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Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, and Northern Goshawk
Photo: Jean-Daniel Gagné
These hawks
fly in a direct, purposeful way just at or a little below tree-top level, with four or five quick, sharp wingbeats followed by a short glide
are among the most secretive of birds in their nesting activities, and their nests are seldom found
spend time as "branchers" before learning to fly, living in trees around the nest and still receiving food from the adults
are considered by many people to be destructive to songbird populations, but are actually of great service to their prey species
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Of the 19 species of raptors, or birds of prey, in Canada, three are Accipiters. Accipiters are small to medium-sized hawks of swift flight that occur around the world. The Canadian species are the Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus, the Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii, and the Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis. The Sharp-shinned Hawk is found in North, Central, and South America, the Cooper's Hawk only in North America, and the Northern Goshawk on five continents.
Accipiters can be distinguished from other types of hawks by their flight silhouettes (see sketch). Like the buteos (e.g., the Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis) and harriers (the Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus is the only Canadian harrier), the accipitrine hawks have rounded wings; however, these are shorter than in the other two groups. In contrast, the wings of another group of hawks, the falcons, such as the Kestrel or Sparrow Hawk Falco sparverius, are pointed.
All accipiters generally have similar colouring, small heads, long tails, and short rounded wings. The female of each species grows larger than the male. They range in size from the small male Sharp-shinned Hawk, which is smaller than a gull, to the large female Northern Goshawk, which at 55 to 66 cm is larger than a crow. The Cooper's Hawk is intermediate in size; the male Cooper's is easily confused with the female Sharp-shinned Hawk, and the female Cooper's Hawk is almost as large as the male Northern Goshawk. There are distinguishing characteristics—for example, the shape of the tail is square for the Sharp-shinned Hawk, rounded for the Cooper's Hawk, and almost square for the Northern Goshawk—but identification is difficult.
In all three species the colour of the young birds differs strikingly from that of the adults. First year accipiters are always brown: sepia or chocolate brown above, pale tawny or yellowish-brown to creamy white below.
The feathers of the back are broadly edged with white or near white and crossbarred with darker brown, giving the back a coarsely barred appearance. The pale breast and flanks are streaked lengthwise with dark brown, and the wings and tail are crossbarred with dark bands. Their eyes vary from pale grey to greyish yellow and from amber to amber-yellow.
All young acquire adult plumage at two years. In the adults, the upper surfaces from the nape to the tail, including the wings, are pale slate to bluish grey. From below, the two smaller species appear tawny or reddish brown, due to broad, even crossbarring of this colour on a creamy white ground. The goshawk is similarly crossbarred below with grey, but these markings are so fine and so closely spaced as to appear a uniform pale grey at any distance. In the adults of all three species the long feathers under the tail are snowy white, and the eyes have changed to dark red or orange red.
These three accipitrine hawks are fairly similar in voice. The Northern Goshawk has the heaviest sound, kak, kak, kak or kuk, kuk, kuk. The Cooper's Hawk is slightly lighter, a rapid kek, kek, kek, usually around the nest. The Sharp-shinned Hawk's voice is similar to the Cooper's Hawk but shriller—a high kik, kik, kik.
During the spring breeding season, the Cooper's Hawk accompanies its aerial display by vocalizations, interspersed with nest repair or building. Adult Northern Goshawks are aggressive in defending their nests and sometimes announce an attack on an intruder with vocalizations.
Habitat and Habits
As a breeding bird, the Sharp-shinned Hawk favours the boreal, or northernmost forest in the Northern Hemisphere. It also breeds in any timbered or bushy area, especially where hills and mountains provide reasonably cool climates. It is perhaps the most abundant hawk in Canada in summer.
The Cooper's Hawk nests primarily in deciduous woodlands. It is the common forest and bush-country hawk of the mid-latitudes. It can be found in the hardwood forests of southern Ontario and the eastern United States, the bushy or lightly timbered coulees and river bottoms of the southern Canadian prairies and the plains states, and the scrub-oak or mixed fir-oak forests of the western mountains.
As its name suggests, the Northern Goshawk is a true northerner. It spends both the breeding and non-breeding seasons in the broad belt of spruce, aspen, and birch forest that extends across the northern one-third of North America. Its breeding range extends southward only where high mountains and the associated cool coniferous forests provide conditions similar to those of the northern spruce forests.
The flight of accipiters is most distinctive. These hawks fly in a direct, purposeful way just at or a little below tree-top level, with four or five quick, sharp wing beats followed by a short glide. With an instinctive ability to be unobtrusive and unobserved, they reach their nests by flying low along the forest floor and then vertically up the nest tree to the nest. Of the three accipiters, the Northern Goshawk displays the heaviest and slowest wing beat.
The accipitrine hawks, long considered by many people to be destructive to songbird populations, are actually of great service to their prey species. Their method of attack tests the birds they hunt for alertness and speed; they cull out the unfit, and eliminate any that live in poor habitat or feed too far from good cover. Goshawks, especially through their infrequent invasions of the mid-continent, were once believed a serious menace to introduced game birds such as Gray Partridge and pheasant. Although it is true that they sharply reduce the populations of these species, they do so far more selectively than hunters with shotguns.
The range of these three North American hawks covers all of North America, from the tree line south. Only the Sharp-shinned Hawk occupies the whole range. Its intolerance of cold weather and its need to follow the migrations of the small birds on which it preys usually force it to migrate to the tropics and subtropics. In British Columbia, however, some individuals spend the non-breeding season in the interior and along the southern coast.
The Cooper's Hawk could best be described as a reluctant migrant. Although it leaves the northern portions of its breeding range in winter, it spends the non-breeding season farther north than most Sharp-shinned Hawks. Nonmigratory populations inhabit Vancouver Island and the Fraser Valley of British Columbia.
In the east, Northern Goshawks rarely occur south of the 45th parallel during the breeding season; in the west they reach their southern limit in the mountains of northern Mexico at elevations above 3 000 m. The species is not truly migratory, for many adults winter as far north as the species breeds. There are, however, some fairly well-defined movements of Northern Goshawks, particularly east of the Rocky Mountains. These movements coincide with major die-offs, every nine or 10 years, of cyclic northern food species such as the Ruffed Grouse and snowshoe hare.
The accipiters are birds of prey, which means they eat flesh. They are also diurnal, which means that they hunt during the day like all the other birds of prey except the owls. They are also primarily bird hunters, especially the Sharp-shinned and Cooper's hawks.
The Sharp-shinned Hawk follows the migration of the sparrows, finches, and warblers into the northern forests in summer and back to the subtropics in winter. The Cooper's Hawk preys on larger forest and bushland birds of the mid-latitudes: American Robins, jays, and quail. The Northern Goshawk feeds on mammals as well as birds, depending on what is available. In fact, at certain times and places, mammals make up over half its food supply. Its favourite prey includes grouse, snowshoe hares, and ground squirrels.
These hawks commonly use two methods of hunting. In one, the hawk hides in a bushy tree and watches for a prospective victim to move away from its cover. Once the prey is spotted, the hawk quietly launches itself into the air, dives straight down for a few metres to pick up air speed, then flattens out and glides straight towards its quarry. As long as the intended victim remains unaware of its approach, the hawk does not beat its wings. But, most prey do detect the gliding hawk and take flight or scurry for cover. At that moment the hawk puts on a tremendous burst of speed to close the gap and makes a strike before the quarry reaches cover.
A more speculative but still effective way of hunting is for the hawk to cruise along the edge of woods, along creeks or rivers, or just below tree-top level in the woods, on the chance of surprising something far enough away from cover to attempt a high-speed dash. The distance the hawk will chase varies somewhat with circumstances, but generally the two smaller species seldom pursue a quarry for more than 100 m. The Northern Goshawk, a swifter and more persistent hunter, will press its attack on birds such as Ruffed Grouse, ptarmigan, and pheasant for as much as 1 km, particularly if the flight course is across open ground.
Accipitrine hawks are among the most secretive of birds in their nesting activities, and their nests are seldom found. All are tree-nesters, but the requirements of the three species are somewhat different.
