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How History Can Bring Us Hope: Inspirational Female Trailblazers
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April 1, 2020 GC4W Women in Leadership Women and Society 0Comments Kate Schembri
Opinion by Marianne Schnall, CNN
In 2020, Women's History Month comes amid a time of social upheaval and global fear over the coronavirus pandemic and resulting political turmoil. While for many the 2020 presidential race is now an afterthought, this Women's History Month does also mark the departure of the last remaining women candidates from the 2020 presidential field — during an election year that also marks the centennial of women's suffrage.
As Women's History Month comes to a close, many of us are afraid, angry and anxious about what's next — and there's arguably never been a more significant time to consider how women's history informs the present. In that spirit, I asked an esteemed set of women to reflect back on their lives and careers as leaders, drawing on historical moments or achievements by women that have given them hope and the fortitude to keep going. As Jennifer Siebel Newsom told me, "We must continue to lift each other up, build partnerships, and fight for each other—because when women rise, we all rise."Here is a glimpse at those inspiring stories and figures—who they are, what they've meant to these women in the past and what they mean to them now, looking forward in 2020 and beyond. As trailblazing tennis legend Billie Jean King once said to me, "Whatever you care about, you can make a difference. You really can. Don't ever underestimate yourself. Do not underestimate the human spirit."
By Madeleine Albright
As the global community grapples with a major public health crisis, during this Women's History Month I have been reflecting with pride on the leading role that women have always played, and continue to play, on the front lines of medicine and caregiving.
In the United States, this story is perhaps best exemplified by Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross and one of the most celebrated figures in the nation's history. Her lifesaving work on Civil War battlefields and her lasting contributions to the betterment of society are a reminder of how much a determined woman can do.
Clarissa Harlowe 'Clara' Barton (1821 – 1912)
Barton was more than a dreamer, she was a doer whose legacy embodies a principle that is at the core of what America is about: that every one of us counts, no matter who we are, where we come from, or what our race, gender, or creed happen to be. As we confront the challenge of the coronavirus, we must all recommit to this principle, for it is the central pillar upon which healthy and united communities are built.
Madeleine Albright is the first woman to serve as US Secretary of State. She is the author of multiple books, including the shortly forthcoming "Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir."
By Jane Goodall
In 1962, after two years studying chimpanzees, I went to Cambridge University to read for a PhD in ethology. There I was told there was a difference in kind between humans and other animals, that only we humans had personalities, minds, and emotions. But I had learned that this was not true from my childhood teachers, my wonderful mother and my dog, Rusty! So I refused to comply with this reductionist thinking. Eventually, because the chimpanzees are so similar to us biologically as well as behaviorally, most scientists accepted that we are part of the animal kingdom. But I received much criticism.
During that challenging time, I read Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" and was inspired by her courage in battling with pharmaceutical companies, the government and scientists about the danger to the environment of DDT. She wrote for the general public, letting people know the truth, challenging the belief that scientists were above criticism.
Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
I thought of Rachel again in 1968 when I was confronting scientists in the medical research laboratories where chimpanzees were imprisoned in small, barren cages. And again, as I increasingly spoke out against the use of chemical pesticides and herbicides by industrial agriculture.
Although recent victories against these companies are encouraging, there is a long fight ahead of us still, and Rachel will continue to inspire. Because she never gave up, and she succeeded in banning DDT despite the vested interests of corporations and the government—despite the fact that she was secretly battling the cancer that killed her. In addition, I was always supported and encouraged by my mother.
Jane Goodall is founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and a UN Messenger of Peace.
Claudette Colvin
By Sheryl Sandberg
My first reaction to learning about Claudette Colvin was, "How did I not know about her until now?" In 1955, Claudette was 15 and living in Montgomery, Alabama. On her ride home from school one day, the driver ordered her to give up her seat to a white woman. Claudette refused, and two police officers dragged her off the bus in handcuffs.
Civil rights lawyers considered making Claudette the test case to dismantle segregation in Alabama. But for various reasons—including that Claudette was pregnant and perhaps not sympathetic enough — they decided not to. Claudette ended up paying a fine and moving on with her life. Nine months later, Rosa Parks refused to leave her seat on a bus, and everything changed.
Learning about Claudette was a lesson in how women's history is a lot more vibrant and thrilling than the history books suggest. But now, when I think about her, I think about something different. I think about how this black pregnant teenager had the courage to stand up on her own against a racist, dehumanizing system, when a lot of other people wouldn't. Young people have always been more powerful than we think.
Sheryl Sandberg is Facebook's Chief Operating Officer and the founder of Lean In and Option B.
Shirley Chisholm
By Barbara Lee
When I first met Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, I was a young, single mom on public assistance and food stamps. I was active in the community—serving as president of the Black Student Union, volunteering with the Black Panther Party, while raising two young boys. The time I spent on her campaign deeply impacted my life.
My government professor assigned us fieldwork on a presidential campaign. At the time, three men were vying for the Democratic nomination, but they didn't represent me. They had no platforms regarding the issues that impacted me as a black single mother—issues like childcare, public education, universal health care and ending poverty. I had never flunked a class in my life, but I resigned myself to flunking this assignment.
Then I met Shirley Chisholm. I invited Congresswoman Chisholm to Mills College to address the Black Student Union as the first African American woman elected to Congress, having no one idea that she was also running for president right up until she said it in her speech. Here was the candidate I had been hoping for. She stood up for children and struggling families, and spoke out against racism, sexism and xenophobia. She advocated for what she knew to be right, undeterred by criticism and without fear of the consequences. She was bold and courageous—truly unbought and unbossed.
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As soon as she finished her speech, I offered to do anything I could for her campaign. But when she asked me if I was registered to vote, I admitted that I was not. She was not pleased. She looked at me and said: "Little girl, you can't change the system if you're on the outside looking in. Register to vote."She showed me what moral leadership means: not just standing up for what is right, but standing by those beliefs in the face of overwhelming opposition. And she taught me that Black women can't go along to get along—we must change the rules of the game if we are to address institutional racism and sexism. She showed that as we broke barriers, we must bring other women with us.
Barbara Lee, a Democratic representative from California, worked on Shirley Chisholm's presidential campaign in 1972.
Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005)
By Kamala Harris
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm remains an inspiration to little girls and women everywhere, including myself, reminding us to strive for what's possible, unburdened by what's been. As my mother—another hero in my eyes—used to say, "You may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last."Shirley Chisholm did just that: she taught us the power of being in our truth and carving out a path to help the next generation. When asked what she wanted her legacy to be, she once said, "I'd like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That's how I'd like to be remembered." During this Women's History Month, I am thinking of Shirley Chisholm, and hope that little girls and women everywhere remember: yes, she had guts, and we should, too.
Kamala Harris is a US Senator from California and former candidate for the Democratic nomination for President.
Dorothy Bolden
By Ai-jen Poo
When the New York Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights passed 10 years ago, I knew I was both witnessing a massive historical achievement in that moment and riding the crest of a longer historical arc, lifted up by millions of women who have been fighting for respect and dignity for generations.
Women like Dorothy Bolden, who began fighting for the rights of domestic workers in the 1960s, riding the buses of Atlanta, Georgia, to organize workers on their way to and from work, and made a breakthrough in 1968 when she founded the National Domestic Workers Union of America. Dorothy Bolden, the daughter of a housekeeper and a chauffeur, organized 13,000 domestic workers—something that had been considered impossible—across ten different cities and fought for wage increases, workers' compensation and Social Security.
Around 30 years later, I witnessed the signing into law of the first state legislation ensuring domestic workers in New York have the right to overtime, a day of rest, three days paid time off and protections from discrimination and harassment—a moment which was riding on the momentum of Dorothy Bolden before us, but which also in turn created momentum for the eight pieces of state legislation that followed. Nearly a decade after the New York legislation passed, a National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights was introduced in 2019 by Sen. Kamala Harris and Rep. Pramila Jayapal—two strong women of color serving in Congress. Our movement is bookmarked with moments of historical achievement, but we're all riding on a wave that started long before many of us were born, and I believe will continue to rise well into our future.
Ai-jen Poo is executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and co-director for Caring Across Generations and a co-founder of Supermajority, a women's equality organization made up of women from all backgrounds, races and ages.
By Jennifer Finney Boylan
Over the course of my career I have looked to other women writers who blazed the trail for me. One of them was Dorothy Parker, a woman who shone brilliantly in a man's world, back when the gents thought being a "woman writer" was an aberrant stunt, like a circus bear riding a unicycle.
She's best known now for her poems (Love is a thing that can never go wrong/And I am Marie of Romania), her clever bon mots ("If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised."), and for her membership in the Algonquin Roundtable.
But she was also a dedicated activist for civil rights and civil liberties. Her ashes are interred at the headquarters of the NAACP in Baltimore.
I think her career made it clear that sometimes the best way to bring about social change is by having a sense of humor. And that sometimes, the best consolation for a broken heart is a crispy cold martini
.Parker deserves to be honored not just for her wit but for her wisdom. She had miraculous measures of both.In her words:Four be the things I am wiser to know / Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.Four be the things I'd been better without: / Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.Three be the things I shall never attain: / Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.Three be the things I shall have till I die: / Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.
Jennifer Finney Boylan is the author of 15 books, including the novel "Long Black Veil" and the memoir "She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders." Her next book, memoir "Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs," is forthcoming in April. She is the inaugural Anna Quindlen Writer in Residence at Barnard College of Columbia University. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of PEN America and formerly chaired GLAAD's board of directors.
Bella Abzug
By Pat Mitchell
Along with nearly one thousand other women from all over the world, I traveled to Brussels in May of 1989 for the first-ever international peace conference convened by women. Proudly hanging on the front of the European Parliament building was a banner: "WOMEN: GIVE PEACE A CHANCE."
Bella Abzug (1920-1998)
At the opening plenary, a colorful congresswoman from New York, Bella Abzug, proclaimed, "In the next century, women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women."In this historic year of celebrating the 19th Amendment giving women the power of the vote, I'm still a believer in Bella's prediction because I have witnessed what can happen when women bring forward the full scope of our experiences as mothers, daughters and sisters, individually and collectively, to redefine power by how we use it and share it. From negotiating peace to leading toward climate justice, we have, as a global women's community, the opportunity to fully actualize Bella's faith in us.
Pat Mitchell is a media executive, author and the editorial director of TEDWomen. She was the first female president of PBS.
Margaret Chase Smith — and many more
By Kay Bailey Hutchison
When I wrote "American Heroines: The Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country" an observation jumped out: in many instances in the remarkable progress of women in history, the first barrier breakers worked for years to be recognized in their fields, but never saw their success.
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Margaret Chase Smith was the first woman in the US Senate elected and reelected in her own right. She broke a barrier and likely would be surprised that almost 25% of the Senate's members are now women.
Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995)
Amelia Earhart broke the barrier for women in aviation, then Jackie Cochran founded the WASP, a WWII Women Pilots Service, paving the way for Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.
Emma Willard fought for girls' public education, lobbying and speaking on the importance of educating girls in the early 1800s. Her lead started the movement which eventually spread to every state.
