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Cambridge Police to Offer Self Defense Courses for Women in June
Due to the amount of interest in the classes held in March, Cambridge Police will be holding another series of Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) courses at the Cambridge Police Department during the month of June.
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Dave Crespo loves playing at the Middle East
By Sanjeev Selvarajah
The Middle East in Cambridge features Dave Crespo time and time again. This time one of his many ongoing musical projects, Atlantic/Electric played there to promote their demo release. To add gravitas to an already luxurious debut, Dave has a radio show and two other bands.
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Cambridge Police Department Launches Special Statewide High-Visibility Click It or Ticket Enforcement Blitz
Massachusetts is getting tough on all drivers and pPassengers in an effort to boost seat belt use and save lives
As part of a nationwide effort to save lives, the Cambridge Police Department, in partnership with the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security's (EOPSS) Highway Safety Division (HSD), the State Police and nearly 190 other local departments, is launching a high-visibility seat belt enforcement blitz called Click It or Ticket. The message is simple: Massachusetts drivers and passengers should always wear their seat belts or be ready to face the consequences.
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Cambridge Police to Participate in Simulated Emergency Response Event
Public Safety Organizations from the Boston Metro Region Take Part in 24-Hour "Urban Shield"
The City of Cambridge Police and Fire Departments will be participating with neighboring agencies in an exercise which will simulate emergency events. The exercise, titled "Urban Shield Boston," will be a continuous twenty-four hour event during which first responders are mobilized and deployed to a number of sites throughout the Metropolitan Boston Region.
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Four Point Restraints at the Middle East
My first encounter with Four Point Restraints was during an interview, sitting with them in a Copley Tavern, where they were preparing to participate in Battle of the Bands.
More recently, I attended their appearance at the Middle East on Tuesday, May 17, where they, along with some impressive fellow underground musicians, entered the stage and hit an attentive audience-hard. Their messages seem a bit buried in their compositions, but become more obvious in their performance.
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The West End Museum Celebrates Boston's First Big Dig
The Middlesex Canal was the state's first super-highway
On June 4, 2011, the West End Museum, in conjunction with the Middlesex Canal
Association, will open a month-long exhibit titled, "The First Big Dig: Remembering the
Middlesex Canal." The exhibit kicks off with a public opening and reception on June 4 at 1pm at
the West End Museum, 150 Staniford Street, Suite 7, Boston. The exhibit will feature paintings,
drawings, films, lectures, walking tours and children's events highlighting the building of the
canal; its function and purpose; and its contribution to the Massachusetts economy.
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Cambridge Community Chorus to sing Vaughan Williams and Poulenc May 27 at MIT
On Friday, May 27 at 8 pm, more than 100 singers and a full orchestra will take the stage at MIT's Kresge Auditorium, 48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, for the Cambridge Community Chorus's annual Spring Concert. Led by Music Director Jamie Kirsch and accompanied by a full orchestra, the Chorus will perform two monumental 20th-century choral works: Ralph Vaughan Williams's moving Dona Nobis Pacem (1936) and Francis Poulenc's sacred work Gloria (1959). Soloists include soprano Deborah Selig and baritone David McFerrin.
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Pianist Alexander Korsantia, Cambridge Symphony Orchestra To Perform
The Cambridge Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Cynthia Woods, Music Director, is proud to conclude its 36th season of masterworks concerts with a concert featuring acclaimed piano soloist Alexander Korsantia.
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Cambridge Open Studios This Weekend: May 14 & 15
Central Sq., Cambridgeport & Mid-Cambridge
Events: 12:00 Noon - 6:00pm
Special Events & Live Performances Too!
Cambridge Open Studios features both visual and performing artists.
Enjoy music, poetry, theatrical performances and more!
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CPD Seeking Youth Participants for 2011 Summer Youth Police Academy
The Cambridge Police Department is seeking youth participants, ages 14-18, for the 2011 Summer Youth Police Academy.
The Cambridge Youth Police Academy is a 6 week/ 100 hour instructional program designed to expose participating youth to the various duties associated with the law enforcement profession and to the characteristics required of a law enforcement officer through hands on experience. Those characteristics include, but are not limited to: leadership, integrity, teamwork, physical fitness/healthy nutrition, good decision making.
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Lieutenant Riley Receives Henry Dumas Memorial Award from GOAL-NE
(L to R: Robert Aldrich, GOAL-NE, Lt. Rick Riley, Cambridge Police, Supt. Chris Burke, Cambridge Police.
On Saturday, May 7th, 2011, the Gay Officers Action League of New England (GOAL-NE) held its fourteenth annual banquet and awards ceremony at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. This year's banquet held special significance as it was the 20th anniversary of the organization that was founded in 1991.
There were approximately 90 people in attendance at the event, including U.S. Representative Barney Frank and keynote speaker Staff Sergeant Eric F. Alva of the United States Marine Corps.
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Commissioner Haas Receives 2011 Outstanding City Employee Award
Commissioner Robert C. Haas of the Cambridge Police Department was selected as one of the recipients of the 2011 Outstanding City Employee Award.
Cambridge City Manager Robert W. Healy was pleased to announce the recipients of the award, and those selected were honored for their superior performance, positive attitude, hard work and dedication to public service, during a special ceremony on Friday, May 6th in the Sullivan Chamber of Cambridge City Hall.
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East Cambridge Clean Up
On Saturday May 21st, the East Cambridge Business Association (ECBA) is once again be teaming up with the East Cambridge Families Group and the Frisoli Youth Center to organize an East Cambridge Clean Up Day.
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Cambridge Health Alliance's Department of Psychiatry Wins Harvard Medical School Diversity Award
(Jay Burke, MD, MPH, Chairman and Chief of Cambridge Health Alliance's Department of Psychiatry (right), and Margarita Alegría, PhD, Director of CHA's Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research, accept Harvard Medical School's Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award from Winfred W. Williams, Jr., MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital) photo by Jeff Thiebauth
The Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) has been named the recipient of the 2010 Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award presented by Harvard Medical School (HMS). This marks the first time an entire group of faculty has won the award, which recognizes those who have made significant achievements to help HMS become a more diverse and inclusive community.
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Cambridge Police Bust ATM "Skimmer"
At approximately 2:00 PM on Saturday, April 30th, Cambridge Police responded to a report of a suspicious person going in and out of an ATM of a bank on Alewife Brook Parkway in Cambridge and tampering with the machine.
After identifying a suspect and speaking to witnesses on scene, Cambridge Police requested assistance from the United States Secret Service. Upon their arrival and further investigation, a U.S. Secret Service Agent was able to pry off a card skimming device placed on the bank's ATM machine.
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Cambridge Jail Sergeant Arraigned On Drug Charges
A Sergeant with the Middlesex Sheriff's Department has been arraigned on drug charges after allegedly receiving cocaine and money from an undercover state trooper, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone informed the public today.
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Celebrate Fresh Pond Day Saturday, May 7
Enjoy Cambridge Science Festival Carnival May 7, Noon – 4 p.m.
The City of Cambridge invites you to the fourth annual Fresh Pond Day on Saturday, May 7, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., 250 Fresh Pond Parkway. Celebrate everything that makes one of the city's largest open spaces so special! This event is free and open to the public. Picnic baskets are encouraged.
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On May 25th Estonian sculptor Tauno Kangro celebrated his 50th birthday. The celebration however was slightly unusual. It was the artist's long dreamed wish to exhibit at the main city square in Tallinn.
This is how a week-long exhibition named "Ancient Force in Rock and Metal" came to fruition and so Kangro exhibited many of his works he had made over the years. There were bronze and granite sculptures from small detailed dancers to 4 meter long monumental sculpture of a well-known mythological character from old Estonian epic.
The exhibition was held at the Tallinn Freedom Square in Estonia.
Photo: Viktor Burkivski
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Introduction to the exhibition: Ancient Force in Rock and Metal
Ice has broken off several huge boulders from the Scandinavian massifs.
Over thousands of years, they have been polished by water, ice, and wind, giving them rounder shapes. Today, these rocks have been polished further by the artist who has seen the uniqueness in them, and tried to find the character, indivisibility, and magic of each rock.
Made from rock, these faces are like the ancient guards of the Nordics, benevolent house and rock spirits, who remember the times both before and after us.
Century after century can pass but they will be the same…
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Merriam-Webster's 2020 word of the year is 'pandemic.' Here are 11 more surprising runners-up
On March 11, 2020, lookups of 'pandemic' spiked 115,806%. That's the day the World Health Organization declared 'COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic.'
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In what will come as a surprise to almost no one, Merriam-Webster has announced its word of the year—and it is "pandemic." America's leading chronicler of words announced 2020's pick today, noting, "Sometimes a single word defines an era, and it's fitting that in this exceptional—and exceptionally difficult—year, a single word came immediately to the fore as we examined the data that determines what our word of the year will be."
Merriam-Webster picks its annual word of the year based on a statistical analysis of words that are looked up on its online platforms "in extremely high numbers" and which show "a significant year-over-year increase in traffic." The company said the first big spike in "pandemic" searches came on February 3, 2020—the day the first American COVID-19 patient was released from the hospital. That day saw "pandemic" lookups rise 1,621% above the previous year.
And on March 11, 2020, lookups of "pandemic" spiked even higher—115,806%, as a matter of fact. That's the day the World Health Organization said "COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic."
While "pandemic" as the 2020 word of the year isn't much of a shocker, here are the 11 runners-up, some of which are a little more surprising, yet many of which relate to the train wreck of a year 2020 has been.
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News / Proposed Employment Legislation - Employment Relations (Allowing Higher Earners to Contract Out of Personal Grievance Provisions) Amendment Bill
The Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee has recently reported back on the Employment Relations (Allowing Higher Earners to Contract Out of Personal Grievance Provisions) Amendment Bill.
The purpose of the Bill as introduced was to allow employees earning over $150,000/annum to contract out of the personal grievance provisions in the Employment Relations Act 2000. A personal grievance is a type of legal action that employees can take against their employers for a wide range of things including dismissal, disadvantage in employment, and sexual and racial harassment. In effect the original Bill allows a high-earning employee, as part of the give-and-take involved in negotiating their employment contract, to forgo their right to take such a personal grievance.
The Bill was designed to reflect the practical reality of terminating higher earners; they often negotiate a settlement sum without taking specific legal action. However, by contracting out of all the personal grievance provisions, the Bill in its original form was far reaching and included employees contracting out of basic human rights.
The Select Committee have made a number of changes to limit and clarify the scope of the Bill. So if it passes in its current form, what will it look like?
Employees can only contract out of the personal grievance provisions relating to unjustified dismissal, the rest of the personal grievances will still be open to them;
To contract out, employees must be earning $150,000 or more per year. This includes:
salary payments; and
any non-monetary benefits, providing the employee has an option to take the value instead (i.e. getting an extra payment to not have a work vehicle).
The $150,000 doesn't include:
discretionary payments such as a bonus or commission, payments paid for expenses or employer contributions to a superannuation scheme;
If an employee has contracted out of an unjustified dismissal claim but is no longer earning over the income threshold at the time of termination, they can still make a claim for unjustified dismissal;
Parties can negotiate this term into an employment agreement at any time, not just at the start of the relationship;
An employee who has made a protected disclosure can still raise a personal grievance based on retaliation, even if they have contracted out previously;
Employers do not need to provide reasons for dismissal where an employee has contracted out of unjustified dismissal;
Employers do not need to consult with an employee who was contracted out about a decision to dismiss them;
Employees who are subject to a collective agreement can negotiate to include this term, providing it is not contrary to anything else in the collective agreement;
To contract out, employees must get independent legal advice from a lawyer about the effect of the provision. The lawyer must witness the employee's signature and certify that they explained the effect of the provision.
Whether the Bill does pass in its current form could very much depend on the outcome of the upcoming election. The Bill won't have its second reading until Parliament reconvenes post election. Both Labour and NZ First are opposed on grounds of principle.
If the Bill passes, implementation is likely to be something of a minefield (much like our beloved 90 day trial periods!) If you have any questions or would like further advice about this proposed legislation or any part of an employment agreement, please get in touch with us.
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The new trailer for Andres Muschietti's remake of It is finally here, and it's as creepy as ever. The trailer kicks off with an ode to the original film as we see Georgie chasing his paper boat towards a sewer gate. If you've read Stephen King's novel or watched the original Tim Curry-starred film, we all know how that turns out.
Another point to be made is that most of the movie was filmed in Toronto, Oshawa and Port Hope. If you live in Oshawa, you may have noticed the creepy haunted house that was built on the corner of James St. and Eulalie Ave. You can see this house in action in the new trailer, as well as shots of Port Hope, which was temporarily transformed into the fictional town of Derry.
We also see Stranger Things' Finn Wolfhard as Richie Tozier, which is fitting considering this is a film about a gang of kids being terrorized by a neighbourhood monster.


