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What Was the Buy.Com Tour?
"Buy.com Tour" was the name of the PGA Tour's developmental tour for several years in the early 2000s. The tour still exists today (it's the Korn Ferry Tour as of this writing), but it had a couple different names before it was the Buy.com Tour, and several since.
When the PGA Tour Suspended 4 For Deliberate High Scores
Back in 1957, four PGA Tour golfers were peeved they hadn't gotten their way, and to punish, well, somebody, they deliberately posted high scores. The tour's reaction? Suspensions and fines.
Seve Ballesteros Quotes (And What Others Said About Him)
Seve Ballesteros is a giant in golf's history, particularly in the history of golf in Europe, and of the European Tour. Ballesteros' emergence on the scene in the 1970s helped European golfers dream big about the possibilities of success for their own tour, about success in the Ryder Cup, and about success on the U.S. PGA Tour. Seve's fiery intensity and his swashbuckling style of playing golf combined to make him a fan favorite, and to inspire — or sometimes infuriate — his opponents and fellow-competitors. Here's a look back at some of the best quotations from Seve Ballesteros, and some of the interesting quotes about him from others.
Profile of Colleen Walker, LPGA Major Winner
Colleen Walker was an LPGA winner in the 1980s and 1990s, and at one time held multiple all-time LPGA records. She delivered her first major championship victory less than a year after delivering her first baby.
2008 Ryder Cup Winner, Match Scores, Player Records
The 2008 Ryder Cup was the 37th time this match play tournament between teams representing Europe and the United States was played. Following the American victory, the all-time standings were 25 wins for Team USA, 10 for Europe, with two draws.
How to Play the Closeout Golf Bet
Closeout is the name of a golf betting game that kicks in when two opponents (or two sides) are playing a match and that match ends before the 18th hole. In that case, the Closeout bet goes into effect: a new match worth half the amount of the original bet, played over the remaining holes.
What Ever Happened to Nikki DiSanto of 'The Big Break'?
Where is Nikki DiSanto today? That's the question we answer below. DiSanto appeared on two different seasons of The Big Break , the Golf Channel competition series. While she didn't fare well in either series, Nikki made an impression on viewers: Her background going into the show was as a model and a long-drive competitor, and she seemed to approach golf in a very New Age-y kind of way.
The 2002 Ryder Cup was the 34th time this tournament was played. Following the Team Europe victory, the all-time standings were 24 wins for the United States, eight wins for Europe, and two draws.
What Is a 'Composite Course' in Golf?
A composite course, or composite golf course, is, literally, one golf course made up of the parts of two golf other golf courses. In other words, if you take some holes from Course A and other holes from Course B, then play those holes as a single, 18-hole routing, you've just created a composite course.
The 1999 Ryder Cup was the 33rd time this tournament was played. Following the Team USA victory, the all-time standings were 24 wins for the United States, seven wins for Europe, and two draws.
The 1997 Ryder Cup was the 32nd time this tournament was played. Following the Team Europe victory, the all-time standings were 23 wins for the United States, seven wins for Europe, and two draws.
Big Break VII: Reunion At Reunion
Big Break VII: Reunion at Reunion was the seventh season of the Golf Channel competition series The Big Break , in which golfers competed in skills challenges and golf matches, with golfer(s) eliminated each week. Big Break VII: Reunion aired in 2007, with the series premiere televised on February 25, 2007.
Bio of Golfer Mungo Park
Mungo Park was a 19th century golfer and member of a family whose members won seven British Opens. Mungo himself earned one of those titles.
The 1995 Ryder Cup was the 31st time this tournament was played. Following the Team Europe victory, the all-time standings were 23 wins for the United States, six wins for Europe, and two draws.
The 1993 Ryder Cup was the 30th time this tournament was played. Following the Team USA victory, the all-time standings were 23 wins for the United States, five wins for Europe, and two draws.
What Ever Happened to Taylor Collins of 'Big Break Mexico'?
Where is Taylor Collins today? Collins was the champion on Season 19 of the Golf Channel series, The Big Break . That season, which was called Big Break Mexico , culminated in the 5-foot-1 Collins coming up big in the championship match against Matthew Galloway.
'Playing the Like' and 'Playing the Odd'
"Playing the like" and "playing the odd" aren't just golf phrases that are almost exclusively British, they are also phrases that are archaic. Not even British golfers use the terms anymore. So why are we explaining what they mean? Let's find out.
Consecutive Seasons Winning on PGA Tour: The All-Time Record
Which golfers, in the history of the PGA Tour, have run off the most consecutive seasons with at least one win? Not surprisingly, you have to look at some of the biggest names in golf history to come up with the record-holders. And there are three such golfers who won at least once per year for 16 PGA Tour seasons in a row — and two of them did it for 17 consecutive seasons.
PGA Tour Westchester Classic (Buick Classic)
The PGA Tour Westchester Classic, also called the Buick Classic for many years, was a golf tournament played at Westchester Country Club, in Rye, New York, from the late 1960s through the first decade of the 2000s.
The 1991 Ryder Cup was the 29th time this tournament was played. Following the hard-fought, Team USA victory, the all-time standings were 22 wins for the United States, five wins for Europe, and two draws.
May Hezlet, Early Irish Golf Champion
May Hezlet was an Irish golfer who came to prominence as a teenager in the last years of the 1800s, then became a star in the first years of the 1900s. She came from a golfing family and her siblings were accomplished tournament players, too.
The 1989 Ryder Cup was the 28th time this tournament was played, but only the second time it ended in a tie score. Because Team Europe was the defending champion, the tie allowed it to hold the cup for another two years. Following the result here, the all-time standings were 21 wins for the United States, five wins for Europe, and two draws.
What Was a Dreadnought Golf Club?
Dreadnought golf clubs were in use in golf in the early part of the 20th century. The dreadnought driver was the first club to have that name, and the dreadnought niblicks were among the last that were well-known by that name. What were they? Dreadnoughts were clubs that had larger-than-normal clubheads. Dreadnoughts were the original jumbo, oversized golf clubs.
Golfer Dan Sikes: 'Unsung Hero' of U.S. Golf Tours
Dan Sikes was a 6-time winner on the PGA Tour in the 1960s. But his impact on golf was far greater than his tournament successes. Behind the scenes, Sikes helped create the modern PGA Tour and, later, the Champions Tour.
The 1987 Ryder Cup was the 27th time this tournament was played and, for the first time, Europe won two consecutive Cups. Following the result here, the all-time standings were 21 wins for the United States, five wins for Europe, and one draw.
How to Play the Golf Game Named 'Poker'
Do you love golf and poker? Then the golf game named Poker combines two of your favorite games. But you don't need to know anything about poker to play this game, other than the order the "hands" rank in. Because just like in the card game, the object in the Poker golf game is to build the best hand.
The 1985 Ryder Cup was the 26th time this tournament was played, but it marked a turning point in the tournament's history: Europe was ascendant. And following the Team Europe victory here, the all-time standings were 21 wins for the United States, four wins for Europe, and one draw.
Bonnie Bryant, LPGA's First Left-Handed Winner
Bonnie Bryant won only one time on the LPGA Tour. But that single victory will keep her in the tour's record book forever: She was the first left-hander in LPGA history to win a tour event.
Who Was the First Left-Handed PGA Tour Winner?
Left-handed golfers are not exactly common on the PGA Tour today, but they are definitely much more common than in the past. It took decades of pro tournament golf in the United States before the PGA Tour had its first lefty winner. Who was that?
Why Are Golfers Limited to 14 Clubs?
There is a limit on the number of golf clubs a golfer can carry in his or her bag during play. According to the Rules of Golf, that limit is 14. If you are playing a tournament round, a handicap round, or any other round during which you are following the rules, you cannot carry more than 14 golf clubs. But why?
The 1983 Ryder Cup was the 25th time this tournament was played. Following the Team USA victory, the all-time standings to this point were 21 wins for the United States, three wins for Europe, and one draw.
Tony Torrance: Golfer Helped Bring About 14-Club Limit
Tony Torrance was a Scottish golfer who was a rare bright spot for Great Britain in Walker Cups of the 1920s and 1930s. A friend of Bobby Jones', golf's 14-club limit grew out of a conversation between Torrance and Jones.
Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe
The Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe (also called the Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe) was a tournament on the European Tour played in Germany. It was won three times by Tiger Woods.
1979 Ryder Cup: Team Europe Debuts
The 1979 Ryder Cup was the 23rd time this tournament was played, but the first time the United States team faced Team Europe. The Great Britain & Ireland team was expanded this year to include golfers from continental Europe. Following the Team USA victory, the all-time standings to this point were 19 wins for the United States, three wins for Great Britain/Ireland/Europe, and one draw.
Golf Instruction on Vinyl: When Famous Golfers Put Out Record Albums
Back in my youth, back when every kid had a record player, my grandparents picked up a double-album from a garage sale for me: An Arnold Palmer golf instruction vinyl LP. In the days before VHS, which came before DVDs, which came before streaming, which came before whatever comes next, the only way for pro golfers to offer golf instruction outside of in-person, in-print, or live-on-TV lessons was vinyl. A record album.
