Two years ago, Ryan Atkinson wasn't pitching. He was a patient services manager at University of Cincinnati Medical Center, moving on with post-mound life. Nineteen months later, the right-hander is trying to pull off an improbably fast rocket ride to the Major Leagues. As a non-roster invitee to Major League Spring Training, he has a shot to make the Arizona Diamondbacks' 2018 Opening Day roster.
Go back to the 2015 MLB Draft. 632 pitchers and 579 position players were selected, but of those 1,211 picks, only 11 have already made their Major League debuts. Baseball fans know some of those names: Andrew Benintendi, Alex Bregman, Paul de Jong, Dansby Swanson, and Ian Happ all came from the 2015 draft. There's even a former General, 2016 Jackson hurler Andrew Moore, in that elite eleven. To ascend quickly, you have to be special, and people usually know it. Those six were chosen in the top four rounds.
Ryan Atkinson, a 2015 graduate of the University of Cincinnati, was not among the 1,211 draftees in 2015. Nor was he one of the 1,214 draft choices in June 2016 (634 of whom were pitchers). He hadn't thrown a baseball in the twelve months prior to the 2016 draft.
Atkinson signed with Arizona–undrafted in eighty rounds over two years–in 2016. He ranked 13th in Minor League Baseball in strikeouts in 2017.
To appreciate Atkinson's remarkable journey, consider first his senior year statistics in college. He threw the most innings of any Bearcats pitcher, though his 4.82 ERA wasn't special. He gave up 29 extra-base hits (10 homers), struck out 52, and walked 45.
The two-run homer put Memphis up 5-0. Cincinnati fell 14-9, ending a 15-41 season.
Imagine that being the last pitch you ever threw.
Even without the painful ending, Atkinson's season-long numbers were not the sort to put a player on a Major League team's draft radar. Baseball was done with him for the moment, and he with it. For some alums of the college diamond, that might've meant beer league summer games and a slow regression to the common man's physical mean. Atkinson isn't common, though.
As a former dietetics student, being healthy simply made sense for Atkinson. Outside the brisk pace of hospital work, Atkinson kept his six-foot-three, 218-pound frame busy as a part-time personal trainer. He credits his health-conscious approach for giving him an edge. In June 2016, an old urge started eating away at him.
After working for nearly a year, it was the 2016 MLB Draft that spawned Atkinson's return to the diamond.
"I just saw some people that I knew got drafted and got chances with major league clubs," he said. "I knew in my head I was just as good if not better than them so I just decided to go try again.
Pause. Reflect on the idea that Atkinson, having just seen a fraction of 2016 draft, was confident that he could play with or above some of those drafted in a professional capacity. He held this belief despite not having thrown a strike for twelve months.
That invite arrived on June 15, Atkinson said, and the tryout was five days later on June 20.
"I have five days to prepare; it was the first time I'd picked up a ball since last college season," said Atkinson. "So I started throwing, the Diamondbacks initially saw me there.
Atkinson was right. He earned a spot with an independent team after the tryout, pitched for them twice, and then the D-backs offered him a contract.
The early returns for the D-backs vetted Atkinson's signing. Over the next two months, he put up a 3.24 ERA in 33.1 innings of rookie ball. The starter's standout stat was a 3:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio (39 K, 13 BB), massively improved from his last year at Cincinnati.
Asked how his year away from the game affected the process, Atkinson treated it as nonchalantly as a trip to the grocery store.
"It was definitely helpful for me personally, I believe," he said. "I wouldn't say that was a time to recap on things. I was just moving on with life, and baseball just happened to come about. I wouldn't say it was difficult to get back in. But don't get me wrong: There was times where I had to sit there and think about what I was really doing and how to get better, and how to learn." The doing bears the slightest trace of a Rust Belt accent, worn down from two syllables closer to one. It's efficient.
Atkinson's appetizing 2016 season pushed the Diamondbacks to order seconds, and the right-hander continued to cook. Starting 2017 at Low-A Kane County, Atkinson advanced to High-A Visalia after just four starts. He stayed in the hitter-friendly California League for the next month and a half, working to a 3.33 ERA with 66 Ks in 48.2 innings. In a strange turn, he was sent back down to Kane County for the next month, but he did not stoop to his opponents' level. After his fourth straight performance with nine or more strikeouts, Atkinson ranked No. 2 in all of Minor League Baseball with 134 Ks in 105.1 innings. Suddenly, he was Double-A bound.
In his seven starts at Double A, Atkinson worked five or more innings six times. His year-long total of 141.2 innings was second among D-backs prospects, trailing only the work of 2017 Generals ace Taylor Clarke (145.0). With 167 strikeouts, Atkinson topped all D-backs minor leaguers, besting 2017 MiLB.com Starting Pitcher of the Year Jon Duplantier by two.
Atkinson's full-season success earned him yet another test. One of just three D-backs pitching prospects invited to play in the prestigious Arizona Fall League, Atkinson held his own, firing 23 strikeouts in 21.0 innings. He relished the experience.
Atkinson is not protected from "the can" as some high-round draft picks are, and he knows it. His walk numbers did increase at Double-A and in the Fall League. He didn't dominate hitters his own age quite the way he had done against younger players. He still has room to improve.
But Atkinson's inborn thirst for knowledge? That may be what ultimately sustains his bid. On road trips, the sandy-haired hurler will sometimes fold up in a hotel lobby armchair, reading a non-fiction book with pen in hand. He repeated some variant of the word learn ten times in our twenty-minute phone conversation, and he says it with a professor's sense of respect. Every moment is teachable for him.
One thing is clear: he's done a lot of learning between that night in Clearwater and now.
Atkinson's next chapter is unprinted, though the setting is known: Major League Spring Training at Arizona's Salt River Fields complex in Scottsdale. February. Big league talent. Limited opportunities, and the disappearance of a piece of the anonymity he enjoyed in 2017.
Will he win out-race the thousands who once had a step on him? We'll soon learn.
Generals fans can follow Atkinson's journey on Twitter: @OldSport_34.
*Even Atkinson's downtime isn't truly unscripted. When he's not honing his skills on the hill, he's manning a part-time offseason job, reading, or doing something active. "Working out was my thing to get away and relieve tension, but reading now is helpful," he said. "I'm becoming more of a reader, trying to read every day. I enjoy golfing, but it's seasonal for me at times. I'm pretty low key, don't do too much." Atkinson's current book is "School of Greatness," by Lewis Howes, but he's keen on podcasts as well, favoring the no-nonsense styles of Ed Mylett (#MaxOut, The Ed Mylett Show) and Andy Frisella (The MFCEO Project).
*With brief research, I could find only one decent comparison to Atkinson, who is trying to leap from undrafted signee to an MLB roster in under two calendar years. Current Baltimore Orioles reliever Darren O'Day went undrafted out of the University of Florida in 2006, though he was promptly signed by the Angels. O'Day threw 91.0 minor league innings (none above Double-A) over the course of that summer and the next one, pitching to a 2.57 ERA. That got him invited to the AFL, where he put up a 2.38 ERA and earned a non-roster invitation to MLB Spring Training. O'Day kept it up in the spring, made the roster, and debuted on Opening Day with a scoreless frame against Minnesota. O'Day will begin his eleventh MLB season this spring, sporting a 2.52 career ERA and an All-Star nod in 2015. In addition to O'Day's role as a reliever, he differs from Atkinson in another major way: his sidearm motion, which has held opposing hitters to a .207 career batting average.
Tyler Springs does media relations and play-by-play broadcasting for the Jackson Generals. You can keep up with team news on Twitter by following @JacksonGenerals. Tyler tweets, too: @TyphoonSprings.


