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Community-oriented policing has a long history in Spokane with two robust volunteer programs
Sun., Aug. 23, 2020
By Emma Epperly emmae@spokesman.com(509) 459-5122
Three horses ventured through Glass Park earlier this month, an odd sight in the north Spokane neighborhood.
Cars slowed as they passed by, couples came out of their homes and word spread quickly through the neighborhood, drawing children from blocks away to come pet the horses.
As part of Spokane Community Oriented Policing Services, or C.O.P.S., the mounted patrol draws families into Spokane parks in the hopes of pushing crime out and replacing it with community.
For Traci Ponto, a crime victim advocate at C.O.P.S. in the West Central neighborhood, bringing horses into the parks doesn't just give kids, who may never have seen a horse before, a chance to interact with animals. It creates community connections.
"Most of these kids have never petted a horse, let alone seen one up close," Ponto said.
They may not be able to afford to go to the fair or rodeo but this is free, Ponto added. As the kids pet the horses, Ponto shares why she's there: to make the parks and neighborhoods safer.
"It has to be a community problem, which means we have to be hosting events in our city parks that draw families in," Ponto said. "When you draw the families in, the criminal activity leaves."
C.O.P.S. was founded in 1992 after two young girls were abducted in Spokane's West Central neighborhood . One of the girls was found dead; the other has never been found.
West Central residents banded together to find a way to make their neighborhood and homes safer. Months later, the C.O.P.S. West location was created.
Now, decades later, there are 12 C.O.P.S. Shops, where volunteers gather to participate in more than 15 programs that focus on community building and safety. A neighborhood resource officer from the Spokane Police Department is also based at each shop. In some shops, Department of Corrections Community Corrections officers also utilize the space to see their parolees.
Patrick Striker, executive director of C.O.P.S., said he frequently hears people frustrated with police and community relations and sees the program as the answer to calls for community-oriented policing in Spokane.
"How do we get community and police officers to work well with each other and not see each other as the enemy?" Striker said. "I think in terms of trying to bridge that gap, people that get involved with us start seeing police officers as partners in safety as opposed to someone to be feared."
As calls for police reform mount, with proposals suggesting shifting resources from armed officers to social workers and mental health professionals to let cops focus on crime, Striker said in many ways this is work that C.O.P.S. is already doing.
"The other part of it when you look at the defunding-of-the-police movement … people are saying, why are we using uniformed armed commissioned police for all of these things?" Striker said. "When you look at all these programs – here we're talking to people in the parks, making it safer, but these are volunteers not commissioned, uniformed, gun-toting police officers."
C.O.P.S. targets property crime through Neighborhood Observation Patrols, block watch groups, and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design walk-throughs, among other activities.
Most homeowners will call Crime Check or 9-1-1 to report their car or garage being broken into but that is where the conversation stops, Striker said.
"There's not that chance to say, what do I do now? How do I make sure this doesn't happen again?" Striker said. "And that's what the C.O.P.S. Shop is."
A homeowner can file a report at the shop so the neighborhood resource officer will know about the issue, then a front desk volunteer will ask about their block watch, Striker said. If the area doesn't have a block watch program, the volunteer can help set one up.
A trained volunteer can conduct a walk-through of the homeowner's property to help with small changes to deter crime, Striker said.
"We want to get that mentality changed from, 'How can someone else fix my problem? How can police fix this for me?' to 'What are the things myself and my neighbors can do?'" Striker said. "And there are so many things they can do that can really minimize that risk."
Striker said the "backbone of crime prevention really is knowing your neighbors."
That way, when burglars rent a moving van, pull up to your house, break down your door and start stealing your stuff, your neighbors will know something is wrong because they know you and know you are not moving.
"It's so blatant what they're doing but they get away with it because nobody talks to their neighbors," Striker said. "When it comes to crime, there's the crime itself and the damage that's caused. Then there's the fear of crime, and I think that the fear of crime is more debilitating than the crime itself."
Part of pushing away that fear is "owning our spaces," Striker said.
"I can't tell you how many times we've shown up to a park, you can see there's some sketchy stuff going on. We show up, people come out to see the horses, and one by one, all this sketchy stuff, they just leave somewhere else," Striker said. "We were able to curb the bad stuff by just owning their space."
After 15 years as a neighborhood resource officer in West Central and 25 years as a police officer, Ponto decided it was time to shift to community-oriented policing as a crime victim advocate, still in her beloved neighborhood.
"That neighborhood sucks you in, and they are the hardest workers, you just want to do it all for them," Ponto said.
As a neighborhood resource officer, Ponto said she was "constantly pulled in different directions" following up on the most high priority calls, but by visiting a C.O.P.S. Shop victims can not only get closure but prevent themselves from becoming victims again.
In her new role, Ponto said, the resource she most frequently directs people to is 3-1-1, the city of Spokane's customer service line. Ponto cited the broken window theory, that disheveled areas attract crime because criminals don't think anybody cares.
"That criminal going by is not going to think anybody here cares, or pays attention, or is watching," Ponto said.
Neighborhood Observation Patrols (NOPs) can be part of the solution by reporting problem properties quickly and keeping a visible patrol presence, Striker said.
Volunteer Doug McGuire has been "NOP'in," as he calls it, for about four years. McGuire works out of C.O.P.S. Southwest on the west side of downtown. That office covers the majority of the South Hill.
McGuire hits problem areas and reports illegal camps but also does vacation checks for homeowners who are out of town.
"We have people who don't know how to solve their own problems," McGuire said of working front desk at the shop.
NOP patrols always have two people – one driver and one observer – McGuire explained.
He looks for graffiti, code violations, or potential stolen cars and reports anything he finds, McGuire said.
He also helps with the neighborhood's speed radar sign. One afternoon last week, McGuire placed the sign on Lincoln Street in a high pedestrian area, hoping to slow speeding motorists.
The most notable thing about a NOP patrol, McGuire said, is the heads that turn as the repurposed police car passes. People stop what they're doing and take notice, McGuire said.
The reports of problems like code violations that McGuire gathers are passed to the proper city department or added to the next graffiti clean-up list.
With all the volunteer opportunities and community building that C.O.P.S. offers, both Ponto and Striker said they're frustrated by the general public's lack of knowledge of the program, especially with community-oriented policing becoming a topic of national discussion.
"We've been doing community-oriented policing for 20 years, and I don't think that folks understand that we're already doing it. That we're kind of leading the nation in that," Ponto said. "You need to research your city and what great things your city is doing before you start throwing this out there that we don't do this – we probably already do."
In Spokane County, community-oriented policing has nearly as long a history as C.O.P.S.
The Sheriff Community Oriented Policing Effort, known as S.C.O.P.E., was founded in 1994 as a nonprofit volunteer organization to help with crime prevention and to facilitate community block watches. Since then the program has expanded to encompass close to 20 different programs, including Neighborhood Watch, School Patrols, Mounted Patrol, and Sheriff's Office support programs like manning the front desk.
"Our mission is to help make our neighborhoods safer and work with law enforcement and the education part," said Rick Scott, longtime S.C.O.P.E. director.
Currently the program has about 300 volunteers.
Lee Chessman, 80, is on his third career – though this time he's technically a volunteer.
After serving in the Air Force as military police, Chessman sold insurance before moving to Nine Mile Falls to retire.
"I sat up there for about a year and I said I got to integrate with people again, I'm starting to lose it," Chessman said.
A S.C.O.P.E. station had just opened in the area, so with his military experience, Chessman thought he would volunteer.
Eighteen years after he first decided to volunteer, Chessman is the coordinator for the S.C.O.P.E. Incident Response Team, which helps with traffic control at crime scene and other incidents.
"We have a two-part mission. The first mission is we support the Sheriff's Department for traffic control," Chessman said. "The other is to support community events."
S.I.R.T. has vehicles that read "Sheriff" on the side and volunteers wear S.I.R.T. button-ups and hazard vests while on scene. The program always has at least two people on call.
The S.I.R.T. program contributes the most hours by far to S.C.O.P.E., with nearly 5,000 hours so far this year.
Shifting highly trained deputies' time away from doing traffic control makes sense to Chessman.
"It makes sense to us, with deputies experienced in fighting crime, not to be directing traffic," Chessman said.
In fact much of S.C.O.P.E.'s work helps shift deputies' time to investigating crime, Scott said.
Volunteers staff the front desk at the Sheriff's Office, help make copies, deliver mail and pick up surveillance footage from property crime scenes.
"All those little things like that, just getting videos, it takes up so much time from our detectives," Scott said. "We can do things that are easy for us to do and gives them more time on what their experience, their expertise is."
S.C.O.P.E.'s other focus is crime prevention through education, Scott said.
At each of S.C.O.P.E.'s 15 stations, volunteers provide information on home security, vehicle prowling and block watch programs. The stations are a place to chat with neighbors, but also report problems.
If someone is a snowbird or going on vacation, S.C.O.P.E. neighborhood patrols will watch their houses and check in when they return.
Volunteers offer information on vehicle prowling prevention and also help once a vehicle has been broken into. S.C.O.P.E. does latent fingerprinting in hopes of tracking car prowlers to multiple incidents, Scott said.
Earlier this month, Neil Sullivan was fingerprinting a truck that had been broken into . Sullivan, the president of the University S.C.OP.E. station, previously was a reserve deputy in King County for 15 years .
