Pennie was introduced to the story by one of her mentors who became a dear friend, and we dedicate this version to her. In loving memory of Jeni, here is the Starfish Story as told by Jeni herself.
Then he saw clearly just what she was doing.
Not shells, he thought, starfish. He smiled to himself. Admirable, of course, to want to give the poor things a chance to be back in the ocean where they could thrive, but surely it was pointless in the face of the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of starfish littering the beach? Not a chance of making a difference to that number.
The star thrower looked up for a moment, almost as if she read his thoughts. She smiled. He smiled back, a little embarrassed, and carried on walking.
Days passed. He spent some time in the city, which he also loved, working. At first, he didn't think much about the star thrower as he strove to solve problems, meet demands. Somehow very little got solved and the demands seemed even greater than usual. He often felt like giving up. More and more, the image returned to him of the woman reaching down and throwing starfish in a smooth arc to where the sky and the sea and the sunlight joined.
By the end of his long week, the image was too insistent to ignore and he returned once more to that stretch of beach.
The star thrower was there. This time, he stood beside her and bent to reach for starfish. His cast made a precise arc in the bright, harsh sky and he thought to himself – well, we made a difference for that one.


ONB Bank will be participating once again in a food and fund drive for Channel One. You can drop off your donations at any ONB Bank location. The drive will be held from March 18th-April 1st 2019.
As always, non-perishable food items only.
Approximately 15% of the food that is distributed in Channel One's Supplemental Food Shelf comes from community food drives. Every $1 donated, allows Channel One Regional Food Bank to provide enough food for 4 meals.
ONB Bank offices will open at 8:30am, Monday, February 25, 2019. This will allow our staff to safely commute to work during this winter storm. We thank you for your patience and understanding.
We are excited to announce that we were able to raise $1,770 in 2017 with our Employee Jeans Day donations! Our staff has the option of wearing jeans on Fridays for $10/month. At the end of the year everyone nominates their favorite charities and a few are drawn to receive the proceeds. Through our staff's dedication to give back to our community, we were able to donate to 4 different charities this year.
Stop into ONB to open your new savings account today!
ONB is a proud sponsor of the YMCA LIVESTRONG Family Fun Run and Walk taking place on Saturday October 14, 2017. This event brings the community together to celebrate those who are living beyond cancer diagnosis and to remember those lost to cancer.
ONB Bank is providing this announcement as a courtesy for its customers and is in no way directly connected to this incident.
The information accessed primarily includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver's license numbers. In addition, credit card numbers for approximately 209,000 U.S. consumers, and certain dispute documents with personal identifying information for approximately 182,000 U.S. consumers, were accessed. As part of its investigation of this application vulnerability, Equifax also identified unauthorized access to limited personal information for certain UK and Canadian residents. Equifax will work with UK and Canadian regulators to determine appropriate next steps. The company has found no evidence that personal information of consumers in any other country has been impacted.
ONB Bank is a proud supporter of PossAbilities. PossAbilities will be hosting an event on Friday April 28th, 2017, Canadian Honker Events at Apache, Rochester. The fun starts at 5:30pm. Awesome appetizers, craft beer tasting, can't miss cuisine, wine sampling, wall of craft beer & wine, experts describing craft beer, silent & live auction. Take this opportunity to support PossAbilities and all the individuals that they serve. If you will be attending the event, check out our silent auction basket! For more information about the event, visit https://www.possabilities.org/story/events/.
Be vigilant in reviewing your financial statements and monitoring your transactions. Develop the good habit of monitoring your financial accounts (e.g. bank, credit card, retirement etc.) at least weekly through online, mobile, voice banking or the ATM.
Never leave your computer, tablet or mobile phone unattended when using any Internet banking, mobile banking or other financial services.
After you have completed your Internet or mobile banking session, it is good practice to log off to ensure that the session is completed.
It is also good practice to lock your computer or mobile device whenever you plan to leave it unattended.
Never use publicly available information to create your password. Examples to avoid are common names or phrases, birthdates, social security numbers, etc. And of course, it goes without saying that you should never reveal your password to anyone.
Change your passwords frequently. Establish a routine where you change your password every few weeks to reduce the risk of a compromised account.
Avoid using password managers. Even though they may be convenient, password managers create a habit of not changing your passwords regularly and therefore make it easy to forget your passwords over time.
Never click on links or applications that you receive in e-mail, as those are common ways viruses, malware and malicious software are installed. If you get an e-mail with links purporting to be from your financial institution, please visit your financial institution's main website through your browser or call your financial institution to verify legitimacy.
Keep your passwords/pin confidential. Under no circumstance will you be asked to provide it to your financial institution.
While using the Internet, verify use of a secure session ("https://" and not "http://") in your browser's address bar. This is your indication that the data being transmitted between your browser and your financial institution's systems is securely encrypted.
Install anti-virus and anti-malware software. There are many good applications available for both your computer and your mobile device. Some are even free. Also, remember to keep these products updated regularly so they can be most effective.
If you have a mobile device such as a Smart phone or tablet, ensure that you install software capable of remotely wiping the device should it get stolen or lost.
The minute you suspect that your device is lost or stolen, notify your mobile carrier and suspend your service.
Install mobile software only from the Android Market or the Apple App Store and never a 3rd party site. Android users should read the permissions requested by the application carefully and determine whether the permissions coincide with the alleged function of the application.
Do not "jailbreak" your iPhone or "root" your Android to avoid unintentionally opening "backdoors" for malicious software.
Turn off wireless device services such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS when they are not being used.
Avoid using unsecured public wireless connections. If you must, then use VPN software to provide a secure "tunnel" within which to work.
Be aware of the types of information that you post to social networking sites. Ensure you know who your "friends" are on such sites and do not accept "friend" requests from unverified parties. Statistics show that users of such sites experience a higher incidence of fraud. Use privacy settings on social networking sites to control who is able to access your personal information.
If your Internet and mobile banking service has extensive alerts available for your use, be sure to take advantage of these alerts. Once you set up the alerts you need, your financial institution's systems will notify you of activity on your accounts.
Checks and your financial statements all have your private financial information on them. Request electronic statements and use online bill pay whenever possible to reduce the paper trail and the risk of your account information being compromised.
If you suspect fraudulent activity or have doubts about the authenticity of a site or communication you have received via any medium, please call your financial institution at 507-280-0621 or 507-280-0028.
Protecting your identity and personal information consists of constant monitoring and an understanding of how the electronics you use on a daily basis operate. This article talks specifically about Mobile Apps. What is a mobile app? What types of data can apps access? Could an app infect my phone with malware? To learn more please visit https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0018-understanding-mobile-apps.
ONB is a proud supporter of Next Chapter Ministries. Next Chapter Ministries is hosting their Annual Restoration Celebration on March 17, 2017 at the Rochester International Event Center. For more information on what Next Chapter Ministries does and how to get your tickets to this event, please visit http://nextchapterrochester.org/.
Stop in to speak with a Personal Banker today for more information on ONB Savings Accounts.
ONB is a proud sponsor of the Rochester Area Sports Banquet, hosted by Rochester Amateur Sports Commission. The banquet takes place on January 30, 2017 at the Mayo Civic Center – Exhibit Hall. Silent auction proceeds will benefit Bolder Options.
ONB Bank will be closed on Monday January 16th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We will resume regular hours on Tuesday January 17th.
We are excited to announce that we were able to raise $1,510 in 2016 with our Employee Jeans Day donations! Our staff has the option of wearing jeans on Fridays for $10/month. At the end of the year everyone nominates their favorite charities and a few are drawn to receive the proceeds. Through our staff's dedication to give back to our community, we were able to donate to 3 different charities this year.
ONB Bank will be closed on Monday January 2nd in observance of New Year's Day. We will resume regular hours on Tuesday January 3rd. We wish you a Safe and Happy New Year!
There have been a few recent changes to our website. We now have a Business Banking Online feature. With the Business Banking Online feature you can setup administrator control over who can access your account. You control what your bookkeepers, employees, CPA, etc. can access. You can also create your own ACH batches for payroll, making payments, accepting payments from customers and more. Wire Transfers can also be requested securely. Please call to set up a time to come in and get your business switched over to the new Business Banking Online. If you are a business currently using online banking and haven't made the switch yet, you will need to log into your accounts using the Personal Banking Link.
ONB Bank proudly supports Rochester Community Housing Partnership. Rochester Community Housing Partnership (CHP,) a non-profit, has a mission of educating, collaborating and advocating to provide affordable housing in southeast Minnesota. The pre-purchase counseling offers new homeowners the ability to review their current financial situation and find a mortgage product that will best meet their needs in obtaining a home.
Home Buyer education gives a new homeowner a better understanding of the process of buying a home. The goal of home buyer education is to prepare the buyer for Obtainable, Maintainable, and Sustainable homeownership.
Homeowners counseling-foreclosure counseling walks people through the opportunities of staying in their home when their financial picture is or has changed.
To learn more about Rochester Community Housing Partnership, check our their website rochp.org.
Once you are ready to take the next step, stop into our ONB Main Office to see Josh Buckmeier for all your Real Estate Lending needs.
The IRS has announced that the longstanding interpretation of the one-rollover-per-year rule will be changing effective January 1, 2015. Historically, the understanding has been that this rule applies to each IRA an individual owns. However, beginning "as early as January 1, 2015", according to the IRS website announcement, "you can make only one rollover from an IRA to another (or the same) IRA in any 12 month period, regardless of the number of IRAs you own". For more details, see the IRS announcement on their website: http://www.irs.gov/Retirement-Plans/IRA-One-Rollover-Per-Year-Rule.
Important Notice: Unauthorized access to payment card data at Supervalu Grocery Stores (Cub Foods).
A data breach at Supervalu may have impacted as many as 200 of its grocery and liquor stores and potentially affected retail chains recently sold by the company in two dozen states, including Cub Foods. The breach occurred between June 22nd and July 17th.
The information theft included customer name, credit or debit card number, the card's expiration date and CVV (the three-digit security code).
MasterCard provided ONB Bank with a list of debit cards that may be at risk and if your name appears on any list you will receive a personal phone call from the bank to discuss your options.
As always, please review your statements for unusual transactions. If you suspect fraud, please contact ONB Bank immediately at (507)-280-0621.
On July 29, 2014, Google announced that Android® devices could be left open to attack from malicious apps that appear to come from legitimate developers, due to a flaw in Google's mobile software. The flaw has been named "Fake ID" by security company Bluebox Labs, which discovered it.
Fake ID has been resident in Android® from version 2.1 to 4.4. Apparently, Google issued a fix in April as part of the latest update, Android® 4.4, also known as KitKat 4.4. If you have not upgraded your device to this version of their operating system, your mobile device could still be at risk. You can easily verify your software version by going to Settings>About Phone and looking for the Android software version installed.
We make no recommendation of any third party security products. However, you may wish to review and determine if such services are appropriate for your individual needs.
We recommend that you upgrade all of your Android® device operating systems to version 4.4 or higher. We also recommend that all of our mobile banking clients update their operating systems as soon as possible after being prompted by the device to ensure a safe and secure mobile banking experience.
We have added a new feature to ONB Mobile App, Mobile Billpay!! Whether you're at home, work, or on the go, use the ONB Mobile App on your smart phone or tablet to pay bills when it's convenient for you. Bounce back and forth between the Online Banking and Mobile App versions seamlessly. They're synced for accuracy and convenience. That's important!
For current ONB Mobile App users, just download the update from the App Store on your mobile device and start using this convenient service!


