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When MTE makes the news, either locally or nationally, you'll find the articles right here. For example, you can find an article in the Green Bay Press Gazette about how the basketball floors used for the NCAA Final Four were made from MTE harvested maple wood, as well as a piece about the aftermath of a 2007 tornado that tore through over 3000 acres of the Menominee forest. Find out more about MTE and our forestry practices in these articles.
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The Future Starts with Our Children
Menominee Tribal Enterprises (MTE) sponsored the Wisconsin Herd basketball game, hosting the Woodland Girls & Boys Club this past July as they celebrated their grand reopening. We pride ourselves on our sustainable forestry practices not only because it maintains our gorgeous Menominee tree species, but because it provides future generations w...
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MTE wins Manufacturer of the Year
In 2018, MTE won Manufacturer of the Year from the Shawano Country Chamber of Commerce. Shawano Country, located near Green Bay, is home to three Native American tribes — Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, Sockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians and Ho-Chunk Nation. Shawano Country celebrates and educates on Native Americ...
MTE Awarded at Governor's Conference on Minority Business Development
In 2017, Menominee Tribal Enterprises was honored with Legacy Recognition for 109 years in business. MTE was lauded at the Governor's Conference on Minority Business Development, where Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Secretary and CEO Mark R. Hogan said, speaking to all minority businesses, "You are the backbone of what makes Wisco...
Welsh-Ryan Arena Renovation
Project Status: COMPLETED Construction Start: March 2017 Completion: October 2018 Project Description and Statistics Welsh-Ryan Arena, the home of Northwestern University's basketball, volleyball and wrestling teams, underwent a transformation with the help of sustainable lumber from Menominee Tribal Enterprises. The pr...
Grand Opening and 1st game of the Wisconsin Herd
On Dec. 1st, the Wisconsin Herd played their first game on a newly-constructed court. Using high-quality, sustainably-sourced lumber, MTE Wood provided the necessary resources to construct the Herd's brand-new court floor. MTE has been involved since the very beginning of this project, which marks an ongoing partnership between the Menominee Natio...
Menominee Tribe Holds Dedication Ceremony for NCAA Flooring
On November 29th, 2018, the Menominee Tribe held a dedication ceremony for the lumber being sent to construct the NCAA Final Four courts. MTE has worked with the NCAA for decades, providing high-quality, sustainable lumber for Tournament floors. This year, lumber is being sent for both the Men's NCAA Tournament in Minneapolis and the Women's NCAA...
NCAA Final Four Court Floor Constructed with MTE Wood
MTE worked with the National College Athletic Association to provide the wood for the NCAA Final Four court floors. A team of foresters worked to transport sustainably-sourced maple from the Menominee Forest to MTE's lumbermill, where it was processed into high-quality court floorboards. MTE and the Menomonee Tribal School held a Wood Dedica...
Mark Tauscher visits MTE
Mark is a former Wisconsin Badger and Green Bay Packers player. He and his wife Sarah have placed a substantial order for cabinets made by MTE for their new home. Their visit on October 16th, 2018 included a tour of our forest and our very own mill and millwork division. They will also visit the Boys and Girls Club, and ended their day at the Menom...
Hard maple supplied by MTE highlights the Milwaukee Bucks' new arena
Photo credit: Milwaukee Business Journal MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Bucks' upcoming new arena to be opened later in 2018 - yet to be named - will feature flooring pulled straight from the heart of the Menominee Forest: 100% sustainably sourced hard maple wood supplied by Menominee Tribal Enterprises. We're very proud to be the firm foundation ...
Menominee Tribal Enterprises opens Biomass Energy System
MILWAUKEE April 15, 2016 The Menominee Tribal Enterprises and U.S. Forest Service will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony Apr. 20 to celebrate the opening of a new biomass district energy system. The combined heat and power facility will replace aging equipment, improve air quality and reduce operating costs at the facility. The new, high-efficiency ...
College of Menominee Nation, U.S. Forest Service Collaboration
MILWAUKEE April 15, 2016 The College of Menominee Nation and the U.S. Forest Service will hold an official memorandum of understanding signing ceremony April 19 to expand collaboration between the two parties. This signing event celebrates the decades-long collaborative working partnership between the College of the Menominee Nation and the Forest...


Goce Smilevski was born in 1975 in Skopje, Macedonia. He was educated at Charles University in Prague, Central European University in Budapest, and Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. He is author of several novels and theater plays. His novel Freud's Sister won the European Union Prize for Literature and is being published in more than thirty languages.
"I conduct every visitor to the highest room in the tower… Please do help yourself to all the Tuscany you could ask for," wrote Gregor von Rezzori in Anecdotage. For six weeks I had a privilege to be every day in the highest room of the tower, and it was for me also a place where I enjoyed Rezzori's books and understood the depth of his talent, there I have readAnecdotage and An Ermine in Czernopol, there I have begun reading his cardinal work The Snows of Yesteryear. And, certainly, from there I did help myself to all the Tuscany I could ask for. From the tower, I could see the Tuscan sunrise and sunset, I enjoyed the landscape so close to that on Leonardo's La Gioconda. I was waking up with the singing of the birds, I was listening how the nature breaths… And – I was not writing.
Bruce Chatwin wrote probably the most praising words for The Tower: "The Tower is the place where I have always worked, clear headedly and well, in winter and in summer, by day or night – and the places you work well are the places you love most." In sentences like this, it is always better to use the pronoun "I" instead of "you", as not to everyone applies the idea that the places one works well are the places one loves the most. I have always relating with highest happienes not the work itself, but what is preceeding and what is a seed for the work – the inspiration. I have not written a single sentence in The Tower, I have not written anything during the six weeks stay at the Paradiso of Santa Maddalena. It was not that I didn't wanted to write, it was that I could not write. And I did not forced myself to write, as I know that the periods of the most intensive inspiration, at least for me, cannot be time of creation. It was a period when I let all of the nature, the scents and sounds, the trees and plants and stones and springs and rain and sun and birds an leafs and landslides and hills write on my soul. It was a time of inspiration, it was the place of inspiration. And the places that inspire me are the places I love the most.


Lithium Extraction Technology: Last Best Hope or a False Dawn?
As the commodities markets continue to struggle, I've been outspoken for some time now on the need for companies across the entire value chain to focus on ways to lower costs to remain competitive. While Selling, General, and Administrative (S,G,&A) expenses are likely the easiest places to start "cutting to the bone", there is a limit here. Having a top tier deposit and great management team is no longer enough when you look at the supply gluts for many of the metals mentioned frequently in our regular commentary.
For an aspiring junior mining company to join the ranks of producers in the lithium space, for example, the project will either need to match or beat the financial metrics of the majors.


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Or, just renew with Stuart next time you see him at the airfield or at a meeting.
We elected club officers at the July 4th meeting. Pete Owston is our new President. Pete had been doing a great job as Vice President and had taken on the duties of Acting President after Rob moved from the local area. Bill Meador was elected Vice President, Stuart was elected Sec/Treasurer and Matt is our Safety Officer. Thanks to everyone for contributing to the operations of our club.
New web page for local selling of RC stuff.
I created a new FOR SALE web page for the listing of RC stuff that members (or anyone who lives in the local Oregon Coast Area) wishes to sell or trade.
Contact Stuart if you want to list your stuff here.
We elected club officers at the July 4th meeting. Pete Owston is our new President. Pete had been doing a great job as Vice President and took on the duties of Acting President after Rob moved from the local area. Bill Meador was elected Vice President, Stuart was elected Sec/Treasurer and Matt is our Safety Officer. We discussed the FAA registration process, the airport notification status, 2015/2016 finances, collected a few dues and renewed some memberships at the meeting as well. Matt said he hopes to get tables at the McMinnville swap meet this March. Steve Durham was also hoping to get tables so there will probably be some coordination between Matt, Steve Bill and Gary for swap meet table sharing. Talk to them if you would like to be involved.
Our December 7th Meeting was cancelled due to flooding and bad weather. At the November meeting we decided to try fill the sink holes at the airfield. A few days after the meeting Pete and Stuart talked to Norm and Gregg about it and that same evening Gregg dumped several bucket loads of dirt in them. Grass was seeded on the bare spot but being so late in the year the heavy rains, cold and and frost will keep it bare and muddy for several months.
The toilet was winterized with antifreeze solution to keep the pump from breaking so go easy on the flushing. You can pour the plain water from the jugs along the wall for flushing if need be. Grass seed was sprouting in the bare dirt patches and hopefully hasn't been killed by frost. We have only one mower now. The financial spreadsheet for 2015 was finalized. This web site has a new look. It was changed to this new theme to make it work better with the wide variety of devices and brands of smart phones, although it still needs some tweaking and editing.


