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Introducing TroxTV This has been a dream for quite some time and we have finally got the team, setup and content to share a new episode of TroxTV with you, each and every week. Because this is something truly special for us and hopefully for you too, we wanted to present it in a special way as well. Growing up, Saturday mornings were my favorite because they brought with them a fresh batch of Saturday morning cartoons. As I got older, it was SNICK (yeah, I had a crush on Alex Mack). Today, I want to give you all something to look forward to every Saturday morning, as we'll premiere new episodes on YouTube and be watching right there with...
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New Museum New Year
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Jonathan Bobrow, Co-Founder Move38, Inc. Last weekend Troxes were awarded Best in Class at New York City's annual Maker Faire. In the words of the good people at Make: The red ribbon award acknowledges the hard work of those Makers who brought the best, most fun, engaging, memorable, and educational exhibits. Maker's editors ribbons were given to Makers who they felt brought something special to the Faire. Over the course of the weekend 90,000 people attended Maker Faire, with over 750 different Makers exhibiting and more than 400 Troxes were built and given away for free. While receiving a ribbon is rewarding, it sure isn't half as rewarding as the rest of the weekend, with hundreds if not thousands of kids,...
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Shi Jiancheng Elected into IEEE Fellow
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) recently announced its List of Fellows of 2014. Prof. Shi Jiancheng from RADI was included in the list because of his contribution in the field of active and passive microwave remote sensing.
As one of the biggest and most influential technical associations in the world, IEEE is dedicated to research and development in electrics, electronics, computer engineering and IT-related fields, with more than 400,000 members from 160-plus countries. Being the highest-level members of the Institute, IEEE fellows are regarded as the most accomplished and most authoritative experts in their respective fields.
Prof. Shi is the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science. As associate editor of the IEEE journal Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGRS), he has repeatedly served as session chair of international symposiums on remote sensing such as IGARSS, PIERS, SPIE, etc. He is also an evaluation expert of multiple authoritative publications including the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
As an internationally renowned expert, Shi Jiancheng has long been engaged in basic theoretical research on remote sensing and water circulation, and has made outstanding achievements in such aspects as active and passive microwave radiation transfer mechanism modeling, soil moisture inversion, epicontinental hydrological model development, remote sensing data assimilation, etc.
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Between Jungle and Civilization - moths
Between Jungle and Civilization, moth project - The Battery Channel
Sunday, 9 August, moth catchers counted around 6000 moths at various locations in Genk, belonging to over 300 different species. The count is part of a remarkable art project by artist Koen Vanmechelen, in collaboration with Bart Van Camp and the city of Genk. "There is more nature around us than we are willing to see," the artist says.
The project, called Between Jungle and Civilization, extends from the LABIOMISTA site all the way to the centre of Genk. "Art makes visible what's invisible," the artist says. "Moths are a perfect metaphor for all the life that we don't want to see, or can't see. For this project, we asked some early-bird moth catchers – all brave volunteers – to register moths in the night from Saturday to Sunday. They used 20 hard-to-miss moth lamps that were placed at 15 carefully selected locations throughout Genk.
The action's starting point was LABIOMISTA's new 'Protected Paradise'. It's the domain of the black stork and of 'Protecting the Other', the imposing woman/bird statue that embodies the protective aspect of nature. The figure lives on the edge between civilization and wilderness, sending out moths – some with wings, others without. Their message is that they too don't want to be forgotten. Vanmechelen: "Nature is more than the part which we humans perceive. The 'forgotten' part of nature is also deserving of our care and attention."
KRC GENK'S CENTRE SPOT
Among the moth-catching locations were the roof of city hall, the city's main square, the Children's Psychiatric Centre, Campus Sint-Jan (part of East Limburg Hospital), Genk's beautiful municipal cemetery, the Heempark, the public restrooms of the Molenvijverpark, the gardens of five private homes, and even the centre spot of KRC Genk's football pitch. "It was great to see how eager each of the locations, plus the city of Genk and the many moth catchers were to participate in the project," Vanmechelen says.
The project was co-initiated by Bart Van Camp, a very passionate catcher of and specialist in moths. For over ten years, he has been registering moths in Belgium and far beyond. "Moths are a bellwether for the health of our ecosystem," Van Camp says. "All too often, we don't see the things of beauty right in front of our eyes. We're selectively blind to anything we consider trivial. Here in Genk, we're shining a light on these creatures of the night, so everyone can see the wonderful things that live right outside our own back doors."
SUCCESSFUL RESULT
It has been a successful night. Although the results require further analysis, some trends can already be noted. One striking result: the counts for each trap were very high, in terms of both specimens and species; both for the less obvious locations and considering the time of year. For a few moth species, very high numbers were recorded. These include the marbled grey (Cryphia raptricula), the rusty oak (Cydia amplana), the dotted oak knot-horn (Phycita roborella) and the shuttle-shaped dart moth (Agrotis puta). Also registered in strikingly large numbers were some rare moth species, including the white underwing, a.k.a. the alchymist (Catephia alchymista) and the beautiful marbled moth (Eublemma purpurina).