Gay Brewer: Masters Champ With Loopy Swing
Gay Brewer played on the PGA Tour for a couple decades, but for a few, brief years in the mid-1960s he was among its top players not named Nicklaus, Palmer, Player or Casper. He won a major championship in that stretch. Throughout his career, he won with a "loopy" golf swing, and throughout his life with a funny sense of humor.
The 1975 Ryder Cup was the 21st time this tournament was played. Following Team USA's victory, the all-time standings to this point were 17 wins for the United States, three wins for GB&I, and one tie.
'Big Break The Palm Beaches' Winner, Golfers
Big Break The Palm Beaches was the 23rd installment of the Golf Channel competition series The Big Break , in which golfers competed in skills challenges and golf matches, with golfer(s) eliminated each week. Big Break The Palm Beaches aired in 2015, with the series premiere on February 2, 2015.
The 1973 Ryder Cup was the 20th time this tournament was played, but the first time the USA's opponent was known as Great Britain & Ireland. Following Team USA's victory, the all-time standings to this point were 16 wins for the United States, three wins for GB&I, and one tie.
The 1971 Ryder Cup was the 19th time this tournament was played. Following Team USA's victory, the all-time standings to this point were 15 wins for the United States, three wins for Great Britain, and one tie.
Golf's Sunday Bag: What It Is, Why It's Called That
So you want to play golf, and you want to walk the course, and you want to carry your own bag. But you don't want to carry a big bag or a heavy bag. What you need, then, is a Sunday bag. A "Sunday bag" is a category of golf bag, and on the spectrum from the smallest (in terms of bag top) and lightest (in terms of weight) — a spectrum that runs on the large, heavy end all the way to the "tour bags" or "staff bags" used by tour pros — the Sunday bag is on the smallest, lightest end of the spectrum.
'Big Break Prince Edward Island'
Big Break Prince Edward Island was the name off the 11th season of the Golf Channel competition show The Big Break. The series aired in 11 episodes beginning in April of 2009. It was also known as Big Break PEI .
Raymond Floyd's All-Girl, Topless Rock Band
Raymond Floyd is a Hall of Famer. He's one of golf's greats, the winner of three different majors with four major titles total. And he once promoted a rock band comprised of female musicians who performed topless.
1969 Ryder Cup Winner, Match Scores and 'The Concession'
The 1969 Ryder Cup, site of the famous act of sportsmanship now known simply as "The Concession," was the 18th time this tournament was played. It resulted in the first tie in tournament history. But as the defending champ, Team USA held the Cup. Following that result, the all-time standings to this point were 14 wins for the USA, three wins for Great Britain, and one tie.
18 Other Names, Nicknames and Slang Terms for the Driver
How many slang words for the driver have you heard? We list 18 below, and some of them you definitely know. Others are probably new to you, because they are regional or a bit more obscure.
The 1967 Ryder Cup was the 17th time this tournament was played between teams representing Great Britain and the United States. Following the Team USA victory, the overall standings to this point were 14 wins for the USA, three wins for Great Britain.
What Ever Happened to Pamela Crikelair of 'The Big Break'?
On the third season of the Golf Channel series The Big Break — which was called Big Break III: Ladies Only — the championship match came down to Danielle Amiee and Pamela Crikelair. Two golfers who didn't appear to like each other very much.
The 1963 Ryder Cup was the 15th time this tournament was played between teams representing Great Britain and the United States. Following the Team USA victory, the overall standings to this point were 12 wins for the USA, three wins for Great Britain. This was the first Ryder Cup to include fourballs and the first scheduled for three days.
Golf Pioneer (and LPGA Founder) Opal Hill
Opal Hill was a golf pioneer: One of the first female golf professionals in the world, and a co-founder of the LPGA Tour. She also once, for a period of 15 years, held the all-time record for lowest competitive round of golf by a woman.
Golf Ball Retrievers: Rules and Key Features
Ah, the much-maligned golf ball retriever: The long pole, basically, with a scoop or claw on the end that some golfers carry and use to retrieve golf balls (from water, down embankments, anywhere they are hard to reach) — their own, or others that other golfers have lost.
Air Canada Championship (Greater Vancouver Open) Tournament
The Air Canada Championship, earlier known as the Greater Vancouver Open, was a PGA Tour tournament played for seven years in British Columbia, Canada.
The 1961 Ryder Cup was the 14th time this tournament was played. Following the Team USA victory, the overall standings to this point were 11 wins for the USA, three wins for Great Britain. This Ryder Cup ushered in major changes to the format.
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Seve Ballesteros Quotes (And What Others Said Abou...
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David Alfini Comments on the Biggest Decision in U.S. History for the LGBT Community
Hinshaw & Culberston LLP partner David Alfini was recently quoted in the Law360 article "Attorneys Rally Around High Court's Gay Marriage Decision." Attorneys across the country applauded the court for their landmark decision while reflecting on the long struggle gay couples have faced to gain full acceptance in the eyes of the law.
The article takes a look at lawyer's responses to the U.S Supreme Court's 5-4 decision legally allowing gay marriage across the United States. Mr. Alfini explains in the article why this Supreme Court decision is so influential and significant.
"This will go down as one of the most influential decisions in the history of the Supreme Court. It is not an overstatement to say that the world will never be the same. Justice Kennedy's opinion was impressive in both its legal analysis and the compassion with which the issues were addressed. Even Justice Roberts' dissent evidenced respect for the LGBT community. The court has sent a clear message that LGBT people can live and love openly in the United States of America."
Read the full article "Attorneys Rally Around High Court's Gay Marriage Decision" on Law 360's website. Please note, a subscription is required to access the article.
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No doubt most if not all of you are familiar with Hints from Heloise, that beloved newspaper column offering household thrift tips. Heloise has been around for almost 60 years now! (Actually the column was taken over by Heloise's daughter in the 1970s.) The tips are as good as ever, and of course, what's thrifty is oftentimes also green so it's a double bonus.
Today I offer you my own version, Low-Footprint Living Hints from LoLo-Ease. Domestic Science for the New Green Millennium! Eco Home Ec!
• When a jar of jelly or honey is used up, put water in the empty jar and shake it vigorously to clean out those very last bits of honey or jelly. The jelly-water or honey-water is a nice sweet treat, and the jar will be cleaner for the recycling bin. Sometimes I chill the jar of sweetened water in the fridge for an extra cool treat.
• Peanut butter and oatmeal is a filling and affordable breakfast. When the peanut butter jar is just about empty, instead of having your oatmeal in a bowl as usual, put that day's oatmeal and hot water in the peanut-butter jar, stir or shake, and eat your PB&O right out of the jar! For us green cheapskates, failing to use up that very very last bit of peanut butter would just be wrong! Also the oatmeal and spoon serve as a nice scouring material to get the jar clean for the recycling bin.
• Instant cover for the compost bin: flattened cardboard box. It makes a nice additional cover, besides the dried leaves and grass that you use to cover the food scraps to keep odors down and make the material break down properly. Over time as the cardboard gets broken down by rain, you can mush it into the bin with the rest of the compost and then replace it with another flattened box. By the way, earthworms love cardboard. And it's always good to steadily use up cardboard boxes rather than keeping too many around your house and garage, as they are attractive to rodents.
• Buy the toilet paper that has a paper wrapping rather than the one wrapped in plastic. It's one less piece of plastic in landfill, and the paper wrapping is really good for cleaning the stubborn gunk out of your coffee cup (or for a greasy pan or plate, etc.). And you can toss it in the compost afterwards.
Those are just a few of my personal favorites that I can think of off the top of my head right now. I'll write more on other occasions as I remember them. If you'd like to share your favorite household green thrift tips with your fellow readers of this blog, feel free to email them to me. Be sure and let me know if you want me to include your name or initials, and city/state.
Have a thrifty green day, and remember, the millions and millions of little choices we make each day have the power to change the world!
I realize that some of you might feel that the tone and content of this post is inappropriately light. We're dealing with a deadly serious subject here, after all: the impending collapse of our living environment; the possible imminent demise of human civilization, because of what boils down to human thoughtlessness and selfishness.
The light tone of some of my posts might seem offensive to some of you. For those who prefer a more serious approach, I assure you I'm living it. But keep in mind that I'm trying to reach and motivate as many people as I can. And stay motivated myself!
For those of you who'd like a bit more substance to balance out the light tone of today's post, I offer you this article by Ron Meador in MinnPost, New outlook on global warming: Best prepare for social collapse, and soon.
I'm here to help you prepare for the possibility of societal collapse. Ideally, best case scenario, to prepare ourselves so we AVOID societal collapse. And much of the preparation involves boosting our inner resilience. Humor and the ability to take pleasure in small things are valuable qualities to cultivate as we move forward into uncharted terrain.


