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Stan Aschmeier All-American Comics Unpublished Story Page 5 Doctor Mid-Nite Original Art (DC, c. 1947)....
Jack Cole (as Jake) Gaze August-1961 Single Panel Gag Cartoon Illustration Original Art (Timely Features/Humorama,...
Bill Vigoda and Jon D'Agostino Jughead as Captain Hero #1 Complete Issue Original Art Group of 25 (Archie, 1966).... (Total: 25 )
Ronald McDonald Helicopter Graphics Original Art by Wes Cook Group of 2 (McDonald's/Setmakers, 1984).... (Total: 2 Original Art)
McDonald's Playland Officer Big Mac Climber Drawings Original Art by Wes Cook Group of 4 (McDonald's/Setmakers, c. 1970s).... (Total: 4 Original Art)
Chester Gould Dick Tracy Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 11-25-56 (The Chicago Tribune, 1956)....
John Buscema and Tom Palmer The Avengers #84 Story Page 14 Original Art (Marvel, 1971)....
McDonald's Playland Professor Design Drawings Original Art Group of 3 (McDonald's/Setmakers, 1970s).... (Total: 3 Original Art)
Milton Caniff Terry and the Pirates Comic Strip Daily Original Art dated 8-1-41 (News Syndicate Co., 1941)....
Jim Mooney Action Comics #201 Story Page 3 Original Art (DC Comics, 1955)....
Frank Thorne Marvel Feature #2 Story Page 2 Original Art (Marvel, 1976)....
Joe Madureira and Tim Townsend The Uncanny X-Men #335 Story Page 4 Original Art (Marvel, 1996)....
Robert Crumb Monster Greeting Cards #13 Illustration Original Art (Topps, 1965)....
Neal Adams The Brave and the Bold #83 Story Page 17 Original Art (DC, 1969)....
John Buscema, Tony DeZuñiga, Steve Gan, Rudy Mesina, and Freddie Fernandez The Savage Sword of Conan #5 Story Page...
McDonald's Playland Design Drawings Original Art Group of 12 (McDonald's/Setmakers, 1971/72).... (Total: 12 Original Art)
Lou Fine (as Jack Cortez) Wags Magazine "The Count of Monte Cristo" Title Page Original Art (Editors Press Service...
McDonald's Playland Hamburglar, Officer Big Mac, and Apple Pie Tree Original Art Group of 4 (McDonald's/Setmakers, 1974-81).... (Total: 4 Original Art)
McDonald's Interiors Design Drawings Original Art by Wes Cook Group of 2 (McDonald's/Setmakers, c. 1970s).... (Total: 2 Original Art)
Bob Powell Red Hawk #11 Complete 7-Page Story "The Death Dolls" Original Art (Magazine Enterprise, 1953).... (Total: 7 Original Art)
Harold Gray Little Orphan Annie Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 9-4-66 (Chicago Tribune, 1966)....
Rich Buckler and Frank Chiaramonte Supernatural Thrillers #5 Story Page 4 Original Art (Marvel, 1973)....
Dick Ayers and John Severin The Incredible Hulk #143 Original Art (Marvel, 1971)....
Michael Golden and Klaus Janson Howard the Duck Magazine #1 Story Page 16 Original Art (Marvel, 1979)....
Captain Crook Concept/Design Original Art and Print Group of 3 (McDonald's/Setmakers, c. 1970s-80s).... (Total: 3 Original Art)
McDonald's Playland Officer Big Mac Slide Design Drawings Original Art Group of 4 (McDonald's/Setmakers, 1982-84).... (Total: 4 Original Art)
McDonaldland Grimace's Castle and Apple Pie Trees Original Art/Print Group of 5 (McDonald's/Setmakers, 1979).... (Total: 5 Original Art)
Alfredo Alcala The Savage Sword of Conan #80 Story Page 26 Original Art (Marvel Comics, 1982)...
Milton Caniff Terry and the Pirates Daily Comic Strip Original Art dated 12-14-46 (Chicago Tribune, 1946)....
Mike Ploog Planet of the Apes #8 Story Page 22 Original Art (Marvel, 1975)....
John Buscema The Savage Sword of Conan #65 Story Page 6 Original Art (Marvel, 1981)....
Gobblins Original Wall Plaque Art Group of 5 (McDonald's/Setmakers, 1974).... (Total: 5 Original Art)
Mayor McCheese and Big Mac Statue Sculpting Prints Group of 3 (McDonald's/Setmakers, 1971).... (Total: 3 Original Art)
Leonard Starr Mary Perkins, On Stage Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 8-13-61 (Chicago Tribune, 1961)....
Joe Kubert (attributed)Speed Comics #32 Story Page 4 Original Art (Harvey, 1944)....
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Jim Mooney and Mike Esposito Electric Company Magazine #80 Story Page 3 Spider-Man Original Art (Children's Televi...
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Mike Vosburg and Chic Stone The Savage She-Hulk #2 Story Page 15 Original Art (Marvel, 1980)....
George Tuska and Jim Mooney Daredevil #145 Story Page 12 Original Art (Marvel, 1977)....
Tony Tallarico (attributed) Hee Haw #5 Near-Complete Issue Original Art Group of 15 (Charlton, 1971).... (Total: 15 Original Art)
Bob Brown and Joe Giella Detective Comics #393 Story Page 4 Original Art (DC, 1969)....
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Joe Staton and Mark Farmer Green Lantern #201 Story Page 22 Original Art (DC, 1986)....
Val Mayerik and Klaus Janson Frankenstein #15 Story Page 1 Original Art (Marvel, 1975)....
McDonaldland Character Decor Original Art Group of 4 (McDonald's/Setmakers, c. 1970s-80s).... (Total: 4 Original Art)
McDonaldland Characters Toy Bank Design Drawings by Wes Cook Original Art Group of 3 (McDonald's/Setmakers, 1973).... (Total: 3 Original Art)
Carmine Infantino and Klaus Janson Daredevil #150 Story Page 17 Original Art (Marvel, 1978)....
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John van Voorst, printed by Samuel Bentley, London, 1842. Contemporary full-green Morocco. First edition. Super Octavo (259 x 162 mm), pp.15, 250, with 205 fine wood-cuts in the text. Engravings probably by Mary and Elizabeth Clint. Full green morocco, gilt lettering on spine and 5 raised bands. Second compartment reads Heraldry of Fish, third compartment Moule, and London 1842 on spine heel. Other compartments with gilt emblems. Gilt ornamentation on covers. Gilt bordered dentelles, marbled pastedowns, front and endpapers, top edge gilt. A beautiful and very rare large paper copy. Moule states that, as symbols for names, almost all fish have been used in heraldry.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C., a nationally recognized shareholder rights law firm, is investigating certain officers and directors of American Electric Power Company, Inc. ("AEP") (NYSE: AEP) and Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) on behalf of long-term stockholders. More information about each potential case can be found at the link provided.
