Clarion Ledger, Oct 15, 1983.
This short film offers new details about the life of a largely undocumented musician from Madison County, Mississippi named Belton Sutherland, who recorded for Worth Long and Alan Lomax in 1978 for the documentary film, The Land Where the Blues Began. We have located his burial records and hope to erect a marker for this fiercely iconoclastic artist, whose clever lyrics and true tone grabs any listener almost immediately.
Belton Sutherland was born on February 14, 1911--the same year as the legendary Robert Johnson. His parents, William and Hallie Sutherland, already had eight children, and they would have four more after Belton, making a total of thirteen. He lost his mother shortly before his eighth birthday, and he had married and moved to Holmes County by the age of eighteen. By the late 1930s, however, he came back to Madison County, got arrested for forging a $25 check, and served eight months of a two year prison sentence before the remainder got suspended by the governor.
Clarion Ledger, Mar 10, 1937.
A crowd of 45 people gathered Thursday at Little Zion Missionary Baptist Church on Money Road to celebrate the erection of a headstone marking the grave of blues great Robert Johnson.
"I think it is going to be real good for the church and the community. This guy was popular," admitted Sylvester Hoover, chairman of Little Zion's Deacon Board.
The exact location of Johnson's grave has been a source of disagreement over the years, and the marker probably won't change a lot of people's minds about the location of the musician's final resting place.
It wasn't until last year that Little Zion member Rosie Eskridge told blues historian Steve LaVere of Greenwood and the Commonwealth that she remembered that her husband, Tom, was in charge of Johnson's burial Aug. 16, 1938. Gaylon Wardlow of Pensacola, Fla., who describes himself as a "blues investigator," said with other little-known Eskridge's version fits details of the Johnson case.
Wardlow said he uncovered Johnson's death certificate in 1968. Although the document did not list a doctor, it did list that information about Johnson was provided to the coroner by Jim Moore. Wardlow said Moore had been a worker on Luther Wade's plantation at the time of Johnson's death. The plantation was directly across the Tallahatchie River from Little Zion church, he said. Wardlow said he picked the Commonwealth's story off the Associated Press wire and wanted to pursue it further.
Eskridge attended Thursday's ceremony but did not speak with reporters. Wardlow said Eskridge confirmed another detail disclosed on the back of Johnson's death certificate that Johnson was buried in a homemade coffin supplied by the county. "She didn't know about the back side of the death certificate," which contained the details about the coffin and Moore.
Some confusion was created when the death certificate listed Johnson's burial as taking place in "Zion Church" Cemetery and not Little Zion, he said. Little Zion's Hoover said he knew little about Johnson and his influence on the world of music. "I went to school here, and they didn't teach me nothing about this guy," he said. "I'm glad he's here. He's in the right place."
Wardlow said he believes Johnson was the victim of syphilis and not foul play when he died at the age of 26. One popular story is that Johnson was poisoned by the jealous operator of a juke joint. "Robert Johnson knew he was going to die from complications of syphilis. He had the bad eye," Wardlow said. Wardlow also said the story that Johnson sold his soul to the devil in exchange for supernatural musical talent is a myth. "Robert Johnson did not sell his soul to the devil at the crossroads," he said. When Johnson died, he "went to a spiritual heaven, not with Satan and the devil," Wardlow said. Wardlow said he provided the $684 granite headstone veneered in black. Although an inscription hasn't been made on the marker, Wardlow said he had a few ideas. He'll probably write 'Legendary Mississippi Bluesman' or 'Most Influential Bluesman of All Time. May He Be in the Heavenly Way,"' he said.
The Rev. McArthur McKinley, pastor of Little Zion, said the celebration of the marker was appropriate. "I'm glad we finally found him. We'll take it from here," he said.
"Take it" is right. The next week, they took it right out of there, allegedly planning to erect a taller marker.
The Greenwood Commonwealth, Aug 27, 2001.
A headstone was finally placed in the early months of 2002. Whereas Gayle Dean Wardlow had graciously agreed to pay for the first marker as well as contribute to the supposedly massive second marker, Steve LaVere ended up footing the bill for his specialty marker, which contained the highly questionable handwritten letter supposedly written by Robert Johnson. LaVere, however, never allowed anyone to examine the letter to verify its authenticity. Thus, still today, it remains highly dubious. Not only that, but his purchase of the marker gave him and the Johnson estate a fair amount of discretion as to how or if the church might maintain its own cemetery. He was not above filing a lawsuit against the church, which created much tension within the congregation. Instead of unifying the church by supporting the pastor, who was put in a very precarious situation by supporting the installation of a bluesman's grave marker, LaVere instead thwarted his efforts to prove the marker would be a boon to the church.
The Greenwood Commonwealth, Feb 22, 2004.
Old Juke Joint in White Station, Mississippi.
About five miles outside Bentonia, in the middle of a cotton field, is an old, white washed house that used to be Jack Owens' cafe. It was opened only on weekends, like tonight, and also, like tonight, was usually filled with the soft blues of Jack's guitar and the harmonica of his partner, Bud Spires.
The main room is now a kitchen, but the crowd of people, including those who have come to hear Jack play, bring back its old atmosphere. Along one wall is a wood stove which, as soon as it is fired up, warms the room, and Jack begins playing "Cherry Ball."
A short, stocky man whose wide grin reveals four gold teeth, Jack Owens has been playing the guitar and singing blues "ever since I was a baby crawlin' around on the floor." His harmonica accompanist, Bud Spires, has been wailing with Jack so long that "if he can pick it, I can blow it."
Together they make the kind of music that the Southern black man is famous for—a soft but hard-driving blues that speaks from the bottom of his emotions.
Mostly, he sings about love. About losing his best woman and getting drunk on Saturday night, or chasing after the younger and prettier girls.
"About 40 years ago a group of us had a band," explained Owens, "but as time went on, we went our separate ways, some died, and some got married, and I was just left with the box."
warm up their spirits with "Catfish Blues."
Last summer a representative of Testament Records in Los Angeles, Calif., was traveling through the Delta and recorded some of Jack and Bud's blues on a record titled The Mississippi Blues of Jack Owens and Bud Spires.
Guzzling some "nerve comforter" (a half-pint of Jim Beam) Jack and Bud are just getting warmed up, but it's getting late and time to go. "When are ya'll gonna come back. Why not tomorrow. Well, before you leave, I want to play you a song off my album."
And a few minutes later, outside, on the quiet, moonlit Delta, "Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl" can still be heard.
Sunday magazine of The Yazoo Daily Herald, June 11, 1978.
He puts on a hat to play. Usually it's a cowboy hat, propped up on his grey head, but this time, it's a brown straw fancy-hat, with a brown band. He likes to drink that 'medicine' while he plays, to oil his fingers, and he likes to see people dance while he plays. He doesn't dance much himself anymore. He's Jack Owens, and he plays Bentonia Blues.
Anybody can drive out to Bentonia to hear Jack play. Just jammin' on the 'box' and a little talking in between songs will keep him happy. Blues is the only music he knows. He didn't learn to play; no one can learn the blues. A singer has to be born into it, has to feel it as naturally as sitting down. There's a mystery to knowing exactly where to put those subtle pauses, those twangy, twitchy notes that catch the listener off guard, right in the middle of the back. Few people can resist the urge to jump into some dance.
Jack's eyes are just starting to blue around the edges. They look kind of fuzzy and muddy, and are just about the only way to guess at his age. He says his uncle thinks he must be about 67, but the welfare people say he must be 75. Jack just doesn't know.
His guitar is old, too. It's a dusty Yamaha, fingerworn and as soft as his singing. The strings are old, and the ends of them hang limply from the tuning heads, until he starts to play, and then they dance and jiggle as if they knew how good he can make them sound. He's been playing this box for awhile, but he doesn't remember when he got it. He used to have a national steel string, but somehow it was swapped off for the guitar he sings to now.
All the old folks in his family, on both sides, sang the blues. Listening to the blues as a child, Jack loved it and fooled around with it until he could play. He dragged his guitar around with him, playing for birthdays, schools, follies, anything else until people started to hire him. He would play joints in the area, sometimes with a guy everyone calls Bud Spires, even though Jack claims that's not really his name. With Bud on harmonica and Jack caressing his guitar, many roadside clubs could swing up into the night.
Jack thinks electric blues are alright. Before his daddy died in Chicago, he gave Jack an electric box—one that sat on the floor with a long cord. Jack couldn't quit his old wooden guitar, though; electric was just too much trouble.
Jack says he has never written a song in his life, but he can boast that he has made up more than he remembers. All it takes is a little hittin' on the ole box, until the music comes, and then, before he knows it, he has got a pretty good song.
He just starts picking those strings. He wears a pick on his thumb and silver picks on three fingers. The listener eases back into a rocker, and slides into the beat—slow and mellow. Jack doesn't sing loudly, but with just enough volume to tell his story. He sings songs like "Love My Cherry Bowl," "Please Give Me Your Money," "Hard Times Where I Go," and "Nothing But The Devil Can Change That Woman of Mine."
B.B. King and Lightning Hopkins are two of his favorites to listen to, but it's unclear how much of an influence the big-time blues singers have had on Jack Owens. He has got a style that's so delicate that his songs are plainly labeled as his.
Sometimes Jack must think about getting old. He says he tried to write a letter once, but found out he'd forgotten how to write. But even if he slacks off his guitar for a while, he doesn't forget how to play. His music is too much of a feeling, a state of mind, too much of his life to forget.
There used to be a lot of blues singers in Mississippi, but Jack says most of those old boys are gone. Maybe they went up North, maybe they died. Jack doesn't play around in the area much anymore, because people are too wild to be trusted. Even though he's scared to go out to play all night like he used to, people-still come to listen to him. A woman from England once interviewed him while she sought out blues singers, and somebody from California came to record him. Jack just barely remembers this.