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CCL Sponsorship Boosts Aspirations in the Boxing Ring and Beyond
Boxer Louis Lye, 25, is a painter and decorator by trade who first took to the boxing ring in his mid-teens. His trainer/manager is Robert Lloyd-Taylor – that's a name you might recognise if you're into the sport. Robert retired from a 16-year professional boxing career just three years ago. He has recently opened his first boxing club, dedicated to developing the skills and careers of young boxers and ultimately, to helping address the surge in gang violence and knife crime by guiding disaffected teenagers away from gang culture and into the boxing ring.
CCL has sponsored both Robert Lloyd-Taylor's New Kings Gym and Boxer Louis Lye, and is taking a keen and committed interest in both Louis's career and Robert's ambitions for his fighters, and the gym. We interviewed both Robert and Louis to find out more about how boxing has impacted their lives and what drives them to succeed.
Louis Lye
Professional Light-Heavyweight Boxer
Q: Louis, tell us how you got into boxing and where you are now
I first went to a boxing club in Slough when I was 14, with the idea of losing weight. I didn't really enjoy it back then and didn't stick at it. But at the age of 16 I took it back up again, at my dad's old club, which was in Hayes. I had my first amateur fight after about three months and things have gone from strength to strength.
I turned professional in July 2018. Robert is my Manager/Trainer, and I train at his gym, New Kings in Northolt. I had my first professional fight in September and my second on 9thMarch, which I won, unanimously on points.
Q: What's your training regime like?
I train six days a week, two or three times a day. Normally I do strength and conditioning in the mornings, then I go to work, and then go in for a boxing sesison in the evening. I rest one day a week, either Saturday or Sunday.
On the approach to a fight, I train perhaps half as much as usual, just three or four sessions in the week before the fight. That's because it's important to conserve strength and energy for the fight.
Between fights Robert helps me keep an eye on my diet and manage my weight steadily, to avoid the dreaded yo-yo.
Q: What are you hoping to achieve in your boxing career?
My long-term goal is to become a full-time boxer. To get there, I need to keep improving, keep winning and get on to title fights – British, European and eventually World titles.
To get there I need fights, and the way things work these days, it's the boxer's responsibility to sell the tickets! If you can sell tickets, putting 'bums on seats', then you can fight. That means a lot of gruntwork goes into promoting yourself through social media with videos, interviews and images.
Then of course, you need to be watchable and put on a good fight. Oh, it helps if you can win too!
I'm really lucky though. With CCL sponsoring me, I won't have to worry as much about the promotional side of things. I'll get more visibility from the sponsorship connection. That frees me up to concentrate all the more on my skills and fitness. I know CCL's sponsorship is going to make a real difference to me.
Q: What message do you have to young people curious about boxing?
It took me a little while to realise the benefits of getting involved in boxing, and my message to other young people is to get into it as early as you can. It's a great sport for teenagers from all backgrounds. It keeps you off the streets and out of trouble. It's not violent as people sometimes assume – it's actually the opposite. In boxing you learn self-discipline, control, good self-management.
It's great from the health angle too, good for all-round fitness and for developing healthy eating habits which stay with you your whole life.
Robert Lloyd-Taylor
Trainer/Manager and Owner of New Kings Gym:
Q: Robert, tell us more about you and your background in boxing
I was a professional light-middleweight boxer for 16 years. I always knew I wanted to transition into being a trainer/manager eventually, but wasn't sure when. So I got my trainer/manager's licence whilst I still held my licence to box. I finally gave up boxing professionally just three years ago.
After those 16 years, I had a name in boxing. Then almost overnight, I went from being an old boxer, to a young trainer. It was like starting from scratch again. Now though, my reputation as a trainer/manager is beginning to get some traction.
Q: You've recently opened your own gym, New Kings Boxing. How did that come about?
It's been quite a journey!
All the boxers I now work with at New Kings Boxing know me from when I was active – in fact I've known most of them since they were kids. A while back, one came to me looking for help to train. We worked something out at a friend's gym, as best we could. Then his brother joined us, then another boxer and another – and in the space of no time at all, I had 10 guys who wanted to train under me.
It was very rewarding but it wasn't easy and we trained wherever we could. Despite the difficulties, the guys stuck with me. I realise they could have dropped me any time, but they didn't, and their loyalty through this period was important to me. It made me realise what we could achieve, if only we had our own space. I wanted to repay that loyalty with a stable training facility.
In October 2018 I self-funded to set up the gym, in Northolt, West London. At first, it was just a room. I paid the rent one month at a time, and gradually added equipment, as and when I could afford it. Whilst the member numbers weren't there, I covered the expenses myself. You have to start somewhere, don't you? But the gym is gaining a reputation now, as people are seeing our success, with boxers like Louis.
Q: How does getting sponsorship from companies like CCL impact you?
CCL's investment in New Kings Boxing has been a real breakthrough. In fact, I don't think they quite realise just how much it has meant to us. It's lifted a huge stress off my shoulders, the worry about where the money is coming from, month by month. It's enabled me to concentrate on supporting and training our boxers. And of course, when I can give more time to the boxers, they stand a much greater chance of being successful. And it's not only they who benefit; the gym gets a knock-on effect from their success.
Q: What's your role in Louis's boxing career
I'm close to all the boxers I guide, and first and foremost, Louis is my friend. We've known each other for many years, from when he was young. Now I'm training and managing him, helping him to improve as a boxer and plan out his boxing career. The most satisfying thing for me is seeing him grow as a person, as well as a boxer. He's going from strength to strength.
After his recent fight, he took a few days off, but he's back in the gym already. His next fight is in April. He's already fit enough, so we build up slowly, managing the training so he doesn't overdo it ahead of the fight.
In addition to Louis, I look after several other fighters. Everyone is doing well, and focused on supporting one another to get to the next level. Part of my vision is to get my promoter's licence, so I can start staging shows locally in West London, to gain more visibility for all the fighters who train under me.
Boxing can be a cutthroat business and I want the best for all my boxers – I want to see them achieve and exceed their potiential. That's why I'm so delighted that CCL is sponsoring Louis too, as well as New Kings. It means he'll be able to fight regularly.
Q: Tell us about your plans to use boxing to help combat knife crime
There have been teenage deaths from stabbings in Northolt and I want to do something positive, to help combat knife crime. Our plan is to set up an anti-knife crime social enterprise around boxing, called Off the Streets and Into the Ring. We want to offer a dedicated day/time when anyone can come in, free of charge, to a safe space, where we can help them through sport, and by giving them a different focus.
I was a troubled teen myself. Two of my close schoolfriends ended up in prison and things could have gone the same way for me. But boxing helped me to mature and channel my energies more prodictively. Boxing taught me self-discipline and self-control, the kind of values which could change the lives of today's young gang members as much as they helped me.
Q: Do you have any more big plans?
I'm passionate about boxing and about helping to bring people forward from grass roots to amateur, to professional and even championship status. Historically, this has always been an East London thing. It doesn't exist in West London… yet.
So, in the future, my aim is to set up a larger gym, in Uxbridge, to draw in people from a wider catchment area. I envisage a place with two boxing rings and everything for the boxer – gym and boxing equipment together – all under one roof; with a canteen/social area too, so people will be able to watch boxing together, knowledge-share and learn about the history of the sport. I want to create a place with a sense of community and belonging, where boxing talent can thrive.
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Well guys we've made it. Today is the end of the 2017 regular season for the Dodgers. The boys in blue will wrap up their series in Denver and the regular season on Sunday with an afternoon matinee. This has certainly been one of the most memorable seasons in Dodgers history. The club broke the all-time Los Angeles record with 103 wins. No Dodger club has won this many games since the 1953 team won 105 games when they were still in Brooklyn. The season has been filled with incredible highs and lows. Records were broken, lots of home runs were hit and the Dodgers clinched their fifth consecutive National League West division title.
The Dodgers will be trying to break the nasty 29-year World Series drought that has been hanging over the franchise. Before we head into the postseason I just wanted to thank all of you (yes you!) for coming to Ladodgerreport throughout the season. This site wouldn't exist if it weren't for you guys. From Oscar, James and myself, we want to thank everyone who took the time to read or comment at LADR. I wanted to let you all know how much we appreciate you so we are declaring today Ladodgerreport reader appreciation day. Thank you so much and I hope we can celebrate a World Series championship in a few weeks. Once again we thank you!
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True Blue, Thru n Thru says:
Thank you Scott for not being an A-hole blog boss. Thank you for not have a VERY questionable character (like child molester or pedophile, etc.) Thank you for not making a site that is mostly about you and you constantly telling everyone how brilliant you are and what a bunch of morons others are if they don't agree with you. A disclaimer, none of these characterizations are meant to point a finger at any other blog bosses but they do sound a lot like…
Michael N. Norris says:
I have enjoyed the whole experience. Most of the folks who come on here have a real passion for the team. It has been a lot calmer on here in recent weeks and that has been refreshing. Of course we all felt the angst when the team went into it's slide. I miss a few who have left, but there may be a time when they feel like returning. We head into the playoffs with high hopes that this is the year they finally make it back to the big dance. I did not realize that the Rockies starter for the wild card game is 2-1 against Az this year, so they have a real shot at being our opponent. Greinke on the other hand is 1-1 this month with an ERA north of 4. Go Rocks! Good news in todays game is that Seager is 3-3 so far. Breaking news. Louis Avilan is out of the NLDS with a sore shoulder.
