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When no one is watching DC SCORES soccer coach and November Project DC leader, Steve Christensen, he's probably busy dancing to Puppets by Atmosphere. He's been rockin' that jam ever since his first November Project Summit in -30C in Edmonton, and he hasn't looked back.
Now, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, the highlight of his day occurs before 7AM with his DC tribe of the NP — a free, grassroots movement that aims to get people of all ages, levels of fitness, and political parties, out moving and exploring their city, while making real human connections and building a positive community. "It's a way to have the most fun you'll have all week in the span of an hour, all before the rest of the city even rolls out of bed," says Steve.
For Steve, organically meeting people provides a bit of a rush. "Talking to a cashier or a server, someone on the corner, or the guy handing out the Washington Post Express at the metro, are all great ways to do that," he elaborated. However, he meets the most people through NP, including some of his closest friends, which he attributes to just deciding to show up.
He's a firm believer in making your own chances; putting forth your best effort and being smart about it. "Part of that is connecting and surrounding yourself with good, motivated people," he elaborated. There's something about the team aspect of NP that makes him feel as though he already knows a person there really well when he first meets them. And, he highlighted that they like to get weird and laugh a lot, which explains why he leaves every workout with that 'nothing can bring me down' feeling.
Turning to reflect on some of his older friendships, Steve shared one of his favorite memories: riding shotgun in his best friend's jeep with unzipped windows and the top down. Every time they'd arrive wherever they were going, they'd blast Go Getta by Young Jeezy. "We used to think we were really cool. I will continue to believe that we were," reinforced Steve.
When it comes to keeping in touch with friends, Steve feels strongly about picking up the phone and giving them a call, solidifying the relationships he's made over the years with people in Milwaukee, Philly, LA, Boston, and Edmonton. "As we age and technology advances, we can see our friends' updates in the form of pictures and videos on Facebook. The more this happens, the easier it is to not directly talk to or visit friends in far off places," elaborated Steve. So, he's making a point of actually doing those things.
When it comes to other things he loves in his life, he has two main sets of favorite clothing. One is his flat brim hats, including a tagged Lululemon hat. The second is his grassroots gear: shirts tagged with the words 'November Project' using spray paint, featuring DC's own tag, the Lincoln Memorial. For him, each shirt (and it's more than he'd like to admit) has a different story and a different feeling when he puts it on: from his original white tee tagged in Boston next to the Charles River, to his maple leaf tag from Edmonton, to his first, second, and third iterations of the DC tag.
Moving on from the clothes he likely wore last week, to what he did last week, we asked Steve what he might have earned a blue ribbon for. He shared that it would be for completing his homework, the type of homework NP encourages: giving back in the community by making it a better place by doing something 'out of the way' nice for someone.
Not just the typical hold the door kind of things that you should do every day, but something beyond that, such as paying for the coffee for the person behind you in line, paying for the next car's toll, or giving your scarf or jacket to someone that looks cold. When it's done, you just say "Homework complete." It's not about bragging about what you did, simply that you did it is more than enough.
Though, if Steve could gift anything to anyone, it would be patience to drivers and cyclists. He's experienced tremendously impatient people on both sides of the equation. "For the most part, if people realized that 15 seconds doesn't make any difference, we'd all be safer, less stressed, and generally happier," said Steve. And, we couldn't agree more.
If you'd like to get in touch with Steve, you can find him on Twitter here, or at the November Project DC MWF mornings.
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Trump-Hater Alec Baldwin in BIG TROUBLE Over Sex With Underage Girl
Hollywood hack Alec Baldwin managed to gain an extra 15 minutes of fame by repeatedly mocking President Trump on consecutive broadcasts of Saturday Night Live.
But his lingering in the spotlight has also caused him a lot of trouble by highlighting Baldwin's misbehavior.
Just this week, Baldwin released his memoir, titled "Nevertheless," and immediately a scandal broke.
In the 2006 movie "Mini's First Time," Baldwin plays a man who has a sexual affair with his stepdaughter and helps murder her brother.
A disgusting premise, to be sure. What's more disturbing is that the girl who played the stepdaughter, Nikki Reed, was actually underage at the time she shot those intimate scenes with Baldwin.
In the book, Baldwin tries to make out as if he didn't know Reed was underage, and that the movie's producers had tricked him.
Well, one of those producers, Dana Brunetti, was having none of it.
Brunetti took to Twitter to call out Baldwin on his LIES.
(1) My first indie film was Mini's starring @AlecBaldwin who knew @NikkiReed_I_Am was 16 (not 17) and he didn't mind https://t.co/aZ3KyeIiyC
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
(2) in fact @NikkiReed_I_Am was 1 of 4 actresses @AlecBaldwin had approved and her being the only 1 of those 4 repped by HIS own agency CAA.
(3) the only time @AlecBaldwin ever yelled at me was on the phone and it was about one of the producers who worked with the financier.
(4) The films director @NickGuthe said "We liked the idea that b/c it meant we couldn't be pressured into shooting scenes w/nudity"
(5) continued… "which was a real issue with the subject matter and the rather unusual cast of character we were dealing with."
(6) but to @AlecBaldwin's benefit, he has been impersonating Trump a lot, so maybe there was a bit of method acting when writing his book?
(7) And I have just received 3 other message from crew and other producer stating that he knew how old @NikkiReed_I_Am was during filming.
(8) if @AlecBaldwin had simply said in his book he didn't know @NikkiReed_I_Am's age, I would let it go.
(9) however to say that when he found out after filming he yelled at the producers (I being 1 on the film) makes it out to seem we did wrong
(10) So to summarize, @AlecBaldwin knew NikkiReed_I_Am was 16, didn't find out AFTER filming, and did not yell at us.
(11) UNLESS @AlecBaldwin saw @KevinSpacey some event after and yelled at him?? Though that would be wrong too, because again, Alec knew.
If Alec wanted to lie, fine, but to then to throw us under the bus while doing so? Not on my watch. https://t.co/N2s8auQEyX
Brunetti also attacked Baldwin in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter:
"It's a lie. Of course he totally knew how old she was. That's why there's no nudity in the movie. He knew before we even cast the movie."

