He would've preferred more competition, though.
"It was fun. I just actually thought there would be more people in each event than there actually was," said the red-headed Frobey, who will be a seventh-grader at New Fairfield Middle School this fall. "There haven't been many people in my events all day."
Foley, a member of the New Fairfield Flash youth track organization, earned a gold medal for winning the turbo javelin throw (49 feet), a silver for taking second in the mile (6:40.59) and a bronze for finishing third in the long jump (12-feet-1).
Participation ranged from two or three competitors to more than 50, depending on the event and the age group.
Recent Brookfield High graduate Lauren Tanz, the reigning State Open champion in the 100-meter hurdles, didn't mind spending $30 to compete -- even though her competition consisted of only two other girls and she raced for just 15.39 seconds, which was good enough for a gold medal albeit more than one second slower than her winning time at the Open (14.35).
"It's a fun experience because you're running just for fun now as opposed to hard competition," said Tanz, who admitted to being in "not the best" shape.
The Cornell University recruit will get more serious when she heads to the Ivy League school later this summer.
Asked about the lack of entrants, she said, "I guess it's hard to train for, especially in the summer, because you can't find hurdles everywhere. I was just running it for fun; it didn't matter that there were only two other kids. I didn't have any expectations that there were going to be a lot of girls running. It was fine."
Tyler Archer, a 2006 Immaculate High graduate who attended Hotchkiss this past year and has been recruited to run track at Boston College, competed in the 400 and 800 meters as he begins getting ready for the start of his Division I career.
"I just started training. That's why I'm still breathing heavy," he said after placing third in the 15-18 division of the 400 with a time of 52.39. "Right now I'm just trying to get a good base. I've been running a lot of miles."
His personal best in the quarter-mile is 50.20.
In the 800, he prevailed in a photo finish by two hundredths of a second, clocking 2:05.04.
As an Immaculate High senior two years ago, Archer was the South-West Conference and state Class S champion in the half-mile before placing sixth at the State Open.
Archer, a Brookfield resident who turns 19 in October, enjoyed his first taste of the Nutmeg Games.
"I like it. It's a good little set-up. I wish I had trained for it. There are a lot of college kids that are here trying to get a race in over the summer. So it was really good to get out and run," he said.
The 6-foot-2, 175-pound Archer, a standout wide receiver at Immaculate, received some Division III offers after playing for Hotchkiss but decided to focus on track after drawing attention from the highly-regarded Atlantic Coast Conference member.
"It worked out exactly as I hoped it would. Track just kind of took over. Football went well but not exactly as I had hoped but I still enjoyed it. Boston College just seemed to be the best fit. You can't beat the BC education."
He does admit he'll miss football "a lot. But I might try to work something out with the new coach to see if I can help out, manage the team or be a part of the program somehow. It will be fun going to games; they're big-time football so I don't know if I could've played there."
Barbara Nevins, 54, a road racer from Ridgefield, had never been to the Nutmeg Games or competed on a track.
"I train on the track but I've never done a track meet," said Nevins, who previously ran marathons and 5Ks and is now training with Danbury High coach Rob Murray. "He made me do this."
She fared well in her debut, taking third in Section 2 of the mile. By completing four laps in 6:34.10, she defeated a West Hartford teenager by 10 seconds.
"I just did whatever I could. I only run for myself. I try to do the best I can," she said. "I'm not really trained to run the mile but I did OK for an old lady."
Nevins would've like to compete against more women her age.
"It's a great event. (But) I think we should get more age groups involved," she said.
The meet, which lasted nearly seven hours, concluded under the lights with a co-ed two-mile run. There were a few glitches along the way, such as the absence of an electric clock at the finish so runners and spectators could see the athletes' times as they crossed the line, but it went as smoothly as possible, with no major problems.
"I don't think I've ever been involved in an activity like this where we had so much help, so many different types of people all willing to whatever they can. I'm totally impressed by how much this even received," said meet director Marty Ogden, the Weston High cross country and track coach.
Approximately 350 athletes were projected to participate in 18 different track and field events, according to Nutmeg Games associate director Pat Fisher.
NOTES: Danbury High and Iona College graduate Ramon Laboy, 25, captured the steeplechase and established the meet record with a time of 6:16.71. Laboy won the Fair Days 5K road race earlier in the day in New Milford.


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Zoo sorrow as giraffe baby dies
The Rothschild's giraffe born at Paignton Zoo in May has had to be put to sleep by vets. The youngster fed normally from its mother for 12 days before keepers were forced to…
The Rothschild's giraffe born at Paignton Zoo in May has had to be put to sleep by vets. The youngster fed normally from its mother for 12 days before keepers were forced to step in and help out. The baby – a male – was then found collapsed in its stall. Despite the efforts of keepers and the Zoo's in-house vet team, the difficult decision to put him to sleep was taken.
Ghislaine Sayers, Head of Veterinary Services at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park, explained: "He was getting enough milk, first from his mother and then from staff, so there is likely to be an underlying cause that the post-mortem examination will discover, though we won't get the results for a few weeks."
Zoo spokesperson Phil Knowling said: "We all know that with animals, whether they are domestic pets, farm animals or exotic zoo species, there are ups and downs, good times and bad. This is definitely one of the bad times. People here are saddened by this."
Since the tragic fire in 2006 which claimed the lives of three giraffes, animal experts have rebuilt the Paignton Zoo herd. A male, Yoda, came from Givskud Zoo, Denmark in September 2006. Two females, Sangha and Janica, came to Paignton Zoo from the Czech Republic.
In nine years there have been eight giraffe births at the Zoo. Two animals have moved on to other collections, three – Joanna, Eliska and Otilie – remain at Paignton Zoo with their parents, making a herd of six.
Meanwhile, male Sumatran tiger Tenang has had to be put to sleep because of illness. Vet tests showed that Tenang was most likely suffering from kidney problems. This is very common in cats of all sizes, from domestic pets to wild tigers. In addition, at 14 Tenang was an older animal.
Tenang came to Devon from Perth Zoo in Australia. He was an important breeding animal, fathering 2 cubs in 2006 and 4 in 2009 with female Banda.
Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust Director of Living Collections Stewart Muir said: "Every year we enjoy a lot of successful births, many of which are endangered species supported by the Zoo's conservation programmes. Births, deaths and marriages are part of daily life in any zoo. It's unfortunate that these two sad events occurred so close together, both for the staff who care for the animals and for our visitors."