package206 says:
I would like to say Thank You to the few who have had interaction with me. Although I am new I have the same enthusiam and love of the Dodgers as you all. I hope to continue to be accepted. This is a good blog and I especially like Scott's posts and Oscar's. Thank You guys. I hope more will converse with me going forward. Again, Thank You.
MJ says:
I may not always agree with your thoughts, but I appreciate everyone's thoughts, including yours, because we all can learn from one another.
This was the best of times to be a Dodger fan, and it quickly became the worse of times, when they went into that losing streak.
But this is still typically how the Dodgers do things, so hold on for the next ride!
Yueh_Fei says:
Thanks Scott Oscar and James. I enjoy being here and appreciate the blogs and the posts. I must also add that the writing has improved a lot in my opinion, since the first year.
If Avilan is off then maybe both Stripling and Baez make the postseason roster? Locastro is a real possibility as a pinch runner.
I think whether Ross makes it or not depends on which starter they decide to keep as the long man and right now that is looking like Maeda. Baez is a lock, I am telling you Roberts loves the guy and his last 3 appearances he has pitched well. Me? I am not keeping some rookie on the roster simply to be a pinch runner. Makes no damn sense and shortens the bench. Rather have a guy like Farmer who has seen action and actually responded in a close game.
Couple of things I saw today.
The long rest will do Seager and Bellinger some good. Yes Joc hot 2 doubles today, but Joc needs to work on his swing 365 days of the year until he gets comfortable. Taking it easy last off season didn't work. He's got a new swing now – again! – it's shorter and more compact, more speed, but he's lost a few steps and needs to get more loft with this new swing.
Barnes should be a real weapon for us, for years. Scoring from first on that second Pederson double was great – the Rockies weren't prepared for a catcher running that fast with a grounder double up the middle (the Rockies CF sucks).
I hadn't thought much about who I prefer we would face, but I think it would easier to face the Dbacks.
And that is simply because where the Rockies play, that place, makes any game, a wild card game!
With the way the elevation effects a pitchers stuff, and with that outfield that never seems to end, so many things can happen, that wouldn't normally happen, at any other stadium, in baseball.
And the Rockies know how to play there, better, then any other team, in baseball!
Here is a little stat for you and this counts this years games. The Dodgers are 102-95 all time at Coors Field. 7 game difference. They are 93-85 all time at Chase, 8 game difference. Since 2010 they are 36-31 at Chase. Coors because it is a hitters park evens the odds a bit, but balls fly out of Chase too. At Dodger Stadium against AZ they are 101-74 and 134-83 against the Rocks. I prefer playing the Rockies because their starting staff is less than stellar, but they have a decent bullpen. Arizona on the other hand has better starters and a bullpen that has some holes. Pick yer poison…..
I just think that this year's Rockies team, is set up better this year, especially their pitching.
And that may be because of Bud Black's input, and the way he manages his pitchers, and the team, in general.
I think their pitchers have learned to pitch hitters better, in Colorado.
And they have constructed this team, and especially the pitchers, keeping Coors, in mind.
And that is why the Rockies have an advantage when they are playing at home.
The Dbacks have a hitter's park, but there outfield is not as big, and I just think it is easier playing in Arizona, then Colorado, because the altitude affects to many parts of the game!
The Dbacks closer is there biggest weakness!
Their starting pitching is pitiful MJ. No where close to the D-Backs. Their bullpen is better maybe, but their starters leave a lot to be desired. They have 4 starters with 10 wins or more but nobody with more than 11. All their starters except Gray have ERA's over 4. The Rockies are 46-35 at home. Both the D-Backs and Dodgers have over 50 wins at their home parks. Teams have a .273 batting average against the Rockies at Coors. The one thing the Rocks pitchers have done is keep the ball in the park. Only 98 HR's hit by opponents there. Team ERA at Coor's, 4.93, by comparison the D-Backs ERA at home is 3.79 and the Dodgers 3.01. So that analogy is wrong. The might be a little better than before, but they are not all that good at home. Here is another little tidbit, the Rockies and the D-Backs both have the same record on the road…….41-40.
Uh, that was not their regular CF. That was a rookie. Blackmon is one of the best CF's in the game. And he plays in probably the hardest, next to AT& T in Frisco CF to cover in the league. That kid that was out there was just called up a few days ago. I agree about Seager and Bellinger. They both need a couple of days to clear the mechanism. And on a final note, prayers for the family's of those killed in the shooting in Vegas. Totally senseless act of cowardness.
My point is the Rockies are better at there place, then other teams are.
And that is why your comparison of these teams home ERA doesn't apply to what I said!
What is the Dodger's pitchers, ERA at Colorado, and what is the Dbacks pitchers ERA at Colorado also?
It is easier to pitch at Dodger stadium, then either of these teams, stadiums, so the Dodgers pitchers, should have better ERAs anyways!
They have park adjusted ERAs, for stuff like this!
And pitchers wins, don't mean much, because a pitchers win, is to dependent of how many runs their team scores!
Baez has a confidence issue, and just because he pitched better in two games that didn't mean a thing, doesn't mean anything, especially when we were 7, or 8 runs behind, in one of those games!
Baez pitched 7 innings in the post season last year, and he allowed 6 hits, he walked four hitters, and he hit a batter, and gave up a HR, and in this process, he allowed 6 runs, but he was only charged with two runs.
And that is why a relievers ERA doesn't mean much!
The problem is that Baez can't handle pitching in any high league situations, but that is what relievers are for!
Baez should not be pitching in the post season, until he gets over his confidence issue, and he has confidence, in his pitches!
And if I were the Dodgers, I would insist that Baez sees the sports psychologist, and work on his issue, in the off season!
Baez has not earned the right to be on the post season roster, and he has been a disaster in the post season, every time he has pitched, in the post season!
I get what you are saying MJ< but, Roberts and the FO love the guy. He will be on the post season roster, bank on it. It will be Morrow, Jansen, Fields and Baez from the right side, Cingrani and Watson from the left with 1 or two long relievers depending on how many pitchers they carry. I think they will carry 11, but a lot of people think they will carry 12.
Roberts loves all of his players!
And Roberts wants to bring home a World Series Champion to LA.
Baez has not down well at all, most of September, and his post season numbers, are more of the same!
When a pitcher only pitches 7 innings how in the heck does a pitcher give up 6 hits, walk 4 batters, and hit another batter, and give up a HR, in only seven innings, that is ridiculous!
I don't dislike Baez, but he has a problem in between, his ears!
And pitching well in two games that didn't mean anything, does not cure a confidence issue, or give Baez more confidence in his pitches.
And every pitch in the post season, is focused on, even more then in the regular season, because one bad pitch, can change the momentum of a game, or even a series.
And all of this, will be on Baez mind, just before every pitch he throws.
I would put Stripling on this roster over Baez, if it came down to these two.
I think Stripling is a little tired, because he was probably over pitched a little, because Stripling usually pitches with confidence, and he does have confidence in his pitches, unlike Baez!
And Stripling pitched well in three games in the post season last year, and he only had one really bad innning last year.
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The Abbots Euroul and Loumon.
Light in the Dark Places — Augustus Neander
To the examples already given in the previous biographies, of the power which religion exercised over the rough and savage mind, we may add the following. The abbot Ebrolf (Euroul) had settled with his monks in a thick forest, infested by wild beasts and robbers. One of the robbers came to them, and, struck with reverence at their aspect, said to them: "Ye have chosen no fit dwelling for you here. The inhabitants of this forest live by plunder, and will not tolerate any one amongst them who maintains himself by the work of his own hands. Ye cannot remain here long in safety. But what would ye do in this wild, barren region?" The abbot Ebrolf answered him: "Know, my brother, that the Lord is with us; and since we are under his guardianship, we fear not the threats of men; for he himself has said: Fear not them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.' For know, that the Lord is able to feed his servants even in the desert. And thou, also, mayst share in these blessings, if thou wilt abandon thy wicked pursuits, and promise to serve the true and living God; for our God forgets all the evil that the sinner has done, on the day when he turns from all his sins, as the prophet says. (Ezekiel xviii, 21.) Therefore, my brother, despair not of the goodness of God on account of the greatness of thy sins; but follow the exhortation of the Psalm, (Psa. xxxiv:) Depart from evil, and do good; and be sure that the eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and His ear is open unto their cry. But let these terrible words also resound in thine ears: The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.'"
Thereupon the robber went away; but the words which the excellent abbot had spoken to him in such affectionate and penetrating tones, had left a deep impression on his soul. The next morning, he hastened back to the monks; he brought the abbot from his poverty three of his coarse loaves and a honeycomb; and promising, with a softened heart, amendment of life, he remained there as a monk. And after his example, many other robbers of this forest were persuaded by the exhortations of this pious abbot, either to become monks or to commence agriculture, and maintain themselves in an honest way by the work of their hands.
Another Frankish abbot of this age, Lauman, (Loumon,) was surprised in his cell by robbers; but the loftiness of his aspect overcame them so much, that they fell down at his feet, embraced his knees, and cried out, "Pardon us, holy man of God." He replied: "Why do ye ask pardon, my children ? wherefore are ye come hither?" They then confessed everything to him, and he gently replied: "The Lord have mercy on you, my dearest children; arise and renounce your robberies, that you may partake of the mercy of God."