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Q: SSIS Data Flow Task SQL 2008 I am wondering if it is possible to:
1) Develop SSIS Package for Data Flow Task
I am aware of how to do this on a local or network SQLServer,
However is it possible to create a package that uploads to a "remote" sqlserver, ie one that is not on site or on the LAN.
any guidance would be great
Thanks

A: Since I don't see anyway the package could see the other server, I would suggest loading the data to one or more flat files and putting them on an FTP site. Then having the remote server run an SSIS package to pick up the file(s) and process it into their system. This is basically what we do when our clients need data from us.

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Jews' connection to the land must not be severed, even in Hebron
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/jews-connection-to-the-land-must-not-be-severed-even-in-hebron-1.344906
The people who have gone ballistic over student heritage trips to Hebron seem to have forgotten the very foundation of Zionism.
Who are the people, including the editorial writers of this newspaper, who have gone ballistic over the education minister's announcement that students should be taken on heritage trips to the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron? Are they Zionists, non-Zionists, post-Zionists or anti-Zionists? Have their roots in the Land of Israel withered over the years, or have they lost hold of their senses in these tumultuous times?
They seem to have forgotten the very foundation of Zionism: that the Jewish State is located in the Land of Israel just because it is the ancient homeland of the Jewish people, and that the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem are the icons of the Jewish connection to the Land of Israel - constant reminders to one and all that the Land of Israel is the ancient homeland of the Jewish people, who have returned after 2,000 years in exile.
They seem to have fallen under the spell of the "1967 borders." They are infatuated by the "Green Line" drawn like a scar across the Land of Israel. West of this line Israel is kosher, not an occupier of another people, but east of that line, you had better watch out. These, they hold, are occupied territories where Israel rules over another people, and no Jew should be living there, or God forbid, be allowed to settle there.
So what is this sacrosanct Green Line? It is nothing more than the armistice line agreed between representatives of Israel and Jordan at Rhodes on April 24, 1949. It was never intended to be a border between two nations. It simply represented, with some modifications, the line where the fighting during Israel's War of Independence ceased. The British-officered and -equipped Jordanian Arab Legion that had invaded the newborn state of Israel on May 15, 1948 had reached the point during the fighting where its commander, Glubb Pasha, realized that unless Jordan agreed to a cease-fire, the Israeli army was going to advance to the Jordan River and his army would be powerless to stop it.
The armistice left the biblical heartland of ancient Israel, the mountains of Samaria and Judea, the major historical and biblical sites of the Jewish people, east of the armistice line. The War of Independence brigade commanders Moshe Dayan and Yosef Tabenkin had urged the Israel Defense Forces' General Staff to allow them to capture the Old City of Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Hebron, but they were halted by the cease-fire of October 22, 1948.
With Jordan in control of these areas, not only were Jews not allowed to live there, but during the 18 years of Jordanian occupation, Jews were denied access to the Western Wall, the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Rachel's tomb. Masada, a site visited over the years by almost all Israelis, young and old, came under Israeli control only in March 1949, when IDF units moving from Be'er Sheva reached the Dead Sea at Sodom and Ein Gedi. One can imagine that had this "last-minute" operation not taken place, the very same people who now complain about students visiting the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron would be arguing against visits to Masada, located in "occupied territory."
This perverse objection by some to visits east of the March 1949 armistice lines seems to be part of a wider boycott movement of the whole area. Whether it is Ariel or Hebron, these rootless Israelis will not set foot there. They give credence to the frequently heard Arab propaganda that the Jewish claim of a historic connection to this land is nothing but fiction.
The supporters of the "two-state solution," who insist that Israel withdraw to the 1949 armistice lines and consider Judea and Samaria to be occupied territory, seem to give no thought to assuring contact between the Jewish people and these sites if such a withdrawal were to take place. Was this even on the agenda in the negotiations between Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat, or between Ehud Olmert and Tzipi Livni and the Palestinian Authority?
Perhaps supporters of the "two-state solution" would prefer to sever the connection between the Jewish people and the sites that are reminders of the Jewish people's connection to the Land of Israel. That might be one explanation for the objections voiced to visits by Israeli students to the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
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Q: How can I get the id of a record in a d3 scatter plot? I have already attached my data and assigned the ids as follow:
svg.selectAll("circle").data(csv).enter().append("circle")
                    .attr("id", function(d){return "row"+d["ROW ID"];});

"ROW ID" is the name of the column that contains the ids of my data.
Now I want to add an on-click event to the circles and save the ID of the currently point in a new variable to use it to call other function.
Can anyone tell me how to get the "ROW ID" of the currently selected point?
thx

A: Do you want something like this or have I misunderstood your question?
svg = d3.select("svg");

csv = [
  {"row ID": "id1",
   "x": 20,
   "y": 30},
  {"row ID": "id2",
   "x": 30,
   "y": 50}

]

svg.selectAll("circle").data(csv).enter().append("circle")
  .attr("id", function(d){return "row"+d["ROW ID"];})
  .attr("cx", function(d){return d.x})
  .attr("cy",function(d){return d.y})
  .attr("r",10)
  .style("fill", "black");

circles = d3.selectAll("circle");

circles.on("click",function(d) {
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})

Interactive version here:  http://tributary.io/inlet/5455132


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Colorado's process of electing GOP delegates drew condemnation from front-runner Donald Trump and voters alike. But he's not the first politician to get shut-out of a rigged system. Former Republican candidate Dr. Ron Paul discusses what he calls the 'charade' of US elections with RT America's Lindsay France.
Paul was speaking specifically of delegate rules in the primary process for the Republican nomination, but expanded his criticism of the entire electoral in the US, saying that the public is starting to realize how corrupt the system is.


