Update #15 – Cornwallis Park, St Pat's High, Oval building and more!
Yesterday saw some really significant votes at Regional Council that I think show the Municipality is serious about making significant change and our community a better place. Council voted to accept the North Central Community Council Association proposal to purchase St Pats/Alex School and create a community centre, pending final negotiations and a public hearing. Council also voted to go ahead with taking down the Cogswell interchange, move forward with 22nd Commerce Square, and take action to set up an expert group to advise on a Municipal Alcohol Policy.
I think it could be argued that the most important thing accomplished yesterday, and that HRM might do this year, was accept the recommendations of the Mayor and Council Review of Task Force on Violence and Public Safety, referred to as the Clairmont report, all 380+ pages of it!
Your elected officials voted to set up a Public Safety Office on the civilian side of HRM, taking it out of the regional police force. This is a huge change, where accountability for the wide range of issues that impact public safety – drug crime, affordable housing, education, sexualized violence, and much more – will now be issues that are full embraced as Regional Council's responsibility. I strongly support this change. What is interesting to me is how little media coverage this got. This is a serious change in how HRM acts to advocate and plan for safe, healthy and vibrant communities, and I am delighted that Council has accepted this challenge and responsibility.
Councillor Jennifer Watts will be hosting a community meeting to provide information on the disposal process for the former St Pat's High School, 6067 Quinpool Road. The meeting will include a staff presentation on the current state of the property, the disposal process under Administrative Order 50 and provide an opportunity for the public to provide feedback on prospective uses. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 21 at 7:00 pm at the Maritime Hall, Halifax Forum (by the Bingo Hall).
As Councillor for the area, I will be hosting an open house to provide a first view of the concept plan to renew Cornwallis Park. This plan, based on the publicly-consulted 2005 Master Plan, will be presented and next steps discussed. This significant park, which anchors the southend, has become somewhat shabby over the years and it's time to breathe new life into it. We will also discuss the train station playground! Meeting starts 7pm at takes place in the Atlantic Room of the Westin Hotel.
At long last the plans for the permanent building at Oval on the North Common will be revealed! Come and see what the future holds for this important fixture in our community. Meeting will take place at the Atlantica Hotel, time TBC but probably 7pm. More info coming soon.
Victoria Day Tea Party at the Lord Nelson Hotel, May 19th from 2pm-5pm including tea, mini-sandwiches and desserts. If you're feeling the mood, come out in your best Victorian finery, and treat yourself to a self-guided tour of the Public Gardens. Tickets are $15 in advance and can be purchased at Horticultural Hall in the gardens, or at http://www.halifaxpublicgardens.ca/ All funds go to support the Halifax Public Gardens.
Regional Council will debate the final draft of the proposed regional plan prior to the setting of a date for a public hearing. If you want to read the proposal is will be posted on Friday afternoon prior to the Tuesday meeting – please click here.
On Saturday, May 24 the greenhouses at 5711 Sackville Street will be open from 9-3. Visit http://halifax.ca/tpw/ for more details and information on other National Public Works Week events.
HRM is updating its Community Energy Plan and seeking your input. A Community Energy Plan is a local-level planning process that aims to improve the sustainability of how we produce and use energy. The updated Community Energy Plan will outline actions to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy in our community over the next five years. The updated plan will go to Council for approval and form part of the Regional Plan.
For more information. call Shannon, Environmental Performance Officer at 490-3665.
The Halifax Urban Greenway Association is holding a community trailside clean-up session on Saturday, May 17th, 10 a.m. to noon. The purpose is to remove fallen limbs and small trees, as well as deadwood. We will be having a company chip the piles we create. Clean Nova Scotia is providing some work gloves, but it would be a good idea to bring a pair. A couple of tree-limbing saws would also be useful. Meet 10 a.m. at the Belmont-on-the-Arm entrance on Beaufort Avenue.
Trees will be planted in the area of Connaught Avenue in the boulevards starting in the next week or so. The tree planting is guided by the Urban Forest Master Plan, which can be found here: http://www.halifax.ca/RealPropertyPlanning/UFMP/. In addition to the master plan planting, trees will be planted to replace those that are damaged or died.
If you have a question about municipal services, please call the Citizen Contact Centre at 311. If you make a request for a service such as a pothole to be filled, please ask for the file number. This will make it easier to follow up with the Citizen Contact Centre.