Every season in Alaska is beautiful, but Fall is particularly outstanding for a maternity photo session. These two were so pleasant to work with, and you would have thought this was their first baby together (this is their 4th). I was so excited when wanted to incorporate some urban shots along with the park, since I don't often get to shoot in downtown Anchorage. I always look forward to maternity sessions, especially when the husbands are on board with being in the photos. I like to keep the flow of the session romantic and playful, with a variety of posed and casual images. This couple ended up ordering a beautiful album of their images, and it turned out simply amazing. Please take you time when viewing their images, and feel free to leave some love in the comments.
Wow! What a beautiful maternity session!
These are great! I love that last one!
Gorgeous maternity session!! Love the light in that last one- your work is beautiful!
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Great session, very stylized and perfect for Fall!
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These are great! I have a soft spot for fall maternity images as I was nice and ripe last fall when I got my images taken 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
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Stop saying Harvey Milk was the first out gay person elected to public office
He wasn't even second. Here are the women who were first.
By Michael Bedwell Thursday, October 17, 2019
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Yes, this is a picture of the first out gay person elected to a major political office. No, this is not a picture of Harvey Milk in drag.
It is a photo of Elaine Noble, elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in November, 1974, three years before Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and, actually, she was the second out elected official.
Related: Over 1/3 of straight voters don't want LGBTQ elected officials. But queer voters do.
The first was 21-year-old Kathy Kozachenko elected to the Ann Arbor, Michigan, City Council in April, 1974. Prior to her election, council members Nancy Wechsler and Jerry DeGrieck had come out in office and convinced the majority of the council to vote to add "sexual orientation" to Ann Arbor's antidiscrimination ordinance.
In the same election Kozachenko won, councilman Clyde Colburn lost reelection, then told local media, "This city is being taken over by hippies and faggots."
Among the issues she worked on was trying to get the council to support Ann Arbor Gay Pride Week.
THE CONGA LINE
In May, 1974, before her history-making fall victory, Noble made history in another way: in the first nationally televised debate on marriage equality.
Before being talked into running by Ann Lewis, the sister of then still-closeted Massachusetts Assemblyman Barney Frank (D), Noble, a speech teacher at Emerson College, was a respected community activist, cohost of a local radio program called Gay Way, a member of the Daughters of Bilitis and the National Organization of Women (NOW), where NOW cofounder Betty Freidan – who fought fiercely to keep lesbians silenced in the organization and gay rights out of discussions – accused her of being a plant by the CIA to disrupt the women's equality movement by only pretending to be a lesbian.
She was known to "call up the towering, gun-toting, thoroughly Irish Roman Catholic city councilman 'Dapper' O'Neil, sometimes waking him up at night, using her shrewd and saucy womanly charms to get him to go downtown to get [young gay men arrested by the Boston police for soliciting] out of jail. 'I've got a nice Irish boy, Dap, and his mother doesn't know he's a homosexual,' she'd say. 'Please, Dap.'"
"And Dapper O'Neil would rise, dress, and lumber into the jailhouse. 'Take it off the roster. Take it off the roster. This guy was never here,' he'd say to the cop behind the desk. And then, turning to Noble, 'You make sure your friends remembers me at election time,' he'd rumble, and head back home to bed." – Dudley Clendinen and Adam Nagourney, Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America.
The campaign was one of the ugliest in modern Boston history. Four days before the election her opponent sent a letter to voters that read in part:
Her lover at the time was another experienced activist, Rita Mae Brown, whose lesbian novel Rubyfruit Jungle was a best seller and is featured in this documentary that begins with the night Noble won the election which made headlines around the world.
The ugliness didn't end with her win. "One day, I was walking to the State House and there was a guy, 85-years-old, and he walked up and said, 'Rep. Noble.' And I reached up to shake his hand and he spit on me."
In the State House, she encountered so much sexism from her male colleagues that she took to handing out little yellow cards that read: "You have just insulted a woman. In 30 seconds your penis will fall off."
And someone put feces in her desk drawer.
I met her in 1975 when she spoke at the 2nd Indiana Gay Awareness Conference at Indiana University which I helped organize; one of the few people I've met with natural charisma which, along with her intelligence and sense of humor, enabled her to command attention in any space she was in. At our request, she met privately with Bloomington's mayor to lobby him to support passage of a local gay rights ordinance which he did.
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It wasn't until many years later than I learned of all she was going through in Boston and that the harassment at her office and home soon escalated from threatening phone calls and mail to her apartment windows being shot out with a pellet gun and bullet holes riddling Brown's car. She sought help from the state attorney general who sent a private investigator who discovered that they were the acts of a lesbian couple and a male accomplice.
After reported to local authorities, there was a break in at Elaine's home office while Rita was upstairs frightening her enough that she broke off their relationship and moved out that night.
As for the three who had been terrorizing them, strangely, the judge only ordered them to leave town.
Noble won reelection but decided not to run a third time because redistricting meant her opponent would be Frank.
Elaine Noble & Barney Frank 1974 ONE Archives
When asked if her high profile election and time in office contributed to later movement successes, she replied: "I think I was just one piece in a conga line that led [to other victories].
STOLEN VALOR
The assertion that Harvey Milk was the first gay to be elected is not as ubiquitous as it was in 2008 when the claim appeared in promotional materials for the film Milk. But it keeps popping up, including in an article this summer about the opening of Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at San Francisco Airport.
However, the actual line from the film was: "You'll be the first openly gay man elected to major office in the U.S." A slight variation, by the same writer, appeared in the 2017 ABC TV series When We Rise: ". . . the first openly gay man to major office."
But that's not true, either. While the first two elected were women, the first out gay man was Allan Spear.
Spear lost his first campaign in 1968.
When he was first elected in 1972, The Advocate reported that he was gay but every other media outlet, straight and gay, seems to have missed it. A history professor at the University of Minnesota specializing in Afro-American history, like military gay rights pioneer Leonard Matlovich, learning about the Black civil rights movement helped Spear accept his homosexuality.
Like Matlovich and Pete Buttigieg, Spear didn't come out personally until he was in his thirties leading to his public self-outing in December, 1974, inspired by Elaine Noble.
Like Buttigieg, his trust in his constituents was rewarded when he was reelected to the Minnesota State Senate in November, 1976, which was heavily reported in mainstream media.
A variation of the Milk/When We Rise claim sometimes appears, such as the Facebook graphic from the Milk Foundation in January of last year effectively saying that Milk should have precedence over the non-mentioned Spear because he was the first gay "non-incumbent" elected. But neither Kozachenko or Noble were incumbents when they ran, and Spear still had to win; incumbency never guaranteeing reelection.
Spear was also the first out gay leader of a state legislature, serving as the Senate's President from 1992-2000. In all, he was there 28 years, during which time – after 20 years of trying – he succeeded in passing Minnesota's Human Rights Act in 1993, guaranteeing protection from discrimination in education, employment, and housing because of sexual orientation.
It was also the first state law to include transgender people.
During the intensely emotional debate in the State Senate, Spear said:
I've been told by many people that oppose this bill that sexual orientation should not be included in the human rights law because it is a choice, because it is a choice that people make, and if they make a choice, they can change that choice. Well, let me tell you, I'm a 55-year-old gay man and I'm not just going through a phase.
I can assure you that my sexual orientation is not something I would choose like I would choose to wear a blue shirt and a red tie today. Why in the world would I have chosen this? I did everything I could to change: I dated girls, I denied my inner feelings, I sought psychiatric care.
I could do nothing about what I was. I did make a choice. My choice had to do with how I would deal with who I was. I chose, after many years of hiding who I was, to be open, to be who I am and to live my life without shame or apology and that's a choice I've never regretted.
Along with ten other Republicans, Spear had convinced the Republicans' Senate minority leader – a Calvary Lutheran Church pastor and National Guard general – who told the assembly:
It would be easy to vote against it, more popular with the folks back home, but we were elected to lead, to do what is right, and to do what is just and to seek justice. . . . I'm going to vote yes, and extend to a group of people in the State of Minnesota what I consider their civil rights, their human rights, that they, too, can live with dignity.
Audio of a 1993 interview with Spear is here.
Spear died in 2008, two weeks before the film that erased him opened in San Francisco.
"I'M A VEGETARIAN AND I'M GAY."
Jim Yeadon was a cofounder of Madison, Wisconsin's, Alliance for Homosexual Equality (MAHE), the first gay rights organization in the state, formed in the fall of 1969 after Stonewall, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Gay Law School Students Association. He also served on the Madison Equal Opportunities Commission where he was instrumental in helping to rewrite the Madison Equal Opportunities Ordinance to ban discrimination against gay people in housing, employment, public accommodations, and access to city facilities.
In October 1976, he was selected by the Madison Common Council from among eight candidates to fill an unfinished term of an 8th district alderman. The next day he told the campus Daily Cardinal, "I'm a vegetarian and I'm gay."
He was elected by public vote to a full term in April 1977, becoming the first successful openly gay candidate elected to public office in Wisconsin, and fourth in the nation. An article in the conservative campus newspaper The Badger Herald reads: "In very few other cities besides Madison could a self-confessed homosexual like James Yeadon be considered anything but a protest candidate."
In addition to receiving a few explicit death threats, some were implied such as the postcard he got from the head of the CC Riders motorcycle gang "saying he had donated blood in my name in case I ever needed it."
In November of 1977 Harvey Milk was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors. The night after he and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone were assassinated in November 1978 was a regular Madison Council meeting. During the first five minutes of every meeting, a single council member was allowed to say a prayer or whatever else they wanted. Jim Yeadon:
"It was not my turn that night, but I begged them to let me do the opening. I said, 'Yesterday, there were five openly gay elected officials in the country. Today there are four. And I don't know how many good mayors we have but I know we have one, and the world is one the less'. And then I asked people to bow their heads in thought for the people of San Francisco."
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We show that the standard aggregate-data methodology employed to examine the relationship between recessions and mortality may be biased when people move in response to recessions. We offer direct evidence of this "migration bias" using a historical setting that provides both large-scale longitudinal microdata and an exogenous shock to local economic conditions. This allows us to estimate the recession-mortality relationship using methodologies that differ only by whether they account for migration. Results indicate that the recession increased overall mortality when migration is taken into account. Applied to the same data, standard methodologies, which ignore the role of migration, fail to recover this effect.


