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Nazis – Profiles in Courage – Taft
Posted bykkkaraoke	 August 5, 2010 Leave a comment on Nazis – Profiles in Courage – Taft
I was writing an email about the movie "Down With Love," when all of a sudden it disappeared. My keyboard locked during this pasting, and the rest vanished. So rather than pout, I will make a separate email on a section in President Kennedy's Book, Profiles in Courage, and then try to reconstruct the "Down with Love," movie that I got with contents of my name, Barbara Novak, being said 85 times in the movie. Although I will quote what Kennedy wrote about "Taft" as a Courageous Man, I think Kennedy also wrote about "Hitler" being courageous and would go down as a "Legend." Sadly, One can see why he had to die, in this pro-Jewish, anti White Christian country we live in.
In the movie, "Down with Love," Barbara Novak, (same name as mine) writes a #1 bestseller. She is a feminist and her book shoves out the books "Profiles in Courage" that were on the shelf and replaces them. Also in the movie there is a 6 foot cardboard cutout of President Kennedy and that is shoved over by Barbara Novak a feminist. And I wondered why the Jews would want to "shove" out Kennedy. And then I looked up sections of his book, Profiles in Courage, and saw that like father like son, just as Joseph Kennedy said the Jews declared War against Germany in World War II, it was the Jews that were the only winners. And now his son, John F. Kennedy writes of Robert Taft who was running for election but came up with a statement that was "pro-German" after World War II. Kennedy writes it must have taken all the courage in the world to make this part of his speech when the (Whites) had just used $300,000,000,000.00 for World War II, (we are still probably paying for that) and 300,000 White American men that died to "save the Jews," who are bent on destroying us. (my own emphasis).
But from the book: Can you imagine if our Republicans of today had even an ounce of this "courage" instead of becoming what the Nobles of Poland were to the Jews while the Jews turned the entire country of White Poland into slavery for 900 years. History is repeating in America:
Taft: "I question whether the hanging of those, who, however despicable, were the leaders of the German people, will ever discourage the making of aggressive war, for no one makes aggressive war unless he expects to win. About this whole judgment there is the spirit of vengeance, and vengeance is seldom justice. The hanging of the eleven men convicted will be a blot on the American record which we shall long regret."
"In ten days the Nazi leaders were to be hanged. But Bob Taft, speaking in cold, clipped matter-of-fact tones, deplored that sentence, and suggested that involuntary exile-similar to that imposed upon Napoleon -might be wiser. But even more deplorable, he said were the trials themselves, which "violate the fundamental principle of American law that a man cannot be tried under an ex post facto statute." Nuremberg, the Ohio Senator insisted, was a blot on American Constitutional history, and a serious departure from our Anglo-Saxon heritage of fair and equal treatment, a heritage which had rightly made this country respected throughout the world. "We can't even teach our own people the sound principles of liberty and justice," he concluded. "We cannot teach them government in Germany by suppressing liberty and justice. As I see it, the English-speaking peoples have one great responsibility. That is to restore to the minds of men a devotion to equal justice under law."
One can see why today, there is "no justice" or "law" for Whites. We fought for the "freedom" of Jews to destroy our sense of justice, law and liberty. And the suffering and sacrifice that we paid is incomprehensible.
For Robert Taft had spoken, not in "defense of the Nazi murderers" (as a labor leader charged), not in defense of isolationism (as most observers assumed), but in defense of what he regarded to be the traditional American concepts of law and justice. As the apostle of strict constitutionalism, as the chief defense attorney for the conservative way of life and government, Robert Alphonso Taft was undeterred by the possibilities of injury to his party's precarious position or his own Presidential prospects. To him, justice was at stake, and all other concerns were trivial. "It illustrates at once," a columnist observed at that time, "the extreme stubbornness, integrity and political strongheadedness of Senator Taft."
The fact that thousands disagree with him, and that it is politically embarrassing to other Republicans, probably did not bother Taft at all. He has for years been accustomed to making up his mind, regardless of whether it hurts him or anyone else. Taft surely must have known that his remarks would be twisted and misconstrued and that his timing would raise the devil in the current campaign. But it is characteristic of him that he went ahead anyway.
The storm raised by his speech eventually died down. It did not, after all the uproar, appear to affect the Republican sweep in 1946, nor was it-at least openly-an issue in Taft's drive for the Presidential nomination in 1948. The Nazi leaders were hanged, and Taft and the country went on to other matters. But we are not concerned today with the question of whether Taft was right or wrong in his condemnation of the Nuremberg trials. What is noteworthy is the illustration furnished by this speech of Tafts unhesitating courage in standing against the flow of public opinion for a cause he believed to be right. His action was characteristic of the man who was labeled a reactionary, who was proud to be a conservative and who authored these lasting definitions of liberalism and liberty:
Liberalism implies particularly freedom of thought, freedom from orthodox dogma, the right of others to think differently from ones self. it implies a free mind, open to new ideas and willing to give attentive consideration….When I say liberty, I mean liberty of the individual to think his own thoughts and live his own life as he desires to think and live.
This was the creed by which Senator Taft lived, and he sought in his own fashion and in his own way to provide an atmosphere in America in which others could do likewise.
(Profiles in Courage, JFK, 1956, Chapter 9, Robert A. Taft, pages 221 – 235)
(What I also found out was the Kennedy left Harvard for break to go to Europe to be with his father, Joseph Kennedy. One of the first things that happened was that Jack Kennedy, later President) received a message that World War II was about to start in 2 days and he gave that message to his father. One can see that from his earliest years, he was on to the Truth. The entire "Camelot" of Jackie and Jack was a whipped up, Hollywood exaggerated propaganda dream, that got the Whites to "feel sorry" after his death so that the White USA could be stolen and we would be looking in another direction like magicians do.
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Thomas Archer: the unsung master of English Baroque, and the revival of Roehampton House
Posted on August 27, 2013	by Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat
Roehampton House, SW London – Thomas Archer, 1712 (Image: St James)
Thomas Archer is described as the most European, and certainly one of the most accomplished, of the English Baroque architects. His later relative obscurity was mainly due to the misfortune that his contemporaries were some of the greatest British architects of any era. However, looking at the examples we do have of his work, we can clearly see his virtuoso skill and creative talent written into the fabric of the buildings. The recent restoration of Roehampton House, London, and its conversion into apartments, is a rare chance to live in an example of his work.
Umberslade Hall, Warwickshire (Image: Fine & Country estate agents) – a house not designed by Thomas Archer.
In many ways, Thomas Archer (b.1668 – d.1743) was the quintessential 'gentleman architect'. The youngest son of Thomas Archer M.P. of Umberslade Hall, Warwickshire, he studied at Trinity College, Oxford, but clearly had broader horizons as, after graduating in 1689, he immediately undertook a four-year Grand Tour, heading to Italy via Germany and Austria. Almost nothing is known of his time in Italy, yet he must have studied the architecture and been influenced so heavily that this became his chosen profession. However, as a man of independent means, for Archer, this was less about earning a living and more about the translation of a recognisably 'European' form of Baroque to his native country. His architectural career was to be one of successive highlights; broadly, each commission was for a notable patron and the work produced of exceptional quality.
North front, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire (Image: bronndave via flickr)
Archer's gentry origins and Whig affiliations secured him a place at Court where he came to know one of the most powerful aristocrats, William Cavendish, the 4th Earl (1st Duke from 1694) of Devonshire. Retiring to his estates during the reign of James II, in 1686 the Earl embarked on a programme to rebuild Chatsworth. In doing so, he elevated the status and grandeur of the private country house to a level not seen since the Elizabethan Prodigy houses – but with the key difference that this was explicitly for non-Royal appreciation. The Duke found in Thomas Archer an enthusiastic collaborator, but one with the advantage of direct experience of the style of grand Italian architecture he so admired. Chatsworth grew in phases, with the majestic south front begun in 1686, the east front in 1693 (both designed by William Talman), the west front in 1696 (possibly designed by the Duke), with Archer finally being given his opportunity, the north front, in 1705. As the final phase, Archer had to unite the mismatched lengths of the east and west fronts, which he brilliantly achieved though the use of a visual distraction; a bowed central projection. The use of curves was to become a stylistic hallmark of Archer, one used repeatedly and almost uniquely in the work of the English Baroque architects.
No sooner had Archer secured his first commission than he simultaneously acquired his second; Heythrop House, Oxfordshire, for Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury. Unusually for a Talbot, the 1st (and only) Duke of Shrewsbury had converted from his Roman Catholic upbringing to Church of England, and had found favour at Court under Charles II, but he was required to live abroad between 1700-1706 and spent time in Italy. Whilst there, his diary in 1704 records that he was given a draft plan for a house by Paolo Falconieri, Chamberlain to Grand Duke Cosimo III of Tuscany, and occasional amateur architect. Marcus Whiffen believes that it was this draft which was given to Archer and on which he based his design for Heythrop. One piece of evidence for the Italian origins of the designs were the very large rooms (e.g. the hall being 32ft x 27ft, a drawing room of 47ft x 25ft) which take little account of the colder English climate.
Heythrop Park, Oxfordshire – Thomas Archer, 1706 (Image: Heythrop Park Hotel)
Heythrop is a confident work which clearly draws its inspiration from the Italian Baroque, with an energetically decorated façade, showing stylistic connections to Bernini's rejected design for the Louvre. The grand Oxfordshire palazzo was probably completed by the early 1720s – though sadly the Duke did not live to see this, having died in 1718. The interiors were designed by James Gibbs but were tragically lost in the huge fire which completely gutted the house in 1831. It remained a shell until 1870 when it was bought by Thomas Brassey as a wedding present for his third son and commissioned Alfred Waterhouse to rebuild the interior. Sold in 1926, it became a Jesuit college until 1969, when it then became the Natwest Bank training college (the latter two uses leading to the construction of extensive ancillary buildings), and then in 1999, it was sold again to become the hotel it remains today.
Top: Pavilion at Wrest Park – plan from Colen Campbell (Vitruvius Britannicus)
Bottom: S. Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Rome – plan by Michelanglo, from J. von Sandrart (Insignum Romae Templorum Prospectus)
Although Thomas Archer was not responsible for the design of the main house at Wrest Park (the later house we see today was designed by the then owner, Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey), he did create one of the finest garden pavilions in the country. In 1711, Archer was commissioned by Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, to build an elaborate pavilion to terminate the axial view, looking down the Long Canal, from the main house. Again, Archer demonstrated his familiarity with Rome, using a version of Michelanglo's unexecuted plan for the church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini. This is still one of the most exciting buildings in the country; a distillation of Michelanglo, filtered through the English Baroque.
Continuing what must have been a busy period by Archer's standards, in 1712 he also designed Roehampton House, south-west London, for Thomas Cary. To call the original design 'dramatic' is something of an understatement as the plate in Vitruvius Britannicus shows it with a grand, full-width broken pediment – though whether this was actually built or was, but later removed, is unclear. The plan of the house itself was double-pile with flanking wings, though these were not built originally. The house then passed through a number of aristocratic owners before being bought in 1910 by Canadian banker Arthur Morton Grenfell. It was Grenfell who commissioned Lutyens to extend the house – though the efforts were not to benefit him as he was declared bankrupt in 1914, before the interiors could be fully completed.
Archer's next commission, also in 1712, was for Hurstbourne Priors [Park], Hampshire, though, intriguingly, the plan does not match the house that was built – two surviving pictures by John Griffier show a much plainer design. Proving just what Archer intended and any differences to what was built would be almost impossible as the house was rebuilt by James Wyatt in c. 1780-85, then again by Beeston & Burmester after a fire in 1894 and finally demolished in 1965. Intriguingly, Tim Mowl suggested that the 'Bee House' aka Andover Lodge, was also by Archer and represents an experiment with architectural forms.
Having achieved such success in his life, in 1715, Archer turned to designing his own home. The result was Hale Park, Hampshire, though the house which survives today is much altered following work by Henry Holland Junior in 1770, and further changes in the early and late 19th-century, which covered the brick in (a now unfortunately peachy) render, added a portico and raised the level of the forecourt. Also of note was Archer's redesign of Hale Church, creating a slice of a Roman church in Hampshire.
After 1715, Archer seems to have curtailed his architectural work as he was given the lucrative post of 'Controller of Customs' at Newcastle and largely retired. He is known to have designed Harcourt House for Robert Benson, Baron Bingley, which stood on the south side of Cavendish Square, London, until it was demolished in 1906.
Chettle House, Dorset (Image: Chettle House)
One of Archer's last commissions, Chettle House in Dorset, could be argued to be his finest. Built c.1730, for George Chafin, who was a neighbour of Archer's after he bought the nearby Hale Park, the house is a striking summary of the various elements which Archer had used so well in other buildings, but which here achieve a perfect balance. The curved corners of the exterior (though raised later), along with the projection on the entrance front combine to make the house truly sculptural.
However, there are a number of other intriguing attributions, which Archer may have worked on during his career, with varying degrees of certainty.
Welford Park, Berkshire – Thomas married into the Archer family (no relation) and was asked to re-model the house; adding an extra storey and grand Ionic pilasters.
Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire – c.1703 – suggested by Arthur Oswald in Country Life but not given in Colvin. Various elements such as the materials and certain details used on other Archer houses strongly indicate his involvement. Interiors now terribly 'bland-ified' as a conference venue.
Aynhoe Park, Northamptonshire – between 1707-11 – on stylistic grounds and the evidence of a payment to him from Hoare's Bank of £39 15s. 6d. by Thomas Cartwright. This work included the addition of a library, conservatory, stables, and a coach-house – though the first two were later altered by Soane in 1800-1.
Bramham Park, Yorkshire – c.1710 – no evidence but stylistically possible. Designed for Robert Benson, who we know commissioned Harcourt House in London.
Kingston Maurward, Dorset – c.1717-20 – suggested by Howard Colvin.
Marlow House, Buckinghamshire, built c.1720, is now largely agreed to have been by Archer due to the use of particular elements and that it was commissioned by John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth, for whom he had designed Hurstbourne Priors.
Serle's House, Hampshire – built in 1730, this house has clear stylistic similarities with Archer's earlier work. Now the Royal Hampshire Regiment museum.
Addiscombe House, Surrey – Marcus Whiffen argues that it is undoubtedly Archer, and it could well be, but unfortunately further inspection is frustrated by its demolition in the early 1860s. Images are shown on pages 42 & 44 of a PDF of a local book [note: 10mb download].
The challenge with looking at Archer's work is that there is relatively little of it. Without the financial pressures to work, he was able to be very selective in what he chose to do, and due to that scarcity, his work was under-appreciated and occasionally altered or demolished. In what we do have we can see an exceptionally talented architect who, although living in the shadow of the more productive Wren, Vanbrugh, and Hawksmoor, nevertheless developed a distinctive and influential blend of English and continental Baroque architecture.
Roehampton House, Surrey (Image: St James)
Roehampton House offers a rare chance to experience both the genius of Archer and Lutyens – though here, clearly, the latter is happy to defer to the work of former and sympathetically embraces and extends it. Though this is a house which has been ill-used in the past and suffered some damage in WWII, the latest phase has created what appears to be a fine restoration and conversion with a careful re-use of the interior features which have survived. Although there are too many other buildings built too close to it, the quality of the original architecture has been allowed to shine to ensure that we can again see the work of Thomas Archer, one of the finest English architects we have heard too little about.
Disclosure: neither the developers, St James, nor their PR company, Luchford APM, have had any editorial input or control over this article, nor have I received anything. However, they have provided some details about the current project and the exterior photos. As always, topics and text on the blog are my choice and discretion.
A more detailed history can be found on historic paint consultant Patrick Baty's page on Roehampton House
If you do fancy living there, prices start from £1.35m: Roehampton House [St James]
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4 Responses to Thomas Archer: the unsung master of English Baroque, and the revival of Roehampton House
An excellent survey of Archer's work. Although I can't help but notice the similarities in both style and name between Roehampton House's central block and Hampton Court Palace's south front, built a decade earlier by Christopher Wren.
Another possible Archer attribution is Farleigh Wallop House in Hampshire (1731), also for the 1st Earl of Portsmouth, although it could have been by James Gibbs.
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Thanks for highlighting Thomas Archer – he produced some lovely houses which deserve the attention you have given them.
I think it is a shame that the 6th Duke butchered Archer's extraordinary north front at Chatsworth.
Let us not forget his churches, while admiring those houses. St Pauls, Deptford, St Phillips, Birmingham, and of course St John's, Smith Square. All well worth a visit.
As you mentioned Marcus Whiffen, anyone wanting to read further about Thomas Archer can try his 1973 book.

