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Football: Robertson County Jamboree Schedule and Capsules
CROSS PLAINS – Fourteen high school football teams will converge on one location Friday night as the 2018 Robertson County Jamboree is hosted at East Robertson High School in Cross Plains on August 10th.
Tickets are $8 for the event.
The White House Blue Devils will play the sixth of seven exhibition games during the event against Cheatham County at approximately 8:15 p.m. All games are partial, exhibition and played usually one week prior to the official start of the TSSAA football season.
Seven of the fourteen teams in the event are from Sumner and Robertson County.
Here is the schedule:
Clarksville Academy vs. Houston County – 4:30 p.m.
Greenbrier vs. DCA – 5:15 p.m.
East Robertson vs. Goodpasture – 6 p.m.
Springfield vs. Hendersonville – 6:45 p.m.
White House Heritage vs. Jo Byrns – 7:30 p.m.
Cheatham County vs. White House – 8:15 p.m.
Harpeth vs. Community – 9:00 p.m.
Driving Directions to East Robertson High School
The home team is the first team listed and will stand on the East Robertson sideline and wear home colors. The visiting team will wear alternate/road colors and stand on the opposite sideline. Fans should sit in appropriate areas behind their team, and fans should arrive early and remember that parking and seating could be difficult with the large number of schools in one location.
The annual event is held at East Robertson High School located on Kilgore Trace in Cross Plains, with the athletic facilities located behind the school.
Here are capsules for the matchups:
Clarksville Academy (3-8, 2-5) vs. Houston County (4-6, 0-5)
Clarksville Academy is a member of Division II-A, West Region, and lost in the first round of the playoffs in 2017 to The King's Academy, 62-14. After starting the season 3-2, the Cougars lost six straight to end the year. They finished sixth in their region. Clarksville Academy opens the season at Harpeth in week one.
Houston County is a member of Region 6-2A and did not make the postseason in 2017. The Fighting Irish started 4-2 and then lost the final four games of the season and finished sixth in the region. They open the season week one at home against McEwen.
Greenbrier (7-4, 4-2) vs. DCA (9-4, 5-2)
The Bobcats started the season red hot in 2017 as a member of Region 5-4A, but the schedule came crashing in the final four weeks against with three straight losses to Springfield, White House and Jackson South Side. Greenbrier was competing for a region title up until week 10 and finished third. GHS opens the season at Kenwood.
The Wildcats in Division II-A, East Region had a successful season in 2017, finishing second behind undefeated and state champion Friendship Christian whom they played in the regular season and the DII-A state title game. DCA opens the season at Goodpasture in week one.
East Robertson (4-6, 1-4) vs. Goodpasture (1-10, 1-3)
The Indians missed the playoffs in 2017 but finished fifth in Region 4-2A. East Robertson is the host for the jamboree and plays four Sumner or Robertson County teams during the regular season. ERHS hosts White House in week one to open the season.
The Cougars in Division II-AA struggled in 2017 to finish with one win, but still made a playoff appearance in a division that is not very deep. Goodpasture's only win came against rival Lipscomb Academy and then they lost in the playoffs to Grace Christian of Knoxville. Goodpasture opens the season at home against local rival and power DCA.
Springfield (11-4, 5-1) vs. Hendersonville (6-5, 3-2)
The Yellow Jackets finished second in Region 5-4A behind White House, but got hot at the right time and advanced to the Class 4-A title game before losing to Greeneville. Springfield is the favorite to win the region and put a Mr. Football nominee on the platform in Dayron Johnson. The Yellow Jackets host Gallatin to open the year.
Hendersonville competes in the brutal Region 4-6A and advanced to the first round of the Class 6-A playoffs in 2017. The Commandos were third behind Mt. Juliet and Lebanon and lost on the road at Blackman in the first round. Hendersonville opens the season at home in a rematch against the same Blaze team.
White House Heritage (0-10, 0-6) vs. Jo Byrns (9-3, 4-2)
The Patriots struggled with the toughest season in a young school history, failing to win a game and losing their head coach at the end of the year in Region 5-4A, playing only one game on their schedule within a single digit margin. Heritage opens the season in week one at West Creek.
The Red Devils finished third in Region 4-1A and advanced to the second round of the Class 1-A playoffs before losing to semifinalist South Pittsburg. Jo Byrns opens the season at Cascade in week one.
Cheatham County (7-4, 4-1) vs. White House (11-1, 6-0)
The Cubs finished second in Region 6-3A behind Fairview, but despite hosting a first round playoff game, fell to East Nashville in round one of the Class 3-A playoffs, scoring only a field goal in a low-scoring 13-3 matchup. Cheatham County opens the season at Hunters Lane in week one.
White House won Region 5-4A and completed the first 0-10 to 10-0 turnaround in TSSAA high school football history, but banged up on the interior line heading into the playoffs, White House saw the season crash in the second round at home to Jackson South Side. The Blue Devils are picked second in the region this year behind Springfield and open the season ironically on the same field as the jamboree, returning the following week to play East Robertson.
Harpeth (4-6, 1-4) vs. Community (4-6, 2-4)
Harpeth missed the playoffs, finishing fifth in a very tough Region 6-3A and beating only Stewart County for the lone region win. The Indians start the season at home against Clarksville Academy in week one.
Community competes in Region 5-2A and also missed the playoffs, beating Summertown and Loretto but landing fifth in the standings. The Vikings open the season at home against Cornersville.
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As local governments scramble to enact ordinances to provide for licensed commercial cannabis activities, and with the upcoming November election fast approaching, California had no choice but to address the fact that temporary licenses are only authorized through December 31, 2018. Currently, under Business & Professions Code §26050.1, the last day for any of the three licensing agencies will be December 31, 2018 to issue or extend a temporary license. Given that the temporary licenses are only valid for 120 days, come April 2019, California was looking at a serious problem. Some of our clients submitted annual applications as early as May or June 2018, which have still not been issued; in fact, we have heard nothing from the licensing authorities on the annual applications we have filed other than a notification (sometimes, sometimes we need to log in and check) that the temporary license was extended.
1. The applicant must already hold a temporary license (issued prior to December 31, 2018).
The take away: encourage your local authorities to act with deliberate speed in issuing a local authorization so applicants have the ability to secure a temporary license before December 31, 2018. We have seen some cities, like San Diego, issue a local approval letter, but condition actual operations on the city issuing a Certificate of Occupancy, which we think makes all the sense in the world. This allows local jurisdictions to maintain control, but at the same time ensure that the process proceeds without having to wait on annual licenses being issued. Without temporary licenses secured, provisional licenses are meaningless for those caught in the local processing backlog.


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I just joined today, and I'm a total newbie to NDS and carts, so forgive me if these questions are stupid. I've read reviews, but some of them haven't been updated in 2 years so again I appologize if these have been covered before.
First the carts mentioned in the topic don't have any compatibility issues with GBA games any more?
Second they'll all boot from the R4 in slot 1?
Third the menus on the slot 2 cards if any are usable with the direction pad and a/b/x/y buttons?
I'm looking for something in slot 2 that just does GBA games.
I will have 20, maybe 30 roms on the card, so I don't particularly care if it's SD or internal storage. I don't care how it looks physically or how sucky the GUI is as long as it's navigable without the touchscreen and it fits well in the slot on the DS Lite.


The era of the tough guy may be over and the ultimate hardass is surprisingly fine with that.
Defensive Back and eyeblack enthusiast spent his career chasing quarterbacks and gobbling up runners, but he's far from strident when the cameras turn off. We're not going to call it gentleness because that would be ridiculous, but he seems calm and he seems proud of his ability to be calm. It's a trait he admires and one he hopes to encourage in coaches, the men who (in theory anyway) encourage young players. With his new show "
," Lewis has set out to set whistleblowers straight, but he's not yelling this time. He's basically asking why we can't all just get along.
