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Train your precast plant employees on the essentials of powered industrial truck safety and best practices with the all-new NPCA Safety video at precast.org/safety. NPCA file photo.
Understanding best practices and strategies for safely operating forklifts prevents accidents in the precast plant.
Of all the industrial equipment available today, forklifts are arguably one of the most important tools for any precast plant. Whether indoors or outdoors, forklifts are vital in most precast operations and an integral part of our industry.
A forklift is a powerful tool when used by a well-trained operator, allowing workers to move and organize heavy materials in the precast plant and yard. However, forklifts can expose workers to serious hazards that can result in injuries and in some cases even death if precautions are not taken.
OSHA estimates 35,000 serious injuries and 62,000 nonserious injuries involving forklifts occur annually. Further, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows 96 workers were killed in incidents involving forklifts in 2015. OSHA estimates 11% of all forklifts are involved in accidents every year and that forklift injuries, in general, account for nearly 25% of injuries in the workplace. Many workplace accidents involve overturned forklifts or people being hit or run over by forklift trucks; typically, when the forklift is in reverse.
Learning the safe way to operate a forklift and other powered industrial trucks (PIT) is a vital part of safety training for precast plants.
Forklifts are regulated under OSHA's Powered Industrial Trucks Standard (29 CFR 1910.178). The rule includes safety requirements relating to fire protection, design, maintenance and use of forklifts and other specialized industrial trucks powered by electric motors or internal combustion engines.
In a car or truck, the front wheels steer the vehicle. However, a forklift has the steering wheels in the rear. The rear end of the forklift swings in a circle around the front wheels that support most of the load.
Whether the forklift will safely carry a load or tip forward can be determined by finding the moment about the fulcrum caused by the supported load. The moment equals the distance from the fulcrum to the center of gravity of the supported load multiplied by the weight of the supported load. If the moment of the forklift is greater than the load, then the forklift will safely carry the load. It is critical that all forklifts have a visible and legible capacity plate, and the operator comprehends the capacity limits of the vehicle.
Forklifts have a stability triangle. The sides of the triangle are formed by the center of each front wheel and the center of the rear wheel, or at the center of the axle, if there are two rear wheels. A vertical line extending from the center of gravity of the vehicle-load combination must be inside of the stability triangle to prevent the forklift from tipping forward, falling sideways or dropping its load.
Proper training to ensure each operator understands the dynamics of the forklift(s) they operate is a critical component to safety in the precast plant.
OSHA's Powered Industrial Trucks Standard (29 CFR 1910.178) establishes that each operator must be competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by successfully completing the training and evaluation outlined in the standard.
OSHA requires training programs combine both formal instruction, such as lectures and written material, with practical training and a workplace performance evaluation.
Each operator should be trained on the actual forklift that he/she will operate. As forklifts get larger, they operate differently. As you go from model to model, they operate differently. Operators should be mindful of the differences between various types and models of forklifts and lift trucks.
Forklift operators must follow safe operating rules at all times. Operators must always maintain control of the forklift, keep proper lookout and operate the forklift at speeds safe for the operation and worksite conditions.
Look in the direction of travel. When reversing, look behind.
A powered industrial truck is considered unattended when the operator is 25 feet or more away from the vehicle, even if the forklift remains in view. A forklift is also considered unattended when the operator leaves the vehicle and it is not in view.
Select an area to park. Do not park in an unauthorized area. Do not block an aisle or exits. Follow your company's parking procedures.
Turn the key off and stop the engine. Remove the key.
Observe all traffic regulations, including authorized plant speed limits.
Maintain a safe distance, approximately three truck lengths from the truck ahead, and keep truck under control at all times.
Separate forklift and pedestrian traffic as much as possible.
Don't jump. Stay in the forklift.
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"I find the landscape very inspiring," says Rachel, who has continually revisited the area for more than 50 years.
She had always had a desire to become an artist since childhood, which ultimately led her to study at the Royal College of Art from where she graduated from in 1966.
On leaving Rachel became a full-time professional artist, which was quite a feat for a woman at that time when like in many areas of life, art was male dominated.
Career highlights include winning the prestigious Sainsbury Award in 1966, having her first solo show in London in 1976, then being appointed as the City Sculptor for Portsmouth in 1979, and being commissioned for the Jubilee sculpture in Winchester in 2003.
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Trump tells Mar-a-Lago special master that he got to decide which White House documents were his to keep
By Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN
Updated 12:52 PM EST, Mon November 14, 2022
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Former President Donald Trump argued in a newly public court filing that a president gets to decide whether records from his White House are personal documents – and that he had decided that all the records he took to Mar-a-Lago were in fact his personal property.
The argument is Trump's latest legal bid to hold off parts of the criminal investigation into sensitive records kept at his Florida resort and home after he left the White House.
The Justice Department responded by saying that Trump's legal theory for when he can deem records from his White House as personal is wrong.
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"Plaintiff may not designate records qualifying as 'Presidential Records' under the Presidential Record Act … as his 'personal' records simply by saying so," the department said, adding that such a theory would "nullify" the purpose of the law.
The assertions came in dueling "global issues" briefs that Trump and DOJ filed last week under seal to lay out their big picture arguments about how special master Raymond Dearie, a senior judge in Brooklyn, should approach his review of the materials the FBI seized from Trump's Florida home in August.
US District Judge Aileen Cannon – who appointed Dearie to conduct a third-party review of what documents should be withheld from investigators because of privilege issues – unsealed a redacted version of the briefs on Monday.
The Justice Department told the special master that prosecutors should be allowed to use nearly 2,800 documents in its criminal probe while the remaining privilege disputes are hashed out.
That would mean criminal investigators could get access to most of the documents taken from the former president's Florida resort that are still in dispute, while privilege issues are resolved over one document Trump claims is covered by attorney-client privilege and more than 121 documents he says are shielded by executive privilege, according to the new DOJ filing.
Trump has sought to categorize "several hundred" seized records as his personal records, the Justice Department said. While attacking his logic for doing so, the department also argued that even if the records are personal, they should not be withheld from the federal criminal investigation into alleged mishandling of materials from Trump's White House found at Mar-a-Lago.
The former president argued that if the federal government disagreed with how Trump has designated the records as personal, it would have to sue him.
"Plaintiff was authorized to – and did in fact – designate the seized materials as personal records while he served as President," Trump's legal team wrote. "President Trump was still serving his term in office when the documents at issue were packed, transported, and delivered to his residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Thus, when he made a designation decision, he was President of the United States; his decision to retain certain records as personal is entitled to deference, and the records in question are thus presumptively personal."
The special master's review of the disputed documents – which amount to roughly 22,000 pages – does not encompass looking at documents from Mar-a-Lago that were marked as classified. Those are being looked at by intelligence authorities and criminal prosecutors.
Sparring over executive privilege
In addition to its rebuke of what Trump considers to be personal records, the department also countered assertions from Trump that if Dearie rejects Trump's argument that a document is a personal record, the former president could then assert executive privilege over the document. "The Special Master should not indulge this type of gamesmanship," the department wrote.
The department also pushed again that Trump be required to declare under oath whether the government accurately described what it took from Mar-a-Lago.
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This would put the former president on the spot to back up public, out-of-court statements suggesting the FBI planted evidence in the search. Trump's lawyers have resisted requests that he authenticate the government's description of what it seized from his resort.
In the new filing, the department pointed to the previous move by Cannon to block a requirement for such a declaration. She did so at the time based on the principle that Trump had not had a chance to review the seized materials, DOJ noted.
"Now that Plaintiff has reviewed the seized materials and claimed the overwhelming majority of them to be his personal records, considerations of fairness, integrity, and evenhandedness require Plaintiff to do what the government has done – namely, verify the property inventory or correct it if he believes it to be in error," prosecutors said.

