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Billy Sherwood has music in his blood. His father, famed composer, actor and big-band leader, Bobby Sherwood (1914-1981), himself the son of vaudeville performers, worked with such legends as Bing Crosby, Arte Shaw, Frank Sinatra, and Judy Garland. Bobby also appeared in numerous films, including "Pal Joey", with Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, and Kim Novak, and made numerous appearances on such television shows as "The Red Buttons Show", "Stars on Parade", and "The Milton Berle Show" (Mr. Berle is Billy's godfather).
His mother, Phyllis, played vibes and sang in Bobby's band, and was still dancing in "The Palm Spring Follies" well into her 60's.
His brother Michael, a talented composer, singer and keyboard player, is a highly sought-after session musician in Los Angeles, who has worked with such performers as Toto, Jack Russell, Lisa Loeb, and Air Supply.
Billy began his own professional career in 1981, when, at the age of sixteen, he formed his first band, Lodgic, with his brother, Michael. Lodgic was signed to A&M Records and released one album, Nomadic Sands in 1985.
Lodgic gave way to World Trade, which signed with Polydor Records in 1987, and release a self-titled debut album in 1989, and a second album, Euphoria, in 1995. "The Evolution Song", from that album, marks the first collaboration between Billy and Chris Squire.
He made his debut as a producer in 1993 on Paul Rodgers Muddy Water Blues, which was nominated for a Grammy in 1993, as Best Contemporary Blues Album, losing to Buddy Guy's Feels Like Rain.
It was shortly after wrapping up the Muddy Water project that his long association with Yes began. In 1994, he was asked by Yes to tour as a multi-instrumentalist on their Talk tour, performing with the band for seventy-six shows between June and October. After Yes regrouped with the classic lineup in 1995, he mixed the album Keys To Ascension (1996), and engineered and produced Keys to Ascension 2 (1997). In 1996, he became a full-fledged member of Yes, co-writing and producing Open Your Eyes (1997). Yes released The Ladder, in 1998 and toured extensively for several years.
As if recording and touring with Yes wasn't enough, Billy found time to record and produce his first solo effort, The Big Peace in 1999.
Billy departed Yes in 2000 and returned to the recording studio, in Los Angeles, working for Elias Arts as a staff composer/writer for television and jingles. It was around this same time that he was approached by Trevor Rabin to score orchestral music for the new Disney Epcot ride "Mission Space", composing the music for the planetary plaza section of the ride.
The year 2000 also saw the creation of a new project with Chris Squire: Conspiracy. A debut album was released that year, followed in 2003 by The Unknown, and a DVD, Conspiracy Live in 2006.
In 2004, the ever-busy Sherwood released a second solo album, No Comment, and a third solo project, At the Speed of Life ..., is set for release in 2008.
His latest creation is a new band called CIRCA: featuring Yes alumni Tony Kaye and Alan White along with Jimmy Haun on guitar. In 2007, CIRCA: released a debut album, and in 2008, a live DVD was released as well.
All of this experience from orchestras to rock and roll (and everything in between) has made Billy a self-contained hybrid musician/producer who can adapt to any musical genre.
On January 14, 2009, Circa self-released on the Internet its second studio album, Circa HQ. An Italian tour was scheduled for February, but then canceled. The tour was to see former Toto singer, Bobby Kimball, joining them on stage to play material from Circa, Yes, and Toto. Kimball, Sherwood, along with Tony Kaye and Jimmy Haun, have now joined forces to create a new band, Yoso, and were working on an album in April 2009.
Billy and his wife Michi live near Los Angeles with their son, Ethan, and several cats.
Every now and then Billy used to give suggestions and advices to Bobby by singing little melodies and here there! Giorgio was there speechless... Gosh, that Billy could sing!!! hmmmmmm, weird idea coming along!
At the end of the session, Giorgio asked Billy to reopen the Friends track's session saying he could feel something missing on it... Billy asked what was the missing thing, and Giorgio promptly answered : " YOUR VOICE" !
Billy was thrilled to find himself in front of the mic and be part of the lead vocals for that fabulous track by Elton John !
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Businesses have gone increasingly global today constituting a diverse workforce due to which cross-cultural management has become increasingly important for organizations today. Globalization is important for companies in order to attain competitive advantage and cross cultural management is important for staying competitive in global business. Cross-cultural management ensures that different cultures can coexist together with their own unique cultural identity. It makes businesses learn to live with other cultures while doing business internationally around the world. Diverse cultures are able to mesh together due to cross cultural management techniques employed by the companies around the world. It is the international practice that companies should accept the culture and environment of the region where they operate for successful integration of their business.
Culture differences come into place when companies do not adjust with the cultural values, habits and communication processes of a particular region. Culture varies from place to place along different dimensions. For example, some cultures are individualistic while others are collectivist; some are masculine while others are feminine. Differences also come in the orientation style and the power distance that exists in organization in different regions. When businesses are not able to integrate themselves with the culture of the country, the workers face trouble and the company bears losses in terms of competitive advantage (Levitt, 1983). The research paper is an attempt to provide an integrated study of cross-cultural management at Nissan Corporation. The paper will start by presenting a literature review on cross-cultural management in diverse cultures and then the research methodology will be explained. Finally, the research done on the cross-cultural management at Nissan Corporation will be presented and the paper will end with a conclusion.
In the 21st century, there has continuously been a trend in business to go overseas and establish business internationally for which cross cultural management is an important concept to be studied. This has given a boost to competition among different countries and attaining competitive advantages is important to exist in the global market. In order to do so, a company should be able and competent enough to interact in the global market through effective cross cultural management in organizations (Soderberg, Marie & Holden, 2002). Cross Cultural management basically refers to the management of diverse cultures, attitudes, habits, values in order to achieve success and competitive advantage in business. In more sophisticated words, it means transcending cultural differences in a global marketplace (Thomas, 2008). There are activities which are common in all businesses but the meanings and interpretations of these activities become different due to different cultural values.
For example, recruitment for USA is selection while for India it is rejection. Cross cultural management takes place when people or business executives from different cultures meet, interact and understand each other's perspective for carrying out business together (Thomas, 2008). Cross cultural management is a sort of management style implemented at organizations so that the business should learn to work with people from diverse culture, understand their perspective and priorities and tolerate the differences as far as possible. Most importantly businesses should realize the differences that exist in the behavioral communication styles for proper negotiation (Muller, 2004). A research done by Evans and Doz stated that attaining successful competitive advantage internationally does not lies in designing the strategy, structure, technologies or products accordingly but in understanding the complex demands of global business and possessing the capability to cope with these demands and cultural differences (Tung, 2008).
The research on the cross cultural management at Nissan Corporate was done with the help of online resources and books. Information relating to the cross cultural management techniques employed at Nissan Corporation was found in several online articles, news clippings and cases found in the books. All the information has been linked to provide an integrated study of Cross Cultural management at Nissan Corporation. Since Nissan operates globally, it was not possible to arrange for interviews with their management but the interviews found in the newspaper articles given by the higher management have been taken into consideration to present this integrated study. Moreover, the case studies found in the books provide sufficient information on cross-cultural techniques employed by Nissan Corporation globally.
Nissan Motor Company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan is a famous name in the automotive industry. It is a company that operates globally in various parts of the world and has regional offices in North America, Switzerland, France, UK, Spain, UAE, Iran, South Africa, Kenya, Egypt and various countries of Asia. Diversity is among the core values recognized by the organization and people working at the corporation come from diverse backgrounds, lifestyles, nationality, culture, geography, education and preferences. The company believes that diversity is a value which gives strength and competitiveness to the organization since the diverse employees offer more ideas and creativity for the success of the organization. The company puts diversity to its advantage since it allows them to cater to the diverse needs and desires of the customers through which the company attains better growth. Diversity is respected by the management and employees of the organization so that they all strive to achieve competitive advantage (Company website, 2008).
The person responsible for bringing his cross-cultural approach to Nissan is Carlos Ghosn since he himself had a cross-cultural background. He believed that when there are cross-functional teams in an organization there is emphasis on new ways of thinking and challenge existing practices. The cross cultural integration of Nissan was shown by their deal with Renault in 1999 to form an alliance for exploring possible synergies. The technique used by Ghosn for efficient cross cultural management was the formation of cross functional teams within Nissan. The teams along with their leaders and pilot were responsible for identifying the problems and making recommendations. This was done so that the employees get accustomed to deal with the other company having a different culture and background. For the alliance to work, there were several internal and external changes introduced by the Carlos Ghosn so that the culture and structure of the organization can integrate with that of Renault.
Internally, the culture of Nissan Motor Company was attacked and changed so that it constituted basic elements of Japan's national culture. There were certain policies and traditions followed by the company which hindered the progress of Nissan Corporation. Such policies and traditions were replaced with modern values so that the company could progress to great heights globally. Painful steps were taken which even involved the closure of one plant so that the corporate culture at Nissan Motor Company could be one integrating cross cultural management. Moreover, the structure of the organization was also changed from one placing emphasis on decision making to the one emphasizing innovating thinking. Another change was seen in more authority being given to the middle management so that decisions could be taken immediately without wasting much time in obtaining permission from the higher authorities. New management techniques were put into place so that the partners did not lose face. Moreover, for Nissan to attain competitive advantage globally and make a successful alliance with Renault, the working language of the company was changed from Japanese to English since communication problems can be solved through this language. This made easier for the Japanese and French executives to interact and communicate in the most efficient manner discussing the issues and devising workable solutions for them (OECD staff, 2005).
At the external side, the company reduced its procurement and supply of goods and parts from keiretsu companies. There was a competitive bidding process adopted through which one-third of the company's supply started coming through outsourcing. Through global establishment, it was also able to obtain price discounts when purchased in large volumes. With the Nissan-Renault alliance, the purchasing, production, and distribution costs reduced since they all were shared now. With effective cross-cultural management of the Nissan-Renault Alliance, the company was able to revive successfully from a financial failure and the profits were raised considerably. Changing the cultural norms was the most strategic change which allowed the company to address its problems effectively. If proper cross-cultural management techniques had not been employed, the Japanese-French alliance would not have worked in the desired manner due to conflicting cultural and regional differences (OECD staff, 2005).
Carlos Ghosn being the President and CEO of Nissan Corporation was awarded the second annual award for Transcultural Leadership because he headed the Nissan-Renault Alliance of bringing Japan and France to work together on a single platform. He was a person who realized the importance of business working across borders and created an organizational climate capable of operating in diverse cultures. He was awarded since he believed that recognizing cultural diversity is important for the future success, profitability and competitive advantage of the organization. Cross-cultural management at Nissan Motor Company was merely as a result of the principles and beliefs of the President and CEO of the organization, Carlos Ghosn which were promoted throughout the company among each every employee developing respect and empathy for diversity (INSEAD, 2008). The employees at Nissan come from diverse cultural backgrounds which the company believes is important for an innovative and creative work environment. For working cross culturally, Nissan developed an understanding of every country and culture in which they operated worldwide so that the employees are aware of the strengths and weaknesses.
The company embraced the dynamics of cross cultural management since it was important for the long-term success of Nissan Corporation. The CEO worked for the development of an organizational culture which respects regional differences and serves as an opportunity for growth in the emerging markets of the world. Though Nissan and Renault operate together as an alliance but the two companies have their unique corporate culture and brand identity. Infact, the Nissan-Renault Alliance has been termed as a successful experiment in cross-cultural management. The alliance has a worked as a result of Nissan's strategy to work with people from diverse cultures and respecting corporate and cultural differences of each company. The company believes that it was diversity which revived Nissan from a failure after establishing an alliance with Renault (Magee, 2003).
