The term tragedy of the commons was coined by Garrett Hardin who hypothesized in 1968 that, as the size of the human population increased, there would be mounting pressures on resources at the local and global levels, leading to overexploitation and ruin. Partly the tragedy would occur because some "commoners" (or users of common resources) would reap the full benefit of a particular course of action while incurring only a small cost, while others would have to share the cost but receive none of the benefits. The classic examples of such overexploitation are grazing, fishing, and logging, where grasslands, fish stocks, and trees have declined from overuse. Hardin suggested that governmental intervention and laws could become the major method of solving such overexploitation. More recently, the concept of the commons has been expanded to include air, water, the Internet, and medical care.
Much controversy has developed over whether commoners are caught in an inevitable cycle of overexploitation and destruction of resources, or whether the wise use and management of natural resources are possible. Although many examples of overexploitation exist, particularly in fisheries, Elinor Ostrom, Bonnie McCay, Joanna Burger, and others have argued that there are also examples of local groups effectively managing commonly held resources, and that such local control requires accepted rules, with appropriate sanctions and some governmental control to prevent exploitation by outside interests. That is, a fishing cooperative can succeed only if outside fishermen agree to adhere to existing rules or laws. In an age with increasing populations, understanding how different societies and groups have managed a common pool of resources allows us to apply successful methods in managing these resources.
SEE ALSO E HRLICH, P AUL ; L IMITS TO G ROWTH, T HE ; M ALTHUS, T HOMAS R OBERT .
Burger, Joanna, and Gochfeld, Michael. (1998). "The Tragedy of the Commons—30 Years Later." Environment 41:4–13, 26–28.
Ostrom, Elinor; Burger, Joanna; Field, Christopher B.; Norgaard, Richard B.; and Policansky, David. (1999). "Revisiting the Commons: Local Lessons, Global Challenges." Science 284:278–282.
Hardin, Garret. (1968). "The Tragedy of the Commons." Science 162:12–13. Also available from http://dieoff.org/page95.htm .


In objectives of understanding, dialogue and coordination between youth and economists, social activists and also Afghan economic decision makers, encourage youth to approach their goals through pay attention on business and finally solving the exiting challenges of Afghanistan by economic and business activities.
Mr. Khalid Ahmad Dayani, Chancellor of Kabul University, Mr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Head of the Security Responsibilities Transition Commission, Mr. Khan Jan Alkozay, First Vice-Chairman of ACCI and Mr. Mohammad Qurban Haqjo, CEO of ACCI were key speakers at the event. The event was attended by many more students from public and private universities and also representatives of a few foreign organizations in Afghanistan.
"The purpose of the event is to have the opinions and dialogues of our young people and the Afghan and world economic and social leaders," said Ahmadullah Mouj, Head of AIESEC of Afghanistan.
Mr. Ghani underlined existence of youth in a country such Afghanistan as assets of the country and urged government to prioritize the assets in taking practicable economic and social policies toward approaching of Afghanistan to self-sufficiency.
Mr. Haqjo believably said that absolutely youth are owners of the country and will rebuild the country together with private sector not too distant future. He pledged that private sector will be working together with the association.
Organization of such association as part of universal bodies in a country such Afghanistan is so significant and will approach youth together universally and will provide an opportunity to exchange their experiences and knowledge to each other. ACCI as apex organization in pro businesses in Afghanistan will be supporting the association.


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Venezuelan Court Lets Opposition Leader Leave Prison Under House Arrest
Venezuela's most famous political prisoner is one step closer to freedom, after the country's Supreme Court of Justice granted house arrest to Leopoldo López. The court called it "a humanitarian measure," citing the opposition leader's health.
López, 46, has been serving a nearly 14-year prison term. The surprise move took effect Friday, the court said in a tweet Saturday morning.
In addition to health concerns, the court's president, Maikel Moreno, mentioned "serious indications of irregularities" in the case.
Sala Penal del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia otorga arresto domiciliario a Leopoldo López https://t.co/6EIPxogo0P pic.twitter.com/EVGJDoRLzT
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Moreno is one of eight justices on the high court who were hit by U.S. sanctions in May, in retaliation for the court's move to dissolve the National Assembly and take over legislative duties. The court is dominated by backers of embattled President Nicolas Maduro.
Maduro was narrowly elected to succeed the late leader Hugo Chavez in 2013. The opposition won a landslide victory in legislative elections that were held in late 2015. Venezuela is slated to hold a new vote in late July, to form a constitutional assembly.
Lopez's case has been disputed since 2014. As NPR reported in 2015:
"After giving a speech during last year's demonstrations, Lopez was arrested and sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison — a decision that sparked international outrage.
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Anthony Precourt claims 'misrepresentation' during meeting with the media
The Crew investor/operator leaves people with more questions than answers as he answers media questions.
By Ralph Schudel@schudel_ralph Oct 20, 2017, 9:47am EDT
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When Anthony Precourt purchased Columbus Crew SC from the Hunt Sports Group in 2013, many fans became uneasy with an "outsider" taking control of the first club in Major League Soccer.
What did a venture capitalist from San Francisco with no prior ownership experience want with MLS's first franchise? Many feared the team would become expendable to the new owner.
Former ownership trusted Precourt as did then-mayor Michael Coleman.
He told members of the media that he and his ownership group remained "very committed" to keeping the Crew in Columbus and pledged that he wouldn't be an absentee owner. He even spoke of buying a second home in Central Ohio.
Fans were reassured as the agreement between Precourt Sports Ventures and the Hunt Sports Group included a promise to keep the franchise in Columbus for at least 10 years. However, a then-unknown escape clause was included in the event that Precourt decided to move the team to Austin, TX.
Former Columbus Dispatch Crew beat writer Adam Jardy remembers when he first met Precourt on the day he bought the team. He recalled his first encounter with the Crew owner in an article he wrote this past Tuesday.
"When I asked him if there was any language in the deal binding him and/or the club to Columbus, he acted offended and gave a curt reply, repeating what he said publicly about being committed to the city." - Adam Jardy
Fast forward to present day and trouble is on the horizon.
News broke late Monday evening about Precourt's intention to move the Black & Gold to Austin barring the construction of a new downtown stadium.
Understandably, fans were upset and confused as information poured out from multiple sources. Supporters took to social media to vent their frustrations, but would have to wait for official answers when the Black & Gold owner was scheduled to meet with the media via teleconference Tuesday morning.
Precourt began the meeting by speaking of unprecedented growth in MLS and how the product has improved year over year, listing his accomplishments of the last 4 and a half years.
He then moved onto the bad news.
He stressed that PSV was beginning to explore "strategic alternatives" to secure the long term viability of the club due to the business struggling to keep pace with the rising standards of the league, match day attendance, an inability to grow the season ticket base and the disparity in match attendance and corporate support.
Precourt also felt it necessary to address the elephant in the room.
Just 12 hours prior, the Columbus Dispatch reported that Alex Fischer, CEO of the Columbus Partnership, along with a group of business leaders from around Central Ohio approached Precourt with offers to buy the Black & Gold outright and engage in a 50-50 partnership.
Precourt rejected both offers.
The Dispatch also reported a prospect of the new Austin franchise playing on the University of Texas campus should the franchise relocate. Another source also confirmed that Precourt had his heart set on playing at the University of Texas and that people at MLS headquarters weren't exactly keen on the idea.
The investor/operator said that "misrepresentations" had been made and emphasized no relocation decision was final. Precourt told this to reporters despite having created the "MLS2ATX" domain, copy written under PSV, in August.
Precourt also denied other reports, or "misrepresentations."
"We are not asking for public tax dollars and we are not asking either city to build a stadium for us," he said. "Any conversations we've had in Columbus with potential investors center around a new, privately-funded stadium in the downtown area.
No investor in Columbus presented a serious offer to invest in the club while the team plays at MAPFRE Stadium. Not for 100 percent, not for 50 percent, not for any percentage. To say that a deal has been made to host games at UT-Austin is also premature."
Tom Bosco, a reporter from ABC 6 in Columbus, continued to press the issue.
Precourt responded by denying the existence of the Columbus Partnership offer.
"We've had private conversations and they're probably better to remain private," he said. "At this time, I'm going to stay there. There were no serious offers made to me in regards to the Crew."
Sources have told Massive Report that a $75 million bid was made to purchase just a half stake in the franchise. And was turned down. Precourt in his above quotes, denies this is the case.
Who isn't telling the truth?
Many city officials seem blindsided by Precourt's proclamation including Franklin County commissioner John O'Grady.
"If he needs a Downtown stadium, he should have said something," O'Grady told The Dispatch. "That's a weird negotiating ploy."
Andrew Erickson of The Dispatch asked Precourt about the reaction from city officials, many of whom mimicked O'Grady's reaction.
"Why, from the city aspect, were they kept in the dark and how can those conversations progress going forward?" said Erickson.
Precourt danced around the question, saying again that it was a "misrepresentation" and that he had been clear about his desire for a stadium since the beginning of 2016.
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther told The Dispatch, the stadium discussion began only a few months ago.
Andrew King of MLSSoccer.com asked Precourt to field the hardest question of the teleconference. King asked, "Just last October you told The Columbus Dispatch you were, 'tired of the insecurities Crew SC fans have about the team possibly moving.' Now you're openly considering moving the team. Do you feel like you maybe owe those Crew fans an apology for suggestions of unwavering commitment?"
It was an honest question and what King and the members of the media received was a shockingly honest answer. Precourt said that he stands by what he said and hopes that "you guys recognize the ambition" as the club tries to take the next step in Major League Soccer.
For those hoping for answers from Precourt this week, you did not get them. At least not ones that really answered the questions.
As Precourt made it clear, there are "misrepresentations" going on. It just remains unclear who is doing the misrepresenting.