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Philippines: Economy of Communion, an Economy for All
During the 25th International Congress of the Economy of Communion being held from May 25 to 29, a worldwide linkup will celebrate the event.
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It was precisely in 29 May 1991 that Chiara Lubich, during her visit to São Paolo, Brazil, launched the Economy of Communion project (EoC). Noting the social inequalities in the country, she gave birth to this initiative that soon involved business men and women, workers, students, academics and researchers, the rich and the poor.
According to Luigino Bruni, the current international coordinator of the project, the poor are still the focus of the EoC: "It's impossible to forget the many times that Chiara Lubich, when we worked together for this, emphasised: "Remember that I created the Economy of Communion for the poor."
Still today we have the ethical and spiritual duty to put the issue of poverty and those who are marginalised at the centre of the economic, political and social system."
The poor were the first to witness the newly-born Focolare Movement in Trent, when, during the war, Chiara and her first companions – themselves of humble means – invited the poor to join them at meal times and they shared everything they had with them.
Even today that same spiritual and material communion characterises all those involved in the EoC: its main asset is a community of people united by a vision of a global economy which strives to reduce poverty and inequalities in society. The entrepreneur who adheres to sharing profits is the main protagonist for the interaction between communities and businesses.
The 25 years of life of the EoC culminate in an international event being held in the Philippines, at Tagaytay City, entitled "Economy of Communion, an Economy for All". From 25-29 May 25, 250 participants have gathered to reflect on the progress made so far and to discuss future global action plans which include:
establishing an international network of "business incubators" and to create spaces and resources within the industrial parks born through the Economy of Communion and to make these available in order to support first and foremost young business men and women.
setting up an Observatory on Poverty, to ensure that the tackling of poverty is always central and consistent with the spirit of the EoC, and to help identify the various sites.
multiplying the Lab-Schools which are technical, professional and business training workshops aimed in particular towards young people.
Asia's choice for this international event is not random. "Here there are the same segments of society which made an impact on Chiara while she was in Brazil in 1991. But there is also wealth, entrepreneurship, youth. There is a clear link between wealth creation and poverty. "The Economy of Communion, as long as it continues to exist, holds both together" observed Luigino Bruni. "In fifteen years' time, the share of Asia's GDP will double that of the United States and Western Europe. The future of the world therefore depends on the type of economy that will grow in Asia. To celebrate here the 25th anniversary of the Economy of Communion means to recognize that its future presence in the Asian continent is crucial." In conjunction with the conference in the Philippines, there are other conferences being held contemporaneously in various other parts of the world.
On Saturday, May 28, at 9.00pm, Manila time, there will be webinar which will be streamed live and which will connect up various countries: Bolivia (Inter-American School of Business), Italy (Lionello Bonfanti Industrial Park in Loppiano), Mexico (Conference of Entrepreneurs in Puebla), Slovakia (a gathering of entrepreneurs from Slovakia and Czech Republic). There will also be the participation of EoC groups from the Ivory Coast, Brazil, Guatemala, Madagascar, Panama, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Uganda. As Luigino Bruni commented, "In a world that perhaps lacks reasons for celebration, the Economy of Communion is the miracle of the bread which is multiplied for the poor, but also like the miracle of the wine at the wedding feast of Cana which is poured out for the rich and poor alike, the miracle of the celebration of universal brotherhood."
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Ten years after the tsunami in Thailand: the warning system is operational
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The tsunami in Thailand was 17,000 victims (over 5000 dead, 8500 injured and about 3,000 missing) in December 2004. In particular, because the country was with no warning system. It has been created since then, and every year it is tested, in October. This does not prevent the Thais to be panicking at the slightest announcement of an earthquake in the region.
In Khao Lak, one of the places most affected by the tsunami in Thailand, found throughout the coast, warning signs that tell of places of refuge in case of tsunami. These Safe House, a kind of big houses are all built on high ground with closed rooms and platforms. They culminate up to fifteen meters high. They are designed to temporarily accommodate the number of people living in the area (50-100 people at a time). To improve the community and keep properties safe in times of calamities, carolina management company can help you since their knowledgeable management staff applies the latest technology.
Everybody knows, everybody knows what to do "if a signal sounds, it has to run, it was just time, about 15 minutes to get there," says Man Phetsara -Pôd- guide tourism. Every village has one or more of these Safe House. Since December 2004, they were never used. But false tsunami warnings scared the population. "When we learned that there are earthquakes, especially in Indonesia, often times there are moments of panic, and then everyone runs to these homes. But what matters is that it is now, it's better than nothing! »
Every year in October, before the high season, we organize a real test to see if the system works.
The interest of disaster movies
It was in 2004 that left the film The Day after Tomorrow, Hollywood disaster movie about the harms of climate change. Lim, the fishing village of Baan Nam Khem, had seen just before the tsunami. That's why this morning, when he saw the sea recede at once and find the boats in dry dock, he warned tourists on the beach and told them to go away quickly.
Twenty of them followed. And were saved. "The others," he said with a smile sorry "did not listen to me …" Children Lim, who were in the village have been spared because they were up on the highest terrace one of the houses. They were watered, but clung, and fortunately the foundations of the house have held up.
This is far from being the case in the village … Most of the houses of the fishermen were destroyed. The Thai government has funded reconstructions, but the houses built in hard, are often much smaller than the fishermen of the village lived before …
There are also those deserted houses. "Sometimes," said Pod, "it has provided a home for a family, but there is only one or two people, the other died … and people do not like to live here."
This is probably also why the houses bordering the two boats, red, blue stranded in the middle of nowhere in the village after being thrown by the waves, are deserted.
The spirits of the dead haunt maybe … And nobody wants to live in a dismal place
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On September 19 and 20, the Trillium Automobile Dealers Association (TADA) once again hosted its Auto Dealer Innovation Series in Ottawa and Toronto.
This time out, the content focused on several key aspects of the automotive retail experience, all built around the concept of frictionless transactions.
Kicking things off was Jim Roche, Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Managed Services, Xtime.
Roche discussed some of the key factors influencing consumer behaviour, including loyalty and retention, while focusing on strategies dealers can use to balance loyalty and retention in the service department while also countering profit margin pressures.
Roche noted that one of the best strategies open to dealers, is focusing on retaining as many of their existing customers as they can. "The more you can rely on your customer base, the more you can throttle advertising cost," he said.
Roche was keen to point out however, that retention and loyalty are not the same thing. "Loyalty is much more complex and nuanced than retention," he said. "And it is really important to understand it thoroughly." Roche talked about four different dimensions to loyalty when it comes to customers—defectors, hostages, mercenaries and loyalists.
He noted that defectors, hostages and mercenaries aren't the customers dealers should focus on since they are coming to you only because they have no option at that time (hostages); they don't like you (defectors); or will only take what they want (mercenaries). Loyalists on the other hand, are where dealers should focus their time and effort.
"Loyalists spend more, they spend more frequently at higher margins and they spread a positive message about your business," said Roche.
He noted that in today's automotive retail environment, product differentiation and the ability to fix the car are now table stakes—what separates those dealers that are successful on the service side is delivering a positive and exceptional experience for customers.
Roche talked about leveraging technology to enhance the customer experience, whether it's through simplified, 24-7 appointment booking on mobile devices allowing customers to schedule their next visit when they want or using software tools to maximize service capacity and convenience.
He also noted that those dealers who embrace technology as part of the service experience, such as using tablets in the drive through and services such as email and text messaging promote greater trust and are far more likely to cultivate a loyal customer base.
Teresa Bordenet, Senior Director, Business Development, Car Wars, provided a fascinating insight into the science behind the factors that influence male and female purchasing decisions.
She talked about how men and women have different expectations and prefer a different strategy when dealing with customer service agents. And with females influencing 80 percent of vehicle buying decisions today and 60 percent of overall household spending, it's important that dealers understand their needs.
She said it is therefore important that dealers train their staff (both male and female) to handle interaction with customers of both sexes.
Bordenet said that females generally want to establish a rapport before making a firm decision and when asked if they want to book an appointment will more likely to commit to a firm day and time. She also noted that female shoppers also appreciate appointment confirmation calls.
Bordenet also said that often, male customer service representatives often struggle with female customers and that vice versa, male customers often struggle when dealing with female CSRs.
She said that it was important for dealers to understand the nuances of dealing with males and females and to develop effective sales scripts, while also taking a pro-active approach when it comes to getting customers to the right place as quickly as possible.
Bordenet also conducted some live calls to actual dealerships, giving the audience a chance to rate the customer experience for themselves.
Brian Benstock, Vice President and General Manager, Paragon Honda in Woodside, N.Y., delivered a fascinating address.
Benstock's dealership, based in Queens and a stone's throw from Manhattan, has consistently ranked as the highest volume Acura and Honda dealer in the world.
Benstock talked about the disruption in retailing that's happening and that for dealers, the traditional model of selling is not sustainable long term. He pointed to the fact that some once very prominent dealers within New York City have closed their doors, simply because they were no longer able to fulfill the needs of their customers.
"Consumers are changing the way they shop," he said. "And 93 percent of them are using the Internet to buy a car." He also stressed the power and importance of social media in today's retail marketplace and that 45-54-year-olds (key vehicle purchasers) represent the biggest growth in terms of social media usage. "If Facebook was a country, it would now rank as the third largest in the world," he said.
Benstock talked about the power of reputation and how 90 percent of customers trust peer recommendations when it comes to acquiring products or services.
He talked about how firms such as Uber have decimated car ownership in major metro areas like New York City "if you do less than 11,000 miles per year, it's less expensive to use Uber than lease a car," he said, as well as Tesla's approach to vehicle retailing, which uses corporately owned stores instead of relying on franchised dealers to move metal.
He also talked about vehicle electrification and that with fixes available over the Internet, consumers will be less inclined to bring their car to a dealer for service updates or repairs, negatively impacting margins.
Benstock noted that while 6,300 retail locations disappeared in the U.S. last year, car dealerships will likely survive, despite some media predictions.
Benstock talked about how time has become our most valuable commodity and any way a dealer can improve convenience for the customer such as bringing the dealership to the customer can really be a game changer. He discussed concepts such as 24-hour pick up and deliver service for customers, such as the one Paragon uses with RedCap and even an occasion when the dealer brought a brand-new car to the customer at the hospital after his wife had given birth.
He talked about streamlining the sales process down to just two minutes via clicks on a tablet instead of taking four hours and why the success of companies like Apple and Google is down to convenience.
Additional highlights from the latest Auto Dealer Innovation Series included an update on the economy including rising interest rates and the possible impact of tariffs from RBC Senior Economist Nathan Janzen, as well as some initiatives underway at TADA, including a new Women in Automotive Mentoring program.
Xtime's Jim Roche, discussed the issues of customer retention and loyalty when it comes to dealership service.
TADA's Dave Fraser provided an update on the latest initiatives underway at the association.
Teresa Bordenet discussed the science behind selling to both male and female customers and how to ensure successful transactions.
Brent Wees (left) and Clint Burns, of The Next Up, were among the vendors displaying their products and services.
Brian Benstock, VP and General Manager, Paragon Honda, delivered a hard hitting and outstanding session.
The Atlas Tire team were on hand to answer any questions during the course of the event.
June Martin (left) and Joe Lauzon, from the Automotive Business School of Canada (ASBC) at Georgian College.
A whole group of students from ABSC attended the event on September 20.
Superb lunch buffet was well-received by attendees.
CAJ columnist David Sharma was among the attendees.
Sara Golizadeh (left) and Charles Foudjour represented CARPROOF at the event.
RBC Senior Economist, Nathan Janzen, discussed the latest trends.


