Alcoholism is an overwhelming desire to drink alcohol, even though it is causing harm.
Alcohol is a drug. In the United States alcoholism is the most widespread form of drug abuse, effecting at least 5 million people. About one third of high school students in the US are thought to be influenced drinkers. Many already may be alcoholics.
They may also hide their drinking.
Alcoholism is an illness and is very common. It is very hard for an alcoholic to stop drinking because they know how they feel when they do not drink. Alcoholics usually try to stop drinking because they maybe have hurt someone they love or may also be on the verge of losing their job.
People who stop drinking sometimes may have to go to the hospital for a period of time, this is called detoxification. This is the best way for treatment when it is hard for them to stop.
The withdrawal symptoms are things such as shaking, sweating, fever, pains and nausea.
These can be severe and dangerous to that persons health. After detoxification comes rehabilitation this is a period of time which the person starts to recover mentally and physically.
Most alcoholics will go to AA meetings during this time. This is where they can go and meet other alcoholics just like them.
Alcohol also effects the kidneys, another major internal organ. When drinking alcohol urination increases due to changes in the hormone aldosterone. This is what regulates water in the body. So it is not uncommon to experience an increase in the urge to urinate while intoxicated.
The liver, however, is effected the most. Liver damage may occur in three irreversible stages.


Canadian Nisha Pahuja talks about exploring deep divisions in Indian culture in The World Before Her, named best documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival and screening at Hot Docs.
Canadian filmmaker Nisha Pahuja had to win over both a fundamentalist Hindu group and the organizers of the Miss India Pageant to make her new film, The World Before Her.
Toronto-based Pahuja, whose previous credits include the TVO doc Diamond Road and the National Film Board production Bollywood Bound, spent four years making her latest feature.
The World Before Her contrasts the wide-eyed ambitions of 20 hand-picked contestants determined to win the title of Miss India with the behind-the-scenes reality inside Hindu fundamentalist camps for young girls, run by the women's wing of a militant movement.
Pahuja talks to CBC about exploring deep divisions in Indian culture in The World Before Her, which won best documentary feature at New York's Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday and is screening at Toronto's Hot Docs.


Outstanding. How beautifully and clearly you explained the importance of being thankful to everything (animate and inanimate) that we encounter. That is all there is in this universe – isn't it?. I too believe that it is for the development of this attitude only (nothing else) that all spiritual practices have been suggested. All practices are useless if it does not slowly lead us to this attitude.
Thank you Kiran for writing this beautiful article.
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Title: A reply to Greenspan and McGrew's "need for theory-based methods to test theory-based questions"
Author: Mathias, J.
Nettelbeck, T.
Willson, R.
Citation: Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1996; 17(2):153-160
Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Responsibility: J.L. Mathias, T. Nettelbeck, and R.J. Willson
Abstract: Greenspan and McGrew have argued that confirmatory, rather than exploratory, factor analysis should be applied to Mathias and Nettelbeck's 1992 data in order to test Greenspan's model of adaptive intelligence. We do not agree with this argument and draw attention to inconsistencies in Greenspan and McGrew's reasoning, which, we believe, confirm our opinion that this is not a straightforward matter. Moreover, we question Greenspan and McGrew's assertion that their reanalysis provides strong support for Greenspan's model. On the contrary, although the factor structure reported by them is supportable, the extraction of a single factor representing general competence or general intelligence is, if anything, a more stable solution. Greenspan and McGrew have pointed to problems with the original data set, and we agree in part with their analysis of these shortcomings. Some difficulties are, however, inherent in the nature of the available test procedures. We believe that such difficulties are better addressed by further research rather than by applying different analytical procedures to existing data.
Rights: © 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.

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When summer sale starts in Steam 2020 – date of discounts in Steam in 2020
Because of the coronavirus COVID-19, most of the population, who are worried about their own health and the condition of their loved ones, stayed home. That's why the majority of players have already passed those games that once lacked time and now they are waiting for a classic summer sale in Steam.
According to the leak, Valve reports that the summer sale in 2020 will be held in Steam from June 25 to July 9 – players will have two whole weeks to buy something new.
Chinese sources are saying the Steam summer sale starts on 25th of June. Generally trustworthy, but not fully confirmed.
— Pavel Djundik (@thexpaw) May 8, 2020
Typically, the dates of all recent major sales in Steam appeared on the Internet a few months before they began and were true.
If you are a new user in Steam and do not understand why many players are waiting so much for a sale in the store, then we will try to explain to you this phenomenon. The fact is that at these sales almost all games have large discounts. In addition, discounts appear on pre-orders, so it is possible that you can buy Cyberpunk 2077 at a discounted price before its release.
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Biografia
Annika Noelle è nata il 24 dicembre 1986 a Boston, nel Massachusetts (Stati Uniti d'America), da madre Teri Lynn Groome e da padre William Henry Kucheman e ha una sorella minore che si chiama Krista. Fin da piccola ha mostrato interesse per la recitazione e per questo una volta diventata grande, ha lasciato la sua città natale per trasferirsi a Los Angeles e frequentare un corso di recitazione presso l'Università della California a Los Angeles.

Carriera
Annika Noelle ha conseguito i suoi studi di recitazione presso l'Università della California a Los Angeles. Nel 2010 ha fatto la sua prima apparizione sul piccolo schermo con il ruolo di Katherine Shields nel cortometraggio The After Party diretto da Stephen J. Anderson. Nello stesso anno ha recitato in cortometraggi come The Perfect Gentleman diretto da Michael Rohrbaugh, It's Me diretto da Ty Coughenour (nel ruolo di Tara Hampton), Acts of God diretto da Anthony Bushman (nel ruolo di Mitzy), $weethearts diretto da Andrew Ritter (nel ruolo di Cheryl), Sea Sick diretto da Patrick Brooks (nel ruolo di Claire) e Found diretto da Anthony Bushman (nel ruolo di Eve).

Nel 2011 ha interpretato il ruolo di Suzanna Wayne nel film televisivo Quando l'amore sboccia a Natale (Love's Christmas Journey) diretto da David S. Cass Sr. Nello stesso anno ha recitato nei cortometraggi Sea Sick diretto da Patrick Brooks e Found diretto da Anthony Bushman. Sempre nel 2011 ha partecipato al video musicale Howlin' for You dei The Black Keys e diretto da Chris Marrs Piliero. Nel 2011 e nel 2012 ha interpretato il ruolo di Sami Nelson nella serie Venice the Series.

Nel 2012 ha interpretato il ruolo di Marcy nel cortometraggio Pretty Pictures diretto da Christina Sun Kim. Nel 2013 e nel 2014 ha partecipato al documentario televisivo From the Mouths of Babes. Nel 2014 ha interpretato il ruolo di Nick's Date nel film Jersey Boys diretto da Clint Eastwood. Nello stesso anno ha recitato nei cortometraggi Head Trauma diretto da Kristine Namkung (nel ruolo di Zoe) e The Night Before diretto da Carlton Gillespie (nel ruolo di Ashley).

Nel 2015 ha recitato nelle serie Bree Does Comedy (nel ruolo di Kathy) e in Chasing Life (nel ruolo di Abbi / Intern). Nello stesso anno ha interpretato il ruolo di Melissa Jennings nel film Evan's Crime diretto da Sandy Tung. Nel 2017 ha interpretato il ruolo di Aubrey nel film True to the Game diretto da Preston A. Whitmore. Nel 2018 ha preso parte agli speciali televisivi The 45th Annual Daytime Emmys Red Carpet Live e 87th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade e al talk show Ok! TV. Nel 2018 e nel 2019 ha partecipato al talk show Soap Central.

Dal 2018 è stata scelta per interpretare il ruolo di Hope Logan nella soap opera Beautiful (The Bold and the Beautiful). Nel 2019 ha partecipato al talk show Great Day Washington. L'anno successivo, nel 2020, ha partecipato al game show Facciamo un patto (Let's Make a Deal). Nello stesso anno è stata nominata ai Daytime Emmy Awards come Miglior attrice non protagonista in una serie drammatica per la soap Beautiful (The Bold and the Beautiful).

Vita privata
Annika Noelle è legata sentimentalmente al musicista Zach Fischer. Inoltre, la stessa Annika Noelle ha dichiarato di aver perso due figli: il primo figlio lo ha perso alla decima settimana di gravidanza, mentre il secondo figlio lo ha perso all'ottava settimana di gravidanza.