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Bach Trios
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Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chris Thile (mandolin), Edgar Meyer (double bass)
[ Nonesuch / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 20 July 2017
Should this item be out of stock at the time of your order, we would expect to be able to supply it to you within 2 - 4 weeks.
Nonesuch Records releases an album of Bach works recorded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, mandolinist Chris Thile, and bassist Edgar Meyer, Bach Trios. The album comprises works by J.S. Bach written for keyboard instruments, plus one sonata for viola da gamba.
Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer's first recording together was the 1996 album Appalachia Waltz, which also featured fiddler Mark O'Connor; that album was followed by Appalachian Journey, also with O'Connor, in 2000. Meyer and Thile also began playing together nearly two decades ago, and first performed live as a duo in 2003. They have made two duo albums, 2008's Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile and the Grammy-winning 2014 record Bass & Mandolin.
Thile then joined Meyer on Ma's 2008 holiday album, Songs of Joy and Peace, before the trio reunited, along with Stuart Duncan, for The Goat Rodeo Sessions, an album of original tunes drawing from the musicians' backgrounds in bluegrass, classical, and American roots music.
As Ma told Billboard at that time: "How often do you work with people who are master virtuosos and also master improvisers and composers, who know at least two musical traditions unbelievably well?" He continued, "It's just extraordinary when you have people who can actually show on their instruments what they're thinking at any moment, without a delay. As soon as you think it, it gets transferred in your neuromusculature immediately into sound."
The New York Times said of Yo-Yo Ma, who is considered one of today's foremost interpreters of Bach, 'Other cellists hear Bach's suites the same as Mr. Ma, but few if any have the technical means to transfer their imaginings so precisely into sound.' Ma maintains a balance between his engagements as soloist with orchestras worldwide and his recital and chamber music activities. His discography includes more than one hundred albums, eighteen of which have won Grammy Awards. Ma also serves as the Artistic Director of Silkroad, an organization he founded to promote cross-cultural performance and collaborations. More than eighty works have been commissioned specifically for the Silk Road Ensemble, which tours annually. Ma also serves as the Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Negaunee Music Institute and in 2016 was appointed Artistic Advisor to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
"A winning combination in the hands of virtuosos Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile. Despite musical backgrounds that are poles apart, their previous collaborations [testify] to an exhilarating meeting of minds…Thile and Meyer, with their backgrounds in bluegrass and American roots music, bring an appealing swing and spontaneity to the Bach…Ma draws a glorious palette of sounds from his cello, which sings and weeps and whispers" Five Stars BBC Music Instrumental Choice July 2017
"It took a few tracks to get used to the clipped, precise sound of the mandolin, at times evoking lute or harpsichord, but by the time these three fine musicians tackled the Fugue No 20 in A minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2, I was convinced." The Observer
Trio Sonata No. 6 in G major, BWV530
Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 19 in A major, BWV864: Prelude
Chorale Prelude BWV645 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'
Prelude & Fugue Book 2 No. 20, BWV889: Fugue
Chorale Prelude BWV639 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ'
Prelude & Fugue in E minor, BWV548 'Wedge'
Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV829: VI. Passepied
Chorale Prelude BWV650 'Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter'
The Art of Fugue, BWV1080: Contrapunctus XIIIa a 3 (rectus)
The Art of Fugue, BWV1080: Contrapunctus XIIIb a 3 (inversus)
Chorale Prelude BWV721 'Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott'
Viola da Gamba Sonata No. 3 in G minor, BWV1029
Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
Songs For Bubbas 3
Remember me, my dear