Ex President Barack Obama is in advanced negotiations with Netflix to produce a series of high-profile shows that will provide him a global platform after his departure from the White House, according to people familiar with the discussions.
According to Nyt.Under terms of a proposed deal, which is not yet final, Netflix would pay Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, for exclusive content that would be available only on the streaming service, which has nearly 118 million subscribers around the world.
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Hitachi Elevator China debuts next-gen smart elevator
Hitachi Elevator (China) launched its new smart elevator at a company event in Kunming.
Hitachi Elevator (China) recently unveiled in Kunming its the next-generation smart elevator MCA-ES, which uses advanced intelligent control technology to monitor users' riding experience. The new model is designed for 5G and is running on an open platform.
According to data from Qianzhan Industry Research Institute, China's smart building market will reach 640 billion yuan by 2020.
With a focus on the development of smart buildings, Hitachi Elevator in recent years has been committed to building Internet of Things solutions, while leveraging its own experience in smart cities and smart buildings to promote the development of smart buildings.
According to the company, the MCA-ES model can achieve a higher level of speed and position control because it has a tolerance in the elevator's vertical position when stationary of +/-0.1 mm. This ensures the elevator's high accuracy landing on each floor despite building shrinkage, settlement and climate change, among other factors. This also vastly reduces the likelihood of a passenger tripping and falling when the elevator does not line up perfectly with the ground of the floor it has stopped.
"Statistics show that safety is the leading concern for 90% of elevator passengers," said Liang Dongming, chief engineer at Hitachi Elevator.
He added that for safety issues that have raised most concerns, the MCA-ES model has obtained the safety integrity level (SIL) 3 certification and features a more comprehensive functional and good big data processing capability.
The new elevator model is equipped with a remote monitoring device that collects elevator operation data 24 hours a day. Through AI pre-diagnosis, the big data centre can analyse more than 600 sets of elevator-related data to facilitate preventive maintenance before a failure occurs.
"We have been working with the Nanjing Municipal Government to promote the on-demand service pilot project. Using the AI pre-diagnosis service, elevator abnormalities have decreased by 65%," said Liang.
Related: Industrial robots market in India grew 39% in 2018
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Travel through time this holiday season with two new gift sets from BBC Home Entertainment that the whole family will can enjoy together. Whovians can follow the Doctor on a holiday adventure through all of the modern era Christmas specials with Doctor Who: The Christmas Specials Gift Set, available on DVD and Blu-ray on November 24, 2015. Dinosaur enthusiasts won't need a TARDIS to travel back to the prehistoric era to discover some of history's coolest creatures with three feature films in Limited Edition Dinosaurs DVD Gift Set available on November 17, 2015.
It just wouldn't be Christmas without the Doctor, and now for the first time every Christmas special is available in one complete set. David Tennant (Broadchurch), Matt Smith (Terminator Genisys), and Peter Capaldi (The Thick of It) all take turns starring in a collection of exhilarating specials that set the Doctor rushing to save the world from a wide array of dastardly foes, including robot Santas, exploding Christmas trees, and an army of snowmen. The specials include Tennant's first full episode and the Doctor's regenerations into Smith and Capaldi. In an exclusive bonus feature, British comedian and upcoming season nine guest star Rufus Hound embarks on a mission to discover what makes a Doctor Who Christmas Special so, well…special. From juggling tangerines to meeting a guest star from The Time of the Doctor, Hound journeys through Christmases past to showcase many of the greatest moments and monsters of the holiday season. This bonus feature also includes personal reflections from current Doctor Peter Capaldi and writer and executive producer Steven Moffat. The gift set comes with a replica of the Twelfth Doctor's sonic screwdriver.
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Extreme Dinosaurs is a dino double feature that will challenge a number of the previous perceptions of the Tyrannosaurus Rex. In Extreme Dinosaurs, accompany Paleontologist Dr. Philip Currie as he searches for evidence of a fiercer predator than the T-Rex – the Argentinosaurus, a six-ton flesh-eating dinosaur; and in T-Rex: Warrior or Wimp, watch as the T-Rex's reputation as the meanest, most bewitching dinosaur comes into question.
Predator Dinosaurs uses innovative techniques through biomechanics, CGI, special effects and hi-tech scans to provide an insightful look at dinosaurs and challenge theories about the prehistoric world.
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Fullscreen — a digital entertainment company controlled by Otter Media, AT&T's joint venture with Peter Chernin — says today that on April 26 it will introduce its global, Netflix-like, ad-free subscription video on demand service for teens and young adults.
The $4.99-a-month offering (with a 30-day free trial) will use the company name, and will include original content as well as library movies and TV shows licensed from established producers including Sony Pictures Television, NBCUniversal, Warner Bros., and MTV.
Fullscreen's licensed series will include Chappelle's Show, Dawson's Creek, Saved By The Bell, Suburgatory, Daria, and Happy Endings. The movie lineup will include Cruel Intentions and Can't Hardly Wait.
But the company is especially eager to attract followings for its scripted and unscripted originals. They include Electra Woman & Dyna Girl with Grace Helbig and Hannah Hart; a comic drama Filthy Preppy Teen$; Jack & Dean of All Trades with Jack Howard and Dean Dobbs; a pop-culture talk show, Kingdom Geek; and a docu-series My Selfie Life.


