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Yeats as a Book of Mormon Prophet
Posted on December 10, 2021 December 10, 2021 by abbyl27
by Shannon Foster Whiteside
William Butler Yeats, the great Victorian poet, was also responsible for the creation of a unique critical theory known as the "gyre theory." According to the Norton Anthology, history is
a journey up a spiral staircase; as we grow older we cover the ground we have covered before, only higher up; as we look down the winding stair below us we measure our progress by the number of places where we were but no longer are. The journey is both repetitious and progressive; we go both round and upward. (Abrams 1931)
As we go up the winding staircase, we find ourselves on a landing looking down at where we've been and looking up to where we must go. We can see forever, but the experiences we have had since we were on the former landing have altered our outlook and opinions. Time is cyclical, yet also progressive, coiling and spiralling endlessly about the ever-evolving cylinder of linear history. "Life is no series of emancipation from divine reason . . . no orderly descent from level to level, no waterfall but a whirlpool, a gyre" (Yeats 78).
According to Yeats, history can be broken down into repetitive cycles of 2,000 years each; each cycle consists of twenty-eight phases. The philosophical temperament (in terms of unity or diversity) of any one phase can be seen in its literature. However, if we were to analyze an evolution of humankind from one pole to another, we would need a literary text that spans a minimum of a thousand years. For this reason, I will use the Book of Mormon to analyze the development of civilization according to the twenty-eight different gyrical phases.
Each phase is marked by a different hero who stands out as a role model for the others to follow. Within the macroscopic, universal gyre are the microscopic, individual heroes who must confront destiny within their designated phase. Yeats's heroic figures, as well as those in the Book of Mormon, are powerless against the controlling fates that determine their destiny. The future becomes predictable to the extent that the hero's general reactions are controlled by the phase to which he belongs (all of the heroes mentioned are male, but the same criteria would apply to female heroes as well). At the same time, the hero is an active participant rather than a passive bystander waiting upon fate's whim to dictate his life's path.
Due to limited space and time, I will briefly sketch only the major leaders and their phases, tracing the development of the gyrelike patterns in spiritual as well as literary history.
The Book of Mormon, beginning in 600 B.C., closely follows the phases outlined in Yeats's Vision, the visionary hero being depicted by the major leaders of each time period.
Nephi, identified as the forerunner, corresponds to the hero of Phase 12. (If the Book of Mormon began 400 years earlier, in 1000 B.C., phases would begin at number one.) He is characterized as "always in reaction, . . . driven from one self-conscious pose to another, . . . full of hesitation" (Yeats 127). As Nephi begins the trek from Jerusalem to the New World, he must evolve from a young boy to a prophet, destined at times to be the only one to embrace his philosophical and religious beliefs. He is attacked mentally and physically by his brothers, and even his father at times doubts his son's power. In his solitude, Nephi turns to God in 2 Nephi 4, known as the Psalm of Nephi. He is "overwhelmed with the thought of his own weakness" (Yeats 129). In verses 17–18 he exclaims, "Yea, my heart sorroweth because of my flesh; my soul grieveth because of mine iniquities. I am encompassed about, because of the temptations and the sins which do so easily beset me."
Nephi clings to the image of an almighty God, which would, according to Yeats's theory, waver "between the concrete and sensuous" (129). Not surprisingly, then, to exemplify his source of strength Nephi states, "My God hath been my support. . . . He hath filled me with his love, even unto the consuming of my flesh" (2 Nephi 4:20–21).
As a solitary man, Nephi is forced into a situation in which he must choose the outcome. Again, the Forces control everything, and agency lies only in one's reactions to fatalistic circumstances; therefore, Nephi cannot control his brothers' rebellion nor God's request that his family leave Jerusalem to begin a new civilization in a new world. God chooses his prophets, and they must choose whether or not to follow.
Phases 13 to 19 are hard to delineate in Book of Mormon history because this is the time from Jarom to Mosiah I when little is written. However, the gyrical pattern still clearly exists. During this time (420 B.C. to 130 B.C.), the prophets begin struggling with the decline of righteousness, even among the church leaders. According to Yeats, this is a time of complete sensuality when "there are moments of triumph and moments of defeat, each in its extreme form, for the subjective intellect knows nothing of moderation" (130). Omni explains "we had many seasons of peace; and we had many seasons of serious war and bloodshed" (Omni 1:3). When remaining close to the Lord, the Nephites maintain their freedom, but the moment they forget who gave them that freedom, the Lamanites win the day.
The animosity between the two tribes increases as they retreat from solitude and objectivity. No one great leader guides them; they fight among themselves. They renounce their responsibility to God, and "this renunciation becomes an instrument of power" (Yeats 132) to dominate the stronger tribe at that time. The Nephites draw away from God and attempt to control the situation independently, which only leads to their destruction.
King Benjamin breaks the monotony of conglomerated phases in Phase 20. In his discourses, "he no longer seeks to unify what is broken through conviction, by imposing those very convictions upon himself and others, but by projecting a dramatisation or many dramatisations" (Yeats 151). King Benjamin convincingly disarms his people by saying,
. . . open your ears that ye may hear, and your hearts that ye may understand, and your minds that the mysteries of God may be unfolded to your view. I have not commanded you to come up hither that ye should fear me, . . . But I am like as yourselves. (Mosiah 2:9–11)
He would not impose his ideals on his subjects, but by devising allegories and examples, he convincingly presents his argument in such a logical manner that they willingly obey his counsel. He "delights in concrete images" to convey his message (Yeats 152). "Ye cannot say that ye are even as much as the dust of the earth; yet ye were created of the dust of the earth; but behold, it belongeth to him who created you" (Mosiah 2:25; see also 2:29; 3:5–11, 18–19).
While King Benjamin's personality appears mild and kind, Yeats claims within that "'sweet' and 'gentle' " manner lies a creative passion for devising an imaginary world and "compel[ling] it to seem the real world where our lives are lived" (154). King Benjamin's people, upon hearing his inspiring speech, react by crying, "O have mercy, and apply the atoning blood of Christ that we may receive forgiveness of our sins" (Mosiah 4:2). A literary example of Christ's atoning power has been converted into a physical need to cleanse their sins with his blood.
Phase 21 isn't much different than Phase 20; the hero, in this case Mosiah II, is noble because his circumstances require him to be so. He is described as "walk[ing] in the ways of the Lord" (Mosiah 6:6) like his father. Abinadi, another hero of Phase 21, is one who "strengthens conflict to the utmost by refusing all activity that is [evil]" (Yeats 156). By refusing to deny his testimony, Abinadi begins the conflict between the Nephites and the Lamanites that will end with the conversions of Alma and his followers (Mosiah 18) and the death of King Noah (Mosiah 19).
Alma's conversion begins the next phase, but not all the conditions are met until he is old and decides to come out of semiretirement. Phase 22 represents one of complete balance between one's thoughts and desires, but it is also a point to which one can return several times until it is surpassed. Yeats explains, "The Will, engaged in its last struggle with external fact . . . must submit, until it sees itself as inseparable from nature perceived as fact" (158). Alma must not only repent of his sins, which he does at the beginning of his conversion (Mosiah 18:1), but also submit himself to God's will until both wills are in harmony.
Through his efforts to convert and baptize his people and to keep them unified even at times of dissension, Alma is granted eternal life, the ultimate inseparability from God: "Thou art my servant; and I covenant with thee that thou shalt have eternal life; and thou shalt serve me and go forth in my name, and shalt gather together my sheep" (Mosiah 26:20). The man of Phase 22 has no desire to dominate but rather desires to reach a balance where he rules by an impersonal love and ultimately reaches the level of mere contemplation. He will organize his affairs until his energies are exhausted.
Alma, after receiving the confirmation from God that he will receive eternal life, organizes the impersonal system of excommunication to better govern the affairs of the Church:
And whosoever repented of their sins . . . he did number among the people of the church; And those that would not . . . repent of their iniquity, … their names were blotted out. (Mosiah 26:35–36)
While Alma continues suffering "all afflictions," not much else is mentioned after this point. We know he ends his life peacefully, having worn himself out in the service of the Lord.
Alma's son, Alma the Younger, fits the description of his phase exactly. Before entering into Phase 23, the hero is, according to Yeats, "tyrannical, gloomy and self-absorbed." The clock must be wound again, and when wound the hero will spring back with "explosive joy" (Yeats 164). Before Alma the Younger's conversion, he is referred to as "a very wicked and an idolatrous man. And he was a man of many words, . . . he led many of the people to do after the manner of his iniquities" (Mosiah 27:8). His control over the population hindered the progress of the Church and spiritually destroyed many of its followers.
Anyone under the auspices of Phase 23 must undergo some sort of transformation, either religious or aesthetic, to discover his true self. Alma is confronted by an angel who warns him to desist from destroying the Church or else face destruction (Alma 36:8–9). Racked by the "pains of a damned soul" (Alma 36:16), Alma recalls his father's sermons concerning Christ and His redeeming power and cries out to the Son of God that he once sought to destroy. At that moment his sins are forgiven, and he expresses his joy, saying, "My soul was filled with joy as exceeding as was my pain!" (Alma 36:20). Alma is thus transformed into a believer of Jesus Christ and dedicates his life to teaching redemption to others. He has come to know his true self, a son of God. The events that lead up to Alma's conversion would be considered startling, in light of Yeats's theory, because "they elude intellect" (168). Who can logically explain the visitations of angels voiced with thunder?