The main square and city hall, both in the centre of Genk, produced the fewest moths. However, most moths were spotted in the garden of… Wim Dries, the mayor of Genk. "This is a beautiful example of how we can set up projects on biological and cultural diversity with OpUnDi, the Open University of Diversity in Genk – the think tank and task force that we as a city are developing in collaboration with Koen Vanmechelen," comments mayor Dries. "Another measure of this campaign's success is the high degree of enthusiasm generated by the discovery of this great diversity, which lay hidden until this project taught us to look at the world differently."
The initiators also want to perpetuate the success of the project by giving it a permanent place at LABIOMISTA's Protected Paradise, as well as by rolling it out to other cities. Vanmechelen: "Moths can be a warning against growing indifference. What these times can also teach us, is that we as humans must keep reflecting on the space that we occupy. The more hard surfaces a city has, the harder our own selves seem to become. We have to keep registering this."


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Marie-Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen (Hardcover)
By John Hardman
Books on the Park on 9th Avenue
(HISTORIES)
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A new look which fundamentally overturns our understanding of this famously "out of touch" queen
"Presents [Marie-Antoinette] as much more than a symbol whose meaning is in the eye of her beholder . . . neither martyr nor voluptuary but rather a serious participant in politics."—Lynn Hunt, New York Review of Books
"Splendid. . . . Masterly. . . . A wonderfully gripping biography."—Allan Massie, Wall Street Journal
Named a Book of the Year (2020) by The Spectator
Who was the real Marie-Antoinette? She was mistrusted and reviled in her own time, and today she is portrayed as a lightweight incapable of understanding the events that engulfed her. In this new account, John Hardman redresses the balance and sheds fresh light on Marie-Antoinette's story.
Hardman shows how Marie-Antoinette played a significant but misunderstood role in the crisis of the monarchy. Drawing on new sources, he describes how, from the outset, Marie-Antoinette refused to prioritize the aggressive foreign policy of her mother, Maria-Theresa, bravely took over the helm from Louis XVI after the collapse of his morale, and, when revolution broke out, listened to the Third Estate and worked closely with repentant radicals to give the constitutional monarchy a fighting chance. For the first time, Hardman demonstrates exactly what influence Marie-Antoinette had and when and how she exerted it.
John Hardman is one of the world's leading experts on the French Revolution and the author of several well-regarded books on the subject. He was formerly lecturer in modern history at the University of Edinburgh.
"Splendid . . . masterly . . . a wonderfully gripping biography."—Allan Massie, Wall Street Journal
"Marie-Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen presents [Marie-Antoinette] as much more than a symbol whose meaning is in the eye of her beholder. In Hardman's telling she is neither martyr nor voluptuary but rather a serious participant in politics."—Lynn Hunt, New York Review of Books
"Hardman is far more than a biographer, his works are key to understanding the politics of the reign of Louis XVI. Steeped in the original sources and well able to decode the plots and schemes of the factions, this is both an entertaining and convincing new interpretation of the tragic Queen"—Peter Campbell, author of Power and Politics in Old Regime France
"Superb. Hardman draws upon his vast knowledge of the period to present a new, deeply researched and compelling portrait of a much-maligned queen'—Julian Swann, author of Exile, Imprisonment, or Death
"Gripping and beautifully-written. Hardman centres on the queen's political role, long a subject of myth and controversy. He cuts through both with forensic skill, and reveals a much more intelligent and impressive figure than the frivolous spendthrift of legend."—Munro Price, author of The Fall of the French Monarchy
"A fresh perspective grounded in robust scholarship, Marie-Antoinette offers readers new insight into the political role of the last Queen of France."—Will Bashor, author of Marie Antoinette's Darkest Days
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Date: October 29th, 2019
Biography & Autobiography / Royalty
History / Europe / France
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Raba to Join U.N.H Athletics Hall of Fame
by Brian Katten • March 22, 2010
John Raba, head men's lacrosse coach, will join the U.N.H. Athletics Hall of Fame during its induction ceremony March 26.
John Raba, head men's lacrosse coach at Wesleyan since 1997, has been selected as one of seven inductees for the University of New Haven Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2010. John is a 1993 graduate of U.N.H. and a former standout in both football and lacrosse there.
Coming aboard the full-time Wesleyan staff in 1996 and now an adjunct associate professor in the physical education department, Raba enters his 14th season as head coach of men's lacrosse during 2010. Raba has a 155-67 record at Wesleyan, including an 18-3 mark in 2007, the best season ever at the college, and a 16-4 record in 2006 as the team advanced to the NCAA Division III tournament semi-finals both years. For his accomplishment in both 2006 and 2001, when the team went 17-3, Raba was named NESCAC and NEILA Division III Coach of the Year.
Raba earned his fifth NEILA Coach of the Year award following a 15-4 season in 2009 as his Cardinals captured the NESCAC tournament title for the first time and qualified for the NCAAs for the fourth time in five years. He was named co-Coach of the Year by the NEILA in 2005.
Raba serves on the USILA All-American Committee and is a regional representative on the NCAA men's lacrosse advisory selection committee. In addition to coaching lacrosse, John assisted with the football team during the fall from 1996 through 2007, working on the defensive side of the ball each of those 12 seasons with eight seasons as defensive coordinator (1998-2005). He stepped down from that post in 2008, assuming the new position of recruiting coordinator for the athletics department.