One of the first walks I ever did, just over two years ago was attended by two Australians who at the time, were working in London. They are called Robb Musgrave and Ria and Robb has the curious distinction of being the winner of the inaugural 'Best Moustache' award. Over the course of the next year or so, they came on all my regular weekend walks, and so too did their visiting family and assorted friends and relatives. The baton now seems to have passed on to Robb's sister Erin, who has now done all my walks. Her aunt Susan was visiting from Australia last month, so I met them both in Trafalgar Square and we did a walk around Westminster to introduce Susan to the city. They are pictured below (top left) having a well earned sandwich in St James's Square.
Next up, is Lorita and Bonnie standing outside Buckingham Palace, then bottom left standing next to two iconic red telephone boxes, Samer and Rania from Lebanon via Dubai. Outside Westminster Abbey is Brittney and Luke who were visiting from Australia.
On the three photos above, from left to right are the McIntyre family from Scotland, standing in St James's Park and in the centre, Larry and Karen from the States in front of Horse Guards on Whitehall. Finally Rose, Theo, Max and Frankie who were visiting from the Isle of Man did a walk around east London.
Don't forget, if you're visiting London, and would like to do a private walk around London, then let me know and I'm sure we can sort something out.


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Luis William Mahendra Leeds (born 6 March 2000) is an Australian-Indonesian racing driver currently competing in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Championship for Supercars Championship team 23Red Racing.

Leeds served as a member of the Red Bull Junior Team in 2016 and is now a development driver for 23Red Racing.

Career summary

Formula 4
Leeds finished 2015 Australian Formula 4 Championship on the sixth place, competing for Dream Motorsport.

In 2016 he became a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and moved to the United Kingdom to compete in F4 British Championship with TRS Arden Junior Racing Team. He ended the season third in the drivers standings with three wins. But it wasn't enough to keep the place in the RB Junior team.

Formula Renault
In 2017 Leeds joined Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with Josef Kaufmann Racing. He had two point-scoring finishes, his highest finishing position being seventh place at Silverstone.

Australian Formula 4 Championship 2019

In 2019 Leeds raced with AGI Sport in Australian F4 Championship  where he competed in 18 races, finished on the podium 17 times for 9 wins including the Australian F1 Grand Prix event to go with his other F1 event win at the Mexico F1 in 2015. Leeds went on to win the championship convincingly.

Personal life
Luis Leeds was born on 6 March 2000 in Melbourne by Australian-Indonesian parentage. His mother, Maria Leeds (née Eni), is an Indonesian expatriate and his father Dean Leeds is from Australia. Leeds studied in Ngawi, Indonesia during his primary school days from 2006 until 2012 during his ancestral education career days. In 2012 Leeds was moved back to Australia to pursue his racing career.

Leeds is currently practicing Christian Protestant who attends Protestant prayer service both in Australia and Indonesia.

Racing record

Career summary

† As Leeds was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete F4 British Championship results
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Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results
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Complete FIA Motorsport Games results

Complete S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship results

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Join hundreds of HSHA supporters as they "take the plunge" for homeless animals on New Year's Day! The Penguin Plunge is an annual fundraiser for the Humane Society of Harrisburg Area (HSHA) that has become a central Pennsylvania tradition for both HSHA and the City of Harrisburg. During the event, more than 300 HSHA supporters "take the plunge" into the icy waters of the Susquehanna River, as hundreds more watch from the shore.
At the animals' request, we ask that each participant raise or donate a minimum of $40. Those that raise over $75 will receive an event towel. For teams to receive towels, each member must raise at least $75.