There are also certain events and programs initiated by the Nissan Motor Company which promote cultural diversity and allow for cross-cultural management. This is important since Nissan's products are sold among huge customer bases which come from different cultures and understanding their different needs and wants is required for the success of the organization. A training session is held in cultural diversity so that there is smooth cross cultural communication across the organization's employees. These training sessions are especially held for the Renault employees so that they learn to negotiate and collaborate with their Japanese colleagues in a better way. Moreover, there are also events organized in which employees from different cultures represent themselves to foster better understanding amongst themselves. For example, there is an event organized every year on cultural diversity in Canada where they organize a Multicultural week in order to increase awareness about various cultures and respect them. In this event, the employees bring various clothing, artifacts, and other items with which to represent their culture so that they can celebrate the cultural diversity existing within Nissan Canada, Inc. There is also a 'Diversity Site' initiated by the Nissan Corporation where information is available on Japanese and French cultural habits, norms and business practices to enhance communication and collaboration (Company website, 2008).
The cross-cultural management at Nissan Corporation has made it possible to reach new heights after its failure during the 1990s. The management style employed at the company ensured that the company can exist in different countries between different cultural values and business practices.
Globalization has become an integral part of every business and businesses today have to take several initiatives to exist successfully and competitively in a global environment. Cross-cultural management the basic requirement for global businesses today without which they would not be able to achieve competitive advantage and sustainability. Efficient cross-cultural management practices should be implemented by the management of the organization in order for them to work among diverse cultures. Employing people from culturally diverse backgrounds too requires proper management so that they can address the needs and issues of a wide customer base. Such employees should be trained in cultural diversity so that through them cross-cultural management can be implemented in organizations.
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Numbers 32:1-33:49
The Transjordan Tribes
32 The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks,(A) saw that the lands of Jazer(B) and Gilead(C) were suitable for livestock.(D) 2 So they came to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community,(E) and said, 3 "Ataroth,(F) Dibon,(G) Jazer,(H) Nimrah,(I) Heshbon,(J) Elealeh,(K) Sebam,(L) Nebo(M) and Beon(N)— 4 the land the Lord subdued(O) before the people of Israel—are suitable for livestock,(P) and your servants have livestock. 5 If we have found favor in your eyes," they said, "let this land be given to your servants as our possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.(Q)"
6 Moses said to the Gadites and Reubenites, "Should your fellow Israelites go to war while you sit here? 7 Why do you discourage the Israelites from crossing over into the land the Lord has given them?(R) 8 This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.(S) 9 After they went up to the Valley of Eshkol(T) and viewed the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the Lord had given them. 10 The Lord's anger was aroused(U) that day and he swore this oath:(V) 11 'Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of those who were twenty years old or more(W) when they came up out of Egypt(X) will see the land I promised on oath(Y) to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob(Z)— 12 not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the Lord wholeheartedly.'(AA) 13 The Lord's anger burned against Israel(AB) and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation of those who had done evil in his sight was gone.(AC)
14 "And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the Lord even more angry with Israel.(AD) 15 If you turn away from following him, he will again leave all this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.(AE)"
16 Then they came up to him and said, "We would like to build pens(AF) here for our livestock(AG) and cities for our women and children. 17 But we will arm ourselves for battle[a] and go ahead of the Israelites(AH) until we have brought them to their place.(AI) Meanwhile our women and children will live in fortified cities, for protection from the inhabitants of the land. 18 We will not return to our homes until each of the Israelites has received their inheritance.(AJ) 19 We will not receive any inheritance with them on the other side of the Jordan, because our inheritance(AK) has come to us on the east side of the Jordan."(AL)
20 Then Moses said to them, "If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the Lord for battle(AM) 21 and if all of you who are armed cross over the Jordan before the Lord until he has driven his enemies out before him(AN)— 22 then when the land is subdued before the Lord, you may return(AO) and be free from your obligation to the Lord and to Israel. And this land will be your possession(AP) before the Lord.(AQ)
23 "But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the Lord; and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.(AR) 24 Build cities for your women and children, and pens for your flocks,(AS) but do what you have promised.(AT)"
25 The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, "We your servants will do as our lord commands.(AU) 26 Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead.(AV) 27 But your servants, every man who is armed for battle, will cross over to fight(AW) before the Lord, just as our lord says."
28 Then Moses gave orders about them(AX) to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun(AY) and to the family heads of the Israelite tribes.(AZ) 29 He said to them, "If the Gadites and Reubenites, every man armed for battle, cross over the Jordan with you before the Lord, then when the land is subdued before you,(BA) you must give them the land of Gilead as their possession.(BB) 30 But if they do not cross over(BC) with you armed, they must accept their possession with you in Canaan.(BD)"
31 The Gadites and Reubenites answered, "Your servants will do what the Lord has said.(BE) 32 We will cross over before the Lord into Canaan armed,(BF) but the property we inherit will be on this side of the Jordan.(BG)"
33 Then Moses gave to the Gadites,(BH) the Reubenites and the half-tribe of Manasseh(BI) son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites(BJ) and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan(BK)—the whole land with its cities and the territory around them.(BL)
34 The Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,(BM) 35 Atroth Shophan, Jazer,(BN) Jogbehah,(BO) 36 Beth Nimrah(BP) and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and built pens for their flocks.(BQ) 37 And the Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon,(BR) Elealeh(BS) and Kiriathaim,(BT) 38 as well as Nebo(BU) and Baal Meon (these names were changed) and Sibmah.(BV) They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.
39 The descendants of Makir(BW) son of Manasseh went to Gilead,(BX) captured it and drove out the Amorites(BY) who were there. 40 So Moses gave Gilead to the Makirites,(BZ) the descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there. 41 Jair,(CA) a descendant of Manasseh, captured their settlements and called them Havvoth Jair.[b](CB) 42 And Nobah captured Kenath(CC) and its surrounding settlements and called it Nobah(CD) after himself.(CE)
Stages in Israel's Journey
33 Here are the stages in the journey(CF) of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt(CG) by divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.(CH) 2 At the Lord's command Moses recorded(CI) the stages in their journey(CJ). This is their journey by stages:
3 The Israelites set out(CK) from Rameses(CL) on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover.(CM) They marched out defiantly(CN) in full view of all the Egyptians, 4 who were burying all their firstborn,(CO) whom the Lord had struck down among them; for the Lord had brought judgment(CP) on their gods.(CQ)
5 The Israelites left Rameses and camped at Sukkoth.(CR)
6 They left Sukkoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the desert.(CS)
7 They left Etham, turned back to Pi Hahiroth, to the east of Baal Zephon,(CT) and camped near Migdol.(CU)
8 They left Pi Hahiroth[c](CV) and passed through the sea(CW) into the desert, and when they had traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they camped at Marah.(CX)
9 They left Marah and went to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped(CY) there.
10 They left Elim(CZ) and camped by the Red Sea.[d]
11 They left the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.(DA)
12 They left the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
13 They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.
14 They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.(DB)
15 They left Rephidim(DC) and camped in the Desert of Sinai.(DD)
16 They left the Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.(DE)
17 They left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.(DF)
18 They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
19 They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.
20 They left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah.(DG)
21 They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.
22 They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.
23 They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.
24 They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.
25 They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.
26 They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath.
27 They left Tahath and camped at Terah.
28 They left Terah and camped at Mithkah.
29 They left Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.
30 They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.(DH)
31 They left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan.(DI)
32 They left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad.
33 They left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.(DJ)
34 They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.
35 They left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.(DK)
36 They left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.(DL)
37 They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor,(DM) on the border of Edom.(DN) 38 At the Lord's command Aaron the priest went up Mount Hor, where he died(DO) on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth year(DP) after the Israelites came out of Egypt.(DQ) 39 Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.
40 The Canaanite king(DR) of Arad,(DS) who lived in the Negev(DT) of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.
41 They left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
42 They left Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
43 They left Punon and camped at Oboth.(DU)
44 They left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim, on the border of Moab.(DV)
45 They left Iye Abarim and camped at Dibon Gad.
46 They left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim.
47 They left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim,(DW) near Nebo.(DX)
48 They left the mountains of Abarim(DY) and camped on the plains of Moab(DZ) by the Jordan(EA) across from Jericho.(EB) 49 There on the plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth(EC) to Abel Shittim.(ED)
Numbers 32:17 Septuagint; Hebrew will be quick to arm ourselves
Numbers 32:41 Or them the settlements of Jair
Numbers 33:8 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Vulgate; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text left from before Hahiroth
Numbers 33:10 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 11
Numbers 32:1 : ver 24, 36; Jdg 5:16
Numbers 32:1 : Ex 12:38
Numbers 32:2 : Lev 4:22; Nu 27:2
Numbers 32:3 : ver 34; Jos 16:2, 7; 18:13
Numbers 32:3 : ver 34; S Nu 21:30
Numbers 32:3 : ver 1
Numbers 32:3 : ver 36; Jos 13:27
Numbers 32:3 : ver 37; Isa 15:4; 16:9; Jer 48:34
Numbers 32:3 : Jos 13:19; Isa 16:8, 9; Jer 48:32
Numbers 32:3 : Nu 33:47; Dt 32:49; 34:1; 1Ch 5:8
Numbers 32:3 : ver 38; Jos 13:17; Eze 25:9
Numbers 32:7 : Nu 13:27-14:4
Numbers 32:8 : Nu 13:3, 26; Dt 1:19-25
Numbers 32:9 : Nu 13:23; Dt 1:24
Numbers 32:10 : S Nu 14:20-23
Numbers 32:11 : Nu 1:1
Numbers 32:11 : Nu 14:28-30
Numbers 32:12 : Nu 14:24, 30
Numbers 32:13 : S Ex 4:14
Numbers 32:13 : Nu 14:28-35; 26:64, 65
Numbers 32:14 : S ver 10; Dt 1:34; Ps 78:59
Numbers 32:15 : Dt 30:17-18; 2Ch 7:20
Numbers 32:16 : ver 24, 36; 1Sa 24:3; Ps 50:9; 78:70
Numbers 32:16 : Ex 12:38; Dt 3:19
Numbers 32:17 : Dt 3:18; Jos 4:12, 13
Numbers 32:17 : S Nu 22:4; Dt 3:20
Numbers 32:18 : Jos 22:1-4
Numbers 32:19 : Nu 21:33; Jos 12:1; 22:7
Numbers 32:20 : ver 17
Numbers 32:22 : Jos 22:4
Numbers 32:22 : Dt 3:18-20
Numbers 32:23 : S Ge 4:7; S Isa 3:9
Numbers 32:24 : S ver 1, 16
Numbers 32:25 : ver 29; Jos 1:16, 18; 22:2
Numbers 32:26 : ver 16, 24; Jos 1:14; 12:2; 22:9; 2Sa 2:9; 1Ch 5:9
Numbers 32:28 : ver 29; Dt 3:18-20; Jos 1:13
Numbers 32:28 : Nu 1:16
Numbers 32:32 : S ver 30; Jos 12:6
Numbers 32:33 : Jos 13:24-28; 1Sa 13:7
Numbers 32:33 : Jos 1:12
Numbers 32:33 : Nu 21:21; Dt 2:26
Numbers 32:33 : S ver 19; S Jos 12:5
Numbers 32:33 : S Nu 21:24; 34:14; Dt 2:36; Jos 12:6
Numbers 32:34 : Dt 2:36; 3:12; 4:48; Jos 12:2; 13:9; Jdg 11:26; 1Sa 30:28; 1Ch 5:8; Jer 48:19
Numbers 32:35 : ver 3
Numbers 32:35 : Jdg 8:11
Numbers 32:37 : Jos 13:19; 1Ch 6:76; Jer 48:1, 23; Eze 25:9
Numbers 32:38 : S ver 3; Isa 15:2; Jer 48:1, 22
Numbers 32:39 : S Ge 50:23
Numbers 32:40 : S Ge 50:23; Dt 3:15
Numbers 32:41 : 1Ki 4:13
Numbers 32:41 : Dt 3:14; Jos 13:30; Jdg 10:4; 1Ch 2:23
Numbers 32:42 : 1Ch 2:23
Numbers 32:42 : 1Sa 15:12; 2Sa 18:18; Ps 49:11; Isa 22:16; 56:5
Numbers 33:1 : Ex 17:1; 40:36
Numbers 33:1 : Nu 1:1
Numbers 33:1 : S Ex 4:16; 6:26
Numbers 33:2 : S Ex 17:14
Numbers 33:3 : Nu 10:2
Numbers 33:3 : Jos 5:10
Numbers 33:3 : S Ex 14:8
Numbers 33:4 : 2Ch 24:24; Jer 15:3; Eze 14:21
Numbers 33:7 : Ex 14:9
Numbers 33:10 : Ex 16:1
Numbers 33:11 : S Ex 16:1
Numbers 33:14 : S Ex 15:22; S 17:2
Numbers 33:20 : Jos 10:29; 12:15; 15:42; 21:13; 2Ki 8:22; 19:8; 23:31; 1Ch 6:57; 2Ch 21:10; Isa 37:8; Jer 52:1
Numbers 33:30 : Dt 10:6
Numbers 33:35 : Dt 2:8; 1Ki 9:26; 22:48
Numbers 33:37 : S Ge 36:16; S Nu 20:16
Numbers 33:40 : S Ge 12:9
Numbers 33:48 : Nu 22:1; Jos 12:9
Numbers 33:49 : Jos 12:3; 13:20; Eze 25:9