In Phase 24, the hero, having freed the self, now turns that knowledge into a personal moral code molded by social and historical traditions. Those subscribing to the code have a "great intolerance for all who break or resist the code" (Yeats 170). The code's purpose is to compel obedience of everyone in society at the dissolution of personal ambition. Society's members compare their past against the code to ascertain if they have been as devout as their fathers. Captain Moroni heads the devotion to the moral code and the Nephites follow it strictly in order to better defend themselves against the Lamanites. In Alma 46:12–18, Moroni pleads his cause, appealing to patriotism—"In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children"—to stir the people to adherence. In response, the Nephites rend their clothes and proceed to fight for freedom, putting to death any Amalickiahite unwilling to accept their cause (Alma 46:35).
Moroni also compares the Nephites to their forefathers in two instances. In Alma 46:23-24 he states,
. . . we are a remnant of the seed of Joseph, whose coat was rent by his brethren . . . Let us remember to keep the commandments of God, or our garments shall be rent by our brethren . . . let us preserve our liberty as a remnant of Joseph.
In Alma 60:20 he complains to Pahoran, the governor, saying, "Have ye forgotten the commandments of the Lord your God? Yea, have ye forgotten the captivity of our fathers?" Moroni effectively executes the code of conduct he has set up to keep the Nephites from retrogression. (See also Alma 53–58 for the stripling warriors, another group adhering strictly to a moral code.)
Just as society in Phase 24 clings fiercely to a moral code, it adheres just as fiercely to religious beliefs in Phase 25. Nephi and Lehi, the heroes of this period, strive to "make men better, by making it impossible that they should be otherwise, to so arrange prohibitions and habits that men may be naturally good" (Yeats 173). Their goal is to create a social conscience by imposing a spiritual norm to be met by all. And they succeed. In their first efforts as preachers, they "preach unto the Lamanites with . . . great power and authority . . . unto the great astonishment of the Lamanites, to the convincing them" (Helaman 5:18–19).
Even when the Nephites regress into iniquity, Nephi does not lose sight of his ideal. He is nostalgic for the time of the first Nephi when people were more easily convinced of the truth and willing to repent of their sins. He exclaims, "Then would my soul have had joy in the righteousness of my brethren" (Helaman 7:8). He struggles with converting the masses and is often successful because his is the only phase in which the hero can incite a social conscience within a group of people (Yeats 173).
Phase 26 has no hero. In fact, Yeats himself says this is the hardest phase to find examples for. Society has exhausted its search for morality and belief and now chooses evil simply to prove it can (Yeats 178). The Gadianton robbers fit the description well. Their main purpose is to "murder, and plunder, and steal, and commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness, contrary to the laws of their country and also the laws of their God" (Helaman 6:23). They band together, not to destroy the land but to defy God because, according to Yeats, living in a religious society tempts humanity to defy that sense of order and to become creators in their own right (178). Hence, as the Gadianton robbers turn away from society, they contrive secret combinations and covenants to satisfy their own sense of creation and divinity.
As the Nephites continue to reject society and God, we enter into phases 24–26, the phases of nothingness. The goal of the 27th Phase hero is to blend in with humanity without making individual decisions and to follow everyone else to a lemminglike destruction. Nephi reminds us how forgetful the Nephites had become directly before the birth of Christ (7 B.c.):
And thus we can behold how false, and also the unsteadiness of the hearts of the children of men, . . . they do harden their hearts, and do forget the Lord their God, and do trample under their feet the Holy One . . . except the Lord doth chasten his people with many afflictions, . . . they will not remember him. (Helaman 12:1–3)
As Yeats explains, "Man does not perceive the truth; God perceives the truth in man" (181). The Nephites lose touch with the source of strength that led them out of spiritual and carnal captivity; they will not return to God's grace until the gyre ends.
The Nephites spiral even further downward, by depending solely upon their own strength, reaching low ground in the 28th Phase. Here humanity has "no active intelligence, [it] owns nothing of the exterior world but [the] mind and body" (Yeats 182). When Christ is born and the signs are in the heavens, the people give their conversion no more intelligent thought than they had given their iniquity. When the sun went down but no darkness came, the people "fell to the earth and became as if they were dead" (3 Nephi 1:16). Many are automatically converted, making Nephi II's job much easier, but peace reigns for only two years before they begin regressing again.
Although Yeats begins his new gyre in A.D. 1, I see the 34 years before Christ's death as a slow melding of Phase 28 into Phase 1 with no specific demarcation between the two. Christ's presence on the American continent inaugurates Phase 1. The two phases blend well because Phase 1 has no definition other than complete plasticity, i.e., the mindless ability to be molded by another's whim. The Nephites, upon seeing Christ, let go of any relevant distinctions between thought and inclination, fact and desire. Without any thought as to the consequences of their actions, they come forward to see the prints in his hands and side, and with one voice cry: "Hosanna! Blessed be the name of the Most High God! And they did fall down at the feet of Jesus, and did worship him" (3 Nephi 11:17).
During Christ's entire sojourn, the Nephites listen unquestioningly to his words. Christ's presence is overwhelming to the multitude, converting them instantaneously. Yeats explains this phenomenon: "The more perfect be the soul, the more indifferent the mind, the more doughlike the body; and mind and body take whatever shape, accept whatever image is imprinted upon them" (183). This spiritual incarnation causes the mind to become willingly pliable, ready to be impressed and formed by a more intelligent being, in this case, Christ. The Nephites never speak directly to Christ as an equal; rather they sit and "look steadfastly upon him as if they would ask him to tarry a little longer with them" (3 Nephi 17:5). They passively absorb Christ's teachings, and only after his ascension do they analyze his words and make personal applications to themselves.
Phases 2 to 9 cover the general material found at the end of 3 Nephi and the entire book of 4 Nephi. For two hundred years the Nephites are innocent, like little children strictly following their father's counsel. Yeats explains that after a spiritual incarnation humankind no longer gives itself to Nature but to God. This is known as a time of rebirth, of beauty and joy:
And they taught, and did minister one to another; and they had all things common among them, every man dealing justly, one with another. And it came to pass that they did do all things even as Jesus had commanded them. (3 Nephi 26:19–20)
From this point, however, the Nephites begin to deteriorate in a desire for "Ambition" (Phase 3) and a desire for the "Exterior World" (Phase 4). They begin to increase in pride and greed; stratification and dissension in the Church occurs (4 Nephi 1:24–26). Pride causes them to fall from their innocent state, and, like Adam and Eve, they begin again the individual search for success through experience.
In their search they lose sight of God, and Phase 10 finds Mormon in the midst of chaos. He is identified as the "Image Maker" and is the only one who attempts to break away from the mire into which the Nephites have plowed themselves. He creates his own personal code of conduct and because of his circumstances, seeks "to free the creative power from mass emotion, but never wholly succeeds, and so life remains troubled, a conflict between pride and race, and passes from crisis to crisis" (Yeats 123). Mormon tries to convince the Nephites to repent but never succeeds.
Although Mormon wishes to unite with the people in triumph, he must separate himself from their company because of their self-destructive wickedness. At one point he refuses to lead them further, saying, "I, Mormon, did utterly refuse from this time forth to be a commander and a leader of this people, because of their wickedness and abomination" (Mormon 3:11). He pours out his heart in prayer to God for their sakes, experiencing, according to Yeats's theory, "less desire of expression . . . and more desire of action and of command" (123). Their hearts, however, have hardened, and they refuse to repent. Mormon's death ends his thwarted search for peace and a disturbed rage for justice.
Moroni, Mormon's son, is the final hero of the Book of Mormon, the Phase 11 hero who, according to Yeats, is half-solitary, forced
to seek happiness in submission to something hard and exterior . . . that would destroy exterior popular sanction, [to make] possible for the first time the solitary conception of God. (126)
Moroni explains that his father and kin have been slain and that
he has no idea when he shall share their same fate (Mormon 8:5). He is alone in his belief in God and in his stand in society. He could deny God and return to his people without fear of being put to death, but he refuses, asserting, "And I, Moroni, will not deny the Christ; wherefore, I wander whithersoever I can for the safety of mine own life" (Moroni 1:3).
Yeats's theory explains how the conflict in Moroni's heart is the result of the war between the Nephites and Lamanites, saying,
one divines a quarrel with the thought of his fathers and his kin, forced upon him perhaps almost to the breaking of his heart: no nature without the stroke of fate divides itself in two. (126)
Moroni, alone because of the wickedness of his people, exhorts them nevertheless to return unto Christ. As a Phase 11 hero, he begins again the cycle that began 1000 years earlier at the beginning of the Book of Mormon record. Nephi sees the beginning of a civilization; Moroni witnesses its finish, as the gyre, now in motion, continues without end.
Abrams, M. H., ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 2nd ed., vol. 5. New York: Norton, 1986.
Yeats, William Butler. A Vision. London: Macmillan, 1937.
Shannon Foster Whiteside, a former English graduate student, currently lives in California.
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Vicente Amador Flor Cedeño (July 19, 1903 - December 3, 1975) was an Ecuadorian poet known for his poems about his native city Portoviejo.