It was great to see so many familiar faces and meet new supporters in the 220+ crowd at the Huobi Quant Summit event in London.
Held in Level 39 — the fintech hub of Canary Wharf, the Huobi Global team spoke to a very attentive crowd of crypto traders looking to learn more about Huobi and the financial services it offers.
Charlie Tsai opened the afternoon with a short introduction of Huobi Group and the recent top news releases in Europe followed by an introduction to the UK office (we're hiring!) by Lester Li. Siyu Pan reviewed how the Huobi Global Elite Program works and how to sign up as Gray Meng explained quant trading and Marc Ortaliz discussed order types.
There was also a superb panel of key UK influencers discussing quant trading. It was moderated by Ms Ding Ding, Co-founder & Managing Director of UK China Catalyst. Ding Ding has been actively involved with Blockchain investment initiatives in UK, China and beyond. Panel members Jakob Palmstierna, Director of Investments as GSR; Hitesh Mistry,Morgan Stanley, GLG and INDX; Neil Staunton,Founder of Crypton and Anthony Lesoismier, CSO and Co-founder SwissBorg discussed topics ranging from the definition of quant trading and the relationship to the AI technology, to investment and operation strategies for both institutions and individuals, as well as general dos and don'ts when quant trading.
Gordon Chen spoke about the Huobi Chain project and recruitment, and the presentations came to a close with Chern Chung presented HADAX and the Supernode Club.
After the formal part of the event, guests enjoyed drinks and nibbles in the relaxed atmosphere of the Level 39 lounge area. Sporting spectacular views of London, this was some of the best crypto networking in London so much so people who worked in other parts of the office building were also joining in!
A shout out goes out to Chern Cheng for his emcee skills and keeping the afternoon on track while also managing to give an informative talk!
Once again London, thank you for your crypto enthusiasm! We hope to see you again soon!


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Nu-i vina mea este un serial TV american de comedie creat de Tod Himmel și Josh Silverstein și produs de It's a Laugh Productions pentru Disney Channel. Din distribuție fac parte Olivia Holt, Austin North, Piper Curda, Peyton Clark și Sarah Gilman. Un episod pilot a fost anunțat în noiembrie 2012, cu producția episodului fiind planificată pentru ianuarie 2013. Nu-i vina mea! a fost anunțat oficial pe data de 18 iunie 2013. Serialul a început producția în vara lui 2013, și a avut premiera în Statele Unite ale Americii pe data de 17 ianuarie 2014. În România, serialul a avut premiera pe data de 21 iunie 2014.

Pe data de 3 iulie 2014, a fost anunțat de către Disney că serialul a fost reînnoit pentru un al doilea sezon.

Ultimul episod a fost difuzat la 16 octombrie 2015, iar în România pe 16 ianuarie 2016.

Descriere

Primul sezon
Lindy și Logan Watson sunt frați gemeni care trec prin tot felul de aventuri nemaipomenite și neașteptate cu trei dintre prietenii lor cei mai buni. Împreună cu Jasmine, Garrett și Delia, ei sunt gata să se îmbarce în primul lor an la Colegiul DITKA, unde vor transforma problemele de zi cu zi într-un dezastru care așteaptă să se petreacă.