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Tropical Storm Elsa menaces the Caribbean on its way to the Southeast U.S.
By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather.com
Hurricane Elsa was about 440 miles east-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, packing sustained winds of 75 mph and booking toward the west-northwest at 31 mph at 8 a.m. EDT Saturday. Image courtesy of the National Hurricane Center
July 3 (UPI) -- After undergoing a rapid intensification, Tropical Storm Elsa is now expected to enter the eastern Gulf of Mexico and approach Florida next week, forecasters said Saturday.
Elsa underwent rapid intensification early Friday morning and became the first hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic season as it raced toward the Caribbean islands. Within 24 hours, Elsa went from tropical-storm strength with 40-mph winds to a Category 1 hurricane with 75-mph winds.
By its maximum sustained winds increasing by at least 35 mph within 24 hours, the storm's strengthening just met the criteria set by the National Hurricane Center to qualify as "rapid intensification."
Later Saturday it was downgraded back to a tropical storm.
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AccuWeather forecasters are keeping a close eye on the storm as it is expected to approach the United States after moving through the Caribbean through the weekend.
Elsa was about 440 miles east-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica packing sustained winds of 75 mph and booking toward the west-northwest at 31 mph at 8 a.m. EDT Saturday. Hurricane-force winds, 74 mph or greater, extended out 25 miles from the storm's center and tropical-storm-force winds extended out farther up to 125 miles out from its center.
As of Saturday, AccuWeather forecasters say Elsa is most likely to enter the eastern Gulf of Mexico and approach Florida next week.
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"Elsa is expected to regain wind intensity early next week once it passes north of Cuba and moves into the eastern Gulf," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Adam Douty said. "And there is a chance that conditions may be favorable for Elsa to affect Florida as a hurricane for a time during Tuesday and Wednesday."
Weather conditions could begin to deteriorate in the Florida Keys and southern Florida as soon as Monday night. At this early stage, there is the likelihood of flooding rainfall, damaging winds and power outages over the Florida Peninsula with perhaps the worst conditions along the Gulf Coast side.
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Rather than tracking along the Gulf Coast of Florida, Elsa could instead move northward over the Florida Peninsula, shifting the rainfall and gusty winds inland. The exact track of the center of circulation is key in determining wind direction and intensity of the storm as it impacts the Sunshine State.
The potential impacts across numerous barrier islands and inland harbors along Florida's Gulf Coast will all be determined by the direction, magnitude and duration of the wind. As the storm lifts northward across the state, shifting winds will also batter different sections of shoreline.
This can all result in headaches for those looking for a safe place to moor a boat, or for those looking to prepare their homes and property for the incoming storm.
But Elsa's exact track and strength - whether it approaches the U.S. as a tropical storm or a hurricane - will be determined by how it behaves over the Caribbean.