He has been doing latent fingerprinting for four years and said the process takes about an hour if they find prints. If the prints lead to an arrest, property crime detectives are sure to let the S.C.O.P.E. volunteers know their hard work is paying off, Scott said.
The S.C.O.P.E. program has an annual budget of $250,000, and is mainly funded by the Sheriff's Office.
In 2019, volunteers provided over 65,000 hours of service, which Scott said equates to over $2 million in value.
"I always try to consider ourselves one of the best deals for the county," Scott said.
Not all of S.C.O.P.E.'s value is quantifiable, though, Scott said. Volunteers are responsible for bringing the community together.
"The volunteers do live in the community, so maybe that's where it ties them a little closer to their neighborhoods," Scott said. "That communication amongst your neighborhood is huge because law enforcement may not know. They're going to know about certain specific people, criminals, but they don't know all the other stuff going on."
Most of S.C.O.P.E.'s volunteers are retired, with 67% over the age of 65. Which means many of them are aging out or have put volunteering on hold during COVID-19, Scott said.
Brenda Davis has been volunteering for the past 23 years at the West Valley S.C.O.P.E. station. She was a fuel truck driver for 15 years and her husband, Richard Harmon Jr., was a semitruck driver.
"We're both drivers at heart," Davis said. "Citizens on patrol - that's what we do in the car mostly."
For Davis, joining S.C.O.P.E. was the perfect way to volunteer in her community, she said.
"I figured, well, I need to do something with the community, so it was either join the volunteer fire department or join S.C.O.P.E.," Davis said with a laugh. "I didn't think I would be a good fireman."
Davis said she is frustrated that more people won't join S.C.O.P.E. and create an environment of community in their neighborhood.
"I wish more people would stop whining and join," Davis said. "We do need more volunteers. We're all aging out."
In 2013, S.C.O.P.E. had nearly 600 volunteers. Now there are about 300, Scott said. Despite putting in about 15 hours a week, Davis said she doesn't feel like she's changing lives, just steadily making a difference and meeting lots of "swell people" along the way.
"I don't think I've done anything life-changing," Davis said. "I think just accumulation, the neighbors wave back to you. They know who you are. Thank you for being in their neighborhood."
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Ex-Prime Minister Lobbying: Opportunism and Corruption?
Resigned Politicos and Lobbying : Opportunism and Corruption?
Harper Now On Pension —As a Private "Consultant" Lobbyist?
Is political lobbying opportunism and corruption? If CANADA'S Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is foolish enough to ratify the TPP "free trade' deal as it exists, AS it was so "deviously carefully" set up in such a rush by Conservative ex- Prime Minister Stephen Harper, —foreign national corporations will not only gain control of Canadian resources, but with potential lawsuits and damage claims for "potentially lost profit". Such threats, lawsuits and claims will essentially dictate, hamstring, and limit Canadian environmental regulations and standards. Worse yet, the "tribunal" to be used for settling such legal cases is clearly loaded against Canada.
Having now resigned, and going on *pension, has Stephen Harper set himself up to be Canada's richest and most successful consultant-lobbyist?
Has Harper Resigned with Opportunism and Corruption in Mind?
Mr. Stephen Harper recently resigned as an MP, and is starting his new "consulting" (read lobbying) business; Canadians have every reason to be skeptical and very concerned. Is Harper's future plan opportunism and corruption? How about a sell-out of Canada, and even treason? Mr. Harper will 'consult' with foreign corporations and governments. Why would he bother to do that, you ask?
Is the T.P.P. a "Prime Ministerial" legacy for Canadians? We think not. The T.P.P. is closer to willful destructive entrapment and betrayal of the Canadian economy and loss of sovereignty. Mr. Harper is all too aware of what he is doing. Does that potential arrangement encourage kickbacks, sweet deals, or does this deal border upon bottom-shelf-quality treason? YOU, loyal reader, must decide. And soon.
As a result of Mr. Harper's "resignation" from public office, there is little doubt there has been an instantaneous reward, a creative, devious and GREAT opportunity established for exploitation and further sell-out of Canada —an opportunity—created by Mr. Harper himself—*as he collects his $170,000 annual MP PENSION from CANADIANS—AND an additional $58,000 "Prime Minister's Pension" when he turns 67 years of age.
As an 'aside', we digress, dear reader, but cannot help but do the math and point out that Canada Pension for Ordinary Canadian retirees, seniors, all hard-working Canadians —is less than ONE-TENTH of the greedy, completely unwarranted, excessively FAT pension for DEFEATED, FAILED politicians, 'ex' Prime Minister or not. The reality and arrogance of political self-entitlement never fails to amaze, disgust, and anger ordinary Canadians.
A future Lobbyist at the Expense of Canadians?
Please do tell us if we're wrong, but we suggest any future involvement or lobbying by Stephen Harper will merely add insult to injury. Is consulting with foreign national corporate interests in matters where the Harper -devised TPP is involved—nothing but opportunism, corruption and worse?
It is a serious potential conflict of interest, overt hypocrisy, immoral, and at the very least, devious, poor ethics and un-Canadian. Canada CAN and should be able to DO BETTER FOR Canadians!
Let us be helpful —as is our Canadian tradition, wish everyone the best of luck, —and suggest that "Canada's friend" Stephen Harper be prohibited from "consulting" or lobbying in any deals between foreign interests and our government in Ottawa —which include any and ALL resources including but not limited to free trade practices, the labour market, the energy sector, mining and minerals, water, food, transportation, pipeline construction, communications, or intellectual property in provinces or territories of Canada for the COMPLETE DURATION of Mr. Harper's shady "free trade deal"—however long it takes.
Are you listening, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau?
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Professor Michael Williams
Professor of Film Studies, Head of Research (Semester 1)
Professor Michael Williams is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Southampton. Michael's research focuses on film stardom as well as the representation of the past, and particularly that of ancient Greece and Rome. He has a particular interest in the popular reception of stars since the silent era, as well as uses of the past in the constructions of gender and sexuality.
My research examines cinema's relationship with the past, including how screen stars since the silent era have drawn inspiration from a visual culture that reaches back to the idols of antiquity. By exploring these cinematic framings of history, we can further understand our relationship to the modern world, as well as the way we view the past itself.
Having been fascinated with images as long as I can remember, I have spent nearly thirty years studying and working in the field of Film Studies. My first degree was in Film and Literature BA (Hons) at the University of Warwick, from where I graduated in 1995. I then took the MA in Film Studies at the University of East Anglia a year later, where I also worked as a part-time tutor. It was there that I developed a keen interest in film history, undertaking my Doctoral thesis on the actor, composer and playwright Ivor Novello, who was arguably Britain's first major screen star with an international profile.
I began teaching at the University of Southampton in 2001, specializing in the study of stardom, silent cinema and the representation of the past in cinema and popular culture. My work on Novello was developed into a monograph, Ivor Novello: Screen Idol, which was published by the British Film Institute in 2003. The book focused in particular on how Novello's association with the Great War through his composition of the song 'Keep the Home Fires Burning' remained a key part of his screen persona in the 1920s. The significance of the war for British cinema in the silent period was also explored in a book I co-edited with my colleague Michael Hammond, which was published in 2011.
My interest in the use of mythology in the construction of stardom was pursued in a wider context for the first major study of 'star divinization', Film Stardom, Myth and Classicism: The Rise of Hollywood's Gods, published in 2013. This book examines how Hollywood appropriated the myth and iconography of antiquity to construct star images in the 1910s and 1920s for stars such as Greta Garbo and Ramon Novarro, and to establish foundational ideas about the nature of film stardom. My 2018 book, Film Stardom and the Ancient Past: Idols, Artefacts and Epics, looks at what happened to divinized stardom from the 1930s to the present, with examples ranging from Buster Crabbe to Beyoncé, and films including Mata Hari (1931), Alexander (2004) and Clash of the Titans (1981).
BA (Hons.) Film and Literature, University of Warwick, 1995
MA Film Studies, University of East Anglia, 1997
PhD, University of East Anglia, 2001
Appointments held:
University of East Anglia (part-time tutor), 1998-2000
University of Southampton, 2001-present
Ivor Novello: Screen Idol
British Silent Cinema
Film Stardom, Myth and Classicism
Stardom and the Ancient Past
My research interests include: the representation and reception of the past; star studies; silent cinema; British film; film and the First World War, and gender and sexuality and popular film and television. I continue to research the relationship between film stardom, history and classicism in contemporary cinema, including the use of stars in the current cycle of classical epics. I teach across all levels of the undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum at Southampton. My research feeds into all my teaching, including my MA option module 'Screen Stars in Context', and third year option module, 'Framing the Past: Stardom, History and Heritage in the Cinema'.
PhD supervision
I have supervised PhD topics including: the Sherlock Holmes films of the 1930s and 40s; the First World War in inter-war cinema; Hispanic masculinity in contemporary Hollywood; masculinity and trauma in Korean cinema; early British television; time and space in the film musical; reconstructing the 1980s on Contemporary American Television; German cinematographers working in the British film industry in the 1920s and 30s; and heroic masculinity in the peplum film.
I would particularly welcome research proposals on stars and stardom; the representation of the past; masculinity and sexuality in cinema; silent film; and myth, heritage and antiquity on screen.
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Williams, M. (2020). A Venus in marble and Bakelite: Ava Gardner and One Touch of Venus (1948). Celebrity Studies, 11(1), 43-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/19392397.2020.1704380
Williams, M. (2014). Gods and Idols: Finding ancient inspiration for the study of film stardom'. Viewfinder.
Williams, M. (2014). Movie gods and idols. Journal of the British Universities Film and Video Council, (94), 8-10.
Williams, M. (2013). Review: 'The Sounds of the Silents in Britain', edited by Julie Brown and Annette Davison. Viewfinder, (93), 21.