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>Alamo Trust >Pressroom >Battle of the Alamo Made From LEGO® Bricks
The Battle of the Alamo Exhibit Made From LEGO® Bricks Opens at The Alamo on September 3rd
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Office (210) 225-1391x3005
Starting Friday, September 3rd, visitors at the Alamo will be able to see a jaw-dropping model of the 1836 Alamo fort made with over 50,000 LEGO bricks! This limited-time exhibit is free to the public and will be open through the rest of 2021. The Alamo has partnered with LEGOLAND Discovery Center San Antonio who will be providing Master Model Builder instructional support, creative workshop classes, and special Alamo-themed builds throughout the Fall.
"Adam's model of the 1836 Alamo is truly stunning in how detailed it is," Kate Rogers said, Executive Director of the Alamo Trust, Inc. "We are always looking for new ways to help our visitors, especially young children, make a better connection to the Alamo's history. This will help visitors of all ages better understand not just the scale and look of the 1836 fortress, but the tremendous number of men, women, and children who were present during the battle."
Built by brickmaster Adam Bell, this 63 square-foot model is a meticulous recreation of the 1836 footprint of the site. To be as accurate as possible, Bell used research and artwork from artists Mark Lemon and Gary Zaboly. With the help of a toy builder to create custom weapons and minifigures that accurately represent the time period, this model took three years to research, design, and build.
"I've always been fascinated by the story of the Alamo Defenders and their sacrifice, and my wife has always had a great interest in Texas history, which we've tried to foster the same interest in our two children," Adam Bell said. "When we last visited with our boys back in 2017, we knew then that we had to build a model of the Alamo as a family. We're honored to be able to share our work with the countless visitors who come to the Alamo and to help not just our children, but people from all around the world learn about Texas history with this exhibit."
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On May 8, 2018, word unexpectedly arrived that Emeril's Orlando, that long-standing anchor of CityWalk, would be permanently closing up shop on July 7. Speculation immediately turned to just what would be succeeding the venerable venue, given its central location in the dining/shopping/entertainment district, specifically, and given the trend of what all the other recent replacements in the area have been, generally – NBA City made way for Toothshome Chocolate Emporium and Savory Feast Kitchen, for example, and Latin Quarter was shuttered for Antojitos Authentic Mexican Food. The common assumption was that a similar upgrade would have to be in the cards, especially with Emeril's pedigree.
Today, Universal has ended all the rampant prognosticating and made Emeril's successor official: Bigfire, which will provide – unsurprisingly – wood-fired American fare, such as a bison burger, chili-and-cocoa-rubbed steak, freshwater trout, and, even, smoked salads. And, actually, it's this last point that is of particular interest – not only will each dish be cooked in a big, open fire situated right in the middle of the restaurant, but each will also be "expertly" paired with a particular type of wood (such as Cherrywood or Pecanwood) in order to "bring out the smoky taste in each bite," according to the company.
Complementing the big, custom-made wood-fire grill in Bigfire's heart will be a bit of interesting theming going on everywhere else in the venue. Designed to look and feel like a "grand lakeside lodge," it will feature warm colors, modern furnishings, cast-iron and wood accents, "nostalgic" camp lanterns, a cozy fireplace (because one can never have too much fire, right?), and oversized plaid blankets. Additional seating will be available on both the second floor and in the outdoor patio, and, here, twinkling lights, lawn games, and a fire pit (man!) will also be available. And, for the icing on our fiery cake, s'mores will be prepared tableside, adding one last distinctive feature to the new restaurant.
Bigfire should work well with the other recent CityWalk newcomers, including 2015's NBC Sports Grill & Brew and 2018's Voodoo Doughnut, which was the latest new property to debut (on May 2, in case you just had to have an exact date). When it fits into place later on in 2019, the area's gastronomical offerings should have its few remaining holes all plugged in – well, almost.
There's lots to discuss here – so why not do it with (literally) tens of thousands of other Universal fans and vacation-planners in our OI Community Facebook group?