People in Bentonia know that all they have to do to get Jack to sit and play in the living room of his house for hours on end is to just show up there. Jack will run into another room and pull out the electric fan, if it's hot, and plug it up.
He'll leave his guests sitting, listening to the goats climb all over that old beat up pickup with the rusty bedsprings on it while he hunts down his picks. He'll put on his hat and sit down in front of the wood-burning stove. His untied shoes will slap down on the tile floor—a medley of worn colors.
Those gold front teeth will show under his broad grin, and his world will begin.
He might not remember his visitors' names when they leave, but he'll be there to sing for them again. His living room always has the sound of tapping feet and slapped knees in it, out in Bentonia, under a tin roof.
student, Mrs. Ollie Little, who didn't "miss a class"
in an effort to upgrade her third-grade education.
The Community Action Association building in Bentonia was once a small store. It isn't very big and facilities are sparse, but on Wednesday evenings there is a hum of activity and mood of earnest determination.
From the street it's likely one could not correctly ascertain the number of people crammed between the walls, because there is a definite lack of automobiles in the few parking spaces in front. The people, nearly 30 most nights, do not own cars or much of anything else. They are the poor and illiterate folk who lived in Bentonia, who never got a chance for much education in Yazoo County before the 1970s.
With the help of a 24-year-old native son, the students, ranging in age from 22 to 88, are doing something about their plight.
Jimmy Holmes, a senior at Jackson State College, is leading them and from all accounts, they are most willing to follow. An athletic looking young man--and well he should be for his major is physical education--Holmes sports a slight mustache and an Afro. "Hopefully," writes photo-journalist Ken Smith, "he is the 'new breed' of black leadership." He is a teacher and his 30 pupils have an average of only seven years of schooling.
Holmes dedicates his free time to helping the people of his community find a path from the darkness of ignorance. He called it teaching the "three R's," but technically the course was "basic education." Assisting him in this project were the center operators, Willie Mae Johnson and Vidine Hilderbrand.
The students included Mattie Roberts, Ollie Little, Geneva Owens, Iola Gregory, Vernilla Wilson, Jerry Dean, Ira Hudson, Mattie Wilson, Cloritha Wilson, Georgia Hudson, Cliff Berry, Luretha Mason, Alberta Mason, Eva Margiu, Johnnie Walker, Fate Hammond, Christine Demus, Alfreda Shaffer, Lizzie Lee Hammond, Elvia Henderson, Matter Courthous, Vertistine Hubbard, Isaiah Johnson, Leslie Hudson, Flora B. Griffin, C.M. Harrelson, Josie Lee Anderson, Alma Williams and Ella Luckett.
One of these students, Mrs. Ollie Little, is 88 years old, "but she never misses a class" said Mrs. Johnson. The students have a thirst for knowledge, for the education they missed, Walking a few blocks—or a few miles—to get to the one room school house isn't too much, and they are grateful for the opportunity.
The Yazoo Herald, Mar 15, 1973.
Sam Myers has been in the entertainment business for a long time. He has worked hard and invested a lot of time to make something of his talents. At 44, he may not have reached the biggest of the big times, but, to him, "everyday brings a change when you're climbing up the ladder."
"I had a great struggle when I started out," he said. "Opportunities didn't come on a silver platter. You had to really put some hard work and time into it. I've been stranded in a lot of places trying to make a buck to get back home. But you've got to get that experience to really know how it is," said Myers, a local blues singer and musician.
Myers, who has suffered a cataract condition since age 14 that makes him almost blind, started in music at 10. As early as 14, he was spending his summers away from school on stage with established Chicago musicians and looking for work.
Although born in Mobile, Ala., he considers himself a Jacksonian be-cause he attended Piney Woods as a youngster. Piney Woods where he first became interested in music, was once located in Mobile, but later moved to Jackson.
"One day while at school I heard a band playing," he said. "I asked Jonas Brown, who, even though I didn't know at the time, had been placed with me to find out my interests, where the music was coming from. He told me that it was the band playing and asked me if I wanted to go and watch. I said yes, and from there I went off into music. It was some-thing that really inspired me to stay in school," he said.
In the meantime, Brown, now a minister in Jackson, went back to tell the principal of Piney Woods that he had finally found out what Myers was interested in, said Myers.
"At first," said Myers, "I kept saying to myself 'I'm going to run away from this place.' but after becoming interested in music. I never wanted to leave the school when my mother would come to get me."
During school he learned to play the drums, trumpet and trombone. He played with the marching band, swing band and sang with the choir.
"The swinging band was really something then." he said.
Myers, who recently returned from a tour of Europe has been performing around Jackson for the past 20 years. His fans are always' yelling. "Sing it Sam." And those that hear him for the first time after an ear of Sam's smooth blues, become loyal fans.
In Northeast Jackson, he has per-formed at the Lamar Emporium, George Street Upstairs, C.W. Goodnight and recently performed at the Sheraton's Pyramid Lounge.
Myers has written three albums and two singles. His three albums are on the T.J. Records label out of San Francisco. One of the singles was done on an ACE label and the other on the FIRE label of New York.
In 1957, he recorded a single. "Sleeping in the Ground" and "My Love is Here to Stay" under the ACE label. In 1959, he recorded, "You Don't Have To Go" and "Sad, Sad Lonesome Day," a single under the FIRE label.
While playing at Richard's Playhouse on Farish Street one night in 1978, an agent from T.J. Associates offered him a five-year contract with the company.
"It sounded good to me so I signed," said Myers.
Under his present contract he has recorded three albums, "Down Home Mississippi," his biggest seller, "Sam Myers Sings the Blues." and his latest release "The Worlds Wonder."
Myers has been in and out of recording studios and has traveled with popular musicians since he got into the music business. He has played and recorded with Muddy Water and other Chicago_ musicians.
"At that time it was hard for me to get off into nightclubs as a solo performer," he said.
A lot of musicians have influenced Myers music. He has worked with Jimmy Smith an organist. and Charles Brown. a blues and jazz musician, both great artists of the 40s. "They influenced me to hang in there.' He also has also worked with Elmore James, a famous jazz guitarist and was also inspired by the music of trumpet player Broff Davis of Jackson State University, he said.
After retiring from the road for a while, Myers started working full-time in a factory at the Mississippi Industry for the Blind and has worked there for the past 14 years.
"But," he said, "up until then I had always been able to make a living in the music business."
Outside of entertaining, the work at the Industries for the Blind was the only other job he has ever had.
"In fact, it was the first time ever having a Social Security card," he said.
For 10 of his years at his new job, Myers was out of the music business, but he never got it out of his blood.
Roland Freeman is driven by dreams that can hide in the guise of demons.
Just watch him as he talks. He coils and uncoils in his chair, tenses his body or tosses back his head in a horselaugh, all depending on the mood of the moment, as a stream of ideas flow forth, racking his body like the pains of labor.
He's a man driven by a vision of history.
Southern Roads/City Pavements, the exhibit of this acclaimed photographer's work on display at the Old Capitol Museum, offers a major clue toward understanding Freeman's artistic obsession. It's the latest compilation of work from an artist/documentarian who intends nothing less than crystallizing the black experience within a lens frame before it is buried like a relic of a lost civilization.
That dream pushes this young black photographer all over the world in search of black culture. Southern Roads/City Pavements pairs pictures shot in 13 counties in southwest Mississippi with photos of urban New York, Baltimore and Chicago, and Freeman is certain of the similarities, the shared tradition, even of the most dissimilar places.
He's developed an eye for the black soul. But it wasn't always that way.
Freeman was born some 44 years ago in Baltimore in the midst of the Depression and lived the street life to the fullest until he was 13, when he was sent to live on a Maryland tobacco farm. It was there he learned the love for the land that is so evident in his pictures of rural farmers.
He grew up some more, joined the Air Force, won a Brownie camera in a crap game and became interested in a growing American civil rights movement. One march led to another until Aug. 28, 1963.
The march on Washington occurred that day and would forever more change Freeman's life.
"I was so choked up watching that march that I knew I wanted to say something," Freeman said. Photography quickly revealed itself as his voice.
"Most people starting photography don't know what they want to say," Freeman said, reminiscing about his start. "I knew from the beginning." He studied the work of Gordon Parks and Roy DeCarava, tried and experimented for about five years and in 1968 found himself documenting the Poor People's Campaign march from Marks to Washington, D.C.
The Farm Security Administration documentaries from the Depression fascinated this young artist. "I thought to myself, `If white people were hurting this much, hell, what were the black folks doing?' "Freeman said.
He went on to work for Life Magazine, string for the prestigious Magnum photographic service in Washington and generally become "a pretty hotshot Washington photographer," in Freeman's words.
Yet his real vocation had yet to begin. He always had been fascinated by black traditions in Baltimore, and began photographing street scenes during off-hours. "I didn't even realize what I was doing was folklore," he said as he laughed about his beginnings in the documentary trade.
The Smithsonian Institution knew better. In 1972, Freeman was asked to contribute pictures to the Smithsonian's yearly folklore festival. That association led him to a job in 1974, shooting pictures in Mississippi for the 1974 festival, and finally his own project in 1975, called the Mississippi Folklife project, which Freeman worked on with folklorist Worth Long, a man Freeman calls a brother, "one of those elusive geniuses."
All of which led Freeman down the path to Southern Roads/City Pavements, an extension of the work he began with Long in 1975. The exhibit opened in the New York international Center of Photography before coming to Jackson and New York Times photo critic Gene Thornton described his work as going, "beyond reportage to express something that is universal and lasting."
That pleased Freeman immensely, but the drive goes on. Much remains to be done. After all, this is a man who describes his creative process as "working on raw guts. I work on a lot of nervous, mad energy."
