title : Is the Death Penalty Un-Christian?
summary : Is the death penalty un-Christian? An expert weighs in.
summary : Today, 23 former corrections officials and administrators urged Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas to reconsider his plan to execute eight prisoners at the unprecedented rate of two-per-day on four execution days over a ten-day period.
summary : Florida media representatives report emotions were running high after newly elected State Attorney Aramis Ayala announced Thursday her office would not seek the death penalty in any cases in Florida's 9th Judicial Circuit, which includes Orlando.
summary : A federal judge in South Carolina formally sentenced mass murderer Dylann Roof to death on Wednesday, one day after jury members recommended he be executed for killing nine people through gunfire inside an Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston on June 17, 2015. The victims, all African-Americans, had been attending a prayer service. Roof is the first person to be sentenced to death in a federal trial that included hate crimes' charges, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. In all, Roof, 22, was charged with 33 hate crimes.
title : Should Christians Support the Death Penalty?
summary : Death penalty measures were considered on three different state ballots on Election Day, which has sparked a healthy capital punishment debate among Christians, but where should Christians stand on the death penalty? Some capital punishment proponents justify their stance by suggesting that not only is it good governance but it's also sanctioned by God. This is a bold claim. Those who support the death penalty often cite a few Biblical verses, but do they really translate into a divine death penalty mandate?
summary : Democratic National Committee chair and former CNN contributor Donna Brazile leaked a debate question in advance to presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Wikileaks exposed.
summary : The state of Ohio plans to resume the execution of condemned inmates in January, ending a three-year pause in carrying out death sentences, under a new lethal-injection protocol designed to meet U.S. Supreme Court approval, prison officials said on Monday.
summary : Dozens of Evangelical leaders in Texas and across the nation have sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons calling for the scheduled execution of Jeff Wood to be stopped. Wood has been on death row 18-years for being the getaway driver in a deadly convenience store robbery even though he did not kill anyone.
summary : Death row prisoners in Utah could now face firing squads as a backup after the governor of that state signed a bill on Monday that allowed for the option to be available to them.
summary : An American Christian couple is facing the death penalty due to the unexpected death of their adopted daughter.


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You might still not know what this is doing, allow me to explain. Imagin you were on a sheet of grid paper, inside each grid there is a circle, and no matter where you are on this sheet you would be in a grid, depending on what grid you are in you could find the circle that is closest to you (being the circle in the grid you are in)

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Three more nurses suspended for objecting to work without PPE during COVID-19 pandemic
By Hailey Winslow
Nurses reportedly suspended for asking for PPE
The pandemic has pushed medical personnel to the edge, claiming they're risking their lives to save the lives of patients.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Three more nurses say Providence Saint John's suspended them because they objected to working without proper personal protective equipment. The California Nurses Association says Providence has suspended a total of 10 RNs for the same reason.
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Monday night, on the one-year anniversary of her working at Providence St. John's in Santa Monica, Allison Mayol, 23, tells FOX 11 the hospital suspended her and two of her nurse colleagues. "We want to take care of our patients especially right now in this dire time but we want to make sure we're doing it safely," Mayol said.
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"Our employer has the N95s but still chooses to not give them to us. The two other nurses and I tried to even go to another floor to see if another floor would be willing to share their stock with us but they still said they have them but not for us, which is completely insane because we are a med-surge floor. We are taking care of specifically COVID patients and rule-out COVID patients so it was just completely unbelievable."
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The women say two RN's on their dedicated-COVID floor have already tested positive, as well as more than six others throughout the hospital.
In a statement to FOX 11, Providence Saint John's says:
'We are so grateful to the heroic work our nurses perform each day and will not let the actions of a few diminish the appreciation we have for all our nurses and their commitment to our community. Saint John's cherishes its nurses and is taking precautions sanctioned by leading world, national, state and local health agencies to ensure their safety -- the same protocols followed by most hospitals around the country. We have been working for weeks to increase access to PPE and also activate our own local reprocessing centers. We have been successful with these efforts and so we are beginning to expand usage of N95 masks to those who care for COVID-19 patients, to ease the fears our caregivers have during this time. It's no secret there is a national shortage, and depleting our supply is not an option knowing COVID-19 will remain in our community for weeks and months to come.'
The nurses say they were originally not allowed to use donated or self-obtained N95 masks because the hospital had not fitted and approved them and may give a false sense of security but after the California Nurses Association put pressure on the hospital, they say that action was reversed.
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Mobile version RSS Subscribe Unsubscribe Archive Media Kit October 02, 2014
As you know, the RCAF Association delivers RCAF Association News direct to your inbox each Friday, briefing you on the latest industry news that impacts your practice. But we know you are busy and may have missed an important article or two. To that end, here's your monthly recap of the top five stories your peers accessed this month. For more articles, or to see what's trending now, visit the RCAF Association News portal. To unsubscribe from this monthly recap, click here.
Here are the details on the RCAF's new uniforms and ranks
Here are the details on the RCAF's new uniforms and ranks as outlined in the air force's news release: The Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) new uniform respects the contributions and sacrifices of airmen and airwomen who served — and continue to serve — with pride and professionalism. Main aspects of the new uniform are drawn from pre-unification rank insignia maintaining the modern elements and terminology familiar to serving members. The insignia for most ranks will be recognizable as the symbols that air force personnel have worn for nearly half a century.
Daring pilots of Cold War era gather for Victoria reunion
Sixty years ago, daring young NATO pilots were protecting the skies over Cold War Europe from the Soviet menace. "We were a formidable force," said Syd Burrows, 84, of Comox. "The Russians were threatening all the time — like they are today." Burrows helped bring more than 400 former Royal Canadian Air Force jet fighter pilots and their family members to Victoria for a reunion. The Canadian pilots were the protective forces for the West German populace, he recalled.
Hamilton's Lancaster back in the air
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Hamilton's Lancaster successfully took a test flight in northeast England recently, to try out an engine on loan from the Royal Air Force. The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum said on social media that the plane "has safely returned to RAF Coningsby." The test flight comes after a mechanical crew conducted a ground test. The Lancaster's fourth engine malfunctioned recently, forcing a smoky emergency landing at Durham Tees Valley Airport. The plane is on a tour of air shows in the United Kingdom.
Veterans should transcend party politics
Traditionally, Canada's veterans have enjoyed outstanding moral support from a grateful public, in recognition of the nation's solemn obligation to care for those who have served and suffered in harm's way. But the veterans landscape is changing. With a steady decline in the huge numbers who served in the Second World War, today's veteran community is characterized by a new set of men and women whose military experience stems from the Korean conflict, the Cold War, peacekeeping missions, upheaval in the former Yugoslavia, the first Persian Gulf war and Afghanistan.
Canadian fighter jets intercept Russian bombers in Arctic
Fighter jets intercepted two Russian bombers flying about 75 kilometres off Canada's Arctic coast recently, NORAD revealed to CBC News. Two CF-18s met the Tupolev Tu-95 long-range bombers, commonly referred to as "Bears," as they flew a course in "the western reaches" of Canada's Air Defence Identification Zone over the Beaufort Sea, said Maj. Beth Smith, spokeswoman for North American Aerospace Defence Command.
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GHD couldn't have chosen a better ambassador for their brand. Katy Perry looks amazing in the latest campaign to advertise the new Scarlet styler.
Inspired by the art deco & 1920's influences that were all over the A/W11 catwalks GHD have given us some beautifully shot images (thanks to David La Chapelle) of Katy looking like a screen siren of times gone by. The styling is gorgeous, from the fun flapper dress, to the decadent evening gown - I think she looks like an evil disney character!
What do you think of the latest photos? Has Katy got the razzle dazzle?
I love Katy Perry, I think she is a fantastic choice too. That ghd case is amazing!