As part of the US government's Feed the Future initiative that aims to address global hunger and food security issues in sub-Saharan Africa, the US Agency for International Development is supporting multi-stakeholder agricultural research projects under Africa Research In Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING - AR) program. The overall aim of the program is to transform agricultural systems through sustainable intensification projects in Ghana, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mali, and (potentially) Zambia. In Ethiopia, the project, led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), will be supporting crop-livestock farming systems. Multiple participatory and adaptive agricultural interventions are currently taking place in eight kebeles (Goshe Bado, Gudo Beret, Salka, Ilu-Sanbitu, Jawe, Upper Gana, Emba Hasti and Tsibet) in four regions (Amhara, Oromia, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP), and Tigray) in Ethiopia, led by researchers from the ILRI. Experts from ILRI have supported or introduced intercropping, new crop varieties, water conservation practices, and integrated tree cropping. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) leads the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities of the AR program. As part of the M&E activities in Ethiopia, IFPRI contracted BDS Center for Development Research to conduct baseline household and community surveys in Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, and Tigray regions. The main objective of this survey is to collect high-quality baseline household data to support the M&E activities of the AR Program in Ethiopia. More specifically, the survey aims to collect detailed information on the composition of the household, employment, health, agriculture, income and expenditures, credit, assets, subjective welfare and food security, shocks, and the anthropometric status of children and women.
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Concerto Vocale is a Belgian musical ensemble for baroque music.