Distribuția

Personaje principale
Lindy Watson - Olivia Holt
Logan Watson - Austin North
Jasmine Kang - Piper Curda
Garrett Spenger - Peyton Clark
Delia Delfano - Sarah Gilman

Personaje secundare
Nora Watson - Alex Kapp Horner
Bob Watson - Matt Champagne
Betty LeBow - Karen Malina White
Kevin LeBow - Theodore Barnes
Brandon - Jonathan McClendon
Owen - Reed Alvarado

Personaje minore
Trish de la Rosa-Raini Rodriguez
Dez Wade-Calum Worthy

Episoade

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Priestner not going anywhere ... Giants to stage special night ... Sideroff ties WHL record
The Saskatoon Blades are losing money and they just might miss the playoffs for a fourth straight season. However, owner Mike Priestner says they aren't going anywhere, nor is he interested in selling them. "I'm a thousand per cent patient," he told Kevin Mitchell of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix in a story that is right here. . . . Priestner wouldn't talk about the lawsuit that is making its way through the legal system asking that teams pay minimum wage and other benefits to players — there is a WHL directive instructing teams not to discuss it — but he does talk about wins and losses, profits and losses, and more.
A tip of the cap to the Vancouver Giants for going the extra mile to promote organ donor awareness.
The Giants are teaming up with Don Cherry, his family and the Kidney Foundation of Canada to hold Don Cherry Night on March 14 when the Giants play host to the Victoria Royals at the Langley Events Centre.
From a Giants news release:
"The Giants will wear special Don Cherry jerseys for the game as part of a national effort to increase both awareness and organ transplant rates by 50 per cent over five years. Canada has fallen to 23rd in the world in terms of organ donation rates, and approximately 4,500 Canadians are waiting for an organ with about 80 per cent of those needing a kidney. This is a cause that hits close to home for the Cherry family."
Don Cherry said: "When I was coaching the Boston Bruins, my son Tim had a transplant. Lucky for him, his sister, Cindy, gave him a kidney. We're promoting organ transplants here, you can do your job, do your part, and step up to the plate."
D Jacob Bernard-Docker, a fifth-round selection by the Swift Current Broncos in the WHL's 2015 bantam draft, has committed to attend the U of North Dakota and play for the Fighting Hawks starting in 2019-20. From Canmore, Alta., Bernard-Docker has 20 points, including seven goals, in 52 games with the AJHL's Okotoks Oilers.
The MJHL's OCN Blizzard will be around for a while longer, after all. The Opaskwayak Cree Nation had announced that the Blizzard would be suspending operations before another season arrives. On Wednesday, however, the Blizzard announced that it has been saved. From a news release: "The Opaskwayak Cree Nation Chief and Council announced they've passed a motion to allow the OCN Blizzard Jr. A hockey club the opportunity to self-sustain in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for the 2017-18 season, upon MJHL approval." . . . The complete news release is right here.
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WEDNESDAY'S GAMES:
At Brandon, F Giorgio Estephan scored 46 seconds into OT as the Lethbridge Hurricanes beat the Wheat
Kings, 3-2. . . . The Wheat Kings didn't touch the puck in extra time before Estephan won it with his 28th goal of the season. . . . F Ryan Vandervlis gave the visitors a 1-0 lead, on a PP, at 13:24 of the first period. . . . The Wheat Kings went ahead 2-1 on goals from F Tyler Coulter (27), at 19:20, and F Nolan Patrick (17), at 9:17 of the second period. . . . F Alec Baer's 13th goal of the season, at 14:37 of the second, tied it. . . . The Hurricanes got two assists from each of D Brennan Menell and D Calen Addison. Baer added an assist to his goal. . . . Coulter also had an assist. . . . The Hurricanes got 32 saves from G Stuart Skinner. . . . G Logan Thompson stopped 36 shots for the home side. . . . Lethbridge was 1-6 on the PP; Brandon was 0-2. . . . The Hurricanes (40-17-7) have won four in a row. They remain second in the Central Division, four points behind Medicine Hat. . . . The Wheat Kings (28-26-10) have dropped six in a row (0-4-2). They hold down the Eastern Conference's first wild-card spot. . . . Announced attendance: 4,177.
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At Edmonton, F Colton Kroeker and F Vince Loschiavo each had a goal and two assists to help the
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Kootenay Ice to a 5-2 victory over the Oil Kings. . . . The Ice took a 2-0 lead on goals from D Cale Fleury (11), on a PP, at 3:55 of the first period and Loschiavo (24) at 5:15. . . . F Davis Koch scored his 20th goal, at 8:30, to get the Oil Kings to within a goal. . . . The Ice took control on second-period goals from D Dallas Hines (4), on a PP, at 1:48, and Kroeker (16), at 19:04. . . . D Conner McDonald scored his seventh goal, getting the Oil Kings to within two, at 17:18 of the third period. . . . F Brett Davis (17) iced it for the Ice with an empty-netter at 18:38. . . . G Payton Lee stopped 30 shots to earn the victory. . . . Edmonton G Patrick Dea stopped 25 shots. . . . Kootenay was 2-5 on the PP; Edmonton was 0-3. . . . The Ice (14-38-10) had lost its previous three games. . . . The Oil Kings (20-39-5) have lost seven in a row (0-6-1). . . . Announced attendance: 6,671.
At Everett, F Kailer Yamamoto was in on each Spokane goal as the Chiefs beat the Silvertips, 4-1. . . . Yamamoto scored Spokane's second goal, his 36th, and drew assists on the other three. A Spokane
KAILER YAMAMOTO
native who is expected to be a first-round selection in the NHL's 2017 draft. Yamamoto has 81 points in 55 games this season. In 180 career games, he has 209 points, including 78 goals. . . . F Jaret Anderson-Dolan's 34th goal, on a PP, at 11:17 of the first period, gave Spokane a 1-0 lead. . . . Yamamoto made it 2-0 at 17:25 of the second period. . . . The Chiefs went up 3-0 on F Keanu Yamamoto's 24th goal, on a PP, at 1:13 of the third period. . . . Everett got its goal from F Riley Sutter (17), on a PP, at 13:35. . . . Spokane F Riley Woods (11) put it away with an empty-netter at 17:34. . . . The Chiefs got two assists from F Hudson Elynuik, while Anderson-Dolan added one. . . . G Jayden Sittler earned the victory with 32 saves. . . . The Silvertips got 29 saves from Carter Hart. . . . Spokane was 2-6 on the PP; Everett was 1-5. . . . Mitch Love, an Everett assistant coach, got the ol' heave-ho 56 seconds into the third period. He did it up right, though, as he took a minor penalty before getting ejected and then another one on the way out. . . . The Chiefs (26-27-9) had lost their previous three games. They have 10 games remaining and are nine points away from a playoff spot. . . . The Silvertips (38-14-10) have lost two in a row. They are tied with Seattle for first place in the U.S. Division. Everett has two games in hand.. . . Announced attendance: 3,519.
Some people dream about meeting their favorite hockey player...mine calls me mom! @Gropper8 pic.twitter.com/RoQS2lvoBR
— Colleen Gropp (@colleengropp) March 2, 2017
At Kamloops, F Deven Sideroff scored at 1:52 of OT to give the Blazers a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds. . . . All four games of the season series went to extra time, with each team going 2-0-2. . . . Kamloops won twice in OT; Seattle won once in OT and once in a shootout. . . . Kamloops G Connor
DEVEN SIDEROFF