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MEC urges stakeholders to help protect children's rights
East London - Eastern Cape Social Development MEC Nonkosi Mvana has urged stakeholders to work closely with her department in protecting and promoting the rights of children.
Speaking during a stakeholder and media breakfast on Thursday, MEC Mvana stressed the importance of promoting children's rights with regard to care, protection and development.
"I'm appealing to you as stakeholders to join hands with the department, we can't do it alone," she told various stakeholders who attended the event.
Some of the stakeholders who attended the event were from the National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders, South African Local Government Association, the Moral Regeneration Movement and the University of Fort Hare.
This forms part of Child Protection Week, which is held from 25 to 31 May. It is an annual campaign to promote partnerships between all sectors of society to improve the living conditions of vulnerable children and their families.
MEC Mvana said children were faced with many social challenges like poverty, domestic violence, abuse neglect, living without parents as a result of divorce or death.
In a bid to tackle these challenges, the MEC said her department was planning to strengthen child protection committees and child justice forums at district levels.
She said this exercise will enable communities to work in cooperation with government in exposing social challenges facing communities.
"It will also assist in fast tracking the delivery of our services. We have to be practical and it will not just be a lip service," added MEC Mvana.
Social Development head Denver Webb said the occasion was an appropriate opportunity for his department to strengthen relationships with various stakeholders.
He stressed the importance of good communication and sharing information. "I'm sure together we will be able to help those in need in the province," he said.
Meanwhile, South Africans have been urged to promote children's rights and child protection by wearing a green ribbon during Child Protection Week.
By wearing the ribbon one will be giving a voice to vulnerable, abused and exploited children who may not be able to speak for themselves.
Minister of Social Development Edna Molewa said the week reminded society that it has a collective responsibility to protect children. "The issue of child abuse and the protection of children from all forms of vulnerability are a vital societal concern."
2021 school calendar to kick off on 25 January
Minister Angie Motshekga briefs media on Cabinet plans for opening of schools in 2021 in the context of #COVID19... https://gov.za/speeches/minister-angie-motshekga-briefs-media-cabinet-plans-opening-schools-2021-15-jan-14-jan-2021 #StaySafe
[Read] President Cyril Ramaphosa has made four senior appointments in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) tinyurl.com/yxvwycae
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October is a crowded tourist month in Vang Vieng, Laos, and as a result our rooms were not ready yet when we tried to check-in at the Riverside. However, it was not a problem for us. We were escorted to the restaurant and offered drinks and snacks while we waited. And the spectacular natural scenery made the wait go by quickly.
The Riverside's location is ideal because, as its name suggests, it's on the banks of the Nam Song River with a stunning view of the nearby limestone mountains framing the swimming pool. The city center is just a ten-minute walk away, with a small bamboo bridge next to the hotel leading to a quiet village to the west.
Ideally located on the bank of the Nam Song River, multi-award winning Riverside Boutique Resort is a luxury hotel with charm and character. It is laid out around one of the most inviting swimming pools to be found in Laos, and offers stunning views of the surrounding lush landscapes and forest-clad limestone mountains.
We stayed for two nights in a comfortable room with a stylish design that included exotic rattan wood furniture that reflects the traditions of the eight ethnic groups of Laos and the original arts and crafts of local artists and craftsmen.
Thirty-four rooms with large balconies are located within the tranquil gardens.
During our stay, it continued to rain, but we gladly spent a lot of time in the hotel. After our rubber tubing trip on the river, we enjoyed room-service and swam in the unique and beautiful pool.
One of the most inviting swimming pools to be found in Laos, and offers stunning views of the surrounding lush landscapes and forest-clad limestone mountains.
I loved the breakfast at the du Crabe d'Or restaurant with its croissants and steamed fish wrapped in banana leaf. Yummy!
In the romantic setting of "Restaurant du Crabe d'Or," discover authentic Lao dishes, prepared with fresh local ingredients, or enjoy a more traditional Asian and French cuisine.
The service from the hotel staff was so attentive. They were all friendly and professional and made us feel right at home. Not surprisingly, the Riverside has won several awards and holds the first position on TripAdvisor. Really a great stay with all that great service!


Delicious pork belly roast. Give this show-stopper a try!
Roll the pork belly securely with kitchen string. Put on the rotisserie spit and secure with the forks.
Put the mustard, sugar, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, and spices in a saucepan.
Simmer for about 20 minutes.
Add the soy sauce and butter, then simmer for another 10 minutes and allow to cool.
Prepare the barbecue for indirect heat, approx 175°C.
Cook for about 2.5 hours until the meat reaches a core temperature up to 75°C, brushing occasionally with the glaze. Take care not to let the barbecue get too hot or the glaze may burn.
Remove the pork belly and allow to rest for 5 to 10 minutes before carving.


ABSTRACT: A GIS-based method for constructing high-resolution (in space) maps of mean seasonal temperature and precipitation is developed for the Mediterranean Basin. Terrain variables and geographical location are used as predictors of the climate variables at all points on a grid with a 1 km resolution, using a regression-based approach. Variables used for model development include: longitude, latitude, elevation, distance from the nearest coast, direction to the nearest coast, slope, aspect, and the ratio of land to sea within given radii. Seasonal mean temperature and precipitation data, for the observation period 1952 to 1989, were assembled from 248 temperature sites and 285 precipitation sites in order to initialise the regression model. Temperature data from 36 stations and precipitation data from 35 stations were retained for model validation. Climate surfaces were constructed using the regression equations, and refined by kriging the residuals from the regression model and subtracting the result from the predicted Œobservation¹ surface. Latitude, elevation and distance from the sea are found to be the most effective predictors of local seasonal climate. Validation determined that regression plus kriging predicts mean seasonal temperatures with a coefficient of determination (R2), between the expected and observed values, of 0.87 (summer) and 0.97 (winter), and mean seasonal precipitation with an R2 of 0.46 (autumn) and 0.94 (summer). A simple regression model without kriging yields less accurate results in all seasons except for the temperature data in spring.


