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\section*{Acknowledgements}
We express our gratitude to
A. Cerjan, L. Ge, A.D. Stone and H. T\"ureci for very helpful discussions on various aspects of
their lasing theory, and to D. Ivanov for discussions on wavefunction correlations with Anderson localization.
This work has been supported by the National Science Foundation
under grant PHY-1001017.
P.J. acknowledges the support of the Swiss Center of Excellence MANEP and
P.S. acknowlegdes the support of SCIEX.

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\section{Steady-state Ab initio Laser Theory}

We give a brief overview of the theory developed by T\"ureci et al.~\cite{Turs}
for steady-state multi-mode lasing.
Its starting point is the semiclassical
theory of lasing, where the electro-magnetic field is described by the classical
Maxwell's equations, and is coupled to the quantum mechanically
described polarization of the gain medium. We take the latter to be
a collection of two-level atoms. The result is a system of three
nonlinear coupled partial differential equations~\cite{Hakens}
\begin{subequations}\label{eq:mbloch}
\begin{eqnarray}
\partial_t^2 E^+ & = & n({\bf x})^{-2} \left[ \nabla^2 E^+ -4 \pi \partial_t^2 P^+ \right] \, ,\\
\partial_t P^+ & = & -(i \omega_0+\gamma_\perp) P^+ - i g^2 \hbar^{-1}E^+ D \, , \\
\partial_t D & = & \gamma_\parallel (\overline{D}-D) + 2 i \hbar^{-1}[E^+ (P^+)^*-P^+(E^+)^*] \, .
\end{eqnarray}
\end{subequations}
We restrict ourselves to one-dimensional or two-dimensional transverse polarization and accordingly
consider only scalar field.
In Eqs.~(\ref{eq:mbloch}), the population inversion $D({\bf x},t)$ generates, in the
presence of an electric field $E({\bf x},t)$, a nonlinear polarization
$P({\bf x},t)$ of the atomic medium, which in its turn,
is coupled to $D$ through $E$.
Here, $\hbar \omega_0$ gives the spacing of
the atomic levels, $\gamma_\parallel$ their relaxation rate and
$\gamma_\perp$ the relaxation rate for the polarization, $\overline{D}({\bf x})$ is the
pump strength and $n({\bf x})$ is the cavity's index of refraction, related to the dielectric function by $\epsilon=n^2$. Finally, the dipole matrix element
$g$ couples the electric field with the
population inversion, and we used the standard procedure of writing
the electric field and polarization in terms of their positive
and negative frequency components, $P=P^++P^-$, $E=E^++E^-$, neglecting the coupling of
negative to positive components in the spirit of the rotating wave
approximation.

The set of Eqs.~(\ref{eq:mbloch}), augmented by appropriate
boundary conditions, describe nonlinear lasing.
They cannot be solved exactly, and the standard
procedure is to time-evolve them numerically long enough to
find their steady-state solution. SALT is an alternative which determines
steady-state solutions of
Eqs.~(\ref{eq:mbloch}) with a much lesser computational price to pay.
This of course assumes that steady-state solutions exist. We take them as
multiperiodic, i.e. expand the fields $E^+$ and $P^+$
\begin{subequations}
\begin{eqnarray}
E^+(x,t) &=& \sum_\mu  \Psi_\mu({\bf x}) \exp[-i \Omega_\mu t] \, \\
P^+(x,t) &=& \sum_\mu  P_\mu({\bf x}) \exp[-i \Omega_\mu t] \, ,
\end{eqnarray}
\end{subequations}
over lasing modes, $\mu = 1,2,... N$.
SALT then uses the stationary inversion approximation, $\partial_t D=0$,
to determine the components $\Psi_\mu$ of the
expansion as solutions of a self-consistent equation,
\begin{equation}
\left(\nabla^2+n^2({\bf x})k_\mu^2\right) \Psi_\mu({\bf x}) = - k_\mu^2 \frac{\gamma_\perp}{c k_\mu - \omega_0+{\rm i}\gamma_\perp} D_0 \frac{F({\bf x})}{1+h({\bf x})}\Psi_\mu({\bf x}) \, ,
\label{eq:equation for Psi}
\end{equation}
where we parametrized the pump using a volume unit $V_0=g^2/\epsilon_0\hbar\gamma_\perp$ as $\overline{D}({\bf x}) = D_0 F({\bf x})/V_0$, splitting it into an overall dimensionless scale $D_0$ and the spatial modulation $F({\bf x})$, with max$_{\bf x} F({\bf x})=1$.
The non-linearity source (the total weighted electric field intensity, or the hole burning denominator) is
\begin{equation}
h({\bf x}) = \sum_\nu \Gamma(k_\nu) |\Psi_\nu({\bf x})|^2 E_0^{-2} = \sum_\nu \Gamma(k_\nu) | \sum_p a_\nu^p \psi_p({\bf x},k_\nu)|^2,
\end{equation}
with the Lorentzian weight factors $\Gamma(k) = \gamma_\perp^2 / [ (c k - \omega_0)^2 + \gamma_\perp^2 ]$, and electric intensity units $E_0=\hbar \sqrt{\gamma_\perp \gamma_{||}}/2g$.

Lasing theories usually construct lasing modes
from resonances or quasiresonances of the corresponding (nonlasing) cold
cavity. The latter are however non-normalizable outside the cavity, so that neither the modal
power nor the relative weight of individual lasing modes can be extracted. SALT instead
expands $\Psi_\mu({\bf x},k_\mu) = E_0 \sum_m a_\mu^m \psi_m({\bf x},k_\mu)$, over a basis of so-called constant-flux $\psi_m$ states which are defined by
\begin{subequations}\label{eq:CF1}
\begin{eqnarray}
\left[ \nabla^2 + n^2({\bf x}) k_{m \mu}^2(k_\mu) \right] \psi_m({\bf x}, k_\mu) = 0,  \;\;\;\;\;\;\;\; {\bf x} \in {\cal C} \, , \label{eq:cavity}\\
\left[\nabla^2 + n_0^2 k_\mu^2 \right] \,
\psi_m({\bf x}, k_\mu) = 0, \;\;\;\;\;\;\;\; {\bf x} \notin {\cal C} \, ,
\label{eq:free space}
\end{eqnarray}
\label{eq:CF}
\end{subequations}
with the domain ${\cal C}$ defining the amplifying medium, $n_0$ the index of refraction outside and a requirement of containing only outgoing waves at infinity. The latter requirement, together with Eq.~\eqref{eq:free space} can be recast as a condition on the constant flux state at the boundary of a
$d$-sphere enclosing the resonator
($\partial_{\perp}$ is the normal derivative at the surface of that sphere, $d$ is the system's dimension)
\begin{equation}
\partial_{\perp} \psi_m ({\bf x}, k_\mu)= {\rm i} n_0 k_\mu \psi_m ({\bf x}, k_\mu)- \frac{d-1}{2|{\bf x}|} \psi_m({\bf x}, k_\mu).
\label{eq:BC}
\end{equation}
As a consequence of this non-trivial boundary condition,
the CF basis is not orthogonal in the usual sense. Instead, the following  bi-orthogonality relation holds,
\begin{equation}
\int {\rm d}^d x \, n^2({\bf x}) \overline{\psi}_m^* ({\bf x}, k_\mu) \psi_n ({\bf x}, k_\mu) = \delta_{mn},
\label{eq:ONO}
\end{equation}
between the CF states and their duals $\overline{\psi}_m({\bf x}, k_\mu)$. The latter are defined as solutions of complex conjugates of Eqs.~\eqref{eq:cavity} and \eqref{eq:BC}, which gives $\overline{\psi}_m({\bf x}, k_\mu)=\psi_m^*({\bf x}, k_\mu)$.

Using the ansatz for the electric field intensity $\Psi_\mu$ in Eq.~\eqref{eq:equation for Psi}, one obtains a set of self-consistent equations for the vector of coefficients
${\bf a}_\mu=(a^1_\mu,a^2_\mu,...)$,
\begin{equation}
{\bf a}_\mu =  D_0 {\bf T}\, {\bf a}_\mu \equiv D_0 \Lambda \mathcal{T} {\bf a}_\mu \, .
\label{eq:self-consistent}
\end{equation}
Here ${\bf T}$ is the threshold matrix, which depends on the set of vectors $\{{\bf a}_\mu\}_{\mu=1}^N$, and which was split into the following two parts
\begin{subequations}
\begin{eqnarray}
\Lambda_{mn} &=& \delta_{mn} \frac{-k_\mu^2}{k_\mu^2-k_{m\mu}^2}\frac{\gamma_\perp}{ck_\mu-\omega_0+{\rm i}\gamma_\perp},\\
\label{eq:calTmn}
\mathcal{T}_{mn} &=& \int_{\cal C} {\rm d}^d x \frac{F({\bf x})}{1+h({\bf x})}\overline{\psi}_m^*({\bf x},k_\mu) \psi_n({\bf x},k_\mu) \, .
\end{eqnarray}
\end{subequations}

To calculate the modal power of the lasing state $\mu$, we use a formula derived in Ref.~\cite{Ge2010s}.
With our notation, it reads in $d=1$ dimension
\begin{equation}
P_\mu = 2 \epsilon_0 E_0^2 \omega_\mu S l \int_\mathcal{C} \frac{{\rm d} x}{l} \, |\Psi_\mu(x)/E_0|^2 \left( \Gamma(k_\mu)  D_0\frac{F(x)}{1+h(x)}-{\rm Im}[n^2(x)] \right) \, ,
\end{equation}
where $\epsilon_0$ is the vacuum permeability, and $S$ is the cavity transversal cross-section.
In the main text, we plot the modal power in dimensionless units, $P_\mu/(2 \epsilon_0 E_0^2 \omega_\mu S l)$,
with $l=53$ nm.