The fear of failing is one of the most debilitating feelings! As a matter of fact an article in psychology today says that this fear of failure many times operates at an unconscious level – and so we behave and make choices in a way that are based in this fear of failure. Most of the time we don't realize that we are sabotaging ourselves!
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The British Columbia School of Professional Psychology is offering Basic Training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Participants learn to use EMDR appropriately and effectively in a variety of applications. Such use is based on understanding the theoretical basis of EMDR, safety issues, integration with a treatment plan, and supervised practice.
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The Pines, a detached house discreetly positioned in an exclusive enclave of individual properties a short distance from Swan Green; on the fringes of the beautiful New Forest village of Lyndhurst. Within walking distance to open forest and the village with many amenities. Several good New Forest family pubs are in stumbling distance and be ready to bump into ponies or donkeys throughout the New Forest as they leisurely stroll on by ...
You have access to the house and the lovely wrap around secure garden with a patio area that takes in the sunshine. Car parking at front of house for up to 4 cars (dependent on size) and a washer and dryer in the separate utility.
Please NO smoking in the home and preferably no shoes to be worn upstairs, simply as we have cream carpets. Otherwise make yourselves at home and have a fabulous stay.
The New Forest is proud of supporting recycling so there are special recycling bins in the utility to help you to help us support this great initiative. We'll help provide as much useful information in a welcome pack for you and your guests to make the most of your stay in the very special New Forest.
The Pines, a detached house discreetly positioned in an exclusive enclave of individual properties a short distance from Swan Green; on the fringes of the beautiful New Forest village of Lyndhurst. Within walking distance to open forest and the village with many amenities. Several good New Forest family pubs are in stumbling distance and be ready to bump into ponies or donkeys throughout the New Forest as they leisur… czytaj dalej
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Visitors can expect a right royal welcome to the delightful New Forest village of Lyndhurst.
Known as the capital of The New Forest since William the Conqueror established it as a royal hunting ground in 1079. Lyndhurst has been visited by kings and queens staying at the Royal Manor throughout the centuries. Today, Swan Green retains its charm and is in walking distance to Lyndhurst which remains the administrative heart of the New Forest.
Situated at the top of the High Street, sits the impressive gothic parish church of St Michael and All Angels. The church was built in the mid-nineteenth century, although evidence suggests churches were previously found on this site. Within the church you can find some beautiful pre-Raphaelite windows designed by William Morris and a fresco by Lord Frederick Leighton which is said to be modelled on local people.
In the graveyard of St Michael and All Angels' Church can be found the grave of one of the New Forest's famous residents, Alice Pleasance Liddell. Alice was the little girl who inspired Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass'. Alice's connection with the New Forest began in 1880 after she married wealthy Reginald Hargreaves, who had inherited the Cuffnells country estate, near the village.
Close by to the church, you will find Queens House, which remains the property of the Crown. Today, Queens House provides offices for the Forestry Commission and is home to the Verderers Hall, where the Verderers meet monthly.
Lyndhurst boasts the New Forest Heritage Centre. The Museum is great for families and there's a Gallery, Reference Library, Gift Shop and cafe too! In addition its the hub of the New Forest with many eateries, coffee shops, good pubs and food shops to buy your provisions. For emergency the GP surgery is a located on Church Street in the centre by the main car park.
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Houlton girls win second straight state title (from Bangor Daily News Online)
posted Feb 27, 2016, 5:26 AM by RSU 29 Webmaster
By Larry Mahoney, BDN Staff
Posted Feb. 26, 2016, at 10:03 p.m.
Last modified Feb. 26, 2016, at 11:22 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — The Houlton High School girls basketball team won the Class C state championship a year ago and became one of few teams to ever capture a title in a higher class the next year Friday night.
Sophomore center Kolleen Bouchard poured in 21 points and also grabbed 12 rebounds, both game-highs, as the Shiretowners beat Gray-New Gloucester 48-35 in the Class B state championship game at the Cross Insurance Center.
The Shires wound up 21-1 and Gray-New Gloucester finished at 17-5.
Houlton turned in an exceptional defensive performance, holding the taller Patriots to a 32.6 percent shooting performance from the floor.
"Our defense was phenomenal," said Houlton coach Shawn Graham, whose team was tenacious in its player-to-player and also successfully pressured the Patriots full-court from time to time.
"They took away everything we did [well]," said Gray-New Gloucester coach Mike Andreasen, who noted that the Shires did a nice job fronting the ball and helping out on their entry passes into the paint.
"Our defense was huge," Bouchard said. "There were times when we trapped and they wouldn't even get a shot off."
Natalie Hill had 10 points, four rebounds and four assists for the winners. Rylee Warman had nine points, four rebounds and four steals and Aspen Flewelling scored eight points.
Skye Conley had 13 points and six rebounds for the Patriots. Alanna Camerl had six points and six rebounds.
Bouchard not only scored and rebounded, she provided a steady influence on the court as she had the ball much of the time. She also blocked three shots.
Her rebounding was impressive because the Patriots had four players who were at least 5-foot-9.
"I knew I needed to get position and rebound because I'm the tallest player on our team and I have the longest arms," said Bouchard, who is Houlton's only player taller than 5-9 at 5-10.
"She was the field general," said Andreasen. "I had an assistant coach once tell me that you are going to win more games than you lose if you have the best player on the court. She was the best player on the court tonight."
"She's a very, very talented player," said Gray-New Gloucester junior forward Isabelle DeTroy. "Whenever they needed a point or a foul shot, she came through for them."
Houlton took the lead for good by scoring the last six points of the first half to break a 13-13 tie.
Natalie Hill hit a 10-foot jumper off a Kristen Graham pass, Bouchard passed to Hill for a fast break layup and Bouchard grabbed a defensive rebound and went coast to coast and laid it in.
Houlton outscored Gray-New Gloucester 14-8 in the third quarter to build the lead to 33-21.
Bouchard's six third-quarter points were sandwiched by 3-pointers by Aspen Flewelling and Rylee Warman. Warman also had a top-of-the-key jumper in the period.
The Patriots never gave up and closed the gap to 38-33 with three minutes left in regulation on a Skye Conley basket in the paint and seconds later a DeTroy steal and pass to Alicia Dumont for a layup.
But that's as close as the Patriots would get.
Graham called a timeout and told his Shires "basketball is a game of runs. They've had their run. Let's get a couple of buckets and put them away. We've been in that situation before and we used it to our advantage."
The Shires received a pair of foul shot from Warman and, after a Gray-New Gloucester miss, Bouchard grabbed the rebound and was fouled.
She made both free throws to make it 42-33 with 1:45 left.
DeTroy converted a Dumont pass but two more free throws from Hill and Hill's basket off a rebound sewed it up
"Teen without arms finds his place on Houlton High School football team" (Bangor Daily News Article -September 26, 2015)
posted Sep 27, 2015, 3:46 AM by RSU 29 Webmaster
(Ernie Clark, BDN Staff - Photo by Ashley L. Conti BDN) HOULTON, Maine — A warm late-summer afternoon was like any other practice opportunity for the Houlton High School football team.
More than 35 Shiretowners methodically went about conditioning drills before turning to refining the plays designed to beat their next opponent, and their uniform look in practice jerseys, shoulder pads and black-and-white helmets served to emphasize the team concept rather than the individuals within the roster.
That's just the way Isaac Lufkin likes it.
A 16-year-old junior on coach Brian Reynolds' club, Lufkin loves both the collisions and camaraderie that come from playing football and is having an impact on his team, as well as its opponents, despite being born with no arms.
The 5-foot-8, 110-pound Lufkin serves as a place kicker and defensive nose tackle, seeing most of his duty at the junior varsity level but relishing the chance to be part of the rebirth of football at Houlton — where the Shiretowners started the second season of their reincarnation as a varsity sport with a 2-1 record heading into Friday night's game at undefeated Medomak Valley of Waldoboro.
"I just like the contact," said Lufkin, who also enjoys listening to Eminem and whose favorite player is former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis. "It's something that's fun, and I'm just happy being on the team anyplace as long as I can help."
Lufkin already has had a historic moment this season, kicking the first successful extra point of Houlton's modern football tenure during a preseason game against John Bapst of Bangor.
"After the game when he came through the line I gave him the game ball," John Bapst head coach Dan O'Connell said. "I said it wasn't because of the fact that you don't have arms, it's about the fact that you're doing what you're doing and inspiring people — I know for one we are inspired by what you're doing, so keep it going."
The opportunity to play on the line for the first time in his young football career has added fuel to Lufkin's determination not only to inspire but to help his team succeed.
"I'm getting better at it," Lufkin said. "I haven't figured out how to tackle yet, though, and I'm not very big so that's a struggle at times.
"But I like being part of a team because you're with guys who have your back and you can have their backs. It's more just about having that trust."
It's trust his teammates, particularly his comrades along the line of scrimmage, eagerly share.
"His positive attitude is like an aura," Houlton freshman lineman Dolton Nason said. "He makes the best of every situation and that just kind of spreads around the team."
Getting his kicks
Much of Lufkin's early physical activity was focused on developing core strength and flexibility that allow him to use his legs and feet to perform basic activities such as dressing himself and writing.
That, combined with the mantra "If I can't then I won't" stressed with him by his mother, Lori Williams, provided much of the motivation for Lufkin to develop independent living skills and become a problem solver.
That was accomplished without the use of prosthetic limbs, which Lufkin tried but opted against because he had become so adept at using his feet that artificial arms might hinder further development.
"I use my feet for mostly everything," Lufkin said. "Other people teach me to do things, too, and if I see something done, sometimes I try to do it in a way that works for me."
Lufkin's use of his highly developed core and lower-body strength initially did not include organized sports.
"I never really did sports when I was little because people didn't think I could do it," he said. "I just kind of knew about them."
He dabbled with soccer but by age 10 was drawn to the aggressive nature of football.
"Normally, I would be playing soccer, but football feels like more of a team game for me," Lufkin said. "In soccer you help the next person you're passing to. In football every single person helps make the play."
Lufkin first concentrated on kicking and taking advantage of his leg strength, which led to worldwide attention as a high school freshman playing football in Providence, Rhode Island.
Using his kicking accuracy and knack for effective onside kicks that could be recovered by teammates, he helped Classical High School to the 2013 Division II freshman football state championship.
Classical High, ironically, had a previous armless kicker, Chris Schumman, who helped its 1963 team win a state title.
"Classical gave Isaac a shot," Williams said, "and his passion for football kind of grew after that because they didn't treat him any differently. They didn't tell him he couldn't do it."