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Early Childhood Education Journal
March 2010 , Volume 37, Issue 5, pp 335–343 | Cite as
Missing the Boat with Technology Usage in Early Childhood Settings: A 21st Century View of Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Howard P. Parette
Amanda C. Quesenberry
Craig Blum
First Online: 11 November 2009
Technology use permeates virtually all aspects of twenty-first century society, though its integration in early childhood settings and recognition as a developmentally appropriate practice remains problematic. A position is taken that education professionals may be 'missing the boat' by not embracing technology usage as a developmentally appropriate practice. Concerns are presented that both preservice education and inservice professional development require substantial improvement if early childhood education professionals are to both recognize the role of technology in developmentally appropriate practice and develop skills in using it in classroom settings.
Technology Developmentally appropriate practice Preservice education Professional development
This article is supported in part through a grant funded by the Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation.
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Ever Preordered Pot Online? You Can Thank This Bend-Based Company
Dutchie has its sights set on becoming the Shopify for weed.
By Michelle Harris February 2, 2022
Bend-based Dutchie is powering online shopping for cannabis stores nationwide.
Image: Courtesy of Dutchie
Ross Lipson arrived in Bend at the tail-end of an aimless romp across the Pacific Northwest. It was 2011, he was in his mid-twenties, and had just sold the online food ordering business he'd cofounded for around $30 million.
His days were spent snowboarding, drifting from one mountain to the next, until he landed at Mount Bachelor and fell in love with the Central Oregon city.
Lipson's timing was impeccable: On October 1, 2015, Oregon became one of the first states to legally sell recreational marijuana to anyone 21 and older. While waiting in line alongside scores of other people just to buy a little weed that day, he had an idea: what if you could simply order it online?
Ross and Zach Lipson, the co-founders of Bend-based Dutchie.
The model would be similar to his former online food business, only this time people would be requesting buds rather than fries. Lipson mentioned the new business idea to his brother Zach, and in 2017, after a few years in development, the brothers launched Dutchie, a software platform that allows customers to order cannabis online. It's now the rarest of things, an Oregon-based so-called "unicorn," which means a privately-owned tech start-up with a value of over $1 billion.
Early investors include the likes of rapper Snoop Dogg, basketball player Kevin Durant, and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz; among others, they've poured in millions of dollars to help finance the company. Still headquartered in Bend, Dutchie now works with over 5,000 dispensaries across the United States and Canada and has around 600 employees who work remotely from various locales.
"We currently process roughly $14 billion a year in cannabis transactions. It's been a fun and wild ride in the last four and a half years. We've grown up pretty quickly, but it's fun to say that we feel like we haven't scratched the surface and we have a really long way to go," says Lipson.
The company takes its name from the 1982 song "Pass the Dutchie" by British-Jamaican band Musical Youth. Its well-chronicled goal: To become as ubiquitous for online pot shopping as Shopify and Square are for online ordering of everything from clothes to food. Profiled in publications such as Forbes and The Wall Street Journal, Dutchie has raked in its fair share of national attention.
The national notice and the unicorn status are well-deserved and something of an anomaly for Oregon—with a little right-place-right-time luck thrown in too, says Rick Turoczy, the co-founder and manager of the Portland Incubator Experiment, which helps start-ups get off the ground.
"Dutchie is a perfect storm in the most positive sense, in that we've got kind of all this hype around cannabis in the state and people focusing on that industry. You have something in my opinion that's very cultural to Oregon," Turoczy says. "We've seen a few other tech companies either flirting with or achieving that [unicorn] status. I think the unique thing about Dutchie locally is really how quickly it happened. Most of the companies that are getting up to that valuation have been at it for a while or trying to get there. They timed the market exactly right, and they're demonstrating that value because of that timing."
Dispensaries can purchase a monthly subscription of Dutchie's software products, which according to Lipson, focus on point-of-sale, e-commerce, and payments. And while the payment transactions for cannabis are still mainly conducted via cash due to federal restrictions, the company has recently rolled out its own payment scheme called Dutchie Pay. "Dutchie Pay is a closed loop ACH [Automated Clearing House] solution. It's the first fully compliant and very safe payment solution that's fully integrated into the cannabis space," Lipson says.
Cannabis is a growth market: In Oregon, pot sales were up 6.5 percent in 2021, and with new rules passed by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission on December 28, 2021, customers can now purchase two ounces of weed in a single transaction, double the previous limit.
However, the industry is still in its infancy. Weed is illegal at the federal level, so selling and delivering cannabis remains untouched by other online shopping giants like Square or PayPal, which has conveniently provided a window for Dutchie to experiment and keep building its cannabis ordering platform—for 2022, the company has allotted over $100 million towards research and development.
At the moment, recreational marijuana is legal in 18 states and all of Canada. If Congressman Earl Blumenauer, D-Portland, has his way, the other 32 states will soon follow suit. A proponent of federally legalizing marijuana, Blumenauer strongly supports the SAFE Banking Act, which means cannabis businesses would no longer be limited to operating on a strictly cash basis—theoretically, paving the way for Shopify and other online shopping behemoths to move into Dutchie's territory.
Lipson says he's not afraid of the competition that federal legalization would bring: "We would love that. Our mission is to create safe and easy access for cannabis, and we don't need to do it all ourselves."
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Riddiough Surname Ancestry Results
Our indexes 1000-1999 include entries for the spelling 'riddiough'. In the period you have requested, we have the following 28 records (displaying 1 to 10):
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Masters of apprentices registered in Liverpool (1757)
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. There are central registers for collections of the stamp duty in London, as well as returns from collectors in the provinces. These collectors generally received duty just from their own county, but sometimes from further afield. The indentures themselves can date from a year or two earlier than this return. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Liverpool return. Each entry has two scans, the other being the facing page with the details of the indenture, length of service, and payment of duty.) IR 1/52
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Masters of apprentices registered in Lancashire (1771)
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. There are central registers for collections of the stamp duty in London, as well as returns from collectors in the provinces. These collectors generally received duty just from their own county, but sometimes from further afield. The indentures themselves can date from a year or two earlier than this return. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Durham return. Each entry has two scans, the other being the facing page with the details of the indenture, length of service, and payment of duty.) IR 1/57
Masters of clerks and apprentices (1778)
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 2 January to 25 August 1778. IR 1/29
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. There are central registers for collections of the stamp duty in London, as well as returns from collectors in the provinces. These collectors generally received duty just from their own county, but sometimes from further afield. The indentures themselves can date from a year or two earlier than this return. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Bristol return. Each entry has two scans, the other being the facing page with the details of the indenture, length of service, and payment of duty.) IR 1/67
Inhabitants of Liverpool (1790-1797)
The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Hull). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797.
Inhabitants of Ormskirk in Lancashire (1790-1797)
The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Nottingham). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797.
Bankrupts (1808-1810)
William Smith's abstracts of bankruptcies for England and Wales from 1 January 1808 to 1 August 1810. Bankruptcy causes abrupt changes in people's lives, and is often the reason for someone appearing suddenly in a different location or in a different occupation.
Marriages in Lancashire (1822)
The Monthly Magazine or British Register included a section each month called, enthusiastically, 'Provincial Occurrences, With all the Marriages and Deaths'. These are the marriages listed in the 53rd volume, 1 February to 1 July 1822, from Lancashire.
Brewers in the West Riding of Yorkshire (1874)
Henry Downes Miles compiled this London and Suburban Licensed Victuallers', Hotel and Tavern Keepers' Directory, which also had sections listings brewers, maltsters, hop factors, distillers and rectifiers of the United Kingdom.
Trainee Schoolmasters at Borough Road (1875)
The Education Department set examinations of trainee teachers at the various training colleges in Britain. This is the class list of the men who took examinations at Borough Road Teacher Training College at Christmas 1875. The names are given for the second year first, arranged by division in the examination (in order of merit for the first and second divisions), and then for the students of the first year, arranged similarly. Full names are given (with initials for middle names). The letter (D.) indicates that the candidate had obtained a certificate of competency as a teacher of drawing. (The sample scan is from a general class list for schoolmistresses)