Williams, M. (2012). Book review. Flickers of Desire: Movie Stars of the 1910s and Twilight of the Idols: Hollywood and the Human Sciences in 1920s America. Screen, 53(4), 486-490. https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/hjs046
Williams, M. (2011). Review: The Age of the Dream Palace: cinema and society in 1930s Britain. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 139-141. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2011.553450
Williams, M. (2009). The idol body: stars, statuary and the classical epic. Film & History, 39(2), 39-48. https://doi.org/10.1353/flm.0.0120
Williams, M. (2006). Review: Derek Jarman, Rowland Wymer, Manchester and New York, Manchester University Press, 2006 xii þ 210 pp., illus., bibliography, filmography and index, £40 (cloth), £14.99 (paper). Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 26(4), 617-619. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439680600916926
Williams, M. T. (2004). Plein soleil and The Talented Mr Ripley: sun, stars and Highsmith's queer periphery. Journal of Romance Studies, 4(1), 47-62. https://doi.org/10.3167/147335304782369285
Williams, M. (2018). Film Stardom and the Ancient Past: Idols, Artefacts and Epics. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39002-8
Williams, M. (2013). Film stardom, myth and classicism: The Rise of Hollywood's Gods. Palgrave Macmillan.
Hammond, M., & Williams, M. (Eds.) (2011). British Silent Cinema and the Great War. Palgrave Macmillan.
Williams, M. T. (2003). Ivor Novello: screen idol. British Film Institute.
Williams, M. (2020). "The Muscles of Hercules Beneath the Skin of Antinous": Mapping Herculean Stardom in Film Fan-magazine Discourse. In A. Blanshard, & E. Stafford (Eds.), The Modern Hercules: Images of the Hero from the Nineteenth to the Early Twenty-First Century (Vol. 2, pp. 351-375). (Metaforms: Studies in the Reception of Classical Antiquity). Brill.
Williams, M. (2020). 'Draw Me like a Statue': Youth, Nostalgia, and the Queer Past in Gods and Monsters (1998). In J. Gwynne, & N. Richardson (Eds.), Cross Generational Relationships and Cinema (pp. 141-166). Palgrave Macmillan.
Williams, M. (2019). 'England's Apollo': Researching Ivor Novello and Divinized Stardom 1914-1936. In T. Jeffers McDonald, & L. Lanckman (Eds.), Star Attractions: Twentieth-Century Movie Magazines and Global Fandom (pp. 123-139). University of Iowa Press.
Williams, M. (2018). Artefacts, Authenticity and Digital Idols: The Classical After-image in Contemporary Hollywood Stardom. In A. Bakogianni, & R. Apostol (Eds.), Masks, Echoes, Shadows: Locating Classical Receptions on Screen (pp. 95-120). (The New Antiquity). Palgrave Macmillan.
Williams, M. (2015). 'Gilbo-Garbage' or 'The Champion Lovemakers of Two Nations': uncoupling Greta Garbo and John Gilbert. In S. Cobb, & N. Ewen (Eds.), First Comes Love: Power Couples, Celebrity Kinship, and Cultural Politics (pp. 13-29). Bloomsbury Academic.
Williams, M. (2015). James Whale. In Y. Tasker, & S. Leonard (Eds.), Fifty Hollywood Directors (pp. 280-289). (Routledge Key Guides). Routledge.
Williams, M. (2013). Gloria Swanson as Venus: silent stardom, antiquity and the classical vernacular. In P. Michelakis, & M. Wyke (Eds.), The Ancient World in Silent Cinema (pp. 125-144). University of Cambridge Press.
Williams, M. (2013). Stars as sculpture in the 1920s fan-magazine interview. In S. Harrow (Ed.), The Art of the Text: Visuality in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Literary and Other Media (pp. 131-147). University of Wales Press.
Williams, M. (2012). 'Dieux et déesses à l'écran: les premières stars des péplums'. In H. Lafont-Couturier (Ed.), Péplum: L'Antiquité spectacle (pp. 68-69). Fage éditions.
Michael, W. (2011). 'Fire, Blood and Steel': memory and spectacle in "The Guns of Loos" (Sinclair Hill, 1928). In M. Hammond, & M. Williams (Eds.), British Silent Cinema and the Great War (pp. 118-133). Palgrave Macmillan.
Hammond, M., & Williams, M. (2011). Goodbye to all that or business as usual? History and memory of the great war in British cinema. In M. Hammond, & M. Williams (Eds.), British Silent Cinema and the Great War (pp. 1-34). Palgrave Macmillan.
Williams, M. (2010). '"Why not forget him?": le lettere dei fan, le polemiche e il trattamento della memoria di Valentino in "Picture Play", 1926-1928'. In G. Carluccio, & S. Alovisio (Eds.), Rodolfo Valentino: Cinema, Cultura, Società tra Italia e Stati Uniti negli anni Venti (pp. 97-119). Kaplan.
Williams, M. (2008). Anton Walbrook: the continental consort. In T. Bergfelder, & C. Cargnelli (Eds.), Destination London: German Speaking Émigrés and British Cinema, 1925-1950 (pp. 155-171). (Film Europa; Vol. 6). Berghahn.
Williams, M. (2008). The body picturesque: the films of Bavo Defurne. In R. Griffiths (Ed.), Queer Cinema in Europe (pp. 65-78). Intellect Books.
Williams, M. (2006). 'Come and have a bathe!': landscaping the queer utopia. In R. Griffiths (Ed.), British Queer Cinema (pp. 105-119). (British Popular Cinema). Routledge.
Williams, M. (2006). Film and the First World War. In B. K. Grant, J. Hillier, & J. Staiger (Eds.), Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film Schirmer Reference.
Williams, M. (2005). 'Room with a gay view?: Sexuality, spectatorship and A Room With a View. In J. Furby, & K. Randell (Eds.), Screen Methods: Comparative Readings in Screen Studies (pp. 91-101). Wallflower Press.
Higson, A., Williams, M., & Blanco, J-A. (2002). Bibliography: British cinema before 1930. In A. Higson (Ed.), Young and Innocent? Cinema and Britain 1896-1930 (pp. 371-404). University of Exeter Press.
Williams, M. (2002). War-torn Dionysus: the silent passion of Ivor Novello. In A. Higson (Ed.), Young and Innocent? Cinema and Britain 1896-1930 (pp. 256-270). (Exeter Studies in Film History). University of Exeter Press.
Williams, M., & Napper, L. (2001). The curious appeal of Ivor Novello. In B. Babington (Ed.), British Stars and Stardom: from Alma Taylor to Sean Connery (pp. 42-55). University of Manchester.
Williams, M. (2000). A sequestered "Poodle-faker": Droll, Camp and Ivor Novello. In A. Burton, & L. Porter (Eds.), Pimple, Pranks and Pratfalls: British Film Comedy Before 1930 (pp. 101-106). Flicks Books.
Williams, M. (2003). "Cocktails," "Post-War Hysteria," and "Decadence": Noël Coward and British Silent Cinema. In A. Burton, & L. Porter (Eds.), Scene Stealing: Investigating British Silent Cinema and its Sources (pp. 102-109). Flicks Books.
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Polish election preview: Are Law and Justice heading for a majority?
Poland's ruling Law and Justice party has a significant polling lead ahead of the country's elections on Sunday. Ben Stanley previews the contest, writing that the polls indicate the party is currently on course to secure a comfortable majority. Should they fall short of a majority, however, there would be substantial uncertainty about what would come next.
To the long-term observer of Polish politics, it feels as if every election is routinely described as "the most important since 1989". But this time, that cliche fits the occasion. Since 2015, the incumbent populist-nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party has pursued a path of reform that has taken Poland away from the model of liberal democracy that provided the normative point of orientation for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe after 1989, and whose principles appeared to have been enshrined in the 1997 Constitution and entrenched by Polish accession to the European Union in 2004.
There is a fashion for seeing recent events in Poland as a post-Trump phenomenon. However, the democratic backsliding Poland has experienced since 2015 was years in the making. Since the early 1990s, Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of PiS and de facto prime minister, has harboured a very different conception of political order that clearly subordinates the legislative and judicial branches to the decisionist will of a strong executive. After an abortive attempt to make a start at rolling back the frontiers of Poland's nascent liberal democracy during the short 2005-2007 parliamentary term, PiS spent the subsequent eight years in opposition working out a more viable strategy. Conceding defeat in the 2011 election, Jarosław Kaczyński asserted that in years to come there would be "Budapest on the Vistula", a direct reference to the government of Viktor Orbán which, having come to power in 2010, set about reshaping the Hungarian political system in its own image.
In 2015, PiS returned to power, the vagaries of the Polish electoral system converting 37% of the vote into a majority of seats. Despite having presented a more moderate face to the electorate during the campaign, they immediately set about using their dominance of the executive (former PiS MP Andrzej Duda having been elected to the presidency earlier in the year) and the legislature to establish power over the third branch of government, first paralysing and then taking over the Constitutional Tribunal through the appointment of loyalists, then extending political control over the bodies responsible for appointing and disciplining judges.
Public media, always prone to politicisation, has been turned into a mouthpiece of government, pumping out puerile but effective propaganda. Parliament, never a model of efficiency, has been turned into a machine for legislative sausage-making, with opposition scrutiny of bills important to the government's policy agenda and broader political strategy strictly circumscribed, in contravention of all norms of political pluralism. These actions have brought Poland into conflict with international opinion and the European Commission in particular, with Poland becoming the first member state to be investigated under the EU's rule-of-law mechanism.
If PiS did not come to power on the back of promises to undermine the rule of law and squeeze out the last drops of pluralism from the pores of the body politic, it did promise to ensure that the fruits of Poland's buoyant economy were consumed more evenly. While the flagship "500+" child benefit policy failed in its stated aim of raising the fertility rate, it had the effect of putting more disposable income in the pockets of people who previously had struggled to make ends meet, fuelling consumer spending and disrupting hierarchies of prestige.
The retirement age, which had been raised by the previous government, was lowered again. A phased-in Sunday trading ban made it possible for more working people to spend time with their families, bolstering PiS's fondly-curated ideal of home-and-hearth Catholicism, even if ever fewer Poles were taking the opportunity afforded by a free Sunday to go to church. While the image of Poland abroad was driven by protests against judicial purges, perceived toleration for marches by radical right activists, attempts to criminalise certain forms of discussion about Poland and the Holocaust, and the generally less obliging face the Polish government presented to the outside world, the domestic picture was often very different.
Sunday's election
This contrast helps explain why PiS remains on course to win the election on Sunday. Indeed, the sources of PiS's continued support are not difficult to fathom. Ideologically, it is the party closest to the average Polish voter, who combines a moderate preference for economic redistribution with socially conservative views. While PiS's policy of "nothing to the right of us except the wall" means that it must at times articulate rather more conservative views than the average Pole espouses, this is a balancing act it has so far performed with consummate skill.