This will sound odd to the millions of fans who still think of Lewis as a football monster, the guy young running backs fear might be hiding under their bed. But it isn't weird for Lewis, who insists that he rarely tackles anyone anymore and gives very few rousing, expletive-laced speeches to his kids - even the one who plays at "The U."
talked to the thoughtful maneater about the future of the game he dominated, why his particularly brand of stardom might not be long for the league, and the perverse joy of watching a Super Bowl team lose.
Do you think the version of football we saw this season - that we'll see in the Super Bowl - is the same thing we'll be seeing in a decade?
I don't know. Probably not. That's the biggest question in my line of work right now. Where is the game headed? Where do we go now that players are bigger, stronger and faster. I say it all the time: We just don't know.
You don't see the status quo as sustainable.
It's an unpredictable thing. The game has changed a lot and it will keep on changing. The only thing that won't change is this: It's about running and tackling. There's just so much other stuff that's distracting. If I was going to go on a rant about all the distraction around football we'd be here for hours.
Speaking of distractions, your PR person just asked me to not ask about Deflategate, which is more than fine by me. Does it get frustrating as a commentator to always be asked for a hot take?
You have to choose the things you speak about and the things you don't speak about. That's the thing that TV gives you and I try to be smart about it. What I care about is the product, which is the players. That's my job as a leader and a sort of father figure for this game.
That's interesting. I think most people would say that the games are the product, but you don't feel that way.
The players are what puts people in seats. You go to a football game to watch players and what keeps the game alive is individual stories and individual life decisions. People don't think about how many decisions are being made on and off the field, but that's what the sport actually is.
Here's the thing: I'm a man and a father and a son and then I go work in the NFL. Players are people and they have to figure out how to be their own brands as well. The bigger brand, the league, will exist forever regardless of any single one of us, so players have to watch out for themselves and their futures.
One of the big things this season was the rise of JJ Watt and, to a lesser degree, Kam Chancellor. Those guys are big scary defensemen from the Ray Lewis mold. Do you think that type of stardom based on a hard-as-nails persona will still be a thing going forward?
I really don't know. I like those guys, but things change.
A few years back when you were still terrifying quarterbacks, I don't know that we would have predicted a future in which you became the voice telling coaches to calm down.
When you've got that job, you've gotta play a little pissed off. It is what it is. But the people over me over the years always had different ways to coach. My thing was respecting players as people. There are plenty of ways to get a kid's attention without smashing them into the ground and you don't really know people's circumstances so you've got to try to give everyone some space.
Were there any particular coaches you felt like you learned a lot from over the years?
I remember there was a game in which Marvin Lewis made a specific defensive call that I didn't like and I lost it. He pulled me over on the sidelines and he said, "Listen, no matter if we disagree or not, you've gotta make it work - then we'll talk." He taught me that you've got to know your influence on other people. I was distracting people. So I started to change and really focused on encouraging people, still giving feedback but trying to get them ready for the next thing.
How much of your concern is really about the way coaches are behaving in youth leagues?
A lot of kids spend more time with their coaches than with their parents. If we're going to be fathering them either way, we might as well be good at it. Men should be working on that.
And parents may be more reluctant now than ever to have there kids play ball. Do you think that coaches have to change their behavior as health risks become more widely understood?
Listen, there's risks in everything you do. There's risks in being a fireman or a policeman. Not everyone is built to play football. Coaches have to understand that you have to focus on lifestyle because most kids aren't going pro and pros aren't going to make it if life throws them in a bunch of different directions and they don't know how to handle it.
Do you aspire to be an NFL coach?
You know, everything I do right now - whether you want to call it coaching or mentoring or leadership - is coaching. I just don't have the infrastructure or a whistle. But you never know.
Who are you rooting for this week?
Let's just say I know a lot of players in the league and leave it there.
What do you look for when you're watching a Super Bowl?
I get to watch the irony of that big game, which is that one of those teams will have had a great, successful season and made it through the playoffs and walk away completely disappointed. Sports are rough like that. Half the guys on that field - no one will want to talk to them afterwards.


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The largest private prison company in America is changing its name in an attempt to overhaul a business that has been dogged by accusations of inmate abuse and violence.
Corrections Corporation of America, which runs more than 70 prisons and houses 70,000 inmates around the country, is rebranding as "CoreCivic," the company announced on Friday.
The name change comes as the private prison industry is facing some of the rockiest times in its three-decade history. After an inspector general report found substandard living conditions, inadequate medical care, and higher rates of violence at 14 prisons run by CCA and other private companies, the Department of Justice announced in August that it would be phasing out its private prisons. The company's stock fell 35% in one day. Now, the Department of Homeland Security is considering following suit and phasing out privately run immigration detention centers, with a decision expected to be announced by the end of next month.
Meanwhile, watchdog groups, elected officials, and the media are devoting more attention to what goes on behind the doors of private prisons. In a blockbuster Mother Jones investigation earlier this year, reporter Shane Bauer went undercover as a private prison guard in a CCA facility in Louisiana and uncovered how cost-cutting was putting guards and prisoners at risk. (That prison is no longer operated by the company.)
The company's new logo.
CoreCivic
Alex Friedmann, a criminal justice activist at the Human Rights Defense Center and former inmate who served six years in a CCA facility, told me he thinks the company's name change is an attempt to escape a damaged brand. The CCA name has "become a liability due to its connection with higher levels of violence, sexual abuse, corruption and questionable cost savings at CCA-run prisons and jails," Friedmann said in an email. "CCA may have changed its name, but its business model, bad corporate practices and sordid history remain the same."
CCA was the first company to come up with the idea of for-profit prisons. Founded in 1983, the company won a contract to run the first private prison in the country in 1984, when it took over a Tennessee jail and juvenile detention center. "You just sell [incarceration] like you were selling cars or real estate or hamburgers," one of its founders told Inc. magazine in the early days.
But as the company grew its portfolio of prisons and jails, they've been trailed by reports of violence, abuse, and neglect. Now the company—like others in the industry—is trying to move beyond just prisons into halfway houses and inmate reentry programs, where they see possibilities for an untapped market with less controversy. Damon Hininger, the company's president and CEO, said in a statement that the rebranding was "the culmination of a multi-year strategy to transform our business from largely corrections and detention services to a wider range of government solutions."
"The CoreCivic name speaks to our ability to solve the tough challenges facing government at all levels and to the deep sense of service that we feel every day to help people," Hininger said. Specifically, he told the Wall Street Journal, that will mean constructing and maintaining more jails and reentry centers instead of operating facilities on a day-to-day basis.
But why "CoreCivic"? The name sounds a little bit like a social studies textbook company, or maybe a socially conscious exercise program for your abs. Perhaps the appeal is that it removes the idea of incarceration from the company's identity—as if whisking the 70,000 inmates it holds behind a closed door.
Carl Takei, a lawyer at the ACLU who studies private prisons, had a different take:
The name change is expected to go into legal effect by the end of the year, the company said. A spokesperson did not respond to a request for an interview about the name change.
Casey Tolan is a National News Reporter for Fusion based in New York City.

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Once upon a time, a school chaplain who was ten years in the job, was asked by a new student in the school, 'what is it you really do around here?' Before he had a chance to think about how he would answer the question, an older student was passing by, and decided to answer for him. He said 'when it comes to our chaplain, well he does everything and nothing, he is just here with us'. Those words, '…here with us' capture the essence of what my role as chaplain is about here in Good Counsel College. Chaplaincy is not that much concerned with maintaining structures, programmes, or other tasks, it is about being a person of faith in God.