Filmografia

Cinema
 Jersey Boys, regia di Clint Eastwood (2014)
 Evan's Crime, regia di Sandy Tung (2015)
 True to the Game, regia di Preston A. Whitmore II (2017)

Televisione
 Quando l'amore sboccia a Natale (Love's Christmas Journey), regia di David S. Cass Sr. – film TV (2011)
 Venice the Series – serie TV (2011-2012)
 Bree Does Comedy – serie TV (2015)
 Chasing Life – serie TV (2015)
 Beautiful (The Bold and the Beautiful) – soap opera (dal 2018)

Cortometraggi
 The After Party, regia di Stephen J. Anderson (2010)
 The Perfect Gentleman, regia di Michael Rohrbaugh (2010)
 It's Me, regia di Ty Coughenour (2010)
 Acts of God, regia di Anthony Bushman (2010)
 $weethearts, regia di Andrew Ritter (2010)
 Sea Sick, regia di Patrick Brooks (2011)
 Found, regia di Anthony Bushman (2011)
 Pretty Pictures, regia di Christina Sun Kim (2012)
 Head Trauma, regia di Kristine Namkung (2014)
 The Night Before, regia di Carlton Gillespie (2014)

Video musicali
 Howlin' for You dei The Black Keys, regia di Chris Marrs Piliero (2011)

Programmi televisivi
 From the Mouths of Babes – documentario TV (2013-2014)
 The 45th Annual Daytime Emmys Red Carpet Live – speciale TV (2018)
 87th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade – speciale TV (2018)
 Ok! TV – talk show (2018)
 Soap Central – talk show (2018-2019)
 Great Day Washington – talk show (2019)
 Facciamo un patto (Let's Make a Deal) – game show (2020)

Doppiatrici italiane
Nelle versioni in italiano dei suoi film e delle sue serie TV, Annika Noelle è stata doppiata da:
 Valentina Mari in Beautiful

Riconoscimenti
Daytime Emmy Awards
 2020: Candidatura come Miglior attrice non protagonista in una serie drammatica per la soap opera Beautiful (The Bold and the Beautiful)

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The leaves are beginning to change and festival season has officially come to an end. September 16th marked the date of my last hoorah for 2018. Held at Legend Valley in the small little town of Thornville in the great state of Ohio, around 40,000 headbangers gathered at the most magical dinosaur filled land called Lost Lands, a prehistoric paradise for us EDM lovers. With a massive lineup including artists like Yheti, Excision, Ganja White Night, Illenium, Flux Pavilion, Jauz, Slander, Nero, Bleep Bloop, Herobust, Said the Sky, Snails, and many more, it was easily won the number one spot for the best weekend of my summer.
I drive by this outdoor concert venue every weekday on my way to work, so I was fortunate enough to see the eventful process of everything being shipped in and set up. Try focusing on the road while driving by and seeing dozens of life-sized dinosaurs alongside the road. Only slightly distracting. Of course, we had to touch them once we got the chance. Squishy, life-like, moving dinosaurs. They don't mess around when it comes to décor. From the chic vine-covered wall that lined the entrance to the picture-perfect scenes made for selfies, I was thoroughly impressed and easily understood why it took them two weeks to prepare. They do such an incredible job with this fest.
My favorite set of the entire weekend ended up being Yheti. He easily takes the cake when it comes to best visuals, beats, and mixes. Honestly, I hadn't listened to him much beforehand but I have become quite the fan after Lost Lands. "It's Like That" was so incredible live, the crowd was loving it. Obviously, Excision nailed every performance. Illenium, producer and DJ, turned me into an even bigger fan after his energetic, melodic performance. Sets ended around 12AM but the sound camps and parties went on until about 4AM. Needless to say, sleep was a rarity.
The withdrawal ensued in only about 48 hours afterward which was perhaps due to the fact that I was still sleeping until the 49th hour. We had LYTT on deck all weekend long, a must when you have dozens of sets to catch. It ended up being the easiest type of drink to bring since they come in cans. When camping, the easier the better, especially when it's LYTT FRT PNCH because I'm a lover of all things fruit punch.
It is always a sad day when you realize that the festival season has come to an end but you can bet my festival fund is already accruing funds for 2019. Lost Lands is definitely at the top of my list for next year, along with a few others such as Electric Forest, of course.


Epson America, Inc. earlier this week announced another expansion to their WorkForce® Pro line of printers. The two newest printers are designed for workgroup printing and include the WorkForce® Pro WF-6590 MFP and the WorkForce® Pro WF-6090, a single-function unit. These two new units are the quickest to date for Epson with amazing print speeds of up to 24 ISO ppm for both color and black ink. According to the OEM, their design allows them to bring savings of up to 50% when compared to similarly-featured lasers (priced $600 or less). Both units offer high yield cartridges designed to keep up with the printing demands of busy workgroups as well as high volume paper inputs of up to 1,580 sheets of paper with the addition of optional paper trays.
Larry Trevarthen, director, Business Imaging, Epson America, Inc., stated "Epson continues to expand its offering of low operating cost, high performance office printers. Epson's new WorkForce Pro printers allow organizations to bring networked, managed, low cost distributed color to the office at significant savings versus comparable laser printers."
Each of Epson's two new models are able to handle both letter and legal-sized paper and quickly produce output of the highest caliber with minimal attention. The ink cartridges designed to work with both workgroup machines have very high capacities of up to 10,000 pages for black and 7,000 for each color. Also included is the convenience of automatic two-sided printing so less paper waste is created.
Conveniently, both of the new models are compatible with PCL and PostScript® printer languages and can work with various remote printing solutions and provide cloud access. As workgroup models, they are designed to be integrated into existing or new networks and can be managed remotely with ease. Among security features on the two devices are PIN-based confidential job release, access and usage control, and SSL/TLS communication. For companies that use remote data collection as part of an MPS strategy, both units work with solutions from PrintFleet®, ECi FMAudit®, and Print Audit®.
Flexible connectivity; — Right out of the box there are options for both wired and wireless printing as well as printing from smartphones or tablets via Epson Connect™. For added convenience units are also equipped with NFC touch-to-print capability.
Intuitive installation and maintenance — Included utility software allows IT staff to remotely setup and adjust settings for multiple printers. As part of the software, admins have Embedded Web Server (EWS) access as well as a plethora of drivers that can be pushed remotely.
The WorkForce Pro WF-6590 multifunction printer has a price tag of $549.99, and the WF-6090, $349.99. Both are currently available through IT and specialty dealers, VARs, National Service Provides including SHI and CDW, contract office suppliers, and other authorized Epson commercial resellers.


+Added secondary progress percentage to Progress bar tooltip for detailed information during key events.
+Added backup and reversion of MUM and SES files modified for Service Pack 1 integration, which prevents the System Update Readiness Tool from being needed (It still shows up in the list, but it runs super-fast and doesn't do anything except say "things are OK". Use a real SP1 ISO from Microsoft to prevent the System Update Readiness Tool from being listed at all).
+Added Service Pack to ISO Label standards (G[SP1]RMC[...]).
+Added icons to all the windows and dialogs.
+Added failure states if reading integrated elements like Features, Drivers, and Updates from an Image Package returns no results.
+Added the new monthly Update Rollups to detected update types.
+Added reloading of the x86 WhiteList to the four defaults if it's empty.
+Added progress for slow Copy events.
+Added registry settings for Update colors (specifically ones that have unmet requirements, ones that will be superseded by others, and the others that are doing the superseding).
+Added automatic fix attempt for 0x800F082F errors.
*Trying new completely custom threaded timer for Header animation.
*Fixed a lot of displaying and redrawing code regarding ListViews.
*Prevented reloading of the WIM file when no actual change to the path was made (such as Ctrl+A).
*Prevented manual resizing of ListView columns and made it all automatic.
*Fixed a few errors caused by objects being disposed and then accessed due to threading.
*The Output Console will now display UTF-8 encoded messages, fixing some display issues with special characters.
*Fixed ISO creation code to support making UEFI-bootable images.
*Lots of minor bug fixes and code cleanup.
#Changed the display names of Updates to include the Release Type (such as Update, Hotfix, or Security Update), which is also now included in Update Properties.
#Improved Image Package Parsing procedure and activity/progress display.
#Driver tooltip display of Class attribute simplified.
#Improved Update error prompting system.
+Added support for reading and changing the displayed Name and Description for Image Packages.
+Added Architecture column to Image Packages which also changes the sort style for the Name column.
+Added prerequisites for Internet Explorer 10.
+Added support for missing Integrated Update data when prompting for replacements.
+Added a notice when an update is the same version and won't be replaced.
+Added standard extraction event messages to Output.
+Added multiple possible prerequisite "groups". If there's more than a 10% difference in the number of updates between one group of prerequisites and another, the lower group is not listed in the tooltip information about prerequisites.
+Added Help buttons to the Config window and the File System selection dialog, the Driver Properties dialog, the Update Properties dialog, and the Image Package Properties dialog with context-sensitive help popups.
*Fixed Updates List column resize on Update drag-drop event.
*Prevented clicking on ListView Column Headers when they're Read-Only.
*Fixed "Mixed Differences" Integrated Update Selection Box code.
*Fixed some issues with the Move Update(s) Up and Move Update(s) Down context menus.
*Fixed the Output pop-out messing with the size stored in the settings to prevent forced closures from messing up the expected size of the program on next startup.
#Did a lot of work on how to handle updates with multiple different versions already integrated or included in the Update List.
#Improved prerequisite display code to only show requirements that haven't been met (and to check better in more situations).
#Improved Output window display and added Copy Commands to the context menu.
#Improved Update comparison code in a number of places.
-Removed defunct code regarding the Output Console and removing Image Packages.
+Added alert sound on completion feature.
+Added total progress in Taskbar, which turns red if a Message Dialog is shown.
+Added display of which package is being worked on in the final integration.
+Added Drag and Drop to all Text Boxes with a Browse button.
+Added output information when Copying, Moving, and Deleting files or folders.
+Added output information when extracting Service Pack files.
+Added some horizontal lines to help space out the interface.
+Added new Output Console pullout dockable window.
+Added Common Controls 6 reference to manifest.
+Added support for reading Windows Update Client EXE data and Windows Update Agent packages.
+Added support for Internet Explorer installer EXEs.
+Added support for multiple Internet Explorer Language Packs.
+Added support for dropping whole directories into the Updates list.
+Added support for Integrated Updates and Drivers as well as Windows Features.
+Added built-in Update requirement list to let you know when updates need other updates.
+Added integrated Help system with a few Help buttons here and there.
+Added Read ISO checkbox for ISO Label field.
*Fixed a bug in the Configuration window relating to the Temp directory selection.
*Fixed a bug in directory cleanup.
#Improved shutdown, restart, and sleep closure procedures.
#Improved resizing code when x64 Service Pack entry is available.
#Improved reading support for Internet Explorer Language Packs.
#Improved total progress display when deleting directories.
#Improved "Already added to the Update list" detection.
#Improved resizer and expander elements.
#Changed file action methodology for file deletion and existence checking and folder creation and existence checking.
#Limited timeout to 24 hours.
#Changed the tabbing order of the FileSystem selection dialog.
#Changed the Save/Close buttons in the Configuration window to OK/Cancel buttons.
#Updated 7z DLL to v15.14.
#Forced use of system DISM EXE if it exists and is not older than the included version.
+Added Service Pack check before integrating Service Pack 1 into selected Packages.
+Added requirement checks for KB2830477.
+Added unlocked destination ISO check for Unlock All Editions checkbox.
+Added asynchronous copy and move functions.
#Improved total progress calculation and estimation.
#Put post-merge WIM backup into temp WORK directory to allow for less free space on source WIM drive.
+Added a new Resizer between Packages and Updates.
+Added confirmation dialogs when cancelling or closing while working.
*Fixed ISO and update extraction after Cancel.
#Improved new Windows 7 style message dialog buttons with Mnemonics, default selections, and correct labeling (for possible future use).
#Improved entire interface with Mnemonics for accessibility.
#Improved update extraction to correctly handle cancelling.
#A few other minor GUI updates.
+Added compression of final WIM to improve file size of WIM, SWMs or ISO(s) (by up to about 2 GB total in many instances).
#Replaced backslashes with DirectorySeparatorChar constant, just in case.
-Deleted defunct image count check for Language INI update.
-Removed trailing zeroes from version string (ex: 2.1 instead of 2.1.0.0).
+Added progress bar to extractions by using 7z.dll directly.
+Added update version comparison and selection dialog for updates with multiple versions.
+Added asynchronicity to a lot of functions, and a progress bar for temp directory cleanup.
*Fixed bugs on Windows 8.
*Fixed possible tooltip display issues with updates that are missing info.
#Improved progress display throughout the slipstreaming process.
#Changed dialogs and alerts to Windows 7 style message dialogs.
#Changed Tools Readme to include all tools.
#Changed the display of the temp directory selection dialog to say Slips7ream instead of Slipstream.
-Disabled interface when parsing Image data after selecting main or merge Image to prevent interference of progress display.
*Fixed the File Limit list on startup.
*Fixed a temp directory default folder bug in the Configuration window.
#Changed settings storage location to Registry.
+Added "Open Folder" button on completion.
-Removed File System change on "UEFI Boot" check.
#Changed "Begin" button to "Rerun" on slipstream completion.
/Something fun has been added.
+Added details to Update List addition failures.
+Added addition failure for KB2533552 to prevent failure while slipstreaming.
+Added addition failure for Update Readiness tool.
+Added warning about KB2647753-v2 (KB2647753-v4 should be used).
+Added custom context menu for Output consoles, including new "Clear" option.
+Added tooltip descriptions to title bar.
+Added setting preservation after update.
*Fixed some button/Update List display issues when using drag/drop.
#Improved "Remove Updates" button enable state/response.
+Added Title display with current activity and Win7-style animation.
+Added File System prompt if files larger than 4095 MB are detected when using ISO 9960/Joliet to allow change before ISO creation.
+Added accessible keyboard interaction to details dropdown.
+Added Package tooltips for packages that are going to be merged.
*Fixed a Images/Updates property display bug that could cause a crash.
*Fixed a potential update failure on the last package.
#Changed progress status to force vertical centering when text is too long.
+Added UEFI Boot mode option.
+Added support for Split Windows Images and Multi-Disc ISOs.
+Added new details dropdown button to fit Windows 7 aesthetics.
#Improved speed for generating Lang.ini files.
+Added support for Multilingual User Interface Language Pack (*.exe or lp.cab) and Language Interface Pack (*.mlc) files.
+Added Administrator requirement to application for DISM compatibility.
*Fixed size parsing issue with locales that use a character other than a comma as the digit grouping separator.
*Fixed reading Image language list property.
*Fixed hang if any image is not correctly dismounted by checking for and clearing active Slips7ream mounts.
+Added default whitelist for x86-based IE11 components.