While the mere chance to compete was a significant reward, Lufkin's story was featured on CNN's "The Situation Room." He subsequently was interviewed by television personalities Glenn Beck and Arsenio Hall and invited with his mother by the National Football League to attend Super Bowl XLVIII between the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos.
While at the Super Bowl, Lufkin was visited in his suite by former President Bill Clinton, and he later received a letter of commendation from President Barack Obama.
"It was a blowout game [Seattle won 43-8], but it was fun," Lufkin said.
Home on the line
Lufkin and his mother moved last October back to her native Houlton, where she since has remarried.
Lufkin enrolled at Houlton High School and joined the Shiretowners' outdoor track team last spring, competing in the long jump and sprints.
"I was not very good," he said. "I just wasn't in shape."
Conditioning was less of an issue when Lufkin joined the Houlton football program for preseason practices in mid-August.
"His leg strength and his core strength were definitely a benefit for him," Reynolds said. "You can see how he gets it in how he dresses and when you see him put the ball on the tee. He does all of our exercises, sometimes he has to put his own touch on it but he does them all. He never wants to sit back, he never wants to be a spectator."
While Lufkin had an established reputation as a kicker, he sought a more active role on his new team.
"I asked him what he wanted to do so I could help him be a better player and he said, 'I'd kind of like to try the line,'" Reynolds said. "I said, 'How about nose guard,' and he said 'sounds good.'"
Lufkin is joined by Nason, Jordan Hostetler and Colby Callnan along the front line for Houlton's junior varsity defense.
"There's really no difference with Isaac except he's very quick," Nason said. "He can get a lot lower and then hit somebody mid-body before they can react."
Early in the season Lufkin's quickness occasionally worked against him, particularly without a corresponding ability to wrap his arms around the ball carrier.
"He's fairly quick," Reynolds said, "so his first couple of plays on the line he just knifed right between the guard and the center and got in the offensive backfield and bumped into people, but they eventually figured out a blocking scheme for him and it went from trying to get past people to occupying people."
That's been one of the biggest adjustments for Lufkin, being content as a nose tackle with occupying offensive linemen so his teammates can make the tackles.
"Most of the time at this level it's jet sweeps and outside pitches so I just read the play and if it comes to the middle I try to stop it and if it goes outside I try to get blocked so that gives someone else a chance to make the play," he said.
Lufkin typically gives away considerable size to his opponent, but his response reflects how he has dealt with challenges throughout his life.
"On the third or fourth play of our [JV] game against Dexter he really got knocked over but he was right back up again," Reynolds said. "I think they thought they'd knock him down and he'd stay down, but he doesn't and that's kind of the whole concept he brings to the team, that he doesn't give up."
Lufkin's teammates readily acknowledge that contribution.
"It's great to see someone trying to do stuff that people usually think they can't do," Hostetler said. "He fits right in with us and it's helped us become a better team together."
The relationship also has been valuable to Isaac Lufkin.
"We learn what each other's strengths and weaknesses are," he said. "Someone's weakness might be someone else's strength, so we help each other."
MPA Approves Cooperative Hockey Team (WAGM TV)
posted Sep 17, 2015, 2:28 PM by Dewayne Morse [ updated Sep 17, 2015, 2:46 PM by RSU 29 Webmaster ]
The Maine Principals Association Interscholastic Management Committee approved a request from Houlton and Hodgdon to add Southern Aroostook and Katahdin students to the cooperative hockey team.
The request was made by SAHS and Katahdin Principal Jon Porter. The Houlton and Hodgdon School Boards approved the coop team and sent it to the MPA who accepted the request today. Porter made the inquiry because a student at Southern Aroostook had been playing in the Southern Aroostook Minor Hockey Association in Elementary and MIddlle School and wanted to play varsity hockey. Houlton Athletic Director Bruce Nason said Houlton and Hodgdon have run a cooperative team for over a decade. The team will continue to compete in Class B.
Houlton High School Recipient of U.S. News Bronze Award
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RSU 29 students thrive after grade switch, say administrators (Bangor Daily News Article)
posted Aug 20, 2015, 6:11 AM by RSU 29 Webmaster [ updated Aug 20, 2015, 6:15 AM ]
(By Jen Lynds, BDN Staff) HOULTON , Maine— Despite a year of significant change in the RSU 29 school district, teachers and administrators within the schools said that students adjusted well and there were no serious problems this year.
"We really could not have asked more from our students," said Candy Crane, principal of the Houlton Elementary School. "They really stepped up, adjusted well and they did everything that we expected of them. It was a great year."
The numerous changes in the district, which serves the communities of Houlton, Hammond, Littleton and Monticello, were caused by the closing of the Wellington School in Monticello at the end of the school year in June 2014. The school board voted to close the school due to declining enrollments and rising expenses. Closing the school, which served 66 students from pre-kindergarten through grade three at the time, was expected to save the district $109,000 a year.
As a result, all pupils but the third graders from Monticello began this school year at Houlton Elementary School, approximately 13 miles away.
All the third graders from both the shuttered Monticello school and Houlton Elementary were sent across the street to the Southside School, which had previously only served students in grades four through six. That move led to the sixth graders being moved up to Houlton High School, which at that point had only housed seventh through 12th grade students.
Crane said that Houlton Elementary School had a huge kindergarten enrollment this year, with 75 youngsters, and a total school enrollment of 412 students. The administration did not have to make any changes to the facility, she said, and there were no changes to instructional material. She added that the district's transportation director worked "very hard" to rework bus routes so that students from Monticello did not have to spend too long on the busses or rise too early.
"There was one or two complaints, but that is it," she said.
At Southside School, Principal Cindy Peterson also said the entire school of 290 students worked together to "create a great school environment."
"We spent spent a lot of time on team building for students and for our staff, because half of them were new teachers who had come from other schools," she said. "We had an open house over the summer to ease any anxieties our new students had and their parents had. We seem to have gotten everyone on the same page so that everyone in the building feels like this is a family."
She said that the biggest challenge, especially for the third graders who came over from Houlton Elementary School, was the lack of playground equipment. While the elementary school has a substantial playground, Southside has only aging basketball hoops, slides and tetherball equipment.
"The biggest complaint is that there is nothing to do out there," said Crane. "There is fundraising going on to see what can be done over the next few years to get equipment there."
Next year, however, there will be some changes, including returning to having students eat lunches with their peers in the same grade and ending a pilot project called "looping," which had some home room classes staying with their teacher for two consecutive years in a row.
At the high school, Superintendent Mike Hammer said Friday that the sixth grade change also was a success.
"I think it worked out really well," he said. "Next year the sixth, seventh and eighth grades will be on the same schedule and they will not have to be separated as much. The concerns that some of the parents raised about bullying and the sixth graders mixing with the high schoolers too much never materialized. I credit the principal and the vice principal for that. We were able to keep them separated, the sixth grade had recess at different times, and we were able to keep separate entrances for them, so there were few problems."
At this point, Hammer said he cannot give a dollar amount for how much was saved by closing Wellington School, but said the district did save funds by closing the facility.
Houlton students give money to strangers, ask them to 'pay it forward' (Bangor Daily News Story)
(By Jen Lynds, BDN Staff) HOULTON, Maine — When parents take their children to the grocery store, it sometimes turns into an experience where the youngsters beg the adults to spend money on candy, sugary cereal and other treats that the family does not often need.
But when adults walked into the Andy's IGA in Houlton on Sunday, they saw an entirely different scenario, when student council members from the Houlton Southside School decided to distribute cash to strangers as part of a random-acts-of-kindness project. The only catch was that the students asked the recipients to one day "pay it forward" themselves.
It was an initiative that Leanne Faulkingham, a teacher at Houlton Southside School and the student council advisee, said Wednesday that she was thrilled to have been a part of.
The school educates students in third through fifth grade.
"We had been talking for awhile about a project that we could do at the end of the school year, and the students came up with this and were very excited about it," she said.
The money came from funds the students had raised in the school store, which Faulkingham said the youngsters were diligent about opening and operating every school day.
"We had $150 in cash, and the students' goal was to hand it out to certain shoppers as a random act of kindness and ask them to one day pay it forward to someone else," Faulkingham said.
The teacher said 17 children accompanied her to the store on Sunday.
"We had practiced for a while in the classroom about what to say when we approached people in the store with the money," she said. Then on Sunday, "we followed [shoppers] around and kind of observed them and just handed out between $20 and $40 to people who the students felt might benefit from it the most. Most people were just shocked."
Faulkingham said the project came about as part of a yearlong initiative about learning how to give back to the community.
"I have been so impressed about how these students have just given and given and given all year long," she said. "Besides the school store, we have had a family dance, and the kids have taken that money and put it toward the fundraising campaign to build a desperately needed new playground here at the school, and they brought in more than $700 from taking part in the Bridge to Hope breast cancer walk, paid money to wear certain items like hats on hat day, sold popcorn, and done other little fundraisers. They have just been fantastic about giving back and being in service to others."
What was even more satisfying, however, was seeing how their service on Sunday affected others.
"There was one man there that I knew who was with his son," said Faulkingham. "I knew that he really could benefit from the money, as he and his wife just adopted two young children from the foster care system. He accepted the money, thanked the children, paid for his groceries and then gave the change to his son."
The best story of the day affected all of the children, according to the teacher.
"The best one was a woman who was there, and she tried to give the money away to some employees in the store," she said. "But when she realized she could not, [because of company policy] she just said, 'I have to tell you that we just moved to Maine from Massachusetts and we don't have enough cash to go back there and pay for the tolls to get our one last load of belongings here to Maine, but now we do. This must be a sign that we are really going to like this area."
Faulkingham said the woman hugged each of the students before she left the store.
"I asked one of the students how that made him feel, the feeling of giving," she said Wednesday. "And he said that it made him 'feel all fuzzy' inside. And that was the point, to teach them the snowball effect of kindness and generosity and how giving just once can go a long way."
At the end of the day, the generosity continued.
While they had planned to travel from the grocery store to Houlton Farms Dairy Bar to use some of the money to treat themselves to ice cream, the students quickly realized they had given all but $17 away.
And even though they walked quite a distance from the grocery store to the dairy bar and were hungry, the students either ordered baby cones to stay within their $17 budget or students who had brought along money of their own shared it with others.
"It was wonderful to see," Faulkingham.