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Friday Night Live! … The 2021 Palm Springs Pride Coming Out Celebration
Posted by Nicholas Snow | Nov 5, 2021 | #HotInPSP, Outinerary, PromoHomo.TV | 0
Nicholas Snow and PromoHomo.TV® are live at the Palm Springs Pride Coming Out Celebration, "A Night of Stars", most of which is free, but our broadcast begins at the VIP ticket-holder only reception. We'll be making up the broadcast as we go along, so who knows WHAT you might see.
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AFTER the pre-event cocktail celebration, the evening – hosted by Jason Stuart and Bella da Ball – kicks off featuring special appearances by SAG-AFTRA members who call Palm Springs home, and performances by our favorite ladies of dance, Grammy ® award winner Jody Watley, (Looking For A New Love), International Queen of Dance Shannon (Let the Music Play) and legendary club diva Jeanie Tracy (Don't Leave Me This Way, I'm Your Jeanie, Cha Cha Heels). Keep the dancing going and enjoy the Los Angeles DJ duo The Perry Twins.
This episode of PromoHomo.TV® may also feature American artist Yvette Mattern's Global Rainbow, a laser light sculpture, which kick offs celebrations of the 35th Anniversary of Pride in Palm Springs. The large-scale public art light installation aims to celebrate our diverse communities and symbolize hope and peace, beams seven rays of laser light representing the spectrum of the seven colors of a rainbow. The same colors are found in the Gilbert Baker rainbow flag, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. The exhibition's west coast premiere will run two consecutive nights, beginning November 5, 2021.
The artwork will utilize specially designed lasers to project a large-scale abstraction of a natural rainbow. The seven parallel laser light beams will hover above Palm Canyon Drive as far as the eye can see until they finally diminish to a colorful glow over South Palm Canyon.
President of Palm Springs Pride, Ron deHarte, says, "We have followed Yvette Mattern's work for years and hoped one day her Global Rainbow would be featured at Palm Springs Pride. We are grateful to have the support for this installation from Lighthouse Dispensaries. Their support of the arts has made it possible for the Global Rainbow debut in Palm Springs."
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Greater Palm Springs Pride celebrates the live return of the colorful Palm Springs Pride Parade with the theme You Are Included. Known for its crystal blue skies and year-round sunshine, the city of Palm Springs and Palm Canyon Drive will come alive during the annual Pride celebration on Sunday, November 7. Spectators will gather along palm tree-lined streets to cheer and support local organizations, activists, marching groups, and themed floats.
PromoHomo.TV® coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, and The Parade steps off at 10:00 a.m., on Sunday, November 7, in the Uptown Design District on N. Palm Canyon Drive at E. Tachevah Drive, traveling south to downtown ending at the entrance to the Pride Festival at Amado Rd. Enjoy emcee commentary as parade contingents move along Palm Canyon Dr. and pass by official reviewing stands. The Parade usually lasts two hours and is a free event.
The PromoHomo.TV® broadcast will be set up in front of EIGHT4NINE Restaurant & Lounge at 849 N. Palm Canyon Blvd.
President of Greater Palm Springs Pride Ron deHarte said, "Our Pride Week calls on the community to gather and embrace our diversity, our resilience, and raise awareness of the collective power of the LGBTQ community. Parade participants help raise awareness of important issues, including immigration reform, racial justice, access to health care, violence against transgender members of our community, and mental health awareness. The Pride parade is an opportunity to gather in celebration and use the platform that Pride provides to peacefully resist hate, discrimination, intolerance, racism, and bigotry added deHarte."
A special parade contingent will highlight the 71 countries that outlaw same-sex relations between consenting adults as a way of demonstrating how far the fight for LGBTQ rights has come and how much work there is still to do for full equality. Seventy-one flags in the Parade will represent a country where it's illegal to be LGBTQ. These include large parts of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, with a high intolerance of homosexuality. Being gay in Afghanistan, Brunei, Mauritania, Yemen, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Iran is one of the most significant "crimes," and "offenders" face death. In countries where homosexuality is banned but not punished by death, "offenders" face being flogged or imprisoned. They are also stripped of their human and political rights and treated as third-class citizens.
A surprise parade entry includes the Executive Board of the San Francisco Dykes on Bikes® Women's Motorcycle Contingent, who will roll into Palm Springs for the organization's first time in its 45-year history. The throttling engines, loud pipes, and cheering passengers will greet spectators and welcome all motorcyclists who ride in solidarity with the iconic, rebellious, independent women. The queer motorcyclists will be welcomed with thunderous rallying cries, making for a sight to see.
Unique entries in the Parade include LGBTQ supportive businesses, organizations like Brothers of the Desert, PFLAG, Free Mom Hugs, DAP Health, Palm Springs city councilmembers, employees, and the Human Rights Commission. The Desert Winds Freedom Band will return for their 21st year. This year will be the fifteenth appearance of the Palm Springs High School Spirit of the Sands Band and Visual Corps and the tenth appearance for Desert Hot Springs High School "Golden Eagle Regiment" Marching Band.
The Palm Springs Pride parade is known for the significant number of youth marching groups participating from the region's Gay-Straight Alliance organizations. Up to 500 students representing 56 GSAs are expected to march and represent their school.
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COMMUNITY GRAND MARSHAL
Streetbar is recognized for positively impacting the region through many years of support to community organizations and fundraising efforts, large and small. On the 30th Anniversary of Streetbar, the first Gay Bar on Arenas Rd in Palm Springs is celebrated as the 2021 Community Grand Marshal.
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The PromoHomo.TV® Broadcast Team will be at EIGHT4NINE Restaurant & Lounge at 849 N. Palm Canyon Drive.
The Parade Stage is hosted by nationally syndicated radio show personality Alexander Rodriguez, Southern California Diva and comedienne extraordinaire, Miss Rusty Waters and Jack Dyer, Mr. Toolshed Leather 2020, and former Porn Bear Daddy. Parade Stage is located at Granvia Valmonte and N. Palm Canyon Dr.
The Deaf Pride reviewing stand is North of Amado at N. Palm Canyon Dr. and features Sign Language Interpretation. Seating is available for the Deaf community on a first-come-first-served basis.
HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICES
Recent reporting indicates the impact of the pandemic continues to be manageable, allowing for the safely reopening of events with appropriate safety measures. After being canceled entirely in 2020 due to emerging COVID-19 concerns, health and safety practices for 2021 will be aligned with current CDC guidelines, as well as local and state government protocols.
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Greater Palm Springs Pride (www.pspride.org) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community enhancement organization founded to promote the public education and awareness of individual rights and civil liberties of the LGBTQ community and to promote its history, diversity, and future prosperity. Palm Springs Pride has been a tireless advocate for equality and diversity since the first Coachella Valley Pride event in 1986.
The organization brings together diverse communities through programs that include the Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast, Pride Honors Awards, OUT PSP, OUTstanding Voices Palm Springs, the Pride Parade, Pride Festival, Cesar Chavez Breakfast, and the Community Leadership Council.
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As of this writing, four city of Ypsilanti officials — Mayor Amanda Edmonds, mayor pro-tem Nicole Brown, police chief Tony DeGiusti, and economic development director Beth Ernat — are in China.
The officials took the trip to view architecture and talk to investors interested in a proposed $300 million development called International Village to be built on Ypsilanti-owned land. The largely Chinese-funded development would mostly house students who are expected to be from China or from other Asian countries.
City officials and the public were led to believe that the Wayne State University Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) funded the officials' trip. But a representative of the CSSA told Metro Times via a WSU press officer that the Troy-based developer behind the project gave his group the money for the trip.
In other words, International Village's developer is paying for city officials to travel to China.
That's a problem because emails obtained by the Metro Times show that city attorney John Barr told Ypsilanti City Council members and other city staff that it would be "unethical and illegal" for the developer to pay for the trip.
If the students' claim is true, then it would appear that the developer used the CSSA to circumvent local laws.
In another twist, Ypsilanti city manager Darwin McClary told Metro Times on Wednesday that the trip was actually paid for by the Chinese consulate in Chicago.
If his claim is true, then it's not the developer who funded the city officials' trip, but the Chinese government.
At this point it's not clear who paid for the trip, and Ernat and Edmonds, two of the officials in China, did not respond to emails requesting comment.
The revelation is leading to questions about the trip's legality, ethical violations, and whether the developer in a deal already mired in controversy for other reasons can be trusted going forward.
Amy Xue Foster, the Troy-based, Chinese-American developer behind International Village, proposed the development to the city in May. At its May 23 meeting, council approved a letter of intent to sell 30 acres of the vacant city-owned Water Street property just east of its downtown to Xue Foster's company, International Village LLC. That letter included a 120-day period of due diligence, which expired on Sept. 23.
If built, the development will offer 1,600 bedrooms in buildings that are up to six stories. Plans also call for plazas, restaurants, offices, a supermarket, and a transit node, the sum of which would create a "regional focal point for Eastern culture, Eastern cuisine, Eastern customs, and Eastern living," as International Village's builder, Saginaw-based Spence Brothers, put it.
In May, Xue Foster suggested that, as part of the due diligence process, council members and other city officials visit China to see the architecture after which International Village would be modeled.
The trip was also later presented as a chance for city officials to sell the project to Chinese investors. Around 40 percent of International Village will be funded through the controversial federal EB-5 Visa Program.
City officials considered accepting the trip, but city attorney Barr wrote in a May 24 email obtained by Metro Times that accepting the trip would be unethical and illegal.
The city code to which Barr referred – Sec. 46-75. Offering gifts, loans, contributions, etc., for influence – was included in the memo.
The issue appeared settled, but on Sept. 11 economic development director Ernat sent out an email to council members and staff notifying them that the WSU student organization would fund the trip, and it was booked for Sept. 21 through Oct. 2.
It's unclear how much the trip costs. But roundtrip tickets quoted for a comparable timeframe on travel sites averaged around $900 per person, while packages that include hotel can range from $1,500 to $8,000 per person, depending on multiple variables. That doesn't include meals, transportation, or other expenses.
On Sept. 19, with the 120-day due diligence period about to expire, the council was to vote on a purchase agreement to sell the city-owned property to Xue's company, International Village LLC. With the travel tickets in hand, council approved the measure by 4-1 vote. Council members Robb and Peter Murdock abstained, while council member Lois Richardson voted against it. Mayor Edmonds, mayor pro-tem Brown, Vogt, and council member Beth Bashert voted in favor.
University student groups typically raise money through events like car washes or bake sales to fund low-stakes campus events. So the announcement that the CSSA planned to pay for four "scholarships" for city officials to travel to China to help close on a $300 million, Chinese-funded development raised suspicions.
There's also little public information on the group or the developer, Xue Foster. WSU's website shows evidence of the CSSA's existence, but the group's own site and Facebook page are both down.
That prompted a Sept. 18 email from Metro Times to WSU press officer Matt Lockwood. It inquired about the CSSA's status and how it receives funds. Lockwood says that the CSSA is a university-sanctioned group, and it has two bank accounts, both of which are, and have been, nearly empty for several years.
"We checked both accounts for this organization. They do not have the funds that they would have to have to pay for this kind of travel. Historically ... there wasn't a big deposit, or withdrawal, either," he told Metro Times.
Strauss adds that WSU has "many religious and cultural and social justice organizations, and many of them connect themselves with local communities." So the group had not broken any WSU rules, and does not appear to have been involved with moving funds for the project, Strauss says.
It appears that Xue Foster's International Village LLC used the unwitting student group as a means to circumvent the local laws that bar developers from paying for city officials' travel expenses.
On Tuesday, Sept. 26, city manager McClary told Metro Times that the student group hadn't funded the trip — the Chinese consulate in Chicago provided the money.
He confirmed that in an email to city council on Sept. 27, according to council member Murdock.
Murdock wrote on Facebook, "In an email today, city manager Darwin McClary revealed that although his office was not involved in any of the arrangements for this trip, it seems that the Chinese Consulate in Chicago was the source of the funds to the Wayne State Chinese student association that funded the trip to China for four city staff and council members. The government funds went directly to the International Village developers to funnel to the student group."
Xue Foster did not respond to calls and emails requesting comment.
When asked whether the public and other council members should have been informed of the Chinese government's involvement, McClary told Metro Times that the city was gathering more information.
City attorney Barr also said he didn't have enough information to issue a statement, or offer an idea of what's next.
"I looked in my files and do not have anything about the China scholarship, except a notice that it had been granted. I will not have any information until the folks get back from China and so cannot comment on the matter, except that the city of Ypsilanti is committed to doing the right thing," he wrote in an email.
As of now, a purchase agreement for the city to sell the land to the developer has been approved, but the city and development team must next settle on a development agreement. City Council is expected to vote on that in December.
What happens in the meantime for the already-controversial project will depend on the fallout. The city's residents already engaged in an intense debate over concerns about how the development could impact already skyrocketing rents, and council members expressed some surprise and frustration over the developers' announcement that she would seek tax breaks. The latest questions add another layer to the debate.
Council member Bashert, who supported the purchase agreement, could not be reached. Murdock, who previously voiced concerns with the project and abstained from voting on the purchase agreement, expressed frustration with the new situation in a Sept. 26 email to Metro Times.
"Seems that we sent four city representatives on a wine and dine junket paid for by the [International Village] developer or their agent. A trip scheduled prior to city council approving the purchase agreement and without fully revealing the source of funding. This is not good," Murdock says.


