Report, Medal Winners & Course & Competition Photographs from the Jikishin 2015 Nationals.
The historic Cruise Liner Terminal located in Tilbury played host to the 25th Jikishin Course and Competition. This was a notable first for the owners to allow in an outside Association and a privilege for Jikishin Ju Jitsu, headed by Chief Instructor Hanshi Brian Herbert, 8th Dan. Visitors, Students, Competitors alike were welcomed by the sights regaling us with its history and included the tapestry recording the arrival of the SS Windrush from the Windies; a model of the last working Paddlesteamer and other memorabilia marking the workings of Tilbury over the past 100 years.
Hanshi Brian handed over to Sensei Vince Bull, who acted as our accomplished compere, and was always on hand to guide us all through the events whilst informing all spectators of the mat activities. Sensei Vince introduced the Senseis who provided the teaching for the Course and these included: Senseis Ricky Izod, Graham Sargeant, 6th Dan, Ricky Alder, Eddie Garvey, Quint Smith, Sandy Mackay, Steve Cole 5th Dan, Earl Walker, Ray and Lorraine Egleton, 4th Dan.
Sensei Grant Wakeman, 4th Dan, had arrived in his Duracell suit (marvellous trousers, with the copper coloured bottoms) but had changed into his Blue Gi for the Warm Up. I saw strong people quail at this but everyone got going and was soon warm enough to enjoy the training.
On the another mat, Sensei Ricky Izod was amazing the Browns and Purples with a succession of techniques involving his receiving Double Punches and his blocking, moving, controlling and throwing them. Masterly technique.
Those enjoying the techniques of Senseis Ricky and Graham included Senseis Dave Gadd, Gino Muscat, Andy Jones, Rula Metaxas, Steve Spicer, 3rd Dan, Martin Kidd, Ronan Winters, Charles Farrelley, James Gibson, Emma-Louise Dickens and so many more. Plenty of techniques for them to take away and practise in-club.
On the children's mats, Sensei Eddie Garvey, Earl Walker, Lorraine Egleton and others were teaching as was Sensei Sandy Mackay, who used your writer as uke. The focus here was on encouraging a good foundation, with technique leading to Hip Throw and more. Simple things also pleased the children in showing how to escape from Wrist Grabs, Strangles and Chokes with ease but without injury. You could see the delight on their faces as they took these on-board and played with them.
All too soon, time slipped by and we broke for a short lunch. This also allowed us to take in the simple grandeur of the Hall, which had a large working area owing to the columns, which supported the fabric of the building and gave a superb working area. This looked absolutely great with all the mats in place and already deployed to allow the afternoon's Competition.
It was during the lunch break that I realised that I was in need of tea and chocolate. I repaired to the foyer and was welcomed by Patti Humbles, wife of Sensei Colin, who had worked so hard in preparing lunches, tea, coffee, cake, chocolate etc. Patti was soon awash with others who had the same idea as me but I got there first.
Upon our reconvening in the hall, the Competition began. In this, we had our Judges, Timekeepers, Dressers, Scribes, Referees smartly attired in Blazer, Tie, Polished Black Shoes. Step forward, Senseis Chris Sheppard, 6th Dan,Wayne Williams, Ann Kitchener, Ian Dingle, Sophia Allwood, Lee and Mark Bywater, Mick Morrison, Paul Lyus, Paul, Sally, Charlotte and Alex Bridger, Tony Park, Steve Dickens, Jackie Walker and more. Sensei Earl Walker, 4th Dan, Event Photographer took all the quality photos that he has already shared with Jikishin so remember to thank him for helping to make you look good.
Random Attack. It was soon very clear that a huge amount of work had gone into all areas. Clubs and more had taken great care to help their students compete. A simple way to notice this was to look at the children competitors and how well they behaved and how many showed extraordinary skill. I can say this as one little girl, Ruby Freeman performed Kama Kata, she later picked up the Gold Medal. I'm firmly of the opinion that she did it better than me... so, I really do need to do more practise.
You could hear cheers and more from the parents..oh yes...and the children as they competed. I was able to catch glimpses of Kristos, Kieran Metaxas-Garvey, Tyler Smith, Beau and others doing their best and gaining the medals to prove it.
In the Adult categories, I was able to watch Sensei Andy Jones flow through Sai Kata, and later 1st Blocking Kata. Sensei Emma-Louise Dickins showed Long Stance Kata and there was more. It's always helpful to watch others compete as it allows one to view and improve one's own efforts. One unnamed competitor intended to do Katana Cuts, and then dithered over Okinawan Bo Kata 2, Naginata and then settled for Okinawan Bo 2 only to step onto the mat and go into Okinawan Stances, Blocks and Strikes and then to Continuous Kumite....well, it could happen to anyone. Still, it added variety as a spectacle for the spectators.
For the Pairs Demo, there was a very good Samurai Kata by Senseis Rula and Martin, who won Silver. The Gold was rightly won by Ryu JuJitsu headed by Senseis Ray and Lorraine Egleton. Their students took to the mat; one with a crutch. This led to an attack and a defence scenario that showed correct Throws, Strikes, Punches, Kicks and more. A great demonstration of Ju Jitsu in a 'street' context. It also helps you explore your Ju Jitsu and the better to make it yours.
Random Attacks was excellent viewing and this in part is owing to the Euro Budo impact, which brought forth the Jikishin Squad Team under Sensei Lee Bywater. There was very skilled technique allied to Effectiveness and Display. Sensei Sandy Mackay won Bronze, Julian Smith won a terrific Silver and The Great Andy Jones won Gold. It was one of his 4 medals won on the day.
The Sparring Final was a home event for Southend-On-Sea. Yep, James Nicholls and Lee More, if I remember correctly. Excellent technique, yes, it helps when you've been training Muay Thai in Thailand...and in great spirit from both finalists. A great way to end the day.
Final thoughts must got to Sensei Sarah Bull, 4th Dan, and sister Kayleigh Hargis, Colin Humbles.They did huge work in arranging the Hall and the results of the day and were presented with richly deserved flowers by Hanshi Brian. Sensei Colin did not get flowers...and he did work until 3AM to order the entries...and then correct them the following day...so you all owe him a Beer. If not Guinness, some Innis and Whatsit from the Steak House in Lakeside. They did fantastic work.
Our Heartiest Thanks to all, and here's looking forward to 2016.


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Henning Wegner (auch: Henning von Wegnern; * 9. Januar 1584 in Königsberg; † 6. November 1636 ebenda) war ein deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler.