The Sharp-shinned Hawk prefers semi-open country with dense groves of immature spruce or similar trees. It chooses a nesting area in late April to early May and builds a new nest each year. The nest is a relatively enormous platform, almost 60 cm across, hidden in the low side-limbs of a conifer only 3 to 6 m from the ground. This species raises broods of between five and seven young. Incubation, or keeping the eggs warm until they hatch, is done mainly by the female. Incubation lasts for 30 to 35 days, and fledging, or first flight, occurs in another 23 to 27 days. During this time the young become "branchers": they live in the surrounding trees but still receive food from the adults. Sharp-shinned Hawks aggressively defend a small area around their nest. Only their small size prevents them from being dangerous to people, for they make hard contact when they strike.
The Cooper's Hawk returns to its traditional nesting area of tall, mature trees in mid-April to early May. It prefers groves of trees covering some 10 to 30 ha, adjacent to open fields or grassy hillsides. Here an aerial display, accompanied by vocalizations, is interspersed with nest repair or building. Densely foliaged trees hide the nest, anchored in the fork of one or two large branches and seldom less than 12 m from the ground. The nest is often smaller than that of the Sharp-shinned Hawk and strongly resembles a crow's nest. The female lays up to six eggs but seldom raises more than four young each season. Incubation, mostly by the female, requires 35 to 36 days and fledging occurs in 30 to 34 days, during which time, like young sharp-shins, the young become "branchers." Cooper's are among the shyest of hawks: during early incubation, at the first sign of human intrusion, the female tends to slip away unobtrusively. If intruders climb the nest tree after the eggs hatch, the adults protest briefly but attacks are almost unknown.
Northern Goshawks, in spite of their far northern or high-elevation breeding grounds, begin their nesting activities a full month earlier than either of the smaller accipiters. Coniferous forests appear to be an absolute requirement for nesting but in some areas the hawks prefer contiguous mature or old-growth mixed forest dominated by conifers. Although the nest itself may be in a deciduous tree, that tree is usually 0.5 km back from the forest edge. The nest is usually situated in a three-way fork anywhere from 6 to 20 m from the ground.
Both adults engage in a spectacular aerial display before and during nest building or repair. Two to four eggs are laid by early to mid-April, and incubation commences even though snow covers the ground and night-time temperatures drop well below freezing. Incubation lasts for 28 to 30 days, with a fledging period of 40 to 43 days. Like Sharp-shinned and Cooper's hawk young, Northern Goshawk fledglings also disperse to neighbouring trees, where the adults continue to feed them. Until the young leave, the adult goshawks are aggressive and strike intruders as far as 1 km from the nest. Sometimes vocalizations announce the attack but often no warning is issued. The goshawk's speed and agility make avoidance of its attack almost impossible.
Loss of habitat for breeding hawks and for their prey has accelerated in recent years as people cleared more forested areas for agriculture, suburban developments, and industrial uses. Hawks require large undisturbed areas for successful nesting. Researchers believe that a decline in the number of hawks and other bird-eating raptors in North America began and still persists in the agricultural areas of the middle latitudes.
Although this population decline is probably due in part to habitat loss, it is also a result of indirect poisoning by insecticides. Small birds that feed on sprayed insects retain the tiny concentrations of chemicals in the insects' bodies and pass these residues on to the hawks. In a food chain, insecticides that do not decompose much, such as DDT and dieldrin, accumulate at higher levels in each succeeding link, so that the hawks build up significantly more insecticide residues than do their prey. These residues can reach levels poisonous enough to interfere with reproduction. Although most uses of these persistent insecticides have been banned in Canada and the United States, the insecticides are still used in some Central and South American countries. The Sharp-shinned Hawk migrates to these areas and accumulates residues. Because the Sharp-shinned and the Cooper's hawks tend to eat more small birds than does the Northern Goshawk, the two smaller species expose themselves more to this type of contamination. Additional food chain contamination also occurs from spraying programs conducted years ago, as residues recycle in our local environment, from soil to insect to predator.
Hawk Migration Society of North-America
All About Birds, Northern Goshawk
All About Birds, Cooper's Hawk
All About Birds, Sharp-shinned Hawk
Audubon Field Guide, Northern Goshawk
Audubon Field Guide, Cooper's Hawk
Audubon Field Guide, Sharp-shinned Hawk
Beebe, F.L. 1974. Field studies of the falconiformes of British Columbia. Occasional Paper No. 17. The British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria, British Columbia.
Bent, A.C. 1961. Life histories of North American birds of prey. Part I. Dover, New York.
Clark, W.S., and B.K. Wheeler. 1987. A field guide to the hawks of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston.
Godfrey, W.E. 1986. The birds of Canada. Revised edition. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.
Newton, I. 1979. Population ecology of raptors. Buteo Books, Vermillion, South Dakota.
Palmer, R.S. 1988. Handbook of North American birds. Yale University Press, New Haven and London.
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of the Environment, 1973, 1975, 1990. All rights reserved.
Catalogue number CW69-4/81E
Revision: Ursula Banasch, 1990
Photo: Richard Fyfe
Mark Williams Snowy Owl Snowy Owl (15 seconds) Snowy Owl (Youth) Snowy Owl (30 seconds) Snowy Owl Snowy Owl (Original)
One of the heaviest of North American owls, the Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus stands nearly half a metre tall, with a wingspan of almost 1.5 m. As is the case with most diurnal birds of prey—those that are active during the day—the female is larger and heavier than the male. The average weight of the female is 2.3 kg compared to 1.8 kg for the male.
Adult males may be almost pure white in colour. Adult females are darker, their white feathers barred with dark brown. First-year birds of both sexes are more darkly marked than their adult counterparts. Immature males resemble adult females, and immature females are heavily barred and may appear dark grey when seen from a distance. The light coloration of Snowy Owls provides camouflage when the owls are perched on snow, but this advantage is lost in summer. As spring approaches and the ground becomes bare, Snowy Owls move to sit on patches of snow or ice. No one knows whether they do this to camouflage themselves or whether they are merely keeping insects away or staying cool.
A dense layer of down, overlaid with thick feathering, insulates the Snowy Owl's entire body, including the legs and toes, and enables the bird to maintain a body temperature of 38 to 40°C, even when the air temperature reaches -50°C. In strong wind, Snowy Owls may seek shelter by crouching on the ground behind a windbreak, such as a pile of stones, snowdrift, or bale of hay.
Lindy Martin Tundra Swan
The Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus, formerly known as the Whistling Swan, is a large bird with white plumage and black legs, feet, and beak. However, when it is feeding in iron-rich areas, the feathers on its head and neck may take on a reddish tinge.
The male weighs on average 7.5 kg and can measure 1.3 m from bill to tail. The adult female is about the same size as the male but weighs slightly less, about 6.3 kg. The young of the year are smaller than the adults and have grey plumage, pinkish beaks with black tips, and pink legs and feet. It takes at least two years for adult plumage to grow in.
There are seven species of swans in the world. Two of these, the Tundra Swan and the Trumpeter Swan C. buccinator, are native to North America; their respective populations comprise 140 000 and 16 000 individuals. One non-native species, the Mute Swan, is found in North America,. People brought Mute Swans from Europe and Asia for ornamental display in parks and zoos, and now this species is found in the wild in certain parts of the continent. The Tundra Swan is the most common of the three species of swan found in Canada.
Although Trumpeter Swans are slightly larger than Tundra Swans, it is very difficult to tell the two species apart. At close range, a small yellow mark at the base of the bill, close to the eye, can be seen on the Tundra Swan. There is no such mark on the Trumpeter Swan.
Although very similar in appearance, the Trumpeter Swan and the Tundra Swan have quite different voices. The Trumpeter Swan has a deep, resonant, brassy, trumpet-like voice; the voice of the Tundra Swan is softer and more melodious.
The Tundra Swan's former name "whistling swan" referred to the sound made by the slow, powerful beating of the wings in flight, and not to the voice of the bird. The call is pitched lower than a whistle and more closely resembles a blowing or tearing sound.
When thousands of birds are concentrated at a migratory staging point, the level of sound is very high, particularly at night when much of the social activity takes place.


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Marriage & Baptism
St Patrick's History
St Brigid's History
The Marist Fathers
The Church Hill parish has been in the care of the Marist Fathers since 1868.