Ingram made a right pad save on Sea F Donovan Neuls, who had gotten away from Sideroff to go in alone, moments before Sideroff went down the right side and scored the winner, his second goal of the game and 35th this season. It was his 10th game-winner, tying him for the WHL lead with F Tyler Wong of the Lethbridge Hurricanes. . . . Ingram got the lone assist on the winner, his third assist this season. Those assists have come in his past seven games after he went 146 games before getting No. 1. . . . Sideroff's fifth OT goal this season ties the WHL's single-season record. He now shares that mark with F Eric Fehr, who did it with the 2004-05 Brandon Wheat Kings. . . . If you're wondering, F Brian Propp of the Wheat Kings holds the single-season record for game-winning goals (16), from 1978-79. . . . Kamloops took a 1-0 lead at 8:47 of the first period when F Garrett Pilon's centring pass was deposited into the Seattle net by Thunderbirds F Ryan Gropp, a Kamloops native who, barring playoffs, was playing his last WHL game in his hometown. . . . Pilon has 18 goals. . . . The Blazers went up 2-0 at 9:41 when F Luc Smith scored No. 11. . . . Seattle tied it on a pair of Gropp goals, at 11:15 of the first and 18:11 of the second period. He's got 31 goals. . . . F Keegan Kolesar gave Seattle a 3-2 lead at 3:22 of the third period. . . . Kamloops D Dallas Valentine (2) tied it at 5:30 and Sideroff put his guys out front at 10:02. . . . The Thunderbirds forced OT when Kolesar scored his 24th goal, with 12.4 seconds left on the clock and G Rylan Toth on the bench for the extra attacker. . . . The Blazers got two assists from each of F Rudolfs Balcers and F Quinn Benjafield, while Pilon added one. . . . F Mathew Barzal had three assists for Seattle, with Gropp picking up one. . . . Ingram finished with 31 saves, three more than Toth. . . . Seattle was 0-3 on the PP; Kamloops was 0-4. . . . The Thunderbirds were without D Jarret Tyszka, F Scott Eansor and D Ethan Bear, three top-end skaters who are sidelined with injuries. They had D Jake Lee, 15, from Sherwood Park, Alta., and F Ian Briscoe, 17, from Winnipeg, in the lineup. . . . The Blazers (38-21-6) had lost their previous two games. With this victory, they clinched a playoff spot and moved to within three points of the B.C. Division-leading Prince George Cougars. . . . The Thunderbirds (40-18-6) have points in three straight (2-0-1). The loser point allowed them to move into a tie with Everett atop the U.S. Division. . . . Announced attendance: 3,560.
At Kelowna, F Calvin Thurkauf scored two goals and set up another to lead the Rockets to a 5-1 victory
CALVIN THURKAUF
over the Prince George Cougars. . . . Thurkauf, who has 32 goals, gave the Rockets a 1-0 lead, on a PP, at 4:27 of the second period. . . . F Kyle Topping (13) made it 2-0 at 9:53. . . . Thurkauf scored again at 11:08, for a 3-0 lead, and F Nick Merkley's PP goal at 15:32 made it 4-0. . . . Merkley has 23 goals. . . . The Cougars got a goal from F Radovan Bondra, his 30th, at 1:04 of the third period. . . . Kelowna F Dillon Dube (13) closed out the scoring, on a PP, at 15:17. . . . The Rockets got two assists from each of F Reid Gardiner and D Cal Foote, with Dube adding one. . . . Kelowna G Michael Herringer turned aside 25 shots. . . . The Cougars got 32 stops from G Ty Edmonds. . . . The Rockets were 3-10 on the PP; the Cougars were 0-2. . . . Prince George was without F Colby McAuley (one-game suspension), D Brendan Guhle and F Brad Morrison, the latter two out with undisclosed injuries. . . . The Rockets (38-21-5) have won two in a row. They are third in the B.C. Division, a point behind Kamloops. . . . The Cougars (40-20-5) journeyed south for a single game. They now return home to face the Kamloops Blazers in a Friday-Saturday doubleheader. The Cougars lead the B.C. Division by three points over Kamloops, each with seven games remaining. . . . Announced attendance: 5,121.
At Moose Jaw, F Yan Khomenko broke a 3-3 tie at 9:36 of the third period as the Warriors edged the
YAN KHOMENKO
Calgary Hitmen, 4-3. . . . Khomenko won it with his 14th goal of the season. . . . The Warriors led this one 3-0 early in the second period, only to have the visitors tie it in the third period. . . . The Warriors went up 3-0 on goals from F Brett Howden (34), at 5:29 of the first period, F Tanner Jeannot (17), at 13:08, and F Jayden Halbgewachs (45), at 5:29 of the second. . . . The Calgary comeback began when F Jake Kryski scored No. 17, at 9:14 of the second. . . . F Matteo Gennaro got his 38th at 1:54 of the third, and D Brady Reagan (6) tied it at 8:08. . . . D Matt Sozanski and D Josh Brook each had two assists for Moose Jaw, with Halbgewachs getting one. . . . The Warriors got a big game from G Zach Sawchenko, who stopped 33 shots. . . . Calgary starter Trevor Martin gave up two goals on 10 shots in the first period before leaving with an apparent ankle injury. Kyle Dumba finished up with 16 saves on 18 shots over 38:35. . . . Moose Jaw was 1-3 on the PP; Calgary was 0-2. . . . The Warriors (39-17-8) have won seven in a row. They are second in the East Division, 10 points behind Regina and 12 ahead of Swift Current. . . . The Hitmen (24-29-10) have lost two straight. They hold down the Eastern Conference's second wild-card spot, two points ahead of Saskatoon. . . . Announced attendance: 2,843.
Here's that Owre OT winner pic.twitter.com/HpbqDvIRp7
— Jeff D'Andrea (@Jeff_paNOW) March 2, 2017
At Prince Albert, the Medicine Hat Tigers scored the game's last three goals, including one in OT from F
STEVE OWRE
Steve Owre, to beat the Raiders, 6-5. . . . F D-Jay Jerome's eighth goal, at 5:56 of the third period, had given Prince Albert a 5-3 lead. . . . F John Dahlstrom got the Tigers to within a goal with his 25th, at 9:14, and F Mark Rassell tied it, on a PP, at 14:04. He's got 32 goals. . . . Owre won it with his 23rd goal of the season. . . . The Tigers opened the scoring when F Mason Shaw (26) counted at 6:42 of the first period. . . . The Raiders took a 2-1 lead on goals from F Curtis Miske (18), on a PP, at 7:56, and F Cavin Leth (20), at 5:19 of the second period. . . . Rassell tied it while shorthanded at 14:39. . . . Goals from Leth, at 1:19 of the third period, and F Parker Kelly (14), at 4:01, gave the home side a 4-2 lead. . . . The Tigers cut into that when F Matt Bradley got No. 30, at 5:13. . . . Bradley, Owre and Shaw each had one assist. . . . Miske had two assists for the Raiders, with Kelly getting one. . . . G Michael Bullion earned the victory with 36 stops. . . . The Raiders started G Ian Scott, who gave up four goals on 30 shots in 50:23. Nic Sanders finished up, allowing two goals on 11 shots in 10:08. . . . Each team was 1-3 on the PP. . . . Medicine Hat (45-18-1) has won three straight. The Tigers lead the Central Division by four points over Lethbridge. . . . The Raiders (17-40-7) were eliminated from the playoff picture with the loss. . . . Announced attendance: 2,005.
At Langley, B.C., F Keegan Iverson and F Jake Gricius had two goals each as the Portland Winterhawks
KEEGAN IVERSON
unleashed a 55-shot attack in a 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Giants. . . . Iverson, who has 20 goals, scored a pair of PP goals, giving his guys a 1-0 lead at 8:23 of the first period and putting them ahead 3-0 at 15:51 of the second. . . . In between, Gricius scored his eighth goal. . . . D Matt Barberis (10) scored for Vancouver, on a PP, at 2:47 of the third period. . . . F Matt Revel (8) scored his first goal for the Winterhawks, an empty-netter, at 18:10. Revel started the season with the Kamloops Blazers but suffered a collarbone injury in December. The Winterhawks picked him up on 20-year-old waivers in January. . . . Gricius got Portland's last goal at 19:02. . . . The Winterhawks got two assists from D Caleb Jones. . . . G Cole Kehler stopped 17 shots for Portland. . . . Vancouver G Ryan Kubic blocked 51 shots. . . . The Winterhawks were 3-5 on the PP; the Giants were 1-3. . . . Portland (33-26-4) had lost its previous four games (0-3-1). The Winterhawks are in the Western Conference's second wild-card spot, five points behind Victoria. . . . Vancouver (19-40-5) has lost four straight. . . . The Giants and Winterhawks will meet in Portland on Friday and Saturday nights. . . . Announced attendance: 3,113.
THURSDAY'S GAMES (all times local):
No Games Scheduled.
Calgary at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.
Kelowna at Everett, 7:35 p.m.
Vancouver at Portland, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Kamloops at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Regina 7 p.m.
Kootenay at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City vs. Seattle, at Kent, Wash., 7:35 p.m.
Spokane at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.
Labels: Calvin Thurkauf, Colton Kroeker, Deven Sideroff, Giorgio Estephan, Jacob Bernard-Docker, Jake Gricius, Kailer Yamamoto, Keegan Iverson, Mathew Barzal, Mike Priestner, Steve Owre, Vince Loschiavo, Yan Khomenko