By comparison, the opposition parties face two problems that PiS is not exposed to: either their appeal is too tightly circumscribed by their ideological commitments, or key aspects of their appeal lie orthogonally to the interests of voters who remain up for grabs. The conservative-liberal Civic Platform (PO), Poland's main party of opposition, has moderated its pro-market economic stance considerably since its early days as an advocate of flat taxes and the barely-visible hand, but is still more liberal than the average voter. While in socio-cultural matters it is rather more conservative than popular opinion gives it credit for, this misconception is part of its problem.
There is an easy discursive slippage between the defence of liberal democracy and the defence of a liberal policy platform. One of the reasons PiS has so doggedly pursued the culture war issue in recent months is that it knows PO must choose between defending causes many of its members and voters are uncomfortable with, or failing to stand up for the broader principles of minority rights and pluralism. The swift decline of the more orthodox liberal Nowoczesna, meanwhile, can partly be attributed to the incompetence of its leadership, but also to the limited market for a policy stance that combines both economic and socio-cultural liberalism.
Having failed to carve out distinct positions of their own, the remaining parties are condemned to fight PiS on their own territory. The Polish People's Party (PSL) has seen PiS eat away at its agrarian electorate by offering the policies PSL can offer these voters but the access to power they cannot. The Kukiz'15 social movement's appeals to nativism resonate with the interests of PiS supporters, but the appeal of the movement is negated by an undercurrent of distrust in the state that sits ill with those for whom the state is the guarantor of the national narrative. The left has looked on helplessly during its four years out of parliament as PiS has arrogated to itself the mantle of social sensitivity and redistributive justice, knowing that it cannot win back many of those lost supporters with anti-clericalism and Žižek discussion groups.
Yet ideology is not all. Fundamentally, what undergirds PiS's continued dominance can be summarised in two words: delivery and competence. While theorists of democracy may focus on the integrity of liberal-democratic institutions and the quality of deliberation and participation in parliamentary and extra-parliamentary arenas, democracy is also about keeping your word. To those sections of the electorate who treat concerns about the legitimate composition of the Constitutional Tribunal and the de-pluralisation of parliament as irrelevant or at best of secondary importance, PiS commends itself by virtue of having made good on several of its key election promises.
Furthermore, its successful delivery of those promises and the strict control it has exercised over the political process in implementing them has conveyed the impression of a party that knows, at any given moment and in any given circumstance, what it is doing and what it intends to do next. This is an impression strengthened by the compliant propagandists of state media, who pass up no opportunity to portray Jarosław Kaczyński as a uniquely enlightened helmsman running the tightest of ships. In short, PiS continues to look like the natural party of government.
By contrast, the opposition has appeared indecisive and reactive. To a substantial extent, this is its own doing. While the pro-democracy rallies that followed PiS's initial moves against the Constitutional Tribunal and judiciary initially seemed to have formed the basis for a coordinated and coherent opposition, the momentum was squandered amid mistrust between leaders of the extra-parliamentary Committee for the Defence of Democracy (KOD) and representatives of opposition parties on the one hand, and between KOD organisers and other extra-parliamentary formations on the other. In 2019, the umbrella anti-PiS movement is a set of arguments without an organising principle.
At the party level, this was reflected in the torpid process of coalition formation over the summer. While PiS busied itself getting its message across, the opposition parties spent the key pre-campaign months shaking the kaleidoscope into new patterns. By the time the campaign got started, PO, Nowoczesna and other minor groups had formed the Civic Coalition (KO), PSL and Kukiz'15 had patched up a shaky but ideologically plausible common electoral list, and the formation of the Lewica coalition under the auspices of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) marked a belated realisation that after three and a half years of infighting and backbiting the left was only likely to return to parliament if it learned to treat compromise as a virtue rather than a vice. The slate of opposition parties was completed by Konfederacja, a vehicle of erstwhile MEP and perennial – if largely ineffectual – gadfly Janusz Korwin-Mikke that has also brought on board the radical right National Movement (RN).
While each of these opposition formations (only one of which is in a formal sense a coalition) offers the Polish electorate a more or less coherent ideological choice, the somewhat subdued character of the campaign reflects the rather reluctant character of this cooperation, an excess of self-defeating retrospection on the part of liberal and left commentators in response to PiS's rapid hegemonisation of the political scene, the numbing effect of state TV's blatant political interventions into the pre-campaign and campaign period (scandals which would have seriously dented the re-election prospects of previous governments have been brushed over or excused), and the perception that PiS controls the narrative amid a lack of convincing alternative ideas and counter-proposals. The opposition does not commend itself to the Polish electorate as a particularly convincing argument for the pluralism it purports to be defending.
A likely Law and Justice majority
As a result, PiS looks on course to secure a comfortable majority. A pooling of recent polls gives them 46% of the vote, against 29% for KO, 13% for Lewica, 6% for PSL-Kukiz and 5% for Konfederacja. Assuming that constituency-level support is roughly similar to that observed in previous elections, these national-level figures would translate to a legislative majority for PiS of 249 seats. This would be a handsome improvement on their result in 2015, but would still leave them well short of a constitutional majority and also short of the ability to overturn a presidential veto should an opposition candidate defeat current president Andrzej Duda in 2020. As with all polling figures, these should be treated with a degree of caution, particularly given the over-reporting of turnout relative to what is likely to transpire on Sunday. However, with trends showing very little change in levels of support for the five main formations contesting this election, the question to be resolved is not whether PiS will win, but by how much.
With the race for the lower house of parliament (Sejm) attracting the most interest, concurrent elections to the Senate have gone rather unnoticed. However, there is an outside chance that the opposition – which has opted to run common candidates in many constituencies to avoid vote-splitting in the majoritarian system used for Senate elections – could deprive PiS of its current majority. In the unlikely event of this happening, a new PiS government would not ultimately face an insuperable barrier to realising its policy priorities but would have to contend with an upper house of parliament making full use of its instruments of scrutiny and amendment, rather than merely facilitating the production of more legislative sausages.
If, as expected, PiS wins on Sunday, it can be expected to press ahead with its plans for further reform. Jarosław Kaczyński has already indicated that "finishing the job" of judicial reform will be a particular priority. The post of First President of the Supreme Court becomes vacant in 2020, and with PiS in control of the appointment process, one of the last remaining bulwarks to political control of the judiciary will fall. It is also likely that a new PiS government will turn its attentions again to the goal of "re-polonising" private media through the de-concentration of ownership.
Even if the unthinkable happens and PiS fails to get a majority, there is still substantial uncertainty about what follows. In a move that is formally legal but democratically dubious, PiS has arranged for a suspended session of parliament to reconvene on the 15th and 16th of October. Were PiS to lose the election, they may exploit this opportunity to rush through legislation extending their control of non-legislative institutions. Even in the event that they do not, any opposition coalition to whom it falls to form the next government will have to deal with the legacy of Poland's illiberal turn, while PiS-appointed redoubts of power in the Constitutional Tribunal, judicial system and public media scrutinise and disrupt their every move. This will not be the easiest of tasks.
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czarnajama says:
This is an accurate summary of where things stand, and the probability of a second majority PiS government means that Poland likely will be firmly set in the autocratic populist mould of Orban, Erdogan, Putin and to a lesser extent, all the former Soviet satellite countries. I greatly fear the complete extinction of independent TV and the near-extinction of independence in the press, as well as completion of the takeover of most cultural and educational institutions. This is a reversion to one-party near-totalitarian rule similar to the People's Republic during the 1956-1989 period (after de-Stalinisation), with a powerless opposition and with remaining independent media appealing only to a small discredited cultural elite.
Almost everything PiS does contravenes our understanding of liberal democracy. Its only praiseworthy action, income redistribution via the 500+ child benefit and similar handouts, is targeted toward winning votes, while public services such as the health system are collapsing and education has been thrown into chaos. Many actions have been to fulfil promises to small pressure groups on the right, such as those demanding restoration of the school age to 7 instead of 6 years, or the Polish Church (hardly Catholic any more). The military is in chaos, and the police and prosecutorial systems are completely under party control. This is not a competent government. It has had countless corruption scandals, but thanks to the predominance of the state media in the countryside, the PiS base does not hear about them. And on top of that, PiS is rewiring history and renaming public spaces, exactly as the Communists did. Basically, the opposition is tired with demonstrating, there is simply to much to oppose. In many ways this is similar to the situation in the US and the UK, where that half of the population wanting an open liberal democracy is simply overwhelmed by the volume of transgressions against how we thought things should be. We are in a time of revolution, and the opposition is too tired, or befuddled by its own nonsensical ideas of social justice, to defend liberal democracy.
One can only hope for surprises.
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Q: Unexpected output after merging two sorted arrays with Python I found a partial solution to the problem; however, it seems that I'm getting extra numbers from my array than what it should be. This is the question I'm trying to find out:

Given two sorted integer arrays nums1 and nums2, merge nums2 into
  nums1 as one sorted array.
Note:
The number of elements initialized in nums1 and nums2 are m and n
  respectively. You may assume that nums1 has enough space (size that is
  greater or equal to m + n) to hold additional elements from nums2.
  Example:
Input: nums1 = [1,2,3,0,0,0], m = 3 nums2 = [2,5,6],       n = 3
Output: [1,2,2,3,5,6]

I'm practicing some coding challenges to the hang of Python3 language and prepare myself for an interview. I have tried a few methods like using pop when the beginning of the array are 0s. But it seems that after new test case showed up, I should've expected more. I'm pretty new with the language.
def mergeArrays(nums1, m, nums2, n):
    nums1[:] = sorted(nums1 + nums2)
    i = 0
    while (i < len(nums1[:-1])):
        if nums1[i] is 0:
            nums1.pop(i)
        if i > len(nums1):
            break
        i += 1
    print(nums1)

nums1 = [-49,-48,-48,-47,-45,-42,-39,-36,-33,-33,-28,-28,-23,-23,-7,-4,-3,0,0,4,6,21,29,29,31,34,36,38,40,43,45,46,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
m = len(nums1)

nums2 = [-16,-5,-3,26,33,35,38,41]
n = len(nums2)
mergeArrays(nums1, m, nums2, n);

My expected output should be of both arrays sorted and go through. Results should be this: [-49,-48,-48,-47,-45,-42,-39,-36,-33,-33,-28,-28,-23,-23,-16,-7,-5,-4,-3,-3,0,0,4,6,21,26,29,29,31,33,34,35,36,38,38,40,41,43,45,46,47]
However, I'm getting a couple extra zeros, which should look like this:
[-49,-48,-48,-47,-45,-42,-39,-36,-33,-33,-28,-28,-23,-23,-16,-7,-5,-4,-3,-3,0,0,0,0,0,4,6,21,26,29,29,31,33,34,35,36,38,38,40,41,43,45,46,47]
EDIT: added more information to make the problem clear.

A: As per my understanding you want to sort the two sorted array without having any duplicate element. You can refer the below code:
first_list = [-49,-48,-48,-47,-45,-42,-39,-36,-33,-33,-28,-28,-23,-23,-7,-4,-3,0,0,4,6,21,29,29,31,34,36,38,40,43,45,46,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
second_list = [-16,-5,-3,26,33,35,38,41]
merged_list = list(set(first_list+second_list))
merged_list.sort()
print(merged_list)

A: With one of the old methods that I used was a loop comprehension. Basically, what I did was array splice from beginning to end and do the sort inside of the loop:
def mergeArrays(nums1, m, nums2, n):
    nums1[0: m + n] = [x for x in sorted(nums1[:m] + nums2[:n])]

If you have a different explanation than what I just did, please feel free :)

A: After much back-and-forth on the intent of your code and where your unwanted mystery zeros come from, seems you want to do the following: merge-sort your two arrays, preserving duplicates:

*

*your input is arrays nums1, nums2 which are zero-padded, and can be longer than length m,n respectively

*

*But to avoid picking up those padded zeros, you should only reference the entries 0..(m-1), i.e. nums1[:m], and likewise nums2[:n]

*Your mistake was to reference all the way up to nums1[:-1]

*Your solution is: sorted(nums1[:m] + nums2[:n]). It's a one-liner list comprehension and you don't need a function.

*

*There is no reason whatsoever that zero entries need special treatment. There's no need for your while-loop.

*Also btw even if you wanted to (say) exclude all zeros, you can still use a one-liner list-comprehension: x for x in sorted(nums1[:m] + nums2[:n]) if x != 0]

*List comprehensions are a neat idiom and super-powerful! Please read more about them. Often you don't need while-loops in Python; list comprehensions, iterators or generators are typically cleaner, shorter code and more efficient.

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This is dinner on day 3 of Meal Plan 9.
Mix the flour and oil together. Add enough cold water to make a soft dough. Put on the work surface and pat out to an oblong, about half an inch or the thickness of your thumb, thick. Cut into smaller shaped scones and place on a baking tray. Smaller shapes because we want to be sure they will cook in the same time as the vegetables. Purely as a fuel saving thing. If you prefer larger scones, and don't mind the extra cooking time, of course do larger scones.
Chop all the vegetables into chunks, don't peel the onion, toss in a little oil.
Put the scones and the vegetables into a hot oven. Cook the scones until golden and the vegetables until soft and cooked through. This will give a lovely deep flavour to your soup.
Remove the onion skin. Set aside two thirds of the onions. Put the rest of the cooked veg in a saucepan and add the tomatoes. Season well, warm through, and whizz smooth, or leave chunky if you like your soup that way.
Mash up the remaining onions with a fork. Season with a little salt and pepper and maybe a smidgen of dark brown sugar if you have it.
Serve the soup with the warm scones, topped with the roasted onions.
This can all be pre-prepared. Both the scones and the soup will freeze well, and of course, could be used at lunchtime if you prefer.
Keep the scones fresh by keeping them in an airtight tin for a day or two, any longer then that and they should really be frozen or they may taste stale, and/or a bit hard. You can gently warm them through when you come to eat if you like.
If you have any red lentils, you could add 100g for added protein, or perhaps half to a whole tin of kidney, or other, beans, depending on how beany you like your soup. You could have tomato scones with it, one of the most popular recipes on the site. Or have your scone with a sliver of cheese and chutney, or a thick slathering of butter. Or how about a generous smear of any flavour pesto under or on top of any of the other toppings, or indeed, by itself.
A bit of grainy mustard would be lovely in the scones, or some fine chopped rosemary, sage or thyme. A tblsp or 2 of fine chopped walnuts, toasted hazelnuts or roasted peanuts would be delish too.
I can see this and it's many variants featuring heavily in our cool weather menus.
Now this is one I reall HAVE to make. It looks scrummy, many thanks!
It's very good with sweet potato instead of white potatoes. A dollop of value peanut butter and some veg stock to thin. The scones have worked gluten free for me using 40g dairy free spread and plenty of water, then shaping with wet hands. Also popped some mixed herbs and olives in the scone mix .
We loved this. Only issue was there was no temp and time guidelines so our veg took ages as we set it too low apparently. Onions never got soft enough to mash and they were in for nearly an hour.


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Q: Trimming the JXDatePicker in Java Swingx I am using the Swingx JXDatePicker to enable date selection in a java application
 with NEtBeans.
I just need the date but anytime
 the date is selected from the calender button,
 I get the date and time formatted together
 in this form : Sat Apr 13 00:00:00 BST 2013
however , I just want to have the date and not the time.
that is in a form like : Sat Apr 13 2013 or any other form without the time included
Is there a way to trim the default format
  to have just the date.
thank you all.

