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Q: SQL: Can't create function returning table. "Table is not valid at this position, expecting: bit, bool, boolean, ...." I can't figure out what's wrong with this SQL function... in "returns table" it complains that "Table is not valid at this position, expecting: bit, bool, boolean, ....". Does anyone know?
create table department(
    dept_name varchar(20),
    n_prof int,
    budget numeric(10,2),
    primary key (dept_name)
);

create table instructor(
    ID char(5),
    name varchar(20),
    dept_name varchar(20),
    salary numeric(8,2),
    primary key (ID),
    foreign key (dept_name) references department (dept_name)
    );

create function instructors (dept_name char(20))
     returns TABLE
     as
     return
        select ID, name, dept_name, salary
        from instructor
        where instructor.dept_name=dept_name;

A: Based on error, I guess you are using MYSQL database.
As per documentation on user defined functions in MySQL
you can only return values of type {STRING|INTEGER|REAL|DECIMAL}
CREATE [AGGREGATE] FUNCTION function_name RETURNS {STRING|INTEGER|REAL|DECIMAL}
    SONAME shared_library_name

If you want to read a select resultset you have to define a procedure but not function.
DELIMITER //

DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS myProcedure //

CREATE PROCEDURE
  myProcedure( dept_name char(20) )
BEGIN
    select ID, name, dept_name, salary
    from instructor
    where instructor.dept_name=dept_name;
   ;
END
//

DELIMITER ;

And you can call procedure like
call myProcedure( 'CSE' )

That returns implicit objects based on the statements used in the procedure.

A: Please use below query.
USE Your_Database
create table dbo.department(
    dept_name varchar(20),
    n_prof int,
    budget numeric(10,2),
    primary key (dept_name)
);
GO
create table dbo.instructor(
    ID char(5),
    name varchar(20),
    dept_name varchar(20),
    salary numeric(8,2),
    primary key (ID),
    foreign key (dept_name) references department (dept_name)
    );
GO
create function dbo.instructors (@dept_name char(20))
     returns TABLE
     as
     return
        select ID, name, dept_name, salary
        from dbo.instructor
        where instructor.dept_name=@dept_name;

You have used dept_name which is already existing in your table column so use @dept_name instead of that.
Please use GO statement to separate the each transaction otherwise you will get error.

Msg 111, Level 15, State 1, Line 19 'CREATE FUNCTION' must be the
  first statement in a query batch. Msg 137, Level 15, State 2, Line 25
  Must declare the scalar variable "@dept_name".


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Too Much Credit
I stumbled upon a press release from one Lloyd Chapman, president of the American Small Business League, which alleges that White House's PR operatives have killed a number of news stories across a range of MSM outlets. (Actually, it was Mr. Chapman's name and the name of his organization that mostly were spiked.)
At issue is a brewing scandal involving the alleged diversion of Small Business Administration funds from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies like Wal-Mart and Boeing. The head of the organization says:
"White House PR firms have been working overtime to kill stories on Bush administration policies that have diverted over $300 billion in federal small business contracts to the top 2 percent of U.S. firms," Chapman said.
Now, I'm not one to put it past this administration for currying favor with its biggest corporate donors. After all, we only need to look at the nation's energy policy to understand the culture of corporate patronage that exists in the White House. It's Mr. Chapman's assertion that PR firms have the ability to spike MSM stories — barring a threat of legal action — that fell short in my mind.
The release cites a 2006 Office of Government Accountability report that found the Bush administration had spent "$1.6 billion over 30 months on public relations campaigns and advertising." Mr. Chapman asserts that:
"…publications have suddenly dropped their stories on this issue after being pressured by White House public relations firms, including the Associated Press, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Dallas Morning News, BusinessWeek, Inc Magazine, Entrepreneur, Fortune, Fortune Small Business and dozens of other smaller newspapers and magazines around the country."
Mr. Chapman, you give us too much credit. Sure, we can balance a piece by offering up new facts, and we may even be able to kill a story should we overwhelm a reporter with enough information to render obsolete the story's underlying premise. But, even the most influential PR operatives won't lay claim to being able to kill a reasonably legitimate piece.
(Come to think of it, I do recall one legitimate Bush (ear)piece that I wish hadn't been spiked.)
Published March 20, 2007 By Peter Himler
Categorized as American Small Business League, Bush, journalism, media, politics, PR, public relations, Small Business Administration, White House
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Local woman loses out in ransomware scam
A 36 year old Inverclyde woman is counting the cost after falling victim to a ransomware phone scam.
The woman, who asked not to be named, issued this warning to other local residents, "I got a call out of the blue from a man who sounded Indian but said his name was Paul Collins. He said he worked for Avast and that my IP address (Internet protocol – the unique number that identifies all electronic hardware linked to the Internet) had been stolen.
"I used to have Avast (anti-virus software) on my computer so I thought it must be a genuine call. He said that my email address was being used for fraudulent activity and that I needed to give him remote access to my computer to secure it. He said that my Microsoft security software was missing.
"The next minute my laptop was locked. He said the hackers had locked it and that I would need to pay him £162 to unlock it. I paid him and he removed the passwords. I called Virgin afterwards and they said that my email had been secure all along.
"My bank won't refund the money because I made the payment. I've had to change all my bank details. I can't find these people anywhere. The London number that came up on the phone is dead. The payment details are for a company in Sydney, Australia, not Avast, and I can't get in touch with them either."
Councillor Michael McCormick, Convener of Inverclyde Council's Environment & Regeneration Committee, said, "This case features all the hallmarks of a scam. Genuine companies do not phone individuals out-of-the-blue to tell them there is a problem with their computer.
"Our advice is to be very wary of anyone who asks you to give them remote access to your computer. If you use your computer for online banking or Internet shopping, you are giving them access to all you bank and personal information. If they lock your computer, as happened in this case, you could also lose all your personal files. Make sure Windows Remote Desktop and Windows Remote Assistance are turned off. This will help to stop hackers taking over your machine."
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Squire Patton Boggs has continued the development of its data privacy and cybersecurity practice, with th...
Squire Patton Boggs has continued the development of its data privacy and cybersecurity practice, with the recruitment of a former prosecutor who began her professional life in the software security industry.
A former federal prosecutor and software security expert has joined Squire Patton Boggs as a partner in its Washington, DC data privacy and cybersecurity practice from DLA Piper.
Tara McGraw Swaminatha specialises in data breach investigations, and defending clients in regulatory actions and litigation, as well as internal compliance.
It is the latest in a series of hires bolstering the firm's cybersecurity practice, at a time when the data breaches have never been more high-profile and the consequences for reputation and finances, in the form of fines and lost business, more damaging.
According to a study by Swaminatha's former employer, DLA Piper, a quarter of European companies have no cybersecurity strategy.
UK phone company TalkTalk, online dating site Ashley Madison, are high-profile examples of the dangers in this area, as is Mossack Fonesca, whose clients were exposed in the Panama Papers, while last month, UK retailer Debenhams suffered a breach, via a third-party contractor.
Swaminatha spent three years as cybersecurity of counsel at DLA Piper and previously spent two-and-a-half years with Cooley as a technology transactions attorney. For three-and-a-half years, from 2008 to 2011, she was a federal prosecutor at the Department of Justice's (DoJ) computer crime and intellectual property section, conducting data breach investigations and assisting on nationwide computer crime cases.
Before becoming a lawyer, she worked in the technology sector, including for Virginia-headquartered software security company Citigal and as an information security administrator for the International Finance Corporation, the World Bank's development finance institution, conducting security risk assessments and originating its information security policy.
Robin Campbell, co-chair of the global data privacy and cybersecurity practice, said in a statement: "With cybersecurity incidents and the digitalisation of data both on the rise, a primary focus for in-house counsel right now is privacy and security."
He added that Swaminatha "blends experience advising corporate clients on incident response and defending them against litigation and investigations, as a former federal computer-crime prosecutor, and as a technical software security consultant", giving her "unique insight".
Swaminatha said she was excited to join "a quickly expanding practice in one of the world's most global law firms" and that "given the international nature of cybersecurity incidents, it is essential to have a team working collaboratively across jurisdictions to ensure the best results for our clients".
The firm said in a statement that it had "strategically expanded" the practice over the past year. That included the hire of Campbell, along with colleague Elliot Golding, from Crowell & Moring in Washington earlier this year, the Tokyo hire of the former general counsel for Sega and senior attorney for Microsoft as a cybersecurity expert in August last year, followed in November by a Brussels-based data protection partner from Covington & Burling.
The firm has added more technical expertise over the past year, hiring an e-discovery manager in London last September and two telecommunications disputes specialists in Washington this April.
Last year the firm hired former speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner as an energy policy advisor.
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Paramount's Bumblebee Injects more than $84.8 Million into California Economy
WASHINGTON – The production of Paramount's Bumblebee contributed more than $84.8 million to the California economy, according to new data released by the studio. The production hired more than 2,800 local workers, who took home nearly $50.5 million in wages, and supported 1,250 local vendors. The Transformers prequel spent 189 days on locations in Solano, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mammoth, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz.
"When it comes to the latest installment of the Transformers franchise, there's more than meets the eye," said the Motion Picture Association of America's Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin. "The production of this film not only directly employed thousands of creative professionals, it also spent tens of millions of dollars at local businesses throughout the state – adding to California's already robust creative economy."
By the numbers, Bumblebee's production spent:
More than $25.5 million on local rentals and purchases for set decoration, production, and other supplies.
More than $1.8 million on lodging.
More than $1.7 million on hardware and lumber supplies.
Nearly $1.4 million on transportation, including truck/car rentals and gasoline.
More than $590,000 on local catering and other food items for the cast and crew.
"America's creative industries provide entertainment around the world while creating more than $1.2 trillion in economic activity right here at home. And none of it would be possible without the thousands of below-the-line craftspeople, artists, engineers, and more who work on the film," said Creative Rights Caucus Co-Chair Representative Judy Chu (CA-27). "Films like Bumblebee employ thousands of local vendors and spend millions on lodging, food, transportation, and wages. The local impact of the film industry for my district is huge, and I'm so proud to support the film industry and other creative industries."
Bumblebee, the sixth installment of the live action series, sets the beloved titular character's backstory 20 years before the 2007 original. It was directed by Travis Knight, the first to helm a Transformers installment since Michael Bey, and stars Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Jason Drucker, and Pamela Adlon, with Dylan O'Brien as the voice of Bumblebee.
Bumblebee opens in theaters today. Visit thecredits.org for a behind-the-scenes look.
The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) serves as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries from its offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Its members include: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; Paramount Pictures Corporation; 20th Century Fox Entertainment Inc.; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation; Universal City Studios LLC; and Sony Entertainment Inc.
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For the last two days I have been camping with over 300 sixth graders on the Appalachian Trail.
Needless to say I am exhausted and aching all over.
We attempted to catch frogs in the pond but ended up only catching salamanders.
But the view from the top of the Ridge was breathtaking!
There were deer everywhere and they would walk so close to us!
In the far distance you can see the ridge where we hiked.
& last but not least, the swamp.
I wish we did cool things like this when I was in middle school.
Even I learned so much about succession and the environment!
Maggie is getting so big!
Lately the fiancé has been in a DIY drink phase, and I say lately but in reality he wants to open his own brewery.
Turned out pretty darn good!
citrus fruits, strawberries and peaches.


