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The Lady is a Champ
Talking with the Baroness Michelle Mone of Mayfair, OBE
When you think of Michelle Mone you think of determination. A self-made businesswoman who left school at 15 with no qualifications, she's the poster girl for female entrepreneurship. Despite early hardships and with few options open to her Michelle created a successful business empire that planted her firmly on the world stage. She has 17 personal invention patents to her name, is an in-demand public speaker and manages a broad business portfolio.
Known for conceiving and founding the Ultimo underwear brand Michelle has faced some well-publicised challenges in both her private and work life. But that famous determination ensured she kept bouncing back.
In 2010 she was awarded an OBE by Her Majesty the Queen for her outstanding contribution to business and in 2015 she was appointed the Start-Up Business Tsar by Prime Minister David Cameron, tasked with boosting small businesses in deprived areas of Britain. A year later she was named a life peer and entered the House of Lords as Baroness Mone of Mayfair, she regularly attends and campaigns to empower other women in business.
And incredibly the Baroness has still found the time to address her own health issues by losing an astonishing 8 stone in weight and resulting in a complete body transformation after years of bingeing on junk food. Now at 48, Lady Mone is in the best shape of her life, about to be married for a second time and of course still has lots of new business plans to explore.
We caught up with her to discuss life, love and making it big:
Is it true you started your first business as a teenager?
No, I was actually younger than that. By the age of 10 I decided I needed to start earning so I set up a paper-round business in the East End of Glasgow. I would secure the rounds, hire local kids to do them and take a cut. I always did rounds myself but soon I had 17 teenagers working for me and that was my first job!
So you grew up in Glasgow's East End and left school at only 15, how did you go from that to becoming a successful business woman?
I just had a dream, plenty of determination and a can-do attitude. I rapped on every single door and asked them to give me a chance. It worked. Throughout my entire career, people have told me that I couldn't be successful: "You can't be a success without qualifications, you can't build a business with no degree, you can't become a Baroness". Well, they were all wrong.
Did you have any experience of working with bras before setting up Ultimo, a brand new lingerie brand?
No, I had no experience whatsoever. I had the idea when I went to a dinner dance and was wearing a very uncomfortable cleavage bra. I couldn't believe that women still had to put up with that so I started thinking about how to make it better. I had no experience but I had my mind and a pair of boobs and made it work. It became massively successful.
You're obviously driven, do you think this has helped you with your incredible body transformation?
Yes, I suppose I spent so much time and energy on concentrating on my businesses, it meant that I always came last. I met the supermodel Rachel Hunter on an underwear shoot and she suggested that I treated my body like another one of my businesses, I understood that and created a plan based around food and fitness. And it worked because I was focussing on myself for a change.
Now, after my parents, my kids and Doug my fiancé I come first. I make time to focus on myself every day, I work out and eat healthily, but treat myself too.
Will all of this new knowledge and experience about health, diet and fitness possibly influence a future business?
Yes, probably, because I have so many people asking me what the secret is. I've started to work with experts in fitness, formulas and food to really learn about how to keep myself in the best shape possible. So hopefully in the future, if I find the time, I can bring all of that that together and write a book and create some products that actually work. Watch this space!
How did you meet your fiancé, the billionaire businessman, Doug Barrowman?
We both invested in the same tech company and met at a shareholder's dinner almost four years ago in London. We're both competitive and share a love of fitness, he's absolutely my match.
Sadly you've had to postpone your wedding twice now due to coronavirus, how do you imagine your wedding day to be?
Our plans were finalised and we were ready to go. It's been such a shame for all couples who had to cancel, postpone or rearrange their wedding days because of COVID-19. Honestly though, we could get married tomorrow if we liked, Doug has said it is my decision he's not bothered either way, but I think it would be nice to have the big day we had planned. The current restrictions just wouldn't allow for all of our friends and family to be there and of course, that's what we want – a celebration with all of our loved ones. Hopefully, that will happen soon.
Your ceremony is due to be held in the House of Lords because you are a lifetime peer, how did it feel to be appointed the Baroness of Mayfair?
I was very proud, shocked and honoured and I think it just shows you that anyone who has determination or a can-do attitude can succeed. It doesn't matter what background you have or what money you are born into, you can always do it.
Any funny tales from those famous red benches?
Yes, I have a few. Probably my main one is the fact I didn't really know what to wear at first and received some advice on maybe covering up a bit. In fact I was called to the library and told to dress a little more demurely. But I have made some great friends there.
What do your children make of their famous and successful mother? Have they followed in your footsteps?
I really don't think they see me in that way, they just see me as their mum. We're honestly just a normal family. But yes, they are following in my footsteps, Rebecca is now a very successful entrepreneur in her own right and owner of thriving tanning brand 'Utan', Declan is the same and Bethany is setting up her own business as we speak.
You definitely seem to have embraced social media and regularly post pictures and videos, what do you like about it and what don't you?
I think social media is great because it keeps you in touch with people. Personally, it gives me the opportunity to inspire others, whether through my career and business Q&As or fitness related content.
It can be a great platform for new start-up businesses to keep in touch with their customers – especially as it is free. There was no social media when I set up Ultimo. I think you do have to be careful with your privacy and security, but I know people love it and for me, so far so good.
I've also been picked by LinkedIn to be one of their select Global Influencers, there's only around 500 of us and to be recognised alongside the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates and Richard Branson is a real privilege.
What causes and charities do you support?
My motto has always been to work hard and play hard, but, to give something back too. I sit on various charitable committees and will always support the amazing work done by Breast Cancer Care, The Prince's Trust and my partner's own charity The Barrowman Foundation that works to help young people realise their full potential.
We know you visit Jersey, what do you like about the Island?
Yes, Doug and I have visited Jersey many, many times and we really do love it. Especially the beautiful beaches and excellent food. We would love to have a home there one day, so you never know… watch this space!
Follow Michelle on Instagram @MichelleMone or visit michellemone.com
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About The Center for Sustainable Justice
The Center for Sustainable Justice was started by Lyndale United Church of Christ in the Spring of 2015. Its primary purpose is to help build the movement of religious leaders and communities working together on racial, pro-LGBT, food and environmental justice in the Twin Cities and across the Midwest. It does so with a special emphasis on work at the intersections, relationship-building over the long-haul, connecting and building coalitions between people and organizations. An example of this multifaith, intersectional justice is our leadership in bringing Table to Action to Minnesota.
The Center for Sustainable Justice emerges out of the reality that much religiously-based justice work is "siloed." Folks tend to either work in ecumenical and multifaith ways around one justice issue or within one movement (ex. Pro-LGBTQ, environmental justice, racial justice) or they work within their own religious community on one or a variety of justice issues. But there are not many spaces where people are invited together around an ecumenical and/or multifaith vision of justice that includes the dreams of many different people and bodies (in other words, that is intersectional). This is true in the Twin Cities, in the Midwest and nationally.
As we seek to be spiritually and religiously-rooted people doing the work of justice, it is important to name the realities of what oppression has sought to destroy: our very bodies, the land, our stories. But, too often, we only tell the stories of the death-dealing, the stealing, the destruction and we forget to name and claim the resistance, the healing, the reclamation. Sacred Places, Sacred Stories: A Reclamation Journey into Healing Justice, our second Annual Movement-Building gathering, was an opportunity to both name the context of colonization– of bodies, land and stories– that White Supremacy has wrought and tell the stories of successful healing, resilience and resistance.
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Racial Justice, valuing the lives of people of color and working against White Supremacy are at the heart of the Center for Sustainable Justice. That means we are committed to acting against racism and for in building a movement for racial justice that includes all. We seek to partner with Black Lives Matter Minneapolis, Honor the Earth, the Peoples Movement Center, Neighborhoods Organizing for Change, Auburn Seminary and the Kaleo Center, among others.
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What we eat, how we grow it, whose cultural practices we follow; food deserts, the impact of racism on nutrition, what is considered food and what are "weeds"…..These are all questions we seek to engage at The Center for Sustainable Justice as we work with others to build a world of food security, food beauty, food justice, food sustainability
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A Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion supporting the Australian Maritime Safety Authority's (AMSA) Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) has contributed to the successful rescue of ten people, reported missing near the Guadalcanal region of Solomon Islands.
The small boat and missing Islanders, who had been missing since Tuesday, were located by the RAAF AP-3C Orion crew at approximately 12.30pm yesterday afternoon.
The passengers were subsequently winched to safety by rescue helicopter.
The RAAF crew commenced their search tasking on Friday morning at the request of AMSA and the Solomon Islands Government.
Chief of Joint Operations, Lieutenant General Ash Power, praised the Orion crew for their efforts.
"They deployed at extremely short notice on this vital task and within an hour-and-a-half of arriving in the search area, were able to locate the missing vessel and its ten passengers, who, thankfully, were all in good health.
"This task highlights the capacity of our Defence Force to react quickly to requests for assistance and to work in cooperation with, and in support of, other agencies on life-saving missions," Lieutenant General Power said.
Further details about missing vessel, the extent of the search and the subsequent recovery should be sought from the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre– Honiara.