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Trump revives controversial construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline
By Morgan Delahunt on March 1, 2017
On Jan. 24, President Trump signed executive orders directing the Army Corps of Engineers to "review and approve in an expedited manner" the further construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
The Dakota Access Pipeline has become increasingly controversial over the last couple months. One of the four states in which the DAPL goes through is North Dakota, home to the Standing Rock Reservation and the Native American Sioux Tribe. This $3.7 billion pipeline project is said to send 470,000 barrels of crude oil per day from North Dakota to Illinois. Energy Transfer Partners, the company implementing the pipeline, is making a choice that is cost effective and efficient in terms of transportation.
Though these points may sound like pros, they come at a price that contributes to an urgent environmental crisis that will contaminate the main water supply and ruin several sacred ritual sites on the Standing Rock Reservation. Signing executive orders to pursue construction of the pipeline ignores the pressing environmental and civil concerns while also supporting an increase in jobs, economic growth and a plan to "tap into America's energy supply more," according to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. It is of no surprise that Trump is pushing for the development of our economy at the expense of environmental and civil unrest.
In response, the people of Standing Rock are not ready to let this pipeline dictate the safety and preservation of their community. Thus, the Native Americans within this community are prepared to appear in court in the near future to eliminate any further production of the Pipeline.
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman Dave Archambault II said in a statement, "President Trump is legally required to honor our treaty rights and provide a fair and reasonable pipeline process. Americans know this pipeline was unfairly rerouted towards our nation and without our consent. The existing pipeline route risks infringing on our treaty rights, contaminating our water and the water of 17 million Americans downstream."
In the meantime, many anxiously await a final and clear answer to the pipeline construction dilemma.
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O Lord, you know all my desires, and my sighing is not hidden from you. (Psalm 38:9. The Book of Common Prayer, p.637).
We do not have to look very hard around us to know that we live in a time of instant gratification being on steroids. Our computers, iphones, ipads and such can keep us tuned into everything from our favorite video games to social media and more. As marvelous and amazing as these things are, there is still a deep void that cries out from within our hearts that longs to be filled by more than instant gratification can possibly satisfy.
The words from Psalm 38 are dangerous words. They require us to let go of the things that bring us instant gratification, so that we may allow the God who wants to love us so deeply can truly fulfill our ultimate desire. God brings us the fulfillment of desire that calls for us to abandon ourselves to give ourselves over to what is infinite and comes in God's sweet time. The desire to know beyond a shadow of doubt, that we are loved in ways that our minds could not possibly comprehend. When we open ourselves to the God who knows all our desires and has heard our sighing even more that we can feel or utter; we risk being displaced by the Holy Spirit to be touched by things that we cannot see or explain, but calls us to a deeper love of God and our neighbor. We can only know within ourselves that there is some thing or someone there, that touch cannot satisfy. Our emotions may be engaged, but no feeling can actualize enough to say exactly what it is or surmised by any human logic.
In Contemplative Prayer and the mystical experience of the Holy One, we experience a glimpse of how much God desires us. After all, the desires are there by God's initiative not ours. The sighs are not hidden from God, because those sighs are reaching out to our God who hears them as clearly as a sparrow in spring calling out for its mate. It is that same creative and redemptive love through which Jesus gave His life on the Cross, and rose again from the dead so that we might experience such love from God's perspective. All we "know" is God, because God is all that matters. The fulfillment of our desires for the One for whom our sighing is really meant.
May all of us grow in love and trust for our God who knows our desires, and hears our sighing.
You, O Lord, are my lamp; my God, you make my darkness bright (Psalm 18:29 The Book of Common Prayer, p.604).
Sometimes the word darkness gets a bad reputation. It comes from the belief that nothing good happens at night while it is dark. There is some truth to the concept if you believe that darkness is where faith ends. As Christians, faith does not end with darkness. Christ Jesus is our Light of hope. At the Great Vigil of Easter the newly lit Easter Candle is processed into the church as we chant, "Christ our Light. Thanks be to God." Among the reasons that Monastics of various orders celebrate Vigils and/or for some Matins, is because it is symbolic of watching for Christ our Light to come and scatter our darkness.
The words from Psalm 18:29 are an acknowledgement of God's relationship with us in our dark moments. It is a testimony of what the Psalmist has experienced combined with heartfelt faith and anticipation of what God will do in the future. As Christians, we need to live into this relationship of God being our lamp who makes our darkness bright.
In Contemplative prayer is the experience of the Light that pierces the deepest darkness, through which God provides for us an awareness of God's presence that calls, heals and gives us hope.
May we be attentive to God as our lamp and light. May that faith shine through us and around us.
Lord, you now have set your servant free to go in peace as you have promised; For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, whom you have prepared for all the world to see: A Light to enlighten the nations, and the glory of your people Israel. (The Song of Simeon Nunc dimittis, The Book of Common Prayer, p.120).
These wonderful words of Simeon found in Luke's Gospel 2:29-32 sing of freedom, peace, light and glory. Simeon waited in the Temple for the arrival of God's promise to him. He remained in prayer and anticipation that what God gave him in faith, would become what he saw. His ears were tuned in to hear the voice of God. He awaited the Light that would enlighten.
As we all face our dark moments, this Canticle of Simeon is a prayer encouragement to believe that the Light that enlightens will one day become visible for us. Persistence in prayer is willing to keep praying and being open to the grace that helps sustain us. The Holy Spirit wants to stretch our hearts so that the Light of God that will enlighten our souls will show throughout all our lives.
these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. And we speak of these things in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to those who are spiritual. Those who are unspiritual do not receive the gifts of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. Those who are spiritual discern all things, and they are themselves subject to no one else's scrutiny. "For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
In our age of brilliant technological advances such as the smart phone, computer and internet; it seems that everything and anything is visible. Social media networks like Facebook and Twitter are awesome for keeping in touch with friends. They are also an incredible way to make new friends and to be part of just about any topic one can come up with. Yet, for all the good that is therein, one cannot ignore that it becomes that much more difficult to control our curiosity to uncover things that in some ways are better left mysterious.
That which is unseen, unheard or hardly conceived leads to a deeper awareness of our relationship with God and others. The Holy Spirit "searches the depths of God." In the Spiritual Life, there is always a new depth to be encountered and explored. There is always a new truth for us to be led into regarding the truth we have always known.
God invites us today, to see with the eyes of faith that whatever we cannot see, hear or conceive has yet to be God's newest revelation to us who love God. It is so awesome and powerful, that it is best that it be hidden until God chooses to make it known to us. All we are asked to do is walk by faith and trust in God's holy will for us.
If I say, "Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light around me turn to night," darkness is not dark to you, O Lord; the night is as bright as the day; darkness and light to you are both alike. (Psalm 139:10,11. The Book of Common Prayer,. p. 116).
There are many contradictions (or paradoxes if you prefer), that inspire thought and devotion. One of those is darkness and light. Western philosophy historically, has suggested that there is nothing good about night time, because of the darkness. How many crime shows on TV show depict an assailant operating in the dark?
For Monastics, darkness has a very different meaning.
The office of Vigils [or Matins] consecrates the hours of the night, creating a spirit of expectancy. In the quiet hours before dawn, the stillness around us pervades our minds and hearts. We wait prayerfully for the coming of the Lord as we watch and long for the coming of dawn.
We watch because it is characteristic of lovers to watch for the return of the beloved. (Monastic Practices. Charles Cummings, OCSO, p. 132).
Darkness can be more than what we see. Darkness can be any pain or suffering. Darkness can be in the shape of an addiction that is too difficult to talk about and/or face. Darkness can be in the form of a sick child or a relationship coming to an end. Yet, even in those dark moments God is our one hope that brings light into that darkness. Even if the illness is not healed, the lost lover does not return, or the individual with the addiction falls again and again.
If we ever needed a symbol of a darkness through which God gave the greatest light to the world, look not further than the Cross.


Eden Park is delighted to host New Zealand Eid Day on Saturday 2 September, 2017.
Eid Al Adha marks a day of immense significance in the Muslim lunar calendar, and is celebrated by Muslim communities worldwide.
This event, which will go ahead rain or shine, is vital to both the social as well as religious life of the community. On the day, thousands will gather to celebrate this festival in an open, inclusive, and convivial environment.
"For Muslims, Eid is considered to be one of the most joyous days of the calendar, and to celebrate it with the wider community at Eden Park makes it an even more exciting event," says Mohamed Jaballah, Auckland Eid Day Marketing Manager.
Visitors are encouraged to attend to partake in the celebrations. New Zealand Eid Day offers a wide variety of educational displays, cultural exhibits and food stalls across the venue. Non-Muslims and Muslims alike have the opportunity to engage in the cultural and culinary diversity Auckland has to offer.
As a family-based event, New Zealand Eid Day offers a space for children of all ages to enjoy a wide selection of games and activities, including bouncy castles, poi, toddler playland and more.
New Zealand Eid Day is organised by members of the community for the community. As a grassroots initiative, it helps to bring together the resources and experience of the community and to cultivate its wellbeing.