I try not to make this blog too ranty or political, but every now and then I just need to use my outside voice, and this is my platform. Yes, I ranted about gun control two and a half years ago and my opinions have not changed much since then. But I've been doing a lot of thinking since then about what I want to do about it.
I could "like" and share posts on social media that align with my views, but outrage on social media is just so much hot air and nothing actually tangible. I could vote for leaders who's platforms include issues I agree with, but I've been doing that for decades and even if my local politicians support the issues I support, overall the majority and/or oligarchs of this country have very different goals than I do.
I do think that we should continue to pressure politicians to pass (or simply enforce) gun control laws. Sure, background checks, limits on certain types of guns, and limits to amounts of ammunition won't stop all gun violence, but it has been shown to slow it down in countries that do have stricter laws than the U.S. My vote will reflect this.
I also agree that this country is in dire need to increased mental health services and funding for them. What I don't believe is that the majority of gun violence perpetrators could have been stopped by better mental health services. I sincerely think that most gun violence is much more a result of poor anger management skills. I have no problem paying higher taxes if that money is going to more and/or better social services.
One thing I think could actually happen soon is to lift the implied ban on gun violence research. In recent news, many doctors are lobbying lawmakers for this. I believe that in the long run, more research on the myriad motives for gun violence and mass killings, and research on gun violence as a health issue will lead us to better understand the problem and to better combat it.
Since it is highly unlikely that Americans as a whole would willingly "give up their guns," I support the suggestion that gun owners purchase liability insurance for said weapons. Sure, illegal guns wouldn't be covered, and home intruders and mass shooters couldn't necessarily be held accountable, but how about the toddlers that accidentally shoot their family members, or the school shooters that use their parent's guns to kill classmates, or the guy who shoots his girlfriend thinking she was an intruder? At the very least, the insurance could go towards hospital costs, burial costs, first responders, legal fees, etc. in a more direct line from gun owner to gun incident. Having a tangible way to account for the monetary costs of gun violence might encourage some to be more responsible gun owners, or to consider if gun ownership really is the appropriate choice.
Finally, I think that we as a nation need to start thinking long term and seriously work towards changing our gun culture. To this end I wish I knew how to attract the attention of Hollywood. Celebrities have as much, if not more, influence than politicians. Actors can refuse gun-heavy parts. We could enact common sense gun laws all day long, but as long as news and entertainment media keep convincing us that we are in constant danger and that we are all Bruce Willis saving the day with our indefatigable firepower, the short fused among us will keep turning to guns as the go-to problem solving solution. Lets stop watching TV shows that are quick to pull out a gun with the justification "I had no choice." Hey Hollywood: you are dynamic and creative — use that force to write scripts that solve problems and bring excitement without guns (or lets start with 50% fewer guns). Personally, I think use of cunning and martial arts is pretty exciting. How about inspiring creative thinking, hand to hand combat, and bloodless suspense rather than going first to shooting from the hip. (Wouldn't it be interesting if disaffected young white men chose to practice parcour over collecting bullet proof vests and long guns because their TV hero is a parcour and MMA badass.) I'm not saying turn away from action and drama shows, I'm saying find ways to create that action and drama with fewer guns. It won't be easy and it won't be quick — but maybe the next generation will view gun violence with more disdain just as we've come to view cigarette smoking or drunk driving as socially unacceptable. Of course, maybe the next generation will view gun violence with disdain because they're growing up with regular lock-down drills at school and that can't not affect young minds. News and infotainment can work to change public opinion as well. I think recently there actually has been a shift away from giving attention to the perpetrators and putting more focus on the victims. This is a good shift. I saw a hashtag the other day, showthebodies. That's probably too visceral a solution, but point taken.
Personally, I'm saddened by, frustrated about, and resigned to, the state of gun violence in the U.S. today. I don't think there's anything I can do about it. My thoughts are barely organized. My voice is small, but here it is.