December 31, 2016: First Night Morris County celebrates 25th Anniversary – bigger and better than ever.
December 31, 2016 marks the 25th Anniversary of New Jersey's biggest and brightest First Night, a New Year's Eve family-friendly, alcohol-free celebration of the arts – with nearly 200 artists, over 85 events in 26+ venues – representing dance, theatre, music, world cultures, visual arts and children's events.
For the last quarter century, Morris Arts has served as First Night Morris' artistic programmer, securing topflight talents who attract thousands of people from throughout the state and beyond. More than half of the program features new artists (or artists returning after several years), many of whom have performed at top venues, won international recognition, performed on national radio/TV, in major films and/or collaborated with superstars of performing arts. On that night, for $17.50-$25, you can experience everything from Broadway stars to a comedy dog circus.
Check out the FIRST NIGHT MORRIS PROGRAM HERE and visit www.firstnightmorris.com for more information, to purchase tickets or to volunteer for the event.
On the Rock/Pop front, Brian LaBlanc's multi-artist tribute band (which opened for Grammy winners such as Blind Boys of Alabama), features dazzlingly authentic performances of Billy Joel, Neil Diamond, Johnny Cash, John Lennon, and more! Making big sounds with tiny instruments, the ukulele rock band Cousin Earth not only offers Rock, but also Fusion, Ragtime, Funk, Bluegrass, Hip-Hop and even Electronica.
For Blues/Bluegrass and Modern Country, First Night is the place. Groove with the "real deal" in Blues, R&B (and funk) as Yankee Stadium organist Ed Alstrom's Quartet features Rob Paparozzi, the Grammy-nominated vocalist/harmonica virtuoso from the original Blues Brothers Band and Blood Sweat & Tearsbands. Another solid pro, jazz singer Maggie Worsdale pays homage to the earthy, innovative Nashville sound of legendary Patsy Cline and, if you prefer traditional Nashville-style bluegrass, check out the tight, soulful harmonies and serious fiddle/guitar and mandolin chops of the Feinberg Brothers – with champion banjo master Terry McGill. If the modern country/folk sound of Alison Krauss and James Taylor is your taste, don't miss the haunting, clear, pure voice of rising talent, Frances Catherine Ihling.
Experience Jazz heaven with the amazing Frank Vignola Trio. One of the top jazz guitarists in the world, Vignola and talented Vinny Raniolo join forces this year with a fellow Les Paul colleague, the irresistible Aussie vocalist/bassist, Nicki Parrott. Mauricio de Souza's band, Bossa Brasil, adds a touch of smooth, Brazilian-tinted jazz and, First Night would not be complete without our own sizzling jazz pianist, Rio Clemente (the "Bishop of Jazz") whose inventive and sparkling improvisations astonish and inspire all.
Do you like the soaring, heart-stopping songs of Broadway? A Night of Broadway Stars brings the Great White Way to First Night, featuring actual Broadway stars singing unforgettable songs from Broadway productions such as Phantom, Wicked, The Color Purple, Fiddler on the Roof, and Cats. Who could resist?
If Folk Music is your bag, be sure to catch the "pure musical poetry" of troubadour Lara Herscovitch who's appeared on the Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, or check out the witty and sly humor of the Folk Project's own Mike Agranoff. If your musical tastes are more Electic, break out your kazoo and washboard to jam with the Philadelphia Jug Band or feel the beat with Carol Peña in the Gefyra Participatory Drum Circle.
If you prefer Classical Music, First Night offers the artistry of the NJ Festival Orchestra, the piano virtuosity of Laryssa Krupa (with her trio), the grand brass of Solid Brass Lite and the polish and inventive programming of Harmonium Choral Society. Hear Peter Saleh's distinctive Marimba & Percussion Ensembleor travel back in time and meet Bach himself with Dennis Kobray's Meet the Musicians.
First Night also offers a generous sampling of World Cultures such as the renowned Nai Ni Chen Dance Company, blending traditional and contemporary Chinese dance or Taikoza's thundering, powerful drumming, folk dance and delicate shakuhachi flute music from Japan.
With its pre-colonial instruments, colorful costumes, music and dance, Mexico Beyond Mariachi explores the long cultural history of Mexico while Eco Del Sur performs ancient and contemporary music from multiple Latin American regions on indigenous instruments. Dance along with the infectious Latin salsa, merengue and tangos of Daniel Herrera's DREAMS dancers or savor the rich musical blend, performed on tabla, bansuri, mbira and kora by the global fusion ensemble, Afrika Meets India.
A hot group with a cool name, the Kleztraphobix blends the traditional and contemporary with its mix of klezmer, Macedonian music and jazz and you can always channel your inner Bob Marley with the lilting, joyous Caribbean sound of that great shore band, Random Test Reggae.
Do you love Theater/Comedy? Laugh your way into the New Year with exceptional Comedians Keith Alberstadt (featured on late night shows with David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon Seth Meyers and appearances on SNL), and Erin Jackson (seen on Last Comic Standing, Ellen DeGeneres, Comedy Central and Standup in Stilettos). Not to be outdone, the Bard also provides laughter as Connor Carew and Patrick Toon of the Shakespeare Theatre of NJ present the Abbott & Costello classic skit, "Who's on First?" – but in Elizabethan English: Who Doth Inhabit the Primary Position?!
Laugh along with Mr. Hypno's humor and hypnotism which can make people lose the number 6 or have an urge to ballet dance. Ringling Brothers grad Johnny Peers and the Muttville Comix (and 18 "rescue" dogs) combine the circus with slapstick humor. Picture a Bassett Hound on a skateboard! Dish the political dirt on first ladies with Maggie Worsdale's First Ladies According to Martha Washington and join the enchantment cast by Storyteller extraordinaire, Julie Pasqual. Check out street performer and flim-flam man, George Esparza who presents his suitcase Flea Circus & Wahoo Medicine Show.
From top:: Alborada Spanish Dance Theater; Latin dance with D.R.E.A.M.S. Dancer; NJ Tap Ensemble Soloists Jeffry Foote and Maurice Chestnut; Nai Ni Chen Dance Company; Aztec dances performed by Mexico Beyond Mariachi.
When it comes to Dance, First Nighters can savor the fancy footwork and dazzling routines of NJ Tap Ensemble soloists Maurice Chestnut (who danced with Savion Glover) and Morristown's own Jeffry Foote or sample the swirling costumes and fiery flamenco dancers of the Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre. Love salsa, tango and merengue? Try your hand at Latin dance with Daniel Herrera's DREAMS dancers, and enjoy dances from Aztec times to the present day with Mexico Beyond Mariachi. The award-winning Nai Ni Chen Dance Company highlights ancient and contemporary Chinese Dance in all its power, elegance and grace.
For Children's Programs: Kids of all ages love Illusionist Benjamin Lipman's Comedy Cascade with its magic and humor as well as Rizzo's Reptile Discovery which shares the excitement and wonder of live reptiles (under the watchful eye of a seasoned animal handler). Perennial favorite and skilled circus performer, Mr. Fish will be back to amaze audiences with his knife throwing and bullwhip skills!
The Early Session for younger children (4:45-6:45pm) includes hula hooping with Whirled Revolution, art making activities with artist Christine Wagner's Art 4 Kids and the always popular Fun with LEGOs®. New to this year's early session is the highly acclaimed Nai Ni Chen Dance Company, whose dazzling costumes and inventive choreography showcase traditional and contemporary Chinese dance – and the Creative Caravan's Tiny Book Workshop where participants can create their own unique tiny books. Additionally, both early and regular sessions will feature the Children's Fun Festival, with a lively mix of magic, juggling, balloons, facepainting, kazoos and even an organ grinder!
Three Visual Arts exhibits (displaying over 300 artworks) and two sets of fireworks top off that magical evening known as First Night® Morris County. To check out the full lineup of artists, visit: www.firstnightmorris.com.
One inexpensive admission covers all events at First Night®. Every venue is indoors and a free shuttle will take you to all locations. For more information, the latest program updates, to volunteer or to purchase tickets, please visit the First Night® Morris County website at www.firstnightmorris.com or call (973) 455-0708.