The Marist Fathers were founded in France, gaining approbation by the Holy See in 1836. The founder of the Marist Fathers is Father Jean Claude Colin.
The Marist Fathers congregation is one of a number of Marian congregations that were born in France about that time. In fact, the vision of the early Marist founders was that there be one Marist group made up of men and women, Priests, Brothers and Sisters. Rome did not agree with that vision and subsequently four Marist groups came into being, the Marist Brothers, the Marist Sisters, the Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary (SMSM) and the Marist Fathers.
Marist Fathers first came to Oceania at the end of 1836. St. Peter Chanel was a member of that group. Marist Fathers first came to Australia in 1843, not primarily to engage in pastoral work, but to set up a supply base for the Oceanian mission.
The first parish priest of St. Patrick's, Archdeacon John McEncroe, became friendly with the early Marists who had established a house at Hunters Hill and on his deathbed requested that the Parish of St. Patrick's, Church Hill be entrusted to the Marists. That was in 1868. The Archbishop agreed and the parish has been cared for by the Marists ever since. Father Joseph Monnier was the first Marist parish priest.
Initially, Marists in Australia were members of the Province of Oceania. Later they became attached to the New Zealand province. It was not until 1938 that Australia became an autonomous Marist Fathers' province.
At that time a Marist seminary was established at Toongabbie in western Sydney.
The website of the Marist Fathers in Australia and Japan can be found here.
Many young Australians joined the Marists and for many years the Toongabbie Marist Seminary provided the academic and spiritual formation for these young men. In 1974, the seminary was moved to Hunters Hill to provide easier access to university studies for Marist seminarians.
Today, because of lower numbers entering our Marist groups, Marist formation is carried out in conjunction with the New Zealand Province. The combined house of formation is in Auckland, New Zealand.
Anyone wishing to enquire further about life as a Marist Father should contact the Vocation Promoter, Marist Fathers, 3 Mary Street, Hunters Hill NSW Australia 2110, telephone (02) 9844 2222.
For information on other religious orders, contact the congregational leader of the particular religious congregation.
The Sydney Archdiocese has more information on vocations at the Vocations Website.
St Patrick's Church Address and Contact
Parish Office:
141 Harrington Street, Sydney Australia
PO Box N44, Grosvenor Place 1220 Australia
Email: office@stpatschurchhill.org
St Patrick's Construction and Opening
St Patrick's History – Early Years
Marist Parish Priests at St Patrick's (1868-1926)
Marist Parish Priests at St Patrick's (From 1926)
St Patrick's Historical and Restorations Images
St Brigid's Beginning
19th Century Developments
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Prof. Barry Katzen
Founder and Chief Medical Executive
Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute
Miami, Florida, United States of America
Barry T. Katzen, MD, is the founder and chief medical executive of the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, which has served as a national model of success in multidisciplinary cooperation. He is clinical professor of radiology and surgery, Associate Dean Clinical Affairs Baptist Health, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University; as well as at University of Miami, School of Medicine and University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine.
Dr. Katzen graduated from the University of Miami, School of Medicine in 1970, completed his internship at Jackson Memorial Hospital, residency at the New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, and a fellowship in cardiovascular radiology at St. Vincent's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Rome.
Dr. Katzen is one of the pioneers of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, peripheral thrombolysis for less invasive treatment of vascular disease and was part of the investigative team that lead to the approval of the first intravascular stent. He performed the first renal angioplasty in the United States and is considered one of the founders of interventional radiology as a specialty of medicine. He is credited with being the first to use "live patient demonstrations" in the USA, which became the benchmark for procedural education in endovascular.
Among his awards, Dr. Katzen received the Society of Interventional Radiology's (SIR) Gold Medal; the Annual Gold Medal award from the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE); and the Career Achievement Award from Trans-Catheter Therapeutics (TCT).
Dr. Jamal Hoballah
Head, Division of Vascular Surgery, Professor, Chairman of the Department of Surgery
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Dr. Jamal Hoballah received his MD from the American University of Beirut in 1981. He joined New York University (NYU) in 1982 where he completed his general surgery residency in 1987 and a trauma/critical care fellowship in 1988. He remained on the faculty at NYU for two years before moving to the University of Iowa where he completed his vascular fellowship in 1991.
Dr. Hoballah's areas of clinical and research interest include endovascular surgery, infrainguinal revascularization, acute limb ischemia, and surgical education. He has authored and co-authored over 90 papers in peer reviewed journals and over 40 book chapters. In addition, he has been the sole author of a vascular surgery book and co-editor of six other surgical books. He also serves as a reviewer for several surgical journals.
Dr. Hoballah is a member of numerous prestigious surgical societies and has served as president of the Johnson County Medical Society and president of the Iowa Vascular Society. He served as an examiner for the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Vascular Surgery. He has received several awards including the Attending of the Year award at NYU in 1989 and the Teacher of the Year award at the University of Iowa in 1996. He has been selected to the Best Doctors in American list for several years. Dr. Hoballah is the past chair of the International Relations Committee of the American College of Surgeons. He is the Governor of the ACS Lebanon Chapter, chair of the International Governors workgroup of the American College of Surgeons and chair of nominating committee of the ACS Board of Governors.
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Dr. Koussayer completed his training in General Surgery at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, and his training in Vascular Surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He is board certified in general and vascular surgery from the USA.
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Nischni Bestjach (, ) ist eine Siedlung städtischen Typs am Ostufer der Lena in der russischen Teilrepublik Sacha.

Nischni Bestjach hat  Einwohner (Stand ), ist seit 2007 Verwaltungssitz des Ulus Megino-Kangalasski und befindet sich an der Fernstraße M56 "Lena"/"Kolyma". Eine Bahnstrecke nach Nischni Bestjach, die Amur-Jakutische Magistrale, die bis auf weiteres hier endet, wurde im November 2011 vollendet. Der Personenverkehr wurde im Juli 2019 aufgenommen. Am gegenüberliegenden Ufer der Lena liegt die Hauptstadt von Sacha, Jakutsk. Die Lena hat hier eine Breite von zwei Kilometern, in der Zeit der Schneeschmelze kann sie sich verfünffachen. Jakutsk hat keinen Eisenbahnanschluss, auch existiert hier keine Brücke.

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Ort in der Republik Sacha

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Brand new fully-equipped kitchen with expansive counter space, eat-in bar and stainless steel appliances. Bring your boat and jet skis and park them steps away at your own private dock. 3 bedrooms upstairs (large master with queen-size bed, 2 smaller bedrooms on this level have double/full-size beds). A first-floor den has a very comfortable futon (double/full-size). There are two bathrooms with tub/showers upstairs and one bathroom on the first floor with a shower. Large deck with lounge chairs and dining space. Electric grill (OC does not allow gas grills on wooden decks). Balconies off each of the 3 upstairs bedrooms. Plenty of parking, steps from the front door. Guests bring their own bed linens and towels.
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click & maximize Det Moderna Hemmet, Stockholm, Sweden, Bokforlaget Natur Och Kultur, 1937, first edition, large thick 4to (11.75" x 8.5"), HB, Rebound ex-library copy in medium green buckram over boards with 1/4 dark green library cloth binding; white handwritten titles and call number on spine, marbled text block edges, rear hinge reinforced - no other library markings, VG-/ no dj. Corners / board edges badly worn, binding firm, school library bookplate on front paste-down, bookseller label (Julius Wisotzki) at lower left ffep, stamped "Printed in Sweden", some light age-toning to page edges.