A 1993 graduate of the University of New Haven, John was an All-American lacrosse player for the Chargers as a grad student in 1994 after leading Division II in scoring as a senior in 1993. Also outstanding on the gridiron, John was a team captain, a two-time all-New England pick as a fullback and earned team MVP honors as well. John was honored by U.N.H. as its male athlete of the year in both 1991-92 and 1992-93.
Raba will be part of the 27th class to join the U.N.H. Athletics Hall of Fame during its induction on March 26.
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Falcons Fall to No. 6 Salisbury 24-0
Albertus Magnus (1-6) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Salisbury (10-2) 10 0 6 4 1 3 X 24 25 0
2B: Bill Root; Quinn Griffith; Kyle Hayman; Matt Cuervo 2; Joey Gumpman; Johnny Schiotis
3B: Bill Root; Bobby Sanzone
HR: Nick Gentry
Stellar starting pitching by Jeff Oster and a 10-run first inning lifted the nationally-ranked Salisbury Sea Gulls over the Albertus Magnus baseball team 24-0 (seven innings) on Friday afternoon in non-conference play.
With the win, the No. 6 Sea Gulls improve to 10-2 on the year and are now 9-2 when playing on their home field. Albertus falls to 1-6 on the year with the loss.
Salisbury scored 10 runs on 11 hits in the opening frame to jump out to a 10-0 early lead. The Sea Gulls scored eight runs with two outs, including five which were unearned.
Sophomore Mike Barillaro (Meriden, Conn.) started on the hill for the Falcons but came out of the game after facing 12 batters and giving up nine hits in the first inning, including a two-run home run to Salisbury's Nick Gentry. For Gentry, it was his first home run of the season.
After a 1-2-3 second inning, Salisbury threatened once again in the third as a base hit by Evan Graci loaded the bases with one out. A single thru the left side of the infield plated another Salisbury run before Albertus senior Matthew Finkenzeller (Wolcott, Conn.) was pulled from the ballgame. Finkenzeller gave up five hits and one run in 1.2 innings of work.
Salisbury added more runs in the third inning as a hit batter forced a run across the plate before a bases clearing double by Matt Cuervo gave the Sea Gulls a 15-0 lead. An RBI triple by Bobby Sanzone put the Sea Gulls ahead 16-0 to cap a six-run third inning.
The Sea Gulls added four runs in the fourth and one in the fifth to take a 21-0 lead before three more runs in the sixth.
Salisbury's Jeff Oster retired 15-straight Falcons to open the contest before he was taken out of the game prior to the sixth inning. Connor Shockley took the hill for the Sea Gulls and allowed the first Falcon on base as Jack Pritchard (Orange, Conn.) recorded Albertus' first hit of the ballgame with a single to left.
Oster finished the day with five strikeouts in five innings as he left the mound amidst a perfect game.
Freshman Arber Mehmedi (Naugatuck, Conn.) registered the Falcons' second single of the ballgame with a pinch hit in the seventh inning.
Five Falcons came out of the bullpen in today's contest.
Albertus will next play at Mount St. Mary (N.Y.) College on Wednesday, March 20 in a single non-conference match-up. First pitch is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.


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U.S. Issues Travel Warning Amid Violent Hong Kong Protests
By Caitlin Baldwin
The U.S. joins several other countries that have issued travel advisories, citing the violent protests that have been going on for nearly nine weeks.
The U.S. has issued a travel warning for Hong Kong following weeks of protests, some of which turned violent.
The U.S. State Department updated its travel advisory for Hong Kong Wednesday to Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. The department says large- and small-scale political demonstrations "have turned confrontational or resulted in violent clashes," and some "have spilled over into neighborhoods other than those where the police have permitted marches or rallies."
Protests started in early June over a now-suspended extradition bill, which would have allowed China to extradite suspects from Hong Kong. But the protests have grown to include issues like police brutality and calls for Hong Kong's leader to step down.
Earlier this week, protesters clashed with law enforcement, and police said they used 800 tear gas canisters on demonstrators. Some canisters were released in residential neighborhoods — and bystanders, including children, were allegedly affected. Nearly 150 people were arrested.
The U.S. joins a number of other countries — including Australia, the U.K., Ireland, Japan and Singapore — that have issued travel advisories over ongoing demonstrations in the region.


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Before I had my own children I used to imagine what motherhood would be like.
Hearts and flowers and rainbows.
Oh I might have imagined pacing the floor with an adorable not sleepy infant on my shoulder but in my picture I would be sighing and smiling at the loveliness of that. Not anxious and crabby and bone weary tired after 56 consecutive nights of interrupted sleep.
I pictured myself chasing laughing toddlers thru the green grass, baking cookies in a sunny kitchen, reading stories cuddled up on the couch.
I pictured myself lovingly preparing meals as my teenager sat nearby diligently completing homework. I pictured riding in the car while my happy smiling teen rode beside me sharing tales of wonderfulness about her day mingled with I love you mommy. I did not imagine ordering food at a drive in window then driving off without it. Or flying right on by a turn I needed to take because I was trying not to freak out over something my teenager just shared on the fifteen minute ride to ballet.