« Skip Rope Like You Mean It!
From a tactical point of view, I can't think of anything that will take your boxing to the next level more than implementing and launching compound attacks. The classic scenario is you go to your opponent with a set of punches and head movement, and whether it's 3 punches or 8 he knows that after you have launched your attack he can make his move or at least take a break for a about 5-10 seconds while you reset. When you set up a second immediate attack (within 1 or 2 seconds) there is an element of surprise and sustained pressure which separates you from 90% of fighters.
The best compound attacker right now is Pacquiao, that doesn't mean he's the best boxer, I still think it's Mayweather, only time will tell. However, watch what Pacquiao does and watch his fights, he throws a fury of punches after faking and setting up angles, he resets or steps back or creates an angle, and then goes in for a second helping of beat down on his opponent.
I picked this stuff up initially from watching tons of Tyson fights, he was a master at setting up second and third attacks, and he had to because every time he launched his opponent was on the run. A good example of this is to watch him against Tyrell Biggs or Mitch Green, it took Tyson a couple of rounds to get close and start landing. I learned a lot from watching Tyson and you probably can too, you can also learn a lot from watching Tyson lose to Douglas and Holyfield in their first fight. It's always good to see different strategies from both sides.
You: pouncing on opponent as he moves to safety (since you are close enough), or countering his attack since you are ready for it and were about to launch again.
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My favorite wild turkey comes in a bottle. haha jk that stuff is awful. Have a wonderful holiday celebrating with your fam! I'll miss you while you're gone, but I know you're having a ball.


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By: Daniel Kahneman
Narrated by: Patrick Egan
Length: 20 hours
#2 in Bestselling Philosophy Audiobooks
A major New York Times bestseller
In the international bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, the renowned psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The impact of overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning our next vacation—each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems shape our judgments and decisions.
Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives—and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. Winner of the National Academy of Sciences Best Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and selected by The New York Times Book Review as one of the ten best books of 2011, Thinking, Fast and Slow is destined to be a classic.
"[Kahneman's] disarmingly simple experiments have profoundly changed the way that we think about thinking. . . . We like to see ourselves as a Promethean species, uniquely endowed with the gift of reason. But Mr. Kahneman's simple experiments reveal a very different mind, stuffed full of habits that, in most situations, lead us astray. "
Jonah Lehrer, The Wall Street Journal
"Absorbingly articulate and infinitely intelligent . . . What's most enjoyable and compelling about Thinking, Fast and Slow is that it's so utterly, refreshingly anti-Gladwellian. There is nothing pop about Kahneman's psychology, no formulaic story arc, no beating you over the head with an artificial, buzzword-encrusted Big Idea. It's just the wisdom that comes from five decades of honest, rigorous scientific work, delivered humbly yet brilliantly, in a way that will forever change the way you think about thinking."
Maria Popova, The Atlantic
Daniel Kahneman is Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Princeton University and a professor of public affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is the only non-economist to have won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences; it was awarded to him in 2002 for his pioneering work with Amos Tversky on decision-making.
"Profound. . . . As Copernicus removed the Earth from the centre of the universe and Darwin knocked humans off their biological perch, Mr. Kahneman has shown that we are not the paragons of reason we assume ourselves to be."
"A major intellectual event. . . . The work of Kahneman and Tversky was a crucial pivot point in the way we see ourselves."
David Brooks, The New York Times
"For anyone interested in economics, cognitive science, psychology, and, in short, human behavior, this is the book of the year. Before Malcolm Gladwell and Freakonomics, there was Daniel Kahneman who invented the field of behavior economics, won a Nobel . . . and now explains how we think and make choices. Here's an easy choice: read this."
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Author Daniel Kahneman
Narrator Patrick Egan
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Publisher Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Publication date October 25, 2011
Genres Science, Philosophy & Nonfiction
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"Experimental Investigation of the Thermal Performance of Piezoelectric" by Tolga Acikalin, Sydney M. Wait et al.
Piezoelectric fans are investigated as a cooling technology for the thermal management of electronic devices. Flow visualization experiments are conducted to better understand the physics of fan operation. Prototypes of the fans are built and tested to assess their feasibility and cooling performance and determine optimal locations for the fans. An enclosure the size of a cellular phone and a commercially available laptop computer are used to demonstrate the cooling feasibility of the fans. Piezoelectric fans are found to offer significant localized cooling, exceeding enhancements in convective heat transfer coefficients of 100%, while exhibiting low power consumption, minimal noise, and small dimensions. Performance metrics for piezoelectric fans should be based on heat transfer characteristics, such as the percent increase in the heat transfer coefficient of the system. Optimization techniques that maximize the electromechanical coupling factor (EMCF) can be used to design efficient fans.
T. Açıkalın, S. M. Wait, S. V. Garimella and A. Raman, "Experimental Investigation of the Thermal Performance of Piezoelectric Fans," Heat Transfer Engineering, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 4-14, 2004.