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Infected Blood Inquiry told parents at Lord Mayor Treloar College had 'little involvement' in treatment
Several pupils who attended the Lord Mayor Treloar College in Hampshire were treated with infected blood
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Disabled pupils at a specialist school were given infected blood while their parents were unaware of their treatment programmes, an inquiry heard.
Several pupils who attended the Lord Mayor Treloar College in Holybourne, Hampshire, in the 1970s and 80s were given treatment at an on-site NHS centre while receiving their education.
But it later transpired that many of the pupils who had the condition haemophilia, which has no cures and impairs the body's ability to make blood clots, were given blood products - including plasma - which were infected with hepatitis and HIV.
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Out of 89 children who attended the school in the 1980s, less than a quarter of former pupils are still alive.
The Infected Blood Inquiry, an independent investigation into the thousands of people who were infected with HIV and hepatitis after receiving blood transfusions in the 1970s and 80s, began its hearings into the school earlier today.
In the first day of evidence involving the school, Jenni Richards QC read out extracts from letters dated from the 1970s.
The letters were communications between doctors who treated the children in their hometowns and the headmaster of the school or the haemophilia centre.
Ms Richards also read out extracts of statements given to the inquiry by parents or relatives of pupils who attended.
She said: "Close contact was usually maintained between the centre and the school, and the home centre, and there are many examples of detailed letters being written, for example, by Dr Aronstam (a consultant haematologist at the centre) to the treating clinician explaining what bleeds there had been in a term, what treatment there had been, making suggestions or recommendations for treatments during holidays when the responsibility would rest with the home haemophilia clinician.
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"What's striking is the absence of any similar or equivalent communications to parents. It's very much a dialogue undertaken both at an early stage, as we've seen through these materials, and then throughout the boys' attendance at the school between the clinicians, with little involvement of parents that we have been unable to detect from the documents and written statements we have received."
Established in 1908 as a school that gave disabled children a better chance at education while receiving medical treatment they might need, the Lord Mayor Treloar College, has since re-branded as Treloar's.
It was originally a boys' school but then merged with a girls' school in 1978 to become co-educational.
From 1956, boys with haemophilia began attending the school. After it was discovered pupils had been given infected blood plasma, the NHS clinic at the school closed.
Throughout this week, the inquiry will hear evidence from former pupils, a parent of a former pupil and the former headteacher at the Lord Mayor Treloar College.
A statement from Treloar's said it was "completely supportive of the campaign for truth, answers and justice by our former pupils".
It added: "The students who attended, and were harmed, at the NHS clinic in the 1970s and 1980s are from a school community which is very close and where lifelong bonds are formed.
"This is a matter of great sorrow to us and we will continue to support the campaign for answers. It is our hope that the public inquiry into the use of infected blood products will finally establish the facts."
The Infected Bloody Inquiry began in 2018 and its final report is expected to be published in 2022 or 2023.
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Lowe MENA wins Abu Dhabi Media
Lowe MENA has acquired the creative and strategic duties for one of the UAE's largest media companies – Abu Dhabi Media. The scope of work for the media giant will comprise brand and tactical communication for its diverse platform, across the MENA region.
Abu Dhabi Media operates through a wide spectrum of entities that spread across the broadcasting, publishing and digital media sectors. The company is known for its flagship television channels, such as Al Emarat and its range of Abu Dhabi channels. It also comprises leading publications such as Al Ittihad, The National and Zahrat Al Khaleej, in addition to radio stations such as Emarat and Star FM.
"We identified Lowe MENA as a suitable and strong creative partner," said Shamma Abdulaziz Al Khazraji, Deputy Executive Director for Commercial Operations and Marketing. "We were looking for an agency that had a deep understanding of the region, and could effectively communicate the individual stories for each of the brands that complete Abu Dhabi Media. Lowe MENA fit that bill perfectly."
Joseph Makhoul, General Manager of Lowe MENA, said it was a proud moment for the agency to welcome back a great client. "It's an excellent achievement to revive a partnership with a former client. We collaborated with Abu Dhabi Media between 2008 and 2010, and we are very excited to partner with this media powerhouse once again. We look forward to creating some interesting work together."
About Lowe MENA:
Lowe MENA is a full-service advertising agency that's part of Mullen Lowe Group – one of the world's leading advertising networks. Known for its creative focus, the agency specializes in developing 'populist creativity' and boasts an array of impressive clients. Lowe MENA operates under the Middle East Communication Network (MCN) within the MENA region.
Contact: Joseph Makhoul, General Manager, Lowe MENA.
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Pomorska Street is an important street in downtown Bydgoszcz.

Location
Pomorska Street is roughly oriented south–north, starting from Gdańska Street up to the railway line to the north. It crosses important thoroughfares, such as Śniadeckich Street, Cieszkowski Street or Swiętojańska street.

Naming
Through history, the street had the following names:
 Before 1920, "Der weg nach Schwetz" (Road to Świecie), then "Rinkauerstraße" (from Rinkau --, a village north of Bromberg)
 1920–1939, Ulica Pomorska (southern part)-Ulica Szczecińska (northern part)
 1939–1945, Robert Ley Straße
 since 1945, Ulica Pomorska

Current namesake of the street comes from the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.

History

The axis has since long been the path linking Bydgoszcz to Świecie, , hence its name on one of the first recorded maps from 1800, "Der weg nach Schwetz" (The road to Świecie).

In fact, this path was an historical thoroughfare, existing before Gdańska Street, much like the way Dworcowa Street came to existence. During the second part of the 19th century, the growing extension of the city led to the shaping of the avenue, called Rinkauerstraße under Prussian rule.

In 1867, with a new territory extension of the city, the whole street was comprised within the municipal area. Its northern tip "Verlängerte Rinkauerstraße" (Extended Rinkauer street) was the location of Prussian army barracks, : the Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 148 was part of the 41st Division in the pre-World War I organization.

After the end of World War I and the rebirth of Poland, the street has been renamed "Pomorska" in its southern part and "Szczecińska" in its northern part (old Extended Rinkauer street), where the 61st Infantry Regiment () was billeted.

During World War II, Nazi authorities renamed the avenue Robert Ley Straße. At the end of the conflict, the street got back its original calling, along its whole length.

Main places and buildings

Alexander Timm House at 17 Gdańska Street, corner with Pomorska Street
Built in 1852 by B. Brinkmann, and 1910 by O.F.W. Muller

Eclecticism & Neoclassicism.

At the time of its erection, it was the largest habitation house in Bydgoszcz.

Tenement at 1, corner with 2 Dworcowa Street
1884, by Karl Bergner

Eclecticism

This corner house has been commissioned by Mr Jäfel, a lithograph. In 1908, a drugstore run by Dr Aurel Kratz opened there: he was also selling goods for cameras until World War I. He then moved to Friedrichstraße.

The building is on a triangular footprint plot, a challenge for the designer. It displays a nice bay window on the corner facade. The first floor windows, around the bay-window are more adorned than others with flanking pilasters topped with corbels and a frieze of ornaments. The second floors windows are capped by triangular pediments and have also small corbels and pilasters. The 3rd level openings are only flanked by clean pilasters and pediment topped. A line of designed corbels runs beneath the roof.

Wilhelm ßiehl tenement, at 3
Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, Nr.727947, Reg.A/1530, April 4, 2009

1878

Eclecticism & Neo-renaissance

The house was commissioned by Wilhelm ßiehl, a baker, who lived in Bahnhofstraße. At this time, it was one of the first habitation building to be erected in the street. Wilhelm ßiehl had the tenement rebuilt in 1895 to accommodate more tenants.

The facade, renovated in 2015, displays features of Neo-renaissance style: symmetry, recurrent motifs such as vegetal garlands and pediments on first level windows, series of corbels supporting the roof, thin topping frieze. Openings at ground floor have an ornamental decor repeating all along their frame.

Carl Lachmann tenement, corner house at 1 Podolska Street
1906–1908

German Historicism

The house was commissioned by Carl Lachman, a butcher, owner of a company producing meat, the Gebrüder Lachmann seated at nearby Bahnhofstraße 95a (now Nr.8).
Present corner was located at Rinkauerstraße 4/Buchholzstraße 1.

The facade, renovated in 2015, reminds of the realizations of Fritz Weidner, a fertile architect in Bydgoszcz between 1897 and the 1930s. He designed famous houses in the city, such as in Gdańska Street (28, 79, 34) or at 2 Śniadeckich Street. The house presents forms of German historicism, in a transitional phase between the eclecticism and secession style. Both elevations are purposefully designed on asymmetry, as a means of architectural expression, like the gables' shape, the only bay window in the corner or even the location of the entry gate.
Care have been put in the adornment of the latter, in the complexity, both, of the door itself and the rich ornament framing the gate.

Albert Voigt Tenement, at 5
Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, Nr.601394, Reg.A/996, February 4, 1992

1896, by Józef Józef Święcicki

Eclecticism

The house was commissioned by Albert Voigt, a railway clerk. In 1910, a restaurant was run there by Christian Rollauer.
In 1923, the building renovated by families Rodziewiczówna and Grzymala-Siedlecki was the first place to house a charity kitchen managed by the Union of Poles from the Eastern Borderlands (). Its goal was to help the displaced Poles victims of the borders changes after the Peace of Riga with USSR. After 1925 the kitchen, led by Anna von Helmersen, living at 12 Jan and Jędrzej Śniadeckich Street, moved to 17 Cieszkowskiego Street. Today, the tenement houses among others, associations Wujek Porada and Siedlisko, helping out people with alcoholism problems. The edifice underwent a rehabilitation in 2007.