I never imagined so many of life's hard questions would require an instant on the spot response or that I would ever sit on the bed of my teenager as she cried about the hurt a friend had caused. Nor could I have imagined negotiating the parameters regarding parental supervision, alcohol, and the 's' word for every single weekend's social events.
I did not imagine saying no.
And I could never have known that once my heart was opened to the heights and depths of parental love it was open to a deep well of other emotion too...that I would never again hear of a hurt or hungry or neglected child anywhere and not feel sadness in the deepest part of my soul.
I never imagined a child sick with a high fever calling from hundreds of miles away or the worry that would percolate under my skin all week until that child's sweet voice returned to normal. I positively never imagined living an ocean apart from my child. I did not picture one day hearing about car accidents and broken hearts from hundreds and even thousands of miles away and not physically being there to make it all better.
In my daydreams I was always there.
Because in the daydreams of my pre-parenthood days I never ever imagined grown up children.
I did not know that as they grew I would hope their hopes and feel their hurts and want to give them the whole world. That somewhere along the timeline known as child rearing I would realize that just isn't possible. Or even good. I would one day understand that disappointment and success, sadness and joy, are all necessary parts of childhood if we want grown up children who are full of compassion and kindness and generosity.
No one could have told me then that when those babies of my daydreams grew up they would be wrapped around my heart so tightly and so completely that I would sometimes be overwhelmed with love for them. That even though they are not in a crib in the next room but instead are hundreds of miles away they still have the ability to wake me up in the middle of the night.
Its the birthdays marking the passing years, the years we marked in minutes and hours as we grew up side by side...that those are the very things that have woven our lives together to give us what we have today.
And like the strongest strand of chord it can be stretched but remains unbroken.
This was beautifully written, Joyce. I have felt the same way and I had to sigh a bit because I really do hope the teenaged years will resemble the whole "happy teen doing homework near me as I cook dinner."
Beautiful post! I have the same images you had - my children will never be far and I can't imagine them grown and living away from me.
I think every mom has felt this way! What a great post!
This my be my favorite post of yours to date! Amazing and oh so very, very true!
As always you express your thoughts so beautifully. I can't think of anything else to add because you've said it all.
Great post! I think so many never go after their dreams because the reality of seeing them through is a lot of hard work. Whether parenting or anything else though, the fruit of that work is amazing and so rewarding. Beautifully written.
Thank you Joyce (and thank you for stopping my blog as well).
This is so beautifully written and definitely expresses my daydream beliefs, too.
Just last night my 12 year old daughter was crying to me and sharing her heart saying, "Can you believe in just 4 years Austin will be gone, and then in 6, I will be?" She is feeling emotional about the fact that he is leaving to go to high school after being home educated for the past 7 years. Life is about to feel very different around here and I look forward to getting used to the new normal. I have to say that I feel a lot of what she is feeling.
Thank you for touching our mother's hearts with your beautiful words and helping us to feel what sometimes is difficult to express.
Sniff, sniff. You really have a way of putting to words what we empty nesters feel. Your longing for " the newborn, or the cheeky toddler girl, or teenager" will happen for you again--it's called grandchildren. In many ways they become just as precious to you as your own children.
Loved the fairy tale version versus the real world reality of what raising kids is truly like. You have magically captured it all here.
Wow. Wonderful, heart-felt writing, Joyce. You've, no doubt, put into words what many a mother has felt and feels through the years of child-raising.
You have such a way with words. Thank you.
So, so good Joyce. And just what I needed this week.
That even though they are not in a crib in the next room but instead are hundreds of miles away they still have the ability to wake me up in the middle of the night.
I won't mind any more then than I don't mind now. I think I look forward to it, just to know that the cord is stretched but not broken.
Can I get a hanky alert next time, please???
I´m totally moved Joyce! You are so good with words and spoke what I feel also. I love this. Great post!!
Parenting is such a journey of discovery...as you have written so wonderfully here. Thanks!
Another great post! I really enjoy reading your blog, your insights, your memories, your dreams. Thanks for sharing!
Lovely post. My boys are still young but I can dream too. I hope they will always feel like they can come to me no matter what.
I am facing the teen years right now. It is much different than I imagined, but I know the day will come when they won't be under the same roof and I miss them already.
This is beautiful and so true. You have been blessed with what you have experienced and God has been good to you.
Joyce you nailed it. As one in this same stage , I can say you have expressed my heart. Thanks. Kleenex time.
I made it down to "the quiet darkness of an empty house" before I totally lost it. I am the mother of a 7-year-old and a 16-year-old...and the teenager just got his driver's license three days ago. I don't think I've stopped crying since then. I know the day is coming when he is not going to be under my roof, and that day is coming even quicker than I'd like.


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Campbellsville, Taylor Co.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
Location: 425 N. Central Ave.
Campbellsville, KY 42718-2043
Mail to: 213 University Dr., Campbellsville, KY 42718-2192
Rectory: (270) 465-5280
Email: ourladycatholic@windstream.net
Website: http://www.onfirecatholic.com/
Pastor: Rev. Saju M. Vadakumpadan, C.M.I.