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New Vauxhall Vivaro e-Concept revealed
Posted on 21st September 2010 4th April 2019 by Perrys Content Team
Following the likes of the Renault Kangoo Z.E. and Ford Transit Connect Electric, the Vivaro e-Concept is a large van with a load capacity of five cubic metres and a payload of 750kg.
Under the bonnet, instead of a conventional petrol, or more likely diesel, engine, the Vivaro houses 111kWh lithium ion batteries delivering 370Nm.
Like the forthcoming Vauxhall Ampera car, the Vauxhall Vivaro van does have a range extender which recharges the battery to increase the vehicles' range from 60 miles of electric driving to 250 miles in total.
Details of the range extender have not been revealed, but it is expected to be a small petrol engine capable of delivering power to the battery when needed.
As with the Ford Transit Connect Electric, the Vivaro e-Concept can be charged using a standard 240V household socket.
The limited range will mean the Vivaro e-Concept will be used for city-based driving when a production version is released. No date has been set by Vauxhall, which unveiled the concept for the first time at the IAA Commercial Vehicle Show in Hanover, Germany.
Chris Lacey, Executive Director, International Operations Opel/Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles, said: "We are convinced that we will get a fantastic reaction from commercial vehicle specialists who use such vehicles on a daily basis.
The van is designed to offer low emissions-based road tax, business in kind tax and beat inner city congestion charges.
Lacey added: "Electric mobility will allow them to travel in city areas which are now off-limits to petrol and diesel-powered vehicles and the range-extender technology makes it possible to use an electric van for normal routine business."
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Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED)
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
4 Irving Place
https://www.conedison.com
Sector(s): Utilities
Industry: Utilities—Regulated Electric
Mr. Timothy P. Cawley Chairman, Pres & CEO 3.29M N/A 1965
Mr. Robert N. Hoglund Sr. VP & CFO 1.84M N/A 1962
Ms. Deneen Lynette Donnley Sr. VP & Gen. Counsel 1.34M N/A 1965
Mr. Robert Sanchez Pres & CEO of Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. 1.07M N/A 1966
Mr. Matthew Ketschke Pres of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. 1.32M N/A 1972
Mr. Joseph Miller VP, Controller & Principal Accounting Officer N/A N/A 1963
Mr. Jan C. Childress Director of Investor Relations N/A N/A N/A
Jennifer Hensley Sr. VP of Corp. Affairs N/A N/A N/A
Mr. Yukari Saegusa VP & Treasurer N/A N/A 1968
Mr. Mark A. Noyes CEO & Pres of Con Edison Clean Energy Bus.es, Inc. N/A N/A 1965
Consolidated Edison, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the regulated electric, gas, and steam delivery businesses in the United States. It offers electric services to approximately 3.5 million customers in New York City and Westchester County; gas to approximately 1.1 million customers in Manhattan, the Bronx, parts of Queens, and Westchester County; and steam to approximately 1,555 customers in parts of Manhattan. The company also supplies electricity to approximately 0.3 million customers in southeastern New York and northern New Jersey; and gas to approximately 0.1 million customers in southeastern New York. In addition, it operates 533 circuit miles of transmission lines; 15 transmission substations; 64 distribution substations; 87,564 in-service line transformers; 3,924 pole miles of overhead distribution lines; and 2,291 miles of underground distribution lines, as well as 4,350 miles of mains and 377,971 service lines for natural gas distribution. Further, the company owns, operates, and develops renewable and energy infrastructure projects; and provides energy-related products and services to wholesale and retail customers, as well as invests in electric and gas transmission projects. It primarily sells electricity to industrial, commercial, residential, and government customers. The company was founded in 1823 and is based in New York, New York.
Consolidated Edison, Inc.'s ISS governance QualityScore as of 28 January 2023 is 2. The pillar scores are Audit: 9; Board: 6; Shareholder rights: 1; Compensation: 2.