Leben
Wegner war der Sohn des aus Magdeburg stammenden Patriziers Nikolaus Wegner († 1589), der 1573 nach Königsberg kam und hier herzoglicher Rat und Anwalt wurde. Dieser hatte 1580 Ursula, Tochter des Henning Boye geheiratet. Seine Studien begann er an der Universität Königsberg, wo er sich am 21. November 1596 immatrikulierte. Nach einer umfangreichen Ausbildung auf dem Gebiet der damaligen Rechtswissenschaft, zum Beispiel auch als Responent an der Universität Jena, begab er sich 1607 an die Universität Basel.

In Basel hatte er seine Dissertation De contractibus in Genre am 15. August verteidigt und wurde am 27. August 1607 zum Doktor der Rechte promoviert. Nach einem Aufenthalt an der Universität Rostock, wo er sich im Oktober immatrikuliert hatte, kehrte er in seine Geburtsstadt zurück. Hier wurde er dann fürstlich Kurländischer Rat, 1612 Außerordentlicher Professor der Rechte an der Universität Königsberg, 1615 zweiter ordentlicher Professor und 1618 erster Professor der juristischen Fakultät. In jener Eigenschaft beteiligte er sich auch an den organisatorischen Aufgaben der Hochschule und war in den Sommersemestern 1616, 1618, 1620 sowie 1625 Rektor der Alma Mater.

Daneben hatte er reges Interesse für die Fragen seiner Stadt entwickelt und sich an deren gemeindepolitischen Entscheidungsprozessen beteiligt. So wählte man ihn 1627 zum dirigierenden Bürgermeister der Königsberger Altstadt. Wegen der damit verbundenen Belastungen legte er seine Professur nieder, blieb aber als Senior der juristischen Fakultät erhalten. In Missionen an verschiedene Höfe hatte er sich dabei Ansehen erworben, so zum Beispiel vertrat er die Stadt im Schwedenkrieg gegenüber Gustav Adolf und er hatte sich viel mit dem staatsrechtlichen Verhältnis Preußens zu Polen auseinandergesetzt. In Anbetracht seiner Verdienste wurde er am 14. März 1635 vom König von Polen in den Adelstand erhoben und wurde damit Erbherr in Kapkeim und Kuggen.

Familie
Wegner, Begründer des Adelsgeschlechtes von Wegnern, war zwei Mal verheiratet und hatte 16 Kinder.

Am 2. Dezember 1611 mit Dorothea (* 12. November 1590; † 20. März 1628), Tochter des polnischen Schiffshauptmanns Heinrich Hintz.
 Christoph (* 13. Oktober 1612; † 14. Februar 1663) Dr. jur. und Erbherr sowie Kammerherr auf Kapkeim, verh. mit Anna Dorothea, Tochter des Hans Küchenmeister von Sternberg auf Erben.
 Henning (* 6. Februar 1614; † 2. Juli 1656) Ratsherr in Kneiphof, verh. I. Ehe mit Katharina, die Tochter des Königsberger Ratsherrn  Sigismund Scharff, die Witwe des Schatzmeisters in Kneiphof Reinhold Boye; II Ehe mit Regina († 12. Juni 1656), die Tochter des Bürgermeisters in Kneiphof Reinhold von Eggert.
 Bernhard von Wegnern (* 8. August 1615) wurde bairischer Generalmajor
 Ursula von Wegnern (* 4. Januar 1617; † 28. Januar 1659) verh. Mit dem Sekretär der Altstadt Peter Weger (* 9. Februar 1602; † 12. Februar 1642)
 Nikolaus von Wegnern (* 5. März 1618; † 1619)
 Reinhold von Wegnern (* 7. Februar 1623; † 2. März 1620)
 Johann von Wegnern (* 16. August 1621; † 1662) kurfürstlicher Rat und Hofhalsrichter, Erbherr auf Seepothen und Besskein, verh. mit der Maria († 1678), Tochter des Rats Friedrich vom Stein auf Seepothen und Besskeim.
 Dorothea von Wegnern (* 7. April 1623; † 9. Juli 1692) verh. am 16. Mai 1639 mit dem Diakon der Altstadt Isaak Halbsch von der Porten (* 1. April 1595; † 1. Juni 1648)
 Georg von Wegnern (* 9. Oktober 1624; † 1659) unverheiratet, Erbherr und Rittmeister auf Kuggen
 Sigismund von Wegnern (* 1. Oktober 1626; † jung)
 Daniel von Wegnern (* 9. März 1628; † 9. März 1689) Tribunalsrat und Official des samländischen Konsistoriums, Erbherr auf Kuggen, Borchertsdorf und Weissenstein, verh. mit Regina (18. Juli 1640; † 21. März 1674), der Tochter des Kneiphofer Bürgermeisters Johann Krintz auf Schwanitz.

2. Ehe Regina (* 11. Oktober 1612; † 16. März 1678), Tochter des Christoph Winter von Sternenfeld und spätere Frau von Cölestin Myslenta.
 Hieronymus von Wegnern (* 1630; † 1631)
 Michael von Wegnern (* u. † 1631)
 Regina von Wegnern (* 31. Oktober 1632; † 27. März 1700) verh. 12. Oktober 1648 mit dem Diakon der Altstadt Christoph Schröter († 1674)
 Elisabeth von Wegnern (* 5. Mai 1634; † 16. April 1672) I. Ehe am 23. September 1650 mit dem Rektor der Königsberger Domschule Mag. Konrad Neufeld (* 13. Januar 1623; † 24. Januar 1656); II. Ehe 1662 mit dem Professor und Erzpriester in Wehlau Mag. Lambert Steger
 Katharina von Wegnern (* 12. Januar 1636; † 10. Februar 1699) I. Ehe 1655 mit dem Professor in Gießen Dr. Christian Colbe († 2. November 1657); II. Ehe 10. Juni 1663 mit dem Jagdrat Dr. Dietrich Kühnemann († 1677)

Geschwister
 Klara Wegner (* 1585) ⚭ mit dem Ratsherrn der Königsberger Altstadt Andreas Lölhöfel (* 1571; † 17. Januar 1645)
 Christoph Wegner (* 10. März 1586; † 5. Juni 1653) Dr. jur., kurfürstlicher Rat, Advokat Fisici, Assessor am samländischen Konsistorium, Erbherr auf Damerau, Pregelswalde und Sageiten, adlig 14. März 1635, 1635 preuß. Indigenat, ⚭ I. Ehe 1616 mit Maria (~ 15. Juni 1594; † 23. Juli 1629), der Tochter des Ratsherrn der Altstadt Hans Meinicke; II. Ehe 1631 mit Elisabeth (* 6. November 1601; † 6. Januar 1678) die Tochter des Burggrafen zu Lyck auf Malinowken, Schedisken und Krolawolla Christoph Schützer, die Witwe des Amtsschreibers Lorenz Becke in Sehsten und des Professors Dr. Lorenz Weger
 Nikolaus Wegner (* 1588; † jung)

Werke
Von ihm sind verschiedene Disputationen bekannt wie De foro competente, Contraheda emtione, Jurisdictione, Fidejussoribus, probationibus et feudi, Donationibus, Servitutibus. Zudem erschienen im Druck:
 De jure non provocandi Prussiae ducalis. Danzig 1633.
 Disp. Tit. Pand. De verb. Et rer. Significat.
 Disp. Analysin Institutionum Justin.
 De justitia et jure erregte.
 Analysin Institutionum Justiniani Imper. Königsberg 1629.
 Disp. De foro competente.