Bookkeeper: Angela Bright
Secretary: Karen Sanders
Sundays — Sun: 10 a.m.
Daily — Mon: 5:30 p.m.; Wed: 5:30 p.m.; Thu: 7:00 a.m.
Sundays — 9:30–9:50 a.m.
First Wednesdays — 4:45–5:15 p.m. (With Adoration)
First Wednesdays — 4:30 p.m. (With Reconciliation)
It was in the fall of 1879 that Rev. John Paul Kelleher, following the wishes of Rev. Bishop William George McCloskey, rode a work train from Lebanon and established a mission church in Campbellsville. History portrays the area as thriving, with the biggest threat to Catholicism being disease and the mode of transportation; three of the first five pastors suffered typhoid or fell from their horses while making rounds in the country.
Catholics first attended church in Spurlington at Saint Francis. And before Rev. Kelleher began the erecting of the church, initial Masses were held in a house on the present church property — the former residence of C.W. Wright.
It was Mr. Wright who deeded three acres to Rev. Kelleher on November 19, 1879, for $900.00. That purchase led to two years of preparation before the church proper was erected, and Masses began on a regular basis at the present location. Up to that point, Masses were held in the home of John T. Newton. Eventually, the church grew from 10 parishioners to its level today.
The parish was named by Father Louis Deppen of Louisville's Cathedral of the Assumption, who presented a picture of Our Lady of Perpetual Help that had been touched to the miraculous icon in Rome. Father Deppen made the presentation at the dedication ceremony.
Eight pastors served from the years 1879-1895. The structure served its parish well. It was a handsome edifice with a seating capacity of more than 300. Seventeen priests took up residency over the next 59 years. Father Henry Stuecker built an elementary school building prior to 1958. In 1958, Fr. George Bowling began to usher in more advances.
In 1962, the mission church was raised to parish status and had outgrown its existing capacity. Ground was broken on February 13, 1966, for a new church building. Seating 400, the church was designed with the new liturgy in mind. One altar would stand at the center front of the sanctuary surrounded by a fan-shaped nave. The Church was consecrated on October 23, 1966, with more than a thousand people attending the ceremony.
In 1970, declining enrollment caused the parochial school to close. In 1976, the old church building was razed. Beginning in 1995, parishioner Butch Wheatly started working on new stained-glass windows for the church. In 2007, the interior of the church was renovated. The sanctuary was moved to the east of the building, making for a much more traditional appearance. The renovation greatly enhanced the sacredness of the church interior.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help is what it is today due to good, orthodox priests who have kept this rural parish growing spiritually and as a community of worship and family. Today it serves over 600 parishioners.


CLEWISTON — Early during the Clewiston Tigers varsity soccer team's season, head coach Skip Crawford spoke to Lake Okeechobee News and laid out his vision for the team for the 2019-20 school year.
"Everyone has bought into it and everyone understands that we practice like champions and we play like champions," said Crawford in a Dec. 3 interview. "Our goal is to be the champions this year. We want to be the district champs, we want to be the regional champs and we want to play in the state championship. And if we're playing in the state championship, we're going to win it." Now as the team enters the final stretch, Crawford and his Tigers seem ready to back up the lofty goals the talented squad has set for themselves.
The Tigers tallied off an impressive 14 consecutive wins throughout this season. And with only two games left as the team prepared to travel to face the Lely Trojans on Jan. 18, rumblings of going undefeated began to make their way into conversations among the Tigers players.
But getting a win over a tough Lely team that had gone 16-2-2 thus far into their season wasn't going to be easy. And during warm-ups before the game, the Tigers learned it was going to get even harder. CHS sophomore Josue Gonzalez, who earned Big Lake Athlete of the Week honors earlier this year, had been dealing with an injury leading up to the game, and when coach Crawford saw Gonzalez wince during warm-ups he made the decision to rest Gonzalez for the game.
Still, even without one of their best players on the field, the Tigers kept pace with the Trojans. But what proved to be the true difference-maker in the game were the two penalty kicks Lely was awarded that allowed them to give Clewiston their first loss of the year with a final score of 3-1.
After the game, Crawford said that Lely head coach Robbie Schank approached him and said the Tigers were by far the best team the Trojans had faced all year.
The Tigers are preparing to host their final game of the regular season on Jan. 23 against another lake area team, the Glades Day Gators. It will be the Tigers senior night, where they recognize the many seniors on the team, including their three captains, Jesse Paniagua, Martin Paredes and Juan Puentes. Crawford says he plans to rest Josue Gonzalez again so he's at 100 percent for the district playoffs. vThe Gators come into the game with a 7-3 record, but one of those three losses was a 4-2 defeat to Clewiston back on Dec. 18.
Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Cane Field in Clewiston.