He wants to catalog a black heritage he is intensely proud of, a tradition he maintains exists in spite of the black migration from the South to the economic opportunities of the city.
A city boy by birth, Freemen loves the simplicity and honesty of farm people and that love shines forth in his work.
"What some people call hick is hipper than the people who think they're hip," he said.
The anger he felt in the civil rights period has transformed into the objectivity of the documentarian. "I'm interested in how black people have survived. We've been subject to a mass conspiracy through the Western world, yet we've managed to educate people, sustain a culture and move into mainstream American life," he said.
Southern Roads/City Pavements will remain at the Old Capitol Museum until March 14, but Roland Freeman's work will go on the rest of his life. Commercial assignments, for clients like the World Bank, pay his bills, and his documentary work keeps the energy flowing.
Freeman leaves you certain of his belief in his art. His eyes glaze, the hands swirl in an inadequate attempt to describe what only a photographer's eye can conjure.
The demons subside, the dreams are given form, molded with the press of a finger, the quiet click of a tiny shutter.
In the early 1900s, the only way across the Mississippi at Helena. Ark., was a ferry run by Harold Jenkins, father of country singer Conway Twitty. The ferry closed at midnight. "which was good in my favor," says Mrs. Hill. who still runs the hotel, when they were playing juke joints in Clarksdale or nearby towns.
"When they had to stay over, they stayed with me," she says. The musicians kept a piano on the premises, and the place rang with music.
During the 1960s, Williamson became popular with the rock generation. He played extensively in Europe and considered moving there. But, sensing that he was dying, he returned home a few months before his death in 1965.
Mrs. Hill recalls that Williamson stopped by one Sunday afternoon and found that she was taking a nap. "Wake her up." he demanded. "I want to play some music."
Williamson's grave is near Tutwiler, which is on U.S. 49. about 15 miles southeast of Clarksdale. No signs point the way, but it's not hard to find someone to direct you down a country road to the churchyard. Unlike in the 1980s, you won't find the musician's grave overgrown.
Tutwiler is a fitting place for a great bluesman's final resting place because it's also the place where W.C. Handy claimed to have had his first encounter with the blues, around the turn of the century.
Handy, who orchestrated and popularized the folk music of his people and created such standards as St. Louis Blues, was a classically trained musician who had expressed little interest in the work songs and field hollers he'd heard. But he later recalled that his interest was piqued when. on a visit to play at a Tutwiler hotel. he was introduced to the weirdest music I'd ever heard."
During a long night of waiting for a late train in the Tutwiler station, a ragged-looking man sat beside him and began playing a guitar. sliding a knife up and down the strings to produce a moaning, voice-like sound. Picking out a complex rhythm, he sang. repeating a line about "going where the Southern cross the Dog." a reference to the intersection of two railroads in Moorhead, Miss. Handy incorporated that line into his Yellow Dog Blues.
In the 1980s and 1990s, tourists often made unsuccessful attempts to find the grave of the legendary harmonica player, and the gas station attendant often steered them to the small Whitfield Baptist Church.
Beside it, in what looked like nothing more than weeds from the road, was the headstone with Williamson's picture cut into it. The grave was decidedly off the beaten track, but others had made the trek too. Fans often left harmonicas, guitar picks, even a pint of whiskey on the headstone.
"It's this diamond of headstone, yet it's overgrown with weeds," said Joe Zochowski, host of Nothing But the Blues on WFYI-FM (90.1) in Indianapolis. "You have to look for it, to tramp through the weeds and cut through the briars and the B.S. to get to the heart of it. But people are willing to do it because they care that much about the music. That's a metaphor for the blues to me."
"I'm hoping it'll be a big success," said Shepherd. "I'm looking for several thousand people to show up." He said he expects blues followers from out-of-town. The mayor noted that the festival, if successful, could become an annual event in the town. In the end, $100 was raised for the Sonny Boy Blues Society, which maintained the site for a while. Some folks gave lip service to disinterment and reburial in Helena, but the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund obtained a grant for local nuns, who maintained the property into the new millennium.
In late 1990, Living Blues magazine published an article suggesting, among other things, that Johnson was buried at Payne Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Quito--about 2 miles from Mt. Zion MB Church--Morgan City. One woman, at least, remembered it that way. Known as Queen Elizabeth, Ms. Elizabeth Thomas claimed she was once Robert Johnson's girlfriend and she recalls his burial at Payne Chapel. She even pointed out the gravesite--about 30 yards from the white-frame church, near an old tree stump. "It's my gut feeling that it's at Payne," exclaimed Peter Lee, editor of Living Blues, "but I could never prove it. Who knew for sure?"
"Admirers Mark Blues Musician's Grave"
Delta blues king Robert Johnson no longer lies in an unmarked grave. A group of Johnson's admirers, musicians from Atlanta, Ga., placed a marker on his reported gravesite in the cemetery at Payne Chapel Missionary Baptist (MB) Church. They were accompanied by Johnson's boyhood friend and fellow blues singer, Johnny Shines.
Stevie Tombstone, lead guitarist for the Atlanta-based band the Tombstones, said, "It's a shame that there wasn't a marker there already. (Johnson) was a big influence on our music and we just decided to do it. Once we had the opportunity, we just did it.
When Stevie says opportunity he means money. Although the Tombstones have been playing together for about six years in clubs and colleges, they just signed their first big recording contract with Relativity Records. With their first advance check from the contract the three-sometimes four-member band bought the 125 pound marker for the grave of Robert Johnson.
The Tombstones purchased this flat stone grave marker in honor of Robert Johnson, which sits on the spot pointed out by Queen Elizabeth.
"Robert Johnson, Born -May 8, 1911, Died - August 16, 1938, Resting in the Blues."
Rick Richards of the band Georgia Satellites was also at the service. `The way I see it, if it weren't for the blues we wouldn't have a job."
Shines, who lives in Tuscaloosa, Ala., said, think he should have had a headstone a long time ago. His influence meant a lot to a lot of people and I'm glad to see this finally happening."
While there are many rumors that blues music is associated with voodoo and Robert Johnson was reported to have made a pact with the devil, Shines said that blues is the basis of all other modern music. He explained that slaves used music to get messages across the fields to each other. This lyrical communication became a way of life that is now called the blues. I have a God given talent to play the blues," he said. "If you don't use your talents they'll be taken away from you." Shines says he has proof of that. "In 1978 I quit playing the blues, and in '80 I suffered a stroke that paralyzed my left hand. I've started playing again now and my hand is coming back."
Shines played one of the most famous Robert Johnson songs, "Crossroads," at the gravesite after the stone was laid. Stevie, Richards, folklorist Charles Locke and Tombstone manager Andrew Adler stood by silently, heads bowed, listening with the reverence usually reserved for religious services.
And it was a religious service of sorts. While Robert Johnson has had a cult following among blues enthusiasts, the myths about his associations with the devil have kept his life and death shrouded in mystery. He was buried without a funeral service and no stone was ever placed a the gravesite. The only marker there was a small pot, rumored to be a sort of collection plate. People place money in the pot to buy Johnson's soul back from the devil. At last count, someone had contributed one penny.
But now, 53 years after he with reportedly poisoned, he has been properly laid to rest with a marker and a service befitting the man known best as 'The King of the Delta Blues."
Greenwood Commonwealth, Apr 20, 1992.
Johnson was reportedly poisoned at a have down the road from Payne Chapel church, located a few miles from lila Bena. 'there have also been reports that he was stabbed, although the cause of death is officially pneumonia.
No one in the group wanted to speculate about his deals with the devil or the varied myths about when and where he was killed. They just wanted to remember a man they consider a friend.
Festival (Greenwood) was dedicated to Shines.
Shines explained Johnson's death this way. "Robert was versatile and he was way ahead of his time. That's why he had to die and that's why someone will come back and be as great as Robert Johnson was. I don't know who it will be yet, but someone will come back."
Johnson's music is still alive and well. Columbia Records, who has been releasing Johnson's music regularly since his death, recently put out a two CD reissue set. "Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings," has gone gold.
The Tombstones, a band from Atlanta, had signed a record deal after several years on the road. The band used some of its advance to purchase a flat marker for Robert Johnson and dedicate it at Payne Chapel. Johnny Shines attended the graveside service, and despite his ill health, even performed a few songs. The Mt. Zion Memorial Fund had already planned to commission a separate cenotaph to erect at Payne Chapel, but the Tombstones and a retired Johnny Shines did the honors themselves. Everyone at the time felt it in their bones that his remains were at Payne Chapel.


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Golden Crown Award Winner and TV Features Promo for Melody
From a child laborer in a family factory without toys and strollers to a king of improved bicycles, from Cinderella with a dusty face and even her classmate's mother told her daughter to "not play with her", to the owner of a medical beauty center, a women's business in Hacienda, Los Angeles County Xie Yuyun has become one of the winners of the 2022 Golden Crown Award of the World Chinese Business Women's Association.
He came to the United States from Taiwan at the age of 17 to work hard. Unlike other young international students, Xie Yuyun's father was expanding his career in the United States and became an air trapeze between the United States and Taiwan. His mother stayed in Taiwan to manage the factory. Xie Yuyun first arrived in the United States. She took on the role of a mother, taking care of her younger brother while studying in the 12th grade of high school.
Child laborers and Taiwanese immigrants share their stories in the Golden Crown Award-winning novel "Melody".
Xie Yuyuan said, "I was a wild child with messy hair and dirty hands when I was young." She lives near the factory and can still see mice infested while eating. She spent her childhood in the factory. The sound of the punching machine and the tired figure of her mother became her motivation to work hard.