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September 21, 2021 by Kelly Kenney
Call for application for JOIDES Resolution Expeditions 390 and 393
Deadline for scientists to apply: ~15 October 2021
Expedition 390: South Atlantic Transect 1 (7 April to 7 June 2022)
Expedition 393: South Atlantic Transect 2 (7 June to 7 August 2022)
South Atlantic Transect Expeditions 390 and 393 (IODP Proposals 853-Full2 and 853-Add) are a multidisciplinary and joint scientific drilling project that aims to recover complete sedimentary sections and ~200 m of oceanic crust at sites along a crustal age transect at ~31°S across the South Atlantic to (1) investigate the history of the low-temperature hydrothermal interactions between the aging ocean crust and the evolving South Atlantic Ocean; (2) quantify past hydrothermal contributions to global geochemical cycles; (3) investigate the sediment and basement-hosted microbial community in the low energy South Atlantic Gyre subseafloor biosphere; and (4) investigate the response of subtropical biota and ocean circulation in the core of the global conveyor belt and the subtropical gyre in the South Atlantic Ocean as a result of the opening of the Drake Passage.
The South Atlantic Transect expeditions will target six primary sites on 7, 15, 31, 49, and 61 Ma ocean crust. The proposed transect, which follows a Mid-Atlantic Ridge crustal flow-line, will fill critical gaps in our sampling of intact in-situ ocean crust with regards to crustal age, spreading rate, and sediment thickness. The transect traverses the previously unexplored sediment- and basalt-hosted deep biosphere beneath the South Atlantic gyre, samples of which are essential to refine global biomass estimates and investigate microbial ecosystems' responses to variable conditions in a low energy gyre and aging ocean crust. The transect is located near World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) line A10, providing present-day carbonate chemistry and deep-water mass properties across the western South Atlantic for comparison to records of key Cenozoic intervals of elevated atmospheric CO2 and rapid climate change. Reconstruction of the history of the deep western boundary current and deep-water formation in the Atlantic basins will yield crucial data to test hypotheses regarding the role of evolving thermohaline circulation patterns in climate change, and the effects of tectonic gateways and climate on ocean acidification.
General expedition information:http://iodp.tamu.edu/…/exp…/south_atlantic_transect.htmlScientific Prospectus link: http://publications.iodp.org/scientific_prospectus/390_393/
Who Should Apply: We encourage applications from all qualified scientists (including graduate students) in (1) microbiology and sedimentology for Expedition 390, and (2) microbiology for Expedition 393.Microbiology candidates with experience using sediment oxygen sensors or handling hard rock microbiology samples are encouraged. The JOIDES Resolution Science Operator (JRSO) is committed to a policy of broad participation and inclusion, and to providing a safe and welcoming environment for all participants. Good working knowledge of the English language is required.COVID-19 Protocol: The JRSO has created a protocol to safely operate during the COVID-19 pandemic. If pandemic conditions have not improved by early-mid 2022, one or both expeditions may need to sail with a reduced shipboard contingent. However, all participants will maintain their designation as science party members regardless of whether they sail or not, and will have equal access to all expedition data and core materials. The protocol is available here: http://iodp.tamu.edu/…/JR_COVID-Mitigation-Protocols.pdf.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION BEFORE YOU APPLY Australian applicants :
All applicants must have their sign off by their institution DVC-Research or other appropriate institutional level, that their institution approves their travel and will insure them for that travel to and from the port of departure and arrival.
It is agreed that Institutions will cover any additional cost related to delays to a return or additional quarantine costs.
ANZIC will cover:
flights and ground transport/incidentals to/from the ship, any pre-departure mandatory quarantine period (up to ~A$3000 for Australian members (accommodation and hotel meals); the cost of a pre-flight COVID test (if required, and as outlined in the IODP COVID policy)
will continue to support the selected expeditioner with coverage of required pre-cruise medicals (Aust only; NZ to detail)
up to $40K (over 2 years, Australian members) is available to conduct the expected research related to the international expedition.
Visa expenses will be covered by ANZIC but organised by the expeditioner in consultation with the JRSO if an ANZIC candidate is selected to sail.
Without this sign off an applicant will not be assessed by ANZIC for the expeditioner role advertised and, therefore, will not be forwarded to the JRSO for consideration as an expeditioner
New Zealand Applicants: Please contact Stuart Henrys (nzodp@gns.cri.nz) prior to submitting your application to inquire about the prerequisites that will apply.
New ANZIC Program Manager joins our team!
Please welcome Dr Sarah Kachovich who will be joining us October, 15 2021 as the ANZIC Program Manager. Dr Sarah Kachovich will oversee ANZIC operations and will report directly to Professor Leanne Armand, ANZIC Program Director.
Dr Kachovich holds a first-class Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Geology from The University of Wollongong and a PhD in micropaleontology, specialising in Radiolaria taxonomy from The University of Queensland. Dr Kachovich's major research focus has been on recognizing the latent biostratigraphical potential of Paleozoic Radiolaria, through investigating 3-D X-ray models. Her applied biostratigraphical research focuses on linking microfossils to tectonic problems, such as the Himalayan collision and the tectonic evolution of the New England orogen in eastern Australia.
Through ANZIC, Dr Kachovich had the opportunity to sail as a radiolarist on the IODP's Expedition 362: Sumatra Subduction Zone. As for many, sailing on the JOIDES Resolution was a life-changing experience that jumpstarted and broadened her career, especially internationally. Since graduating from her PhD, Dr Kachovich moved to the heart of the IODP, to work for the JOIDES Resolution Science Operator (JRSO) at Texas A&M University. At the JRSO, she has been deeply involved with the technical and operational aspect of the program, where she has sailed on a further five IODP expeditions as the Imaging Specialist.
When the modern world came to a standstill in 2020-21, with the global COVID-19 pandemic, the program had to adapt and keep drilling without its science party. While working closely with the U.S. Science Support Program (USSSP), Dr Kachovich took the lead on the public relations movement via the program's social platforms. Here she has been addressing the JRSO's online social responsibility and moreover, been strengthening societal connections to the program by effectively communicating a relatable understanding of scientific exploration.
Dr Kachovich has worked extensively for gender equity within the Earth and environmental sciences in Australia, where she is a co-founder of the Women in Earth and Environmental Sciences Australasia Network (WOMEESA) and the Dorothy Hill Women in Earth and Environmental Sciences Symposium.
Dr Kachovich supports our values and mission, and is full of energy and ideas to support ANZIC, and deepen and extend our network.
We are excited for you to join the ANZIC Team!
IODP Site Survey Data Bank (SSDB) Information Sessions
The IODP Science Support Office will hold two information sessions on the Site Survey Data Bank (SSDB), the data submission system for IODP proposals. The sessions will cover best practices for organizing and submitting your data, how to use the SSDB, recent changes to the system, and common data problems. They will each end with an open question and answer period. The sessions are designed for anyone submitting data to the November 1st data deadline. The two sessions will cover the same material.
The first session will be held at 19:00PDT on October 5th (02:00UTC on October 6th). To register: https://ucsd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUldOipqDMrEtH65lAK35fpiVkKBlx2vnXe
The second session will be held at 08:00PDT on October 6th (15:00UTC on October 6th). To register: https://ucsd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0rc-mtqTssH9c49WDec1Z-VgrDQF-B_ddA