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Art Museum receives record gift of nearly $12M
Longtime supporters leave a gift that will result in a new endowment for Asian Art.
Art Museum receives record gift of nearly $12M Longtime supporters leave a gift that will result in a new endowment for Asian Art. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2017/05/16/cincinnati-art-museum-receives-record-gift-nearly-12-million/325203001/
Janelle Gelfand, jgelfand@enquirer.com Published 12:49 p.m. ET May 16, 2017 | Updated 3:41 p.m. ET May 16, 2017
Carl and Alice Bimel(Photo: Provided)
The Cincinnati Art Museum has received the largest single monetary gift in its history. Longtime supporters Carl and Alice Bimel left a bequest of $11.75 million to the museum to establish the Alice Bimel Endowment for Asian Art.
The endowment will enhance collections in the arts of South Asia, Greater Iran and Afghanistan, the museum announced at its 137th annual shareholder meeting Monday.
Cameron Kitchin, director of the museum, said that the Bimels' gift "will advance a key area of study that is immeasurably important and highly relevant in contemporary society. The Bimels gave countless volunteer hours, support and collections while they were with us. Now they add their vision to the future."
During their lifetimes, the couple traveled extensively and collected South Asian art of all periods, and extended their interest to include Iran and Afghanistan. With the works that they have given to the museum, their total donation amounts to more than $14 million.
With the new endowment, the museum will be able to create an exceptional collection on the arts of the region, "from both the historic period and the contemporary," said Ainsley Cameron, the newly appointed curator of South Asian Art, Islamic Art and Antiquities.
Alice Bimel, who died in 2008, was a museum volunteer for more than 40 years, and a member of the first docent class in 1960. In 1972, she was the first woman named to the museum's board of trustees.
Her husband, Carl, died in 2013. He retired in 2004 after a 45-year career as a business owner and consultant in the concrete industry. In 2006, Bimel was named an honorary member of the American Concrete Institute for his service to the industry.
In 2004, the museum dedicated its courtyard in honor of Alice Bimel in recognition of a major gift. Other gifts included endowing several galleries in honor of Alice and the Bimels' daughters, Carlyn and Natalie.
Since 1977, the Bimel family has provided more than $2 million in other endowments and gifts to the museum.
Read or Share this story: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2017/05/16/cincinnati-art-museum-receives-record-gift-nearly-12-million/325203001/
Baby Yoda might soon be landing at a Build-a-Bear near you
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Q: AWS CloudFormation is stuck on DELETED_FAILED status I have some AWS CloudFormation stacks which are in the status DELETED_FAILED. There was an issue building these CFTs which caused them to time out originally, and then I attempted to delete them.
When contacting AWS support on a separate issue they mentioned there is a way to clear these up. How can I get remove stacks which are in a DELETED_FAILED status?

A: Identify the resources that are attached to the stack and delete them manually from AWS web console.
You can find the resources attached to your stack in the cloud formation stack details.
And then you should be able to clear the stack in DELETE_FAILED status.
Hope this helps for you.

A: Did you check Delete Stack Fails?

When stacks are in the DELETE_FAILED state because AWS CloudFormation
  couldn't delete a resource, rerun the deletion with the
  RetainResources parameter and specify the resource that AWS
  CloudFormation can't delete. AWS CloudFormation deletes the stack
  without deleting the retained resource. Retaining resources is useful
  when you can't delete a resource, such as an S3 bucket that contains
  objects that you want to keep, but you still want to delete the stack.
  After you delete the stack, you can manually delete retained resources
  by using their associated AWS service.

A: I deleted a pipeline stack but the stacks it had created could not be deleted because the IAM role no longer existed. Things seem to need to be deleted in a certain order. I redeployed the pipeline and only then was able to delete the stack.

AWS now also gives the option to exclude resources that prevent deletion.

A: I am using CDK and deployed a stack, then destroyed it.
I ran into the exact DELETED_FAILED status issue.
How to fix this status ?
Search "CloudFormation" in the search bar.
Go to Stacks.
Select the DELETED_FAILED stack and press the delete button.
To be really sure all resource have been deleted, if you use cdk
cdk list