WARM members are invited to exhibit at the Gallery Cafe at Saint Paul's Bethesda Hospital – a long-term acute care hospital that offers integrated programs for patients whose illnesses or injuries have long-term effects.We are looking for works that portray the theme of "Fall Transformation… Looking Inward".
Special Opportunity! Extend this invitation to a non-member friend!
Each WARM artist in the Fall Transformation show may invite one non-member friend to show with them! Just forward this email to a friend(s); invite them to show with you; and to mention your name when they contact Allie Hafez (below).
The Gallery Cafe is a high traffic space where your art will be appreciated by hospital workers, visitors and patients. Bethesda also has an art purchase program, and they often purchase pieces from shows to add to their art library. This library gives patients the opportunity to choose art for the rooms as part of their healing journey at the hospital.
For this reason, work needs to be appropriate for a healing, therapeutic setting; please no work depicting violence or other difficult to view subject matter.
Each artist can submit up to two pieces in their original submission. Following the first round of submissions, you may be asked to bring additional pieces as space allows. Wall pieces must be four feet or less in height, and ready to hang from a hanging system. Three dimensional work can be displayed in covered pedestals ranging in size from 12″x12″x12″ to 30″x30″x24″.
Images of work are appreciated but not required. (Images sent may be used in publicity).
There is no entry fee for this show. The deadline to respond is September 16th. The call will close when 20 (twenty) 2D artists /8 (eight) 3D artists are confirmed.
Drop-off Day will be September 29th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at Bethesda. If you can't make it at this time you may bring art to Layl McDill's studio at 34 Thirteenth Ave. NE, Suite 109. (Contact Layl at layl@claysquared.com to set up a drop-off time).
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16 Mar What's in a Name? East Lake Meadows and Little Vietnam
East Lake Meadows and "Little Vietnam"
Katie Marages Schank, Emory University
Less than a year after its 1971 opening, East Lake Meadows had become known as "little Vietnam." And by the time the project was being redeveloped in the 1990s, as Adam Goldstein discusses in his article, reports in the Washington Post, New York Times, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution could refer to East Lake Meadows by this moniker without any need for an explanation about the name's meaning or origin. In the public's imagination the two had become synonymous, and both symbolized all of the problems that had come to beset public housing: violence, crime, drugs, poor maintenance, and police indifference. However, the exact origins of the nickname "little Vietnam" have been lost over time and apocryphal stories have often filled the void.
Poor construction at East Lake Meadows led to increased maintenance costs and meant that shortly after opening, the housing project and landscape were in disrepair. The sheer numbers of residents and ratio of adults to children meant East Lake Meadows was ripe for problems, especially considering the complex lacked support facilities such as a day care center, health clinic, welfare office, recreation space, and community center when it first opened. Due to these deficiencies, Reverend Phillips Barnhart, the pastor of the East Lake United Methodist Church and an advocate for tenants' rights, had even sought a court injunction in October 1970 against the housing project's opening. As he predicted: "you just don't put that many people in that small a space without having chaos." 1
The Great Speckled Bird. April 24, 1972. Great Speckled Bird Collection, Southern Labor Archives, Georgia State University Library. Copyright The Great Speckled Bird. Courtesy Georgia State University.
Chaos did ensue at East Lake Meadows almost immediately after residents moved in to the housing project. Some of the biggest problems were drugs and violence. Rumors circulated that pushers sold drugs out of ice cream trucks and guns were ubiquitous amongst residents of all ages. Police were reportedly slow to respond and when they did, they were reportedly indifferent and the residents were uncooperative. Moreover, because the project was in Atlanta but part of DeKalb County, DeKalb police did not patrol the area, while Atlanta police were hesitant to make arrests. In response to these issues, residents and advocates attended a meeting of the Atlanta aldermanic Police Committee in December 1971. It was at that meeting that Vietnam was invoked for the first time to describe East Lake Meadows. An exchange took place between Alderman Jack Summers and the Reverend Barnhart, who had spoken presciently about East Lake Meadow's looming troubles: 2
Barnhart stated: "We need some action now or we won't be around. This place is going to end up in chaos." Alderman Jack Summers responded: "You have the sympathy of this committee. We'll see what we can do. It sounds like a baby Vietnam out there." To which Barnhart replied: "I'm afraid it's about full-grown."
Journalist Bill Seldon reported on this conversation between the two men in a January 1972 Atlanta Constitution front-page article – the first in a four-part series on East Lake Meadows and the problems it faced. Vietnam and East Lake Meadows were now indelibly connected in print.
Seldon further solidified the connection between East Lake and Vietnam two days later when he wrote: "During any given month in the fall of 1971 there were as many Americans killed in Atlanta as were killed in Vietnam. While the war in Southeast Asia is winding down, there has been no letup in the killing in Atlanta." 3 Seldon not only continued to join East Lake Meadows and Vietnam in the minds of the public, but he made it sound as if public housing was actually worse. The name conjured up images of the danger and violence associated with a war-torn country. From that point forward, "little Vietnam" became shorthand not only for the housing project but also for the conditions at East Lake Meadows. By the early 1970s, many viewed the war in Vietnam as unwinnable and associating it with East Lake Meadows imbued the public with the idea that perhaps the housing project was also unsalvageable.
Atlanta Constitution, January 20, 1972, 10A.
War rhetoric used in relationship to Atlanta's public housing was not new in the 1970s. When the housing program began in the 1930s, public housing promoters often invoked tropes of war and battle when they talked about the slum clearance that would take place to make way for new public housing projects. In the early years of the Atlanta Housing Authority, the idea that war was being declared on the slums was a powerful concept that the people of Atlanta were willing to stand behind. As a patriotic fervor struck the United States in the midst of and after World War II, the idea of war was noble and patriotic. In that context, defeating the slums meant defeating an enemy and liberating the people who had been held captive by bad living conditions. 4
However, by the 1970s war had taken on a different meaning both in the United States and in relationship to Atlanta's public housing projects. Now, war was being waged against public housing, and the very thing that had once been seen as the liberator was now seen as the enemy. If a war against the conditions in East Lake Meadows were, indeed, unwinnable, and had been thought about that way almost as long as the housing project had existed, then the public could support demolition of the housing project. Moreover, if the war against "Little Vietnam" was viewed as just as unwinnable as the real war in Vietnam had been, then perhaps its demolition can be understood as a case of winning a battle in what was overall an unwinnable war. But while a dangerous location was removed from Atlanta's landscape, the people who once resided in the housing project have not necessarily been liberated. Redevelopment in Atlanta has become a new war against the poor who were removed from their former homes and were ineligible for residence in the new developments that have replaced public housing across the city.
Schank, Katie Marages. "What's in a Name? East Lake Meadows and Little Vietnam." Atlanta Studies. March 16, 2017. https://doi.org/10.18737/atls20170316
Public Housing Redevelopment & Resident Replacement at East Lake Meadows
A Tale of Two Cities: The Atlanta Project and the Redevelopment of East Lake Meadows
POWER AND PLACE-NAMING: THE STRUGGLE FOR A NEW URBAN ORDER IN MIDTOWN
Bill Seldon, "Poor Services Plague Area," Atlanta Constitution, January 18, 1972, 11A.[↩]
Bill Seldon, "Residents Say Help Is Slow to Arrive," Atlanta Constitution, January 17, 1972, 1A. The Great Speckled Bird also published a version of Summer's comment. See Candy, "The Slums of the Future," Great Speckled Bird, April 24, 1972, 12-13.[↩]
Bill Seddon, "City Killings Per Month Equal to American Dead in Viet War," Atlanta Constitution, January 20, 1972, 10A. Emphasis in the original.[↩]
The force behind Techwood Homes, Atlanta's first public housing project, and also the first chairman of the Atlanta Housing Authority's Board of Directors, Charles Palmer relied heavily on images of war and battle. He gave speeches titled "World War Against the Slums" and also titled his autobiography Adventures of a Slum Fighter.[↩]
Black Atlanta, East Lake Meadows, media, public housing, redevelopment