History
Concerto Vocale was founded in Amsterdam in 1977 by the Belgian countertenor and conductor René Jacobs.

The vocal ensemble has included sopranos María Cristina Kiehr and Martina Bovet, countertenor Andreas Scholl, tenors Gerd Türk and , baritones  and , and basses Ulrich Messthaler and Franz-Josef Selig.

It is complemented by an instrumental ensemble including, among others, Jean Tubéry, William Dongois and Gottfried Bach.

Selected discography
 1978: 3 Leçons de Ténèbres du Mercredy Sainct, H.96, H.97, H.98, 3 Répons du Mercrediy Sainct, H.111, H.112, H.113,  3 Leçons de Ténèbres du Jeudy Sainct, H.102, H.103, H.109 by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (recorded 08/1977 and 01/1978) 3 LP Harmonia Mundi HM 1005/6/7
 1979: 3 Leçons de Ténèbres du Vendredy Sainct, H.105, H.106, H.110, 6 Répons du Mercredy Sainct. H.114.H.115, H.116, H.117, H.118, H.119 by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Volume 2, recorded 01/1978 and 01/1979) 2 LP Harmonia Mundi HM 1008/09
 1982: Madrigaux à 5 et 6 voix by Luca Marenzio
 1984: Lamento d'Arianna by Monteverdi
1984: Motets à voix seule et à 2 voix by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
 1984: Leçons de Ténèbres by François Couperin
 1984: Kleine Geistliche Konzerte by Heinrich Schütz

 1987: Duos et cantates by Carissimi (with Agnès Mellon)
 1990: Auferstehungs-Historie SWV 50 by Schütz
 1990: Weihnachts-Historie SWV 435 by Heinrich Schütz
 1990: Cantates Membra Jesu Nostri BuxWV 75 and Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn BuxWV 43 by Dieterich Buxtehude
 1990: L'incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi
 1992: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria by Monteverdi
 1996: Vespro della Beata Vergine by Monteverdi
 1996: La Callisto by Francesco Cavalli (recorded at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels)
 2000: Giasone by Francesco Cavalli
 2000: Xerse by Francesco Cavalli
 2000: Stabat Mater by Pergolesi

External links
 Bibliothèque nationale de France
 Concerto Vocale on Human Music
 Concerto Vocale on Harmonia Mundi
 Concerto Vocale on Discogs
 Concerto Vocale on France Musique (6 January 2015)
 Luca Marenzio, Madrigaux à 5 et 6 voix, Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs on YouTube

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The Lisa Foundation Patent Law Clinic is the brainchild of prominent Chicago patent attorney Steven G. Lisa, a 1984 ASU Law alumnus. To date, through Lisa's foundation, the clinic has received $200,000 in donated funding.
Students receive hands-on experience in real-world patent and trademark prosecution, and learn skills needed to recognize and obtain valuable and enforceable patents and trademarks for clients that may later be successfully licensed or litigated. Regardless of whether students plan to practice transactional patent and trademark law or intellectual property litigation, the clinic gives students insight into both areas of practice so that they may understand the impact that actions taken during the patent and trademark procurement processes have during a subsequent litigation.
The clinic is a member of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)'s Law School Clinic Certification Program in which students receive limited recognition practice numbers. Those who have a science or engineering background represent both patent and trademark clients whereas those without a technical background practice only on the trademark side of the clinic. The limited recognition practice numbers permit students to represent clients directly before the USPTO including signing and filing patent and trademark applications, office actions, maintenance and renewal documents, conducting examiner interviews and other official correspondence on behalf of clients.
What students do:
Students in the Lisa Foundation Patent Law Clinic receive hands-on experience in real-world patent and trademark prosecution, including client interviewing and counseling, patentability and registrability searching and opinions, and drafting and filing patent and trademark applications and office action responses.
Through their clinical experience, students work with independent inventors and start-up companies to assess clients' IP protection needs and draft and prosecute patent and trademark applications in the USPTO under the supervision of a licensed patent and trademark attorney.
The Patent Clinic is a one-semester course but may be taken for a second semester with instructor approval.
Credits: three graded credits for the first semester; 1-3 pass/fail credits for students returning for a second semester
Recommended Pre- or Co-Requisite(s): Patent Law, Comprehensive Patent Practice, Patent Drafting, Patent Preparation, Trademark Law and Prosecuting Trademark Applications.
Students are expected to spend a minimum of 135 total hours in the Clinic during the one semester.
Fall or Spring Semester – 10 hours per week
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Applications: September 23rd through October 23rd, 2020
Offers extended to students: October 30, 2020
Student acceptances due: November 2nd, 2020 by 5 pm
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Application period: January 11th - February 11th, 2021
Offers extended to students: February 25th, 2021
Student acceptances due: March 5th, 2021 by 5 pm
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Же́ведський зака́зник — гідрологічний заказник місцевого значення в Україні. Розташований у межах Чернігівського району Чернігівської області, в районі сіл Жеведь, Смолин.

Площа 236 га. Статус дано згідно з рішенням Чернігівського облвиконкому від 24.12.1979 року № 561; від 27.12.1984 року № 454; від 28.08.1989 року № 164. Перебуває у віданні: Смолинська, Жеведська сільські ради.

Статус дано для збереження водно-болотного природного комплексу в долині річки Жеведь (права притока Десни).

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 Державний кадастр територій та об'єктів природно-заповідного фонду України станом на 01.01.2013; (422. Жеведський)
 «Природно-заповідний фонд Чернігівської області» (Чернігівська обласна державна адміністрація, 2016 р.). Стор. 173