\section{Numerical approach}

Solving Eq.~\eqref{eq:self-consistent} self-consistently is, in general, highly non-trivial. The unknown vectors ${\bf a}_\mu$ enter the threshold matrix elements through the hole burning denominator $h({\bf x})$ [see Eq.~\eqref{eq:calTmn}] effectively leading to an infinite-order non-linearity. In addition, given a pump strength $D_0$, there is no simple way to find out how many modes are lasing, which is a prerequisite information for any numerical algorithm searching for a self-consistent solution to Eq.~\eqref{eq:self-consistent}. To construct the solution, we use an iterative scheme. We first determine
the first lasing mode. Its pump threshold is entirely determined by the passive cavity properties---it is the mode of the largest lifetime in the absence of pumping. From here, the pump is increased by small steps. At each step, Eq.~\eqref{eq:self-consistent} is iterated until convergence is achieved. Finally, the appearance of a real eigenvalue of the threshold matrix surpassing a certain level signals that a new mode starts to lase. This method has been worked out in a series of works by T\"ureci, et al.,\cite{Turs} and has been shown to predict
lasing modes and threshold in complete agreement with the computationally much more expensive
time-evolution of the Maxwell-Bloch equations, Eq.~\eqref{eq:mbloch}.\cite{Ges}

\begin{figure}[t]
\begin{psfrags}
\includegraphics[width=10cm]{cavity.pdf}
\end{psfrags}
\caption{Sketch of the microcavity laser we consider, where a $1d$ cavity is closed to the left and
open, hence emitting, to the right (dashed line). The pump area is shadowed.
The spatial profile of a lasing mode (red) for a uniform pump and a spatially
constant refractive index is plotted for illustrative purpose.}
\label{fig:cavity}
\end{figure}

The microcavity we model in our numerics is depicted in Fig.~\ref{fig:cavity}. It is closed on the left end, open on the right end, and pumped uniformly, $F(x)=1$. In our numerics, we vary the degree of disorder in the refractive index, both in its strength and correlation length $\chi$. The disorder sets the CF states localization length $\xi$. Typical values in our simulations are $\xi\sim100-1000$ nm, $\lambda \sim 50-110$ nm, and $\chi=8$ nm, so that $\xi \gtrsim \lambda \gg \chi$. Here $\lambda=2\pi/n_0k_0$ is the wavelength of a freely propagating light wave in a material with a constant index of refraction, $n(x)=n_0$.

Fig.~\ref{fig:modes} illustrates structural changes of lasing modes in the interacting case. It should be compared with Fig.~3 of the main text, where a lasing mode is stable even in the exponentially small tails, despite the presence of many other lasing modes. Here we added finite imaginary part to the refractive index, to turn on modal interactions. They result in  clearly visible profile changes of the state plotted in Fig.~\ref{fig:modes}a: after the mode starts to lase, it tends to delocalize (its weight grows in the right half of the cavity). This growth is stopped as soon as other modes are turned on in that part of the space and the plotted mode mainly tends to localize more with enlarging the pump. The opposite behavior towards a weaker localization, is visible on Fig.~\ref{fig:modes}b for another mode. These two examples suggest that there is no generic trend,
and that
both localization and delocalization may occur as the consequence of modal interactions.

\begin{figure}[t]
\begin{psfrags}
\psfrag{D0}{$D_0$}
\psfrag{x [um]}{$x[\mu m]$}
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{int1.png}
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{int3.png}
\end{psfrags}
\caption{Color plots of the
spatial mode profile ln$|\Psi(x)|^2$ of the 2$^{\rm nd}$ (left) and 13$^{\rm th}$ (right) lasing mode
for $1d$ edge-emitting, disordered microcavity laser of Figs.~4a-b of the main text
(corresponding to the red and maroon curves there). Colored arrows indicate the center of mass
positions and pump thresholds of all other lasing modes, with the same color coding as
in Fig.~4a-b.}
\label{fig:modes}
\end{figure}

\section{Structure of the threshold matrix}

The matrix elements of ${\cal T}_{mn}$ given in Eq.~(\ref{eq:calTmn}) are given by the pump profile,
the spatial hole burning denominator and CF wavefunctions. We
analyze these matrix elements,
neglecting correlations between
$h({\bf x})$ and $\overline{\psi}_m^*({\bf x},k_\mu) \psi_n({\bf x},k_\mu)=
\psi_m({\bf x},k_\mu) \psi_n({\bf x},k_\mu)$. We evaluate averages
$\langle {\cal T}_{mn} \rangle$ and correlations $\langle {\cal T}_{mn}  {\cal T}_{pq} \rangle$
of these matrix elements over an ensemble of cavities characterized by the same disorder strength
and correlation length, i.e.~the same localization length, but with different microscopic realization of the
disorder (we assume that the pump profile $F({\bf x})$ does not change from one disorder
realization to the other). In the Anderson localized regime, CF states located deep enough inside
the cavity are long-lived and therefore do not
differ much from  localized  eigenmodes of closed systems.
We thus assume that they have the same statistical properties as closed cavity modes.
Following Ref.~\cite{Mirlins}, we decompose $d=1$ localized wavefunctions as
\begin{equation}\label{eq:psim}
\psi_m(x) = \exp[-|x-x_m|/2 \xi] \, \phi_m(x)/\sqrt{2 \xi} n(x) \, ,
\end{equation}
in terms of an exponential envelope
and a real pseudo-random function $\phi_m(x)$ which
remains correlated on the scale of the elastic mean free path $\ell$,
$\langle \phi_m(x) \phi_n(x') \rangle = \delta_{mn} \exp[-|x-x'|/2 \xi]$, where
we used the fact that $\ell = \xi$ for $d=1$.

In the Anderson localized regime, the
correlation functions we need are
\begin{subequations}\label{eqs:correls}
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq:avg}
\langle n^2(x)\psi_m(x,k_\mu) \psi_n(x,k_\mu) \rangle &=& \delta_{mn} e^{-|x-x_m|/\xi} \big/ 2 \xi \, , \\
\label{eq:correl_exch}
\langle n^2(x) n^2(x^\prime)\psi_m(x,k_\mu) \psi_n(x,k_\mu)  \psi_m(x',k_\mu) \psi_n(x',k_\mu)\rangle_{m \ne n} & = &
e^{-(|x-x_m|+|x'-x_m|+|x-x_n|+|x'-x_n|)/2 \xi} \nonumber \\
&& \times e^{-|x-x'|/\xi} \big/4 \xi^2  \, , \qquad
\end{eqnarray}
\end{subequations}
between eigenfunctions $\psi_n(x,k_\mu)$ of a closed, Anderson localized system
with unbroken time-reversal symmetry.
Here, $x_m$ is the center of mass of $\psi_m(x)$.
In Eq.~(\ref{eq:correl_exch}) we neglect the hybridization contribution coming from even and odd
linear combination of pairs of quasi-degenerate localized states~\cite{Ivanovs} but will comment on
their possible effect below.
In addition, localized modes have
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq:disconnect}
\langle |\psi_m(x,k_\mu)|^2 |\psi_n(x',k_\mu)|^2 \rangle & \simeq & \langle |\psi_m(x,k_\mu)|^2 \rangle \times
\langle |\psi_n( x',k_\mu)|^2 \rangle \, ,
\end{eqnarray}
when they are centered away from one another.

From Eq.~(\ref{eq:avg}), we first conclude that only diagonal matrix elements ${\cal T}_{mm}$
have finite average,
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq:9}
\langle {\cal T}_{mn} \rangle = \delta_{mn} \, \int_{\cal C} {\rm d} x \frac{F(x)}{1+h(x)} \frac{1}{n^2(x)}
 \exp[-|x-x_m|/\xi] \big/ 2 \xi \, .
\end{eqnarray}
Unless one specifies $F(x)$ and $h(x)$, this is all one can say.

We next evaluate
${\rm var} \, {\cal T}_{mn} $. From Eq.~(\ref{eq:correl_exch}) one has
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq:11}
{\rm var} \, {\cal T}_{mn} &=& \int_{\cal C} \int_{\cal C} {\rm d} x {\rm d} x'
\frac{F(x)}{1+h(x)} \frac{1}{n^2(x)}
\frac{F(x')}{1+h(x')}  \frac{1}{n^2(x^\prime)}\nonumber \\[3mm]
&& \times \; e^{-(|x-x_m|+|x'-x_m|+|x-x_n|+|x'-x_n|)/2 \xi}  \, e^{-|x-x'|/\xi} \big/4 \xi^2 \, .
\end{eqnarray}
The integral vanishes, unless $|x_m - x_n| \lesssim \xi$, and we substitute
$x_n \rightarrow x_m$ in Eq.~(\ref{eq:11}).
The exponential $\exp[-|x-x'|/\xi]$ in the integrand in Eq.~(\ref{eq:11}) only leads to a prefactor
of order, but smaller than one, since the other exponentials already enforce that
$x$ and $x'$ are within a localization length away from one another.
We obtain the estimate
\begin{eqnarray}
{\rm var} \,  {\cal T}_{mn}   & \simeq &  \langle {\cal T}_{mm} \rangle^2
 \, ,
\end{eqnarray}
for overlapping modes $m$ and $n$.
Note that ${\cal T}_{mm}>0$ always holds.