We talked with Urs Wehrli of www.floaters.ch to get his advice and thoughts on float trip fishing. Urs has been organizing and planning his own Alaska float trips for the past 8 years. Despite living in Switzerland he has managed to do 9 Alaska Float Fishing Trips over the past 8 years and he shares his experiences and advice on his website Floaters.ch. He also makes some fantastic videos of his Alaska Float Trips and even had his 2011 Karluk River Float Trip Video shown at the Kodiak Film Festival. We asked him about some of his best tips & experiences below.
Why did you prefer to do float trips on your own?
I like to be on my own with my buddies out there. I like to discover the nature on my own, to feel it 24 hours that days out there. What was it for a great feeling, to meet the first time a bear face to face or sitting next to a bald eagle which was eating his catch. And nobody was whispering in my ear, what I have to do. I had to handle the situations all on my own and was impressed to see, that I was doing the right things, automatically. That showed me, that we still didn't forget how to move on our own in the wild. Every time by flying back home, you have a ton of self-confidence and you are satisfied like not many other times in your life. I guess we are drawn to the feeling what you get when you sail around the world, climb on the top of the Matterhorn, or walk through the Death Valley, etc. For each task you're doing, you get a direct feedback. If you have put up your tent sloppy, you know it the next morning, when your sleeping bag is wet. If you forgot to close the food-box, you will hear the bears having party with your food all night long and you will eat from now on only fish (if you catch some...).
How long is your average float trip?
Do you map out your trip in detail so that you know about where you will stop each night?
I map out the river in the planning phase to detect critical passages. Google Earth helps a lot, but topo maps gives you the best picture. That helps by the decision which kind of raft we have to take. And I can see, if there are a lot of huge bends which slows water down or passages where it is probably really slow flowing water, like a lake. If you have wind against you on such passages over several miles, you have to plan one or two days extra or you have to organize an outside board motor for the raft. In the worst case, I would switch to another river, based on the details from the map. By my first floats, I had a GPS on me, which helped me to locate us on a topographical map. You need to know, how much distance you have done and how much you still have to do, for planning the next days. If you see, you are in good shape, you can stay another night at the same phenomenal pool. But if you see, you are days behind your plan, you will paddle through the next nights. The Airtaxi will come exactly at the day, you told him. If you are there or not, it's not the problem of the Pilot. A few years ago, I found in the Appstore two really helpful Apps, called Topo Maps and TopoPoint. In both apps you can download at home via WiFi the Topomap on your Iphone, as a local copy (download both, just as backup, if one is not working). The maps are the official topographical maps from U.S.Geological Survey and are for free use in the apps, scale is mostly 1:63,360. If you have downloaded the right map, you can locate yourself at the river and the App shows you where exactly you are on the topo-map, how much distance you have done since the last location and how much distance is to do. You don't need any Mobile-Signal - GPS Locator is included in the most Smartphones.
How do you choose each float trip location so that you know you will have a good fishing experience on a river that is good for float trips?
First of all you have to decide which kind of fish is your target. And you have to know, on a float-trip it is impossible to freeze salmon for taking home and keep it frozen for many days. If you want to keep salmon, catch them in the last miles of the river. You have to catch the salmon at the last 2-3 days of the float and you can cool the fish in the river. The most stress-less fishing is, if you don't plan to take fish out of the river. Go after the float a few days onto the Kenai Peninsula and catch Salmon and Halibut there. You will have there a great fishing, fish processing from the pro's and you can enjoy the float trip without thinking about your catch-rates during the time on the river. For choosing the right river, you need a portion of luck and a good feeling by doing research in google. Most people go too early on a river for a specific kind of salmon. I'm doing an example: you read on the website from a lodge, which is located on the river or next to it, that the best fishing for silvers is in last week of August. You check the fish counts from Alaska Department of Fish & Game from that river you see there the same, but the next week are still fish coming into the river. So you think you have to be the last week of August on the river, if you want to catch Cohos. That's completely wrong! The lodges are mostly located in the last third part of the river and they fish from there a few miles up and down the river. The Count Stations from Alaska Department of Fish & Game are as well down where the river drops into the ocean. As you know, salmons rises up the river, what means the week later, the Cohos are further up the river. And what is also not written on the lodges website: they shot down the operation the first of September. In this case, I would plan to start the float somewhere 3rd of September. At this time I will be alone on the river, and will have cohos from the first river miles on. And if I decided not to take fish from the river for processing, I'll be completely relaxed, if I don't catch the last days fresh cohos. But what's for sure: if the Cohos started late to get in to the river, I'm still at the right time on the river.
What was your worst/most difficult float trip experience?
There is not really a bad moment. I made a few mistakes by choosing not the right persons on a float (you will get to know your friends from new). Since then, I know what the guides has a hard job. Bad weather or fishing over several days can press down the general humor and the mood of the group. Therefore you need people on the group, which can motivate each other and are willing to be flexible. They have to change perhaps their fishing methods to catch other species of fish. With the wrong people, you can get into a bad feeling for the whole group and that we have at home on work enough - you're here on holidays, you booked outdoor, so shut up and enjoy whatever you get!!
Did you have to get any permits to do your Alaska float trips?
You need just the official fishing license from the State of Alaska. And a King-Stamp, if you want catch Kings/Chinooks. Some rivers, or part of it, are under control from native cooperations, and you need a land permit to get out of the river and walk on the ground. The local Airtaxi-Operator knows that all and will tell you, where you can get them.
What species of fish did you catch while in Alaska?
Depending to the time of the year, you can catch all five species of Pacific Salmon. May/June/July you can catch Kings, Sockeyes. Later you will catch Pinks, Chums and Cohos. Early or late in the year, you can catch Steelheads. Rainbow, Graylings, Dolly Varden/Arctic Chars and Lake Trouts you can catch during the whole year. In some rivers/lakes you can catch Northern Pike, Pearch, Namyacush and Sheefish. In brackish water, sometimes you catch with your fly a small halibut.
How did you get to the starting point of your float trip in Alaska and who picked you up at the end?
I arranged a bush-pilot to drop us of and then pick us up at a pre-arranged place & date/time.
Starting point is mostly a lake where the Airplane can land on it. Pickup is mostly a big large bend, a lagoon or direct by the river delta into the ocean. The Pilot will give you the coordinates where he will put you out and pick you up. He also can give you also a lot more informations from the river you want to float. Most Airtaxi-Operators will give you actual informations about the salmon-run, weather, river conditions and advise you of an alternate option in case of bad situations.
How do you transport all of your gear while traveling internationally?
As a European, it is hard to bring my own boat or campingstuff with me. In Anchorage, there are several outfitters, where you can rent all the gear you need. My outfitter offers additionally to buy and pack the food previously, following our shopping list. Before we arrive in Anchorage, all the gear and food is already sent via cheap cargo to the Airtaxi-Operator. When we arrive in Anchorage from Europe, we stay mostly one night in Anchorage, buy at this day fresh food like bread, meat, fruits, fishing tackle and take that all in our luggage on us to the Airtaxi the next day. By coming back from the float, we send the Camp- and Boatgear again as Cargo back to Anchorage.
Have you ever had an injury or emergency while on a float trip?
Fortunately not. Everybody which is coming with me, knows, that he has to watch his self. I tell the guys every time before we start the float: "keep an eye on your self and the buddy next to you! Each time before you jump from rock to rock or out of the raft or using a knife, or holding a gun or walking in to the woods, think about your plan and your next step! I can't drive you quickly to the next hospital where they fix you, while your wife holds your hand and tells you "good boy!". If you get injured, we have to improvise, till at least we floated down the river to the pickup point. Last time we had a satphone with us, because we were only two persons in the group. If one of us breaks a leg or an arm, we were been really screwed and we would be happy, if we could do an emergency call. But normally when we are at least 3 people, we don't have a sat phone on us.
Meet them as your friends and be happy, if you can get their acquaintance. They are so impressive animals. Just sit down and watch them. You will forget the fishing, the river, the weather, everything around you - you will just enjoy their presence and their respect to you. If you are walking in unclear terrain, let the bears know, that you are here. Sing, speak loud. As soon you have seen a bear, you can decide what to do. Depending on his reaction about your presence. If he is doing that what he was doing before, fishing for example, you can sit down and watch him. If the bears gets interested in you, show him, that this would be a bad idea. Scream at him, throw a stone at him and make you big by holding your arms in the air. The bear will stop and turn back. At that moment, you slowly go back from where you came. If you meet bears on the river, while you're floating, jump out of the boat and take a break. Let the bears know that you're here and walk slowly down river. The bears will step back and let you pass.
What was your best day of fishing on a float trip?
I don't have a best day but one of the stories which we tell us each time we are sitting in a float plane, flying to the drop off point, is following one: As we flew to the Karluk in 2009 the first time, the pilot followed the river upstream. We were three persons. One of us was really afraid and nervous about the bears on the River. As we were flying following the river, he loudly let us know, that he can see several bears fishing in the river. The other guy and me calmed him down and told him, that he misinterpreted the big brown stones in the river. No wonder, he didn't carried his glasses! He calmed down, but my friend and I knew: we will have a problem; the river under us was full of bears. After we landed, we walked to the outlet of the Karluk Lake and there were around 10 bears fishing in the river. The guy freaked out: "how will we float down the river with the raft? Doing Slalom through them, or what?". But we saw the next day, that the bears stepped out of the water, as soon we came with the raft and waited till we have passed them. After passing them, they stepped back in the river and started from new their job. Since then applies: every bear is primary a big brown stone, till he moves.
Hard to say by all that fish but for sure some of the Kings on the fly running behind them, while the backing of your flyline rips off your hand, I will never forget. Or that grayling in a slow bend of the river, which rised up on my dryfly in the midnight sun. Or that small rainbow trout, which is chasing the mouse several times, but the mouse was too big for this tiny buddy. You will earn so much memories, you will be overwhelmed the first days with impressions, feelings, moments.
Which was your favorite float trip?
Same like the catches - hard to say. Each river had his own character and was an adventure on its own. I floated two times the Karluk River on Kodiak, Starting October. That was a complete new experience because of the bears and the cold weather. We had from the first miles permanently bears around us. Sometimes, there where ten bears fishing with us at the same spot. During a day, by floating down the river, we met over twenty bears at the same day. During the nights we had 14 grad Fahrenheit. In the morning, we had to thaw first the toothpaste in the underpants (which wakes you really up!) and put the waders and shoes into the river, because they were completely frozen. During the nights we could hear the bears walking around our tents and sniffing at our stuff. We never had a problem with them. They were curious, but never aggressive. Every time very respectfull, as we were with them. Keep the comfort distance for the bear and you, and you will never have a problem with a bear. That was really an awesome experience. On top we caught per day 10-20 Steelheads and Monster-Cohos in the Karluk - that was heaven on earth, done by myself J. But I will also never forget the Cohos on the Kanektok River, which was catchable with Surface-Streamer (Wigglers). That was top! Every float, every river, every fish is unique and gives you a lifetime memory.
One last thing: without my wife, I couldn't do and enjoy such trips. She is taking care the whole time of the kids, manages all the stuff at home and supports me before, during and after such a trip with her patience, strength and love. This keeps the horizon free for enjoying without any bad feelings such an adventure!
Urs lives loves to fly fish and is from Bern, Switzerland. Over the years done many self-planned Alaska float trips with his friends and shares his experiences and advice on his website www.floaters.ch. Urs also has some fantastic videos of his Alaska Float Trips on his Youtube Channel.