Literatur

 Daniel Heinrich Arnoldt: Ausführliche und mit Urkunden versehene Historie der Königsbergischen Universität. Johann Heinrich Hartung, Königsberg in Preußen, 1746, 2. Teil, S. 242, 252, 261, Z. 46.

 Johannes Gallandi: Königsberger Ratsgeschlechter. – von Wegnern. In: Altpreußische Monatsschrift neue Folge. Königsberg i.P. 1883, S. 620–627 ()
 Hanspeter Marti, Manfred Komorowski: Die Universität Königsberg in der Frühen Neuzeit. Verlag Böhlau, Köln, 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20171-5, S. 37

Einzelnachweise

Rechtswissenschaftler (17. Jahrhundert)
Hochschullehrer (Albertus-Universität Königsberg)
Rektor (Albertus-Universität Königsberg)
Deutscher
Geboren 1584
Gestorben 1636
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Showroom defections and foreclosure drama: Is DCOTA in trouble?
weekly feature | Jun 19, 2019 |
By Kaitlin Petersen
Design Center of the Americas has survived its share of ups and downs over the years, but is now facing a new gauntlet of challenges. In the midst of news that a major tenant, Kravet, has moved to the nearby South Florida Design District, the design center has been hit with debt trouble: On June 4, Wells Fargo filed a $172.9 million foreclosure suit on the 782,986-square-foot property in Dania Beach, Florida. The design center, a trio of buildings owned by Cohen Brothers Realty Corp.—which also owns and operates the Decoration & Design Building in New York, the Decorative Center Houston, and the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles—reportedly notified the lender that it was in default on its loans in February. In addition, The Real Deal reported last week that a new appraisal of the building saw DCOTA's property value crash from $250 million to $115 million. If the corporation defaults on the loan, the building would eventually be up for sale.
According to a former tenant, current tenants have been told not to worry and that business will continue as usual; they've also been told to expect more information in the coming days.
Best-laid plans
The loan at the heart of the suit was for $185 million, provided by German American Capital Corp. in 2005, when Charles Cohen bought the building for a then-unnamed sum. The purchase came on the heels of Cohen's lauded rehabilitation of the Pacific Design Center, which he purchased in 1999—as well as failed negotiations to purchase Chicago's Merchandise Mart. But the building, like the industry at large, was soon battered by the recession; many of its tenants downsized or went out of business, while others moved out in the face of rents they say were too high. (The South Florida Business Journal reported that the property generated only $7.66 million in net operating income in 2018, versus $18.9 million when Cohen purchased the building in 2005.)
"[Cohen] paid top dollar [for DCOTA] because the market was humming along, the buildings were full, the Danto family [who owned the building before Cohen] had done a good job of filling those three buildings," a former DCOTA tenant told Business of Home. The same tenant spoke to the challenges of negotiating to remain in the building following the recession. "People who had leases that were renewing, he wouldn't come off the number [on the rent], and it forced a lot more bankruptcies, and forced a lot of people to leave the building." The former DCOTA occupant says that many businesses with leases in other Cohen buildings "had their arms twisted," and that renewing the lease at DCOTA was often a requirement to remain in the other Cohen design centers. "It was a loss leader for them. They knew they wouldn't make any money there, but they had to stay if they wanted to be in New York, L.A. and Houston."
Tenants flee high rents
Since 2012, several high-profile tenants have defected to a collection of industrial warehouses in the neighboring town of Hollywood, Florida. Stark was the first, opening a showroom one exit down I-95 from DCOTA. Scalamandré, now owned by Stark, moved next door shortly after. Others soon followed, including big hitters like independent showrooms J Nelson and Jerry Pair, which were once anchor tenants in DCOTA. As the collection of to-the-trade businesses took over 70,000 square feet of showroom space, the area was renamed the South Florida Design Park.
Today, the South Florida Design Park occupies nearly 250,000 square feet. Its newest member, Kravet, is actively packing up its DCOTA space and moves to Hollywood this weekend. Its new 13,000-square-foot showroom is slated to open on Monday; in addition to fabric, furniture, wallcoverings, carpet, trim, drapery hardware, lighting and decorative accessories from Kravet's family of brands and the lines it represents in South Florida, the new space will offer breakfast and lunch, as well as two private conference rooms for client meetings.
"It's an industrial warehouse district, which has now become the default design district because everyone needs a place to go," says one South Florida Design Park showroom owner, whose rent fell 70 percent when their company exited DCOTA. "The scary part was trying to figure out whether or not people would come over there to shop, but they started coming right away. It doesn't get as much walk-in foot traffic [as DCOTA], but it gets really good destination foot traffic. And it's still not what I would call pretty, but the city of Hollywood has adopted it and is going to start supporting it with beautification, landscaping and signage."
The design park is made up of multiple warehouse buildings; one of the advantages of the neighborhood, says one tenant, is that the buildings' numerous owners lead to competitive pricing when it comes to rents. "It's not a monopoly like a lot of these design centers," the tenant told BOH. Member showrooms contribute to a tenants association that funds the advertising and marketing for the South Florida Design Park as a designer destination. The vitality of Los Angeles's La Cienega Design Quarter, which started as a collective of neighboring shops, provides an example of the potential for the design park to grow in prominence. "With enough density, we can start hosting regional events that will have more impact and draw," adds the tenant.
Another former DCOTA tenant cites a similarly drastic rent reduction as the catalyst for making the move: "Design centers are worth the premium because they bring all of the vendors together and offer designers one-stop shopping," they told BOH. "But the premium at DCOTA was much higher than what we could find on the street—I'm talking going from nearly $50 per square foot to single digits. We could spend more on build-out, show more product; we might have lost some business, but the cost structure was so much lower that we could be more profitable with fewer sales."
Paired with the number of design businesses who pulled out of the region or went out of business altogether, the defections have taken a toll on DCOTA's viability. Just as the South Florida Design Park was forming in 2012, the terms of Cohen's now-defaulted loan were modified to include a lower interest rate; the maturity date was also extended to August 2017, and later March 2019.
To fill the building, Cohen has turned to corporate tenants. Online pet supply company Chewy.com signed a lease for 48,000 square feet in 2013, then expanded to take over 100,000 square feet in 2017. Banana company Chiquita Brands International signed a lease in 2015, and JetBlue is rumored to be moving into the building soon.
In 2015, Cohen told the Miami Herald that the building needed to adjust its focus. "It was overdeveloped for the design industry by about 200,000 to 300,000 square feet," he asserted. "The area just doesn't have enough high-end showrooms to fill the capacity. We realized we needed to position it marketwise to the office user who wants the amenities of a country club type environment." (Cohen is no stranger to attracting an elite office clientele: In addition to the four design centers, Cohen's holdings include the New York office properties 3 Park Avenue, Grand Central Plaza and International Plaza.)
In the same article, the Miami Herald reported that Cohen had invested more than $30 million in building upgrades; tenants at the time included an internet marketing firm, car rental company Avis Budget Group, a law firm, and augmented reality company Magic Leap. Cohen told the paper that while he planned to allocate 300,000 square feet for offices, the rest would remain devoted to showrooms. According to The Real Deal, the building was only 64 percent leased at the close of 2018's third quarter. Though the building has 150 showrooms, the South Florida Business Journal reported last week that DCOTA has only 55 showroom tenants.
"I think the big question for someone like me is, Why would he not change his rent structure to keep the building full?" asks a former tenant. "New tenants like Chewy, they're paying a fraction of what showrooms pay in rent. If he can afford to do it for them, why not for the industry?"
Riding out the storm