Xie Yuyun said that even though she never felt that she was inferior to others, the opinions of others still had a significant impact on her. When she heard her classmates' mother say "You see how dirty she is, don't play with her," Xie Yuyun felt very sad. She worked harder than ever to live a wonderful life.
She said, "I see my mom working until 12 pm every day, and I want to change the situation even more which strengthened my belief."
From a classmate's mother, Xie Yuyun was told how dirty she was and ostracized by classmates. She worked harder to live a wonderful life even though she never felt that she was inferior to others.
Xie Yuyun did not take over the business of his father's auto parts factory and computer equipment but started his own business. After graduating from high school in the United States, she attended community college for a while, then transferred to Riverside University, and after graduation, she was admitted to the MBA at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, but took a class After dropping out of school.
Around 2001, Xie Yuyun observed that "scooters" were selling well in the United States, so she resolutely gave up her studies and rolled up her sleeves to start a business.
Xie Yuyun once imported scooters from Taiwan and sold them in the US. The orders were full and she was running out of supplies. However, as the popularity of scooters subsided she went bankrupt with a $300,000 turnover. Xie Yuyun found it hard to lower his quality or cut prices, instead of walking away when he couldn't compete.
Xie Yuyun realized that she needed to create her own unique value, so she went back to school and studied more professional knowledge.
Mobo Cruisers Bicycle Company
Xie Yuyun was admitted to the Business Management Institute, she learned marketing and packaging concepts through classwork and on campus, and she also met her future partner.
When Xie Yuyun's parents were always busy with work, she had never learned to ride a bicycle. In order to pursue childhood happiness and make up for her childhood shortcomings, she made bikes for children.
Xie Yuyun has a deep understanding of the manufacturing process, going from the moment of mold opening to a product's final sale. She is capable of turning an idea into a product and can sell it around the world.
Xie Yuyun focused on the US toy market. The saturation in children's tricycles and other toys inspired them to create a two-in-one Trojan Horse and Tricycle, which is easy to combine or disassemble. This idea earned Xie Yuyun a toy design award.
Mobo's products include all age groups, from children to the elderly. There was a young man with autism who lived in Orange County and was very sad about losing his tricycle, who Xie Yuyun upgraded for him.
How did Mobo Cruiser Bicycle Company win a Golden Crown Award for the best company?
Xie learned about marketing and packaging at the USC Business School. Xie Yuyun had never ridden a bike and as a result, created the concept of for her children's bike brand.
Xie Yuyun understands the process of mold opening to manufacturing better than anyone.
Children's bikes are very common and as such, you need new ideas in order to be noticed. Xie Yuyun designed a "two-in-one" Trojan Horse and Tricycle which is easy to combine and disassemble. The idea originated from the fact that there are so many toys at home which take up too much space. The 2 in 1 Trojan horse tricycle not only saves storage space, but also extends the use time of the toy - 2 or 3-year-old children will soon stop riding their horrid horse, but they can still enjoy riding their trike. Xie's idea won her a toy design award.
Toy Design Award
Mobo Cruiser products, which include tricycles made for all age groups, can accommodate the needs of anyone. For example, one man with autism in Orange County had a previous tricycle that he loved dearly. But he needed an upgrade because he was growing up. Xie Yuyun heard about this and wanted to give him a new model without any limitations.
Xie shared a touching story of Robles, an autistic child in Orange County who lost his tricycle. To help Robles have a Merry Christmas and make sense of the loss, the company gave him an upgraded version of the toy car.
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Toys R Us closed down in 2017 after declaring bankruptcy, but they opened a new store in China that Xie Yuyun became the CEO of.
Previously, Xie Yuyun would see a drop in profit when big crises occurred in the toy industry. However, during the 2020 epidemic, her profits were not impacted because she had already prepared for the pandemic and was able to make use of new marketing strategies.
Unlike Mobo (go ahead), Xie Yuyun opened a medical beauty center in 2012 with more than 20 employees. She opened this medical institution in hopes that women can feel confident in their appearance and not feel inferior.
You can't just pass up on pursuing imitation. Plastic surgery is not always the best to pursue, but you should still be sincere with how you present yourself.
"Xie Yuyun said that dreams, persistence, and good partners have brought her to where she is today." She can do it and so can everyone.
When the epidemic hit, medical beauty centers couldn't open for a while. But Xie Yuyun was not discouraged by this. She studied laws and regulations, and then applied for public subsidies to help get up and running again.
Finally, she negotiated with the Hilton Hotel and opened her new center at the public swimming pool. The ingenious way of redefining herself as an epidemic-style business helped guests feel fresher walking in, with business gradually improving.
With the customer in danger, Xie Yuyun moved them to the swimming pool and seized the opportunity.
Success is not easy
The success of Xie Yuyun is not something that she achieved overnight. Her success came with a background of hard work. She starts her day by exercising in the morning and then goes to school for her children and does her job on Mobo Cruiser in the morning, then goes to a medical beauty center for work during the afternoon.
Entrepreneurship needs to maintain a clear goal, and then stick to it. It's important to stay focused on your work despite setbacks in the process while maintaining enthusiasm. It's also necessary to establish a close partnership with your employees and outside companies like factories.
Xie Yuyun is often advising entrepreneurs on how to make their companies thrive.

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Hello, I am Rev. Lee Yeong-Bin who is Vice President of APSDA. Greeting from Korea and to be blessed on New Year!
Today, Glory to God for all plan and works of God for a year 2016 be filled with pleasure and be blessed to you.
Now, I am Vice President of APSDA, and also the Head of Korean Christian Sign Language Research (KCSL) in Korea.
KCSL was established on October 26, 2013. In spite of many difficulties, we meet every Thursday for translating Words of God into sign Sign Language. We are translating into Sign Language after selected the most important and famous words out of 66 books of Bible. If we calculate Words of God that have translated into Sign Language until now, may be near fifty films. Deaf does not easy to read emotionally and burningly Words of God with ability communicating through Sign Language.
Instead of it, if Deaf see the Screen of Words of God translating into Sign Language, they can understand and be pleasure in emotion. Because of it, Researchers make efforts to translate words of God.
Reverends gather every Thursday, they come from distant Regions to Seoul. And they work from 10am to 6pm after morning prayer and worship.
They are divided into two groups. On one Thursday, one group focuses on the study of signs to be used for SLBT and the other group shoots films using the signs decided after the study. The next Thursday, they exchange their work. They take turns every Thursday.
Suddenly we are becoming in the situations that have to relocate the Research office on Feb.17, But we have no office room and place to move. Please pray for our Good Office Room to move.
APSDA has established firstly on Nov.24-25, 2011 at Gwang Lim of Pocheon in Korea.
Since then, we hold meetings every year. In 2012, we gathered in the Philippines to hold a workshop to discuss about Know-How and challenges of SLBT to learn from each other. The annual meetings were held in Thailand, Taiwan and Malaysia and Korea participated the meeting.
Currently we have membership of around 15 countries, including Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia and we gather for the meeting for discussion and fellowship.
Please pray for works of APSDA, we can work hard! Please help us!
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Holiday Inn Taunton
Taunton 1.59 2.57 4 18192021222324 £69.00 £79.00 £79.00 £58.65 £41.65 £50.15 £51.85 £69.00
Holiday Inn Express Taunton
Blorenge House
Taunton 2.52 4.06 4 18192021222324 £180.00 £180.00 £180.00 £180.00 £180.00 £180.00 £180.00 £180.00
Taunton House Hotel
The Corner House Hotel
Meryan House Hotel
The Walnut Tree Hotel
Bridgwater 4.11 6.61 3 18192021222324 £62.25 £62.25 £62.25 £62.25 £62.25 £62.25 £62.25 £62.25
The Farmers Arms
Taunton 4.84 7.79 N/A 18192021222324 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00
Cames Mead Farmhouse Bed and Breakfast
Mare Green 4.92 7.91 4 18192021222324 £80.00 £80.00 £80.00 £80.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £80.00
Holiday Inn Express - Bridgwater
The Hatch Inn
Farthings Country House Hotel
Hatch Beauchamp 5.2 8.37 3 18192021222324 £59.00 £59.00 £59.00 £59.00 £59.00 £59.00 £59.00 £59.00
The Mount B+B
Bindon Cottage
The Anchor Inn
The Tudor Hotel
Bridgwater 6.46 10.4 N/A 18192021222324 £70.00 £70.00 £70.00 £70.00 £70.00 £70.00 £70.00 £70.00
The Blackbird Inn
Wellington 6.67 10.73 3 18192021222324 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00
Mercure Bridgwater
Bridgwater 6.67 10.73 4 18192021222324 £65.00 £65.00 £65.00 £59.00 £59.00 £53.00 £53.00 £65.00
Wellington 6.67 10.74 N/A 18192021222324 £36.00 £36.00 £36.00 £36.00 £36.00 £36.00 £36.00 £36.00
Somerset Bed And Breakfast
Ilminster 7.26 11.68 4 18192021222324 £76.00 £76.00 £76.00 £76.00 £76.00 £76.00 £76.00 £76.00
Apple Tree Hotel
Bridgwater 7.48 12.04 3 18192021222324 £125.00 £125.00 £125.00 £125.00 £125.00 £125.00 £125.00 £125.00
The Flying Fish Stables
Ilminster 7.58 12.2 4 18192021222324 £86.50 £86.50 £86.50 £86.50 £86.50 £86.50 £86.50 £86.50
The Blue Mantle
The Old Cider House
Nether Stowey 8.61 13.86 N/A 18192021222324 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00
The Ancient Mariner
Nether Stowey 8.69 13.98 4 18192021222324 £59.00 £59.00 £59.00 £59.00 £59.00 £59.00 £59.00 £59.00
The Bell Inn
Ilminster 9.01 14.5 N/A 18192021222324 £35.00 £35.00 £35.00 £35.00 £35.00 £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
The Old Pound Inn
Langport 9.06 14.59 N/A 18192021222324 £86.08 £86.08 £86.08 £86.08 £86.08 £86.08 £86.08 £86.08
Castle Of Comfort Hotel
The Great Western Hotel
Taunton 2.17 3.5 N/A 18192021222324 £71.50 £71.50 £71.50 £71.50 FULL FULL FULL £71.50
The Five Dials Inn
Ilminster 8.85 14.24 4 18192021222324 FULL £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 FULL
Deane Gate Avenue, Taunton, TA1 2UA
Distance:1.59 miles | Star Rating:
Conveniently situated off junction 25 of the M5, the Holiday Inn Taunton, is between the cities of Exeter and Bristol and less than an hour away from ...more
Conveniently situated off junction 25 of the M5, the Holiday Inn Taunton, is between the cities of Exeter and Bristol and less than an hour away from both. Free Wi-fi is available throughout and meeting rooms are available to book. Rooms at the Holiday Inn are furnished in a modern style and use neutral décor. They are all equipped with an en suite bathroom and a TV. Hot breakfasts and evening meals are served in the restaurant, and during the warmer months, guests can dine outside. A free Easter egg will be given to all children staying during Easter weekend. Taunton is a bustling town dating back to Saxon times situated in the scenic county of Somerset. Taunton Rail Station is just a 10-minute drive from the hotel and the West Country coastline is no further than 30 miles in either direction.