Biography
His parents were Efrén Flor Guerrero and Julia María Cedeño de Flor. He attended the colegio "Olmedo" (Olmedo high school) but dropped out before graduating.

Flor had six children with his wife Clorinda Sacoto.

The central park of Portoviejo has borne his name since October 30, 1981, and many educational institutions in Ecuador bear his name. A bust statue of Flor was placed in the central park of Portoviejo in 1983.

Awards
 First Prize of the Primeros Juegos Florales for his poem 'Romanza de ausencia' (1923)
 "Lira de Oro" for his poem "Canto a Manta" (1931)
 First Prize in the "Poems To Mother" Contest (1948)
 "Medalla de Oro" by the city of Portoviejo (1953)
 "Condecoración Nacional Al Mérito en el Grado de Comendador" by the government of Ecuador (1962)

Works
His popular poems include:
 "Canto a Portoviejo"
 "Atardecer"
 "Advenimiento de Portoviejo"

His books include:
 "Romanza de la Ausencia"
 "Motivos de Ayer y de Hoy"
 "Cuatro Voces de la Poesía Manabita"
 "Antología Poética"

References

1903 births
1975 deaths
Ecuadorian poets
People from Portoviejo
20th-century poets

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St Francis proved too strong for their opponents Fenagh St Caillin's in last Friday's Minor League 11-a-side Final and emerged deserving victors.
Although they had the advantage of a strong breeze in the opening half the elements could not be credited for St Francis' success as the Allen Gaels and Ballinaglera amalgamation proved much too strong for Fenagh.
The midfield pairing of Kevin Moran and Padraig Clarke proved to be the platform for St Francis' success and further up the field Ciaran Walsh, Caleb Duffy and Wayne Reynolds impressed.
The game began with St Francis looking particularly dangerous and they deservedly opened the scoring when Caleb Duffy pointed.
If that score was deserved there was an element of fortune surrounding the next score as Ciaran Walsh saw his effort bounce fortuitously over the head of the unlucky Fenagh goalkeeper and into the goal.
Having made a slow start Fenagh would have been hoping for a quick reply but unfortunately for them that did not materialise as St Francis took less than a minute to register their second goal.
Jarlath Scollan did very well to save Wayne Reynolds' shot but he was powerless to prevent Caleb Duffy from finding the net with the rebound.
The game was almost nine minutes old before Fenagh registered their first score when Ryan O'Rourke, who had a fine game, pointed after Caillin O'Rourke's pass.
That was not to signal the start of a comeback as Ciaran Walsh struck for St Francis' third goal after an excellent counter-attack and barely a minute later Wayne Reynolds was on target for his side's fourth goal.
With St Francis now well on course for victory they further extended their lead with three points from Wayne Reynolds and another from Caleb Duffy meaning they had a commanding 4-6 to 0-1 lead at the interval.
If they were to have any hope of staging a comeback Fenagh needed a strong start to the second half but instead it was St Francis who registered the first score when the game resumed with Kevin Moran on target after his midfield partner Padraig Clarke created the opportunity.
Fenagh replied with a clever 45 which was played to Tony Simms who pointed.
St Francis looked determined to ensure there would be no heroic comeback and they replied with points in quick succession from Alan McTigue, Caleb Duffy, Ciaran Walsh and Kevin Moran.
The loyal Fenagh supporters had reason to cheer when Jack Gilheaney scored an excellent point but unfortunately for them it was almost immediately cancelled out by an Wayne Reynolds free.
To their credit Fenagh kept persevering and that effort was rewarded in the closing stages as a Tony Simms point was followed by three successful Ryan O'Rourke frees but St Francis' lead was never in danger and they saw out the game for a deserved win.
St Francis: Ryan Crawford, Kevin Moran, Alan McTigue (0-1), Gareth Higgins, Kyle Flynn, Kevin Moran (0-1), Padraig Clarke (0-1), Ciaran Walsh (2-1), Wayne Reynolds (1-5), Sean McGourty, Caleb Duffy (1-3). Subs: Shane McGrenaghan for Duffy (47 mins).
Fenagh St Caillin's: Jarlath Scollan, Sean Keegan, Aaron Scollan, Jack Gilheaney (0-1), Caillin O'Rourke, Tony Simms (0-2), Aaron McLoughlin, Conor Reynolds, Nathan O'Rourke, Ryan O'Rourke (0-4), Alan Doonan. Subs: Alan Wrynne for N. O'Rourke (30 mins), Conor McLoughlin for Reynolds (32 mins), James McGuire for Doonan (46 mins), Conor McKeon for C. O'Rourke (49 mins).


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Local business owners have complained that tourists do not explore areas away from Wild Atlantic Way routes.


Well, by the time that you read this the Xmas rush will be over with and the new year will be in. I hope for you guys that do the door to door company specials, this year has been kinder to you than recent years. Let's hope that the historically slow month of January is kind to you, unless you need and deserve the rest.
So now that your head is clear, let's talk technical on the tax treatment of electric cars. As some of you may know I do speak a bit in the trade and attend such events as Pro Driver, and I keep finding myself test driving electric cars, so I presume they are here to stay until driverless, water driven cars put me and shell out of business, anyway.
What is Claimable against the purchase of plant and machinery or business vehicles?
AIA and FYA: Capital Allowances and 100% deductions under the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) have been with us for some time now and whilst you can claim AIA on most items of plant and machinery, AIA isn't usually available on cars unless they can be recognised as plant and machinery.
However, within the Capital Allowances regime are First Year Allowances (FYA), and where an asset qualifies for FYA you can deduct the full cost against profits by claiming 100% allowance in the year of acquisition. FYAs are claimed in addition to AIA – they don't count towards the AIA limit.
What qualifies: To encourage green investment, 'Enhanced Capital Allowances' (ECAs), a type of First Year Allowance, are available for certain energy saving and water efficient equipment that is on the published energy technology and water efficient technologies product list.
Perhaps surprisingly, however, you can also claim FYAs on some cars with low CO2 emissions. 100% FYAs are available on new and unused cars where CO2 emissions are 75g/km or less, or the car is electric.
In the past, 'low emission' cars have been fairly limited and have included the Toyota Prius and Nissan Leaf, but this is no longer the case. Many car manufacturers are releasing and offering a range of vehicles with CO2 emissions below 75g/km that are more appealing to the wider market.
As an example, the following are all below the CO2 limit: Audi e-Tron range (Q7), BMW e-range (including 740E, i3), Mercedes plug-in hybrid (including various 350E PHEV C-class and E-class models and S-class 500E), Tesla Model S, Volvo V60 / XC90 plug-in hybrid. Surprisingly, even more, exotic cars such as the BMW i8 (I believe there are one or two licensed, (although their use for private hire is questionable) are also below the limit and, therefore, qualify.
Not mandatory: It is not mandatory to claim a First Year Allowance for a car which qualifies. It may be beneficial not to claim where claiming the full allowance would otherwise create a loss or waste personal allowances. It is also possible to tailor the claim to suit your tax circumstances. Writing Down Allowances can be claimed for any expenditure, not relieved by means of a first-year allowance.
Other benefits: The UK Government has recently defined vehicles which have CO2 emissions below 75g/km as Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEV). These vehicles qualify for a 100% discount on the London Congestion Charge. (I had to mention this, but I would be surprised if anyone TFL licensed didn't already know this).
Government grants are also available towards the cost of a new electric/plug-in car (or van), as long as it meets certain conditions. The grant generally covers up to 35% of the cost of a car, up to a maximum of either £2,500 or £4,500 depending on the model. Plug-in car grant applications are generally handled by the car dealer.
Of course, you know what I am going to say here. All of this information needs the ratification of a suitable professional to be used properly, and everyone's case is somewhat different. I would also like to thank my Senior Accountant, Mukit for his help in compiling this information.