Full title: Det Moderna Hemmet Inredningskonst I Sverige Och Andra L�nder (The Modern Home, Interior Decoration in Sweden and other countries.) 344 pp., illustrated throughout, 518 b/w photographs, line drawings, floor plans and diagrams; 25 color plates; one leaf with 4 tipped-in wallpaper samples; text in Swedish. An interesting overview of recent developments in the architecture and interior design of "the modern dwelling" during the 1930's. Chapters examine history, color theory and planning, room layouts, furniture selections, lighting fixtures and placement and the use of textiles in interiors. The ensuing sections present contemporary interior design examples, arranged by country, each accompanied by numerous captioned photos and commentary by various experts in related fields: Sweden (Hans Rab�n); Norway (Thor Kielland, Director, Kunstindustrimuseet / Danish Museum of Art and Design); Denmark (Kay Fisker, Danish architect ; Poul H. M�rck); Finland (Nils G.Hahl, art historian, writer and co-founder of Artek in partnership with Alvar and Aina Aalto); Germany (Ake Huldt); France (Tyra Lundgren, ceramics and glass artist); England (P.Morton Shand, architecture critic and food/wine writer); Austria (Professor Max Eisler, art critic, historian and Dagobert Peche's biographer); Switzerland (Dr. Siegfried Giedion, architecture historian and critic); Italy (Alberto Sartoris, architect and author); the United States (Erik Wettergren, art historian, Director Nationalmuseum in Stockholm); Japan (Tetsuro Yoshida, architect, professor and author).
Work by some of the following international designers and design firms are included: Alvar & Aino Aalto, G.A. Berg, Lund & Wahlund, Elsa Gullberg, M�rta M��s-Fjetterstr�m, Carl Malmsten, Axel Larsson, Elias Svedberg, Gunnar Pleijel, Arne Remlow,Josef Frank, AB-Svenskt Tenn, Karl H. Martin, Isidor H�rlin, Rolf Engstr�mer, Sven Markelious, Erik Friberger, David Blomberg, Holger Blom, Jan Wahlman, Munthe-Kaas, Aasland & Korsmo, H. Chr. Hansen & Viggo J�rgensen, Flemming Lassen, Houm�ller Klemmensen, Mogens Lassen, Arne Jacobsen, Johan Pedersen, M.L. Stephensen, Kaare Klint, Mogens Koch, Anna Strengell, Marianne Strengell, Frans Jaud, Hans M�ller, Mies van der Rohe, Adolf Schneck, Andr� Arbus, E. Kohlmann, Ren� Prou, Jacques Adnet, L. Nameix, R.Valance et Cie, Le Corbusier, Louis Sognot, Charlotte Perriand, Ren� Herbst, Frederick Etchells, Guy Morgan, J. Duncan Miller, Erich Mendelsohn, Serge Chermayefff, Frederick Gibberd, Marcel Breuer, Robert Pommerenke, Karl Hofmann und Felix Augenfeld, Walther Loos, Walther Sobothka, Max Fellerer, Max Ernst Haefeli, Werner M. Moser, Rudolf Steiger, Alberto Sartoris, A.J. Nelson, Jane White Lonsdale, Richard H. Dana, Cambree & Heywirth, Elisabeth Parker, R. Strauss, G. MacStay Jackson among many others.


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Раджанат Себу (1200—1565) — доіспанське наднаціональне державне утворення на острові Себу (у Філіппінах). Після зникнення раджанату на його місці було засновано місто Себу.

Епізодичні відомості
Раджанат Себу — історична філіппінська країна, існувала на острові Себу в доіспанський час. Засновником вважається Шрі-Лумей (Шрі Лумай — відомий також як Раджамуда Лумая) — принц династії Чола, котрий відмовився зайняти Суматру. Шрі Лумай був посланий магараджами, аби створити базу для експедиційних сил — для підкорення місцевих державних утворень. Одначе він повстав та створив власний незалежний Раджанат. Державне утворення воювало з Султанатом Магінданао та було у союзі з Раджанатом Бутуан і царством Кутай (Східний Калімантан). Зазнав ослаблення після повстання Лапу-Лапу 1521 року.

Сусідив з Маджа-ас.

Колонізація
Раджанат був ліквідований під час правління Раджі Тупаса силами конкістадора Мігеля Лопеса де Легаспі у битві при Себу 1565 року.

Джерела
 Історія Філіппін
 A Short History of Philippines
 The Rajahnate of Cebu
 The Rajahnate of Cebu was a neighbor of Madja-as

Себу (провінція)
Історія Філіппін
засновані в Азії 1200
зникли в Азії 1565


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The Pingry School
The Pingry Experience
"It's impossible to imagine any place striving harder than we do. The creative process is held in such high regard here—it makes me excited to come in every day and see what's new."
—Deirdre O'Mara P '17, '19, '21, Upper School biology teacher
Honor & Character
Stewardship & Sustainability
Intellectual Engagement
Pingry at a Glance
Auxiliary Programs
Our New Head of School
The Pingry Difference
"A lot of what I did at Pingry really shaped what I did in college. You have a camp of people who go into college trying to reinvent themselves. For me, I didn't feel like I was doing anything different. The path I took at Pingry really helped to pave the way for me going forward."—TanTan Wang '16
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Pingry People
Tuition & Value
Expression at Pingry
"Those years under the watchful eyes of my drama teachers . . . set me up handsomely for the work I do. I know now to find my joy and fight for it. To those Pingry artists who are scared to do what you love: find it, fight for it. It's worth the struggle."
—Jessie McLaughlin '17
Hostetter Arts Center Gallery
Pingry Artists
Pingry Pride
"Here, you get back to the foundation of soccer and you realize why you love it, and to be able to win a state title is incredible. Playing with your friends is something you don't always get to do and that is what makes high school soccer so special." —Alexandra Weber '20
Pingry Athletes
A Pingry Education
"We have a framework of curriculum, but we're given the freedom and trust to approach the material the way we feel is best. It's what makes this school exceptional rather than just a great private school." —Aaron Kellner, Grade 4 teacher
Technology and 1:1 Program
Pingry Extended Programs
Pingry Scholars
Proud to be Pingry
"To not only see how much the School has changed for my children and grandchildren, but to be an active part and agent of that change has been truly remarkable."—Bob Rooke '43
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The Pingry Family
"I'm convinced my daughter is being cared for and paid attention to here at Pingry in a way that wouldn't happen anywhere else. Our classroom teachers have been there for her in the moments, big and small. It's above and beyond anything I could have expected."
—Uma Aviles P '31
All-School Calendar
The Bear Pause (Pingry Store)
Bear Pause (Pingry Store)
Pingry News & Events
Dr. Reid Cottingham to Assume Newly Formulated Role of Director of Teaching and Learning, K-12
Following the departure of Dr. Reid Prichett at the end of the school year, Dr. Reid Cottingham will assume the revised, school-wide role.
Mrs. Cynthia Santiago Joins Pingry's College Counseling Team
Following a months-long search process that resulted in significant interest from a broad pool of candidates, Assistant Head of School–Basking Ridge Campus Dr. Delvin Dinkins and Director of College Counseling Tim Lear '92 are delighted to announce the newest member of the College Counseling team.
In Our Own Words: Samantha Burak '20 and Sejal Patel '23
Members of the Balladeers and Glee Club, they describe the honor of singing at The White House.
Big Blue Beat: Boys' Winter Track & Field
With junior captains at the helm of a sizable team, Big Blue will capitalize on existing and growing talent this season.
Big Blue Beat: Girls' Winter Track & Field
With a third-place finish at both the Non-Public A Championships and Prep A Championships last year, the girls' team is looking ahead to another strong season.
In My Own Words: Thomas Beacham '20
Thanks to Thomas' hard work, Thomas Edison National Historical Park has a new exhibit.
Pingry Shares Curricular Ideas with Chinese Teachers
Administrators and teachers hosted a delegation from a potential exchange school, Beijing Jianhua Experimental School.
Big Blue Beat: Varsity Ski Racing
As Pingry's ski racing team takes to the slopes, they hope to qualify once again this year for the State Championships.
New Year's Greetings!
In this year's winning New Year's card design contest, the artwork of Sheryl Chen '26 reminds Pingrians of the importance of unity and community.
In Winter Festival, Pingry Celebrates the Holidays
Lower, Middle, and Upper School choral and instrumental ensembles performed seasonal music in this annual concert.