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A sprawling city like Pune has to offer many perks to any potential home buyer. There are many upcoming suburbs where people would want to invest. It is necessary to chalk out important factors that one would consider before investing in any property. A location that has a secure and safe neighbourhood to offer; reputed schools and colleges; best of healthcare institutions and is nestled amidst nature. These and many more such factors play an important role while deciding on the location to invest in.
Moshi comes under Pimpri Chinchwad. Due to this, Moshi is rapidly developing in terms of essential social and civic amenities for its residents.
Moshi is in great demand due to its proximity to Pune's most coveted areas such as Hinjewadi, Wakad, Balewadi, Pimple Saudagar, Aundh and Baner. The proximity to Pune Mumbai highway drives traffic from nearby cities including, Lonavala, Thane and Mumbai.
Moshi is witnessing rapid development and expanding infrastructure. Owing to its strategic location, Moshi is seeing tremendous investment in the residential sector. Proximity to Hinjewadi and nearby IT hubs, comparatively cheaper property rates makes Moshi is popular residential investment hub among property buyers.
Vision Indrabhumi is situated in Moshi, Pune. The project offers 1 and 2 BHK homes without compromising on quality. The project offers spacious well-planned apartments with contemporary amenities. Nestled amidst nature, Vision Indrabhumi offers everything one aspires in a home.
Feature amenities include landscape garden, ample security, ample parking, energy efficient common LED lighting, amphitheatre, and children's play area. Other essential amenities include garbage chute, well-equipped fitness centre, designer sitout and many more.
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The Zin Kato Spring 2018 collection was elaborately ornate, and lavishly luxurious. But to best complement without competing with the extravagant looks, the hair and beauty professionals backstage had to go super minimal. To do this, they made the lone featured element of the look a dazzling glittered ruby lip, stood alone against perfect skin (which was created by first giving each model a Japanese paper facial mask treatment) and soft, gorgeously wavy hair.
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Q: Why does using using awk work fine, but if i assign a variable to said awk command it breaks anything that has a space in it? I'm making a script that reads a CSV where I have placed the locations of various icons I want to put on a dock. If I run
awk -F "," '{print $1} test.csv

I will get:
/Applications/Launchpad
/Applications/Safari
/Applications/Pages
/Applications/Numbers
/Applications/Keynote
/Applications/Photos
/Applications/iMovie
/Applications/GarageBand
/Applications/Microsoft\ Word
/Applications/Microsoft\ Excel
/Applications/Microsoft\ Powerpoint

But if i assign that same command to variable this and run
 for i in $this; do
     echo $i;

the last three lines print like this:
/Applications/Microsoft\
Word
/Applications/Microsoft\
Excel
/Applications/Microsoft\
Powerpoint

I understand that it's obviously breaking at the space and will need to fix it, but I don't understand why it works in one but not the other. strong text

A: By default, a Bash for loop splits on all whitespace, you can override it by setting IFS=$'\n' before loop
Test Results:
akshay@db-3325:/tmp$ cat testfile
/Applications/Launchpad
/Applications/Safari
/Applications/Pages
/Applications/Numbers
/Applications/Keynote
/Applications/Photos
/Applications/iMovie
/Applications/GarageBand
/Applications/Microsoft\ Word
/Applications/Microsoft\ Excel
/Applications/Microsoft\ Powerpoint

say you store your results using awk something like below
akshay@db-3325:/tmp$ testvar=$(awk '1' testfile)

Default behaviour
akshay@db-3325:/tmp$ for i in $testvar; do echo "$i"; done
/Applications/Launchpad
/Applications/Safari
/Applications/Pages
/Applications/Numbers
/Applications/Keynote
/Applications/Photos
/Applications/iMovie
/Applications/GarageBand
/Applications/Microsoft\
Word
/Applications/Microsoft\
Excel
/Applications/Microsoft\
Powerpoint

this is with IFS
akshay@db-3325:/tmp$ IFS=$'\n';for i in $testvar; do echo "$i"; done;
/Applications/Launchpad
/Applications/Safari
/Applications/Pages
/Applications/Numbers
/Applications/Keynote
/Applications/Photos
/Applications/iMovie
/Applications/GarageBand
/Applications/Microsoft\ Word
/Applications/Microsoft\ Excel
/Applications/Microsoft\ Powerpoint

A: In your code:
for i in $this; do
     echo $i;

$this is expanded and then split by any of the characters in the Internal Field Separator ($IFS) variable which by default is tab, newline and space. To get the behavior you want we only want the string split on newlines so we set IFS to newlines using:
IFS=$'\n'

Playing around with the IFS should be done carefully, its recommended to hold the original IFS values in another variable and restoring them after the use of your modified IFS.
Or restore it to the original with:
IFS=$' \t\n'

So all together:
IFS=$'\n'
for i in $this; do
     echo $i;
IFS=$' \t\n'

Should output what you want.
To answer why this happens this way. awk output is not subject to globbing or splitting, the expanded contents of variables are.

A: Either do
awk -F "," '{print $1} test.csv | while IFS= read -r line; do
    do_stuff_with "$line"
done

Or skip awk altogether
while IFS=, read -r first restOfList; do
    do_stuff_with "$first"
done < test.csv

Resources:

*

*Why you don't read lines with "for"

*

*this page explains why IFS=$'\n' is a bad idea.

*How can I read a file (data stream, variable) line-by-line (and/or field-by-field)?

*Security implications of forgetting to quote a variable in bash/POSIX shells

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Naiman loved cars, and when his brother died in 2013, he made a rare splurge on himself and bought a Scion FR-S sports car.