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Spotify's New 'Premium For Students' Subscription Includes The SHOWTIME Network
By Rachel Murphy
There are so many entertainment subscription services out there. You probably already have a few TV, movie, and music packages that you use regularly. Well, Spotify is aiming to simplify the process with a sweet new deal that includes some of your favorite streaming services, and it seriously sounds like one of the best deals out there. Spotify's new "Premium For Students" subscription includes the SHOWTIME network, as well as few other top services. And you can get it all for a very affordable price.
On Wednesday, Aug. 29, Spotify is launching a brand new Premium entertainment package, per the company. There's one catch, though. You must be a student currently enrolled in a college in the United States in order to score this money-saving deal. The new and improved Spotify Premium For Students includes more than just the usual Spotify Premium subscription. It also comes with subscriptions to Hulu's Limited Commercial Plan and SHOWTIME, including access to SHOWTIME's entire TV show library. This is a serious powerhouse package unlike anything else I've ever seen before.
You're probably thinking this package is going to cost you a small fortune. Well, let me share some good news with you: It won't. Spotify is offering all of this to current college students for just $4.99 a month, per the company. That's a monthly value of $28.97, according to Spotify. If you don't have a current Spotify Premium account, now is the time to buy in. Spotify is running an unreal deal on its "Premium For Students" entertainment package. Right now, you can sign up for just $0.99 for three months. That price includes access to Hulu, SHOWTIME, and all of your usual Spotify Premium perks (aka no commercials while listening to your jams).
After the first three months, the Spotify student subscription will be bumped up to $4.99 a month. On its own, a Hulu Limited Commercials subscription costs $7.99 a month, and you'll be getting it (with the other perks) for the all-inclusive price of $4.99 a month.
If this deal sounds vaguely familiar to you, there's a reason for that. In September 2017, the Swedish music streaming service announced that college students with a current Spotify subscription would be able to watch videos, movies, and more from Hulu at no additional charge. This time around, Spotify is sweetening the deal a bit with the addition of SHOWTIME. Now you can binge Shameless anytime you want.
"Spotify Premium has just changed the content game for students. By joining forces with SHOWTIME and continuing our relationship with Hulu, Spotify Premium is now able to give students a complete world of music and video content, shows, and film," said Alex Norström, Spotify's chief premium officer, in a press release. "This latest offer for U.S. students — both the millions already on Spotify Premium and those who are new — really is huge. Never before have students had this level of streaming entertainment options, at this unprecedented value, all in one package."
College isn't cheap. According to the College Board, in-state students will spend roughly $9,410 to attend public 4-year college, and out-of-state students will spend $24,890 a year. With costs like that already hiking up your monthly expenditures, it's great to see companies like Spotify, Hulu, and SHOWTIME stepping up to give college students a break on the cost of their favorite content streaming services. Anything to save a few bucks (probably to throw toward those student loans).
To sign up, head over to the Spotify website to verify your student details. The offer is only open to college students currently enrolled in a Title IV accredited college or university. So, sign up and start streaming.