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Johanna Konta beat Simona Halep yesterday to become the first British woman to reach a Wimbledon singles semi-final since Virginia Wade 1978; however, it being Wimbledon, she did so in the Ladies' Singles not the Women's Singles as she might at, say, the Australian Open. That reference to Ladies and Gentlemen in the competition names, along with the strict all-white dress code and reported 28,000 kg of strawberries and 320,000 glasses of Pimm's, makes The Championships at Wimbledon about as English as it gets.
I say English rather than British for a reason: most of the events that make up the British summer season, including the Chelsea Flower Show, Glyndebourne, Royal Ascot and Henley Royal Regatta, are in or within easy reach of London, and are held between Easter and the start of the grouse shooting season on the 'glorious' 12 August. It seems the upper classes of years gone by needed a lot of events to keep them out of mischief!
The British summer feels too brief to me, so enjoy it while you can. Although, on past performance, that may mean having a stiff drink rather than a refreshing glass of Robinson's squash as you bite your nails watching Andy Murray bid to make the semi-finals himself today.
Ref: 261 Ah, the English summer - it's raining again! Come on Andy!


The release dates for James Bond Spectre for home have just been announced. Spectre will be available to own on Digital HD January 22 and Blu-ray & DVD release is on February 9 in the USA.
In the UK the Spectre digital release is on February 18 and the Blu-ray and DVD go on sale on February 22 in the UK.
The pre-order for Spectre is available on amazon.com.
Spectre is the best James Bond yet say many fans. It is for sure Daniel Craig's best James Bond.
Spectre Plot: In A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organization known as SPECTRE.
Meanwhile back in London, Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), the new head of the Centre for National Security, questions Bond's actions and challenges the relevance of MI6, led by M (Ralph Fiennes).
James Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q (Ben Whishaw) to help him seek out Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux), the daughter of his old nemesis Mr White (Jesper Christensen), who may hold the clue to untangling the web of SPECTRE. As the daughter of an assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot.