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Od autorů: Anthony Trollope
of the army and navy,-or can himself take the command immediately on his own shoulders. All this he can do, and there is no one that can question him.
It is hardly necessary that I should point out the fundamental difference between our King or Queen, and the President of the United States. Our Sovereign, we all know, is not responsible. Such is the nature of our constitution. But there is not on that account any analogy between the irresponsibility of the Queen and that of the President. The Queen can do no wrong; but therefore, in all matters of policy and governance, she must be ruled by advice. For that advice her ministers are responsible; and no act of policy or governance can be done in England as to which responsibility does not immediately settle on the shoulders appointed to bear it. But this is not so in the States. The President is nominally responsible. But from that every-day working responsibility, which is to us so invaluable, the President is in fact free.
I will give an instance of this. Now, at this very moment of my writing, news bas reached us that President Lincoln has relieved General Maclellan from the command of the whole army, that he has given separate commands to two other generals,-to General Halleck, namely, and alas ! to General Fremont, and that he has altogether altered the whole organization of the military command as it previously existed. This he did not only during war, but with reference to a special battle, for the special fighting of which he, as ex-officio Commander-in-Chief of the forces, had given orders. I do not hereby intend to criticise this act of the President's, or to point out that that has been done which had better have been left undone. The President, in a strategical point of view, may have been,very probably has been, quite right. I, at any rate, cannot say that he has been wrong. But then neither can anybody else say so with any power of making himself heard. Of this action of the President's, so terribly great in its importance to the nation, no one has the power of expressing any opinion to which the President is bound to listen. For four years he has this sway, and at the end of four years he becomes so powerless that it is not then worth the while of any demagogue in a fourth-rate town to occupy his voice with that President's name. The anger of the country as to the things done both by Pierce and Buchanan is very bitter. But who wastes a thought upon either of the men ? A past President in the United States is of less consideration than a past Mayor in an English borough. Whatever evil he may have done during
bis office, when out of office he is not worth the powder which would be expended in an attack.
But the President has his ministers as our Queen has hers. In one sense he has such ministers. He has high state servants who under him take the control of the various departments, and exercise among them a certain degree of patronage and executive power. But they are the President's ministers, and not the ministers of the people. Till lately there has been no chief minister among them, nor am I prepared to say that there is any such chief at present. According to the existing theory of the government these gentlemen have simply been the confidential servants of the commonwealth under the President, and have been attached each to his own department without concerted political alliance among themselves, without any acknowledged chief below the President, and without any combined responsibility even to the President. If one minister was in fault-let us say the Postmaster-General,-he alone was in fault, and it did not fall to the lot of any other minister either to defend him, or to declare that his conduct was indefensible. Each owed his duty and his defence to the President alone; and each might be removed alone, without explanation given by the President to the others. I imagine that the late practice of the President's cabinet has in some degree departed from this theory; but if so, the departure has sprung from individual ambition rather than from any preconcerted plan. Some one place in the cabinet has seemed to give to some one man an opportunity of making himself pre-eminent, and of this opportunity advantage has been taken. I am not now intending to allude to any individual, but am endeavouring to indicate the way in which a ministerial cabinet, after the fashion of our British cabinet, is struggling to get itself created. No doubt the position of Foreign Secretary has for some time past been considered as the most influential under the President. This has been so much the case that many have not hesitated to call the Secretary of State the chief minister. At the present moment, May 1862, the gentleman who is at the head of the war department has, I think, in his own hands greater pow. er than any of his colleagues.
It will probably come to pass before long that one special minister will be the avowed leader of the cabinet, and that he will be recognized as the chief servant of the State under the President. Our own cabinet, which now-a-days seems with us to be an institution as fixed as Parliament and as necessary as the throne, has grown by degrees into its present shape, and is
not, in truth, nearly so old as many of us suppose it to be. It shaped itself, I imagine, into its present form, and even into its present joint responsibility, during the reign of George III. It must be remembered that even with us there is no such thing as a constitutional Prime Minister, and that our Prime Minister is not placed above the other ministers in any manner that is palpable to the senses. He is paid no more than the others; he has no superior title; he does not take the highest rank among them; he never talks of his subordinates, but always of his
colleagues; he has a title of his own, that of First Lord of the Treasury, but it implies no headship in the cabinet. That he is the head of all political power in the nation, the Atlas who has to bear the globe, the god in whose hands rest the thunderbolts and the showers, all men do know. No man's position is more assured to him. But the bounds of that position are written in no book, are defined by no law, have settled themselves not in accordance with the recorded wisdom of any great men, but as expediency and the fitness of political things in Great Britain have seemed from time to time to require. This drifting of great matters into their proper places is not as closely in accordance with the idiosyncrasies of the American people as it is with our own. They would prefer to define by words, as the French do, what shall be the exact position of every public servant connected with their Government; or rather of every public servant with whom the people shall be held as having any concern. But nevertheless, I think it will come to pass that a cabinet will gradually form itself at Washington as it has done at London, and that of that cabinet there will be some recognized and ostensible chief.
But a Prime Minister in the United States can never take the place there which is taken here by our Premier. Over our Premier there is no one politically superior. The highest political responsibility of the nation rests on him. In the States this must always rest on the President, and any minister, whatever may be his name or assumed position, can only be responsible through the President. And it is here especially that the working of the United States system of Government seems to me deficient,--appears as though it wanted something to make it perfect and round at all points. Our ministers retire from their offices, as do the Presidents; and indeed the ministerial term of office with us, though of course not fixed, is in truth much shorter than the Presidential term of four years. But our ministers do not, in fact, ever go out. At one time they take one position, with pay, patronage, and power; and at an
other time another position, without these good things; but in either position they are acting as public men, and are, in truth, responsible for what they say and do. But the President, on whom it is presumed that the whole of the responsibility of the United States Government rests, goes out at a certain day, and of him no more is heard. There is no future before him to urge him on to constancy; no hope of other things beyond, of greater honours and a wider fame, to keep him wakeful in his country's cause. He has already enrolled his name on the list of his country's rulers, and received what reward his country can give him. Conscience, duty, patriotism may make him true to his place. True to his place, in a certain degree, they will make him. But ambition and hope of things still to come are the moving motives in the minds of most men. Few men can allow their energies to expand to their fullest extent in the cold atmosphere of duty alone. The President of the States must feel that he has reached the top of the ladder, and that he soon will have done with life. As he goes out he is a dead man. And what can be expected from one who is counting the last lingering hours of his existence?" It will not be in my time," Mr. Buchanan is reported to have said, when a friend spoke to bim with warning voice of the coming rebellion. "It will not be in my time." In the old days, before democracy had prevailed in upsetting that system of Presidential election which the constitution had intended to fix as permanent, the Presidents were generally re-elected for a second term. Of the seven first Presidents five were sent back to the White House for a second period of four years. But this has never been done since the days of General Jackson; nor will it be done, unless a stronger conservative reaction takes place than the country even as yet seems to promise. As things have lately ordered themselves, it may almost be said that no man in the Union would be so improbable a candidate for the Presidency as the outgoing President. And it has been only natural that it should be so. Looking at the men themselves who have lately been chosen, the fault has not consisted in their non-re-election, but in their original selection. There has been no desire for great men; no search after a man of such a nature, that when tried the people should be anxious to keep him. "It will not be in says the expiring President. And so, without dismay, he sees the empire of his country slide away
from him. A President, with the possibility of re-election before him, would be as a minister who goes out, knowing that he may possibly come in again before the session is over,--and per
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Under the existing political phase of things in the United States, no President has any such prospect; but the ministers of the President have that chance. It is no uncommon thing at present for a minister under one President to reappear as a minister under another; but a statesman has no assurance that he will do so, because he has shown ministerial capacity. We know intimately the names of all our possible ministers,—too intimately as some of us think, and would be taken much by surprise if a gentleman without an official reputation were placed at the head of a high office. If something of this feeling prevailed as to the President's cabinet, if there were some assurance that competent statesmen would be appointed as Secretaries of State, à certain amount of national responsibility would by degrees attach itself to them, and the President's shoulders would, to that amount, be lightened. As it is, the President pretends to bear a burden, which, if really borne, would indicate the possession of Herculean shoulders. But, in fact, the burden at present is borne by no one. The government of the United States is not in truth responsible either to the people or to Congress.
But these ministers, if it be desired that they shall have weight in the country, should sit in Congress either as senators or as representatives. That they cannot so sit without an amendment of the constitution I have explained in the previous chapter; and any such amendment cannot be very readily made. Without such seats they cannot really share the responsibility of the President, or be in any degree amenable to public opinion for the advice which they give in their public functions. It will be said that the constitution has expressly intended that they should not be responsible, and such, no doubt, has been the case. But the constitution, good as it is, cannot be taken as perfect. The government has become greater than seems to have been contemplated when that code was drawn up. It has spread itself as it were over a wider surface, and has extended to matters which it was not then necessary to touch. That theory of governing by the means of little men was very well while the government itself was small. A President and his clerks may have sufficed when there were from thirteen to eighteen States; while there were no territories, or none at least that required government; while the population was still below five millions; while a standing army was an evil not known and not feared; while foreign politics was a troublesome embroglio in which it was quite unnec