And finally, suffragists rallied and marched for women's equality starting in 1848, seeking the basic right to vote and assure their voices were counted. It took over 50 years before their dream was realized and none of the brave early leaders lived to celebrate or exercise this important right. It opened so many doors for the next steps to true equality.
Many of the women who faced obstacles just because they were women never even dreamed of the women today running America's biggest corporations or leading their cities, states and judiciary as mayors, governors, senators, and Supreme Court justices, but they fought for equality and education. Their efforts opened the doors.
We stand on the shoulders of giant spirits who fought for women's role in building our country, in every field that contributes to the greatness of America.
Kay Bailey Hutchison is a former Republican US senator from Texas. She is the US Permanent Representative to NATO.
By Kirsten Gillibrand
More than 20 years ago in Beijing, Hillary Clinton stood in front of the United Nations World Conference on Women and declared that "human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights." Although Hillary's history-making speech was directed at the world, it felt like she was speaking directly to me. At the time, I was a young lawyer, but Hillary's words forced me to ask myself tough questions about what I was doing to make the world a better place.
Hillary's speech got me off the sidelines. I became involved in the Women's Leadership Forum and worked at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development during the last year of the Clinton administration. In 2006, I ran for Congress in a two-to-one Republican district and won. Two years later, I won reelection, and then, coming full circle, I was appointed to Hillary's Senate seat following her appointment as Secretary of State.
I can't imagine that Hillary would have predicted that her speech in Beijing would lead to her successor in the US Senate, but I'm certain she knew that her words would inspire generations of women. Speaking for one of them, I'm grateful she did.
Kirsten Gillibrand is a Democratic US senator from New York, a former candidate for the Democratic nomination for president and the creator of Off the Sidelines, a movement to encourage more women and girls to run for office and participate in civic life.
The women of color who built our movement
By Aimee Allison
The women of color who founded the movement we carry forward today are my inspiration. Their persistence to be seen and heard gives me strength to carry on in uncertain times. The term "women of color" was born in 1977 in Houston, Texas, at the first and only National Women's Conference. There, among more than 20,000 mostly white women, a cadre of Black, Latina, Asian American and Native women redefined the women's agenda to include race, class and solidarity. They inspired entire generations of us to step fully into our collective leadership and power. Now women of color—a majority of women in several states—are leading progressive reforms as voters, organizers and courageous elected leaders.
Harriet Tubman (1820 – 1913)
But the lineage of we women of color runs even deeper, back to Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells and Ella Baker. She the People—the clarion call of democracy—resounds in the words of Grace Lee Boggs and Yuri Kochiyama, Zitkala-Sa, Queen Liliuokalni, Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller and organizer Luisa Moreno. It is exemplified with my hero Shirley Chisholm who began her historic run for Congress 51 years ago.These are our godmothers. We walk in their footsteps. They give me hope that keeping up the fight will, in the end, lead us to where we want to be: a democracy based on love, justice and belonging.
Aimee Allison is founder and president of She the People, a national network elevating the political power of women of color.
Geraldine Ferraro
By Cecile Richards
I can still remember standing with my mother, Ann Richards, on the floor of the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. It was the first time we'd done anything like this together. As State Treasurer of Texas, Mom had been asked to give a speech seconding Walter Mondale's nomination for the presidency, and she asked me to go along. Even though her speech was the next day, it was the furthest thing from our minds while we waited for Mondale's running mate, Geraldine Ferraro, to take the stage. That night, she would become the first woman ever nominated as vice president on a major party ticket.
Geraldine Ferraro (1935-2011)
Usually only official delegates were allowed on the convention floor, but that night it was packed with women from all over the country. I wasn't a delegate, but like many of the women around me, I had been given a floor pass by a male delegate. Susan Stamberg from NPR, dressed as she always was in sandals and a flowing dress, walked up to Mom with her ubiquitous microphone and headphones. She yelled over the screaming delegates: "How does this feel, Ann?" Mom was not a sentimental person, but even she was overcome, soaking in the moment as Geraldine Ferraro's name was announced over the speakers. She answered, teary-eyed: "I wasn't sure I would ever live to see this day. Finally, one of us."Later that night, Geraldine took the stage to raucous applause. She said: "By choosing an American woman to run for our nation's second highest office, you send a powerful signal to all Americans. There are no doors we cannot unlock. We will place no limits on achievement. If we can do this, we can do anything." In that moment, women caught a glimpse of how it would feel to have real representation at the highest levels of government for the first time. That moment is on my mind this year, as women are proving to be the most energized voters in the country. We may not shatter that "highest and hardest glass ceiling" this November. But 36 years after Geraldine Ferraro electrified the convention, we can absolutely elect the first woman Vice President of the United States.
Cecile Richards is former president of Planned Parenthood, an author and co-founder of Supermajority.
Harriet Tubman and Angela Davis
By Patrisse Cullors
As a young girl impacted by over-policing and over-incarceration in my communities, I was particularly grateful when I learned about the abolitionist movement that helped support enslaved Africans to gain their freedom. I would learn and relearn the brilliant story of Harriet Tubman—a young enslaved woman who would free herself from slavery and eventually free so many others including her entire family. This kind of bravery helped me assess the life I was living and created a courage in me that translated into the work I currently do today.
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I would often ask myself, what is the new Underground Railroad? What is the new abolitionist movement? That answer has come through one of my mentors, Angela Davis. Angela made sure that as a country we understood that prisons and police are the new frontier in our movement towards ending slavery. Angela believes deeply—and Tubman did too—that black people must be able to determine our own destinies. Slavery and imprisonment are antithetical to freedom and that's why I've dedicated my life towards an abolitionist movement that embodies a vision towards healing justice, transformative justice and community accountability.
Patrisse Cullors artist, activist, co-founder of Black Lives Matter and founder and chair of Reform LA Jails, a Los Angeles-based committee that represents a coalition of citizens, community leaders, and organizations to prevent crime, and permanently reduce the population of people cycling in and out of jail that are experiencing mental health, drug dependency, or chronic homelessness issues.
Myself — and Yourself
By Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
In my life, I have had many moments of self-doubt when I have felt that I lacked the knowledge, the background, the expertise necessary to deal with vexing issues. Most women have had such experiences.
One such moment happened to me when I decided to run for my first Congressional campaign in the summer of 1989. Long-term member of Congress and former US Senator Claude Pepper died and a rare vacancy opened up for his Miami Congressional seat. I was serving at the time as a Florida State Senator and many folks around my political circle were encouraging me to throw my hat in the ring. I resisted the rush to listen to those supportive voices. Why? Because I felt that I needed more time to become well-versed in international issues.
Even though I was born in Cuba, became a naturalized US citizen, and was immersed in matters related to world affairs through our community's involvement in the fight for freedom and democracy in our hemisphere, I still felt that others knew more than I did.I wanted more time to decide if I was truly ready to run or not. But there was no time to ponder this. The decision had to be made quickly.
After encouragement from my husband and my father, I decided, hesitantly, that I would run for Congress. No crash course in national or international issues. It was sink or swim. And what did I find out in that campaign season? That I already knew plenty about these big issues; that I was more than prepared to debate my political opponents; and that most of the male candidates had only superficial knowledge of these important issues yet they were undeterred. Their confidence knew no limits.
So the lesson garnered from my first Congressional campaign was to believe in yourself and don't think that you lack the preparation for the job you are seeking. Get prepared but never doubt yourself. And then, you will blow those guys, who seem so polished and ready, out of the water!
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is a former Republican US representative from Florida and the first Latina elected to Congress.
By Kimberlé Crenshaw
Born into slavery and orphaned as a young woman, Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an uncompromising and courageous voice for race and gender justice. She resisted not just the terror of racism and the suffocation of sexism, but also the conventions that artificially limited advocacy against these "isms."
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862-1931)Wells-Barnett's inspiring story is one of resilience and bravery, not constant success. When she dared to sue after being rejected from "the ladies car," her victory was overturned on appeal. When she wrote a scathing account of the lynching of three successful Black businessmen, white mobs destroyed her printing press. When she launched an anti-lynching campaign that ultimately seeded the NAACP's signature efforts, she was excluded from the leadership of the organization. And when she sought to march alongside white woman suffragists, she had to single-handedly combat the efforts of her white sisters to force her to march in the back.
It may be odd to find inspiration in the travails of someone who frequently lost, even within her allies. But Wells-Barnett's legacy can be seen in the sit-in demonstrations of the 1960s, the contemporary emerging political power of Black women, and the struggles against anti-Black violence that is the foundation of #BlackLivesMatter and #SayHerName. In fighting for her present she nurtured a realizable future. She is an ever-present reminder that losing in the short run is not the worst outcome. But the refusal to fight is.
Kimberlé Crenshaw is co-founder and executive director of the African American Policy Forum and a professor of law at UCLA and Columbia Law School.
Mariame Kaba
By Opal Tometi
One of the people who has inspired me is Mariame Kaba, one of the nation's leading prison abolitionists and the founder of the organization Project NIA, which works to end youth incarceration. She's truly remarkable. One of the attributes I most admire about her is the resilience she embodies and the genuine sense of hope she exudes. She is deeply principled and warm hearted in her pursuit of justice. She said something years ago that has stayed with me: "Hope is a discipline." When things feel bleak, I come back to these words to maintain perspective and to persevere.
She is one that I look to during this Women's History Month. However, there are also several women around the globe that I admire. In fact, this month I used my personal Instagram page to launch something I'm calling #GlobalHerstory profiles. I've been highlighting black women change makers around the globe—modern icons I admire because of their phenomenal work in their communities. The women I've included range from Graca Machel Mandela—the wife of the late Nelson Mandela—to Erica Malunguinho da Silva, who is the first transgender Congresswoman in Brazil. There are so many sheroes who are worthy of recognition and celebration. I learn from them in some way daily and hope to help amplify their contribution and keep the legacy of transnational feminism going in my own little way with this project and my daily work.
Opal Tometi is co-founder of Black Lives Matter and former executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration.
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We had a chat with "The Barber Shop". Get to know them better through this interview.
Jim is the owner of a bar Kostas and Yiannis used to hang out.One night Jim asked Kostas to jam together along with the former bass player, Sofoklis. The result was promising and they formed the band in early 2014. The very first and greatest supporter of the band was George, owner of a vintage, music influenced barber shop, actually being a great place to hang out, discuss about and listen to good music. Naturally, he was assigned to come up with a name for the band. And the name of the band… The Barber Shop. After the first live at POM Fest, Yiannis heard the band and digged into the vintage psych sound. When he heard the band needed a new bassist he accepted half serious half joking (since he himself was a guitarist and had never played bass) and that was that. After one rehearsal he was declared a member of The Barber Shop and the current lineup was set.
Jimi Hendrix, Radio Moscow, LynyrdSkynyrd, Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, Earthless, Black Sabbath, Samsara Blues Experiment, Grand Funk, Blue Cheer and everything that sounds creepy, freaky and bluesy from the 60's to nowadays!
You are an instrumental band. Do you believe that without lyrics you can pass your ideas sufficiently?
We think that everything that was to be said it was said and in many cases it didn't kept it's meaning in time and now is the time for action and not for words. So we keep the meaning in the music and everybody talks through his instrument.
We care about the crowd when we fantasize the perfect gig, but when we are on stage it is just us and the brain matter.
We do feel that we would like to be part of (though we would not dare to imply we are already there) the revival of the 60s-70s psych rock scene, currently mostly based in the US but also with great bands from Europe.
We are about to record our very first LP, something really exciting and also challenging with the economics fucked up in our country. A parallel action with the recording is as many gigs as we can in all over Greece.


