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A Minister competent for the Foundation is the Minister of National Education.
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The Foundation may establish branches, plants, agencies and enter into companies and foundations.
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12) providing tourism, sightseeing and recreation for the young people.
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3. JOB2 ALMY (William1),b. Sandwich, MA, about 1641; d. Portsmouth, RI, 1684.
He m., prob. 1663, MARY UNTHANK, b. Providence, RI, about 1645; d. after 1724; dau. of Christopher and Susanna Unthank of Warwick, RI. She m.(2) Thomas Townsend.
i WILLIAM3, b. 20 Jan 1664; d. 10 Mar 1664.
ii CHRISTOPHER, b. 20 Jan 1664; d. 10 Mar 1664.
iii WILLIAM, b. 5 Sep 1665; d. 3 Jan 1666.
iv SUSANNA, b. 29 Jan 1667; d. after 1710.
v AUDREY, b. 5 Sep 1669; m. JAMES TOWNSEND, son of Henry and Deborah Townsend. Children: (Townsend) 1. Jacob; 2. Mary; and 3. Deborah.
vi DEBORAH, b. 5 Aug 1671; m. about 1690, JOHN HICKS, probably son of Samuel and Lydia (Doane) Hicks. Children: (Hicks) 1. John; 2. Robert; 3. Mary; 4. Elizabeth; and 5. Deborah.
vii CATHERINE, b. 22 Jan 1674; m. SOLOMON TOWNSEND. Children: (Townsend) 1. Job; 2. Christopher; 3. Solomon; 4. Anne; and 5. Hannah.
7 viii JOHN, b. 25 Jan 1676.
ix MARY, b. 6 Sep 1678; m. 13 Dec 1705, SAMUEL SNELL, son of Thomas and Martha (Harris) Snell. Child: (Snell) Samuel.
8 x JOB, b. Portsmouth, RI, 3 Mar 1681; d. Tiverton, RI, 25 Jan 1767; m. BRIDGET SANFORD, d. Tiverton, RI, before 1766; dau. of Peleg and Mary (Coddington) Sanford.
xi ANTHONY, b. 24 Mar 1683; d. 1711. His will, dated 18 May 1710, proved 7 May 1711, mentions his mother Mary Townsend, brother Job, sister Susanna Almy, four cousins (i.e. nephews), John, Robert, Mary and Elizabeth Hix, cousin Samuel Snell, son of Samuel and Mary Snell, cousins Christopher and Solomon Townsend, cousins Deborah Hix, Ann Townsend and Hannah Townsend. He calls himself of Portsmouth, but his will was made and proved in Newport.
Job Almy lived in Portsmouth and Warwick. On 15 Jul 1660 he was on a jury in Plymouth Colony. In 1670 and 1672 he was a Deputy from Warwick. On 7 May 1673 he was appointed on a committee to treat with the Indian Sachems about the extreme excess of Indian drunkenness. On 5 Mar 1680, he and seven others bought Pocasset (Tiverton) lands from the Indians.
His will, dated 19 Jan 1684, proved 1 Mar 1684, and the inventory of his estate indicate he was a very wealthy man at the time of his death.
REFERENCES: HICKS p. 59; LAWTON p. 2; LITTLE COMPTON FAMS pp. 4-5; NE HIST pp 182-4; NYGBR 92:227; RepMenMA p.1662; RepMenRI p. 659; RI GEN DICT pp 238-9; RIVR Friends, Portsmouth.


The congregation in Antioch was blessed with a number of prophet-preachers and teachers: Barnabas, Simon, nicknamed Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, an advisor to the ruler Herod, Saul. One day as they were worshiping God—they were also fasting as they waited for guidance—the Holy Spirit spoke: "Take Barnabas and Saul and commission them for the work I have called them to do." So they commissioned them. In that circle of intensity and obedience, of fasting and praying, they laid hands on their heads and sent them off.
Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Among the prophets and teachers of the church at Antioch of Syria were Barnabas, Simeon (called "the black man"), Lucius (from Cyrene), Manaen (the childhood companion of King Herod Antipas), and Saul. One day as these men were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Appoint Barnabas and Saul for the special work to which I have called them." So after more fasting and prayer, the men laid their hands on them and sent them on their way.
In the church at Antioch there were these prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon (also called Niger), Lucius (from the city of Cyrene), Manaen (who had grown up with Herod, the ruler), and Saul. They were all worshiping the Lord and fasting for a certain time. During this time the Holy Spirit said to them, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul to do a special work for which I have chosen them." So after they fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on Barnabas and Saul and sent them out.
Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets [who spoke a new message of God to the people] and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod [Antipas] the tetrarch, and Saul. While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul (Paul) for the work to which I have called them." Then after fasting and praying, they laid their hands on them [in approval and dedication] and sent them away [on their first journey].
In the church at Antioch there were a number of prophets and teachers of the Word, including Barnabas, Simeon from Niger, Lucius the Libyan, Manean (the childhood companion of King Herod Antipas), and Saul. While they were worshiping as priests before the Lord in prayer and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "I have called Barnabas and Saul to do an important work for me. Now, release them to go and fulfill it." So after they had fasted and prayed, they laid hands on them and sent them off.


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Author: Qian, Zhenchao
Resulting in 12 citations.
1. Han, Siqi
Tumin, Dmitry
Qian, Zhenchao
Gendered Transitions to Adulthood by College Field of Study
Presented: Washington DC, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March-April 2016
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): College Graduates; College Major/Field of Study/Courses; Gender Differences; STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics); Transition, Adulthood
College graduates' experiences in the labor market are stratified by field of study, and field of study in turn determines the timing of transitions to marriage and parenthood. We use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 Cohort to investigate gendered influences of college field of study on transitions to a series of adult roles, including full-time work, marriage, and parenthood. Among men majoring in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM), we find evidence of role complementarity, with early achievement of full-time work accompanied by earlier family formation. By contrast, women majoring in STEM reap fewer rewards with respect to finding full-time work, and delay marriage and childbearing. Women in business demonstrate role complementarity similar to that of men majoring in STEM. The contrast between women in STEM and business suggests that women's decisions regarding marriage and parenthood do not respond uniformly to the economic prospects of their work.
Also presented at Seattle WA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2016.
Han, Siqi, Dmitry Tumin and Zhenchao Qian. "Gendered Transitions to Adulthood by College Field of Study." Presented: Washington DC, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March-April 2016.
Gendered Transitions to Adulthood by College Field of Study in the United States
Demographic Research 35, Article 31 (July-December 2016): 929-960.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/26332099
Publisher: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Keyword(s): College Graduates; College Major/Field of Study/Courses; Gender Differences; Marriage; Parenthood; STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics); Transition, Adulthood
Objective: The current study examines gendered influences of college field of study on transitions to a series of adult roles, including full-time work, marriage, and parenthood.
Methods: We use Cox proportional hazards models and multinomial logistic regression to examine gendered associations between field of study and the three transitions among college graduates of the NLSY97 (National Longitudinal Survey of Youth) cohort.
Results: Men majoring in STEM achieve early transitions to full-time work, marriage, and parenthood; women majoring in STEM show no significant advantage in finding full-time work and delayed marriage and childbearing; women in business have earlier transitions to full-time work and marriage than women in other fields, demonstrating an advantage similar to that of men in STEM.
Han, Siqi, Dmitry Tumin and Zhenchao Qian. "Gendered Transitions to Adulthood by College Field of Study in the United States." Demographic Research 35, Article 31 (July-December 2016): 929-960.