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DUBAI – April 16, 2018: Dubai-based Al Kasir Group launched three Crypto assets backed by certified diamonds. Al Kasir Jewellery Trading and Al Kasir portal, a joint venture under the private office of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Obaid Al Maktoum, announced the launch of the innovative diamond trading model using the blockchain technology for the first time in the world.
Al Kasir Group, a joint venture under the private office of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Obaid Al Maktoum and Dr. Amit Lakhanpal, Indian entrepreneur, property developer and director of the Al Kasir Group.
"For the first time ever, the world is about to experience a set of three crypto-assets backed by IGI certified real diamonds. Being backed by a real-world Asset, these three crypto-assets: Al Mas, Al Haqeek and Al Falah are better capable to store and translate value due to a base measure or gauge around which their value revolves," he added.
The company announced the Pre-ICAO commencement during which these crypto-assets can be purchased on the company's online shopping portal with a bonus in store. Investors, who wish to buy these crypto-assets, will have a variety of packages to choose from, ranging from a minimum of USD 250 up to USD 250,000, against which he will be given Indian Gemological Institute (IGI) certified diamonds of the same value after the completion of ICAO (Initial Crypto Asset Offering). The company aims to attract buyers from all social and economic segments.
"Diamonds are an ideal asset backing for crypto-assets since they are rare, taking a billion years to develop, have several millennia of history as a recognized store of value, and are small and therefore easily stored and transported. The three crypto-assets are designed to seamlessly address the need of security, combining the convenience of digital currencies by being utilised as crypto-assets with the stability of traditional assets," he elaborated.
According to him, the three crypto-assets are due to be traded on their own unique crypto-asset exchange with the flexibility of inter-changeablitiy of coins and trading directly against diamonds, precious gemstones, oud, Bakhoor and attar to add more value.
Dr. Lakhanpal is the founder and CEO of the Money Trade Coin Group. Author of a book titled 'The World of Crypto Currency', Dr. Lakhanpal is also the Chief Managing Director of real estate development agency named Flintstone Group and the founder of FlintBeats, an event agency founded in 2015.