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Cult superhero RPG Villains & Vigilantes was originally released way back in 1979 – with a second edition following in 1982 – and, whilst never a runaway success, managed to find a very strong following with a contingent of superhero gamers (it's a tragedy of unplugged gaming in general that there are so few excellent systems for the superhero genre). Whilst it has remained relatively inactive for some years now, fan support online kept the game alive, and now version 2.1 (essentially the same game as the 1982 version, but with a few typos corrected) has been released. Great news for the fans of this game, granted...and with two scenarios released already (one as a free download), it looks like the support should be good. But how will those more used to modern gaming systems take to an RPG that was last updated nearly thirty years ago?
Villains & Vigilantes takes a very different stance from the off. The players don't roll up a bunch of stats to create their dream superhero. Instead, they create themselves as characters within the game, assigning stats for how they are in real life, and then generate superpowers for them. Sound interesting? It sure does – and if you've got a fun loving group who know each other outside of the gaming table, it will prove to be a laugh riot.
There are enough potential superpowers in the main rulebook to keep you going for a good few years. Not as many as the superpowers book for TSR's Marvel Super Heroes game, granted, but for a core rulebook, it's pretty impressive. They are all pretty innovative, and allow for adjustments and scaling.
The combat system is pretty impressive, with each sort of attack cross referencing off each other on a combat grid – they work off of comic book physics, but it really seems fun – if you don't mind referencing tables.
Sorry, I'll stop there before I wind up in The Four Yorkshiremen Sketch...but it is an important aspect to consider. If you don't think you'll mind playing an RPG like they used to make, then you could have a lot of fun with this. Those used to games whose character sheets have dots to colour in or other easy referencing may find this a little bit of a culture shock.
The scenarios released so far are, rather unfortunately, pretty unimpressive. The story sections are vague – often appearing like two or three battles with a bit of narrative for the sake of form. This is barely acceptable in this day and age. There's already Heroclix for people looking for that sort of game – Villains & Vigilantes will need to bring out some deeper, storyline based scenarios if it wants to attract "role-playing" gamers.
Also, they supply counters, but only thumbnail maps. Why couldn't there be a full size map for gamers to actual play on? I could understand if printing costs were a concern – but not when they're PDFs, surely? It's a minor thing - but also indicative of how out of touch with modern RPGs the game is.
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Maj - Name Meaning, What does Maj mean?
Maj as a girls' name is a Greek and English name, and Maj means "great; mother; the fifth month". Maj is an alternate spelling of Mai: contraction of Margit and Maria. Maj is also a variation of Maia (Greek): also (Maori) "brave warrior". Maj is also used as a derivative of May (English).
Maj is pronounced similarly to Madge▼. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Mab, Mag, Maji, Mal, Mat and Max. These names tend to be more commonly used than Maj.