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The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume s1-15, Issue 1, 1935
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - Volume s1-15, Issue 1, 1935
The Educational Background for the Practice of Tropical Medicine 1
Frederick F. Russell
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1935.s1-15.1
My address will be brief, as I have really a very simple theme and it will not take much of your time for me to present it.
It is unnecessary for me to remind you that we are living in a changing world, and that both medicine and public health are playing a much more important rôle in the world than they did formerly. For example, it is now customary for public officials and people in general to talk about adequate medical care for every one; this is no longer merely the dream of the sociologist, but a real objective of the thinking public.
I imagine that most of us, of the older generation, realize that this is a very high ideal, which has never yet been reached, even in the most advanced countries. It predicates further the utmost use of preventive as well as of curative medicine, otherwise the ideal could never be even remotely approached.
The Small Spleen in Malaria Surveys *
Paul F. Russell
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1935.s1-15.11
This paper briefly reviews the status of the splenic index in malaria and presents evidence which indicates that the small palpable-on-inspiration spleens of Darling have a useful significance. The technique of spleen palpation is discussed, and the results of numerous surveys by the author are presented to show a definite relationship between the small spleens and malaria. The results of some examinations of tuberculous children are given to show that they do not have more than a normal splenic index. There are also given the results of spleen palpations in Brookline, Massachusetts, where malaria does not occur. These examinations indicated that palpable-on-inspiration spleens are uncommon in non-malarious children. They also indicated that perhaps scarlet fever may leave a small palpable spleen in some 15 per cent of the cases.
The First Fatal Case of Chagas' Disease Observed on the Isthmus of Panama 1
Elbert DeCoursey
1. There is presented a report of an autopsy upon a three-months-old, black male Panama native, the first fatal case of Chagas' disease that has been discovered on the Isthmus of Panama.
2. In this case Trypanosoma cruzi in their leishmania forms were numerous in the myocardium and sparse in the brain, and they caused a severe diffuse myocarditis and a widespread focal encephalitis.
Absence of Tissue Invasion in Monkey Carriers of Endamoeba Histolytica 1
Robert Hegner
During the past year an opportunity became available for the study of four rhesus monkeys that were carriers of Endamoeba histolytica. The presence or absence of lesions in human carriers of dysentery amoebae has an important bearing on the relations between the amoebae and their hosts during the carrier period and on the treatment of the hosts. Amoebic infections in monkeys appear to be very similar to those in human beings hence the results of their study should throw considerable light on host-parasite relations in human amoebiasis.
Four female rhesus monkeys were used in these experiments; their ages were not known, but two were much younger than the other two, hence two distinctly different ages were represented. These monkeys were kept in this laboratory for one and one-half years.
Human Intestinal Myiasis Due to the Larvae of the Soldier Fly, Hermetia Illucens Linné (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)
Henry E. Meleney and Paul D. Harwood
1. A case of intestinal myiasis in a boy due to the larvae of the "soldier-fly," Hermetia illucens Linné, is reported. This is apparently the second human case to be recorded.
2. Descriptions of the larva and adult fly are given.
3. The larvae caused symptoms of local irritation in the stomach and rectum, and spells of fainting.
4. They were apparently acquired by eating raw fruit or vegetables on which the eggs of the fly had been deposited.
The Use of Guinea Pigs in Tests of Immunity Against Yellow Fever with Small Quantities of Serum
Wray Lloyd and A. F. Mahaffy
A technique for testing small quantities of serum for protective properties against yellow fever by the intracerebral inoculation of serum-virus mixtures into guinea pigs is described. This test requires 0.3 cc. of serum and two animals for each specimen. In our series of tests this technique gave correct results in 95 per cent of the cases.
Tropical Medicine in New York City 1
Thomas T. Mackie
Tropical medicine has not achieved a rank in our northern states comparable to that in England, France, Germany and Holland. This is doubtless the result of our lack of extensive tropical colonies. Unlike those countries, we have no large groups of citizens resident abroad. With the increase in commerce and travel, however, the diseases of the hot countries have become more important in the medical practice of our larger seaports. This has been recognized on the West coast largely through the work of Reed and his associates.
There has been comparatively little interest in tropical medicine in New York City since the last outbreak of yellow fever in the middle of the last century. Opinion, at the present time, does not differ materially from that current in London when Sir Patrick Manson returned from China to begin his work at the Seamen's Hospital. Tropical diseases are looked upon as curiosities, of interest but of little importance.
Malaria Studies in Greece
R. C. Shannon
It has been shown by various workers in recent years that the explanation of the phenomenon of anophelism without malaria in Europe depends largely upon the behavior, and subsequently upon the presence or absence, of particular varieties of Anopheles maculipennis, of which five have been recognized.
A further explanation has been offered by Martini and Teubner (1933). They claim that each type of Anopheles may have a preferred type of indoor climate (microclimate) for seeking food and shelter and that a general change in microclimates, resulting from a general change in type of housing for man and domestic stock may, therefore, prove an important factor in freeing a region of malaria.
The writer conducted various experiments in the Struma Valley, Greece, during 1933 to 1934 to test the microclimate preferences of mosquitoes.
By means of two tunnels, one with the entrance situated inside a stable, the other excavated in a clay bank facing due east, it was possible to create various types of microclimate stations. Temperatures and humidities in the tunnels were regulated simply by reducing light intensities by means of partial partitions of wood. The microclimate conditions could thereby be made to range from too unfavorable to optimal and then to conditions too dark and possibly too cool and humid for the mosquitoes to enter.
All of the stations were easily accessible to anophelines living in a state of nature, and therefore the type of microclimate they chose was in accord with their needs and desires. (The investigations reported upon deal only with "day anophelism," or the daytime resting places of anophelines.) Three species An. sacharovi (elutus), An. maculipennis (varieties messeae and typicus), and An. superpictus are well represented in the records.
The results to date show that:
1. Light should be regarded as a definite microclimate factor, as in nature temperature depends largely upon the intensity and duration of light, and humidity in turn depends largely upon temperature. (Dark situations normally indicate decreased temperatures and increased humidities.)
2. The intensity of light at dawn serves as a more direct and safer guide than either temperature or humidity, as at this time, and until about one-half hour after sunrise, temperatures and humidities within all types of structures approximate those occurring outdoors.
3. A light intensity of 1 to 5 candle-foot power is suitable for anophelines under summer conditions; greater or less than this is avoided. (The intensities of light given are approximate, specific light intensities not being available.)
4. The influence of temperature, although not as direct as that of light, has a measurable effect upon anopheline behavior, as is revealed in the following abridged table which is based on a total of 9169 specimens:
CANDLE-FOOT POWER
PER CENT OF ANOPHELINES IN MAIN ROOM OF STABLE
PER CENT OF ANOPHELINES WITHIN ENTRANCE TO TUNNEL OPENING INTO THE SAME STABLE
sacharovi
maculipennis
superpictus
1‑5 a 21.0 66 62 52 80 34 38 48 20
b 27.5 39 38 43 40 61 62 57 60
c 32.5 13 2 14 17 87 88 86 83
5‑15 A 21.3 94 99 92 98 6 1 8 2
C 313 45 49 43 74 55 51 57 26
D 35.5 16 22 13 84 78 87
E 40.0 0.0 0 0 100 100 100
4a. The combined percentages of a, b, and c show that 38 per cent of the anophelines were collected in the main room as compared to 62 per cent in the tunnel entrance. Those for A, B, and C (comparable temperatures) give 72 and 28 per cent respectively. Therefore over twice as many anophelines remained in the main room when the windows were closed as when they were open.
4b. A direct comparison of the percentages of the items a, b, and c with A, B, C, and D shows that a is equivalent to B, b to C, c to D. This indicates that at temperatures under 23°C. anophelines tolerate a stronger light intensity than at higher temperature; that under darkened conditions an approximate increase of 5°C. produces the same effect as occurs under an increase of 5 or more candle-foot power, e.g., an approximate 10 candle-foot power at 27°C. equals an approximate 3 candle-foot power at 31°C.
4c. Excessive temperatures tend to cause all anophelines to seek even darker and consequently cooler quarters. This is absolute at 40°C.
5. The distribution of the species as shown in the table indicates that superpictus is somewhat more tolerant of light and higher temperatures than the others while maculipennis is least tolerant.
Another type of experiment made several times shows more precisely the respective influences of light and temperatures. An earthenware jar containing both sacharovi and maculipennis was exposed to the direct rays of the midday sun. The anophelines remained in the jar until the interior had been heated by the sun to 36°, after which they were forced to brave the sunlight. This indicates that the respective forces of sunlight and temperature become equalized at 36°C. A few individuals have been observed to remain in the jar in spite of the excessive temperature, but none have been observed to survive 41°C.