American Electric Power Company, Inc. ("AEP") (NYSE: AEP)
Bragar Eagel & Squire is investigating certain officers and directors of AEP following a class action complaint that was filed against AEP on August 20, 2020,
The complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company covertly participated in the "the largest public corruption case in Ohio history"; (2) the Company secretly funneled substantial funds to Ohio political organizations and politicians to bribe politicians to pass Ohio House Bill 6, which benefitted the Company and its coal-fired generation assets; (3) the Company partially funded a massive, misleading advertising campaign in support of HB6 and in opposition to a ballot initiative to repeal HB6 by passing substantial sums through a web of dark money entities and front companies in order to conceal the Company's involvement; (4) the Company aided in subverting a citizens' ballot initiative to repeal HB6; (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' Class Period statements regarding the Company's regulatory and legislative efforts were materially false and misleading; (6) as a result of the foregoing, the Company would face increased scrutiny; (7) the Company was subject to undisclosed risk of reputational, legal and financial harm; (8) the bribery scheme would jeopardize the benefits the Company sought by HB6; (9) as opposed to the Company's repeated public statements regarding a move to clean energy, it sought a dirty energy bailout; (10) as opposed to the Company's repeated public statements regarding protection of its customers' interests, the Company sought an extra and state-mandated surcharge on its customers' bills; and (11) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operational and compliance policies. Specifically, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Zoom had inadequate data privacy and security measures; (ii) contrary to Zoom's assertions, the Company's video communications service was not end-to-end encrypted; (iii) as a result of all the foregoing, users of Zoom's communications services were at an increased risk of having their personal information accessed by unauthorized parties, including Facebook; (iv) usage of the Company's video communications services was foreseeably likely to decline when the foregoing facts came to light; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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When the older kids were little, I was a member of the English Heritage and we used to go to so many places. This saved me a lot of money as they grew up because all I needed to do was buy a pass for myself and the kids went in free. We would even travel as far as Northampton to go to a weekend event. As they got older, the membership slipped because as they become teenagers, they didn't want to be going to castles and historical places any more! I mean what teenager would.
If you are in London, this May Half Term, why not take a visit to London Transport Museum for some fab storytime sessions and creative workshops for families. Your children can get artistic with foam block printing inspired by the Museum's iconic posters, and make their own postcard to take home, or listen to a fun storytime session about the loveable pelican Mr Beak.
So here we are, starting a travel blog to work alongside my other blog www.beingtillysmummy.co.uk. Travel is important to us as a family and I believe that children learn a lot from travelling. It is so important for their life experiences, and they learn more than being in a classroom learning about places. Yes I do disagree with school fines, yet I see why they are in place. My philosophy is that if you can only afford a holiday in term time, then just pay the fine. The fine is still a great deal cheaper than booking a holiday in the school breaks. But saying that, I don't take holidays in the school term because you can get a cheap one by looking on line yourself. And that is what brings us to this blog, I am taking Tilly Inter-railing in the summer and we will be getting in quite a few places at the fraction of the price of a holiday booked through a travel agent. Another reason for choosing now to travel is that I am 44 this year and Tilly is 6 so If I don't do it now, then we will never do it because by the time Tilly is a teenager she wont want to be going back packing with her 50 something mother.


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By Michael Murray Nov 4, 2012
There is precious little that Noonan can do to make himself popular. But there is a lot he can do that would make him look smart.
A super-tax on the country's biggest and most bloated pensions is the best move that the government could make when drawing up next month's budget, writes Michael Murray.
Santa and the Christmas decorations will be just a stone's throw away in Grafton Street's shop windows when Minister for Finance Michael Noonan stands up in Leinster House next month to deliver his second budget.
The contrast between the glitter of Grafton Street and the gloom in Leinster House will be stark. Within the strait-jacket of the troika, there is precious little that Noonan can do to make himself popular. But there is a lot...


Doctor Who actor David Tennant, who made his final appearance as the Time Lord earlier this month, has backed Gordon Brown as Prime Minister.
"I would still rather have Gordon Brown than David Cameron," Tennant told the latest edition of Doctor Who magazine.
The Scottish actor, a long-term Labour supporter who appeared in a party political broadcast in 2005, likened the Conservative leader to "a regional newsreader who will jump on whatever bandwagon flies past".
"I get quite panicked at the notion that people are buying his rhetoric, because it seems very manipulative to me."
"Clearly, the Labour Party is not without some issues right now and I do get frustrated. They need to sort some stuff out, but they are still a better bet than the Tories."
The Conservatives declined to comment.
He is being replaced on the show by actor Matt Smith, 27, who made his debut as the 11th Doctor in Tennant's final show, ahead of a new series in the spring.


Nikola Tesla was a brilliant inventor and scientist who lived at one of the most exciting times in history. In America, back in the late-19th century, it seemed new discoveries, inventions and human achievements were coming along by the bucketful.
The railroad had brought together the east and west coasts, cities were building not only outward but upward, and something called electricity was beginning to creep into homes and towns around the country.
Everyone knows Thomas Edison as the man behind the electric light bulb. But Edison had a protégé in Nikola Tesla, who would eventually go on to become a competitor. Tesla is known today as a key developer of alternating current, the very power that runs our lives. But not all of Tesla's creations were so benign.
There are those who say Nikola Tesla invented a superweapon. He called it a Peace Ray, but others refer to it as a death ray, and it is said to have been capable of horrific amounts of destruction. This weapon held the power to destroy entire armies, and to completely annihilate targets halfway across the globe.
Tesla himself claims to have built and tested such a superweapon in the twilight of his career. But by then he had become increasingly eccentric, some say to the point of madness.
Tesla's involvement in many clandestine projects has long been speculated, from time travel in the Philadelphia Experiment, to an alleged Earthquake Machine. But the Death Ray would top them all.
But if he really did create such a device, where is the proof? Some say a cataclysmic 1908 explosion in a remote Tunguska River region of Russia may be the evidence of Tesla's ultimate invention.
When Russian mineralogist Leonid Kulik first overlooked the site he must have been stunned beyond words. Over 80 million trees demolished over a vast area greater than 2,000 square kilometers, blown down by some unknown force. They all lay all in a pattern revealing an epicenter near the Tunguska River, but Kulik could find no crater, nor anything that appeared to be the landing spot of whatever had caused the explosion.
Kulik was the first scientist to lead an expedition to the region, the site of the now-famous explosion. He wasn't allowed the access to the site until the 1920's, but the event had occurred in 1908.
Because of the delay in the investigation, and because it was such a remote area, there were few first-hand eyewitnesses who came forward. Those who did told a story of lights in the sky, balls of fire, and a tremendous blast that flattened everything in the area.
It was as though some unearthly power had reached down and smashed the landscape. Whatever it was had been incredibly powerful, and if it had targeted a populated area such as a city it would have inflicted catastrophic damage. A nuclear weapon is one of the few things that could conceivably cause such destruction, but the atom bomb hadn't even been invented yet.
What Caused the Tunguska Event?
Modern science offers several explanations for the blast at Tunguska. An inbound comet, asteroid or other projectile from space is the likely culprit. It may have entered Earth's atmosphere and exploded with tremendous force before reaching the ground, flattening trees for miles without leaving a crater. This is the most widely accepted theory, and it seems plausible to many.
More bizarre reasons include UFOs, visitors from another planet who were perhaps attempting to create the ultimate crop circle. Or, a black hole may have passed through the Earth, or even a chunk of antimatter. Though it seems if either of the latter were to occur we would not be here to talk about it.
One explanation involves Nikola Tesla, and some believe the blast at Tunguska was the direct result of one of his experiments. His brilliant work with electrical power might not be enough to make him a suspect, but when looking at his career as a whole the idea that he may have directed some sort of weapon at Tunguska begins to appear more plausible.