Semester 1 Ends: Forms III-VI
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Assembly
Read More about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Assembly
Admission: Supplementary Documents Deadline
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Financial Aid: TADS Application Due (Admission Applicants)
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School Closed (BC) | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | US Athletics May Continue
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Pingry
Charlotte Diemar
For two years, from ages 4 to 6, Charlotte Diemar '24 took figure skating lessons. She found it boring, she recalls, and eagerly switched to ice hockey, which she has been playing—and loving—ever since. Like her father, who also competed on the hockey team for Pingry, she plays left wing on a Middle School team that has long been co-ed. As a seventh grader, she earned the distinction of being the very first girl to score. She didn't even realize it until after the game, when Middle School Athletics Director Gerry Vanasse shared the exciting news with her. She felt very accomplished, she said.
Charlotte also plays lacrosse and soccer for the Middle School, and it's clear that her parents are a source of inspiration. In fact, they were both two-sport student athletes at Pingry, and, she says, have always urged her, whether she's on a JV or varsity roster, to try her best and put in her full effort. As she rattles off highlight moments that stick with her—scoring the winning soccer goal against Montclair Kimberley Academy in Grade 7; shuttling a pass to a less experienced lacrosse teammate who then scored; and, in ice hockey, defeating Delbarton in a nail-biting shoot-out—her full devotion is evident.
A club lacrosse and ice hockey player outside of school, Charlotte says playing for Pingry feels very different, special. "It feels more like a team—we all know each other, we are more connected to one another. When we score or pass we're all happy for and support each other." She's eager to continue her Big Blue spirit when she joins the Upper School ice hockey team as a freshman next year (she's still deciding on soccer and lacrosse). Having been invited, as a Middle Schooler, to practice with the team on occasion, she knows many of the players—and their styles—already, and she's excited to join them on the ice. She adds, "I have a lot I want to prove."
Margi Dillon P '17, '18, '20
Upper School Spanish teacher, lacrosse and field hockey coach
Like her mother—who grew up in South Africa playing competitive sports before becoming a teacher and coach at independent schools on the East Coast—Margi was an athlete well before she, herself, became a teacher. As she will tell you—perhaps, as her mother felt—the two identities are complementary, self-reinforcing, even.
"Coaching is very similar to being in a classroom. . . you see in a concrete way the time it takes for someone to master a new skill," she says. "One kid is going to get it right away, another will need to see it in a different way, a third will want you to stand with her and do it a few times with your guidance. Coaching is a reminder of the different ways in which kids learn, and the excitement they feel when they master a new skill."
An insatiable athlete growing up, Margi, who joined Pingry in 2004 as a Spanish teacher, was a three-sport varsity athlete and captain in high school. At the University of Pennsylvania, she played Division I varsity lacrosse and club ice hockey (she served as the team's president her last two years). After a junior-year spent in Madrid, she returned to Penn her senior year and rowed crew. Having numerous teaching-coaching experiences, with stints at schools in Bainbridge Island, Pebble Beach, Virginia Beach, and Chicago, at Pingry, she has supported the lacrosse and field hockey programs from the Middle School to the varsity level.
The mother of three Pingry student athletes who pursue—or will, upon graduation—sports at the collegiate level, Margi has also managed to find time to coach her town's girls' lacrosse rec league for several years. She admires her mother's own athletic experiences, and champions the importance of sport for girls, in particular. "I think girls should play sports because it's fun, healthy, and encourages risk-taking. . . It is really a gift to be able to share that sort of experience with a bunch of high school kids who want to learn and challenge themselves. Perhaps what I love most is the laughter and connections made on the field."
Peter Youssef
Come fall, every day after school you'll find Peter Youssef '22 treading water in Beinecke Pool. For two hours. He and his teammates also perform kicking drills, practice their passes and shots, and then scrimmage. In short, Pingry's Varsity Water Polo Team is not for the faint of heart. But then again, it's a sport Peter took up at his local YMCA when he was 10, and he's loved it ever since.
When Peter, who plays for a club team in Princeton during the off-season, applied to Pingry in Grade 9, the very fact that the school offered a varsity water pool team was a big draw for him. After a year on the team, he hasn't been disappointed. "Coach really helped me to learn a new lob shot, which has been very useful in my games, as well as a pump fake."
Last March, he was one of 14 under-14 athletes in the Northeast "zone" selected by USA Water Polo to participate in the Olympic Development Team's National Championships in Riverside, California. "It was a really great experience for me to get to the next level," he reflected. "It's where I want to be eventually."
Zara Jacob
When she was 8, Zara Jacob's dad took her to the driving range for the first time. She remembers picking flowers and chasing butterflies after just a few swings. Playing golf was always just a hobby, something to do over the summer, she explains. But after enough time on the local circuit, she began hearing the names of two very skilled Pingry players. Before too long, she couldn't wait to join the varsity team.
"I knew Ami [Gianchandani '18], Christine [Shao '19], and Ashley Lu '20 through summer tournaments and I'd heard so much about them—they were so good!" she remembers. "I was really intimidated at first, but it was great to play with better players. It was huge for the mental aspect of my game; they taught me so much. Before high school, I thought golf was just a hobby. When I joined the team in the Upper School, I knew it was a sport I wanted to play in college."
Speaking of which, Ami, who two years earlier was helping Zara with her chips and sand shot, is now helping her navigate the college admission process. "She taught me how to talk to college coaches, how often, and when. She even shared with me her inquiry emails to coaches from five years ago!" says Zara.
Most vivid among Zara's memories as a Pingry student athlete to date is when the team took gold at the 2018 Tournament of Champions, a sublime end to an undefeated season. Everyone played their best, she recalls, rattling off their scores: 70-70-79-80. "I remember Ami had said that if Ashley and I break 80 and Christine goes under par, she would jump in the course lake and yodle," Zara laughs. "She didn't end up doing it, but I remember that. We joked about her promise for two weeks leading up states! It's one thing to be a great player, like Ami, but it's another to inspire other people to become better."
Chris Shilts P '17, '19, '21, '24
Varsity Football Coach, Upper School English teacher
Like his son, Coach Shilts's father, Dr. John Shilts, was a longtime coach and teacher, who worked for many years at a Pingry competitor, Lawrenceville. It was inevitable that a healthy rivalry between father and son would play out. In this case, it was on the track, in 2004, when they each had a star hurdler vying for the top spot in the state. "I'm proud that the two best hurdlers in the state that year were coached by Shiltses," Coach Chris Shilts recalls with a smile.
Since joining the Pingry faculty in 2000, becoming Head Coach of the Boys' Varsity Football Team in 2008, and Interim Head Coach of the Boys' Varsity Track Team in 2010, specializing in sprints and hurdles, Coach Shilts has gone on to guide dozens of Pingry student athletes to reach their potential. Many of his former players, runners, and sprinters have gone on to successful collegiate careers. And it's worth nothing that all current Pingry record-holders in the hurdles are boys or girls who learned the event from him.
Coach Shilts was, himself, a successful college athlete, as an outside linebacker and four-time varsity letterer for the College of Wooster's football and track & field teams. After several teacher-coach experiences at independent schools on the East Coast and beyond (including the Bullis School, Maryland; Cranbrook Schools, Michigan; and The Hill School, Pennsylvania), he arrived at Pingry—a physically formidable football coach running rigorous practices while nurturing the talents of budding writers. For his impact in the classroom, he received the 2003 Herbert F. Hahn Junior Faculty Award and the 2005 Norman B. Tomlinson Chair in the Humanities.
Whatever came of that track & field season in 2004, when Coach Shilts and his father each had a star hurdler in competition? Jamil McClintock '04—a 2015 Pingry Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, who went on to set records at Brown University—took top honors by winning the 110 high hurdles at the Meet of Champions that year. Old rivalries die hard.
Anthony Ramlochan
Anthony Ramlochan '21 had dreamed of playing soccer for Big Blue since he arrived at Pingry in Grade 6. He played throughout Middle School, and was even elected captain of the team in Form II. As a freshman, he made the JV roster. But his inaugural game didn't turn out the way he envisioned.
"I had just made an assist to tie the game when I heard a pop," he recalls. "I fell to the ground and knew something was wrong." Six hours later, he was in the operating room to repair a stress fracture in his tibia and growth plate. He was disappointed to lose out on his freshman season, to be sure. But the lessons he learned through recovery were valuable ones. "Getting over the injury was pretty hard, but I learned how to be resilient," he recalls. He attended home games when he could, but spent most of his time focusing on recovery and academics. He won't soon forget how Assistant Coaches Wayne Paglieri and Jeff Patten visited him in the hospital before his surgery. Or how often Associate Head Coach David Fahey '99 would stop him in the hallway at school to ask how he was doing.