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Ranger's Road Loughton: Pedestrian airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries after being hit by car
Adam MaySenior Reporter
Ranger's Road in Loughton (Image: Google Maps)
A pedestrian has been left with life-threatening injuries after he was hit by a car in Essex.
The incident happened at 11.05am this morning (Sunday, May 16) in Ranger's Road in Loughton.
Police were called to reports that a pedestrian and silver BMW had been involved in a collision.
The pedestrian, a man in his 20s, has been airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries, police have confirmed.
Ranger's Road remains closed from the junction with Epping New Road.
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Motorists are urged to seek a different route if travelling in the area.
A spokesperson from Essex Police said: "We'd like to say thank you to members of the public who stopped and assisted with first aid at the scene.
"If you witnessed the collision and have not yet spoken to officers, or were in the area and may have CCTV or dashcam prior to the incident which could help us, please get in touch.
"You can call 101 or email the Serious Collision Investigation Unit directly on collisionappeal@essex.police.uk
"The incident number to quote is 405 of Sunday, May 16."


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The PhotoNOLA Prize: Samantha Geballe	by Aline SmithsonJanuary 23, 2017
©Samantha Geballe
This past December, I once again had the great pleasure of reviewing portfolios at PhotoNOLA. It's an exceptional experience that includes a city decorated for the holidays ready to delight all the senses (and the palettes). There is always a stellar group of photographers who come to the reviews, and on the final day, after the last meetings, the reviewers are asked to rank the work they have seen at the reviews or the portfolio walk. Needless to say, it is not an easy task as there was so much excellent work and the prize is significant. The winner of the PhotoNOLA Review Prize includes a solo exhibition at the New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery during the twelfth annual PhotoNOLA, a cash award of $1000, and a marketing consultation with Mary Virginia Swanson.
The winner of the 2016 PhotoNOLA Review Prize is Samantha Geballe, who I am happy to say has been a friend in Los Angeles for a number of years, and in that time she has stayed consistent to her vision of self. Samantha is a brave, fearless, and powerful photographic and video artist, chronicling her body's transformation through weight loss, but more importantly, her story is not about a number on the scale, it's about the weight of being human, the weight of the body as a battleground, the weight of being in a skin that no longer fits, and the weight of a culture that comes with judgement. Samantha's work is not unlike a novel, with chapters of different selves, layers of self-knowledge, and an honesty and truthfulness that is rare. She wants us to see her, stripped down and more than naked, defiant and vulnerable, in order to help us understand not only her journey, but our own, and to see the beauty and burden of the body in all its incarnations.
Samantha Geballe, a California native, was born and raised just outside of San Francisco. Art is an interest of her family's, but that is not what propelled Samantha to create. Her ability to express herself through creative form is in her nature, and she has been producing art in many different mediums since early childhood.
Currently, Samantha's work focuses on conceptual portraiture, allowing her to explore human emotion from the inside out. She is working on an on-going self-portrait series focused on body image and healing that challenges viewers to question what it means to accept oneself.
Samantha is based in Los Angeles, CA.
©Samantha Geballe, Cottage
Samantha writes:
This is not another fat kid's story. There are times when I do assume that role but it does not define me. I don't have the body I have for no reason but it would be all too easy to extend blame. What people don't often see are the functions of obesity. I hide behind my size, mask vulnerabilities, and create walls as a way to protect myself. Something I have learned and portray in my art is that being vulnerable and forming connection have created new function and even healing. I share my body and my story not as a way to seek pity or define myself as a number, but as a venue for a viewer to say "I've been there too."
I take self-portraits as a way to reverse perspective from how I see myself to my interpretation of how I am seen by others. This body of work represents the feeling that interpretation provokes. This work does not exclusively relate to obesity or size. It is also about misuse of a human and not being seen as such. This is a body of work that requires fearlessness. I have had to set my fears aside in order to convey my intended message. I think judgment derives from lack of information, meaning – when we don't know the whole story, we fill in the missing pieces with our own knowledge. I think the reason we fight as a community is that we dissociate from humanity, not allowing ourselves to really know a person is a person.
Regardless of appearance, everyone has been made to feel small at some point. My hope is to generate a relationship between myself and others through my work and I ask you, as a viewer, to look for the similarities instead of the differences.
©Samantha Geballe, Bathroom Floor
Prepare yourself. Prepare yourself to feel alone, scared and like no one on earth could understand. Prepare yourself for the miles ahead of unfamiliar roads and paths that weave into a journey of seeing you for the first time. Prepare for everything in your life to change when you wake up. Everything.
Prepare for the floor to vanish beneath your feet. Brace for the fall. Know that it's coming and fast and in a blink it's here. A hard smack of today and suddenly you no longer recognize the person standing mirrored before you, nor the one stored in photos from the years prior. Prepare to meet yourself again or for the first time. It's jarring for the first time. Understand that you will stare at you, a lot. Feel how uncomfortable it is to believe that everyone thinks you're obsessed with yourself because you stare so much. What they don't know is that you've never seen this person before this very moment. At this very second, you've come to the realization that you are this person that everyone else sees. Prepare to feel sad to think of what you once were. Learn to grieve the loss and cope with the unbearable blow that you didn't know it was that bad.
Prepare to go easy on yourself. Give yourself a break; your whole fucking life just changed for fuck sake. Now breathe and try not to pass out from the mouthful of sadness. The bearing down sadness you feel realizing you had no idea what you've looked like your entire life. Prepare to question yourself more than ever. Now, prepare for this to happen all while everyone else is seeing you for the first time too. It's almost the hardest part. I think that it amplifies what you will already be dealing with. Try to love yourself through it all – as best as you can. Try and then try harder when you fall down.
©Samantha Geballe, X
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It's now day three showcasing the shortlisted photographs in the DLR 'Capture the Light' photography competition. On saturday we will be posting all 10 pictures again and opening a poll to allow you to vote for your favourite picture.
This entry was posted on March 19, 2014 by Chillbrook. It was filed under Photography and Travel .
I know what you mean Shimon. I used to be a regular visitor to the Tata Modern Gallery and others when I lived in London. I was only a regular visitor because I simply couldn't take it all in in one visit. How could you? You can only see so many Picassos and Dalis, your eye gets tired. It can all be just to much of a good thing. Now, daily, we are bombarded with imagery, how much of that do we take in I wonder? This competition shortlist contains some beautiful images, I hope by keeping the shortlist to 10, people can assimilate the photographs and enjoy them for what they are, images that stand out from the crowd.
Both excellent, but "Lightning at Sea" grabs for my attention.


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Recordings made Thursday, July 23, 1931
Victor LCVE-69747 12-in. long-playing program transcription 7/22/1931 [Re-recording from CM831 and CM874 and CM812] Artists vary
Victor MVE-70321 16-in. 7/23/1931 Fox Movietone news. Vol. 4, no. 88 Fox Film Corporation Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer
Victor MVE-70322 16-in. 7/23/1931 Hearst Metrotone news. Vol. 2, no. 286 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer
Victor MVE-70323 16-in. 7/23/1931 Stepping out Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer
Victor CRC-1706 12-in. 7/23/1931 Mickey's diplomacy RKO Radio Pictures Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer
Victor CRC-1706[a] 12-in. 7/23/1931 Mickey's diplomacy RKO Radio Pictures Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer
Victor CRC-2120[e] 12-in. 7/23/1931 Too many cooks RKO Radio Pictures Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer
Victor CRC-2120[f] 12-in. 7/23/1931 Too many cooks RKO Radio Pictures Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer
Victor CRC-2120[g] 12-in. 7/23/1931 Too many cooks RKO Radio Pictures Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer
Columbia W151696 10-in. 7/23/1931 Jumpin' Judy blues Wiley and Wiley Female vocal solo ("blues singer") and dialogue, with piano
Columbia W151697 10-in. 7/23/1931 Spider in your dumplin' Wiley and Wiley Female-male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with piano
Columbia W151698 10-in. 7/23/1931 You simply ain't my type Wiley and Wiley Female-male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with piano
Columbia W151699 10-in. 7/23/1931 This sweet Reedie Brown Wiley and Wiley Female-male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with piano
Columbia W151700 10-in. 7/23/1931 I love Louisa Smith Ballew and his Piping Rock Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble
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Kate Petering appointed head winemaker at Maxwell
Kate Petering has been appointed head winemaker at Maxwell, to lead the winemaking direction for the 2019 grape harvest and coming seasons.
Petering was formerly chief winemaker of Mt Langi Ghiran, and it's this experience owner Mark Maxwell was seeking for Maxwell's heritage vineyards and expanded winery facility, to deliver more evolved wine styles which are varietally expressive.
Petering said she feels at home in McLaren Vale, working with a family-owned and operated winery.
"It's fantastic to work with Mark who is very invested in the outcome. The opportunity to evolve the wines of Maxwell has come from Mark's drive to continually improve the wine and the customer's experience of the wine," said Petering
"I have great respect for the foundation Mark has built and the history of the vineyards we are working with. I have all the tools at my disposal to really hone my creativity and love for winemaking. It is very exciting to be working with a 90 year-old Grenache vineyard, a 66 year-old Shiraz and 47 year old Cabernet vineyards."
Petering's first vintage at Maxwell will be all about getting to know the winery, the vines and quality of fruit.
"Mark recently expanded the winery including additional tanks and equipment which is a luxury for any winemaker," said Petering.
Mark and his son Jeremy Maxwell, continue to be actively involved in the winery but are keen to give Petering the space to work with new varieties, develop limited release wines and experiment with different styles.
"I don't believe in standing still or you get stuck and remain stale," said Mark Maxwell.
"Kate's attention to detail and her experience with one of Australia's best Shiraz vineyards, will help to refine the foundation we have built our brand on.
"We have modernised our visual branding in the past year and we have just completed extensive work in the restaurant and cellar door to open up the customer's experience of our winery, meadery and food.
"I have been focused on always improving on what we do so we can share our passion for food, wine and McLaren Vale for people in ways that always keep them interested and engaged," said Maxwell.
Petering too is excited to be in McLaren Vale, finding it to be home to a dynamic wine community.
"You never stop learning in this industry and the creativity and generosity of people in McLaren Vale is truly exciting. Maxwell has given me a huge opportunity for a fantastic lifestyle in a beautiful environment with many like-minded people with a lot of common ground," said Petering.
The evolution of Maxwell is entering an exciting phase in both its wine production and delivery of on-site customer experiences.
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Featuring characters like SpongeBob and Elmo, the first kid-specific skills for Amazon's voice assistant Alexa devices are now live.
Nickelodeon and Sesame Workshop are among the first companies to partner with Amazon on kid-focused Alexa skills, which are now available for free via the Alexa app.
First up is Nickelodeon's The SpongeBob Challenge (pictured), a kid-friendly memory game for Amazon Echo and other voice assistant Alexa devices. After enabling the skill by saying, "Alexa, start The SpongeBob Challenge," the game recreates the soundscape and iconic underwater world of Bikini Bottom. In the game, kids can become a new Krusty Krab restaurant employee tasked with taking increasingly complicated food orders and relaying them to a staff comprised of SpongeBob, Squidward and Mr. Krabs. Featuring more than 70 characters and 80 challenges across 25 levels, the game promotes memory recall, verbal skills and listening comprehension.
For Sesame Workshop's Sesame Street collab, the voice command "Alexa, open Sesame Street" takes kids into a hide-and-seek experience with Elmo. The game encourages users to listen carefully for audio clues to determine where Elmo is hiding. Kids can also practice the alphabet when Elmo tells them about the letter of the day.
Amazon Storytime, meanwhile, is triggered by saying, "Alexa, read me bedtime a story." The skill features a collection of narrated short stories for kids ages five to 12 from the Amazon Rapids library, including Amazon original series Niko and the Sword of Light (pictured). Stories are read by SNL's Aidy Bryant and the voice of SpongeBob himself, Tom Kenny. More audible short stories will be added to the collection in the coming months.
For safety purposes, the first time a kid skill is enabled, Alexa asks for parental permission via the Alexa app. Consent can be provided either through an SMS-generated one-time password or by credit card verification, and extends to all of Alexa's kid skills, so the process only needs to be perfomed once.
Other brand-new kid skills available through Alexa include Animal Sounds Quiz, Old McDonald, Silly Things and Zoo Walk with more expected to launch. And to help expand its voice-enabled content, Amazon is also offering an Alexa Skills Kit to developers looking to create child-friendly skills.
Alexa currently offers thousands of third-party skills through its app. Among the most popular ones with kids and families, but not designed for kids specifically, are The Magic Door, an Alexa-powered interactive choose-your-own-adventure game with original stories, and AVR Apps' Pokey Finder, which features information on all 721 Pokémon characters.
Other top-rated kid- and family-friendly skills include Animal Game from Azalea Labs, which tests Alexa's animal knowledge by having her guess a furry friend of your choice, and Would You Rather For Family, a game from Voice Street where kids can choose between two lighthearted and silly situations.
Despite the number of existing skills used by kids and families, and Alexa's brand new child-focused ones, Amazon has yet to launch an official kid skill category within the Alexa App Store. For now, parents can discover kid-friendly skills though a variety of categories including Games, Trivia & Accessories, Education & Reference, Movies & TV, Music & Audio, Social and Novelty & Humor.
Nickelodeon and Sesame's entry into the voice-assistant and IoT realm follows a growing list of kids and family companies partnering with Amazon Alexa, including Disney (with its screen-monitoring device Circle With Disney) and BBC Children's, which is currently working on a prototype project for Alexa featuring an interactive audio episode of CBeebies preschool series Go Jetters.
Other new entrants include UK startup Sensible Object (Beasts of Balance) and Swedish kids wearables developer Tinitell, which were both selected into Amazon's inaugural Alexa Accelerator program in July. Mattel, meanwhile, recently entered the voice-assistant market for kids with its original IoT product, Aristotle. New sketch-comedy series Skoogle from startup pocket.watch features a digital assistant similar to Amazon's Alexa or Google Home, which is voiced by SNL's Kenan Thompson.