What could Tesla have created that was capable of such power?
One of Telsa's more infamous projects was the Wardenclyffe Tower. The Wardenclyffe Tower stood 187 feet tall, and was located on Long Island, New York. Tesla envisioned it as both a means for facilitating world-wide wireless communication, a hundred years before cell phones would become popular, and as a method for delivering electrical energy over great distances.
Tesla believed he could transmit both radio waves and electric power between continents, and by eliminating the need for wires. He proved this on a much smaller scale in his experiments, using his famed Tesla Coil. With the Wardenclyffe Tower he would show the results of his work to the world.
The plan was to build similar towers in major cities around the world, enabling energy and information to be transferred from point to point. Unfortunately for Tesla, his financial backers left him before he could finish his work on the Wardenclyffe Tower.
The project was scrapped. The setback, and stigma of failure that surrounded it, dealt a serious blow to Tesla and his self-esteem. Already reclusive and eccentric by nature, Tesla retreated further into the shadows.
So, Tesla may have invented a system for transferring massive amounts of energy through the air over hundreds or thousands of miles. So far this is interesting in theory, but what's the connection between Tesla and Tunguska?
As the story goes, explorer Robert Peary was undertaking an expedition to the North Pole around the time of the Tunguska Event. Tesla contacted him before the trip and asked him to report back on anything unusual he encountered.
Did Tesla then fire a blast of energy at the uninhabited North Pole and miss, hitting Tunguska instead?
It seems extremely reckless, but Tesla's experiment may have been the act of a frustrated and desperate man. Tesla was a genius who never quite got the recognition he deserved. The financial backing for his work was drying up. He had a big chip on his shoulder from past failures and this one may have put him over the edge.
Was the Tunguska blast Tesla's test of his system of wireless energy transfer? With the testimony of Admiral Peary (whom, hopefully, he did not blow up during the experiment) Tesla could have proven his tower worth the investment, reclaimed the admiration of his benefactors and continued with his work.
It might sound like an accident if you consider Wardenclyffe as a mere communication system. But there is another, more chilling scenario. There are those who claim there was a third use for Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower: to function as a death ray. Some say the Wardenclyffe Tower was an operational superweapon, and held the power to create massive amounts of destruction.
With the alleged ability to transmit aimed blasts of energy, it's not a far stretch. In fact, Tesla claimed to have been working on a superweapon from 1900 until the time of his death. According to him, he did design and test such a device later in his career, a charged-particle beam projector called Teleforce.
To be clear: Teleforce, according to Tesla, was envisioned as a means of defense, never as an offensive weapon. He intended this "Death Ray" as protection, and as a method for eliminating war altogether. It was just as often referred to as the "Peace Ray".
Nonetheless, Tesla's mechanism of delivering a charged particle beam held the power, he said, to wipe out entire armies and bring down 10,000 enemy aircraft at a distance of 200 miles.
Teleforce was an incredible device with mind-boggling implications. These were the days before World War II, and had Tesla's invention been put into practice thousands and thousands of lives would have likely been spared.
Then again, had his technology gotten into the wrong hands, the dictator or despot who controlled it would have the world at his feet in true supervillain style.
So what happened to Teleforce? In a cryptic comment he allegedly made in 1937, Tesla responded to notions that Teleforce was purely in the concept stage by assuring his audience that he had indeed built and tested this superweapon. Was Tesla telling the truth? Was the "test" he eluded to the explosion at Tunguska?
It's hard to sort it all out. Many believed by then that Tesla had begun to go off the deep end with his theories and claims. The fact that no government, including his, took an interest in Teleforce at the time or since is telling. However, Tesla also claimed he held the blueprint to Teleforce in his mind, so perhaps this explains why his alleged work was never reproduced.
Did Tesla's Death Ray Cause the Tunguska Explosion?
Nikola Tesla was one of most intriguing inventors in history, and because of his eccentricities he is often regarding as a kind of mad scientist. In truth, it's hard to imagine a world today without Tesla's creations. Tesla, after all, invented the alternating current power we take for granted. But what else may he have done?
Was Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower a veiled attempt at a superweapon, an early application of the Teleforce Death Ray concept? Did he really have the power to blast away thousands of square kilometers of Russian wilderness?
The internet is awash with conspiracy theories on his inventions, some perhaps still in development today. Most mainstream scientists say the event at Tunguska probably had nothing to do with Tesla. Still, some researchers believe it was not only well within Tesla's ability to execute the blast that rocked Tunguska, but he also had the motivation to follow through.
Will we ever know the truth? Unfortunately, one of the greatest inventors the world has ever known took that secret to his grave.
What happened to Tesla's Death Ray?
The government is keeping it a secret because it is so powerful.
The government has been unable to replicate Tesla's work.
Tesla took the secret to his grave, and we will never know.
Unlike most geniuses, the full impact of Nikola Tesla on 'our' universe has yet to be determined. Certainly, the likes of that 'American Joke' T.A. Edison could not even begin to 'hold his coat', but he had other, even more powerful, detractors. In my opinion, Tesla's Wardenclyffe financier, J.P. Morgan, fell prey to some of them; i.e., the ones who might lose millions if Tesla's inventions began to undermine their own greedy investments. So, as he sadly faded into obscurity, Nikola Tesla 'confided' - to an increasingly alarming degree – with the pigeons who nested on the windowsill of his room on the 33rd floor of the Hotel New Yorker. After studiously placing a "Do Not Disturb' sign on his door, it was there that he was found dead on the wintry morning of January 7, 1943. Sadly, at 86, he died alone and almost penniless. I hasten to add that within hours of his demise, the FBI had absconded with all of his various journals and technical notes. Interestingly, to this day, some of these documents remain classified by the U.S. Federal government. I, for one, think it is high time that we know why.


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Updated: 13th March 2020 - Information on Areas Affected with COVID-19 virus
2020. March 13.
The areas affected as indicated on the website of the National Public Health Service of Hungary are: Italy, China, Iran, South Korea, Iran and Heinsberg district of Germany. Passengers arriving from the abovementioned areas showing symptoms of coronavirus shall be considered as suspicious/under investigation and the procedure of the National Public Health Service of Hungary shall be followed, including the application of quarantine and laboratory testing.
According to data processed by the World Health Organization and other international reports, patients infected with coronavirus have been diagnosed in almost every country of the world.
Based on the procedure issued by the Public Health Service of Hungary on 2nd March 2020, the following areas affected shall be taken into consideration:
Italy (whole area)
District of Heinsberg (North-Rhine-Westphalia)
Passengers arriving from the abovementioned areas showing symptoms of coronavirus shall be considered as suspicious/under investigation and the procedure shall be followed, including the application of quarantine and laboratory testing.
Based on the information provided by the Public Health Service of Hungary, we inform the community of the University that missions to foreign countries – regardless of the destination – cannot be ordered or authorized nor professional journeys to foreign countries.
If the employee opts for travelling abroad for their own risk, employee will be subject to criminal and labour liability in the respect of resulting consequences.