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Home | Ferrous Metals | U.S. steel imports surge in July, powered by surge from blooms, billets and slabs
U.S. steel imports surge in July, powered by surge from blooms, billets and slabs
by Fouad Egbaria on August 25, 2020
U.S. steel imports picked up in July, the U.S. Census Bureau reported in its monthly steel import data release today.
U.S. imports of steel reached an estimated 2.4 million metric tons in July, nearly doubling the 1.3 million metric tons imported the previous month.
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Rises in imports of rebar, blooms, billets and slabs
"The July change in steel imports based on metric tonnage reflected increases in blooms, billets, and slabs; galvanized hot dipped sheets; and reinforcing bars," the Census Bureau reported. "Decreases occurred in oil country goods, line pipe, and standard rails. Increases occurred primarily with Brazil."
Imports from Brazil reached 1.12 million metric tons in July, up from 21,067 metric tons the previous month and 910,976 metric tons in July 2019.
Rebar imports totaled 113,567 metric tons in July, up from 70,447 metric tons in June.
June imports of blooms, billets and slabs reached 72,334 metric tons. In July, that import figure skyrocketed to 1.20 million metric tons. July 2019 imports, however, reached 1.07 million metric tons.
Year-to-date imports remain down
Steel imports for the year to date, however, are down compared to 2019.
For the year to date through June 2020, the U.S. imported 11.2 million metric tons of steel. Meanwhile, for the same period in 2019, the U.S. imported 14.2 million metric tons.
"The largest commodity decrease occurred primarily in oil country goods," the Census Bureau said. "Increases occurred primarily in tin free steel; light shaped bars; and pipe and tubing."
Imports of wire rod, meanwhile, fell to 348,614 metric tons from 511,447 metric tons in 2019.
By country, the largest year-to-date decreases in imports came from Russia and Korea. The largest imports increases came from Canada, Mexico, and Turkey.
Falling OCG imports
July imports of oil country goods reached 62,490 metric tons, down from 97,710 metric tons in June.
Through the first half of 2020, imports of oil country goods totaled 704,231 metric tons, down from 1.31 million metric tons in H1 2019.
The decline in oil country goods imports comes as oil prices have languished.
The WTI crude oil price reached $42.62/barrel on Monday, down slightly from the prior week, according to the Energy Information Administration. Meanwhile, the WTI price came in down $11.55/barrel from the price a year ago.
However, the oil price has recovered in recent months after plummeting into negative territory in April.
This Morning in Metals: Nevada Copper restarts production at Pumpkin Hollow
This Morning in Metals: U.S. steel imports down 19%


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Packers working on a new deal for Thompson
December 4, 2007 By WRN Contributor
The Green Bay Packers are reportedly working on a new contract for General Manager Ted Thompson.
Thompson is in the 3rd year of a five-year deal that averages about $1 million a year. The league average for NFL GM's is around $2 million a year.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today, outgoing President Bob Harlan said he'd like to rip up the remainder of Thompson's current deal and give him a new four or five year contract with a considerable pay raise.


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The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) have launched the beta (draft) version of their new website to the public and it is aimed at people like you – fertility patients. They want to know what you think of it. Have they got it right?
They have put together a survey so you can give your feedback about the new site. This includes a number of questions about how the information on clinics is presented – including their birth statistics in the Choose a Fertility Clinic section. The HFEA are keen to hear your views about how they have chosen to present these.
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Co-education
The Handmaids and our History
KS1 & KS2
Destination of Leavers
Art / Design and Technology
Parents Link
Trips, outings and enrichment
News and Dates
Our 70th Birthday Space Project
Our 70th Birthday Whole School Photo
All in this Together
A King is Born
The Inn-Spectors
Carol Concert
Eyes of the World Campaign
As the end of another week draws to its conclusion, I am reflecting back on all that has happened, as usual there was an awful lot to think about!
I was delighted to open a box full of awards from the F1 in Schools Competition which Year 6 entered last year. The girls achieved second and third place in the North London Regional Finals and also picked up awards for 'fastest car', 'best team identity' and 'judges' choice'. I was delighted with their success and look forward to entering this exciting engineering competition again later in this academic year to see if we can do even better!
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Ibelli And Hurst Claim World Junior Champ titles
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CAPTION: Leila Hurst (HAW) and Caio Ibelli (BRA), the 2011 ASP World Junior Champions.
In the end the men's ASP World Junior Title race saw all the frontrunners bow out early with Jack Freestone eliminated by Medi Veminardi and Ian Gouveia taken out by Wade Carmichael in the Quarterfinals.
Another frontrunner, Garrett Parkes (AUS), needed to advance out of the quarter finals to clinch the 2011 ASP World Junior Title, but was halted by South American sensation Filipe Toledo (BRA). Parkes's ousting in the quarter finals resulted in a tie with Caio Ibelli (BRA) for the top spot on the ASP World Junior Title rankings, requiring a "Surf-Off" to determine the champion.
Caio Ibelli (BRA) started the Surf-Off with a couple of minor scores, it was clear that he was going for something big. Garret Parkes (AUS) on the other hand started chipping away at the lead, posting some scores in the good range to give him an early lead. Ibelli found a wave that linked up and unleashed some solid carves and a massive air-reverse to score an 8.67 (out of a possible 10), to swing momentum his way and take the lead.
"I'm so stoked to bring the ASP World Junior Title back to Brazil!" Ibelli said. "I feel so amazing now! I didn't know I had another opportunity to win, I just found out this morning. I want to thank my family, my friends and Oakley for their support. Garrett (Parkes) is a good surfer and he's at home in Australia so I knew I had to do my best."
Leila Hurst (HAW) was one of three surfers in the running for the ASP Women's World Junior Title this morning, but was the last one standing after front-runner Joanne Defay (FRA) lost her Quarterfinal clash.
Then Philippa Anderson (AUS) bowed out of the race when she finished runner-up in the event, as she needed to win the final to claim the crown.
"I never want to be in that position again," Hurst said. "Watching a final and having no control over if I won the ASP World Title or if I lost. I was feeling so much pressure. I'm losing my mind right now, I never thought I had a chance to win this. I've only just started to do well in contests again after a run of bad results, so I had low self-esteem coming into this event. It's feel great to see what winning feels like again."
The top four surfers on the ASP World Junior Ratings get priority seeding into all ASP Prime and Star event in 2012.
1. Caio Ibelli (BRA)
2. Garrett Parkes (AUS)
3. Davey Cathels (AUS)
4. Jack Freestone (AUS)
Kolohe Andino's Pre-Snapper Warm-Up
Bouffant boy Kolohe warming up for Snapper on the Gold Coast. After a somewhat disappointing Round 3 loss to fiercest of competitors Adriano de Souza,...
Parko gears up for Snapper
With Snapper just around the corner now (waiting period starts this Saturday), Parko preps himself for another full year on tour and what could be...
Yew! Dane to surf at Snapper. Quite possibly vs. Kelly.
Despite deciding to fall off tour last year, Dane has accepted to surf at Snapper for the first leg of the ASP 2012 tour after...
Can Jack Freestone do it again?
Now down to the quater final stage at Burleigh Heads for the World Juniors, defending title holder Jack Freestone looks like he may well be...
World Junior Title could now be anyone's. Well, nearly.
Day 6 saw pretty junky conditions and a huge upset at the World Junior Champs at Burleigh Heads with the number 1 seed Caio Ibelli...