We next give an upper bound for the average of
\begin{equation}
|\Xi|=\left|\frac{ \sum_{n \ne m_0} \Lambda_{nn}  {\cal T}_{m_0 n} {\cal T}_{n m_0} }{
\Lambda_{m_0 m_0}  {\cal T}_{m_0 m_0}^2 } \right| \, ,
\end{equation}
where corrections to the single-pole approximation are justified
when $|\Xi| \ll 1$ [see Eq.~(7) in the main text].
We first note that ${\cal T}_{mn} ={\cal T}_{nm}$ and thus
\begin{eqnarray}
\left|\sum_{n \ne m_0} \Lambda_{nn}  {\cal T}_{m_0 n} {\cal T}_{n m_0} \right|& \le &
{\rm max}_{n \ne m_0} | \Lambda_{nn}| \, \sum_{n \ne m_0}   {\cal T}_{m_0 n}^2
\le  {\rm max}_{n \ne m_0} | \Lambda_{nn}| \, \sum_{n}   {\cal T}_{m_0 n}^2 \, . \qquad
\end{eqnarray}
We calculate
\begin{eqnarray}
\sum_{n}   {\cal T}_{m_0 n}^2 &=& \sum_n \int {\rm d} x \int {\rm d} x'
\frac{F(x)}{1+h(x)} \, \frac{F(x')}{1+h(x')} \, \psi_{m_0}(x) \psi_{m_0}(x') \psi_{n}(x) \psi_{n}(x') \, \nonumber \\
&=& \int {\rm d} x
\left[\frac{F(x)}{1+h(x)}\right]^2  \, \frac{\psi^2_{m_0}(x)}{n^2(x)} \, ,
\end{eqnarray}
where we used the completeness relation $\sum_n \psi_n(x) \psi_n(x') = \delta(x-x')/n^2(x)$.
We therefore obtain
\begin{equation}\label{eq:xibound}
|\Xi| \le \frac{{\rm max}_{n \ne m_0} | \Lambda_{nn}|}{|\Lambda_{m_0 m_0}|} \,
\left( \int {\rm d} x
\left[\frac{F(x)}{1+h(x)}\right]^2  \, \frac{\psi^2_{m_0}(x)}{n^2(x)} \Big/
\left[ \int {\rm d} x \frac{F(x)}{1+h(x)}  \, \psi^2_{m_0}(x) \right]^2 \right)\, .
\end{equation}
In the Anderson localized regime, the first factor on the right-hand side
is exponentially small,
${\rm max}_{n \ne m_0} | \Lambda_{nn}| \big/ |\Lambda_{m_0 m_0} = \hbar / \Delta_\xi \tau_\xi \sim \exp[-L/\xi]$,
because (i) $m_0$ has $k_{m_0} \simeq k_{\mu}$ and an exponentially large lifetime
$\tau_\xi \simeq (\xi/c) \exp[L/\xi]$, and (ii) the modes $n \ne m_0$ that
overlap with $\psi_{m_0}$ differ in frequency by at least $|\omega_n - \omega_{m_0}|
\gtrsim \Delta_\xi/\hbar$, with the CF mode spacing
$\Delta_\xi \sim \hbar c/ k_\mu^{d-1} \xi^d$ within one localization
volume.
The term between parenthesis, when averaged, is an algebraic function of
$k_\mu \xi$, for any physically relevant choice of $F(x)$, with the form of $\psi_m$
given in Eq.~(\ref{eq:psim}). This is most easily seen, under the assumption
that the pump profile $F(x) = F_0$ is constant over the volume of the sample, which requires
in particular
the active medium to be homogeneous on the scale of the mode wavelength. When this is the
case, we obtain
\begin{eqnarray}
\int {\rm d} x
\left[\frac{F(x)}{1+h(x)}\right]^2  \, \frac{\psi^2_{m_0}(x)}{n^2(x)}
&=& F_0^2 \int  {\rm d} x
 \left[\frac{1}{1+h(x)}\right]^2  \, \frac{\psi^2_{m_0}(x)}{n^2(x)} \nonumber \\
 & \leq &  F_0^2 \int  {\rm d} x
\frac{1}{1+h(x)} \psi^2_{m_0}(x) \, ,
\end{eqnarray}
so that
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq:bound}
\int {\rm d} x
\left[\frac{F(x)}{1+h(x)}\right]^2  \, \frac{\psi^2_{m_0}(x)}{n^2(x)} \Big/
\left[ \int {\rm d} x \frac{F(x)}{1+h(x)}  \, \psi^2_{m_0}(x) \right]^2 \leq 1 \Big/
\int {\rm d} x \frac{\psi^2_{m_0}(x)}{1+h(x)}  \, .
\end{eqnarray}
We expect this bound to still hold for smoothly fluctuating $F(x)$.
We conclude that $\langle |\Xi| \rangle$ is
bound from above as
$\langle |\Xi| \rangle \lesssim \exp[-L/\xi]$, up to algebraic
corrections.

This exponentially small upper bound on the average value $\langle |\Xi| \rangle$ does not rule out
that $\Xi$ is large for some disorder realizations. We therefore investigate fluctuations of $\Xi$.
We obtain that they are still given by algebraic functions
of $k_\mu \xi$ times $\exp[-2 L/\xi]$.
The exponentially small factor comes from the prefactor
${\rm max}_{n \ne m_0} | \Lambda_{nn}| \big/ |\Lambda_{m_0 m_0}|$. It can only be
compensated if ${\cal T}_{m_0 m_0} \rightarrow 0$ as $\exp[-L/\xi]$ or faster. While this is in principle
possible (e.g. for CF modes localized outside of the support of $F(x)$), it never is the case for
CF modes that contribute to lasing modes. We conclude that $|\Xi| \sim \exp[-L/\xi] \ll 1$ for all
disorder realizations in the Anderson localized regime.

In the delocalized regime,
Eq.~(\ref{eq:xibound}) still holds, and the term between parenthesis there
becomes an algebraic function $f(k_\mu \ell,k_\mu L)$ of $k_\mu L$ and $k_\mu \ell$
[Eq.~(\ref{eq:bound}) holds regardless of the
strength of the disorder]. The prefactor ${\rm max}_{n \ne m_0} | \Lambda_{nn}| \big/ |\Lambda_{m_0 m_0}| = \hbar / \Delta_L \tau_{m_0 \mu}$ now depends on the level
spacing $\Delta_L = \hbar c\big/2 \pi k_\mu L^2$ and the mode lifetime $\tau_{m_0 \mu}$. The latter is
no longer exponentially small.

We close this paragraph with three comments. First, we recall that the infinite
order nonlinearity arising from $h(x)$ generates higher order correlators such as
$\langle \psi_m({\bf x},k_\mu) \psi_n ({\bf x},k_\mu)
[\sum_\nu \Gamma(k_\nu) \sum_{p,p'} a_\nu^p a_\nu^{p'}
 \psi_p ({\bf x},k_\nu) \psi_p' ({\bf x},k_\nu)]^M \rangle$, which the above treatment neglects,
 and which can be expected to be large for lasing modes.

Second,
Ref.~\cite{Ivanovs} points out that pairs $(\psi_m,\psi_n)$ of quasi-degenerate localized wavefunctions exist that
are spatially separated by more than $\xi$.
Because of their quasi-degeneracy, even and odd
superpositions $\psi_\pm = (\psi_m \pm \psi_n)/\sqrt{2}$ are quasi-eigenmodes. They give rise to (i)
a slower decay of the correlator in
Eq.~(\ref{eq:correl_exch}) at small frequency difference $c (k_{m\mu}-k_{n\mu})$ and (ii)
a negative dip in the correlation function of Eq.~(\ref{eq:correl_exch}) a distance $L_M = 2 \xi \,
{\rm ln} [\Delta_\xi/\hbar (c k_{m \mu}-c k_{n \mu})]$. If one such mode lases, the former effect is
somehow relevant
in that it enhances the ratio ${\rm var} {\cal T}^2_{mn} /
\langle {\cal T}_{mm} \rangle^2$ by a prefactor of order, but larger than one. The emergence of such
Mott states, if they are lasing, can thus lead to an earlier onset of modal interactions. As for (ii)
we believe that this effect is not relevant when $F(x)$ is
extended over more than $L_M$, because $\psi_+$ and $\psi_-$ have equal but opposite correlations at
$x=0$ and $x \simeq L_M$.
This mechanism for hybridization may however turn on modal interactions in Anderson localized random lasers when  $F(x)$ is localized over a region smaller than $L_M$. In particular it may potentially
lead to lasing modes being spatially extended well outside the pump region. However, for such
quasi-degenerate states, the static inversion approximation made to derive the SALT equations
may break down, so that further investigations are necessary to determine the relevance of Mott states in
random lasing in the Anderson localized regime.

Third, we finally stress that from their very nature, all above estimates are parametric
in essence, in that they can be multiplied by numerical prefactors of order one,
depending on the exact form of $F(x)$.