We call the attention of all university citizens to refrain from or delay travelling abroad for private purposes if possible – for their personal safety and to maintain the smooth operation of the organizational units of the University of Szeged. Subject to the Government Decree on 'measures to be taken during emergency, preventing and remedying the effects of a mass epidemic which endangers the safety of life and property, and of emergency measures to protect the health and life of Hungarian citizens', healthcare workers, as defined by law (health care workers are physicians, dentists, pharmacists, others with advanced health care qualifications, those with vocational health care qualifications, or those without qualifications involved in delivering health services), shall only be allowed to leave the territory of Hungary with the permission of the Minister responsible for the relevant sector.
Latest resolutions and circulars:
9/2020. (III.15.) Circular of the Coronavirus Operative Committee
Useful links and other resolutions:
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1/2020 (II.26.) Rector-Chancellor Circular regarding measures in connection with the spread of the coronavirus infection
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2/2020 (II.26.) Rector-Chancellor Circular regarding the students of the University of Szeged concerning measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection
3/2020 (III.05.) Rector-Chancellor Circular regarding the obligatory compliance with the measures imposed by the Coronavirus Operative Committee
1/2020 (III.06.) Circular of the Coronavirus Operative Committee
General procedure on coronavirus issued by the National Public Health Service of Hungary here.
Informative video on coronavirus of WHO here.
WHO advices on hand washing here.
Previously in this topic:
Further Measures Have Been Introduced Concerning the Coronavirus at the University of Szeged
UPDATE 10th March 2020: Most Important Measures Concerning the Coronavirus Disease
UPDATED 11th March 2020: Educational break at the University of Szeged
Updated on the 12th March 2020: Measures Imposed with Immediate Effect at the University of Szeged
Updated: 12th March 2020 – Measures Applying to Events at the University of Szeged
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I am Hamza Baniata, a first-year student at the Doctoral School of Computer Science, and I am From Jordan. SZTE is continuously supporting research and it has an internationally recognized, highly ranked group of professors. It also offers courses and research topics that are strongly related to my research field; Cloud Computing, Fog Computing and Internet of Things. All of this motivated me to apply to the University/Department of Software Engineering. Szeged is a calm city, full of love and peace. The University of Szeged is similar to the city, which provides the perfect environment for creation and development. Studying at the university requires a high level of effort, commitment and seriousness. Applying to the university and having these characteristics are my two pieces of advice to prospective students. It is very early to define my future now, but I am planning to apply to a research position in my field after graduation and if I had the opportunity, I would love to contribute my effort and knowledge in advancing such a wonderful and respected university.
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My name is Nikki and I am from Iran. Currently I am a second year student studying Physiotherapy at the University of Szeged. I really like the Environment of Szeged as it is a true University City where you can meet people from around the world. I consider Szeged as my second home since I have established my own path here and I have a lot of friends who make me feel home. The reason why I came to Szeged is because I was informed by one of my friends about the fact that the University degrees are EU accredited and will help me to reach my goals and open doors for future job opportunities. Once I have obtained my degree, I would like to stay in Hungary and pursue a post graduate program. Later on I will seize the opportunity to gain some job experience in my field here in Hungary before I hold my ground in Europe.
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Cambridge researchers have developed a new brain training game, which they say improves users' concentration and could provide an 'antidote' to the daily distractions that we face in a busy world.
With the emergence of new technologies requiring rapid responses to emails and texts and working on multiple projects simultaneously, young people are having more problems with sustaining attention, according to the study published in the journal Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience.
This difficulty in focussing attention and concentrating is made worse by stress from a global environment that never sleeps and also frequent travel leading to jet lag and poor quality sleep.
"We have all experienced coming home from work feeling that we've been busy all day, but unsure what we actually did," said Professor Barbara Sahakian from the University of Cambridge in the UK. "Most of us spend our time answering emails, looking at text messages, searching social media, trying to multi-task. But instead of getting a lot done, we sometimes struggle to complete even a single task and fail to achieve our goal for the day," Sahakian said.
In recent years, as smartphones have become ubiquitous, there has been a growth in the number of so-called 'brain training' apps that claim to improve cognitive skills such as memory, numerical skills and concentration.
Now, a team from Cambridge has developed and tested 'Decoder', a new game aimed at helping users improve their attention and concentration.
The researchers demonstrated that playing Decoder on an iPad for eight hours over one month improves attention and concentration. This form of attention activates a frontal-parietal network in the brain.


We are living in a world full of technology innovation that we currently treat electronic gadgets as our most valued possession, most especially, our phones. Cellphones nowadays are everything we need rolled into one: messenger, organizer, computer among its other uses. Lenovo, one of the leading PC companies in Southeast Asia, has introduced quality and affordable phones in the Singapore market and it was a great hit. This brand gave Singaporeans a taste of cost-efficient communication experience with just one click.
Lenovo phones that suit your lifestyle Lenovo has a great number of cellular phones for all ages, as in they have a specific phone for the kids and techy savvy people out there. The mobiles in this line are very stylish that they look like high end phones even though the price is really pocket-friendly and the quality is undoubtedly reliable. Lenovo mobiles also comes in bundles with the brands other gadgets like laptops and tablets, so it may be the perfect present for your kids or relatives for their birthday or for the moving up or graduation ceremony. Here in the Singapore, this brand has presented different series of phones for each lifestyle that are relatively cheaper than its competitors. If you are searching for the mobile that will adapt to your active lifestyle, you can go for the A Series for the Doers- which includes A7000, a mobile device that will duly suit the needs of an outgoing person. However, if you belong to the young professionals, Lenovo has the P Series just for you; the phones in this collection are compact and complete as these have several pre-installed apps that most office-goers need.


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It has been awhile since I've written anything. A shame, although nothing particularly exciting happened during the 4 months that I was back home. Of course it was wonderful to be with family again, and to be back in my beloved state of Minnesota. The fall I spent desperately trying to find some form of employment. This was a frustrating time--I was looking for any sort of job, from waitressing to retail. Now, I've always worked during the summers while in college, and always did work study during the school year. So I've had plenty of jobs and internships over the years. And I think my C.V. is not too shabby for all of that. However, many of my jobs, experience and other qualifications are related to research. So a four year undergraduate degree with honors and a Fulbright doesn't really get you far in the work force. I applied over and over again for all manner of positions and only had three interviews, one of which wanted long term and not short term workers which ruled me out. I ended up applying to Brueggers Bagels and my experience working in the St. Olaf cafeteria my freshman year (and hopefully my charm during the interview, ha) got me a job offer on spot. After all the difficulty and stress of looking for work and the impending date of my hefty loan payments approaching, I instantly accepted the offer. Despite signing my soul over to sandwich-making, I felt at least a small measure of pride to have been hired on the spot, which the manager said he never did. Looking back, and seeing how cheaply I could be hired plus the fact that I have a bit more maturity than your average highschool employee, I see that economics perhaps had more to do with the offer than any characteristics on my part! So for approximately 3 months, I woke up often at 5am for 6am shifts and dolefully made bagel sandwiches. More often than not I was up and walking to work hours before the sun, and watched the stars in the cold, dark, beautiful sky. Eventually I learned to be cashier as well. I also take some pride in how quickly and efficiently I was able to learn everything. In fact, I was darn good. It was incredibly stressful at first, with constant rushes of customers and lines out the door combined with early mornings. I had my share of rude or insulting guests, but also many others who were pleasant and polite. But once I got the hang of things, I could make everything move fairly smoothly and I was genuinely touched by the compliments I received from my managers as well as many customers. That helped to ease some of my frustrations that came with the job. And as I often remind myself, all experiences give new skills. My new skills include cracking 6 eggs in 8 seconds, as well as assembling a sandwich in less than fifteen. On a more serious level, I value the chance to improve my patience, my ability to multi-task, and keep my perspective grounded. I firmly believe that each and everyone should be required to work in food service at least once in their life. There were many times that I wanted to hand over my apron and cap to the customer and say, "now you try this out," time them, give them multiple custom orders, in order to give them an idea. Ironically, the post-church crowds on Sundays were among the rudest. You may not even be aware of how rudely, impatiently, or unfairly you are treating those who prepare your meals (or provide many other services at other stores!). Don't take out your anger or frustrations or arrogance on the person in front of you. Take a deep breath and remember that they are a human being just like you! I appreciate the insight and although I already had food service experience, it was a refresher and reminder to make sure I treat each person with a smile both when I am a customer and when I am a worker.