The results of these investigations show that anophelines choose their daytime resting places in accordance with microclimate conditions; further, that each species here considered differs to some extent in its microclimate preferences. (Culex pipiens shows a much greater preference for darker and cooler microclimates. During the summer of 1933, 154 specimens of this species were found within the tunnel entrance but none were seen in the main room of the stable.)
A Soldier in Science
Chas. F. Craig
It is rarely that one has the opportunity of reading an autobiography at once so entertaining and so valuable as this of the late Colonel Bailey K. Ashford, of the United States Army Medical Corps. It is the story of a life-time spent in the service of his country and in striving to benefit man-kind. From the time that, as a young officer in the Medical Corps, he discovered the cause of the deadly anemia that was ravaging Puerto Rico to the day of his death, Bailey K. Ashford labored to increase our knowledge of tropical diseases and to alleviate some of the suffering that is caused by them. His contributions to our knowledge of these diseases and the success that attended his efforts to reduce their incidence in Puerto Rico will always remain as a memorial of the position he attained in scientific medicine.
Amebiasis and Amebic Dysentery
Henry E. Meleney
This monograph, by an author who is generally recognised as one of the world authorities on amebiasis, meets a very pressing need on the part of the medical profession and medical laboratory workers. The epidemic of amebic dysentery in Chicago in 1933 emphasized the general lack of knowledge of this important subject and created a demand for an authoritative treatise which would present both the scientific and practical aspects of amebiasis. This, Colonel Craig has accomplished in a manner which will make his work a classic contribution to medical literature. He has drawn from a wide personal experience and from an exhaustive survey of the literature in presenting the best and latest views on all phases of the subject.
The book is divided into twelve chapters dealing with the history, geographical distribution, etiology, epidemiology, pathology, symptomatology, complications, clinical and laboratory diagnosis, prognosis, prophylaxis and treatment of amebiasis and amebic dysentery.
Schistosomiasis (Bilharziasis)
Ernest Carroll Faust
This important monograph on human blood flukes is based primarily on the author's fourteen years of experience as a surgeon in the Egyptian delta, where both Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni are common parasites of the population. The volume, however, is much more than a recital of clinical experiences. It is a thorough, logical presentation of the historical, biological epidemiological and practical aspects of the subject and demonstrates a full appreciation on the part of the author of all phases of the problem, not only of the two schistosomes with which the author has had enviable experience, but also of the Oriental blood fluke, Schistosoma japonicum, which he has studied from the literature. In addition, brief consideration is given to the related schistosomes of domestic animals.
For the first time there is compiled in one volume essentially all of the knowledge concerning schistosomiasis and its etiological agents.
A Text Book of Bacteriology
The fact that a book reaches its seventh edition is proof of its usefulness and in this new edition of an already most valuable work it has been notably increased in value and brought thoroughly up-to-date. As the authors state: "The first edition of this book was presented as primarily a treatise on the fundamental laws and technic of bacteriology, as illustrated by their application to the study of pathogenic bacteria. The sixth edition announced the purpose of developing the book into a manual of infectious diseases. In the composition of this, the seventh edition, our joint endeavor has been to hold these two purposes in just balance, recording the advances of the fundamental science of bacteriology and selecting for special discussion the relation of old and new bacteriological knowledge to the diagnosis, specific therapy, epidemiology and prevention of infectious disease."
Veterinary Helminthology and Entomology. The Diseases of Domesticated Animals Caused by Helminth and Arthropod Parasites
With the publication of this volume there is available for the first time in the English language an authoritative manual of the helminth and arthropod parasites and the diseases which they produce in domestic animals. The author has purposely elected to present only the important facts, so that the reader will not be confused with a mass of details.
After a comprehensive discussion of the phenomena of parasitism, its biological and practical implications, and a brief consideration of technic and diagnostic methods, presentation is made of the numerous trematode, cestode, nematode and other helminthic infections of domestic animals. In each section the essential morphological and biological data are first outlined for the class group, after which each important species is taken up in systematic order from the following viewpoints: structure, life cycle, pathology and symptomatology, therapeusis and prophylaxis. Similarly the insects and their allies are considered.
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Posted by: adonis49 on: June 30, 2016
In: Essays | Jews/Israel/Palestine | social articles
Israel must be held accountable for its human rights abuses.
By Rebecca Vilkomerson. PostEverything. June 24, 2016
Rebecca Vilkomerson is the executive director of Jewish Voice for Peace
In 2009, I was living in Tel Aviv during Operation Cast Lead.
During that offensive, Israel killed about 1,400 Palestinians in Gaza. When small numbers of us went out into the streets to protest the war, we were often pelted with eggs or attacked by passersby.
When I dropped my children off at their preschool, parents chatted as if nothing unusual was going on.
When they asked me what was wrong, I would tell them I was deeply upset about what was happening just 40 miles away. Their response: awkward silence, or an angry defense of Israel's actions.
I wanted to take concrete action to bring about freedom and full rights for Palestinians.
So I embraced the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. The non-violent effort, started in 2005 by a broad coalition of Palestinian civil society organizations, is a call for solidarity from the international community until Israel complies with international law and ends its violations of Palestinian rights.
It's hard going though — the governor of my own state, New York, recently condemned BDS in a unilateral executive order.
Seven years later, there have been two more horrific assaults on Gaza.
About 500 Palestinian children were killed in 2014. Even when there are no intensive bombing campaigns, Palestinians in Gaza live under siege.
West Bank residents are severely curtailed by Israel's matrix of control in the area, including checkpoints, administrative detention and home demolitions. Inside Israel, Palestinians with Israeli citizenship live in a system of unequal laws and rights. Outside of Israel, refugees cannot return home.
Of course, during this time there have been attacks on Israeli civilians too. These are a horrifying symptom of ongoing occupation and repression, as Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai pointed out after a recent attack in Tel Aviv killed four Jewish Israelis.
I believe that Israel won't change its policies until outside pressure becomes impossible to ignore. BDS is a powerful way to encourage the state to act.
And during my time with the movement, we've had growing success. Mainstream churches have divested from companies profiting from the occupation. Dozens of American campuses have passed divestment resolutions.
More than 100 artists refuse to perform in Israel, and multinational corporations like G4S and Veolia have withdrawn from the Israeli market.
During this time, there's also been a shift in public opinion. A 2015 Brookings Institute poll found that 49 percent of Democrats support imposing economic sanctions against Israel over settlement construction.
A Pew poll released last month found that for the first time, liberal Democrats were more sympathetic to Palestinians than to Israelis. In May, the research firm Ipsos found that one-third of Americans support the boycott, divestment and sanctions of Israel until it respects Palestinian rights.
But our efforts have been threatened here in the United States by a nationally coordinated, well-funded strategy financed by the Israeli government and advocacy organizations.
Over the last year, 22 states have introduced or passed anti-BDS legislation. Many of these measures make it illegal for states to do business with companies that support BDS.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has escalated that strategy with a draconian executive order that would create a blacklist of companies and organizations that choose not to invest in Israel or that advocate for BDS. Cuomo's executive order circumvented the state legislature, where opposition from supporters of Palestinian rights and free speech, including many members of Jewish Voice for Peace, had successfully stalled the anti-BDS legislation in committee.
This is wrong. It's not discrimination to hold a state accountable for its violations of international law and human rights abuses. The state of Israel is not the same as the Jewish people.
My daughters who I dropped off at preschool in Tel Aviv in 2009 are now middle-schoolers in Brooklyn. If as Israeli citizens they choose someday to live in Israel/Palestine, I hope it will be a place where all people, Jewish and Palestinian, can live in equality and freedom.
I believe that BDS is the best tool that we have to make that vision a reality. We will look back on the attempts to legislate against BDS as the last desperate attempts to shield Israel from much-needed pressure to change its policies. Cuomo is standing on the wrong side of history.
Tags: adonis49, Boycott, Boycott Israel, Divestment, human rights abuses, israel, Operation Cast Lead, Rebecca Vilkomerson, sanctions movement
Happiness is a modern idea? What the ancient philosophers were talking about...?
The culprit is vegetative Ariel Sharon? Who is Elie Hobeika?