Despite the high rents, many showroom tenants have elected to stay put, like Joy Eber, owner of luxury outdoor furniture company InsideOut. After more than two decades in the building, she's grateful for its amenities—and trusts that the building will ride out Cohen's financial ups and downs. "I've had calls from designers asking, 'How do you feel?'" she tells BOH. "I say that this isn't the first time [Charles Cohen has been sued], and I have a strong feeling it won't be the last. We've seen it before, so I don't think it will be an issue. Charles is a very good businessman, and he will figure this out."
As one industry expert told BOH, "Charles Cohen has holdings everywhere. Maybe he needs a big loss somewhere to offset a big gain somewhere else—a machination in a multibillion-dollar real estate empire. Who knows? One thing that's absolutely true is that Charles could afford this if he wanted to."
Though she's been courted to join the South Florida Design Park, Eber intends to stay in the 4,000-square-foot space that she says has offered her so much opportunity—and value. "I see safety for my employees—a building that has guards, security, lighting in the parking lot—and that to me is worth a lot of money. And [while] shopping, I like to be under cover, not a lot of sun and rain. We were in the Miami Design District [previously], and it was great when the weather was good, but it wasn't so great when it was raining. This is an [enclosed] building with valet service, and to me that's a far more elegant way to shop."
For these reasons, Eber says she'll renew her lease next fall without challenging the rent, even if she negotiates other details like showroom maintenance. For her, decreased foot traffic is an inevitable result of outside factors, not the building's problem to solve. "Ten years ago, people were not shopping on the internet. If I wanted to buy shoes, I'd run out to Neimans or Saks," she says. "I don't do that anymore, and design is the same. Physically, designers aren't here [in the showroom] as much, but that doesn't have anything to do with having a showroom at DCOTA or SFDP or anywhere else—it's the nature of what's happened to the business we're in, and you have to make adjustments [to your business model]."
Despite the departure of some prestigious showrooms, DCOTA has also signed several big-name tenants in recent months, including Pierre Frey, Holly Hunt and Gloster. (The Rug Company celebrates its own grand opening in the building tonight with Luxe Interiors + Design.) And if some corporate offices are added to the mix, Eber sees that as a fact of life. "There's a whole eyeglasses and ophthalmology department in the Saks in Boca Raton," she explains. "This is part of survival. Sure, I'd love to see more furniture showrooms coming in, but if they're not strong enough, I'd rather see [the building full]."
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to account for all money and property placed in their possession while acting on your behalf.
You may also choose to use the services of a REALTOR® without any kind of agency relationship. This might occur, for example, when the Seller's REALTOR is showing you a property.
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Transaction Brokerage occurs when a real estate Brokerage or Designated Agent is representing both the Buyer and the Seller, as Clients, in the same transaction. Since the Brokerage has promised a duty of confidentiality, loyalty and full disclosure to both Clients simultaneously, it is necessary, if both Clients consent, to limit these duties in this situation.
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George Clooney's 57th birthday on 6th May : All you need to know about him
George Clooney turned 57 on May 6th, celebrating his birthday with his 40-year-old wife,Amal, Alexander Clooney, Ella Clooney( Twins Children), and some very special friends.
Right now we have no clue about the birthday celebration and it venue but as we are the die hard fan of George Clooney. We at FillGap News wish him Happy Birthday .You amaze and inspire all of us! Have the greatest of days!
Here we have created some brief introduction about George Clooney
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George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (née Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and television host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney). He has Irish, English, and German ancestry. Clooney spent most of this youth in Ohio and Kentucky, and graduated from Augusta High School. He was very active in sports such as basketball and baseball, and tried out for the Cincinnati Reds, but was not offered a contract.
Clooney made his acting debut on television in 1978, and later gained wide recognition in his role as Dr. Doug Ross on the long-running medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Clooney married actress Talia Balsam in 1989; they divorced in 1993.
Clooney became engaged to British-Lebanese human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin on April 28, 2014.On June 6, 2017, Amal gave birth to a daughter, Ella, and a son, Alexander.
Amal and George Clooney have opened up about her twin children, Ella and Alexander, and revealed that the pair are already saying their very first words! Chatting to Vogue for their May issue, Amal spoke about her two children, who will turn one in June. "We've had some 'mamas' and 'dadas'," she explained. "George was very careful to ensure that 'mama' was the first word." The Oceans 11 actor has previously opened up about the twins' personalities, telling Extra: "Ella is very elegant and dainty she has these big beautiful eyes, she looks like Amal… [Alexander] is just a thug, he's a fat little boy, he laughs louder than everyone in the room, it's the funniest thing."
With a cool billion dollars' worth of booze bucks in the bank, George Clooney has made it abundantly clear that he isn't strapped for cash. But what's a tequila mogul to do with all that extra money lying around? Give it away to his friends, apparently.
According to Rande Gerber, Clooney's close friend and former Casamigos tequila business partner, the Ocean's 11 star invited his #Squad over and gifted all 14 of them with $1 million each in 2013 , told MSNBC's "Headliners,"People reports. "There's a group of guys that we call 'The Boys,'" Gerber told the outlet. "George had called me and the boys and said, 'Hey, mark September 27, 2013, on your calendar. Everyone's going to come to my house for dinner.'"
When the guests arrived — in a move straight out of Danny Ocean's playbook — Clooney had placed mysterious briefcases at each place setting.
Inside the suitcases was $1 million worth of $20 bills. "Every one of us—14 of us—got a million dollars".
It's safe to assume the guy knows how to give a killer gift.
On September 21, 2007, Clooney and then-girlfriend Sarah Larson were injured in a motorcycle accident in Weehawken, New Jersey, when his motorcycle was hit by a car. The driver of the car reported that Clooney attempted to pass him on the right,[117] while Clooney said that the driver signaled left and then decided to make an abrupt right turn and clipped his motorcycle.
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I have a habit of spending my mornings thinking about what I am going to make myself for my next meal. Who am I kidding, it's not just mornings and not just meals; I am a compulsive planner. Everyday, I have a game plan of how what I am going to do, arranging errands and classes to flow as seamlessly as possible with as much efficiency as possible. I feel unreasonably proud of myself when I manage to arrange a day in which not a minute is wasted and all tasks fluidly fall into place as planned.
Anyways, back to food. I spent all morning thinking of how I was going to use the leeks and carrots and parsley that I had sitting in my fridge, and because it was freezing outside I decided braising was a good way to go.
The leeks became surprisingly silky and delicious, and the parsley and lemon in the salsa verde provided just the right jolt of bright freshness to the dish. Plus, the colors are really pretty!
Pour the beluga lentils into a small pot of salted water and bring to a boil. Cook the lentils for about 25 minutes, or until soft. They will not get as soft as brown lentils, but will retain some toothsome texture.
Cut the leek in half lengthwise and then in half again (so it isn't too long). Cut the carrot in a similar way, and roughly chop the chard leaves and stems. Warm a pan with some olive oil, then add in the diced garlic and briefly sautee to release its flavor. Add in the leek, carrot, and chard, season with salt and pepper and let them brown a little. After about a minute or two, pour in enough water to halfway submerge them, and cover the pan. Simmer the vegetables for about 15-20 minutes, until tender. You can remove the lid towards the end to let the water evaporate.
In the meantime, prepare the salsa verde. Put the parsley, garlic, anchovy, the juice of half a lemon, a few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese, and a few tablespoons of olive oil in a food processor and process until it resembles a chunky pesto. Add salt and pepper to taste and blend again to combine.
When the vegetables are done, drain them if there is excess water and put them on a plate. Drain the lentils and mix them with the salsa verde. Put them on top of the braised vegetables and enjoy! Serves 1 as a whole meal or 2 as a side dish.