During this time, I was also stressed and busy attempting to find potential advisors who might accept me into forest ecology/science graduate programs. It has been a long, difficult, and disheartening road. I have spoken to at least ten professors (though I estimate 15 or more) at at least 5 different programs, all of whom informed me that while I was a qualified candidate who might do well in their lab, they would not be accepting any graduate students due to lack of funding. How many emails have I written over the months, describing my experience and hopes for research, only to receive a few sentences back thanking me but turning me curtly away. If I am honest, it has angered and confused me. Now, I am a humble person. I try not to brag about myself. But I do know my own worth, and I do know the caliber of my experiences. If anything, I am OVER-qualified for a masters program, and well-qualified for a PhD program. While I do not doubt that there are many others with considerable experience, I know with certainty that I rank among them. I have often expressed my frustration with the system of our society wherein an individual can know the course they wish to pursue. They can have all the will and ambition in the world, and have decided what they would like to do--and yet, in the end, the decision is never actually their own. Others--panels, admissions committees, managers, potential funding decisions etc.-- are always at the helm.Where you get your education, where you can get funding, where you are hired, so many things in life are chosen by others, and frequently others who scarcely know you. My future has, and can be, dictated by the simple stroke of a pen, by someone far away who has never met me in person. And yet they are dictating in a very real way, the direction of my life. So, needless to say, I have been discouraged. I have come close to giving up, to admitting that my will has been defeated. My family, likely, knows how hard I have tried over the past months and the past year to find a program. When I think back to this time last year, I had just barely learned that I was accepted into a masters program at Yale. Shortly thereafter, I would learn that I could not accept, because I would not be able to meet their extremely high tuition costs and they would not provide further (or even close to sufficient) funding. I feel that my time is being wasted. I feel that I am growing older and that I am running out of time to get started. I feel that I am losing motivation. Science has always been a struggle for me, even if I enjoy so much about what I get to learn. It has been so tempting to admit defeat and to give in to the lure that has always pulled at me to become an illustrator, or to become a historian. These interests are a strong part of me, that I have set to the background (though NEVER abandoned) because I feel that right now, in this world, what is most important is for me to learn how to protect the earth. History and art can do so much to help, but I must also have the authority of science. Not because "science" is in any way superior to other forms of knowledge. All disciplines are intertwined, merely lens for the same sight. Yet because of the nature of politics in the United States and many other countries, I know that my hopes for protecting this earth, my reasons, my explanations, these will not be heard by the masses or by governments without the backing of "science" (and even then, scientists are largely ignored!). I want to combine all disciplines that I can in order to protect our earth. Science will give me the authority, history will give me the context and the grounding, and art will help the expression. There are so many ways my interests combine, and can become far more powerful together than separate. However, there is a certain trajectory that I feel will bring them together most effectively. And that involves graduate school in ecology/science. From there I will draw in history, always carry art with me, and hopefully pull in some legal experience as well. I will be heard.
Anyways, my frustrations concerning graduate school have not been resolved. But I am hoping that I will be accepted somewhere, by some whim of some professor. Because here is something about me that you must know: if you give me an opportunity, I will multiply that gift tenfold. I will work as hard as I can, out of gratitude and dedication. It takes only a chance. For this reason, I am everyday grateful to the chance that Fulbright gifted to me. And now, I will tell you about another opportunity, for which I am both astounded, humbled, and so very, very grateful. As you might know, after declining at Yale, I got in touch with a climate change professor from Australia who had visited Hokkaido University while I was there. Amazingly, he has written me into a grant and now I am a Visiting Fellow at the University of Western Sydney Hawkesbury Institute of the Environment. My air fare and room and board are entirely covered, and for three months I will be assisting in climate change related plant ecology research. I cannot begin to express my gratitude to this professor, who has provided this opportunity to me out of his own generosity to give young researchers a chance.


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In partnership with Small Business Saturday, I'm running a workshop on trade mark protection for SMEs on Thursday 29 September. The "in person" tickets have all been taken now, but it will be live streamed on Periscope and there will be a Twitter Q&A session so if you have any questions, or want to follow along, please join in. I'd love it if you could share details with anyone else you know who may be interested – thanks!
So what exactly is business coaching?
Business coaching, business performance coaching, executive coaching, C-Suite coaching – however you term it – is all about optimising business performance in order to increase revenue. It is about ensuring that every area of a business is aligned in the direction of operating smartly, efficiently and at maximum productivity.
Business coaching starts with you, the business owner, before working with line managers and other employees if you so wish. Coaching is about accelerating achievement and by bringing in a coach to your business, you will benefit from not only an impartial sounding board, but a fresh pair of eyes. A business coach will ask you the questions that you probably avoid asking yourself; they will support you to prioritise, to delegate, to make key decisions and to generate the momentum you need to move your business forward.
You know your business better than anyone and a coach is not there to advise or to tell you what to do next. A coach is there to draw the best answers and decisions out of you, and fast. A coach is there to support you to take your business forward in a planned and structured way.
How do you know you will get results?
Working with a coach ensures that you are committed, focused and accountable to achieving the goals that you set together. Even working with as few as 6 coaching session over a period of 3 months. business owners can achieve significant improvements in levels of turnover, productivity, new business in the pipeline and more efficient operations. Even by session 4, you will notice a marked shift in your approach and mind set, feeling reinvigorated to succeed. Coaching is a proven and powerful performance accelerator.
How will you and your business benefit from working with a coach?
1. Gain an impartial sounding board.
2. Add a secret weapon to your 'Team Me'.
3. Grow the confidence to make solid decisions.
4. Learn how to value and optimise your time by delegating and outsourcing.
5. Understand how to motivate employees and increase productivity.
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Should people be required by law to be vaccinated for Covid?
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Posted on 15/11/2021 17/11/2021 by Admin Fritz
Hospital staff were overwhelmed at the beginning of the outbreak because there was no vaccine. We all remember how intensive care wards struggled to deal with the catastrophe:
Now in November 2021 it is Deja Vú with an important difference. ICU wards are filling up again not because of the lack of vaccine, but because an anti-vaccine minority that does not want to be vaccinated.
This raises an important questions:
There is no easy answer to this question and in this blog I will look at a number of aspects that must be considered .
The need of the individual to decide whether or not to be vaccinated.