A: You can try this:
DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance();
String fromdate = df.format(txt_fromdate.getDate());


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You are here: Home / BC Lions Den / Lions Notebook: Mini-Camp Begins, Back in Black…or Not?
Lions Notebook: Mini-Camp Begins, Back in Black…or Not?
April 28, 2016 By Brian Wawryshyn
BC Lions mini-camp got under way today at the club's training facility in Surrey on Thursday signalling the beginning of the end for the long CFL off-season. With the draft just around the corner, the Lions are wrapping up the last of their free agent camps as well, with the last stop in Seattle on Sunday, May 1st.
Let's get caught up on recent developments in the CFL, and of course the BC Lions in this edition of the Lions Notebook.
Mini-Camp Begins
Comprised of mainly first and second year players, the BC Lions hit the field in Surrey for OTA's. With the exception of a few veterans, the club wants to use the two day sessions to evaluate what players will advance to main camp and also to have those players up to speed on the schemes the club wants to deploy. The idea is there would be less teaching at training camp and more working on systems.
Neither of the club's top two QB's are involved, and the Lions will try and determine the pecking order of the returning Greg McGhee and freshly signed Keith Price, formerly with Saskatchewan. Cam Tucker has written a good piece on that here.
Some of the more recognizable names on the roster are offensive linemen Hunter Steward and T-Dre Player. Steward is looking to rebound from two injuries in two seasons, both to the same foot. His promise as a player is huge, but he has to stay healthy this year. Player has seen time as a starter and as a backup in his first two seasons with the club, and the Lions would love to see him continue to evolve to provide national depth on the offensive line.
Linebacker Bo Lokombo is also in camp and after making great strides last season, he looks to make an even bigger contribution this year on the Lions defense as part of a linebacker group that includes the hard-hitting Solomon Elimimian and Adam Bighill. Lokombo is joined by free-agent national DB Mike Edem, who is also participating looking to get up to speed with his new club.
Speaking of Elimimian, Buono told reporters that judging by everything he's seen and has been told, the CFL record holder for tackles in a season has recovered 100% from the ruptured Achilles tendon he suffered last season, which would be a quick recovery. Let's hope that's the case and Solly returns to terrorize CFL offences once again.
The first day of mini-camp also marked the official return of Wally Buono to field as head coach once again. Buono called it an 'exciting' day and Lowell Ullrich has some thoughts here.
On a negative note there is concern that highly touted off-season signing, running back Mikel Leshoure, was a no-show. No further information was provided by the club.
You can download the full mini-camp roster at BCLions.com.
Of course, the Lions are also preparing for the 2016 CFL Canadian College Draft on May 10th. The Lions hold the third overall pick and Wally Buono has been quoted as saying it's the deepest draft in recent memory.
Who the Lions will pick is anyone's guess, and I certainly don't have an informed opinion on who they should. But my hope is they lock in on a player who can help them right away, preferably on the offensive line, defensive line or receiver positions.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are said to be considering offers for the number one pick, and Buono has moved up in the draft before. But if the draft is deep and with the Lions sitting with a good pick at three, I expect they will let the cards fall where they may and pick the best player left on their draft board.
Following the first round, the Lions will pick fourth in five of the next six rounds (Winnipeg forfeited their first rounder in the supplemental draft last year when they chose Garrett Waggoner) and don't have a pick on the fifth round.
Back in Black?
Following a teaser video and some still shots that surfaced this week, it appears that the Lions will indeed returning to black as a prominent colour in their new Adidas uniforms. The official unveiling for all teams will be held at an event in Montreal on May 12th.
But is the uniform black? After further analysis of the video the club released there is an orange tinge on the player's body as he emerges from the shadows. The shoulders and pants are definitely black and the helmet is believed to be as well.
The suspense is real!
General consensus from those that have seen the new threads is that the Lions have a pretty sharp new look. Shawn Lemon of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who has seen all the new jerseys had this to say about the Lions new look.
"B.C. won. B.C. by far has the best uniforms. They're slick. They're nice."
Here is the teaser video the Lions released, so you can make your own assumptions.
Finally, the CFL announced new initiatives in regards to player safety on Thursday. The league has put more emphasis on the effect of concussions, assigning an 'injury' spotter for every league game, continuing to take part in new testing and research and will give players the option of seeing an independent doctor with concussion in cases if they are diagnosed with a concussion.
Player safety, especially surrounding concussions is becoming more and more of an issue, not only in football, but all contact sports. It's nice to see the CFL taking steps to make sure the game is as safe as possible for its players.
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Q: replace all double quotes with nothing in csv file in BIML script I am importing flatfile connections using BIML.
" is used around text and ; is used as delimiter.
However, in some of the files I see this:
;"this is valid text""";

There are double double quotes with nothing between them. If I edit the file and search & replace all double double quotes with nothing, the import runs well. So, is it in BIML possible to do this action automagically? Search al instances of "" and replace these with  ?
<#
string[] myFiles = Directory.GetFiles(path, extension);
string[] myColumns;

       // Loop trough the files
            int TableCount = 0;
            foreach (string filePath in myFiles)
            {
                TableCount++;
                fileName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filePath);
                #>
                <Package Name="stg_<#=prefix#>_<#=TableCount.ToString()#>_<#=fileName#>" ConstraintMode="Linear" AutoCreateConfigurationsType="None" ProtectionLevel="<#=protectionlevel#>" PackagePassword="<#=packagepassword#>">
                    <Variables>
                        <Variable Name="CountStage" DataType="Int32" Namespace="User">0</Variable>
                    </Variables>
                    <Tasks>
                        <ExecuteSQL ConnectionName="STG_<#=application#>" Name="SQL-Truncate <#=fileName#>">
                            <DirectInput>TRUNCATE TABLE <#=dest_schema#>.<#=fileName#></DirectInput>
                        </ExecuteSQL>

                        <Dataflow Name="DFT-Transport CSV_<#=fileName#>">
                            <Transformations>
                                <FlatFileSource Name="SRC_FF-<#=fileName#> " ConnectionName="FF_CSV-<#=Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filePath)#>">
                                </FlatFileSource>

                                <OleDbDestination ConnectionName="STG_<#=application#>" Name="OLE_DST-<#=fileName#>" >
                                <ExternalTableOutput Table="<#=dest_schema#>.<#=fileName#>"/>
                                </OleDbDestination>
                            </Transformations>
                        </Dataflow>
                    </Tasks>
                </Package>
    <#    }    #>

A: Turns out I was looking completely at the wrong place for this.
Went to the part where the file is read and added .Replace("\"\"","")
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Coronavirus Lockdown 5.0: Uttarakhand minister Satpal Maharaj, family members test positive
Minister participated in state cabinet meeting on May 29. Following his report, several officials and ministers who attended meeting with him will now have to undergo COVID-19 test
New Delhi,
Uttarakhand Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj
Uttarakhand Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj has tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday after his wife Amrita Rawat tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. His family members and some staff members have also reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.
"A Cabinet Minister in Uttarakhand Government has tested positive for Coronavirus. 22 people including his family members and staff have also tested positive," ANI quoted State Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh as saying.
A Cabinet Minister in Uttarakhand Government has tested positive for #Coronavirus. 22 people including his family members and staff have also tested positive: State Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh
ANI (@ANI) May 31, 2020
The development is significant as the minister had participated in the state cabinet meeting on May 29. Following the report, several officials and ministers who attended the meeting with him will be quarantined and will have to undergo COVID-19 test. The state has reported 749 cases of coronavirus, including 642 active cases and 102 recoveries. Five deaths have also been reported in the state. The state government had put his private residence under quarantine after some people from Delhi visited him.
Also Read: Coronavirus India Live Updates: Big part of economy open now, need to be more careful, says PM Modi; total cases-1.82 lakh
With a record 8,380 fresh COVID-19 cases, and 193 deaths in the last 24 hours, India's total count of confirmed COVID-19 cases surged past 1.82 lakh on Sunday (May 31), the last day of over a two-month-long lockdown.
The total number of coronavirus cases now stands at 1,82,143, including 89,995 active cases, 86,984 recoveries, and 5,164 deaths, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The Centre on Saturday announced a phased exit from the over two-months-long lockdown ending May 31 while extending it till June 30. The first phase called 'Unlock 1' will unlock the country barring the containment zones. The lockdown 5.0 guidelines will come into effect on June 1.
World over, the tally has mounted to 6.05 million with the United States continuing to be the worst-hit nation. The researchers across the globe are pacing up to find a coronavirus vaccine as the COVID-19 cases continue to surge across countries.
Also read: Coronavirus crisis: A huge demographic opportunity for India; here's how
Posted by: Manoj Sharma, May 31, 2020, 5:55 PM IST


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Planning for Your Best Year Yet (#64)
by Michael Sebastian2 months ago
Future of the Freelancer (#63)
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Learn how Brice & Mike review their year and setup for the new year that's coming.
Freelancers are on the rise. Corporations are inflexible. Hear what we think about the rise of the...
This week, Brice and Mike talk about ethics in business and how the old mentality of "profit over...
What Large Businesses Do that Small Businesses Should Learn with Tony Guarnaccia (#61)
Tony Guarnaccia tells us about his journey from not one, but two failed bakeries, and how he now...
Content Marketing Strategies with Veronica Sagastume (#60)
Veronica shares detailed strategies on how small & large businesses alike can start to build a...
The Power of Webinars for Acquiring New Customers (#59)
Brice dives deep into webinars and why they are the best ways to acquire a customer for a variety...
Navigating the Curvy Line of Career Transitions with Tim Fitzpatrick (#58)
Today we talked with Tim Fitzpatrick, who is the owner of Rialto Marketing. He has crafted a life...
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Annelise decided that the life she was living needed to change and uprooted her family to make that...
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Brice & Mike discuss the importance of having a single goal, and working to achieve that goal.