Sasaeng 'stalker' fans and their side of the story. Part 2.
Fan slap Yoochun on the face..
The picture of Korean fans that international fans can see is incredibly narrow: we know of Korean fandom based off of the seas of glowing lightsticks, the carefully catalogued fancam and fan photo collections, the mobs we see at airports and Guerrilla Date recordings, the extravagant gifts they buy for their favorite idols — and, of course, sasaeng fandom. From that, the conclusion that many international fans draw about Korean fans is that they take fandom way too seriously, and that they can be "scary" — or even dangerous.
What we don't see, though, is how Korean fans act as people and as "fangirls" like the rest of us. We don't see how they talk amongst themselves, how they organize those super-intense fanchants, how they "spazz" to their favorite idols…just like the rest of us. It's gotten to the point where we are taken aback and surprised when we see translations of fan comments that are even the slightest bit funny or snarky or sarcastic, because gosh who knew those crazy Korean fans actually had a sense of humor?!
I wish it were as simple as just saying, "Hey guys, Korean fans are spazzy fangirls/boys just like the rest of us so maybe we should stop treating them like mobs of crazy people okay?!?!" but the issue runs much deeper than simply acknowledging the fact that Korean fans are sensible, regular human beings with minds of their own. When I first got into K-pop, the first thing I learned as a K-pop fan was that Korean Fans Are Crazy — crazy enough to start suicide petitions and chase an idol out of his own country, crazy enough to cause black oceans at concerts, crazy enough to submit legal "evidence" to the Seoul District Court in regards to a lawsuit that had nothing to do with them. (2009 was a great year, you see.) And, with the amount of English-language press given to sasaeng fandom, extravagant fan gifts, and other evidences of Korean fan "mob mentality," it's no wonder that many international fans are walking into the K-pop fandom with that very same assumption.
There's a lot that can be said as to why international (namely, Western) fans are prone to stereotyping Korean fans in a certain way that is reflective of general Western stereotypes about East Asian culture (collectivism, loyalty, society over self), but what might be a more relevant point fact that these behaviors exhibited by Korean fans are in no way exclusive to Korean fans. The main issue with the post highlighted at the beginning of this article is the idea that foreign fans are somehow inherently "bigger" than Korean fans, and are thus fit to "protect" these idols because they regard themselves to have more self control and simply "know better." This notion assumes that Korean fans are unfit to protect these idols in the same way because they are inherently subject to these inappropriate behaviors while foreign fans are not. This is a ridiculous assumption at best, and a racist one at worst.
To break this down a bit, here are three common assumptions/assertions that international fans make about Korean/Asian fans.
1) Sasaeng fans are a Korea/Asia-exclusive phenomenon; international/Western fans could never be sasaengs.
Now that we've got that out of the way, here's a thought: Where do sasaeng fans come from? Are they a sect of mentally ill people with a thing for chasing down K-pop idols? Extreme behavior only becomes "extreme" if it is borne out of a "regular" behavior to begin with, and it's widely understood that most sasaeng fans started out as plain old regular fans who later deviated from the main fold in order to pursue a more extreme form of fandom. The transition from regular fan to sasaeng fan requires four key components: location, resources, comradeship, and drive. Out of all four components, location holds the most importance. A sasaeng fan can have all the resources and information in the world, s/he can be surrounded by a large, tight community of other sasaengs, and s/he can have all the energy and willingness needed to hunt down idols day and night. But if s/he isn't in close enough physical proximity to the idols to do any actual stalking, then s/he cannot logically be a sasaeng fan. In other words, a non-Korean international fan could have all the makings of a sasaeng fan, but if s/he's not actually in Korea — where idols live, work, and spend most of their time — s/he can't be considered a sasaeng fan.
Location is the reason why sasaeng fandom is largely concentrated in Korea, but think about this: apart from location, there's literally nothing that can keep a non-Korean fan from pursuing sasaeng fandom. An international fan can easily find likeminded compatriots and gain the mentality and motivation to stalk idols; they can go so far as to learn Korean and start combing through existing Korean sasaeng fan resources for information. The only thing that keeps an international fan engaged in remote, self-directed "extreme fandom" from being a sasaeng fan is a physical barrier.
Don't believe me? Then what about that time a few Super Junior members were on personal vacation in Europe, and European fans started analyzing Twitter photos and combing the streets in the hopes of tracking down the members' locations? What about that time fans in California chased EXO by the masses around Disney Land? What about every single K-pop concert held in the United States or Europe, where camping outside of the idols' hotels is considered a good chance to foster collective fandom camaraderie? What about the fact that international fans openly refer to their actions as "stalking" whenever they know they're in the same city as an idol? Putting aside the fact that many Korean companies are still inexplicably enthralled by the idea of K-pop's "foreign" fans and indirectly encourage such "stalking" (SMTown NYC's hot pink buses, anyone?), why do international fans see this behavior as acceptable when they regard sasaeng fandom so severely?
One might argue that waiting outside of a hotel or searching for an idol when they're vacationing in your own home city as a "once in a lifetime experience" is a far cry from extreme sasaeng fan behavior. But the objective here isn't to call international fandom out for engaging in behavior that directly resembles sasaeng fandom, but to point out that the motivation is what can drive an otherwise unsuspecting fan to sasaeng fandom. The notion that "this is a once in a lifetime opportunity so I need to do everything within my power to get close to my idol because who knows when I'll have another chance like this" is one that, if left unbridled, can lead to some very dangerous behavior. Defined simply, sasaeng fandom is fandom without boundaries, fandom without knowing when to say "enough." Sasaeng fans in Korea engage in such extreme behavior and act with such disrespect because they have set up no boundaries for themselves. International fans are typically restricted by the boundary of physical distance, but experience has proven that there's no such thing as "enough" once those boundaries have been lifted. Idols stay in the United States or Europe usually for no more than one or two days, which also limits what fans can do to track them down. But what would happen if these idols stayed around for a week? A month? What if they lived there and had to move freely about the city without being escorted in and out of hotel lobbies in order to function as normal human beings? What if fans had the time and the resources to track down these idols in their new locales? What would international fans do then if they were given so many opportunities to get close to their idol?
The reason why there are so many Korean sasaeng fans isn't because Korean fans are inherently that much "crazier," and it isn't because Korean fandom or even Korean society condones sasaeng fan activity. The reason why there are so many Korean sasaeng fans is because K-pop stars live in Korea within a stone's throw of their fans' houses. Sasaeng fandom is not some sort of alien disease that only spreads amongst Koreans, and international fans really, really need to start rethinking the idea that they are "too good" to be sasaeng fans simply because they are not Korean.