John Bradley is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics and International Relations, Edinburgh University, and was a Conservative candidate at the 2010 general election.
Several years ago I was at an academic conference where the journalist Nick Cohen was a keynote speaker. Part of the way through his talk he paused in the middle of a sentence, looked up, scoured the room and declared: "of course there can't be any Conservatives left in academia anyway". Whether or not there is a dearth of conservatism on campus, there is certainly a vibrant research community looking at the Conservative Party in politics departments across the UK. The most obvious manifestation of this is the "Conservatives and Conservatism" specialist group of the Political Studies Association, established only in late 2008 by Tim Bale of Sussex University.
One recent event advertised on the group's website was a conference at the University of Leeds on April 4th, entitled "Cameron and the Conservatives: The Transition to Coalition Government" organised by Timothy Heppell and David Seawright. I was not involved in the conference or its organization, but went along to observe and join in discussion, along with a good many others.
Beginning detailed academic analysis of a government less than a year after it has been formed is full of pitfalls – not least the risk that academics slip into punditry. However, the quality and breadth of opinion that was represented by the scholars at this event – including such luminaries as Philip Norton and Andrew Gamble meant that this really was a benchmark contribution to the study of the Coalition in government. This is not the right forum for a detailed analysis of each speaker's contribution, but there were several points raised during the day that are worth taking note of, either because they furthered debate, or added new insights.


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The person who posted an eerie, hand-drawn map online, saying to "check the wells" in the case of a missing Saskatchewan girl, left a follow-up message Monday saying the map had belonged to the user's deceased grandmother.
On Sunday evening, an anonymous person posted a map scribbled on a sheet of paper using the name "MySecretIsOut" to the Regina subsection of the website Reddit.com.
The user titled the post "Location of Tamra Keepness, check the wells" with no further explanation, leading readers to speculate that the poster had some connection to the 2004 disappearance of the five-year-old Regina girl.
Police had said early Monday they were investigating the credibility of the map.
Around 2 p.m. ET Monday, the same user posted a message clarifying the origin of the map.
"Several years ago, every time something new came out about the case, my late grandmother used to say: 'They're searching in the wrong place, they need to check the old wells,'" the user wrote.
"We questioned her about it a few times and all she ever said was her sister in Alberta had given her a map that she got based on visits to someone in a prison out that way."
The unidentified poster -- who claimed to have submitted anonymous tips to the RCMP, Regina Police Service and Crime Stoppers at the time -- said his/her grandmother had been suffering from dementia. The grandmother's sister had also since died.
The user said his family had forgotten about the grandmother's story until Sunday, when the map had been discovered amongst his grandmother's possessions. Upon posting a picture of the map, the person said they had also submitted it to police.
The poster -- who said he wanted to maintain anonymity to protect his family from possible "organized crime" connections -- seemed to regret the ominous title and username originally chosen.
"I apologize for any misunderstandings as a result of this post, and sincerely hope that something good comes out (of) it, and at the very least gets some more people searching and talking about her again."
Police still investigating
Regina Police Service spokesperson Elizabeth Popowich said police were aware of the person's message, but still had no information to identify the individual.
She said despite the strange nature of the tip, police were still investigating.
"Any information that comes to us that indicates a connection to a criminal case is taken seriously," Popowich told CTVNews.ca on Monday afternoon. "You can't dismiss information without exploring it further."
Popowich said police had received somewhere around 1,700 tips since Keepness disappeared on July 5, 2004. She also said the investigation had taken police to places outside Regina in the past.
Meanwhile, the RCMP issued a brief statement Monday saying the force was "aware" of the map's circulation, noting members of its Fort Qu'Appelle have been asked by Regina police to assist in the investigation.
In June, the Regina Board of Police Commissioners increased the reward attached to the Keepness case from $25,000 to $50,000, Popowich said.
She also called people's interest in the map "encouraging."
"I think everyone in this province and certainly everyone in this city had a very strong emotional connection to that story," she said. "So it's encouraging to see that there's still a real desire out there to keep that case in people's consciousness."
A hand-drawn map purporting to show the location of Tamra Keepness is seen in this image captured from Reddit.
Tamra Keepness is seen in this undated file photo.
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In order to prepare to the impending collapse of the world economy I purchased a couple of these inductive flashlights (click for larger view).
1. Only shake it forward and backward while use. So as to make it generating to light up.
2. Its switch system is based on advanced magnetic induction technologies. So it's long in service life and reliable in performance.
1. A torch is used for emergency lighting purpose. However, the traditional battery-supplied torch may cause you a big trouble because the batteries will become ineffective and produce pollution if the torch is left idle for a long time. The chargeable torch also has the problem of power leakage; or it will help you remember to charge only at the time you need. This innovative torch is the breakthrough in solution to waste and inconvenience.
2. Being self-supplying, it will serve you long and well.
1. Never keep it close to household appliances or other articles which need to be shielded from magnetism.
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At GDC 2019, attendees will have the opportunity to interact with an array of sponsors who help fuel the games industry, including our Diamond Partners, whose support plays an integral role to the success of GDC.
To get you a better idea of what Diamond Partner Google is bringing to GDC, we reached out to developer advocate Mark Mandel for a quick chat about what he and his colleagues will be helping devs with on the show floor! You can read our full Q&A with him below:
Could you please introduce yourself and your role at Google?
Absolutely! My name is Mark Mandel and I'm a developer advocate for Google Cloud, focusing on Gaming.
My job is essentially to be the emissary between Product Management and Engineering at Google Cloud and the game developers who use our products and tools for building multiplayer, connected games, gaming analytic platforms, machine learning in games and more.
Within the gaming industry I'm probably best known for founding the open-source, dedicated game server hosting and scaling platform Agones, that I've been working on for the past year, in collaboration with Ubisoft and several other game studios.
Google's got a lot going on at GDC this year - game servers with Google Cloud, building games for Android, what's a session or technology that you personally are excited about?
Google's definitely got a lot going on at GDC this year. We have the Mobile Developer Day on Monday, Google Cloud has a Cloud Developer Day all day Wednesday, as well as a variety of other sessions happening throughout GDC and at our booth. More announcements are to come, so make sure to sign up for our mailing list, which will keep people up-to-date as we get closer to GDC.
Unsurprisingly, I am very excited for our Google Cloud Developer Day on Wednesday, particularly our sessions around Agones and Open Match.
Not only do I think they are innovative solutions to custom matchmaking and dedicated game server hosting and scaling, I think it's important to note how they've been built transparently, as open-source, in collaboration with other gaming companies, such as Unity and Ubisoft.
Coming from the wider technical community, I've seen how open-source has become the dominant force, which is something we've yet to really see mirrored within the games industry. At the same time, as I interact with a variety of game development studios, I see multiple engineering teams building almost identical tools over and over again. Open-source is a fantastic opportunity to collaboratively build stable foundations that we can all use to build bigger and better games in the future, ensuring none of us have to reinvent the wheel yet again.
Google has a track record of building amazing open-source projects and working hand-in-hand with other companies to ensure the project's success for all involved. Examples such as Tensorflow, Kubernetes and more show our dedication and enthusiasm for open and transparent innovation — and this is just as true when developing backend game solutions. At Google Cloud, we want to support game backends anywhere they want to be run, and that is why open-source is so important to us.
Outside of the Google sessions, I'm delighted to see the multiplayer roundtables return to GDC this year. As the range of online and connected games continues to grow, the dependency that studios will have for engineers who can build and support backend services for those games, will also continue to grow. It's wonderful to see GDC support the advancement of games infrastructure operators and developers who are an integral part of building online, connected games.
What are some of the advantages of bringing together Google's different technology options when making your game?
Google has a unique, and diverse ecosystem of tools and platforms to help create, connect and scale games. From developing game clients on Android, building game backends on Google Cloud, marketing through Google Play, Google Ads or YouTube, monetizing through Google Admob, or using machine learning on platforms such as Firebase, to magnify the impact of your game — Google has a product that meets your game development needs.
Google also fosters a culture of inclusion and empathy, and that comes through in our engagement with customers as well. We deeply care about making their games successful! I'm regularly told by game studios that one of the main reasons they choose to work with Google is because of the level of engagement and understanding all our support staff — from account managers to engineers — bring to the table.
What kinds of questions should developers come with when they show up at Google's GDC booth?
We love hard problems, so come to the booth with your impossible dreams and difficult game challenges. We would love to work with you and help find solutions.
We also love feedback. If you have ways in which you think our gaming products can be improved, we would love to hear about them.
We look forward to seeing you all at the Game Developers Conference!