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The second distortion of Bala's message is more serious. His critics suggest that he argues that the Urhobos or the Igbos and Yorubas had no history in the sense of being non-existent before colonialism. This particular falsehood is laughable because the claim itself is an epitome of insipidity. Dr. Usman never suggested that colonialists "created" Urhobos or Yorubas or Hausa-Fulanis the way Muslims and Christians for instance believe God created Adam. One is therefore amused at the extent some critics went to dig up any mention of words like "sobo" (meaning Urhobo) and "Yoruba" before colonialism. Certainly there were human beings called Yoruba or Hausa who spoke those languages before colonialism. The point is not this but that the existence of the Yoruba or the Hausa or the Urhobo as a cohesive ethnic group was the product of colonial intervention in the territories they inhabited which became known as Nigeria.
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On 17th April 2001, Dr Yusufu Bala Usman, firebrand northern intellectual, presented a paper in Kano entitled "Ignorance, Knowledge and Democratic Politics in Nigeria". The paper was posted on various Internet web-sites and published in several national dailies and weeklies including The Guardian. Possibly because the writer had focussed his criticism on the Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Guardian, Dr. G. G. Darah, the newspaper almost gloatingly published several rejoinders attacking Bala Usman's position and personality, often going far beyond the immediate issues raised in his paper.
It is not my intention to respond to all the critics of Bala Usman nor even put up a defence of his premises. What interests me here is the rejoinder to Usman written by Professor Peter Ekeh, by far the most prominent intellectual among the critics, entitled "THE MISCHIEF OF HISTORY: Bala Usman's unmaking of Nigerian History". I aim to achieve three things in this write up.
In the first instance, I intend to show that Peter Ekeh (whom I select as representative of the whole group of critics) deliberately distorted the brilliant points made by Bala Usman. He chose to construct a caricature of what I will call the "Usmanian thesis" and then attack his own fabrication.
In the second instance, and this is the core of the paper, I will establish that the point made by Bala Usman which is that the "Urhobo nation", the "Igbo nation", the Yoruba "race", the "Hausa-Fulani" etc as national groups were a product of colonialism was exactly the point made by Professor Ekeh two decades ago. This was in his paper, "Colonialism and Social Structure" which was an inaugural lecture delivered at the University of Ibadan on Thursday 5th June, 1980 on the occasion of his becoming a Professor of Political Science. I will quote freely from his critique of Usman in "the Mischief of History" and his position in "Colonialism and Social Structure" to expose the intellectual dishonesty of our academics and the moral bankruptcy of so called "erudite scholars". Peter Ekeh has committed intellectual suicide.
In the third instance, I will proffer an explanation for the perplexing volte-face of Peter Ekeh. In brief I will show that the development is a sad reflection of the "tribalization" of a hitherto towering intellect.
The first point in our discourse is to make a distinction between what Bala Usman said and what his critics attribute to him. It is clear to all objective readers that although in the paper under consideration Bala Usman made an example of G. G. Darah and the Urhobo nation, this was a specific case of a general pattern of misrepresentation of Nigerian history encompassing all groups. To quote him: "It is the Yoruba race, the Ijaw nation, the Igbo nation, the Hausa-Fulani nation etc who are said to be the original building blocks which are said to have agreed to come together to form Nigeria". It is this myth which Bala Usman challenges, a myth promoted by "racist and fascist" ethnic and religious organizations, which claim that "Nigeria is made up of ethnic, regional and religious groups which are monolithic and all those who belong to them have a common interest…." It is therefore patently untrue and mischievous for Professor Ekeh to claim as he did in his rejoinder that to Bala the Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri had history but "the rest of us had no history before the British arrived". Bala Usman's grouse is not with one ethnic group or another but with fascist and undemocratic elements who divide Nigerian people on the grounds of a contingent, socially constructed ethnic and religious consciousness which camouflages fundamental distortions and conflicting interests within these so-called homogeneous groups. In his other publication, "The misrepresentation of Nigeria" (which Professor Ekeh liberally quoted from), Dr Usman had given examples from Hausaland, Yorubaland and Igboland to show that groups like Arewa Consultative Forum, Afenifere or Ohanaeze, which claim to represent some identity groups with a coherent and monolithic existence prior to colonialism are frauds. "Arewa", "Yoruba" and "Igbo" as understood in present-day Nigeria, are products of colonialism. More on this later.
Let me now move to the second point of discourse which, as I said, is the main point of this write up. The point made by Bala Usman, for which Peter Ekeh castigated him as a man undertaking a "campaign aimed at undermining the autonomy of the history of Nigerian ethnic nationalities" through "intellectual mischief making" and the use of a "defective methodology of history", is exactly the one made by Professor Ekeh in his University of Ibadan lecture in 1980. Peter Ekeh is adamant that Bala Usman has exaggerated the role of colonialism in the formation of Nigerian nationalities. Bala is said to belong to the "Trevor - Roper school of history" which strives to invent the "illusion that all pre-imperial times were also pre-historical". To make his point that Bala is nothing but an imperialist historian recruited by Abuja in its "struggles against the Nigerian Nation (sic)", Professor Ekeh makes the following bold assertion: "The ethnic composition of the Western Niger Delta has not changed since the Portuguese made their first voyage….. more than five centuries ago".
Now let us go back to Professor Ekeh's paper 'Colonialism and Social Structure' and see what he had to say. Ekeh's inaugural lecture, to quote him, "questions the tenets of the most illustrious and consolidated body of scholarship in this land, the Ibadan school of history". The school's laudable effort to counteract the "imperialist motivated" misrepresentation of Africa had sadly led to "the conscious and deliberate running down of the significance of colonialism in Africa". Ekeh summarizes his disagreement with the Ibadan school thus: "It sees colonialism as an episode and not, as I argue, an epoch".
Permit me to further quote the learned Professor speaking in 1980:
"With the benefit of hindsight and of time-distance from the colonial situation, future social historians will clearly see that the colonial period is unmatched in our history in the growth and development of institutions, constructs and social processes. In their model forms they constitute what I refer to as social structures."
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A massive pool of water makes up most of the stage in the Guthrie Theater's new production of "Metamorphoses." "You cannot really rehearse this play until you have a pool," said cast member Felicity Jones Latta '84, "You can kind of mark it out and know what might happen but then when you get into the pool it's a whole other education." Jones Latta primarily plays Aphrodite, but also many other characters in the show, which is an adaptation of myths compiled by the Ancient Roman poet Ovid. The stories, based around themes of change and transformation, each interact with the pool in a unique way. It becomes an ocean, a bedroom, the underworld and an actual swimming pool. Actors get very wet: being tossed, dunked, soaked and even lounging on inflatable pool floats. The play is at times silly, at times dramatic and at times surreal, which is a testament to the versatility of director Mary Zimmerman's production, which runs the gamut of emotions, creating an electric take on these timeless tales.
The ensemble interacts with the pool throughout the play. Photo by Dan Norman.
Zimmerman first developed her Tony-winning interpretation of "Metamorphoses" over 20 years ago with students at Northwestern University. Although the play has been produced many times since, she doesn't want to direct it too often. "Mary has directed this play numerous times and I have her on tape saying 'I'm not interested in going around and remounting "Metamorphoses" all around the place.' But when the Guthrie called her she really did want to, because the Guthrie in particular would be a beautiful home for Dan Ostling's set, and for the show to live in," Jones Latta said. Zimmerman developed the play with different actors, but due to the diversity of stories, characters are grouped into "tracks" which are all played by the same actor. Jones Latta played her same track, which includes Aphrodite and Psyche, among others, 15 years ago when "Metamorphoses" ran on Broadway.
For Jones Latta and the other three actors that were a part of "Metamorphoses" on Broadway with Zimmerman, returning to their roles after over a decade of professional and personal growth is somewhat nostalgic. "I'm essentially doing the same thing I did 15 years ago, but it has a different resonance and different things come out because of where I am in my life," Jones Latta said. "Now this is where it gets personal. While I was doing this play off-Broadway my mother passed away. I conceived my first child while doing the show on Broadway. So I was about four months pregnant when we closed the show on Broadway. And then the last reason was my dear, dear friend who had been in this play, and some other plays with Mary and myself, passed away two years ago, so I came back to the play hoping to find her in a way. There were a lot of emotional, personal, nostalgic reasons for me to come back."
Felicity Jones Latta '84 and Sango Tajima in "Metamorphoses." Photo courtesy of Allie McCurin at the Guthrie.
The character tracks in "Metamorphoses" make for a play that relies on ensemble collaboration. "I think [Zimmerman]'s attracted to people who are accustomed to working in that way. The give and take and honestly the giving up of the ego to do something as a group," Jones Latta said. "I'm playing Aphrodite, but Aphrodite is narrating. So it's a character who's narrating but personally in the show I don't actually have a scene where I'm acting a moment that goes from point A to point B. There's a distance to it. And that's just a very different kind of performance and it requires a different kind of preparation. It's more about prepping as a group."
By weaving through a variety of different stories, Zimmerman displays her ability to tweak age old tales of Greek and Roman myth in order to provide fresh takes. The story of Orpheus, who retrieves his lost beloved Eurydice from the underworld under the condition that he doesn't look back at her until they return from their journey, is told in multiple perspectives. In a quiet, somber moment, Eurydice's point of view is told, borrowing from early 20th Century poet Rainer Maria Rilke. The theme of metamorphosis is given a totally different meaning as her time in death has made her forget Orpheus completely, deconstructing the idea of how true love might define us or the heroes in our stories. In a more humorous reinterpretation, Phaeton, son of Apollo, explains his extensive daddy issues to a psychotherapist who turns to the audience, intermittently sharing psychoanalytic interpretations of the young man's development.
Through this tightrope walk of drama and comedy, Zimmerman creates an emotional tour de force. "She plumbs these old, old stories a lot of times. And they could get pretty sappy. Maybe too emotional or too something. But she always rides that line. Always finds the humor, always finds the modern tweak to it. But then when it's time for the emotion to come she lets it go unapologetically. And I think that's what people are responding to so much because they're laughing and all of a sudden they're feeling this pretty deep human stuff. And it comes at you unawares," Jones Latta said. The play can step back from its witty, silly and sarcastic antics and let the audience become awash with the somber profundity. The intense drama in these Ancient Greek and Roman tales, rife with murder, incest, lust and heartbreak, are spiced up for a modern audience but still maintain the philosophical and dramatic core that have allowed them to persist throughout history.