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Blackbrook Business Park, Blackbrook Park Avenue, Taunton, TA1 2PX
Just off junction 25 of the M5, this contemporary hotel combines good value, modern accommodation and friendly service with a convenient location for ...more
Just off junction 25 of the M5, this contemporary hotel combines good value, modern accommodation and friendly service with a convenient location for exploring Taunton and Somerset. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout this property. Guests can enjoy an inclusive Express Startâ"¢ breakfast buffet which includes both continental and cooked breakfast items. Rooms include a 32-inch flat-screen TV with Freeview channels, free WiFi, air-conditioning, an iron/ironing board, en-suite with power shower, comfy beds and modern decor. The hotel offers ample free parking for guests with 150 spaces. There is also a guest lounge and licensed bar which serves evening meals. There are 3 meeting rooms with free WiFi in the rooms, and a 24-hour reception. Somerset County Cricket Club is 1.8 miles from the hotel, and the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty can be reached within 4 miles. Taunton train station is 2 miles from the hotel. Exeter International Airport is 40 km away.
Staplegrove Road, Taunton, TA1 1DG
Blorenge House is an early Victorian building with an outdoor swimming pool and 20 pleasant rooms. It is a 5-minute walk from the town centre, county ...more
Blorenge House is an early Victorian building with an outdoor swimming pool and 20 pleasant rooms. It is a 5-minute walk from the town centre, county cricket ground, and the train and bus stations. Situated on the northern side of the town centre, close to the records office, Blorenge House has a large car park and a varied selection of accommodation, including family rooms and 5 rooms with four-poster beds. Most of the rooms have en suite facilities and there is free Wi-Fi. Ironing equipment can also be provided. Blorenge House provides a full English breakfast, with cereals, tea and coffee, yogurts and fruit all available. A wide variety of bars and restaurant options are found within a 10 minutes walk in pleasant Taunton.
Total cost: £ 180.00
14 Billetfield, Taunton, TA1 3NN
Nestled in the town centre of the historic town of Taunton, Taunton House Hotel features free parking. The 19th-century, Somerset County Cricket Club ...more
Nestled in the town centre of the historic town of Taunton, Taunton House Hotel features free parking. The 19th-century, Somerset County Cricket Club is just a 10-minute walk away. The rooms feature free WiFi, an en-suite luxury bathroom, a seating area and a TV. A luxury room with a four poster double bed is also featured. Some rooms are located on the ground floor. Built in the 1850s, this delightful Victorian house boasts many Gothic features including arched doorways, an oak staircase, and stained glass windows. Situated half a mile from the Vivary Park Golf Course, Taunton House Hotel is a 3-minute walk to Taunton Antique Centre. Both the bus and railway station are within 10 minutes' walk.
Park Street, Taunton, TA1 4DQ
The Corner House Hotel, in the heart of Taunton, is a modernised hotel that has kept its Victorian features. It has free Wi-Fi, a bar, a restaurant an...more
The Corner House Hotel, in the heart of Taunton, is a modernised hotel that has kept its Victorian features. It has free Wi-Fi, a bar, a restaurant and onsite parking. The Retreat Restaurant specialises in traditional British food. Regular wine tasting evenings are hosted at the property and guests are welcome to attend free of charge. All the bedrooms are unique and they all have their own bathroom with free Caroline Henry toiletries. Other facilities include flat-screen TVs, stocked minibars, tea/coffee and free water and milk.
Bishops Hull Rd, Bishops Hull, Taunton, TA1 5EG
Situated in Bishops Hull, Taunton, this charming period residence is over 300 years old and is set in its own grounds, offering somewhere to relax and...more
Situated in Bishops Hull, Taunton, this charming period residence is over 300 years old and is set in its own grounds, offering somewhere to relax and enjoy. Rooms at the hotel all offer flat-screen TVs and iPod/iPhone docks, as well as fast and free Wi-Fi. Some rooms also enjoy village views. Meryan House Hotel is set in delightful grounds, only 1.6 km (one mile) from the centre of Taunton. The owners have opened up 3 of the original inglenook fireplaces and a complete working well, over 12 metres (40 feet) deep, found in the kitchen. Free parking is available at the rear of the hotel, with 24/7 CCTV. There are 2 very rare and friendly Dandie Dinmont Terrier dogs at the hotel. Taunton Deane Brough Council has awarded Meryan House a 5-star hygiene rating.
North Petherton, Bridgwater, TA6 6QA
The Walnut Tree Hotel is an 18th-century hotel set in the heart of Somerset. It is an ideal stop for business or touring. Located on A38, Exit 24, and...more
The Walnut Tree Hotel is an 18th-century hotel set in the heart of Somerset. It is an ideal stop for business or touring. Located on A38, Exit 24, and one mile from the M5. There is free Wi-Fi and free parking on site. The hotel has been tastefully modernised to meet and exceed the high levels of quality, service and hospitality expected by both our corporate and leisure guests alike. Whilst set in the heart of Somerset, the hotel's convenient location, close to the M5 (1 mile) provides easy access for our commuting visitors. The hotel has both a bistro and an award-winning restaurant, which provides a daily specials boards with locally sourced ingredients.
West Hatch, Taunton, TA3 5RS
Distance:4.84 miles | Star Rating: N/A
A beautiful inn nestled in the tranquil Somerset countryside, The Farmers Arms boasts light, elegant rooms with views of the rolling hills. The bar fe...more
A beautiful inn nestled in the tranquil Somerset countryside, The Farmers Arms boasts light, elegant rooms with views of the rolling hills. The bar features a log burner and the oak-beamed restaurant serves hearty food and real ales. Free parking is available onsite. Unique touches are offered in many rooms, including roll-top baths, private entrances and comfortable king-size beds. Every room at The Farmers offers an en suite bathroom, and a flat-screen TV/DVD player. The rustic, traditional bar serves an extensive range of local Somerset ales, and the restaurant provides a specials menu and varied lunch and dinner menus. The award winning chef uses fresh local ingredients. An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the surrounding Quantock Hills can be enjoyed through numerous walking paths. The Jurassic Coast route can be reached within 40 minutes. The inn has a pixie trail for children. Taunton's town centre is 15 minutes' drive away, and Taunton and Pickeridge Golf Club is a 10-minute drive. Blackbrook Business Park is 5 miles away. Bristol airport is 38 miles away, while Exeter airport is 30 miles away.
Cames Mead, Meare Green Farm, Stoke st Gregory, Taunton, Somerset, Mare Green, TA3 6HT
Cames Mead Farmhouse Bed and Breakfast is set in Mare Green. Free WiFi is featured. The bed and breakfast offers a flat-screen TV and a private bathro...more
Cames Mead Farmhouse Bed and Breakfast is set in Mare Green. Free WiFi is featured. The bed and breakfast offers a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom with slippers, free toiletries and bath or shower. A Full English/Irish breakfast is available every morning at the property. Cames Mead Farmhouse offers a terrace. Guests can also relax in the garden. Taunton is 14 km from the accommodation, while Wells is 35 km from the property. The nearest airport is Exeter International Airport, 61 km from Cames Mead Farmhouse Bed and Breakfast.
Market Way, Bridgwater, TA6 6DF
Holiday Inn Express - Bridgwater is a 3-star property set in Bridgwater. This 3-star hotel has air-conditioned rooms with a private bathroom. There is...more
Holiday Inn Express - Bridgwater is a 3-star property set in Bridgwater. This 3-star hotel has air-conditioned rooms with a private bathroom. There is a restaurant. All guest rooms in the hotel are equipped with a flat-screen TV. All units feature a desk. A buffet or Full English/Irish breakfast can be enjoyed at the property. Staff at the 24-hour front desk can provide tips on the area. Weston-super-Mare is 33 km from Holiday Inn Express - Bridgwater, while Taunton is 17 km away. The nearest airport is Bristol Airport, 45 km from the property.
Village Road Hatch Beauchamp, Taunton, TA3 6SG
Set 7 km from Woodlands Castle and featuring free WiFi, The Hatch Inn features accommodation in Taunton. The bed and breakfast offers a Full English/I...more
Set 7 km from Woodlands Castle and featuring free WiFi, The Hatch Inn features accommodation in Taunton. The bed and breakfast offers a Full English/Irish or vegetarian breakfast. There is an in-house restaurant, which serves a variety of British, Local and Seafood dishes and also offers vegetarian options. The Hatch Inn offers a terrace. Taunton Library is 10 km from the accommodation. The nearest airport is Exeter International Airport, 58 km from the property.