It is about meeting the people who go to make Good Counsel College in to the caring place that it is to day; and supporting them, i.e., staff and students. Because this is an AUGUSTINIAN SCHOOL, as chaplain I try to promote the Augustinian core values that St Augustine wished for his first followers, they are, unity, truth and love intent upon God.
Hopefully, this means that all who study and work here feel that we are part of a community on the road to God, and the daily tasks of education. This does not mean that the chaplain has all the answers or inspiration. Here in Good Counsel, I work as part of a team of people who show care and concern for others in so many special ways, I learn from them, I rely on them to help me to be that person of faith presence in our school.
And who better to help me in all of this, but our students, they are really great men, whose good company I enjoy. Last but not least; a teacher from our staff, Helen Bolger, also work as school chaplain. She is a gift in what she brings as chaplain to the school. And no doubt she will keep me on my toes!


Some say that it is only possible to view the general through the particular: real examples are the best way to see something as it generally is. Now a whole dog is more than just a wagging tail: particular examples may not tell it all. Nevertheless I share two experiences of the Council of Assembly which highlight something which is complicated but important if the Church is to be faithful in its present task of engaging in the mission of God in the world now.
The Council of Assembly developed a Strategic Framework which it brought to the 2011 General Assembly for approval. It passed without question and successive years saw no real engagement. As well as the plan for the Trustees' Report this framework informed spending around £70million annually for the vast majority of the General Assembly's agencies. It was large-scale thinking hardly noticed.
The 2016 Assembly took nearly two hours, intruding into lunch, to investigate and debate the appointment of the new Ministries Council Secretary largely because her husband was being proposed to the same Assembly as the new Council of Assembly Secretary.
Both strategy and staffing are important. The issue of strategic direction for the 'national' church as articulated in the Strategic Framework received virtually no mention at any of the five Assemblies from 2011; an appointment which did not require Assembly approval was discussed for two hours.
Big, general (and of necessity slightly vague) issues are not addressed well by the Assembly. Specific issues are more readily grasped and discussed. It's similar in local churches. A decision to spend quarter of a million pounds refurbishing halls or sanctuary can be agreed reasonably quickly (though that sort of spending has to be a strategic issue) while hours are spent debating the colour of the carpets. Something clear and definite is more attractive than something general and complex.
We cannot, though, leave determination of the overall strategic vision to a select few. We all need to be involved; and involvement needs to be made more possible.
But we stand in a tradition, recalled with particular clarity in this quincentenary of the start of the Reformation, which values principle and vision, and which (in the words of Ian Bradley in last month's Life and Work) 'values the theological insights and innovations made by [the Reformers] … and what we can still affirm in [Protestantism] and build on it.' We cannot restrict ourselves to mere detail, though we must scrutinize carefully. We need to create vision. Together.
A second challenge is that of of co-operation. I am slightly depressed when our system of church government is described as 'instutionalized distrust'. In presbyterianism (strictly 'rule by elders' – in the plural), no individual makes significant binding decisions; most are taken by some group or other, and virtually all decisions are subject to review in the main by another independent group. If you see that as instutionalizing distrust, the rallying cry might be: 'Trust individuals to get on with it'.
But you can see things another way. Presbyterianism might, for profoundly theological reasons, advance a 'doctrine of collaboration' (which might find echoes in our understanding of the Trinity). Our processes might compel us to plan together, work together, and succeed – or not – together. Such a doctrine resists those who would like to get away with more, or who enjoy exercising power, or who don't want the tiresome task of explaining what they're thinking or planning.
Working well together requires clear thinking and communicating, and a willingness to explain one's working. Often this is deeply helpful, if somewhat ponderous. If we had systems which allowed people to work well together speedily but carefully, we might do presbyterianism better. (And there are ways other than ours to do it).
One challenge facing us are the formal and procedurally demanding processes we insist upon. These suffocate the energy or life out of working together. Where other than the Assembly would collaboration engage six hundred colleagues simultaneously? Where else would one team member on a raised platform flanked by specialists and staff aim to 'get through' the Assembly the ideas developed by them, with as little comment as possible?
Serious but hard-to-encapsulate issues which require careful thinking are difficult to convey. Other organisations, though, have systems enabling alternative possibilities to be canvassed without putting proposers 'at the bar' with procedural and spatial clues (think of the layout of the Assembly Hall) which enhance a sense of the confrontational in Assembly decision-making.
The consequence of such a rigid, formal approach is disinterest. There is little clamour for commissions to the General Assembly. There were no Petitions nor Overtures from presbyteries to the 2016 General Assembly. Yet without such engagement, we hardly have presbyterianism at all.
One consequence is an increasing sense of separation between the thinking, planning and working of the 'central church' and that of the regional and local church. The hallways of '121' are not populated by strange people or career clergy. it is almost as though there at two different churches at work. 'What has George Street do to with Coldstream and Eccles?' my friend David Taverner, Minister in those linked charges, might say.
The answer is, in some ways, quite a lot. There is a range of 'national' initiatives which ought properly to be carried out on that scale. Providing social care (with an annual budget well in excess of £40million), dealing with national government policies, producing printed resources for use throughout the church, providing legal advice and work, and operating a payroll and pension system for over one thousand people in parishes and the church offices are some. Devolving this to presbyteries would be inappropriate; individual congregations could hardly begin to address much of it.
But there is also a set of quite separate, different regional and local concerns. Worship is led, the sacraments are celebrated, funerals are conducted, roofs leak and are repaired, elders visit, ways of engaging with all sorts of communities are planned and developed and a very great deal of this never goes near Assembly agencies. Often, the Church offices have no need to make contact; that in itself creates the feeling that no-one cares (and may be compounded when, in time of need, no-one there seems to be around to take the call).
The two expressions of church are in some respects quite separate. If this pattern continues, there may be in effect two quite disconnected churches: one 'national', the other local (but present all across the nation). Let me stop there for a moment and try to capture the two problems I have tried to identify in a diagram.
Our system does not anticipate such division. The General Assembly voting members are drawn from congregations sitting within presbyteries. Yet Assembly decisions are mainly focused on the national church agenda, drawn up (in the absence of an alternative) by those working within Assembly agencies.
Until recently there has been no real connection between national strategic planning (necessary in a large organisation such as the church) and the needs and aspirations of local congregations. The Council of Assembly is undertaking road-shows to engage with the regional and local church. It will be interesting to see how this year's Report reflects on this engagement. Even that initiative is from the national to the local. There is another direction, which lies at the heart of our system of church government: that is from the local to the national.
Both national and local / regional church matter, but there is (presently) one source of resourcing both. That is why we need, across the church, to be more collaborative.
A connection between the national picture and local expressions of Christian faith may be put bluntly: How much of our Ministries and Mission (M&M) contributions should be spent in congregations, and how much used for 'national' purposes? More importantly, from year to year, who makes these difficult and important decisions?
We have been able to avoid the question recently because the reducing number of ministers has eased, somewhat, the burden on the whole system and has allowed some flexibility. This was largely focused on presbyteries whose allocation has increased from 3% to 5% of their M&M allocation. This deliberate policy aimed to support regional planning and develop vision at a finer grain size than the 'national' but it will be interesting to see if regional church grasps the opportunity to plan. If it does not, the argument for national planning is strengthened despite the weaknesses I've outlined.
It's about more than money. People are becoming scarcer, too; the number of available ministers decreases year on year. Resource questions will become sharper and more difficult even as their answers become more urgent.
So I want to offer two ways of overcoming what I have argued is a dislocation between the local and the national.
First, presbyteries should grasp the opportunity to think big, and if necessary in complex ways, about Christian witness, service and ministry in their areas. This is the time for creatively exercising faith, attempting what is new without prejudicing the good in what is older. Please don't simply remit the M&M allowance back to congregations, unless there is a clear and well-argued reason for doing that.