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Empowering Kids During "Small Business Week"
There are some of those people out there that are more naturally inclined to start these ventures from the time they are very young. We wonder in amazement and sometimes jealousy and envy, why couldn't I be like that. There are those who have these abilities and wonder the same for their children.
I read this fantastic story today on www.INC.com about Barry Schuler who was dreaming about getting this brand new camera for himself. He went and offered his services around the neighborhood to develop film for people. He created ads and signs and even got testimonials all with the encouragement of his parents. How many of us and especially our children have desires for multiple items, gifts, gadgets and treats. We make all sorts of deals with them to do well in school, play well, treat their siblings well and the list goes on and on.
What would our education look like both at home and in schools if we encouraged our kids to develop skills in order to get something they really really want? If a kid wants a new X-Box what if you encouraged your kid to talk to a game developer, send a letter asking some pointed questions about how they got into this? What about taking them to meet some of the business people who work in this industry? What about offering small one on one tutoring to kids who aren't as good at certain games?
Imagine what type of creative, productive, imaginative, value based new generation of leaders we'd have in 10-20 years?
What would happen to ourselves if we dared to dream this way. You want a new car, a new house? You want a certain position, certain expertise, sell or create a certain product? What will you do for yourself and YOUR dreams?
This week and this month of May that has been dedicated to the hard working small business owners, promoting their support, promoting their courage and creativity is the time to focus on what we can do to support the future of small businesses around the world but especially in our own lives.
This week and month let's make commitments to ourselves and our families to imagine, create and deliver on these dreams.