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Huntsville Real-Time News
John Ehinger, former Huntsville Times reporter, editor, to be honored by Auburn University
Updated: Mar. 06, 2019, 7:22 a.m. | Published: Sep. 05, 2014, 8:30 p.m.
John Ehinger, former reporter and editorial page editor at The Huntsville Times. (AL.com file photo)
By Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com
AUBURN, Alabama – A longtime reporter and editorial page editor at The Huntsville Times will be honored next week by Auburn University.
John Ehinger, who retired in 2009 as The Times' first editorial page editor, will be among journalists with ties to Alabama recognized by the Auburn University Journalism Advisory Council. The luncheon will be Sept. 12 at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center.
During his tenure, The Times won numerous awards for Best Editorial, Best Column and Best Editorial Page in state newswriting contests. He was a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow at the University of California in Berkeley and was named Alumni of Achievement at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Prior to his career at The Times, he earned a graduate degree from the University of Connecticut, served as a reporter for the Hartford Courant and, when he was named editor at the Willimatic Chronicle at 25, may have been the youngest editor of a daily newspaper in the country.
In one of Ehinger's final columns for The Times, he wrote about being at the launch of the Apollo 11 moon mission on July 16, 1969.
He had lobbied to be among the reporters assigned to cover the launch but was denied. He opted to take vacation time to go to Florida, which The Times' didn't count against him.
And even as Ehinger reflected on that launch, he sensed that the American space program would face difficult days after having beaten the Russians to the moon.
The July 16 launch was set for just after 9:30 a.m. We carried the cooler and walked to the beach just after sunrise so we could get a good view. The heat soon followed.
Spectators kept up with the countdown by radio. We saw the massive Saturn V before we heard it. But then - even 10 miles away - the sound poured over us in waves of low bass. You felt it more than you heard it. The roar pounded against my chest with amazing force and then slowly faded.
Then we saw it. The first stage left a contrail that formed a question mark. Amazing. If only we had had a camera.
We watched until the rocket was way overhead, white and silent against the pale blue sky. On the long drive back home, Zager and Evans' big hit that summer, "In the Year 2525," seemed to play incessantly on the radio.
Days later, back in Huntsville we gathered late at night with friends to watch on TV Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon. We cheered and watched some more. Then some of us dozed off. Our reaction, like the nation's, was joy, approval and then, unfortunately, boredom.
We had done it. We had beaten the Soviets. We had made history. Time to move on.
Still, I think that one event - human beings stepping foot on a world not their own - provided a unifying moment. The Vietnam war dragged on, but on this one thing we were a single people, if only briefly.