your_stack_name

Then delete this stack
cdk destroy your_stack_name

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Researchers Say Children Who Grow Up in Households With Gay Parents Have Normal Self-Esteem
Oct.12, 2005 (Washington) -- Children growing up in same-sex parental households do not necessarily have differences in self-esteem, gender identity, or emotional problems from children growing up in heterosexual parent homes.
"There are a lot of children with at least one gay or lesbian parent," says Ellen C. Perrin, MD, professor of pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. She revealed the findings at the American Academy of Pediatrics Conference and Exhibition.
Between 1 million and 6 million children in the U.S. are being reared by committed lesbian or gay couples, she says. Children being raised by same-sex parents were either born to a heterosexual couple, adopted, or conceived through artificial insemination.
"The vast consensus of all the studies shows that children of same-sex parents do as well as children whose parents are heterosexual in every way," she tells WebMD. "In some ways children of same-sex parents actually may have advantages over other family structures."
Researchers looked at information gleaned from 15 studies on more than 500 children, evaluating possible stigma, teasing and social isolation, adjustment and self-esteem, opposite gender role models, sexual orientation, and strengths.
Studies from 1981 to 1994, including 260 children reared by either heterosexual mothers or same-sex mothers after divorce, found no differences in intelligence, type or prevalence of psychiatric disorders, self-esteem, well-being, peer relationships, couple relationships, or parental stress.
"Some studies showed that single heterosexual parents' children have more difficulties than children who have parents of the same sex," Perrin says. "They did better in discipline, self-esteem, and had less psychosocial difficulties at home and at school."
Another study of 37 children of 27 divorced lesbian mothers and a similar number of children of heterosexual mothers found no differences in behavior, adjustment, gender identity, and peer relationships.
Equitable Division of Chores
Two other large studies involving more than 100 couples found that same-sex parents also had contact with extended family, had social support, and had a more equitable division of labor in the home.
"Lesbian couples share household responsibilities and chores more equitably," Perrin says. "And, the children of lesbian couples are less aggressive, more nurturing to peers, more tolerant of diversity, and more inclined to play with both boy's and girl's toys.
Children seem to adjust better when there is a more equal division of labor in the home and the parental relationship with the children had a higher rating, she says.
The combined data presented by Perrin showed that children whose parents are lesbian have no more problems than the rest of the children and actually may be more tolerant of differences, she says. There was suggestive evidence that there were more stresses due to the gender of same-sex parents, but the children also reported greater well-being, more nurturing, and a greater tolerance for differences.
What is striking is that there are very consistent findings in these studies," Perrin says.
Ryan Malone, who works in public relations in Washington, D.C., says after his parents were divorced he was reared by two "lesbian moms," while still staying in contact with his father.
"We lived in a small town," he says. "While I was open about my family, I didn't broadcast it."
At times he felt isolated because he didn't know any other families at the time headed by a same-sex couple, Malone says. "My parents overparented because they felt like the whole world was watching."
Emotional Topic
While further study should be done, this is important for pediatricians to know so they can learn more about variations in families and give appropriate advice in optimizing the child's development, Perrin says.
Carol Berkowitz, MD, former president of AAP, says this analysis is important in that it combines evidence-based studies.
"This subject evokes a lot of emotions," she says. "Some of the studies on this subject in the past have been weighted and biased, based on nothing more than the researcher's views."
Evidence-based studies are important in helping pediatricians in their practices and creating policy for the future, she says.
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD on October 12, 2005
SOURCES: American Academy of Pediatrics Conference and Exhibition, Washington, D.C., Oct. 8-11, 2005. Ellen C. Perrin, MD, professor of pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston. Carol Berkowitz, MD, former president, American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Most fraternities and sororities are based on Jewish or Christian principles. This means that most chapters have rituals that relate to the Old or New Testaments of the Bible and promote God's desires for His people. I mean, come on. We are literally brotherhoods and sisterhoods trying to help people become the best versions of themselves while also helping the community around them!
I tried not to giggle because I'd realized that the first time I'd heard it. But her lack of awareness is so representative of most of our experiences with ritual. We learn how to do our chapters' rituals and don't think about or quickly forget the meaning. But each ritual holds deep meaning and so much of it is based in things related to Christ!
Think of your own rituals. Are there prayers, mentions of the Judeo-Christian God, or even just Christian-like values that you can root in Christ?
Think of the Greek System as a whole. We are rooted in the ideals of friendship, service, scholarship, and leadership. All of these are seen in the Bible! So how do we take what is already apart of Greek Life and root it in Christ?
Pay attention in your chapter meetings, at Initiation, and other events involving ritual. See what directly connects to God, and look for what could be connected to Biblical ideals.
That sounds scarier than it is. Basically, just think about its meaning. What is it saying? What kinds of Biblical truths can you glean from it? How is it teaching you to apply the Bible or God's character to your chapter?
Pray the prayer in your ritual with real meaning, rather than rote memory. Thank God for the way He has instilled himself into your chapter already. Mention the Biblical references to your brothers or sisters as a talking point and see who is interested in hearing more about faith-based conversations. Essentially, get your heart involved!
Our chapters are important parts of our lives. Thanks to many of our founders, we can integrate our Greek lives and our Christian lives even more than most people think. So as you head to chapter this week or participate in ceremonies, remember to pay attention to where God is at in your ritual!


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The American School of Bangkok is proud to announce the opening of several new facilities in August 2020. These facilities will greatly enhance ASB's ability to serve the needs of its students and prepare them for the unique challenges of the 21st Century.
A new four-story Elementary School Building will open on August 4 and it includes 30 new classrooms, a library, a computer center, and science labs. These state-of-the-art facilities will provide students with a platform to learn 21st skills that will prepare them to enter the best universities around the world. The area in front of the new elementary school building will be converted into a new soccer field that will provide a refreshing open air space in the middle of downtown Bangkok.
The current soccer field will be converted into a new sports complex. This new facility will house Center Point, a standardized swimming pool, a professional sized basketball court, a jogging track, and tennis courts.
The school auditorium has been fully renovated with better lighting, a new sound system, improved flooring, a new stage, and the installation of an LED screen. This refurbishment will support ASB performing and fine arts department's activities, and provide a wonderful opportunity for our students to perform amidst professional backdrop, stage setup, and enchanting lights and sound.
Lastly, a new automated parking structure has been completed at ASB's front entrance and it can hold up to 60 cars.
We welcome new families to come in and to come in and visit us.
For additional inquiries, please contact Mr. Patrick Maher, Head of Admissions, at ASB Sukhumvit Campus:
Phone: 66 (0) 2620 8600 Ext. 149
Email: pmaher@asb.ac.th


Summerland is excellent for those who like quiet surroundings, as noise from the streets and other parts of the city is rarely an issue.
The favoured method to move around in Summerland is very often driving. Parking is quite easy. It is very difficult for people travelling on foot to navigate this municipality because meeting daily needs is very impractical by walking.
In Summerland, many buildings are single detached homes, while small apartment buildings and townhouses are also present in the housing stock. This municipality offers mainly three bedroom and two bedroom homes. Homeowners occupy about 80% of the properties in the municipality while the rest are rented. Roughly 30% of homes in this municipality were constructed in the 1960s and 1970s, while the majority of the remaining buildings were built pre-1960 and in the 1980s.
Some, but not all, house buyers in Summerland will live within walking distance of the nearest grocery store. A small variety of restaurants and coffee shops is available as well. With regards to education, high schools and primary schools are not particularly abundant in Summerland, and consequently tend to require a long walk to get to. Residents are served by public and private elementary schools. Furthermore, families may consider it very hard to get to daycares on foot.


BRENTWOOD — A woman who participated in a two-day crime spree last February pleaded guilty last week in superior court to her involvement in an armed carjacking and a burglary at a Hampton police officer's home.
Rebecca Paulhus, 38, of Kennebunk, Maine, pleaded guilty Jan. 21 in Rockingham Superior Court to two counts of possession of a controlled drug and felony burglary for breaking into a North Hampton home.
She was given a one-year prison sentence and suspended ones, including a 3-� to 7-year prison sentence, which could be imposed if she is arrested again.
She as well previously pleaded guilty to federal charges related to the case and will serve 18 months in federal prison.
As part of the negotiated deal, she will serve the one-year state sentence first and then the federal prison term.
Paulhus and her boyfriend, Adam Pento, 33, of Saco, Maine, were arrested last year on drug and other charges after fleeing from police in Portsmouth, Stratham and North Hampton between Feb. 5 and 6.
Police allege the crime spree began when Pento and Paulhus broke into the Hampton police officer's house in North Hampton on Feb. 5, stealing numerous items, including two handguns.
After a failed attempt to steal the car parked in front of the house, police allege Pento and Paulhus flagged down a vehicle driven by a Stratham resident on Lovering Road in North Hampton.
Police said Pento pulled a gun on the owner of the 2002 Volvo and ordered him to drive them away.
The victim, who was not harmed, was released at the intersection of Bunker Hill Avenue and Holmgren Road in Stratham.
Pento has already pleaded guilty and was given a 5- to 10-year prison sentence in superior court on Jan. 13, and is expected to spend 11 years in federal prison for the carjacking.


Kady O'Malley parses the language in the open letter and my opening post.
. . . the site's creator, UBC economist Kevin Milligan, consistently uses "OPBO", which stands for "Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer" . Now, this could be just a semantic quirk, but it may reflect a subtle attempt to move the debate away from the individual who currently holds the job — the embattled but unbowing Kevin Page — to the office itself, focusing on policy, rather than the personalities involved.
My intention is not to be subtle. I simply wanted the broadest group of signatories possible. There is certainly a group of economists who like the Office and think the current Officer is doing a great job. However, perhaps there is also a group who like the Office but have some questions about the current Officer. I have no idea which group is bigger, and if there are even any people in the second group. But, I wanted both sets of economists to feel comfortable signing the letter.
Some have also questioned the use of the word 'Office' because it does not appear in the enabling legislation. I don't think it is unprecedented to have a different 'trade name' than legal name for a public institution--legal names can be cumbersome or lack descriptive character. In this case, I am quite sure that the PBO sits in an O, so why not call that shop the OPBO. Moreover, the official website--presumably vetted by the Library of Parliament--calls it the OPBO. I simply borrowed what was on the official website.


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Funny, 'cause I'd love to go traveling.
by joining forces from now on.
Lucky, you're a man who likes children.
Lucky, I'm a woman with children.
Funny, isn't it small and funny and fine?
small and funny and fine?


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Sir Elton Hercules John, geboren als Reginald Kenneth Dwight (Pinner, 25 maart 1947), is een Brits popzanger, componist en pianist.

John verkocht meer dan 300 miljoen opnamen en is daarmee een van de bestverkopende artiesten aller tijden. Van de heruitgave uit 1997 van de single Candle in the Wind (origineel uit 1973), gemaakt naar aanleiding van het overlijden van de Britse prinses Diana, werden meer dan 33 miljoen exemplaren verkocht. Van zijn singles belandden er 56 in de Amerikaanse top 40, 16 in de top 10, 4 op de 2e plaats en 9 op de 1e. Hij won zes Grammy Awards, twee Academy Awards, een Golden Globe en een Tony Award. In de Nederlandse top 40 had John tot nu toe 32 hits, waarvan 13 in de top 10 en 5 op de 1e plaats.

Sinds eind jaren 80 levert hij een grote bijdrage aan de strijd tegen aids. Daarbij is hij een groot voorvechter van de lgbt-beweging. In 1998 werd Elton John benoemd tot Knight Bachelor. Het tijdschrift Billboard plaatste hem in 2008 op de derde plaats in de Billboard Hot 100 50th Anniversary Charts, waarmee Elton John volgens deze lijst de succesvolste mannelijke soloartiest ooit was.