Instead, use it to meet in conference, collaborate with other organisations and presbyteries to engage new expertise, explore how we might together meet the challenges of this new age. You have more resource available to you; please, use it.
Second, we should become who we are, and take the idea of a General 'Assembly' more seriously. Presbyteries should arrange to flex their muscles to make significant contributions. Let's not debate Assembly agency issues to the exclusion of all else. The present dislocation in part comes from overstretched presbyteries which have stepped back from active involvement in General Assembly decision-making while the centrally-supported and staffed Council structure has not.
Presbyteries can better resource those who are commissioned so that they are able to engage with understanding. The Youth Delegates offer us a collaborative example. They stay in the same place, spend some free time reading the Reports for the next day, helping each other understand them, encouraging each other to frame good questions and supporting each other to ask them. Which presbyteries are organising themselves like this?
I'd be astonished if a Council convener wouldn't jump at the change to engage with an interested group of commissioners keen to learn more in a less formal setting. Why don't we help commissioners grapple with the material, understand the issues and ask the good questions?
When we meet in General Assembly, let's be guided in part by presbyteries. Presbyteries can in their right bring matters directly to the Assembly. None was so brought in 2016. At the Methodist Conference that year the denomination's regional structure brought three dozen suggestions, recommendations or requests for greater clarification of what was being done centrally. They have a much less cumbersome and formal system and that may assist them; we still have a robust, effective way of being heard. We are choosing not to use it.
What if there were two Overtures from presbyteries on each major Council report? This would help set that Council's agenda for the coming year at least in in part informed by the needs and aspirations of the regional church. To complain that the slimmed-down Council structure limits regional involvement misses the point. Presbyteries should set the agenda from the start, at the Assembly. Presbyteries – and especially groups of them – are not too parochial for their needs to set national agendas. At least potentially, they offer a necessary dose of realism.
What if the Assembly gave over one or two days to consider the regional church point of view? A morning's debate on a subject determined by presbyteries, followed by reports on what is happening in local churches, with themes perhaps identified by presbyteries who met and established common themes across Scotland? Why should Councils always set the agendas?
The irony is that those who stand at the front of the Assembly are, on the whole, deeply involved in local congregations and presbyteries. It is not the people who are at fault. It is not even the system. It is the use we make of it.
If we recapture a sense of our call as the people of God engaged together in the mission of God in contemporary Scotland and beyond, we will want to make use of all the processes already around to enable resources to be best placed to respond across the nation and beyond to Christ's call.
We will engage in service and mission, continue to preach, pastor and proclaim that Christ is Lord in local places all over the place. That's not a 'national' issue as much as it is a collective of local issues. We have gathered the local in sensible regional groupings (and we might want to refine and develop this for changed circumstances). Having done that, let's make use of it.
It might just be, as I said at the start, that the general can only be seen through the specific. It might just be that an issue, or an insightful response, comes from examining particular cases. And we are more likely to see helpful particular cases in specific places, locally and regionally, than we are if we start from a large but vague overall view imported from elsewhere.
If the General Assembly were to take some of its cue from regional issues it might gain more traction. We might even become more able to things better by learning to do them well together. Are we going to take this step of greater collaboration in a different way, though one which is clearly open to us? And is this what God is calling us to do at this challenging time?


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Posts Tagged 'Brian Paddick'
Tim Farron Bows Out
Posted by jonathanfryer on Wednesday, 14th June, 2017
Earlier today, Tim Farron stood down as Leader of the Liberal Democrats after barely two years in the job. He didn't have to do so, as the LibDems increased their number of MPs by 50% last week, in contrast to 2015, when there was devastation for the party at the polls, and Nick Clegg had little alternative but to fall upon his sword; that was despite having achieved really rather a lot as Deputy Prime Minister of Britain's only post-War Coalition government. I did not back Tim in his leadership contest with Norman Lamb, partly because of his seeming ambivalence over LGBT rights, despite the fact that LibDems had been instrumental in bringing about Equal Marriage during the Coalition government. But that wasn't the only reason. I thought Tim had been absolutely brilliant as President of the Party and he can certainly wow an audience of the faithful, with a good line in jokes and self-deprecation. But could I see him ever as Prime Minister, or indeed Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition? The answer had to be "no". Of course, there was little other choice on offer two years ago, as most of the so-called Big Beasts of the previous parliament had lost their seats. At least the situation now is better, as several of them have returned to the green benches, including Vince Cable, Ed Davey and Jo Swinson (as well as some brilliant new talent). Tim was brave to pin his pro-European colours to the mast in the election that was sprung upon the nation a few weeks ago by Theresa May; I could only applaud that. But at times during the campaign he did seem to be coming across (unfairly) as a one-trick pony. Moreover, catastrophically, for weeks he failed to address the issue of whether he considered homosexual sex to be a sin, despite urgent pleas from LibDems' LGBT+. Similarly, though he was perfectly entitled to declare himself a true Friend of Israel (as many Christian Evangelicals are), he turned a deaf ear to appeals to balance that with an equally clear stand on justice for the Palestinians and against Islamophobia.
This afternoon, (Lord) Brian Paddick, who had been acting as the LibDems' Shadow Home Secretary recently, resigned from that post because of the Leader's apparent ambivalence on LGBT rights and other classic "liberal" issues. I support absolutely an individual politician's right to hold strong religious or moral views, but as Tim made clear today in his dignified resignation statement, there was a perceived contradiction in his own situation which was played on mercilessly by sections of the media and the Labour Party. All of Tim's constituents that I have met over the years praise him to the skies, even if his majority was slashed last week. I hope whoever takes over after the forthcoming leadership contest (which, according to party governance, must go out to the whole membership) will find an appropriate role for him as a policy spokesman. Tim's two years at the helm saw a doubling of the party membership and without doubt he had a different, distinctive voice from that of either Mrs May or Jeremy Corbyn. So, thank you, Tim, sincerely, for all that you have done. Now we LibDems must brace ourselves to go onwards and upwards.
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London LibDem Conference
Posted by jonathanfryer on Saturday, 20th October, 2012
London Liberal Democrats descended on Croydon today for our autumn conference, which also featured a Question and Answer session with nine of the ten shortlisted London Euro-candidates. The full hustings will be at Friends House, Euston Road, on Sunday 4 November. But the star turn of the day today was guest speaker Elif Shafak, the Turkish novelist who writes in both Turkish and English, including penning articles for The Guardian from time to time. She read an extract from her latest novel and also spoke on the theme of identity and belonging, especially in the context of a migratory life. While no model of multiculturalism is perfect, she feels London is an amazing place to be, and rather regrets that Kemalist Turkey modeled itself on France, laicité and all. Today was also special as it provided a platform to launch the by-election campaign for the newly-selected Croydon North Liberal Democrat candidate Marisha Ray. By a coincidence that Dame Edna Everage would undoubtedly have termed 'spooky' we had chosen Croydon as the venue for this year's autumn conference long before there was any inkling that the poor Labour MP for Croydon North — the much-respected Malcolm Wicks — would pass away, leaving a vacancy. In the extended lunch-break, accordingly, most of us set off to the constituency to do some delivery and surveying, and a very friendly reception we got too. In the afternoon, Tom Brake MP, newly appointed Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, explained entertaingly what that job entails. Brian Paddick made an excellent power-point presentation on leadership and then the man who will succeed me as regional Chair when I step down at the end of the year, Mike Tuffrey, gave a speech which proved why he is a very sound choice.