Have you ever been criticised for not tithing to your local church? Of course giving is a central element of Christian faith and financial giving is an important part of that. But giving ten per cent of one's pre-tax income is nothing less than a religious presumption.
Do you feel uncomfortable when you are expected to recite the 'Lord's prayer' so fast that you cannot possibly even think about what you are saying? If you do feel uncomfortable with this then thank God because you are not yet religiously inoculated!
Why must 'church' be on Sundays? Do we have to observe Christmas? I must tell you that I go to church on Sunday and I do observe Christmas – but not because it is a religious convention to do so. I come together with my fellow believers on a Sunday to worship God, to learn to obey his Word, and to have fellowship with his other children. I would happily do this on a Saturday, or a weekday evening. However, Sunday is a non-work day for most and so it is a good day to gather together as a local church.
As a leader of a local church I call my fellow Elders to annually examine our church practices. We ask the question of all rituals, rites, and ceremonies, 'Do we do this to help us build our communal relationship with Jesus and each other, or do we do this because we always have, or because it's expected?' This is a healthy practice for any church and for our private devotional lives.
The ten percent tithe thing can often limit our giving, or it did for me.
At one stage I was all about the ten percent that if I couldn't afford to give ten percent then I'd give nothing. The whole 'ten percent' thing became so engraved in my mind that it was either ten percent or nothing.
It was a great revelation when God said to me one day, "You can give five percent too you know." I was like, what? I don't have to give a full ten percent?
That's how something religious can actually limit us. Five percent was always better than nothing, but because the rule said 'ten percent' I would give nothing when I couldn't afford it. Meanwhile, I could have at least given SOMETHING, it's just that the thought never crossed my mind. Strange, I know.
Thanks for your comment Ryan. I know that the subject of Tithing is liable to stir up the small change in a number of Pastors pockets 🙂 But as a pastor myself, I want people to give financially as a joyful expression of gratitude and love for Jesus and His church. I believe, as it seems you do, that giving must be intentional and responsive, not out of compulsion or religious obligation. God be with you.