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Falcons extend McKay, Dimitroff and Smith
The Atlanta Falcons announced contract extensions for team president Rich McKay, general manager Thomas Dimitroff and coach Mike Smith.
McKay signed a four-year extension through May 2019. He's entering his eleventh season with the Falcons. He will continue to serve as the president and chief executive officer of the club, with responsibility for all business operations of the Falcons, as well as the development and operation of the new stadium.
Dimitroff and Smith each signed one-year extensions to their contracts. Both men are entering their seventh season with the Falcons, with a six-year cumulative regular season win-loss record of 60-36 – tied for the sixth highest winning percentage in the league over the same period of time.
"We are fortunate to have talented key leaders at the Falcons who are dedicated to a common goal of being a league leader on and off the field," Falcons owner Arthur Blank said. "I have great respect for the skills and commitment of Rich, Thomas and Smitty, and I look forward to continuing to support and work with them in the years to come."
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Aaron Wilson covers the Ravens for The Baltimore Sun
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Aaron Wilson covers the NFL for National Football Post, his second stint at the Post. He has previously written for Pro Football Talk and FOX Sports-Scout. Entering his 13th year covering the Baltimore Ravens, he's a beat writer for The Baltimore Sun. Wilson has also covered the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans.

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La gare de Mirwart est une ancienne halte ferroviaire belge de la ligne 162, de Namur à Sterpenich située près de Mirwart sur la commune de Saint-Hubert, dans la province de Luxembourg en Région wallonne.

Situation ferroviaire
La gare de Mirwart était établie au  (PK) 80,0 de la ligne 162, de Namur à Sterpenich (frontière luxembourgeoise), entre les gares ouvertes de Grupont et Poix-Saint-Hubert.

Histoire
La gare de Mirwart est mise en service le  par les Chemins de fer de l'État belge sur une section de la ligne du Luxembourg mise en service en 1858.

Il s'agit d'une simple halte établie dans une courbe à l'aplomb d'un passage à niveau à la sortie d'une tranchée taillée dans la roche. Le passage à niveau est finalement remplacé par un pont et la maison de garde, qui servait aussi de bâtiment de service, est démolie. Des abris de quai en béton étaient à la disposition des voyageurs. Une nouvelle construction technique à la façade en pierre et PVC a remplacé une construction du milieu du  de l'autre côté des voies est sert toujours.

Les trains de voyageurs ne s'y arrêtent plus depuis le  et plus rien ne subsiste des quais.

Patrimoine ferroviaire
Une maisonnette de service, en pierre de taille avec deux travées et un petit grenier, servait d'annexe au bâtiment principal que constituait la maison de garde-barrière. En ruine, il a été restauré par la commune qui a créé une aire de repos gazonnée dotée de bancs aux alentours.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Ligne 162 (Infrabel)
Schéma de la ligne 162 (Infrabel)
 Liste de gares en Belgique

Lien externe

 Railstation.be : point-d'arret de Mirwart

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Ligne 162 (Infrabel)
Gare disparue dans la province de Luxembourg
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Home/Amazon must redo Bessemer union election, orders labor board official
Amazon must redo Bessemer union election, orders labor board official
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ordered a new election at Amazon's Bessemer, Alabama site, a tentative victory for organizers who had sought to unionize workers at the company's fulfillment locations. The decision, issued by the regional director overseeing the case, builds on a previous recommendation from the hearing officer assigned to the case.
"I agree with the hearing officer's recommendations," Monday's decision reads. "Accordingly, I affirm the hearing officer's rulings, I adopt her recommendation to sustain certain objections, and I order a second election."
"I order a second election"
No date has been set for the second election, and Amazon will have ten business days to request a review of the decision. If Amazon makes that request, it could pause any new election until the company's request can be reviewed by the NLRB's five board members.
Reached for comment, Amazon emphasized recent improvements in pay and safety for workers in its fulfillment centers. "Our employees have always had the choice of whether or not to join a union, and they overwhelmingly chose not to join the RWDSU earlier this year," said Amazon representative Kelly Nantel. "It's disappointing that the NLRB has now decided that those votes shouldn't count."
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), which organized the drive that culminated in the February election, hailed the decision as a victory. "Today's decision confirms what we were saying all along," said RWDSU president Stuart Appelbaum, "that Amazon's intimidation and interference prevented workers from having a fair say in whether they wanted a union in their workplace."
Announced in April, the election result delivered an overwhelming defeat for the RWDSU, with workers voting 1,798 to 738 against unionization. But that result was contested by RWDSU officials, who argue Amazon interfered with the election by — among other things — installing its own mailbox to collect ballots. Amazon security guards had access to the mailbox, giving some workers the impression that Amazon controlled the results.
In the months since, a number of other unions have expressed interest in organizing Amazon workers, and a second election at the site might face significantly more interest from other labor groups. On June 24th, the Teamsters announced a nationwide campaign to organize Amazon's sprawling workforce. The Teamsters have committed to spending "all resources necessary" to make the campaign successful.
Zoe Schiffer also contributed to this report.
Update 4:54PM ET: Included statement from Amazon.
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The preference for home based care, demographic trends, and pragmatic industry standards makes the DME market a lucrative investment segment. Although many distributors and manufacturers suffered due to the Medicare initiative with competitive bidding, DME expenditures are more than $50 billion. Technology automation, innovation, and breakthrough developments are also a serious contributor.
Revenue cycle management practices will be a big area of attention for the investor community with massive changes expected in the federal vision. A critical area of worry for all DME manufacturers and service providers is how they will be able to provide a statement with their service prices. Transparency will be a counting factor and a clear strategy to counter medical claims denials will be crucial.
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Has marital discord jeopardized the well-being of your family? If you are hoping to file for divorce in Virginia, you need an experienced family law attorney on your side to guide you through this process. Divorce has been defined as "the ending of a married ordered by a court." Virginia recognizes both fault and no-fault divorce.
Virginia recognizes two types of divorce: a divorce from bed and board in which a husband and wife are legally separated from each other but not permitted to remarry and a divorce from the bond of matrimony, which is a complete divorce. Some individuals like to pursue this option for religious purposes.
Virginia calls legal separation a "limited divorce." In this situation, you are still legally married even though you are legally separated. In order to obtain a limited divorce, you must meet residency requirements, grounds and other laws. These divorces can also involve property settlements, child custody and alimony. The courts may grant a limited divorce even if you are seeking an absolute divorce. The law requires that a bed and board divorce can only be obtained after certain grounds exist and have been proven to the court.
A no fault divorce can be obtained if a couple can show that, for more than one year, they have lived separately (in the case of a separation agreement where there is no minor children, this time period is reduced to six months).
While a no fault divorce can be granted these days, fault can still surface when determining spousal support and asset division. In Virginia you can also file for an annulment if you entered into a marriage because of fraud, duress or coercion.
To obtain a divorce in Virginia, either you or your spouse must be a resident of Virginia for at least six months prior to filing for divorce. After you file your papers, your spouse has 21 days (if your spouse lives in Virginia) or 60 days (if you spouse lives outside of Virginia) or 90 days (if your spouse lives outside of the United States) to respond to your request for divorce.
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This does sound like sci-fi, to be fair.
The United States and Cuba are embroiled in a minor — at least by these two countries' standards — diplomatic incident over alleged "acoustic attacks" on the American embassy in Havana that left 21 people dealing with hearing loss and nausea.
Both governments have publicly stated how serious the matter is, with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announcing Tuesday the expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats in response. But one Cuban thinks the sonic weapon attack, which allegedly targeted embassy staffers' homes in 2016, is preposterous, and she used a classic American sci-fi reference to make her feelings known.
Castro makes the argument that the U.S. is trying to undermine Cuba's increasingly normalized international standing since the decision in December 2014 to "warm relations." This so-called "Cuban thaw" was one of Barack Obama's signature foreign policy achievements and ended a 55-year embargo. President Donald Trump, however, said in June he would be canceling all agreements the previous administration had made with Cuba.
That Mariela Castro compared the incident to Star Wars at all offers another way to think about the history of the countries' relations, or lack thereof: The original film was released in 1977, nearly two decades into the embargo and 37 years before it ended. As such, there was technically no legal way for Castro or any other Cuban to see what is arguably the most popular film in history until three years ago — though Cuba has a long tradition of pirating American media, which a 2015 Washington Post story attributed in part to the socialist belief that entertainment is essentially a public good.


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Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 89,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument reservation.

Pardubice is known as the centre of industry, which represents by an oil refinery or an electronic equipment plant. The city is well known for its sport events, which include the Great Pardubice Steeplechase in horse racing, the Golden Helmet of Pardubice in motorcycle racing, and the Czech Open international chess and games festival.