"Metamorphoses" is an emotional return for Jones Latta in many ways. But while in the Twin Cities also expressed excitement about a return to her undergraduate alma mater. Although she hasn't made it back to campus yet, she's looking forward to seeing the new Theater and Dance Building. "I am so excited. Because when I was in school most of my time was spent in the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center," she said, "We were all over that building; we had the run of the place. There was so much student-produced work, and we felt that, if we wanted to do something, we could do it and we had the support to do it, and I don't think a lot of departments around the country are like that. And it was that freedom that Macalester gave me was a great part of my education. And I can connect the dots from there to here."
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Stuart stood next to the crib, staring down at Lorelei, she was asleep and hoped that she would stay that way for at least awhile longer, because the last time she woke up, she screamed bloody murder and he had panicked. He was in the room with Lisa, and she was asleep as well, Lincoln and Michael had gone to find coffee and he wasn't sure what to do, so he had picked her up, trying to stop her from crying, little good that it did though. He was just glad it didn't wake Lisa up and he was more than relieved when the nurse came in and brought a bottle with her, after quickly showing him what to do, he sat down in the chair near the window and fed her, thankful that the crying had stopped.
He had been around Liam for the past five months, but still when it came to actually taking care of your own kid, he was pretty much clueless, he hadn't grown up around babies, he was an only child, and the thought that he was responsible for her, scared the hell out of him.
It must have been 20 minutes later before Lincoln and Michael came back, bringing a coffee for him and he put the baby back into the crib, taking the cup from Lincoln.
"What happened?" Lincoln questioned him, "You look…."
"Freaked out." Stuart finished for him. "Yeah, pretty much, she wouldn't stop crying."
Lincoln stood there grinning at him and then shrugged his shoulders.
"Its not funny." He shot back.
"Yeah it is, and at least she didn't spit up on you."
"That was funny." Michael said.
"Thanks." Lincoln glared at him. He turned to look at Lisa who was still asleep. "She didn't wake up at all?"
Stuart shook his head. "No, not even when Lorelei was screaming her head of. Why do you ask?"
Lincoln shrugged his shoulders again. "I don't know, I guess I'm just worried that she won't."
"She'll get to see Lorelei." Michael assured him. "You know that she will."
"Yeah well she's been out for almost two days now, so what if she doesn't."
No one else said anything, they just stood there, knowing that there was a really strong chance that Lisa wouldn't wake up, that the one thing she wanted, was to see her daughter, and now it might not happen.
"Are you sure that we got everything?" Stuart asked.
"Yeah, its all here." Lincoln replied. He put the bag into the car and closed the door. He looked up and nodded at Michael who was parked next to them, and then he watched as Michael pulled out of the parking lot, and then he climbed into the driver's side.
"You know that we didn't have to bring her home today, we could have waited." Stuart told him.
"Yeah, and how long are we supposed to wait?" He answered. "I couldn't stay there anymore, just standing around, waiting for her to wake up, I fucking well hate hospital's as it is, couldn't stand another minute."
Stuart nodded at him. "Yeah, I guess you're right."
"So we take her home, and we'll bring her back if we have to, if we have to."
He started the engine and pulled out of the parking lot, wishing that he didn't have to go back, and then he felt guilty that he hoped he wouldn't have to.
"They didn't say anything else, just that we should get down there as soon as possible?" Stuart questioned him.
"That was it."
"Do you think it means she woke up?" Gretchen asked from the backseat
Lincoln glanced in the rear view mirror and shrugged his shoulders. "Wouldn't have a clue."
"It can't be today." Stuart said after awhile.
"What can't be?"
"Lisa, if we get there and its bad news, I just really hope that its not." he explained.
"Right." Gretchen said.
"Because Sara and Michael are there now. They can't both be the same day, its not fair."
"Kinda fits though right, a birth and a death on the same day." Gretchen replied.
"No it doesn't fit." Stuart shot back. "Because none of us should have to remember that their baby was born the day Lisa died."
Michael moved a little closer to the bed and took Sara's hand in his. She was having another contraction, and from his count, they were just a few minutes apart.
He looked up when he heard the door open and saw the Doctor walk in. "I need to check up and see how things are progressing."
"Caitlin, please tell me its…." Sara said, but paused mid-sentence. A moment later, she continued. "Not going to be long, not sure how much of this I can take."
Caitlin offered a smile, as little as it actually helped. "Well, your contractions have picked up, you said they were 12 minutes apart when you came in."
"They're about 2 ½ minutes now." Michael told her.
Caitlin nodded. "Ok then, it sounds like things are going well. There might even be a baby tonight."
"God I hope so." Sara said, leaning back against the pillows. "What time is it now?"
"Just after 9pm." Caitlin answered.
Lincoln pulled the car into the parking lot and turned of the engine. He climbed out, waiting for Stuart who was carrying the car seat, Gretchen got out after him and then he locked the doors.
They made their way inside, Lincoln spoke quickly to the nurse who directed them to Lisa's room, even though they knew where it was.
Lincoln opened the door, expecting the worse, the nurse that he had talked to, hadn't said anything about what was going on, so when that door opened, he panicked, thinking the worst, he couldn't help it.
Inside the room, was Lisa's Doctor, Julia. Lincoln had spent several hours over the past few months talking to her about Lisa's condition.
She looked up as they walked into the room and she smiled, confusing Lincoln.
"I'm so sorry that I couldn't give you more detail over the phone."
"Its ok, what's going on?" Lincoln wanted to know. He glanced over his shoulder and saw Gretchen walk in, followed by Stuart who pulled the door closed behind him.
"She's awake, she woke up about 30 minutes ago. She's still dazed from the pain medication, but she's awake."
Lincoln walked closer to the bed and saw that Lisa was in fact awake, she looked pale and incredibly ill, the worst he had seen her yet, but she was awake.
"Hey." He said, taking her hand in his.
"Lincoln."
He could barely hear her, but he nodded anyway. "Yeah, I'm here, so is Lorelei."
"Lorelei? That's what you called her?"
"Yeah, you like it right?"
She tried to nod, but found it painful to move even an inch. "Its nice."
"Well when you're able to, you can see her, maybe even hold her."
"I'd like that." She replied.
"Ok, I know that I called you in here, but she's still in a lot of pain, so.." Julia started to say.
"In other words keep the visit to a minimum." Stuart finished for her.
"Something like that. And besides, isn't Sara upstairs, I heard that she came in a little while ago, so I imagine that you lot will be here for hours."
"Most likely." Lincoln replied.
They had been in there with her for about 15 minutes before Julia came back in and suggested that it would be a good idea for them to leave for awhile so she could rest.
He squeezed Lisa's hand. "We'll be back to see you later, maybe you'll be alright to hold her then."
Lisa didn't say anything, she just looked up at him and after a few minutes, they left the room again.
"Well that visit was to a minimum." Gretchen said. "Yeah I get it, no need for you to say anything."
"So upstairs is it?" Lincoln replied and the other two nodded.
They made their way up to the maternity ward, and found a waiting room, then they debated for several minutes over who was going to find out where Sara and Michael were.
"Wait, has anyone called anyone else." Gretchen said. "You know like your dad, or Jessica."
"Why?" Lincoln replied. "So they can sit here for hours annoying me."
"So you're still not over it."
"I'm over it, we'll call them when there's an actual baby to be seen."
"Ok." Gretchen replied. "Has he seen Lorelei yet?"
Lincoln didn't answer, he decided that he would go and find Michael.
He returned 15 minutes later, and Gretchen couldn't tell if he was horrified or, well she had no idea.
"Yep, I found them."
"Ok I have to ask, what the hell is with…" She waved her hand at him. "That look."
"I got details that I didn't really want to get." he explained. "But apparently there's going to be a baby, any minute now."
Stuart started laughing. "That will teach you for making fun of me."
"I promise it won't happen again, today."
Michael stood at the side of the bed and watched as Sara fought the pain, he listened to the doctor, could hear what she was saying and he knew it was close, that it would be just a few more minute until he would meet his son or daughter.
It was that moment that he remembered back to when they first met, in a hospital, and now here they were, waiting for their child to be born. It had been a long crazy few years, and right now he couldn't argue that he would go through it all again to get to this point. Because right now, he couldn't argue that it wasn't worth it.
The flurry of noise in the room brought him back from his thoughts and he looked over just in time to see the Doctor holding his baby. She looked up at him and smiled. "it's a boy, you have a son."
And there it was, confirmation that all of it, really was worth it, it just was.
"So, does he have a name, cos you could always call him Stuart." He grinned at them.
"Yes, that will be happening." Sara sarcastically replied. "There are still a couple of names that we like, but we can't decide which one."
"What are the two names?" Gretchen asked.
"Caleb and Tristan, and we can't choose which one." Michael told her.
"Well I'll help you out. I went to school with a guy called Tristan, he was an asshole." Gretchen explained.
"Uh ok then." Michael laughed. He looked over at Sara and smiled.
"Caleb then?" She said, and he nodded.
She glanced down at her 4 hour old son, and stroked his cheek with her finger. Is your name Caleb?"
"Please say yes, because this name thing, is giving me a headache." Lincoln announced.
"I think it fits." Michael said.
"So that's it, just Caleb?" Gretchen wanted to know.
"No, he has a middle name as well, that we had already decided on a long time ago." Michael answered. "Tyler."
"Aww you're gonna make me cry."
"Oh god." Lincoln said. "Not again."
Stuart narrowed his eyes at him and reached out, slapping him on the arm. "I didn't cry, and I didn't mean I was actually going to."
"Sure you didn't."
"What are you talking about?" Michael asked.
"Better not to know." Lincoln told him. "Trust me."
"Ok. And in case you were wondering, its for both." Michael responded.
Lincoln nodded, knowing exactly what he meant, that the name was for both their brother, and for Stuart. "Its nice." He turned to look at him. "Well it wasn't Stuart, but it is part of your name, happy now?"
"Ecstatic. No really I am."
Lincoln shook his head at his boyfriend and punched him on the arm.
"Oh my god." Michael said, turning to look at Sara, "I didn't even think about it until now, you know what date it is right."
She looked up at him. "What are you talking about."
"The date?" Lincoln said. "What the hell does that mean?"
"7th of March." He replied.
Sara closed her eyes, a tear rolling down her cheek.
"You're crying over the date?" Gretchen wanted to know. She waved her hands in front of her. "I'd ask, but you lot are just plain weird, I'm scared to know."
"My mother's birthday, just." Sara explained. "He was born about 12:04am. I was due 2 days ago, but he chose today." She shifted on the bed, trying to get comfortable. "I almost forgot to ask, how is Lisa, Michael said that she woke up."
Lincoln nodded back at her. "Yeah, she's awake, barely."
"Did she get to see Lorelei?"
"No not yet, she can't even sit up, guess we're just going to have to wait."
"I don't think that I can hate her anymore."
Stuart looked up to where Lincoln sat on the end of the bed. "What are you talking about?"
"Lisa, I can't hate her anymore. I mean that I do, with everything, but its getting less easy to do that, if that makes sense."
"Not really but sure, I'll go with that." Stuart replied.
"Its been almost 2 weeks, and she hasn't woken up yet, she hasn't seen Lorelei yet, and I'm starting to think that she never will."
Stuart shifted on the bed and placed his hand on Lincoln's arm. "Yeah she will, cos Lisa is about the most stubborn person I've ever met."
"Right. I know that you all think I'm crazy, she was not a mother to LJ, ever, but it doesn't mean its fair that she not even get to see her daughter. Cos Lorelei never asked for this, she didn't." he leant forward and brought his hands to his face, and Stuart was convinced that he heard Lincoln sob.
He tightened his grip on Linc's arm, and Lincoln shook his head. "What do I tell her Stuart, what the hell am I going to say when she's older and wants to know where her mother is." He looked up at him, tears staining his cheeks. "To know why she doesn't have one." He leant forward, resting his head on Stuart's lap. "What do I tell her."