Hi, I'm Luke, a happily and successfully divorced father of two. I love my children and they live with my wonderful girlfriend/partner and second Mum and I have the time. We have a great rlationship with them and their mother my ex-wife through concious creation of that. We believe its easily achievable if you actively choose to create it.
The big 'D' word! I find it intriguing how much is attached to this word and the deep angry emotions so often attached. I have a totaly different view, it's the end of a relationship. When couples who have been together for years but never married, split, it's not treated in the same way it seems. However when you break it down it is, the end of a committed journey two people shared, as sad, as painful, as final and the only difference in my opinion is that in a marriage there is also a legal bond. It doesn't lessen the effects on the people involved in the break-up.
For this reason I looked at the end of my marriage in a similar vein, the end of a relationship and chose to treat it as such. That's not to say it's easy but it enabled me to look at things from a different psychological view point. Here is a woman who shared 17 years of my life, good times and bad, happy times and sad and the mother of my two amazing children. I had so much to be grateful for and decided that this would lead my focus and language during this difficult transition.
My very first step was to visit a a few child psychologists to find out more about the effects our divorce could have on our children and was oddly surprised by the feed back I received. Two experts in their respective field echoed the same sentiment. Children are most affected by the relationship their parents have irrespective of whether this is in one home or two. Children who live in a home with married parents, in which the parents are unhappy and as a result treat each other poorly, fight often in front of their children, are disrespectful too one another, bicker often with nasty remarks passed to and fro can do as much harm as parents who do this from the position of divorce. I was blessed our relationship didn't degenerate to this. In the opinion of these specialists 'divorced parents who are mutually respectful, kind and communicate fairly' will affect their children less so than an unhappy violent home. I know there are exceptions to every rule or guidline but this gave me the base and advice I was looking for.
For the reasons listed above I sat down and wrote about how I wanted my divorce to proceed, what steps I would put in place to ensure a peaceful transition, what I was willing to accept and if I found conditions or interactions unacceptable by my standards how I would handle such. It was a very therapeutic exercise and I encourage anyone going through divorce to try it. I decided that when my Ex-wife was angry and hurting I would give her space, no react angrily and once the tension had subsided speak to her again. The first 6 months were challenging, with my own emotions, children adjusting to two homes and a divorce to be finalised with division of assets etc. I decided to leave everything behind to keep the childrens home the way they remembered it and because I had decided to end the relationship.
I discussed my visit to the child psychologists with my ex-wife and encouraged her to do likewise. We discussed the end goal and what best would serve our children without dismissing our personal needs. She is a great mother and agreed to try to achieve that goal, a mutually respectful relationship, one where we'd be able to be in one anothers company at birthdays, school plays and sporting events. One where we could sit together with our respective new partners and talk about the children and their progress and parenting issues. And credit to her too, she has been great, and can come into our home, enjoy a cup of coffee or a meal and we can all be together with the children. And as a result they have adjusted brilliantly, not skipped a beat at school, happy, popular delightful children that are loved by their parents and piers.
I'm not suggesting that there are not other ways to handle a divorce but for my ex and I having an end goal in sight helps one handle the challenges along the way. I'm blessed with an amazing girlfiend and partner who has herself been divorced and understands how important maintaining that relationship is. With her support and understanding, great co-parenting and an agreed goal with my ex-wife I can truly say I'm happily divorced and I strongly believe it is an achievable goal.
Do I believe in marriage you may ask, I do, and I also believe you can have as beautiful and committed a relationship without a legal union.
These are some brilliant books that helped me through my decision and life after divorce.