Природно-заповідний фонд Чернігівського району (Чернігівська область)
Гідрологічні заказники Чернігівської області
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Scholastic, 2011 ISBN: 978-0545201155
Dr. Burrows is finally a happy man. After months of looking for clues, hardship, and travel, he has finally arrived in the place where he hopes to find the answers he seeks. Dr. Burrows, his son Will, and Will's friend Elliott are in a land that lies at the center of the Earth. Here there is a sun that shines all day long. Animal species that humans wiped out on the surface of the Earth long ago flourish in the forests, and the presence of three ancient stone pyramids indicate that an ancient civilization of humans once lived here.
Unfortunately, Dr. Burrows, Will, and Elliott are not the only ones who have arrived in this extraordinary land. The two Rebeccas and their Limiter soldiers have also managed to arrive there. The girls are eager to have their revenge on Will and his father, and they are determined to get their hands on the virus vial (and its antidote) that Will stole from them. The Rebeccas and their kind, the Styx, plan on using the virus to undermine human "Topsoil" civilization so that they can leave their underground world once and for all.
Meanwhile, in London, Will's friend, Chester, and Elliott's father, Drake, are also trying to find a way to stop the Styx before it is too late. They know all too well what is at stake, and they know too that they are constant danger.
Under the ground, in the Colony, Will's mother, Mrs. Burrows, is recovering from the torture that she suffered at the hands of the Styx authorities. Though her eyesight is now very poor, her other sense are heightened and she is determined to escape.
Readers who have been following the adventures of Will, Chester, and their allies will be thrilled with this fourth and final book in the series. This is a novel that will delight readers with its unexpected plot twists, its fascinating characters, and its chilling denouement.
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Our volunteer Board members give their time, talent and treasure to And Literacy For All
because of their passion for our mission to improve family and community literacy.
Mary Corrigan, President
Mary's passion for educating at-risk youth began growing up in Chicago, where she witnessed the effects of poverty, violence, discrimination, and segregation. She began her teaching career in Cicero, Illinois as a middle school English teacher. She continued this career in Lee County, Florida where she served as a reading and Language Arts teacher, reading coach, teacher trainer, and teacher leader. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Illinois State University, a Masters of Education in Literacy from Dominican University, and professional development certification from Florida Literacy and Reading Excellence (FLaRE). Mary is currently Board Secretary of the Children's Services Foundation of Southwest Florida. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in Reading, Language, and Literacy Leadership from Concordia University, Chicago where her focus is Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) learners. She maintains her direct involvement with young learners by volunteering at The Harlem Heights Community Charter School. Mary works to be part of a systemic change that will close the literacy opportunity gap as well as raise the bar for all Lee County youth.
Dr. April Brown, Vice-President
Dr. April T. Brown has been in the counseling field in Lee County since 2000 where she has counseled children, teens, adults, older adults, couples, and families. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified School Counselor, Certified Distance Counselor, and a qualified supervisor in mental health. She runs her own private practice in Fort Myers, where she specializes in anxiety, depression, and relationships. She has earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance and Marketing and a Masters and Specialist in Education Degree in Counseling and Human Systems from Florida State University and a Doctor of Education degree in Counseling Psychology from Argosy University. Her work experiences include working in corporations, public schools, colleges, universities, and in private practice. In addition, she has been a consultant for local schools, churches, and agencies. Dr. April believes that knowledge is power and works to remove barriers that block people from obtaining the goals they desired. Her passion focuses around educating others about the stigma of mental health. Thus she has volunteered her time and expertise with various local and national community service organizations and has provided various workshops on mental health and educational issues to businesses, community organizations, churches, and schools. In fact, she has been awarded counseling awards for her service. Dr. April is a member of Christian Chamber of Southwest Florida, Florida Catholic Chamber of Commerce, Mental Health Association of Southwest Florida, American Counseling Association, and currently services as the Vice President of the Southwest Florida Mental Health Association. For more information about Dr. April Brown – check her out at www.draprilbrown.com
Regina Kilmartin, Secretary
A native of New York, Regina has worked in the legal community for over 30 years as a court reporter and small business owner. A graduate of the Machine Shorthand Institute of Albany, Regina worked as a freelance court reporter until 1995, when she started American Legal Transcription (ALT), a New York State and federally approved legal transcription agency. ALT was a pioneering agency in the state's transition from live court reporters to audio recording, and she continues to serve as a consultant to several legal transcription agencies in New York.
Regina sold her business in 2009 and relocated to Florida, where she currently works as the congregational administrator for All Faiths Unitarian Congregation in Fort Myers. Her experience in the New York State court system has given her a strong appreciation for legal justice for all people. Through her work at All Faiths she has been able to actively engage in her life-long commitment to social justice and human rights. She chairs the Communications Committee and produces a 12-page monthly newsletter that has been recognized as outstanding. Regina organized All Faiths' Justice Ministry Network and serves as a team leader for Lee Interfaith for Empowerment (LIFE), an interfaith community-based organization that has successfully brought about systemic change in our local community.
Regina believes that literacy is every individual's right, and the first and most important step towards a life that can overcome injustice. She feels that our greatest contribution to the future is to enable literacy for all.
Ed Kleinow, Treasurer
Ed is a retired partner of Ernst & Young, the international Accounting, Tax and Advisory professional services firm. During his career he directed and provided management consulting services in the areas of Information Technology, Business Performance Improvement and Organizational Effectiveness. Prior to his career in management consulting Ed was an electrical engineer working in the areas of computer design and technical support. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and a distinguished graduate of the U. S. Air Force Officer's Training school. Currently Ed is Treasurer of SalusCare, Treasurer of The Children's Services Foundation of Southwest Florida, and past president of All Faiths Unitarian Congregation.


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How To Download and Sign Up For Disney Plus on Android in Australia & New Zealand
Disney+ is now available on Android in Australia and New Zealand meaning that you can watch all your favorite Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Disney Channel, and National Geographic movies for just $6.99 a month ($70 a year). Fortunately, it's easy to download, install, and sign-up for Disney Plus on Android
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In the Phimpme Android application, users can perform various operations on the albums available such as creating a zip file of the album, hiding an album and many more. However, one another useful functionality that has been added to the Phimpme Android application is the option to rename albums. So in this post, I will be discussing the implementation of the renaming functionality.
First we need to add an option in the overflow menu to rename an album while we long-select an album or we are viewing photos inside a particular album. The option in the overflow menu can be added by integrating the following lines of code in the menu_albums.xml file(this file contains the xml code for overflow menu options provided for albums).
Now after the user selects the option in the overflow menu to rename the current viewing album, an alertdialog with an edittext would be displayed to the user to enter the new name for the album. The alertdialog containing the edittext has been implemented with the following lines of code.
The screenshot of the dialog to enter the new name is provided below.
Finally, after retrieving the new name for the album entered by the user, the renameAlbum method is invoked by passing in the application context and new name as the parameters. Now inside the renameAlbum method, a new file path is created by the use of the getAlbumPathRenamed method of the StringUtils class and the current path of the album is changed to the new path generated earlier. Similarly path of each media inside the album is changed accordingly by the use of the method getPhotoPathRenamedAlbumChange of the StrinUtils class by looping through the media objects one by one. The lines of code implemented to perform the above-mentioned operations are provided below.
This is how we have implemented the functionality to rename particular albums in the Phimpme Android application. To get the full source code, please refer to the Phimpme Android Github repository listed in the resource section below.


The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates about 42.1 million people, or 18.1 percent of all adults (aged 18 years or older), smoke cigarettes in the United States. We know smoking causes many types of cancer, heart disease, aneurysms, bronchitis, emphysema and stroke. It can also agitate existing health issues like pneumonia and asthma, cause wounds to take longer to heal, and potentially disrupt the immune system. But numerous smoking side effects can influence your mouth's health as well. Consider the following in the process of extinguishing this habit for good.
Smoking's effect on oral health includes bad breath, stained teeth and tongue, and a dulled sense of taste and smell, according to the American Dental Association (ADA) Mouth Healthy site. Because the immune system is affected, however, smokers often have weaker defenses against infections like gum disease. They may also experience slower healing times after tooth extraction or other surgical procedures.
Oral cancer is another huge consideration, and it can spread to the lips, tongue, mouth and throat as long as tobacco is consumed. Salivary glands and tonsils are common sites of oral cancer.
With respect to common irritation, smokers generally have more oral health problems than non-smokers, including mouth sores and ulcers. Cavities and tooth loss are also more likely to occur, as cigarettes continue to prevent the body from fending off plaque and tarter that can build up on your teeth.
Although it may be tempting to quit smoking cold turkey, quitting can be challenging. Because of the addictive ingredients in tobacco products, there are methods to help you stop using tobacco over time, and for good. In addition to a nicotine patch, gum or electronic cigarette, consider cutting back on sugary foods that feed the bacteria cigarettes already make it harder to fight against. Talk with your dentist and physician about treatment plans you can put into effect to help you overcome this habit and keep the smoking side effects from damaging your teeth.
Once you've made initial steps toward trying to quit, it is vastly important to improve your oral hygiene with regular brushing and flossing. Try using a toothpaste such as Colgate TotalSF Advanced Whitening to improve your daily removal of plaque and stains. Plus, a whiter smile and mintier breath only makes you more motivated to stay clean.
Alongside a new oral care routine, it is strongly advised for smokers to get a professional cleaning, which follows the removal of plaque and tartar with a thorough polishing that is conducted by the dental hygienist. Without quitting smoking, of course, cleaning and stain removal only has a temporary effect. By quitting smoking, you're giving your overall health and smile a fresh start.