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HEART OF THE COMMUNITY
Farmlands and Mr G to Paint Kaikoura Story
Kaikoura to receive mural by world-renowned Kiwi artist Graham Hoete, better known as Mr G.
This mural is set to honour Kaikoura's recovery, strength and community resilience since the earthquake in 2016.
Part of the HeART of the Community project, which see's Mr G paint locally- inspired murals on Farmlands stores across New Zealand.
Farmlands announces Kaikoura as the next destination to receive a Graham Hoete mural in one of the most geographically significant art campaigns in New Zealand.
World famous kiwi artist, Graham Hoete, also known as Mr G, will be painting the town beautiful on the one-year mark of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Kaikoura last year. This mural is set to honour Kaikoura's recovery, strength and community resilience since November 14, 2016.
Commissioned by Farmlands Co-operative, HeART of the Community will see Mr G paint locally-inspired murals on 15 of the 82 Farmlands stores across the North and South Islands, each town inspiring a different story.
The series is a collaborative public project which encourages local communities to get involved by expressing their unique experiences and sense of community identity. With six locations already complete, Mr G says he is excited to capture the unique spirit of Kaikoura in his artwork.
"I am honored to have the opportunity to bring attention and beauty to such a hard- working community in the process of restoring their town since the earthquake last year" Mr G says.
Kaikoura District Council Mayor, Winston Gray says he is grateful to have Farmlands commission an incredible artist to promote the community in Kaikoura.
"My main focus post-earthquake has been to join together the community and recover what it had, but to also help it move into a brighter future. I believe this project truly honors the continuous efforts of the people here and will continue to inspire the community to work towards a more beautiful, recovered Kaikoura."
Farmlands Chief Executive Peter Reidie says Famlands is passionate about being an integral part of their shareholders' rural communities.
"We are proud to honour community pride and hope that HeART of the Community is a way to strenghten the bond between Farmlands and the communities that own it."
For more information and high-res imagery, please contact simone.kerr@lilyandlouis.com


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Libya Crisis
Former Libyan PM announces support for 'Operation Dignity'
Zeidan calls on Libyan officers to "join their colleagues in Operation Dignity", as US Foreign Office denies recent communication with Haftar
Ali Zeidan speaking at a press conference after his 2013 kidnapping (AFP)
MEE staff
Published date: 20 May 2014 19:10 UTC | Last update: 4 years 5 months ago
Ali Zeidan, the former Prime Minister of Libya, announced his support for General Haftar's operation on Tuesday, dubbed a "coup" by the current Prime Minister.
Speaking to a private Libyan television station, Zeidan called on all officers in the Libyan army to "join their colleagues in Operation Dignity", the campaign started in Benghazi last Friday by retired general Khalifa Haftar, purportedly to root out government-aligned militia groups in the city.
Zeidan urged Libya's official army to support what he called the "army's war on terrorism", the campaign being waged by Haftar's unofficial forces, who call themselves the "Libyan Army" but are not officially part of the national military.
Seperately Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya newspaper reported that Libya's military intelligence bureau has also announced its support for Haftar's forces, although so far there has been no official or independent confirmation of the move.
According to the site, the bureau joined the police directorate of the capital Tripoli and tribal leaders near to Tripoli in announcing its support for "Operation Dignity."
The international community has largely responded by urging for calm, although Saudi Arabia, Algeria and the UAE have closed their embassies and evacuated staff.
The US State Department has said it is monitoring the situation "minute-by-minute" and has not made a decission about pulling out its nationals and diplomatic staff.
Haftar was a close ally of Moamar Gaddafi until the late 1980s. He spent 20 years in the US before returning to Libya in 2011.
Despite previous connections between the US And Haftar, the US has denied any direct involvement in the recent fighting in Libya according to Sky News Arabia.
In a statement on Wednesday, the official spokesperson said that the State Department "has not had any communication with [Haftar] recently."
She added that the US does not accept current events on the ground in Libya, and nor is it supporting them.
"We call on all parties to restrain from violence and seek a solution via peaceful means," she added.
In October, Zeidan was briefly detained in Tripoli by armed men.
Zeidan, who is viewed as popular with western diplomats, was sacked in March by parliament after failing to prevent a North Korean tanker loading oil from a port under rebel controlled in the east of the country.
He has since fled Libya, and has voiced criticism of the current parliament and government.
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Profile: Who is General Haftar?
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Second diplomat kidnapped in Tripoli in one week


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jkeogh Sat, 04/11/2020 - 2:55pm
Out Of Shadows
Kevin Shipp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY8Nfzcn1qQ
More: http://911blogger.com/news/2013-05-16/hollywood-and-911-movies-and-tv-dramas-resembling-terrorist-attacks-were-being-produ...
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ae911truth Tue, 06/02/2015 - 5:17pm
9/11 Free Fall 5/7/15: Senator Graham, the Church Committee, and demoralization
9/11 Free Fall Radio
AE911Truth
Andy Steele
Church Committee; Poppy Bush
Senator Bob Graham; 28 pages
Senator Church
William Colby
Host Andy Steele talks about a recent news article in which retired U.S. Senator Bob Graham (D-Florida) relates how the FBI tried to "dissuade" him from pursuing the Saudi Arabian connection to 9/11. He also discusses the 1975-76 Church Committee congressional hearings, during which the secret CIA program Operation Mockingbird was revealed.
ae911truth's blog
Tailgunner Mon, 09/06/2010 - 12:47pm
9/11 (And George Bush) For Dummies
911 for dummies
Bush / Gore debate
Bush and Obama
george bush quotes
Link here---> http://realitybloger.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/911-and-george-bush-for-dummies/
Still think Iraq or Saddam Hussain had anything to do with 9/11?
Still think George Bush Jr. is an idiot?
Well the listen as George Bush Jr, Dick Cheney, John Edwards, and Donald Rumsfeld tell you in their own words that Iraq is innocent.
And watch as George W. Bush morphs from a formidable orator and debater, to an Academy Award deserving buffoon in just 4 years time.
Still think Bush is an idiot? Well then my friend, it is you who have been made the fool...
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Adam Ruff Sun, 07/12/2009 - 4:10pm
Big media and the lies they tell
Unspun Newz explores the dangers posed by corporate controlled media deception and propaganda. This report focuses on major cases of media deception such as, the now famous, Monsanto rBGH growth hormone case where FOX News actually fought for and won the right to lie on the news. The report also details ABCs false reports about anthrax and how ABCs Brian Ross tried to link the anthrax attacks in 2001 to Iraq. The report further explores the corporate media blackout on the recently released scientific evidence proving that high tech explosives were used to demolish the world trade center on 9/11. Unspun highlights how media lies impact public health and how they were used to mislead the people into supporting war and how those deceptions have affected us and our troops.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxL2RYEILSY
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DonnyBrook Sun, 06/07/2009 - 7:50pm
Mockingbird agenda at Daily Kos
Moulitsas
Markos Moulitsas, founder of the Net's leading liberal website in terms of traffic and political influence, Daily Kos, has a rather curious and odd background for a leader of the Left—one that might explain his official policy of banning any Diarist who posts information or opinion dissenting from the 9/11 Commission's unraveling myth about the attacks.
Markos served in the U.S. Army from 1989 to 1992, where he was a staunch Reagan Republican, campaigning for George H.W. Bush. It was the "near miss" of being sent to Gulf War I that sparked his political conversion, he says. He hails from a wealthy El Salvadorian family, one of whose members was Minister of Education with the notorious junta during the civil war.
In a speech to the Commonwealth Club in 2006, Kos admitted to interviewing with the CIA for a 6-month period after a time of "underemployment." His statements there betray either a stunning ignorance, or sneaking sympathy with the CIA's long history of democratic subversion and support of rightist dictatorships abroad, including the one that sponsored death squads in his former homeland:
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loose nuke Thu, 06/26/2008 - 7:33pm
(Hit Piece) Sept. 11 conspiracy theories provide cheap entertainment: 'Truthers' avoid the difficult problem of making the world
hit pieces in Canada.com and The Financial Times, books like Touching History and Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon, etc. all in advance of the NIST WTC7 report; is this what they call a "surge"? Usual tired ad hom/strawman BS, good points in the Brinkman quotes, though.
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/culture/story.html?id=bea2dd1e-7be8-421b-82dd-697249f0777e
Sept. 11 conspiracy theories provide cheap entertainment: 'Truthers' avoid the difficult problem of making the world more secure
Todd Babiak, The Edmonton Journal Published: 2:04 am
The Wire, a complex and critically acclaimed HBO television series about the ways in which human systems are doomed to fail, never found a huge audience. By contrast, the Law & Order and CSI franchises, in which a simple conspiracy is at the base of every crime, are multibillion-dollar entertainment properties. The Da Vinci Code outsold every novel ever written about the problem of faith. In recent years, the controversy around who shot John F. Kennedy has overshadowed anything he said or accomplished during his presidency.
We have evolved into beings who prefer intelligent designs to the horror of chaos.
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Байкіна Сара (Сарра) Набіуллівна (, нар. 14 грудня 1895, Астрахань, Російська імперія— 1972, Астрахань, СРСР) — російська і радянська актриса, заслужена артистка Кримської АРСР, заслужена артистка РРФСР (5.11.1940). Дружина Джаляла Мухаметзяновича Байкіна (1886—1954), відомого татарського актора, режисера, педагога.