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London Liberal Democrats' Spring Conference
Posted by jonathanfryer on Sunday, 1st April, 2012
With just over a month to go to the London Mayoral and GLA elections, London Liberal Democrats had their minds firmly focussed on campaigning when we gathered in the East Wintergarden at Canary Wharf yesterday, chaired by (Baroness) Susan Kramer. The mayoral candidate Brian Paddick alongside Caroline Pidgeon, head of the GLA list, presented a summary of their manifesto, which had largely been drawn up my outgoing GLA member Mike Tuffrey, who also gave a presentation on housing. There were several innovations at the conference, including a speech on Extremism by Maajid Nawaz of the Quilliam Foundation and some stunning unaccompanied singing by Pauline Pearce, the "heroine of Hackney" who is the Party's candidate in the Hackney Central council by-election that will take place on the same day as the main London poll, 3 May. There was also a "trialogue" question time which I chaired with a panel comprising London MEP (Baroness) Sarah Ludford, (Baroness) Sally Hamwee and Caroline Pidgeon. Ed Davey, the Secretary of State of Energy and Climate Change, spoke about his role in government and MPs Tom Brake and Simon Hughes shared their views on the current state of play. A central message was that Liberal Democrats should be proud of what we have achieved as the junior partner in Government but we will be campaigning in these elections on a purely Liberal Democrat platform, even if that sometimes diverges from Coalition policy. At the drinks reception at the end of the busy day several participants said it was the best London Liberal Democrat ever, for which thanks must go to Conference Committee Chair Jill Fraser and her team, including Pete Dollimore, who facilitated the training sessions going on in parallel with the plenary.
(photo by Merlene Emerson)
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Team London in Worcester Park
Posted by jonathanfryer on Wednesday, 15th February, 2012
Mayoral candidate Brian Paddick, GLA list candidate Shas Sheehan and I joined Paul Burstow MP, leading Sutton councillors and of course the Worcester Park by-election candidate Roger Roberts this evening for a final eve-of-poll push in that pleasant part of suburban South West London. The Liberal Democrats seem to have been running Sutton for ever, winning many 'green' accolades in the process, but nothing can be taken for granted at the moment, even in a fight that is essentially against the Tories. The Conservatives have been strugggling for years to try to wrest back control of Sutton, yet despite the ongoing gentrification of many of the streets in the borough they've so far failed to make the breakthrough. Indeed, in the 2010 local elections — held on the same day as the General Election — they not only failed to snatch either, let alone both, of the parliamentary constituencies in Sutton but also proved unable to dent the majority of the Liberal Democrat council. This only goes to show that the electorate appreciates local campaigners who work hard on their behalf. Labour, of course, are the 'also rans' in this part of London, and it will be interesting to see if UKIP manages to push them into fourth place. I've never really understood why UKIP fights local elections, frankly, but I suppose it is to prove that they are a grown-up political party. It's a pity some of their elected representatives in the European Parliament demonstrate the contrary. Anyway, tomorrow is polling day in Worcester Park, with the weather promised to be considerably milder than it has been of late, so London Liberal Democrats' Team London will once again be out in force, getting out the vote. And it would be great to see Roger Roberts back on the Council.
Link: http://sutton-libdems.org.uk
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The Sound of London Liberal Democrats
Posted by jonathanfryer on Wednesday, 8th February, 2012
The Ministry of Sound is used to revving people up at its base in London's Elephant and Castle, but this evening the throbbing crowd was somewhat different than usual in that it was made up of Liberal Democrat activists, in party mode. The event was the launch of the LibDems' London2012 election campaign, compered by local MP and Deputy Leader, Simon Hughes. Party President Tim Farron gave an upbeat speech, underlining how seriously the Federal Party is taking the London elections this time, in contrast to previous occasions. Both the mayoral candidate, Brian Paddick, and the leader of the GLA team, Caroline Pidgeon, gave sterling performances, against the backdrop line-up of the impressive and diverse phalanx of GLA list and constituency candidates. The point was made — as it will be repeatedly to the electorate over the next 12 weeks — that last time the LibDems were just pipped at the post for the final seat on the proportional represnetation list by the BNP. This time, we will be fighting hard to get that fourth seat back, and who better to achieve that than Shas Sheehan, a Muslim woman who has already proved her worth as a former Richmond Councillor and parliamentary candidate for Wimbledon at the 2010 General Election. In 2000, we got five London Assembly members, which must be a target we can aim for this year. If successful that would also see Merlene Emerson, Chair of Chinese Liberal Democrats, catapulted into City Hall. When I took over as Chairman of London Liberal Democrats in January 2010, I was determined to up our game, to help make the organisation more professional and to build the sense of London-wide identity for local parties and activists. This evening's event at the Ministry of Sound (courtesy of James Paulmbo) was yet another step upwards in that journey. And I am happy that in Brian Paddick we have a mayoral candidate who is an impressive figurehead, with particular expertise on policing matters, moreover one who is determined — as he said tonight — to lead a 'radical and risky' Liberal Democrat campaign — in the best sense of both those adjectives!
Link: http://libdems4london.org.uk and www.brianpaddick.com Video: http://youtu.be/ZSmgrczJNCU
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Chinese Liberal Democrat Dragons
Posted by jonathanfryer on Thursday, 2nd February, 2012
Chinese New Year, like Christmas, is an extendable feast, so there was still a vibrant celebratory spirit when Chinese Liberal Democrats (CLD) filled the whole of the large Tuli Chinese Restaurant by London Bridge station in Southwark this evening. There was a serious fundraising side to the affair, for the May London Mayoral and GLA elections, so the LibDems' Mayoral candidate, Brian Paddick, was much in evidence, alongside a number of the party's impressive and very multicultural GLA candidates, including Merlene Emerson, the Singapore-born Chair of CLD. She had put a huge amount of effort into organising the event and co-presented it along with the irrepressible Joseph Wu, formerly of Spectrum Radio but now working mainly (on a non-party political basis) to encourage British Chinese to register to vote and to use their vote in all elections. It was pointed out that the LibDems have more ethnic Chinese councillors than any other party, and of course our sister party, the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, has a Chinese member of Stormont too. Guest speakers at the 12-course banquet were Sir Graham Watson, President of the European Liberal Democrats (ELDR) — who used to work for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank and still keeps a keen interest in EU-China affairs — and Lord (Tim) Clement-Jones, long-time party grandee, whose main claim to fame this evening he declared was having a Chinese mother-in-law. The food was remarkably authentic, unlike that in most Chinese restaurants in London, and we were entertained between courses by a very flirtatious dancing lion and an exhibition of Chinese martial arts. This New Year, as everyone should know by now, is the Year of the Dragon and it was underlined that in China dragons are far friendlier creatures than those of Western legends. So perhaps Merlene Emerson and her predecessor as Chair of CLD, Cllr Linda Chung of Hampstead (who was of course also present tonight), won't mind my calling them the two Dragon Empresses of London Liberal Democrats, whose work promoting the values of liberal democracy within the Chinese community has been exemplary.
Link: http://chineselibdems.org.uk
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When Nick Clegg Came to Worcester Park
Posted by jonathanfryer on Friday, 27th January, 2012
As Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg has more than enough to fill his diary, but it is good that he continues to meet with LibDem members from time to time, to hear their concerns and field their questions. He seems to relish the latter, not only at party conferences, but also at gatherings such as the one organised at short notice in a school hall in Worcester Park in Sutton this afternoon. The event was cleverly timed so that those activists with a free hour or so afterwards could join Roger Roberts and his campaign team in the forthcoming Worcester Park council by-election. Flanked by the borough's two LibDem MPs, Paul Burstow and Tom Brake, as well as London Mayoral candidate Brian Paddick, Nick was bowled a series of difficult balls, including queries about a possible war with Iran, the replacement (or not) of Trident and the future of the euro (what an internationalist party we are!). Actually, on that last issue, the questioner asked whether Nick could ever envisage Britain joining the euro, to which he rightly replied (here I paraphrase) that one should never say never but it was hardly a likely scenario in his political lifetime. In the meantime, he stressed, it is important that Britain is not isolated from the EU. I can imagine he must have some free and frank discussions with the PM on this, but I hope in the run-up to the Euro-elections he will champion the benefits of Britain's membership, as well as the need for some reforms. Otherwise, given the Eurosceptic drift in the Tory Party, the nature of the popular Press and Labour's weak stance on European issues, the matter will go by default, with serious longterm consequences for Britain (as well as for the Liberal Democrats).