The need of the collective to minimise harm to the collective by making Covid vaccines mandatory.
The first question is relevant to anyone living in society where individual needs and rights are protected by law, i.e. a democracy that has enshrined in its constitution the unwavering respect for universal human rights. Human Rights are less likely protected by an authoritarian or politically corrupt system.
Restricting the freedoms of an individual
No one wants to restrict his/her/their personal freedoms. But the collective also has an obligation to minimise harm to the collective, in this case harm caused by Covid. The debate becomes problematic when individuals and the collective have a different understanding of what 'harm' means.
We probably agree that individual freedom should never be restricted if this does not cause harm to any other individual or the collective or both. Article 2 of the European Union's Lisbon treaty guarantees and protects the rights of individuals and minority groups:
The Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities. These values are common to the Member States in a society in which pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail.
Not everyone agrees on what 'harm' means
Over the last few years we have learned that 'harm' has been defined differently across the European Union. The purpose of article 2 is that discrimination against minorities must be minimised by member states.
Yet, countries like Hungary and Poland, interpret article 2 differently. For example, in Hungary the government decided that LGTB+ topics cannot be taught in school to minimise perceived harm to the Hungarian collective. Here the assumption is that the LGBT+ community is a construct of Western ideology with the potential to undermine traditional values. Seen from that perspective, it appears a reasonable decision to prohibit an LGBT+ agenda in schools.
Evidence of 'harm' – the role of Science
The actions of the Hungarian collective might be appropriate if LGBT+ topics were harmful, either psychologically or physical. Science, however, has proven beyond doubt that being a member of the LGBT+ community is not a disease and part of the human existence. It is unreasonable to restrict education to a more narrow view by excluding LGBT+ topics from the curriculum. Doing so, causes more harm to the individual AND the collective in the long term.
Covid kills people
Covid however, kills people AND causes psychological harm. The science on Covid is clear. Even though a small group of vaccinated people get ill, the vast majority of people in intensive care right now are unvaccinated people:
The anti-vaccine minority group defends their decision to not be vaccinated with their individual right to do so. The group is supported by others in the collective who agree with the principle of individual freedom, even if they themselves think that being vaccinated is the right choice.
Group dynamics in democracy
This is part of the democratic process and any group dynamics: a group of people strongly favours one direction which is opposed by another group. In between are the undecided 'appeasers' that are less worried about facts and science and more about their own personal relationship with both groups. It is near impossible to convince a pro- or anti-vaccine individual to change his, her or their view, both sides have strong opinions, but appeasers can be swayed by one or the other position. Lawmakers and politicians know this when campaigning for votes. But can we afford to play this game during a crisis like Covid?
Hospitals are filling up – again
As hospitals are overwhelmed again, governments once again are faced with this difficult dilemma. Austria has taken drastic measures: unvaccinated people must stay at home. The reasoning behind this is clear: infringe on the rights of the individual to minimise the harm to the collective AND the individual.
Vaccinated people also have the right to not be harmed. If everyone is treated equally during a lockdown, then then freedoms of vaccinated people are restricted. They are told to stay at home when in fact they could go to the cafe, restaurant, shopping and watch a movie safely. The Austrian government decided that the minority of unvaccinated people had enough time to think about their decision and must face the consequences of their position.
Governments must minimise the harm imposed on the collective by an anti-vaccine minority
No other country has taken that kind of decision – yet. Spain for example does not have that problem at the time of writing. Vaccine rates are above 80%, hospitals are not overwhelmed. But countries with a vaccine rate of around 70% or less struggle with unvaccinated people taking up valuable intensive care beds.
Because of an anti-vaccine minority, vaccinated people suffer psychologically and physically from having their freedoms restricted: depression rates are up and important medical treatment is being postponed. This is backed up by science, unlike the imaginary LGBT+ ideology used by the Hungarian collective to create an LGBT+ free curriculum.
On the other hand, the anti-vaccine minority also suffers harm if their freedom is restricted. What is also true is that hospitals are less overwhelmed by restricting their freedoms . By restricting the freedoms of an anti-vaccine minority the harm to the collective is minimised AND the anti-vaccine minority also benefits from that restriction: they are less likely to become ill themselves and if they do, it will less likely overwhelm the health care system. That in turn makes it possible that the vaccinated majority AND unvaccinated minority can still receive medical treatment for other conditions like cancer.
This is why I support that people are required by law to be vaccinated for Covid, just as they are for other diseases like measles and polio, or alternatively quarantine people who are not vaccinated. This will protect vaccinated AND unvaccinated people at the same time and maintains the most freedom for the individual AND the collective.
Thoughts ideas? Leave them below. Keep it friendly and offer a position that is convincing rather than an inflammatory opinion.
Update 17/11/2021:
"And who has to do work in the care home when unvaccinated caregivers are quarantined for 14 days? Vaccinated overworked and tired colleagues," says the manager of a German care home for the elderly near the end of this dramatic Spiegel TV report. Seven residents died from Covid. Over half of the staff were not vaccinated.
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I'm back from Swancon, Gary's grading papers in Chicago, and it's a typical Friday evening/Saturday morning at Coode Street. This weekend we talk (for a long time!!!) about the sad news that Joanna Russ has died, Swancon, and lots and lots about awards (all sorts of awards). As always, we hope you enjoy it!
With Swancon upon us, Gary and I pre-recorded (!) a chat about epic fantasy and such. Enjoy!
In last week's episode Gary and I discussed the work of the late Diana Wynne Jones. Our discussion raised comments from several people that we'd not done justice to Jones, and so we invited Farah Mendlesohn (author of Diana Wynne Jones: Children's Literature and the Fantastic Tradition) and author and critic Tansy Rayner Roberts to join us to discuss Jones' work, legacy and place in the science fiction and fantasy field. We'd like to thank both of them for joining us in the pod.
Well, the world turned upside down. For scheduling reasons we recorded at a new time, so it was morning in Chicago and late in the evening in Perth. We barely knew what to do, but we did discuss Diana Wynne Jones, Shaun Tan, cover art, framing questions, and other stuff. We'll return to normal next week, but hope this works (Apologies for a brief glitch at the 9min mark or so).


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The Importance of Family Dinners: Why We Should Bring It Back
LifeStyle September 27, 2021
The tradition of having a proper family dinner — where every member of the household leaves aside all their individual chores and gather to devote time and be present for each other — is now a thing of the past, at least for most families. While there's no denying that American society has changed in more ways than one, allowing a specific time of the day to gather and discuss how everybody is doing is of vital value. Thanks to technology and the fast lifestyle that we are accustomed to, snacking or 'mobile dinners' have replaced good old family dinners. Consequently, families fail to connect, and in some cases, there is a feeling of discomfort and estrangement in the household. It's time to understand why it's essential to nurture our relationship with our family, and the best solution to that is through good old family dinners. Here's why.
It Strengthens the Family Bond
To date, no scientific study has established that having dinner together will cure mental issues completely. But we all need to understand at least that mental health problems are on the rise in the present generation, and this can be attributed to the fact that many individuals live alone these days. Through family dinners, individuals can be more open about themselves and whatever they are going through. In fact, scientific research has backed up a claim that positive results are bound to show among kids and teenagers who have sufficient parental engagement. And this bonding is fairly possible during dinner times.