When everything becomes alive in nature, so too does the shadows of oneself.
So much of my spiritual practice is centered on releasing fear and doubt. My focus is directed towards choosing to be in a state of love rather than fear. I work towards thoughts of peace and choose to not focus on things that make me feel scared or anxious. This is what practice means to me. I practice this, but yet, I must be willing to face my fears and release them, so that they no longer serve me or my life.
A few weeks ago as I was packing for my trip to Costa Rica, I started to become fearful that I would get bitten by a scorpion while there. I recalled a moment last summer when I was there when an acquaintance was sitting at Robins Ice Cream eating lunch and a scorpion creeped out of nowhere and stung him. His face and his reaction toward this sting replayed in my mind over and over again as I rolled my clothes and placed them in my backpack. This sense of fear sat in my body and through the practice of breathing and mindfulness, I released the thoughts and chose to focus on joy rather than pain. My fear diminished and my excitement of traveling to Nosara trickled through me. I choose to be strong and not worry about nature. Everything is so alive and thoughts can easily manifest as things.
Arriving to Costa Rica from the busyness of life in the U.S.A is always a bit of a shock when I arrive because everything is alive in the jungle. I begin to breathe in the jungle and I feel a sense that I am one with nature. Each animal, species or life force represents something within me. I feel a sense of connectedness that takes me beyond the human body. Each one of my bodies; physical, prana, bliss become intertwined with the forces surrounding.
I spend so much time in reflection and self inquiry while I am down there, that it is no surprise when something within me starts to cleanse. My digestion cleanses from the asanas, the diet and the water; my sinus' cleanse from the salt water and all the dust in the air from the dirt roads. Lastly, my heart cleanses and my heart expands with such deep love for the new and old friends that I connect with. I can recall a moment when my mother and I were messaging each other. She was encouraging me to go back there more often because it was obvious that I really enjoy being there. She mentioned that Costa Rica appears to be my happy place. I responded to her by telling her that was true, that I feel loved and accepted in this place more so than in any other place that I have been. Her response was so light and powerful. She observed that I felt this sense of love and harmony because it was apparent that I love and accept myself so much more when I am there. This rang true for me. It struck through me like the chord of a tune chiming in nature.
When everything becomes alive in nature, so too does the shadows of oneself. Self-inquiry means going within and being with what is, observing oneself. Self-inquiry doesn't mean that everything is pink roses and harmonious tunes. It also means that the self must be willing to come face to face with the darkness of the soul.
Throughout the self-awakening training, my own source of pain within my 2nd chakra began to feel more powerful than it had in quite sometime. The pain felt different and in some aspects more intense. I never imagined that I would fully embrace the slow sacral movements as my body hip thumbed on the soft mats covered on hard wood floors. Months before I signed up for the training, I had very little interest in learning something new. One thing was true and that is that I was interested in yoga therapeutics. My intellectual mind was interested in learning more than my physical body. My physical body wanted to move through the more familiar asanas and avoid the ones I knew nothing about. Lastly, my prana body was in tune with what I needed, so much that it lead me to quickly sign up for the Self-Awakening Yoga Therapeutics course. Throughout the 2 months leading up to my training, my sacrum began to feel pain that it had never felt before. I visited my chiropractor every week and got adjusted in my lower back along with some acupuncture in my crown chakra. A day or two would pass and then the pain would continue. I couldn't seem to find the right movements to help this sacred part of the body.
I knew I made a wise choice once I got into the training and experienced the hip and hara pumps that would eventually help the pain move. And so it continued to hurt and a lot of 2nd chakra issues started to release until I surrendered and I allowed myself to feel and nurture the pain. I allowed the pain to travel through me into other sensitive areas like my neck, which then moved the pain up and out of the body.
Once the pain diminished, I arrived just in time to hit up the 5 rhythms dance floor at the Harmony Hotel. My body moved and grooved with the divine feminine as the jungle surroundings brought out the wild woman from within. My body shape-shifted into different forms, elements, rhythms and movements, which lead my soul body to dive deep within and explore the feelings and vibrations of those around me. I paused for a moment and looked down at an insect. I observed its wings, I noticed its subtle movements and I contemplated ahimsa or non-violence. I asked for forgiveness for ever killing a bug or an insect that I felt threatened by. I prayed for all beings to stop violating one another. My body began to shape-shift and I danced my way into the shape of an insect. My wings flapped, my hair went all around my face and the jungle air moved through me like fresh prana. Suddenly, I felt this intense vibration from the feminine. She was dark and negative. Her vibration felt harsh and unforgiving. I sensed that she was pissed. I immediately allowed myself to drop down onto the floor into child's pose where I stayed and imagined myself as a cocoon or a seed planting its way into spring, which would follow into the next day.
As spring approached into the next day, my cocoon began to open up and I felt the metamorphosis of becoming a butterfly and flying around the jungle spreading my wings while sending love to all.
I arrived at a noon asana class in the peak hour of the mid day wearing my wet bathing suit and my hair wild and free. My rock n roll t-shirt was a fashion that I had re-created into a fringe, sleeveless shirt. I felt like the wild and free dancer who spent the night before dancing and shape-shifting into various forms. The wild and free feminine who unleashed her power and rocked the jungle with her stomping feet. The vibration that surrounded me was a sensual and cool one. It washed over me like a cool warm breeze. I heard whispers of nature drawing me into their nest, drawing me in so that I could love and bathe in their passionate sensations. I literally felt like nature was kissing me. I felt nurtured and loved by the first day of spring and the crossing into the new season. Winter was dying while consciousness was shedding and spring was being born while passion was arising.
I felt so much intensity and passion in these moments on my mat, that like moment on the dance floor, I went into my cocoon and breathed. I allowed nature to nurture me in whatever way she needed to do. I felt rocked in a lullaby as she held me in savasana and placed her warm earthly hands around me. My sacred bone felt no pain and deep within I felt that I had healed some 2nd chakra issues.
Later on that evening, I arrived at Blue Spirit fully alert and awake for Deva Premal & Miten. Their voices, sounds and music put me into a soft trance which soon led me into a savasana position. My feet pointed towards the pacific ocean and with eyes wide open, I looked up and sang the Gayatri Mantra. My heart opened, my chakras moved with each sound vibration and before I knew it I felt like I was traveling beyond time and space. Nothing but the here and now. Full Moon over the ocean lighting up the sky around me. As I awoke and stood up, I felt like my body had gotten taller and I felt my prana body moving out into the ocean as it sailed through time and space. You can say I was a bit spacey, but in a blissful way.
The next day was my last day in Nosara. I finished up my Self Awakening Yoga course and graduated that evening with 26 other amazing souls. We chanted, we watched sunset, we laughed, we cried, we danced, we hugged and we said goodbye after eating at a cool Costa Rican Italian restaurant. Upon leaving the restaurant one of the girls who sat near me was showing everyone pictures of a baby scorpion that she had seen earlier that day. Fear rushed through me and once again I tripped about possibly getting stung by a scorpion. I head tripped for 2 minutes with fear, but also with a smug attitude that no scorpion can bite me. I had seen many scorpions throughout my 2 weeks there and never once got stung. I started to be superior to the species because the scorpion is my sun signs symbol. I developed a confidence that no scorpion could sting or poison me. I saw myself evolved enough to not be afraid. However, in those 2 minutes at dinner, I was more afraid than ever. It was 11:00pm and I was leaving on a shuttle in 8 hours. Could it really be possible that I would actually get bitten?
On my walk back from Il Basilica, the Italian restaurant that my SAY friends and I ate at, I walked closely next to a friend as we walked along the gravel path. She and I were talking about each of our plans for after the training, when all of a sudden I got stung by a scorpion. It was like no sting I had ever felt. It was 50 times worse than any sting I had ever felt. I screamed and moaned with anxiety as I felt the intense sting. My initial reaction was that it was a scorpion, but the girls behind me encouraged me that it was a bee sting. I couldn't quite imagine that to be true. The pain was so harsh. Shock waves and electrical pain biting its way through my left big toe. I scurried ahead after my group asked me questions and concerns of my pain. I wanted to climb the stairs to the Bell Tower alone and I wanted to bawl my eyes out. I started to weep and sob as I felt sorry for myself for getting stung. My toe hurt. OUCCCCHHHHHHH!
As I made my way to the dining area of the Nosara Yoga Institute Village, one of the girls offered to help me get ice. I placed the ice on my toe and then afterwards my mouth and teeth started to feel numb. I spoke my concern to the others and they responded by saying it was probably because of my anxiety.
Something didn't feel right, so I walked back to my room and googled my symptoms. Sure enough a number of results popped up about being stung by a scorpion. My roommates suggested I wash my toe. After washing my big toe, I put some tea tree oil on the wound and then let it sit over night. The sting was intense and my mouth continued to feel numb. I fell asleep and then 5 hours later I awoke and got ready to catch the shuttle to the Liberia airport, where I would fly out of in just a few short hours. How would I fly with such pain? How could I bear to hold and feel so much intense pain. I reflected on the course and my own awakening. I discovered that I needed to feel this pain. I chose to see the situation as a sign of another awakening. I felt there was a link between my purpose for being in Costa Rica and the pain that I was experiencing.
My relationship with my breath, my diet and my choice of choosing lighter, more peaceful thoughts helped me to heal and endure the scorpion sting. Although I had no idea what type actually stung me, I knew from my own intuitive awareness and physical symptoms that it was a scorpion. Something felt so interconnected to my days leading up to the sting, that it too helped me to breathe deeply and remain fully present with the pain.
As my travels continued, the symptoms began to soften. My mouth wasn't as numb and the sting wasn't as piercing. I still hurt, but not nearly as much. I drank water, ate veggies and fell into a deep state of relaxation. I felt my body healing even while up in the air sitting on an airplane.
Once I arrived to my North Carolina home, I put some lavender oil on the sting and within a short period of time the symptoms went away. I woke up the next morning and I felt no sting, no swelling, just a feeling that I bruised my toe.
I then spent so much time reflecting on the healing powers of my own body. My bodies wisdom and ability to heal itself so quickly and naturally from a scorpion sting. I sensed that it was a minor sting and that I got lucky. I also believed that my clean, healthy diet helped keep the poison from fully entering my body. Although I received some, my bodies organism was to strong and healthy for the venomous scorpion. There's so much mystery surrounding me with this. My results are miraculous.
The lesson I learned from this was never to take nature for granted. Nature speaks through mysterious vibrations and intense stings. I learned that thoughts and fears are powerful. Placing to much emphasis on being afraid can actually lead to that place of fear. Instead of focusing on the fear, focus on the peace behind it. When pain arises just feel it. Breathe with it. You've got to feel it to heal it.