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posted Friday, July 15, 2011 - Volume 39 Issue 28
Isn't it ironic? More musings from Paul Kawata
by Paul Kawata - Special to the SGN
Wouldn't it be ironic if People with AIDS (PWAs) were the reason we stopped the epidemic? After all of the blame, all of the discrimination, all of the judgment, there is something quite wonderful about the prospect of PWAs bringing an end to this devastating disease.
At the 6th International Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention, you can feel the excitement as people talk about HIV Prevention Trial Network study 052 or Treatment As Prevention (TAP). At a panel this afternoon, a researcher called it the 'light at the end of the tunnel.'
TAP is about lowering a community's viral load to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. It's about getting PWAs to an undetectable viral load as a way to support their individual health and end this epidemic. It's not without challenges, but as one of the speakers said, 'we may be at the beginning of the end.' However, it's going to take PWAs leading the way.
There is something so perfect about this solution. Not only could it stop the epidemic, but it would also benefit individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Researchers also say the solution isn't just for wealthy countries. Treatment As Prevention should be a global goal. With the recent United Nations' commitment to provide HIV treatment to 15 million people by 2015, we may be able to end this epidemic in my lifetime.
However, it's not time to throw away behavioral interventions. The HIV community and researchers mostly agree that it's going to take a combination of approaches. We need to implement structural interventions like TAP and continue with proven behavioral interventions. However, these behavioral interventions need to be scaled up to impact large numbers. We're not talking hundreds of people; these interventions need to impact thousands, if not millions of people.
If I sound ecstatic, I am. However, we are years, if not decades, away from solving this epidemic. This solution will require PWAs to be on drug therapy for the rest of their lives or until we find a cure. We still have to figure out how we are going to pay for treatment for millions of people around the world.
In the U.S., we need to
o Identify HIV-positive Americans who do not know they are HIV-positive;
o Upon diagnoses, link these individuals into care as quickly as possible; and
o Ultimately, get HIV-positive Americans on drug therapy and keep them on it.
At the end of 2008, the CDC estimated there were 1,178,350 Americans living with HIV. Approximately 236,400 people in the U.S. do not know they are HIV-positive. Unfortunately, the majority of people living with HIV are not on drug therapy. In fact, the number is somewhere between 250,000 to 350,000 Americans who are currently on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART).
Researchers postulate that there is a benefit for individuals who can bring their viral load to undetectable soon after being infected. It is the time that the virus can do the most damage to your immune system. This is also the time when people are the most infectious and can more easily pass the virus to others. Getting to undetectable viral load early can minimize the damage to the individual and stop the spread of HIV. However, more studies will need to be done.
It's no longer just about the individual, it is also up to PWAs to save their communities. This is a huge shift in our work. Before, we were talking about empowering PWAs - now we're asking them to save us. That's why they need to lead this effort.
Given the uncertainty of the effects of long-term drug therapy, we may be asking PWAs to put their health on the line. They have reason to be skeptical. But maybe, just maybe, the leadership of people facing the same risks, with the same concerns, displaying the same willingness to risk it all to save their communities, will alleviate some of that skepticism. At the same time, the HIV community must continue to push a research agenda to ensure the long-term safety of these drugs, and the development of new medications, as well as a viral load test that is rapid and affordable. We must also remain committed to finding a vaccine and a cure for HIV/AIDS.
So how are we going to pay for the drug therapy necessary to stop this epidemic? We can't even get the funds to cover the 8,689 Americans currently on AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) waiting lists. From my perspective, we need to do the following:
1. Between now and 2014, ask the pharmaceutical industry to keep their patient assistance programs open for people who cannot get their drugs via private insurance, Medicaid, or ADAP.
2. Enroll HIV-positive Americans into PCIPs (Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plans). Depending upon the state, we may be able to use Ryan White funds to pay for the premiums. This could be one of our bridges to 2014.
3. Monitor implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to ensure that the benefit package covers drug therapy for HIV-positive individuals.
4. Upon full implementation of ACA, ask the pharmaceutical industry to cut the price of their drugs based on economies of scale. For TAP to work, we will need to triple, if not quadruple, the number of people on drug therapy.
We need to continue our pressure to get everyone covered under ADAP, especially if we are going to increase the number of people on drug therapy. It's a national shame that we have so many Americans on waiting lists. Maybe if policy makers were educated about the connection between treatment of HIV and the prevention of HIV, we might see more funding for this important program.
This is a big plan that requires big leadership. It should be led by People with AIDS, but also must include the government, the HIV community, and the pharmaceutical industry. If HIV has taught me anything, I've learned that you have to be bold, you have to be strong, and you have to be willing to compromise. I see a roadmap to end this epidemic. You're damn right I am excited; you should be too.
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St Mary's Cemetery, Wandsworth (also known as Battersea St Mary's Cemetery, Battersea Rise Cemetery)7284
London, England, Greater London
An L-shaped site, the cemetery was laid out on a grid pattern and still has its original cast iron entrance gates and brick gate piers. There are planted areas of flower beds and various trees, including avenue of ornamental cherries.
Nov-Feb: Mon-Sat 8am-4pm/Sun 10am-4pm; Mar/Oct: closure at 5pm; April/Sept: closure at 6pm; May - August closure at 7pm. Christmas Day 10am-1pm
St Mary's Cemetery opened in 1860, set up by St Mary's Burial Board in an area that was once part of Wandsworth Common. An L-shaped site, the cemetery was laid out on a grid pattern and still has its original cast iron entrance gates and brick gate piers, the gates decorated with religious motifs. The entrance lodge has been rebuilt but the small Gothic chapels remain, with porte-cochère between.
Sources consulted:
Hugh Meller & Brian Parsons, 'London Cemeteries, An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer', 4th edition (The History Press, 2008); LB Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common Conservation Area Character Statement
For more information see http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=WND053
http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/
http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk
LB Wandsworth
London Parks and Gardens Trust
Hectares:
The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building
Reference: wall
Locality: England, Greater London
Battersea Rise/Bolingbroke Grove
SW11 1HE
Historical Location: Surrey
Goldsmiths College
Mill Field
Lordship Recreation Ground including Model Traffic Area
Twickenham Cemetery
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Shelly ShortMay 5, 2021
Nate Allen
FAYETTEVILLE – They will play for different teams representing different countries, but men's golfer Julian Perico and women's golfer Brooke Matthews still consider themselves as Arkansas Razorbacks playing together at at the Arnold Palmer Cup in June in Sugar Grove, Ill.
UA junior Perico, awaiting the assignment for Coach Brad McMakin's SEC runner-up Razorbacks at NCAA Men's Regionals, was announced Tuesday as representing his native Peru on the Palmer Cup International team.
Matthews, the UA junior from Rogers next week leading Coach Shauna Taylor's Razorbacks in next week's NCAA Regional in Louisville, was previously announced among those representing the United States on Team USA's women's team in the Palmer Cup.
"Yeah, I'm really excited to see that Julian made the Palmer Cup as well," Matthews said on a Zoom press conference Tuesday. "He's a good friend of mine and so even though we're gonna be rivals that week, it's going to be exciting to see a familiar face and somebody I'm that close to. I feel like we're just proud that we get to have a Razorback on both sides this year. It's really cool."
Taylor, also on the Zoom, said, " What a great honor and privilege it is for Brooke and Julian to be selected for this amazing opportunity. It just says a lot about them and their great play this year. I've been able to a couple of Palmer Cups. It's an awesome week."
A week that Perico, on a later Tuesday Zoom conference, said he has long aimed to achieve.
"I have two goals this year," Perico said. "One was to be an All-American and one was to make the Palmer Cup team. It's been my goal the last two years."
A goal all the better knowing he shares it with a fellow Razorback.
"I texted Brookie once I got the good news and she was super stoked" Perico said. "She's like a sister to me, one of my best friends so I'm really stoked to be able to share that week with her. We're going to be playing against each other but it's going to be a blast."
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I'm a sucker for sentimental 1960s-tinged musicals, so it should be no surprise that I adored The Sapphires! The movie stakes a claim for a new breed of musicals focused on a girl group who do fight from time to time, but do present the revolutionary (note the sarcasm) idea that women can love each other unconditionally. While it does hit a few cliché stops on the roadmap of musical biopics, including a stop at the "drunk or drug" section, the cast of actors, anchored by Chris O'Dowd, keeps things entertaining and fun.
Four Australian Aboriginal girls form a girl-group with the desire to sing, and make it big, for the troops in Vietnam. With help of a drunken lout who becomes their manager (O'Dowd), the renamed group The Sapphires discover more about themselves while fulfilling their dreams.
I saw a trailer for this a few months ago and fell in love with it. One of my favorite musicals is That Thing You Do!, and The Sapphires borrows heavily from that film albeit without the cheerful winking at the camera that the former film did. Based on a true story, the movie charts the trajectory of the band while including information on what was going on in Australian at the time. The 1960s wasn't just filled with racism in America; Australia had quite the hatred for the Aborigines and hoped to "cleanse" things by taking white-looking Aborigines and teaching them to pass for Caucasian. There's a subplot exploring this in the characters of Kay (Shari Sebbens) and Sapphires mama bear Gail (Deborah Mailman). While the two are at odds due to Kay's desire to be white, the movie never has them claw or needle each other the way we normally see women in movies. The history isn't the predominant focus, but we see the group as fully-fleshed out characters, and their connection to their country is part of that. There's an added element of humor in the fact that these are dark-skinned girl singing country music, a fact that doesn't pass by manager Dave Lovelace. His gimmick is to have the girls sing soul, and from there the movie's snappy soundtrack is simply lovely. I don't normally purchase soundtracks but lead singer Julie (Jessica Mauboy) has a lovely voice and you'll be tapping your foot to some essential soul classics.
The cast all come together to make a true family as opposed to a series of people brought together by circumstance. Mailman, Mauboy, Sebbens, and Miranda Tapsell are a lively bunch with distinctive personalities. A general failure of these biopics is to focus on one or two in the group and leave the rest generic, not so here. Each group member has a personality, a back-story, and all coalesce into a sisterhood that cares for each other. Chris O'Dowd jumps in with the funny as Dave Lovelace. He's a drunken mess who straightens things out a little too easily but he's endearing and fun in all the right ways.
As I mentioned above, the movie does hit a few of the necessary points made in all movies of this kind. There's the in-fighting between Kay and Gail, and Julie and the group, that gets resolved in a Lifetime way (and by that I mean it's a simple "I'm sorry" and it's solved). You also have Cynthia dealing with a drinking problem that's resolved by a literal attack on the US troops during the girls' performance in Vietnam. We also are told a character has died only to reveal after ten solid minutes they were fine. It's trite, but the rest of the movie remains consistently entertaining that you can gloss over the flaws.
In a year that's given out pure entertainment (I enjoyed the hell out of Olympus Has Fallen); The Sapphires blends that with a dash of heart to make a charming, and foot-tapping musical worth experiencing.