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A Reviving Scare | Review of 'Pet Sematary' (2019 Film)
3 months ago by Cynthia BujnickiMovie Reviews
By Cynthia Bujnicki
Pet Sematary (2019) starring Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, Jeté Laurence, Obssa Ahmed & John Lithgow
Image Credit: IMDB
"Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, relocate from Boston to rural Maine with their two young children. The couple soon discovers a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near their new home." —IMDB
What makes Stephen King novels so scary and why he is the master is because he connects everything to something real. It is a very human experience to deal with his scares, and that's what makes him a compelling storyteller. For his movies, it's always a touch and go scenario because often those feelings of dread, that fear, doesn't always translate over to the big screen. Here, the team behind the movie was able to do that.
Whereas the original was little more, well, blood and gore, as was typical in the 80s, this film relies more on the performances of the actors and the storytelling to bring about the scare factor. There is a looming feeling of dread that fills every scene. The trucks are speeding by out of nowhere, the style of the pet cemetery, and the way Church, the cat comes back to life. The actors tap into the grief that drives them to make all the terrible decisions that they make, their love and their emotions for one another compel the story forward. The actors, down to the cat and the makeup artists knew how to create a creepy feeling regarding the characters in the film.
The pacing of the film also works very well to create that tension and feeling of dread. It's not so much scary per se, there are spooky elements of the film, but the pacing, how slow it moves to build up the horror that's to come is what makes the film rewarding in the end. It has the spook factor, and yes, while they mainly do rely on jump scares, the emotion that comes off from the actors, the way they play their parts up until the very end pulls the audience in and leaves them with a haunting feeling.
The whole team behind this latest adaptation is what makes the film and an honorable one. Yes, there are divergences from the source material, but there are also nods to the original movie, that makes the film work. I hate reboots that are just carbon copies of the original, my mentality on the matter is give me a new take on the story and this film was able to do that without disrespecting the source material, which is an incredibly difficult task. It has less gore than the original and relies on the acting, movie score, cinematography and makeup to bring to life that eerie, scary feeling. (★★★☆☆ | B)
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Directed by Kevin Kölsch & Dennis Widmyer
Screenplay by Jeff Buhler
Story by Matt Greenberg
Based on Pet Sematary by Stephen King
Starring: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, Jeté Laurence, Obssa Ahmed & John Lithgow
Rating | Length | Genre: R | 1h 41min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
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Height as a risk factor in meningioma: a study of 2 million Israeli adolescents
Matan Ben-Zion Berliner ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-6089-24671,
Lior Haim Katz2,
Estela Derazne3,
Hagai Levine4,
Lital Keinan-Boker5,6,
Alexandra Benouaich-Amiel1,
Omer Gal1,3,
Andrew A Kanner3,7,
Yosef Laviv3,7,
Asaf Honig8,
Tali Siegal1,
Jacob Mandel8,
Gilad Twig3,8,9 &
Shlomit Yust-Katz1,3
Meningiomas are the most common primary central nervous system tumors. Potential risk factors include obesity, height, history of allergy/atopy, and autoimmune diseases, but findings are conflicting. This study sought to assess the role of the different risk factors in the development of meningioma in adolescents/young adults.
The cohort included 2,035,915 Jewish men and women who had undergone compulsory physical examination between 1967 and 2011, at age 16 to 19 years, prior to and independent of actual military enlistment. To determine the incidence of meningioma, the military database was matched with the Israel National Cancer Registry. Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate the hazard ratios for meningioma according to sex, body mass index (BMI), height, and history of allergic or autoimmune disease.
A total of 480 subjects (328 females) were diagnosed with meningioma during a follow-up of 40,304,078 person-years. Median age at diagnosis was 42.1 ± 9.4 years (range 17.4–62.6). On univariate analysis, female sex (p < 0.01) and height (p < 0.01) were associated with risk of meningioma. When the data were stratified by sex, height remained a significant factor only in men. Spline analysis of the male subjects showed that a height of 1.62 m was associated with a minimum disease risk and a height of 1.85+ meters, with a significant risk.
This large population study showed that sex and adolescent height in males (> 1.85 m) were associated with an increased risk of meningioma in adulthood.
Meningiomas are the most common primary central nervous system tumors. They originate from the meninges which are the membranous layers surrounding the brain. Most meningiomas (80–90%) are grade I (benign); 10–15% are grade II (atypical), and 1–3% are grade III (anaplastic) [1]. Benign meningiomas have a female predominance (2:1 or 3:1) which is not found in the more aggressive types [1]. In the USA, meningiomas were found to be more common in blacks than in whites, with a ratio of 1.2:1 [2]. The risk of acquiring a meningioma increases with age. The median age at diagnosis is 65 years [1].
The only established external (non-genetic) risk factor for brain tumors is exposure to ionizing radiation [3]. An Israeli study revealed abnormally high rates of meningioma in patients treated with low-dose radiation to the scalp for tinea capitis during the 1950s [4]. Other potential risk factors include obesity, height, history of allergy/atopy, and history of autoimmune diseases, but the results are conflicting [5,6,7,8,9,10]. Establishing risk factors for meningioma can help identify individuals who might benefit from risk reduction strategies and possibly early screening methods.
The aim of the present study was to assess potential risk factors for the development of meningioma in adolescence and early adulthood.
Israeli adolescents undergo a compulsory medical examination at age 17 to assess their fitness for military service (regardless of whether they are drafted or not). Arab and Orthodox Jewish females and males and Druze females are exempted. Together with the physical examination, sociodemographic and psycho-behavioral data are collected, and the medical history is thoroughly reviewed using documents provided by each subject's primary care physician. At the end of the process, recruits are assigned a Functional Classification Code (FCC) that describes their medical status and occupational medical ranking. The medical data and FCC are stored in the army's main database which was computerized in 1967 [11].
The population for the present study was derived from 2,285,456 subjects born in 1948–1991 who underwent pre-enlistment medical examination between 1967, when the database was computerized, and 2011 (at age 16–19 years). Subjects with missing data on height and weight were excluded (n = 56,683). We also excluded 192,858 subjects of North African and Asian origin born before 1960, many of whom had been exposed to radiation for the treatment of tinea capitis after immigrating to Israel during the 1950s [12]. These communities were later found to have a particularly high rate of meningioma [4]. The final cohort consisted of 2,035,915 subjects (Fig. 1).
Selection of the study population
Records were reviewed from the date of the initial medical examination for military fitness to the date of a first diagnosis of any cancer, death, or the predetermined end of follow-up (December 31, 2012).
Study variables
At the pre-enlistment medical examination, demographic variables for each recruit were recorded in the army database as follows: date of birth, age at examination, country of origin, education, socioeconomic status, height, weight, and body mass index (BMI). Origin was defined by father's country of birth or, if the examinee's father was born in Israel, by paternal grandfather's country of birth, and categorized as Europe (including North and South America, Australia, and Southern Africa), Asia (predominantly the Middle East), Africa (overwhelmingly North Africa), and Israel (third or later generation). Education was categorized as ≤9, 10, 11, and ≥ 12 years of schooling. Socioeconomic status was determined by place of residence at the time of examination, coded on a scale of 1–10, and categorized into low (score 1–4), middle (score 5–7), and high (score 8–10) [13]. Height and weight were measured by trained medics using a stadiometer and a beam balance, with examinees barefoot and in underwear. BMI was calculated as weight (in kilograms) divided by height squared (in meters) and categorized according to the WHO as underweight (< 18.5 kg/m2), healthy weight (18.5–24.9 kg/m2), overweight (25.0–29.9 kg/m2), and obese (≥30.0 kg/m2). Height was categorized according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: below 25th percentile, 25th to 50th percentile, 50th to 75th percentile, and 75th percentile and above.
Cognitive function, including language skills and intellectual performance [11], was assessed by a general intelligence test administered by trained personnel. The test is scored on a 90-point scale that is adjusted from time to time; scores are categorized as low (10–30), medium (40–70), and high (80–90) [14].
Medical history was assessed according to the FCCs. Autoimmune diseases (diabetes mellitus, lupus, vasculitis, inflammatory bowel disease, pemphigus, thyroid disease, celiac, rheumatoid arthritis, Addison disease and idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura) and allergic diseases (asthma, urticaria, eczema, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, allergic conjunctivitis, and anaphylaxis) were grouped together for the present analysis.
Ascertainment of meningioma incidence
To determine the incidence of meningioma, we matched the subjects who underwent the pre-enlistment medical examination during the study years, to the Israel National Cancer Registry (INCR), a national, population-based registry established in 1960. In 1982, Israeli law mandated the reportage of all diagnoses of malignant (in situ and invasive), borderline and certain benign (brain and central nervous system) tumors. The estimated rate of reportage for solid tumors is 97%, which meets the standards of the International Association of Cancer Registries (https://www.health.gov.il/PublicationsFiles/ICDC_365_EN_summary.pd). The INCR data include the date of diagnosis, site affected, the International Classification of Diseases code, and the histologic description of the tumor according to the third edition of the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O-3 codes 9350, 95,301, 95,303, 95,310, 95,320, 95,330, 95,340, 95,370, 95,383, and 95,391). At the time of matching, the INCR had been updated until the end of 2012.
Categorical variables are presented as number and percentage, and continuous variables, as mean and standard deviation (SD); median 25th and 75th percentiles, minimum, and maximum were also calculated. The association between risk factors and time to meningioma diagnosis was assessed using Cox proportional hazard models; hazard ratios (HR), 95% confidence intervals (95% CI), and p-values were calculated. Log minus log figures were inspected to confirm the proportionality of the hazard. Crude rates were also determined. Independent variables were initially entered individually into the Cox model. After sex and the interaction of sex and height were found to be statistically significant, separate models were established for men and women. A Cox regression cubic spline function with three equally spaced knots positioned between the minimum and maximum values of height was fit to the data to estimate the height value associated with minimum risk of meningioma in men (SAS/STAT and SAS/GRAPH software, version 9.4, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA). Other statistical analyses were performed with SPSS Statistics for Windows, version 24.0 (IBM, Armonk, NY, USA). Two-sided p-values of ≤0.05 were considered statistically significant.
The baseline characteristics of the study population are presented in Table 1. The mean age at initial examination was 17.4 ± 0.4 years; 41.7% of the cohort was female. The mean duration of follow-up was 19.8 ± 10.5 years (median 18.5) which represent in this study population a follow up of 40,304,078 person-years. The characteristics of the medical history of the subjects are presented in the supplementary table (Table 1S).
Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population, total and by sex
Linkage of the military database with the INCR yielded a diagnosis of meningioma in 480 of the 2,035,915 subjects who underwent medical examination in 1967 to 2011, at age 16–19 years: 228 grade I, 27 atypical, 5 anaplastic, 219 not specified and one patient with meningiomatosis (Table 2). The mean age at diagnosis of meningioma was 42.1 ± 9.4 years (range 17.4–62.6), and at the end of follow-up, 37.2 ± 10.6 years (median 35.9).
Table 2 Meningioma type and rate, total and by sex
Univariate analysis
Overall, as expected, meningiomas were more common in females (328 cases, crude rate 2.0 per 100,000 person years) than in males (152 cases, crude rate 0.63 per 100,000 person-years (p < 0.001, HR 3.43 CI 2.84–4.17). However, there was no sex difference in the incidence for the more aggressive meningiomas, atypical and anaplastic (crude rate = 0.08 per 100,000 person-years for males and females). On univariate analysis, only sex and height were significantly associated with the risk of meningioma in the whole study population (p < 0.01 for both variables). After stratification by sex, height remained significant only in males (Table 3). The risk of meningioma was minimal when height was up to 1.62 m and statistically significant when height was greater than 1.85 m (Fig. 2). BMI was not associated with an elevated risk of meningioma even when analyzed separately by sex (Table 3).
Table 3 Univariate analysis: association of potential risk factors with diagnosis of meningioma, by sex
Spline analysis in the men group showing the minimum risk for meningioma at a height of 1.62 m and a statistically significant increase in the risk for meningioma at heights taller than 1.85 m
Past medical history of asthma, diabetes, and other atopic or autoimmune diseases was not associated with risk of meningioma. Even when autoimmune and allergic diseases were analyzed as a group, there was no association with lower risk of meningioma (Table 3 and Supplemental Table 2).
When the subjects of African and Asian origin who were excluded from the main analysis were included in the cohort, there was a significant interaction between period of birth (1948–1959 vs 1960–1971) and Asian and African origin (representing the Middle East and North Africa) as opposed to European and Israeli origin. The conjoined effect of birth year and origin showed that origin (North Africa and Asia) was significant only for subjects born between 1948 and 1960 (Supplemental Table 3).
In this nationwide population-based study, we analyzed the association of the development of meningioma in subjects born between 1948 and 1991, with baseline variables obtained for the subjects at the average age of 17 years. As expected, meningiomas were found to be associated with sex (female) and taller stature. None of the other sociodemographic and medical variables assessed, including BMI and a diagnosis of asthma or diabetes at age 17 years, was associated with an increased risk of meningioma.
It is well accepted that benign meningioma is more common in females than males, but the sex predilection disappears with the more aggressive meningiomas [2]. The female predominance might be explained by the finding that meningiomas harbor receptors for estrogen and progesterone [15].
We discovered an association between the risk of meningioma and height in men but not with BMI in men or women. The results of previous studies for these two factors were conflicting. A large Norwegian study including 1.8 million subjects found that height was associated with meningioma in both men and women but BMI was not [5], whereas another study of postmenopausal females revealed an association of meningioma with both BMI and height [6]. A meta-analysis of 12 studies supported the correlation of BMI and meningioma. It is worth noting that the Norwegian study exceeds the meta-analysis in size and power and that in the Norwegian study a subgroup analyses for women and men, as well as different age groups, was performed without finding convincing evidence of a strong association between overweight, obesity and risk for meningioma [5]. In our study, BMI was measured when the subjects were 17 years old, much younger than the studies included in the metanalysis, which might explain the discordant results [8].
Height has been associated with different types of cancer (melanoma, thyroid, testis, breast, and lymphoma). Suggested mechanism for the greater risk of meningioma in taller people is their higher levels of circulating insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), which may influence cell proliferation and tumor growth [16]. Moreover, overexpression of IGF-I and IGF-II mRNA transcripts has been demonstrated in meningioma [17]. Circulating levels of IGFs are highest during puberty. They decrease rapidly in the third decade of life in the general population but seem to stay consistently higher in taller adults [18]. It is not clear why this association was evident only in males in our study, maybe in women the influence of the hormonal status blurred the influence of the height.
Several earlier studies reported an inverse association between a history of allergic diseases (including asthma) and meningioma [9, 10, 18]. However, this finding was not supported by others [19, 20]. We failed to demonstrate an association between meningiomas and allergic diseases including asthma, urticaria, eczema, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, conjunctivitis, and anaphylaxis and allergy to bees.
Similarly, a recent study reported an inverse association between hyperglycemia and the risk of meningioma [21], whereas another found a positive association with a history of diabetes mellitus [19]. In the present study, diabetes was not associated with the risk of meningioma. This was true for other autoimmune diseases as well.
This analysis also has certain limitations. The follow-up period in this study was limited to 30 years such that the study population was still young when the study ended. Subsequently, the median age of those who developed meningioma in our study was younger than the median age of patients with meningioma in the general population [1]. With a more extensive follow-up, we might find more latent tumor growths that could potentially increase or shift the incidence of intracranial neoplasms. Another limitation of the study is underreporting of meningiomas that are diagnosed only according to radiographic findings (without histological findings). As it is well known that in some cases meningiomas diagnosed radiographically may just be followed by repeat scanning.
Strengths of our cohort include its prospective population-based design, large sample size, high degree of completeness of the cancer registry data throughout the study period, and the ability to carefully control for potential confounders such as exposure to radiation. It should be noted that in a study that was published recently and examined the same cohort, the median height remained almost stable during the study period (the median height of males increased by 3.1 cm and that of females remained stable) despite environmental, social and nutritional changes [22].
This large population-based study showed that sex (female) and tall stature in adolescent males was associated with an increased risk of meningioma in adulthood.
The datasets used during this study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
CNS:
FCC:
Functional Classification
INCR:
Israel National Cancer Registry
ICD-O:
International Classification of Diseases for Oncology
IGF:
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Michaud DS, Bové G, Gallo V, Schlehofer B, Tjønneland A, Olsen A, Overvad K, Dahm CC, Teucher B, Boeing H, Steffen A, Trichopoulou A, Bamia C, Kyrozis A, Sacerdote C, Agnoli C, Palli D, Tumino R, Mattiello A, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Peeters PH, May AM, Barricarte A, Chirlaque MD, Dorronsoro M, José Sánchez M, Rodríguez L, Duell EJ, Hallmans G, Melin BS, Manjer J, Borgquist S, Khaw KT, Wareham N, Allen NE, Travis RC, Romieu I, Vineis P, Riboli E. Anthropometric measures, physical activity, and risk of glioma and meningioma in a large prospective cohort study. E Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2011;4:1385–92. https://doi.org/10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-11-0014..
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The study was funded by the Israel Cancer Association by the Lillia and Jacob Alther donation - financial support without any role in the manuscript preparation.
Neuro-Oncology Unit, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center – Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel
Matan Ben-Zion Berliner, Alexandra Benouaich-Amiel, Omer Gal, Tali Siegal & Shlomit Yust-Katz
Department of Gastroenterology, Hadassah University Hospital – Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
Lior Haim Katz
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Estela Derazne, Omer Gal, Andrew A Kanner, Yosef Laviv, Gilad Twig & Shlomit Yust-Katz
Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital – Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
Hagai Levine
Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel
Lital Keinan-Boker
School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
Department of Neurosurgery, Rabin Medical Center – Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel
Andrew A Kanner & Yosef Laviv
Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces,and Department of Military Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
Asaf Honig, Jacob Mandel & Gilad Twig
Institute of Endocrinology and Talpiot Medical Leadership Program,Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Gilad Twig
Matan Ben-Zion Berliner
Estela Derazne
Alexandra Benouaich-Amiel
Omer Gal
Andrew A Kanner
Yosef Laviv
Asaf Honig
Tali Siegal
Jacob Mandel
Shlomit Yust-Katz
MBZB and SYK analyzed the preliminary database, extracted the relevant information to allow hypothesis testing, and prepared the manuscript and tables. Statistical analysis and figure preparation were performed by LHK and ED. HL, LKB, YL, AH, JM and GT participated in the preliminary preparation and conceptual design, and revised the final manuscript. ABA, OG, AK and TS reviewed the neurological proof of concept and revised the final manuscript and supplementary materials. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to Matan Ben-Zion Berliner.
All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) Medical Corps Institutional Review Board, which waived the requirement for informed consent because the data used were obtained from medical records without patient participation (reference number: 1431–2014).
The authors declare that they have no financial or non-financial competing interests.
Additional file 1: Supplementary Table 1
. Medical history characteristics of the study population.
. Univariate analysis: association of potential risk factors with diagnosis of meningioma, by sex.
. Interaction between birth period and origin, whole population adjusted for sex.
Ben-Zion Berliner, M., Katz, L.H., Derazne, E. et al. Height as a risk factor in meningioma: a study of 2 million Israeli adolescents. BMC Cancer 20, 786 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-020-07292-4