Elton John was van 1976 tot 1987 en van 1997 tot 2002 clubeigenaar van Watford FC. Hij is erevoorzitter voor het leven en in 2014 werd een nieuwe tribune in het Vicarade Road Stadium naar hem vernoemd: de Sir Elton John Stand.

In 2019 kwam zijn eerste en enige autobiografie uit. Ik Elton John kwam uit vlak na de film Rocketman over zijn leven.

Biografie

Jeugd
Reginald Kenneth Dwight werd geboren op 25 maart 1947 in Pinner (toen nog Middlesex), als oudste kind van Stanley Dwight en Sheila Eileen Harris. Zijn ouders trouwden pas toen hij zes was, in 1953. Hun huwelijk duurde tot 1961. Zijn vader, luitenant in de Royal Air Force, speelde trompet in een bigband.

Nog maar vier jaar oud begon Reginald met piano spelen. Vanaf zijn vijftiende speelde hij piano in cafés. In 1964 richtte hij Bluesology op, een begeleidingsgroep van Amerikaanse rhythm-and-bluesartiesten als The Isley Brothers en Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells en Long John Baldry. Vanaf 1967 gebruikt hij het pseudoniem Elton John, een verwijzing naar Bluesologysaxofonist Elton Dean en zanger Long John Baldry. Later nam hij officieel de naam Elton Hercules John aan.

Uit dezelfde periode stamt zijn samenwerking met tekstschrijver Bernie Taupin, met wie hij de meeste van zijn liedjes zou maken. Het duo schreef enkele liedjes voor artiesten als Lulu, maar al gauw nam Elton John de rol van uitvoerend zanger zelf over.

Elton John werd op jonge leeftijd geïnspireerd door de podiumkunstenaars Little Richard en Jerry Lee Lewis voor wat betreft hun speelstijl, het staande piano spelen en soms op de piano springen. Toen hij de extravagante Tony King ontmoette, een muziekuitgever en plugger, werd die een voorbeeld voor Elton John om zich ook zo buitenissig te kleden.

Jaren zeventig

Het debuutalbum Empty Sky (DJM Records) van Elton John verscheen in 1969, waarna één jaar later zijn grote doorbraak volgde met het album Elton John en de ballad Your Song. Hierin begeleidde hij zichzelf op piano. Met gekke outfits en zijn enorme brillencollectie creëerde hij een imago dat aansloot op de glamrock.

Sinds zijn album Honky Château (1972) werkte hij met vaste muzikanten als gitarist Davey Johnstone, bassist Dee Murray, drummer Nigel Olsson en slagwerk Ray Cooper. Deze samenstelling werd de Elton John Band genoemd. De jaren zeventig brachten Elton John de ene hit na de andere. Rocket Man gaat over een astronaut vlak voor zijn vertrek. Crocodile Rock is een ode aan de rock-'n-roll van de jaren vijftig. Daniel ging over een Vietnamsoldaat die naar Spanje vlucht omdat hij niet als een held behandeld wil worden door zijn jongere broer en zijn dorpsgenoten. In Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, een titel die verwees naar The Wizard of Oz, maakt een boerenzoon het uit met zijn rijke liefje. Candle in the Wind was een eerbetoon aan Marilyn Monroe. Bennie and the Jets ging over een fictieve rockgroep met een hippe zangeres. Daarna volgden Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word en Don't Go Breaking My Heart, een duet met Kiki Dee. Song for Guy bestond uit pianospel met ritmebox (analoge voorloper van de drumcomputer), percussie, een synthesizer en één regel zich herhalende tekst: "Life isn't everything".

In 1975 speelde Elton John de rol van Pinball Wizard in de filmversie van de rockopera Tommy. Met Bernie Taupin richtte hij in 1976 het label Rocket Records op, dat vanaf dat moment af zijn platen uitbracht. Met zijn liveoptredens vestigde hij een wereldwijde reputatie. In 1979 trad hij als een van de eerste westerse artiesten op in de Sovjet-Unie.

Als elk gerenommeerd en zichzelf respecterend artiest in deze periode had Elton John een gastoptreden in The Muppet Show.

Jaren tachtig
Met de nummers Blue Eyes, I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues en het uitbundige I'm Still Standing had hij in 1982 en '83 veel succes. Tijdens Live Aid (1985) was hij een van de vele deelnemende sterren. Ook in dat jaar zong hij mee op Dionne Warwicks benefietsingle That's What Friends Are For, waarbij hij in hetzelfde jaar een van zijn grootste hits met Nikita had, een liedje over de onmogelijke liefde voor een Oost-Duitse wachter bij de Berlijnse Muur, met George Michael in de achtergrondzang. Hoewel Nikita een Russische jongensnaam is, ging dit lied – in de bijbehorende clip te zien – over een jonge vrouw.

In 1987 was het noodzakelijk om een operatie te ondergaan aan zijn stembanden. Deze waren overbelast geraakt door verkeerd gebruik ervan en ook door de vele optredens achter elkaar. Na de operatie heeft zijn stem een iets ander karakter gekregen.

Eind jaren tachtig was er veel te doen rond zijn seksuele geaardheid. Tijdens de jaren zeventig noemde hij zichzelf biseksueel. In 1984 trouwde hij met een vrouw, Renate Blauel (*1953), een Duitse geluidstechnicus, van wie hij vier jaar later weer scheidde. Vanaf dan verklaart hij zichzelf homoseksueel.

Sacrifice was zijn tophit uit 1989.

1990-2000
In 1992 richtte hij de Elton John AIDS Foundation op.
Ook trad hij op tijdens het Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. Hier zong hij onder andere Bohemian Rhapsody samen met Guns N' Roses-zanger Axl Rose.

In 1993 bracht hij een album uit met uitsluitend duetten. Hierop zong hij samen met onder anderen k.d. lang, Little Richard, Kiki Dee, Gladys Knight, Chris Rea, Leonard Cohen, Nik Kershaw en Paul Young. Met George Michael zong hij een liveversie van Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me.

In 1994 werd hij ontdekt door een jongere generatie dankzij de liedjes van The Lion King op tekst van Tim Rice, waaronder Can You Feel the Love Tonight en Circle of Life. In 1994 werd Elton John toegelaten tot de Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

In 1997 zong hij op de begrafenis van prinses Diana een aangepaste versie van Candle in the Wind. Met 33 miljoen exemplaren werd de studioversie de best verkochte single aller tijden. Op Deep Inside (1999) van Mary J. Blige speelde Elton John pianofragmenten gebaseerd op zijn eigen liedje Bennie and the Jets.

In 1998 werkte Elton John opnieuw samen met Tim Rice voor de musical Aida.

2000 tot heden
In 2000 kwamen Elton John en Tim Rice bij elkaar om singles te schrijven voor de door DreamWorks gemaakte animatiefilm De weg naar El Dorado. In augustus 2003 kwam de single Are You Ready for Love hoog in de Britse hitlijst terecht.

In 2003 nam hij samen met de boyband Blue een nieuwe versie op van Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word. Waar de originele versie in 1976 bleef steken op de 14e plaats, weet deze uitvoering de 1e positie te bemachtigen. De daaropvolgende jaren bracht hij nog enkele albums uit en bleef hij veel optreden. In 2006 was hij een van de uitvoerend producenten van de film It's a Boy Girl Thing.

In maart 2007 trad hij op in Madison Square Garden voor de 60e keer en wel op zijn 60e verjaardag. Dit optreden was zowel live als op de dvd Elton 60: Live at Madison Square Garden te bekijken. Op 1 juli van datzelfde jaar verscheen Elton John bij het Concert for Diana dat werd gehouden in Wembley Stadium ter ere van de Britse prinses Diana, die op 31 augustus 1997 overleed bij een auto-ongeluk.

Elton John zong een duet met Lady Gaga bij de 52ste Grammy Awards in 2010.

In maart 2012 werd er bekendgemaakt dat Elton John zijn werk voor het eenendertigste album The Diving Board klaar had. Dit album is geproduceerd door T-Bone Burnett en zou in de herfst van 2012 kunnen uitkomen. Om promotionele redenen werd het uitkomen van dit album uitgesteld tot februari 2013. In die maand was hij genodigde op het internationaal songfestival van Viña del Mar in Chili, het belangrijkste songfestival van Latijns-Amerika.

Elton John zong en speelde piano in het liedje Fairweather Friends van de rockband Queens of the Stone Age. Het staat op het album ...Like Clockwork, dat in juni 2013 verscheen.

In oktober 2015 maakte Elton John bekend dat zijn tweeëndertigste studioalbum, Wonderful Crazy Night, in februari 2016 zou worden uitgebracht. Dit album werd wederom geproduceerd door T-Bone Burnett. De eerste single van dit album, Looking Up, kwam uit in dezelfde maand. Hij speelde ook een rol in de film Kingsman: The Golden Circle.

In augustus 2021 maakte Elton John het nummer Cold Heart, in samenwerking met Dua Lipa in een remix van Pnau. Op 3 december 2021 bracht Elton John samen met Ed Sheeran het kerstnummer Merry Christmas uit, het werd direct een nummer 1-hit in het Verenigd Koninkrijk.

Na zijn succesvolle samenwerking met Dua Lipa verscheen in augustus van 2022 een nummer met Britney Spears, Hold Me Closer.

Onderscheidingen

Persoonlijke onderscheidingen
In 1975 ontving Elton John een ster op de Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1994 werd hij opgenomen in de Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
De letters CBE staan achter zijn naam nadat hij in 1995 werd benoemd tot Commandeur in de Orde van het Britse Rijk. Drie jaar later sloeg koningin Elizabeth hem tot ridder voor al zijn liefdadigheidswerk. Sindsdien mag de zanger zich 'Sir Elton John' noemen.

In 2019 is Elton John ook geridderd in Frankrijk. President Emmanuel Macron benoemde hem tot ridder in het Franse Legioen van Eer.