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THE BARGAIN BUY: Eric Clapton; Journeyman (Reprise)
Graham Reid | Sep 4, 2010 | 1 min read
Eric Clapton: Running on Faith
By the time he got to the end of the Eighties, the title of this album must have been greatly appealing to Eric Clapton: he was in his mid 40s, had been a solo artist for almost two decades and had been playing for a living for 25 years. He'd been putting out a studio record about every 20 months on average, and this was released on the back of his expansive Crossroads retrospective.
He was a journeyman -- albeit one with a stylist and a swanky suit.
But on this album he didn't sound like he was coasting: it opens with what became a huge hit Pretending, but what was notable was the opening guitar part which echoed Cream's Strange Brew . . . and there are some hard-hitting tracks later on where he really pulled out the hard licks.
To some extent it is also an album of the studio-programmed Eighties, but the material was interesting and strong: Ray Charles' Hard Times and the Womack's penetrating Lead Me On among them.
The funk twist on Hound Dog doesn't exactly work but at leasy he and Robert Cray get to exchange licks; and on Run So Far with his old friend George Harrison he makes a better fist of the vocal than Harrison (who plays his distinctive wire-thin guitar) would.
The album found him in strong voice (the soulful and deliberately lowkey Running on Faith with a gospel choir which was the highpoint, Bad Love won him best male rock vocal) but there were also blues songs throughout (Before You Accuse Me, the Charles song, the fine co-write with Robert Cray on Old Love).
Breaking Point is however utterly and unforgivably leaden.
Although the album went to number two in Britain, it didn't do quite as well chartwise in the States (#16) but the singles lifted it and positive reviews made it Clapton's biggest seller since Slowhand in '77.
And it remains one of his favourite albums by all accounts.
Today -- with so many Clapton albums out there -- it is probably largely overlooked or forgotten, but it was a career high in many ways and worthy of rediscovery.
And that is cheap enough: Journeyman is $10 at JB Hi-Fi stores (here) and that makes it this week's Bargain Buy.
For dozens of Elsewhere Bargain Buy recommendations go here.
JP - Sep 18, 2010
I got into Eric Clapton when I was about 16 or 17 - dad had a tape of Just One Night, and I listened to it every night when going to bed. First time I'd really encountered the Blues (the horrid George Thorogood notwithstanding). I got the Crossroads box set for my birthday.
Journeyman was the first album Clapton released after I became a fan, and I still absolutely love it. He's not come close since, except for From The Cradle. Pilgrim had good songs struggling to get heard above the horrid drum programming and synths. Reptile is bland, and Back Home I found in a bargain bin for $5 and have listened to once.
However I am looking forward to 'Clapton' in a few weeks. From the 4 tracks I've already heard, it has some real feeling behind the singing and playing.
I got into Eric Clapton when I was about 16 or 17 - dad had a tape of Just One Night, and I listened to it every night when going to bed. First time I'd really encountered the Blues (the horrid George Thorogood notwithstanding). I got the Crossroads box set for my birthday. Journeyman was the first album Clapton released after I became a fan, and I still absolutely love it. He's not come close since, except for From The Cradle. Pilgrim had good songs struggling to get heard above the horrid drum programming and synths. Reptile is bland, and Back Home I found in a bargain bin for $5 and have listened to once. However I am looking forward to 'Clapton' in a few weeks. From the 4 tracks I've already heard, it has some real feeling behind the singing and playing.
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The work is taking place in the cellar of a former textile factory in Saarbrücken. An old empty space, that was reanimated by the temporary art collective and the exhibition with the same name <<tjurip>>.
Several kinds of dust, earth and sand were collected and filled into constructed machines: Red earth from Aveyron mixed with wood and sand, sandstone from an inland dune, fine, chipped wood. Three kinetic objects, whose mechanism is dropping constantly and slowly sand on the floor. A light bulp inside the maschine makes every particle visible and creates an sensual and unique experience.
Located in the basement on an area of 120 m², the visitor wanders through the dark and angled place. The sound and the moving lights guide the viewer to the works. Standing in front of the piece, being able to perceive light as a substance. Accompanied by the shadow of falling dust on the floor, the observer gets part of the ruminant scenario. The smell and the feel of the dust on the skin is perceptible without seeing it.
The installation is a system, which is not only showing the physical characteristics of dust and light in it's transience, it's also an approach of the borders of human perception between optical stimuli and physical sensations.