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The Hub's program co-ordinator Ryan Mitchell and youth advisor Shea Silvestri stand with Sarnia-Lambton Rebound Executive Director Carrie McEachran in this photo from March. Rebound announced a partnership with The Lotto Factory Global to host a monthly 50/50 draw that will raise funds for the youth agency. File photo/Postmedia Network
Sarnia-Lambton Rebound is finding new ways to raise money amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Sept. 2 the youth agency, which has assisted over 40,000 young people from across Lambton County since it first opened its doors in 1984, announced that it has partnered with The Lotto Factory Global to host a monthly 50/50 draw in support of Rebound.
The first 50/50 draw will take place on Sept. 30 at 7 p.m., and will have a guaranteed prize of $1,000. Subsequent draws will take place on the last day of each month.
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Tickets are available for purchase online at https://rebound.thelottofactory.com, and cost $5 for 1 ticket, $12 for three tickets, $15 for five tickets or 25 tickets for $50.
Winning numbers will be generated by a Random Number Generator through the Lotto Factory Global and winners will be notified by email.
This new source of revenue will help Rebound raise the nearly $400,000 it costs to operate the agency and run its programs, general programming that doesn't receive government funding such as Rebound Rocks, the r.Lounge and Spectrum – LGBTQ2S+.
All of Rebounds other yearly fundraising events have been postponed until 2021 due to COVID-19, forcing the agency to find new ways to raise money in order to continue to operate its 21 different programs that serve youth between the ages of 8 to 24 across the county.
"By supporting Rebound's monthly 50/50 Draws, you are supporting the youth in our community who have been impacted by isolation and social challenges this year," said Rebound executive director Carrie McEachran.
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Virat Kohli Rages At Umpires As RCB Lose Again
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Thursday, March 28, 2019 10:02 PM UTC
Thursday, Mar. 28, 2019 10:02 PM UTC
India captain Virat Kohli savaged the umpires after they missed a potentially crucial no-ball as his Royal Challengers Bangalore side lost to Mumbai Indians in the IPL.

RCB needed six from the last ball to tie the game and take it into a Super Over, but Lasith Malinga bowled a dot ball. The players had already trudged off when replays showed it was a no-ball, which would have given RCB a point and the opportunity to win the game with a six off the final ball. Kohli was utterly incensed.

"We are playing IPL, not club cricket," he said. "That's just a ridiculous call off the last ball. The umpires should have their eyes open. It is a game of margins. They should have been more sharp and more careful there." Even winning captain Rohit Sharma joined Kohli in expressing his disappointment, telling reporters that these mistakes are bad for cricket's image. He also pointed out an earlier error the umpires had made and said he hopes they can rectify these mistakes.

IPL in the news for wrong reasons

It follows huge controversy earlier this week as RV Ashwin dismissed Jos Buttler by Mankading him. The practice takes its name from Indian bowler Vinoo Mankad, who ran out Australia batsman Bill Brown in 1947, and it involves running out a batsman backing up at the non-striker's end. Ashwin drew a torrent of criticism from senior figures across the game, but the MCC ruled in his favour. However, it has now changed its mind and deemed that his actions were not in the spirit of cricket.

"We now have had a chance to review it in more detail and we think that Buttler was in his ground as Ashwin got into a position when the non-striker could reasonably have expected the ball to have been delivered," said Fraser Stewart, the MCC's cricket academy manager. "Ashwin seemed to pause to allow Buttler to go out of his ground and then obviously he put the wicket down. Buttler did not really make much of an effort to get back into his ground. It is one where we just felt the pause was just too long and therefore not within the spirit of cricket."

IPL betting update

Bangalore have now lost their opening two games and they have drifted out to 15/2 (8.5) with Bet365 to win the tournament. Mumbai Indians went in to 11/2 (6.50) after that victory over Kohli and co. Chennai and Kolkata are the early pace setters, each with two wins out of two, and the Super Kings are now the 7/2 (4.50) favourites, while Kolkata are 4/1 (5.0) second favourites.