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S1 Data for "Internet-accessed sexually transmitted infection (e-STI) testing and results service: A randomised, single-blind, controlled trial"
Wilson, E, Free, C, Morris, TP, Syred, J, Ahamed, I, Menon-Johansson, AS, Palmer, MJ, Barnard, S, Rezel, E and Baraitser, P. 2017. S1 Data for "Internet-accessed sexually transmitted infection (e-STI) testing and results service: A randomised, single-blind, controlled trial". [Online]. PLOS Medicine. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002479.s001
Wilson, E, Free, C, Morris, TP, Syred, J, Ahamed, I, Menon-Johansson, AS, Palmer, MJ, Barnard, S, Rezel, E and Baraitser, P. S1 Data for "Internet-accessed sexually transmitted infection (e-STI) testing and results service: A randomised, single-blind, controlled trial". [Internet] LSHTM Data Compass. PLOS Medicine; 2017. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002479.s001
Wilson, E, Free, C, Morris, TP, Syred, J, Ahamed, I, Menon-Johansson, AS, Palmer, MJ, Barnard, S, Rezel, E and Baraitser, P (2017). S1 Data for "Internet-accessed sexually transmitted infection (e-STI) testing and results service: A randomised, single-blind, controlled trial". [Data Collection]. PLOS Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002479.s001
Internet-accessed sexually transmitted infection testing (e-STI testing) is increasingly available as an alternative to testing in clinics. Typically this testing modality enables users to order a test kit from a virtual service (via a website or app), collect their own samples, return test samples to a laboratory, and be notified of their results by short message service (SMS) or telephone. e-STI testing is assumed to increase access to testing in comparison with face-to-face services, but the evidence is unclear. We conducted a randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of an e-STI testing and results service (chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, and syphilis) on STI testing uptake and STI cases diagnosed.
Sexually transmitted diseases, Chlamydia, HIV diagnosis and management, Syphilis, HIV, Internet, Chlamydia infection, Men who have sex with men
Description of data capture
The study took place in the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. Between 24 November 2014 and 31 August 2015, we recruited 2,072 participants, aged 16–30 years, who were resident in these boroughs, had at least 1 sexual partner in the last 12 months, stated willingness to take an STI test, and had access to the internet. Those unable to provide consent and unable to read English were excluded. Participants were randomly allocated to receive 1 text message with the web link of an e-STI testing and results service (intervention group) or to receive 1 text message with the web link of a bespoke website listing the locations, contact details, and websites of 7 local sexual health clinics (control group). Participants were free to use any other services or interventions during the study period. The primary outcomes were self-reported STI testing at 6 weeks, verified by patient record checks, and self-reported STI diagnosis at 6 weeks, verified by patient record checks. Secondary outcomes were the proportion of participants prescribed treatment for an STI, time from randomisation to completion of an STI test, and time from randomisation to treatment of an STI. Participants were sent a £10 cash incentive on submission of self-reported data. We completed all follow-up, including patient record checks, by 17 June 2016. Uptake of STI testing was increased in the intervention group at 6 weeks (50.0% versus 26.6%, relative risk [RR] 1.87, 95% CI 1.63 to 2.15, P < 0.001). The proportion of participants diagnosed was 2.8% in the intervention group versus 1.4% in the control group (RR 2.10, 95% CI 0.94 to 4.70, P = 0.079). No evidence of heterogeneity was observed for any of the pre-specified subgroup analyses. The proportion of participants treated was 1.1% in the intervention group versus 0.7% in the control group (RR 1.72, 95% CI 0.71 to 4.16, P = 0.231). Time to test, was shorter in the intervention group compared to the control group (28.8 days versus 36.5 days, P < 0.001, test for difference in restricted mean survival time [RMST]), but no differences were observed for time to treatment (83.2 days versus 83.5 days, P = 0.51, test for difference in RMST). We were unable to recruit the planned 3,000 participants and therefore lacked power for the analyses of STI diagnoses and STI cases treated.
Questionnaire: Fixed form - Web-based, Experiment
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Wilson, E, Free, C, Morris, TP, Syred, J, Ahamed, I, Menon-Johansson, AS, Palmer, MJ, Barnard, S, Rezel, E and Baraitser, P
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Population Health (2012- )
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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New York's art marathon has just started with two weeks dominated by contemporary art
New York's art marathon has just started with two weeks dominated by contemporary art where curators, critics and artists from all over the world will converge on the events' offerings.
The first of which was the opening of the Whitney Biennial, curated by Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari, who have chosen for this year's biennial to rediscover participating artists from the past, while presenting young and established artists in the show. Among the veterans are Ari Marcopoulos, Michael Asher, Charles Ray, Robert Williams, James Casebere, Huma Bhabha, George Condo, Suzan Freon, Robert Grosvenor, Babette Mangolte, Lorraine O'Grady, Nina Barman, Dawn Clemente, Julia Fish, Roland Flexner, Maureen Fallace, Jim Lutes. The title is the sign of a broad, but yet precise and clear curatorial idea: "2010," which expresses the aim to highlight art production of the moment. The fifth floor of the museum is entirely devoted to those artists whose works had been presented during previous biennials in a separate exhibition entitled "Collecting Biennals".
On February 27 at P.S.1, Marina Abramović is signing the monograph dedicated to her work for the occasion of her retrospective at MoMA, opening on March 14. At the same signing at P.S. 1, Davide Balliano will perform, But I wasn't young anymore.
The exhibition "Skin Fruit," curated by Jeff Koons is one of the most anticipated events scheduled, it will open on March 3 as the first instalment of "The Imagery Museum" series at the NewMuseum. On this occasion the Dakis Joannou collection, one of the largest contemporary art collections in the world, will be exhibited for the first time in the US. The event has caused a sensation because Dakis happens to be a trustee of the museum and one of Koons's biggest collectors.
Artists on view will include: David Altmejd, Janine Antoni, Nathalie Djurberg, Robert Gober, Terence Koh, Kiki Smith, Kara Walker and Franz West. "Skin Fruit" will also include the work Revolution Counter-Revolution (1990/2010) by Charles Ray and Séhgal and Althamer's "Living sculptures."
From March 4 on 55th Avenue one of the biggest contemporary art fairs in the world will play the protagnanist: The Armory Show. The fair is carrying on its winning strategy, to focus more on business than on fashionable parties, a typical staple of European fairs like Art Basel and Frieze. Also on the agenda are satellite events PooL, Pulse and Scope.
Another star is the INDEPENDENT opening on March 4, which will be a hybrid forum created by Elizabeth Dee and Darren Flook at the X Initiative and DiaCenter for the Arts.
Main participants in this event are commercial galleries, independent curators, non-for-profit spaces and other INDEPENDENT players, as opposed to the usual application process of more institutionalized fairs.
The event will also host free lectures and performances. Participants will include : The Approach (London), Artists Space (New York), Laura Bartlett (London), BolteLang (Zurich), Bortolami Gallery (New York), Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi (Berlin), Elizabeth Dee (New York), Dispatch (New York), Farimani Gavlak Gallery (Palm Beach), gb agency (Paris), Hard Hat (Geneva), Hotel (London), Galerie Ben Kaufmann (Berlin), Johann König (Berlin), Andrew Kreps Gallery (New York), Kate MacGarry (London), McCaffrey Fine Art (New York), Mestre Projects (Barcelona/New York), mitterrand + sanz (Zurich), Moss/Westreich-Wagner (New York), New Galerie (Paris), October, Maureen Paley (London), Renwick Gallery (New York), Reserved for Leo Castelli, Rodeo (Istanbul), Sabot (Cluj-Napoca), Stuart Shave/Modern Art (London), Sutton Lane (London/Paris), White Columns (New York), Winkleman Gallery (New York), Galerie Jocelyn Wolff (Paris), Zero (Milan).
On the same day at MoMA, the William Kentridge performance. I am not me, the horse is not mine, will run in conjunction with an exhibition devoted to him , which opened on February 24. The performance is based on the short novel, The Nose's Story (1837) by Nikolai Gogol. It tells the story of a Russian bureaucrat who, one morning discovers he has lost his nose and decides to mend the wound with a clout larger than he.
If you still have some days to spend in the Big Apple you can visit the MoMA's exhibition, "Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography,"a selection of works from female artists of the modern age. Among the artists exhibited are: Diane Arbus, Berenice Abbott, Claude Cahun, Imogen Cunningham, Rineke Dijkstra, Florence Henri, Roni Horn, Nan Goldin, Helen Levitt, Lisette Model, Lucia Moholy, Tina Modotti, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith and Carrie Mae Weems.
And don't forget these are also the final days to visit Tino Sehgal's exhibition at the Guggenheim that closes on March 10.
New Yorkers may find this schedule normal but it will keep the rest of us it's very busy!!!
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As one of today's premiere stand-up comedians, Jo Koy has come a long way from his modest beginnings performing in a Las Vegas coffee house. Jo's uniquely relatable comedy pulls inspiration from his colorful family that has reached all kinds of people and has translated into sold-out arenas around the world. His highly anticipated 4th Netflix stand-up special, Live From The Los Angeles Forum premiered globally in September. The special is a follow up to his 2019 Netflix special, Comin' In Hot. Koy has already had four highly rated and successful stand-up specials on Comedy Central and Netflix. In June 2020, the comedian released his first variety special, Jo Koy: In His Elements on Netflix in which Koy brings the laughs and beats to Manila, spotlighting local culture in a one-of-a-kind show featuring Filipino-American comedians, DJs and B-boys.
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Toyota's profit accelerates to record
Toyota, on track to overtake General Motors as the world's biggest automaker this year, said Friday its April-June profit jumped 32.3 percent to a record high for a quarter, lifted by strong overseas sales and a weaker yen.
Aug. 3, 2007, 12:23 PM UTC / Source: The Associated Press
Surging gas prices have proved a big plus for the Japanese automaker, as drivers flock to Toyota's fuel-efficient models, including the Camry, the best-selling model in the U.S., and the Prius gas-electric hybrid.
"The results are fantastic," said Tsuyoshi Mochimaru, auto analyst with Lehman Brothers in Japan.
Foreign sales are going strong, and the weak yen, which raises the value of overseas earnings when converted into yen, is making rosy earnings even rosier as Toyota's exports grow, Mochimaru said.
Group net profit at Toyota, which also makes the Lexus luxury model and compact Corolla, totaled 491.54 billion yen ($4.1 billion) for the quarter through June, up from 371.50 billion yen the same period the previous year.
Quarterly sales rose 15.7 percent on year to a record 6.523 trillion yen, or $54.7 billion. At current exchange rates, that's more than General Motors Corp.'s record quarterly sales of $54.5 billion, which the Detroit automaker marked in the second quarter of 2006.
But Toyota kept what some analysts say is a conservative forecast for the full fiscal year through March 2008, projecting net profit to inch up just 0.4 percent to 1.65 trillion yen ($13.85 billion) on sales of 25 trillion yen ($209.78 billion).
It also kept its vehicle sales target for the full fiscal year the same at 8.89 million vehicles.
"We posted substantial increases in both revenue and profit, our highest ever quarterly results," said Toyota Senior Managing Director Takeshi Suzuki.
Toyota has already surpassed General Motors in global vehicle sales for the first half of the calendar year, selling 4.72 million vehicle to GM's 4.67 million. Many analysts believe Toyota will likely beat GM for the full year in both sales and production.
The title of world's biggest automaker _ which GM has held for 76 years _ typically is determined by annual global vehicle production numbers. For the first six months of the year, Toyota and its group companies made 4.71 million vehicles worldwide, while GM estimates that it made 4.75 million vehicles during the period.
For the calendar year, Toyota is projecting global sales of 9.34 million vehicles. GM does not give full-year projections, but sold about 9.1 million vehicles in 2006.
GM, meanwhile, has been battling back from losing money in recent years.
Earlier this week, the Detroit-based company reported its third straight quarter of black ink, earning $891 million on the back of strenuous restructuring efforts.
Toyota said sluggish domestic vehicle sales were offset by greater demand in North America, Europe and the rest of Asia.
But even in Japan, operating profit improved because of solid demand for the Lexus, a model that brings in more profit per car than cheaper models, it said.
In North America, a market that's proving tough recently, Toyota sold 762,000 vehicles in the April-June period, an increase of 15,000 vehicles from the same period the previous year, on the successful launch of the Tundra truck and Lexus LS.
The yen's relative weakness against the dollar added 100 billion yen ($839.1 million) to Toyota's bottom line.
Cost reduction efforts offset the damage from higher costs of raw materials, the company said.
Like other Japanese automakers, Toyota was hurt by a temporary closure of a key parts maker in northwestern Japan, which was hit by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that killed 11 people last month. But Toyota says it can make up for the production loss by the end of the year.