2) International fans are "cooler" than Korean/Asian fans; Asian fans take fandom way too seriously.
Perhaps it comes to no surprise that the latest forum for K-pop fans to congregate and fangirl is Tumblr, Land of Macros and Funny Gifs. We love to love our idols by poking fun of them, and as someone who's been accused of being a Minho antifan because of my track record for making fun of him (if only because he's just so easy to make fun of), let me be the first to say that I don't think there's anything wrong with making jokes and editing silly photos of our idols as long as it's all in good fun and it stays within the fandom. But there is something wrong with comparing our international fandom "culture" with our assumptions about Korean fandom culture and thinking that our fandom is more fun or more chill — and thus, better — than Korean fandom culture.
The problem in this isn't that we're hurting Korean fans' feelings for not thinking that they're funny, but because by assuming Korean fans take fandom too seriously and don't know how to have fun like we do, it enforces stereotypes that, again, frame our view of Korean fandom in the context of these hysteric, hopelessly devoted masses composed of robot-like individuals who can't think for themselves.
I keep bringing up the stereotype of these "Korean fan mobs" because it's a stereotype of East Asians that pervades not just in fandom, but in society at large. The juxtaposition of Westerners as "individuals" who know how to "take it easy" versus the Asian "masses" who don't know anything except hard work and loyalty reflects a kind of moral and cultural elitism that dates back to the era of Western military imperialism. It's a form of oppressive thinking that shouldn't be taken lightly anywhere, including fandom. The reason why we as international fans might think ourselves to be "more chill" than Korean fans isn't because of what we do: make gifs, manipulate photos, write crackfic — but it's because of what Korean fans do differently than us: spend time preparing fangifts, compiling fancams, planning events. We see our form of fandom as being "cooler" only because there's a "less cool" standard to serve as a comparison. Rather than trying to convince ourselves that Korean fans can be funny "just like us" (and trust me, they can), we ought to acknowledge that our ways of engaging in fandom are not "cooler" or "better" than how Korean fans engage in fandom.
And also, try not to be so shocked or impressed whenever you see a snarky comment written by a Korean fan on the Internet. Koreans know how to be funny too.
3) I can't compete with Asian fans; they'd do literally anything for x/y/z and I wouldn't ever sink to that level.
I said these exact words the first time I was trying to nab tickets to a K-pop concert in Taiwan. In the United States, getting K-pop concert tickets can be stressful, but it is by no means difficult: a few clicks on Ticketmaster at just the right time usually does the trick. In Taiwan, getting tickets involves waiting outside of a convenience store — sometimes for days — in order to buy tickets at a specified kiosk in the store. Fans make trips out to the countryside in search of a barren 7-Eleven just so they can ensure a front spot in line once the tickets are released. With a country like Taiwan where K-pop is almost synonymous with local pop culture, it's no hyperbole to say that you're essentially battling against an entire country in order to get concert tickets.
As international fans, it's easy to take one look at this situation and become bewildered at the idea that anyone could be crazy enough to put up with all of that in order to get tickets, especially considering how comparatively easy we have it here in the West. It's equally easy to make judgments on what Asian fans must be like if they're willing to go through all that just for concert tickets: they're desperate, self-sacrificing, they need to reconsider their priorities, they're in too deep.
But just because Asian fans are willing to undergo this process, it's not as if they're enjoying it. The so-called "insanity" of Asian fandom — getting concert tickets, going to fanmeetings, attending music show recordings — it's all a product of circumstance. If there are five loaves of bread at a bakery and five different people want one loaf each, then there's no rush to go to the bakery to get the bread. If five hundred people want a loaf each, then you can bet that someone will begin lining up at the bakery's front door a week in advance — not necessarily because he thinks a loaf of bread is important enough to merit spending a week in line, but because if he wants a loaf of bread at all, then that's what he's got to do.
K-pop fans in Europe and the United States are, in a way, fortunate that K-pop isn't in huge demand like it is in East and Southeast Asia, but this also means that we can't cast judgment on a fandom culture that we don't fully understand. Lining up in front of a convenience store three days before concert tickets go on sale when there are thousands of other kids lining up four days before is completely different from setting up three different computers and four different phone lines and enlisting the help of seven other family members to get tickets to a K-pop concert in New Jersey that's not even guaranteed to sell out.
In other words: Fans in Korea/Taiwan/other countries with extremely high volumes of K-pop fans don't do the things they do because they think it's fun or because that's how fandom is "supposed" to be. They do it because if they don't, they walk away with nothing.
This article isn't meant to be a lecture or a long preachy rant about the evils of international fandom. At the end of the day, the issue of international fandom "elitism" just a matter of misunderstanding fueled by a lack of proper communication and exposure. If the bulk of international fans could openly communicate with the bulk of Korean fans in a common language, then maybe there wouldn't be such a tendency to stereotype. But at the same time, lack of awareness or communication is no excuse for prejudice. International K-pop fandom first started out as a self-contained creature with little contact with Korean fandom and little acknowledgement by Korean media producers. Today, we still maintain our own distinct culture and our own ways of thinking as a fandom. But even though we are unique and separate from Korean or other East Asian fandom groups, we should not stereotype a group of people that we ultimately know very little about, and we certainly should not fall into the mode of thinking where we are "better" than any other fandom group, especially if the assertion of our superiority as a group is punctuated by the fact that we are "foreign" or "international" and if we're pinpointing certain ethnic groups as being "crazy" or "out of control" as a foil to our supposed good behavior.
The reason why I found the post highlighted at the beginning of this article to be disconcerting was because it preached both foreign fan elitism and Korean/Asian fan inferiority, yes, but ultimately I was more bothered by the fact that over 2000 people were in support of this proposition. Many seemed to be quite enthusiastic about the idea of serving as EXO's "bodyguards," even going as far as declaring themselves a "representative" for their home country. Perhaps it's worth wondering why this might be — why were these fans so excited about the prospect of "knock[ing] [Korean fans] on their asses"? Why did no one else question the assertion that all the Korean fans at the airport were sasaeng fans? Why did they think they would have the right to act as EXO's personal protection service without EXO asking for their help in the first place? Why did they assume that the Korean fans weren't capable of handling this issue for themselves? The fact that none of these questions seemed to occur to the fans who liked or reblogged that post shows that the international fandom should seriously reconsider the level of self-importance that we've allotted ourselves, and start giving a little more respect to Korean fandom — not because they provide us with pictures, scans, videos, and other fandom goodies, but because they are deserving of much, much more than the stereotypes that we have assigned them.