3. Lichter, Daniel T.
Serial Cohabitation and the Marital Life Course
Journal of Marriage and Family 70,4 (November 2008): 861-878.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00532.x/abstract
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online
Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Divorce; Life Course; Marriage
Using cohort data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper tracks the experiences of serial cohabitors . Results indicate that only a minority of cohabiting women (about 15% - 20%) were involved in multiple cohabitations. Serial cohabitations were overrepresented among economically disadvantaged groups, especially those with low income and education. They also were less likely than single-instance cohabiting unions to end in marriage rather than dissolve. If serial cohabitors married, divorce rates were very high -- more than twice as high as for women who cohabited only with their eventual husbands. The results suggest the need to balance the government's current preoccupation with marriage promotion with greater support of "at risk" unions that marriage promotion initiatives have helped create. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Lichter, Daniel T. and Zhenchao Qian. "Serial Cohabitation and the Marital Life Course." Journal of Marriage and Family 70,4 (November 2008): 861-878.
Mellott, Leanna Marie
Marriage or Dissolution? Union Transitions Among Poor Cohabiting Women
Demography 43,2 (May 2006): 223-40.
Also: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/demography/v043/43.2lichter.pdf
Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Income Level; Marriage; Poverty; Women
The objective of this paper is to identify the incentives and barriers to marriage among cohabiting women, especially disadvantaged mothers who are targets of welfare reform. We use the newly released cohabitation data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1979–2000), which tracks the partners of cohabiting women across survey waves. Our results support several conclusions. First, cohabiting unions are short-lived -- about one-half end within one year, and over 90% end by the fifth year. Unlike most previous research, our results show that most cohabiting unions end by dissolution of the relationship rather than by marriage. Second, transitions to marriage are especially unlikely among poor women; less than one-third marry within five years. Cohabitation among poor women is more likely than that among nonpoor women to be a long-term alternative or substitute for traditional marriage. Third, our multinomial analysis of transitions from cohabitation into marriage or dissolution highlights the salience of economically disadvantaged family backgrounds, cohabitation and fertility histories, women's economic resources, and partner characteristics. These results are interpreted in a policy environment that increasingly views marriage as an economic panacea for low-income women and their children.
Lichter, Daniel T., Zhenchao Qian and Leanna Marie Mellott. "Marriage or Dissolution? Union Transitions Among Poor Cohabiting Women." Demography 43,2 (May 2006): 223-40.
5. Mellott, Leanna Marie
Lichter, Daniel T.
Like Mother, Like Daughter? The Intergenerational Transmission of Union Formation Patterns
Presented: Philadelphia, PA, American Sociological Association Meetings, August 2005
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: American Sociological Association
Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mothers and Daughters
Research showed that young adult women whose mothers reported cohabitation were 57 percent more likely than other women to report cohabitation themselves. In addition, daughters of cohabiting mothers tended to cohabit at earlier ages than others.
Data for the study came from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, a nationally representative survey of people nationwide conducted by Ohio State's Center for Human Resource Research. Men and women aged 14 to 22 in 1979 were interviewed annually from 1979 to 1994, and once every two years from 1996 forward. The NLSY also interviewed these participants' children.
This study included data on women in the NLSY who had children who were at least 18 years old by 2000. There were 2,426 of these young adults in this study.
Mellott, Leanna Marie, Zhenchao Qian and Daniel T. Lichter. "Like Mother, Like Daughter? The Intergenerational Transmission of Union Formation Patterns." Presented: Philadelphia, PA, American Sociological Association Meetings, August 2005.
6. Tumin, Dmitry
Han, Siqi
Estimates and Meanings of Marital Separation
Journal of Marriage and Family 77,1 (February 2015): 312-322.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12149/abstract
Keyword(s): Divorce; Marital History/Transitions; Marital Status; National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG); Research Methodology
Marital separation is an informal transition that may precede or substitute for divorce. Various surveys collect data on marital separation, but the data have produced mixed estimates. The authors used data from the 1995 and 2006 waves of the National Survey of Family Growth (N=2,216) and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 cohort (NLSY79; N=1,990) to examine separations among women born between 1961 and 1965. In the National Survey of Family Growth, separations were typically short and followed by divorce. In the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 cohort, separations were longer and less likely to end in divorce. The authors relate these discrepancies to differences in study design, question universe, and question wording between the 2 surveys and show that different measures of separation lead to different conclusions about educational and racial/ethnic inequalities in the trajectories of marital disruption.