Anthony looks forward to his comeback in the fall, and to reconnecting with his passion. "I'm a pretty quiet person; I let my soccer do the talking. When I'm on the field, I'm not thinking about anything else."
Sandra Adablah
As a freshman new to Pingry, Sandra Adablah '21 eagerly dove into life as a Big Blue student athlete. She pursued the same sports she had played in her Middle School, joining the Girls' JV Field Hockey, Basketball, and Softball Teams. "I thought the teams at my previous school were close, but then I came to Pingry!" she says with a smile. "I love the team culture. Last fall the field hockey team played laser tag together. It was such a great memory. We are all friends and teammates, no matter the grade. It's a lot of hard work, but it's also so much fun."
She says the rigor of the two-hour practices, not to mention dedicated time in the Strength & Conditioning Center, have made her a better athlete. "I dreaded going to the weight room at first—the planks, neckercizes to protect from concussions, barbells, sprints—but I really grew to love the team lifts every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:00–4:00 p.m. I love being all together."
As for future athletic goals, Sandra, a shooting guard on the Girls' JV Basketball Team, wants to score as much as possible, and perhaps even hit 1,000 career points and a spot on varsity by her senior season. "It's a lot to score in just three years so I'm not 100% sure that I'll do it," she says of her goal. "But I am 100% sure that I will put in my full effort and play to the best of my ability!"
Ben Peacock
Playing defense on the varsity team as a freshman, Ben Peacock '20 scored Big Blue's very first goal in the 2017 NJSIAA Lacrosse State Championships, launching them to what would be their third straight Non-Public B state victory. "My teammates were jumping all over me. Coach Webster was really proud. All the seniors came over to congratulate me," he recalls. "That was a really memorable moment for me." The following year, he played an integral role again in helping the team to their fourth consecutive title.
Winning two back-to-back state championships as a sophomore is pretty special. Equally special, he says, is being part of—and learning from—such a close group of teammates. A lacrosse player since the second grade, Ben, who also plays basketball for Big Blue, credits his fellow Pingry teammates and the tough competition they face during the season with helping him to improve his game. "But also," he adds, "the academics have taught me how to manage my time and be productive when I'm not playing. I've learned how to prepare better—know when I have an away game, know what work I need to get done, and be proactive about it."
Halfway through his high school career, Ben is hoping to put another two state championships under his belt. But he doesn't lose sight of the advice he and his teammates got one day from Coach Webster. "We all talk about the championships, he told us, but it's really not about the championships. It's about the relationships you form with your friends and teammates; you consider them family."
Ryan Davi
Picture this: At the vaunted NJSIAA Meet of Champions for the 2017-18 indoor track & field season, freshman phenom Ryan Davi '21 steps up to the line, alight with nerves, listening for the starter's gun in the championship 800-meter run. Under her belt already that season were several school record-breaking 800-meter performances, including a 2:15 at the Armory Track & Field Center's Varsity Classic, which qualified her for the prestigious New Balance Nationals. But this was the race, the race where she wanted to prove that freshman talent can, in fact, keep pace, even at the end of grueling season.
"I thought that 2:15 was a good goal for the race, but that 2:14 and 2:13 would be my limit," she recalls. "But running 2:12 and placing second really surprised me. I was trying to keep the #1 runner in my sights the whole time. During the race, several runners passed me and then I passed them again. When I saw the clock in the last straight-away I was just so excited. My whole family and extended family were there cheering me on. Even my younger brother's wrestling coach came!"
She broke Pingry's school record yet again, earning the 10th fastest time of any high schooler in the nation, and the best time for a freshman.
The race, she says, was a standout moment in a successful freshman athletic campaign, one that included helping Pingry's 4x800 meter relay team to a ninth-place finish at Nationals one week later, and, helping to lead the Girls' Varsity Lacrosse Team to a #10 state ranking that spring.
She credits the support she got from Pingry coaches for allowing her to pursue her lacrosse passion, and not shoehorn her into the outdoor track season. "I don't think it's a good idea to play one sport all year; I want to be versatile as an athlete. Track and cross country [which she ran in the fall] are individual sports and I put pressure on myself. Lacrosse is different because it's a team sport and there's more togetherness. I really enjoy both," she says.
Which is why, when asked what Big Blue goals she's most looking forward to achieving in the years ahead, she can't quite decide. "I'm excited to step up more in lacrosse next year, as seven seniors are graduating. I won't be the freshman on the team anymore; I can step into a bigger role. I'm also excited to get faster and improve my 800 time, especially now that I have the confidence. I want to break 2:10. That's going to be exciting."
Carson Didden
Grade 6, fall season: Despite a devotion to field hockey, Carson Didden '24 decides, as part of her transition to Pingry's Middle School, to give the cross country team a try. Why? "I play mid-field in both lacrosse and field hockey, so I run a lot in games and have endurance. I just wanted to see how I would do in cross country. . . . I loved it!," reports the Pingry student athlete, who placed second in her age group for girls at the annual Middle School Great Pumpkin Run, hosted by Gill St. Bernard's.
Winter season: Basketball team—again, to try something new. Spring season: Carson, a lacrosse player since Grade 3, proudly makes the Middle School Girls' A Team, the only sixth grader that year to do so.
Her passion for sport, she says, is partly attributable to her sister, Avery '19, who is captain of the 2018-19 Girls' Varsity Field Hockey Team, and her brother, Tripp '21, who was part of Big Blue's varsity lacrosse lineup as a freshman. But Carson is quick to point out what benefits she sees for herself: "Sports helped me in the transition from the Lower School to the Middle School—being on teams is a great way to meet other students. And it's great in the Middle School now to have the freedom to pick what sport we want to play."
Next year, she's considering a return to her beloved field hockey in the fall, perhaps giving squash a try in the winter, and, of course, keeping up with the lacrosse team in the spring. Thinking ahead to her athletic career in the Upper School, what are her goals? "It would be great to make varsity field hockey and lacrosse as a freshman, but I know that's really hard," she says. "I just want to make an impact on whatever team I play on."
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Jared Baudin
Two-hand touch football on the Lower School's turf field is a favorite recess activity of Jared Baudin '25. "Normally, I play with Ramses Binns '25, Raymond Stein '25, Tyler Katt '25, and Gavin Narr '25," he explains. "They take it really seriously." On rainy days, it's pickup basketball instead.
Off the turf field, and outside of Pingry, Jared plays competitive lacrosse for his town team, the Cougars, as well as for a club team, NJ Diesel. This winter, he's considering joining an indoor box lacrosse team. He has also played basketball for as long as he can remember, most recently for his YMCA team and with an organization called Starting 5ive. He plans to try out for his town team this coming season. Flag football is yet another interest of Jared's; he is playing in a local league for the first time this year.
You might forgive an active student athlete like Jared for yawning in PE class, but he is just as passionate a competitor in the Lower School's gymnasium and fields as he is on his own teams. Dodgeball and Capture the Jack (a variation on Capture the Flag, devised by Lower Schoolers) are his favorites, but it's easy to see he gets excited about playing any sport with his friends. "I just finished the cross country unit; we had to run a lot. And I'm doing a unit on pickleball now. It's all fun!"
Does he bring any lessons from PE class into the classroom with him? "One thing I learned from Mr. LaFontaine [Lower School PE teacher] is that school comes before sports," Jared says. "He tells us, 'Work hard, play hard.' Sometimes, when I'm working really hard, I like to do sports to give my mind a break."
Jared looks forward to playing lacrosse and basketball when he moves up to the Middle School next year. "I think it's going to be fun to be able to play for my school," he says. He remembers his former lacrosse coach taking him to see Big Blue versus Bridgewater-Raritan (the coach's alma mater) in the semifinals of the 2016 Tournament of Champions, at Kean State University. He was only in the third grade at the time, but the experience clearly made a big impression. "Pingry ended up winning!" he remembers, smiling.