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Antonine Wall
by Dr Darrell J. Rohl
Available in other languages: Spanish, French
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The Antonine Wall was the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire. Located in central Scotland, north of Edinburgh and Glasgow, the Wall was a linear barrier that stretched from the Firth of Forth near Bo'ness to the Clyde estuary at Old Kilpatrick. Chronologically, the Antonine Wall post-dates the initial construction of Hadrian's Wall and was probably constructed in the early 140s CE, on the orders of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (r. 138-161 CE), who assumed the throne upon Hadrian's death.
The Wall was a rather short-lived imperial frontier, and the preponderance of evidence suggests that it was abandoned by the early 160s CE when Hadrian's Wall was recommissioned. While limited—and unstratified—finds have been dated to later periods, and there is evidence for continued Roman activities up to and beyond the Wall (as, for example, with the short campaigns of Septimius Severus in the early 3rd century CE), the archaeological evidence strongly favours the view that the Antonine Wall was never recommissioned or reoccupied by the Roman army after the early 160s CE. It can be seen, then, as a frontier that had its origins, functional life, and end probably entirely within the roughly two-decade reign of Antoninus; it is, thus, quite appropriate that it is now known by the name the "Antonine Wall."
As with many other frontiers, the Antonine Wall was a complex of various interconnected features. These can be classified as either linear components that stretch along most of the Wall's length or as additional installations occurring at specific points along this line. While public perception of the term "wall" often revolves around an enclosing structure or rampart—generally of timber, stone, or brick—the term "Antonine Wall" is used by scholars and heritage managers to refer to a collection of inter-related features of which a rampart or "wall" is but one. This is similar to Hadrian's Wall, where the monument consists of more than the stone curtain, including the Vallum and its associated mounds, the northern ditch, berm and mound, forts, milecastles, towers, turrets, and other installations.
The Wall also featured a range of installations, including at least 17 forts.
The Wall was composed of several linear features that ran almost continuously from one end to the other, including the Military Way (or Roman road), Rampart, Berm, Ditch, and Outer Mound. One calculation suggests that work on all of these linear features may have been completed in only about eight months, though it is possible that work was spread across several seasons. Unlike with Hadrian's Wall, the Antonine Wall's Rampart was not constructed of stone but, rather, turf or earth revetted by clay or turf cheeks atop a kerbed stone base. Unsurprisingly, this superstructure has not survived very well and, for most of the length of the Wall, the Rampart is no longer visible on the surface, with the Ditch representing the most identifiable linear feature. Because of this lack of preservation, how the top of the Rampart was finished remains unknown: it was probably squared flat on top and may have featured stakes set into the top, or, "more probably, the flat top was covered by a wooden duckboard walk, and along the north edge...there could have been a wooden breastwork or palisade" (Robertson 2001, 11). While there is some evidence that the original plan may have been to build (or eventually rebuild) the Rampart in stone, this was never acted upon.
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The Wall also featured a range of installations, including at least 17 forts (out of a hypothesised total of 19) and a number of intervening fortlets (of which nine are currently known, but which may have been located at intervals of one Roman mile). Most forts have been found to include an additional fortified space, called an "annexe." The precise purpose and nature of these annexes remain uncertain; in some cases the annexe is significantly larger in area than the fort itself, and these are likely to have been later additions; few have been excavated, though several have produced the remains of Roman baths. In fewer locations, there is evidence for additional activity or settlement outside of the fort and annexe, probably representing the non-military civilian settlements, or vici, and it is possible that the annexes played a dual role, serving both the military and civilian communities.
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19 or 20 inscribed stone tablets, most discovered before the 20th century CE and two subsequently lost, record the work of building the Wall. Known as "distance slabs," these stones bear an inscription honouring the emperor Antoninus Pius, and record the name of the responsible legion and the completed distance. It has been suggested that there may have been as many as 60 of these inscriptions and, while building inscriptions are common throughout the Roman world, the Wall's distance slabs are in a class of their own, being not only inscriptions but often elaborate sculptures. The closest parallels on Hadrian's Wall or the German Limes are far simpler, recording only the emperor and responsible military unit without the ornate details or noted distances. Importantly, two of the slabs refer to the commemorated task as opus valli, "the work of the wall," suggesting that they may refer specifically to the construction of the Rampart itself. Total construction of the Wall, its various linear features, forts and other installations may have taken twelve years or more to complete.
The Wall also has a rich post-Roman history, with several medieval castles being built on its line, and a coast-to-coast canal (the Forth and Clyde Canal) being constructed parallel to and across it during the Industrial Revolution. These periods have received far less attention by historians and archaeologists than the roughly 20-year period of the Wall's functional life as a frontier in Roman Britain.
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Published January 14, 2022, 4:40 PM ● Renee Ticzon
The Warriors and Bulls are hoping to bounce back from tough losses when they go at it tomorrow on NBA TV Philippines (available via Smart GigaPlay app).
The Golden State Warriors and Chicago Bulls will clash tomorrow live at 8:30 AM on NBA TV Philippines (available via the Smart GigaPlay app or Cignal TV).
The Warriors have been in a slump lately, and Steph Curry's numbers have dipped. Though he's still had crazy scoring nights like when he dropped 46 points over the Memphis Grizzlies, he's also had absolute droughts—scoring just nine against the Miami Heat and only 12 in the tough loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.
There was hope that Klay Thompson's return would turn things around for the Warriors, but it hasn't translated to all wins. And in their last outing, Golden State shouldn't have taken a beatdown from the defending champs with what they've been showing all season long.
What's good about the Warriors is their ability to adjust to the situation. Guys like Kevon Looney, Jordan Poole, and Andrew Wiggins continue to improve every single game. Plus, Draymond Green, who is nursing a calf injury, is expected to return for the final two games of the Warriors' road trip, including the game against the Bulls. Dubs fans should be excited to see their Big 3 on the court at the same time to put Golden State back on track.
Chicago, meanwhile, has been struggling as of late as well.
After a nine-game win streak, the Bulls lost two of their next three games, coming at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks and Brooklyn Nets.
Bulls stars Zach Lavine and DeMar DeRozan have been the two key guys carrying the offense but they will need all the help they can get against the Warriors.
Lavine and DeRozan can only do so much every game but if the Bulls can get solid performances from Lonzo Ball (12.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 5.1 assists) and Nikola Vucevic (capable of delivering double-doubles each game) as well, they might be able to overcome Golden State's firepower and bounce back with a win.


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Hypoatherina valenciennei és una espècie de peix pertanyent a la família dels aterínids.

Descripció
 Pot arribar a fer 12 cm de llargària màxima.
 Cos de color blanc argentat i cobert per grans escates rodones. El cap és nu, llevat de l'opercle que està cobert d'escates.
 5-8 espines i 8-10 radis tous a l'aleta dorsal i 1 espina i 10-13 radis tous a l'anal.

Hàbitat
És un peix d'aigua marina i salabrosa, pelàgic-nerític i de clima tropical.

Distribució geogràfica
Es troba a l'Índic i el Pacífic: Brunei, Cambodja, la Xina (incloent-hi Hong Kong), l'Índia, Indonèsia, el Japó (incloent-hi les illes Ogasawara), la península de Corea, Malàisia, Papua Nova Guinea, les illes Filipines, Singapur, Salomó, Taiwan, Tailàndia i el Vietnam.

Observacions
És inofensiu per als humans.