Taylor Swift is sending a message... and we hear it loud and clear.
Performing at the Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas on Saturday, October 22, the country-turned-pop superstar utilized her one and only (or at least first) 2016 performance to seemingly throw a bit of shade towards her ex-boyfriend Calvin Harris.
Taking to her piano, the singer debuted her stripped down version of Harris and Rihanna's radio hit, "This Is What You Came For"—a song she wrote under the pseudonym Nils Sjöberg.
Making no mention of the track's producer or original singer, Swift began playing the recognizable melody to the tune while telling the screaming crowd, "As a songwriter...the most rewarding feeling in the world is writing something and having the crowd sing it back to you because they know the words. It's the coolest feeling in the world."
"I've never performed this song live before," she added, reclaiming the Top 40 EDM-pop jam as her own. "But if you know it, maybe you can sing along and I can get to know what that feels like...to have it sung back to me."
The song is, of course, a point of contention for Taylor and Calvin, who were still dating at the time of its release in April 2016, mere weeks before Taylor was spotted with her now former beau, Tom Hiddleston.
After the information was leaked that the 1989 performer had written the smash hit, Calvin slammed Taylor on Twitter, accusing her of trying to "tear [him] down" and "bury him" like she had allegedly done to Katy Perry.


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Брендон Байрон Дженнингс (; родился 23 сентября 1989 года, Комптон, Калифорния, США) — американский профессиональный баскетболист, играющий на позиции разыгрывающего защитника. Выбран на драфте НБА 2009 года в первом раунде под общим десятым номером клубом «Милуоки Бакс».

Ранние годы
Брендон родился в Калифорнии, в семье Байрана Дженнингса и Элис Кокс. Посещал старшую школу Домингеса в родном Комптоне, затем перевёлся в академию Оак Хилл в Виргинии, имеющую одну из лучших баскетбольных программ в США и выпустившую немало известных игроков, среди которых Кармело Энтони, Рэджон Рондо, Стивен Джексон и Майкл Бизли. Выступая на школьном уровне Дженнингс демонстрировал выдающийся уровень игры и считался одним из сильнейших молодых баскетболистов в США. В сезоне 2006/2007 Брендон помог своей команде завершить сезон с рекордной статистикой: 41 победа при одном поражении. В выпуском классе он в среднем за игру набирал 32,7 очка, делал 7,4 передач и 5,1 подборов, установил школьный рекорд результативности за сезон и получил массу наград, включая приз имени Нейсмита лучшему игроку года среди школьников, а аналитики ESPN поставили его на первое место в своём списке самых перспективных баскетболистов в стране.

В апреле 2007 года, за год до окончания школы, Дженнингс решил продолжить обучение в Университете Аризоны, чтобы играть в одной команде с Джерридом Бэйлессом. Однако в июне 2008 года он после нескольких попыток не смог сдать вступительный экзамен в университет. Профессионально выступать в НБА Брендон ещё не мог, так как правила ассоциации требуют, чтобы игрок достиг 19 лет и окончил школу не менее, чем за год до прихода в лигу. Поэтому Дженнингс принял решение один сезон выступать профессионально в Европе, чтобы набраться опыта и заработать денег, а через год вернуться в США и выступать в НБА.

Профессиональная карьера
16 июля 2008 года Дженнингс подписал трёхлетний контракт с итальянским клубом «Виртус» Рим. Его зарплата составила $1,65 млн в год, также Брендон получил $2 млн от производителя спортивной экипировки Under Armour за то, что будет представлять их продукцию в Европе. В Италии Дженнингс провёл один сезон, в серии А он сыграл 27 матчей (5,5 очков, 1,6 передача, 2,2 перехвата в среднем за игру), также играл в Евролиге. С момента введения в НБА ограничений для новичков Дженнингс стал первым американцем, решившим попасть в НБА через европейскую команду, а не колледж.

На драфте НБА 2009 года Дженнингс был выбран под десятым номером командой «Милуоки Бакс». Он сразу же стал основным разыгрывающим защитником команды и дебютировал в НБА 30 октября 2009 года в матче против «Филадельфии», в котором он набрал 17 очков, сделал 9 подборов и 9 передач.

14 ноября 2009 года в матче против «Голден Стэйт Уорриорз» Дженнингс набрал 55 очков, ему не хватило всего четырёх очков, чтобы побить рекорд НБА по количеству набранных новичком очков в одной игре, установленный в 1960 году Уилтом Чемберленом. При этом Дженнингс не набрал ни одного очка в первой четверти матча. Дженнингс побил аналогичный клубный рекорд, установленный Каримом Абдул-Джаббаром в 1970 году, и недобрал всего три очка, чтобы побить командный рекорд результативности, установленный Майклом Реддом в 2006 году. Тем не менее Дженнингс, которому тогда было 20 лет и 52 дня, установил рекорд НБА как самый юный баскетболист, набравший за матч не менее 50 очков.

31 августа 2013 года Дженнингс был обменян из «Милуоки Бакс» в «Детройт Пистонс» на Брэндона Найта, Криса Миддлтона и Вячеслава Кравцова. Сделка была совершена по схеме «сэнд-энд-трейд», а сам Дженнингс подписал трёхлетний контракт на сумму $24 млн долларов.

16 февраля 2016 года «Детройт Пистонс» обменял Дженнингса в «Орландо Мэджик» на Тобиаса Харриса и Эрсана Ильясову. Через три дня он дебютировал за «Мэджик» в проигранном матче против «Даллас Маверикс», набрав 18 очков за 25 минут игрового времени.

8 июля 2016 года в качестве свободного агента перешёл в «Нью-Йорк Никс».

Игровой стиль
Ещё во время выступлений за школьные команды, скауты отмечали Дженнингса как великолепного дриблёра с взрывной скоростью и невероятной резкостью. При этом он достаточно хорошо видит площадку и ассистирует партнёрам. С другой стороны, специалисты отмечают не самый лучший выбор места и времени для бросков у Дженнингса и нестабильность броска, особенно подчёркивается низкий даже для разыгрывающего защитника процент двухочковых попаданий. Несмотря на свой относительно небольшой рост (185 см) и вес, Брендон считается хорошим защитником — у него большой размах рук (для защитника) и он очень цепко играет в обороне при опеке соперника.

Интересные факты
 В апреле 2009 года Дженнингс пожертвовал 50 тысяч долларов жертвам землетрясения в Италии, где он выступал на тот момент.
 Брендон является лицом производителя спортивной одежды и экипировки Under Armour; летом 2011 года компания создала серию роликов, посвящённых совместным тренировкам Дженнингса со специалистами Under Armour в период локаута, а также личной жизни молодой звезды и его друзей.

Личная жизнь
У Брендона двое сыновей от двух разных женщин. В 2016 году Дженнингс и его девушка Тэй Хекард ожидают появления сына, которого планируют назвать Брэндоном Байроном Дженнингсом младшим.

Статистика

Статистика в НБА

Статистика в Д-Лиге

Примечания

Ссылки
 Брендон Дженнингс на официальном сайте НБА
 Статистика на сайте www.basketball-reference.com

Баскетболисты США
Игроки БК «Виртус» Рим
Игроки «Милуоки Бакс»
Игроки «Детройт Пистонс»
Игроки «Гранд-Рапидс Драйв»
Игроки «Орландо Мэджик»
Игроки «Нью-Йорк Никс»
Игроки «Шаньси Чжунъюй»
Игроки «Висконсин Херд»
Игроки БК «Зенит» Санкт-Петербург

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Summitville é uma vila localizada no estado norte-americano de Ohio, no Condado de Columbiana.

Demografia
Segundo o censo norte-americano de 2000, a sua população era de 108 habitantes.
Em 2006, foi estimada uma população de 106, um decréscimo de 2 (-1.9%).

Geografia
De acordo com o United States Census Bureau tem uma área de
2,5 km², dos quais 2,4 km² cobertos por terra e 0,1 km² cobertos por água.

Localidades na vizinhança
O diagrama seguinte representa as localidades num raio de 20 km ao redor de Summitville.