Grammy Awards
Elton John heeft in zijn carrière vijf Grammy's gewonnen:
1987: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group - "That's What Friends Are For" (met Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder en Gladys Knight)
1992: Best Instrumental Composition - "Basque" (uitgevoerd door James Galway)
1995: Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
1998: Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - "Candle in the Wind '97"
2001: Best Musical Show Album - "Aida" (met Tim Rice)

Bovendien won Elton John in 1999 een Grammy Legend Award, voor zijn hele oeuvre.

Edison
In Nederland won Elton John in 1995 een Edison in de categorie Musical/Film voor zijn filmmuziek in The Lion King.

Oscar
Elton John won één Oscar in de categorie 'Beste Filmsong': in 1994 voor "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" uit The Lion King. Hij won deze prijs samen met tekstschrijver Tim Rice.

In 2019 won Elton John zijn tweede Oscar voor beste originele nummer, ditmaal voor het nummer "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again", samen gezongen met Taron Egerton (die Elton John vertolkt in de biopic Rocketman). De tekst van dit nummer komt van de hand van Bernie Taupin.

Discografie

Zie ook
 Matthew Shepard

Externe link

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Brits singer-songwriter
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You apply for a seat by submitting an application online. If you are a new CMS family and have enrolled your student(s) before December 10, 2018, you will be mailed a letter with your student's ID number and PIN. If your child is a current CMS student, you will receive a letter with your student's ID number and PIN from your current school.
How are seats in School Choice allocated?
All available School Choice seats will be allocated across three socioeconomic status (SES) categories, high, medium and low, to achieve the greatest socioeconomic diversity possible. Each student will have priority for one of these categories based on home address and data families will be asked to provide during the lottery application.
What documentation do I need in order to submit my application for the School Choice lottery?
You must first enroll your student in CMS by December 10, 2018. Once enrolled, parents/legal guardians/ custodians will need the student's ID Number and PIN to submit a lottery application. This ID number is located on the student's report card or progress report or may be obtained at the student's school.
Are there any pre-kindergarten options?
Yes, elementary Montessori programs begin at Pre-K: Park Road, Chantilly, Highland Mill, Trillium Springs.
Does it cost anything to apply to the School Choice lottery?
No. The CMS School Choice lottery is free and open to all CMS families to apply.
If my child gets a School Choice seat, do I have to reapply every year?
No. Once you are accepted and assigned to a school, you do not have to reapply. If a student is assigned to a School Choice seat, the assignment is good for the duration of all grades at that school, as long as the student lives in Charlotte-Mecklenburg and meets all continuation requirements.
What if my child moves or withdraws from a School Choice program?
A student who withdraws from a program loses their seat at that school. The student would be re-assigned to their home school (if they reside in Mecklenburg County).
How many schools can I select on my application?
You may select up to three. Preferences must be ranked by the applicant in order of which is desired most.
How will I know that my School Choice application has been received?
Once you have submitted your student's online application, you will receive an online confirmation indicating the application has been received.
Can I submit a second lottery application if I participated in the first round of the lottery?
Yes, however, your first lottery application will be voided. We do not recommend submitting a second application unless you want to change your preferences. Participation in the second round of the lottery is best for families who are new to the district and/or who did not participate in the first round of the lottery.
How will my child get to/from school if they are assigned to a School Choice seat?
Transportation is provided within your transportation zone to your local community. These stops are routed based on your home address. If you apply to a school outside of your transportation zone, you will need to provide transportation for your child.
Yes. The CMS sibling guarantee ensures placement of a younger sibling into the same school or program as an older sibling. In instances where there is more than one program at a school, the sibling guarantee applies to the same campus, but does not require that the siblings enroll in the same program.
If I complete and submit my lottery application at the beginning of the application period, will my child have a better chance of being assigned through the lottery process?
No. All applications submitted within the application window receive equal consideration for selection during the lottery process.
Can a student residing outside of Mecklenburg County apply for the School Choice lottery?
No. If your address falls outside Mecklenburg County, you cannot apply in the School Choice lottery.
What if my child attends a School Performance Priority (SPP) school?
Students attending a school designated by the state as low performing for three consecutive years have an additional priority in the lottery. They may use the lottery to select up to three alternate home schools and three School Choice preferences.


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If that growth makes your palms a little sweaty, that's OK. Helping Shopify stores navigate (and thrive in) this industry in the face of mounting competition and big names like Amazon is why the people at Y-Verge do what they do every day.
They're making the landscape less scary by educating Shopify store owners and implementing strategies that help them stand out in ecommerce by combining meaningful marketing strategies with the best sources of data they already have access to—their customers.
Drip is the Tesla of marketing automation.
Y-Verge is a data-driven agency, which means it's not likely they'll make any big decisions based on their proverbial gut. They know (and have proven) that the path to success for Shopify stores is less winding if data is involved every step of the way. This is where Drip, the ecommerce CRM advantage, comes in.
They've tried pretty much every email marketing platform out there, but none were able to step up and provide the power they needed to gather incoming data and squeeze the strategic potential from every last drop of it.
But when Y-Verge stumbled on Drip, it was game over. They found their game-changer.
Growing ecommerce competition means online shops have to do something a little different than the rest if they want to make it. One sure-fire way to stand out is to stick in the shoppers' minds. Luckily, Y-Verge knows just how to make staying top-of-mind possible with Drip.
Because Drip is focused on ecommerce customer relationships, it can help you understand what your customers are doing across your whole marketing stack—what ads they see, emails they get, and more—you're able to personalize the entire buying journey. Use names, display the exact items they want, and recommend some of your top-selling stuff in a journey made just for each unique customer.
Y-Verge is able to help their clients create better, more memorable customer experiences. With personalization, relevant communications, perfectly on-brand emails; it all adds up to a shopping experience that makes their clients stand out from the rest.
With Drip, Y-Verge is able to plan ecommerce strategies for the long haul. Because they're able to use data from multiple inputs and rely on proven strategies, Y-Verge knows exactly what to do for each Shopify store for longer stretches of time. No more throwing stuff at a wall to see if it sticks, if ya know what I mean.
The customers are happy and the brand owner is happy. It's a win-win!
Before Drip, the folks at Y-Verge were writing complex code, cobbling together their own databases, and manually assembling tricky campaigns that would resonate across marketing channels. But those dark, dark days are long gone.
Data that talks between tools.
Drip helps all the tools Y-Verge uses talk to each other. With direct pipelines of data from Facebook to Instagram to Shopify and email, Y-Verge is able to build their clients perfectly timed and relevant marketing campaigns unique to every customer.
Agency efficiency at its finest.
What used to be hours of tedious manual setup for every client they worked with is now ready to go. Intuitive automations, visual workflows, and more can be made into essential templates that can be shared across accounts. At least 80% of what Y-Verge used to do manually is now streamlined with Drip, which saves time—lots of time.
Because Y-Verge is able to create blueprints, plan further out, and work faster with more focus, they're able to pass those savings onto their clients. Having more affordable pricing for ECRM implementation means Y-Verge is open for business to all sorts of ecommerce brands, and that's pretty sweet.
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Hajia Aisha Dahiru of All Progressives Congress ( APC) has won Adamawa Central Senatorial seat, becoming the only female senator from North east following the defeat of Senator Binta Garba by PDP .
The Returning Officer, Prof Buba Jakusko, said Aisha Dahiru of APC scored 188,526 votes and emerged as winner.
while Murtala Chibado and Mustafa Madawaki of PDP and ADC scored 96,530 and 36,030 votes respectively.
The Adamawa Central Senatorial District comprises Yola South, Yola North, Girei, Fufore, Song and Gombi local government areas.
In the Yola North ,Yola South and Girei federal constituency, 10 political parties participated in the selection and Abdurrauf Modibbo of APC won the seat with 80,453 votes.
While Jafar Ribadu of PDP scored 48,476 votes and Mustafa Ibrahim of ADC pulled 29,222 votes.
In Shelleng/Guyuk federal constituency, the INEC returning officer , Professor Ana. Muhammed, declared Mr. Gibeon Goribi of PDP as winner where he scored a total of 32, 688 votes.
Goribi defeated the incumbent Mr. Gutuwa Philip of APC who scored a total of 20,988 votes.