Set in Abingdon, Courtyard by Marriott Oxford South has a fitness centre, terrace and shared lounge. This 4-star hotel offers a 24-hour front desk. The accommodation features a business centre, and luggage storage for guests.
The rooms in the hotel are fitted with a flat-screen TV. Every room is fitted with a private bathroom with free toiletries and a hair dryer. All rooms will provide guests with a desk and a kettle.
Cycling is among the activities that guests can enjoy near Courtyard by Marriott Oxford South.
Oxford is 12 km from the hotel, while Windsor is 78 km from the property. Gloucestershire Airport is 80 km away.


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Illinois rents 10 refrigerated trailers as COVID-19 morgue contingency
Ben Orner Capitol News Illinois
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois has rented 10 refrigerated semi-truck trailers to store the bodies of deceased COVID-19 patients in case morgues become filled to capacity.
A running total of state COVID-19-related expenditures from the comptroller's office shows a Tuesday invoice of $29,137.02 for the "rental of 10 refrigerator trailers for COVID-19 response."
The trailers are "part of the state's response to expand mortuary capacity," an Illinois Emergency Management Agency spokesperson said in an email.
"These structures are being retrofitted for medical examiners throughout the state should a need arise," the spokesperson said.
The state rented the trailers from Cooling Concepts LLC, located in Belleville. A company official said a privacy policy built into all of its contracts prevents it from disclosing information on the matter. The official added that Cooling Concepts "specializes in equipment for food delivery, food storage, and pharmaceutical delivery, and pharmaceutical storage."
Cook County, which had recorded 1,072 of the state's 1,565 COVID-19 deaths as of Thursday morning, already has refrigerated trailers of its own. An April 9 news release said the county acquired 14 refrigerated trailers and was in the process of securing six more to support a refrigerated warehouse that can hold more than 2,000 decedents.
Cook County's trailers will be pre-positioned at hospitals experiencing surges so their morgues are not overwhelmed, according to the release.
"We do not anticipate needing any space beyond what we have already acquired," a county spokesperson said.
Refrigerated trailers have been used by hospitals in states such as New York, Massachusetts and Tennessee as overflow morgue capacity.
As of Thursday morning, according to Illinois Department of Public Health data, Will County has recorded Illinois' second-most total deaths from COVID-19 with 110, followed by DuPage County with 103 and Lake County with 89. Remaining counties have recorded fewer than 40 each.
A model released by Gov. JB Pritzker's administration to the Chicago Sun-Times shows peak deaths are projected to be between 50 and 150 per day from now through the first week in May. Over the past week, Illinois has twice seen 125 deaths in a day, its largest daily increase.
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George J. Guarini's vision of opening a bank that focuses on "best in class" offerings to match today's dynamic business climate became a reality on July 20, 2004. United Business Bank's CEO and President brings more than 30 years of experience in the banking industry. Mr. Guarini has held key executive and senior level management positions with national and regional financial institutions, including the turnaround of two financial institutions which had been operating under a "memorandum of understanding" in connection with credit quality issues. Prior to opening Bay Commercial Bank, Mr. Guarini was the Senior Vice President and Senior Lending Officer of Summit Bank, a community bank headquartered in Oakland, California. In addition to serving as the Senior Vice President and Senior Lending Officer of Summit Bank from 2000 to 2003, Mr. Guarini served as the bank's Acting President between August 2001 and August 2002.
From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Guarini enjoyed a career with Imperial Capital Bank based in Glendale, California, where he began as Senior Vice President and was charged with resolving significant loan portfolio weakness. In 1995, following a successful IPO, he was appointed the bank's Chief Lending Officer. In 1997 Mr. Guarini served as the founding Chief Executive Officer of ITLA Funding Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of ITLA Capital Corporation, the parent of Imperial Capital Bank. Prior to joining Imperial Capital Bank, Mr. Guarini held the position of Senior Vice President for California Republic Bank from 1991 to 1994. Mr. Guarini earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Rutgers University.
Keary L. Colwell has served as the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of United Business Bank since inception in 2004. Ms. Colwell is a member of the executive management team and is responsible for all aspects of accounting and finance functions including financial reporting, asset liability management, and budget and financial planning. She also over sees the bank's risk management process. She has over 28 years in banking and finance. Prior to joining the bank, Ms. Colwell was employed by The San Francisco Company and Bank of San Francisco, where she served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1996 through the sale of the company in 2001. Ms. Colwell served as the Vice President/Senior Financial Management of First Nationwide Bank from 1988-1992. Prior to joining First Nationwide Bank, Ms. Colwell was the Vice President and Controller at Independence Savings and Loan Association. Ms. Colwell worked in public accounting after graduating from college. She obtained her Certified Public Accountants license in 1984. Ms. Colwell holds a B.S. degree from California State University, Chico.
Janet L. King has served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Bank since its inception in 2004. Ms. King is a member of the executive management team and has over 29 years of banking experience. Prior to joining the bank, Ms. King was employed by Circle Bank in Novato, California from 1999 - 2004 where she served as the Chief Branch Administrative Officer and was a member of the executive management team. She was responsible for all aspects of operations, including Branch Development, Human Resources, Information Technology and Compliance. Prior to this, Ms. King was the Vice President of Operations for Valencia Bank & Trust in Valencia, California from 1987 - 1998 where she was responsible for Branch Development, Centralized Operations, Information Technology and Deposit Compliance. Ms. King earned her B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.
David Funkhouser has been serving the Bank in the capacity of Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer since June 2015. He has over 30 years of experience in banking. Mr. Funkhouser is responsible for the overall management of the Bank's Credit Quality including oversight of the Credit Administration Department, the underwriting and loan review analysis processes, all functions that provide lending support, direction, credit information, and loan policies, procedures and processes to ensure the overall quality of the Bank's loan portfolio. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Funkhouser served as President and CEO at Trans Pacific Bank. He was the founding CEO of Pinnacle Bank. Mr. Funkhouser holds a B.A. Degree from California State University, San Jose and completed the Pacific Coast Banking School's 3- year graduate level management education program.
Rick Pak joined United Business Bank in September 2016 as Senior Vice President and SBA Manager and was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer in January 2019. As a member of the executive management team, he is responsible for overall organic loan growth in Commercial Real Estate, Commercial and Industrial lending, and various government guaranteed programs including the SBA 7(a), SBA 504, USDA, Agricultural and Northern California FDC program. Mr. Pak has been in the banking industry for over 30 years with his first start at Wells Fargo as a teller. He has worked in many aspects of banking including retail management, consumer mortgage, commercial middle market, and government guaranteed programs. He has also worked at financial institutions of distinct sizes, including Wells Fargo, Bank of America, CitiBank, Bank of the West, Credit Unions, and Community Banks that served the SBA community such as Open Bank, Wilshire State and Nara Bank. Mr. Pak holds a B.A. Degree from Bethany University and attended the Pacific Coast Banking School's graduate level management program.
Charles Yun has been in the banking industry for over 25 years and is currently serving United Business Bank as its Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Mr. Yun is responsible for the development and the execution of the bank's marketing strategy while cultivating sales opportunities across various markets. Mr. Yun has also served as its Chief Lending Officer where he was responsible for the growth and maintenance of the Bank's commercial lending portfolio. Prior to joining United Business Bank, he served as a Senior Vice President at Umpqua Bank responsible for the middle market production group in the Bay Area. He also served as the Division Vice President at Stanford Federal Credit Union in charge of the credit union's National Commercial Banking program. Mr. Yun's experiences also extend to various positions with Comerica Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, and Heritage Bank. Mr. Yun holds a BS Degree in Finance from San Jose State University and an MBA in Strategy from Pepperdine University.
Izabella L. Zhu joined United Business Bank as Chief Risk Officer and a member of the executive management team in September 2013. Ms. Zhu is responsible for developing, coordinating, and maintaining forward looking enterprise risk management framework and programs as the bank pursues various growth strategies. Prior to joining the bank, Ms. Zhu was a Senior Financial Institutions Examiner and a founding and inaugural member of the Examiner Council at the California Department of Business Oversight. She has served as Examiner-in-Charge of various large banks, troubled financial institutions, and trust departments. Prior to that Ms. Zhu was a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley. Ms. Zhu earned a Master's degree in Public Administration in International Development from the Kennedy School at Harvard University and a Bachelor's degree in International Economics from Peking University. Ms. Zhu is also a Certified Fiduciary Investment Risk Specialist.
Terry Curley joined United Business Bank as EVP/Director of Labor Service Division when Bay Commercial Bank acquired United Business Bank, FSB in April 2017. Labor Service Division is a newly formed business unit devoted to serving the Labor Communities. At the prior bank, United Business Bank, FSB, Ms. Curley has served as EVP/Chief Credit Officer (2012-2017), SVP/Credit Administrator (2009-2012), Credit Card Administrator (2008-2009), SVP/Regional Sales Manager (2005-2009), VP/Branch Manager (2000-2005) and Business Development Officer (1995-2000). In 1992, Ms. Curley received a BA in Political, Legal and Economic Analysis from Mills College, Oakland, CA. In 2005, she earned a graduate certificate from the Pacific Coast Banking School at University of Washington, Seattle, WA.