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Mr. McClure, age 46, has most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Airswift, a global workforce solutions company, from June 2019 until December 2021. Prior to joining Airswift, Mr. McClure served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Frank's International, a provider of engineered tubular services to the oil and gas industry, from March 2017 until June 2019, and before that as Treasurer of Frank's International from March 2015 until March 2017. Prior to joining Frank's International, Mr. McClure served in a variety of finance and accounting positions of increasing responsibility at Ascend Performance Materials, Cooper Industries plc and Dell Technologies.
Jeff Bird, Dril-Quip's President and Chief Operating Officer, remarked, "I am very pleased to have Kyle join Dril-Quip as our Chief Financial Officer. I have worked closely with Kyle before and know he has the financial expertise, experience and leadership skills to lead our Finance function and be a significant contributor to our overall strategy. Kyle is an ideal fit for this position and our team, and we believe he will be a great addition to Dril-Quip."
About Dril-Quip
Dril-Quip is a leading manufacturer of highly engineered onshore and offshore drilling and production equipment that is particularly well suited for use in deep water, harsh environments, and severe service applications.
www.dril-quip.com
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Blake Holcomb – Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Planning
(713) 939-0047 x 6364
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Many thanks to the kids, librarians and teachers who were kind enough to share their opinions. I am so grateful.
Kelly Milner Halls is a captivating storyteller! Her curiosity and enthusiasm for what she does is contagious. She exudes warmth and genuine love for children and their interests. Kelly is simply amazing to see in action!!
You are the best author presenter our school's ever had!!!
My students absolutely love Kelly's Curiosities. All my classes watched the videos when we getting ready for her visit (Doll Island! Creepy!). The visit was fantastic! Lots of fun and really amazing stories! I was especially pleased to see that Kelly tailored her presentation for all of our grade levels so every student was entertained. It was amazing to see students enthralled with Kelly's fascinating stories. Many of my coworkers reached out to let me know how impressed they were with Kelly. Kelly also took the time to respond to all of the emails sent by students in the days after her visit. Kelly really is a natural with kids and I would give her my highest recommendation to any educator looking for a great author visit!
We were so lucky to have Kelly visit our school this year! Kelly was able to do a different presentation for each of our grade levels K-5. She had everyone engaged and excited from Kindergarten to 5th graders, to our Focus classroom students! The kids LOVED her! She captured their attention for the entire period and could easily have gone on longer had our schedule allowed it. She definitely created some new fans and inspired our students to explore their curiosity! Teachers and parents were also thoroughly impressed with Kelly's presentations. She is a crowd pleaser! You will not go wrong inviting this engaging non-fiction writer to your school.
Everyone has been raving about you and how you connect with children. We loved having you! I've printed these pictures to include on our pig out board and in the slide show, and forwarded them to the appropriate teachers. You have a knack for connecting with the children who need extra cheerleading and celebrations. The egg that you posted on your website was my student who is in the resource room, she was beaming all day long because you chose her egg, and the picture of the child before lunch is a child who needs lots of extra support as well. It warms my heart to see that you can sense this and give them some extra attention. Thank you!
I have never heard so many outstanding reviews following an author visit!!! Lots of teachers have been coming over to say that it was the BEST author visit ever. Lots of students have been coming over in hopes of checking out a book by the author. They absolutely loved the visit. Kelly knew just how to engage the students and capture their imaginations.
I can't believe how kind she was and how incredibly generous with her time. I HIGHLY recommend her to any other schools.
Thank you so much for today. My students and staff loved meeting you and hearing you speak. Notes from teachers are coming in and one teacher said she overheard a student say, "Can she stay and talk through lunch? I want to learn more!" Not every day you hear that! Thank you for your time and enthusiasm for questioning. I loved when you said, "the questions are just as important as the answers." I hope that will encourage our students to keep on questioning and finding new answers.
I wanted to thank you again for spending the day with us at Maple. Our students truly enjoyed your presentation and especially the extra attention and personal stories you shared with them in the classroom Q & A sessions. Your visit was engaging and so memorable. I wanted to pass along a few emails I received from parents and others who were also impressed with your work. Good luck with the new book and we would love to have you back at Maple in the future.
Oh my gosh. As soon as I walked in the door Maia said, "Mom, ask me what I did at school today." So I did. Her response was, "I touched dinosaur poop!" That was the beginning of a 45 minutes of recounting the Young Authors event with Kelly Milner Halls.
I learned about Gigantor. I learned about how Kelly likes that she is weird. I understand that she writes crazy non-fiction and Elle wants to write the same. My girls took me through her website and begged me to email her because they had more questions. There was so much more the girls expressed with such excitement and engagement. Thank you for bringing Young Authors to our school and finding great talent. This was an impactful and memorable day!
We heard much the same from Desmond! He told us about the ghost stories she talked about and her book about aliens; which he really wants. Also, he showed us her autograph and with a glint in his eye, referred to her as 'Kelly'. He said she told them to call her 'Kelly' because she wasn't their teacher or anything. He was really taken with her and her stories. Thank you!!
I, too, was impressed with Kelly's presence and the way she was able to engage the students. She truly had a captive audience. Thank you all for bringing her to Maple!
"She had a great sense of humor, and I'l love to hear about the other books she has, ESPECIALLY the ghost books. Awesome! Just 30 minutes, and she's my favorite author. Great personality!"
"I thought she was a weird but cool person to talk to. Like a crazy grandmother."
"She was strange, interesting. I like the way she looked at things she see's the glass half full, rather than half empty."
"I think she was a funny and inspiring person. I wish I could have listened to her longer got to personally meet her."
"I had just come from the Warrensburg lit. fest. and to be honest, I wasn't really looking forward to listening to another long speech about how the peep got inspired & how long it took them to make a book. Wow! She was hilarious. Never cracked up so much at a school presentation. I liked her approach to her speech...instead of the steps to write a books and a bunch of childhood background, we got funny...& informative tales of why she started books and how she came up with the contents. I guess more importantly, she had a fantastic attitude and personality that entranced her audience. Thank you very much for coming!"
Kelly Milner Halls came and visited our school, Lewis & Clark Elementary in November, 2013. What a fabulous visit! Her presentation lined up perfectly with our current focus of "Genius Hour" in which the kids find something in which they are passionate and research to learn more about it. Her books are very high interest and with her energy and enthusiasm the kids were completely engaged in what she was sharing from the opening question to the very last answer. We heard from teachers and parents how much that the kids enjoyed and benefitted from the visit. Thank you Kelly Milner Halls for inspiring us, enlightening us and making us a little more filled with wonder.
Kelly Milner Halls visited our school, Adobe Bluffs Elementary, in February 2013. We would definitely recommend having Kelly Milner Halls as a visiting author. Our school has been hosting authors since 1997 and Ms. Halls was one of the best!
Kelly's presentations are a lot like her personality and her books - informative, entertaining, interesting and fun! Her presentations were well thought out and tailored so that students in all grade levels, pre-school through 5th grade, were completely engaged. Kelly inspired students to write, to explore, to be different, to ask questions and to think! After each presentation, she encouraged students to take photos and touch the amazing displays. She was very approachable and happy to meet each student, answer questions and autograph books.
It was not easy to find an author who appealed to all ages and met the criteria of our teachers and parents, but Kelly was the perfect solution. Preparations for Kelly's visit were very easy and straightforward as she was incredibly responsive, accommodating and flexible about all the arrangements we made.
Our students, teachers and parents were extremely happy with Ms. Halls and are still talking about how enjoyable the Author's Faire was. Our school feels as if they now have a good friend in Ms Halls, and there is no doubt that she will be requested again for future events!
Kelly Milner Halls visited our school (a grade 5-6 intermediate school of 580 students) in the spring of 2012. There are few words to describe how awesome this visit was and I am sure I will never capture the true essence of what her visit to RCI meant to our school community.
As the school library media specialist I have hosted authors at my school for the past nine years. While we have had some great authors there has always been a marked difference in the opinions between the teachers and the students. In other words, authors the teachers loved somehow just didn't muster up to what the kids wanted to hear and the authors the kids loved just didn't fit the expectations of the teaching staff (and didn't seem to be worth the fees paid to them). Kelly, on the other hand, was the FIRST author to pass the test with flying colors on both counts.
Kelly's presentation was totally engaging to the students. Her topics of choice speak for themselves, but when she talks about researching and writing about mummies, UFO's, Bigfoot and the like she already has a head start in peaking the interest of even the most reluctant of readers/writers. Kelly's passion for her topics is so evident in her presentation the students literally are hanging on each and every word (and laughing along the way). The entire staff, whom enjoyed her presentation equally as much, gave her high marks for inspiring the students to be good critical thinkers, good researchers and giving them a reason to WANT TO WRITE! She gave every student the message that they too can be a writer and have fun doing it.
Outside of the presentations Kelly was equally as excited about meeting individual students as they were to meet her. This is not always the case with other visiting authors and I commend Kelly in her enthusiasm to talk to and visit with as many students as possible. She was tireless in her willingness to answer one more question, to meet one more inspired student, to sign one more autograph…and the list goes on.
Logistically speaking Kelly was also one of the easiest authors to host and I can say I have made a life long friend in having met her. Kelly's willingness to keep her fees low enough for schools to afford her visits and her flexibility in scheduling presentations at the school speaks volumes to her priorities. She is a pleasure to be around and makes planning an event like this as easy as it gets.
The only problem with having Kelly visit is in trying to figure out how to get her back again as soon as possible! Please do not miss out on the wonderful opportunity to inspire the young minds at your school. Turn them onto the world of non-fiction in a way that no one else possibly can by inviting Kelly to your school. You won't be sorry.
We owe you a thousand thanks! You are far and away the most gracious, generous, and grounded visiting author that has ever come to our school. I think Lit. Connection could look for a LONG time and not find someone of your caliber.
I wanted to share with you my experience with Kelly Milner Halls, who came to visit my elementary school (K - 5) two years ago. Kelly gave an exuberant presentation that had students and teachers fully focused on what she told them about her experiences becoming a writer and as a writer of nonfiction. She engaged students with her presentation so much that students did not want to leave... nor did teachers! Kelly also gave writers' workshops during her day with us, and our fifth grade students learned so much from her. She showed them her editor's red ink notes on her (at the time) new book that she was working on, reminding students that editing is an important part of writing. She answered many questions from my students about the writing process and did it in student-friendly language. My students were clearly disappointed when it was time for Kelly to move on to the next writer's workshop as they still had many questions they wanted to ask her.
I've hosted many authors over the years, but Kelly was the first one that was so well-loved students acted like she was a rock star when they saw her in the hallways! Her message about writing had clearly made an impression.
I highly recommend Kelly Milner Halls for an author visit with your students!
We were fortunate to have author Kelly Milner Halls visit our school in 2010. Kelly gave three presentations to our 6th grade students. She also had lunch with a few lucky contest winners and stayed at the end of the day to meet any students who did not get into her presentation.
Kelly's presentation was mesmerizing. The students were totally under her spell. Kelly spoke about her research into cryptids, showed some amazing slides and had some great props. The students loved looking at the cast of a bigfoot footprint. The dinosaur fossils were a real hit as well. And who could ever forget the students' surprise at the dinosaur poop!
Students have been begging me to bring Kelly back for another visit. Many of them have written stories about cryptids and I can't keep any of the books on the shelves. Teachers have also been very positive. One teacher who has never spoken about author visits in the past told me this was the best visit ever!
I am the librarian of a Kindergarten through Grade 6 campus in the Houston, TX area. I have had privilege of hosting Kelly several times in the past six years. Most recently, I was able to have her speak to my older students when her book, Tales of the Cryptids, was on the Texas Lonestar list. She is an engaging, energetic speaker and the kids adore her. Most authors available for speaking engagements at the K-6 level are fiction authors. Kelly's focus of non-fiction is a huge benefit. With the challenge of high stakes testing, the need to engage our students in non-fiction reading is more important than ever. After having a visit from Kelly, I see a huge spike in circulation of not only her books but other non-fiction titles as well. In addition, she has always been very flexible in working with me so that all of my students can enjoy her presentation. I can not recommend her highly enough.
I would highly recommend Kelly for an author visit to your school. Kelly visited our school about a year and a half ago and we will someday have her back again. The students and teachers all loved her! She keeps the students captivated with her information on Bigfoot and all of her hands on things she brings for the students to look at and touch. Kelly is so personable and friendly with the students and staff, you feel like you have known her a long time. The kids also love her books and are in high demand all the time.
I met Kelly Milner-Halls two years ago a in Wisconsin at the WSRA convention. After hearing her speak to teachers and seeing her with student groups I would heartily endorse her as an author/presenter for fifth and sixth graders. I've coordinated the author/illustrator visits at my elementary school for more than a decade, encompassing more than twenty presenters and programs from the world of children's literature. We did not yet have an opportunity to include Kelly in that line-up, but will hope to do so as funds become available again.
Kelly's personable, student-focused, and entertaining approach mesmerized and intrigued everyone in her sessions. I feature her titles in the workshops I conduct for teachers and librarians on using picture books with older readers to improve engagement, comprehension, and content development/extension.
If you have the opportunity to have her visit and work with your students I urge you to pursue it.
Kelly Milner Halls visited our 5th grade classes last year to speak about her writing process. From the first minutes of introducing her, she had the kids on the edges of their seats, fully engaged in her stories about how she researches her books. She brought great props, including real dinosaur fossils, a cast of a Bigfoot footprint, and art from her books, but mostly it was her entertaining stories that kept the kids rapt, especially those of her field research and interviewing experts about her upcoming books about Sasquatch and UFOs. She was easy going and accessible, addressing the curriculum points about writing nonfiction (doing good research, crediting sources, telling a story and not just listing facts, etc.) and answering questions from the students. She really was brilliant and the books of hers that we have in our library remained checked out for the rest of the year. Several children mentioned her visit as a highlight of their year when they did year-end recollections. We'd love to have her visit again.
Kelly Milner Halls came to visit our elementary school and was a huge hit among the student body and faculty. Her presentations are incredible! She brought reproductions and relics that she actually passed around for kids to hold and examine. I've planned numerous author visits and Kelly's was by far the most informative, interactive, and student friendly. Can't wait to have her again, someday.
Students, parents and staff always have a blast with Kelly Milner Halls. I have seen her give presentations to a total of 1,000 children at three schools since 2002. Students were engaged and giggling at every presentation, no matter which book Kelly was sharing. They were in awe as she described stories connected to Tales of the Cryptids and Albino Animals. Unlike some popular authors, Kelly is humble, kid-friendly and goofy. Every library teacher in the Central Valley School District (Spokane, WA) reported that Kelly was very easy to work with and that she charged extremely reasonable fees for school visits.
"Awesome!" is the word my students used to describe Kelly's presentations at Lee Elementary School. Students, staff and parents loved her enthusiasm, kid-friendly speech, awesome artifacts (which kids are allowed to touch!) and positive personality. Many kids asked me the next day if she could come back again this year. Kelly bends over backwards to accommodate student needs, adjusting to times of day, ability and grade levels, and staff requests. She is informative and great fun. I would highly recommend her for any school.