Tumin, Dmitry, Siqi Han and Zhenchao Qian. "Estimates and Meanings of Marital Separation." Journal of Marriage and Family 77,1 (February 2015): 312-322.
Meanings and Measures of Marital Separation
Presented: Boston MA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, May 2014
Keyword(s): Marital Disruption; Marital Status; National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)
Marital separation is an informal disruption of a marriage that may precede or substitute for a divorce. Data on marital separation have been collected from community and nationally representative samples, but the differences among measures of separation have not been examined. Our study analyzes the prevalence, resolution and duration of marital separations among ever-married women born between 1961 and 1965, using data from nationally representative cross-sectional and longitudinal surveys. Many women report living apart from their first husband, but inferring separations from data on when couples stop living together overestimates marital separations relative to a longitudinal measure that lets respondents define "separation" themselves. Retrospective and longitudinal measures produce different estimates of the proportion of separations ending in divorce, and of separations' median duration. These discrepancies point to a gap between people's experience of living apart from their spouse and their perception of separation as a distinct marital state.
Tumin, Dmitry, Siqi Han and Zhenchao Qian. "Meanings and Measures of Marital Separation." Presented: Boston MA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, May 2014.
Incidence, Predictors, and Resolution of Marital Separations
Presented: Denver CO, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2012
Keyword(s): Divorce; Marital Disruption; Marital Instability; Marital Status; Marriage
Marital separation is legally and socially ambiguous. Does it indicate an end of a marriage or a process of reconciliation? Little is known about the duration of separation and why some initiate separation and some others move straight to divorce. We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 to explore marital separations in detail. Separation is commonplace: 60% of first marriages lead to separations and 54% of first divorces are preceded by separations. While half of separations last a year or less, some endure for ten years or longer, and may never resolve in a formal divorce. Minorities, women with young children, and the less educated tend to initiate separations rather than divorces and tend to remain separated longer. Our results call attention to separation as a long-term alternative to divorce in vulnerable and disadvantaged populations.
Tumin, Dmitry and Zhenchao Qian. "Incidence, Predictors, and Resolution of Marital Separations." Presented: Denver CO, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2012.
Marital Separation, Divorce, and Health Consequences
Presented: San Francisco CA, Population Association of America Meetings, May 2012
Keyword(s): Divorce; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Marital Disruption; Marital Dissolution; Marital Instability
Marital separation is legally and socially ambiguous. Does it indicate an end of a marriage or a process of reconciliation? Little is known about the duration of separation and why some initiate separation and others divorce right away. It is also unclear whether negative health consequences associated with divorce apply to separation. We explore marital separations in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort. Separation is commonplace: 60% of first marriages lead to separations and 54% of first divorces are preceded by separations. Minorities, women with young children, and the less educated tend to separate rather than divorce and tend to remain separated longer. Negative health consequences of separation are statistically indistinguishable from those of divorce. Our results suggest that disadvantaged, vulnerable populations tend to remain separated and the health consequences are likely to be longer lasting for them than for those whose divorces were not preceded by separation.
Tumin, Dmitry and Zhenchao Qian. "Marital Separation, Divorce, and Health Consequences." Presented: San Francisco CA, Population Association of America Meetings, May 2012.