Біографія
Байкіна Сара (Сарра) Набіуллівна народилася 14 грудня 1895 року в місті Астрахань. Театральну сценічну діяльність розпочала в Астраханській татарській театральній трупі в 1912 році.

У 1913—1914 роках працювала в трупі «Сайяр», в 1916 році — в трупі «Ширкат». Після Жовтневої революції, в 1919 році навчалася в Астраханській татарській театральнії студії.

У 1922 році виступала в Першому показовому татарському театрі в Казані, в 1928—1929 роках працювала в Татарському академічному театрі імені Камала, в 1930-і роки грала в татарському театрі в Баку, потім — в Кримсько-татарському академічному театрі в місті Сімферополі.

Разом з театром Сара Байкіна була депортована в Узбекистан. У 1944—1956 роках працювала в Андижанському узбецькому театрі, потім повернулася в Астраханський театр.

Театральні ролі
Сара Байкіна є першою виконавицею ролі Галіябану в однойменній п'єсі Мірхайдара Файзулліна. Вона також грала ліричні ролі в п'єсах Каріма Тінчуріна (Майсара — «Блакитна шаль»), Фатіха Амірхана (Сара — «Молодь»), Гаяза Ісхакі (Асма — «Вчителька»), Н. Везірова (Сагадат — «Горе Фахретдіна»), Ш. Камала (Каміля — «Хаджі-ефенді одружується»), О. М. Островського (Поліна — «Прибуткове місце»), Фрідріха Шиллера (Луїза — «Підступність і любов»), В. Шекспіра (Офелія — «Гамлет»).

Див. також
Ремзіє Тарсінова--Баккал

Посилання
 Татарський енциклопедичний словник. -Казань. Інститут татарської енциклопедії АН РТ. — 703с. іл. ISBN 0-9530650-3-0

Примітки

Кримськотатарська культура
Радянські театральні актори
Заслужені артисти РРФСР
Померли в Астрахані
Уродженці Астрахані

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* [[The Portsmouth Young Men's Christian Association and their Rev. Critic]] (27 march 1884, [[Evening News (Portsmouth)|Evening News [Portsmouth]]]) ''letter''
* [[The Portsmouth Young Men's Christian Association and their Rev. Critic]] (27 march 1884, [[The Evening News (Portsmouth)]]) ''letter''
* [[A Day on "The Island"]] (25 april 1884, [[The British Journal of Photography]]) ''article''
* [[Easter Monday with the Camera]] (23 may 1884, [[The British Journal of Photography]]) ''article''
* [[American Medical Diplomas]] (23 september 1884, [[Evening News (Portsmouth)|Evening News [Portsmouth]]]) ''letter''
* [[American Medical Diplomas]] (23 september 1884, [[The Evening News (Portsmouth)]]) ''letter''
* [[The Remote Effects of Gout]] (29 november 1884, [[The Lancet]]) ''letter''
* [[Carlyle: His Character and Philosophy]] (29 january 1886, [[The Hampshire Post]]) ''letter''
* [[The Proposed Recreation Ground at North End]] (7 may 1886, [[Evening News (Portsmouth)|Evening News [Portsmouth]]]) ''letter''
* [[The Proposed Recreation Ground at North End]] (7 may 1886, [[The Evening News (Portsmouth)]]) ''letter''
* [[The Unionist Platform]] (6 july 1886, [[Evening News (Portsmouth)|Evening News [Portsmouth]]]) ''letter''
* [[The Unionist Platform]] (6 july 1886, [[The Evening News (Portsmouth)]]) ''letter''
* [[The Liberal Unionists]] (27 april 1888, [[The Hampshire Post]]) ''letter''
* [[On the Geographical Distribution of British Intellect]] (august 1888, [[The Nineteenth Century]]) ''article''
* [[Hampshire Worthies]] (2 august 1888, [[Evening News (Portsmouth)|Evening News [Portsmouth]]]) ''letter''
* [[Hampshire Worthies]] (2 august 1888, [[The Evening News (Portsmouth)]]) ''letter''
* [[Hampshire Celebrities]] (17 august 1888, [[Hampshire Post and Sussex Observer]]) ''letter''
* [[The Bravoes of Market-Drayton]] (24 august 1889, [[Chambers's Journal]]) ''article''
* [[Mr. Shutte's Critic]] (20 november 1889, [[Evening News (Portsmouth)|Evening News [Portsmouth]]]) ''letter''
* [[Mr. Shutte's Critic]] (20 november 1889, [[The Evening News (Portsmouth)]]) ''letter''
* [[Mr. Stevenson's Methods in Fiction]] (january 1890, [[National Review]]) ''article''
* [[Income Tax Assessment]] (1 november 1890, [[Evening News (Portsmouth)|Evening News [Portsmouth]]]) ''letter''
* [[Income Tax Assessment]] (1 november 1890, [[The Evening News (Portsmouth)]]) ''letter''
* [[The Consumption Cure]] (20 november 1890, [[The Daily Telegraph]]) ''letter''
* [[The Duello in France]] (december 1890, [[The Cornhill Magazine]]) ''article''
The Story of the Man with the Watches (july 1898, The Strand Magazine)
The Portsmouth Young Men's Christian Association and their Rev. Critic (27 march 1884, The Evening News (Portsmouth)) letter
American Medical Diplomas (23 september 1884, The Evening News (Portsmouth)) letter
The Proposed Recreation Ground at North End (7 may 1886, The Evening News (Portsmouth)) letter
The Unionist Platform (6 july 1886, The Evening News (Portsmouth)) letter
Hampshire Worthies (2 august 1888, The Evening News (Portsmouth)) letter
Mr. Shutte's Critic (20 november 1889, The Evening News (Portsmouth)) letter
Income Tax Assessment (1 november 1890, The Evening News (Portsmouth)) letter
The Argument of Necromancy (july 1920, in Spiritualism Its Present-Day Meaning, T. Fisher Unwin) article
Spiritualism and Religion (december 1925, The Occult Review) letter
Psychic Photographs (april 1926, The Occult Review) letter
The Cause of the Shadow (july 1926, The Occult Review) letter
Prophecies of the Future (october 1926, The Occult Review) letter
Spiritualism and Theosophy (april 1927, The Occult Review) letter
Spiritualism and Theosophy (july 1927, The Occult Review) letter
Man is a Spirit (november 1927, The Occult Review) letter
Alleged Changes in Ocean Depths (january 1928, Occult Review) letter
Convent Scandals (january 1930, The Occult Review) letter
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, called and examined (24 march 1903, Minutes of Evidence taken before the Royal Commission on the War in South Africa)


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Save the Good Seed is the third novel in the on-going saga of Anglo, a middle-aged white man whose internal enlightenment leads him to a new life on an Indian reservation.
Today "Anglo Who Became Chief Old Woman's Son" lives among the Pueblo Indians, a long way from his life as Winston Conover, middle-aged Virginia businessman. His disillusionment with that life led him to discard it--along with every vestige of his identity--as described in the first book of this series, Naked Into the Night. In the second novel, Lost in Las Vegas, Anglo repays the tribe by using his knowledge of the white man's world to help reclaim a lost member of the tribe who had been seduced by the show business life.
Now Anglo is still among the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, finding the sacred in everyday life, not just in ceremonies and vision quests. But there are mutterings: Why is this white man living among them? Is he not a "pretend Indian?" Anglo came to the reservation for his own reasons--but he now finds himself a point of contention between those who want the tribe to become "modern" and those who want to return to past values, reclaiming the way of life some say is lost forever. And as Anglo becomes more immersed in the daily rhythms of tribal life, a young man half a continent away begins a long journey to find his home after half a lifetime spent among the whites. Ultimately, their paths cross . . .
In Save the Good Seed, Monty Joynes creates a vivid portrait of the disappearing world of ritual and harmony. His gift for creating real characters lays bare the pain and waste of the human spirit when denied its birthright, and demonstrates the courage and spirit need to find the way home.