Ligações externas

Localidades do condado de Columbiana
Vilas do Ohio


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Kinky Boots, Annie, Cinderella, Pippin, and countless other Broadway shows were honored at last night's 2013 Tony Awards. Niel Patrick Harris hosted the show that from what I saw, was pretty good. With Game 2 of the Spurs/Heat series coming on at 9 pm as well as the season finale of Army Wives, you can see that my viewing time was constantly changing between the 3 presentations. Patina Miller (pictured above) won a Tony for Best Actress in a Musical for her lead role in Pippin, while Cindy Laupher took home an award for writing Kinky Boots, and Cicely Tyson took home a Tony for her performance in The Trip to Bountiful. Kinky Boots also won for choreography, two technical awards, and lead man in a musical which went to Billy Porter. This year's Tonys had numerous movie and TV stars making appearances in plays and musicals. Jane Lynch from the tv series Glee made her Broadway debut as Ms. Hannagin in the revival of Annie. Tom Hanks and Courtney B. Vance starred in the play Lucky Guys, the latter taking home a Tony for best featured actor in a play. Judith Light, star of One Life to Live and Who's the Boss took home her second featured actress in a play Tony for the play, The Assembled Parties. The Tony's ended with a performance by host Niel Patrick Harris paridying Jay-Z's hit "Empire State of Mind."
June 10, 2013 April 23, 2016
America the what ??
"Go confidently…


Director YIM Soon-rye has filled out the cast of her next project Little Forest, which will begin production at some point this month. Joining previously announced lead KIM Tae-ri will be veteran star MOON So-ri, rising actor RYU Jun-yeol and new face JIN Ki-joo.
Little Forest, which is based on a Japanese comic of the same name by IGARASHI Daisuke, which was already made into two Japanese films in 2014 and 2015, follows the life of the young Hye-won, who returns to her hometown in the countryside. Seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, she becomes self-sufficient in a bid to reconnect with nature.
The role of Hye-won represents KIM Tae-ri's first major part after her breakout debut in PARK Chan-wook's The Handmaiden last year. MOON So-ri, who will play her mother, reunites with director YIM following their handball hit Forever The Moment (2008) and Fly Penguin (2009). MOON also featured in The Handmaiden last year.
After appearing in Socialphobia (2015) and blowing up through TV roles, RYU is poised for an enormous 2017, with major parts in blockbusters The King, Taxi Driver and Silence. Little Forest marks the first film role for co-star JIN Ki-joo.
Little Forest, YIM's first film since The Whistleblower (2014), is produced by Watermelon Pictures and distributed by Megabox PlusM. The film is expected to be completed for release in 2018.


Acupuncture is a therapy involving inserting, manipulating and retaining very fine disposable sterile needles in different acupuncture points of the body to solicit neurological, immunological and endocrine responses. It has been fund that acupuncture treatment promotes the release of endorphins and other "healing" chemicals in the body. These chemicals assist in healing and pain management.
What one can expect from acupuncture?
Most patients will see some benefit within 1 to 5 treatments. Occasionally there is an aggravation of symptoms between the second to third treatments. Acupuncture effects are generally curative.


gUnify is a cloud based service by Google which offers a communication system that has been specifically designed and built for Google Apps. gUnify can be seen as a more affordable alternative to Microsoft Lync, as it requires no server setup and supports integration with many famous CRM services including Zooho, Salesforce and Apptivo. As you might be aware, these CRMs are widely used by small, medium size and even large corporations, as they provide many features that assist the sales process, including everything from file sharing (e.g. PowerPoint files), online collaboration, sales logs and more.
How Can gUnify Benefit your Business?
gUnify provides an affordable conference calling solution via Google Apps, which can significantly cut down on your telephone bills and allow you to seamlessly conduct conference calls with carrier grade voice quality. This Google conference call solution provides its users with a local number, separate access room for each user, with the option to make unlimited international calls. You can even access gUnify from your Google account via Gmail, Google Calendar and the like. Hence, gUnify is an excellent solution for integrating a phone system with your CRM. This can provide your sales and support staff the utility to log outgoing calls automatically to the CRM. This not only eliminates the hassle of making manual entries but also makes it possible for managers to keep an eye on the activities of their subordinates (e.g. by monitoring call logs).
As gUnify is a web service, you can use any desktop or mobile device to use it, as all it requires is an internet browser. This also means that you don't have to build and maintain your own servers for making calls or conducting conference calls.
gUnify is a robust conference calling solution that can help anyone from IT consultants, branch managers, customer relationship officers, and even entrepreneurs to use Google Apps for scheduling conference calls or for making international calls for free across 35 different countries. The Below image shows a list of the countries that are supported by gUnify.
In a previous post we brought you a comprehensive Review of Microsoft Lync. The below chart shows a comparison between the cost effectiveness of using Lync Vs gUnify. As is evident from the below chart, you can cost effectively use gUnify as compared to Lync. this is because it requires no server license, client access license, no software and no maintenance. Moreover, you don't have to buy and maintain expensive database servers like SQL.
gUnify requires a Google Apps account and you can either use it with the Google Apps Collaboration Suite ($5 per user/month) or the gUnify Communication Suite ($35 per user/month).


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Tim Cook on meeting with Trump: You have to engage
By Levi Sumagaysay	/ December 20, 2016 at 9:41 AM
Last week's meeting between Donald Trump and the top executives of tech's biggest companies was the talk of Silicon Valley and beyond.
But wait, there's more. Such as Apple CEO Tim Cook responding Monday to employees who asked why he chose to meet with the president-elect. For one thing, Trump had criticized Apple publicly during his campaign. And Trump's rhetoric — and the records of the people he is putting in his cabinet — don't exactly mesh with Cook's reputation as a supporter of civil rights and social justice.
Cook told employees in the company's internal information service that "personally, I've never found being on the sideline a successful place to be," according to TechCrunch, which obtained a copy of the CEO's response.
The CEO rattled off issues he identified as important to Apple, including privacy, security, human rights, climate change, job creation. He also mentioned tax reform and intellectual property.
"The way that you influence these issues is to be in the arena," Cook said. "So whether it's in this country, or the European Union, or in China or South America, we engage. And we engage when we agree and we engage when we disagree."
Where engagement will be needed: Trump has said he wants to get Apple to "build their damn computers in this country." He also criticized Apple's stance in its fight with the FBI over encryption, when the company refused to help hack into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters.
Another area that might be of concern to Cook and Apple is how the incoming administration deals with China. Almost immediately after the election, Chinese-run state media warned that Apple would probably be affected if Trump starts a trade war.
Cook ended his answer with the following: "We very much stand up for what we believe in. We think that's a key part of what Apple is about. And we'll continue to do so."
Photo: Apple CEO Tim Cook, right, and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, center, listen as President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology industry leaders at Trump Tower in New York on Dec. 14, 2016. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Tags: Apple, Donald Trump, Politics, Tim Cook
georgesteele
Apple is not entitled to be an American company, with all the attendant benefits, if it is not first American. Not supporting the needs of the federal government when there is a terrorist attack is vile. Try attracting the best talent in Mexico, or China, or Europe. You owe a debt – as people, and as a company – to the country for the freedoms we have built, at a cost of blood and treasure, out of whole cloth. Start acting like it. You are not sovereign – you're just a business.
Matt Semenza
Nicely worded!
George, you are going to be *terribly* disappointed for the next four years. Look at tRump's Cabinet nominations: nothing but businessmen and (token) -women and some rich sycophants. Business *owns* government in the USA, from the influence business money has on our elected officials (including poorly-disguised PAC money), to the revolving door between Congress and lobbyist organizations, to business funding at our research universities (with their implied wish for specific results), to banks and investing companies which play with equity fire but are "too big to fail". The real corporate tax rate in the US is not the fake-o 35% that tRump hawks loudly — it is far lower, with many companies, like American and United Airlines, GM, HP, and tRump's own company not paying *any* income taxes last year. Really??
In the meantime, Wall Street's continual demands for market growth push American companies to sell overseas. Other countries encourage (or even require) local partnerships or manufacturing. The companies that do so are not seeking the protection of tariffs for their products. The willingness of other countries to subsidize business costs comes with no penalty in the US. So they go. They'd be foolish not to.
I'm not saying you're wrong — companies headquartered in the US *should* pay reasonable taxes to fund the benefits they enjoy (stable government, educated workforce, judicial systems, etc.) and to fully fund the costs of their doing business (e.g., Walmart should pay enough in employee benefits that every American taxpayer does not have to supplement their penury).
But that's not what this country has been about for some time. Hoping otherwise will only yield disappointment, certainly as long as a certain orange executive is in the Oval Office. Someday the worm will turn. Until then, though, the business of America is business.