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DANANG, Vietnam – More than 30 years after the Vietnam War ended, the poisonous legacy of Agent Orange has emerged anew with a scientific study that has found extraordinarily high levels of health-threatening contamination at the former U.S. air base at Danang.
"They're the highest levels I've ever seen in my life," said Thomas Boivin, the scientist who conducted the tests this spring. "If this site were in the U.S. or Canada, it would require significant studies and immediate cleanup."
Soil tests by his firm, Hatfield Consultants of Canada, found levels of dioxin, the highly toxic chemical compound in Agent Orange, that were 300 to 400 times higher than internationally accepted limits.
The report has not yet been released, but Boivin and Vietnamese officials summarized its central findings for The Associated Press.
Earlier tests by Hatfield, which has been working in Vietnam since 1994, showed that dioxin levels were safe across most of Vietnam. But until the study of the old air base at Danang, the consulting firm had never had access to some half-dozen "hotspots" where Agent Orange, a defoliant designed to deny Vietnamese jungle cover, was stored and mixed before being loaded onto planes.
The study is the product of a new spirit of cooperation between Washington and Hanoi – after years of disagreement – toward resolving this contentious leftover of the war that ended in 1975.
On a visit to Vietnam last fall, President Bush and Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet agreed to work together to address dioxin contamination at old Agent Orange storage sites. They are expected to discuss the issue further when Triet visits Washington next week.
The worst contamination in Danang is confined to a small section of the 2,100-acre base, the former Agent Orange mixing area.
The dioxin poses no immediate threat to the vast majority of the city's nearly 1 million people or the Danang International Airport terminal, which sits on the sprawling site and is widely used by tourists headed for Danang's beaches.
But blood tests found elevated dioxin levels in several dozen people who regularly fished or harvested lotus flowers from a contaminated lake on the site.
Tests also confirmed that rainwater has carried dioxin into city drains and into parts of a neighboring community that is home to more than 100,000 people, Boivin said. The levels there are only slightly elevated, but could rise if the dioxin isn't properly contained.
The levels fall off dramatically outside the base, said Charles Bailey, Vietnam representative of the Ford Foundation, which financed Hatfield's study. "Nevertheless, it's a public health threat, and it's a risk."
The United States is paying $400,000 for an engineering study of how to clean up the site. Ford, a New York-based charitable organization, is also paying for temporary containment measures, which will begin this summer, before monsoon season.
For some, though, the effort comes too late.
Nguyen Van Dung, 38, and his family have lived just outside the air base since 1990. Dung used to bring home fish he caught in Lotus Lake.
At about age 2, his daughter began manifesting grotesque health problems.
Now 7, Nguyen Thi Kieu Nhung's shin bones curve sharply and appear to be broken in several places, as though smashed with a hammer. Her right shoulder bone protrudes unnaturally, stretching her skin. She has only two teeth, her right eye bulges from its socket and she has sores on her face. She can't walk; she can only slide around on her rear end.
When her mother, Luu Thi Thu, changes her daughter's shirt, Nhung screams in pain.
"If they had acted before, we wouldn't have been exposed," Thu said. "I'm angry, but I don't know what to do. I go to the pagoda twice a month to pray that my daughter will get better."
Her doctors say she won't.
The Vietnamese military has taken some steps to contain the dioxin, but Le Ke Son, Vietnam's top Agent Orange official, said cleaning up Danang and other Agent Orange hotspots is likely to cost at least $40 million, far more than the developing country can afford.
"We have asked the American side to be more active, not just in doing research into the effects of Agent Orange but in overcoming its consequences," Son said. "Until we resolve this issue, we can't really say that we have truly normalized relations."
The U.S. Congress recently set aside $3 million to address dioxin contamination in Vietnam, and U.S. Ambassador Michael Marine said some of it could be used to help pay for a cleanup.
He said other donors, including the United Nations Development Program, might contribute.
Boivin said the U.S. should take the lead. "There's a real need for the U.S. to step up to the plate here and fund the clean up of these sites," he said.
During the war, U.S. troops stored Agent Orange in 48-gallon barrels at a loading station on the base and diluted it with water before loading it on planes. In the process, the herbicide often spilled onto the ground.
Dioxin attaches itself to dirt and sediment and stays for generations, posing danger to people who touch it. Although not absorbed by crops such as rice, it remains in the fat of fish and other animals that ingest it and can be passed to humans through the food chain.
Rainwater drains across the old mixing area and into Lotus Lake on the northern side of the site, where sediment tests showed dioxin levels 50 times the international limit.
The water sometimes also runs off into a city drain, carrying dioxin with it, Boivin said.
In Thanh Khe district, just over the 3-foot-high wall that surrounds the lake, Hatfield found dioxin levels that were slightly elevated but generally within accepted limits. Levels in a neighborhood three miles away were normal.
The company said blood tests of 55 residents found safe dioxin levels for those who lived away from the base, and elevated levels among those who had regularly visited Lotus Lake. One had dioxin levels 175 times above the safety limit.
There are no warning signs at the northern edge of the lake, in a lush and wild area by a crowded neighborhood. On a recent day, a man stood at the lake with a fishing rod.
The Danang project marks a significant change in the U.S. attitude toward Agent Orange, said Chuck Searcy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.
"For years, the official U.S. position was basically denial," Searcy said. "Now the U.S. wants to demonstrate that we will consider all possibilities and try to agree on ways to approach this problem."
The findings of the U.S.-funded engineering study, conducted by New Jersey-based BEM Associates, could also be applied to other Agent Orange hotspots, including the former Bien Hoa Air Base in Dong Nai province and the former Phu Cat Air Base in Binh Dinh province.
Vietnam and the United States have long disagreed about Agent Orange's impact on human health.
Vietnam says up to 3 million of its 84 million people have birth defects or other health problems related to dioxin. The United States says the number is much lower and that more scientific study is needed to prove a link to Agent Orange.
The U.S. compensates American war veterans who say they were exposed to Agent Orange if they have certain health problems that have been linked to the herbicide.
A lawsuit seeking compensation from Agent Orange manufacturers, filed by the Vietnam Agent Orange Victims Association, is to be heard by a U.S. appeals court on Monday.
Ambassador Marine said in an interview that the U.S. does not plan to provide direct compensation. But he noted that, on top of the $3 million Congress approved, Washington has spent $43 million since 1989 helping Vietnamese with disabilities, regardless of their causes.
"I think we've made progress in the last couple of years in our joint work to try to understand this issue better and find a constructive way of dealing with it," Marine said.
Some of the U.S. money could go toward caring for people such as Nguyen Thi Trang Ngan, 17.
Ngan's mother, Nguyen Thi Thuy Lieu, grew up next to the base and used to enter it regularly to get candy from the U.S. troops. The family fished in Lotus Lake and drank water from a nearby well.
Now her daughter can't speak, sit up, walk, feed herself or get dressed. She makes strange, uncontrolled grunting sounds and sucks her thumb.
"War always brings suffering," her mother said. "I don't blame anyone for it. This is my fate."
Sometimes, when she comforts Ngan, her daughter laughs. "That's my greatest happiness," Lieu said.
Wars do not end when the bombs stop falling and the fighting ceases. The devastation continues long after, in the land and in the minds and bodies of the affected population.
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Damien Stevens has vowed to return to competitive action for Ashington FC next season.
Monday, 19 September, 2016, 18:19
Ashington striker Damien Stevens. Picture by Ian Appleby
The striker suffered a bad injury in his right knee following an accidental clash with Penrith goalkeeper Jonny Jamieson a couple of weeks ago with the stopper immediately signalling that the Ashington man was seriously hurt.
The game, which was abandoned after a 40-minute delay, had seen Stevens notch his sixth goal of the season only five minutes earlier to put his side in front against the Cumbrians.
The Ashington-born player was taken to Cramlington Hospital and the following day underwent an operation on a broken patella.
The 24-year-old, a ground worker for a national firm of house builders, said he is indebted to a group of people following the injury and sent a message of thanks at the weekend.
"When I went in for the ball with the keeper, I heard a crunch and there was instant pain," he said.
"I'd like to express my sincere thanks to Ashington physio Jay Robertson, former physio Leanne Symonds who was attending the match, Alan Brown, the management staff at Ashington FC including striker Ben Harmison who stayed with me throughout the ordeal, the paramedics and to the staff at Cramlington Hospital."
Guide Post-based Stevens continued: "I'd also like to show my appreciation to the fans and to my former clubs who posted messages on social media whilst I received a get well card from Penrith.
"I have broken my ankle and wrist before but never had an injury like the one I have just suffered.
"In two weeks the cast is being taken off and the staples removed and the specialist will examine my leg.
"I will be put in a knee brace, and although my tibia and fibula are sore, they are OK.
"Once the cast comes off I'm hoping to get the green light to go begin weekly physiotherapy sessions with Steven Shaw, who is a recovery specialist."
Stevens delivered the message everyone wanted to hear when he added: "I will definitely be returning to action, and I have even set a target to come back for the start of next season.
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By Amy Jones
When I arrived in Mérida, the first thing I wanted to do was to get a lay of the land. As you know, when you are visiting a city for the first time, it can be a challenging task. Now that I live here and spend my days exploring this wonderful city, I wanted to write this article to help you understand the neighborhoods in Mérida.
Want to know The Best Neighborhoods in Mérida?
High quality of life, low cost of living, wonderful tropical climate, and one of the safest places to visit and live in Mexico. Community activities help keep people connected to their heritage and to each other. These are the foundational values of the Mexican culture.
Who wouldn't love Mérida?
Without a doubt, one of the most enchanting things about this magical city is the neighborhoods. Each with their own unique personality and feeling, the neighborhoods called Colonias have a distinct flavor and flair.
Keep reading, and you'll find everything you need to know about neighborhoods in Mérida.
The City Of Mérida Is Laid Out On A Grid System
I know the feeling . . .
It seems hard to understand the layout of Mérida.
Let's start with the basics:
Mérida occurs in a grid with mostly numbered streets.
Larger through streets have names such as Ave. Cupules, Ave. Itzaes or Ave. Colon.
The main boulevard in the center of the city, running north and south, is the Paseo de Montejo.
The Periferico is the loop around the city.
Study a map of Mérida to gain an understanding of both the layout of the city and the location of the older colonias, the neighborhoods, and newer fraccionamientos or subdivisions.
Colonias Of Mérida
The older neighborhoods of Mérida are Colonias
In the older neighborhoods of Mérida, there is a church and a park traditionally anchored the Colonia. The hub for all the activities, celebrations, and gatherings, the Colonia, church, and park, usually share the same name. When you get your bearings, begin looking at the street signs to recognize the Colonia you are in.
The newer neighborhoods of Mérida are Fraccionamientos
The literal translation of Fraccionamiento is a division or housing development. In the U.S., we would call this a subdivision, whereas, in Mérida, it is a middle-class area. These are considered the newer neighborhoods of Mérida.
As you leave Centro, notice how the neighborhood changes the further north you travel.
The Historic Heart Of Mérida – Plaza Grande
The Best Neighborhoods in Mérida start at the center of the city called "The Downtown" with the Plaza Grande. This historic city center features an elegant park and a breathtaking church: the Catedral de San Ildefonso. The zocalo (buildings surrounding the plaza) include the Catedral, Governor's Palace, Casa Montejo, MACAY Museum, Olimpo (a cultural center), and Ayuntamiento (City Hall).
And guess what else?
This is also a beautiful place to experience the heart of Mérida where you can:
Meet in the lovely park
Get your shoes shined
Buy and sell all kinds of items
Feed the pigeons
Just sit and relax
There are also newsstands, coffee shops, restaurants, and various retail establishments.
Activities at Plaza Grande
Pok Ta Pok Mayan Ball Game – Catedral de San Ildefonso
Every Saturday 8:30 pm
A kind of Maya football, Pok To Pok, was played with great ceremony for centuries and is steeped in mysticism.
Mérida en Domingo – Between the Plaza Grande and Parque Santa Lucia – Calle 60
Every Sunday 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
A modern and urban carnival with food stalls, craft vendors, artists, and folkloric dance performances.
Vaquería Night: Dancing – Palacio Municipal
Every Monday 9:00 pm
This colorful dance originated in the colonial days of the Yucatán when villagers were permitted by the Spanish elite to celebrate. Wives of the local cowboys called vaqueros were in charge of organizing the festivities of this annual event. The women wore their most elaborate dresses to leading their husbands in the dance.
Vivid Video Mapping Projections – Casa de Montejo (facing the south side of the Plaza Grande)
Every Wednesday 8:30 pm
Topic: Encuentro con Francisco de Montejo – Diálogos del Conquistador (Meeting with Francisco de Montejo – Conqueror Dialogues)
Vivid video mapping projections are high-tech, light-and-sound shows depicting the region's history and culture. These highly artistic projections wrap around the architectural details of two of Mérida's most treasured façades.
Vivid Video Mapping Projections – San Ildefonso Cathedral (facing the east side of the Plaza Grande)
Every Friday 8:30 pm
Topic: Piedras Sagradas (Sacred Stones)
Walking Tour of the Historical Center – Tourism Office
Weekdays 9:30 am on a weekday
English and Spanish Tours leave from the Tourism Office of the Municipal Building on Calle 62 between 61 and 63.
Visit the churches in each neighborhood to find more event postings on their bulletin boards.
Mérida And The Paseo de Montejo, The Champs-Élysées Of Mérida
Named after Francisco de Montejo, the Spanish conquistador founded the city in 1542, the Paseo de Montejo is the main boulevard running north and south.
Similar to the Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City or the Champs-Élysées in Paris, the Paseo de Montejo is the avenue for some of the most beautiful and iconic buildings and monuments in Mérida.
The southernmost street is Calle 47 and runs parallel to Calles 56 and 58. The Paseo continues north to the Monumento a la Patria at Calle 27A. As the city expanded north, so did Paseo de Montejo. Past the Monumento, the Paseo called Prolongation Paseo de Montejo meaning the extension of the Paseo. The Prolongation continues until it connects in the north with Federal Highway 261.
Once you find your orientation with the Paseo de Montejo, that's when you know you are ready to discover more about the neighborhoods.
Activities on the Paseo de Montejo
Noches Mexicanas – Calle 56A
Every Saturday 9:00 pm – 11:30pm
Artisan vendors, local food, music, dancing, and entertainment.
Mérida BiciRuta
Every Sunday 8:00 am – 12:30 pm
The street is closed off for biking, walking and community connection
Rent a bike at Bici Mérida Calle 56 495B on Paseo de Montejo.
Artists on the Paseo
Every Sunday 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
On the east side of the Paseo de Montejo, artists set up their offerings.
Mérida Nighttime BiciRuta
First Saturday of every month (except December) 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
From Calle 47 to the Monumento a la Patria
Most Popular Colonias Of Centro
In the neighborhood of Mérida, the city center is Centro, where the action happens!
You'd have to say with the number of restaurants, shopping, and establishments, and activity is non-stop. Gorgeous colonial-style homes, favored by ex-pats, are remodeled, in-process of constructions, or are for sale here.
Chances are you will hear these names:
San Sebastia
Ermita or La Ermita
Mejorada
Garcia Gineres
Other Colonias on the outskirts of Centro and worth checking out:
Itzimna
Aleman or Miguel Aleman
Jesus Carranza
Chem Bech
Chuburná
Chuminopolis
La Plancha
These are just a few of the numerous Colonias where you will see locals, expats, and tourists walking around at all times of the day and night.
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The closest Colonia to the Plaza Grande, Santa Lucia, plays an important role in the history of Mérida. Locals and visitors alike watch beautiful dancers, learn about Yucatecan history, and enjoy the beautiful weather.
Dedicated to General Sebastián Molas, the obelisk was constructed with a broken tip as a way to symbolize his short life. Built-in 1878, its original marker read (English translation), "Here lie the remains of Colonel Sebastián Molas, Hero of the Caste War."
Santa Lucia Activities:
Yucatecan Serenade
Every Thursday 9:00 pm
Since 1965, an open-air event with live music, local history; exhibiting traditional costumes and dancing.