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Dimitrie Brândză (; 1846–1895) was a Romanian botanist. He founded the Botanical Garden of Bucharest, which is now named in his honor.

Brândză was born in Viișoara, Botoșani County. After studying at the Academia Mihăileană in Iași, he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Paris in 1869. He was a professor at the University of Iași and the University of Bucharest. In 1879 he was elected titular member of the Romanian Academy.

He died in Slănic-Moldova and was buried at Bellu Cemetery, in Bucharest.

Taxa named in honour
There are number of plants with specific name brandzae. Including; Iris brandzae, Agropyron brandzae Pantu & Solacolu. and Verbascum glabratum subsp. brandzae.

Also a mussel in the Unionidae family is named, Potomida brandzae (Sabba S. Ștefănescu, 1896).

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BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications. Vol. 48, Pg. 156, 1983.


You may well live in the same city, do the same job, belong to the same social class and have almost identical families consisting of a wife, two children and an assortment of aunts, uncles and grandparents, but none of this necessarily means that you are equal. Paradoxically you do not have the same rights, nor can your children go to the same school. You are not allowed to do your job and forbidden from keeping your business open and you become very familiar with intolerance and rejection. You discover that you are thought of as being "different" because of your birth and because of your race. In the past this happened to Jews and black people; today it is happening immigrants and people from the Third World.
Concorrenza sleale – "Unfair Competition" - is a film about the racial laws that sprang up almost overnight in 1938 in Italy against Jews. Suddenly there was a whole new set of absurd rules that managed to be both ridiculous, and, as so often happens in this merry little country of ours ludicrously grotesque. This film tells the story of two shopkeepers, one of whom is Jewish, whose material shops are situated next door to one another. Initially each man considers the other his professional rival but as soon as the full horror of the racial laws becomes apparent, the two shopkeepers discover a precious friendship and a new-found solidarity that is born of adversity.
Unfair Competition is a bitter-sweet comedy about one very shameful episode of our history.


This page outlines lists of stuff that have recurred on the show and other stuff that may be of interest.
A new gag in the intro. Outlining various cameos in the clouds.
A new gag in the intro. Outlining various cameos on billboards.
This page will outline the intro blackboard gags for all the things Bart has been punished for.
This page will outline the intro couch gags where something crazy happens.
A list of the colours used in order to draw your own pictures with Hexadecimal codes.
A List of the hilarious newspaper headlines.
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A List of all the times that the Simpsons have left their hometown of Springfield.
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The leading brand in causing mischief.
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The days of the week is one the first and most important words to know when learning English. The lyrics of the songs are easy to learn and understand because of the rhythm and rhyme format, in songs. Most of the songs that teach the days of the week are created for children. Therefore, adults learning these songs will find them easy to grasp. Children who learn the English days of the week through the lyrics will learn more than just the days of the week. They build confidence in the child as they perform the different actions that can accompany the songs.
When reading the lyrics and singing along to the songs, there are a few simple actions that will help retention in both adults and children. Using their fingers, children and adults can count off the days of the week while singing along to the lyrics. This helps children understand counting using their fingers. Adults can make the relation to the day of the week and the number they are in the seven sequences.
Get some cards and write down the days of the week in each card. One ticket for one day, in bold writing, should do the trick. Place down the cards onto the table in the correct order and sing the song by reading the cards to give you hints. Children can sing the song and find the right card and touch them when singing. This gives children the ability to recognize the words by how they look and the learn how to read as well.
The biggest problem that all students encounter when they learn the days of the week through song is that they can't remember the days without using the order. So, they need to go through the entire list every time they want to specify a particular day. The second problem is that 'Tuesday' and 'Thursday' sound the same and can be confusing. The same applies for 'Saturday' and 'Sunday.' The other problem is when most English learners pronounce the 'D' on Wednesday when they read the lyrics. Mimicking the songs correctly as they will fix the problem when reading the words.
If you complete a quick search on the internet, there is an overwhelming list of days of the week songs that you can choose from. However, not every song is perfect for learning English. For adults to learn the English days of the week, the song 'Friday, I'm in Love' is a perfect choice. This song is a popular number released in the year 1992 by the band called 'The Cure'. The song is catchy and is well-known too. The band is a British band, so the pronunciation of the words are correct for an English learner to grasp. All the days of the week are covered in the song and the days are mixed up as well, to make it challenging for an adult learner.
For children, the mother hen version of the days of the week is simple and catchy for young kids to pick up. The lyrics are straightforward and cover only the days of the week starting from 'Monday.' The tune is simple and neat, and any child will be able to hit the notes with ease. When children have to answer the questions, 'What Day is It?' and need to run through a list to specify a day, this song is an easy list to use. They can quickly run through the list in their minds and answer.