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Technical refresher - Gift aid
Tax relief on a Gift Aid payment works by increasing the basic rate limit
Gift Aid is a scheme that allows charities and community amateur sports clubs to claim from HM Revenue & Customs the basic rate of tax their donors have paid on their money gifts. The net effect is to increase the value of donations by 25%.
Example - Peter
Peter has £42,500 of taxable income in 2019/2020, so is a higher rate taxpayer. He wishes to make a Gift
Aid payment of £2,500.
First, tax relief on a Gift Aid payment works by increasing the basic rate limit, for the tax year in which the payment is made, by the grossed-up amount. If the payment is carried back, this will apply to the previous tax year.
Second, the position in the case of Peter would be as follows:
(i) The gift is treated as made after the deemed deduction of basic rate (20%) income tax.
(ii) The gift of £2,500 is grossed up by the basic rate tax treated as paid by Peter on his payment, meaning it is divided by 0.8. The grossed-up amount would therefore be £3,125.
(iii) The basic rate tax limit (£37,500 for 2019/2020) would be increased by £3,125 to £40,625 (the basic rate limit marks the point after which higher rate tax is payable). The higher rate tax limit (£150,000) can be similarly increased in appropriate circumstances.
(iv) The effect of the increase in the basic rate limit for Peter is that £3,125 of income that would otherwise be taxed at 40% is taxed at 20%. This means that tax relief is available on £3,125, which equals £625. The rate of tax relief on the £2,500 Gift Aid payment is therefore 25%.
(v) After extending the basic rate tax band/higher rate tax band, a tax recalculation is carried out, which means that overpaid income tax and/or capital gains tax can be recovered. If the amount treated as deducted at basic rate exceeds the donor's income tax and/or capital gains tax liability for the year in question, the donor suffers tax equal to the tax on the excess.
Technical Connection
Peter's example
He has £42,500 taxable income. Peter pays £2,500 Gift Aid
£42,500 taxable income
Tax = £9,500
Gift Aid to charity = £625
(20% of £3,125)
Reduction in tax to client = £625
Total tax payable = £9,500
less £625 = £8,875
Saving: £625


First, let me be clear that I have no formal training in anthropology, archaeology, or Mesoamerican studies. I am simply a layperson who became intrigued enough by the ancient Maya to take the time to obtain a certain level of background information regarding that culture in specific, and Mesoamerica in general. I do have a masters degree, but not in this field. I do not intend any reader to simply take my word for any of the assertions I make, which is why I refer so heavily to the texts I have read. Those texts were written by the true experts. My intent is not to present myself as an expert, but simply to refer to their findings through citations and bibliography.
My interest in the topic was piqued due to past conversations with LDS believers about whether or not the Book of Mormon could reasonably be set in Mesoamerica. I realized that I did not have adequate background knowledge to make an informed judgment on that point, so began reading, starting at a basic level with Michael Coe's The Maya. After that, I was hooked, and eventually accumulated a personal library of over 30 texts devoted either specifically to the Maya, ancient Mesoamerica, or general archaeology. I always enjoyed reading about human evolution as well as religion, and the ancient Maya combined both explorations in one fascinating study. If I could understand, even at a very basic level, such a foreign society, I reasoned, it could help me to understand the core of "what it is to be human" in finding commonalities with the ancient Maya. While there are aspects of their culture that strike modern humans as barbaric, the more I read about their religion and way of life, the more persuaded I was that they were no more barbaric than any human culture, including our own. Yes, they committed human sacrifice, which is horrific, but it was an integral part of their religion and warfare, and had the effect of minimizing the number of deaths social conflicts entail. Our modern warfare results in far higher numbers of casualties. In addition, the Maya royalty were also military leaders, at the forefront of battle, at highest risk to be captured for the purposes of ritual sacrifice. Compare this to our modern political leaders, who sit behind comfortable desks making decisions that endanger the lives of thousands without the slightest risk to self. I am certainly not justifying the Maya practice of human sacrifice, but rather trying to put their "barbarity" into perspective as compared to our own.
While I spent several years obsessed with the ancient Maya and Mesoamerica, in the past year I have felt that I reached my goal of basic understanding, and have moved back towards my primary interest, human evolution in general, in particular combined with religious expression. For this reason, I intend to be somewhat restrictive in regards to how much time I will continue to invest in this personal interest.
Once having obtained a certain basic understanding of the ancient Maya, I combined this with my understanding of the Book of Mormon, which was based on reading that particular text at least once a year during the years I remained an active, believing Mormon. In addition, I have a pretty good familiarity with the current apologetic arguments defending the ancient origins of the Book of Mormon. I converted to the Mormon church at the age of 19, along with my parents and sisters, graduated from BYU, served a mission, married in the temple, had three children that I proceeded to raise as active, believing Mormons. However, after well over a decade of being an active, devout believer, I began to gradually discover the "other" side of Mormon history, initially through reading Mormon Enigma, Emma Hale Smith. Through the next several years, I obsessively read whatever I could find about early church history, and gradually lost all faith in that religion. I moved back towards my childhood roots in the Protestant faith, but the skeptical habit I had acquired while analyzing my cherished LDS beliefs was not easily discarded, nor did I want to discard it. The painful, humiliating experience of losing faith in a church I once viewed as "the only true church on the face of the earth" convinced me to remain willing to question my beliefs, no matter how basic. I eventually lost all belief in any godbeing. Today I consider myself an agnostic atheist. I am agnostic in that I do not believe it is possible to know, one way or the other, whether or not any godbeing exists, since that godbeing, by normal definition, exists outside human dimensions or comprehension, and I am atheist in that I lack belief in any godbeing.
On a personal level, I obtained a much-needed divorce shortly after leaving the LDS church. My divorce had nothing to do with my loss of faith in the LDS church. I have raised my children outside any faith, and their beliefs vary from vague theism to atheism. They have grown into delightful, intelligent young adults. I have been involved for over ten years with a man I view as my soulmate, although obviously I understand that term in a different way than LDS or other believers would. He is a fellow exmormon atheist, and while we lived most of our lives on separate sides of the American continent, it seems our lives were practically designed to bring us together one day.
Losing my faith in the LDS church was one of the most traumatic events of my life, and during that painful process, I was very grateful towards other exmormons who took the time to reach out, through the written word, to share information, experiences, and feelings with me. I desperately needed their community. The effort I have put into making this information about the Book of Mormon and ancient Mesoamerica is my way of repaying that community.