Among corner buildings of Pomorska Street, this house stands out as it is not built according to a rectangular, but a triangular footprint (like the tenement at Nr.1): Józef Swiecicki met the requirement, perfectly creating a neo-baroque building skillfully closing the junction with Podolska street. The richness of the architecture echoes those displayed on other tenement by the same architect in the city, such as the Hotel "Pod Orlem" from 1896 or the Tenement at Freedom Square 1 from 1898.
In particular some elements are to be underlined:
- balconies on Pomorska facade with wrought iron balustrade;
- lion masks motifs on the corner of the house;
- angel faces with wings ornamenting all facades.
The facade giving onto Podolska street has got more Neo-renaissance features.

Building at 6
1934, by Mieczysław Krąkowski

Functionalism

The edifice has been commissioned in the 1930s by the Polish Telephone Joint-stock Company or PAST () to host the local seat of Bydgoszcz. There were working the switchboard operator, mainly women, manually connecting local and/or distant calls.

The functionalist forms display smooth façades lined with ceramic tiles in its lower part. The entrance is supported by pillars and the wrought iron main door is decorated with a geometric pattern.

Tenement at 7A, corner house with 1 Zduny Street
1893–1894

Eclecticism

August Schild, a cooper had his barrel workshop and storage there from 1895 to 1903 (ancient address "Rinkauerstraße 7"). In 1904, Ignace Sergot, a painter, moved there from 13 Jan and Jędrzej Śniadeckich Street; he lived there until the middle of the 1920s.

This corner building displays various architectural elements of decoration on its facades, from triangular and half-circled pediments, to pilasters flanking the window openings, from discrete balustrades to prominent corbels under the roof.
Worth mentioning are the two massive balconies overhanging streets crossing, with salient balusters and consoles.

Tenement at 11
1911

Eclecticism-Art Nouveau

Apparently, the house (with ancient address "Rinkauerstraße 9") has been commissioned by Carl Kretschmer, a copper craftsman, specialized in building machines and pipes. In 1925, Mr. Jasiemicz, a master painter, lived there: the firm he worked for was established in 1835.

The facade displays typical features of Art Nouveau architecture: simplified motifs, wavy shapes, floral ornaments. This elevation echoes facades from architect Erich Lindenburger one can find on Dworcowa Street, at Nr.45 and 47 (both from 1906). A recent refurbishment of the house has given it back its colors and architectural details.

Tenement at 12
1889–1890

Eclecticism

The first landlord of this building at then "Rinkauerstraße 60" was Julius Wernick: he lived there and owned as well the abutting building (at Nr.14).

The facade, renovated in 2017–2018, displays eclectic features. In particular, one can highlight the pedimented windows and the avant-corps flanking the entrance door.

Tenement at 14
1899–1901

Eclecticism

Although the plot was built prior to the current building (e.g. owner Ludwig Posorski, a locksmith in 1885), the actual edifice had Julius Wernick for first landlord. He lived at Nr.12.

The facade displays many architectural details:
- a gate flanked with pilasters with corbels;
- 1st floor windows topped with curved pediments, adorned with vegetal motifs;
- 2nd floor windows feature rectangular pediments, with ornaments.
A series of corbels tops the elevation.

Fire Station building, at 16/18
Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, Nr.601395, Reg.A/860/1-2, November 24, 1994

1909

Eclecticism-Art Nouveau

The facade displays typical features of Art Nouveau architecture: simplified motifs, wavy shapes, floral ornaments. This elevation echoes facades from architect Erich Lindenburger one can find on Dworcowa Street, at Nr.45 and 47 (both from 1906).

A refurbishment of the building in 2015 has given it back its colors and architectural details.

Tenement at 17
1880s

Eclecticism, Neo-renaissance

The tenement at then "Rinkauerstraße 11" was first the property of Eduard Tapper, a rentier.
In the interwar years, it was the address of a painting firm "Jasiewicz i Syn" (Jasiewicz & son), run by Martin Jaciewicz. Their neighbor was Friedrich Steinborn, a tailor.

The building, though in bad shape, keeps some remnants of its initial architectural cachet: symmetry of the facade, recurrent motifs such as vegetal garlands and pediments on first level windows and slight avant-corps to underline the frontage.

Tenement at 19
20th century

The present house, somehow ordinary, is located on a plot where has been standing a cabaret in the 1920s (Bi-Ba-Bo) and the 1930s (Oaza). At that time, the numbering of the street was still echoing the old Prussian one, even though street names changed (from "Rinkauerstraße" to "Pomorska street"): hence the address of the cabaret at Nr.12, now Nr.19.

Corner house with Śniadeckich Street
1893

Eclecticism-Neo-Renaissance

August Freitwald, a master shoemaker, owned this building which address was then Elisabethstraße 51 until 1910.

The architecture reflects main features of end of 19th century Eclecticism, so present in the streets of Bydgoszcz (e.g. Dworcowa Street, Gdańska Street). One can notice a lot of motifs adorning windows, those on the first floor are topped with triangular pediments containing angel faces. Corbels are present on the second floor and at the top of the facade, supporting the roof.

Corner house with Śniadeckich Street
1891

Eclecticism & Neo-Renaissance

August Freitwald, a master shoemaker owned this building which address was then Elisabethstraße 49a.

The architecture of Nr.20 mirrors somehow the one of the tenement across the street at Nr.18: main differences are located on the corner with a grand pediment crowning the top and a large bay window-balcony over the main entry. The topping pediment has a globe with the house completion date.

Tenement at 24
1904–1905

Historicism & forms of Northern Mannerism

Gustav ßibbe, a butcher, has been the first owner in 1880 of the house standing on this plot (Rinkauerstraße 59).
However, the style suggests a rebuilding happened end of the 19th century. In the 1915, a restaurant run by Richard Franke moved there.

The facade as we know it, is very close to the one designed by Józef Święcicki in Albert Voigt tenement, at 38 Śniadeckich Street which dates back to 1893. The elevation is remarkable by its care of symmetry:
 On the first level, windows alternate triangular and arched pediments, with recurrent scrollworks in cartouche beneath;
 The second floor ornamentation is more simple, with decorative motifs topping the windows;
 A  corbel table crowns the facade.

Tenement at 26
1895–1897

Historicism, Eclecticism

Anton Opiß, a tax collector, has commissioned the construction of the tenement at then Rinkauerstraße 58 in the early 1880s, and moved there in 1886. It then was the workshop in the 1900s of a locksmith, Albert Pohl.
After 1920, on the ground floor was located the workshop of Piotr Malinowski, a tailor: his name is still visible above the current shop showcase.

Nice elevation, underlined by bossage and arched windows on the ground floor. Pediments topping first level windows are adorned with delicate vegetal ornaments.

Hartung tenement, at 27
1911–1912

Art Nouveau

The building has been commissioned by Ernest Hartung, a merchant who had his shop set up on the ground floor. He was selling delicatessen, wine and spirits. Initial address was Rinkauerstraße 18. Georg Körnig, another retailer, had his business -a hardware store- at this place.

The tenement elevation reflects nascent features of Art Nouveau in Bydgoszcz, echoing similar buildings, such as in Dworcowa Street or Vienna Secession house in Gdańska Street. The facade does not show wavy shapes (apart on the gable), typical in Art Nouveau, but its decoration boasts other architectural details:
 Long vertical lines, stressed by the bay window;
 Friezes, displaying vegetal motifs, including small scenes with animal figures, architecture symbols (trowel and hammer) and building completion date (1912);
 cartouches with ornaments and corbels.

Tenement at 28
1896–1897

Eclecticism

This tenement, at then Rinkauerstraße 57, was owned most of the Prussian period by a tailor, Friedrich Frommholz.

The building was constructed at the same time as its neighbours at Nr.26 and 30. It mirrors more closely Nr.30 architectural features: adorned pediments at each floor, corbels at the top and a light avant-corps topped with a gable and vegetal ornaments.

Tenement at 29
1880s

Eclecticism, Art Nouveau motifs

The tenement at then Rinkauerstraße 19 has been the property of Ernest Hartung, also owner of Nr.18. It dates back to the same period, i.e. the 1910s.