Village Road, Hatch Beauchamp, Hatch Beauchamp, TA3 6SG
Distance:5.2 miles | Star Rating:
This elegant 18th-century country house is situated amid the quiet of the Somerset countryside, yet within reach of the M5, just 8 km from Taunton and...more
This elegant 18th-century country house is situated amid the quiet of the Somerset countryside, yet within reach of the M5, just 8 km from Taunton and Ilminster. Farthings overlooks the village green and enjoys 3 acres of private and peaceful gardens. With a wonderfully relaxing and informal atmosphere, it is the ideal place in which to unwind. Privately-owned, the family and its experienced staff invite guests to savour the warm hospitality and superb locally sourced food, cooked and presented in the AA Rosette-awarded restaurant. The restaurant has direct access to the gardens, where drinks and canapes can be enjoyed on a warm summer's evening. In winter, enjoy the comfort and warmth of log fires in the cosy lounge or bar. Each of the 12 en suite rooms is tastefully decorated and has all the facilities one would expect of a delightful country house hotel.
32 Mount Street, Bishops Lydeard, Taunton, TA4 3AN
A warm welcome awaits you at The Mount. A delightful georgian property situated in the heart of the village. Close to shops, church, pub, the West Som...more
A warm welcome awaits you at The Mount. A delightful georgian property situated in the heart of the village. Close to shops, church, pub, the West Somerset Railway and the Quantock Hills. Comfortable and spacious self contained, en-suite accommodation.
Hillfarrance, Taunton, TA4 1AW
En suite accommodation in a lovely country setting ,good for walking and exploring,Exmoor,Quantock Hills and the Blackdowns.Close to Oake Manor Golf C...more
En suite accommodation in a lovely country setting ,good for walking and exploring,Exmoor,Quantock Hills and the Blackdowns.Close to Oake Manor Golf Club,Pontispool Riding Centre.Close to Taunton,with The Brewhouse Theatre and Wellsprings Leisure Centre.
Charming Country Inn with 5 en-suite bedrooms. Excellent food - homecooked, traditional pub dishes available every lunchtime and evening, plus B&B. Tr...more
Charming Country Inn with 5 en-suite bedrooms. Excellent food - homecooked, traditional pub dishes available every lunchtime and evening, plus B&B. Traditional bar and modern restaurant. Beautiful beer gardens and mediteranean-style sun terrace.
21 St Mary Street, Bridgwater, TA6 3LX
Located in Bridgwater, The Tudor Hotel features free WiFi. The property has a bar, as well as a restaurant serving British cuisine. The accommodation ...more
Located in Bridgwater, The Tudor Hotel features free WiFi. The property has a bar, as well as a restaurant serving British cuisine. The accommodation offers room service and luggage storage space for guests. At the hotel, rooms are equipped with a wardrobe. Rooms are complete with a private bathroom equipped with free toiletries, while certain rooms come with a seating area. The units in The Tudor Hotel are fitted with a flat-screen TV and a hair dryer. A buffet breakfast is available daily at the property. Weston-super-Mare is 29 km from the accommodation, while Taunton is 19 km from the property. Bristol Airport is 42 km away.
A38 Wellington, Taunton Rd, Wellington, TA21 9HX
Situated in Wellington, The Blackbird Inn has a tennis court, shared lounge, bar, and free WiFi. International, Asian and Steakhouse dishes are served...more
Situated in Wellington, The Blackbird Inn has a tennis court, shared lounge, bar, and free WiFi. International, Asian and Steakhouse dishes are served at the in-house restaurant. At the inn, every room has a desk and a TV. Cycling, fishing and canoeing are among the activities that guests of The Blackbird Inn can find nearby. Exeter is 44 km from the accommodation, while Taunton is 7 km from the property. The nearest airport is Exeter International Airport, 43 km from the property.
56-66 Eastover, Bridgwater, TA6 5AR
Mercure Bridgwater offers rooms in Bridgwater. The property features a fitness centre, as well as a bar. The property has a restaurant. At the hotel, ...more
Mercure Bridgwater offers rooms in Bridgwater. The property features a fitness centre, as well as a bar. The property has a restaurant. At the hotel, each room is equipped with a desk. Mercure Bridgwater provides certain units that include a balcony, and every room is equipped with a kettle. At the accommodation every room comes with a private bathroom with free toiletries and a hair dryer. Guests at Mercure Bridgwater can enjoy a Full English/Irish breakfast. Staff at the 24-hour front desk can provide tips on the area. Weston-super-Mare is 28 km from the hotel. The nearest airport is Bristol Airport, 41 km from Mercure Bridgwater.
A38 Wellington - Taunton Rd, West Buckland, Wellington, TA21 9HX
Minutes from the M5 Junc. 26. With 6 refurbished rooms a single costing only 36-40 and Dbles £55 B&B The Blackbird makes the ideal spot to stop wheth...more
Minutes from the M5 Junc. 26. With 6 refurbished rooms a single costing only 36-40 and Dbles £55 B&B The Blackbird makes the ideal spot to stop whether it be as a stopover before continuing your journey or a longer stay with high quality homecooked food
Hunters Cottage, Wood Lane, Ilminster, TA19 9NR
Beautifully renovated cottage, awarded 4 Stars with Silver Accolade, TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence 2014 and Travellers' Choice 2013. In a p...more
Beautifully renovated cottage, awarded 4 Stars with Silver Accolade, TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence 2014 and Travellers' Choice 2013. In a private, country lane 10 minutes from J25 M5 Taunton and A303/358/30 Ilminster.
Keenthorne,Nr Nether Stowey, Bridgwater, TA5 1HZ
Offering free Wi-Fi and ample free parking on site, Apple Tree Hotel is only 10 minutes' drive from Bridgwater, 30 minutes from Taunton and 20 minutes...more
Offering free Wi-Fi and ample free parking on site, Apple Tree Hotel is only 10 minutes' drive from Bridgwater, 30 minutes from Taunton and 20 minutes from junction 23/24 of the M5. The Conservatory Restaurant offers an à la carte menu with popular English and continental dishes available. Fresh local produce is used where possible. Rooms are elegant and traditionally furnished, and each benefits from a flat-screen TV with a DVD player. Guests can also enjoy tea and coffee making facilities and an en suite bathroom with free toiletries.
Windmill Hill, Ashill, Ilminster, TA19 9NX
The Flying Fish Stables is a traditional country pub in the quaint village of Windmill Hill. It offers home-cooked food, real ales and individually de...more
The Flying Fish Stables is a traditional country pub in the quaint village of Windmill Hill. It offers home-cooked food, real ales and individually designed rooms. Taunton is 15 km away. The country pub is 18 miles from Lyme Regis and the Jurassic Coast, and has been awarded 4 stars by the AA. Rooms have been built in the style of a stable block and feature power showers, separate baths and free toiletries. They also include Smart TVs, complimentary WiFi, hairdryers and tea/coffee making facilities. All rooms are ground floor rooms with full disabled facilities available. Featured in The Good Pub Guide for 13 years, The Flying Fish Stables serves traditional British and Caribbean cuisine and local ales. Delicious cooked breakfasts are available daily, and there is also a leafy garden and sun terrace.
2 Mantle Street Wellington, Wellington, TA21 8AW
The Blue Mantle is situated in Wellington. Complimentary WiFi is available. A flat-screen TV and DVD player are available in some units. Guests at the...more
The Blue Mantle is situated in Wellington. Complimentary WiFi is available. A flat-screen TV and DVD player are available in some units. Guests at the bed and breakfast can enjoy a Full English/Irish breakfast. Exeter is 41 km from The Blue Mantle, while Taunton is 11 km from the property. The nearest airport is Exeter International Airport, 39 km from the accommodation.
25, Castle Street, Nether Stowey, TA5 1LN
The Old Cider House bed & breakfast lies at the foot of the Quantock Hills in the historic village of Nether Stowey. We have four en suite rooms an...more
The Old Cider House bed & breakfast lies at the foot of the Quantock Hills in the historic village of Nether Stowey. We have four en suite rooms and also offer evening meals and even have our own microbrewery. Single room rates also available.
42 Lime Street, Nether Stowey, TA5 1NG
Located in Nether Stowey, The Ancient Mariner offers free WiFi. This 4-star inn offers a bar. There is a restaurant. At the inn, each room includes a ...more
Located in Nether Stowey, The Ancient Mariner offers free WiFi. This 4-star inn offers a bar. There is a restaurant. At the inn, each room includes a desk and a flat-screen TV. The private bathroom is fitted with a shower. All units are equipped with a seating area. A Full English/Irish breakfast is available each morning at The Ancient Mariner. Weston-super-Mare is 41 km from the accommodation. The nearest airport is Bristol Airport, 53 km from The Ancient Mariner.
4 High St, Ilminster, TA19 9AW
The Bell Inn is situated in the old High st in the market town of Ilminster Somerset. It is a free house with 3 lettings rooms, 1 family room, 1 doubl...more
The Bell Inn is situated in the old High st in the market town of Ilminster Somerset. It is a free house with 3 lettings rooms, 1 family room, 1 double and a twin. All rooms are en-suite with tea making facilities, free view digital TV, free wi-fi.