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Cruising the Thames with Brian Paddick
Posted by jonathanfryer on Saturday, 10th December, 2011
London Liberal Democrats scored a 'first' last night when about a hundred of us were entertained on a Thames river cruise aboard the M.V. Eltham. We were blessed with a clear night, which meant that the illuminated buildings on either shore looked truly magnificent. The new vista of Tower Bridge with the half-completed Shard of Glass rearing up not that far away was particularly striking. The event was a fundraiser for the London 2012 Mayoral and GLA campaigns, with mayoral candidate Brian Paddick and most of the GLA candidates on board — indeed one of them, Merlene Emerson, was the prime organiser of the event. After a supper of lasagne and salad, we were given a performance of African music and dance by a group from the university where I teach, SOAS, and the evening was compered with Yuletide panache by LibDem activist Ben Mathis, whose jokes were as corny and seasonal as those inside Christmas crackers. I was roped in to be Santa Claus — my fault for growing a white beard, I suppose — and doled out the raffle prizes from a scarlet sack. The whole evening was a great success, as well as being fun; the London campaign is more advanced and already better funded than in 2008, and Brian Paddick is positively fizzing and popping with energy for the fight ahead.
Link: http://libdems4london.org.uk
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Paddy Ashdown Is Frightened
Posted by jonathanfryer on Wednesday, 9th November, 2011
The London Liberal Democrats' fundraising dinner at the National Liberal Club this evening of course featured Brian Paddick and Caroline Pidgeon (hot-foot from the Evening Standard's 1000 most influential Londoners awards), who both spoke of the importance of next year's London elections. But the keynote speaker was former party leader Paddy Ashdown — now apparently carving out a career for himself as the sane alternative to David Starkey as a TV presenter — who instead focussed on the state of the world. After a well-rehearsed joke about George Brown in Peru, Paddy gave us a pretty bleak overview of short-term prospects. He said he was 'frightened, very frightened' by the way that the stakes are being raised in the West's standoff with Iran. If Israel launches a pre-emptive strike against supposed nuclear weapons installations in Iran, the situation could become very dangerous, he said. On this I felt he was being quite mild; I fear it would bring about Armageddon — for the Israelis. Intriguingly, Paddy was barracked, if not exactly heckled, by one member present about the LibDems' failure to engage with the people protesting outside St Paul`s (Occupy LSX). Brian Paddick popped up and said he had been to speak to them, but whereas he sympathised with what they were protesting about (corporate greed and bankers' mismanagement and overpayment), he could not detect a clear message from the protestors about any solution. Perhaps that is the job of the Liberal Democrats, though it will not be easy from within the Coalition government.
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Launching Brian Paddick
Posted by jonathanfryer on Monday, 5th September, 2011
Brian Paddick's campaign as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London had its press launch at the Party's new national HQ in Westminster this morning, with most of the GLA List candidates — headed by Caroline Pidgeon — also present. Media included the BBC, ITN and the Press Association, as well as Spectrum Radio. Simon Hughes MP, deputy leader of the LibDems, introduced Brian, making the point that recent events in London have underlined why having a candidate with hands-on experience of policing is singularly relevant. The current Mayor, Boris Johnson, has proved his inability to oversee London's policing personally, whereas Brian would relish the task. Inevitably, law and order figured prominently in the Q&A at the launch, but Brian was keen to emphasize the fact that he is not a one-trick pony. He has the expertise of the current GLA members — Dee Doocey, Caroline Pidgeon and Mike Tuffrey — to draw on, and he will now embark on a listening exercise during which he will go round every borough in the city, finding out what is on people's minds so the public can have an input into the final London LibDem manifesto that will be unveiled in the New Year.
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In addition to her role as Donna Pinciotti on the Emmy Award-winning sitcom "That '70s Show", Laura Prepon has also been a director and author, and she has been recognized as one of the top actors.
She has also acted in a few notable films over the course of her television career, including the romantic drama Come Early Morning (2006), the comedy Lay the Favorite (2012), as well as several other noteworthy films.
Biography Of Laura Prepon
In Watchung, New Jersey, United States of America, Laura Prepon was born on the 7th of March 1980 and is currently a resident of New York.
As a young girl, Laura Prepon was raised by her mother, Marjorie, a high school teacher, and her father, Michael Prepon, an orthopedic surgeon.
Her four older siblings are Danielle, Jocelyn, and Stephanie, all sisters, and Brad Prepon, a brother. There is no doubt that Laura's great-great-grandfather was a Civil War general in the Union Army during the time of Joseph Bradford Carr.
Preporn graduated from Watchung Hills Regional High School in New Jersey in 1995 after studying for four years in the school. Then, after attending the Total Theatre Lab in New York City for a few months, she became interested in acting, and she enrolled there to study acting as a profession.
While studying ballet, jazz, and modern dance, she also appeared in several stage productions of A Woman of Property and Ascension Day during this time.
Laura Prepon Plastic Surgery
In addition to her popularity as a celebrity, Laura Prepon is the latest celebrity to evoke speculations about plastic surgery among the public.
As a result of the recent news regarding Laura Prepon plastic surgery, a lot of claims are being made by her fans. In spite of the fact that Laura Prepon does not look the same as she did in the past, there were always rumors of her having plastic surgery.
As a woman of her age, she appears to be much younger and fresher than she really is. To achieve the fresh look she currently possesses, it is likely that the actress underwent Botox treatments.
On the forehead and face, she already had wrinkles and lines visible on them, and she was now showing signs of aging.
However, now all the lines and creases on her face have vanished as though they were never there before.
It has been noted that Laura Prepon has undergone Botox treatment on the brow area to lift her eyebrows and open her eyes, as well as smooth out the foreheads of women.
According to a plastic surgery expert who specializes in this field, Laura's appearance seems to have been refined in some way. Her cheeks are shaped in such a way that plastic surgery may have been necessary to shape them.
Compared to her before picture, you can see how fuller and more lifted the apples of her cheeks look, probably thanks to fillers such as Juvederm, Voluma, or Sceptre that have been applied.
Dating Life Of Laura Prepon
There has been an engagement between Laura Prepon and Ben Foster, a longtime friend and boyfriend of Laura's, since 2016. It has been reported that the couple is planning to marry soon after the delivery of his daughter, which was born in 2017.
At film festivals, they were both seen together, and Prepon looked as if he was at ease with Foster in those situations. As a result, the two long-term friends went from being friends to dating after a period of time, and they have been together ever since.
Following their engagement in January 2017, the couple announced that they were expecting a child three months later. The couple welcomed their first child into the world in August 2017.
Final Verdicts
As a result of her stunning beauty and talent, the actress has amassed a net worth of $12 million. Although Laura Prepon is living a very luxurious lifestyle, it is true that all of this is the result of the hard work that she has put into her life.
The news regarding Laura Prepon plastic surgery has also contributed to her staying in the headlines for a very long time and will likely continue to do so.


Clapton Community Drop In is a grass roots project that offers real and immediate help to people in our community who are struggling to understand the systems that they need navigate to maintain or regain a safe and secure life.
It runs on Sundays alongside the Urban Table soup kitchen and on Wednesdays in our main hall and offers a friendly and non-judgemental service where every person who drops in will be listened to and offered help and signposting to give them the support they need.
Working with other projects to give people clothes that can be used for interviews.