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Holiday, Overton not 100 percent for USC
By Bob Sherwin December 28, 2010 Updated: October 4, 2012 No Comments3 Mins Read
Washington senior Justin Holiday won't be 100 percent for the start of the Pac-10 season. (Drew McKenzie/Sportspress Northwest)
Washington begins Pac-10 play Wednesday at less than full strength. It likely will have limited play from two of its most critical pieces, defensive specialist, senior guard Venoy Overton, and steady senior forward Justin Holiday.
Overton hyper-extended his left leg a week ago Monday in practice. It caused him to miss last Wednesday's game against Nevada. He had played in 114 straight games.
"I'm still not as quick as I can be and still have little aches in there," said Overton, who has had a series of pesky injuries. "I say about Wednesday I'll be fine."
Maybe not. Even he admits that "injury-wise, I'm 75 to 80 percent. It's tough to push off my left leg."
UW Coach Lorenzo Romar said for Overton "it's about gaining confidence in it (leg). He might feel a slight tweet and just not feel as confident with it."
Overton, considered by many to be among the top defensive players in the nation, has not had a unfettered senior season. He tore a hamstring just before training camp and missed virtually all of the preseason. He then fell on his tailbone Nov. 16 against Eastern Washington and was hobbled.
Though 11 games, he has not had the defensive impact as he did last season.
"He's a big part of our game," Romar said. "We've seen him change games at time. So if you're without a game-changer, obviously that can impact your team."
Holiday sprained his right ankle with 5:04 left in the Nevada. He has been limited in practice. Like Overton, he's unable to push off the leg with a strong move.
"He tells me it's weaker, so he can't really push off like he'd like to," Romar said. "We're still a couple days away."
But a limited Holiday would put the Huskies at a disadvantage. As Romar said, "he's been probably our most consistent player."
Holiday, who has started all 11 games, is averaging 12.6 points per game, shooting 53.6 percent. He is shooting 48.6 (17 of 35) from three-point range and is a 81 percent free-throw shooters. He also averages 6.2 rebounds per game and leads the team in steals with 24.
Romar said that "I don't sees any reason why they won't be on the floor when we play USC." He just doesn't know how long they can go and how effective they can be.
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Centerplate Launches "Centerplate Promise" Campaign
Published Wed, Oct 10 20129:36 AM EDT
STAMFORD, Conn., Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Centerplate, the leading Event Hospitality partner to North America's top entertainment venues, convention centers and sports franchises, announced today the launch of a national program, The Centerplate Promise, as part of the company's core commitment to support and improve the communities in which Centerplate staff live and work. Building on the success of Centerplate's "Journey Home" initiative, which raised over $300,000 to fight homelessness in Baltimore, The Centerplate Promise will leverage Centerplate's national portfolio of over 250 venues to combat child homelessness nationwide.
The Centerplate Promise will debut with two premier founding partners: the San Diego Chargers and San Francisco 49ers. Turning hospitality into hope, one touchdown at a time, the Centerplate Promise has already started raising money just over month into the 2012-2013 football season. The Centerplate Promise works by taking home team touchdowns scored by Centerplate's partner NFL franchises and linking the on-field accomplishments to locally impactful charitable donations which will combat child homelessness.
"Centerplate takes incredible pride in partnering with the local community to make a positive impact on our friends and neighbors – both in and out of the stadium," says Centerplate President and CEO Des Hague. "Having the privilege of working for our NFL partners' incredible fans comes with a responsibility to be a community leader, and the Centerplate Promise is one of our ways of giving back."
At Qualcomm Stadium, where Centerplate serves as the hospitality partner to the San Diego Chargers, The Centerplate Promise will donate $100 for every hometeam touchdown during Chargers home games. The funds will go towards combating child homelessness in San Diego through The Salvation Army's Door of Hope.
"The Chargers have been working with the Salvation Army to help San Diego's homeless for more than 10 years," said A.G. Spanos, Executive Vice President and CEO of the Chargers. "Now it's nice to know that, with Centerplate's help, every touchdown we score at home this year will also help combat child homelessness in San Diego by helping provide two of life's essentials: food and shelter. We're proud to have Centerplate as a partner of the Chargers."
At Candlestick Park, where Centerplate serves as the hospitality partner to the San Francisco 49ers, The Centerplate Promise will donate $100 for every hometeam touchdown during 49ers home games. The funds will go towards the 49ers/Taube/Koret Foundation's Touchdowns for Kids program, helping at-risk Bay Area youth through the 49ers Foundation's mission to keep kids Safe, on Track, and in School."
"We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with both Centerplate as well as the Taube Family Foundation and the Koret Foundation, as we all share a common goal of providing much needed assistance to our local youth," said 49ers Owner and Co-Chair Denise York.
"Through the Touchdowns for Kids program's creative partnerships, we are excited to align the core values of the 49ers Foundation, to keep kids 'Safe, on Track and in School,' with some remarkable philanthropic organizations. Their generous charitable contribution to very special beneficiaries is commendable and we are honored to be part of this impactful program," added 49ers Owner and Co-Chair John York.
These two founding stadiums are just the start of a national roll out for The Centerplate Promise, which will grow to incorporate a number of Centerplate's 250 venues nationwide.
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Centerplate crafts and delivers "Craveable Experiences. Raveable Results." in over 250 prominent entertainment, sports and convention venues across North America – annually serving over 100 million guests. Centerplate has provided event hospitality services to 15 official U.S. Presidential Inaugural Balls, 13 Super Bowls, 20 World Series, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, and the largest plated dinner in history at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Centennial Celebration. Last year, the company was named the fastest growing restaurant/ hospitality group in the country by Nation's Restaurant News. Visit the company online at www.centerplate.com.
About The San Francisco 49ers Foundation
The San Francisco 49ers Foundation is the non-profit community funding extension of the San Francisco 49ers. Now in its 20th year, the 49ers Foundation supports development programs for underserved youth that keep them, "Safe, on Track, and in School." Since its inception, the Foundation has donated over $18 million to support non-profits, including $2.4 million in 2011.
The 49ers, Taube Family and Koret Foundations Touchdowns for Kids Program will benefit the following organizations in 2012:
49ers Academy
Bay Area Women's Sports Initiative (BAWSI)
Pathways for Kids
Summer Search
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For the past several months, Land Trust staff has been working closely with the Ennisbrook Home Owners Association in Montecito to strategize ways to clear mud and flood debris from the 44-acre San Ysidro Oak Woodland. This open space running along San Ysidro Creek, owned by the Ennisbrook HOA and conserved by the Land Trust, provides the community with opportunities for bird and butterfly watching and hiking trails that wind through groves of ancient oak and sycamore. The area was heavily impacted by the debris flows on January 9th; nearly all of the easement was inundated with mud, rock and debris from the destroyed properties uphill. The adjacent neighborhood of Glen Oaks and the Randall Road area were the hardest hit areas in all of Montecito.
Last week, the Land Trust learned that we were successful in attracting nearly $200K in FEMA funds to support restoration of the San Ysidro Oak Woodland. The Ennisbrook HOA has pledged additional funds to match and augment the cleanup effort and we are excited that many members of the community are also engaged in supporting the effort. It was through extremely quick action that the Land Trust was able to solicit these funds as the close of the FEMA granting period for mitigation funds was in early March.
Soon after the debris event, the Land Trust determined that the cost of removing all the soil, rock and debris from the property would be prohibitive and that a solution was needed that would work around the new landform. With members of the HOA and a dedicated group of neighbors, we have embraced a strategy to clear the destruction debris, remove soil from around the hundreds of oak trees and restore the native vegetation to the creek and the uplands.
Over the course of the next few weeks and months you will see countless volunteers from the Bucket Brigade and work crews hired by the Land Trust continuing to clean the property working on removal of soil from around the oaks. You will also begin to see revegetation efforts and weed management projects take shape. We foresee planting native shrubs along the creek, adding new oak trees, and an intensive effort to manage the ever-present invasive weeds.
With the help of our engaged community, we look forward to the impact this property will have on the next generation of Santa Barbara kids.


After taking a break from real estate for a few years, I have decided to return to my passion. I'm back in the market! I am very excited about returning to this industry and something so central to everyone I know: homes.
If you want someone trustworthy to represent you in a sale or purchase, or if any of your friends are thinking about making a change in their residence, please forward them my information. I always love to meet new people and I appreciate your thoughtful referrals!
Or, if you're curious about what's going on in real estate right now, call me! The market is constantly changing and I consider it important to keep my friends and clients up-to-date on what's happening today and what to expect going forward.
I hope you and your family are all happy and healthy. I look forward to hearing from you soon!