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#endif
#include <cppdevtk/base/system_exception.hpp>
#include <cppdevtk/base/cassert.hpp>
#include <cppdevtk/base/logger.hpp>

#include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
#include <QtCore/QMetaObject>
#include <QtCore/QString>

namespace cppdevtk {
namespace util {

static QString GetControlSignalName(DWORD dwCtrlType);

void CoreApplicationBase::SetQuitOnTerminationSignals(bool value) {
	if (GetQuitOnTerminationSignals() == value) {
		return;
	}

	if (!SetConsoleCtrlHandler(ConsoleCtrlHandler, (value ? TRUE : FALSE))) {
		throw CPPDEVTK_SYSTEM_EXCEPTION_W_EC_WA(base::GetLastSystemErrorCode(), "failed to (un)set console ctrl handler");
	}

	quitOnTerminationSignals_ = value;
}

BOOL WINAPI CoreApplicationBase::ConsoleCtrlHandler(_In_ DWORD dwCtrlType) {
	CPPDEVTK_ASSERT(qApp != NULL);

	CPPDEVTK_LOG_INFO("got control signal " << GetControlSignalName(dwCtrlType));

	switch (dwCtrlType) {
		case CTRL_C_EVENT:
		case CTRL_BREAK_EVENT:
		case CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT:
			if (!QMetaObject::invokeMethod(qApp, "quit", Qt::QueuedConnection)) {
				CPPDEVTK_LOG_ERROR("failed to request app to quit");
				return FALSE;
			}
			CPPDEVTK_LOG_INFO("requested app to quit");
			return TRUE;
		default:
			return FALSE;
	}
}

QString GetControlSignalName(DWORD dwCtrlType) {
	switch (dwCtrlType) {
		case CTRL_C_EVENT:
			return "CTRL_C_EVENT";
		case CTRL_BREAK_EVENT:
			return "CTRL_BREAK_EVENT";
		case CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT:
			return "CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT";
		default:
			return QString::number(dwCtrlType);
	}
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About two weeks ago, Lucy, Maria and I took our second trip as a trio down to London to go to the Club to Catwalk exhibition at the V&A. After all of us enjoying our trip to London back in February for Maria's birthday, we immediately started to keep an eye out for an exhibition at the V&A that interested all of us and then first one that popped up was this!
Upon arrival, the exhibition itself appeared to be rather small from the outside. The temporary shop to supplement the exhibition was rather poor and sold nothing other than merchandise to correspond with the exhibition (unlike previous exhibitions where the shop sells items like the ones you can see in the exhibition). When we went in, though, the exhibition itself totally made up for it.
The exhibition itself takes you through the fashion of the 80's from showing you what they wore on the runways down to what they wore on the streets.
Overall, I thought the exhibition was about an 8/10. I thought the exhibition itself was excellent but it was rather small considering the entry fee was around £6 and the shop was pretty bad, too.


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Q: Place holder is not working Place holder is not working in IE-9,so I used the below code for place holder.
 jQuery(function () {
     debugger;
     jQuery.support.placeholder = false;
     test = document.createElement('input');
     if ('placeholder' in test) jQuery.support.placeholder = true;
 });
 // This adds placeholder support to browsers that wouldn't otherwise support it.
 $(function () {

     if (!$.support.placeholder) {
         var active = document.activeElement;
         $(':text').focus(function () {
             if ($(this).attr('placeholder') != '' && $(this).val() == $(this).attr('placeholder')) {
                 $(this).val('').removeClass('hasPlaceholder');
             }
         }).blur(function () {
             if ($(this).attr('placeholder') != '' && ($(this).val() == '' || $(this).val() == $(this).attr('placeholder'))) {
                 $(this).val($(this).attr('placeholder')).addClass('hasPlaceholder');
             }
         });
         $(':text').blur();
         $(active).focus();
         $('form:eq(0)').submit(function () {
             $(':text.hasPlaceholder').val('');
         });
     }
 });

When I am taking the value of test,it shows null.How can I get the details of all input tag?

A: I think this will help you
if ($.browser.msie) {
                    $("input").each(function () {
                        if (IsNull($(this).val()) && $(this).attr("placeholder") != "") {
                            $(this).val($(this).attr("placeholder")).addClass('hasPlaceHolder');
                            $(this).keypress(function () {
                                if ($(this).hasClass('hasPlaceHolder')) $(this).val("").removeClass('hasPlaceHolder');
                            });
                            $(this).blur(function () {
                                if ($(this).val() == "") $(this).val($(this).attr("placeholder")).addClass('hasPlaceHolder');
                            });
                        }
                    });
                }

A: I'm on my mobile so this is hard but really you need to do
JQuery.support.placeholder = typeof 'placeholder' in test !== 'undefined'

Because null means there isn't any placeholder value, but there is placeholder support
From what I understand you're saying that the placeholder in test is returning null

A: HTML:
<input type='text' id='your_field' value='Enter value'/>

jQuery:
$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#your_field").on('focusout',function(){
        if($("#your_field").val() == ''){
            $("#your_field").val('Enter value');
        }
    });
    $("#your_field").on('focus',function(){
        if($("#your_field").val() == 'Enter value'){
            $("#your_field").val('');
        }
    });
});

See DEMO
Also check when the form is posted because if the user submits the form without entering the field then Enter value will be posted as the value of the field.So do either validations in client side or check in the server side when submitting the form.

A: I suggest you don't write this yourself and go for an off-the-shelf solution. There's more complexity here that you'd probably want to tackle yourself if all you want is provide support for older browsers.
For example, here's the shim I'm using (and that is recommended on http://html5please.com): https://github.com/mathiasbynens/jquery-placeholder/blob/master/jquery.placeholder.js
Go ahead and read the code. These are some issues you need to have in mind when writing such shim:

*

*detect the browser support,

*keep track when the box contains the real input or not;

*add a class to allow different text colour for the placeholder,

*clear the placeholders before submitting the form,

*clear the placeholders when reloading the page,

*handle textarea,

*handle input[type=password]
And that's probably not even all. (The library I've linked also hooks into jQuery in order to make .val() return '' when there's no real input in the box.

There's also another shim that uses a totally different approach: https://github.com/parndt/jquery-html5-placeholder-shim/blob/master/jquery.html5-placeholder-shim.js
This library doesn't touch the actual value of the input, but instead displays an element directly over it.

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What do you have that you are thankful for? What possessions? What people? What experiences? What has brought joy to your life?
You may think of many things. List them on a piece of paper, or share them in the comments. If you can't think of anything, take a moment to consider: Are you focused on the wrong things? Are you so overwhelmed by negative experiences that you cannot be thankful for what you do indeed have? Do you love coffee? Do you love ice cream? Be thankful for those things! Even the simplest experiences and most commonplace objects can be a perfect occasion for thanksgiving.
Next time you enter a place of worship, bring with you those things in your life that you are truly thankful for. Tell God what they are. Give thanks. This simple act will transform your experience in worship. Though it may be only a trickle at first, it will turn on the faucet of joyfulness in your life and may eventually grow into a flood.
and to experience you in fullness of joy. Amen.


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La Benâte foi uma comuna francesa na região administrativa da Nova Aquitânia, no departamento de Charente-Maritime. Estendia-se por uma área de 11,07 km².

Em 1 de janeiro de 2016, passou a formar parte da nova comuna de Essouvert.