The specificity of this edifice is that, albeit it lost a majority of its architectural details, superb Art Nouveau ornaments are still preserved:
 A stylized eagle above the entry gate,
 Motifs on the first floor,
 Vegetal decoration on the second floor, wavy shapes as a frieze on top.

Tenement at 29A, corner with Chrobrego street
1999

Modern architecture

Reconstructed at the end of the 20th century, the building mimics the brick edifices of the previous century, exposing a bay window. The plot has been built since 1895 but was identified under 19 Rinkauerstaße (today's Pomorska street).

Tenement at 30
1893–1894

Eclecticism

Initial address was Rinkauerstraße 56: Antonie ßawlicka, a widow, owned the building -as well as Nr.32- but did not live there. A carpenter, Ernst Klawonn, was landlord of both edifices (30 & 32) after the turn of the 20th century.

The building style echoes closely the one at Nr.28, offering a sort of continuity in the facade decoration. One will notice:
 the main gate, topped by a figure of bearded man,
 the right side of the elevation, underlined by pilasters, adorned cartouche and the figure of a spread-wing eagle overlooking a coat of arms on the second level.
 a series of cartouches and corbels below the roof line.

Tenement at 31, corner with 2 Chrobrego street
1892-1893

Eclecticism

This building, together with the neighbouring in Chrobrego street, have been commissioned and managed by the Beamten – Wohnungsverein GmbH Bromberg (Housing Association Bromberg) till 1920, then by the Bydgoska Spółdzielnia Mieszkaniowa (Bydoszcz Housing Cooperative). The aim of both bodies was to provide housing for fair prices to those in need, managing several dozens of tenements in various districts of the city.

Fairly renovated in 2020, one can highlight the elaborate wooden decoration of its entrance door.

Tenement at 32
1899–1901

Eclecticism

The tenement stood initially at Rinkauerstraße 55: Antonie ßawlicka, a widow, owned the building -as well as Nr.30. At the beginning of the 20th century, a carpenter, Ernst Klawonn, was landlord of both Nr.32 and 30. He developed in the 1920s a furniture and woodwork workshop at the place.

The building's facade lost all its decoration. One can still notice two kernel dormers and a bell shape gable. The door still displays the former street number (55) from the Prussian era, kept until the end of the 1920s.

Tenement at 35, corner house with Kwiatowa street
1897–1899, by Fritz Weidner

Eclecticism & forms of Neo-Baroque and Art Nouveau

Hermann Schulz, a wealthy baker, charged Fritz Weidner to design his habitation, which initial address was Rinkauerstraße 22-23. A thorough refurbishment has been carried out in 2015 by a real estate firm.

Architecturally, the facade echoes the style of corner house with Podolska street, at the southern part of Pomorska street.
The façade of the building is decorated with reliefs, floral stucco ornaments and putti. Arched windows, loggias, balconies flanked by massive columns richly adorn the elevation. One can underline the detailed low-relief of Demeter with Cupid as a putto on the first floor, testifying to the wealth of original owner (H. Schulz): as a baker, the image of the goddess of corn, grain, and harvest could be the only patron.

Tenement at 37, corner with Kwiatowa street
1885

Eclecticism

Its first landlord was Julius Baumann, registered as a blacksmith.

The building has been renovated in 2020.

Methodist church, at 41
Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, Nr.601240, Reg.A/805, September 9, 1989

1883

Historicism & Neo-Gothic

The temple has been used by the local congregation of Baptists since its inception at the crossing with Cieszkowskiego Street. Until 1945, a majority of goers were German.
Neglected by years of war, the church needed urgent repair that came only in 1966–1968, when a thorough renovation of the building was made possible with a financial support of the World Council of Churches. This refurbishing encompassed roof, repainting of the interiors and the modernization of the design on the architecture model of temples in Protestant countries. The new building, dedicated in November 1968, became at the time the most modern Methodist Church in Poland.

The temple is a three-nave chapel flanked on its front by two towers topped with steep pyramidal roofs. Neo-gothic elements can be noticed when looking at the huge, arched windows, the fascias and the portal. Some Italian themes are included in the display of the rose window in the facade and the geometrical frieze running at the top of each tower, beneath the gable.  Initial designs did not plan any traceries for side windows, lessening the architectural harmony of the edifice. The chapel has got a dedicated place for the choir. The presbytery still houses the original baptismal pool, but it is no more used. In some parts of the temple one can notice Romanesque architecture influence. A four-storey living area, covered with a low-pitched roof has been added on the north-west part of the temple.
The church has appreciable acoustics and its decor and furnishings made it considered as the most modern among the Polish Methodist Churches.

Tenement at 42
1910

Art Nouveau

Initial address was Rinkauerstraße 49/50. The actual facade dates back to the period when Johannes Cornelius, an architect and mason, owned the building.

The main elevation is typical from the Art Nouveau style. It even recalls other buildings constructed at the same period in Bydgoszcz, such as at Dworcowa Street 45 and 47, realized by Erich Lindenburger.

Tenement at 43
1895

Eclecticism

Initial address was Rinkauerstraße 27, the building was the property of Heinrich Zacharias until the turn of the 20th century. He used the building as a renting place, but did not live there.

The main elevation, though very damaged, still displays a heavy balcony above the main gate, flanked by pilasters with beautiful capitals. First floor windows are pedimented with various motifs, on the second level, a bearded figure crowns the balcony.

Tenement at 47
1891

Eclecticism, Neoclassical architecture

Initial address was Rinkauerstraße 29, the building was the property of Gustav Stöckmann, a carpenter. It then moved in the hands of a shoemaker, Michael Löper.

The main elevation, boasts nice motifs, such as a light avant-corps that underlines the symmetry of the facade, several pediments on windows, bossages, and a main gate topped by ornaments embracing a coat of arms.

Tenement at 48, corner house with Cieszkowski Street
Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, Nr.601398-Reg.A/1099, May 4, 1994

1896–1897, by Józef Święcicki and Anton Hoffmann

Eclecticism, forms of Neo-Renaissance & Neo-Baroque

The first building on the plot dates back to the 1870s. In 1896, has been erected a designed, new, grander tenement, commissioned by the rentier and real estate dealer Gustav Reschke (who already commissioned buildings at 11 and 17 Cieszkowskiego Street). The ground floor was devoted to retail stores and the rest was a four-storey apartment.

A full revitalization of the house, bringing back the original facade appearance with its reconstructed architectural details and original colors, has been carried out in 1993–1994.

The four-storey building has a "L" shape with bay windows and balconies on the first and second floor. The front elevation is symmetrical, with regularly laid out architectural decoration. Some of the first floor windows are flanked by Ionic pilasters. Second floor windows are topped with stylized acanthus pediments. The ensemble has been renovated in 2021.

Tenement at 49
1891

Eclecticism, Neoclassical architecture

Initial address was Rinkauerstraße 30, the property was owned by the municipality, as Bromberg city apartments (). This system prevailed, even after Bydgoszcz re-integrated the Polish territory.

The facade of the building, recently renovated, displays typical neoclassical features: rows of symmetrical windows and moderation in the decoration.

Tenement at 50, corner house with Cieszkowski Street
Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, Nr.601399-Reg.A/1051, December 8, 1997

1898–1899, by Fritz Weidner

Eclecticism, forms of picturesque architecture & Neo-Baroque

The first building on the plot dates back to the 1870s. The actual tenement was commissioned by Wilhelmin Wiemer, owner of the lot at Rinkauerstraße 44. Finally, for financial disputes, the project has been carried out by Karl Bergner in place of Weidner. The construction of the building was completed in 1899. The ground floor was devoted to shopping and restoration retail and upper floors for housing. On October 11, 1936, Richard Klewin, a dentist, acquired the building. During the communist era the building housed the restaurant "Gromada", and since 2000, restaurant "Pierogarnia pod Aniołami" ("Dumpling Under the Angels"), run by Caritas association for Bydgoszcz Diocese. The facade has undergone a full overhaul in 1994.

The three-storey building has a "U" shape footprint with a beveled corner. The corner elevation displays an avant-corps as well as the facade onto Cieszkiewski street, which is also enriched with a two-storey bay window. The corner, capped by a spired roof lantern, is flanked on the top with triangular gables with dormer windows. The second floor bay-window is an open arcaded loggia supported by Ionic columns.

Tenement at 51, corner with Mazowiecka street
1890–1891

Eclecticism, Neoclassical architecture

Initial address was Heinestraße 45, like the tenement at Nr.49, this building was initially the property of the municipality, as Bromberg city apartments (). This system prevailed, even after Bydgoszcz re-integrated the Polish territory.