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The diaries of Henry Crabb Robinson (DNB 1775-1867) are at Dr Williams Library in Gordon Square, London. Typescript of diary 1811-1867 available with a visitor's ticket (apply there). I have used the abbreviation <HCR diary> in the A-Z entries. Extracts from the diary printed in Edith J Morley "Henry Crabb Robinson on books and their writers" for which I have used the abbreviation <Morley>. Manuscripts of earlier diary, of travel diaries, of correspondence, of "Reminiscences" and of transcriptions of the deciphered shorthand passages in the diary, on application at Dr Williams Library for special permission. I have scanned through the typescript from 1816 to 1846 and copied out the references to Charles and Eliza Aders and their friends, and my entries in this dataset are based on those notes. All the extracts from Crabb Robinson's diaries are copyright of Dr Williams Library and should not be quoted publicly without their permission. For many of these entries there were clearly many other mentions in Robinson's diary that I haven't noted or noticed and in some cases that may affect my identifications. Another important source has been Hertha Marquardt "Henry Crabb Robinson und seine Deutschen Freunde" vol 1 (1964) vol 2 (1967). This is in German and based on extensive study of the diaries, and on research into the people mentioned in them. I have used the abbreviation <Marquardt> in the A-Z entires. There is a project led by Timothy Whelan to publish first the "Reminiscences", then the travel diaries, and finally the whole diary but this could take some years. Unlike Godwin's diary, Robinson's has a full narrative of his social interactions and opinions. One thing they have in common is the extraordinary number of the people mentioned in their diaries who feature in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. They were both men who knew, and wanted to know, the influential people of their age, and I'm generally more interested in those of their friends who don't appear in the ODNB. But I think there is also a clique factor whereby the original compilers of the DNB, not so far removed in time from Godwin and Robinson, tended to choose famous people from a similar "stream" of mutual friends and acquaintances.
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Origin of name: Named after John Brightling (1842-1928).
Where: Intersected with Oxford Terrace and lay between Willow and Hurley Streets which survive.
Additional information: Brightling established a carrying firm which still survives. In the 1890s he built, and then bought, the City and Suburban Tramway Company to New Brighton via North New Brighton. Sali Mahomet (Ice Cream Charlie) lived in Brightlings Lane and his father, Sultan Mahomet, died there in 1905. A 19th and early 20th century blind street since built over.
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Today, Adrian and Ethan talk about the growing number of children and adolescents with mental health issues exacerbated by the pandemic.
Every year, World Mental Health Day is held on 10th October. The theme for World Mental Health Day 2021 is "Mental Health in an Unequal World", and has been officially announced by The World Federation for Mental Health. World Mental Health Day was held for the first time in 1992, and has been held annually ever since.
Uncertainty. Loneliness. Grief.
These powerful emotions have enveloped the lives of many millions of children, young people and families. Children and young people could feel the impact of COVID-19 on their mental health and well-being for many years to come.
In the U.S., 1 in 10 youth has serious mental health problems that are severe enough to impair how they function at home, school, or in the community.
It's estimated that almost half of the children who struggle with a mental health disorder do not receive the care and support they need. When more people are talking about it, and awareness is growing, those that are struggling secretly or privately are more comfortable coming forward and getting the help they need.
The most common mental illnesses are depression and anxiety — something that many individuals have faced.
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8-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Breaks Girl Scout Cookie Record Selling 32,484 Boxes in 'Insane' Season
Lilly Bumpus of San Bernardino, California, a cancer survivor and Girl Scout, broke the national record for most boxes sold in one season with 32,484 boxes, including 5,000 donation boxes that will go to "fellow childhood cancer warriors in the hospitals, to help feed the homeless in our communities and to our deployed troops," according to her Facebook page.
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Virgin Media O2 has connected more than 6,100 homes in Bruton Park, Newcastle and Longbenton, North Tyneside to its Gigabit network.
As part of its 'Project Lightning' network expansion programme, Virgin Media O2 is expanding its network to bring ultrafast broadband, TV and phone services to more residents and small businesses.
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Since the network expansion programme began in 2015, the business has invested more than £84 million in the North East to connect 140,000 additional homes – meaning that more than 336,000 people throughout the region now have access to the UK's fastest widely available speeds.
The company has committed to invest at least £10bn over the next 5 years in the UK and, building on the success of its existing fibre network expansion activity, is planning to go further and faster by deploying fibre to millions of additional homes across the country.
In July 2021, the company announced it will upgrade its entire fixed network to full fibre to the premises (FTTP) technology with completion in 2028, capable of delivering symmetrical 10Gbps download and upload speeds and beyond. This will take place alongside its expansion programme that is bringing greater choice and competition to many areas that need it most.
Gigabit broadband boost for Tyne and Wear residents
Virgin Media's Gig1 service is 20 times faster than the local average*. Residents in Tyne and Wear will benefit from fibre to the premises (FTTP) technology which allows for smooth, reliable connectivity in the home. With a 1,130Mbps connection, large files, films and games become very quick to stream and download:
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UN unveils roadmap to lift economies, save jobs after COVID-19
There will be no return to the "old normal", governments must act to create a new economy and more jobs.
The urgent health crisis that is COVID-19, has created a historic recession with record levels of deprivation and unemployment, creating an unprecedented human crisis that is hitting the poorest hardest, especially women and children. In a new framework released today as a roadmap to support countries' path to social and economic recovery, the United Nations calls for an extraordinary scale-up of international support and political commitment to ensure that people everywhere have access to essential services and social protection.