Local Vendor Market
Every Sunday 11:00 am
A lively market with food vendors, traditional clothing, hammocks, jewelry, and a variety of other handmade items.
Visit the church to find other event postings on their bulletin board.
Santa Ana Park and Church – Calle 60 y Calle 45
Santa Ana church is easily identified by the pyramidal spires as well as the raised platform foundation, most likely a former Maya temple platform. The belief is that Santa Ana was the city's farm where plantations grew food for the city.
Imagine this . . .
In the 1700s, it served the northernmost barrio of colonial Mérida with a large population of indigenous Mayans and mulattos.
Several galleries and museums are located in this established and growing art district. Santa Ana also has a lovely small market with vendor stalls, fresh fruits, and vegetables.
A popular group of cocina economics (small local kitchens) all serve traditional Yucatecan foods and fresh juices.
Just one block to the south, you will find more restaurants and tourist shops along Calle 47, which connects to the Paseo de Montejo.
Santa Ana Activities:
Vendors set up here frequently – seems to be more of a "pop-up" style market sometimes with no rhyme or reason to the days/times. These vendors set up on evenings and weekends as well as other days of the week. Santa Ana Park is a gorgeous place to visit during Christmas. Fairy lights form a canopy in the plaza over the park's central area. It is quite magical to visit during the holidays.
Santiago Park and Church – Calle 72 y Calle 59
Another of the oldest Colonias in Mérida, the church of Santiago, was founded in 1637. Little remains of the original structure other than a modest sanctuary with a baroque statue of Santiago and a dated inscription at the entry.
Check this out . . .
Approximately 350-400 years ago, Santiago was the area relegated to the indigenous Indios and artisans. Later it was the German district. Before Paseo de Montejo was built around the turn of the century, Santiago was considered the nicest place to live in Mérida.
Calle 59 was the main formal entrance into Mérida after Porfirio Diaz built the Centenario Zoo and Parque de La Paz. The Santiago Market is one of the best in Mérida with a variety of fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs, flowers, fresh juices (made on the spot), and a meat market.
A host of excellent cocina economics, clothing, sundries, and even an ice cream shop is found here. The center of the park has a beautiful water fountain with many trees where you will find people relaxing in the shade.
Santiago Activities:Remembranzas Musicales
Every Tuesday 8:30 pm
This event brings residents and tourists together to dance the cha-cha, the mambo, salsa, and other Latin dances to live, Big Band music under the stars.
San Juan Park and Church – Calle 69 y 62
Located just four blocks south of the Plaza Grande, the church of San Juan is my favorite in Mérida. This church dating back to 1770, is breathtaking with its magnificent yellow color, architectural details, and magnificent presence in the park.
The San Juan arch marks the most significant gate to the city. It was rebuilt in 1790 during the government of Lucas de Gálvez y Montes de Oca.
Remember the large shopping market, Lucas de Gálvez? Yes, it's the same dynamic don.
The text on the plaque of the arch states, "The Year 1790. Owing to the personal intervention, zeal, and prudent policy of the Governor Captain General of this Province, the lord don Lucas de Gálvez was able to inspire the generous stimulus of the Pueblo, lovers of the common benefits of liberty, in whose name were provided the funds for the opening and construction."
There is a garden and fountain in the park adorned by a bronze statue, known as the "Little Black Girl of San Juan." During this time, lantern bearers were entrusted with keeping the peace and would announce, "It's twelve o'clock, and all is serene." (I just ADORE all these little bits of history!)
In 1810, the chaplain of the church don Vicente María Velásquex y Alvarado was the spirit of the "San Juanistas" and is attributed to the first movements for Independence.
San Juan Activities:
Paseo de las Ánimas
Annually – last week in October
The Paseo de las Ánimas is part of the Dia de Muertos celebrations. People meet in the General Graveyard (Calle 81A x 90, Centro) and join in a type of parade as they walk to San Juan Park. Everyone dresses in Yucatecan traditional clothes with painted skulls on their faces. Upon arrival at the park, enjoy traditional snacks and sweets sold by vendors, and watch cultural shows and presentations.
San Sebastian Park and Church – Calle 75 y 72
In colonial times, San Sebastian was part of an area given by the senior Francisco de Montejo to his son. Wanting large estates to be built, he removed Indigenous Mayas from outlying and relocated them into the area now known as San Sebastian.
For hundreds of years, this was the area where the disenfranchised local Mayans and lower class immigrants lived "passing their days outside the city walls, living in homes of stone and straw, or in the dark and dusty streets and plazas."
Get this . . .
In the early 20th Century, San Sebastian was a dangerous area known as Barrio Bravo, where young men fought amongst themselves and other barrios.
For what it's worth, rumor says the metal fence surrounding the courtyard of the government offices on Calle 75 was built with the muzzles of rifles repurposed after the Mexican Revolution.
A wonderful food market with fruit and vegetable stalls, butchers and cocina economicas are on both sides of Calle 70. You can dine on Yucatecan food under the stars! These particular restaurants are very popular with locals and are quite busy on weekend nights.
San Sebastian Activities:
Invocation of Our Lady of the Assumption
Annually August 3 to 15
Enjoy San Sebastian's famous fería, complete with voladores (homemade bottle rockets), papier maché bulls, and music.
San Sebastian is known for its fairs. Throughout much of the year, booths with penny arcades are ready around the park, sometimes with Ferris-wheels and merry-go-rounds.
La Ermita de Santa Isabel Park and Church – Calle 66 y 77
The names La Ermita or Ermita and San Sebastian are interchangeable. You may hear San Sebastian and Ermita referred to like the same area; however, they both have their unique personalities.
Dedicated to Nuestra Señora del Buen Viaje or Our Lady of the Good Journey, the Ermita Church was originally built in the 1700s as a wayfarer's shrine.
Our Lady of the Good Journey is Mérida 's equivalent of Saint Christopher.
This was the last place to say your prayers before you set out to Campeche, a dangerous trip west.
There is a notion that the garden has ghosts as well as dotted with signs describing Maya and colonial sculptures no longer present.
For access to the garden, leave the church and go to the right-hand side.
Look for a door.
Give it a knock.
Gain entry.
There is a small, interesting, beautiful patio, a garden of medicinal and ornamental plants and trees along with with with a variety of flowers, ferns, and shrubs; all native Yucatecan species. Entry is free, and there should always be someone available to open the door.
The park in front of Ermita's church was also renovated a few years ago with a new playground, Wi-Fi connections, and computer docking stations. The streets around Ermita have been reset and repaved with the original bricks.
Ermita Activities:
Mostly centered around local celebrations and events.
Mejorada Park and Church – Calle 50 y 57
The very first hospital in Mérida was built in Mejorada in 1562. Between 1688-1694, the Franciscans in Mérida built two sets of churches and convents. One disappeared, and the other called "Del Transit of Our Lady" or La Mejorada
This building had many different uses before becoming home to the Faculty of Architecture UADY. This building adjoins another important Franciscan colonial building, the Dragon Cavalry, the former headquarters of the military garrison of Mérida.
In this tranquil park, look for a large, bronze sculpture commemorating the Niños Heroes de Chapultepec. Local youth sometimes use it for dance or parade practice.
There is no market in the neighborhood, but the central Mercado Lucas de Galvez is only a few blocks to the south. Believe me when I say you must visit this vast market full of everything you can imagine.
If you need help moving furniture or a task to see the need for a truck, go to the east side of the square to find men and crews to help you. On the west side of the park are the Spanish restaurant, El Segoviano, the famous Los Almendros restaurant, and the Museo del Arte Popular, the museum of Mexican popular arts and crafts.
Mejorada Activities:
San Cristóbal – Calle 50 y 69
In the 1540s, Francisco Montejo and his conquistadores set aside this area to house the Indians from Central Mexico who helped them conquer the Mayans. San Cristóbal Church, called Our Lady of Guadalupe, was the last one that Spaniards built in the Yucatán with its foundation stone laid in 1757.
An interesting fact . . .
During the rapid growth of the city, it was difficult to travel to San Cristobal because of a high hill and a street called "The Street of the Impossible." This extraordinary neighborhood gave shelter to five cultures: Maya, Mexican, Spanish, Mestizo, and Arab.
A natural choice, Lebanese immigrants established their businesses and homes in San Cristobal.
Undoubtedly, histories assure us San Cristóbal appeared, for a time, to be like a suburb of Beirut or Damascus. From this cultural Colonia, two institutions of Yucatecan cuisine originated: the tortilla and the kibi.
The church is reminiscent of the Cathedral in the Plaza Grande. It also shares its recessed shell archway with the church in Uman. Take some time to enjoy the magnificent Moorish choir window featuring the Virgin.
A stairway of 129 steps takes you to the nave's interior gallery with a neoclassical stone retablo, reportedly sculpted by an imported European sculptor. The inscription in Latin above the entrance reads, "This is the House of God and the Gate of Heaven."
This area remains the main entrance to Mérida from Chichen Itza and Valladolid.
San Cristobal Activities:
Annually – December 12th
Virgin of Guadalupe Celebration
Garcia Gineres Las Americas Park and Our Lady of Fatima Church – Calle 20 y 23
Originally the land of the Hacienda Datil y Limon meaning date and lemon), Señor Don Joaquín García Ginerés purchased this part of Mérida and is his namesake.
When she moved to Mérida in the 1960s, Joanna Rosado author of 'Tomando Agua de Pozo', recalled García Ginerés as far out of town and crisscrossed by dirt roads.
On wide streets, you'll see a variety of house styles from art deco to colonial to European to modern, most less than 50 years old.
You won't want to miss this . . .
Mayan Art Deco style (also seen in the Monumento a la Patria on Paseo de Montejo) influenced the Parque de Las Americas. Monuments throughout the park pay homage to all the different countries of North and South America, built to represent the unity of the American people, pre-Hispanic cultures, and socialist ideals.
The park features a large fountain, a performance half-shell or concha open-air auditorium, the Jose Martí cultural center, and a fenced-off section reserved exclusively as a children's play area.
Believe it or not –
Rumor says a cenote lies underneath the concha. Many cultural and athletic events, award ceremonies, and celebrations happen in the park on the weekends.
Our Lady of Fatima church reflects an enchanting art deco style and gorgeous stained glass windows.
Garcia Gineres Activities:
Slow Food Market
Every Saturday 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Part of the worldwide Slow Food network (the opposite of fast food), the goals preserve culinary traditions, focus on regional organic produce, and encourage healthy eating. Arrive early for the best selections as vendors tend to run out of their products closer to noon. Bring shopping bags.
Centenario Peace Park and Parque Zoológico del Centenario – Av. Itzaes y 59
The area around the Parque Centenario Zoo is the Centenario. Originally the Barrio de Santa Catarina, this area was part of Santiago. Initially, a poor neighborhood, unwanted members of the population, including the sick, the crazy, and the criminal lived here.
The zoo, constructed as part of a nationwide building project by Porfirio Diaz in the early 1960s, connects to Parque de la Paz (Peace Park). The neighborhood behind and around the Zoo remains a humble and authentic neighborhood.
There is no local market here. However, there are several larger grocery stores and a few smaller ones nearby.
Colonial History in Mérida
Less Well-Known Colonias
To wrap up this article about the neighborhoods in Mérida, here are a few more with a brief, interesting fact about each. The zip code is in parentheses for better directions when you visit!
Itzimna – Calle 15 y 20 (97100)
Originally, Itzimna was a separate Mayan village on the northeastern outskirts of the original city limits of Mérida. The first colonial building here was the church built as a chapel for the resident Indian population. The church is a favorite of locals and the site of many weddings due to its charm and beauty. Visit the famous Wayan'e Taco Stand!
Alemán or Miguel Aleman – Calle 21 y 26 (97148)
Built-in 1957 as one of the first planned developments in Mérida, Aleman is named after Mexico's president at the time. A federally funded development designated for workers was the only Colonia with a sewer system at that time. Believe it or not, it is STILL the only Colonia with a sewer system. It was also the first Colonia in the city to get city water.
Jesus Carranza – Calle 41 y 28 (97109)
A very small Colonia next to Itzimna and Aleman. Every Wednesday night, there are tianguis (traditional markets) in existence since pre-Hispanic times. It is the equivalent of an American flea market.
Chen Bech – Calle 57 y 42 (97000)
Chen Bech means "birds nest" and is the site of the original Yucatecan brewery built-in 1900. Eventually sold to Grupo Modelo, it closed in 2002. Chen Bech Mercado is one of the best in Mérida that locals and ex-pats visit it. Look for the tianguis here too.
Chuburná – Calle 29 y 14 (97205)
The history of Chuburná is fascinating (the Colonia NOT the beach town). Chuburná translates as "the house of yellow cotton." In its own government in the 1940s, it was the largest ejido in Mérida. An ejido is a community-owned property designated after the Mexican Revolution) Chuburná has one of the oldest churches in Mérida, with a fantastic flea market every Sunday.
Chuminopolis – Calle 27 y 20 (97158)
According to local tradition, the name is a combination of Chumin (a nickname for Domingo) and Polis (the Greek root word for 'city'). This was the Chinese district. Chinese migrants who worked on the railroad lived here. One of the most beautiful buildings in the area is the Quinta el Olvido (House of Forgetting). It was built at the end of the 19th century by the engineer who paved the streets of Mérida, Rafael Quintero.
La Plancha – Calle 43 y 48 (97000)
If you follow the economic development of Mérida, you will surely come across information regarding La Plancha Park. Since 1995, unsuccessful attempts at the transformation to the abandoned railway station and surrounding area into a "public park of metropolitan character." Currently, La Plancha is part of the Mayan Train infrastructure project to connect five peninsular states by rail, ultimately giving Cancun tourists easier access to historical sites in the Yucatán.
Mérida – "The North"
Mérida has been growing enormously to the north neighborhoods since the second half of the twentieth century.
Referred to as "The North"; some parts are very affluent. People will tell you the richer neighborhoods are here, and to some extent, that is true.
"The North" is the area with the greatest commercial growth along with newer homes, shopping malls, hospitals, department stores, private schools, franchises from all over the world, and car dealerships.
As you continue on Prolongación de Montejo from Centro, get ready to experience culture shock. Some have likened this area to similar ones in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, Phoenix, and other suburbs of cities in the US.
Bottom line –
You'll need a car if you decide to live here. This area is popular with many locals due to its proximity to the beach, just a quick 20-minute drive.
"The North" Neighborhoods of Mérida
The Best Neighborhoods as "The North" Neighborhoods of Mérida are Montecristo, Montebello, San Ramón Norte, Montes de Amé, Vista Alegre Norte, Altabrisa, San Esteban, San Miguel, Brisas, Jardines de Mérida, Los Pinos, Los Arcos, Francisco de Montejo and Poligono 108 just to name a few. These are the ones you are most likely to hear about.
New shopping malls are Altabrisa, City Center, MacroPlaza, and The Harbor, located in various parts of The North.
The Uniqueness of Mérida
The Best Neighborhoods in Mérida make it a unique city. Numerous Colonias and Fraccionamientos in Mérida have their own unique style and personality.
Mérida offers vibrant communities, both large and small, where history and culture are important. There is something for everyone!
While you are in Mérida, feel free to move about the city with ease and curiosity and to explore the Best neighborhoods. The locals are always willing to help and answer questions. You will find there are no definitive lines between these Colonias and Fraccionamientos. However, the people who live in them will surely assist you with the boundaries and the colorful stories that make each of them special.
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By E. J. Kahn
The New Yorker, August 8, 1988 P. 70
OUR FOOTLOOSE CORRESPONDENTS about the biennial convention of the American Association of Retired Persons (of which writer is a member) in Detroit, Michigan.
Published in the print edition of the August 8, 1988, issue.
Annals of Education
Why Is Columbia Kicking Out a Beloved Preschool?
The Red Balloon is part of the university's progressive history, but it may not have a future.
By Jessica Winter
The New Yorker Documentary
What Groundhog Day Means to Its Home Town
In David P. Zucker's documentary short "Groundhog Town," the residents of Punxsutawney reflect on the iconic Phil and the meaning of their February ritual.
The Striking Public Art of Shahzia Sikander
The Pakistani American artist's sculptures, in a project titled "Havah . . . to breathe, air, life," are on view in Madison Square Park.
What to Do When It Rains on the Winter Games
Governor Kathy Hochul's ambitious climate plan for New York.
By Bill McKibben