Administrative division
Pardubice is divided into eight boroughs, which are further divided into 27 administrative parts (in brackets):
Pardubice I (Bílé Předměstí (partly), Pardubice-Staré Město, Zámek, Zelené Předměstí (partly));
Pardubice II (Cihelna, Polabiny, Rosice (partly));
Pardubice III (Bílé Předměstí (partly), Studánka (partly));
Pardubice IV (Bílé Předměstí (partly), Černá za Bory, Drozdice, Mnětice, Nemošice, Pardubičky, Staročernsko, Studánka (partly), Žižín);
Pardubice V (Dražkovice, Nové Jesenčany, Zelené Předměstí (partly));
Pardubice VI (Lány na Důlku, Opočínek, Popkovice, Staré Čívice, Svítkov, Zelené Předměstí (partly));
Pardubice VII (Doubravice, Ohrazenice, Rosice (partly), Semtín, Trnová);
Pardubice VIII (Hostovice).

Etymology
The name Pardubice is derived from the personal Polish name Porydęb. It was the name of the leader of the monks who came here from Poland. For the first time the name was recorded in the form of Pordobice.

Geography
Pardubice lies about  east of Prague. The city lies at the confluence of the Elbe and the Chrudimka rivers. There are several fish ponds, artificial lakes and oxbow lakes of the Elbe in the municipal territory.

Pardubice is located in the East Elbe Table lowland, in the eastern part of the Polabí lowlands. The highest point is the hill Stropinský vrch with an elevation of , located on the southeastern municipal border.

History

The first written mention of Pardubice is from 1295, when Pope Boniface VIII took over the protection of the local Church of Saint Bartholomew with the order of Canons Regular of the Penitence of the Blessed Martyrs. In the first half of the 14th century, the settlement was acquired by a noble family, later known as Lords of Pardubice. In 1340, when Pardubice was inherited by Arnošt of Pardubice, it was first referred to as a city.

In 1491, Pardubice was bought by Vilém II of Pernštejn, who continued to expand the town and made significant impact on its prosperity. He chose Pardubice as the centre of his estate and began to build a city that corresponded to his status. The Pernštejn family had the entire historic centre with the Renaissance square built. They also had rebuilt the medieval castle into a comfortable fortified residence. In 1560, the Pernštejns were forced to sell the estate to Emperor Ferdinand I because of debts.

During the Thirty Years' War, the city was besieged by the army of General Lennart Torstensson, but was not conquered.

An important milestone in the history of the city was the year 1845, when the railway from Prague to Olomouc was finished. Pardubice became an important railway junction, which led to the development of the food, engineering and chemical industries, and subsequently the development of social and cultural life. In 1874, the Great Pardubice Steeplechase horse race took place for the first time. In 1910, Jan Kašpar made here the first successful flight in Czech lands and a year later he made history by flying the first long-haul flight from Pardubice to Prague.

Until 1918, the town was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867), head of the Pardubitz district, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia.

In the interwar period, Pardubice continued to develop, the heyday ended with the advent of World War II. During the war the city was damaged by air strikes of the Allies, and the Fanto Werke refinery was repeatedly bombed during the Oil campaign of World War II.

Demographics

Economy

Pardubice is known as an industrial city. The dominant industries are chemical industry, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Tesla electronics manufacturer operated here in 1921–1989. In 2000, Foxconn established a production plant in its former premises. This electronics manufacturer is the largest employer in Pardubice.

Pardubice has a long tradition in the chemical industry. It is represented by the Paramo refinery, which was founded by David Fanto in 1889. Today it is owned by Orlen Unipetrol. In Pardubice-Semtín there are the companies Explosia (a manufacturer of explosives founded in 1920, which is associated with the invention of Semtex plastic explosive) and its subsidiary Synthesia (manufacturer of cellulose, pigments and dyes, and organic compounds, established in 1929).

For centuries, Pardubice is known for the production of gingerbread. The gingerbread guild was established in the 16th century. The first factory was founded in 1913. Since 2008, Pardubice gingerbread is a protected geographical indication by the European Union.

Transport

Pardubice main railway station is an important railway junction. Pardubice has direct railway connection with many cities, including Prague, Olomouc, Ostrava, and Žilina and Košice in Slovakia.

Pardubice is served by Pardubice Airport, which is used as both military and civilian international airport.

Education
Pardubice is home to University of Pardubice. It was founded in 1950 as Chemical College and is mainly focused on fields historically associated with the city, such as the chemical industry and transportation.

Sport
The city was first represented in the top national football competition by SK Pardubice in the 1930s and 1940s. Later VCHZ Pardubice played in the top national league in the 1968–69 season. Nowadays the city is represented by FK Pardubice, which plays in the Czech First League. However, as of 2021/22, the team's stadium Pod Vinicí does not meet the criteria for holding first league matches. Women's team plays in the Czech Women's First League.

The ice hockey club HC Dynamo Pardubice plays in the Czech Extraliga. The team plays its home games at Enteria arena.

The basketball team is BK JIP Pardubice, playing in the National Basketball League.

Pardubice is also represented in the Czech rink bandy league.

Pardubice hosts two world-famous sporting events each year. The Great Pardubice Steeplechase was first held in 1874 and is one of the most famous horse races in Europe.

The second event is the Golden Helmet of Pardubice, a motorcycle speedway competition held at the Svítkov Stadium. The Golden Helmet has been run since 1929 is one of the most prestigious individual titles in world speedway outside of the Speedway World Championship or a riders national championship.

The Czech Open international chess and games festival has been held in Pardubice since 1990. The city was also known for the Czech Open in golf, but it was last held in 2011.

Sights

The landmark and symbol of Pardubice is the Green Gate as a remnant of the city's fortifications. It is a Renaissance gate with a façade decorated by a relief designed by Mikoláš Aleš, which depicts the Lords of Pardubice. Behind the gate is a  high tower that serves as an lookout tower. In its interior there is also an exposition with the history and legends of the city.

Pardubice Castle was built at the end of the 13th century and rebuilt in the Renaissance style at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. Massive fortifications are preserved around the castle. Today the castle houses the Museum of East Bohemia in Pardubice and Gallery of East Bohemia in Pardubice.

The original Church of Saint Bartholomew was built in 1295 and destroyed during the Hussite Wars. The today's Church of Saint Bartholomew was built together with a monastery in 1507–1514. It was used as a burial place of the Pernštejn family. In the interior there is a valuable main altar with the painting "The Passion of St. Bartholomew" from 1692 by Michael Willmann and a painting decoration by Mikoláš Aleš.

The Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary was founded by Arnošt of Pardubice before 1359. Its present late Gothic and Renaissance appearance dates from the first half of the 16th century. Until 1786, the church belonged to a Minorite monastery, from which time there are extensive underground tombs under the church.

The House at Jonáš is one of the most treasured burgher houses in Pardubice. It was built after the fire that hit the city in 1507. It is known for its façade, decorated with a stucco relief from 1797, showing a biblical scene of a whale swallowing the prophet Jonah. The premises of the house are used by the Gallery of East Bohemia in Pardubice.

The Zámeček Memorial is a place of reverence that commemorates execution of 194 people in 1942. The place is a national cultural monument and at its centrepiece is a granite monument dating from 1949.

Notable people

Gustav Gärtner (1855–1937), pathologist
Božena Viková-Kunětická (1862–1934), politician, writer, and feminist
František Lexa (1876–1960), Egyptologist
Vilém Mathesius (1882–1945), linguist and writer
Jan Kašpar (1883–1927), aviator and aircraft constructor
Emil Artur Longen (1885–1936), playwright, actor and screenwriter
Oskar Brázda (1887–1977), painter
Emanuela Nohejlová-Prátová (1900–1995), numismatist; died here
Věra Vovsová (1912–1998), painter, lived here
Jan Tauc (1922–2010), Czech-American physicist
Petr Haničinec (1930–2007), actor
Jiří Gruša (1938–2011), poet, prose writer and translator
Vladimír Nadrchal (born 1938), ice hockey player
Alois Švehlík (born 1939), actor
Petr Kabeš (1941–2005), poet
Stanislav Prýl (1942–2015), ice hockey player
Jiří Crha (born 1950), ice hockey player
Otakar Janecký (born 1960), ice hockey player and coach
Hynek Kmoníček (born 1962), diplomat
Ivo Křen (1964–2020), graphic artist and glass art theoretician
Roman Prymula (born 1964), physician, epidemiologist and politician
Dominik Hašek (born 1965), ice hockey player
Edita Adlerová (born 1971), mezzo-soprano
Tereza Maxová (born 1971), model
Radek Baborák (born 1976), French horn player and conductor
Nora Fridrichová (born 1977), television presenter
Lukáš Wagenknecht (born 1978), economist and politician
Jan Bulis (born 1978), ice hockey player
Jiří Welsch (born 1980), basketball player
Michal Meduna (born 1981), footballer
Aleš Hemský (born 1983), ice hockey player
Filip Bandžak (born 1983), opera singer, baritone
Iva Kramperová (born 1984), classical violinist
Tomáš Nosek (born 1992), ice hockey player
Kovy (born 1996), youtuber
Filip Zadina (born 1999), ice hockey player

Twin towns – sister cities

Pardubice is twinned with:

 Bełchatów, Poland
 Çanakkale, Turkey
 Doetinchem, Netherlands
 Merano, Italy
 Pernik, Bulgaria
 Rosignano Marittimo, Italy
 Selb, Germany
 Skellefteå, Sweden
 Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia

Cooperation agreements
Pardubice also cooperates with:

 East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
 Golegã, Portugal
 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
 Sežana, Slovenia
 Waregem, Belgium
 Wrocław, Poland

References

External links

Official tourist information portal
Two legends of Pardubice

Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
Oil campaign of World War II
Populated places in Pardubice District
Populated riverside places in the Czech Republic
Populated places on the Elbe


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From the NYCI: Fall Session 2022
See the most recent Institute Commissions
By Madelyn Sutton, January 24, 2023
The New York Choreographic Institute's most recent session, held this past fall, brought in three new choreographers with strikingly distinct backgrounds, perspectives, and voices—Raja Feather Kelly, Caili Quan, and Stephen Shropshire—all of which provided for a vibrant dance conversation. The resulting three works, captured by filmmaker Quinn Wharton, present a rich, multivalent portrait of the choreography of the future.
Hear from the choreographers on the creation of these works here.
Choreography by Raja Feather Kelly
Dominika Afanasenkov, Olivia Bell, David Gabriel, Noah McAuslin, Ava Sautter, Grace Scheffel, Anna Snellgrove
Alexandria Giroux, Choreographic Assistant; Risa Steinberg, Choreographic Mentor
Dignity in Restraint
Choreography by Caili Quan
Sarah Harmon, Jules Mabie, Samuel Melnikov, Quinn Starner, Claire Von Enck
Sarah Lunnie, Dramaturg
The Bagpiper's String Trio
Choreography by Stephen Shropshire
Mira Nadon, Davide Riccardo, Andres Zuniga
Risa Steinberg, Choreographic Mentor
About the Choreographers
Raja Feather Kelly
Born in Fort Hood, Texas, Raja Feather Kelly received a B.A. in Dance and English from Connecticut College before moving to New York. Has has performed with Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group, David Dorfman Dance, A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, and zoe | juniper. In 2009, he founded the Brooklyn-based dance-theatre-media company the feath3r theory, for which he has created 15 evening-length works.
Feather Kelly has been awarded a Creative Capital Award (2019), a National Dance Project Production Grant (2019), a Breakout Award from the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (2018), Dance Magazine's inaugural Harkness Promise Award (2018), the Solange MacArthur Award for New Choreography (2016), and is a three-time Princess Grace Award winner (2017, 2018, 2019). He was named the 2019–2020 Randjelovic/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist at New York Live Arts and is an inaugural Jerome Hill Artist Fellow.
Head to the feath3r theory website to learn more.
Caili Quan
Caili Quan is a New York-based choreographer who danced with BalletX from 2013 to 2020. She has created works for BalletX, The Juilliard School, Vail Dance Festival, American Repertory Ballet, Flight Path Dance Project, Stars of American Ballet, Asbury Park Dance Festival, Oakland Ballet, Columbia Ballet Collaborative, and Ballet Academy East. She served as an Artistic Partnership Initiative Fellow and a Toulmin Creator at The Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU.
With BalletX, she performed new works by Matthew Neenan, Nicolo Fonte, Gabrielle Lamb, Penny Saunders, Trey McIntyre, and danced at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Belgrade Dance Festival, and DEMO by Damian Woetzel at the Kennedy Center. Mahålang, a short documentary that wove familial conversations of her Chamorro Filipino upbringing on Guam with scenes from BalletX's Love Letter, was shown at the Hawai'i International Film Festival, CAAMFest, and the Dance on Camera Festival at Lincoln Center. Caili was one of the 2022 Artists-in-Residence at the Vail Dance Festival and is a Creative Associate at The Juilliard School.
Follow Caili to learn more.
Stephen Shropshire
Stephen Shropshire is a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York City, holds an MA in Arts and Heritage from the University of Maastricht, and is currently a doctoral candidate at PhDArts in collaboration between Leiden University Academy of Creative and Performing Arts and the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague.
Between 2009 and 2012, Shropshire was the artistic director of Noord Nederlandse Dans in Groningen, the Netherlands. In 2016 his eponymous foundation was established to facilitate the ongoing development and presentation of new choreographic work. In 2017, Shropshire was awarded a special honor prize from the Dansersfonds '79 and in 2018 his work We Are Nowhere Else But Here won the VSCD 'Zwan' for the most outstanding dance performance of 2017. Shropshire is currently the recipient of a 'Fast Forward' international production and research grant from the Dutch Performing Arts Fund.
Visit Stephen's website to learn more.
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The crash broke her elbow in three places, split her lip and gave Janet a concussion that knocked her silly.
'When I finally came to, I was in a hospital bed talking to reporters,' she said.
'I had no idea what I was telling them.'
The Midland native eventually recovered from her injuries and gave up daredevil work — at least the motorcycle-jumping kind.
Then she became a professional flagpole painter.
'I painted flagpoles, radio towers, water towers in the southern and western parts of the country until 1994,' she said.
Her tallest flagpole was 95 feet in Arizona.
From 1994-98, she worked as a karate instructor in Fredericksburg.
'I won't say I'm brave,' she said. 'I just love to do something different.'
In 2002, she traveled back to San Angelo to see the river that almost killed her. She was searching for information about her crash.
She found the spot on North Concho River between the Beauregard and Harris Avenue bridges where the jump took place.
Her attempt was the third in three years for daredevils to jump a motorcycle across the river as a part of Fiesta del Concho.
Fort Worth daredevil Donny Winn failed his attempts to jump the river in 1975 and 1976.
'He was going the wrong way,' Janet told a reporter before her own attempt in 1977.
Winn was trying to jump the river west to east, from a lower to a higher bank. So she tried it the other way, speeding south along the River Drive to gain speed, turning right up a ramp over the curb, crossing and then realizing she didn't have enough speed to land on the opposite ramp.
'I remember de-accelerating as I went up the ramp, backing off so there would be less impact when I hit the other side,' she said.
'I knew I was going to wreck.'
She flew across the river on the bike, heading toward the landing ramp, but it was way too low and too far to the left.
After her 2002 visit, a San Angelo family sent Janet a short home movie they made of her crash.
The film clip shows her crashing on the west bank.
'I bounce forward, and my motorcycle bounces back into the river.'
The crash, her second in 35 days, persuaded Janet to give up stunt riding.
It also persuaded Fiesta officials to quit paying riders to try to jump the Concho.
Janet once said she hoped to publish a book about her adventures.
'But,' she said, 'my elbow hurts if I even think about motorcycle jumping.'
Rick Smith is a local news and community affairs columnist. Contact him at 325-659-8248 or rick.smith@gosanangelo.com.


One of a kind Ceramic wall art tile/ornament with hand dyed recycled sari silk cord for hanging. The tile measures approximately 1.5" x 2.5" x .25" with embedded wire loops for hanging and for the glass bead charm. The tile is signed on the back.