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Laborers from Myanmar clean fishing nets at Mahachai Port in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, Dec 9, 2016.
As Thailand prepares to extend work permits for 11,000 foreign migrant workers, including many in the fishing industry, a Human Rights Watch official called on the government Tuesday to outlaw forced labor.
Phil Robertson, a deputy Asia director for the global rights watchdog, praised the Thai government for ratifying an International Labor Organization (ILO) protocol on forced labor earlier this year, but he urged officials to pass a standalone law criminalizing such workplace practices.
"We're worried the Thai government is hesitating to fulfill its commitment to pass such a law in the face of unprincipled opposition by the National Fisheries Association of Thailand (NFAT) and other employer groups who don't want to take responsibility for forced labor practices against migrant workers from Burma [Myanmar], Cambodia, and elsewhere," he told BenarNews, an RFA-affiliated online news service.
At a news conference in Bangkok on Tuesday morning, Robertson joined members of the Migrant Working Group, a coalition of NGOs focused on health, education and labor rights to call for government action. Last week, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan announced that the government would extend for two years the work permits set to expire at the end of September.
In January, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report and video challenging the government over deplorable conditions for migrant workers in the nation's fishing industry. The 134-page report based on more than 200 interviews, spelled out how migrants – many of them from Myanmar and Cambodia – could be forced to work on fishing boats, prevented from changing employers, have their pay held or not be paid a minimum wage.
But NFAT Chairman Mongkol Sukcharoenkana said a new law was not needed.
"We in fisheries sector do not care about the claim about victimized laborers or the call for such law because we have solved those problems already," Mongkol told BenarNews.
He added that about 10,600 fishing boats were active in Thailand, down from more than 42,000 when Thailand received a yellow card warning from the European Union (EU) in April 2015.
That warning meant Thailand could face a ban on exporting seafood to the EU because of unregulated practices in the fishing industry.
Vice Admiral Wannapol Klomkaew, deputy secretary of the government's Command Center for Combatting Illegal Fishing, also played down the need for such a law, citing prosecutions of cases involving the mistreatment of foreign workers.
Since mid-2015, the courts have punished defendants in 42 of 88 cases regarding abusive or enforced labor practice in fishing sector and human trafficking, he told BenarNews without elaborating.
"We have PI-PO (port-in port-out) centers that examine the fishing boats so there is no place for illegal laborers. ... We track employers with bad records," Wannapol said.
Despite such comments from officials, Robertson said the country needed to protect workers.
"The decision point is now because Thailand needs to pass a forced labor law before the end of this year, or face the scorn of the international community," he said.