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Today I hiked Mailbox. Snow on the upper third of it, so I was glad I brought my crampons!
The Mailbox climb is easily the most strenuous and treacherous day hike I've done in Washington. It's strenuous because the trail ascends nearly 4000′ in 2.8 miles. It's treacherous because the trail is often wet with a tremendous amount of exposed roots, which can be slippery and cause a hiker to trip (especially on the way down).


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The white-browed gnatcatcher (Polioptila bilineata) is a species of bird in the gnatcatcher family Polioptilidae. It is native to central and South America.

This species was formerly considered a subspecies of the tropical gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea).

Taxonomy
The white-browed gnatcatcher was formally described in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte and given the binomial name Sylvia bilineata. Bonaparte specified the locality as Cartagena, a city on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. This species was formerly considered as a subspecies of the tropical gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea). The white-browed gnatcatcher was split from the tropical gnatcatcher based on morphology and phylogenetic data.

Five subspecies are recognised:
 Polioptila bilineata brodkorbi Parkes, 1979 – south Mexico to north Costa Rica
 Polioptila bilineata superciliaris Lawrence, 1861 – north-central Costa Rica to north Colombia
 Polioptila bilineata cinericia Wetmore, 1957 – Coiba (island off south Panama)
 Polioptila bilineata bilineata (Bonaparte, 1850) – northwest Colombia to northwest Peru
 Polioptila bilineata daguae Chapman, 1915 – west-central Colombia

References

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Based on a new ruling issued by a federal court in North Carolina, female students attending Charter Day, a school in Leland, North Carolina, will no longer be forced to wear skirts as part of their required school uniforms.
The ruling comes after guardians of three students who attend the school, comprised of 900 students in grades kindergarten through eighth, sued the district in 2016 on behalf of the students, CBS News reports.
In their suit, the guardians alleged that in forcing female students to wear skirts, the students have "to pay constant attention to the positioning of their legs during class, distracting them from learning, and has led them to avoid certain activities altogether, such as climbing or playing sports during recess, all for fear of exposing their undergarments and being reprimanded by teachers or teased by boys."
As the school's dress code previously read, the required uniform policy was enacted to "serve the School's mission of providing a classical education by creating a traditional learning environment." Under the previous dress code, girls were required to wear jumpers, skirts, or skorts that were knee-length or longer. Boys were permitted to wear pants and shorts.
According to The New York Times, Baker Mitchell, founder of the Roger Bacon Academy, a company which operates four charter schools in North Carolina, said that following the ruling, the Charter Day School Board was "analyzing the opinion and will be meeting with counsel in the very near future to discuss their options moving forward."


GLENVILLE, WV – On Thursday, October 4 Frank X Walker will visit Glenville State College as a part of the ongoing "We, too, are Appalachia" project. The series of performances and presentations, made possible by Glenville State College and the West Virginia Humanities Council, are an exploration of identity and place regarding rural West Virginia.
Walker is Kentucky's former Poet Laureate, is a Professor in the Department of English and the African American and Africana Studies Program at the University of Kentucky, and is the founding editor of Pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture. A Cave Canem Fellow and co-founder of the Affrilachian Poets, he is the author of eight collections of poetry including, Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, winner of the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Poetry; and Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York, winner of the Lillian Smith Book Award as well as two new collections, The Affrilachian Sonnets and About Flight.
He has lectured, conducted workshops, and read poetry at over 400 national conferences, arts centers, and universities across the globe. Walker was voted one of the most creative professors in the south and is the originator of the word Affrilachia. He is dedicated to deconstructing and forcing a new definition of what it means to be Appalachian. The Lannan Poetry Fellowship Award recipient has degrees from the University of Kentucky and Spalding University as well as three honorary doctorates from the University of Kentucky, Spalding University, and Transylvania University.
The event is free and open to the public and will take place beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the Heflin Administration Building Auditorium.
The "We, too, are Appalachia" project is presented with financial assistance from the West Virginia Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations do not necessarily represent those of the West Virginia Humanities Council or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For more information about the presentation or the "We, too, are Appalachia" project, call (304) 462-6328.


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Rajasthan: 350 students, 50 teachers trapped in school due to flood in Chittorgarh
Updated Sep 15, 2019 | 17:18 IST | ANI
The children have been stuck in the school as roads have been submerged due to the heavy discharge of water from the Rana Pratap Dam.
Rajasthan: 350 students, 50 teachers trapped in school due to flood in Chittorgarh | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspANI
Chittorgarh: At least 350 students and 50 teachers have been stuck at a school in Chittorgarh for the past 24-hours in view of the flood-like situation in the region.
The school principal informed ANI that locals have been providing food and water to the students and the school staff who have been stuck in the school since yesterday.
"The locals are providing us food and water from the past 24 hours. No help has come from the government authorities yet. They had not informed us about the opening of the gates of the dam in advance," Om Prakash Bhambhi, the Principal of Adarsh Vidhya Mandir, Chittorgarh.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had on Saturday predicted "heavy to very heavy" widespread rainfall in east Rajasthan on Sunday.
"Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall and heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls at isolated places is very likely over East Rajasthan," the IMD had said.
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