The "United Nations Framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19: Shared responsibility, global solidarity and urgent action for people in need" calls for protecting jobs, businesses and livelihoods to set in motion a safe recovery of societies and economies as soon as possible for a more sustainable, gender-equal, and carbon-neutral path—better than the "old normal".
"This is not only a health crisis but a human crisis; a jobs crisis; a humanitarian crisis and a development crisis. And it is not just about the most vulnerable. This pandemic shows that we are all at risk because we are only as strong as the weakest health system. Its unprecedented scale demands an unprecedented response," said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, who presented his report on the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 "Shared Responsibility, Global Solidarity" in March.
"Everything we do during and after this crisis must be with a strong focus on building more equal, inclusive and sustainable economies and societies that are more resilient in the face of pandemics, climate change and the many other global challenges we face," he said. This new framework released today sets the way United Nations entities will deliver this vision on the ground.
Decisions made in the next few months will be crucial for the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN's framework for social and economic recovery stresses.
Noting that during the Ebola outbreak in 2014, more people died from the interruption of social services and the economic breakdown than from the virus itself, the framework focuses on protecting the needs and rights of those most affected by the pandemic, starting with the most vulnerable countries, groups, and those who risk being left behind.
Drawing lessons from the 2008-2009 global economic and financial crisis, the framework notes that countries with strong social protection systems and basic services suffered the least and recovered the fastest. To prevent billions of people from sliding into poverty, governments around the world will need to rapidly adapt, extend and scale-up safety 'cushions', such as cash transfers, food assistance, social insurance schemes and child benefits to support families.
For the impacts of COVID-19 to be reduced, the UN calls for an extraordinary scale-up of support to cope with the challenges ahead, including immediate social protection responses that consider differentiated impacts on vulnerable groups, children, women, men, and those in the informal sector. This is particularly urgent considering that 4 billion people, more than half of the world population—including two out of three children—have no or inadequate social protection.
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The UN will focus on five key streams in its response, which places communities at the centre of recovery efforts: 1.protecting existing health services and strengthening health systems' capacity to respond to COVID-19; 2. helping people cope with adversity, through social protection and basic services; 3. protecting jobs, supporting small and medium-sized enterprises, and informal sector workers through economic recovery programmes; 4. guiding the necessary surge in fiscal and financial stimulus to make macroeconomic policies work for the most vulnerable and strengthening multilateral and regional responses; and 5. promoting social cohesion and investing in community-led resilience and response systems. These five streams are connected by action to meet the need for environmental sustainability, if countries are to recover and "build back better", and be better prepared to address future shocks, including pandemics.
UN teams covering 162 countries and territories will rollout this recovery plan in the next 12 to 18 months, under the leadership of UN Resident Coordinators (RC), supported by a network of global and regional expertise. As the technical lead in the socio-economic recovery efforts, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) will support RCs, with UN teams working as one across all aspects of the response.
While a significant proportion of the existing US$17.8 billion portfolio of sustainable development programmes across UN entities will be adjusted towards COVID-19 needs, given the scale and scope of the socio-economic impact of the pandemic, additional funds will be required. To support these efforts, the Secretary-General launched the United Nations COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund, a UN inter-agency fund mechanism to help support low- and middle-income programme countries overcome the health and development crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and support people most vulnerable to economic hardship and social disruption. The financial requirements of the Fund are projected at $1billion in the first nine months and will be subsequently reviewed. The Secretary-General also called for a multilateral response that amounts to at least 10 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP) to mount the most effective response to crisis the world has ever seen.
There will be no return to the "old normal", the framework document states. The pandemic is a blow to developing and emerging economies that already face binding constraints of debt and limited fiscal space, with several developing countries needing urgent debt relief. Its impacts will be especially devastating for the most vulnerable countries – those in humanitarian or conflict settings. The UN also calls for a massive fiscal and financial repurposing in the next weeks and months, including the redirection of fossil fuel subsidies to aid the response. The UN stresses that the status quo and business-as-usual are policy choices, and they are not inevitable. For a sustainable development that benefits more people, the choice must be for a recovery from COVID-19 that is fast, fair, green and inclusive.
About the framework document : The "United Nations Framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19: Shared responsibility, global solidarity and urgent action for people in need", released today puts in practice the UN Secretary-General's Shared Responsibility, Global Solidarity report on the same subject. It is one of three critical components of the UN's efforts to save lives, protect people, and rebuild better, alongside the health response, led by the World Health Organization (WHO), and the humanitarian response, as detailed in the UN-led COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan. Three funding mechanisms support the comprehensive response pillars: The COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, managed by the UN Foundation and the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation for the immediate health needs; the "Global Humanitarian Response Plan" for the humanitarian appeal; and the United Nations COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund for the socio-economic recovery.
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Five -- count 'em, five -- word-balloons and only once does anyone's mouth ever "move." Apparently, unbeknownst to us, the kids of "Curtis" are enrolled in Ventriloquism School.
A patient's in surgery but there's not a single IV bag, scalpel or electronic screen to be found, eh? That's because artist John McPherson loves to get visual laughs out of the rudimentary. So in terms of "medical advances," our expert staff of historians places this scene in, oh, the old Soviet Union. Which means today's strip hits most close to home if home is Leningrad. In 1952.