Despite the recession, the 2009 Dublin Irish Festival increased its attendance and revenue.
The city's communications department had good news for Dublin City Council members last week when they reviewed the annual report.
The 2009 event -- held July 31 to Aug. 2 -- drew a record-breaking crowd of 102,400 to Coffman Park.
Alison LeRoy, events administrator, said a goal of the 2009 festival was to increase attendance on Friday and Sunday by offering free tickets to corporate residents and free admission with a canned good on Sunday morning.
Attendance was up by 34 percent on Friday, and Sunday's attendance also saw a 19 percent increase.
Saturday, the busiest day, saw a decrease of 4-percent in attendance, LeRoy said.
With attendance up, LeRoy said the Irish festival also saw a 10-percent increase in revenue from last year.
The city's gross revenue from beverage sales was $696,688 and the net revenue was $443,396.
"We really are making a good profit on beverages," LeRoy said.
This year's event offered different types of beer, soda, water and a whiskey tasting, which LeRoy said could be credited with the increase in profit.
"We contribute the increase (in beverage revenue) to the increase in offerings," she said. "There was an increase of 9-percent this year."
Sponsorships also did well; LeRoy said there was a 15-percent increase in cash sponsorship.
Despite better attendance and revenues, LeRoy said city staff members have been working to keep costs level.
The lion's share of Dublin Irish Festival costs go to professional services that include the entertainment, stages, sound, lighting, tents, tables and chairs. According to the annual Irish festival report, $1-million of the $1.4-million in expenditures went into professional services this year.
Other costs include communications, advertising, printing and volunteer services. All saw decreases in 2009.
With $1.4-million in expenditures and more than 100,000 visitors, LeRoy said the festival brought an estimated $6.22-million to central Ohio. The Dublin Convention and Visitors Bureau reported 1,830 room nights were brought in by the festival, a 3-percent increase over last year.
"(The festival) is the second largest room-night producer of the year," LeRoy said.
Revenues did not pass over local nonprofit organizations; LeRoy reported that more than $100,000 was earned by local groups through the Sharing O' the Green program.
LeRoy said there is a waiting list for groups to staff beverage booths. In 2009, volunteer groups earned $92,000 by working at beverage booths.
A few council members were worried that all local groups were not getting a shot at the beverage booths and asked LeRoy to look into a way to rotate the groups or offer more groups a chance to raise money at the Irish festival.