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En doktorring er en fingerring, som en person, der har erhvervet en doktorgrad har ret til at bære. En dansk doktorring er er forsynet med en plade med et Minervahoved omgivet af en laurbærkrans. Pladens udseende har været det samme siden 1866, hvor medaljøren Harald Conradsen udformede den. Tidligere – i 1824 – havde Harald Conradsens far, medaljør Johannes Conradsen, udformet en plade til doktorringen. I Sverige er ringen for den filosofiske doktorgrad dekoreret med laurbær, for juridisk doktorgrad med halvt laurbær, halvt egeløv og for medicinsk doktorgrad med en laurbærkrans med en slange viklet om.

Retten til at bære en doktorring blev i Danmark indført i 1824. Tidligere havde man kun anvendt en ring ved selve doktorpromotionen, men ikke efterfølgende båret doktorring.

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Q: Get the XML request sent by Savon gem rails I want to get  the XML request sent by Savon 2 gem  in rails.
I tried setting log: true while initializing the Savon but it doesn't seem to be working as I'm not getting the request that is sent by the Savon in the log file.
I also tried Savon.client: :pretty_print_xml => true and client.config.pretty_print_xml = true , but they are also not working.

A: Try using Rails logger and debug log level by passing appropriate arguments:
Savon.client(log: true, logger: Rails.logger, log_level: :debug)

A: To sent XML request using Savon first you need to establish connect.
client = Savon.client(wsdl: 'abc.com?wsdl', ssl_verify_mode: :none, basic_auth: ['username', 'password'])

then call your desired procedure using this call
client.call(:method_name, :message_tag => 'MethodName', :message => {book_id: 1, AuthorName: 'xyz'})

It is for rails 3.

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Kristina eller Christina kan syfta på:

 Kristina – ett kvinnonamn

Geografi
 Kristina församling – en församling i Jönköping
 Kristina kommun – en kommun i Södra Savolax i Östra Finlands län
 Christinafloden – ett vattendrag i USA

Kultur
 Kristina - en pjäs av August Strindberg
 Kristina från Duvemåla – en musikal av Benny Andersson och Björn Ulvaeus
 Christina (opera) – opera med musik av Hans Gefors och libretto av Lars Forssell och Hans Gefors.


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Interview: Pauline Chrystal – portfolio manager and pastry chef
Pauline Chrystal
In Australia, HFC's Stefan Nilsson stumbled upon a portfolio manager who is also a pastry chef. Stefan couldn't resist having a chat with Pauline Chrystal, portfolio manager at Kapstream Capital in Sydney, about her somewhat unusual parallel career in investment management and French pastry.
How did you in the middle of a successful career in finance and investments decide to become a pastry chef and launch your French pastry business by Pauline?
I had worked in finance in France, Hong Kong and Singapore for close to nine years, going through the global financial crisis and very unstable markets, both financial and job markets, with rounds of cost-cutting and headcount reductions making headlines too often. At that time, my husband who is from Sydney wanted to relocate from Singapore to Australia and I saw it as a good opportunity to take a career break.
You have a CFA and an MSc from HEC School of Management, but also a certificate in patisserie from the Le Cordon Bleu Australia-Sydney. Are official qualifications as important in the pastry world as they are in the world of finance?
In any field, I believe experience and hard work always shine through. However, a qualification is a good way to gain credibility when you get started in a field.
Your firm By Pauline specialises in modern and delicate French pastries, breaking away from the traditional sponge and buttercream cakes. Are you on a mission to abolish sponge and buttercream cakes?
Not abolish but give another more modern option, which caters beautifully to current trends from dietary requirements to social media.
How creative are you when it comes to creating pastry? Do you stick to the French traditions or are you adding some Aussie flair to your offering?
I go with new techniques but try to use local ingredients to the extent possible
From a time-perspective, how do you juggle the two different roles?
I've put By Pauline on hold for now. The business was positioned as an artisan handmade pastry catering business. In order to be able to pursue it, I needed to give it full attention, as well as pouring in a significant financial and time investment into hiring and training staff as well as a custom-fitted commercial kitchen. Therefore, I have scaled pastry down to a hobby and am fully focusing back on my PM role.
Are you as passionate about finance as you are about pastry?
Both are fulfilling from a different perspective. Finance definitely has less room for creativity but is very intellectually stimulating. Pastry involves hard labour but the end result is more personally rewarding than seeing one of the companies I cover release solid earnings!
(Aug 2019)