The Ladies played March Town Ladies for the fifth time this season and ran out 6-0 winners which lifts them in to 2nd place in the table.
The Ladies Development side had a week off due to losing in the first round of the Junior Invitation Cup.
The U15's won 3-0 at home to Biggleswade Town in the EJA league.
Good 3 – 0 win in the EJA League today and a 3rd clean sheet in a row. Well done lads, onto Cambridge City next week.
The U14's game at home to AFC Sudbury was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
The U13's won 6-0 at West Wratting. Match report is on the next page.


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INTERVIEW: Corey McGuire of Winston House on Being a Haven For L.A.'s West End Creative Community
Posted on 25 November, 2020, 02:14 pm EST November 25, 2020 by Juliette Jagger Contact Me
In this edition of Disruptors, Juliette chats with creative entrepreneur and founder of Winston House, Corey McGuire, about how he turned his Venice Beach live/work loft into an artist haven and creative cornerstone of L.A.'s West End music scene.
You moved to L.A. from the Pacific Northwest correct?
Yeah. I grew up kindergarten through high school in Vancouver, Washington, which almost feels like the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, even though it's a different state. Then I went to Seattle Pacific University and graduated from there in 2013. After that, I visited L.A. and kind of officially made the move down here around January of 2014.
What prompted you to move to Los Angeles?
Well, in college, I really got excited about two things. The first thing was this organization Charity: Water, which was started by a guy named Scott Harrison. When I was a junior, I watched one of his videos and beyond kind of waking up to the clean water crisis, I was also just really inspired by Scott's mission and the fact that he was this young, well-spoken guy that was trying to approach charity from a completely different perspective. They had great branding and were really conscious of the marketing side as well. I think it's very much like our generation to want to figure out how to create initiatives that do all the things that normal businesses need to do while also giving back at the same time, so I started finding ways to get college students involved with their organization.
At the same time, I had caught the entrepreneurial bug, so the second thing was a couple of little projects aimed at finding ways to get college students involved in charity through music. I realized pretty quickly that being in Seattle, I just wasn't connecting with the majority of the music industry, and also I wasn't surrounded by a lot of people that were trying to create the same types of things that I was.
Through a connection I had to Summit Series, I ended up in Los Angeles. I didn't know anybody but I had a few leads on some connections I could make. This guy named Sam Salisbury became my first friend in L.A. He is a very, very social person, and I met a lot of people pretty quickly through him. Then we came up with this idea to rent a big house together with some other friends. There were six of us living in this really big live/work loft. I was the youngest, was the least connected, and had the least amount of things sorted out in my life at that point, so there were a lot of benefits to living in that loft. I learned a lot and met a lot of people through all those folks.
Did that live/work loft become the first iteration of Winston House?
Kind of. In the beginning, we actually had to set up an LLC to collectively rent the place as a group and so almost as a joke, we called the LLC Winston House after my childhood dog. Between our roommate group, we'd call the place Winston, but it was really a year and a half to two years after we got in there that my idea for Winston House itself became a thing.
In between then, I changed the name like three times. At one point it was called West House. At another point, it was called Electric House because we're on Electric Avenue. But, ultimately I landed back on Winston House because I just had an emotional attachment to it. I had done a lot of growing up in those first couple of years living there, so the name felt indicative of the journey I was on. Plus, what happened in the house was very representative of the type of people that I wanted to attract to the actual Winston House concept, so for all those reasons, we ended up keeping the name.
Talk to me about the original concept for Winston House.
The original idea emerged through my experience of being a young creative person that was new to the city and really wasn't sure where to go. As I said, I came to L.A. not knowing anybody, just wanting to make friends with people and ultimately make my projects happen. Obviously, that's not a unique thing as there are millions of people that have made that same pilgrimage to Los Angeles for decades now, but it can be an isolating place because it's so spread out.
What really powered Winston House, in the beginning, was that we had this kind of core group of 10-30 people who were mostly new to the city and so there was all this energy around being new and going out and meeting as many people as possible. We wanted to be the spot where people could go to do that. The idea I was trying to figure out was how do I do something that's kind of, from a footprint standpoint, somewhere in between a Starbucks, which are almost everywhere and are super easy to walk to in a lot of cases, and a Soho House, which are these larger compounds in more creative cities. We wanted that neighborhood feel with the location and the walkability while still having this element of knowing who you're going to be around when you go there.
Winston House has long been known for its popular Thursday night artist showcases. Talk to me about how that came to be.
I had started giving away beds and couches to artists to sleep on in an effort to build a community for artists. The shows started to happen almost by accident. Get enough artists hanging around and they're going to want to play music for people.
The shows really aren't normal concerts––they are unique in that you have to get invited through a friend. You show up having no idea who the artist is that's performing. Sometimes it's a huge name. Sometimes it's an artist playing their first show ever. And when the music starts, all of the conversations stop. It really just becomes this moment of everyone in the crowd paying complete attention to and supporting the artist.
The thing is, when we threw our first show, it wasn't like we were super connected in the music industry or anything. At that point, I didn't have a single manager, agent, or label that I could have called and said, 'Hey, can you help me book an artist?' It just built week over week through us hosting these events and people hanging out in the house. It was great because you could feel that there was this real energy of discovery. We were all interacting with a lot of new people, new things, and new ideas, and in a lot of cases, the artists and the audience were discovering each other for the first time as well, which was really fun.
In my opinion, the thing that really makes Winston House so special is the community. It's this feeling of showing up to see friends and being there for a show, but also it's knowing that between songs and before and after the show, you're there to meet and connect with a lot of like-minded people.
Do you remember the moment when things started to take off and the creative community began coming to you?
Yeah, it happened really quickly actually, as early as late 2015 before we even knew what Winston House really was. What we realized pretty early on was that there were a lot of people that were starving for community and starving for music and art, so we became popular as far as kind of a being this weird little pocket of Venice that was for a younger, creative crowd.
Since then, Winston House has become a cornerstone of Venice's creative community in a way. Talk to me about how that happened.
First off, there's nowhere in Venice or Santa Monica where people can go on a consistent weekly basis for new music. I think the fact that we have our own unique approach created an opportunity for us to become this really great destination for people who are looking for that sort of thing. Even now, after thousands and thousands of people have come through our doors, there is still kind of this loosely associated group of 100 or so people that are around most consistently and really feel like the heart of the community.
I love that. Winston House basically connects the dots between artists and other members of L.A.'s creative community.
Yeah, definitely. The way I look at it, if myself and my team can do anything to help out an artist or help out our community and you know, do 10 favors for them, let's say without ever asking for anything in return, it creates a different type of relationship. It's not us going, 'Come to our venue.' It's not, 'Come to our restaurant/bar.' It's not, 'Come to our event.' It's just being deeply involved in people's lives and trying to find ways to create opportunities for them. Obviously, the best way to make friends is also by doing things for other people, but that's just kind of naturally how I operate.
One of the first pivotal artist performances that took place at Winston House was Justin Bieber. That really changed the trajectory of what you guys were doing and turned Winston House into a much more buzz-worthy thing as far as the wider music industry goes. Talk to me about how you came to cross paths with Justin.
At some point in 2016, I met Justin Bieber through Corey Harper who was the first artist that was staying at Winston House. Corey had met Justin through Cody Simpson who had been staying at the house too, and so Justin had been hanging out a little bit. Then it was kind of as simple as he came over one Thursday afternoon, and it happened to be the same day we were putting on one of our shows. I guess he liked them and just asked if he could play. That was kind of the first time it started to become a buzzy thing in the industry because Justin posted his performance on Instagram. It was definitely a major turning point and a big accelerator as far as the people we were meeting and getting connected to.
I have to credit Cody first with that because it was really his being around and hanging out that brought a lot of new people into our orbit. We certainly didn't know anyone of Bieber's caliber or any other celebrities, but Cody did have those relationships. So, it was Cody being in Venice and his friendship with Corey Harper that was really the spark for it.
I imagine that as bigger name artists began to find their way into the mix, the industry would have been quite receptive to helping you grow your idea. Was that the case?
Oh yeah. We've had an enormous amount of support from the industry. Many of the biggest acts that have passed through Winston House have come from working with our friends in the music industry, whether it's agents, labels, or management groups.
I definitely still like when we can just have things happen organically and some of our best nights have happened because an artist just showed up and asked if they could get up on stage or it came through a friend or something, and that stuff definitely still happens. But, at the end of the day, there's just a lot of really friendly, collaborative people that work in the industry here, and everyone's trying to do the best things for their artists to move their careers forward, so a lot of our stuff comes to us that way now.
I understand Billie Eilish performed at Winston House very early on in her career prior to having been "discovered" so to speak.
Yes and no. She had definitely already been discovered from the standpoint that she was signed to Interscope and The Darkroom through Justin Lubliner. So, she had things going on and a great team, but I think she may have only had five songs out or something. That first song 'Ocean Eyes' took off on SoundCloud and got some traction on the streaming platforms. It's crazy to look back on because it was definitely at a moment when she had thousands of followers as opposed to 64 million, and a lot of people that were in the room, maybe even the majority, didn't know who she was yet. So, it was very early in the process from that point of view.