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Pathways to Open Access
This guide provides an introduction to Open Access, "the free, immediate, online availability of research articles combined with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment."
Open Access at Fresno State
Gold Open Access
Gold Open Access refers to articles that are published in fully Open Access journals, where all the content is freely available to everyone without subscription fees or paywalls.
Since Open Access journals do not charge for access to content, they must operate on some other model to cover their costs. Some OA journals are funded by scholarly societies or professional organizations as part of their operations. Commonly, however, Gold OA means that authors pay to cover the costs of publication through publishing fees, often referred to as article processing charges, or APCs.
Those doing sponsored research may be able to include costs of publication in their funding proposals.
As an alternative to the "author pays" model, many libraries are entering into "read and publish" agreements, also called transformative agreements. In these cases, a single contract will cover subscription access to a publisher's journals for readers at an institution and APCs for Open Access articles published by authors affiliated with the institution. The CSU has an agreement like this with Elsevier, and may add agreements with more publishers.
Green Open Access
Green Open Access means a version of an article, often the accepted version of the author's manuscript, is made available without charge, even if the published version is behind a subscription paywall. Most publishers have a Green OA or "self archiving" policy, which allows for sharing articles Open Access for greater exposure and to meet any funders' or institutional Open Access requirements.
You can check your publisher's site for their self archiving policy, or look up policies by journal title in Sherpa/Romeo, a database of Green OA policies.
If your publisher doesn't have a policy for Green OA, you may be able to negotiate permission for this as a part of your author agreement. The SPARC Author Addendum provides a document you can add to your author's agreement to retain your rights for self archiving.
Policies for Green OA or self archiving vary on many terms, such as...
What version of the article can be shared. The policy may allow sharing:
The version of the article as originally submitted for publication, also called the author's submitted manuscript (ASM), or less commonly these days, the "pre-print."
The revised version of the article accepted for publication, also called the author's accepted manuscript (AAM) or "post-print."
In unusual cases, the published version of record.
Where the article can be shared. Common options include:
An institutional repository, such as ScholarWorks in the CSU.
A personal website, which may include a profile page on a department web site, or sometimes academic social media sites such as ResearchGate.
When the article can be shared. Green OA policies sometimes require an embargo, or delay after publication, before the self archived version can be shared. Sometimes the length of the embargo will vary depending on the version being shared or the location where it is being shared.
You may hear other terms used to describe Open Access arrangements.
Hybrid refers to making articles available Open Access on a per-article basis in a journal that is otherwise paywalled. This is similar to Gold OA, in that the published version of record is OA, and there will usually be costs to the author if they choose this option. Hybrid was originally intended as a transitional approach whereby journals would gradually become fully Open Access. However, this rarely happens, and the persistence of hybrid models raises some concerns.
Platinum or Diamond Open Access means Gold OA, but without any fees charged to the authors. Publications that offer this kind of Open Access are often funded by societies or institutions, or they may operate under alternate models such as "subscribe to open," where subscribers voluntarily continue paying in order to make content available to everyone.
Bronze Open Access refers to content in paywalled journals that is made freely available by the publisher. They may do this for publicity or to share important research.
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Der Wahlkreis Erlangen (Wahlkreis 242) ist seit 1949 ein Bundestagswahlkreis in Bayern. Er umfasst die kreisfreie Stadt Erlangen, den Landkreis Erlangen-Höchstadt sowie die Gemeinden Dachsbach, Gerhardshofen und Uehlfeld aus dem  Landkreis Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim.

Bundestagswahl 2021

Zur Bundestagswahl 2021 am 26. September 2021 wurden folgende 14 Direktkandidaten und 26 Landeslisten zugelassen: Stefan Müller verteidigte sein Mandat.

Kursive Direktkandidaten kandidieren nicht für die Landesliste, kursive Parteien sind nicht Teil der Landesliste.

Bundestagswahl 2017
Zur Bundestagswahl 2017 am 24. September 2017 wurden 9 Direktkandidaten und 21 Landeslisten zugelassen.
Die Bundestagswahl 2017 hatte folgendes Ergebnis:

Bundestagswahl 2013
Die Bundestagswahl 2013 hatte folgendes Ergebnis:

Bundestagswahl 2009
Die Bundestagswahl 2009 hatte folgendes Ergebnis:

Frühere Wahlkreissieger

Wahlkreisgeschichte

Weblinks
 Strukturdaten des Wahlkreises Erlangen beim Bundeswahlleiter

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Ezenwa : I'm ready for Libya
Super Eagles and Enyimba International goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa has said that he is fit and will be part of the invited players in camp for the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) Qualification double header against Libya on October 13 and 16 despite growing concerns of the injury he picked up in his team's Aiteo Cup quarter final loss to Kano Pillars last Sunday.
Ezenwa
The former FC Ifeanyi Ubah shot stopper after the match said he is good to go. "I will be fit to hit the camp. First of all I want to thank God that the injury wasn't that serious. It was just because of the heat and I couldn't see well but with the medical attention I got I think I have recovered well."
Reacting to the injury scare, Bariza Samuel (Enyimba Media) disclosed that the goalkeeper received comprehensive medical care from the team's medical staff. "He (Ezenwa) got injured in the first half but he is fine now. He was involved in a collision and couldn't see clearly so he was taken out. I spoke with him after the game and he said he was fine and ready to be in the Super Eagles camp yesterday"
Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/ezenwa-im-ready-for-libya/
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Platoon; war drama, USA / UK, 1986; D: Oliver Stone, S: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon, Francesco Quinn, John C. McGinley, Richard Edson, Keith David, Johnny Depp
Student Chris Taylor voluntarily signs in as a sodier for the Vietnam War. Due to such decision, all other soldiers, who were forcefully drafted, mock him, ans he quickly figures why: there's real hell going on in the jungle. The worst in all the chaos is Sgt. Barnes who ruthlessly kills civilians and burns villages, for which he is heavily criticized by Sgt. Elias. Because of that, Barnes secretly kills him. After the bombardment of their position, Chris kills Barnes and as a wounded soldier returns home.
Oliver Stone, who in his projects often showed his hate and apathy towards the American politics, filmed with "Platoon" his own semi-autobiography of his events in the Vietnam war, which resulted in 4 Oscars (best picture, director, editing, sound) 2 BAFTA awards (best director, editing) and 3 Golden Globes (best motion picture - drama, director, supporting actor Tom Berenger). Like most war films that take a deeply raw and ferocious approach, "Platoon" was also well received for it's honest, realistic tone that doesn't embellish the events there, and war film fans mostly loved it since the story is filled with crazy details (Chris smokes "weed" through the barrel of a gun) and anxious portrait of some American soldiers killing Vietnamese mothers, raping girls and putting villages on fire. Stone tries to keep a moral balance by giving ethics to the main protagonist, and analytically displays a cold story, but most of the things shown in the film have already been shown before, from "Apocalypse" to "The Deer Hunter", while the director's mannerisms are sometimes annoying. It's a relatively powerful film, but somehow pale, deadpan, bland, usual and without care for the characters.
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China intends to carry out the first biological experiment on the moon
April 14, 2018 RR Uncategorized
BEIJING, April 12. /TASS/. China by year-end will carry the space launch lunar lander "Chang'e-4", which is expected to make the first soft landing on the opposite side of the moon. After landing, interplanetary station will establish communication with Earth.
As reported on Thursday, the Agency "Xinhua", "Chang'e-4" on the barren lunar surface will be planted with seeds brought in potatoes and other plants.
According to the statement China national space administration (CNSA), the "greening" of Earth's natural satellite will be part of the experiment, "the lunar mini-biosphere", to which the moon in a special tin capsules will be delivered to seeds of potato, rezhevichi (lat. Arabidopsis, a flowering plant of the cabbage family), as well as the eggs of the silkworm. According to the researchers, it is expected that "specially installed surveillance cameras will film the process of seed germination and to transfer the record to the laboratory on the Earth."
In 2016, the China national space administration announced a contest to develop the plan the first lunar biological project. "The lunar mini-biosphere" was selected among 200 candidates participating in the contest. In its development was attended by representatives of 28 universities of China led by scientists from Chongqing University (city under Central authority Chongqing, southwest China).
According to experts, the mission of the lunar lander "Chang'e-4" will be one of the most ambitious space projects this year.
It is expected that the interplanetary station will establish communication with Earth through a relay in the Lagrange point L2. This mission will also enable scientists to get a platform for further study of the reverse side of the natural satellite of the Earth. Part of the "Chang'e-4" will include automatic moon station and lunar Rover, which will be used for geological studies.
Earlier it was reported that the spacecraft "Chang'e-4" is to be launched into space with the help of the carrier rocket "Changzheng-5", whose launch in July last year, the satellite "Lizzani-18" on Board were unsuccessful. In official statements passed the information that the causes of the failed launch was installed and announced plans to re-implement its run this year.
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This can be done in the same manner that you would expense materials to a project normally – Which is through a purchase order. The purchase order can be addressed to your own company, and exists solely to reflect as an expense to your project budget.