We read in the life of S. Aloysius Gonzaga, that being permitted by his confessor to receive Holy Communion every Sunday, he divided the week between his thanksgiving and preparation, consecrating three days to each. The same is related of another devout soul, who, in arranging his devotions, observed the following plan: Sunday, the day of his Communion, was spent by him in union and interior converse with our Blessed Lord. Monday was a day of thanksgiving for the rich treasure which he had received. On Tuesday he continually offered and consecrated himself to God. Wednesday was spent in constant petitions to Ourl Lord for his own wants and those of the Church. On Thursday he began his preparation for his next Communion, spending that day entirely in acts of faith and adoration. Friday was a day of humiliation and contrition, but of hope and confidence in the Divine mercy. Finally, Saturday was devoted to acts of love and desire. - Catholic Anecdotes.


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By Erin Tierney
School Board to hire attorney
Creswell School Board was called together in executive session on Monday, Aug. 13 at 6 p.m. to address complaints or charges brought against a public officer, employee, staff member or agent. The complainant and those the complaint were lodged against were also in attendance.
After open session reconveined, Director Natalie Smathers made the motion to hire an attorney to guide the board further with handling the complaint. Director Mike Anderson seconded the motion, and the motion passed unanimously.
Director Paul Randall said that he would like to see the matter concluded as rapidly as po...