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The Turkish lira is under renewed pressure and for some investors that means only one thing: the central bank may have to raise interest rates again.
As the currency tumbled to a seven-month low on Tuesday, Credit Agricole SA warned of a "vicious cycle" that leads to higher inflation and tighter monetary policy. TD Securities, which sees the lira weakening about 20 percent against the dollar this quarter, has penciled in 600 basis points of rate increases through the end of July.
The calls came after authorities ordered a re-run of mayoral elections in Istanbul, raising the risk of political turmoil that threatens to derail efforts to revive economic growth and dash hopes of a possible monetary-policy easing anytime soon. The election commission said the decision was due to violations that marred the vote in March.
The outlook will test the central bank's pledge to raise borrowing costs if needed to curb inflation and stabilize a currency that's already the worst performer in emerging markets this year after the Argentine peso. While tightening monetary policy could draw fire from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, doubt over the bank's ability to support the currency through foreign reserves mean that options appear limited.
"We all know the Central Bank of Turkey has limited FX ammo to fight a weakening lira," said Timothy Ash, a strategist at BlueBay Asset Management in London. "So we are back in the scope of them needing to hike rates."
The Monetary Policy Committee, headed by Governor Murat Cetinkaya, will meet next on June 12, less than two weeks before the new election in Istanbul. It last raised its benchmark rate in September, lifting it by 625 basis points to 24 percent.
While liquidity in the lira swap market is scarce, it offers a sign of what traders are expecting.
The one-month forward implied yield on the lira jumped more than 280 basis points to 27 percent on Tuesday. The move is more pronounced further along the curve, with the one-year cross currency swap surging to almost 30 percent.
Meanwhile, Turkey's state lenders, which bankers say were selling dollars during the weeks that led up to the March 31 vote, have been active again since the decision to annul the elections, according to three people with direct knowledge of transactions.
Government-run banks are estimated to have sold as much as $1 billion over the past 24 hours, the people said, declining to be identified. Since then, the lira declined by around 3 percent to touch 6.1982 against the dollar on Tuesday, its lowest level since October.
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The White Chapeau
"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread,
places to play in
and pray in,
where nature may heal
and give strength to body and soul."
Tags: bench, cantigny park, chapeau, garden, hat, john muir, nature, photography, soul, woman
21 thoughts on "The White Chapeau"
Penny on May 24, 2012 at 9:31 am said:
Couldn't agree more!
Brian Gaynor on May 24, 2012 at 9:33 am said:
Thanks, Penny!
selah on May 24, 2012 at 9:41 am said:
this could be a painting.. beautiful!
Thank you very much, Vicky!
Tammy on May 24, 2012 at 10:20 am said:
I wish I were in this scene…amazingly beautiful!
Brian Gaynor on May 24, 2012 at 3:23 pm said:
Hi Tammy, thanks so much!
David Hall on May 24, 2012 at 12:23 pm said:
Yes, I thought of a painting as well. Beautiful.
Thank you for the feedback, David.
Helen's Fuzzy Logic! on May 24, 2012 at 12:47 pm said:
beautiful and yes.. it would be a wonderful painting, or even a jigsaw puzzle.
Helen thank you!
Lois Farley Shuford on May 24, 2012 at 2:23 pm said:
Brian, you have that Monet thing down perfectly!
Hi Lois, thank you very much.
Pat on May 24, 2012 at 2:32 pm said:
What a wonderful capture of a peaceful scene!
Pat, thank you very much!
Mary Jane E Clark on May 26, 2012 at 4:01 am said:
I just love this photo!
Thanks, Mary Jane!
thenicolniche on May 26, 2012 at 9:23 am said:
I'm a John Muir fan myself…..great quote!
I appreciate the comment — thanks!
eddietwohawks on May 27, 2012 at 5:42 am said:
John Muir's qoute is an ideal reminder that human beings belong to Mother Earth
and therefore making it easy to understand why we feel the need to be part of it.
Your beautiful scenic garden photo makes the perfect illustration.
Very well stated. I appreciate the observation and visit. Thank you.
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Dispatch to London
In contrast to David Pendery's complaint ("Taiwan, I love you," Aug. 26, page 8) about the thinness of Chris Wood's farewell trade-show brochure ("On leaving Taiwan: Britain's role," Aug. 23, page 8), I prefer to imagine what the outgoing representative's valedictory dispatch back to London would look like.
Would Wood review the history of Britain's interaction with Taiwan, recalling imperial subjects such as James Laidlaw Maxwell and George Leslie Mackay? They established one of the most influential civil society institutions, the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, which celebrated its 150th anniversary last year.
How about their successor Thomas Barclay, who introduced printing and journalism to Formosa? Remarkably, they achieved these not by being a colonizing power, but through compassion and service.
Would the representative call to mind the Commonwealth prisoners of war in the camps of Kim-koe-chioh — then Kinkaseki — and contemplate how wars over natural resources, egged on by nationalism, can sweep ordinary people — fishing folk, young soldiers — into much suffering, and how similar conflicts are again threatening the nearby seas?
Would he celebrate the contribution of Taiwanese-British citizens? The most prominent among them was the late theologian Ng Chiong-hui (Shoki Coe, 黃彰輝), erstwhile director of the World Council of Churches' Theological Education Fund. He negotiated the cultural distances as well as the tumultuous circumstances during his life, all the while working for the ecumenical movement and maintaining a personal connection between the two nations.
As for current political realities, would Wood reflect on constitutional reforms, drawing comparisons between the two democracies? Can a moat be kept between free trade and deeper integration? Can first-past-the-post disproportionality be ameliorated with top-up seats? Are referendums competing with parliamentary decisionmaking for legitimacy?
Wood said that his office would continue to promote exchanges about "green" issues and sustainability.
So looking to the future, do the security and ecological implications of nuclear power get a mention in the dispatch, with both Hinkley and Gongliao projects stalled?
Sadly, such dispatches can only be released to the public after many decades, if ever.
For the moment, I can only amuse myself with the 1980s correspondence on the disposal of Fort Santo Domingo, in New Taipei City's Tamsui District (淡水), after it was decommissioned as a British consulate. This has been released and is available on the Web.
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New Brunswick runners hail newly built indoor track facility
DCN News Services December 4, 2019
LINDSAY CONSTRUCTION — The 127,000-square-foot Irving Oil Field House in Saint John, N.B. officially opened Nov. 9. The owner is the Province of New Brunswick and Lindsay Construction was the general contractor.
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Canada's elite track community praised the opening a new indoor track facility in Saint John, N.B. recently.
The Irving Oil Field House containing the Ellis-MacMackin Track officially opened Nov. 9.
The 127,000-square-foot facility, operated by the YMCA of Greater Saint John, includes two artificial turf surfaces, a walking track, a fitness centre and child-care and after-school programs as well as Newcomer Connections services.
Runners World wrote, "For the first time, thanks to the efforts of a diverse team of investors and stakeholders headed by Saint John, N.B. runner, track coach, business owner and community builder Bill MacMackin, eastern Canada now has an indoor track facility capable of hosting national-calibre meets."
The field house opened after 21 months of construction and six years of planning and fundraising, the runners website noted, with construction launched in February 2018.
The owner is the Province of New Brunswick and the general contractor was Lindsay Construction.
The Province is listed as the architect.
Irving Oil paid for naming rights and the name was announced in September.
The track is named for MacMackin and Saint John Track and Field Club founder Walter Ellis, who died in 1995. The field house is located in East Saint John.
Runners World reported the new track will host six meets over the winter including the Atlantic University Championships, the Atlantic Age-Class Championships and the Canadian Masters Championships.
In 2021 it will host the U Sports national indoor championships.
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