IN ADDITION TO BEING A MARVEL OF ENGINEERING AND, according to its proponents, a harbinger of the future of surgery, the da Vinci robotic surgery system is just plain cool. Even watching a video of a procedure in Ashutosh Tewari's ninth-floor office at Weill Cornell–New York Hospital in Manhattan requires special equipment. "Put these on," Tewari says, handing over a pair of 3-D glasses not unlike those distributed to audiences at science-fiction movies during the 1950s.
On the screen, the lower abdominal cavity of a man undergoing a radical prostatectomy—removal of a cancerous prostate—is illuminated like the interior of an animated red-walled cave. About the size of a walnut, the prostate gland, which produces seminal fluid, is located under the bladder and surrounds the urethra. Removing it is a delicate procedure, compounded by the gland's proximity to bundles of nerves and tissues controlling continence and sexual function. In the video, tiny silver forceps, the size of a dime, gently clasp pieces of fibrous tissue enclosing the prostate, while miniature scissors carefully snip away, slowly exposing the prostate. Finally, the offending gland is cut off and removed. With movements just as delicate and precise, the urethra, which had to be cut along with the prostate, is surgically reattached to the bladder.
What isn't visible on the video are the fingers of Tewari, a urologic oncologist and director of Weill Cornell's robotic prostatectomy program. That's because, instead of bending over the patient, as in conventional surgery, Tewari remained on the other side of the room, peering through a 3-D viewer while manipulating the robot's controls with his hands and feet.
During a robotic prostatectomy, only support personnel—nurses, an anesthesiologist and a surgical assistant—stand near the patient. In place of the surgeon's hands are robotic arms, angling down toward the patient. At the surgeon's instruction, the assistant carefully inserts the slender rods at the ends of the robotic arms into five small incisions forming a semicircle on the patient's abdomen. Each rod carries a separate tool—forceps, scissors, various blades—which the surgeon manipulates at the console, each hand movement precisely mimicked inside the patient. The machine softens any unintentional hand motions or tremors, while the surgeon's foot controls the camera arm. The image is magnified 10 times, with side-by-side lenses creating a 3-D view. Because the console is connected to the robotic arms only by wires, the surgeon, with the proper electrical connections, could be in another room—or another country.
The robot at Weill Cornell is one of 382 in the United States, and 509 worldwide, as of late 2006, all of them manufactured by Intuitive Surgical of Irvine, Calif. Dubbed da Vinci (to honor Leonardo da Vinci, who designed a robot more than 500 years ago), it is the only surgical robot currently in use. The Food and Drug Administration approved the da Vinci for radical prostatectomies in May 2001, and it has caught on rapidly, now handling more than a third of those procedures in this country, compared with just 2% in 2002. Since 2001, the da Vinci has also been approved for several other procedures, including mitral valve repairs and cystectomies.
Tewari and other proponents think the da Vinci is a leap toward less invasive surgery. Traditional open prostatectomy requires an eight- to 10-inch incision and a hospital stay of several days, with possible blood loss during the procedure, significant post-operative pain and a lengthy at-home recovery. Laparoscopic surgery, in which a surgeon manually inserts and manipulates miniaturized tools through small incisions, can minimize pain and hospital stays, but the tools are difficult to control, and the procedure requires such a high level of training that relatively few surgeons offer it for prostatectomies and other comparably complex procedures. In contrast, most surgeons who try the da Vinci find that its technological advantages let them perform minimally invasive surgery with relative ease.
Skeptics, though, while marveling at what robotics seems to offer, worry that hype is outpacing reality, pushing hospitals to invest in expensive technology before its benefits have been established. What's needed, they say, are more randomized, controlled tests of the sort used to validate other kinds of medical advances. Yet, while several such studies are under way, many hospitals worry that they can't wait for the results. Often pressed by staff physicians to provide the latest technology, the institutions must base their decisions on little more than educated guesses.
A surgical robot can dent the budget of even the most financially secure institution. In addition to the purchase price—$1.5 million for the latest model—a da Vinci requires extra personnel in the operating room, an annual maintenance fee of $100,000 after the first year and a host of "disposables," instruments that can be used just once or only a few times before being replaced. That alone adds $1,500 or more to the cost of performing a procedure. Unless a hospital can devote an operating room solely to robotic surgery, there are also costs to set up and take down the machine between uses. Meanwhile, most insurers pay a flat rate for a procedure, regardless of whether it is performed using open, laparoscopic or robotic techniques.
Of course, the more you use an expensive piece of equipment, the more economically viable it becomes. Tewari performs about 300 prostatectomies a year. He says that sitting at the console, in a relaxed position, enables him to do more procedures than he could if he were standing upright over a patient. And because reimbursements are the same regardless of how long a patient is in the hospital, shorter stays should save money, to the tune of the hundreds of dollars a night it costs for an inpatient bed. "If you get a patient who would have been in the hospital three days out in just one day, you essentially have three times the beds," Tewari says.
A hospital then can handle more patients and receive more reimbursement. And there are other benefits too. Less loss of blood means less stress on the blood bank, and robotic-surgery patients tend to be pleased with their results. Weill Cornell is getting so much use out of its one da Vinci robot that it is considering buying a second, says E. Darracott Vaughan, chairman emeritus of the urology department and a force behind the hospital's adoption of robotic surgery.
Nevertheless, other administrators, particularly at smaller hospitals, hesitate to break the bank. At Mercy General Health Partners, a 282-bed facility in Muskegon, Mich., the issues surrounding a potential purchase came into sharp focus last summer after a competitor, Hackley Hospital, got a da Vinci. Mercy General officials ultimately decided to pass after determining that the local population would generate, at most, 50 to 100 robotic-surgery candidates per year.
Seated comfortably rather than bent over an operating table—a tiring stance that limits productivity—the surgeon controls the da Vinci's robotic arms with his hands and feet.
IT WOULD BE EASIER TO SPRING FOR a $1.5 million robot if you knew for sure it represented a clear step forward. Yet while FDA trials have concluded that the da Vinci is safe and effective for a growing number of surgical applications, so far there is little data addressing whether, in fact, robotic surgery is superior to open or laparoscopic procedures. In 2003, one study by a team at Vattikuti Urology Institute at Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital found that 100 patients undergoing robotic prostatectomy lost less blood than 100 who had open surgery and 50 who got nonrobotic laparoscopic procedures. And hospital stays after robotic surgery were shorter—1.2 days on average vs. 3.5 for open surgery and 1.3 for laparoscopic.
It's also too early to know whether the da Vinci offers improvements in long-term patient outcomes. For patients with prostate cancer, open radical prostatectomy is considered the gold standard, much more widely available than laparoscopic prostatectomy and offering the best chance of patient survival over five to 10 years. How does the da Vinci compare? There are no studies to answer that question. "A rigorous scientific process needs to be gone through before one can figure out whether a certain technology is better than another, and that hasn't been done," says W. Scott McDougal, chief of urology at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Walter S. Kerr Jr. Professor of Urology at the Harvard Medical School.
At many hospitals, much of the pressure to consider a da Vinci purchase comes from a staff worried about falling behind the technological curve. But in 1997, doctors at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston did more than just lobby for the da Vinci. Hoping to participate in clinical trials for heart valve procedures, cardiac surgeons at the hospital established a "robot fund" to help pay for the machine. Donors, primarily former patients, gave about 20% of what was then a $1.2 million purchase price, and the hospital picked up the rest of the cost.
"We were very interested in this as a technique for minimally invasive valve surgery," says Lawrence Cohn, former chief of cardiac surgery at Brigham and Women's. Cohn, who has performed some 2,000 mitral valve repairs, is a leading specialist in the procedure, in which surgeons correct narrowing or leakage of the valve that controls the flow of blood into the heart's left side. "If you could do an operation of the same quality, with much less trauma, that's great for the patient," he says.
But after performing just five successful repairs with the help of the robot, Cohn decided against using a da Vinci. "The operations went very well," Cohn recalls. "But using the robot required a pretty large logistical team, and it took twice as long to do a repair as when I did it in the usual way." Cohn concedes that, had they continued to hone their skills on the machine, they would have gotten more efficient. Still, he missed the feel of holding instruments in his hands and working directly on the valve. "It's a great machine," Cohn says. "The visualization it provides is incredible. But the complexity of valve pathology didn't lend itself to consistent repair by the robot." Nevertheless, the machine won't sit unused: The hospital recently hired a urologist trained in robotic surgery to employ da Vinci for prostatectomies.
1. "Robotics in Urologic Surgery: An Evolving New Technology," by Fatih Atug et al., International Journal of Urology, July 2006. A comprehensive discussion of the development of robotic surgery.
2. "Endoscopic robotic mitral valve surgery," by Douglas A. Murphy et al.,Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, October 2006.A study that finds robot-assisted surgery to be "safe and effective" for 127 heart patients needing mitral valve repairs.
3. "Robotic Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy," by M. Menon, British Journal of Urology, February 2003. A report on open, laparoscopic and robotic surgeries that provides evidence that patients suffer the least blood loss and endure the shortest hospital stays after robotic surgery.