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2019-20 BELGRADEQualifierRound 3
U18 Partizan NIS Belgrade 78
U18 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 77
Local time: 16:00 ZELEZNIK HALL
Partizan shocks Zvezda with comeback to reach first-place game
U18 Partizan NIS Belgrade came back from a 13-point deficit in the final 3 minutes to defeat host side U18 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 78-77 and book its spot in the first-place game of the Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament Belgrade. Partizan trailed by 18 points early in the second half and was still down 62-75 before it finished the game with a 16-2 run, culminated by Lazar Stefanovic's game-winning layup with 1.7 seconds to play. Stefanovic came off the bench for a game-high 22 points for Partizan, which took first place in Group A with a 3-0 record. Dordije Jovanovic added 13 points and 11 rebounds and Nikola Radovanovic collected 12 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks and 10 fouls drawn. Zvezda finished group play at 1-2 despite Filip Brankovic scoring 17 points, Milutin Ostojic hitting for 15 points, Nikola Manojlovic picking up 13 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists and Filip Andusic chipping in 8 points and 10 rebounds.
The game was tight early with the first somewhat bigger lead coming on Stefan Todorovic's three-pointer to make it 9-5. Andusic and Manojlovic combined for all eight points in a 0-8 to put Zvezda up 9-13. And Luka Ilic increased the gap to 11-16 with the host side being up 16-18 after 10 minutes. Vuk Dobrasinovic and Ostojic both hit long balls to start the second quarter and Manojlovic pushed Zvezda up 22-32. Then it was time for Brankovic to take over with 13 straight points - all of them with three fouls - and Zvezda was leading 31-45 at the break. Partizan failed to score for the first 4:30 minutes of the second half and Zvezda increased the advantage to 31-49. Jovanovic finally got Partizan on the board and Stefanovic had five points in helping cut the gap to 40-51. Stefanovic hit another three-ball and Jovanovic's trey got the deficit into single digits 50-59 with Zvezda leading 50-61 after 30 minutes. A Ostojic trey pushed Zvezda's lead to 52-66 but Partizan was not done yet with Jovanovic and Stefanovic connecting from downtown to cut the margin to 62-70. Zvezda got the lead back up to 13 points - 62-75 with 2:56 minutes to play. Partizan did not give up with Stefanovic and Todorovic both nailing another triple and two Petar Zivojinovic free throws made it 76-77 with 15 seconds left. Zvezda turned the ball over with 9.1 seconds and then Stefanovic put up a layup attempt, which was given good with 1.7 seconds remaining due to basket inference to complete the improbable comeback.
David Hein, Euroleague.net
Referees: 1 U18 CREW CHIEF; 2 U18 UMPIRE 1; 3 U18 UMPIRE 2
Attendance: 400 (Tentative)
U18 Partizan NIS Belgrade 16 15 19 28
U18 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 18 27 16 16
U18 Partizan NIS Belgrade
4 TARLAC, LUKA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 POPOVIC, SRDAN 4:25 3 1/1 1 2
6 RADOVANOVIC, NIKOLA 35:19 12 2/7 0/3 8/10 2 8 10 4 1 3 2 4 10 22
7 TODOROVIC, STEFAN 20:22 6 0/1 2/5 3 3 7 1 4 2 7
8 DIMITRIJEVIC, NIKOLA 13:37 0/2 1 1 1 1
9 ZIVOJINOVIC, PETAR 24:19 8 2/5 4/4 5 3 8 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 14
10 PETROVIC, MIHAILO 10:47 0/4 0/3 1 1 2 2 2 2 -6
11 DANGUBIC, RISTO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 STEFANOVIC, LAZAR 28:51 22 3/6 4/8 4/5 1 3 4 3 2 5 2 5 21
13 SARR, OUSAINOU 13:44 6 3/5 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 3 1 4
14 JOVANOVIC, DORDIJE 25:19 13 1/5 3/5 2/3 3 8 11 2 1 2 2 1 21
15 KOVACEVIC, LUKA 23:17 8 3/5 0/2 2/2 4 4 1 1 1 2 9
Totals 200:00 78 14/40 10/27 20/24 14 34 48 19 10 19 8 5 18 24 98
35% 37% 83.3%
Head coach: LAZIC, MILIVOJE
U18 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade
4 PAVLOVIC, VLADIMIR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 MANOJLOVIC, NIKOLA 32:56 13 5/7 0/4 3/5 3 6 9 6 1 3 4 3 17
6 DOBRASINOVIC, VUK 18:33 5 1/2 1/2 1 2 3 1 1 2 4
7 OSTOJIC, MILUTIN 23:19 15 4/8 2/6 1/2 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 11
8 ILIC, LUKA 16:41 9 2/6 1/3 2/2 1 2 3 5 1 2 2 1 1 10
9 MIHAILOVIC, MARKO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 SARANOVIC, NIKOLA 28:40 2 0/2 0/1 2/2 5 2 7 2 2 1 4 5 8
11 BOSNJAK, DARKO 8:21 4 0/1 1/2 1/2 1 2 2
12 JOKSIMOVIC, LAZAR 16:10 4 2/9 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 4 1 -1
13 ANDUSIC, FILIP 33:13 8 4/12 0/2 0/1 3 7 10 3 3 1 3 2 2 5
14 MATOVIC, OGNJEN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 BRANKOVIC, FILIP 22:07 17 7/9 1/5 0/1 3 3 1 2 1 3 1 11
Head coach: KLIPA, SLOBODAN
U18 Partizan NIS Belgrade celebrates (photo Djordje Kostic - Zvezda)
Nikola Radovanovic - U18 Partizan NIS Belgrade (photo Djordje Kostic - Zvezda)
Filip Andusic - U18 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade (photo Djordje Kostic - Zvezda)
Nikola Dimitrijevic - U18 Partizan NIS Belgrade (photo Djordje Kostic - Zvezda)
Nikola Manojlovic - U18 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade (photo Djordje Kostic - Zvezda)
Lazar Stefanovic - U18 Partizan NIS Belgrade (photo Djordje Kostic - Zvezda)
Milutin Ostojic - U18 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade (photo Djordje Kostic - Zvezda)
Qualifier FINALS
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
U18 Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 92
U18 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 61
U18 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 88
U18 Asseco Arka Gdynia 83
U18 CFBB Paris 68
U18 Mega Bemax Belgrade 69


Marathons are emotional at the best of times – witnessing people take on the formidable 26.2 mile challenge is tear-jerking enough, but the 2018 London and Brighton Marathons took it to another level (and we don't just mean the heat). Each of our 91 runners brought their own story, an unshakeable spirit, a crew of screaming supporters and many, many hugs. It all made for some profoundly moving scenes.
And then there's the casual fact that together our marathon crew have raised a stratospheric £164,000 (!) to help prevent male suicide. Here's some magic marathon moments that'll definitely make you want to join the #TeamCALM ranks.
And he played drums at a gig that night in his CALM vest… as you do.
Of course, the cold pints afterwards went down very well.
What a spectacular bunch of people, eh? Thank you so much to all of our Brighton and London Marathon runners, our rowdy #TeamCALM volunteers and everyone who cheered and had a chat with us on the day. Til next year!
Inspired to run for us?


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Pearl Jam, The Killers, Miranda Lambert among Giving Tuesday supporters
All participate in online fundraiser presented by Fandiem & Bandsintown
Charitable fundraising platform Fandiem and live music discovery platform Bandsintown are proud to announce Giving 2022, a star-studded fundraising effort featuring once-in-a-lifetime experiences and unique prizes provided by some of the biggest artists in the world in support of their chosen nonprofits. More than 30 artists have joined the effort to engage and inspire their fans to give back during this global generosity movement, as part of Giving Tuesday today (Nov 29th).
Participating artists have donated premium collectibles or personal experiences for fans to win through curated sweepstakes and auctions — including signed guitars and memorabilia from Pearl Jam, Dead & Company, Dave Matthews Band, The Killers, Phish, OneRepublic, My Morning Jacket, Hozier, Rob Thomas, and The Black Keys, and experiences such as a VIP trip to see Miranda Lambert live in Las Vegas, a backstage experience with Slightly Stoopid at Cali Vibes Festival, and dinner and All Access passes with Papa Roach. Artists have selected charitable organizations to benefit including HeadCount, Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, Miranda Lambert's MuttNation Foundation, Pearl Jam's Vitalogy Foundation, Jack Johnson's Johnson Ohana Foundation, Rock To Recovery, Imagine Dragons' Tyler Robinson Foundation, and more.
The Giving 2022 online fundraiser kicks off today at Fandiem and extends into January 2023, with information on all artist-donated prizes and partner charitable organizations. Those who donate $100 or more will also receive an exclusive limited edition Giving 2022 tote bag.
"Live music has the ability to connect people around the issues that are most important to them," states Bandsintown Managing Partner Fabrice Sergent. "We're committed to making sure music fans know about the causes artists care about and giving them the opportunities to donate. Together with Fandiem, we're proud of the impact we've made over the last year, rallying fans to raise more than $1 million in donations. We're excited to continue with Giving 2022."
Fandiem's successful fan-driven fundraising campaigns have disrupted traditional fundraising and changed the way fans support charities. Focusing on micro-donations, Fandiem's "Donate To Win" functionality greatly increases revenue to nonprofits by encouraging people to give what they can. Built to harness the power of the fan community to do good in the world, Fandiem has since expanded that mission to support over 75 nonprofit organizations through the participation of hundreds of thousands of fans and more than 200 winners of one-of-a-kind prizes — including backstage experiences and shared moments with beloved artists. Funds have been raised for a range of charities supporting equal justice initiatives, military veterans, fighting homelessness, cancer research and care, providing healthcare for musicians, shoring up struggling venues, mental health issues, and more.
In 2021, Bandsintown launched Bandsintown for Good as a way to activate its 74+ million users in an ongoing mission to make the world a better place through the power of live music. Since then, the initiative has partnered with Global Citizen to take action for equality and the environment around the world, and with Tyler Robinson Foundation to support pediatric cancer families with out-of-pocket life expenses. Bandsintown and Fandiem teamed up for the first time during Giving Tuesday 2021 and decided to enter a year long partnership of doing good after realizing how much more they can accomplish together. Bandsintown and Fandiem have since inspired fans to donate over $1.1 million to 25+ artist-selected nonprofits such as VetsAid, To Write Love On Her Arms and others.
Coldplay additional Los Angeles, San Diego, Vancouver shows January 27, 2023
Top 5 global Latin artists January 27, 2023
Coldplay additional Los Angeles, San Diego, Vancouver shows
Meghan Trainor partners with Kim Petras for 'Made You Look' remix