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Before they were famous: the coalition cabinet
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Meet your new government
Many members of the freshly-minted cabinet have either been the subject of articles in Prospect or have written them: acquaint yourself with your new government, below…
Prime minister David Cameron The life and times of the new PM were the subject of a major 6,000-word profile by Wendell Steavenson in the May issue of Prospect
Deputy PM Nick Clegg Having made the arduous journey from Chalfont-St-Giles to Putney (via Sheffield), Clegg interned on the Nation under Christopher Hitchens before becoming an MEP. In 2002 he debated his views on the euro with the FT's Gideon Rachman, and David Goodhart interviewed him in 2005.
Chancellor George Osborne His father's company provides curtains to the White House and at 38, he's the youngest chancellor since Randolph Churchill in 1886. Jonathan Ford wrote a profile of him after his speech to the Tory party conference in 2008
Business Secretary Vince Cable Cable, then working at Chatham House, wrote about the environment and overpopulation in Prospect's 3rd issue, back in December 1995.
Education secretary Michael Gove Gove wrote on BBC bias in its Israel-Palestine coverage in 2006: "A soft left worldview influences too much of what the corporation produces. We have a right to expect more honesty from the broadcasting service we are being asked to pay for."
Energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne Huhne reviewed a pair of finance books back in 1999, when he was working for credit rating agency Fitch—the "acute problems facing the world economy" at the time read rather tamely in the context of today's.
Also in the government —but not in the cabinet—Oliver Letwin, chairman of the Conservatives' policy review, who reviewed John Gray's book on modus vivendi liberalism and admired David Blunkett's ("one of the most interesting figures on the British political scene") autobiography in 2001. Leading conservative thinker David Willetts has written on Tory themes since 1996.
If the power goes to their heads, perhaps they could return to Prospect to remind themselves of the atavistic powers that really determine who our leaders are
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We're out at discovery lab right now! If you want to keeps tabs on what we're doing I will try to blog about every day or so over here at the church planty blog.
Discovery Lab is designed to provide you both these tools. It a behavioral assessment to help you, as a church planter candidate, gather information about yourself to see more clearly where you might best serve the kingdom with your abilities and skills. The final outcome of Discovery Lab is a Church Planter Profile summarizing your character traits, ministry skills and readiness for church planting.
I'm nervous because this is a major step in our journey toward church planting. There is a lot on the line here. We've been dreaming about this for years now. We moved across the country for school. We moved into the neighborhood where we feel God has called us to plant a church. Now in just a few days we will submit our dreams and plans to the oversight and direction of Kairos.
I would really appreciate your prayers for us.
This last weekend we had our final dragon boat race of the season. In the picture you can see me as the tiller (the guy who steers the boat). Our team traveled to Seattle for the weekend, but we have been losing more and more people over the course of the summer so we had to join up with half a team from Seattle in order to fill a boat.
The first time we had paddled together was our first race (we came in 2nd out of three). Things weren't perfect, but I could definitely feel the power on the boat. The second race we didn't improve much (3rd out of 4). By the time we were getting to our third heat of the day the lake was getting choppy and we had lost a paddler who had to leave early.
We tried to compensate, but during the race something went wrong and the boat turned sharply to the left (remember it's my job to steer us). I had to stop us and turn us the right direction in order to finish - we were 30 seconds off the pace. I was upset with myself for not doing my job and costing us precious time in the race.
The next day we arrived to very choppy water and a moderately strong wind. The race coordinators were all cautioning us as to how we needed to avoid the wind and to keep the boat balanced so we would not capsize. We got out on the water and got ourselves aligned for the race. The start was good, but again about mid-way through the race the boat veered sharply to the left. I had to stop us to prevent us hitting another boat and then get us going the right direction again. I was furious. Livid. How could I have made the same mistake twice?!
I directed the paddlers to dock the boat and I immediately went to the race coordinators and asked if I could be replaced as the tiller. I explained that I keep making the same mistake and we don't have time for me to learn during the races. They were great and found us another tiller and I replaced our missing paddler on the boat.
I couldn't immediately join my team because I was still very upset with myself. So, I found a quiet place and sat alone for a bit. That's when Dr. Huffard would have been proud of me - I immediately thought of a leadership principle that I had learned from my experience ( I took a class in leadership from Dr. Huffard and he wanted us to develop the skill of finding leadership principles in our experiences).
A good leader will not allow their personal shortcomings to bring down the team which they lead.
There just wasn't enough time for me to work on my own skills. The only time we had on the boats was time to race. I found out after the fact that there are significant difference in the boat structure versus what we are used to and having a team that has never paddled together did not make my job easier. I'm sure that if we had some time to practice with that team in those boats on that lake that I could have done a much better job. However, without that opportunity the best thing that I could do as a leader is to defer to someone with more experience to step in and take over for the short term.
Have you ever been in this type of situation? Have you ever felt like there was nothing you could do to fix your mistakes? Sometimes, as a leader, there is nothing you can do in the moment; it's time to step aside and let someone else help. You can fix your mistakes later, when the work of the team isn't on the line.
With CERN's Large Hadron Collider finally coming online, watercoolers around the world will soon be abuzz with talk of Higgs bosons, gluons, and other mind-blowing subatomic thingies. How to keep track of all that quantum fluff? It's easier than you think. Fans of shows like Survivor , American Idol , Top Chef , or America's Next Top Model already have the tools they need to wrap their heads around the fundamental bits in our universe. Turns out, if you understand reality TV, you can understand reality.
Gluons are the Donald Trumps, Tyra Bankses, and Mark Burnetts of the subatomic world. Just as these executive producers (often doubling as onscreen overlords) dictate the rules and force contestants into tightly knit alliances for survival, gluons wield what's called the strong nuclear force, impelling quarks to clump together into the neutrons and protons of an atom's nucleus.
There are six types of quark, arbitrarily named up, down, top, bottom, charm, and strange. Think of them as the personality types that make every reality show go: the gay one, the jock, the bumpkin, the minority, the brainiac, and the drunken train-wreck girl. They always form alliances (called hadrons), and, well, they work best in threesomes. Hot!
We know the Higgs boson particle must exist — it's why matter has mass. But physicists have been unable to observe it. Have folks like Kelly Clarkson found the Higgs boson of reality TV — enduring stardom? Let's hope so. Because like the real Higgs boson, if lasting fame isn't possible, the whole Theory of Everything will need to be reconsidered.
Photons carry electromagnetism, which bonds electrons to nuclei, and generally keep the excitement level up. Zooming around at the speed of light, these energetic particles hold the whole shebang together — just like Ryan Seacrest, Idol's charismatic liaison between judges, contestants, and viewers.
Many shows have a panel of regulars that sit on the sidelines and observe. This is the lepton family. Some, like electrons, matter (Tom Colicchio).Some, like muons, are overblown and unstable (Simon Cowell). Others, like neutrinos, pass through without ever making contact with reality (Paula Abdul).
W and Z bosons carry the weak nuclear force, which causes other particles to decay. These are like the parents, ex-lovers, and others who pop into a show merely to wreak havoc. Think Flavor of Love's Tiffany Pollard, aka New York, who returned in season two to terrorize anew.


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Nope, I was wheelering Saturday near Greenville. No trailering for this one.
LJ's look better pulling a trailer than sitting on one!
I'm sure it'll be on a trailer from time to time. But primary it will not be. Point of this is to drive place to place. If I intend to play hard enough for the need of trailer, I'll take the buggy.
Ordered my gear sets and lockers yesterday from ronsmachiningservices in Gaines. Super nice guy and amazing prices.
Wife won't let him. It's hers.
The front bumper is very nice. Much of the same plans I have for the wife's TJ. It's even silver too.
I think if anything, the Galaxie has the better chance on the chopping block then buggy. But never say never.
I purchased an 06 f350 last June. I've been daily driving it since. I've put almost 25k on it. It's now at 150kish. If the loan comes through w/o paying it off early it could be 300k+ in mileage. For what I owe, my payments, I don't want to rack on that many needless miles.
So I decided I wanted something else to drive in spring summer fall. I wanted something I know my wife and son would like. I wanted something 4wd and something "convertible" like. I was paying cash and didn't wanna finance. So the only thing within my price range was a jeep. Mpg wasn't a concern. I wasn't looking to save $ not driving my truck. So "the other gray lj" was bought.
I also wanted to be able to enjoy light wheeling, day trips without lugging my trailer around etc etc.
In approximately 6 years I have every intention of picking up and relocating West (grand Junction, co). Tentatively the buggy will most likely get sold prior to the move. When I get out there, I want to adventure wheel. Leave Friday come home Sunday exploring and camping in between. So nearing that 6 year mark yes the jeep will get bigger, will get tougher etc. Do in the next couple years, I'll be acquiring/building the toys, items, whatever I want in life. Then the next couple years bank everything, save everything. Then relocate with my toys and possessions with a nice bank roll and no debt to Colorado. When in Colorado find a less demanding, less strain full job that will allow me to take it easy (physically) and enjoy time with my wife.
Why 6 years, my son will graduate high school in 6 years and have his choice to stay in Michigan or move to Colorado. "his plans" are to stay in Michigan. But he's 12 and what does he know about planing.
This isn't a new plan, I've had this plan pretty much ever since I went and spent a week wheeling in moab a couple years ago.
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Your signature changed, I told him I followed the link in your signature when I was on the phone with him yesterday.
Understandable, sounds like you have a good plan for the family.
When you move though, you will be missed.
Got the sye done today, picked up a xj front shift from local yard. Reinstalled tcase and installed rokmen skid to get the shift measurement. Of course 3 of the skid mounting bolts spun in the frame. So I got that fixed as well.
Also gonna install new muffler while I'm in here.
@Kyle M. Hooked me up with some parts to rebuild my upper front arms, as they both have a tweak to them.
Hoping the gears and lockers show up tomorrow. New winch should be here tomorrow. Maybe the arb compressor as well.
damn you get stuff done!
Let me know how the parts look!