A unit on cross-country running in his sixth-grade P.E. class got Henry Wood '21 hooked. He joined the Middle School team in seventh grade, the first year competitive teams are offered to Middle Schoolers. In his very first meet, against Far Hills Country Day School, he won. "I surprised myself a little bit that first meet," he remembers. "I wasn't expecting to place that high, but I was pretty happy."
Come spring track season, he won every 800- and 1600-meter event he raced. A year later, as an eighth grader, he avenged his runner-up status in both meets the year before by winning the competitive Ed Scott Invitational—on Pingry's home course—and Gill St. Bernard's Great Pumpkin Run.
Henry's love of the sport—and talent—is a family affair. His older brother, Stewart '14, who captained Big Blue's cross-country team his senior year, competed for Dartmouth College for a year (an injury forced an early end to his running career). His older sister, Anna '18, also a standout runner at Pingry, recently broke the indoor track school record in the 3200-meter run. A lover of math, who also plays ice hockey in the winter ("I like to go fast!" he says), Henry embraces the work ethic and persistence that running require. "Like schoolwork," he says, "you get out of running what you put into it."
About Pingry
Pingry is a K-12, co-ed, independent day school in Short Hills and Basking Ridge, NJ, of over 1,100 students, all guided by its historic Honor Code.
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This gangster comedy tells of a successful young mobster who has taken over the fashionable Myeongdong district of Seoul. When he mistakes the poet Yun Tong-ju for a liquor similar to dongdongju, his gang decides the boss's ignorance is an embarrassment. The gang takes up a collection and puts the boss back in high school.
Director: JK Youn
Actors: Im Chang-jung, Jeong Woon-taek, Jung Joon-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Kim Sang-joong, Oh Seung-eun, Park Jun-gyu, Park Tam-hee, Song Seon-mi, Tae-Hak Li
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A conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs.
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To maintain his powers, the evil wizard Traigon must sacrifice his firstborn child to the god Caligara. His wife, however, has other ideas and runs away after giving birth with…
Hellfighters
The adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the world.
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Two television actors who play detectives are fired when the show's star gets upset that they are getting the better parts to play. So, they decide to try it for…
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The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new…
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The lives of three female assassins take a sudden turn when their charming boss lures them into one last job. They soon find themselves thrust into a bizarre situation involving…
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A troubled high school student discovers the truth behind his hidden abilities.
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Dom Jakson Berenguer Prado (Tucano, 5 de abril de 1918 — 2 de agosto de 2005) foi um bispo católico brasileiro.

Foi ordenado sacerdote em 13 de junho de 1943 em Senhor do Bonfim, e em 8 de março de 1958 foi sagrado bispo na Arquidiocese de São Salvador da Bahia. Foi bispo da então diocese de Vitória da Conquista e Feira de Santana. O santo padre João Paulo II acolheu sua renúncia no dia 17 de agosto de 1983.

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On January 14, 2019, Queen Rania of Jordan attended the annual Board Meeting of The Children's Museum Jordan (CMJ). The Queen visited the newest exhibits at the Children's Museum before attending its Board of Trustees meeting. The Children's Museum Jordan is a non-governmental organization established in 2007, that is affiliated with the Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development.
I love the creative and happy feeling of her blouse and skirt! The diagonals, buttons and asymmetry really give a boost to the fun of her outfit.
ALWAYS spectacularly and elegantly dressed. And this outfit, hair, shoes and bag are no exception.
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The picture with the adorable little girl taking a "selfie" is too cute!


Yesterday morning I went down to visit the Harborview Hospital Neuro ICU. I spent nine or ten days following my bicycle accident last July. The trip was definitely worthwhile.
I walked up to the nurses station and told them that I'd been a patient with them about nine months ago. A small group of people gathered around while I stammered out my thanks to them for saving my life, and for treating my family, friends and I so nicely.
Some of them remembered me as the guy who they had trouble fitting into a bed (because of my height). This inspired lots of laughter when I relayed the story to Kris and my parents. They remembered this being an issue at the time.
When I talked a bit about the circumstances of the accident with the Harborview folks, more memories were sparked. I know they have hundreds of patients go through their doors every year. From their perspective, I could have been yet another Traumatic Brain Injury patient.
I'll remember the looks on their faces for a long time. Quite a few of their patients don't make it. Others are never able to return to "normal" life. Some will require constant care for the rest of their lives. Many of their patients are from different states too – that's because people are transferred into the premier trauma center in the Pacific Northwest. In any case, they don't get to see many of their (former) patients up and walking around, let alone working, running, swimming, driving, and blissfully returned to 'normal' life.
People who work in the ICU see patients and their families when they're not at their best. The folks in the Harborview Neuro ICU treated my family with compassion and respect, and offered me great medical care. I'd been wanting to make a visit like this for a long time. Seems like the least I could do.
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Ashley Capital Breaks Ground at Livonia West Commerce Center 2
Michigan | August 6, 2021
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Ashley Capital has commenced construction on Livonia West Commerce Center 2 (LWC2), a 365,000 square foot industrial facility at the intersection of Amrhein and Eckles Roads on the former GM Delco Chassis Plant land in Livonia, Michigan. The City of Livonia and Livonia Chamber of Commerce held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate on July 21st, 2021.
Maureen Miller Brosnan, Mayor of Livonia, Michigan, was thrilled to take part in her first groundbreaking since becoming Mayor in 2020. Brosnan was accompanied by numerous community and business leaders, including representatives from the State of Michigan, Wayne County, and RACER Trust. The new industrial real estate project in Livonia is expected to make a major, positive economic impact in the city.
"For all of us, this is important. Because this is an area that was a contaminated piece of property that did not see a ready opportunity to redevelop," said Maureen Brosnan. "The fact that we had RACER Trust come together with Ashley Capital, it was the ideal mix."
A Brief History of the Site
The site for LWC2 is part of a larger parcel that once housed the former General Motors Delco Chassis Plant. The entire site was transferred to the Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response (RACER) Trust after GM declared bankruptcy. Ashley Capital acquired a portion of the land in 2014, with the remaining parcel acquired in early 2021 for LWC2.
The construction of the new industrial building highlights a major achievement for the property: it is the final parcel to be redeveloped on the site of the former plant, which finished operating in the early 1990s.
The industrial site has now rebounded, anchored by e-commerce giant Amazon, which opened a 1 million square-foot fulfillment center in 2017, and Republic National Distributing Company, who opened a warehouse on the property in 2019.
Once Ashley Capital completes LWC2, the number of jobs in the area is expected to total more than 1,700, said Dan West, president of the Livonia Chamber of Commerce.
Ashley Capital is Now Marketing the Space to Find a Tenant
Susan Harvey, Senior Vice President of Ashley Capital, confirmed that work on the new industrial real estate project in Livonia is expected to be completed by Spring 2022. Ashley Capital is marketing the property and expects to ink a deal in the near future.
"We have expressions of interest for space in the property, but Ashley Capital has developed almost all of its properties on a speculative basis. So that's not new for us and it's worked out," said the Senior VP.
The redevelopment of the site is a boon for all of Wayne County said County Executive Warren Evans. Warren also attended the groundbreaking as a community leader in the area.
The presence of attractive business opportunities is what drives people to want to locate to Wayne County, he said. "I want the employees, when they come, to see Wayne County in a way that says, 'I want to buy a home here. I want to live here.' That's how you cycle the economy and do good things," said Evans.
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Local project management firm helps to build up community
With over 15 years of project management experience, Michael Hooks, Jr. serves as owner and CEO of Allworld Project Management, LLC (AWPM), which has served Memphis and the Mid-South for nearly 10 years.
Hooks, a graduate of Hampton University and the University of Memphis Executive MBA program, attributes his success to always doing right by his employees and clients.
AWPM is scheduled to celebrate its 10th Anniversary in September, a professional service firm that provides a full range of project and program management services customized to the needs of both the public and private sector clients. A few of the projects that Hooks and his company have completed include: I AM A MAN Plaza, MLK Reflection Park, Sears Crosstown Renovation, and Tennessee Valley Authority Allen Plant, to name a few. Hooks stated that "Community and social involvement are essential to having a thriving business in any industry but especially in the city of Memphis."
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Hooks seeks talent and interns from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to help his team. He also mentors young engineers and serves on numerous boards.