Ver também
Comunas do departamento de Charente-Maritime

Antigas comunas de Charente-Maritime

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New Zealand sends peacekeepers
By Jackson Wheatly 2 months ago
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Wednesday, December 1, the deployment of 65 soldiers and police in an Australian-led peacekeeping force to the Solomon Islands, after bloody riots engulfed part of the capital, Honiara.
The dispatch of this force follows a request from the government of this Pacific archipelago, which is on the verge of collapse during the unrest that killed at least three people and caused smoking in entire areas of the capital.
Jacinda Ardern said a first force of 15 New Zealanders would leave on Thursday and be joined by another 50 over the weekend. These forces will work alongside the Solomon Islands Police and approximately 200 personnel peacekeepers Sent to Honiara from Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. On Monday, November 29, the Fiji Islands announced the deployment of 50 soldiers.
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« We are deeply concerned about the recent civil unrest and riots in Honiara, and we acted quickly to provide urgent assistance to help restore lasting peace and security. Ms. Ardern said in a statement.
The crisis in the Solomon Islands erupted last week with three days of riots in Honiara among the poor and hungry population expressing their anger at the policies of the government of this country of 800,000 people. The government is accused of corruption and of being accountable to Beijing and other foreign interests.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavari will face a no-confidence vote on Monday initiated by the opposition, a move that could spark further turmoil. After attempting to storm Parliament, rioters set fire to much of the capital's Chinatown, as well as Manasseh Sogavari's personal residence. Calm returned after sending foreign forces at the invitation of the Prime Minister.
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The Chinese community has been specifically targeted because the Solomon Islands government cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of Beijing in 2019.
(with AFP)
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TORONTO and CALGARY, July 12, 2017 /CNW/ – Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ("CPPIB") and Vermilion Energy Inc. ("Vermilion") (TSX, NYSE: VET) are pleased to announce a strategic partnership in the Corrib Natural Gas Field in Ireland ("Corrib"), whereby CPPIB will acquire Shell Exploration Company B.V.'s ("Shell") 45% interest in the project, with Vermilion operating the assets after completion of the acquisition. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, CPP Investment Board Europe S.a.r.l., CPPIB has entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement with Shell, to acquire 100% of Shell E&P Ireland Limited ("SEPIL"), which holds Shell's 45% interest in Corrib (the "Acquisition") for total cash consideration of €830 million, subject to customary closing adjustments and future contingent value payments based on performance and realized pricing. The Acquisition, which remains subject to customary conditions and receipt of all necessary government consents, has an effective date of January 1, 2017 with closing anticipated in the first half of 2018.
At closing, Vermilion will assume operatorship, and CPPIB plans to transfer SEPIL along with a 1.5% working interest to Vermilion for €19.4 million (before closing adjustments).
Up to €100 million subject to exceeding certain production thresholds through 2025.
Corrib is located 83 kilometers off the northwest coast of Ireland. The field has a gross plant capacity of approximately 350 million cubic feet of natural gas per day, provides approximately 60% of Ireland's natural gas consumption and constitutes approximately 95% of Ireland's gas production.
Pro forma for the transfer of SEPIL from CPPIB, Vermilion's incremental 1.5% ownership of Corrib would represent approximately 850 boe/d at current production rates and approximately 2.0 million boe of 2P reserves(1) based on an independent evaluation by GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd. with an effective date of December 31, 2016. Assuming a purchase price of €19.4 million ($28.4 million at current exchange rates), before closing adjustments, the transaction metrics are estimated at approximately $33,400 per boe per day, $15.40 per boe of proved plus probable reserves(1) including future development capital (generating a 2P recycle ratio of 1.9 times based on projected 2017 netbacks), and 3.3 times estimated 2017 operating cash flow(2) using the current forward commodity strip. Vermilion expects the acquisition to be accretive for all pertinent per share metrics including production, fund flows from operations(2), reserves and net asset value. Vermilion intends to fund this acquisition with existing credit facilities.
The acquisition would significantly increase Vermilion's degree of operating control of its asset base. Following the assumption of operatorship of Corrib, Vermilion estimates that it will operate 87% of its production base as compared to 72% currently.
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is a professional investment management organization that invests the funds not needed by the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to pay current benefits on behalf of 20 million contributors and beneficiaries. In order to build a diversified portfolio of CPP assets, CPPIB invests in public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and fixed income instruments. Headquartered in Toronto, with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, São Paulo and Sydney, CPPIB is governed and managed independently of the Canada Pension Plan and at arm's length from governments. At March 31, 2017, the CPP Fund totalled $316.7 billion.
CPPIB's Natural Resources group focuses on direct private investments in the oil and gas, energy midstream, power and renewables, and metals and mining industries. The team invests directly in companies, strategic partnerships and direct resource interests with an investment size of $500 million or more. At March 31, 2017, the Natural Resources portfolio consisted of nine direct investments valued at $4.3 billion.
Vermilion's priorities are health and safety, the environment, and profitability, in that order. Nothing is more important to us than the safety of the public and those who work with us, and the protection of our natural surroundings. We have been recognized as a top decile performer amongst Canadian publicly listed companies in governance practices, as a Climate "A" List performer by the CDP, and a Best Workplace in the Great Place to Work® Institute's annual rankings in Canada, France, and the Netherlands. In addition, Vermilion emphasizes strategic community investment in each of our operating areas.
(2) Non-standardized and non-GAAP financial measures: This news release includes references to certain financial measures which do not have standardized meanings prescribed by International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). Fund flows from operations is a non-standardized financial measure that is calculated as cash flows from operating activities before changes in non-cash operating working capital and asset retirement obligations settled. We analyze fund flows from operations both on a consolidated basis and on a business unit basis in order to assess the contribution of each business unit and our ability to generate cash necessary to pay dividends, repay debt, fund asset retirement obligations and make capital investments. Free cash flow and operating cash flow are non-GAAP financial measures. Free cash flow is calculated as fund flows from operations less capital expenditures. Operating cash flow is calculated as fund flows from operations before general and administration expense, interest and income taxes. We consider free cash flow and operating cash flow to be key measures as they are used to determine the funding available for investing and financing activities, including payment of dividends, repayment of long-term debt, reallocation to existing business units, and deployment into new ventures. For additional information on non-standardized and non-GAAP financial measures, please refer to the Management's Discussion and Analysis contained in Vermilion's 2016 Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2016 available on SEDAR or at the Company's website (www.vermilionenergy.com).