The facade of the building, recently renovated, displays nice neoclassical features, mirroring the abutting tenement at Nr.49, with a bit more motifs: pilasters, tympanum on Mazowiecka street and a corner facade with balustrade, topped by round ornaments.

Tenement at 52
1903

Art nouveau, forms of early Modern architecture

Although the plot has been occupied from the late 19th century, the current building was built on behalf of Adolf Haase, a railway engineer, who moved there one year after its completion in 1904.

The facade features elements of Art Nouveau details, with its curved shape of the gable or the gate, as well as the presence of thin pilasters flanking middle windows up to the top. However, Art Nouveau ornamentation can not be detected further on, other than rudimentary pediments.
We rather discover lean elevation rid of motifs, characterized by vertical lines, simply decorated balconies, typical of early modernism.

Tenement at 53, corner with 1 Mazowiecka street
1893–1894

Historicism

Initial address was Heinestraße 1. The Bräuer family lived there from the erection of the tenement in the 1880s until World War I.

The building, though badly damaged by time and lack of maintenance, keeps some elements of its glorious past:
 Pediments of different shapes at each windows;
 Row of corbels beneath the roof;
 Balustrade at some openings;
 cartouches on the corner with motifs;
 Gates crowned with a bearded figure.

Tenement at 54
1912–1913

Early Modern architecture

The plot at Rinkauerstraße 42, before this tenement, was owned by a gardener who sold it to Wilhelm Rahne, a plumber, who had the current building erected.

Thanks to a recent restoration in December 2014, the facade now boasts its original style. Few motifs are voluntarily displayed: an elaborate ornament above the entry gate and five eyebrow dormers on the roof.
The balance of the elevation is granted by a small balcony in the centre, balanced by two grand bow window on each side, both of which are topped by a balcony. This naked frontage, combined with long vertical lines of windows and bow windows recall early modernist style elements.

Tenement at 55
1890–1891

Eclecticism

First registered owner of this building at then "Rinkauerstraße 31" is Carl Heise, a craftman making wrought articles and wheels. In 1946, 1946 Feliks and Stanisława Sowa opened there a bakery, the first one of the Sowa bakery chain.

From the street, the tenement features nice festoons and pediments on a balanced frontage.

Tenement at 57, corner with Hetmańska street
1892–1893

Eclecticism

Initial address was Rinkauerstraße 32, its first landlord was a locksmith, Franz Sokolowski.

Both elevations are pretty damaged, but one can still make out some nicely decorated cartouches, pilasters and corbels at the base of the gable.

Northern part of Pomorska street, on the other side of the intersection with Świętojańska street, was named before 1920 Verlängerte Rinkauerstraße ("Extended Rinkauerstraße"), and from 1920 to 1945 Ulica Szczecinska' ("Szczecin Street").

 Tenement at 59, corner with Hetmańska street.
1895–1896

Historicism

Initial address was Verl. Rinkauerstraße or Verlängerte Rinkauerstraße (Extended Rinkauer street) Nr.1. A secretary, Julius Hoffmann was the first owner of the tenement after its construction. A painter, Carl Knuth, was landlord there one year later.

The building has been nicely renovated in 2014–2015. This massive corner house displays many architectural motifs, such as:
 Pediments of different shapes at each windows;
 Round balconies overlooking the corner;
 Corbel table;
 A series of shed dormers on top of both facades.

 Tenement at 60
1912

Art nouveau, forms of early Modern architecture

After its completion, the actual building, then at Rinkauerstraße 39, housed the "Bromberger wirtschaftsverein" (Bromberg business club). In 1933, the place accommodated a factory of wholesale flours and breads, "Panis", then a bakery owned by Jozef Krajnik until the war.
After World War II, Zygmunt Ciupek took over the place and run a candy factory, Danuta, in the courtyard, which was soon merged into a local cooperative. Since 1990, a bakery, "Cemak", is anew located there.

The building design echoes houses at Nr.27, with the ornamented gate with floral motifs (in the Art Nouveau style), but also house at Nr.52, by the absence of facade decoration and its lean forms. Once can underline the two long bay windows that run up to the gable, giving balance and stability to the ensemble.

 Tenement at 66
1893

Eclecticism, forms of Neoclassicism

Emanuel Latowski, a turner, bought the building situated at Rinkauerstraße 36 in 1890 and had it rebuilt in 1893. He lived there till the end of World War I. Today it is the seat of the Bydgoszcz Association of Houses Owners and Managers (), a 50-year-old local real estate institution.

The main elevation is strikingly classicist: apart from the front gate, all the decoration radiates the notion of symmetry and harmony. Such are the position of pediments, small balustrade and pairs of pilasters.
The facade has undergone a recent restoration.

 Tenement at 67
1903–1904

Historicism

Initial address was Verl. Rinkauerstraße or Verlängerte Rinkauerstraße (Extended Rinkauer street) Nr.5, it was owned by Otto Warmbier, a rentier. The tenement has been fully restored in 2021.

The building elevation has delicate human figures and other motifs inside triangular pediments of the first floor. At each extremity are male figures, the pediment over the entry gate displays a female one, adorned like a noble: in between them are floral and vegetal ornaments.
On top of the facade, corbels have been given also women figures.

 Mural on the back of building at 68
The author of the mural is the Colombian painter Juan Sebastian Jimenez (pseudonym SEPC). Created in 2019 as part of the edition of the "Vintage Photo Festival", the artist represented there his mother, Jadwiga Szopieraj, a pioneering photograph of Bydgoszcz.
SEPC used the negative technique, the final final effect is only visible after inverting the colors.

 Tenement at 70
1896-98

Eclecticism & Neo-Renaissance

Mr Machalinski, a building contractors had the tenement at Rinkauerstraße 34 erected in 1898. One year later, the first owner was
Oskar Wendt.

Current facade displays a lot of architectural motifs: slight avant-corps on each side, two massive balconies over the entry gate, a long corbel table at the top and, especially, many richly decorated pediments above windows.

 Tenement at the corner with 21 Świętojańska street
1910–1912

Modern architecture

The initial tenement comprised two houses, one on Pomorska street (Rinkauerstraße 33) and the other on Świętojańska street (Johannisstraße 22). The former address was first owned by Bartholomäus Ferrari, a baker, in 1893, while for the latter, the first landlord was Theofil Krüger, a merchant, after completion of the actual corner house.

The facade lacks adornment, except the three pairs of balconies. On the roof, one can notice symmetrical display of various dormers: gable fronted, eyebrow, curved shaped gable wall ones and shed dormers.

 Tenement at 71, corner with Bocianowo street.
1894–1895

Eclecticism

Initial address was Verlängerte Rinkauerstraße 7 or Verlängerte Brenkenhöff Straße7 and it was first owned by Franziska Kowalkowska, a widow. David Kukuk ran the distillery on the ground floor in the 1910s. The Kowalkowski family lived in the tenement till the turn of the 20th century.

The elevations have been restored in 2021. One can make out cartouches, the tympanum above the gate and the pediments of the first floor bearing the initial "K", recalling the first landlord, "Kowalkowski".

 Tenement at 74, corner with 22 Świętojańska street
1896–1897

Neo-Renaissance & elements of Neo-Baroque

Julius Hoffman, a secretary, was the first owner of the double house (Johannisstraße 1 and Verl. Rinkauerstraße 12) in 1897, the plot being empty till that time. Two years later, the tenement housed a hardware store. Today, the renovated building is a hotel, Hostel przy Świętojańskiej.

On the one hand, window symmetrical disposition, overall balanced facades, smooth stone walls are characteristics of Neo-Renaissance style, as weel as ornately carved stone window trim varying in design at each story and small, square windows on top floor. On the other hand, some elements of Neo-Baroque are popping up on the facade decoration: very complex ornamentation of pediments and wrought iron balconies, large flower motifs on the second floor, topped on each side by a long plain balustrade standing on the roof.

 Londynek, at 75,77, 88A to 88H
1873–1878

Half timbered barracks

These buildings are the remnants of military barracks where was billeted the "Prussian Infantry Regiment Nr.148" (), from 1878 till the outbreak of World War I. The construction of the barracks was conducted by Albin Cohnfeld, a wealthy merchant of the city.

After 1920, premises housed the Polish 61st Infantry Regiment (). After 1920, premises housed the Polish "61st Infantry Regiment" () till 1933. In 1936, the military fencing was razed and most of the barracks were transformed into a housing estate for the poor.

The area is called "Londynek" (Small London'') for houses' likeness to some 19th century London half timbered buildings. Some edifices are today inhabited, others are being renovated as part of a local urban revitalization project.