The Hollywood Reporter has ranked the School of Drama at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) at No. 5 in the world.
The May 24 issue ranks UNCSA in the five top drama schools along with 25 MFA programs. It notes that UNCSA has "a great track record for finding its grads agents and managers," and cites alumni Anna Camp, Anthony Mackie and Lucas Hedges.
I am amazed – but not surprised – how many of our graduates are cast right out of school in major movie and television roles.
School of Drama Dean Carl Forsman said that the ranking speaks to UNCSA's rigorous conservatory program, which emphasizes classical training with the development of technical skills to shape versatile, in-demand actors. "Our resident faculty are doing a great job preparing talented young artists for the competitive landscape that is stage, screen and online today," Forsman said. "We'll sometimes have students leave school to shoot a film or TV series before graduation," he added.
An example is 2016 graduate Dylan Arnold, who filmed the critically acclaimed TV mini-series When We Rise (as Young Gilbert Baker) during his last semester in school. When We Rise also features fellow Drama alumni Mary-Louise Parker '86, Alex Reznik '01 and Jonathan Majors '12.
Lucas Hedges, who attended the School of Drama as a college freshman in 2015-16, is an exceptional example. Taking a year off school, he shot "Manchester by the Sea," earning an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He also filmed "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" and "Lady Bird," and appeared in Yen off-Broadway.
Lucas Hedges appeared in the student film "Pigeonhearts."
For his performance in Yen, Hedges is due to receive a prestigious Theatre World Award on June 5, which recognizes superb debut performances in Broadway or off-Broadway plays. Past recipients of the award include alumni Parker, who won for Prelude to a Kiss in 1990 and is perhaps best known for Showtime's Weeds; Wesley Taylor '08, who won for Rock of Ages in 2009 and went on to TV's Smash; and Jennifer Ehle '88, who won for The Real Thing in 2000 and is nominated for a 2017 Best Actress Tony Award for Oslo.
Also nominated for a Tony Award this year is Drama alumnus and Oslo playwright J.T. Rogers '90. Oslo has already been named best play of the season by the N.Y. Drama Critics Circle, the Lucille Lortel Awards, the Drama League and the Outer Critics Circle, and on May 22 won an Obie for best new American theatre work.
Playwright J.T. Rogers is nominated for a Tony Award for his play Oslo.
In the past five years, applications to the School of Drama have nearly doubled. 2016 saw a new record of 580 applications, and 36 students were accepted. A typical fall class of undergrads is 28.
"In addition to our faculty, I believe our success lies in the rich performance opportunities we offer our students in major productions ranging from comedy to Shakespeare to musical theatre, staged workshops, and student films," he said. The students also have the opportunity to work with a host of guest directors, including most recently alumna Gaye Taylor Upchurch as well as Timothy Douglas, Jesse Berger, Jack Cummings, Nicole Watson and Gus Kaikkonen.
Alumni such as Parker, Joe Mantello (Tony and Obie-winning director), and Peter Hedges (Oscar-nominated screenwriter and director) also have visited campus recently to work with students.
2014 graduate Gus Halper landed the lead role in the 2015 TV pilot The Kingmakers and made his Sundance debut in 2016's Goat. He was nominated for a 2017 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for Ride the Cyclone and has been cast as Erik Menendez in Law & Order: True Crime – The Menendez Murders.
2014 graduate Elizabeth Lail was cast right out of school as Princess Anna in the hit TV series Once Upon a Time, and in 2016 as Amy Hughes in Dead of Summer.
Tyler Lea '11 starred in the Tony Award-winning show The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time from 2015-16 on Broadway.
A year after he left school in 2005, Erich Bergen joined the touring company of Jersey Boys as Bob Gaudio, which he parlayed into the Clint Eastwood film version in 2014. He's now seen as Blake in TV's acclaimed Madam Secretary.
The Hollywood Reporter also has recognized other UNCSA programs. THR ranked the UNCSA School of Filmmaking at No. 15 in the country in August 2016, while the UNCSA School of Music was ranked No. 5 among the top 25 music schools in November 2016.


Nowadays, more and more people are searching for a means to not only pursue happiness—but to live a happy life! Below are links to articles, lesson plans and videos that explore this topic.
On average, Jews have higher levels of well-being than their counterparts of every other major faith in America, according to new data from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.
Happiness is a matter of subtraction, not addition. Consider what happens when you stop doing these things.
A Genuine Grin Can Help the Heart; Is Polite Faking Enough to See Benefits?
Most of what we experience as unhappiness comes from a certain emptiness inside. The cure requires filling that emptiness. But that cannot be done by either material goods or physical pleasures. A Lexus cannot be somehow amalgamated to one's being; it cannot fill up what is lacking inside us. Even when we attain the Lexus, the inner disquiet remains. Failing to recognize why, we convince ourselves that two Lexuses will do the trick, or perhaps a Maserati.
The New York Times reports that they expected to be twice as happy!
Lifehacker explores this age-old question.
A in-depth article complete with videos from John Cleese.
UCLA professor of cognitive neuroscience Sophie Scott explains the psychology behind laughter.
Many seem to have given up the pursuit of happiness. Instead, it is worth asking ourselves: what are the true keys to happiness?
A new survey indicates that, over the long term, Orthodox Jews have happier marriages than the general public.
Where Was G-d? Is He Really Listening?, by Rabbi Avi Stewart.
This link contains a YouTube video of Jewish radio personality Denns Prager. Prager argues that acting happy is a moral obligation and asserts that one should act happy even if a person is not feeling happy! The lesson plan includes questions for a discussion on the video and could be used as a general exploration of happiness, or in connection to the Jewish commandment to "rejoice" or "be happy" on Chagim. It could also be used in connection to Purim, where happiness is particularly emphasized.
This link explores the nature of humor and also asks questions to students such as, "what makes a joke funny?" It includes discussion activities, discussion questions, and a link to a video clip to explore Middos as well as investigate the every day phenomenon of laughter and humor.


My husband and I are thinking of buying a small 2nd home for summer trips out of hot St. George, Utah. Have been thinking about Cortez, then happened onto info on Palisade which led to Grand Junction and Fruita. The pictures look nice and lots of nice inexpensive places for sale, but when I read the city-data description it seems that Grand Junction in particular has a very high crime rate. Anyone out there with info on these areas? Why so much crime for such a relatively small town? Thanks so much, I appreciate you time and any info you can give me.
Fruita is great! My dad moved there about 10 years ago. Its a small town with small town charm. Grand Junction is only 10 minutes away, for shopping ect. I am not sure on the crime in GJ, it is home to Mesa State College, so alot of college age kids. I would defeintly check out Fruita.
Thanks so much, I appreciate your reply.


At least Benedikt and I don't really mind high elevations. It didn't affect us to sleep at 3000-meter elevation in the Elbrus mountains between the Caspian Sea and Tehran (not to be mixed up with mount Elbrus in Russia ;-)). The mountains are impressive and once more, we enjoyed the loneliness and quietness of a camping night.
We arrived in Tehran from the north. Our hotel was in the north of the city and we didn't have to go through Tehran traffic for too long. Traffic in Tehran is crazy. There are too many cars and everyone seems to not stick to the street lines. This leads to cars blocking each other's way and just being way to close to each other. Benedikt is actually managing that kind of traffic really calmly and good. For me it is already enough to be the Co-pilot 😉.
At the hotel, we met Tafazoli and Hosein, both working for an Iranian car magazine (asbe bokhar – horse power). We took wonderful pictures of the car with them and a video. On the second evening in Teheran, Tafazoli organized a meeting and press conference with BYD, a Chinese car manufacturer that is also producing electric vehicles (this article was published about the evening). Feeling the interest of so many people on our journey, our mission and our thoughts on EV is very special. Benedikt and I were overwhelmed with the kind and welcoming attitude towards us. It is very special to us to see pictures of our Tesla in a daily car magazine.
Tafazoli and his team got aware of us after a Instagram post of our charging experience in Zanjan by kish cars (see this post). Kish cars is followed by roughly 250.000 people. After Tafazoli and his team found out about us, they asked us, if we can meet in Tehran and take pictures/videos. It was a wonderful experience to do that and I am very glad we didn't miss it.
The hotel could offer us three-phase electricity. Charging the car right in front of the entrance door of a hotel is just so luxurious. We enjoyed staying in a good quality hotel and calming down from the adventures we had so far in Iran. Benedikt and I feel that sometimes it is just too much and we need less input from all sides. We should treat our selves more often with less action and more time to relax (and to write blog-posts 😉).
Thanks to my Tehrani people. Glad you guys had good times there.