I'm not sure what to make of this graphic novel.
Let me start by saying that I'm generally a Green Lantern fan. I really enjoyed the Green Lantern (and "/Green Arrow") books when I was a teenager. The only comic that I bought regularly in the past fifteen years was the Green Lantern "Blackest Night" series, and sometimes I feel like I'm the only person who actually liked the Green Lantern movie. So with that in mind, it might come as a surprise that I actually did not like this particular graphic novel.
My immediate reaction was that this was dull. It felt like a short story that was expanded too much, just to sell more issues. Basic plot(s): Guardians have lost their colective minds and whatever compassion they may have had left. Create a new race of beings in order to cleanse the universe of inferiority (okay…ethnic cleansing storyline…got it). New race invades, inhabits, takes over. Battle ensues. Repeat. Meanwhile…on another system…Green Lanter, Kyle Raynor, is trying to be the first Lantern to absorb the knowledge and power of all the different colored Lanterns. Approach power source. Learn lesson. Repeat.
I do have a few other 'issues' with the series. First it's the Guardians themsevles. I've never been a particularly big fan of the Guardians, but have always recognized their role in the creation of the Lantern Corps. I also recognize that the Guardians are capable of 'going bad,' but without an outside source controlling them, how is it that they all managed to come to the conclusion that genocide is the appropriate means to creating order? And while there could be an outside force controlling them… really? the Lantern Corps couldn't protect the guardians?
Next…still another human becomes a Green Lantern. Apparently we can't come up with enough interesting stories for the five existing human Green Lanterns? We need another? This one even more unlikely hero than those unlikely heroes before him? And despite having his ring for all of ten minutes and not sure quite how to weild it…he manages to stave off the entire Justice League? Credibility stretched.
The 'third army' is too much a cross between "The Walking Dead" and Star Trek's Borg.
On the positive side…the art is pretty decent, despite the plethora of artists on the book. The cover concepts are fun to see. The stakes in the story are high (anyone reading my blog will know this can be an important factor for me), and … well… it's still Green Lantern… one of my favorites.
if you're a Lantern fan, or a comics fan, you might enjoy this. If you are new to the character or the format, there are better choices for an introduction.
Looking for a good book? This is good, but not as an introduction to the characters or format.


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Моше Варон () — ізраїльський футболіст і тренер.

Досягнення

Як граючий тренер:

 Прем'єр-ліга Ізраїлю: 1955

Примітки

Ізраїльські футбольні тренери
Ізраїльські футболісти
Тренери ФК «Хапоель» (Петах-Тіква)
Тренери збірної Ізраїлю з футболу
Тренери ФК «Бейтар» (Єрусалим)
Тренери ФК «Маккабі» (Петах-Тіква)
Тренери ФК «Хапоель» (Єрусалим)


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Achievement+ Perspective+ Perseverance
WEST SIDE ALLIANCE
WSA News Archives
WSA Sends Two Teams to State Championship Matches this Weekend 94 Girls Lose in State Semis
The WSA Soccer Club is proud to have two teams representing the club this weekend in the final round of Oklahoma state championship matches, WSA 89 girls and WSA 88 boys. Since two of the four matches for "older" teams (u18 and u19 boys and girls) will have WSA ties the club is hoping that many of our loyal fans will show up to support these senior-laden teams, which for many kids represents their final game for WSA.
Both WSA teams are heavy underdogs, but the kids are excited about the opportunity to represent their club on one of youth soccer's most visible stages. Please come out and support your teams this weekend. Schedules will be posted on www.oksoccer.com.
The WSA 94 girls state tournament run finally came to an end Saturday after losing to NOKC United in the semifinals. NOKC would go on to defeat TSC 94 White in the championship match the next day. Congratulations WSA 94 girls on a great state tournament performance!
Please check back later this week for an article on all WSA teams' state tournament stories. The club had a great weekend in the opening round nearly sneaking several upsets against defending state champions. [05/29/07]
Cassie Wellendorf and Elaine Davis, anchor the backline for Cascia Hall in the State Championship game for 4A High School soccer -- the two have combined as a formidable force the WSA backline on many occassions.
Congrats To Cascia's WSA Connection: State HS Champs!
The West Side Alliance S.C. would like to extend congratulations to the Cascia Hall Lady Commandos Soccer team for claiming the 4A State Championship over Metro Christian on Saturday, May 12th in the match played at the University of Tulsa Soccer Compex.
Many current and previous members of the WSA 89 girls team, most who are in their senior year, were involved in the match, including the producer of the gamewinnning goal, Caroline Prueitt. Other WSA 89 connections included starting sweeper, Cassie Wellendorf, starting center midfielder, Sarah Dalinsky, starting marking back, Elaine Davis, injured players, Camilla Howard, and injured Alex Maun.
Caroline Prueitt is first met by WSA teammate Cassie Wellendorf after her gamewinning goal in the State Championship game.
Victory is sweet! The Cascia Hall Lady Commandos celebrate moments after the full-time whistle. Caroline Prueitt and Elaine Davis, former WSA teammates, are seen embracing.
Congratulations ladies! We are all proud of your accomplishment!
SSSC Hosts League Cup
Champions! It's always sweet to hoist the champion's trophy!
While the F.A. Cup final is still weeks away, the young players of the Sand Springs Soccer Club had a chance to compete in their own version of the F.A. Cup, the SSSC League Cup, this past weekend, May 12th at the Rivercity Parks Sports Complex.
SSSC hosted a one day tournament event for all SSSC recreational teams u6 thru u10. The success of the first year even seemed evident by the smiles and good times had by all. Congratulations to all teams and participants. For a list of results please visit the Sand Springs Soccer Club website.
The Mad Dawgz show off their 2nd place medallions won in the 1st Annual SSSC League Cup.
[05/09/07]
Several of the youngest WSA players in the club get together for a quick pick after the party proudly displaying their new tshirts.
Girls Function was G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S!
The first annual WSA "all-girls function" could only be described as "glamorous". The event was held at Osage Christian Hills Church on Saturday, May 5th. There was a time slot at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and teams attended one or the other pending their game schedule for that day. A grand total of 75 girls showed up of the total 130 girls in the program.
The event was coordinated by newly hired WSA "Events Planner", Mindi Collins with volunteers from GUTS church and several of our great WSA soccer moms. The day included a necklace exchange, a cupcake bar, a message on "being female and being an athlete" delivered by Mindi Collins, and a musical slideshow from WSA head coach, Roger Bush, dedicated to the girls and their example of excellence "on and off the field".
Each girl who attended received a limited edition "GLAMOROUS.. On and Off the Field" tshirt which proved to be a great hit. In fact ladies if you did not attend these are on sale now for $10, but they are going fast! The slideshow ended with the popular song by Fergie, "Glamorous" and Mindi presented the tshirts to the girls as their "party gift".
The WSA club offered the girls function as a gesture of our appreciation of all of the ladies who represent our sport and our community with such grace, elegance, and class.
Special thanks to All-American Fitness in Sand Springs and Shoemaker Photography for sponsoring the event!
Mikella Schexnider and Hope Williams of the WSA 89 girls pose in their new "Glamorous On and Off the Field" tshirts.
WSA 93 girls team members stop for a quick cameo at the first annual WSA all-girls function.
WSA 90 boys 2007 State President's Cup Champions!
WSA and Nationals Club Take Most President's Cup Championships
West Side Alliance S.C. and Tulsa Nationals captured 3 State President's Cup championships the weekend of April 29-30th at the Indian Springs Soccer Complex in Broken Arrow, marking the most by any club.
The WSA 90 boys defeated Cosmos for the third time this year, in their championship match. But the Cosmos required a terrific performance from the WSA boys as both teams shone in the final. The match would require a late goal off the head of Ryan Newschbomb from a Keagan Cornelius service in the 73rd minute. The goal electrified the WSA supporters as it would stand to send WSA 90 boys to the Regional event in Tamba Bay, Florida.
The WSA 89/88 boys would cruise through their championship match winning 3-0 over Norman Celtic 88. WSA won two first round games to go unbeaten in the tournament. The 88 boys also won the State President's Cup in 2005.
The WSA 94 girls won their third consecutive State President's Cup championship becoming the only Oklahoma team to have garnered three consecutive titles in the event which premiered in 2005. The 94 girls cruised to the finals and ran into a tough NEO Extreme FC team. WSA 94 would get goals from Alysson Hall and Samantha Forgione onward to the victory stand and a trip to regionals in Tampa Bay.
The WSA 89 girls entered the championship match against TSC 89 girls in sore shape with an injury depleted roster forcing the team to play with ten men through stages of the match. But things looked to have opened nicely for WSA after an apparent goal by Brittney Hooper in the opening minutes. The goal was called back though and TSC would take command of a 1-0 halftime advantage scoring twice more in the 2nd half to win 3-0. The runner-up trophy marks WSA 89's second State President's Cup runners-up award, having finished in the same spot in 2005.
The WSA 94 boys lost to South Lakes Cosmos 3-2 in the semifinal stage on Saturday of the finals weekend after a hotly contested battle. Cosmos would go on to win the tournament. The result for WSA 94 marked a dramatic improvement from a year ago when the team entered the President's Cup as the bottom seed.
Congratulations to all WSA players for an excellent showing at this year's Oklahoma State President's Cup. And good luck to the 90 boys and 94 girls at the regional event in Tampa Bay, Florida, which begins June 8th!
WSA 89 girls -- a bit injury riddled -- after the 2007 State President's Cup Finals.
Congratulations 2007 President's Cup State Champions!
U19 Boys: WSA 89
U13 Girls: WSA 94
Congratulations 2007 State President's Cup Runners-Up!
Congratulations 2007 State President's Cup Semifinalists!
WSA Teams Advance in State President's Cup
West Side Alliance S.C. made a name for itself at the Mazzio's Pizza Eatery State President's Cup this past weekend sending five teams through to the semifinal stages. Several other teams found themselves on the brink of advancement as well.
The 89 boys, 89 girls, 90 boys, 94 boys, and 94 girls will all have dates in semifinal competition next weekend as the tournament continues.
In addition several teams were in serious contention to advance. The WSA 93 girls found themselves in position to win their group with only 3 minutes remaining against Norman Fury before a late goal deflated their hopes. The 93 girls had upset ESC in an earlier match, and after ESC defeated Norman, WSA was just in need of a draw against Norman to win their group and advance to the semis. The WSA 96 boys Red team also found themselves in need of just a draw in their final match against Thunder to advance, but dropped the match in heartbreaking fashion 2-1. The WSA 92 girls team saw two opportunities sneak away. The 92 girls needed a win against Extreme 91 but after leading 1-0 most of the match conceded a goal on a free kick in the final moments to settle for the draw, and then needed a draw against Hurricane 91 but settled for a 3-1 loss. Either result would have sent the team on. The WSA 95 girls, WSA 96 girls Blue, WSA 93 boys, and WSA 96 boys Blue, also all had bright spots of play during the weekend.
Congrats to all teams and best wishes to all teams next weekend in the semis and finals. Check the website on Friday for schedules of WSA teams in the semifinals and finals and come out and support your home club! [05/02/07]
WSA Teams Impress in Gold Division of Thunder Cup
Two WSA teams participated in this year's annual Thunder Cup, and both squads advanced out of their groups after some very tough games against notable competition.
The WSA 94 girls, coached by Dustyn and Terry Hall, continued their run of impressive tournament results by defeating, in a mild upset, the Norman Fury Red 94 girls team who is currently at the top of the Oklahoma Premiere League. WSA would face a tough Hurricane 94 girls team in the final and after leading much of the match would drop the game by a final score of 2-1.
The WSA 92 boys, coached by Ryan Bush, also continued to impress against quality competition as the team found itself out of it's group by defeating Topeka Select 3-1, and KCFC Alliance 3-0, before dropping a tough match to Thunder 92 Black, who is nationally ranked, by a score of 2-1. WSA led the Thunder match until the very end. WSA would then face Premiere League West winners, ESC 92, in the semifinals, and would lose 1-0 in another hard fought match. Thunder 92 Black would defeat ESC 92 2-0 in the finals to earn the championship of the Gold division.
Congratulations to both WSA teams for impressive results against high caliber competition and for once again representing the West Side Alliance S.C. with such class. Well done! [05/01/07]
© West Side Alliance. All rights reserved.