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Q: 2008 R2 RDS, keeps saying user must change password at first logon We have a 2003 domain with two 2003 domain controllers on 2008 R2 functional level.
Over the past week, when a user's password expires, they attempt to change it when logging into a 2008 R2 remote desktop server. They get the normal message saying that their password needs to be changed:

After pressing ok, they are taken to the password change screen:

After entering a new password (which meets all of our password policy requirements), they simply receive the same message again, stating that they must change their password before logging in for the first time.
Don't think this is NLA, as the machine I am connecting from support NLA, and the users' client device has not changed.
When logging in to a 2003 server, I receive the prompt and am able to reset my password successfully.
If I do not set the user to require a password change on next logon, they are able to logon and reset their password successfully through CTRL+ALT+DEL.
Does anyone have any idea what would have caused this behaviour?

A: In case anyone stumbles into this question, the answer lies here: https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1560739-kb3149090-causing-password-reset-loop
Basically, there are updates that seem to affect mixed domain setups. In our case, we have 2003 DCs, so we had to remove the applicable updates to fix the issue.
i won't list them, as the spiceworks page is constantly updated with superceeding updates, so that's the best place to check.

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FreedomPop, the startup that is trying to steal users away from mobile carriers by offering free, basic cellular voice and data plans, is adding another string to its bow today: the company is launching a low-cost WiFi service, where a user gets unlimited use of, and automatic sign-on to, 10 million hotspots across the U.S. for $5.
The service is potentially a shakeup for carriers that have been rolling out LTE services priced at a premium, and seems to fit usage patterns around already: FreedomPop cites figures that say 90% of data consumed by mobile users is over Wi-Fi.
Stephen Stokols, the CEO and co-founder, tells me that while the initial rollout will cover 10 million hotspots — "approximately 120 million people and between 65% and 90% of the top 100 metros", which he says means "NFL, NBA, Pro sport cities" — the number will go up to 25 million by the end of Q1. The initial full coverage map is illustrated above.
The Wi-Fi service, which can work across a user's multiple devices, will be available first through FreedomPop's Android app with an iPhone app "in the works" and out in a couple of weeks. "It will take longer to get the auto-connect functionality on par with Google's," he says. And, summoning the spirit that makes FreedomPop potentially a threat to incumbents, he adds, "iOS is far more closed, whereas Google has committed to make Wi-Fi as seamless as possible, something else that should scare carriers." No plans for a Windows Phone app, he added.
We have been told that Boingo is not among the partners, although if the number of hotspots is rising later this quarter, it could become one down the line.
Providers are worth wondering about for at least a couple of reasons. The first is that if it's a carrier with which you already have a Wi-Fi hotspot plan, you may be less inclined to make the switch to FreedomPop. And the second is that some providers appear to be significantly faster than others, according to recent research from OpenSignal.
Up to now, FreedomPop's business model has been based around offering a free, but pretty limited service (200 minutes of calls, 500 texts, 500MB data/month). To get voicemail, or to increase your allowances, you pay. Stokols says that he sees the Wi-Fi offering not as an extension of this model, but as a standalone service, another way of bringing on new customers who are either with other carriers or no carrier at all.
The other target market? Those who have phones but no connectivity.
"We have had hundreds of thousands of 'abandoned phones'" — (phones not attached to a cellular network) "that people try to bring to FreedomPop but because they are not on Sprint, we can't activate cellular." That's because FreedomPop works by way of an MVNO deal with Sprint. "This gives us the opportunity to provide a cost-effective service to these budget users and give more value to an abandoned phone." He estimates that there are 200 million abandoned phones in the U.S. today.
Nevertheless, while the company is projecting profit on the service, he admits that the margins will be thin.
LA-based FreedomPop has raised just over $19 million from investors that include Skype founder Niklas Zennstrom's Atomico Ventures, DCM and Skype's first investors Mangrove. The company is also working on extending its service to Europe, planned for this year.


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Perimeter Scholars International's free online learning modules enable motivated students and physics enthusiasts to study graduate-level theoretical physics independently at their own pace.
Each learning module contains a series of exercises and lecture notes designed to supplement recorded videos. The online program is free. Register to begin PSI Online.
Canonical quantization of scalar, spinor, and abelian gauge fields, perturbation theory, Feynman diagrams, applications in particle theory.
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This learning module provides an introduction to modern cosmology and how it explains some experimental facts about our Universe. We start from discussing the homogenous universe described by the FRW spacetime, explain the various components of the matter content, touch on Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, CMB, dark matter, and dark energy. We also discuss motivations for introducting inflation and how it pedicts the right kind of fluctuations that lead to the structure formation in our Universe.
The main goal of this learning module is to discuss phase transitions and critical phenomena in statistical physics. We introduce the ideas of mean field theory and renormalization group and exploit them to calculate the critical exponents for the Ising model. More advanced topics concern the models with continuous symmetry, topological phase transitions, as well as Monte Carlo simulations.
This learning module provides a concise introduction to theoretical mechanics and its geometrical formulation in terms of symplectic and contact geometries. We review the basic concepts of action principle, Poisson brackets, and canonical transformations, as well as discuss more advanced topics as the Hamilton-Jacobi theory, integrable systems, and constraints. No prior knowledge of differential geometry is expected.


Acclaimed singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile was a trailblazer of sorts when she became the first musician to perform for the Artists Den's new, intimate Spotlight series. Joined by longtime collaborators Tim and Phil Hanseroth, she performed three songs from her latest album, Bear Creek — a literally floorboard-shaking rendition of "Raise Hell" and tender, chill-inducing versions of "100″ and "Keep Your Heart Young." With such an effortless and powerful performance, Carlile couldn't have kicked off this series any better.
Brandi Carlile has been garnering rave reviews for her heart-wrenching folk-rock and blistering vocals since her eponymous debut album's release in 2005 earned her a place on Rolling Stone's list of "10 Artists to Watch." She gained even more popularity with the release of her second album, The Story, and the single of the same name. Carlile continued her ongoing collaboration with the Hanseroth twins on her fourth album, Bear Creek, which was released in June 2012 and entered the Billboard 200 in the Top Ten.