We are able to offer this service through the dedicated work of our Project Coordinator Alison and a collection of amazing volunteers. We have supported over 250 people in the last two years and the number of people seeking help is increasing (as are the national statistics on homelessness).
If you would like to volunteer we are looking for people who can commit to at least one session per month. You would receive training and support and in turn you will be able to offer support to those who use the service, particularly in relation to housing, benefits, Job Centre Plus, developing CVs and job search help, as well as health and family related issues.


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The African-American actors and actresses whose names have shone brightly on Broadway marquees earned their place in history not only through hard work, perseverance, and talent, but also because of the legacy left by those who came before them. Like the doors of many professions, those of the theater world were shut to minorities for decades. While the Civil War may have freed the slaves, it was not until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s that the playing field began to level. In this remarkable book, theater producer and historian Stewart F. Lane uses words and pictures to capture this tumultuous century and to highlight the rocky road that black actors have travelled to reach recognition on the Great White Way.
After the Civil War, the popularity of the minstrel shows grew by leaps and bounds throughout the country. African Americans were portrayed by whites, who would entertain audiences in black face. While the depiction of blacks was highly demeaning, it opened the door to African-American performers, and by the late 1800s, a number of them were playing to full houses. By the 1920s, the Jazz Age was in full swing, allowing black musicians and composers to reach wider audiences. And in the thirties, musicals such as George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess and Eubie Blake's Swing It opened the door a little wider.
As the years passed, black performers continued to gain ground. In the 1940s, Broadway productions of Cabin in the Sky, Carmen Jones, and St. Louis Woman enabled African Americans to demonstrate a fuller range of talents, and Paul Robeson reached national prominence in his awarding-winning portrayal of Othello. By the 1950s and '60s, more black actors--including Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, and Sidney Poitier--had found their voices on stage, and black playwrights and directors had begun to make their marks.
Black Broadway provides an entertaining, poignant history of a Broadway of which few are aware. By focusing a spotlight on both performers long forgotten and on those whom we still hold dear, this unique book offers a story well worth telling.


War of the Rebellion: Serial 006 Page 0116 COASTS OF S. C., GA., AND MIDDLE AND EAST FLA. Chapter XV.
pany (A) of his battalion, crossed Watt's Cut first, supported by Lieutenant-Colonel Shingler, with whose command I was principally in position. Moving forward without opposition until near Old Dominion, the enemy's picket there first challenged, when an interchange of shots took place between them and our advance. Moving on past Old Dominion, if I remember aright, a second interchange of shots took place between our advance and the enemy, when I discovered that the head of the column had taken the wrong direction for Bailey's house, which I had determined to attack with this portion of my force.
After the delay thus caused, our guide having placed the advance on the correct road, the march was continued to Bailey's without interruption. On reaching that place it was found deserted. the alarm of the picket and the delay incident to missing the way probably gave the enemy time to escape, as one of prisoners, subsequently taken, stated that there was a company at that point and two companies at Baynard's. Moving on from Bailey's to Whaley's, on reaching the main road we were fired on from the woods on the road-side, but fortunately without any loss on our side. the enemy retiring from the woods, we moved on until near Whaley's, when, several discharges of artillery being heard at that point and the roll of the enemy's drums being also heard from two points beyond Whaley's, I deemed it prudent to retire, as me retreat over the long causeway would have been very disastrous in the face of artillery.
Returning of the cut, we found that at the first five our skirmishers had killed one of the pickets and wounded a second, We there found four muskets. Bringing the wounded and the dead man to Jehossee, I buried the latter and dispatched the wounded man to Pineberry. I understand that he has since died.
The second part of the command, under the guidance of Mr. Seabrook, and the command of Majors Palmer and Garlington, taking a by-path, moved rapidly to Little Edisto Bridge, receiving the fire of pickets and moving steadily forward. At the bridge the enemy offered considerable resistance, but charging in the face of the fire the bridge was carried. Leaving a detachment to destroy the bridge, the main party pushed on for the house of Hanahan. There was considerable resistance on the part of the enemy, but being finally broken, our party captured 19, as follows: First Lieutenant John McElhaney, Corporal Samuel Moorhead, and Noah Fisher, Samuel Campbell, James Steffey, Andy Farren, John L. Taylor, Abr. D. Coy, Nicholas Cameron, Westley Cameron, Robert Crytzer, and L. L. Thompson, all members of Company F, Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania Regiment; Isaac Ream, W. E. Garlinger, John Mars, John Werning, Thomas Lockard, Christian Whitaker, and a sergeant* (name unknown, sent to hospital wounded), of Company H, same regiment. One man was found killed on the field, said to be a non-commissioned officer.
Of our entire command, one private in the cavalry, Kinsler Davis, of Company B, was slightly wounded in the leg; Private Henderson, of Company I, was shot through the arm, and Private Chapman, of Company C, was slightly wounded in the head.
Crossing his men and prisoners is a small boat found at Hanahan's, Major Palmer got off safely to Jehossee. The flats sent by Lieutenant Bates did not arrive until late, thereby greatly retarding the retreat of Major Palmer.


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Lumineers are a brand of porcelain veneers that have been heavily marketed. They are made by Den-Mat, a dental products company in California.
Den-Mat has done a lot of good in helping people understand how porcelain veneers can improve their smiles. But there are some misconceptions that have been created which we would like to clear up.
Many people think that Lumineers are unique. In reality, they are only one brand of porcelain veneers. They do have greater strength than some other brands, so they can be made thinner. But other brands are just as strong and can be made just as thin. DURAthin and Vivaneers are two other brands that have these characteristics.
Some people have a misconception about Lumineers certification. When a dentist pays a fee to Den-Mat and attends a Lumineers course, he or she is granted certification. But there is no test required to get this certification. And any properly trained cosmetic dentist knows how to place porcelain veneers of any brand. There is much training in smile design, color, art, and technique that the Lumineers course doesn't address. So be careful not to put too much emphasis on this certification.
Den-Mat requires that all Lumineers be made at their large dental laboratory in California. Work from this laboratory has been criticized by cosmetic dentists as not being very artistic. Common criticisms are that the teeth are made too long and too bulky and that the coloration is too opaque, flat-looking, and not lifelike.
Dr. Newkirk does a lot of work with ultra-thin veneers, but he doesn't like the Lumineers brand. Instead, he has his own master ceramist who produces custom work and beautiful work for his patients. Let's show you why he does that with photographs.
The photographs below are a sample of work from the Lumineers laboratory. These photos were actually posted on the Lumineers website as a "case of the month" from December 2008, so they represent what the Lumineers company considers their very best work.
But look closely at the results. Do you really think the "after" photograph is better? Expert cosmetic dentists have said that the teeth in the "after" photograph look too bulky and they make her face look fatter. What do you think? Remember the typical criticism of Lumineers: too bulky and too opaque. While at this magnification we can't judge the opacity, we can tell that they are too bulky.
By comparison, check photographs of Dr. Newkirk's ultra-thin veneers below. This patient wanted more even, nicely shaped teeth. She did not want a color change, but wanted them to look as natural as possible. Notice how successfully Dr. Newkirk's master ceramist was able to create a natural-looking smile. You would never know anything was done without seeing the "before" photograph. This is Dr. Newkirk's idea of beautiful cosmetic dentistry – work that no one knows was done.
You may also want to visit our smile gallery to see more of Dr. Newkirk's work. He is known nationally and internationally for the beautiful smiles he creates.


Insects make a very interesting business case which is fuelled by two main drivers.
Driver 1: Growing World Population – Growing Demand for Meat The world population continues to grow and with it the demand for food, especially proteins. It is expected that meat demand is going to double during the next 10 years mainly due to the increasing wealth in the BRIC countries. Our earth is too small to cope with this demand. In this situation, insects could be a high-value alternative protein source, their feed conversion ratio being 5-10 times higher than animal alternatives.