In Ireland, the besom, or witches broomstick, was sometimes called a "Faery's Horse." Today, "jumping the broom" has become an important aspect of Wiccan Handfastings, symbolizing the transition from the Maiden phase of life to that of the Mother. It also became a symbol of Samhain because of its fertility symbolism. The broomstick is a phallic symbol used by female witches in fertility rites, and it is from this idea that the witches of Halloween ride broomsticks. The sweeping end was traditionally made of the broom herb, a feminine herb.
The notion of the Halloween witch riding upon a broom also may have been a misrepresentation of astral projection. As Samhain represents a time when the veil, the threshold between the world of the living and the realm of the spirits, is very thin, it is the perfect time for astral projection and communion with the souls of the dead.
Traditionally, the broomstick is made of a limb from an ash tree.
Soak the herb you'll be using for the bristles overnight in warm, lightly salted water (to make them pliable). Allow them to dry a bit before using. They should be damp and pliable when binding the broom. Should they get too dry, soak them some more.
Line the straws alongside the limb, about 3 inches from the bottom. THE BOTTOM OF THE BRISTLES SHOULD POINT TOWARD THE TOP OF THE BROOM. Begin binding these around the broomstick with the pre-soaked willow binding. Tie them very securely. Add as many layers of bristle as you want, depending on how full you want the broom end to be.
Bend the top of the bristles over the willow twine. When they are gently pulled over, tie the bristles again just below the fold. Leave the broom overnight to dry.
Decorate the broomstick, if you wish, with your magickal name, magickal symbols or sigils. Consecrate the finished broom as you would any ritual object.
Cotton or hemp twine can be substituted for willow strapping.
Consecrate the finished broom as you would any ritual object.


We had a dilemma with our 40-year-old home that was badly in need of an update. Barbara, the owner of American Home & Living Solutions (AHLS), came to our aid. She made suggestions to bring it up to date without spending a large amount of money. She made recommendations for contractors to handle updates to floors and bathrooms. She took me shopping and together we choose items such as draperies, comforters, rugs, shower curtains, etc. Oh! You should see it now. We love it!
AHLS will also handle your cleaning needs. We have one of their employees who cleans' for us. She does an outstanding job, and our home just sparkles!
What began as a "move out" cleaning in 2007 has turned into a long-lasting relationship with American Home & Living Solutions. Barbra's company has been there for us, for regular service and cleaning for special events. She works with me personally whenever I need it. The personnel that have cleaned my home over the years have done a great job, and any concerns have been addressed immediately. I have recommended American Home and Living Solutions to both friends and family members. They consistently exceed our expectations!
AHLS has been my preferred cleaning company since 2011. They have always been reliable and very accommodating. I am very picky about my house and I except once the girls learn my quirks theydo them without having to be reminded. Barbara has personally brought the cleaners through and shown them what I expect. If I am going out of town I try and give them plenty of notice, but emergencies happen and she has always been very understanding. This is a family based business and they treat clients like family and I like that. I am a very satisfied customer. Thanks AHLS for everything!
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Brian Inglis (31 July 1916 – 11 February 1993) was an Irish journalist, historian and television presenter. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and retained an interest in Irish history and politics.

He was best known to people in Britain as the presenter of All Our Yesterdays, a television review of events exactly 25 years previously, as seen in newsreels, newspaper articles etc.  He also presented the weekly review of newspapers known as What the Papers Say.

He joined the staff of The Spectator in 1954, and became editor in 1959, soon afterwards hiring the young Bernard Levin to write for the magazine. He continued as editor until 1962.

He also had interests in the paranormal, and alternative medicine.

Early life and education
Brian Inglis was born into a middle-class professional Church of Ireland family (his father was Sir Claude Cavendish Inglis FRS, a hydraulic engineer who founded the Hydraulic Research Station, Wallingford; his mother was Lady Vera Inglis, née Blood) in the closed society of Malahide, north County Dublin.  He was a grandson of J. R. Blood and thus a likely descendant of Thomas Blood, who attempted (unsuccessfully) to steal the British Crown Jewels.  He found the life he was born into oppressive in its obsession with custom, style, privilege, respectability, and ostracism.  Since the people around him were regarded as English invaders by the local Irish Catholics, and as Irish by society over in Britain, he felt alienated from, or was rejected by, everyone to whom he might claim a connection.

He attended the Dragon School in Oxford, Shrewsbury School, Trinity College, Dublin, and Magdalen College, Oxford. After service in the RAF during World War II, he studied for a PhD in History at Trinity College, Dublin. His thesis was the basis for his first book, Freedom of the Press in Ireland (1954).

Adult life
He married Ruth Woodeson, the writer, in 1958, and they had a son and a daughter, later separating. In 1962, he published his first memoir West Briton (a pejorative reference to the Anglo-Irish upper classes in Ireland, from whose cultural influence Inglis never entirely escaped).  He was a founding member of the British-Irish Association, which became the British Association for Irish Studies.

In 1975, he wrote and narrated a unique sound archive of World War II for record label Cameo Classics, entitled Sounds of All Our Yesterdays. It was researched by his friend Bill Grundy, a Producer of the Granada TV series All Our Yesterdays, which Inglis had presented for 10 years.

His interest in the paranormal began while working at The Spectator. In 1978, Inglis published Natural and Supernatural. With Arthur Koestler and Tony Bloomfield he co-founded the KIB Society to sponsor paranormal research (which was later renamed the Koestler Parapsychology Unit). He published a work on people who enter trance states (Trance: A Natural History of Altered States of Mind) and his last work, written as a tribute to Koestler dealt with the subject of synchronicity. It was entitled Coincidence: A Matter of Chance or Synchronicity?.

Inglis was a member of the Society for Psychical Research. He was a believer in clairvoyance and precognition. He claimed to have experienced precognitive dreams and was convinced Uri Geller had psychic powers. Inglis was a consultant on the 1981 Thames Television programme Mind Over Matter.

He published his final memoir, Downstart, in 1990. The title is taken from the preface to Immaturity by George Bernard Shaw, and is a play on the word upstart, as in one who pretends to a higher station in life than is merited.

Reception

History

The historian J. C. Beckett gave Inglis's book The Story of Ireland (1956) a positive review and described it as an "attractive historical introduction to contemporary Ireland."

Inglis described the conditions of the poor during the Industrial Revolution in his book the Men of Conscience (1971). In a review Brian Heeney wrote whilst not entirely objective it is a "well-written tract, full of lore about the masses who suffered and the classes who oppressed them." Peter Stearns wrote that the book was well written but contained grand pretensions which make it bad history.

Inglis's biography of Roger Casement was well received. Michael McInerney described his research as comprehensive and "his approach sympathetic yet penetrating." The historian Patrick O'Farrell wrote the biography is of "considerable historiographical significance."

Inglis wrote about war over the opium trade in his book The Opium War (1976). Donald Gould gave the book a positive review describing it as a fascinating account. However, the historian John Fairbank concluded the book offered nothing new and covered less detail than other writers on the subject such as Peter Fay about warfare. Jacques Downs wrote the book was a respectable contribution to the subject but Fay's book would be preferred by historians.

Medicine

Inglis's book Revolution in Medicine (1958) is a criticism of modern medicine and its materialistic viewpoints and a defense of psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy. William Sargant in the British Medical Journal wrote the book was a case of special pleading and some of the information that Inglis cited was misleading. Sargant wrote although Inglis had criticized medicine for its preoccupation with physical treatment and psychotherapy should not be neglected it is only the "new empirical and mechanistic physical treatments" that have provided effective relief for suffering of many patients.