It Helps In Cultivating Good Habits
Rather than feeling pity for children who have already moved into dangerous territories (drugs, alcoholism), there is a need to cultivate good habits from an impressionable age. Modern technology has only aggravated issues like tension, anxiety, and depression. And even now, most people take little or no interest to mingle with their kids or knowing what's happening in their kids' lives. Naturally, these kids grow aloof from society and become addicted to social media and other more dangerous things along the way. In an independent study conducted in 2014, it was found that children who ate with their parents were better performers in schools and did not miss their classes. In other words, they grew up to be more sociable than others.
It Promotes And Encourages Good Health
Until a certain point in life, parents must exert control over their children's diet. In doing so, they will slowly get used to having a nutritious diet during every meal. For example, kids who are left to do their own work and to fend for themselves have been found to gorge on unhealthy snacks, junk food to be precise. And temptations are everywhere — fizzy sodas and drinks with an insane amount of sugar, quick takeaways, chips, and so on. Eating at home is a wonderful way to stick to healthy foods. Visiting restaurants once in a while isn't a wrong decision as long as the food choices are made with clear knowledge and precise understanding of the nutritional benefits of the same. But for other days, having healthy food in adequate quantities is essential. Eating healthy is basically a habit that takes slight effort, but then it pays off in the end. Kids who attend family dinners regularly grow up to be health-conscious adults.
It Helps With Cost-Cutting
The biggest advantage of having dinner at home is that you can save a few hundred dollars every month by doing this. People tend to forget that saving money is important in the long run because of unforeseen financial woes that could crop up at any time. Your hard-earned money can be utilized for an array of causes and bring happiness in more ways than one. The average American shells out approx $232 every month for meals not prepared at home. If the average American opts to ditch restaurants and prepare food at home instead, they can save around $37 per week per person. Did we mention that it can also save you treatment costs arising out of all those chronic ailments caused by junk food?
Time issues are hard to ignore, yet there's an absolute requirement in fostering family ties. In a world where most people choose to devote time to each other via technological means, family dinners should make their way back, at least among the present generation. Understanding family values and sensing the requirement of establishing strong bonds can indeed turn reality, once again via this good habit.
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Bankside Films set Jack O'Connell, Chloe Grace Moretz and Josh Gad will star in Academy Award nominated writer /directors Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman's Party of the Century, a New York romance based around Truman Capote's infamous Black and White Ball. Gad will portray Capote. Tim Perell will produce the film through his shingle Process Media. Bankside Films will exclusively handle foreign sales, with CAA and Bankside Films co-representing North American rights. Hilary Davis, Stephen Kelliher and Patrick Howson will executive produce for Bankside Films. Head Gear Films will provide production financing with Phil Hunt and Compton Ross acting as executive producers. Party of the Century will shoot later this year in New York City.


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Buried Truth: Pete Hill, baseball hall of famer (an introduction)
By Zann Nelson on Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Have you met "Pete" Hill?
John Preston "Pete" Hill was an outstanding Negro Leagues Baseball player often talked about in the same sentence as the better-known Babe Ruth. In July of 2006, a man named Joseph Preston "Pete" Hill, born in Pittsburgh, Pa. in 1880, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Among numerous accolades, this Pete was called "one of the greatest line-drive hitters of his era."
Despite an extraordinary career, spanning a quarter of a century playing ball in the Negro Leagues as an outfielder, Pete's induction lacked fanfare and the expected "hometown hero" press.
There are a lot of halls of fame, but none as prestigious as Cooperstown. Having one's bronzed image and accompanying stats selected for inclusion alongside other baseball greats is truly the accomplishment of a lifetime, the Pulitzer Prize of baseball.
As with many players, the selection was made long after Pete's death in 1951, nonetheless, there was a distinct absence of fans. More importantly, there was not a single chest pounding, proud-as-punch family member present.
His induction ceremony was witnessed only by strangers present to share the glory of some other inductee. The few diehard aficionados who recognized his achievements, despite knowing little of his personal life, were more than a little puzzled and began to ask questions.
Their research was extremely thorough and led to a remarkable discovery: the man inducted in 2006, indeed was "Pete" Hill, but his real name was John, not Joseph, his birth date was not 1880 and he was not born in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Brad Horn Sr., director, communications and education, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, commented, "As an historical institution, providing the most accurate information is paramount to our responsibility as an education center."
States and local communities lust after the claim to a world-class baseball player. Virginia officially claims only four of the 289 Baseball Hall of Famers, hailing from Remington, Culpeper, Richmond, and Norfolk.
By the summer of 2009, exhaustive research suggested that "Pete" Hill would become Virginia's fifth baseball hall-of-famer and Culpeper County just might be able to claim a second member of the hallowed hall.
The question: Was "Pete" Hill born in Culpeper County, Virginia?
The challenge: If so, can it be proven?
I accepted the challenge and the ensuing four to six months were filled with days of the Internet and court record searches, field surveys and extensive discussions with baseball historians, local residents, and family members.
Over the next few weeks, I will share the highlights of the journey for the truth about "Pete" Hill and the results of that research. To whet your whistle or pique your curiosity be thinking on these hints: the names that were consistent in all official documents relating to "Pete" Hill's life were Virginia, Buena, and Rapidan. And, there was the discovery of his maternal side of the family from across the river in Orange County.
Until next week, be well.
This article was previously published in the Orange County Review, May 24, 2018
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Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo – Wearing a white linen Jean Courcel suit, a Chanel bow tie and Versace sunglasses, Ntsimba Marie Jenne would not look out of place in the front row of the Paris or London fashion weeks.
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First opening in 1990, American Trails Gallery proudly features the arts and crafts of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. We also feature regional artists depicting the wildlife and landscapes of the area. When you purchase a gift from American Trails you are helping to support hundreds of families who are working hard to keep the traditional arts and crafts of their communities alive and well.


Massimo De Carlo gallery is pleased to present Hier, Oggi a solo exhibition by the French artist Bertrand Lavier, with whom Massimo De Carlo has collaborated since the early nineties.
Bertrand Lavier is renowned for his humorous reflections on abstract painting, where he plays with the concept of abstraction through large-scale coloured canvases and mirrors. His thoughts on consumerism and authorship, matured through having first handed lived the tumultuous experience of Paris in 1968, and gave birth to an on-going series of painted sculptural objects. Gesture is key in Bertrand Lavier's oeuvre, where the pictorial element defines the content and the context.
The exhibition Hier,Oggi is structured as a small retrospective, where the artist has selected a number of works from different periods of his forty year long career, focusing on the period that goes from 1983 to today, where pieces specifically made for the exhibition are shown alongside memorable works from the early eighties.
The investigation of the notion of industry, consumerism and imagery reproduction is key in the narrative that surrounds Lavier's relationship with arts and objects. The works on show from the early eighties, such as Formica red (1983); Timex (1987) and Bloc de peinture rouge (1992) are iconic examples of Bertrand Lavier's ability to morph object-hood through the painterly gesture, challenging and experimenting the Duchampian concept of Ready Made.
Bertrand Lavier has choose to address the notion of time, key in the narrative of the exhibition, through the selection of a series of his renowned Mirror Paintings. The artist covers each mirror with either coloured paint or a particular type of thick transparent paint: the artist blurs out our reflection, exiting normality and inviting us into a dazed and ethereal dimension. For this occasion the artist has chose three different styles to sign the passage of time in our lives and in history of art: one baroque, one art deco, and one contemporary.