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> Turner, Marlene
> Goals
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Goals/end/group behavior/Pratkanis/Turner/Group psychology: (…) individuals seek to maintain a positive image of their group and are more reactive to potential threats to that image. Image-threatening events, which can include complex and consequential tasks (particularly when they are subject to public scrutiny) shift group members' goals towards image maintenance and away from other ends (e.g., deliberative, systematic decision-making). To the degree that image maintenance is supported by groupthink symptoms (e.g., beliefs in inherent morality, collective rationalization, stereotyping of outgroups), decision quality by the group tends to deteriorate. (Turner and Pratkanis (1998a)(1)).
Adding nuance to Janis' posited goal states (>Goals/Janis), Turner and Pratkanis (1998a)(1) and McCauley (1998)(2) point out that the goal of achieving consensus can serve different functions – for example, protecting a social identity or regaining a sense of certainty. In some instances (e.g., under collective threat), the goal of achieving consensus may be associated with specific content: that is, group members may want to reach consensus around a particular conclusion (e.g., a positive group image). In other cases (e.g., under deep uncertainty), any consensus at all might be acceptable, making groups willing to accept negative self-perceptions so long as they are convergent (e.g., see system justification theory; Jost and Banaji, 1994)(3). >System justification.
Packer/Ungson: other potential goals could include:
- a desire for the group to engage in effective collective action (for which consensus is perhaps a means to an end);
- a desire for the group to reach a decision quickly (heightened perhaps in crisis situations, and reminiscent of speed/accuracy tradeoffs endemic to human cognition; e.g., Tversky and Kahneman, 1974)(4);
- a desire for the group to reach a decision with little effort (heightened when the group is overburdened with many complex issues);
- a more individual set of desires to be positively regarded and to retain one's position in the group (as per McCauley's (1998)(2) social discomfort hypothesis). >Groupthink/Psychological theories.
Identification/goals: Pursuit of group-related goals – whatever they are – is stronger to the extent that members identify with their groups (Abrams and Hogg, 1988)(5). Strongly identified group members seek to be regarded as loyal and to make decisions that serve the interests of the group.
Norms/accuracy/Packer/Ungson: any one of the goals that conflict with accuracy and deliberation could produce groupthink-type symptoms, although, as pointed out by McCauley (1998)(2), the underlying mechanisms and precise manifestations could differ as a function of the goal in question (e.g., some producing internalization, some compliance).
1. Turner, M.E. and Pratkanis, A.R. (1998a) 'A social identity maintenance model of groupthink', Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 73: 210–35.
2. McCauley, C. (1998) 'Group dynamics in Janis' theory of groupthink: Backward and forward', Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 73: 146–62.
3. Jost, J.T. and Banaji, M.R. (1994) 'The role of stereotyping in system-justification and the production of false consciousness', British Journal of Social Psychology, 33: 1–27.
4. Tversky, A. and Kahneman, D. (1974) 'Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases', Science, 185: 1124–3.
Dominic J. Packer and Nick D. Ungson, "Group Decision-Making. Revisiting Janis' groupthink studies", in: Joanne R. Smith and S. Alexander Haslam (eds.) 2017. Social Psychology. Revisiting the Classic studies. London: Sage Publications
The note [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. Turner, Marlene
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Rakkojae, literally meaning 'a house to enjoy the old', is a South Korean cultural center located in the Bukchon Hanok Village of Jongno-gu, Seoul, established with the purpose for foreign visitors to experience Korean culture in a hanok (한옥) or Korean traditional house. It began operations as a traditional hotel in 2003, a year after the 2002 FIFA World Cup held by South Korea and Japan. Rakkojae was the first instance where a hanok was re-purposed for use as a hotel.