Glenn Sonnedecker in the American Scientist gave Inglis's book The Forbidden Game: A Social History of Drugs (1975) a negative review.  Sonnedecker wrote that Inglis had made assumptions and conclusions without evidence and there was an uncritical use of sources. Inglis in his book The Diseases of Civilization (1981) attacked orthodox medical practice. Frank Lesser wrote the book was well referenced. However, the book received a negative review by Charles Fletcher in the Journal of Medical Ethics who wrote Inglis was biased and his information was often inaccurate.

Inglis defended non-orthodox forms of treatment for back pain in his book The Book of the Back (1978). Malcolm Jayson criticised the book claiming it was filled with errors and Inglis was too uncritically accepting of alternative therapies.

Psychical research

Michael McVaugh positively reviewed Inglis's book Natural and Supernatural (1977) describing it as a "thoroughly serious study" and the reader "will acquire an excellent understanding of the frame of mind of the informed psychical researcher in the early twentieth century." Karl Sabbagh gave the book a mixed review but concluded that the paranormal phenomena that Inglis endorsed was in contradiction to major tenets of modern science.

In 1978, the science writer John Emsley published an article on thallium which suggested that William Crookes endorsement of the medium Florence Cook and spiritualism may have been the result of mental disturbance caused by thallium poisoning. Inglis responded claiming Emsley's suggestion was a smear story and that Crookes's mind being affected by thallium poisoning was not true because at the same time as his psychical research he was conducting valuable scientific work.

Inglis wrote a negative review of C. E. M. Hansel's sceptical book on extrasensory perception and argued he had used discredited sources. Leonard Newman responded in the New Scientist stating Inglis had misrepresented the source material. Hansel wrote that Inglis had ignored the main part of his book and his claim that he had used "works long discredited" was untruthful.

In the early 1980s, Inglis was involved in a dispute with the skeptic Ruth Brandon over the mediumship of Daniel Dunglas Home in the New Scientist magazine.

Inglis described psychical research between the two world wars in his book Science and Parascience (1984). In a review Ivor Grattan-Guinness wrote it would be of interest to the "historian of science not only for its account of developments in one of the fringes of science but also for its case studies of conduct, ethical and unethical, by both scientists and outsiders." Arne Hessenbruch wrote the book contained valuable information but "the readability and scholarship are marred by awkwardly placed and often erroneous references."

Inglis in his book The Hidden Power (1986) invoked a conspiracy theory that established scientists have denied and suppressed evidence for the existence of a psi force. Inglis suggested that an underlying psi force could explain biological evolution, extrasensory perception, mediumship, psychokinesis, social behaviour of insects, religious experiences, telepathy amongst other mysteries. According to Inglis the untapped and untamed force sometimes works and sometimes doesn't, depending on the factors involved. Terry Hamblin gave the book a mixed review but criticized the book for endorsing spiritualistic activities such as ectoplasm and table tapping.

In 1988, the magician Bob Couttie criticised Inglis for deliberately ignoring evidence of fraud in mediumship. Couttie wrote that Inglis had not familiarised himself with magician techniques. The parapsychologist D. Scott Rogo complained that Inglis "had a bad habit in his writing of suppressing negative information about psychics and researchers he favored by failing to note cases of fraud that were uncovered."

Science writer Martin Gardner criticized Inglis for making "imbecilic" comments about alleged psychic "pseudopods" from the medium Eusapia Palladino.

The physicist John Taylor wrote that Inglis had made remarks about physics that were untutored errors.

Death
He died in Camden, London, aged 76. He had just finished writing the obituary of his friend and colleague Bill Grundy.

Publications
Freedom of the Press in Ireland [IHS] (London: Faber & Faber 1954)
Irish Double-Thought, in The Spectator, 188 (7 March 1952), p. 289
Smuggled Culture, The Spectator, 188 (28 November 1952), p. 726
The Story of Ireland (London: Faber 1956; second edition 1965; third edition 1970)
Moran of the Leader, in Castleknock Chronicle (1956) [text of Thomas Davis Lecture];
Revolution in Medicine (London: Hutchinson 1958)
Moran of the Leader and Ryan of the Irish Peasant, in The Shaping of Modern Ireland, Conor Cruise O'Brien, ed., (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1960);
John Bull's Schooldays (London: Hutchinson 1961)
West Briton (London: Faber and Faber 1962)
Fringe Medicine (London: Faber and Faber 1964)
A History of Medicine (World Publishing Co. Cleveland, OH 1965)
Roger Casement (London: Hodder & Stoughton 1973)
The Forbidden Game: A Social History of Drugs (London: Hodder & Stoughton 1975)
The Opium War (London: Hodder & Stoughton 1976)
The Book of the Back (New York: Hearst Books 1978)
Natural and Supernatural: A History of the Paranormal from the Earliest Times To 1914 (London: Hodder & Stoughton 1978)
Natural Medicine (London: Collins 1979)
The Diseases of Civilisation (London: Hodder & Stoughton 1981)
Science and Parascience: A History of the Paranormal, 1914–1939 (London: Hodder & Stoughton 1984)
The Hidden Power (London: Jonathan Cape 1986)
The Paranormal:  An Encyclopedia of Psychic Phenomena (London: Paladin 1986)
The Power of Dreams (London: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 1987)
The Unknown Guest [with Ruth West] (London: Chatto and Windus 1987)
Trance: A Natural History of Altered States of Mind (London: Paladin 1989)
Coincidence: A Matter of Chance - or Synchronicity? (London: Hutchinson 1990)Downstart: The Autobiography of Brian Inglis (London: Chatto & Windus 1990)

Quotes
On the Irish Famine: If the British chose not to consider Ireland part of Britain, when such an emergency arose, they could hardly complain if the Irish did likewise. (The Story of Ireland, p. 140)To punish drug takers is like a drunk striking the bleary face it sees in the mirror. (Postscript, The Forbidden Game: A Social History of Drugs'' (1975))

References

Further reading

Michael Epstein. Natural and Supernatural: A History of the Paranormal from Earliest Times to 1914 by Brian Inglis. Journal of Scientific Exploration. pp. 309–312.