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Is there a way to assign a cell to a missing value? Because I want to do a table to array conversion, and the existing of NaN keeps giving me error like "Cannot concatenate the table variables 'Var40' and 'Var39', because their types are double and cell".

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The Triumph Vitesse was launched in May 1962 in both saloon and convertible versions. It was based on the successful Triumph Herald that had been introduced in 1959 and shared many of it components including the chassis and very stylish Michelotti bodywork. For the Vitesse this bodywork now featured a reworked front end, accommodating the twin headlamp arrangement that gave origin to the distinctive slant eyed look that makes the car so instantly recognisable. Unlike the Herald's small 4-cylinder engine, the Vitesse was fitted with a six-cylinder 1600cc unit that gave the Vitesse a level of performance that would surprise or even embarrass owners of some sports cars of the time.
The interior of the car was again very similar to the Herald but benefited from some additions such as wood veneer door cappings. Like the Herald, the Vitesse also underwent some styling changes and mechanical improvements throughout its production run. In 1963 the chassis was strengthened, and in 1964 a rev counter became standard fitment along with a temperature gauge. 1966 saw the Vitesse gain some extra capacity in the form of a 2 litre engine giving the car a useful increase in power and torque. The final version of the Vitesse, the Mk 2 arrived in 1968. This boasted a new front grille, redesigned fascia, more engine power and revised rear suspension. The Triumph Vitesse was discontinued in 1971.


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Le Palazzo Spinelli di Fuscaldo est un palais de Naples, situé via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli dans le quartier San Lorenzo et contigu au Palazzo Castriota.

Histoire et description
Ce palais monumental fut la résidence des Castriota, marquis d'Atripalda, et au  siècle appartint à la famille Marciani: c'est ainsi qu'il fut occupé pendant la période de la République napolitaine (1647) par Masaniello et d'autres, car les Marciani étaient juges de la Vicaria.

Au , il passe à la famille Spinelli di Fuscaldo, dont l'un des membres, Giuseppe Spinelli, devint cardinal et archevêque de Naples.
Le palais vit alors une période de splendeur artistique et culturelle, suivi d'une période de décadence qui dure pendant tout le XIXe siècle. En 1890, le piano nobile (étage noble) est vendu au notaire Tavassi, puis les autres étages sont vendus par appartements.

En 1938, l'immeuble a été classé comme monument d'intérêt historique et en 1942 il est acheté par Achille Lauro qui s'en servit pour y installer les bureaux de la police militaire et de la Chambre du travail. Dans les années 1970, il fut incorporé à l'université Frédéric II pour sa faculté de médecine.

L'édifice est constitué d'un rez-de-chaussée, qui comprenait autrefois les écuries, et de trois étages. Une loggia avec colonnade et arcs donne sur une cour d'honneur de plan rectangulaire et conduit au jardin. L'intérieur du palais possède des fresques de Pietro Bardellino et de Giuseppe Cammarano.

C'est ici que naquit Gaetano Azzariti (1881-1961) qui fut président de la cour constitutionnelle.

Notes et références

Bibliographie

Liens internes
Liste des palais de la ville de Naples
Palazzo Spinelli di Laurino

Source de la traduction

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With its wonderful location on Sunset Hill in the Four Seasons Resort in Nevis, the four-bedroom Villa Neptune promises amazing scenery from every room or living space. A charming and appealing property, it features a stunning array of onsite luxuries and amenities. However, as part of a famous resort, it boasts an astonishing number of privileges too.
As a premier destination, the Four Seasons Nevis provides guests with an unprecedented array of services and amenities. This include the three infinity edge pools, the cabana-style beach houses sitting along the sugary sands at Pinney's Beach, water sports, access to the 24-hour fitness center, use of the Peter Burwash International Tennis facility, use of the Robert Trent Jones II golf course, the special Kids for All Seasons programs, the full-services of the salon and spa, and much more.
Of course, many visitors to this two-story gem find it hard to tear themselves away from the beautifully designed and decorated living spaces. The exterior, with its sunny yellow hue and appealing white gingerbread molding easily integrates a bit of old world charm with darkly stained doors and shutters, creating a remarkable atmosphere throughout. The gardens surrounding the property ensure privacy, but do not impede the views, and you will enjoy them from the pool terrace as well as the interiors.
The pool is an infinity-edge design that is wrapped by the terrace. Furnished as a sun deck, it has palms and sculptural accents. The ground floor is comprised of the two master bedroom suites that open to the terrace in addition to a main level lounge. Above, the great room opens to another terrace and features high ceilings and modern décor that includes a stylish living room, trendy dining area, and wonderful gourmet kitchen. All four of the bedrooms in Villa Neptune are luxury retreats with private baths, king beds, balconies or terraces, and all that is needed to enjoy an unforgettable holiday.
Bedroom 1&2: Ground floor master bedroom with a king-size bed, double doors to the porch, Flat-screen TV, DVD, walk-in closet and en-suite bathroom with bathtub, shower, vanity and wc. 2 guests maximum.
Bedroom 3: Upper floor bedroom with a king-size bed, flat-screen TV, double doors to the porch, walk-in closet and shared en-suite bathroom with shower, vanity and wc. 2 guests maximum.
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Refs admit they missed late call that LeBron questioned on twitter
The Los Angeles Lakers thrilling comeback victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday almost wasn't. And before the Lakers knew they would leave with a win, a late call against them drew the ire of LeBron James. However, the referees would agree with LeBron.
Lonzo Ball attempted to foul Russell Westbrook with the Lakers up by three in the final seconds, but the official believed Westbrook was in his shooting motion. ESPN's Dave McMenamin's report from Thursday's game featured a comment from referee Tom Washington, who said that the officials got the crucial call against the Lakers wrong.
"The official called the foul because at the time he thought Russell had started his shooting motion and he was clearly behind the 3-point line and there was illegal contact by Ball," Washington said.
"There is not a trigger to review whether or not there is a foul prior to or on the shot," Washington told the pool reporter. "The trigger would be whether or not it is a 3-point shot or not. And upon being able to see the review of the play, we realized that the illegal contact actually happened prior to his upward motion, so it should have been a side-out."
So while the league did send a message earlier this season about responding to the official twitter account of the NBA's referee union, perhaps Washington admitting that he got the call wrong absolved James of any digital wrongdoing.
At the end of business on Friday, no fine or discipline towards James has been issued by the NBA.