Rakkojae Seoul is a building with a 130-year history and was restored by Korean Human National Treasure, Master Carpenter Young Jin Chung in 2003.  The hotel is actually a compound of three hanok, one in a 'ㄱ' shape, one in a 'ㄷ' shape, and one in a single-unit patio style.  Rakkojae Seoul was the first hanok hotel to be listed in the first edition of the Michelin Seoul guide in 2017.

Rakkojae Andong (Hahoe) opened its doors in Andong within the Hahoe Folk Village in 2009.  On July 31, 2010, the Hahoe Folk Village was inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, receiving international recognition for its cultural value.  The entire village had long been designated as Korean Important Folk Property #122 for having preserved its ancient form and traditions for the past 600 years.  This hotel is built in a different style of Korean traditional housing called choga, which historically was used as dwellings for commoners.

See also
Bukchon Hanok Village
Namsangol Hanok Village
Korean Folk Village
Hahoe Folk Village
Yangdong Village of Gyeongju

References

External links

Official website

Jongno District
Architecture in Korea
Korean culture


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Grošnica (izvirno ) je naselje v Srbiji, ki upravno spada pod mesto Kragujevac; slednje pa je del Šumadijskega upravnega okraja.

Demografija
V naselju živi 1014 polnoletnih prebivalcev, pri čemer je njihova povprečna starost 40,6 let (39,5 pri moških in 41,8 pri ženskah). Naselje ima 410 gospodinjstev, pri čemer je povprečno število članov na gospodinjstvo 3,12.

To naselje je, glede na rezultate popisa iz leta 2002, večinoma srbsko.

Viri in opombe

Glej tudi
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Naselja Južnobačkega upravnega okraja


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using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;

namespace Nucleo.Security
{
	[TestClass]
	public class AnonymousUserTest
	{
		[TestMethod]
		public void CreatingAssignsEmptyValues()
		{
			var user = new AnonymousUser();

			Assert.AreEqual("", user.Name);
			Assert.IsFalse(user.IsAuthenticated);
			Assert.AreEqual(0, user.GetRoles().Count);
		}

		[
		TestMethod,
		ExpectedException(typeof(ArgumentNullException))
		]
		public void IsInRoleWithEmptyThrowsException()
		{
			var user = new AnonymousUser();

			Assert.IsFalse(user.IsInRole(string.Empty));
		}

		[
		TestMethod,
		ExpectedException(typeof(ArgumentNullException))
		]
		public void IsInRoleWithNullThrowsException()
		{
			var user = new AnonymousUser();

			Assert.IsFalse(user.IsInRole(default(string)));
		}

		[TestMethod]
		public void IsInRoleAlwaysReturnsFalseForValidRoleName()
		{
			var user = new AnonymousUser();

			Assert.IsFalse(user.IsInRole("Administrator"));
			Assert.IsFalse(user.IsInRole("B"));
		}
	}
}

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The forecast for Tres Logoas in the coming week is predicting the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 30°C, with a high for the week of 32°C expected on the afternoon of Thursday 25th. The average minimum temperature will be 21°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Tuesday 30th at 18°C. The week ahead will have mixed overhead conditions with some days dry and some seeing a significant amount of rain. Predictions are Sunday 30th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 18.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.


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Lauren Davis era la detentrice del titolo, ma ha perso nei quarti di finale.

Il singolare del torneo di tennis Dow Corning Tennis Classic 2014, facente parte della categoria ITF Women's Circuit, ha avuto come vincitrice Heather Watson che ha battuto in finale Ksenija Pervak 6–4, 6–0.

Teste di serie

  Urszula Radwańska (quarti di finale)
  Lauren Davis (quarti di finale)
  Romina Oprandi (primo turno)
  Ol'ga Govorcova (quarti di finale)

  Coco Vandeweghe (primo turno)
  Sharon Fichman (semifinali)
  Anna Tatišvili (secondo turno)
  Vesna Dolonc (quarti di finale)

Tabellone

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

Collegamenti esterni

Dow Corning Tennis Classic 2014


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Q: How can I remove duplicates (deduplicate) a mbox format email mailbox? I've got a mbox mailbox containing duplicate copies of messages, which differ only in their "X-Evolution:" header.
I want to remove the duplicate ones, in as quick and simple a way as possible. It seems like this would have been written already, but I haven't found it, although I've looked at the Python mailbox module, the various perl mbox parsers, formail, and so forth.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

A: This a small script, which I used for it:
#!/bin/bash
IDCACHE=$(mktemp -p /tmp)
formail -D $((1024*1024*10)) ${IDCACHE} -s
rm ${IDCACHE}

The mailbox needs to be piped through it, and in the meantime it will be deduplicated.
-D $((1024*1024*10)) sets a 10 Mebibyte cache, which is more than 10x the amount needed to deduplicate an entire year of my mail. YMMV, so adjust it accordingly. Setting it too high will cause some performance loss, setting it to low will let it slip duplicates.
formail is part of the procmail utility bundle, mktemp is part of coreutils.

A: I didn't look at formail (part of procmail) in enough detail. It does have such such an option, as mentioned in places like: http://hints.macworld.com/comment.php?mode=view&cid=115683 and http://us.generation-nt.com/answer/deleting-duplicate-mail-messages-help-172481881.html

A: 'formail -D' and 'reformail -D' can only process one email per execution. Each mail needs to be separated from mbox first before being processed. I use reformail from maildrop instead since it's still in active development.

*

*remove old idcache, tmpmail, nmbox

*run dedup.sh .

*nmbox is the output with duplicate messages removed.

dedup.sh
#! /bin/sh
# $1 = mbox, thunderbird mailbox
# wmbox.sh is called for each mail.

cat $1 | reformail -s ./wmbox.sh

wmbox.sh
#! /bin/sh
# stdin: a email
# called by dedup.sh

TM=tmpmail
if [ -f $TM ] ; then
   echo error!
   exit 1
fi
cat > $TM
# mbox format, each mail end with a blank line
echo "" >> $TM

cat $TM | reformail -D 99999999 idcache

# if this mail isn't a dup (reformail return 1 if message-id is not found)
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
   # each mail shall have a message-id
   if grep -q -i '^message-id:' $TM; then
      cat tmpmail >> nmbox
   fi
fi

rm $TM

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TB Evenlode Global Income (B) Income
TB Evenlode Global Income Class B - Income (GBP)
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