The Internet is collectively up in arms about a grandfather who made enough dinner for six of his grandchildren but only one turned up.
Kelsey Harmon posted the snap of her 'Papaw' on Twitter with the caption, 'dinner with papaw tonight…he made 12 burgers for all 6 grandkids and I'm the only one who showed. Love him'. And let's just say, Twitter wasn't best pleased with Kelsey's five cousins.
In the picture you can see Kelsey's Papaw sitting at his table, covered in a red check cloth, eating a homemade burger and chips alone (apart from Kelsey who took the picture).
Despite probably thinking this was a rather ordinary picture to post, Kelsey's story has resonated with thousands of people, causing an outpouring of sympathy.
With many a funny meme and touching message Kelsey has had a huge number of responses. One user posted a snap of a crying girl saying, 'who let papaw eat his burgers alone'.
Kelsey, who now has 20.2k followers on Twitter, had her snap of her granddad eating his burger retweeted 122,221 times and has had so many messages and well wishes in response that she's struggled to reply to people, saying that it's 'impossible' to get back to everyone.
We're so glad Kelsey's granddad got the love and appreciation he deserved in the end!


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She was my classmate in college, we were not really friends then since we only knew each other in the classroom. While we were in college she left and never came back to school again I always wondered where she was. You know, I am one who is concerned about others whom I have met and dealt with that was during my college days. Heh that is just the way I am. So I was curious where Jen went. After all the hurdles in life I decided with the help of my sponsor to get a job in Singapore. From the first moment I got there, I felt that my life was meaningless, I was very sad and lonely. I cried all most every night because I missed my family and friends back home. It was all too much with the new environment, new faces, cultures, my world as a whole was brand new. I hoped to at least find a new friend in Singapore so I started to go out side and walk to look around who knows I might bump some pinays outside. One Day, I went to Parkway Marine Parade it is a big shopping center in Singapore there I accidentally ran into this girl. It turns out it was the girl I was looking for few years back while I was in college. Yes she was my classmate who left and went overseas. She had gone to work in Singapore too. I thought I was just dreaming when I saw her face but I realized it was really her. Small world huh! Since then, our casual friendship turned into a really strong friendship, BFF's. Our meeting in Singapore changed both our lives especially since we were so far away from our families which is the hardest part of being away from home. Find her helped me to cope with being so homesick myself. So, we called each other everyday,we went outing, shopping, food trip etc.. Indeed! she became my best friend. We had so much fun with each other, I have learned so many things from her, she's the one who is very strong and hard working friend I missed her terribly while writing this I have tear in my eye thinking about her, the good deeds and kindness she have showed me while were still together is inevitable. She's very patients, understanding and all the qualities I look for a friend is in her's. Until one day, I have found my soul mate and I need to leave her to be with my "Babe Dako", she cried a lot. The pains that I brought to her heart was so helpless, our closeness having grown so much and having learned to love each other not only as a friend but as a real sister. The remaining days of my stay in Singapore before I came here was so hard, my heart was tearing apart when she called me every single day to let me know how sad and lonely she would be when I was gone. My heart felt so much pain, I drifted every time I heard from her saying how she missed me and being alone when I leave. The day came, time for me to depart and left my best friend. That was the saddest day of my life, knowing that I would be facing another world and starting over to find a new friends in my new home. I was not even so sad when I left my former American boss but my best friend made me really hurt. She means the world to me, I have found a true friend in her. She's so caring, thoughtful, humble and kind, I can't say enough to describe her in words.
Finally, I can't hold on the world to turned around and comes the day we say good bye to each other,'twas a sad day were drifting apart on Dec 27, 2006 however, our friendship goes on and continues to grow no matter the distance it's always there. We're still best friends forever!
To my best friend I hope you read this. I want you to know that you truly were my best friend! I missed everything about us. The only thing that gives me any kind of hope is that I know I will see you again someday. I pray we may able to stop over in Singapore when we go visit in September. I love you with all of my heart I am so blessed to have you as my friend. You are still in my heart as my best friend even though we are far apart. I am forever grateful for having you. Friends forever ok? I will do my best to still keep in touch with you by any means of communication to let you know how I really missed you. I wish you the best of everything and pls don't forget to update to me your new location.
I missed you my best friend JEN.
Well, sometimes bestfriends would really be separated due to certain reasons. My bestfriend in college went to USA to work there and I am happy because he is making his career better and of course it was good for him because it gave him a high paying work but I was sad because it separated us and was sad also because he left his girlfriend who is our common friend. But still the sadness is outweighed by the positive things that would benefit him. I know your bestfriend is happy for you too.
Hu hu hu naiyak ako. Remember ko tuloy ang bestfriend ko na para ko din tunay na kapatid. Gamay, ur story same sa akin ang kaiba lang nawala siya for long at nakita mo sa Singapore. Sa amin naman we are bestfriend from first year high school then tapos namin graduate high school umuwi siya sa province nila at doon start wala na kami kontak bigla lang siya nawala. Until oneday, katapos ko lang college nakita ko siya sa isang tindahan nag work siya at doon ko nalaman na di pala naka skol nang college kasi di kaya nang parents niya at wala siya money. Kaya bumalik siya sa Davao at doon nag work nalang. At that time na nag-asikaso ako sa papers ko papunta US pinatira ko siya kung saan kaming dalawa pagkasama. At that time ready na ako lipad papunta US sige siya iyak2x kasi nga di niya alam saan naman siya punta kasi wala na ako. At after 3 months since nalaman ko nalang na she na she met a guy too at pregnant na siya at ikasal na siya . That time I'm happy for her kasi may kasama na din siya pero after 1 month nanganak siya sa kanilang baby her husband namatay....how sad.


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On the crossroad of several streets in the city center, just steps away from the Ringplatz (Central Square) a Choral Temple was built between 1873 and 1877 in a moresque style by the architect Julian Zachariewicz from Lemberg (Lviv). The synagogue was supposed to be a reformed temple of the more liberal oriented Jews, in contrast to the orthodox Great Synagogue in Synagogengasse in the lower parts of town. However, the Temple was not reformed in todays meaning of the word: there was no organ and a separate section for the ladies. Services were held in German language, the common language of most Jews of Chernivtsi. In order to raise money for the project, the most prominent representatives of the Jewish Community founded the Czernowitzer Israelitische Tempelverein (Temple Association) was founded, main donations came from the Zucker and Wagner families. The foundation stone was put in 1873 by Chief Rabbi Dr. Igel and the Orthodox Bishop Dr. Hacman. Among the several ethnic groups and religions in Chernivtsi, the Jews became the biggest and most important during the Austrian rule. Before the first World War around one third of the population of he city was Jewish, in 1919 the percentage of Jews rose to 47 percent. The Temple was the biggest of more than 70 synagogues and prayer houses in Chernivtsi. In the Austrian epoque, the street linking the Temple with the Ringplatz (Central Square) was named Tempelgasse. In July 1941 Romania occupied Chernivtsi from the Soviets, and together with German troops carried out massacres on the Jewish population. Within a few days the most prominent representatives of Jewish life in the city, among them Chief Rabbi Abraham Mark, were murdered, the Temple was set on fire and burned down to ashes. After the war, the Soviets tried to blow up the ruin but failed to do so. In 1959 the former temple was turned into a cinema, deprived of its dome and most of the ornaments. Here one of the most prominent singers of the time between the wars, the Tenor Josef Schmidt started his career in the temple choir. Today a memorial plaque inside the building reminds of this famous son of Chernivtsi.
Czernowitz, Synagogue, Jewish Temple
In German: Czernowitz, Israelitischer Tempel
Synagogue in Old Chortkiv and Rabbi residence
City: Chortkiv
Publisher: Claudia Erdheim, Das Stetl. Galizien und Bukowina 1890–1918. Album Verlag, Wien 2008.
Copyright: Claudia Erdheim
Subject: Synagogue, architecture, street, palace, park
In front of a synagogue
Publisher: Adolf Zilber, Lwow
Subject: Synagogue, architecture, people
Synagogue in Znesinnia
Subject: Suburb, street, synagogue
"Old" and "New" synagogues
Subject: City, buildings, architecture, synagogue, street
Former Great Synagogue
Date: Interwar years (1918-1939)
Format: 110х160 mm
Subject: Cernăuţi, Synogogue
Synagogue in Mauritanian style
Husiatyn
City: Husiatyn
Creator: D. Poliatkevych
Subject: Synagogue, architecture, architectural details
People near The Great Suburb Synagogue
Copyright: Lviv National Library after V.Stefanyk NAS of Ukraine
Subject: people, buildings
The former Hasidic Synagogue
Date: Period of Independence (1990-s nowadays)
Creator: Oleksandr Denysenko
Publisher: Oleksandr Denysenko
Copyright: Oleksandr Denysenko
Subject: Hasidic synagogue, Jewish cultural center
Golden Rose Synagogue
Creator: Adam Lenkiewicz
Publisher: Ksiaznica-Atlas, Lwow
Subject: Synagogue, courtyard, entrance