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USD Coin To Soon Be Available On The Stellar Blockchain
The Centre consortium has announced that USD Coin (USDC) will soon be available on the Stellar blockchain.
It has been reported that this marks the first time that a major stablecoin will be made available on the platform, joining the ranks of Anchor USD, WhiteStandard, and some others.
However, USDC is currently the second largest stablecoin in the market behind Tether (USDT).
Circle said that USDC is expected to be available on Stellar in Q1 2021, as USDC is primarily hosted on Ethereum, which holds virtually the entirety of its supply at $2.7 billion.
USDC expands into other blockchains as a Stellar integration is set to complete in early 2021. https://t.co/lfn5fl3Fle
— Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) October 15, 2020
Algorand was onboarded in June 2020, though it found limited success, only $3.5 million USDC currently circulates on the blockchain.
Denelle Dixon, the CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation said:
"The addition of USDC to Stellar will allow us to continue to expand our global reach in pursuit of this mission while opening up new avenues for growth and innovation for the developers and businesses building on the network."
Likewise, the Stellar project positions itself as a value settlement layer, claiming over 4.6 million accounts and 1 billion transfers on the blockchain since its inception.
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Thus, USDC's liquidity could help Stellar in fulfilling its mission of cross-border money transfer.
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LaLiga: Koeman reveals what is missing in Barcelona squad
Barcelona boss, Ronald Koeman has insisted that his team is missing a target forward.
Koeman said this following Barcelona's La Liga 1-0 victory over Huesca on Sunday.
Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi, returned to the Blaugrana squad after recovering from an ankle injury and Koeman decided to play him in attack alongside Martin Braithwaite and Ousmane Dembele.
The trio attempted fifteen shots between them against Huesca, but it was midfielder, Frenkie de Jong, who scored the decisive goal for Koeman's side, volleying Messi's chipped pass into the net after 27 minutes.
"I trust each player in our squad," Koeman told reporters after the game.
"But if we choose to have 3 midfielders there is room for 3 forwards.
"With Leo [Messi] we bet on someone with great depth like Dembele, and we've to choose between Martin or Antoine at the top and Martin has done it.
"It's a nine that we are missing in these games, but it does not mean anything in regards to Antoine's substitution. We've a lot of games, and we need all the players.
"We've said several times, at the beginning of the season, that we need someone at the top to have more competition and more goals, more effectiveness, but this depends on many things."
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This is the most personal look Ariana has given of the Manchester bombing's effect on her.
Ariana Grande has talked about the effect the Manchester Arena bombing during her concert had on her over the last nearly two years. But Grande gave very intimate and visual proof of the way it changed her brain on her Instagram Story last night. The singer shared a text screenshot of her sharing photos of her brain scan. The text showed a scan of a healthy vs. PTSD brain in one image for reference, then her own brain in the second, which more closely matches the PTSD brain. "Hilarious and terrifying," she captioned the Story. "Not a joke," she added.