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> Dylan Alcott to compete for Golden Slam at US Open
Dylan Alcott to compete for Golden Slam at US Open
With a straight-sets win in the US Open semifinals, Dylan Alcott is just one win away from becoming the first man in history to claim a Golden Slam.
New York, USA, 12 September 2021 | Vivienne Christie
Dylan Alcott is just one win away from completing a Golden Slam at the US Open.
The world No.1 today defeated Koji Sugeno to move into a fifth quad wheelchair singles final at Flushing Meadows.
Combined with Grand Slam victories this year at the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon, as well as the gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics, Alcott has a chance to become the first man in history to claim the coveted Golden Slam.
One win away from the Golden Slam.
🇦🇺 @DylanAlcott is into the #USOpen final! pic.twitter.com/yiBksU7Dho
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 11, 2021
It took the 30-year-old Alcott 55 minutes to complete a 6-2 6-1 semifinal victory over the sixth-ranked Sugeno.
Alcott meets Niels Vink, an 18-year-old Dutch player, in tomorrow's final. Alcott's last match against Vink was in the semifinals at the Paralympic Games, where he fought for two-and-a-half hours to progress.
The world No.1 was also runner-up alongside fellow Australian Heath Davidson in the quad wheelchair doubles event.
In a rematch of the Paralympic gold medal match in Tokyo, Sam Schroder and Vink claimed a 6-3 6-2 victory over Alcott and Davidson in today's final.
The Dutch players have made rapid progress in their short time on tour. The 21-year-old Schroder upset Alcott to claim the 2020 US Open quad wheelchair singles title on debut while Vink, just 18, is making a first appearance at this event.
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[1] Dylan Alcott (AUS) d Koji Sugeno (JPN) 6-2 6-1
Quad wheelchair doubles, final
Sam Schroder(NED)/Niels Vink (NED) d [1] Dylan Alcott (AUS)/Heath Davidson (AUS) 6-3 6-2
[14] Sam Stosur (AUS)/Zhang Shuai (CHN) v [11] Cori Gauff (USA)/Caty McNally (USA)
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The increase in prices in the German real estate market continued yet again in the third quarter of 2018. Calculated on the basis of real transaction data, the property price index of the Association of German Pfandbrief Banks (vdp) advanced by 7.3% compared with the corresponding quarter one year before, after increasing by 8.3% in the second quarter and 8.8% in the first quarter.
The third quarter of 2018 saw residential property prices rise by 7.4% as an average for Germany compared with the third quarter one year before. This growth was driven in part by multi-family houses, which recorded a 6.8% rise in prices, and by owner-occupied housing, which went up in price by 8.1%. As expected, with a price increase of 8.8%, Germany's top 7 housing markets showed a stronger pace of price growth than the market as a whole. Strong increases in population over the last few years, notably in Germany's large cities and in towns and cities that are attracting new inhabitants, continue to feed the heavy demand for housing.
However, the discrepancy between the growth rates of the top 7 markets and the overall market is less pronounced than in previous quarters. Amongst other things, this is attributable to the fact that strong price increases have reached the metropolitan areas outside the top 7 cities, too, whereas the top 7 are showing signs that price growth is flattening.
Prices for commercial properties appreciated by 6.8% in the third quarter of this year. Once again, growth in this market segment is being spurred by demand for office premises. The price index here surged by 9.6%. Prices for retail premises saw a considerably more moderate development, increasing by 1.5% compared with the corresponding quarter one year earlier.
Thus, price growth remains on an upward trajectory when compared with the previous year. At the same time, growth momentum has flattened slightly in the individual market segments so far during the course of 2018.
"It is still too soon to speak of a turnaround. If this development were to continue, however, it would confirm our forecast at the beginning of the year of a slowdown in the appreciation of prices," remarked Jens Tolckmitt, Chief Executive Officer of the Association of German Pfandbrief Banks. "As before, we do not expect a hard correction in the housing market." In view of the price levels already reached, an increase of 7.4% in the German housing market continues to point to dynamic growth," Tolckmitt added.


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Karnataka Bandh: Amit Shah addresses Parivartan rally in Mysuru today
by Pallavi Parmar
Written by Pallavi Parmar
BJP National President Amit Shah visited Mysuru, Karnataka today to hold Parivartana Rally. Despite Karnataka bandh, the BJP party held its Parivaratana rally today. However, the statewide bandh has postponed the Parivartan rally of BJP national president by one and a half hour. As the rally was scheduled to take place at 2:30 pm but it started from 4 pm. Amit Shah warned that when the BJP government comes to power in Karnataka murderers of BJP-RSS worker will not spare. In today's Parivaratan rally Amit Shah talks about the recent attacks on BJP-RSS members in the state.
He said more than 20 RSS-BJP Karyakartas have murdered in the state since four years but the government of Siddaramaiah has let the murderers move freely. He added that the BJP government will bring them the justice after forming the government in the state. In Parivartan rally, Amit Shah also criticised Congress party, said the party's protest against the Triple Talaq act is politically motivated. He also said that this government is not a pro-farmer government. On the bandh across the state in Karnataka, Amit Shah held Parivartan rally ahead of the elections. The bandh in Karnataka took place over the Mahadayi water sharing dispute between Karnataka and Goa.
Amit Shah also added that in his speech around 3500 farmers have committed suicide. He criticised Siddaramaiah government said he has crossed all the boundaries of corruption. And said in Karnataka, Siddaramaiah means corruption. Also, the BJP party alleged Siddaramaiah that he rescheduled the bandh from 27th to 25th January because of the BJP rally. For the upcoming elections across the state in Karnataka, the BJP has finally started the Parivartan Rally to set development agenda. The Parivartan rally of BJP party in Karnataka has started not only to change the government but also to bring the change in the lives of the women and youth said, Amit Shah.
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Q: How do I add a strategy to Devise I'm trying to add a really simple strategy to devise, and it doesn't seem to be working.  Here is the code that I am trying to use
#config/initializers/devise.rb
Devise.setup do |config|
  config.orm = :mongo_mapper

  config.warden do |manager|
    manager.strategies.add(:auto_login_strategy) do
      def valid?
        params[:auto_login]
      end

      def authenticate!
        u = User.find(:first)
        u.nil? ? fail!("No created users") : success!(u)
      end
    end
    manager.default_strategies(:scope=>:user).unshift :auto_login_strategy
  end
end

The code is supposed to check the params for an 'auto_login' parameter, and if present, find the first user it can and log them in.  I have skipped security measures entirely to just get a basic test case working.  When I try to log into a controller that has a before_filter authenticate_user! (i.e. localhost:3000/test?auto_login=true), it can't log me in and redirects me to the login page.  What am I doing wrong?

A: You may want to try adding it directly to Warden::Strategies:
class MyStrategy
  def valid?...
  def authenticate!...
end

Warden::Strategies.add(:database_authenticatable, MyStrategy)

I did this a while ago, but then ended up not needing it. Let me know if I've remembered it correctly.

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In celebration of Mario's 35th anniversary, Nintendo has placed Super Mario All-Stars in the Switch Online service. Of course, this isn't just the same game on a new console, it's been remastered to look its best on the Switch, which you can see in a new video comparing the game on different consoles.
Nintendo is pulling out all the stops when it comes to Mario's anniversary; and while the new Super Mario 3D All-Stars is leaving something to be desired, there is still a lot for fans of the franchise to be excited about. There is a battle royale game, a redesigned theme in the Eshop, and even collectible pins to get your hands on. Obviously, all of this would be incomplete if some of the classic Mario games weren't available for the latest console, which is where All-Stars comes in.
YouTuber ElAnalistaDeBits uploaded a video comparing how the original All-Stars game compared between the SNES, Wii, and the Switch. The differences are pretty striking when they are compared side-by-side like this. Obviously, the overall look has improved over time and over the different consoles, but what's perhaps most impressive, is that the game has retained its feel from all those years ago. We would venture to guess that without this side-by-side comparison, you wouldn't notice that the quality of the visuals has improved as drastically as it has.
Perhaps this is due, in part, to the fact that the game is simply running at a much higher resolution than it previously was. The Original SNES game was running at the hilariously low—although standard for the time—resolution of 256 x 224. Today, on the Switch, it is running at the standard 1920 x 1080. Clearly, when you improve the resolution five-times over, things are going to look better, but we also suspect that there was more than just copying and pasting involved here.
Even though Mario is continuing to age, we think that he's never looked better than he has on the Switch. That being said, if Nintendo really is using Disney's concept of "the vault" to artificially increase interest in old games, then we recommend that you pick up copies of the Mario games that you want right now. Who knows, they might not be there six months from now.
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Balz Weber (ur. 20 stycznia 1981 w Schaffhausen) – szwajcarski kolarz górski, srebrny medalista mistrzostw świata i mistrz Europy.

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Największy sukces w karierze Balz Weber osiągnął w 2003 roku, kiedy reprezentacja Szwajcarii w składzie: Ralph Näf, Balz Weber, Nino Schurter i Barbara Blatter zdobyła srebrny medal w sztafecie cross-country podczas mistrzostw świata w Lugano. W tym samym składzie Szwajcarzy zwyciężyli na mistrzostwach Europy w Grazu. Na arenie krajowej zdobył między innymi złoty medal w cross-country podczas mistrzostw Szwajcarii w 2005 roku. Nigdy nie brał udziału w igrzyskach olimpijskich.