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Q: Wordpress next_posts_link Linking to wrong URL I have next_posts_link setup on the single.php, and it generates the following URL:

http://mywebsite.com/news/article1/page/2

However, this url would be redirected to

http://mywebsite.com/news/article1

Any way to get to the second page?
It seems that it's an issue with Wordpress permalinks. I currently use a custom permalink structure

/%category%/%postname%/

Setting the permalinks as default fixes this issue, but this project needs to have the custom permalinks.

A: If you want your long post to be shown 2 or 3 pages . You just have to add  in your post . The  content after it will be shown in the next page . Reference

A: You should be using next_post_link() which is meant to navigate between single posts. next_posts_link naviugate between pages
If you however need to navigate a paged post (using <--nextpage-->), then you should make use of wp_link_pages
EDIT
I have recently did the same exact thing on WPSE. As I explain in that post, the structure you need is not available for any permalink structure outside the default permalink structure.
Just a note before I paste that answer, I have done that for the /%postname%/ permalink structure. Just change all instances of /%postname%/ to the appropriate structure
POST FROM WPSE
As I said, this whole setup you are after is not possible natively with pretty permalinks. Your setup probably works with default permalink structure as both queries (the main query and your custom query) read these permalinks in the same way. When you switch to pretty permalinks, the two queries on the single page interpret the URL differently causing one or the other to fail when you try to paginate your custom query
Single pages was never meant to be paginated in this manner, specially using pretty permalinks. I have gone and played around with a couple of ideas, and the best way to accomplish this is

*

*To write your own pagination functions that can read the page number from the URL

*Write your own function that can append the page number to the URL, something like adding /2/ to the URL of single pages.
I must stress, if you are paginating single post with , your post will also paginate together with your custom query. Also, if your permalink structure is not set to /%postname%/, the code will fail and display an error message through wp_die()
THE CODE
Here is the code that will get the next/previous page and also add the pagenumber to the URL.
function get_single_pagination_link( $pagenum = 1 ) {
    global $wp_rewrite;

    if( is_singular() && $wp_rewrite->permalink_structure == '/%postname%/') {

        $pagenum = (int) $pagenum;

        $post_id = get_queried_object_id();
        $request = get_permalink( $post_id );

        if ( $pagenum > 1 ) {
            $request = trailingslashit( $request ) . user_trailingslashit( $pagenum );
        }

        return esc_url( $request );

    }else{

        wp_die( 'The function get_single_pagination_link() requires that your permalinks are set to /%postname%/' );

    }
}

You can use this function as follow to get the link for any page in the single page when paginating your custom query
get_single_pagination_link( 'pagenumber_of_previous_or_next_page' );

Again, as I said, there is no pagination function that will be able to paginate your custom query or read pagenumbers from the URL, so you have to write your own.
Here is my idea of creating links to the next and previous pages in your custom query. If you look closely, you will see how I have used the previous declared function get_single_pagination_link() to get the links to the next and previous pages
function get_next_single_page_link ( $label = null, $max_page = 0 ) {
    global $wp_query;

    if ( !$max_page ) {
        $max_page = $wp_query->max_num_pages;
    }

    $paged = ( get_query_var('page') ) ? get_query_var('page') : 1;

    if( is_singular() ) {

        $next_page = intval($paged) + 1;

        if ( null === $label ) {
            $label = __( 'Next Page »' );
        }

        if ( ( $next_page <= $max_page ) ) {
            return '' . $label . '';
        }

    }
}

function get_previous_single_page_link( $label = null ) {

    $paged = ( get_query_var('page') ) ? get_query_var('page') : 1;

    if( is_singular() ) {

        $prev_page = intval($paged) - 1;

        if ( null === $label ) {
            $label = __( '« Previous Page' );
        }

        if ( ( $prev_page > 0 ) ) {
            return '' . $label . '';
        }

    }

}

You can now use this two functions in your code to paginate your custom query. Both functions work exactly the same as get_next_posts_link() and get_previous_posts_link() and uses the same exact parameters, so you'll need to keep in mind that you need to pass the $max_page parameter for your custom query
Here is your custom query with these functions.
function get_related_author_posts() {

    global $authordata, $post;

    $paged = ( get_query_var('page') ) ? get_query_var('page') : 1;

    $args = array(
        'posts_per_page'    => 2,
        'paged'             => $paged
    );
    $authors_posts = new WP_Query( $args );

    $output = '';

    if( $authors_posts->have_posts() ) {

        $output = '
';

        while( $authors_posts->have_posts() ) {
            $authors_posts->the_post();

            $output .= '
' . get_the_title() . '' . get_the_excerpt() . '
';

        }

        $output .= '
';

        $output .= get_previous_single_page_link();
        $output .= get_next_single_page_link( null , $authors_posts->max_num_pages );

        wp_reset_postdata();
    }

    return $output;