Love the expression "sequential time"...and what strip besides For Better or For Worse ever gives more than a passing (or maybe non-passing would be a better word) nod to it?
I read all the WaPo (print) strips, because they're there. For my out-of-print experience, I wrote a little script that gives me a page of about 60 strips + opens another 7-8 I enjoy.
The ones I'd hunt down if they moved (they sometimes change syndicates): Adam, The Duplex, In the Bleachers, Loose Parts, Overboard, Stone Soup, Arlo & Janis, 9 Chickweed Lane, Herman (repeats, I think), Luann, Rudy Park, Least I Could Do, User Friendly.
I like Clear Blue Water, Dog Eat Doug, and Heart of the City but I'm not sure why.
I wish Jantze was still doing The Norm. He went to a pay-on-line format and then decided to focus elsewhere. The Norm was one of the great strips!
One Big Happy, the Fusco Brothers, and Shoe are funnier now that they're no longer in the WaPo. Go figure.
I should track down Kevin and Kell, Bizarro, and Sluggy Freelance. I lost track of them and never sought them out.
BTW: Heart of the City, a cute kid strip is by the same guy who does Lio.
I occasionally have a very hard time with the reality distortion field of For Better or For Worse.
Special ed children are all sweet and never really difficult. Step parents are accepted so easily. Broken hearts mend effortlessly. Authors always become successful right away. I mean, the only person who ever seemed to truly suffer is that poor dog.
I realize this is just an idealized world created by a cartoonist, but still, sometimes I get frustrated that nearly everyone must have a heart of gold. I dunno. Maybe it's a Canadian thing.
As far as comics I love, Zits is great therapy for the parent of a teen. It gives me hope.
I like the ones that don't center around "family humor." Zits is the exception. The "aren't-kids-just-the-darnedest-things" humor is just so tired to me. Baby Blues is the worst. Doonesbury, Dilbert, Mutts, Non Sequitur, and Rhymes with Orange are my usuals. And Tom Toles--do editorial cartoons count here?
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I, for one, loathe "Nancy" which is in my local paper (unfortunately NOT the WaPo). Mouths don't move, hair doesn't move, Aunt Fritz's bosom is so unnaturally perky. Seriously, what kind of issues will Nancy have if she ever reaches puberty with that hussie as her guardian?
Very few comics these days make me laugh out loud or cry, "Ewwww!" One that does so consistantly is "Red Meat" avail via the WaPo website.
My regular reading includes Get Fuzzy, Sally Forth, Frazz (finally caved to that one) and Dilbert.
A favorite--Frazz. Take a look: It's Calvin grown up and Calvin's little girlfriend, Susie, too! Yay!
Frank and Ernest bring a smile almost every single morning. A great way to start the day.
Now that I check out the Web comics, too, In the Bleachers frequently brings a laugh-out-loud reaction.
I read them all, have other favorites (including Mark Trail, who reminds me in many ways of my beloved father), and a list of "can't wait 'til their gone" which shall remain unnamed here.
Re "all faces drawn the same" theme from previously, a drawing teacher told us that people tend to draw their own faces or aspects of them when doing portraits, that this is hard for artists to overcome. Perhaps that helps explain it?
Thanks for a good--and intelligent--read.
Sally Forth, as far as I can tell, has never aged at anything approaching a one-to-one rate. Hillary may be two or three years older now than when I first saw the strip in the mid-1980s, but no more than that. So the "11 year" flashback is eleven years relative to Sally and Ted's timeline--not to the reader... after all, Hillary has been around since the start of the strip, so the overall timespan has to be less than the 11 years indicated.
Here is a question: Why are the old people in so many comics mean to each other, especially the married ones? The stream of verbal abuse (and sometimes physical) is disturbing. Take a look at "Pickles", which would seem to be a family-friendly strip at first glance. What lesson is their grandson Nelson (and why are Nelson's parents rarely in the strip?) learning about human relations and marriage relations with these two making snide and digging remarks about and to each other?
For gosh sakes, IT'S THE COMICS! Why does everything have to fit like a glove. I find it odd that people look for goofs in movies, too. You're not getting much entertainment value if you're overthinking it.
I have to read Rudy Park online every day. I wish it was in my local paper. I also read Opus on Sundays online because it isn't in my local paper. My local doesn't run Doonesbury on Sundays so I have to go find that too. It must be more expensive on Sundays? I did find a place to visit for a daily rerun of Calvin and Hobbs.
I wanted to hate Brewster Rocket and it became one of my favorites. I look forward to Gene Weingarten's weekly chat because his Comic Pick of the Week choices are very close to my favorites.
One of my least favorites is Curtis. If they were real, I'd report the parents to social services.
My faves are Big Nate, Brewster Rockit, and Get Fuzzy. My least favorites have to be those that are overly sanctimonious ones like Prickly City and Frazz. It's terrible to think that Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes grew up to be such an insufferable bore.
Please somebody help me here. We all know Charles Schultz died some time ago, but WaPo is running a strip called "Classic Peanuts." Is this just a rerun, or has somebody else in the Schultz clan picked up the pen and continued the strip? I'm not a huge Peanuts fan, but just curious.


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