked more than 10,000 times since he sent them on Sunday evening.
"They're lovely people – just know nothing about football," he told the Press Association.


For the first time since the Sox relocated from Tucson to Glendale, I'm going to make it to Spring Training in early March. My question: On those days when the Sox are playing a road game, do they still hold work-outs at Camelback that fans can attend? I'm planning to catch a Friday game at Camelback, but thought it might be more fun to watch work-outs on Saturday than drive to Goodyear to watch the Sox play KC. Thoughts?
Never tried, but I would highly recommend checking other spring training facilities. I always really enjoyed those experiences. Plus access to the players is easier since there are less fans versus home games.