With a dour expression and a quizzical look, this Grumpkin brings amusement for all who see it!
If you need a gift for the person in your life who has a soft heart but a gruff exterior, Grumpkins are perfect for that! They are a memorable gift that's both funny and cute and will bring enjoyment for years to come.


January 2017 – Andrew James Taggart, Practical Philosopher, Ph.D.
It's usually a good thing to be truthful and to speak the truth, but the truth is not the same as the good. Most would agree, yet some believe that the good is numerically identical with the good. That strikes me as incorrect.
For, plainly, it does seem as if we can speak of factual truths, of scientific truths, and of mathematical truths without also having say that they are good. It may be a good thing to know that 2+2 = 4, but is that mathematical truth itself good? I don't think so.
Yet both my Socratic and my Buddhist commitments do make me think that one sort of truth–to wit, metaphysical truth–is special in that it entails goodness. From a Buddhist perspective, if I perceive things clearly (which is to say: if I'm enlightened), this entails my acting with care for all sentient beings. For Socrates, if I have the special knowledge about the nature of things called wisdom, that is to say, if I can grasp how things truly are, this entails my acting virtuously. Just as emptiness (sunyata) entails care (karuna), so wisdom entails virtue.
So, I'm definitely committed to saying that metaphysical truth matters not just for its own sake (because it seems to me a basic human concern to be in touch with the way of things [Laozi puts the point nicely in Daodejing]) but also because such truth entails goodness. In this respect, I differ from those who believe that they are utterly disjunct (for them, it's a contingent matter whether someone who is aligned with (say) scientific truth is also someone who acts virtuously) as well as from those who believe that they are identical. The former may lose too much by thinking that the truth bears no close relationship with goodness; that may be too much of a sacrifice.
The latter, however, worries so much about the devastating effects wrought by our technological age that they seek to solder truth to goodness and goodness to truth. While I admire their pangs of conscience, I don't believe we need to make this move to get what we're after. We can instead distinguish between kinds of truth, noting that the sort we should ultimately seek–I'm speaking again of metaphysical truth–is the kind that carries deep within it its own immediate implications for how we act as ethical persons and for how we treat the natural world.


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In the 1990s, the joint venture movement began in the nonprofit arena when the United Way decided that many of its grants would only be available to entities with multiple service providers. Joint ventures came to be used to allow for-profit parties to take advantage of the tax benefits afforded to nonprofit organizations. In the two decades that followed, courts have closed many of the loopholes that existed, and the tax issues that may arise between for-profit and nonprofit joint ventures are now more clearly defined.
Many of the tax issues a joint venture will face depend on how it is structured. The most common vehicles for joint ventures are contractual joint ventures, partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies (LLCs).
In a contractual joint venture, no separate entity is established. The duties and benefits of the venture are defined in a contract, and each party is responsible for the actual profits or losses experienced as a result. Taxes are paid separately according to the money made or lost by each party. The major issue with this type of joint venture is that the contract must be worded so that the joint venture cannot be considered a partnership.
In a partnership, responsibility and liability are shared by each party. However, a limited liability partnership (LLP) can be formed instead of a general partnership. In an LLP, one partner is chosen as the managing partner, and only the managing partner has full liability. The passive partners are only liable for amounts up to their actual investments in the partnership.
Corporations are independent entities that provide protection from liability to each of the parties in a joint venture. Many parties make the mistake of believing that their tax-exempt status will carry over to the corporation. However, this is only true for S-corporations. The board of directors must also be careful when transferring capital assets into the corporation from shareholders. This may initiate a capital gains tax.
LLCs are an advantageous structure for joint ventures because they have characteristics of partnerships and corporations. In addition, LLCs can be established without much effort. LLCs are flexible and provide several options on how the joint venture is managed and operated. Joint ventures between for-profit and nonprofit parties may be considered tax exempt, but this status depends on the duties of each party and the relationship between the activities of the joint venture and the activities of each party.


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Biografia

I suoi genitori erano di Cormons ed egli, dopo aver trascorso l'infanzia a Vienna, ritornò al paese dei suoi genitori dove si stabilì definitivamente. Qui iniziò il suo apprendimento con l'artista Ferlat e quindi con il pittore e poeta Ermete Zardini, con il quale compì viaggi di studio a Venezia e Parma, e il pittore Guido Bugli che lo ospitò per alcuni mesi a Bologna.

Dal 1932 venne invitato a diverse mostre nazionali ed internazionali. Nel corso della sua lunga carriera espose in Austria, Jugoslavia, Russia ed Inghilterra. Fu presente a 5 edizioni della Biennale d'arte triveneta di Padova, alla VI Quadriennale Nazionale d'Arte di Roma, alla Biennale di Milano e alla Mostra francescana nazionale d'Assisi.

Allestii numerose mostre personali in tutta Italia, ricevendo ampi consensi di critica e di pubblico, conquistando numerosi premi. Le sue opere entrarono a far parte di diverse collezioni private ed il suo studio, inizialmente ubicato in via Sauro e poi trasferito in via Conti Zucco, fu fino agli ultimi anni luogo di incontro di giovani pittori e intellettuali isontini.