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The beautiful island of Mauritius is known for pristine beaches as one of the No.1 travel destinations voted by many throughout the world. Apart from travel and tourism, it seems fashion and shopping are fast becoming a trend with several brands rushing to hold forte in this beautiful island. Today, the World Fashion Awards (WFA) announced their launch of a brand new annual fashion week in Mauritius in front of a fully packed press conference including over 250 attendees from influencers, fashion designers, and models. The announcement took place in London and marks the official launch of MFWA – Mauritius Fashion Week and Awards which is set to take place from the 13th to the 18th of December in Mauritius.
A final schedule for Mauritius Fashion Week & Awards (MFWA) 2021 is set to be available from November on www.mauritiusfashionweek.org and will include both digital activations and physical events, adhering to Government guidelines on social distancing. The schedule will host over 30 designers including 20 womenswear, 10 menswear, and 5 accessories brands will grace the stage at the Fashion Dome on the 18th of December 2021.
The MFWA digital platform, launched in July, will continue to serve as the Official Digital Hub and will be freely accessible to everyone, industry professionals and global fashion consumers alike. The platform will host exclusive multimedia content from designers and brand partners, enabling collaboration and bringing together fashion, culture, and technology.Main Event:The main event will take place on the 18th of December at La Vallee Village from 11.00 am to 22.00 and will include; Shopping Experience:– A marquee with over 100 brands exhibiting with stands and selling directly to customers benefiting from the Christmas gifting periodAwards Ceremony:-An awards ceremony to celebrate the Best Fashion Brand, Best Fashion Outlet, Best E-commerce store, Best Bridal Brand, Model of the Year, Best Modelling Agency, Best Shoe brand, Best Fashion Brand, Best Shopping Mall, Best Jewelry Brand, Menswear Designer of the Year, Womenswear Designer of the Year, Best Hairdresser Award, Best Make-Up Artist & Best Fashion & Beauty Influencer. Catwalk Showcase:MFWA will bring together 35 womenswear, menswear & accessories brands into one schedule with a catwalk showcase using models from the Face of Mauritius nationwide model search and partnered modeling agencies.For more information. Visit: www.mauritiusfashionweek.org and to buy tickets click here
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I'm sorry for the lack of posts in the past two weeks! I've been swamped with personal errands, work, and I also just got back from a trip to Chicago! I'm back on track with my normal posting schedule, and today's post is about a new beauty box I picked up from Sephora! I picked this box up after my cousin pointed it out to me. I don't usually purchase these deluxe sample boxes because there is always only one or two products I want to try out from the entire box. However I wanted to try practically all the products in this box!
I haven't tried all of the products yet, but I did try Belif's the Aqua Bomb and Amore Pacific's Treatment Enzyme Peel - both of which I liked. I think most of the samples are pretty generous, and they give you enough product so that you can really determine if they work well with your skin. I especially love the Treatment Enzyme Peel by Amore Pacific! Only a tiny bit is needed, and I can probably get a good 10-15 uses from this one sample. The mask from Skin Inc. as you can see is really large, and I'll probably use it once or twice to see how it works on my skin and then save it for when I travel if my skin likes it. I am especially excited to try out the SKII Essence though! My only qualms about this box is the BB cream by Dr. Jart because it's in the shade medium-deep. I basically can't use it at all, but I'll probably pass it onto a friend who perhaps can use it. Also, there are three exfoliating products which I think is a bit much. I would have preferred another sample of a cream or serum in lieu of an exfoliating product. In summary, I hope to find some new favorites from this box, but overall I'm liking it as a whole and highly recommend purchasing it as it contains some great products! For $40, it's a great buy.


What a fantastic start to the year! The children have learnt about King Henry VIII and his six wives. Can you remember them all?
Below are some photos and pieces of work. Thank you to the parents who attended our Tudor Dance and Song Performance- it was lovely to see so many of you there to support your children.


Flamenco is a large private property that enjoys great privacy and an ample panoramic view thanks to its elevated position on the small hill between the two marvellous beaches of Cala Vadella and Cala Molì.
The property extends on a large plot of land with a central unit lined by two identical guest houses on opposite sides of it. A well-maintained lawn surround the attractive private pool which acts as a pivotal area for the outdoor spaces along with the various chill-out spots perfectly furnished for well deserved relaxation.
A linear and simple taste, often featured in design magazines, characterises the indoor spaces of Flamenco with an abundance of warm tones and natural materials that give off a welcoming vibe. All modern amenities are featured throughout for the utmost comfort of the guests.
Flamenco combines fundamental elements of a summer residence such as the vicinity to beaches, privacy and ample spaces making it the perfect retreat for large families or groups of friends who cherish a natural surrounding and all comforts.


I come from a long line of Christmas cookie makers. Like my mother and grandmother before me, the holidays awakens an urge in me to bake – I am talking dozens and dozens of cookies. December inevitably turns into a cookie avalanche around here. Luckily, cookies make great gifts. I give them to the neighbors and mail them out to friends and family in care packages. I also try and stash as many away in the freezer as possible so that I can serve them on Christmas day and New Year's Day. These Key Lime Snowball Cookies, however, never made it that far.
Don't get me wrong – I made plenty of these snowballs. This recipe, in fact, makes about 4 dozen. They were so delicious, though, that they were devoured before I could hide any away for gifts or for the freezer. I mean, regular snowball cookies are melt-in-your-mouth delicious anyway, but with a hint of lime, they are irresistible (and in our house, I mean that literally).
Now, I did use actual key lime in this recipe, but regular Persian limes will do the job just fine. If you can pick a sack of key limes at the grocery store, or if you are lucky enough to have a key lime tree in your backyard, that's great. If you can't find key limes or don't want to go through the trouble of tracking them down, just use regular limes. And bottled lime juice just won't work here because we're using the zest, not the juice. Let's not waste that lovely lime juice, though. Go ahead and juice those limes and then refrigerate or freeze the juice for another use. Lime juice is amazing in marinades, salad dressing, cheesecake, chili and so much more.
So if you'd like to give a little tropical flavor to your holiday baking, try these Key Lime Snowball Cookies. They will surely bring a little extra cheer to any holiday gathering.
In a dry skillet, lightly toast pecans on the stove top over medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Be sure not to burn them. Set aside to cool.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Mix in vanilla and lime zest.
Mix in the pecans and flour until well-combined.
Scoop dough into 1 1/2-inch balls, and place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 16-17 minutes, or until they lightly browned on the bottom of the cookie.
While cookies are still warm, roll them in the powdered sugar and set aside to fully cool.
When cookies are completely cool, roll again in powdered sugar.
Dust with extra powdered sugar and lime zest before serving.
Store in airtight container, or freeze.
I love the lime flavor for your awesome snowball cookies! Hope you are enjoying your week and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
I haven't tried making it without nuts, but I think it would work. You could also try substituting sweetened coconut flakes for the nuts. If you try it without nuts, please let me know how it turns out!
Can you use walnuts in place of pecans?
Yes, I think that would work just fine. If you try it, please let me know how they turn out.
Thanks. for the snowball cookie recipe. I liked the lime taste and I did use walnuts. It turned out fine. I'am used to using walnuts in many of my recipes. I had a. Hungry crew to feed and the cookies didn't last long at all. My guests had no idea what they were. Nevertheless, they were worth making. I guess, I'll have. To make them more often. I will try coconut instead of walnuts next time. Thanks again and have a great weekend.
I'm glad you liked them. I think coconut would go very well with the lime.
Please check your directions carefully for typos. My sister was going crazy trying to figure it out. I made an assumptions but I would like to know if I was correct. Thanks!!
I checked my directions and I don't see any typos. Can you please tell me what you think is a typo so I can fix it? Thanks!
I think I found the typo and went ahead and corrected it. Thanks for letting me know!


Lake Youngs Elementary PTSA is proud to present our ' Special Needs' Spring Auction May 4th 2019 at the Fairwood Country Club starting at 6pm. Past auctions have helped us raise thousands of dollars used to support programs and activities such as the Grizzly Reader Club, Science Fair, Art Docent program, staff appreciation, class field trips, grade-level & classroom grants, family Fun nights, talent show and so much more. This year we are proud to raise money for our 'special needs' students at Lake Youngs Elementary School, which will enable us to make sure every child can reach their full potential.


Although it's only the second week of April, the Weatherly Wreckers have in all likelihood played their final baseball game of the season.
Faced with a growing number of injuries that have left them without nine healthy bodies to send out onto the field, team members and school officials met Friday to discuss their options.
The least desireable outcome from that meeting became the only real choice the Wreckers had.
"Based on the injuries, we have taken steps into moving toward not completing the season," Weatherly athletic director Scott Zoscin said Friday evening.
Zoscin said just nine players signed up to play prior to the season. He convinced three others to join the team, two of which had little or no baseball experience.
"We had the kids. We had 12 players when we were healthy," said Zoscin, who noted that four of those athletes were first-year varsity baseball players.
Three major injuries took out two starters and a reserve so far this season, leaving the Wreckers with just nine players, and one of those was not yet cleared to play after being injured himself earlier this season. Only eight were going to be able to suit up for today's scheduled game against MMI Prep, forcing that game to be postponed Friday.
course of action would be to call an end to the season with 14 games remaining on the Wreckers' 20-game schedule.
"The injuries we had were major injuries, and we have no idea when these players will be cleared to play," Zoscin said. "The last thing we want to do is put kids in a bad spot.
Weatherly's 2018 baseball season ended on a sour note last spring. The Wreckers qualified for the District 11 playoffs, but opted out of their first-round playoff game when they didn't have nine players to send out of the dugout. The game fell on the same day as the school's senior trip, and without those seniors the Wreckers couldn't field a team.
Despite their lack of numbers, the 2019 Wreckers gave their all this season for head coach Mike Baran, completing their first six games. Included in that was an 8-2 win over Mahanoy Area nine days ago. The Wreckers were 1-5 through those first six games, 1-3 in Schuylkill League Division III play, with all five losses ending via the 10-run rule.
Zoscin said the next step is to talk with District 11 Chairman Bob Hartman, and determine what the district's course of action is. He said he will be doing that over the weekend, and a final decision will rendered after that.