I've been a reader of the forums for a while, but it was mostly just for curiosity. While on winter break from school I'm trying to put together a project. In the past I have used PicAxe's for projects, but I've long wanted to take the plunge into AVR's.
I'm programming using the Dragon, which is powered via its own powered USB hub. I am using a 328P, and I'm using the internal 8 MHz clock, and both the AVR and an LCD screen are powered via their own battery packs. So far I've gotten the serial LCD working (the Parallax 27977, the datasheet with commands is here: https://www.parallax.com/sites/d...) and also set it up to be able to use the "printf" command with it. The LCD is connected on PD0 and PD1.
I have the 4x4 keypad connected with the 4 rows connected with: row 1 to PB0, row 2 to PB1, row 3 to PB2 and row 4 to PB3. The columns are: col 1 to PB4, col 2 to PB5, col 3 to PB6, and col 4 to PB7. There are 10k pulldown resistors on each of the rows (PB0 to PB3.) Im having the columns go high one at a time, and if a row also goes high (indicating a button press) then it should be able to pick the value of the button from the array.
With the attached code, I am able to read when the fourth column buttons are pressed, the "A," "B," "C," and "D" buttons read, but no others will. I have tried using different formatting in the number cases (instead of "%d" using "%s" or "%x") with no luck there either.
So, here's the code, if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. Thank you in advance!
take away the ==1 as the result will not always be 0 or 1 depending on the actual bit you're testing.
1. why pulldown resistors when you have pullups on chip?
2. to select a row, the port pin should be made an output and low. To deselect, it should be made an input. This is so multiple keypresses don't short the port pins as outputs.
3. your constant tables should be declared __flash and const.
Right now the keypad is a priority, and I am currently using short delays in lieu of a debounce (which is not optimal, but is just until I can make sure the keypad is working). Thank you for the __flash and const suggestion as well, I'll look into that as soon as I can get this problem working.
I'm sure that its something that I'm misinterpreting, but I appreciate the suggestions.
First rule of debugging - change one thing at a time. You just solved one problem and created more!
Also note that the bits you read back will be inverted, so you code needs to consider that.
I finally got it to work. It doesn't have the __flash constants or the debounce, but I figured I'd post it anyways in case it will make someone else's life easier down the road. So, even though it's not at all polished, here is an LCD and 4x4 keypad read on the 328P. Thank you for the suggestions, Kartman.
unsigned char key;	//which key is pressed?
DDRB = 0xF0;	//Configure Port B, Pins b7 to b4 are output. Pins b3 to b0 are input.
return (key);	// return the answer, which key is pressed?
It 'works' but nowhere near as robust as it could be. Try measuring the current of the cpu whilst pressing a few buttons on the keypad simultaneously.


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Odiolowo Ojuwoye LCDA yesterday hosted pupil and students from primary and secondary Schools for a spelling Bee competition.
The competition, which was a Pet Program of the wife of the Chairman of the Council, Mrs Muhibat Kehinde Ajala, took place in the main Hall of the council.
The competition commenced with the introduction of the guests.
The Chairman of the Council, Hon Rasaq Olusola Ajala, said the spelling Bee competition is a laudable Programme. He said this would enhance students' intellectual development in English language. He said spelling would help them in pronouncing words correctly and improve their vocabulary.
He admonished them not to see their backgrounds as an hindrance to their successes. He said he was always proud to be a product of Mushin where he comes from. He said great people had emerged from Mushin from all walks of life.
Education Secretary for Mushin Local Government, Mrs Willy Akinlude, said the competition was a way of developing the children's talent and potential.
She said the children have done well in the competition but they could do better.
She said the challenges had been inadequate of teachers to teach the subject.
The Chief Host, Mrs Muheebat Kehinde Ajala, said the competition had come to stay. She said it was initiated by the wife of the the leader of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senator Mrs Oluremi Tinubu.
She said this type of competition would help the students to be at their best in English language spelling. She further said it was organised to prepare them for the state competition.
On the performance of the pupils and the students, she commended their effort. "They have all tried their best but believed they can do better," she added. She called on the teachers to do more in terms of preparing them for the task ahead.
The head of Education department in Odiolowo Ojuwoye LCDA, Mrs Adetimehin Olufunke Elizabeth, said she was impressed with the performance of the students but said they could do more if government can provide them with more qualified teachers.
She encouraged the students to prepare more because they Will meet stiffer opposition at the State level.
She said she was looking forward to a better performance than what the LCDA got in their previous competition where they took third position.
The highlight of the event was the presentation of gifts to the winners in the competition.
In the primary school category, Ms Adebayo Ifeoluwa, who is in primary six and a pupil of Mushin Mission Primary School at Shokunbi was full of praise for the organizer of the competition. She said she was happy for coming first. She promised to read harder so that she can win something tangible from the state for the local government.
Akintona Busayo from Mushin Public School lives on Kayode Street said she was excited about her position- (second). She promised to work harder when the event get to the state level.
Bamidele Saheed, who emerged third thanked the organizer of the competition. He said he was happy to be part of it.
At the secondary school's level of the competition, Ajao Kehinde came first, Atoyebi Tobiloba came second while Adepetu Taiwo came third.
They all promised to work harder before they get to the state level of the competition.
At the event were the Chairman of the Council Hon Rasaq Olusola Ajala, Secretary to the Council Hon Mujeeb Daramola, Deputy Leader of the legislative Arm of the government Hon Kola Eludepo, Majority leader Jon Bamidele Akinlade, Hon Segun Olamoyegun of Ward C3, Hon Imoleayo of Ward C1B, Supervisor for Youth and Sports Hon Rodiat Jimoh Ifeoluwa, Special Assistant on Hon Mukaila Bakare.
Others are the Council treasurer Mr Shuaib Badmus, Head of Education department, Mrs Adetimehin Olufunke Elizabeth and head of information Mr Adekolujo.


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