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Larson, Perloth and Troup residence halls closed for 2019-2020 school year, displacing students
By Emily DiSalvo and Stephen MacLeod on June 19, 2019
Sophomores left Quinnipiac this May relieved that the stressful housing selection process had ended.Today, their worries were rekindled.
Sophomores who were selected to live in Larson and Perlroth residence halls received an email announcing that their chosen housing was no longer an option due to asbestos being found in the walls. In addition, freshmen who were selected to live in Troup will not be housed in the building this year.
The email, which was from Mark DeVilbiss, director of residential life, said that the residence halls "are not available for occupancy during the 2019-2020 academic year as previously planned."
The university stressed that while the asbestos was not dangerous while it was undisturbed, they will be removing all asbestos from the residence halls during renovations.
Sophomores are being relocated to Mountainview, Founders and Crescent residence halls. The school is offering a $1,000 housing credit for the 2020-21 academic year, an upgraded parking pass with Mount Carmel privileges for those being moved to York Hill and no additional cost for those who will be receiving a kitchen.
Resident Assistants that will be affected will be reassigned in Crescent, Founders, Mountainview, Village, Sahlin and Irma.
Mikaela Iommazzo, sophomore occupational therapy major, was supposed to be moving into Larson in the fall, and that wasn't even her first choice. Once she learned she was going to be getting air conditioning and could live with her friends, she was willing to settle. But now, she's mad.
"Now with the changes, everything is a mess," Iommazzo said. "And now I'm on a totally different campus. I understand that some sophomores are living on Crescent, but we went through this whole process from a group of seven to then overnight finding another person to find a group of eight. And now we are here and have a group of six and I don't have the whole group of people with me that I want to live."
Asbestos is a natural mineral that had been used for centuries. In construction, it was a commonly used insulator. However, it was discovered that even though the mineral is safe when undisturbed, it can cause a wide variety of chronic illnesses and in extreme cases, a very aggressive form of cancer known as mesothelioma. It is now illegal to use in construction.
Although it is no longer used in construction, it is very common to find in buildings built before 1980. A licensed specialist is required to remove the asbestos. Although the asbestos is not required to be entirely removed, Quinnipiac announced that all asbestos would be removed from the halls currently being renovated.
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Jamestown Teachers, Students Write Thank You Notes To Healthcare Workers
Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) Persell Middle School teacher, Annika Putney, in a Zoom Meeting with her students who show off the letters they are writing to healthcare workers during ELA class. Image by Jamestown Public Schools.JAMESTOWN – Jamestown Success Academy teacher, Michael Tuccio, has started a small but heartfelt movement – to thank healthcare workers through handwritten letters.Image by Jamestown Public Schools.Tuccio, along with Persell Middle School teacher Annika Putney and some of her students, are writing notes of appreciation to heroes, both locally and nationally."The first week we were out of school, I needed something positive to do, some sort of project," said Tuccio. "I kept seeing posts online of former students who are working as healthcare workers. I didn't realize I knew so many. I thought, let's get them some notes of appreciation. I posted online asking for addresses, as well as volunteers to help write. One of the first volunteers was a good friend, and one of the best teachers I know, Annika Putney."In addition to Putney, Tuccio also reached out to friends and colleagues who said they'd have students, or their own kids, help write letters. The group has already sent letters to Virginia and as far as Los Angeles. "I just want these people to know how grateful we are for them," said Tuccio. "If people need a project right now, send notes to healthcare workers, people in nursing homes, other essential workers like those in retail, those working at banks, garages, anyone. It's going to make you feel better when you do something kind for someone else. We all need that right now."Putney was excited to help and thought it would be a great real-life lesson for her English Language Arts class. Letter writing and learning how to address an envelope are real-life skills that she could easily tie into ELA.Image by Jamestown Public Schools.She had seven students from her ELA class write notes and letters: Kendall Hughes, Emily Maggio, Issy Becker, Jason Leenders, Olivia Beckerink, Blake Smith and Kiki Yates."I know letter writing has gone to the wayside for many, but I am a believer in good old fashioned handwritten notes and think they brighten people's days," said Putney. "I think that it really made students step back and think about how there are essential people, such as those in healthcare, who, despite what is happening in our world, have to 'Get Up, Dress Up, Show Up…and Never Give Up! During this time they are so very important and we talked about how they would love to hear how appreciated they are."Tuccio and Putney's class have heard back from some of the health workers they have sent letters to including an EMT at Monroe Ambulance who said her coworkers were very thankful for the beautiful cards and words. read more
Fleet Week Surprise! Mamma Mia! Welcomes a Crew of Sailors
Related Shows View Comments Mamma Mia! It's Fleet Week, and you know what that means—thousands of sailors are swarming the streets of New York City. Where's the first place they go after hitting dry land? Mamma Mia! on Broadway, of course! 100 sailors headed to the Broadhurst Theatre to catch the hit ABBA musical on May 22 (and of course, sing along to a little "Dancing Queen"). After the show, the whole crew posed for photos with Judy McLane, Stacia Fernandez (on for Felicia Finley as Tanya) and Lauren Cohn. Check out this Hot Shot of the sailors' field trip to the isles of Greece, then see the stars in action at Mamma Mia! on Broadway! Show Closed This production ended its run on Sept. 12, 2015 Star Files Felicia Finley read more
Quinn VanAntwerp Will Return to Broadway's Jersey Boys
Related Shows Quinn VanAntwerp will re-join the Broadway cast of Jersey Boys on September 23 in the role of Bob Gaudio. He takes over from Drew Gehling, who will depart the production on September 21. The Tony-winning show is currently playing at the August Wilson Theatre. Jersey Boys from $59.00 Jersey Boys tells the story of how Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons went from being unknown New Jersey kids to international pop superstars. The show features over 30 hit songs, including "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You." In addition to Gehling, the musical currently stars Richard H. Blake as Tommy DeVito, Matt Bogart as Nick Massi and Ryan Molloy as Frankie Valli. VanAntwerp made his Broadway debut in 2011 as Four Seasons mastermind Gaudio after three years in the Toronto company and the show's national tour. His off-Broadway credits include That Other Woman's Child and Take Me America. View Comments read more
Megan Fairchild Will Step In for Misty Copeland
Related Shows On the Town Show Closed This production ended its run on Sept. 6, 2015 View Comments A switcheroo is set to occur at On the Town this weekend. New York City Ballet principal dancer Megan Fairchild, who made her Broadway debut when she originated the role of Ivy Smith in the revival, will reprise her performance for the musical's final show on September 6. Misty Copeland, who is currently playing Ivy, will perform the part at the matinee, while Fairchild will step in for the evening performance at the Lyric Theatre.First seen on Broadway in 1944, On the Town features music by Leonard Bernstein and a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It follows the adventures of three sailors on leave in New York City. Based on the ballet Fancy Free by Jerome Robbins, the musical's toe-tapping numbers include "New York, New York," "I Can Cook Too," "Lonely Town" and "Some Other Time."The new production, directed by John Rando, also currently stars Tony Yazbeck as Gabey, Jay Armstrong Johnson as Chip, Clyde Alves as Ozzie, Alysha Umphress as Hildy, Elizabeth Stanley as Claire, Jackie Hoffman as Madame Dilly, Michael Rupert as Judge Pitkin and Allison Guinn as Lucy Schmeeler. read more
Oireachtas agenda Fisheries fodder crisis and HSE spending
WHAT ARE OUR politicians doing in the halls of Leinster House?TheJournal.ie lets you know with our guide to what's coming up to the Dáil, Seanad and various Oireachtas committees today.DÁILTechnically every TD is a 'Deputy', but Thursday really is 'Deputies Day' when the Leas Ceann Comhairle presides over Leaders Questions alongside the Tánaiste, Eamon Gilmore, and the deputy leaders of Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the technical group. That's at 10:30am.The rest of the morning is spent discussing the Companies Bill, a mammoth piece of legislation which consolidates existing law on setting up companies, and also aims to make it a little bit easier to set up a new one (and, therefore, a business).Four topical issues are considered at at 3:42pm, while Jimmy Deenihan takes Questions to the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht at 4:30pm to round off the day.The day's Dáil business can all be viewed here.SEANADThe Seanad's day kicks off with the usual discussion on matters local and global (10:30am) before members welcome Pat the Cope Gallagher MEP to their fold.Continuing a series of addresses by Irish MEPs to mark Ireland's 40 years in the EU, Gallagher will speak about the ongoing reform of the Common Fisheries Policy at 11:45am, and take questions from members afterwards.The day's Seanad business can all be viewed here.COMMITTEESThe light day in the chambers means most of the business takes place in the committees:The committee on Health and Children resumes its discussion on organ donation in Ireland at 9:30am, when it entertains a slew of medical experts to discuss the medical perspective on organ donation. At 11:45am it will then hear from members of the IMB and Department of Health officials to discuss the policy perspective. (Watch here.)Also at 9:30am, the joint sub-committee on Fisheries continues its consideration of inland fisheries, the tourism potential of Irish fisheries, and more. Today its experts include Alyne Delaney from Aalborg University in Denmark, and Stephen Hynes from NUIG's Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit.The Public Accounts Committee will welcome its old favourite Tony O'Brien, the incoming director-general of the HSE, when it meets at 10am to examine HSE spending in 2011. (Watch here.)The Finance sub-committee also meets at 10am to hear from Michael Noonan as members discuss further amendments to the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011, which beefs up the power of the Financial Regulator. (Watch here.)Finally, in a last-minute addition, Simon Coveney will attend the Agriculture committee at 12:45pm to discuss the fodder crisis. (Watch here.)Explainer: How does a Bill become a law? read more
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