1 High Street Aller, Langport, TA10 0RA
The Old Pound Inn is situated in Aller, just a short drive from Langport and 50 km from Bath. There is a bowling alley on site and guests can enjoy th...more
The Old Pound Inn is situated in Aller, just a short drive from Langport and 50 km from Bath. There is a bowling alley on site and guests can enjoy the on-site restaurant and bar. Free private parking is available on site. Every room is fitted with a flat-screen TV. You will find a kettle in the room. Each room is fitted with a private bathroom. For your comfort, you will find free toiletries and a hair dryer. The Old Pound Inn features free WiFi throughout the property. The Bere Cider Company can be reached in a 4-minute drive. Guests can enjoy various activities in the surroundings, including skiing and hiking. Bristol is 47 km from The Old Pound Inn, while Weston-super-Mare is 33 km from the property. The nearest airport is Bristol Airport, 38 km from the property.
Dodington, Nether Stowey, Nether Stowey, TA5 1LE
This 16th century country house is on the slopes of the Quantock Hills, 15 miles from Exmoor National Park. It has quiet gardens, free Wi-Fi, free par...more
This 16th century country house is on the slopes of the Quantock Hills, 15 miles from Exmoor National Park. It has quiet gardens, free Wi-Fi, free parking and a restaurant. The Castle of Comfort Country House is just off the A39, less than 10 miles from Bridgwater. The 5-star house has a Gold Award from VisitBritain. The house was a coaching inn during the 17th century and still has many original features, such as wooden beams. The Castle of Comfort is now a small country house providing 5-star guest accommodation. The en suite rooms have TVs, telephones, hairdryers, tea/coffee and free sherry. There are large gardens, a lounge for drinks and a restaurant that is open every evening except Sundays.
The Great Western Hotel Station Approach, Taunton, TA1 1QW
Located in Taunton, The Great Western Hotel provides free WiFi. Providing a bar, the property is located within 4.2 km of Woodlands Castle. The proper...more
Located in Taunton, The Great Western Hotel provides free WiFi. Providing a bar, the property is located within 4.2 km of Woodlands Castle. The property is 700 metres from Taunton Deane Borough Council. At the hotel, the rooms come with a desk and a flat-screen TV. The private bathroom is fitted with free toiletries. All guest rooms feature a wardrobe. A continental breakfast is available each morning at the property. Staff at the 24-hour front desk can help guests with any queries that they may have. County Court is 1.9 km from The Great Western Hotel, while Somerset County Council is 2 km away. The nearest airport is Exeter International Airport, 51 km from the accommodation.
Hanning Road, Horton, Ilminster, TA19 9QH
The Five Dials Inn in Ilminster features a garden and a bar. This 4-star inn offers free WiFi. There is a restaurant. At the inn, every room is fitted...more
The Five Dials Inn in Ilminster features a garden and a bar. This 4-star inn offers free WiFi. There is a restaurant. At the inn, every room is fitted with a wardrobe, a flat-screen TV, a private bathroom and bed linen. Each room includes a kettle, while certain rooms are equipped with a kitchenette with an oven and a microwave. Guests at The Five Dials Inn can enjoy a buffet breakfast. Exeter is 50 km from the accommodation, while Taunton is 17 km from the property. Exeter International Airport is 44 km away.
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Gale Construction to Manage Project for Insurer
HAMMONTON, NJ-New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co. handed construction management services for its new regional operations center here to the Gale Construction Co.
By Maria Wood | April 17, 2009 at 11:25 AM
HAMMONTON, NJ-The Gale Construction Co. LLC, an affiliate of Mack-Cali Realty Corp., has begun to oversee the development of New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co.'s new regional operations center here. Spanning 146,000 square feet, the three-story office building is scheduled for completion by Q4 2010.
NJM Insurance Group is said to be the largest provider of property-casualty insurance in the state. The new $48-million center will serve as its southern regional operations facility.
"[There are] currently [about] 180 employees in a leased facility in Hammonton, and they will move to the new location when it opens in December 2010," says a spokesman for NJM Insurance. "[The company] also will hire four to five employees for the branch of NJM Bank, which doesn't currently exist in Hammonton but will open in the new facility."
Gale has been involved in the pre-construction phase of the project since 2007. Situated on 56 acres purchased by the insurance firm, the building will consist of administrative offices, a call center, cafeteria, a central utility plant and a retail bank with a drive-up ATM. The structure will incorporate energy-efficient cooling, heating and lighting systems.
If the insurer decides to expand on the site in the future, the building's three-story atrium can connect with an additional 100,000-square-foot building. NJM also has offices in West Trenton and Parsippany.


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Winifred Oetjen, 1920-2016
Published 9:00 am Sunday, August 14, 2016
Memorial services for Winifred Frances (George) Oetjen, 96, of Albert Lea will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church in Albert Lea. The Rev. Dwight Netzer will officiate. Friends may greet the family one hour prior to the service at the church. Online condolences are welcome at www.bayviewfuneral.com.
Wini died Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at Thorne Crest Senior Living Community.
Winifred Frances George was born in Grinnell, Iowa, on March 18, 1920, to Helen (Coutts) and Russell George. She graduated from Grinnell High School and then from Grinnell College in 1942. Following graduation, she was employed by Bankers Life Co. in Des Moines, Iowa. On Aug. 3, 1943, she was united in marriage with George E. Oetjen in Herrick Chapel at Grinnell College. They moved to New Orleans where Lt. Oetjen was a port officer at the New Orleans Port of Embarkation during World War II. In June 1946 they moved to Mason City, Iowa, and then to Albert Lea in March 1948. In 1964 Winifred began employment with the Four Seasons companies, retiring in 1988. During this time, she worked in travel and greatly enjoyed meeting people, helping them plan their vacations and visiting other parts of the world.
Winifred Oetjen
She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Albert Lea, proudly serving as a deacon, elder and Stephen minister. She was an active member of Women's Investment Group, American Association of University Women, Travel Class of Albert Lea, and was a 50-year member of Chapter CV of the PEO Sisterhood. She served in many volunteer activities in her church and in the community. She especially cherished her church family and her PEO sisters.
In her lifetime her family and her church were most important to her. She greatly enjoyed and felt blessed by her many friends and was deeply proud of the accomplishments of her children and grandchildren. Wini enjoyed travels in her work and also with her husband and children. Reading, writing and entertaining gave her much pleasure and she took great pride in her Scottish heritage.
Winifred was preceded in death by her parents and son, Brian Oetjen.
She is survived by her husband, George; daughters Christine Oetjen of Johnson City, Tennessee, Penny Herickhoff of Mankato and Rebecca Keenan of Fridley; son, Eric Oetjen, of Washington, D.C.; daughters-in-law Kathryn Oetjen of Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, and Chhaya Rao of Washington, D.C.; son-in- law, Patrick Keenan, of Fridley; and grandchildren John (Julie) Herickhoff of Arlington, Virginia, Paul (Julianna) Herickhoff of Beauford, South Carolina, Carl Herickhoff of Palo Alto, California, Karolyn (Brian Bartek) Oetjen of Washington, D.C., Thomas (Erin) Oetjen of St. Cloud, Wisconsin, Andrew (Sierra) Keenan of Minneapolis, Joseph Keenan of St. Paul and Peter (Sara) Keenan of St. Paul. Surviving great-grandchildren are Anna and Ben Herickhoff, Olivia Oetjen, Paige Herickhoff, and Conall, Charles and Rosemary Keenan. Surviving Scottish cousin is Helen Johnston of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Wini's request was that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Youth for Christ, 116 W. Clark St. in Albert Lea; or the ecumenical food pantry at First Presbyterian Church of Albert Lea.
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A body attached to a string can be executing vertical circular motion. At each point of motion, it will have different tensions in the string. For any body to be in circular motion there shall be centripetal force acting on it. Centripetal force is not a out side force. The very existing effective force in circular motion that is acting towards the center is called centripetal force. Tension is a force generated in the wires and strings when a force is applied on them. Tension generate tightness in the wire or string.
Let us consider a body of mass m attached to the string of length r and is rotated in circular motion against gravitational force in vertical circular motion.
At any point, weight of the body always acts in the downward direction.It is due to gravitational force and it acts always towards the center of the earth. Hence gravitational force always acts in the downward direction.
Tension always try to keep the string tight and always acts towards the point of suspension or point of center from where the body is moving. Tension also acts away from the body in the string so that it can keep the string tight.
We can identify centripetal force at each instant as the resultant force acting on the body towards the center.When the body is at the bottom of the vertical circular motion, weight is acting in the downward direction and tension is acting towards the center and away from weight. So effective centripetal force is difference between tension and weight.
Let the body is at a particular angle to the vertical that is to the gravitational force. We can resolve the weight into components as it is a vector quantity. It can be found that the horizontal component is against the tension and hence we can write effective force as the centripetal force shown in the video below.
If the string is in the horizontal position, weight has no component acting towards the center and hence it won't contribute for the centripetal force. The only force acting towards the center is tension and it acts like centripetal force.
This is shown in the video lecture below in detailed presentation.


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use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Builder\TreeBuilder;

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class Configuration implements ConfigurationInterface
{
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        $treeBuilder = new TreeBuilder();
        $rootNode = $treeBuilder->root('dream_commerce_single_sign_on');

        $rootNode
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                ->scalarNode('server_salt')
                    ->info('A salt configured at the DreamCommerce server')
                    ->isRequired()
                    ->cannotBeEmpty()
                ->end()
                ->scalarNode('token_path')
                    ->info('The Path to the token in the handshake url')
                    ->defaultValue('console/plugin/execute/plugin/LmsSSO-SSO/act/handshake/token')
                ->end()
                ->integerNode('token_validity')
                    ->info('The number of seconds a token is considered valid')
                    ->defaultValue(10)
                ->end()
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Secondhand tobacco smoke: an occupational hazard for smoking and non-smoking bar and nightclub employees
Miranda R Jones1,
Heather Wipfli2,3,
Shahida Shahrir2,
Erika Avila-Tang1,2,
Jonathan M Samet1,2,3,
Patrick N Breysse2,4,
Ana Navas-Acien1,2,4,
FAMRI Bar Study Investigators
1Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
3Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
4Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Correspondence to Dr Ana Navas-Acien, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Office W7513D, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; anavas{at}jhsph.edu
Background In the absence of comprehensive smoking bans in public places, bars and nightclubs have the highest concentrations of secondhand tobacco smoke, posing a serious health risk for workers in these venues.