The buildings are all half timbered edifices, infilled by brick. Such military architecture can be also found in Gdańska Street 147, since Bromberg was an important garrison city under Prussian rule.

See also

 Bydgoszcz
 Józef Święcicki
 Fritz Weidner
 Bydgoszcz Architects (1850-1970s)

References

External links
  Site of the Methodist church in Bydgoszcz
  Site of the Methodist Church in Poland
  Restaurant at Pomorska 50
  Bydgoszcz Association of Houses Owners and Managers
  Hotel at Świętojańska 22
  Publishing house at Nr.76

Bibliography

Cultural heritage monuments in Bydgoszcz
Streets and squares in Bydgoszcz

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Home › Thing of the Day › Equality, Diversity & Inclusion › Black History Month 2022
David Bennett Posted on October 10, 2022 Posted in Equality, Diversity & Inclusion No Comments Tagged with black history
Welcome to Black History Month 2022!
From its initial mission to correct the historic narrative, Black History Month has shifted its focus in response to the changing needs of Black people. In recent years, it has moved from a general focus on Black History to profiling contemporary Black role models to restore the sense of identity, heritage, hope, and pride to Black people, and now to driving more active social change.
A brief history of Black History
African-American origins
Black History Month originated in 1926 as an initiative of the US Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in response to the lack of information on the accomplishments of Black people available to the public. Led by Dr Carter G. Woodsman, a son to enslaved parents and the first enslaved person ever to graduate with a PhD, this initiative was highly influential. It saw Black History introduced for the first time into school History textbooks and successfully challenged the prevailing perception in America at that time Africans had little to no impact on the world prior to being enslaved and exported as a commodity by white westerners. This widespread misconception was the product of American history having been written entirely from the perspective of white land (and in many cases former slave) owners.
Woodson managed to correct the telling of Black History and re-establish the importance of African history in the development of much of the world and since that time the primacy of African history as as an important factor in social, economic and political change from the days when North Africa served as the cradle of early human evolution to the present day. It still took fifty years for this event to officially be recognised in 1976, when US president Gerald Ford chose to "honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our [American] history", announcing February each year as Black History Month in America.
Who is included in History and how they are represented matters because how we choose collectively to remember the past underpins our cultural sensemaking that informs how we perceive and respond to events in the present day.
Crossing 'the Pond' to Britain
Black History Month reached Britain nearly twenty years later in the mid-1980s, after Ghanian activist and Special Projects Coordinator for the Greater London Council Akyaaba Addai-Sebo discovered black children in London were suffering an identity crisis, completely denying their African heritage or attempting erroneously to claim an African-American heritage because this was the only Black History of which they had any knowledge. After the success of Black History Month in London schools, it spread rapidly to local educational authorities across Britain. A different month was chosen for Black History Month in Britain from America to encourage the development of different materials relevant to the often different histories and local populations.
What have we learned from Black History?
One unsettling lesson from Black History, in common with the history of women and other oppressed people, is that almost all the work restoring and promoting Black History has been largely carried out by Black people themselves. History records white people at best not actively resisting the restoration of Black history into the historical canon, while Black people continue to have to fight for equal rights and recognition at the same time they labour under systems that disadvantage them.
The need for everyday activism
Raising awareness about the disproportionate challenges faced by Black people in the UK, including the ongoing historical legacy of colonialism and slavery, was an important first step forward but alone education cannot end institutional racism (Black History Month, 2022). There is also a danger that self- development can be seen as an end in itself by some white people, who having studied the ongoing oppression of Black people and other minorities then feel no need to act further. If we want a fairer, more egalitarian tomorrow, it is no longer sufficient to look to the past. Change requires grass roots action by the masses in order for changes in behaviour and expectation to be normalised. A hundred years of education has brought Black people no closer to equality, and while Black activists have achieved protections against discrimination in law, they have largely been unable to overcome the cultural and structural inequalities and injustices still invisibly woven through our society. Creating a more egalitarian society will require a radical challenge by everyone, championed by White people using their inherent privilege to overcome inertia and drive change through the system.
This Black History Month blog post series will explore the historic and contemporary challenges faced by Black people in Britain, ending with a call to action for us all proactively to stand up for a fair and equitable society for everyone.
Previous Post is ‹ Black history on Kanopy
Next Post is Introducing the champions of Black rights in Britain ›


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Prince Estate Claims Legal Victory in Battle Over Unreleased Music
Posted On : January 30, 2018 Published By : Alicia Moore
In the latest episode in the never-ending saga regarding Prince's music the late icon's estate says it won a legal battle with the sound engineer who's fighting to put out unreleased music, according to TMZ.
Documents filed by the estate say that sound engineer George Boxill failed to respond to the estate's lawsuit and is now asking a court to declare them the winner's the battle.
Back in April 2017, Prince's estate and Paisley Park filed a federal lawsuit against sound engineer George Ian Boxill for control the six Deliverance tracks featured on Prince's then unreleased Deliverance EP. The lawsuit reportedly estimated the value the recordings at over $75,000. The six-song EP included tracks recorded between 2006-2008.
Boxill had until Jan. 23 to respond to the estate's lawsuit, which aimed to keep him from releasing the music. The estate says he failed to respond. If the court signs f the estate's request, he won't be able to release the music.
In other Prince news, the estate has its own plans to drop new, previously unreleased music soon. Additionally, the Prince Estate is planning to celebrate the Purple One with a four-day memorial extravaganza in his native hometown Minneapolis in April. The highlight the festivities is a live concert presentation titled Prince: Live on the Big Screen at the Target Center on April 21.
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EU BOUNCES BACK FOR WIN
Dave Campbell
Updated: May 13, 2019, 10:38 p.m.
No. 6 East Union fell behind out of the gate Monday but rebounded to defeat 11th-seeded Beyer of Modesto 8-2 in opening round action of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs at Garvine Field.
"I hate Mondays," Lancers coach Brian Goulart said. "We come out lackluster for Monday practices and games. We were just so dead. We need to find out how to get excited about a Monday game because I think if we continue to play well in the playoffs we have a game next Monday.
"Shelby (Cefalu) and Bella (Anchundo) each had a big hit. Two big swings did some damage. We just have to have more consistency because we play Golden Valley on Wednesday and that is a good team."
After leadoff batter Naveah Freitas (4 for 4, RBI, run) reached on a deflected infield single for the Patriots (13-8), she scored for a 1-0 run.
East Union (16-9) answered back in the bottom of the frame. Savina Molina reached on an error and Mack Salgado (2 for 3, RBI, two runs) singled her in to tie the game. Salgado came home when Shelby Cefalu (2 for 3, home run, two RBI) launched a 1-0 offering over the fence for a 3-1 lead.
"I knew it was gone once it hit the bat," Cefalu said. "I felt all of it.
"This was single elimination today so I am glad we got the win."
The Lancers scored used three doubles to score three runs in the fifth inning as well. Chloe Agueda led off the frame with a double and was doubled in by Cali Blevins. Danielle Ramos then walked and Dani Godoy got down her second bunt of the day for a base hit to load the bases. Bella Anchundo (double, three RBI) then blasted a two-RBI double to plate Bradee Jeffery – who was running for Blevins – and Ramos to make the score 8-2.
"I have been struggling with my bat lately," Guidoy said. "So you have to do what you have to do. I had to bunt to help the team out.
"If it works once, you might as well keep doing it."
Hayley Leonard went the distance in the circle for East Union, striking out eight and allowing just three hits in addition to the four by Freitas and two walks. .
"The first two innings we were all kind of flat," Leonard said. "We didn't come out as strong as we could.
"But once we scored some runs I talked to Coach G (Goulart) and Coach Randy (Friend) and they told me I had to go out there with more energy, get it done and finish the game strong."
The Lancers travel to Merced on Wednesday to face third-seeded Golden Valley at 4 p.m. in an elimination game. The Cougars defeated East Union 6-0 early in the season.
Golden Valley 11,
MERCED – Further information was not available at press time.
Division VI
Ripon Christian 10,
Rio Vista 1
RIPON – The defending Division VII champion took a while to get on the board, not scoring until six fourth-inning runs.
"We were flat to start," Ripon Christian coach Lenny Rizzutto said. "Monday games are not our thing. But we had some good defense and our hitting finally came around.
"Everyone pitched in a little bit. We have work to do at practice."
Rebecca Postmus went 2 for 3 with an RBI and a run for the second-seeded Knights (21-3).
Sarah Brown was 2 for 4 with a double, RBI and two runs and Morgan Van Elderen laced a two-RBI single.
Ripon Christian travels to Stockton on Wednesday to face No. 3 Millennium of Tracy at 7:15 p.m. The tournament moves to the double-elimination phase on Wednesday.