Chris Murphy Dec 15th 2018 - 1pm.
As he opened his eyes, Concordia sophomore hockey player Brock Montgomery felt no pain. He could see out of his right eye, but there was nothing but darkness out of his left. He felt a ringing in his ears and his right arm had some blood on it.
Montgomery doesn't know who shot him. He doesn't want to know.
"I don't want to think about that every time I see or talk to them," Montgomery, 21, said. "Everybody that was there I'm still friends with. I don't need that."
He was 13 years old and crossing a ravine near Mott, N.D., while pheasant hunting with his dad, older brother and a few other people in October of 2011. This was the third straight year they had hunted together in this spot. He heard a bang and all he remembers is opening his eyes, while down on one knee. The spray of a shotgun lodged BBs in his right arm, his neck, two bounced off his chest and one went in his left eye. The one in his neck was 4 millimeters from a carotid artery, which provides blood to the brain, neck and face. The one in his eye destroyed some of his optic nerves, detached his retina and forced his lens to be removed.
He still has a scar on his neck and the BB still remains in his left eye. Doctors told him he would never play sports again and it was a miracle he was alive.
He was playing hockey four months later.
"That first hockey game was a screw you to the doctors that said I'd never play again," Montgomery said.
Nine surgeries have given Montgomery some of his sight in his left eye, but he can't see straight on, and doctors feel eventually he will be blind in that eye. Montgomery's father still can't talk about the day Brock was shot.
"It's really painful," Tom Montgomery said, while fighting back tears. "It's been a battle every day to keep his eyesight. He had to grow up so fast, and he never blamed it for anything. It's amazing what he's done."
Tom introduced skating to Brock. He used to work nights, so he'd take him to Optimist Park in Grand Forks when he was young and let him skate.
"It was just easy for him," Tom said. "I took him to the outdoor park and he jumped right on."
Brock's dad and older brother played hockey for Grand Forks Red River. He followed in their footsteps even after the hunting accident. He was named Mr. Hockey in North Dakota, leading all high school defensemen in the state with 44 points on eight goals and 36 assists in 27 games as a senior. Montgomery finished with 78 points in three seasons with Red River.
"You need that peripheral vision just to see the puck down at your stick and people coming from the side," Red River coach Bill Chase said. "He was our quarterback, he was our leader. We went as he went. He never pouted, he never felt bad. He just went forward.
"He has uncanny hockey smarts. I can't explain it. His hockey vision is good or better than anybody else all the time. No matter what he does in life he'll be successful."
Brock made stops in the North American Hockey League and Manitoba Junior Hockey League, but he decided to hang up the skates last year. He decided to focus on school and went to the University of North Dakota for the spring semester. That didn't last long.
"After awhile I missed it," Brock said. "I got bored with nothing to do every day. I needed something."
Brock wants a degree in mechanical engineering, which Concordia doesn't offer. So he could've gone to North Dakota State to get an engineering degree, but that would mean no hockey.
"I had friends playing here," Brock said. "I wanted to be with my friends and my best friend is (Concordia forward) Tyler Bossert, so that was a big part of it."
Concordia head coach Chris Howe told Brock that he would need him to play forward or center. Brock had always been a defenseman. He told Howe he didn't care. He just wanted to play.
"He's just a hockey player," Howe said. "His teammates love him. He seems like he's standing there at times, but he's always two or three plays ahead of everyone. I can't imagine playing hockey with one eye. It's amazing what he can do."
The Cobbers are first in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and their nine wins are the most they've had before Christmas in program history. They are 6-0-2 in their last eight. Brock has two assists and a plus-minus of plus-5, playing 5-on-5, 4-on-4 and on the penalty kill for the Cobbers.
"There's many people in life that get setbacks, whether it's physical or cancer, you just gotta keep going," Tom said. "He never complained about it. He just went over aspects of what he had to do to learn how to use it."
Brock went pheasant hunting again a year after he was shot. He left after the first shots were fired and he's never gone again.
He felt he was just beginning to hit his stride with his hockey development when he was shot. He's watched as his younger brother Dane committed to UND for hockey.
He can't help but think about the what ifs.
"I missed a year of development, and when you're 13 and 14 years old, that's a pretty key time," Brock said. "If I just had that extra year of development, would that have helped? Or how much easier would it have been to have two eyes? I don't remember ever living with two eyes. That's so long ago. I wonder the abilities I could have if I was fully functioning."
He also thinks about that BB moving 4 millimeters and hitting the carotid artery in his neck. He most likely would not be studying applied physics with plans to get a master's degree in mechanical engineering at NDSU.
"I always stop myself and think that I could've never played again or died very easily," Brock said. "I'm thankful that hopefully I can help someone else. Hopefully I'm an example for somebody to know that it's possible."


A great bed furniture is vital to all of pet dogs but especially to huge canines. Large pet dogs require big mattresses and ought not to be compelled to sleep at night in the crowded bed furniture. Puppies invest around half their lifestyles slumbering, typically 12 to 14 60 minutes every day. They also have rest style much like humans, they already have lighting sleeping periods and periods of deeply sleep at night called the REM (rapid vision movement) or dream phase.
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Q: Is it possible to host telegram on my own server? Telegram is a cloud based chat service. All of their clients are open source. I was wondering if there's a way to host a 'private' telegram service on my own server.
If not, is there anything out there that can provide all or almost all features that telegram provides?

A: According to the official telegram FAQ the current answer is no:

Q: Can I run Telegram using my own server?
Our architecture does not support federation yet. Telegram is a unified cloud service, so creating forks where two users might end up on two different Telegram clouds is unacceptable. To enable you to run your own Telegram server while retaining both speed and security is a task in itself. At the moment, we are undecided on whether or not Telegram should go in this direction.

So as long as the server itself is not open-source the entire Telegram eco-system cannot be considered open-source, even though there is an open API and official open-source clients.
There seem to be some unofficial telegram servers, but it's not clear how compatible they are with existing clients.
Some possible telegram alternatives

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*Matrix is allegedly providing "an open network for secure, decentralized communication" and has both open-source clients (Element being the 'official' one) and an open-source server that can be self-hosted. BUT while it looks good on the surface, there are indications that companies behind it have undisclosed intimate links with governmental actors (similar to Signal).