}


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Brian was attempting to unload a skip when the door jammed, forcing him to fix the problem with a hammer. But as he bent over the door suddenly fell on his head, breaking his jaw and causing him months of pain and discomfort.
Brian was a healthy 39 year old who enjoyed an active life with his young family. He worked as a heavy goods vehicle driver and had been employed by the same company for five years. He also held the position of interim skip driver, whereby he would use a vehicle to exchange skips attached to a compacting machine. These skips would be filled with general waste, cardboard and faulty goods waste. Brian had not, however, received proper training for this role. He had simply been asked to observe another employee at the company.
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by Charles Rukuni 31 years ago 31 years ago
-Mhlanga accused of building a chiefdom but denies it
A four-page document literally calling for the disbanding of the Agricultural Development Authority (ADA) or the appointment of a commission of inquiry into the parastatal, because the "social cost of maintaining it" is too high and because the organisation is riddled with inefficiency, nepotism, chiefdom and unchecked thefts and fraud, is being circulated around.
The document, which has also been sent to The Insider, is addressed to Sidney Malunga (MP for Makokoba and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee), Alois Mangwende (MP for Murehwa North), Tichaendepi Masaya (Minister of State for Finance, Economic Planning and Development), John Deary (President of the Chamber of Zimbabwe Industries) and Morgan Tsvangirai (Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions).
The document, issued by a Committee Of Ten, lays the bulk of the blame on ADA general manager, Liberty Mhlanga, who it says has establish a "chiefdom" at ADA and is not only employing his relatives but is at times creating positions "unnecessarily" for them.
Mhlanga said the document was probably written by some disgruntled persons either within the parastatal or outside. He said it was based on half truths and at times blatant lies.
We reproduce the document (verbatim) and Mhlanga's reply thereafter:
"It is disconcerting that there seems to be lip service being paid to efforts to improve economic performance in parastatals. Over the years, you have instituted various enquiries on the state of each parastatal but only for the reports to be shelved or the interpretation on the recommendations twisted as to nullify them.
"The goings on at Air Zimbabwe are the result of ineptitude of decision making at the highest level when nepotism comes to play, or, if it is not so, of the failure at realisation of the importance management can play in the success of the economy.
"It is not a question of putting an incompetent so and so at the top of the organisation because one is related to them and hope that management problems will sort themselves out. Nepotism and the resultant mismanagement have a trickle-down effect in that that person would also appoint people of Kith and Kin to positions below him or her. What results is gangsterism at the expense of professionalism.
"A few years ago a situation similar to the one pertaining at Air Zimbabwe was allowed to happen at the Agricultural Development Authority. How the General Manager at ADA was appointed, no one knows but was certainly not based on his management skills in estate farming or let alone small scale farm management. The taking over of the General Manager was a chance to establish a chiefdom at the workplace. Positions were unnecessarily created to give room to the relatives.
"One of the relatives made Regional Manager was fired when a whole consignment of fertiliser disappeared as grounds for possible theft were established and was detained by police and a docket opened.
"The General Manger decided to have the case dropped and have the Regional Manager get his salary while on suspension. The pay cheque(s) were delivered at home at the Authority's expense. The Regional Manager was to come back at a new post but without loss of salary and/or benefit.
"All this was never referred to the Board although there was a stipulation that the appointments and terminations be referred to the Board for grades above a certain level. All this was done because the Regional Manger was a cousin of the General Manger, their mothers being sisters.
"Then there was a case of the Administration Controller, who again was a cousin to the General Manager because their fathers are brothers, advertised state land for sale and tenders were received. Can you imagine state land being disposed through public tender when peasants are going hungry for land and the establishing act is specific on how immovable property was to be disposed first by obtaining prior Board and Cabinet approval.
"No Board approval was obtained before the appointment of the General Manager's cousin and there was manipulation in the appointment. A candidate whom the interviewing panel comprising of the General Manager and his two stooges, the Deputy General Managers, decided was the best candidate was not offered the position as he had applied for two positions. The Financial Controller Mr F. Chihande who was better qualified for the position of Administration Controller/Financial Controller was later to leave the organisation unceremoniously.
"The person who was to be offered the position of Financial Controller was someone within the organisation who was a mere budget clerk and doubled his salary as a result. Besides not having the experience for the job he had been previously reprimanded when he was at Sanyati Estate for a financial misdemeanour.
"When the Authority applied for an allocation to purchase vehicles using funds that had been offered by the Germany Agency for Technical Cooperation and permission was granted one of the vehicles was sold to Mr O Hall who was the Administration Controller before the cousin to the General Manager, using the Authority's funds. Mr O. Hall at the time was a company owner in partnership with the Deputy General Manger Finance Mr Matanda and company secretary/public officer to another company in which the General Manager, his wife, a Mr Moyana and others were directors. The company in which the Administration Controller was company secretary/public officer had been set up to tender for the state land which was being offered for sale by ADA.
"Then there were irregularities in the Human Resources Department in which the Human Resources Controller approved and obtained his own cash in lieu of leave for days he had not accrued. He promoted secretaries at his whim without consent from his immediate superior. All this was pointed out in an internal audit report but nothing was done because he is related to the General Manager and comes from the same village with one of the Deputy Managers. The position of Human Resources Controller was never advertised and referred to the Board when he was given the post.
"The previous General Manager's secretary was the Administration Controller's wife, cousin to the General Manager. The General Manager uses a company vehicle but claims mileage for use of his personal vehicle. This is a case of fraud or theft by conversion. The amount involved is colossal as he has claimed over one thousand dollars per month for the past six years or so.
"There is gross negligence if not fraud, in the sale of two brand new Peugeot 504 vehicles to Mr O Hall and as a cover to Dr Jacklich one of the advisors at ADA, when the vehicles were bought and foreign currency allocated by Government because ADA had no vehicles. They were resold in breach of exchange control regulations which say vehicles have got to be sold within a specified period from the date of importation … by ADA.
"There is a case for the problems of inefficiency, nepotism, chiefdom and unchecked thefts and fraud rising at ADA with the coming of trade liberalisation and the reduction in Government controls as this happened in the eyes and before a Board supposedly of so incompetent people and Ministry of Agriculture officials. The sale of land was advertised in early 1988 and the vehicles sold thereabouts.
"All this happened and no one was made accountable maybe because of the General Manager's connections. This all means that after they have destroyed and pilfered ADA they are appointed to some more positions higher up in the public sector on the basis of their so-called invaluable experiences at ADA. The common man in the street pays high prices for the goods produced in circumstances of inefficiency, apathy and nepotism no wonder the workers are not in favour of trade liberalisation.
"There is no micro-economic justification for its existence because before it was to operate small holder units served by the central estate as a basis egalitarianism or the distribution of resources to the povo. But in their foolishness the management discarded that rural development notion and opted for control of only the core estate.
"Strategic crops are better grown everywhere in Zimbabwe by individual farm units who do not refer decisions to Head Office. There is no accountability from the farm level to the general manager as all or most of the occupants of the command structure are related. The growing of the so-called strategic crops is best done by manipulation of prices by government.
"What are the strategic crops which ADA has been able to grow better than the individual farmer put together. The social cost of maintaining ADA is high. Agricultural crops can be grown by private individuals given better prices b Government. The sale of the farms presently being operated by ADA will raise a lot of money for the fiscus and thereby reduce the tax burden.
"ADA is not like the National Railways of Zimbabwe or ZESA or PTC where a lot of thought has to give in privatising them. The World Bank in its review and recommendations for the structural adjustment programme sees no role in the economy for ADA in the era of adjustment. If Government is serious about trade liberalisation, or is Parliament itself as the watchdog of good government, enquiry and take the appropriate action.
"A lot of people were victimised at ADA for raising their eyebrows yet the culprits remain in their untouchable positions at ADA.
"PS: The General Manager is awarding contracts for typing and secretarial services to a company that is run by his cousin's wife. The cousin's wife was once the GM's private secretary. This is fraud, creating work for relatives."
Replying to the allegations in the document, Mhlanga who was flanked by his two deputies, Matanda and Made said: "I don't think the person who drafted that report is very well versed with what is going on in ADA. He is probably operating from rumours more than from knowledge of what is going on. The reason I say so is that you have statements there that are made, allegations that things happened one way or another. Those things are not true in some cases and in other cases there might be elements of truth but wrong conclusions."
Mhlanga and his deputies were aware of the document and had seen it before The Insider asked for comment on its contents.
On his appointment to ADA he said: "I was actually offered two posts available at the time one was permanent secretaryship of the Ministry of Energy and the other was to bring together three organisations Tilcor, ADA and Sabi Limpopo Authority into one ADA. I was interviewed for both and then chose to come to ADA because it was more challenging. Again the author does not know what he is talking about. I did not apply for the job, government invited me.
"Financially I lost by coming here. I was already earning close to US$100 00 a year and I came here to get around Z$30 000, so it was not as if there was financial attraction but I came here because some of us are interested in the development of this country and I am still interested.
"As for qualifications, I was doing a similar job for the United Nations in an administrative capacity. If it's a question of agriculture I was also involved with agricultural projects in Bangladesh, East Africa, and Central America. I travelled also to western countries like Canada and Japan to see their agriculture.
"Besides I did agriculture at Domboshawa many years ago and where it not for historical reasons I would have done my PhD in agriculture but the people here (Rhodesia) said they would not recognise any degree in green agriculture from anywhere unless it was done at the local university.
"I am involved in environment and am a member of some of the top organisations looking at agricultural planning based on environment in the world. I am a member of International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. I am member of the International Policy Council on Marketing. That is not really to boast but that is to show the league I play with professionally, I really shy to talk about myself."
On employing relatives, Mhlanga said: "There are people who come here and are employed and they are related to me.
"Whoever is employed by ADA -some of these documents have revealed things I did not know- goes through the system. Whoever is employed by ADA is employed on the basis of their knowledge and capacity and not because of their relationship. In some cases these people are indirectly related to me. For example, I had my secretary and one of my cousins got interested in my secretary and they got married. What could I do?
"Human resources advertises the posts. There are very few posts in which the board is involved. Employment of my deputies, for example, is the responsibility of the board.
"What we normally do is advertise a post that is available internally to give our people a chance and then externally. After interviews, we recommend the person to the board. It is not as if I go and say let's employ this person. By the way we notify the Board on just about every appointment. We make it a point to submit the staff movements every month to the board including movements from one office to another -people leaving and people coming in."


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Dec. 29 2022, Published 10:00 p.m. ET
Nearly two years after Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction was overturned, the disgraced comic revealed he's hoping to perform again.
On Wednesday, December 28, Cosby — who has been accused of rape, sexual assault and child sex abuse and other acts of sexual misconduct by more than 60 women — made a surprise appearance on radio program "WGH Talk," where he told host Scott Spears that "yes," he plans on touring in 2023.
"When I come out of this, I feel that I will be able to perform and be the Bill Cosby that my audience knows me to be," explained the former sitcom icon, who was released from prison in June 2021 after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court determined his due process rights had been violated during his conviction. "There's so much fun to be had in this storytelling that I do. Years ago, maybe 10 years ago, I found it was better to say it after I write it."
Shortly after the chat, Cosby's representative, Andrew Wyatt, confirmed the '80s TV staple was putting these desires into action, the comic purportedly "looking at spring/summer to start touring."
BILL COSBY FACING LAWSUIT FROM FIVE WOMEN ALLEGING SEXUAL ASSAULT
Despite Cosby's decision to reenter the limelight, it seems his wife, Camille Cosby, was the first of likely many women to contest his choice of getting back on the road.
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"Camille tells him that performing again will be an unmitigated disaster, sparking protests and turning their lives into a circus again," spilled an insider close with the infamous actor, claiming The Cosby Show alum reportedly has a much more positive idea of his public persona.
"Bill has it in his head the public still adores him and is waiting for him to make a comeback — and that frustrates Camille no end," they continued.
Despite his wife's protests, it seems Cosby's attempted comeback was years in the making.
Source: OK! Magazine
"He has been working on new materials while incarcerated," Wyatt explained shorty after Cosby was released from prison, claiming the star was in the early stages of working on a documentary for a "major production company and network."
Radar Online reported on Cosby's upcoming comedy tour.


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