The official website for the One-Punch Man anime revealed a new promotional video for the anime's second season on Tuesday, and Bandai Namco Arts is also streaming an English-subtitled version. The video previews JAM Project 's opening theme song "Seijaku no Apostle" (The Silent Apostle; Note: The English-subtitled video gives the song's English title as "Uncrowned Greatest Hero").
The anime will premiere with a television special on TV Tokyo , TV Osaka , and TV Aichi on April 2. Viz Media will start streaming the first subtitled episode as a Hulu exclusive on April 9, "the same day as Japanese broadcast." The anime's website describes the April 2 airing in Japan as the "broadcast premiere commemorative special." Viz Media stated that "details and availability in the U.S. are currently unavailable" for the April 2 special announced in Japan.
The anime's website also lists the streaming services AnimeLab for Australia and New Zealand, Anime Digital Network for France, Anime on Demand for Germany and Austria, and Youku for Mainland China. It will be available streaming in Japan on 24 services, including Nico Nico Live Stream, Netflix , and Amazon Prime Video .
In addition, Hikaru Midorikawa will play the character Garou, and Masaya Matsukaze will play Suiryū.
Chikara Sakurai ( Magimoji Rurumo , episode director for Naruto Shippūden ) is replacing Shingo Natsume to direct the season at J.C. Staff ( Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma , Children of the Whales ). Madhouse animated the first season.
Yoshikazu Iwanami ( Girls und Panzer , JoJo's Bizarre Adventure ) is replacing Shoji Hata as sound director. Chikashi Kubota ( Corpse Princess: Aka , FLCL 2 ) is returning to design the characters, and Tomohiro Suzuki ( ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. ) is again in charge of series composition. Makoto Miyazaki ( Triage X , Dragon Crisis! ) is also returning to compose the music. Makoto Furukawa , the voice actor for protagonist Saitama, will perform the ending theme song "Chizu ga Nakutemo Modoru kara," (Even Without a Map, I'll Return).
Viz Media acquired the master license to the second anime season, including digital streaming, TV broadcast, electronic sell-through, home media, and merchandising rights for North America, Latin America and Oceania.
Madhouse and director Shingo Natsume 's first 12-episode anime season based on ONE and Yuusuke Murata 's One-Punch Man manga aired in Japan from October-December 2015. Viz Media and Daisuki both streamed the series outside of Japan as it aired. The anime premiered with an English dub on Adult Swim 's Toonami block in July 2016. Viz Media released the first season on home video in North America.


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So what will this funding allow for?
Jaime Yallup Farrant is utilising the crowdfunding model to give us her time and expertise FULL TIME, to work here in WA to inspire and facilitate a groundswell of civil society action, protecting our children and future generations from dangerous climate change and environmental degradation, whilst bringing forth a sustainable, just and fulfilling world.
To educate, inspire and inform the public about environmental sustainability, including the interconnection between environmental degradation, climate change and social injustice.
To deliver public events, workshops, training and symposia on issues of environmental sustainability and climate change encouraging personal and collective responsibility.
To encourage the preservation of the natural habitat and our ecological systems by consulting with individuals, organisations and communities, brokering knowledge and relationships across diverse groups and sectors of society. Engaging with industry and policymakers to ensure strong emissions reductions and environmentally sustainable practices.
To facilitate alternative narratives to fossil fuel based development and society. With a particular focusing on narratives which preserve our natural ecological systems and are culturally secure for Aboriginal cultures.
To keep updated on what's been happening and what's planned follow the blog posts on this site and email jaime@rraft.com.au for more info.
Hi. I admire your courage and commitment, but I don't feel I can support you financially without more information about exactly what you intend to do. The points above all seem extremely vague.
Thanks for your message and I totally understand your concern. In coming weeks we'll be doing more work on articulating the aims and activities of the campaign and expand this website.
It will include working on a range of initiatives, many I'm already working on, some of which I'm not totally clear of as they will be in response to particular circumstances such as the IPCC report.
Leading educational program's in the community (both youth and adults) encouraging effective personal and collective actions to address climate change.
Working alongside 350.org to increase the effectiveness of the divestment campaign and community mobilisation for the Summer Heat Campaign.
Facilitating increased collaboration between environmental and social justice groups.
Working with the WA Climate Change Roundtable in it's political lobbying and public education campaigns.
Facilitating collaboration between scientists, educators, policy advisors and activists.
Develop the leadership skills of activists and young people wanting to make a difference in this area (I'm an executive leadership coach and organisational change facilitator).
Working with senior management of social justice NGO's to assist them in connecting the dots between their organisational aims and advocating for effective policies in regard mitigating and adapting to climate change.
Working with special interest groups to see the connections between climate change and their aims and to find effective actions they can take which will have the biggest impact.
Working with senior child advocates and aboriginal elders to create a national circle of elders willing to advocate loudly and clearly for urgent actions protecting current and future generations of children.
Mobilising the community around Fracking including supporting No Fracking WAy and working alongside aboriginal communities in the north west of WA.
Working with institutions and companies to decrease their environmental impacts and increase their advocacy for climate change action.
There are many other initiatives I'm already involved in and which will expand. However the ultimate aim of the year will be to shift our community in the direction of leaving at least 80% of fossil fuel reserves in the ground and to transition to a low carbon society which is just and equitable for current and future generations.
Ps. I'm also a trained drama practitioner so will be looking at where art and creativity can be used to educate, inspire and transform our understanding of climate change and our relationship to the world. Having checked out some of your blog it would be interesting to hear your ideas or hear of work you may know of that's already working in that space.
Ultimately climate change and our reluctance or inability to act is a failure in our sense of place in the world. Having worked with Aboriginal elders to address this (which I'll continue to do) it would be great to explore further creative processes for developing our sense of place and restoring our relationships with the natural world.
I think your initiative sounds great and I'm keen to support. I'm just wondering if you could elaborate more on what you will contribute that isn't already being done by the multitude of groups and orgs in this sector? How can you, a single person (albeit a highly skilled and competent one), achieve something that lots of those other orgs, with loads of personpower, either can't or haven't achieved yet?
Hi Katrina and thanks for your query.
Most groups working in this space are constrained by their capacity. There is so much more to do than we have capacity for – so having an extra person on board is always useful. Part of my work will be building the grass roots movement. Finding opportunities for everyday folk to get involved and assisting folk in placing their energy where it will have the biggest impact.
I also bring a different perspective to many campaigners. As a social justice advocate and practitioner I have different networks and I'll be looking to network the different groups and disciplines together.
I'm a highly trained cultural change practitioner, leadership coach and communications specialist. Those skills are required in the climate movement. Being committed to an outcome doesn't mean we'll achieve it, however I also focus on how we can be effective, both personally and as a network – so I'm sure those skills will be useful.
We have so many diverse groups already working in the space as you mentioned in your question however we haven't been effective in working collaboratively – so that is an area I am to focus on. If those of us working for a just and sustainable future can combine our resources we can increase our collective power and that has to be a good thing.
I've also just added another post titled Launch Day which explores further some of what I'll be up to in coming weeks.


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Home Views and Opinions Liverpool FC – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – Week...
Liverpool FC – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – Week 33
Liverpool win against the Saints, but conceding first, pretty it ain't. A youngster continues to wait for his chance, is the club leading them a merry dance? Klopp talks about the Munich seat, but Jürgen you still have work to do here you twit! The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, another week reviewed at the world's favourite football club Liverpool F.C.
Coming back from a goal down to beat Southampton 1-3. Liverpool continue their habit of making things difficult for themselves, and sending the fans home with more grey hair and less finger nails than they came with.
True to form the Reds fell behind for the third time in the last four games. This time to a Shane Long effort after only nine minutes. To be fair to Southampton, it looked as if they might have be able to thwart Jürgen Klopp's men.
Naby Keita equalised with a header 10 minutes before the break but Ralph Hasenhuttl's men stood firm long into the second half. It wasn't until the 81st minute that Mo Salah scored his 50th goal for Liverpool to give the visitors the lead.
Jordan Henderson's tap in after running the length of the pitch on 86 minutes put the game beyond doubt. The captains celebration was one of relief, ecstasy and a battle cry, all rolled into one matching the elation of the fans.
Hendo changed this game when he came on. A real captains performance when we needed it!
… And I love that celebration!!! #ThisMeansMore
🎶 LIVERPOOL TOP OF THE LEAGUE, LIVERPOOL, LIVERPOOL TOP OF THE LEAGUE!!! 🎶 #LFC #YNWA #SOULIV pic.twitter.com/uZKfjehMfx
— Samantha Quek (@SamanthaQuek) April 5, 2019
The form of young Harry Wilson not being rewarded with a first team chance. The 22 year-old has scored again at the weekend whilst on loan for Derby County as covered by the LFC official site. 14 goals don't lie.
That's more than Divock Origi has scored since he has started playing for Liverpool I'd say – without even looking at the stats. I'm that confident.
There are times when Liverpool are crying out for another striking option and I struggle to see what Klopp's obsession is with the Belgian. Daniel Sturridge is constantly left on the sidelines.
Rhian Brewster, despite the fact that he's been injured, I couldn't see getting a chance if he was fit. If there is even a semi-Bad injury to Salah or Sadio Mané, the team are screwed.
If the team fails to win the league this season they'd only have themselves to blame. Seven draws will be the deciding factor.
Right now there appears to be talk of yet another loan spell for Wilson next season. Why? And how much will the club pay for another striker if they shop in the summer?
#Liverpool #lfc @LFC to loan out Harry Wilson next season? https://t.co/gi0U3dVtj8 #Wilson #HarryWilson @BBCSport @DeadlineDayLive
— eyefootball.com (@eyefootball) March 7, 2019
Jürgen Klopp has taken a look out of the Anfield window at the possibility of managing Bayern Munich. In a story from Talk Sport, the Liverpool manager failed to rule out a move to the Allianz Arena
Basically, football is like this: The opportunity has to be right, and the timing has to be right…
The 51 year-old ruled out the possibility of managing the Bundesliga leaders when recently asked.
What I find surprising about this, is that he even bothered to answer the question. Klopp is quoted as saying "Basically, football is like this: The opportunity has to be right, and the timing has to be right…"
But on reflection, I don't believe Klopp's statement is the real issue here. One has to ask why this was even published by Talksport. In my opinion this is simply another example of biased reporting which is intended to court controversy. The popular press' wish to Liverpool fail goes on.
My question to the writer would be: of what relevance is this? And why is it thought to be so newsworthy now? It's just another example of the press wanting to cause a disturbance among Liverpool fans in order to create instability.
Jurgen #Klopp refuses to rule out managing Bayern Munich 'if the timing is right' but says he is happy at Liv#FCBayern 🇩🇪 #Bundesliga https://t.co/x9ta65sfpX
— ⚽ Football News (@footy90com) April 7, 2019
Who could Pep Guardiola be managing next? Perhaps this question could have been considered. Or is this only something relevant for Liverpool? If this article was written on traditional paper, I think it'd be used toilet paper by now, let alone fish and chip paper as per the old adage.
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