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Prosecutor to Baltimore protestors: 'This is your moment'
Baltimore's state attorney announced the death of Freddie Gray was a homicide, and thousands reacted to her words in person and online.
By Beki Winchel
@bekiweki
"To the people of Baltimore and the demonstrators across America: I heard your call for 'no justice, no peace.'"
Baltimore State Attorney Marilyn Mosby's words were greeted with cheers as she announced that the prosecutor's office has ruled the death of Freddie Gray a homicide and has filed charges against the six Baltimore police officers involved.
USA Today has a full list of the charges against the officers, several of which carry maximum sentences of 10 years in prison. Officer Caesar R. Goodson Jr., the police van driver, has been charged with second-degree depraved heart murder, which carries a sentence of up to 30 years.
In Friday's news conference, Mosby said prosecution had "probable cause to file criminal charges" and that officers not only abused Gray several times, but also repeatedly failed to seek medical attention. Mosby said injuries suffered from riding in the police van with no seatbelt are believed to be the cause of Gray's death.


Objectives: We assessed the incremental value of baseline Q waves over time from symptom onset as a marker of clinical outcome in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Background: Time from symptom onset is a central focus in STEMI patients. The presence of Q waves on the baseline electrocardiogram (ECG) has been suggested to be of incremental value to time from symptom onset in evaluating clinical outcomes. Methods: We evaluated baseline Q waves and ST-segment resolution 30 min after primary percutaneous intervention (PCI) ECGs in 4,530 STEMI patients without prior infarction. Additionally, peak biomarkers; 90-day mortality; and the composite of death, congestive heart failure (CHF), or cardiogenic shock were assessed. Results: Fifty-six percent of patients had baseline Q waves: they were older, more frequently male and diabetic, and had a more advanced Killip class. Patients with baseline Q waves had greater mortality and a higher composite rate of death, CHF, and shock versus patients without baseline Q waves at 90 days (5.3% vs. 2.1% and 12.1% vs. 4.8%, respectively, both p < 0.001). Complete ST-segment resolution was highest, whereas 90-day mortality and the composite outcome were lowest among those randomized ≤3 h without baseline Q waves. After multivariable adjustment, baseline Q-wave but not time from symptom onset was significantly associated with a 78% relative increase in the hazard of 90-day mortality and a 90% relative increase in the hazard of death, shock, and CHF. Conclusions: Baseline Q waves in STEMI patients treated with primary PCI provide an independent prognostic marker of clinical outcome. These data might be useful in designing future clinical trials as well as in evaluating patients for triage and potential transfer for planned primary PCI. (Pexelizumab in Conjunction With Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction [APEX-AMI]; NCT00091637). © 2009 American College of Cardiology Foundation.


West Virginia University has announced its Deans and Presidents Lists for the 2009 spring semester.
More than 5,300 undergraduate students made the Deans List, including over 1,600 who received Presidents List honors for earning all As.
Students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher in 12 credit hours of graded courses with no incompletes or withdrawals to be eligible for the Deans List.


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Will one of NC's chief voter suppression architects back expanded mail-in voting?
By Benjamin Barber
July 15, 2020 - Before he was elected to the U.S. Senate, Thom Tillis helped carry out the North Carolina Republican Party's strategy to restrict voting under the guise of preventing fraud. Now facing a tough re-election battle amid a pandemic, Tillis is under pressure to back two bills that would increase voters' access to absentee ballots.
The corporations that helped a Confederate apologist hold a Senate seat
November 30, 2018 - Even after U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith's controversial remark about attending a public hanging, outside money poured in to support her election in Mississippi. These are the companies whose contributions to outside spending groups helped her when the chips were down.
Cambridge Analytica's Southern elections work draws formal complaints
April 6, 2018 - Election watchdogs have accused the British political consulting firm of violating limits on foreign involvement in elections and of facilitating illegal coordination between super PACs and campaigns in its work to elect candidates including U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina.
Cambridge Analytica's reach into Southern politics
March 27, 2018 - President Trump is under fire for his campaign's dealings with the controversial data mining and psy ops firm, but he's not the only politician who worked with the company. Other leading beneficiaries have included U.S. senators and representatives from several Southern states.
Southern lawmakers will be key to passing the Dream Act
By Rebekah Barber
September 8, 2017 - Following President Trump's decision to phase out the Obama-era DACA program that spared from deportation undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, there's a renewed urgency to pass the federal Dream Act, which would offer them a path to citizenship — and Southern lawmakers may provide the key votes needed.
The energy lobbyists linked to Trump's offshore drilling plans
April 14, 2017 - The Trump administration unveiled plans to expand offshore drilling at last week's conference of the National Ocean Industries Association. Launched by Exxon in the 1970s to represent the offshore drilling industry, NOIA has been investing in politicians from Southeastern states where its members would like to do business.
INSTITUTE INDEX: A chance to fix the dysfunctional Federal Election Commission?
February 24, 2017 - Commissioner Ann M. Ravel, a Democrat, announced her resignation from the FEC this week, citing dysfunction and deadlock. With all of the commissioners' terms expired, she's calling on President Trump to appoint new members who'll enforce the laws.
Congressional town halls become forums for anti-GOP resistance
February 22, 2017 - What's being billed as "Resistance Recess" is drawing vocal protesters to public meetings with members of Congress to express their opposition to President Trump and the Republican agenda — and some meetings are going ahead even without lawmakers there.
Duke Energy invests in keeping a climate science-rejecting U.S. Senate
August 25, 2016 - The North Carolina utility giant and other fossil-fuel interests are contributing to a national super PAC that's using divisive social issues like abortion and religion to boost the election chances of U.S. Senate candidates who reject the science of human-caused global warming.
Dallas police shooting spurs push for 'Blue Lives Matter' laws
July 15, 2016 - Last week's shooting deaths of five police officers at a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Dallas have led to calls for new state and federal hate-crime legislation stiffening penalties for attacks on police officers. But critics of such laws contend they could deter efforts to protect against identity-based crimes and stifle calls for police accountability.