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Hear Nightingale, Tennyson & Light Brigade bugler
February 23, 2013 Modern(ish)
The Charge of the Light Brigade was a famous debacle. It was a cavalry charge at the Battle of Balaklava (October 25th, 1854) in the Crimean War and it was a slaughter. The British cavalry, armed solely with sabres, was ordered — either through poor communication or officer arrogance or incompetence or a little bit of everything — to charge down a valley and attack Russian artillery batteries. The Russians had 20 infantry battalions, fifty large artillery pieces and they held the heights on both sides of the valley, so these poor Light Brigade guys had to race through a hail of cannon fire towards a hail of cannon fire wielding nothing but their swords. Out of the 673 cavalrymen, 118 died, 122 were wounded and 335 horses killed. Around 60 men were taken prisoner by the Russians. Only 195 complete one man-one horse pairs were left, which obviously completely disabled their function as a cavalry brigade.
Although it was a stupid waste of life and a military failure, it gave the British cavalry a huge boost of respect and popularity. Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote a poem a few weeks after the battle which sealed their reputation for courage in the face of certain death. The Charge of the Light Brigade would become vernacular for the futile bravery.
Decades passed. In May of 1890, Secretary of State for War Edward Stanhope announced that the government would not grant any financial relief to the destitute survivors of the Charge of the Light Brigade because it wouldn't be fair to single out one set of survivors, no matter how glorious their action, for benefits that no other veterans of their rank would receive. The cavalry charge down the valley of death, as Tennyson so memorably put it, was by then immortalized in the public imagination as the pinnacle of courage and valour, so the neglect of these heroes, now old, infirm and poor, caused a scandal.
In response, the St. James Gazette set up the Light Brigade Relief Fund so that the public could help support the veterans with their contributions and redeem "a national disgrace of the most odious description." The campaign was supported by contemporary luminaries like Rudyard Kipling, who wrote The Last of the Light Brigade, a sort of sequel to the Charge in which survivors reproach Tennyson for not writing a follow-up that would reveal how the country they fought so valiantly for has abandoned them.
Also enlisted in the cause were three people closely associated with the Battle of Balaclava: Florence Nightingale, pioneering nurse who made her bones, so to speak, tending to the wounded during the Crimean War, Lord Tennyson himself, author of the poem that would ensure the immortality of the Charge of the Light Brigade, and Martin Leonard Lanfried, trumpeter of the 17th Lancers who sounded the actual charge. They would contribute with cutting edge technology: sound recordings of their voices that would be played at public events to raise money for the relief fund. This was the first Do They Know It's Christmas ever made.
It was Colonel George Edward Gouraud, Civil War hero on the Union side, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor for rallying the men under heavy enemy fire and Edison's representative in England, who recorded the three on wax cylinders. He had personally contributed £1,500 (about £90,000 or $137,000 in today's spending power) to the Light Brigade Relief Fund and then contributed his skills and Edison's invention, which he had only introduced to England two years before, to the cause.
On May 15th, 1890, he recorded Alfred, Lord Tennyson reading The Charge of the Light Brigade. On July 30th, he recorded Florence Nightingale's message to her "dear old comrades of Balaclava" at her home on 10 South Street, Park Lane, London. On August 2nd, he recorded Martin Lanfried sounding the charge on the very trumpet used at the battle. As if that wasn't enough, the same bugle was also used at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, and remained in use until the 17th Lancers were merged with other regiments to form the Queens Royal Lancers in 1993.
And now for the sounds of history. First is Alfred Tennyson reciting the first three stanzas of The Charge of the Light Brigade in stentorian declamation.
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Next is Florence Nightingale, introduced by Mary Helen Ferguson who has one of those unfortunate talking doll voices I can't quite understand but appears to be announcing the location and date of the recording. Florence speaks after her in far more pleasing tones saying: "When I am no longer even a memory, just a name, I hope my voice may perpetuate the great work of my life. God bless my dear old comrades of Balaclava and bring them safe to shore. Florence Nightingale."
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Finally here is Martin Lanfried, veteran of the Battle of Balaclava, who was wounded in the action and his horse killed underneath him, introducing himself and playing the charge.
[audioplayer file="http://www.thehistoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Martin-Lanfried-bugler.mp3″ titles="Trumpeter Martin Lanfried plays the charge"]
Colonel Gouraud's Edison Phonograph Company went through various iterations and wound up Edison Bell Ltd., J.E. Hough owner. The market for cylinders was dying, replaced by phonograph records, and by the early 1930s it went bankrupt. Its assets, including the historic 1890 Light Brigade cylinders, were purchased by Howard Flynn. Flynn actually tried to sell a record of the Florence Nightingale recording with all royalties going to the Red Cross and other hospital charities, but it was a flop. In 1935, he donated the Nightingale cylinder to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. It was transferred to the Wellcome Trust Library where it remained unnoticed until 2004 when Dr. Michael Clark dug it up and brought it to the British Library for restoration.
The Relief Fund successfully raised enough money to give grants to the neediest of the soldiers with £3,000 left over. The money was invested so it could help the greatest number of veterans, but in 1892 Parliament granted pensions to soldiers who had served 10 years or more so the rest of the fund money was distributed on a sliding scale.
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25 thoughts on "Hear Nightingale, Tennyson & Light Brigade bugler"
Had known for quite a while that the bugle still existed. As well knew of the existence of the wax cylinders. Don't think I had ever actually listened to them before. Thanks for an interesting glimpse into the past.
livius drusus says:
There's something about the recordings that brings the past into vivid relief. It's similar to how good quality early color photography can make an old picture look like it was taken yesterday.
BWA says:
I was a bit startled at the Alfred cadences until I realized that he would have been 81 at the time. Nice to have bits and pieces like this so that we don't have to rely on scholars, as with Richard III
So true. Think of the recordings of slave narratives which not only preserved history but literally gave voice to the metaphorically voiceless.
Erie!Haunting.
Very much so.
Lapinbizarre says:
Wonderful. Thank you again.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
theduckthief says:
Creepy but cool all the same. They've all been dead a long while but their voices live and will continue to as long as the recording does. It's a certain kind of immortality.
It is, and Florence recognized that right away. I think it's tremendously cool that in her recording she acknowledges the otherworldly permanence the new technology was giving her.
Makes me wonder what people 100 years from now will be saying when they strain to see and hear the recorded images and sounds we make today. How quaint we'll seem. Cool stuff indeed!
I wonder if Florence Nightingale thought her voice was weird when she heard the recording played back. "Is that really what I sound like?"
D. B. Cooper says:
This story reminds me of the paintings of Lady Butler and all the deeply sad images she painted of the Crimean War.
Indeed, Florence Nightingale gave Colonel Gouraud a print of Lady Butler's "The Return" to sell for the cause.
Mary Helen Ferguson is saying, in introducing Florence Nightingale, "At Florence Nightingale's house, Kensington, July the 30th, eighteen hundred and ninety."
You have keen ears, Karen. Very well done and thank you. :thanks:
I find this hard to believe as I heard this Florence Nightengail recording in 1962 or 1963.
Well, like I said, there was an attempt to market it in the 30s. Perhaps you heard one of those records.
drive-by music guy says:
Both of these recordings were around in the sixties — they were even included on a relatively well-known folk album in 1968.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaklava_%28album%29
Marcelle McMillen says:
So fascinating to hear these snippets of voices long gone. The "When I am no longer even a memory, just a name…" tugs at my heart.
I think I heard one released not too long ago of Alexander Graham Bell reciting a list of random numbers and ending with a solemn exhortation to "Hear my voice."
Florence Nightingale appeared to be comfortable with the actual task of recording which could not have been too common at that time. She was able to adjust the cadence of her speech in such a way that it is easier to hear on playback. I don't think too many folks were skilled at the level of understanding the voice/playback proportionality in 1890.
I found it impressive as well. Tennyson must have been doing public readings of his poetry for decades by the time of his recording, and yet, Florence Nightingale deliberate pacing and crisp enunciation is significantly easier to follow. She also sounds so warm and genuine. What a remarkable woman she was.
You did indeed hear Mr. Graham Bell recently. Here's a post I wrote on the discovery and optical scanning of the recording.
nice words :thanks:
Artem says:
I'm investigating a certain issue regarding the fund-raising campaign you mention here. In Last of the Light Brigade, Kipling explicitly refers to the veterans' visitation of Tennyson and his further reaction.
The poor little army departed, limping and lean and forlorn.
And the heart of the Master-singer grew hot with "the scorn of scorn."
And he wrote for them wonderful verses that swept the land like flame,
Till the fatted souls of the English were scourged with the thing called Shame.
Is there any specific information that can confirm that the visit actually happened, and what was Tennyson's verse?
Chris Zwarg says:
Helen Ferguson, at the start of the Florence Nightingale cylinder, says:
"At Florence Nightingale's house, London, July the thirtieth, eighteen-hundred-and-ninety."
The copy you present suffers from heavy and clumsy digital denoising which impairs intelligibility. There are earlier straight analog transfers of the cylinder around that are much clearer despite some background hiss.
Michael c Morrison says:
1962 or 1963? That's 70 years after it was recorded. And 1962 was 60 years ago today. So those recordings were only 10 years further from 1962, than 1962 is from today….