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The English cricket team in Australia in 1998–99 lost the Ashes series. Of the five matches, one was drawn, Australia won three and England won one. Australian captain Mark Taylor won all five coin tosses at the start of the games. After this series there was a tri-nation series which involved Sri Lanka.

Test series

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References

 Playfair Cricket Annual
 Wisden Cricketers Almanack

1998 in Australian cricket
1998 in English cricket
1998–99 Australian cricket season
1999 in Australian cricket
1999 in English cricket
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Children of Portuguese background enjoy learning about their history, and that of their parents and grandparents. Part of this heritage is toys and play. Today, summer camp came to the museum, and everyone had a great time learning about tops. In the end, each one crafted their own top with playdough.


Mike Stoops may not be a member of Nick Saban's coaching rehabilitation club for much longer. ESPN reports that Kentucky defensive coordinator Matt House is, in fact, joining the Kansas City Chiefs as the team's linebackers coach. The report adds that House and the Chiefs have been back and forth on the terms of House's buyout with Kentucky, leading to stalled talks in the deal.
However, if the Wildcats do lose their defensive coordinator (the hire has not yet been made official, but it is certainly trending in that direction), coach Mark Stoops could look to familiar name to fill the vacancy: his brother, Mike. Speaking with Matt Jones on Kentucky Sports Radio, Stoops said he would "absolutely" be open to hiring his brother. However, Stoops said that in the context of being open to all possibilities for the DC job.
"If you go back to the last time I had a coordinating job open with D.J. (Eliot) leaving, I looked at hiring from outside the program and looked at promoting within. I ultimately decided to give Matt (House) the job and it worked out pretty well. Now I have to look at it the same way."
Mike was fired this past October following Oklahoma's 48-45 loss to Texas. Though the loss was the Sooners' only one for the regular season and did not keep them out of the College Football Playoff, it was a breaking point for Stoops, whose defenses in recent years had become a liability. However, Stoops' first stint as Oklahoma's defensive coordinator in the early 2000s with his other brother, Bob, was far more successful. If he were to be hired at Kentucky, there's a good chance he wouldn't be followed by any type of baggage leftover from the Sooners.
Kentucky is coming off of a 10-3 season, one of the best in program history and the first 10-win season since 1977.


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Heerlerheide (Limburgs: Heëlehei of G'n Hei) is na Hoensbroek het grootste stadsdeel van Heerlen. Het bevindt zich in het noorden van Heerlen.

Indeling
Heerlerheide bestaat uit de volgende wijken:
 Beersdal-Rennemig met Beersdal, Rennemig, Schelsberg en buurtschap Vrank
 Heerlerheide-Passart met Heerlerheide Kom, Passart en Ganzeweide
 Heksenberg-Pronsenbroek met Heksenberg, Pronsenbroek en Maria-Christinawijk
 Vrieheide-De Stack met Weggebekker, Uterweg, Nieuw-Einde, Versiliënbosch, Vrieheide en De Stack

Geschiedenis
De vroegere inwoners, meestal landbouwers, van wat nu bekendstaat als Heerlerheide leefden verspreid over bescheiden woonkernen. De kaart van Ortelius Limburgensis ducatus tabula nova uit 1603 noemt de kernen Geyt, Boc, Ganzewen en Verwekel (Varenbeuk?). Heerlerheide lag aan de oude handelsweg van Maastricht naar Geilenkirchen, een weg die liep over Ten Esschen, Rennemig, Cauvelens, Pappersjans langs de Heksenberg naar Nieuwenhagerheide. Omdat zij van de opbrengsten van hun boerderijtjes niet konden rondkomen, maakten de Heerlerheidenaren verre tochten als marskramers. Met een korf van drie of vier verdiepingen op hun rug die gevuld was met boter, eieren, groenten, kippen en eenden trokken ze naar de markten in de omgeving. Met het Partagetraktaat van 1661 kwam Heerlerheide als Staats-Overmaas gebied aan de grens van Spaans en later Oostenrijks gebied te liggen. Zeventiende-eeuwse akten vermelden verkoop van stukken grond van "de Heerlerheide" aan particulieren. Met de inlijving in het Franse rijk in 1795 werd Heerlen met daarin Heerlerheide een gemeente in het departement Nedermaas. Heerlerheide als plaatsnaam werd pas in het midden van de negentiende eeuw gangbaar.

Na de oprichting van de Corneliusparochie en de bouw van de eerste kerk in 1839 bloeide het verenigingsleven in Heerlerheide op met de oprichting van het kerkelijk zangkoor St Caecilia in 1839, de Schutterij St Sebastianus rond 1850, harmonie Concordia in 1877, harmonie De Eendracht in 1882 (later Fanfare St Joseph) en carnavalsvereniging De Bokkeriejesj in 1898. De zusters van de Heilige Geest uit Tours vestigden zich in 1905 in Heerlerheide, op de vlucht voor antiklerikale maatregelen in Frankrijk, zij sloten zich in 1911 aan bij de zusters van de Heilige Harten in Meerssen. Ze betrokken een klooster aan de Gravenstraat en verzorgden het onderwijs op de naastgelegen meisjesschool. De laatste zusters vertrokken in 1976. De Franciscanen van de Sittarderweg stichtten in 1926 een klooster in Vrank, de Lazaristen uit Brunssum waren vanaf 1920 actief in Nieuw Einde.