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THE QUENTIN KEYNES COLLECTION
7 - 8 April 2004
SPEKE, John Hanning (1827-1864). Autograph letter signed to 'Dear Sir' [Dr John Kirk], n.p., '16th' [November 1863], on ivory paper, 4 pages, 8vo (traces of guard at right hand edge on last page); and Joseph WOLFF (1795-1862). Autograph letter signed to 'Mrs Colonel Low', Isle Brewers, Langport, Somersetshire, 8 November 1850, 3 pages, 8vo (light staining and small tear in 2nd leaf).
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Speke writes of his wishes for the disposal of his collection of shells. The British Museum is 'to have one specimen of every variety' and 'To the Taunton Museum I wish to give the second set as They have devoted a whole room to my collection'. Some may go to Dr Dohrn for the trouble he has taken. 'I did not mix any Kingami shells with Nile shells. There are no V[ictoria] N'yanza shells, though a few were picked up in the Little Windermere Lake in Kanagué and the same again I found in the Nile'.
Speke had discovered four varieties of previously unknown shells on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, and later added many more to his collection. They were identified by the British Museum, and included in an exhibition at the Zoological Society when he lectured there in 1859. The present letter sets out what were to be his final wishes for their disposal. 'Dr Dohrn' is probably Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn, a marine biologist at Berlin.
Wolff recalls a 'beautiful edition' of Firdausi given him by Mrs Low's husband at Lucknow, and writes of his neighbours, the Speke family including William Speke of Jordans and his wife [the parents of John Hanning Speke], 'the most amiable, hospitable and kindhearted people you can imagine!', recommending their son Edward, currently in Bengal, as aide de camp to Colonel Low, or for a post at Agra. Edward Speke (1828-1858), John Hanning Speke's younger brother and the third of William's four sons, had joined the East India Company's army on the recommendation of the Duke of Wellington. He was killed at Lucknow.
Joseph Wolff, a German Jew who became a Roman Catholic and, on coming to England in 1819, a member of the Anglican church, served as a missionary to the Jews in the East. In 1843 he boldly undertook to travel to Bokhara to discover the fate of Conolly and Stoddart, describing his adventures in Mission to Bokhara (1845). For some years before his death he was vicar of Isle Brewers in Somerset.
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MEP Kelly welcomes Haulbowline cleanup progress
By Elaine Murphy
elaine@TheCork.ie
Ireland South MEP, Sean Kelly, has welcomed An Bord Pleanála's decision to grant planning permission to Cork County Council to completely transform the toxic Haulbowline site into a public park.
"This news will come as an enormous relief to the people of Cobh who have quite rightly feared for the health of their community for over ten years with unchecked emissions of a carcinogenic toxin, Chromium VI, coming from an unlicenced landfill," the sitting Fine Gael MEP said today.
"While a baseline health study has never been carried out, the National Cancer Registry of Ireland proves that the rate of cancer in Cobh is 37 per cent higher than the national average. Furthermore, we cannot forget the environmental and economic concerns also at the fore of the Haulbowline campaign."
The proposed project, valued at almost €100 million, will see the former Irish steel plant, now a toxic dump, transformed into a public park amenity.
Mr Kelly led the European campaign for a clean-up of the site and brought the Cork case before the European Parliament's Committee on Petitions in April 2011, in conjunction with Cork Harbour Health pressure group. As a direct result of the high-profile hearing in Brussels, at which Mr Kelly lobbied the European Commission, the Commission directed Irish authorities to take decisive action on the landfill under threat of court action.
The Fine Gael MEP is now hopeful that this part of his Cork constituency can look towards future economic growth with positivity: "This toxic dump is located in a very scenic part of Ireland and while it is difficult to measure its impact in monetary terms, no one can deny its existence has had a detrimental effect on Cobh's tourism potential.
AREA: SOUTH CORK, FINE GAEL, NEWS, POLITICS
Cork Chamber of Commerce re-elects President
Date confirmed for 2014 Cork Midsummer Festival


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RokBooster Update Adds Timesaving New Features
Ryan Pierson
Many of our customers may have noticed a new update (1.1.9) has been made available for RokBooster this week. This is a fairly significant update as it adds several new features intended to make its use and application easier for site administration while adding flexibility.
In this article, we'll examine three major feature additions that have been added to RokBooster for Joomla 2.5 and 3.x users.
RokSprocket2 with new Simple Provider
Andy Miller
RokSprocket 2 is a major release of RokSprocket for Joomla and WordPress that extends our powerful RokSprocket module to include a new 'simple' content provider. This allows for on-the-fly creation of content directly within the RokSprocket module without the need of existing articles from one of the available content providers.
Essentially, you can create a powerful interactive showcase on the fly that enhances your visitor's experience on your site and directs them to specific links and information you would have to create an article in support of otherwise.
RokUpdater: Easy Updating for RocketTheme Extensions
RokUpdater is the newest member of the RocketTheme family of extensions for Joomla. It is an answer to our member's desire for an easier method to update club and free extensions.
RokUpdater takes care of authentication for you so Joomla can download and install the new file(s) without any further action required on your part.
Warning: DOMDocument::schemaValidate() Error
What an exciting day it has been! It seems that last night there was a widespread update for Redhat/Centos operating systems that run the webservers of many web hosting providers. This update included a version of the libxml2 library that is used by PHP when utilizing XML. This updated version of libxml2 seems to be causing widespread problems for existing PHP frameworks, projects and code that make use of those XML features. One of these is our own RokCommon library that is used by RokGallery and RokSprocket for both Joomla and WordPress. We make use of a static method called DOMDocument::schemavalidate() which seems to have broken with this last update, so please read more for a quick fix...
So Long RokTwittie
We originally developed RokTwittie in May of 2009 when Twitter was in full swing. It was created as a very configurable and highly customizable Joomla module with many advanced features. Over the years RokTwittie has become the staple of many a Joomla and WordPress site. Unfortunately, Twitter is making changes that mean we can no longer effectively develop this extension.
RokGallery 2.0 has arrived
Djamil Legato
Since the launch of RokGallery we had an incredible amount of features requests. Although we couldn't satisfy all of them, we are very happy to announce RokGallery 2.0 which includes many new features as well as bug fixes.
RokGallery, a New Spin on Managing Images
For the past few months we've been hard at work on a radical new gallery extension that will be debuted next month for Joomla 1.5 and 1.6. RokGallery is a ground-up revolutionary extension that will over time grow to be hugely flexible and customizable.


We look at the 1894/95 season for part 8 and what a poor season it was. Not once did we go any higher then 10th spot in a season that started badly and never really improved. Wolves lost the opening three games scoring twice and letting in eleven which included a 5-1 thrashing by our rivals WBA. Wolves also suffered big losses to Bolton (1-6) and Blackburn (1-5). They did enjoy a three game winning streak over Christmas and the New Year however they managed just two more wins out of nine in the run in. In the F.A.Cup Wolves crashed out to WBA in round three.
All stats and Pictures we use in these pages are from the book The Wolves: An encyclopaedia of Wolverhampton Wanderers by Tony Matthews (With Les Smith). We would like to thank the author Tony Matthews for granting us permission to use the items that are featured. I would also like to thank Pat Quirke (Wolves Musuem) and John Hendley (Wolves FC Match Day Editor) for granting permission to use Wolves FC Related pictures and stats.


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