External links
Entry at Ricorso

1916 births
1993 deaths
Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Irish journalists
Irish spiritualists
Parapsychologists
People educated at Shrewsbury School
People educated at The Dragon School
The Spectator editors
People from Malahide
20th-century journalists

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Chef Shuai Wang started working yesterday on his crab roe wontons in chicken dashi. The delicate dumplings will be on the menu tonight at Short Grain's Edmund's Oast Brewing Co. pop-up, but if you're like us and can't make it, take heart. Wang confirms that Short Grain will be extending its Tuesday night installment through April.
"Yesssss ma'am! Definitely through April," Wang said via email.
That means that you have three Tuesdays next month — Short Grain will not be available later in the month due to a previously arranged catering event — to get dishes like tea and hickory smoked fish collars, nabak kimchi, and Singapore fried rice.
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Specialized's S-Works SL Classic mates the positioning versatility of a traditional bend with modern materials to yield a road handlebar weighing just 192g that doesn't sacrifice rigidity like some aluminium equivalents.
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Source: - Broderick et al. "Distributed Automated Medical Robotics to Improve Medical Field Operations"


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Justin Trudeau hopes this endorsement will swing B.C. voters, but will it?
By John Woodside | News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | September 14th 2021
#102 of 163 articles from the Special Report: Election 2021
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was in Richmond, B.C., Tuesday to flex an endorsement from former B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver in an attempt to lock down climate-conscious voters. Photo via Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was in Richmond, B.C., Tuesday to flex an endorsement from former B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver in an attempt to lock down climate-conscious voters.
Trudeau announced nothing new at a morning press conference, but flanked by Weaver and environment minister and North Vancouver candidate Jonathan Wilkinson, he made the case that British Columbians couldn't trust Erin O'Toole's Conservatives on climate change.
"We know the Conservatives on climate," Trudeau said. "We lived through 10 years of cities, of provinces pushing hard to do more on climate change with a federal government that didn't just not do much, but dragged their heels and interfered with other people's ability to do more."
"Mr. O'Toole, in this newest version of the Conservative Party, (wants) to go exactly back to Stephen Harper's targets, and Stephen Harper's approaches to the environment," Trudeau said, highlighting O'Toole's support for the Northern Gateway pipeline, approved by Harper before it was axed in 2016.
Northern Gateway is not referenced in the Conservative platform, but O'Toole has attempted to turn it into a wedge issue after Trudeau promised to cap emissions on the oilpatch.
The Conservatives did not return a request for comment.
With a narrow lead over O'Toole's Conservatives nationally, Trudeau kept the bulk of his message on two points: that Conservatives would undo climate progress, and the Liberals are best positioned to deliver on climate goals. But, sensitive to progressive voters in B.C., Trudeau looked to knock the NDP down a peg, too.
"Despite what Jagmeet Singh and the NDP say, it does make a difference whether or not there's a Conservative or a Liberal government," he said.
Trudeau said the NDP "didn't step up on the fight against climate change," and "the NDP didn't bother to put forward a real plan."
The NDP shot back within an hour of the press conference wrapping to say Trudeau promised to reduce emissions in 2015, but failed to, citing the fact Canada's emissions have grown more than any other G7 country since the Paris Agreement was signed.
British Columbia's 42 federal seats are becoming more of a battleground in the homestretch of the election and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is hoping to duke it out over climate. #elxn44 #cdnpoli
"We can't afford his empty words anymore," Singh said in a statement.
Weaver described the Liberal platform as a plan he'd "been dreaming of for most of my life."
"For the first time in many, many years — in fact, in my career — have I seen a costed platform that actually is doable and will meet our targets, that's based in scientific evidence as opposed to ideology," he said.
Clean Energy Canada executive director Merran Smith said she agrees with Weaver that the Liberal plan is ambitious and solid.
"B.C. is a battleground for this election and British Columbians are known to care about climate, which is why I think we see climate leaders like Andrew Weaver speaking up clearly that the Liberal climate plan is the only solid plan to address climate change," she said.
Climate advocacy group 350 Canada campaign director Amara Possian agrees Trudeau's press conference to show off Weaver's endorsement is a sign the Liberals are ratcheting up their fight for B.C.'s climate-conscious voters, but she doesn't believe the party is committed.
"It's a clear sign the Liberals are worried that they're losing climate votes in B.C., and frankly, they should be," she said. "After the summer we just had, it's unthinkable that B.C. voters would back a party that bought TMX, is giving billions to Big Oil, and has climate targets well below what we need to get to 1.5 C."
British Columbia's 42 federal seats are becoming more of a battleground in the homestretch of the election, as the Bloc Québécois chews into Liberal support in Quebec following last week's debate. Ontario and Atlantic Canada appear to be locks for the Liberals, whereas Conservatives are polling far ahead in Alberta and the Prairies.
John Woodside / Local Journalism Initiative / Canada's National Observer
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Climate crisis and elections: An urgent time for honesty
By Mark Jaccard | Opinion | September 14th 2021
If you want your vote to help the climate, here are the questions you need to ask
By Seth Klein | Opinion | September 9th 2021
What's in the Liberals' $78B platform? Plenty of green
By John Woodside | News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | September 2nd 2021
Election 2021: Your last-minute guide to where the parties stand on climate action
By Natasha Bulowski | Explainer, Politics, Ottawa Insider | August 18th 2021
Protecting biodiversity in Montreal with Canada's largest city park
By Matthew Hague | News | July 12th 2021
Trudeau: "We know the
Geoffrey Pounder | Tue, 09/14/2021 - 18:15
Trudeau: "We know the Conservatives on climate."
We know Trudeau's Liberals on climate, too. Both parties plan to fail.
The Liberals have proved far more effective than the Conservatives in delivering on Big Oil's and Corporate Canada's agenda. Trudeau & Co. have persuaded many Canadians that we can both act on climate and double down on fossil fuels. Trudeau and Notley moved the ball on the Trans Mountain pipeline down to the ten-yard line. Their signal achievement was to "push country-wide support for pipelines from 40% to 70%." Something Harper, Scheer, O'Toole, and Kenney could never dream of.
Would Andrew Weaver, Mark Jaccard, and Martin Olszynski, and other Liberal climate plan supporters please explain how oilsands expansion is compatible with Canada's climate targets? Show us the math.
Mark Jaccard 2018: " National studies by independent researchers (including my university-based group) consistently show that Mr. Trudeau's 2015 Paris promise of a 30% reduction by 2030 is UNACHIEVABLE with oil sands expansion."
"Trudeau's Orwellian logic: We reduce emissions by increasing them" (Globe and Mail, 20-Feb-18)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/trudeaus-orwellian-logic-reduce-...
Canada's O&G industry grossly under-reports its emissions — an issue the Liberals have done nothing to address. Ottawa's emissions stats are fiction.
The Liberals plan to "green" fossil fuels, not get off them. Trudeau & Co. are following Big Oil's playbook: delay, delay, delay.
The oil & gas industry, and their financial and political backers, are banking on global climate action failure. The only scenario in which oilsands expansion makes sense.
Trudeau's plan to fail:
- Increase fossil fuel production.
- Purchase of the existing Trans Mtn pipeline.
- Promotion and construction of the Trans Mtn Expansion Project.
- Expand markets.
- Greenlight new LNG projects.
- Ramp up fossil-fuel subsidies.
- Stick taxpayers with clean-up bills, even for multi-billion dollar oil companies (e.g., CNRL).
- Grossly under-report oil & gas emissions.
- Creative accounting to erase emissions from the balance sheet.
- Dubious carbon offsets.
- Aspirational net-zero targets decades out into the future (2050) with no roadmap to meet them.
- Planned billion dollar investments in costly, inefficient, unviable, unproven, or non-existent technologies like carbon capture and SMRs (for oilsands industry).
- Accountability legislation without real teeth.
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
Just remember Trudeau in 2015
ED HOFER | Tue, 09/14/2021 - 22:42
Just remember Trudeau in 2015; "We are committed to ensuring that the 2015 election will be the last federal election using first past the post". How did that one end up? I for one don't trust the Liberals at all in what they say they will do about climate change if elected.
Who really cares about this
Rick Botting | Wed, 09/15/2021 - 05:58
Who really cares about this endorsement? Look at the record on climate that the present government has left us with after six years. Worthy of such an endorsement? Certainly not. Worthy of re-election? Certainly not.