The mission is to consistently exceed client's expectations by providing value-added solutions, one task at a time, while the vision is to be the standard of excellence delivering services with skill, morale, and innovation. These drivers have proven very successful as AWPW is now certified to operate in seven states, a member of nine professional organizations, and employs a dynamic and diverse employee base.
"A high degree of effective communication, recruiting diverse talent, and investing back into the Memphis community is a formula that has served us well," said Hooks.
When it comes to ensuring his team is up for every opportunity, Hooks encourages his engineers to "not be afraid of technology."
As the world evolves, AWPM continues to be a leader in the project management industry by creating a more inclusive and technologically advanced work environment with honest and proactive core values.
"Hooks is committed to the vision and mission he has set for Allworld Project Management, LLC. As a B Corporation, he is intentional, and coaches and encourages all team members to be Accountable, Creative, Team oriented, Organized, Respectful, and socially and environmentally responsible. One of the first things he told me on my first day, "We provide value-added solutions. Sometimes you may lead a project, and sometimes you will not. In leading, make certain your entire team is involved, and each client knows their project is our project, and that their success is our success," said Daryl Lewis, AWPM project manager.
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A-Level results 2018: What will this year's results look like?
By Dave Thomson|2018-09-27T17:11:30+01:0015th August 2018|Exams and assessment, Post-16 provision|
This blogpost forms part of a package of A-Level and GCSE results analysis, with funding received from the Nuffield Foundation. View our results day microsite, which shows national trends in entries and attainment for each A-Level and AS-Level subject. Data for 2018 will be available from 9.30am on 16 August.
This year's A-Level results come out tomorrow. It will be a significant day in the lives of students getting their results.
But what might the national results show?
All change
There will be change, as usual.
This will affect the year-on-year comparability of the data as well as the comparability of the data between the three home nations, as Wales and Northern Ireland increasingly diverge from England.
In England, AS-Levels have now been decoupled from A-Levels in all subjects, and no longer contribute to students' overall A-Level grades. We expect a further decline in AS-Level entries in England as results in the third and final wave of reformed subjects are awarded for the first time. This includes the hitherto most popular subject of all, mathematics. We wrote last year how entries in the first two waves of reformed subjects had plummeted, both as a result of the reforms but also as a result of funding constraints.
This latter reason could might also see AS-Level entries declining in Wales and Northern Ireland, even though they still contribute 40% to overall A-Level grades in those countries.
Results will be published for the second wave of reformed A-Level subjects in both England and Wales. These include French; German; Spanish; geography; drama; music; physical education; religious studies; and Welsh second language.
Reformed A-Levels offered by CCEA, the awarding body for Northern Ireland, will be awarded for the first time this year in almost all subjects. However, some students may still have taken unreformed subjects (or reformed subjects, for that matter) offered by one of the English awarding bodies.
We would not expect much change in attainment, however, even in reformed subjects. This is because of the approach Ofqual takes to maintaining standards over time known as comparable outcomes. Any changes in national results in A-Levels and AS-Levels (and GCSEs) will tell you more about changes in the prior attainment profile of students than changes in standards achieved.
What will happen to boys' results?
Having said that, might we expect a dip in the attainment of boys in England as a result of the World Cup? Two years ago we wrote about how success in the European Championship might have affected the results of boys in Wales (and research suggests it is boys who are more affected).
Last year there was much discussion about the attainment of boys at A-Level when it was reported that the percentage of A*-A grades achieved by boys at A-Level exceeded the percentage of girls for the first time in nearly twenty years.
One possible explanation was that the newly reformed A-Levels in England, which are generally based on final assessment, favour boys over girls. However, this overlooked the fact that the gap between boys and girls had been closing before the reforms were introduced.
If we consider just 18-year-olds in England, using data from the National Pupil Database we see that the attainment of boys at grades A*-A overtook that of girls back in 2014[1].
But in the reformed A-Levels which were first awarded in 2017, the attainment of boys and girls was virtually identical. As the chart below shows, the gap closed markedly from 2016, but that followed a sharp drop compared to 2015. It also shows a drop in 2012. Coincidentally or not, major international football tournaments were held in both 2012 and 2016.
However, in 2017 boys held an advantage over girls in only a small number of subjects. Among the 19 major subjects (those with more than 10,000 entries in 2017), a higher percentage of boys achieved grades A*-A compared to girls in just four: chemistry, English literature, mathematics and religious studies.
Of course, all of this ignores the fact that girls are more likely to enter A-Levels than boys, which is due at least in part to higher levels of attainment at Key Stage 4. The chart below shows the number of 18-year-olds in England entered for at least one A-Level as a percentage of the national cohort of 16-year-olds two years earlier. The gap in A-Level entry between girls and boys has widened slightly over the period observed.
1. Numbers based on National Pupil Database data will differ a little from those in JCQ (Joint Council for Qualifications) releases, as the JCQ figures available on results days are provisional data.
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About the Author: Dave Thomson
Dave Thomson is chief statistician at FFT with over fifteen years' experience working with educational attainment data to raise attainment in local government, higher education and the commercial sector. His current research interests include linking education and workplace datasets to improve estimates of adult attainment and study the impact of education on employment and benefits outcomes.
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Toppan Develops Paper-Based Tube-Pouch to Reduce Plastic Use
Tokyo – Toppan Printing (Toppan) (TSE:7911), a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has improved user-friendliness while reducing resource use to achieve enhanced environmental performance by developing the paper tube-pouch, a new paper-based version of the existing tube-pouch, which is shaped like a tube and easy to squeeze like a pouch. The paper tube-pouch is ideal for use in the food, toiletry, and pharmaceutical sectors, and full-scale sales are scheduled to be launched in Japan in fiscal 2020.
Paper-based material for body of easy to squeeze tube-shaped pouch further reduces plastic volume
Due to the use of thinner film material, the conventional tube-pouch is easier to squeeze and uses 30% less plastic than the type of laminated tube widely used for toothpaste. The new paper tube-pouch maintains the tube-pouch's functionality while demonstrating even better environmental performance by employing a paper-based material for the body, making possible a 50% reduction in plastic volume. Coupled with a redesign of the plastic parts of the head section, this enables plastic to be reduced by a total of 65%. Although plastic has been replaced with paper, the tube-pouch still maintains its shape even when the volume of content inside decreases, and the use of Toppan's proprietary GL BARRIER film on the inner surface ensures the world-class and complete barrier performance required for such items as food and cosmetics.
The body of the paper tube-pouch has a thickness of just 0.1 mm and a special folded structure.
Combined with a horizontal design for the plastic spout, this makes it easier to completely squeeze out the contents.
The use of paper for the exterior surface also means that design and sales promotion can fully exploit the advantages of the material's feel and texture, making the paper tube-pouch ideal for effectively communicating more natural and organic product concepts to consumers.
"The paper tube-pouch represents a new solution that can meet the needs of manufacturers, consumers, and society as a whole by reducing impact on the environment, enhancing user-friendliness, and also offering new possibilities for design," said Shingo Wada, general manager of business strategy in Toppan's western Japan division. "It is another example of Toppan's efforts to tackle such issues as marine plastic and the need for efficient circulation of resources by developing eco-friendly packaging and containers that sacrifice nothing in terms of functionality while making use of more sustainable materials, such as recycled and biomass plastics, monomaterials, and paper."
About GL BARRIER
GL BARRIER is Toppan's range of transparent films providing world-class barrier performance. The multilayer structure of GL BARRIER films combines unique coating and vapor-deposited layers to enable outstanding, stable barrier performance relied upon for a wide range of items in the food, medical, pharmaceutical, and industrial materials sectors. Films in the GL BARRIER range include PRIME BARRIER, for products with superior functionality and added value, FRESHLIGHT, for simple barrier packaging, and GL FILM, for diverse applications from fast-moving consumer goods to industrial materials.
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Toppan is a leading global provider of integrated solutions in the fields of printing, communications, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics. Serving customers in every sector of business and industry, Toppan's global team of more than 50,000 employees offers optimal solutions enabled by industry-leading expertise and technologies to address the diverse challenges that businesses and society face in today's rapidly changing market.
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