As a kid from the Pacific North implanted in L.A., I imagine you faced some challenges trying to transition Winston House from a dream into a viable, financially sound business. Take me through that.
Definitely. There was pretty much no business model around Winston House at all in the beginning. It was basically a very expensive loft in an expensive area, and it kind of survived on our vision, mission, and ethos really. Of course, there were detractors who would come around and say things like, 'Well wait a minute. So you're spending all of this money to basically throw cool parties every week?'
It really wasn't until I had a pretty serious conversation with a friend, Jay Rosenzweig, who introduced us, that things really started to change. He came to L.A. and checked out the Winston House loft and met some of the people involved. We had lunch and Jay just gave me an opportunity to kind of open up and be honest with him, so I told him, 'I'm behind on rent already, and I have no idea what I'm doing with this thing.' It was kind of a very vulnerable moment.
At that point, I didn't have any of the right experiences or relationships or even a clear enough idea of how to build our concept let alone take it to the next level. I thought I did, but looking back now, I know I didn't have any of that. It was almost accidental.
The next day, out of nowhere, Jay just sent me $10,000 and basically said, 'I don't know where this thing is going, but if nothing ever happens then consider this a donation. If you're able to figure out a path forward, I can give you more money and also we'll treat it as an investment.' Mind you, there are probably a hundred people out there with stories like that about Jay because he just wants to help and he loves music and art so much. But, I just remember breaking down and crying when that happened. He ended up not only investing a lot more money himself but also bringing in a lot of people that he knew. Winston wouldn't be around if it wasn't for Jay. It probably would have been stopped dead in its tracks pretty early in the process.
That was incredibly generous on Jay's part.
Yeah. There have been a lot of people that have stepped in at various moments like that. It'd be too long of a conversation to get into all the different groups that have helped out but we have been very lucky. In the beginning, it wasn't like we raised a bunch of new investment dollars and had a set plan and all that. It was kind of like we were constantly finding ways to stay alive and people were taking a shot in the dark just to help me out because they liked me and liked the mission.
Beyond your popular Thursday night showcases, you guys also act as a facilitator between the community and artists and causes they are passionate about. Talk to me about the "impact side" of Winston House.
I think being involved with social causes is in my DNA, in the DNA of a lot of people on the team, and in the DNA of Winston House itself. Generationally speaking, through social media, we're all sort of being woken up to problems around the world and especially to our blind spots. We all think we care so much and that we're so quote-unquote, 'woke,' and then we get moments like right now where we're in the midst of the Black Lives Matter protests where there's this explosive unrest. That stems from the unseen––wrongs that have happened that we just haven't been aware of because it's just not our own experience.
But, beyond the initiatives we take on and that we really want to be helpful with, it's also one more way that we try to be of service to artists. Artists have huge hearts and they obviously have a platform to be able to help, and so if an artist wants to support a cause, it's always exciting to me to be able to try to help out in some way.
Let's talk about some of the specific social initiatives Winston House has been involved in. I understand you guys helmed a pretty high profile digital campaign in support of the March For Our Lives protests?
Yeah. So that concept, which we called Spark The March, came about after the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and as a group of young student leaders were spearheading the March For Our Lives movement. Our initiative came together in less than a month. At the time, it felt like there was this really big march being built in Washington D.C., and marches all over the country, and people like Scooter Braun, and I think Oprah and Ellen DeGeneres, all these real heavy hitters in the entertainment industry, were super focused on it. Interestingly, to me, it seemed like there wasn't really a digital side to the campaign that was being done in an organized way, and so that's what triggered the concept for Spark The March. The idea basically became, 'Let's get a bunch of artists to post to Instagram at the same time, with the same message, 24 hours before the march to help get more young people to show up and use their voices.
How do you measure the impact a digital campaign has on a real-world issue?
It's really different depending on the campaign. On that specific one, it was plain and simple in that our goal was just to help get the word out as far as possible, and there were billions of impressions from it. I have to imagine it played at least a small role in getting a lot of people to show up at the marches in their cities, but it's very hard to measure exactly how much of an impact you're having on something like that. That's not always the case. There are times where it's a lot more tangible as far as the impact on reaching specific people.
What are some other initiatives Winston House has been involved in recently?
We're always involved in different initiatives, but some recent ones include the Creative Community Fund, Defeat by Tweet, Support + Feed The Kids, and Safe and Sound. We played a little different role in each of these.
For the Creative Community Fund, we were partnered up with the amazing Pandemic of Love (a grassroots, volunteer-led mutual aid organization), helping support their concept by giving back to artists in need during COVID-19.
For Defeat by Tweet, we helped organize a digital campaign with Flighthouse, Noah Centineo, Yungblud, and a bunch of other artists.
For Support + Feed The Kids, we partnered up with Bonduelle and LAUSD to get plant-based foods to families in need.
With Safe and Sound, we helped promote local Venice charity Safe Place for Youth through their livestream with Lil Dicky and other Venice artists.
This past year, you decided that in order to move the Winston House brand forward and into the next phase of its existence, you would have to change locations. Ultimately you landed on your new boardwalk property in Venice. How did that come to be?
Well, like I said, in parallel to Winston House becoming this popular thing over the past five years, I've sort of always been trying to figure out an actual sustainable business to put at the heart of the community and Winston House itself. During that time when I was kind of grasping at straws, trying to keep the thing alive and partner with the right people, I met another guy who has been hugely important to the Winston House story and his name is Jake Matthews.
With Jake, I lucked out majorly because he's one of the kindest, most fair people out there. He's another guy that just loves both music and art so much.
Jake's been in real estate for a long time and is also amazing at getting deals done. He had this idea to buy a spot on the boardwalk and bring a new type of thing to the area that both really respected the history and the culture of Venice, but was also designed and programmed in a way that appealed to the new crowd that was in Venice. The place is called The Waterfront and they marked their first year fully open last year, which was just a smash success. Thousands and thousands of people have come through every weekend, and so it's been a really big thing.
When I met Jake last March, we kind of hit it off right away. It almost felt as if within 24 hours we were like, 'Yeah, we're gonna work together.' Ultimately, what we decided to do was create a new company that we're calling Local Los Angeles, which is a hospitality, entertainment, and nightlife business, and we're building out this portfolio of brands, particularly in the west side of L.A. right now, starting with the brand new version of Winston House.
What's in store for this next phase of the Winston House story?
What's gonna make this new version of Winston House really unique is that it's no longer a private residence––it's not a live/work loft. Now, it's zoned as a restaurant/bar and for live performances. It's going to fit more people, have proper hours, and it's going to have an element that is open to the public, so it's different in so many ways.
At our old spot, the Thursday nights always felt like we had to worry about noise and the neighbors, and it was always a little bit of a gray area––I almost always felt like we were kind of getting away with something, you know? I was really hesitant to have our Thursday nights go super late or do anything on multiple nights of the week out of fear of getting in trouble, so some of our best ideas and things that I was really excited to work on, have kind of sat dormant. Now, we actually have a space that can house them and so we want to use all of these new resources we have in this new space to continue to be a center for the community and find unique ways to work with artists and help them achieve the things they want to achieve.
Talk to me a bit about your long-term goals for Winston House and for yourself personally.
The long-term goal for Winston House is to be able to open them in major cities all around the world. At the end of the day, it's about people and it's about relationships, and so I'd love to see Winston House become a sort of neighborhood institution because of our active role in the community every single day.
Currently, we have a new digital series called Spotlight, a concept that was created by one of my partners, Alejandro Reyes-Knight. He's been involved in Winston House since the very beginning so I'm excited to have more opportunities for him to build Winston through his content.
For me personally, I just want to continue to be more and more successful, and connect with more and more people. Of course, the bigger Winston House becomes, the more connections I can make and the more leverage I will have to be able to continue to build new brands and new concepts as often as possible and be more deeply involved in larger impact initiatives.
My friend Justine Lucas, who was the Global Director of Programs at Global Citizen and is also the Executive Director of Rihanna's Clara Lionel Foundation, is way more dialed in and experienced than I am with these artist and cause-based initiatives, but we've been able to team up a couple of times and are always talking about these kinds of projects. I think it's a shared dream for both of us to be able to someday have a brand that becomes the go-to for any artists that want to be involved in a cause. Essentially, we'd advise them on where to best spend their time and energy, and also the best strategy to actually make the impact they want to make. On the nonprofit side, we'd be a one-stop destination where they can bring the problems that they're trying to solve, and we'd be able to provide the right marketing campaign or the right talent to be involved with it.
There are definitely brands out there that do that, but not too many, so I think because Justine and I are so drawn to those types of initiatives, and we're both always involved in stuff on the side, we've talked about the idea of having something like that together someday that we can work on full-time. Who knows, but it's definitely a long-term goal.
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The International Confederation of Principals (ICP) is a global association of school leadership organisations.