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One of the region's most prestigious houses, the White Homestead, has had a grand history entertaining important visitors. CSA Jefferson Davis, stopped here, after spending the night at nearby Springfield Plantation. This site is most often referred to as "the site of the Last CSA Cabinet meeting."
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JEFFERSON DAVIS TRAIL - SAM THOMAS
COL. E.W. SPRINGS - OBITUARY 1959
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White Homestead constructed by Thomas Hoover of York, SC. [Image courtesy of the Springs-Close Archives]
Late 19th century postal map of the area. Courtesy of the Un. of N.C.
Leaders of the Confederate States of America who were admired by most Southerners - Courtesy of the White Family Collection, 2008
"Samuel Elliott White was patriarch of a large family that would positively impact Fort Mill for generations. He was born at the White Homestead in 1837 and attended the Citadel in Charleston before signing up to fight for the Confederacy. Upon his return to Fort Mill, he turned his attention to several successful business ventures, including cotton production and banking, but it was his creation of Fort Mill Manufacturing Company in 1887 that would change the fortunes of an entire town." Samuel Elliott White of Fort Mill, S.C. - Courtesy of the Close Archives, 2017 (Information courtesy of the Fort Mill Museum:http://fmhm.org/samuel-elliott-white-gallery/ Springs Close Family Archives at the White Homestead, Fort Mill, SC. - 2017
Jefferson Davis Trail Stop #2 – White Homestead and Store
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CSA President Jefferson Davis holds last official Confederate cabinet meeting…..
Image of the former CSA Pres. Jefferson Davis – Courtesy of the Yorkville Enquirer
The following morning, April 27, President Davis assembled his Cabinet of Benjamin, Mallory, Breckinridge, and Trenholm on the lawn of the Colonel White home. Among those items discussed was the acceptance of the resignation of Secretary Trenholm due to his continuing illness which prevented him from attending to the duties of his office. Postmaster- General John H. Reagan was asked to succeed Trenholm and act as Secretary of the Treasury and Postmaster-General. Reagan later recorded, Thereupon a meeting of the cabinet was held in my absence, and after consultation, the President sent for me and requested me to accept the appointment as Secretary of the Treasury, ad interim, adding that the members of the cabinet concurred with him in the opinion that I should assume the role. Also considered during this Cabinet meeting was the best route to proceed. This was the last official Cabinet meeting held by the government of the Confederate States of America.
The Presidential party left after the meeting for their next challenge, crossing the Catawba River….
Jefferson Davis in S.C. – Sam Thomas, 1998 the Palmetto Conservation Foundation (See book in PDF form this page.) See additional information this page.
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"An architectural masterpiece of early 19th century construction."
City Directories and History: (Elliott White Springs House) The William Elliott White House was built in 1831 by Thomas B. Hoover, a York County contractor, for
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William Elliott White. The two-story brick house is architecturally significant for its upcountry adaptation of Federal design elements. The formal symmetry of the façade, the tall proportions and slender mullions of the windows, and the elegant south portico are typical of the style. The expression of this high-style design in the then relatively undeveloped north central part of the state, as well as the high quality craftsmanship of the brick and plaster work, are noteworthy. In addition, the house has historical significance as one
Image courtesy of the WU Pettus Archives – Eliz. Reed Collection – 1950s.
of the sites of what is believed to have been the last full meeting of the Cabinet of the Confederate States of America. In the twentieth century, the house was the home of Elliott White Springs, South Carolina textile magnate. Springs added the east wing in 1922, the west wing in 1936, and the greenhouse/pool in 1955. He owned the Springs mills, one of the most successful textile organizations in the Southeast. Springs was also a writer of short stories in the 1920s and 1930s that popularized the adventures of American and British pilots of World War I and told tales of the "lost generation" that attempted to adjust to modern life after the war ended. Listed in the National Register March 22, 1987. [Courtesy of the S.C. Dept. of Archives and History]
Thomas B. Hoover of York, S.C. was a successful builder of both frame and brick upscale dwellings in the first thirty-five years of the 19th century. In 1820 he reported the manufacture and sale of 170,000 brick at $6. per thousand. This along was a substantial income for the period. Another document shows him being paid $30. for Thomas Roach's funeral casket in 1824. His business thrived after this and included construction of expensive coffins, public buildings, his own home, and the magnificent White Homestead in Fort Mill, S.C. Documents show Hoover manufactured brick for the house at a rate of over 500,000 and needing to acquire additional brick molds for the home in 1830-31. In July, Thomas Hoover purchased "6 pr. (English) Brick Moulds of Steele ….$32.02" from the estate of Robert Clendenin. When the home was complete, Hoover was paid a total of $5,000. for both
The White and Chambers store, known locally as the White's Store, operated in Fort Mill, S.C. for decades and was a significant contributor to the financial well being of the White family, of which George P. White was a kinsman. Courtesy of the White Family Collection – 2008
the stone, brick, and other work in finishing the dwelling. The four story house was restored in the 1990's and remains an outstanding example of Georgian architecture, a rarity in South Carolina's Piedmont
George P. White of Fort Mill, S.C. ordered the US Telgraph Magazine in 1833 and had it delivered to the White's Store. Courtesy of the White Family Collection – 2008
during the 19th century. This house was his crowning achievement but his own home in downtown York remains one of outstanding proportions and workmanship.
Historian Wm. B. White, Jr. wrote – "When Thomas B. Hoover came to town to help build the 1824 courthouse (the third courthouse), the way was open for future brick structures. He was an energetic, skilled contractor from Burke County, N.C., whose memory should be honored today for his helping to give Yorkville its first attractive public buildings and residences.' Not enough has been made of Hoover's contributions and his profound influence in improving the appearance of the trifling village of Yorkville. Before 1800 Yorkville consisted of about a dozen small frame and log structures, exclusive of a courthouse and a jail (gaol), and of several dozen inhabitants. That is all. Fame and fortune and architectural distinction came some twenty-five years later with the advent of well-educated clergymen, lawyers, merchants, writers, and teachers —and Thomas B. Hoover, master-builder." Information from: The Genesis of York, by Wm. B. White, Jr., Yorkville Historical Society, 2015 – Jostens Publishing Company *** R&R has documented Mr. Hoover as having resided locally prior to the date given by Mr. White.
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There is no tradition of a "founding father" of Fort Mill but, if the town should ever find itself in need of one, the best candidate for that title would be William Elliott White. The reason is simple. White was one of the supporters of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta (CC&A) Railroad and White's land housed the depot, which was built in 1852. A depot stimulated a demand for business
William Elliott White of Fort Mill, S.C. – Springs Close Family Archives at the White Homestead, Fort Mill, SC, 2017
lots nearby, and White owned the land now called downtown Fort Mill. The first business house actually preceded the depot. It was built by White in January of 1851 and was rented to Bamhardt, Coltharp and Co. For many years this building was known as "White's Old Store." The second store was operated by a cousin, John D. White. Unfortunately for John White, he made the mistake of moving to Texas, where he was murdered by "highwaymen" some time before the Civil War. Between the construction of the first two stores, there was a home built by Owen Matthews. After John White's store, the fourth building was another residence. It was built by Dr. Benjamin Morris Cobb. He wasn't the first doctor in the area, but he was the first to live in the village. Next was another store, this one called Morrow and Potts. In 1854 that store had the distinction of being the first building in town to bum down. By the time the Civil War broke out, there were additional stores and homes, all of the land being sold to newcomers by William Elliott White. The land for the village was only a small part of White's total acreage. The Agricultural Census of 1850 showed that White owned 3,026 acres, of which only 750 acres were in crops. The origin of his landholding stretched back to his grandfather, William Elliott. Elliott was one of the first settlers to lease land from the Catawba Indians, along with Thomas "Kanawha" Spratt, the Erwins, and the Barnetts (Elliott married Mary Barnett, granddaughter of Thomas Spratt).That was in the mid 1760's, right after the end of the French and Indian War. William Elliott's daughter Martha married Capt. Joseph White and they had one child, William Elliott White, bom in 1803. Captain White died the following year. Martha Elliott White died in 1819 at the age of 44, leaving her son, still a minor, an estate valued at more than $23,000. The estate included 697 acres in two tracts leased from the Catawba Indians. One of the plats showed the Old Unity cemetery and land that it is undoubtedly where William Elliott White built the depot and the downtown Fort Mill buildings. Before he was 21 years old, White also inherited one-third of the estate of his uncle, Samuel Elliott. On his uncle's leased land, White built a fine home in 1831, now a Fort Mill landmark known as the White Homestead. At the White Homestead in the spring of 1865, William Elliott White hosted Jefferson Davis and the members of the Confederate cabinet on their flight from Richmond, VA. William Elliott White and his wife Sarah Robinson Wilson had nine children— five sons and four daughters. The best known of the children was Samuel Elliott White, who founded Fort Mill Manufacturing Co., the first mill of the Springs Industries textile empire. White and his wife moved to Charlotte in 1857. Mrs. White died there in 1864 and in 1866 White was buried beside her in Elmwood Cemetery in downtown Charlotte.
OLD WHITE HOMESTEAD GOES TO CAPT. WHITE'S GRANDSON
"Considerable interest attaches locally to the distribution of the valuable estate of the late Capt. S. E. White who died at the home of his son-in-law, Col. Leroy Springs, in Lancaster [March 4, 1911]
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To Elliott White Springs is given the old White homestead, comprising the historic old mansion and 500 acres of land surrounding it. The mansion was built in 1832 by the father of Capt. White, William White. It is a commodious two-story building, built of brick imported from England, and is situated in a Capt. Samuel Catawba Lowry was killed in the explosion at the Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864. Called "the boy Captain," Samuel was only 19 and 1/2 years old at the time of his death.
beautiful grove a few hundred yards from the corporate limits of Fort Mill. For many years before and a few years after the War Between the States, the mansion was noted throughout the upper section of the State for the lavish hospitality dispensed within its walls. In it President Jefferson Davis was entertained a few days after the fall of the Confederacy at Richmond and in the shade of one of the beautiful oaks on the lawn his last full cabinet meeting was held. In recent years the old mansion has been used as a boarding house and there is now about the place little to mark it as the former home of Southern culture and refinement.
"Interesting objects to many who visit the grounds of the old White mansion are a millstone and cannon ball which partly cover the spring, 200 yards in the rear of the house. The millstone was used years ago at the old White mill, two miles east of town, and the cannonball was found near the Catawba river, a short distance south of town, where it is thought to have been left by Yankee troops during the war. Some years ago Capt. White had the millstone moved to the grounds and laid in mortar and cement as a partial covering for the old spring. Securely fastened in the aperture in the centre of the millstone is the cannon ball, on which is inscribed the names of the various owners of the homestead since a remote ancestor of Capt. White acquired it from the Indians 171 years ago….. (Information courtesy of and from: YCGHS – The Quarterly Magazine)
The Jefferson Davis Trail: retraces the flight of the President of the Confederacy through South Carolina after the fall of Richmond in 1865. On the night of April 2, 1865, the Confederate Government evacuated Richmond, Virginia, when defense of the Confederacy capital became impossible. In the following weeks, the surrender of Confederate armies in Virginia and North Carolina forced President Jefferson Davis with his cabinet and military escort to retreat further south.
From April 26 to May 3, 1865, Davis and his party traveled southwesterly through the Piedmont region of South Carolina, where they were hospitably received by people of the area. The country through which they passed had escaped much of the destruction of the war and members of Davis' staff long remembered the well kept gardens along the road and the people in small towns and hamlets who greeted the President wherever he went, offering flowers and strawberries, prayers and kind wishes.
Davis still refused to believe the Confederate cause was hopeless, but his generals finally persuaded him to accept reality. At a Council of War, held at Abbeville, South Carolina, on May 2, 1865, it was decided to abandon any purpose except President Davis's escape across the Mississippi River. The party began to disperse after leaving Abbeville, with Davis and a small escort group traveling south into Georgia. One week later, in the early morning of May 10, 1865, Davis and his companions were captured by Federal troops near Irwinville, Georgia. (Information courtesy of the SC Trail Routes – SC Dept. of Archives and History)
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