KUEPFER, Barbara Elizabeth – passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at the Stratford General Hospital. Barbara Kuepfer of Millbank in her 83rd year.
Dear sister of Harvey Kuepfer of Milverton, Catharine Birch of Milverton, Robena Kuepfer of Millbank, Magdalena Kuepfer of Millbank, Sarah & husband Tom Burnett of Palmerston and Marion Lahey of Kelowna B.C. Sadly missed by her many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Predeceased by her parents Menno L. & Lavina (Albrecht) Kuepfer, brother Emmanuel, sister Edith and sister-in-law Fanny.
Relatives and friends may call at the home of Allan K. and Laureen Kuepfer 6477 Road 121 RR#1 Milverton (Poole) on Thursday from 3:00 p.m. until Friday at 6:00 p.m. Funeral Service will be conducted on Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. Bishop Rueben Streicher officiating. Interment in the 7th Line Wellesley Township Amish Cemetery.


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What if subscriber is a type with Name and ID properties. How should markup look like to get the whole list of subscribers back on form submit?
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Chicago gunman leaves 4th victim dead after shootings
Why Biden isn't likely to replace Gen. Milley
A California man who police said claimed to be too afraid to fly due to COVID-19 hid out for three months in a secured area of O'Hare International Airport until his weekend arrest, prosecutors said Sunday. Aditya Singh, 36, is charged with felony criminal trespass to a restricted area of an airport and misdemeanor theft. In bond court Sunday, prosecutors said Singh arrived at O'Hare on a flight from Los Angeles on Oct. 19 and allegedly has lived in the airport's security zone ever since, without detection.
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GOP Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan said on Sunday that he might have ended his political future by voting to impeach President Donald Trump. During an appearance on ABC's "This Week," host George Stephanopoulos asked Meijer if he potentially damaged his career beyond repair in joining nine of his Republican colleagues in voting to remove Trump from office. "I may very well have," Meijer said.
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American Magic had back-to-back losses on a bizarre day of light winds in the America's Cup challenger series at Auckland on Saturday to remain without a win after three races. The United States team first failed to finish a race against Italy's Luna Rossa, then sustained its second loss to British challenger INEOS Team UK which leads the Prada Cup series with a 3-0 record. In both races American Magic made pre-start errors and struggled to recover in conditions for which it seemed unprepared and which favored its opponents.
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Melania Trump reportedly hasn't contacted Jill Biden to arrange the first ladies' traditional White House 'tea and tour'
First lady Melania Trump has apparently not yet contacted future first lady Jill Biden, according to CNN. Trump could break tradition if she doesn't invite Biden to the White House for a "tea and tour" visit. The gesture has been customary since at least 1952 when former first lady Bess Truman invited Mamie Eisenhower on a tour of the White House.


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// From https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/blob/b1dcacabec1aeacef72c9aa2909f1cb49993fa73/src/Shared/TypeNameHelper/TypeNameHelper.cs

// ReSharper disable All

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Internal
{
    internal static class TypeNameHelper
    {
        private const char DefaultNestedTypeDelimiter = '+';

        private static readonly Dictionary<Type, string> _builtInTypeNames = new Dictionary<Type, string>
        {
            { typeof(void), "void" },
            { typeof(bool), "bool" },
            { typeof(byte), "byte" },
            { typeof(char), "char" },
            { typeof(decimal), "decimal" },
            { typeof(double), "double" },
            { typeof(float), "float" },
            { typeof(int), "int" },
            { typeof(long), "long" },
            { typeof(object), "object" },
            { typeof(sbyte), "sbyte" },
            { typeof(short), "short" },
            { typeof(string), "string" },
            { typeof(uint), "uint" },
            { typeof(ulong), "ulong" },
            { typeof(ushort), "ushort" }
        };

        public static string? GetTypeDisplayName(object item, bool fullName = true)
        {
            return item == null ? null : GetTypeDisplayName(item.GetType(), fullName);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Pretty print a type name.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="type">The <see cref="Type"/>.</param>
        /// <param name="fullName"><c>true</c> to print a fully qualified name.</param>
        /// <param name="includeGenericParameterNames"><c>true</c> to include generic parameter names.</param>
        /// <param name="includeGenericParameters"><c>true</c> to include generic parameters.</param>
        /// <param name="nestedTypeDelimiter">Character to use as a delimiter in nested type names</param>
        /// <returns>The pretty printed type name.</returns>
        public static string GetTypeDisplayName(Type type, bool fullName = true, bool includeGenericParameterNames = false, bool includeGenericParameters = true, char nestedTypeDelimiter = DefaultNestedTypeDelimiter)
        {
            var builder = new StringBuilder();
            ProcessType(builder, type, new DisplayNameOptions(fullName, includeGenericParameterNames, includeGenericParameters, nestedTypeDelimiter));
            return builder.ToString();
        }

        private static void ProcessType(StringBuilder builder, Type type, in DisplayNameOptions options)
        {
            if (type.IsGenericType)
            {
                var genericArguments = type.GetGenericArguments();
                ProcessGenericType(builder, type, genericArguments, genericArguments.Length, options);
            }
            else if (type.IsArray)
            {
                ProcessArrayType(builder, type, options);
            }
            else if (_builtInTypeNames.TryGetValue(type, out var builtInName))
            {
                builder.Append(builtInName);
            }
            else if (type.IsGenericParameter)
            {
                if (options.IncludeGenericParameterNames)
                {
                    builder.Append(type.Name);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                var name = options.FullName ? type.FullName! : type.Name;
                builder.Append(name);

                if (options.NestedTypeDelimiter != DefaultNestedTypeDelimiter)
                {
                    builder.Replace(DefaultNestedTypeDelimiter, options.NestedTypeDelimiter, builder.Length - name.Length, name.Length);
                }
            }
        }

        private static void ProcessArrayType(StringBuilder builder, Type type, in DisplayNameOptions options)
        {
            var innerType = type;
            while (innerType.IsArray)
            {
                innerType = innerType.GetElementType()!;
            }

            ProcessType(builder, innerType, options);

            while (type.IsArray)
            {
                builder.Append('[');
                builder.Append(',', type.GetArrayRank() - 1);
                builder.Append(']');
                type = type.GetElementType()!;
            }
        }

        private static void ProcessGenericType(StringBuilder builder, Type type, Type[] genericArguments, int length, in DisplayNameOptions options)
        {
            var offset = 0;
            if (type.IsNested)
            {
                offset = type.DeclaringType!.GetGenericArguments().Length;
            }

            if (options.FullName)
            {
                if (type.IsNested)
                {
                    ProcessGenericType(builder, type.DeclaringType!, genericArguments, offset, options);
                    builder.Append(options.NestedTypeDelimiter);
                }
                else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(type.Namespace))
                {
                    builder.Append(type.Namespace);
                    builder.Append('.');
                }
            }

            var genericPartIndex = type.Name.IndexOf('`');
            if (genericPartIndex <= 0)
            {
                builder.Append(type.Name);
                return;
            }

            builder.Append(type.Name, 0, genericPartIndex);

            if (options.IncludeGenericParameters)
            {
                builder.Append('<');
                for (var i = offset; i < length; i++)
                {
                    ProcessType(builder, genericArguments[i], options);
                    if (i + 1 == length)
                    {
                        continue;
                    }

                    builder.Append(',');
                    if (options.IncludeGenericParameterNames || !genericArguments[i + 1].IsGenericParameter)
                    {
                        builder.Append(' ');
                    }
                }
                builder.Append('>');
            }
        }

        private readonly struct DisplayNameOptions
        {
            public DisplayNameOptions(bool fullName, bool includeGenericParameterNames, bool includeGenericParameters, char nestedTypeDelimiter)
            {
                FullName = fullName;
                IncludeGenericParameters = includeGenericParameters;
                IncludeGenericParameterNames = includeGenericParameterNames;
                NestedTypeDelimiter = nestedTypeDelimiter;
            }

            public bool FullName { get; }

            public bool IncludeGenericParameters { get; }

            public bool IncludeGenericParameterNames { get; }

            public char NestedTypeDelimiter { get; }
        }
    }
}

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package org.apache.struts2.util;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

import com.opensymphony.xwork2.Action;
import com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.logging.Logger;
import com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.logging.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * A bean that generates an iterator filled with a given object depending on the count,
 * separator and converter defined. It is being used by IteratorGeneratorTag.
 *
 */
public class IteratorGenerator implements Iterator, Action {