Objective To assess exposure of bar and nightclub employees to secondhand smoke, including non-smoking and smoking employees.
Methods Between 2007 and 2009, the authors recruited approximately 10 venues per city and up to five employees per venue in 24 cities in the Americas, Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. Air nicotine concentrations were measured for 7 days in 238 venues. To evaluate personal exposure to secondhand smoke, hair nicotine concentrations were also measured for 625 non-smoking and 311 smoking employees (N=936).
Results Median (IQR) air nicotine concentrations were 3.5 (1.5–8.5) μg/m3 and 0.2 (0.1–0.7) μg/m3 in smoking and smoke-free venues, respectively. Median (IQR) hair nicotine concentrations were 6.0 (1.6–16.0) ng/mg and 1.7 (0.5–5.5) ng/mg in smoking and non-smoking employees, respectively. After adjustment for age, sex, education, living with a smoker, hair treatment and region, a twofold increase in air nicotine concentrations was associated with a 30% (95% CI 23% to 38%) increase in hair nicotine concentrations in non-smoking employees and with a 10% (2% to 19%) increase in smoking employees.
Conclusions Occupational exposure to secondhand smoke, assessed by air nicotine, resulted in elevated concentrations of hair nicotine among non-smoking and smoking bar and nightclub employees. The high levels of airborne nicotine found in bars and nightclubs and the contribution of this exposure to employee hair nicotine concentrations support the need for legislation measures that ensure complete protection from secondhand smoke in these venues.
tobacco smoke pollution
smoking-caused disease
national capacity building
environmental tobacco smoke
surveillance and monitoring
low/middle-income country
Funding This project was supported by a Clinical Investigator Award from the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI). MRJ and AN-A were also supported by the US National Cancer Institute (R03CA153959). MRJ was supported by the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Institutional Training from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (T32HL007024).
Ethics approval Johns Hopkins Bloomberg school of Public Health and within country ethic committees.
Data sharing statement Data from this study are available for reanalysis and for analysis of additional research questions through contact with the study authors.


"The new law meets the minimal NCAA requirements."
The National Collegiate Athletic Association announced on Tuesday that it will once again schedule championship games in North Carolina, given that the state repealed a key part of a law restricting LGBT rights.
The NCAA's board of governors said in a statement on Tuesday morning that North Carolina's new policy "restores the state to...a landscape similar to other jurisdictions presently hosting NCAA championships."
North Carolina's legislature last week repealed part of the 2016 law, known as HB2, that gained attention for banning many transgender people from restrooms that matched their gender identity in government facilities — making North Carolina the first state with such a policy, while drawing corporate boycotts and lawsuits.
However, a lesser-known provision of HB2 will continue to block local jurisdictions from enacting their own LGBT nondiscrimination ordinances until 2020.
By continuing to ban local nondiscrimination laws, the state's new policy only reinforces the state's position that discrimination would remain legal, activists said.
"As with most compromises, this new law is far from perfect," the NCAA said in its statement. "While the new law meets the minimal NCAA requirements, the board remains concerned that some may perceive North Carolina's moratorium against affording opportunities for communities to extend basic civil rights as a signal that discriminatory behavior is permitted and acceptable, which is inconsistent with the NCAA Bylaws."
However, the board continued, "this new law has minimally achieved a situation where we believe NCAA championships may be conducted in a nondiscriminatory environment. If we find that our expectations of a discrimination-free environment are not met, we will not hesitate to take necessary action at any time."
"In the end, a majority on the NCAA Board of Governors reluctantly voted to allow consideration of championship bids in North Carolina by our committees that are presently meeting. The NCAA championships previously awarded to North Carolina for 2017-18 will remain in the state. The board, however, directs that any site awarded a championship event in North Carolina or elsewhere be required to submit additional documentation demonstrating how student-athletes and fans will be protected from discrimination."


"I thought it was going to be a record score in the Premier League at half-time," the boss told ESPN and MUTV. "It was unbelievable. It was really bad defending and the worst we've been this season. We need to sort that out. Every time the ball came near our box you were just praying!
"We never competed for a cross, but in fairness to Reading they have great deliverers of the ball – [Nicky] Shorey whips in fantastic crosses. But we should have been doing better. We could have been battered today, but thankfully we are always scoring goals and that is rescuing us every time. Wayne [Rooney] was fantastic in the first half, as was Robin [van Persie] and Ashley Young. Ashley is right back to form and he gave them a really hard time.
"We brought Chris Smalling on which made a big difference in terms of height and defending their set pieces, though they didn't get as many in the second half.
"We should have finished the game off with some of the opportunities that we had and it should have been 5-3 at half-time when the ball was over the line from Robin's shot. In the first half, I said to myself that it would be a miracle if we win this one. I am just glad that we did.


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Miley Cyrus Says Head Injury as a Child May Be Responsible for Her 'Identity'
Emily Puckering
In her most recent interview, Miley Cyrus has claimed that a traumatic head injury as a small child may be responsible for "her identity."
Keep on reading to see what she had to say...
Miley Cyrus...
Perhaps the most unpredictable person in Hollywood?
Miley has cemented herself as a quirky individual, to say the least...
But now, she has spoken out about the thing that is perhaps responsible for her unconventional identity today.
Now, Miley first made an appearance on our screens as Hannah Montana on the popular Disney show.
The then thirteen-year-old starred alongside her country singer dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, in the hit show Hannah Montana, which debuted in 2006. The star played a grade-school student who lives a double life as an international pop star.
The series had a 4-year run...
Until much to fan's disappointment, filming stopped in late 2010.
Miley also starred in the film version of the show...
Just a year before the hit Disney show came to an end, the show took to the box office, seeing Cyrus star alongside her Hannah Montana cast in Hannah Montana: The Movie.
After becoming a teen sensation, the singer quickly showed signs that she wanted to move on from her teenage Disney persona.
Following her Disney stardom, the star featured in a Vanity Fair photo-shoot which some accused of being "provocative" - the first sign that the star was becoming restless in her Hannah Montana role. At the time, she issued an apology for the controversial shoot.
But she recently retracted her apology for the controversial Vanity shoot...
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In 2018, a decade on from the photo-shoot, the singer took to Twitter to say that she's no longer sorry about the shoot.
Following her Disney fame, the star has enjoyed a successful music career.
Miley released 2 albums while starring in Hannah Montana - producing several singles, including the popular 2009 hits "Party in the U.S.A.," and "The Climb".
In the same year that we waved goodbye to Hannah Montana, the star began her on-off relationship with Liam Hemsworth.
The 2 first met on the set of Nicholas Sparks's film, The Last Song, in 2009, where they starred opposite each other as love interests.
They were on and off for years...
And one of their longest break-up periods in 2013 brought on Miley's infamous Bangerz era. Who could forget?!
It was definitely clear from this era that Miley's Disney days were behind her...
Bangerz showed us a completely different side to the then twenty-one-year-old. As well as for her new hair cut and controversial music videos around this time, the star attracted headlines for her rebellious antics, too.
From smoking marijuana to getting tatted up, Miley was hot tabloid news...
And many dubbed her as just another Disney star who had gone off the rails.
There's no denying that she had gone off the rails...
And fans started to get seriously worried for the star following her around-the-clock antics.
In 2018, the unpredictable singer finally got back together with Liam...
But in typical Miley Cyrus fashion, it wasn't meant to be.
We all know how that ended.
They may have been one of Hollywood's most high profile couples, but just 8 months after tying the knot, the pair called it quits.
And as we all know...
Miley moved on very quickly to start dating old flame Cody Simpson.
Miley wasn't afraid of showing off her new, and very hot, romance...
And even though it was a clear dig at her now ex-husband, fans were living for it.
Miley claimed that she was "happier than ever" with Cody...
And even though it has been reported that the pair have called it quits after almost 2 years of dating, it seems that Miley is finally finding peace within herself.
The singer recently opened up about how she is currently 6 months sober.
Speaking with Variety, she explained that her new-found sobriety has come following some vocal surgery she had earlier in the year.
"It's really hard because especially being young, there's that stigma of 'you're no fun'. It's like, 'honey, you can call me a lot of things, but I know that I'm fun'. The thing that I love about it is waking up 100 percent... 100 percent of the time. I don't want to wake up feeling groggy. I want to wake up feeling ready."
The singer seems to be doing better than ever!
But in her latest interview, Miley opened up about a traumatic incident that could explain her "identity."
The star appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast earlier this week...
And whilst discussing things such as her recent surgery and her upcoming ventures, she decided to mention the time her dad, Billy Ray, dropped her as a baby.
She was just 2-years-old when the accident happened.
"It's bad," Miley began after Joe asked her to detail the incident. "My dad had me - this is really bad, but he can't go to jail, I don't think, because it's a long enough time away - He had me in a baby backpack and I was on a dirt bike with my dad. And he was riding and a tree had fallen and he ducked. I didn't and I hit my head on the tree."
Miley then went on to say that the incident explains "a lot."
"It was bad," she added. "So that's what's wrong. Everyone's asked me that for years. Maybe it knocked me into this identity or something. When I get really overwhelmed I also have a tendency when I know something's really stupid, I just gotta try it, to know that it's stupid. Which makes it stupid because I already knew about it."
Miley then joked:
"I've given him an award for worst dad ever." Ouch.
You can watch the full interview here:
And for more on Miley, keep on reading to see how different Liam Hemsworth is one year after their final break-up...