Rond 1830 had Heerlerheide ongeveer 1300 inwoners verdeeld over 260 huizen. Na de kerkelijke afscheiding van Heerlen in 1839 door de oprichting van de Corneliusparochie wilde Heerlerheide ook gemeentelijk zelfstandig worden. Daartoe richtte pastoor Reyners op 2 september 1846 een verzoekschrift tot de Gedeputeerde Staten van het Hertogdom Limburg. Het werd ondertekend door 104 inwoners van Heerlerheide. Deze poging om zich los te maken van Heerlen mislukte, maar op 12 oktober 1901 wordt een nieuwe poging gedaan om Heerlerheide tot een zelfstandige gemeente te maken. Ook nu weer tevergeefs. Na de opening van de Staatsmijn Emma in 1911 en de Oranje-Nassau III in 1917 neemt het aantal inwoners sterk toe en worden verspreid over Heerlerheide nieuwe woningen gebouwd voor de mijnwerkers ("koloniën"): Passart, de Keek, Nieuw Einde en Versiliënbosch (allen volgens ontwerp van Jan Stuyt); Beersdal en Maria Christinawijk werden opgezet volgens het tuindorp-principe, in de jaren zestig gevolgd door de wijk Vrieheide van Peter Sigmond. In 1974 werd de laatste mijn gesloten. In het begin van de 21ste eeuw werd het centrum van Heerlerheide ingrijpend vernieuwd.

Kastelen

In Heerlerheide liggen restanten van het Kasteel Passarts-Nieuwenhagen, het poortgebouw uit 1612 staat aan de Passartweg 56. Ten zuiden hiervan lag landgoed Ter Weijer, wat nog terug te vinden is in de buurtnaam de Wieër. Huis Carisborg werd in 1916 gesloopt.
Een ander adellijk huis was het Huis Roebroeck, in de volksmond het 'Leyenhoes', gelegen in de wijk Heksenberg. Het werd in 1918 afgebroken.

Kerken

Rooms-katholieke kerken

Heerlerheide is een bedevaartsplaats voor de heilige Cornelius. Toen Heerlerheide in 1839 een zelfstandige parochie werd, verwierf men een reliek van deze heilige. De eerste Corneliuskerk werd gewijd op 18 maart 1839. Deze kerk was een kleine, eenbeukige, neoclassicistische kerk met een lengte van circa 24 meter en een breedte van circa 12 meter. De kerk had een karakteristiek vierkant bakstenen torentje met een achtzijdige koepelbekroning in hout. De toren bereikte een hoogte van 19 meter.

Na 70 jaar begon dit kerkgebouw echter ernstige gebreken te vertonen en omdat het te klein was geworden voor het snel groeiende aantal parochianen werd het in september 1908, na het Corneliusoctaaf, gesloopt. Meteen werd begonnen met de bouw van de veel grotere huidige Corneliuskerk. Deze nieuwe Corneliuskerk (1909) is gebouwd in neoromaanse stijl naar een ontwerp van de architecten Jos Cuypers en Jan Stuyt.

De bevolkingsgroei van Heerlerheide door de mijnbouwindustrie zorgde in de twintigste eeuw voor de stichting van nieuwe parochies en bouw van kerken:
 1928-2004 (nieuwbouw 1965) Christus Koningkerk, Parochie Christus Koning (Vrieheide-De Stack),
 1929-2016 Sint-Antonius van Paduakerk, Parochie H. Antonius van Padua (Vrank),
 1938 Sint-Gerardus Majellakerk, Parochie H. Gerardus Majella (Heksenberg)
 1964-1982 Judas Thaddeüskerk, Rectoraat Judas Thaddeüs (Vrieheide-De Stack, noodkerk in Hoeve Carisborg)
 1970-1991 Sint-Cornelius en Sint-Pauluskerk, Parochie H. Paulus (Passart-Zuid, 1995 gesloopt)

De voorgenomen mijnsluiting in 1965 en de ontkerstening vanaf de jaren zestig leidde tot reorganisatie, sluiting en sloop.

Sinds 2013 is de Corneliusparochie het centrum van de Parochiefederatie Heerlen Noord, waarbij de pastoor ook in de buurparochies opereert. De federatie omvat Parochie H. Antonius van Padua, Parochie Christus Koning, Parochie H. Paulus, Parochie H. Cornelius en Parochie H. Gerardus Majella. Hiervan zijn alleen de Corneliuskerk en de Gerardus Majellakerk nog in gebruik voor de eredienst.

De Christus Koningkerk, die in 2004 aan de eredienst werd onttrokken, is in 2018 aangewezen als rijksmonument en doet na grondige restauratie in 2022 dienst als archiefdepot, studiezaal en kantoor van Historisch Centrum Limburg.

Protestantse kerken
De Hervormde Gemeente van Brunssum organiseerde van af de jaren dertig van de twintigste eeuw bijeenkomsten in gebouw "Jong Nederland" in de wijk Nieuw Einde. In 1953 werd de Sionskerk aan de Kampstraat gerealiseerd, deze kerk werd in 1998 verlaten, in 2001 werd het gebouw ingericht als uitvaartcentrum.

Delfstoffen

Heerlerheide is bekend vanwege de steenkolenmijn Oranje-Nassau III.
In 1908 kocht de Lotharingse familie de Wendel voor vijf miljoen gulden de Oranje Nassaumijnen. In 1917 opende de Wendel de nieuwe mijnzetel ONIII in het noordveld van de Oranje Nassauconcessie, met een tweede mijnschacht in Heksenberg die in 1927 mijn ONIV werd. In 1967 werd de ONIV weer opgenomen in de ONIII die in 1973 de deuren sloot. In dat jaar werd de schachtbok van de ONIV gesloopt, gevolgd in 1974 door de schachtbok van de ONIII. De basisschool Mijn Spoor in de wijk Rennemig ligt bij de plek van de oude ONIII mijnschacht, die op het schoolplein met twee dekplaten is aangegeven. Van de twee steenbergen die de Oranje-Nassau III is de oudste verdwenen en de jongste is ingericht als wandelpark: de Koumenberg.

In 2005 werd de "Opsporingsvergunning voor aardwarmte Heerlen" verleend door de Minister van Economische zaken. Het plan was om het mijnwater (met een temperatuur van 30 °C) te gebruiken als warmtebron. Met succes werden in 2006 twee precisieboringen uitgevoerd om vanaf het oppervlak watervoerende oude mijngangen van de ON III op 700m onder de grond aan te boren. Sinds oktober 2008 is de aardwarmtecentrale in werking

Tussen 1915 en 1930 werd langs de grens met Brunssum door de firma Carisborg bruinkool van miocene ouderdom in dagbouw afgegraven.
Tegenwoordig wordt er in de Vrieheide-groeve ten zuiden van de Unolaan, in twee groeves aan beide zijden van de Heerenweg en in de Sigrano-groeve aan de grens met de Brunssummerheide nog steeds zilverzand afgegraven.

Breuk van Heerlerheide

Een geologische afschuiving is genoemd naar Heerlerheide. Ten oosten ervan komt het zilverzand van het laagpakket van Heksenberg uit de miocene formatie van Breda dicht aan de oppervlakte. Ten westen van de breuk, die doorloopt tot in het steenkoolhoudend carboongesteente, is het zilverzand afwezig en treden de oudere (oligoceen)lagen van de Formatie van Rupel dicht aan de oppervlakte. De breuk van Heerlerheide is onderdeel van de Roerdalslenk

Aangrenzende plaatsen

Externe links
 Heerlerheide als bedevaartplaats (Meertens Instituut)
 Pagina over de Corneliuskerk
 Site van de heemkundevereniging Heerlerheide.
 Site van, door en voor de wijk.