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Royal Tokaji Releases 1999 Essencia with Crystal Sipping Spoon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 1, 2006
Contact: Lisa Mattson, Wilson Daniels Ltd.
707-967-1827 or lmattson@wilsondaniels.com
Spoon allows 33 sips per bottle of one of the richest and rarest wines in the world
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY – The Royal Tokaji Wine Company has just completed the bottling of its 1999 Essencia, the richest and rarest of all Tokaji wines and one of the rarest wines in the world – with a decadent twist.
This first vintage of Essencia since the celebrated 1993, 1999 Essencia is offered in a stately brass-hinged wooden box carved from Hungarian oak, which is lined with velvet and contains the first edition of Royal Tokaji's Hungarian crystal sipping spoon.
This Hungarian crystal spoon was designed exclusively for Royal Tokaji by Ajka Crystal, enabling 33 sips per bottle of the world's richest wine. Thirty sipping spoons have been made available to U.S. journalists and are available upon request.
The Royal Tokaji sipping spoon is gaining attention in Budapest's hottest restaurants, such as Buena Vista (www.buena-vista.hu) and Kogart (www.kogart.hu), which are offering 1999 Essencia by the spoonful at 3,500-4,000 Hungarian Forints (HUF), which is approximately $17-$19.
Only 1,200 bottles of the Royal Tokaji 1999 Essencia are available for customers around the world and will be available on allocation. The United States will be receiving 600 one-bottle cases of this wine, which can be found in prestigious metropolitan restaurants and retail shops beginning in Spring 2006.
The back label bears the number of each bottle produced – 1 through 1,200. Bottle No. 1 of Royal Tokaji Essencia 1993 was presented to the newly anointed Pope Benedict XVI by the President of Hungary on his recent visit. Royal Tokaji has yet to determine which world leader it will bestow with Bottle No. 1 of the Essencia 1999.
This is the wine of legends shrouded in the mists of time. For centuries Kings, Queens, Emperors, Czars and Popes have claimed Essencia as the purest health restorative wine. Now it is time for Presidents and other mortals to enjoy this rare gift of nature.
Essencia is the liquid that oozes, extremely slowly, from a pile of grapes "raisined" by botrytis. It accumulates in the bottom of the vat (though there will never be enough to fill a vat) by the gentle pressure of the grapes' own weight. Its sugar content can be as high as 85 percent, so it will not naturally ferment. Aszú wines are made by pulping the raisins and adding them to dry wine, at a concentration where yeast cells can go to work. In the free-run essence, yeast has a nearly hopeless task.
It has taken six years in Royal Tokaji's ancient underground cellars in Mád for their extraordinary Essencia 1999 to reach 2.9 percent alcohol. This amazing labyrinth of low ceiling cellars was dug by the Magyars to hide from the invading Turks more than 400 years ago.
Royal Tokaji Essencia 1999 has been described as a bright mahogany colour with a fragrant honeyed aroma and an astonishing tapestry of flavours – of apricots, quinces, marmalade and butterscotch. This 1999 is an outstanding vintage for Tokaji wines, comparable only to the mould-breaking 1993 vintage this past decade, with the harvest finishing on Christmas Day.
Royal Tokaji Essencia 1999 will be imported by Wilson Daniels Ltd. and will retail for $500 per 500-ml bottle. Consumers or members of the trade interested in purchasing this wine can call (800) 963-5902 or email info@wilsondaniels.com.


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Bill Kirby Jr.: Wiggins receives highest North Carolina bar award
Jan 31, 2019 at 8:33 PM Feb 5, 2019 at 1:35 PM
You might have known Richard Wiggins would be his dapper-attired self on this sunny morning when so many of his legal profession friends gathered to be a part of something of an exclamation mark on a 61-year career.
He wore the familiar navy blue suit, tailored just right. There was the crisp, white shirt, accented with the striped neck-tie, and the knot tugged snug. And let us not forget that gracious and welcoming smile, the firm handshake and that calming way that's been a persona of Richard Wiggins and witnessed in courtrooms throughout the county and beyond for all of those six decades.
"The type of lawyer we should all strive to be," Colon Willoughby, 67, would say before presenting Wiggins with the John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award on behalf of the North Carolina State Bar. "He's been such a wonderful advocate for his clients. He treats clients with zealous attention, no matter large or small, and each one has been special. Richard has loved practicing law and helping people."
Willoughby, the state bar president-elect, would remind us of a lawyer who never turned away "the poor, the injured and those who have been cheated," and an attorney who was their compassionate voice before judges and juries alike.
Wiggins was something of a country boy, the oldest of six children born to George McKenzie Wiggins and Helen Louise Campbell Wiggins when they lived in the Permastone home along Raeford Road before the fast-foot restaurants, drugstore chains and automobile dealerships were there. His daddy was a contractor for the movie theater concession stands on Fort Bragg and his mama worked at Sears & Roebuck Co. when it was downtown.
He was a gifted athlete in baseball and basketball at Seventy-First High School, class of 1952, and equally studious. He enrolled at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and was giving thought to becoming a preacher, even giving it a trial run once on a Sunday morning at Mount Gilead Baptist Church.
"I saw Harold Downing and Richie Smith one day," Wiggins says about his undergraduate days at Chapel Hill. "I asked where they were going and they said they were applying to law school, and said I should come with them. I graduated in 1958 and wrote a letter to Terry Sanford asking for a job."
Sanford had his eye on the governor's mansion, and he likely knew that partners Dick Phillips, Don McCoy and Stacey Weaver would need some help, and every legal firm needs a kid out of law school to mentor along the way.
"My first client was a poor lady who married a soldier and he had abandoned her," Wiggins was remembering. "She had a baby who hadn't eaten, and I gave her twenty dollars."
Not a particularly auspicious beginning, you might say, but his legal career quickly would gain traction and prestigious corporate clients from Don Clayton's miniature golf franchise of the 1960s to Manish Mehta of the family-owned Embassy Suites on Lake Valley Drive and accompanying hotels to a career of business clients in between.
"He's done a lot for us and our family," Mehta would say. "Not only as a lawyer, but a friend."
Mehta says he knew nothing about Fayetteville when he arrived from Ethiopia, and would not have the economic success his family -owned hotels enjoy today had it not been for Wiggins. So grateful, Mehta and his family named the hotel's ballroom in 2012 the Richard M. Wiggins Jr. Convention Center.
Richard Wiggins was his humble self in this tender moment Thursday, and ever that Southern gentleman as his hands carefully caressed the John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award.
"This is unbelievable," Wiggins, 86, would say. "This is the highest honor the bar has, and I never thought I'd get something like this."
But no surprise to colleagues such as Trey McLean, Lee Boughman, Gardner Altman, Kenny Dantinne, Lonnie Player and Mike Winesette. Or Patricia Timmons-Goodson, the retired associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and recipient of this same legal honor in 2018.
"He has been, and is, one of our best trial lawyers," Timmons-Goodson says. "He was the consummate southern gentleman lawyer. He was always extremely prepared, and judges knew that … and opposing counsel knew that, too."
Thursday, Colin Willoughby delivered the verdict for all to hear, but the verdict so many of us already knew.
"The type of lawyer," Willoughby would tell this gathering of admiring attorneys about this dapper-dressed man in the familiar navy blue suit, with the neck-tie just right, "we should all strive to be."
A verdict without appeal.
Bill Kirby Jr. can be reached at bkirby@fayobserver.com or 910-486-3571.


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Nine Rumanians, resident in Fuente de Piedra, have been accused of stealing thousands of kilos of olives and selling them for sums below the market price.
Criminal organisations operating in Andalucía have found a new way of getting rich quick in the area's abundant olive harvest. The Guardia Civil has recently arrested nine members of a criminal organisation based in Fuente de Piedra. Operating in five different provinces the gang stole olives from mills and stores and sold them on for less than the market price.
The nine, all Rumanians belonging to the same family clan, are accused of 17 thefts of olives in Cordoba, Jaén, Malaga, Granada and Seville as well as stealing 18 vehicles. On one occasion some 20,000 kilos of olives were stolen in Cuevas de San Marcos.
The Guardia Civil code-named their operation "Oro Verde" (green gold) and soon discovered the modus operandi of the olive thieves. The gang operated at night every two to three days after carefully studying the country lanes in the targeted area to be familiar with all the possible escape routes. The vans or lorries used were stolen on the same night as the olives were taken from mills or stores. The fruit was then sold on that same night for prices way below the 40 cents farmers normally receive for a kilo. "It is rumoured that the points where these olives were bought and sold were in Fuente de Piedra itself, in Los Corrales or Casariche among other places. The truth is that if this black market did not exist there would not be so much theft in the Antequera area", said Carlos Blázquez, the provincial secretary of the growers' association Asaja.
The nine Rumanians arrested recently did not reveal the names of their buyers because "they are scared of them", said sources from the Guardia Civil.
The investigation has led officers to recover 90,000 kilos of stolen fruit, which has been returned to its owners, although it is thought that the gang is responsible for stealing 170,000 kilos.Officers seized 4,025 euros in cash, two vehicles, 26 mobile phones, a computer and other stolen goods in the operation.
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Progress starts with accepting our own ignorance
Gordon Moore was no Nostradamus. And that's a good thing. Nostradamus (born Michel de Nostredame) was a 16th-century French seer who, basically, just made crap up. His philosophy on predicting the future apparently boiled down to this: "Make a prophesy vague enough and people will think you predicted everything!" Moore, on the other hand, settled … Continued
Gordon Moore was no Nostradamus. And that's a good thing.
Nostradamus (born Michel de Nostredame) was a 16th-century French seer who, basically, just made crap up. His philosophy on predicting the future apparently boiled down to this: "Make a prophesy vague enough and people will think you predicted everything!"
Moore, on the other hand, settled on a theory that was so accurate, it became a law.
In 1965, Moore — the co-founder of Intel — theorized that computing power would double roughly every two years, and he was right. Those advances continue to this day, making Moore's Law one of the most accurate and well-known predictors of technological advancement in history.
And make no mistake, those advances impact all of us.
Need proof? Ask anyone who works for the U.S. Postal Service. Or the RIAA. Or any doctor, or book publisher, or journalist on the planet.
Technological advances are redefining every profession on earth.
The day will come, I swear to God, when every tax return, financial report, audit and journal entry will be done automatically, without human intervention. It's already starting to happen.
How will CPAs add value to their clients' lives when that day arrives?
If they're smart, they've already started to think about that — how to interpret data instead of just managing it. How to chart their clients' future success instead of merely recording past performance. How to identify — even anticipate — weak signals of disruptive change and help their clients get ahead of them instead of merely reacting to those changes.
"This is no simple task," Robert Safian writes in Fast Company magazine. "The vast bulk of our institutions — educational, corporate, political — are not built for flux. Few traditional career tactics train us for an era where the most important skill is the ability to acquire new skills."
It starts with a mindset — an openness to learn, to realize that our expertise is not finite. Some of the most important skills we'll need going forward might not even exist yet. Who could have predicted 10 years ago that social media would emerge as an indispensable business tool?
Blind acceptance of the status quo will make us extinct. Our first step is to realize that we don't know everything — that, in fact, we don't know anything. That we won't make any progress until we accept our own ignorance.
When we do that, we'll open ourselves to a world of unending possibility and opportunity.