History
ICP was founded in 1991, and operates through a council with up to three delegates from each member organisation. This meets three times in a two-year period. Council elects an executive committee to work with and support the elected president of ICP, an executive secretary services both executive and council. ICP has over 40 members, each member being a major independent organisation that supports the professional development and work of school leaders.
The ICP represents school leaders across five continents; it is non-political and non-sectarian and gives a powerful international voice to school principals. Membership is open to any organisation of school leaders whose constitution contains nothing contrary to the constitution of the ICP.

Conventions
ICP holds a biennial international convention drawing together school principals from all over the world for dialogue and professional development.

Previous conventions were held in the following locations:
 2015 (Helsinki), Finland
 2013 (Cairns), Australia
 2011(Toronto), Canada
 2009 Singapore, Singapore
 2007 Auckland, New Zealand
 2005 Cape Town, South Africa
 2003 Edinburgh, Scotland
 2001 Gyeongju, Korea
 1999 Helsinki, Finland
 1997 Boston, United States
 1995 Sydney, Australia
 1993 Geneva, Switzerland

Leadership
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External links
Official website
Organizations established in 1991
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Whale sharks are not whales at all but rather the world's largest fish, measuring up to 45 feet in length. Given their size, you'd think researchers would know a lot about them. But little is actually known about whale sharks compare with other species; researchers don't even know how many exist in the world's oceans. During a WWF tour, snorkelers have the opportunity to swim alongside this mammoth species.
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9. The whale shark has distinctive light-yellow markings (random stripes and dots) on its very thick, dark gray skin.
7. It is thought that whale sharks may have a lifespan of 100 to 150 years.
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1. The main threat to whale sharks is the growth of unregulated and unsustainable fisheries to supply international trade demands for shark fins, liver oil (used to waterproof wooden boats), skin and meat in East Asian counries.
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