*XMPP/Jabber has been around for a longer time, is an open protocol with multiple server and client implementations, and might be the least tainted by third-party interests. XMPP was the underlying protocol behind the original Google Talk messenger before it was rebranded to Google Hangouts and switched to a proprietary protocol.

*Teamspeak a collaborative platform for teams, intended originally for gamers, free client and server.

*Mumble a voice oriented solution which allows self-hosted servers.

A: You could implement a full working Telegram-API, then have hosted clients on your server via this API.
Your users would login on your web, then you sign them in via the hosted clients on your servers.
You are basically performing a proxy service to these users , and you can even integrate other value added  features for you users this way.

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America, Vietnam Marian Days
Last week, over 70,000 people were in Carthage for the celebration of the Vietnamese Roman Catholic Pilgrimage known as Marian Days.
America, Vietnam Marian Days Last week, over 70,000 people were in Carthage for the celebration of the Vietnamese Roman Catholic Pilgrimage known as Marian Days. Check out this story on news-leader.com: http://sgfnow.co/2bU3AtT
Yung H. Hwang, Springfield Published 10:23 p.m. CT Aug. 23, 2016
OPINIONS(Photo: JULZ PETERSEN)
Last week, over 70,000 people were in Carthage for the celebration of the Vietnamese Roman Catholic Pilgrimage known as Marian Days. In the early '50s, America was involved in the Vietnam Civil War and supported the South's Ngo Dienh Diem government, who fought against the North's Ho Chi Minh Communist Regime. As the Communist North received support from China and Russia, America provided ground support and air strikes for the South's Democratic government.
It was a desperate time for Vietnam. The Allies of America included Britain, France, Korea, Australia, etc. After 20 years, in 1975, the boundless war ended in defeat, and Vietnam was covered with Communist flags. The result was heavy casualties for both sides. Millions of Vietnamese were seeking refuge and peace from other countries in the world.
America offered a beacon of hope for these refugees, which included 300 Catholic priests who came to Carthage to begin a new life in a new world. Many of them have passed away or relocated to other areas, but Carthage represented hope at a difficult time. Today, about 75 priests live at the College Campus of the Catholic Church on Grand Street, which is known as The Congregation of Mother Co-Redemptorist (CMC).
This worship center is one of the only places in the United States for Roman Catholic Pilgrimage celebrations. In 1978, the Priests of CMC opened their doors for all Catholic pilgrimages to worship and celebrate and thereby establish "Marian Days" on the first week of August every year. The Pilgrimages gather at CMC to celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary and later became known as Marian Days.
In the first year of Marian Days, the attendance was about 1,500 people, but as time progressed the attendance greatly increased. The adult pilgrimages became family pilgrimages and both adults and children celebrated this very special time of the year. Besides the spiritual commemoration of Marian Days, attendees celebrated reunions of families and friends, as well as marriage and individual counseling.
The finale of Marian Days is the honoring of Our Lady of Fatima with a procession throughout the campus, the release of numerous colorful balloons associated with the colors of Mary (Blue and White) and the colors of the Vietnamese flag before the country fell to Communism. Those attending come from all parts of the United States, Canada, Vietnam and other parts of the world.
In the past three years, attendance has grown to nearly 75,000 per year. Visitors stay in local areas of the CMC including tents, hotels, and families and friends. Carthage and neighboring cities utilize security measures by working together with law enforcement agencies to guarantee a peaceful celebration.
This event has been deeply rooted in Carthage bringing with it a welcome impact on the economy for local businesses, as well as the city government. We can only hope that this positive example of diplomacy could expand to the United States and Vietnam in the future.
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Pykara is river  from Ooty in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu with a village by the same name nearby. The Pykara River is considered very sacred by the Todas. It rises at Mukurthi peak, flows northwards, and then turns to the west after reaching the edge of the plateau. The river flows through Murkurti, Pykara and Glenmorgan dams, and forms part of an important hydro-electric power project.

The river flows over a series of waterfalls, the last two of  and  being known as Pykara Falls.  The falls are approximately  from the bridge on the main road. There is a forest rest house at Pykara. A boat house on the Pykara reservoir is an added attraction for tourists. Pykara boasts well-protected, fenced sholas, Toda settlements, large grassy meadows and good wildlife habitat. The Pykara Dam, falls and reservoir attract many tourists.

Climate
Pykara features a subtropical highland climate (Cwb) under Köppen climate classification. Pykara, due to its location in the Nilgiris, gets rain from both the monsoons. The wet season runs from April to December and the dry season from January to March.

Dam and power station

The dam is near the main Ooty–Gudalur road and includes a power station. One of the oldest power plants in south India, the Pykara station still functions, generating about 60 megawatts. The first unit of 6.65 MW was commissioned in October 1932. Sir C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyar, Diwan of Travancore, worked with the British regime in 1920s and 1930s in the setting up of the Pykara project. A team of engineers led by H.G.Howard, a chief engineer in the then electricity department, was responsible for carrying out the project. The Bengaluru-Chennai industrial region is highly dependent on the Pujara hydroelectric plant.

The Pykara Station, declared as a heritage plant in September 1997, triggered the establishment of more hydro-electric power stations in the state. Today, the Nilgiris district alone boasts hydro-electric stations with an aggregate installed capacity of 837 MW. Five decades after establishment of the old plant, the Electricity Board (EB) authorities came up with a plan for the Pykara Ultimate Stage Hydro Electric Plant (PUSHEP), containing three units of 50 MW each. The construction of an underground powerhouse, 17 tunnels and the hydraulic head of  are the special features of the new plant. According to the EB, the hydraulic head is the highest in Asia. The access to the powerhouse is a tunnel  long.

Boat house

A boat house on the Pykara Reservoir is an added attraction for tourists. The boat house with restaurant is maintained by Tamil Nadu Tourism and Development Corporation. It consists of several boats and has motor boats which are allowed for 20 minutes and speed boats which are allowed for 10 minutes.