Stadsdeel van Heerlen
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The D.M. show China doesn't want you to see
It's a multimillion-dollar spectacle of "dazzling backdrops" and "glorious melodies."
The D.M. show China doesn't want you to see It's a multimillion-dollar spectacle of "dazzling backdrops" and "glorious melodies." Check out this story on desmoinesregister.com: http://dmreg.co/1NPtPw4
Michael Morain, mmorain@dmreg.com Published 12:36 p.m. CT March 12, 2015 | Updated 12:48 p.m. CT March 13, 2015
The show Shen Yun, whose title translates to "the beauty of divine beings dancing," is an elaborate showcase of Chinese folk tales, music and dance. This is a detail from one of the national tour's many advertisements.(Photo: Special to the Register)
Shen Yun, the Chinese song-and-dance show bound for the Des Moines Civic Center, is a "journey through 5,000 years of divinely inspired culture," says all those turquoise billboards and advertisements around town. It's a multimillion-dollar spectacle of "dazzling backdrops" and "glorious melodies."
And possibly: some propaganda.
The fine print in the brochures points out the show is presented by the Mid-USA Falun Dafa Association, a branch of the spiritual group Falun Gong. Its followers mix meditative exercises (tai chi) with Taoist and Buddhist ideals to promote physical well-being and spiritual wholeness. It all sounds very peaceful.
But the group's surge in popularity in the 1990s made China's Communist leaders uneasy, and they ordered a violent crackdown in 1999. The relationship between Beijing and Falun Gong's worldwide followers has been dicey since.
Shen Yun's highly publicized visit to Des Moines on Friday and Saturday has sharply divided members of Iowa's Chinese community, who either applaud the show's anti-Communist message or fear it will fray the cross-cultural ties Iowans have worked so hard to tighten.
None of the Chinese-Americans contacted for this story wanted to be identified, for fear of retaliation. (Remember, Sony postponed the release of "The Interview" movie just three months ago, following a computer-hack attack from North Korea.)
"In my heart, I support (Falun Gong) because of freedom," said a Chinese-American man from Des Moines' western suburbs, who is active in the immigrant community. "But it's a bigger issue. The Chinese government tries to dominate Chinese-Americans."
The Chinese consul general in Chicago, whose territory covers Iowa, criticized Shen Yun when the touring show visited Chicago two years ago. A statement on the consulate's website called the show a "clumsy, vulgar" form of religious propaganda. The statement built its case with a sampling of criticism from independent blogs and social media.
A year later, when the tour visited Philadelphia, a critic for the Inquirer praised the show's colorful stagings of Chinese folktales but noted they were followed by another scene in which "Communist Party thugs attack a group of young people meditating in a park."
The reviewer suggested the show's anti-conformist message didn't jibe with the rows and rows of uniformed dancers moving in perfect unison.
"Ironically," she wrote, "when the emcees encouraged audience members to learn Chinese by repeating 'I love Shen Yun,' the effect was chilling."
So with its silk banners and embroidered costumes, the show travels with some delicate baggage.
The company will have to handle it with particular care here in Iowa, where Gov. Terry Branstad has built a decades-long friendship with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Xi, then a provincial agricultural official, first visited the state 30 years ago and returned in 2012 for a high-profile reunion. Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds met Xi on a trade mission to China a month later.
Branstad also met with Xi on a trade mission in spring 2013 and asked U.S. Vice President Joe Biden last month to add Iowa to Xi's itinerary for another U.S. trip on an as-yet undetermined date.
Branstad's friendship with Xi is personal but also political, with multibillion-dollar implications for agriculture, business and trade with the world's second-largest economy.
It's no surprise, then, that the governor does not have a ticket for Shen Yun. His office declined to comment for this story.
A local Chinese-American man who moved to Des Moines many years ago said he finds Shen Yun disturbing and thinks it's inappropriate "to spread hatred through the arts." He compared the company's marketing blitz — billboards, mailings, posters at work and in restaurants — to the "bombardment" of a traditional political campaign.
"It's not just a weekend show," he said. "It's been a months-long campaign."
The marketing campaign for Shen Yun (which translates to "the beauty of diving beings dancing") seemed to steamroll an unrelated performance by the Peking Acrobats, who visited the Civic Center last month. The acrobats were part of a Des Moines Performing Arts series; Shen Yun has just rented the stage.
"There hasn't been any pressure to host it or not to host it, so we've just treated it as a typical rental," DMPA spokeswoman Cindy Hughes-Anliker said, adding that the theater has no explicit policy for denying rental groups based on their show's content or political affiliation. DMPA posted on its website Shen Yun's event information but offered no further help with marketing or promotion.
Still, ticket sales were doing well, even starting at $64, which is more than double the typical starting price for the theater's Broadway shows.
Ticket buyers are either unaware of the show's political agenda or support it. Or they're willing to overlook it to see the big show.
"Many of my American friends will definitely go," said the man from the western suburbs. "Some of them don't know (about the politics), but some do and are going anyway to see the whole spectacle."
Despite its exotic Chinese roots, the Shen Yun show relies on the skills of a Des Moines native.
Jared Madsen is an emcee for one of Shen Yun's four touring companies. He is currently with a production in Taiwan, which will move next month to Japan and Korea.
The show's producers often send the 38-year-old overseas because of his language skills. He took his first Mandarin classes at Roosevelt High School before spending his college years in China learning about the country's traditional medicine. Later, he produced a TV show for a Chinese-language network based in New York before joining Shen Yun when it started in 2006.
"Before I knew it, I was emceeing shows around the world," he wrote in a recent email.
He described the two-hour show as a tour through 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, a mix of dancing, acrobatics, digital scenery, and music that blends Western instruments with their older Chinese cousins, like the plucked pipa and the erhu, which mimics the human voice.
"Chinese culture, for thousands of years, revolved around the concept of being 'divinely inspired,'" he wrote. "The ancient Chinese believed their civilization was passed down from the heavens for the good of mankind, and that includes everything from writing to agricultural methods to music and medicine."
He also described the show's two 20th century scenes, which show the government's crackdown on Falun Gong.
"Traditional culture, Falun Gong, and Shen Yun all revolve around the same core values," Madsen wrote. "And yet the Communist Party, realizing it is an imported ideology that's diametrically opposed to traditional culture, has for decades set out to destroy these traditions and not allow them any space.
"That's the real reason why you can't see a performance like this in China today," he said.
Madsen listed a few cases when Shen Yun performers have had their tires slashed, or their show's video projections have been sabotaged by a universal remote control. But those instances are rare.
He added, "We're mostly busy performing in front of thousands of happy people every night."
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday.
WHERE: Des Moines Civic Center, 221 Walnut St.
TICKETS: $64-$124.
INFO: www.desmoinesperformingarts.org and www.shenyun.com
What is Falun Gong?
Members of the spiritual group Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, combine meditation exercises with Buddhist and Taoist concepts to attain physical well-being, emotional tranquility and spiritual wholeness.
During the 1990s, the group's founder Li Hongzhi, attracted millions of followers worldwide even as the Chinese government outlawed the movement and carried out a heavy-handed campaign to shut it down.
Since 2003, Falun Gong has been pushed deep underground in China while it has thrived in Chinese communities overseas, including the United States, where its members are known for staging demonstrations, distributing flyers and sponsoring cultural events like Shen Yun.
Source: "China and Falun Gong," a 2006 report from the Congressional Research Service.
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