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 Ivantsoff, W. i M. Kottelat, 1988. Redescription of Hypoatherina valenciennei and its relationships to other species of Atherinidae in the Pacific and Indian oceans. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 35(2):142-149.
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We watch in awe as remarkable athletes complete things we only dream about. Have you ever sat back and thought what goes into the process behind the unbelievable achievements? Extreme skiing is not for the faint of heart. While some may think extreme sports is a group of crazy people that just "going for it", we know they are dead wrong.
"My first time to Europe, what a place. We spent three weeks in Austria, then hopped a train to Switzerland. When we rolled into town, conditions were awesome. We took Gondola up, hopped on Jochpass chairlift. On the way up, there was a super obvious, massive, cliff just staring us in the face. First thing that struck me was it was probably very difficult to locate the top of the cliff. It was a fleeting thought. It was literally my first time up the mountain. We had one more chairlift to take; we hadn't taken the tram yet. [There were] Hundreds of perfect cliffs everywhere, but man, this one was the most perfect massive cliff I had ever seen, [and I was] instantly gravitating towards it.
We immediately hit a few cliffs in the 30-70 foot range. Landings were preserved, snow was dense and light at the same time — perfect for cliffs. I was able to inspect the big cliff. The landing was not quite there for a big cliff like this. I need the landing to be ultra perfect. From cruising around the mountain, I could see an entry into the cliff, it looked tricky but doable. The landing wasn't quite there. We had plans to travel around Switzerland, maybe check out Italy, but we had storms rolling in to Engelberg. We made some incredible friends in Engelberg, so we posted up for 3, almost 4 weeks.
We would get some 10″ storms that would roll in and rebuff everything. We were skiing lines, hitting the same cliffs over and over, truly a blast. I kept visiting my big cliff, trying to will the landing to be good enough, [but] it just wasn't quite there. Close, but no cigar.
Our trip was coming to an end; we'd be leaving in a few days, [then] the unbelievable happened, a huge storm hit. It snowed for a full day, shut down the mountain, then it went blue for our last full day in town. We woke up early, headed for the early gondola. Accumulation rumors were 30″+ storm total, zero wind, just an ultra perfect day ahead. My mind went straight to the big cliff, I wanted to head straight for inspection. As we loaded the gondolas, I got separated from my crew, I went solo on the gondola. Inside the window, there was an old sticker of a big eagle, I took that as a good omen, but didn't want to get ahead of myself. One step at a time.
We headed up Jochpass chairlift. The cliff couldn't have looked any better, just beautiful, fresh snowfield above & below the cliff. I skied straight to the landing. I knew I had to be quick in my protocol process, because people would be skiing through my landing within the hour. I hiked up, [and] started my depth testing in the landing area I had been studying for weeks. Landing was ultra perfect, I could stick my entire pole into the snow without any effort, continue with my entire arm, then lean my shoulder, half my body into the snow. [The] Landing was 5'+ feet of the finest Switzerland powder you could ever dream of, on top of their 100″ base. Ultra perfect. Go time.
Next up was the take-off logistics. This cliff would require skiing into the cliff, I wouldn't be able to ski down to the take-off, spend time manicuring it, this one was going to be natural take-off situation. Since I knew I would have the most blind take-off, for the countless hours I had spent studying the landing zone, I had made horizon point visual landmarks, I knew when I was up on the cliff, I needed to be precise. What I did to make sure I knew where to aim [is] when I'd be probing the landing, studying exactly where I needed to land, I would turn around in the landing area [and] study horizon landmarks, so I could visualize, place myself up on the cliff, skiing towards the take-off, find my horizon landmark [and] send it aimed dead-on to that landmark trajectory. These things were what I was processing as I went up the chairlift.
My crew was Nick Greener. I instructed him to ski to me right after I landed, regardless of anything, just ski to me and check on me. So he took the next chairlift up, skied around the zone [and] was tucked up underneath the cliff on standby. I had Sky Pinnick filming for Rage Films. Photographer Oskar Enander. And the ultimate wingman, Tom Wayes. We all seamlessly chatted logistics on the chairlift, then we all headed for our respective locations. Once off the chairlift, I attempted to find my entrance to the cliff, but couldn't find it. The guys on the radio attempted to talk me into it, but there was a maze of cliffs in the area, I couldn't wrap my head around it, no margin for error. I skied back down, re-study how to get to the top of my cliff, it was a tricky entrance. [Then I] Took the lift back up.
I had to make a ski down a side ramp above a small cliff band. Once around the cliff band, I had to make a hop turn above some serious exposure, then start tracking left. As I tracked left, that is when I knew I would find my bushes on the take-off I had studied, so I knew exactly where to take-off, find horizon landmark for visual body aim trajectory. Tricky, tricky. Intense.
Once I was 100% in the right entrance area, it had been more than an hour, I was radio'd that about four or five people had skied through the landing slope, it was a big slope, it was beyond deep, I was still 100% the landing was mega green light regardless. I was focused, it was intense.
I got on the radio, gave my "1-minute" countdown. I made sure all my boots were buckled, all my straps intact on my pack, made sure the goggles weren't fogging. And visualized my ski line, visualized locating my horizon landmark, visualized a long, beautiful swan dive in open space, absolute serenity in the sky, find my center, find my ultimate point of relaxful meditation as I sliced though the sky to the deep snow below. "10 seconds", I put away my radio, took a deep breath, let it out very slowly, waved my arms, and dropped into the ramp. It was super deep, I was sloughing snow like crazy over the small cliff into the powder field below. I remember taking the most focused breaths of my life, studying each & every snow particle as I skied towards my hop turn zone, I was now in the red zone, no mistakes. I reached my hop turn zone, made the single most scary hop turn of my life, the edge, if I were to make a mistake, was about 20 feet below me, w no chance of survival. I made the hop turn, maintained the focus, kept the breath, maintained the composure, started tracking left, all the while the snow is deep, I'm sloughing a ton of snow over the cliff edge just to the right of where I would be jumping. I locate my exit point, I locate my horizon point, all systems go, it's point of no return, but I already knew that the second I saw this cliff weeks earlier, I had a destiny with this cliff, all systems aligned as I made my final few turns leading up to the edge, it felt like I was a NBA point guard, dribbling through defenders, seeing all obstacles in slow motion heading towards the basket for the score. I became one w my skis, one w the cliff, one w my exit point. The area I just skied through to get to my exit point was so intense, I wanted to get the hell out of there, get me in the air already!
I hit the exit point, let me tell you, when I first popped out into the open sky, the ground was so impossibly far away, I was in a time portal, I experienced minutes of internal conversation in my head in that split second, multiple conversations, multiple perspectives, so many thoughts fully thought out in slow motion, minutes & minutes of flow of consciousness.
All the slough looked like an avalanche was cascading like a waterfall to my right, I was going slightly left, I'd always wanted an aerial view of a mini-avalanche cascading over a 200'+ foot cliff. I believe that time is a construct that is relative, because I lived a layered, long experience, in a split second.
And the ground, the ground was impossibly far away.
I came back into earth time, realized the height I was seeing was considerably higher than the highest I'd seen yet, biggest cliff I'd jumped up to this point, which was 170 feet, not to self, I'm much higher than 170 feet in the air right now, one of many conversations I had in that split second.
I just instantly knew I was flipping a hair too fast, that hair would be a risk to my life if it panned out.
I knew I needed to make some auto-adjustments on the fly. I elongated my body immediately, all instinctual, for I needed to slow my rotation down, I didn't think about any of this, although I was having self-internal dialogue narration the entire time, amongst other conversations occurring the entire time in the air. Like nothing I've ever experienced.
I wasn't doing enough to slow my rotation, my body knew this and kind of went into code red. My body tensed, I started breathing rapidly.
I was not zen. I knew I had better find zen, or else I'd likely die.
Because even if my body position was perfect, if I wasn't completely calm, complete liquid w my body being relaxed, if my mind wasn't relaxed, I needed to be total water.. otherwise I would splat, my insides would explode. If I had any air in my body or even one tense muscle, I would detonate on impact.
I visualized a deep starry night, billions of stars in the sky, I was amongst those stars in the sky, I found the peace of mind, I found the exhale of breath, found absolute state of relaxation in my full body, mind, spirit. I came upon the snow and shared energies, shared my rich electro-magnetic spectrum with that of the snow, I effortlessly, non-vioently, had a non-collission with the snow.
The landing was deep, perfect, my mind, body came to a state of snapping back to non-meditation, all I could do was laugh, I was laughing, my safety guy, Nick, skied up to me, they told me all of them were radio'ing to me asking if I was alright, I just remember laughing. Nick radio'd to the crew I was fine & I was laughing. My ski came off on impact, I got my ski back on, skied down and met up with the crew. Lots of high-fives, lots of smiles, it was a bonkers experience. Truly such a rich experience from A-Z, not just those 4 or 5 seconds, for it was an eternity in an instant.
One thing we were all curious about, how high was the cliff? All I knew it was way higher than 170 feet. We took the chair up, skied to the landing zone, pulled out the camera, we were going to point the camera to the take-off, get a measurement, but the camera died. Tom Wayes, used to climb big forest trees for a living, he'd get called in to slowly take-down problematic huge trees in forests, neighborhoods, etc. He was routinely climbing trees over 200 feet tall. I said to him, all I know is that cliff is at least 200 feet, "Do I have the Tom Wayes stamp of approval?" He instantly said I did. So we called it 210 feet.


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In terms of performance, Nissan has upgraded the 600-horsepower GT-R Nismo to the same turbocharger turbine shape as the GT-R GT3. That paves the way for more airflow and acceleration response. Plus a six-speed, dual-clutch transmission, to boot. And let's not forget the upgraded suspension, evening out power distributed along the wheels.
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'If we don't find a monster, that doesn't mean there is no monster': Danish scientist at Loch Ness
A team of international scientists, including three Danes, on Monday begins research at the watery home of one of folklore's greatest myths.
Published: 4 June 2018 14:07 CEST
Urquhart Castle in Scotland, with Loch Ness in the background. Photo: johnbraid/Depositphotos
The researchers will be searching the 220-metre deep Loch Ness in Scotland for DNA from fish and algae – and anything else that might be hidden in the underwater depths.
According to folklore, the Loch Ness Monster inhabits the Highlands loch.
Kristine Bohmann of the Natural History Museum of Denmark is one of three Danish scientists to be attached to the project.
"This is not about finding a monster as such, but about finding out about the animals and plants that live in the lake," Bohmann said.
"Instead of going out and catching fish, we are going to take DNA from the water to find out what is in the lake," she added.
Collected DNA from sources such as urine, shells from fish or feathers from birds will then be compared to databases to gain a clearer idea of the types of animal life making the loch their habitat.
Several theories exist as to the origin of 'Nessie', including that it is the ancestor of an aquatic dinosaur that somehow survived the extinction event that wiped out the rest of its species.
The existence of the monster has ever been proven, despite numerous claims of sightings over the years.
An undated photo of a shadowy shape that some people say is a photo of the Loch Ness monster. Source: Ritzau Scanpix
Loch Ness is interesting to scientists because of its unusual depth coupled with darkness and poor visibility.
The Danish researcher admitted that she hoped the project would benefit from the extra publicity the Loch Ness Monster myth could bring it, but admitted to doubting the scientific work would turn up any mythical sea beasts.
She said that any results from the work could not definitively rule out Nessie's existence.
"This is a very sensitive method but it requires DNA we find to already exist. So we can say something about what we find, but not about what we don't find," Bohmann said.
"So when we don't find a monster, that doesn't mean we can say there is no monster," she said.
Around 300 samples will be taken from the water by Bohmann and two Danish colleagues during the week-long testing period.
Results are expected to be published at the beginning of next year.
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