This entry was posted in Uncategorized on August 20, 2013 by Rodger Sellers.
Years Later, Yet Still the Same!
You should watch the video below. (And yes, I know it's 56 minutes long!) Take the time: It's important. And it should cause two reactions – at least I would hope that's what happens.
It should make you very, VERY afraid. Afraid to see how far gone our "grand experiment" of government "of the people, by the people and FOR the people" already is. And it should also make you very, VERY angry. Angry that, in your state or mine, there are actually people who will (And already have) campaign(ed) for public office, telling you how they are going to "represent" you… when in reality, they are going to do what they are told by this amorphous "non-profit" group meeting behind closed doors.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on July 27, 2013 by Rodger Sellers.
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This is some of the coolest artwork I've seen in a long time. (Click the image to the right or the photo below for the link.) It's part of the ongoing work of the SS United States Conservancy.
The artist, David Macaulay, is using the Big U as the central focus of a new book – and helping folks recognize the possibilities in saving our nation's namesake superliner. It should be noted, that Macaulay himself immigrated to the United States on this same ship when he was 10 years old.
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Registration is Open for our 2nd Annual Winter Event!!
We're just 2 months away!
New this year!! TdD - Dirty Thirty!!
Iron Belle News: DNR awards $515,000 in local funding for projects along Michigan's Iron Belle Trail across 28 communities in 18 counties. "This is tremendous news for these communities," said Paul Yauk, state trails coordinator with the DNR.
Michigan's Iron Belle Trail is the longest state-designated trail in the nation, encompassing more than 2,000 miles of of hiking and biking routes, allowing users to explore pristine forests and cool rivers while connecting big cities to smaller and diverse towns.
The trail extends from Belle Isle in Detroit to Ironwood in Michigan's western Upper Peninsula. The trail is slated to span 2,019 miles and is approximately 68 percent completed.
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and then there was BBQ!!
What's better than a great race? Food! And not just any food, we've got Smokler's BBQ at the race!! So seriously....why haven't you signed up yet? Get on it!