    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(IteratorGenerator.class);

    List values;
    Object value;
    String separator;
    Converter converter;

    // Attributes ----------------------------------------------------
    int count = 0;
    int currentCount = 0;

    public void setCount(int aCount) {
        this.count = aCount;
    }

    public boolean getHasNext() {
        return hasNext();
    }

    public Object getNext() {
        return next();
    }

    public void setSeparator(String aChar) {
        separator = aChar;
    }

    public void setConverter(Converter aConverter) {
        converter = aConverter;
    }

    // Public --------------------------------------------------------
    public void setValues(Object aValue) {
        value = aValue;
    }

    // Action implementation -----------------------------------------
    public String execute() {
        if (value == null) {
            return ERROR;
        } else {
            values = new ArrayList();

            if (separator != null) {
                StringTokenizer tokens = new StringTokenizer(value.toString(), separator);

                while (tokens.hasMoreTokens()) {
                    String token = tokens.nextToken().trim();
                    if (converter != null) {
                        try {
                            Object convertedObj = converter.convert(token);
                            values.add(convertedObj);
                        }
                        catch(Exception e) { // make sure things, goes on, we just ignore the bad ones
                            LOG.warn("unable to convert ["+token+"], skipping this token, it will not appear in the generated iterator", e);
                        }
                    }
                    else {
                        values.add(token);
                    }
                }
            } else {
                values.add(value.toString());
            }

            // Count default is the size of the list of values
            if (count == 0) {
                count = values.size();
            }

            return SUCCESS;
        }
    }

    // Iterator implementation ---------------------------------------
    public boolean hasNext() {
        return (value == null) ? false : ((currentCount < count) || (count == -1));
    }

    public Object next() {
        try {
            return values.get(currentCount % values.size());
        } finally {
            currentCount++;
        }
    }

    public void remove() {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Remove is not supported in IteratorGenerator.");
    }

    // Inner class --------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Interface for converting each separated token into an Object of choice.
     */
    public static interface Converter {
        Object convert(String token) throws Exception;
    }
}


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I struggle to find my place in this year of insurrection against the state sanctioned murders of young black men. My knees are too old to run from riot police, my lungs too scarred to survive teargas. I'm wrestling with what it means to be a 50-year-old black American woman who has inherited the benefits of civil rights advancement, and upon whose shoulders the next generations should safely and securely stand. And I am struggling with what it means to have failed.
I have failed to properly name the extrajudicial killings of Sean Bell in 2006 and Trayvon Martin in 2012 and Jonathan Ferrell in 2013 and Eric Garner, John Crawford, Mike Brown and Darrien Hunt in 2014, and I have failed to stop their deaths. I wasn't there bravely sewing letters on a banner to be dropped in protest that stitched past and present together: "a man was lynched today." I have failed the memory of 41 bullets striking the body of Amadou Diallo in 1999; failed the decapitated body of James Byrd, dragged to death behind a truck, in 1989. Most of all, I have failed to be watchful and articulate after the revenge killing of Michael Donald in 1981, that moment which destroyed the private club of the Ku Klux Klan and left its role to be taken up by the state.
I want to believe that I stand in solidarity with young activists in Ferguson, but their very existence indicts me.
I am part of a generation that believed that black people needed "voice". We invested in institutions that promised to advocate on our behalf and to win. Today, still receiving mail from these organizations, I wonder how can they claim success? Why aren't they amplifying younger, more urgent, voices? Today's young people need voice, but what they need more is power.
Results matter. They are not optional or aspirational. Without results, people I love will continue to die. We social justice workers often emphasize careful attention to process, because just ends can only be achieved by just means. But just results also matter. We often emphasize cultivating relationships of solidarity and reciprocity, sometimes so emphatically it seems that "relationship" is all that matters. But results matter. Finishing the job of making it legal to be a young black man on a public street in the United States America, matters.
If you listen closely, you can hear our young in Ferguson reminding us: We have no time for voices and processes and relationships that do not yield meaningful change. Results always matter. Because black lives, our lives, matter.
Engage for Results . . .
I hear you, Mistinguette! I believe the work we do at IISC is a meaningful place in the struggle. And, it is pretty comfortable, relative to young people in the streets. In one way we have failed this generation, but I think it's only in so far as our efforts have not been effective enough. I'm reminded of the book "Trying Hard isn't Good Enough." I think we have to continue trying hard, and as you say, trying hard at the things that will be effective.
Thank you for the passionate call. I am persuaded. I want results. How do we get them?
Thank you, Mistinguette. I too am persuaded. In the spirit of what you offer, I have been compelled by a mentor to continuously uphold where the people I am working with are in their work, what the end game truly is, and to be honest about lack of progress and "agreements" they/we have made that move us toward/impede just results. This is where some of the visual tools from systems thinking, including the behavior-over-time (BOT) graph, have been very helpful. Would love to talk more as a group of practitioners about how we can hold ourselves and others more accountable.
Your call to attend to results, Mistinguette, has never carried more meaning or been more urgent. Thank you, yet again.
At tonight's demonstration I met a woman who's about our age. Almost her first comment as we stood in front of the South Bay correctional facility was that if our generation hadn't failed these young people wouldn't have to be out here doing this. She committed herself to getting more involved. I struggle. I don't think we have failed. But I do think we didn't get the full job done. So much more work to do. Van Jones reminded us at Facing Race that we have to concentrate on multiple levers of power-Washington, Hollywood, Wall Street and more.
Naming something "failure" can open up the possibility for the radical changes needed. But I also think it's important to assess progress against the scope of the problem. The depth of racism in this country is the reason 2014 is "a year of insurrection against the state sanctioned murders of young black men." Not because a generation of freedom fighters failed. Thank you for all you've given to all future generations.
Thanks, Mistinguette. Racism is of course way, way bigger problem than a one-generation solution can fix. I think it's really necessary to assess what it is that works. Lately I've been confronted by several young people who tell me that demonstrations did not help stop the Viet Nam war- a history that I lived through and understand quite differently than they do.When we have entrenched institutional problems, how is it that we measure progress? It's not often a quick fix, and how is it we determine what seeds sprout and which just take our energy to plant with no results.


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IDF ready if Syria attacks
A high-ranking IDF officer in the northern command told the Jerusalem Post today that while the IDF is not seeking war with Syria, it will respond harshly if Syria attacks:
"We are continuing with our message that we are not interested in fighting with Syria," the officer said, "But we are fully prepared for a Syrian attack, in the case of which we will strike back extremely hard."
The IDF officer said he believed Syria has been receiving the clear message Israel has been sending its way that Israel does not want to fight Syria. Whatever happened on border was completely depended on Assad, the officer said. "It is up to him, and at the moment we don't know what he plans to do."
He said that Saturday's IAF attack on a road that led from Syria into Lebanon near the border was meant to thwart attempts to smuggle weapons from Syria into Lebanon.
The IDF is also anticipating a possible Syrian attack on Israel in response to the ongoing IDF operations in Lebanon. It is also known that Syria has increased its forces along the border out of fear in Damascus that Israel might attack Syria.
Defense officials told the Post last week that they were receiving indications from the United States that the US would be interested in seeing Israel attack Syria.
At 3:16 PM, lila said...
Carl--I really appreciate your blog and I so hope Israel finishes this in a big way!
At 4:07 PM, Anonymous said...
Syria has already attacked!
At 5:32 AM, M. Simon said...
Assad is under a lot of pressure at home to get Syrian troops involved.
I cover that (with links) and a lot of other ground here:
Tactics, Strategy, Grand Strategy
IAF targets launching sites in Qana; Hezbullah won...
Al-Manar: We interrupt this broadcast...
Syria shot down Israeli drone
IDF opening new ground offensive
Let's hope things are not as they appear to be
Reading Lebanese Civilian Casualties
Hezbullah leader said to be hiding in Iranian Embassy
Pictures on the walls
Nasrallah says Israel wants cease-fire, U.S. opposed
'Morally justified'


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Wilson's oversight of the much-hyped RPG wasn't immune from rocky periods. The clumsy, error-plagued launch frustrated fans that had waited almost a dozen years for a follow-up, and many criticized the game's end-game and real-money auction house.
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Wilson also promises future updates and support for Diablo III will continue, including the upcoming 1.0.7 PVP dueling patch. He didn't name a direct successor for taking over directing duties, but he didn't rule out the studio posting a future opening for the job "as we want to make sure we explore every opportunity to find the best possible leadership for the project."
Read the rest of Wilson's farewell on the forums .