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Rivers of Tamil Nadu
Geography of Ooty
Waterfalls of Tamil Nadu
Tourist attractions in Nilgiris district
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Data provided by the Baker administration show that the number of residents in remaining state-run residential programs for the developmentally disabled has begun to decline, raising questions about the state's policy for the future of state-run services.
The data, which were provided under a Public Records Law request, indicate that the previous fiscal year (2016) may have been the peak year for the residential population in state-operated group homes and the Wrentham and Hogan developmental centers.
As we have frequently pointed out, the administration appears to have placed a priority on funding privatized residential services offered by corporate providers to the Department of Developmental Services. A question remains, however, as to whether the administration's policy also entails phasing out state-operated care.
While Governor Baker's Fiscal 2018 budget proposes $59.9 million in additional funding for privatized group homes, his budget proposes a $1.8 million cut in the state-operated group home account. That would amount to a $6.9 million cut in that account when adjusted for inflation.
Similarly, the governor is proposing a $2.4 million cut in the state-run developmental centers line item. That's a $4.9 million cut when adjusted for inflation.
DDS operates or manages both state-run and privatized systems of residential care in Massachusetts. The state-run system, which is now much smaller than the privatized system, includes the two remaining developmental centers and the state-operated group homes.
The ultimate elimination of state-run residential services would take away a key element of choice for individuals and families in the DDS system. State-run residential centers and group homes provide residential care to some of the most profoundly disabled persons in the commonwealth, and they tend to employ staff with higher levels of training and lower rates of turnover than do corporate-run facilities.
COFAR has sent a follow-up Public Records request to DDS, seeking any policy documents that concern the future of state-operated care in Massachusetts.
The administration of then Governor Deval Patrick began closing the remaining developmental centers in Massachusetts in Fiscal 2008, reducing the number of those federally overseen facilities from six to two. Most of the residents in the now-closed developmental centers were transferred either to the Wrentham center or to state-operated group homes, leading to an initial surge in the residential populations in those facilities. But those residential population numbers now appear to be dropping.
According to the DDS data, the number of residents in state-operated group homes rose from just over 1,000 in 2008, when four of the six developmental centers were targeted for closure, to roughly 1,150 in Fiscal 2016. As of the current fiscal year, that number had dropped to about 1,130.
The DDS data appear to provide further confirmation of COFAR's contention that state-run residential facilities are not being offered as residential choices to persons waiting for residential care in the DDS system. We believe that if those facilities were routinely offered as choices, the number of residents in them would either continue to rise or remain steady, but would not be declining.
If DDS is failing to offer state-run group homes and developmental centers as options to people waiting for residential care, that situation would appear to be in violation of federal laws, which require that all available services be offered as options.
The Home and Community Based waiver of the Medicaid Law (42 U.S.C., Section 1396), requires that intellectually disabled individuals and their guardians be informed of the available "feasible alternatives" for care. In addition, the federal Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C., Section 794) states that no disabled person may be excluded or denied benefits from any program receiving federal funding.
We think the DDS data closely track the closures of the Fernald, Monson, and Glavin developmental centers, starting in Fiscal 2008, and the transfer of the residents of those facilities primarily to the state-operated group homes and the Wrentham center.
But as we reported in 2014, while 49 new state-operated group homes were built between 2008 and 2014, 28 state-operated homes were closed during that period. The new state-operated homes appear to have been intended to accommodate only the residents of the homes that were being closed and the residents transferred from the developmental centers.
Nevertheless, an undisclosed number of disabled individuals are reportedly waiting for residential services in Massachusetts, although the state does not maintain an official waiting list that would publicly identify the number of people waiting. The Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council has continued to cite a 2010 survey indicating that some 600 people were waiting for residential services in the state, and up to 3,000 people were waiting for family support services.
As noted, the administration appears to be attempting to meet the demand for residential care by boosting funding to corporate residential providers. While that hasn't prevented the budgets of state-run developmental centers from increasing, those budgets may be leveling off.
The DDS data, which includes information about the Wrentham and Hogan developmental center budgets, shows increases in those budgets between Fiscal 2008 and 2015. Wrentham's budget, in particular, appears to have leveled off, starting in Fiscal 2015.
It is unclear if or when the administration intends to phase out state-run DDS residential care, but the initial data are cause for concern. If you have a loved one in a state-run facility or are seeking care in a state-run setting, please let your local legislators know about this situation.
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The link between Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease has become the subject of increasing scientific interest, and a major new study is seeking to shed further light on that connection.
Dr. Florence Lai of Harvard University, McLean Hospital in Belmont, and Massachusetts General Hospital, is the lead Massachusetts investigator in a multi-center, five-year study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Lai and her colleagues, Dr. Diana Rosas, a neurologist, and Dr. Margaret Pulsifer, a psychologist, are in charge of the Massachusetts portion of the study.
While the average person with Down syndrome develops symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in their early 50's, some may not develop the dementia until the age of 70, and a very few escape it altogether.
"The study seeks, among other things, to learn the reasons for that variation," Dr. Lai said.
The Massachusetts General Hospital's facility at the Charlestown Navy Yard is one of seven sites around the country and England that are coordinating their research efforts as part of the study. The other sites include Columbia University (New York City), the University of California Irvine, the University of Pittsburgh, Cambridge University (UK), the University of Arizona (Phoenix), and the University of Wisconsin (Madison).
The NIH study represents a natural progression in Dr. Lai's clinical practice and research. Over several decades, she has evaluated and followed some 750 individuals with Down syndrome, including Joanna Bezubka, a cousin of COFAR Board member and former president, George Mavridis. In 2013, Mavridis published a compelling memoir about his experience in caring for Joanna, who died of Alzheimer's disease in 2012 at the age of 60.
George Mavridis and Joanna Bezubka on Joanna's 60th birthday. Joanna, who had Down Syndrome, died in 2012 at the age of 60 of Alzheimer's Disease. She had been one of Dr. Lai's clinical patients.
In a recent letter to Mavridis, Lai said that her hunch that women with Down syndrome who developed menopause early were more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease earlier, led to an earlier multi-year NIH study by a colleague who proved the hypothesis.
Another hunch of hers that immunological factors in Down syndrome might be involved in Alzheimer's disease is now the subject of intense scientific interest with many researchers concentrating on neuro-inflammation as a causative factor.
Those avenues of inquiry "may pave the way to think outside the box for potential treatments for AD (Alzheimer's disease)," Lai wrote to Mavridis.
In her interview with COFAR, Dr. Lai said scientists have discovered that people with Down syndrome are genetically predisposed to create large concentrations in their brains of amyloid protein, which is connected with destruction of brain cells in Alzheimer's disease.
In order to learn more about the impact of the amyloid protein and other potential biomarkers of Alzheimer disease, the NIH study is designed to collect a broad range of information from the participants in the study, including information on their health history, cognitive functioning, immune and genetic factors, and daily living activities. The information is obtained from cognitive testing, from blood samples that are sent to specialized labs around the country, and from caregivers of the participants.
The study also includes an MRI brain scan of the subjects and an optional PET scan (Positron Emission Tomography), which involves the introduction of a small dose of radioactive material to examine the presence of amyloid protein in the brain. Another optional part of the study includes analyzing the cerebral spinal fluid obtained from a spinal tap.
The 3-year NIH study is limited to adults over the age of 40 with Down Syndrome at three of the sites (including Charlestown) and over age 25 at the other four sites. At the MGH Charlestown site, the study involves three cycles of visits with each cycle involving two to three visits of up to five hours each. The second and third cycles each take place 16 months after the previous cycle.
Although the study was initially funded in September 2015, it took about a year to "harmonize the procedures at all the sites," Dr. Lai said, and to receive the necessary approvals from the participating institutions including the Research Review Committee of the Department of Developmental Services in the case of Massachusetts. Lai said the researchers at the seven study sites hope to recruit up to 700 individuals to participate in the study.
At the MGH site, about 20 participants have been recruited so far and have been through a preliminary visit, Lai said. They receive a modest payment for their participation. The information collected is anonymous, she said. Even the researchers analyze only coded, aggregate data.
Apart from the NIH study, Drs. Lai and Rosas continue to clinically treat, test, and follow the life histories of patients with Down syndrome at McLean hospital. They see each patient once a year and generate neurological evaluations which are shared with caregivers and family.
Lai has collected hundreds of blood samples, some of which have been stored at a Harvard-affiliated facility at -80 degrees C. However, the samples have lain dormant for many years due to a lack of funding needed to analyze them. Lai noted that many of her colleagues have experienced the same funding frustrations, and have had to supplement federal funding with industry grants and philanthropic donations.
It was actually due to the generosity of several families of her patients, Lai said, that she herself was able to start a Down Syndrome Fund for Alzheimer Research at MGH. The Fund got a boost of several thousand dollars a few years ago when a member of the MGH Board of Directors called Lai to thank her for her care of a patient with Down syndrome whom he knew personally.
Persons interested in learning more about the NIH study at MGH can call 617-726-9045 or 617-724-2227.
Those interested in an evaluation and follow-up with Drs. Lai and Rosas at the McLean Hospital Aging and Developmental Disabilities Clinic can call 617-855-2354.