Jesse Augustinus has been around for so long, that it's hard to image that he only just turned 23 this past September. After 12 years of putting out solid video parts and shining at some of the biggest rail contests, Jesse shows no sign of slowing down yet. Recently, Augustinus has been keeping us entertained with some of the most technical videos ever to grace Instagram and we decided it was about time we chatted to this outspoken flatlander ourselves. Here is Jesse's Real talk Interview.
You have been sponsored since you were 11 years old, how did you first get noticed?
Yes that's right, the first time I got noticed was in Saas-Fee. I met all these Dutch snowboarders who at the time rode for the Dutch Fourstar distribution (Forum, SB, Jeenyus and Foursquare) They seemed to take a liking in me, and I suppose they were impressed too. They put me in contact with Jeroen Bazuin, who ran the distribution.
He started hooking me up with a little gear at first. Later I went on a trip with the Forum team to Laax, Jonathan Weaver ran the Forum team at the time. He was setting up a European Youngblood team, and asked me to be a part of it. That was the first contract I ever signed.
That's a young age to get hooked up, were they tasks for you to do for your sponsors back then or was you just told to go out and ride?
They never gave me any tasks to do, it was all very loose then, all the guys who've been my team managers throughout my career have been snowboarders themselves. I'm sure all they wanted me to do is progress and not really worry about the business related side of snowboarding.
I still don't really get tasks; it's more that they will sometimes ask me to do something. It's never like 'you have to'. They also know me pretty well by now, and they know things i'm into and not, so usually when they ask me to do something, i'm very down with it.
Fast forward to day and you have had multiple video parts, which one are you most proud of and why?
Or the new one, which still has to come out. Very hyped on that one too.
You parts are always focused on street, do you have plans to ride more backcountry or kickers in the future?
Maybe when I get older. A lot of backcountry stuff just really bores me.
In movies, I usually just watch my favourite backcountry part, and skip the rest.
I love riding kickers, but I would never put a park jump shot in my part. Also, the level of riding is so high, Id rather stand out doing what I'm good at, than bore someone with something I'm not so good at, like backcountry. For now and hopefully for many years to come, ill just stick to filming street.
Will you film a part this season and if so for who?
Yes I definitely will, I can't stand riding parks all winter long. Plans are being made right now. Can't say too much yet, but it will be dope that's for sure.
Boardsliding through those Helsinki Kinks.
You are a regular in the domes, how long do you spend there a week and are you allowed to build whatever you want?
Well that depends on the time a year, when its wintertime I obviously travel a lot, and I don't get to ride indoor a lot. Just in between trips. But after winter, during summer until pre-season, I usually ride about 6 times a week. Right now, in the beginning of the winter, it get's insanely busy there, so ill skip the weekends and ride about 5 times a week. They have a park crew that does the park there; usually they decide what gets built. Of course we know all those guys pretty well, so whenever we have ideas we will discuss them with them, sometimes they'll built them, sometimes they don't haha.
How does riding rails indoor compare to riding rails out in the street?
I think street is very different compared to any man made park, either in-or out doors. Only on the street you face many challenges which 9/10 times can't be seen on video. Just think about all the things that come into play on the street, which you'd never have to worry about in a park. I've never found a perfect spot yet, which had absolutely nothing wrong with it. There is always something, speed being issue, trees in the landing, pole in the in-run, gravel everywhere, crappy rusty metal, getting kicked, the list goes on and on.
The Netherlands has always produced some of the best rail riders but there seems to be less raw talent coming out than years before, why do you think that is?
I'm not quite sure, to me; this could have a couple reasons.I see a lot of kids that start snowboarding, and as soon as they can make it down the slope, their parents put them in these little training teams.
Where they get told what to do, when to do, by a coach that has never even touched a rail in his/hers life. So when these kids reach an age where they can speak a little for themselves, they're sick of snowboarding, and just quit altogether. I also think, no one has patience, and persistency enough. They think they can go pro as soon as they 360 a jump. I think snowboarding takes a lot of patience; no on really becomes an overnight star, which happens in the music industry weekly for example. When you want something bad, you have to keep working at it, even when it gets tough. I've been snowboarding for a long time, if I gave up every time it got tough, I would've quit the first year. It has a lot to do with passion also.
Which riders do you look up to and why?
I've always loved Jed Anderson, he always had a very unique approach to snowboarding, and his influence is very noticeable. It's a huge shame he got dropped. I still talk to him sometimes; he told me he wants to film some stuff again this winter. So I'm very keen to see that. I also love Jake Kuzyk, his style is unmatched, no one rides as clean as him. Of course the childhood hero as well, JP Walker, I'd always watch his part in ''The Resistance'' on some bootleg dvd when I was about 9/10 years old. I met him on a trip to Finland, and since then he's been super supportive of everything I do, he always comments compliments on my videos, tells me to keep going etc. I'm saying this, because when I was a kid, I would have never imagined that happening. He's the biggest legend. It means more to me than winning a contest for example. Its like Gordon Ramsey telling you you're a great cook, you know?
I heard you were hoping to film a Real Street Part, how do you make that happen and would that be your ultimate goal with riding?
Well yeah, that's definitely one goal I have, to do one of those. I'm not exactly sure how you make it happen; I think you have to get very lucky to be asked for it. Only a very few get to do it, and they usually have 2/3 riders that do it every year, so the chances are pretty slim. My ultimate goal is to leave something in snowboarding, an influence on the next few generations. Which is something only a very few get to have, to not be forgotten.
If you could ride anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Thanks to Pyramid Mag, Burton, Red Bull and Anon.
You can follow Jesse on his Instagram here.


Navigation is possible along three rivers, the Mayenne, the Sarthe and the Oudon. You can choose between a wilder natural landscape to the north, or passing through more villages to the south.
Depending on your interests, visit Le Mans, the Castle of Laval or the Abbey of Solesmes.
Important: Navigation on the Sarthe River will not be possible at the end of the season because of repair work being carried out. Departures will be made from September on the Mayenne River from Chenillé-Changé.


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Until late 2008, ordering and buying Indian grocery, Indian food items like pickles, Gehu Atta, different flours, Papads etc online in UK was not very popular. Availability of Indian grocery was also a challenge. Instead of online shopping for Indian grocery, please used to visit Indian Supermarkets to buy Indian food items. But the situation changed after 2013. The Indians as well as Asians in UK are now comfortably ordering grocery online.


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Q: Mongoose, moving one array element into another array of different parent So I have a schema like this: Every institution has X number of professionals.
var mongoose = require('mongoose');

var profSchema = new mongoose.Schema(
{
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    Status : Boolean,
    initLic : Date,
    endLic :  Date

});

var instSchema = new mongoose.Schema(
{
    name : String,
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});

mongoose.model('Inst', instSchema);
var Inst = mongoose.model('Inst');

mongoose.model('Prof', profSchema);
var Prof = mongoose.model('Prof');

The data is shown below, lets say I want to move the professional with ObjectId("56e05bbfb37d4c7c4c2c45b7") of intitutionA to institutionB and update its InitLic and EndLic field, how can I accomplish that with mongoose? I've been trying to solve this by finding the element in the first parent and then pushing it into the other while removing the duplicate in the first parent but it doesn't seem right to me.
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