Driver 2: Waste as Feed Organic waste can be fed to insects. This means that insects are not only a high quality protein-alternative with a much better feed conversion ratio, they can also contribute to a better utilisation of waste. So, instead of fermenting organic waste they can either indirectly (e.g. fish feed) or directly be translated into consumer products. Thus the value chain becomes especially interesting.
Insects have already been produced on a relatively small scale for decades. If insects should become a good alternative to for instance fish feed, reliable large scale production systems are needed to realise a proper combination of volume and production costs.
At InsectCentre we work out of the conviction that early-on collaborations across chains between producers, processors and consumers are of great importance in order to have financial success and a good future perspective. InsectCentre organises and facilitates these collaborations.


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VotW – Vauxhall Viceroy Returns to Luton
May 30, 2018 Michael Carnell Classic Cars, Highlights, Vauxhall, Video of the Week Comments Off on VotW – Vauxhall Viceroy Returns to Luton
Our video this week comes from our friends over at Take to the Road. In fact, the featured car, a Vauxhall Viceroy, belongs to the site's own Niall Julian. He told me this about his car and the video:
I own a 1982 Vauxhall Viceroy, a car that I doubt many in N America have ever heard of, despite the General Motors connection. It was a mid range luxury saloon, based on the Opel Commodore C from West Germany. The car was first registered to Vauxhall UK in Luton and a couple of weeks ago I took the Viceroy back to where its journey first started. I went to the Vauxhall Heritage Centre and also got some shots outside the factory in Luton.
How could I resist a car going back to its home?
In the article on Take to the Road, Niall has this to say about the Heritage Centre. Looks like a fascinating place.
The Vauxhall Heritage Centre houses Vauxhall's heritage fleet, a fantastic array of the companies vehicles from as early as 1903 to as late as 2008. The centre isn't open to the public (they do have a few open days during the year), but I was very fortunate to get an invite. Having a rare Viceroy that was first registered to Vauxhall Motor Company Ltd in 1982 helps a lot!
A great video, great article, and it looks like a great time.
Editor at Just British
Michael Carnell is the editor and founder of the Just British Online Motoring Magazine. As a lifelong British car enthusiast, he has owned or driven British cars of all ages from Austins and MGs to Jaguars and Triumphs. He currently owns a 1966 Vanden Plas Princess 1100 and a 1977 MGB. But there is always room for more - no matter what his wife says.
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VotW – 1977 Triumph 2500S
July 20, 2016 Staff Video of the Week, Articles, Classic Cars, Highlights, Triumph Comments Off on VotW – 1977 Triumph 2500S
In their latest video, our friends over at Take to the Road test drive a fine example of one of the last big Triumph saloons, a 1977 Triumph 2500S. This car came up at Classic Central Auctioneers May sale and they had great fun driving it. Watch their film to find out how they got on. Quoting from their article, "The Triumph 2500S was the last in a long line of Triumph and Standard-Triumph big saloon cars. Launched in 1963 at the Earl's Court Motorshow, the new saloon replaced the ageing Standard Vanguard and arose from Triumph's failed Zebu project. With fresh investment from new owner Leyland, who rescued Standard-Triumph in 1961, the new saloon promised much for the future of the company. And when it was launched it was well received by the motoring press and the general public. […]
Vauxhall Celebrating Milestone with GM
May 7, 2015 Staff Corporate Business, Highlights, Marques, Vauxhall Comments Off on Vauxhall Celebrating Milestone with GM
General Motors has become the first car manufacturer in the world to produce 500 million vehicles, as Vauxhall in the UK – GM's fourth largest market – celebrates 90 years of ownership by the US company. Commenting on the milestone achievement, Mary Barra, GM's CEO, said: "During 2015, we expect to sell more than 1,000 new vehicles per hour, 24 hours per day. This adds up to nearly ten million vehicles, the most in our history. I look at this extraordinary volume as ten million opportunities to prove what kind of company we are and to say thank you.' The landmark figure came 90 years after General Motors purchased Vauxhall in 1925 in what was the American company's first overseas acquisition. Luton-based Vauxhall, which is Britain's oldest surviving car manufacturer, quickly repaid GM's investment and to date has sold nearly […]
Not British, but Fiat, Chrysler, and Peugeot = Stellantis
November 9, 2020 Staff Corporate Business, Highlights, Vauxhall 0
n a major step as they move towards the completion of their 50:50 merger as defined in the Combination Agreement announced on 18 December 2019, Peugeot S.A. ("Groupe PSA") and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. ("FCA") (NYSE: FCAU / MTA: FCA) today announce that the corporate name of the new group will be STELLANTIS. […]


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Cotton Inc Appoints First Chief Sustainability Officer
September 18, 2017 by Yasar Hanif Leave a Comment
Cotton Incorporated, the research and promotion company for the United States cotton producers and importers, has appointed its first chief sustainability officer— Dr Jesse Daystar. Before joining Cotton Incorporated, he held the position of assistant director at the Duke Center for sustainability and commerce at Duke University, where he also taught.
"Daystar brings in a wealth of experience and knowledge to this newly created role, which will oversee and coordinate our internal and external sustainability efforts," said Berrye Worsham, president and chief executive officer of Cotton Incorporated. "As our company's sustainability programmes continue to gain momentum, Daystar will be a valuable resource for the company and the cotton industry."
Dystar is well-versed in the complexities of sustainability research, particularly as it relates to cellulosic fibres, including cotton. His research has appeared in scholarly journals and his consulting work has led to the development of sustainability and chemical engineering tools, and certifications for clients including the United States Department of Agriculture, department of energy, Eastman Chemical, and Piedmont Biofuels.
His experience includes sustainable chemical process development and efficiency management programme development with the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Mead WestVaco, Pesco-Beam Environmental Solutions, and Kemira Chemical. He earned a doctorate in forest biomaterials from North Carolina State University


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I love the smell of a beautiful wine in a beautiful glass...in fact I love wine, period! So how did that wine shop on main street in my little town (Hillsboro, Oregon) get there without me knowing? I cannot figure it out.
Earlier in the summer my husband bought a wine tasting for two from Living Social at Primrose and Tumbleweeds in down town Hillsboro, Oregon. When he asked me if want to go, I was less than enthusiastic. After all Hillsboro is not the cultural center of the western world. What I forgot was that Hillsboro is fast becoming the gateway to Washington County wine country. This might be the new hotspot in the wine world and Primrose is banking on it!
If you are from Oregon and have missed Washington County, it is an emerging trendy country setting for little restaurants, bed and breakfast and wineries. You need to check it out. This place is beyond beautiful but still laid back, unpretentious and welcoming.
I am glad that we decided to take advantage of this Living Social coupon. Primrose and Tumbleweeds is a beautiful unique kind of place. The wine shop features a full service bar, a bistro with lots of gluten free fare and the world's largest collection of Oregon wines! Really! It is impressive.
Their collections included some of our favorites...wines that do not appear in the local grocery store or anywhere else that I know of. For example, Cana's Feast near Carlton makes the most wonderful Bordeaux style wines. I have tried to buy the wines at the winery but was turned away because their wine club members get first pick. Primrose has the wine in stock.
Our Living Social coupon gave us a wine tasting that consisted of 6 different wines and two appetizer plates to accompany the wine. I was impressed with everything they did. Locals dropped in to buy wine or have an appetizer place after work. They were busy as you could expect on a slow Monday evening. I would recommend it to anyone.
I am told that their Tuesday night event is great. (Farmers) Market opens on main street and this beautiful little down town area comes alive. Primrose always has something special on that evening + they feature live music on Friday and Saturday.
I thought you needed to know!