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Why Algeria's problems won't be solved at the ballot box
Algeria's problems won't be solved at the ballot box. Here's why
Opinion: Algerian politics is caught in a struggle between loyal proponents of the old regime, and an uncompromising protest movement, writes Yasmina Allouche.
So-called 'ghost' candidates have conducted much of their campaign behind closed doors [Getty]
On June 12 polls will open for Algerians to cast their vote in legislative elections which the regime hailed on Thursday as a "new era" for the country, free of the dirty money that has dogged Algerian politics for decades.
The elections, initially slated to take place in 2022, were brought forward following the decision by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune earlier this year to dissolve the parliament after returning from a lengthy medical absence in Germany.
Presented as part and parcel of the regime's political roadmap, the move was more an attempt to detract from his possible replacement and to reassert control in the face of the Hirak movement, reasserting itself after the coronavirus hiatus.
In its quest for legitimacy, the government sees these elections as a means by which the transition period, which so far has included a new president in December 2019 and a constitutional referendum in November 2020 - albeit with record low turnout - can finally run its course.
Political parties running in the election such as the National Democratic Rally, New Algeria Front, El Moustakbal Front and Freedom and Justice Party, have insisted on the importance of widespread participation, for citizens to choose "qualified representatives" that can consolidate the "stability of the country" and reshape the National Assembly through elections they describe as an important step for a successful democratic transition.
"Algerians know it cannot and will not change, as long as they are denied the opportunity to alter the political system for the better"
However, the political maturity of Algerians who are fed up with being duped means many are unwilling to buy into the regime's plans for reasserting legitimacy. They know it cannot and will not change, as long as it continues to deny them the opportunity to alter the political system for the better.
The general population can therefore be forgiven for reacting to the latest election with their seasoned approach of boycotting the ballot box, recognising it as a symbol that serves the interests of the regime, rather than a means by which grievances can be genuinely addressed and the deepening political crisis averted.
The last legislative elections held in 2017 resulted in a parliament in service of the oligarchs who made up Bouteflika's corrupt entourage. Saturday's process is instead likely to propel young and inexperienced elected officials into a legislative body inept in challenging the military rule of the country's institutions.
The list of over 1,500 candidates approved by the Independent National Election Authority boasts a large portion of independents and young people, an indication of how civil society is playing a more active role within politics.
Karim Tabbou was arrested Thursday on the eve of parliamentary elections he and fellow pro-democracy Hirak movement supporters are boycotting. https://t.co/cPDuSKTX6V
— The New Arab (@The_NewArab) June 10, 2021
However, the cracks in this facade begin to emerge once it becomes obvious how several of these "independent" candidates, who supposedly make up a "new civil society", are linked, or have benefited in some way from Bouteflika's system, and are currently being relied upon to be of service to the political establishment - "le pouvoir".
Those hoping to be elected, commonly referred to as "ghosts" for their notable public absence, have spent much of their time campaigning in closed meetings to avoid scrutiny and protests, while their faces decorate campaign posters plastered around towns and cities.
If ever there was an indicator of where people's loyalties lie, it is with the pictures of the political detainees painted on the posters who languish in prison in their dozens for daring to challenge the regime with their non-violent stances.
"The striking lack of concrete actions is mirrored in their steadfast commitment to the old system's survival"
The ruling elite's efforts to include "change" and a "new Algeria" in their vocabulary may hint at growing recognition of the need to alter the system of governance in place since Algeria's independence in 1962. But the striking lack of concrete actions is mirrored in their steadfast commitment to the old system's survival, despite the plethora of false promises and facade of transparency in processes where the results are already predetermined.
Instead of convincing Algerians to trust in the new electoral law, which is supposed to reduce corruption in the political sphere, authorities have spent the weeks leading up to Saturday's vote increasing the number of arrests and legal proceedings against opponents, hirakists and journalists.
The time when Tebboune hailed the "maturity" of a " blessed Hirak" for enabling him to become president in December 2019 now seems long gone. That same Hirak is still calling for a civil state over a military one, and he has repaid it only with repression and crackdown.
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According to the National Committee for Political Detainees, around 220 prominent activists, journalists, and protesters are currently imprisoned - the highest number in recent years - with dozens on hunger strike against their arbitrary detention.
The system is hell-bent on functioning in denial, painting the arbitrary arrests and increased repression as normal mechanisms in defense of the very freedoms and stability it jeopardises.
Defining the elections as "free" falls short when the conditions in which they are organised are anything but safe spaces with genuine opposition entities, unions, and autonomous and representative associations, where debates could be conducted in full respect of human rights and democratic freedoms.
While freer elections and younger candidates should be a milestone, power struggles between rival clans leave little room for new political alternatives that might enable proper representation with no strings attached.
"The pertinent question now is how legitimacy can be earned and confidence restored in order to lift the country out of political crisis"
The future of the Algerian state remains stagnant: Hung up on struggle between the regime, unwilling to accommodate an overhaul or to work properly with civil society, and the Hirak, unwilling to see any alternative that is not the complete overhaul they demand.
The organisers of the Hirak are themselves not blameless, having failed to offer a credible alternative, or find a figure that could embody the population's democratic aspirations and negotiate with authorities to come to a compromise.
With a lack of compromise between these forces, a legislative election in the current socio-political climate simply makes little sense, along with the pockets of protests that lack strategy. As the 60th anniversary of its independence approaches next month, Algeria's short-term future still looks particularly bleak and time is on no one's side.
Along with the ongoing political stagnation, the economic crisis is worsening with the depletion of state coffers and ongoing debates on a viable long term diversification strategy.
Exacerbated by the pandemic, which saw Algeria close its borders for over a year, the 14 percent unemployment rate has pushed droves of young Algerians to risk fines, prison sentences and even death in search of a better life outside the country.
The irony of Algerians singing about leaving the country while cheering on their national team is not lost on anyone and speaks of the tragic relationship so many have with a homeland they love but feel betrayed and abandoned by.
The pertinent question now is how legitimacy can be earned and confidence restored in order to lift the country out of political crisis so it can face its multiple challenges both domestically and regionally.
Few will be holding their breath for Saturday's elections to remedy that.
Yasmina Allouche is a freelance journalist and researcher working on the Maghreb with a special focus on Algeria.
Follow her on Twitter: @animsche
Opinions expressed in this article remain those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The New Arab, its editorial board or staff, or the author's employer.
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Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas Movie Trailer Released
By Charlie Ridgely - November 18, 2021 11:14 pm EST
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist is getting one more chance to shine after being cancelled by NBC earlier this year. The fan-favorite musical series was axed after its sophomore season, but its creator and fans fought to find a way to keep the story going and Roku stepped in to lend a hand. The result is an original holiday movie titled Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas, and it takes place after the events of the Season 4 finale.
The Zoey's Christmas movie is already finished and ready to debut on The Roku Channel on December 1st. While that is still a couple of weeks away, fans don't have to wait that long to see the film's first footage. The trailer for Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas was released online Thursday afternoon. Take a look!
This movie will resolve some of the questions and cliffhangers leftover from Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist Season 2. In all likelihood, the film will put a bow on Zoey's story, but creator Austin Winsberg isn't totally out of ideas for more. Should the chance present itself, he's keeping the door open for another outing in the future.
"It's an excellent open question," Winsberg told Entertainment Weekly. "Roku has been really amazing, supportive partners and really just wanting to lean into all things Zoey. The challenge of the movie was to feel like people could come in without having seen the show before and to feel like we're telling a whole story as a movie, not just extended episodes of the show. So it's a story that has some version of a beginning, middle, and end. But I also feel like we keep it open enough that, should the demand be out there, I could definitely see the story continuing, either more episodes or more movies."
"I have lots more Zoey movie ideas in my head," the creator continued. "Now that I've kind of come around to the Zoey movie idea and the structure of these movies, I have more movie ideas in my head already. If there's a demand out there? And the cast really loved making the movie too. There was something about coming in to do this one particular thing and to really just focus on that that I think everyone really responded to. Everybody had a good time."
Are you excited for Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist? What do you think of the new trailer? Let us know in the comments!


To reset the root password for a Legacy Virtual Machine you will need to reboot into 'rescue' mode. This will require a short period of downtime.
The password will be the same as the root password we originally set for your VM. If you've forgotten your password you should contact support to reset it.
You can now invoke the actions menu by pressing Ctrl+p Ctrl+o ie. while holding down the Ctrl key, press the p key, release it and then press the o key.
Ensure 'Restart Cleanly' is selected and select '< OK >'.
A few seconds later, a boot menu will appear offering you 3 boot modes; 'boot', 'rescue' and 'reimage'. Please select the 'rescue' option within 10 seconds (or your VM will boot as normal).
Note: If your server does not reboot after selecting 'Restart Cleanly', try a second time. If it still does not reboot, select 'Restart Forcibly'.
and enter the new root password you want to use (please note that nothing will be shown on the screen as you type your password, and you will be asked to enter it for a second time to confirm you typed it correctly). You should receive the message 'passwd: password updated successfully' when this is complete.
Reboot the server by pressing Ctrl+p Ctrl+o and selecting option 1 ('reboot').
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Q: AudioTrack not streaming thrugh headphones I've set up an AudioTrack like so:
public NoiseThread(byte[] data)
{
    rawData = data;
    bufferSize = 2* AudioTrack.getMinBufferSize (44000, AudioFormat.CHANNEL_OUT_MONO, AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_8BIT);

    track = new AudioTrack(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, 44000, AudioFormat.CHANNEL_OUT_MONO, AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_8BIT, bufferSize, AudioTrack.MODE_STREAM);
    track.setStereoVolume(volume, volume);
}

public void run() {
    setPriority(MAX_PRIORITY);

    track.play();
    while(!isInterrupted()){
        track.write(rawData, 0, bufferSize);
    }
    track.stop();
}

And the sample plays through the speaker as I'd expect. When I plug in headphones, the speaker turns off but the sound comes out of the phone's earpiece and not the headphones. How do I play through headphones?

A: Many Android devices use a single output thread in the AudioFlinger / audio HAL for all local playback (earpiece, speaker, wired headset/headphones), making different routing of two tracks simultaneously impossible (which is why on many devices the media streams are forcibly muted if a notification is played and you've got a wired headset attached; because otherwise you'd hear the music in the loudspeaker while the notification is played).
On some devices it might be possible to do what you're looking for if you manage to do a setForceUse(FOR_MEDIA, FORCE_SPEAKER) and use the MUSIC stream type for the stuff you want to play in the loudspeaker, and the VOICE_CALL stream type for the stuff that you want to play in the wired headset.
I'm not sure if there's any way for an application to perform that setForceUse call though. Perhaps you can get at the handleMessage method of the AudioService class through reflection and send it an MSG_SET_FORCE_USE message.. I've never tried it myself so it might fail miserably.


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Our 2018 - 2019 Head Boy and Head Girl are:
What do they have to say?.....
Anisa:
"There were only two steps to potentially becoming Head Girl. Firstly, everybody applying had to write an application letter to Mrs Mason and Mr Mahmud. We had all summer to do this so there wasn't a rush to give it in. Secondly, we went through an interview stage. We were asked simple questions like 'Why we want this job?' and challenging questions like 'what would you do to change the school?'. At the end, it was all worth it as even those who didn't get the job still work very closely alongside the Headteacher. Now, as the Head Girl, I work all around the school, showing visitors around and trying to improve anything that could be better. I've taken my role very seriously and I enjoy it very much."
Ollie:
"I am very proud to have been nominated as Head Boy. I have key responsibilities around the school which include, making improvements to the school, welcoming visitors but my main duty as Head Boy is to help the children of the school and listen to any ideas that they may have. I enjoy my role, as in meetings we get to discuss ideas for the school to make it better."