A series of red coloured large scale canvases, created for this exhibition, testify Lavier's on- going interest in the exploration of colour and the aural experience of abstraction lived through the handling of colour and the creation of a language through the pictorial gesture.
Bertrand Lavier's quest to explore the common notions of artwork and object-hood and their relationship with the eye and the ego, where colours and replications evoke and provoke experiences and contemplations yesterday, and today.


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Report Proposes Ways to Measure Colleges' Impact on Communities
Andy Thomason
Universities need better ways to measure their impact on surrounding communities, according to a new report.
"The Anchor Dashboard: Aligning Institutional Practice to Meet Low-Income Community Needs," released on Tuesday by the Democracy Collaborative, a research center at the University of Maryland at College Park, seeks to provide the basis for such a methodology in the form of a broad set of goals for communities and indicators of progress toward those goals.
The report's "dashboard" consists of 12 desired societal outcomes that "anchor" institutions like universities can work toward, including affordable housing, educated young people, and a healthy environment. The report also offers specific ways to measure the progress being made toward each goal. For example, the amount of money an anchor institution spends on helping local residents file their income taxes can serve as an indicator for the goal of financially secure households.
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The report's "dashboard" consists of 12 desired societal outcomes that "anchor" institutions like universities can work toward, including affordable housing, educated young people, and a healthy environment. The report also offers specific ways to measure the progress being made toward each goal. For example, the amount of money an anchor institution spends on helping local residents file their income taxes can serve as an indicator for the goal of financially secure households. [...]
Building Community Wealth: An Action Plan for Northwest Jacksonville
Steve Dubb and David Zuckerman
This report, prepared by the Democracy Collaborative and submitted to the City of Jacksonville, Florida, highlights key strategic opportunities to leverage existing assets to build wealth in a neighborhood facing concentrated poverty and disinvestment.
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How to Grow an Equitable Economy through Anchor Institution Strategies
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Research director Steve Dubb presented on anchor institution strategies and equitable development for a PolicyLink webinar in April 2014. Read more about How to Grow an Equitable Economy through Anchor Institution Strategies...
New Student Initiative Asks Anchor Institutions to Rethink their Communities
Submitted by sarah on March 27th, 2014
An Interview with Alan Smith of the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network
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Creating Jobs by Building Community Wealth
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Our research director Steve Dubb is joined by REDF's Carla Javits for a conversation around "Big Ideas for Job Creation" at the Aspen Institute, focusing on transforming anchor institution procurement to strengthen local economies and using social enterprise to create employment opportunities.
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Aaron Bartley, co-founder of People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH Buffalo), describes the growing use of anchor-based economic development strategies and recommends the Collaborative'sAnchor Dashboard as a tool for universities to measure their community impact.
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Key Community Benefit Terms
Across the country, nonprofit hospitals are beginning to comply with a new federal requirement that they partner with community and public health representatives to identify and develop strategies for addressing community health needs. This requirement, found in the Affordable Care Act, builds on the best practices of leading hospitals and hospital systems that already strategically invest resources and build partnerships with community groups and public health leaders to improve community health. This one-page provides definitions for important terms to know.
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Community Benefit and Anchor Institutions: Linkages and Opportunities
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This webinar, organized by Community Catalyst and the Democracy Collaborative, explored how community benefit requirements, especially in the wake of new Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulations governing Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA), can provide a powerful and effective framework to drive transformative community economic development.
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Why Eds and Meds Matter for Community Economic Development
Submitted by sarah on December 4th, 2013
A response to Richard Florida's recent article in Atlantic Cities
Crossposted from Rooflines: The Shelterforce Blog
A recent article in Atlantic Cities by Richard Florida, titled "Where 'Eds and Meds' Industries Could Become a Liability," has caused a bit of a stir. The article warns that relying on anchor institutions such as local universities and hospitals (also known as "eds and meds") for economic development is chancy.
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Ted Howard at the 2013 MAS Summit for NYC
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Oberlin College Adopts Impact Investing Platform
Submitted by dave on November 13th, 2013
Likely largest higher education commitment to social investing in nation to date
A few weeks ago, Oberlin College, with an endowment of nearly $700 million, adopted what is likely the largest impact-investing platform to date by a college or university in the United States. Although Oberlin is just one institution, the decision provides a hopeful sign of an accelerating institutional shift toward greater socially responsible investment practices. A tremendous opportunity exists. Higher education as a sector controls more than $400 billion in endowment assets.
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Will Our Universities Rekindle Their Public Purpose?
Submitted by sarah on November 5th, 2013
Anchor institution movement restores sense of public mission
America's colleges and universities are at a crossroads. For all too many students, a college education has become a major economic gamble. Over the past three decades, inflation-adjusted tuition has more than doubled at both public and private universities. Meanwhile, professors are harder to find: tenured and tenure-track professors have gone from roughly 45 percent of all teaching staff to less than a quarter since 1975. In short, students and their parents pay much more for much less faculty time.
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The Rise of Community Wealth Building Institutions
Submitted by sarah on October 16th, 2013
More people are turning to economic alternatives in which new wealth is built collectively and from the bottom up
Crossposted from Policy Network, and later published on the London School of Economics website, this blog is part of a debate event hosted by Policy Network in London, UK, that was reviewed in OurKingdom by grassroots activist James Doran:
Five years after the financial crisis economic inequality in the United States is spiraling to levels not seen since the Gilded Age. While most Americans are experiencing a recovery-less recovery, the top one per cent of earners last year claimed 19.3 per cent of household income, their largest share since 1928. Moreover, income distribution looks positively egalitarian when compared to wealth ownership.
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Boulder Gains Momentum in Fight for Green Public Utility
Submitted by dave on September 5th, 2013
Local campaign seeks to hold back corporate efforts to undo election results
Green. Local. Not-for-profit. That's the goal in Boulder, Colorado where grassroots activists and the local nonprofit New Era Colorado Foundation have been campaigning to turn the city's private power source into a public utility in order to more aggressively pursue renewable energy options and reduce carbon emissions. Read more about Boulder Gains Momentum in Fight for Green Public Utility...
Achieving The Anchor Promise: Improving Outcomes for Low-Income Children, Families and Communities
Steve Dubb, Sarah McKinley and Ted Howard
This report, the companion to our The Anchor Dashboard: Aligning Institutional Practice to Meet Low-Income Community Needs, presents the research behind the framework we have designed to assist anchor institutions in measuring their community impact.
Download the report and learn more about our work to help anchors measure their impact on community wealth.
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Ted Howard speaks at the St. Louis Federal Reserve
In a four-city event on "Community Development in Times of Austerity," hosted by the St. Louis Federal Reserve and broadcast nationally via streaming video, Democracy Collaborative Executive Director Ted Howard presented the community wealth building model as the new paradigm of sustainable economic development.
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How Nonprofit Institutions Can Improve Local Economies
Submitted by dave on May 29th, 2013
MIT, UMCP release University Hospitals case study
Can a hospital's economic development strategy do more to heal a city than its emergency room? This question was at the core of a MIT-University of Maryland (UMCP) case study of University Hospitals' (UH) Vision 2010 program in Cleveland, Ohio.
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