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CommunityLetters to the Editor
No Place For Hate Sounds Like A Good Motto For A Kinder, Gentler World, But…
Letters to the Editor submitted to The Coronado Times are the opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the publisher, editors or writers of this publication. Submit letters to [email protected]
By Managing Editor
Submitted by Carolyn Rogerson
No place for hate sounds like a good motto for a kinder, gentler world. A good thing to teach children. Perhaps just another way of expressing the golden rule, "Do Unto Others as You Would Have Others Do Unto You." To parents, grandparents and all concerned folks:
The "No Place for Hate" program pledge isn't just a student's promise to be kind. A school district, like Coronado, is committing itself to a strict set of rules and classroom time devoted to participation, in order to be a registered NPfH member school. If you are not familiar with the 56 page ADL "No Place for Hate" Coordinator Handbook and Resource Guide, I suggest you take a look at adl.org. It opened my eyes to how the movement intends to instruct grades K-12 students with an ideology intended to quickly move from kindness to social justice and beyond. Along the way there appears to be suggestions on how to supplant parents, guardians and family with a school based indoctrination system. ADL requires schools to register and report on progress and infractions. Please, don't take my word for it. adl.org
Read the Welcome and Getting Started introductions. Note the "Additional Expectations." Go to "Activity Planning Recommendations," page 19, read "Move On From Kindness. Schools Need to Foster Social Justice." Then please read "Let's Get It Right: Using Correct Pronouns and Names," page 24, 8th paragraph instructs teachers to hide information from parents and guardians. Teachers may distribute a "get to know you survey." This is where the questions of gender, pronouns and names are innocuously placed among the "what did you do last summer" inquiries. Teachers are then instructed to ask the student, "whether it's okay or not to use their name and pronoun in communication home to parents/family members and in parent-teacher conferences." Since when are teachers to deny parents/guardians important information regarding the mental, emotional and physical welfare of their own children? Children struggling with gender confusion, identity dysphoria and bullying are extremely vulnerable. How many teachers have the necessary education to be a positive asset in dealing with these very complex situations? How many children will become victims of predators (teachers, coaches, counselors) who will take advantage of their vulnerability? What does Coronado SAFE think about this proposal? Parents must assert their rights to educate and protect their children against such shady indoctrination.
While presenting the "No Place for Hate" program, the Equity Committee said implementing the ADL instruction does not take away time from Academic studies. However, reading through ADL's requirements, you will learn that self assessment surveys and subsequent classroom discussions are to take place. Time is to be devoted every morning for discussion and updates; journals are to be kept recording any in school and outside of school incidents that go against the NPfH pledge and teachings. Three instruction books are suggested for grades K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 at about $47.00 each. Is this where you want your education tax dollars and Coronado Schools Foundation donations to go? Project assignments associated with NPfH are to be scheduled in each grade throughout the school year. Related art projects are to be created in all grades and "prominently displayed around school campus." All this sounds fairly time consuming to me.
Are you happy with this addition to the CUSD curriculum? Make your opinions heard at the 4:00, Thursday, June 17, 2021 CUSD School Board meeting.
If you cannot attend, email your concerns to:
President Lee Pontes, [email protected]
Vice President Ester Valdes-Clayton, [email protected]
Superintendent Karl Mueller, [email protected]
Member Stacy Keszei, [email protected]
Member Whitney Antrim, [email protected]
Contact School Board Members at 619-522-8900 x1025
Carolyn Rogerson
No Place for Hate
Originally from upstate New York, Dani has lived in Coronado since 1996. She is happy to call Coronado home and to have raised her children here. In her free time she enjoys reading, exercising, trying new restaurants, and just walking her dog around the "island." Have news to share? Send tips or story ideas to: [email protected]
Cheers to 100 Years!


The Hills Sports (Sydney) 1 (Bethany Gordon 19m) beat Hunter Sports (Lake Macquarie) 0.
Spirit of Football: Christina McGrath (Westfields Sports High).
Westfields Sports (Sydney) 6 (Panayiota Petratos 3m, 7m, 25m, 60m; Courtney Nevin 1m; Rosaria Galea 47m) beat Kirwan State High (Townsville) 1 (India Kubin 30m).
The Hills Sports (Sydney) 7 (Bethany Gordon 5m, 10m, 36m, 45m; Eliza Ammendolia 19m, 50m; Danielle Keller 57m) beat Kirwan State High (Townsville) 0.
Hunter Sports (Lake Macquarie) 3 (Ashlee Brodigan 1m, 44m; Kobie Ferguson 48m) beat Westfields Sports (Sydney) 1 (Princess Ibini-Isei 15m).
The top 8 in the Bill Turner Trophy (girls): Kirwan, St Peter Claver, St Josephs East Gosford, The Hills Sports, Alstonville, Hunter Sports, Westfields, and Albury.
Cairns, Kirwan, Downlands, Harristown, Chancellor, Mt Alvernia, Cavendish Road, St Peter Claver, St Josephs East Gosford, Kirrawee, St Marys Star of the Sea, Vincentia, Oxford Falls Grammar, Cherrybrook Technology, The Hills Sports, Bede Polding College, Alstonville, Xavier Ballina, Coffs Harbour, Carinya Christian, GLC Forster, Maitland Grossmann, Hunter Sports, West Wallsend, Canberra Girls Grammar, Maribyrnong College, Westfields Sports, Freeman Catholic College, Marian College Griffith, Albury, Red Bend College Forbes, Mackillop Catholic Bathurst.
Winning coaches must communicate results to the Area Managers, John Cavanah, Good Counsel College Ph O419617390 Email [email protected] or Paul Bruce, Ignatius Park College Ph 0408798793 Email [email protected] NB. Slight variations to this draw can occur. In such cases the relevant schools will be notified by the Area Manager and the website will be updated.Teams are welcome to write a brief match report on their game and post on the Facebook wall. Include the team names, and names of goal scorers etc, but please avoid criticism of any player, team or official.
David Donaldson (Beaudesert SHS) Ph 55429147Fax55429100 [email protected] NB.
after each match.NB. Slight variations to this draw can occur. In such cases the relevant schools will be notified by the Area Manager and the website will be updated.Teams are welcome to write a brief match report on their game and post on the Facebook wall. Include the team names, and names of goal scorers etc, but please avoid criticism of any player, team or official.
Winning coaches must communicate results to the Area Manager: Nathan Edwards(Beaudesert SHS) on Ph 07 55429100 Fax 07 55429100 Email [email protected] after each match.NB. Slight variations to this draw can occur. In such cases the relevant schools will be notified by the Area Manager and the website will be updated.Teams are welcome to write a brief match report on their game and post on the Facebook wall. Include the team names, and names of goal scorers etc, but please avoid criticism of any player, team or official.
Winning coaches must phone results to the Area Manager, Peter Maltby Home phone and mobile as advised to coaches. [email protected] after each match. Completed team sheets to be forwarded to him within two days.NB. Slight variations to this draw can occur. In such cases the relevant schools will be notified by the Area Manager and the website will be updated.
Winning coaches must communicate results to the Area Manager, Steve Ross (Maitland Grossmann HS) on Ph 02 4934 2066 Fax 02 4934 5086 [email protected] after each match.Completed team sheets to be forwarded to him within two days.NB. Slight variations to this draw can occur. In such cases the relevant schools will be notified by the Area Manager and the website will be updated.
Winning coaches must communicate results to the Area Manager, Greg Pell- James Sheahan HS Ph 02 6362 1422 Fax 02 6362 0776 [email protected] after each match. Completed team sheets to be forwarded to him within two days.NB. Slight variations to this draw can occur. In such cases the relevant schools will be notified by the Area Manager and the website will be updated.Teams are welcome to write a brief match report on their game and post on the Facebook wall. Include the team names, and names of goal scorers etc, but please avoid criticism of any player, team or official.
The Bill Turner Cup and Trophy Finals are on September 2 and 3, at the Darling Street Oval, Hamilton South, Newcastle.
The semi-finals will be played that afternoon/evening at the Darling Street Oval. Spectators are most welcome – free entry. Canteen on site. No alcohol please.
The finals will be played the next day, following third place playoff matches. Following each match there will be presentations of medals and awards. More detailed information here, including game times and map of locations.This will be the 36th year of the Bill Turner Cup, but it will be only the second time Bill Turner hasn't attended. Bill passed away peacefully in February 2013, aged 83, after a short battle with cancer.


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Q: How does Python guarantees all objects in a set are unique? Python sets claim to store only unique elements. When adding an element to a set, an error is raised if the element does not return something on hash, therefore, I guessed a set acted as a dictionary with hashes of the element as the keys. but when I added 2 different elements with the same hash, both of them were added within the set:
class Obj:
   def __init__(self, message, value):
      self.message, self.value = value

   def __hash__(self):
      return hash(self.message)

s = set([Obj("1", 1), Obj("1", 2)])
# set value is Obj("1", 1), Obj("1", 2)

How does Python consider 2 objects to be equal or not in a set?

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