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Revolutionary War Era PA Ledgers
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Letters between General Howe & Ben Franklin...
THE PENNSYLVANIA LEDGER OR THE WEEKLY ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, Feb. 18, 1778
* Revolutionary War Tory original
* Rare Pro British issue from America
* Benjamin Franklin & William Howe
This was a Tory newspaper published in Philadelphia when the British occupied the city. It began in 1775 and ended when the British evacuated the city in May of 1778. Not surprisingly, the masthead... See More
Item from Catalog 284 (released for July, 2019)...
George Washington talks about independence... Ben Franklin is assassinated?
THE PENNSYLVANIA LEDGER OR THE PHILADELPHIA MARKET-DAY ADVERTISER, March 25, 1778
This was a strongly Tory (supportive of the British cause) newspaper which began in 1775 and closed shop in May of 1778 when the British evacuated Philadelphia.
The front page has two Proclamations headed: "By Order of His Exce... See More
General Howe proclamations in a Tory newspaper.....
THE PENNSYLVANIA LEDGER OR THE WEEKLY ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, Nov. 19, 1777
* General William Howe proclamations
This was a strongly Tory newspaper published in Philadelphia when the British were in occupation. It began in 1775 and ended when the British evacuated the city in May of 1778. Not surprisingly, the ... See More
Naval battle between the Americans & British... Franklin the 'old fox'...
THE PENNSYLVANIA LEDGER OR THE PHILADELPHIA MARKET-DAY ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, January 3, 1778
This was a Tory newspaper published in Philadelphia when the British occupied the city. It began in 1775 and ended when the British evacuated the city in May of 1778. Not surprisingly, the masthead features an engravin... See More
Item from Catalog 283 (released for June, 2019)...
Capture of Ethan Allen...
THE PENNSYLVANIA LEDGER, Philadelphia, Oct. 21, 1775 The front page includes a letter: "To the King" which references the American situation & includes: "...Let then, royal Sire, the liberty of England and America be ever in your heart, then shall the people be free, and America shall yet be happy in the full enjoyment of her rights...". Also on the ftpg. is: "A ... See More
A Tory newspaper printed in occupied Philadelphia...
THE PENNSYLVANIA LEDGER OR THE PHILADELPHIA MARKET-DAY ADVERTISER, January 7, 1778
This was a strongly Tory (supportive of the British cause) newspaper which began in 1775 and closed shop in May of 1778 when the British evacuated Philadelphia. Rarely found today.
All of the front page is taken up with advertiseme... See More
Battle of Bunker Hill... The Gunpowder Incident...
THE PENNSYLVANIA LEDGER, Philadelphia, July 1, 1775
* Battle of Bunker Hill - Charlestown
* American Revolutionary War
* The gunpowder incident
The most significant content would be a fine account of the very historic Battle of Bunker Hill, being a letter datelined: "Watertown, June 22" and includes in part: "Before this reaches you, you will doubtless hear of the eng... See More
The Articles of Confederation...
* The Articles of Confederation (historic)
This was a strongly Tory newspaper which began in 1775 and closed shop in May of 1778 when the British evacuated Philadelphia.
There are only a handful of documents in American history which can be considered cornerstones in the cre... See More
Civil War Clothing account form...
Here is a clothing account form dated August, 1862 Printed on both sides and in very nice condition. This is a full ledger sheet headed at the top:
* The United States: In Account with Michael Lynch, private, 68th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer on account of Clothing during his enlistment; the money value of each issue being hereby acknowledged.
The form is part printed & p... See More
Mr. Cleveland, Ex-President....
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 4, 1907 There is a front page illustration, "Patriotism---Conspiracy" by W. A. Rogers. There are photos of "the Only Living Ex-President and His Family"; a double page photo spread of "Blazing New Trails for a City's Needs"; and an illustrations of "The Waning Theatrical Season" by Hamilton... See More
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Petersburg and Harper's Ferry...
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 11, 1865 the front page has two prints: "Before Petersburg--Issuing Rations of Whisky and Quinine" and "Admiral Porter's Boats Removing torpedoes & Buoying the Channel in Cape Fear River" with an article headed: "Capture of Wilmington".
Prints inside include: "View of Petersburg From the Signal Station on Our Ex... See More
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Standingd Rock, the sacred stone...
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 25, 1879 Full ftpg. Nast: 'No More Outbreaks' plus a Nast inside also. Halfpg: 'Sketches in the Northwest--Standing Rock, the Sacred Stone' & 'Traders at Ft. Garry, Manitoba' Spine wear. The double page centerfold has an illustration: "Too Late!" and much more.
Other news and advertisements of the day are included.... See More
Hunting snipe...
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 3, 1886 Full ftpg: 'Flower Show at the Metropolitan Opera-House, New York City'. Two-thirds pg: 'Explosion of Natural Gas at Murrysville, Pennsylvania". Great fullpg. hunting print: 'Spring Snipe-Shooting' is very displayable. Fullpg: 'Approach to the Philadelphia Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad'. Nice fullpg: 'Th... See More
Mark Twain on the cover...
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 26, 1891 The full front page is a nice print captioned: "Samuel L.Clemens (Mark Twain)" with a corncob pipe in his mouth (see). The inside pages have prints including: "The Manhattan A.C. Grounds" showing several views of the baseball field (see). Als a halfpg. photos of: "The Philadelphia Champion Team of 1889" for cricket; ... See More
Booker T. Washington... Tuskegee...
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 14, 1895 Full front pg. illus. of "Wasting Spite on Waring." Inside is a full pg. with six illus. of "With the World's Transportation Commission in India - The Great Military Railway." Four illus. of Libraries in the West.
Most of a doublepage centerfold shows: "General View of the Cotton States and International Ex... See More
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RBC Renews Support for the Arts
November 14, 2016 Edward Staskus Leave a comment
Confederation Centre of the Arts is pleased to announce that the RBC Foundation has renewed its funding to support the Art Gallery's Emerging Artist Program.
The RBC Emerging Artist Program has been a highly successful element of the Confederation Centre Art Gallery's exhibition program. RBC has been providing support for the program since 2009. This $45,000 donation will fund three exhibitions over the next three years.
"We are thrilled to renew our long standing partnership with Confederation Centre of the Arts," says Mary MacInnis, Community Manager with RBC. "This important program does more than advance the careers of these emerging artists, it helps build vibrant communities and strong economies. We are looking forward to taking in these exhibitions as they are presented — we know they will be excellent."
Some of the past artist recipients include Laura Archer, Gerald Beaulieu, John Cox, Rilla Marshall, Heather Millar, and Rebecca Viau.
"With RBC as a funding partner, the Art Gallery is able to offer young emerging artists their first major exhibition in a public art gallery, providing access to a professional curator, installation and conservation support, and media exposure," says Confederation Centre CEO Jessie Inman. "This valuable program can launch the careers of Canada's young artists."
The next Emerging Artist exhibition is a group show, Studio Watch, which will open in January 2017. It will feature the work of four young emerging Prince Edward Island artists. Selection of the artists will follow a series of studio visits where the Art Gallery's curator will evaluate recent work and provide useful feedback to candidates for the exhibition.
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Published August 12, 2014 | By admin
Prelude: "Awesome God" by Rich Mullins
Keith Scroggs, clarinet, Anne Scroggs, bassoon
(Note: Keith was scheduled to play two weeks ago, but was sick.)
Keith has been raised within the CPC music program. He experienced his first Christmas and Easter cantatas inside his mama's belly! As a toddler, he would often come into the choir room, grab a hymn book or sheet music, and "practice" along with the choir. During those years, the choir sang "Awesome God" quite often as a call to worship. Keith especially liked a bass ostinato part that was used and would often move to stand next to his dad in the bass section.
When we asked Keith about playing his clarinet for church, it is no surprise that he wanted to play "Awesome God." It is still one of his favorites. What was surprising is that he wanted to incorporate the ostinato part he had heard as a younger child. He also wanted to include the bassoon, piano, and congregational singing. So, his musical offering this Sunday springs from many experiences with loving CPC musicians who have encouraged Keith to express his faith through music.
Offertory: "This is my Father's World," Eric Westrate, solo
This is my Father's world, and to my listening ears
All nature sings, and round me rings the music of the spheres.
This is my Father's world: I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas–
his hand the wonders wrought.
Maltbie Babcock, author of this hymn, was born in Syracuse, NY, in 1858. He was graduated from Syracuse University, ordained to the Presbyterian Ministry and pastored churches in Lockport, NY, Baltimore, and NY City. He died at the young age of 43; his short career was memorable for the extraordinary influence of his personality and his preaching. Extracts from his sermons and poems were published in 1901 as Thoughts for Every Day Living.
The tune, TERRA BEATA (Latin for "beautiful world), was originally a traditional English folk tune, a variant of which, entitled RUSPER, appeared in The English Hymnal in 1906. Franklin L. Sheppard arranged the tune for Babcock's text and published it in the Presbyterian church school hymnal Alleluia (1915), edited by Sheppard (Babcock and Sheppard were friends).
Eric Westrate tells me this song has special meaning for him. His family loved the outdoors and nature. Eric wanted to sing it this Sunday because both his father and brother passed away on August 13.
Published August 5, 2014 | By admin
"Seek Ye First," Jeremy John, violin
As part of His famous Sermon on the Mount, Jesus addressed the common questions each of us faces: How am I going to meet my needs? Will I have food and drink? Will I have clothing?
Addressing these questions, Jesus said, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."
"Seek Ye First" was written by Karen Lafferty in 1972. After completing missionary training in Holland, Karen founded Musicians For Missions International.
Jeremy John is a rising 5th grader at Greenbriar East Elementary where he takes advanced math and is a webelos scout. He enjoys playing piano, violin, and recorder, reading, watching science programs on TV and playing with his LEGO models. He plays basketball and soccer, and spends a lot of time with little sister Samara – teaching her and reading to her.
"Sweet Hour of Prayer," Men's Barbershop Chorus
Colossians 4:2
Sometimes during His ministry, Jesus would withdraw to a secluded place to pray. The early church followed his practice of regular prayer, and Paul encouraged it in some of his letters. This hymn is an expression of the joy that can come when believers pray regularly.
Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! That calls me from a world of care,
And bids me at my Father's throne make all my wants and wishes known.
In seasons of distress and grief, my soul has often found relief,
And oft escaped the tempter's snare, By thy return, sweet hour of prayer!
William W. Walford, a blind preacher of England, is the author of this hymn, which appears in 1,104 hymnals! It first appeared in print in 1845. William Bradbury set it to the tune Sweet Hour. Jim Clancy, who arranged the hymn for barbershop quartet, was inducted into the Barbershop Harmony Society Hall of Fame in 2007.
Our Worship Music last Sunday
"You are the God who works wonders."
Psalm 77:14a
Prelude: "Holy, Holy, Holy" arranged by Galliford, Neuberg, Edmonson for clarinet & bassoon
Offertory: "Awesome God" arranged by Keith Scroggs
Postlude: "Bouree" by J. S. Bach, arranged by Sol Schoenberg for bassoon & piano
In 7th grade, Anne Scroggs brought home a plastic school-owned bassoon and handed her mom back her wooden and silver clarinet. It was love at first hearing, though she says her early sounds on the instrument sounded more like a lovelorn cow! In high school, Anne became a serious band "geek" and played with the Northern Virginia Youth Symphony.
Anne's son Keith, who just turned 10, fell in love with the clarinet just recently. He has played with the children's choir, enjoys playing the Mario theme and other tunes by ear, and actually arranged "Awesome God" for Sunday's worship!
June Gladding, mom to Anne, and grand mom to Keith, co-directed and accompanied the CPC children's choir for many years. She taught music and PE in Fairfax County Public Schools, teaches piano lessons, plays handbells, and is currently a leader in the Music Lab at Vacation Bible School.


The core of this building is 16th century or earlier, with additions from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is now cased in painted brick and plaster. The rear of the building with its steeply pitched roof was formerly an open medieval hall house and is probably the oldest part. A cross-wing was added in the 1500s to give more living space; the three gabled front sections are 17th century. The decorated plasterwork is known as pargeting.