10. Tumin, Dmitry
Marital Transitions and Short-Term Weight Changes
Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, March 31-April 2, 2011
Keyword(s): Marital Disruption; Marital Instability; Mortality; Obesity; Weight
Marital transitions cause changes in diet and activity patterns that affect weight. Marriage is linked to weight gain, while marital exit is linked to weight loss. But it is uncertain whether the weight changes that follow marital transitions are significant enough to affect health. We draw on the epidemiological literature to identify short-term weight changes linked to an increased risk of all-cause mortality. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth '79, we test whether recent marriages, divorces and separations affect the odds of experiencing various mortality-linked weight changes. We find that marriage predicts large weight gain and transition to obesity, outcomes that are linked to greater mortality risk. Notably, only a minority of newlyweds experience either outcome in the first two years of marriage. We also find that marital exits do not predict greater incidence of hazardous weight change, including weight loss, in early adulthood and midlife.
Tumin, Dmitry and Zhenchao Qian. "Marital Transitions and Short-Term Weight Changes." Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, March 31-April 2, 2011.
Marital Transitions and Weight Changes
Presented: Las Vegas NV, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2011
Keyword(s): Divorce; Gender Differences; Marital Dissolution; Marriage; Weight
Marital transitions cause changes in diet and activity patterns that affect weight. Previous studies show that marriage is linked to weight gain, while marital exit is linked to weight loss. But it is uncertain whether the weight changes that follow marital transitions are significant enough to affect health. Applying marital resource and crisis models, we explore weight changes that predict an increased risk of all-cause mortality in the epidemiological literature. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth '79, we test whether recent marriages and marital exits affect the odds of experiencing mortality-linked weight changes and explore how sex and age at marital transition is associated with weight changes. We find marriage predicts large weight gain: large gains are more likely for newly married women than men, and more likely for those who married early than those who married later, but level off over time. Marital exits, on the other hand, do not predict weight loss, especially for those who divorce at later ages. We conclude that any marriage transition is, typically, not enough of a shock to lifestyle to elicit large and repeated weight gains.
Tumin, Dmitry and Zhenchao Qian. "Marital Transitions and Weight Changes." Presented: Las Vegas NV, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2011.
Unemployment and the Transition From Separation to Divorce
Journal of Family Issues 38,10 (July 2017): 1389-1413.
Also: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0192513X15600730
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Divorce; Gender Differences; Marital Disruption; Marital Status; Unemployment
Informal marital separation often quickly leads to divorce, but can become long-lasting, especially among disadvantaged populations. In this study, we focus on the timing of divorce after separating and examine how unemployment before or during separation affects this pivotal moment in the divorce process. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 Cohort (N = 2,219), we track unemployment before and during separation and show that men's unemployment during separation, rather than women's, reduces the likelihood of divorce, independent of preseparation unemployment and other characteristics. For men, unemployment during a marital separation prolongs the divorce process, creating an extended period of uncertainty in marital relationships on the brink of dissolution. We discuss the gendered relationship observed between employment status during an informal separation and an estranged couple's decision to complete the divorce process.
Tumin, Dmitry and Zhenchao Qian. "Unemployment and the Transition From Separation to Divorce." Journal of Family Issues 38,10 (July 2017): 1389-1413.

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Proportion of all vMemes (Spiral Dynamics) by country
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I have finally finished calculating the country ranking for the four main vMemes (levels of consciousness). The purple vMeme does not really apply to developed countries, but rather to animistic tribal societies. The yellow and turquoise vMemes are too rare to included separately, but would otherwise be included in the green vMeme as it is the closest in values.
The table below shows the approximate percentage of people in each country that belongs to each vMeme. Of course it is only an approximation. What's more, many people are transitioning between two vMemes, for example red to blue, or blue to orange, which makes it all the more difficult to classify. The proportions below are an indication of how common each of the four set of values are by country. I only listed countries for which I had enough data for all four vMemes of course.
You will notice that the values for each colour do not correspond exactly to those in the overall score for each vMeme. That is normal as the total would not be exactly 100%. I had to recalculate the percentages based on the total of the four colours for each country. The orange vMeme was the only one calculated based on the actual percentage of the population that had jobs matching the vMeme's values. This is because it is the only vMeme closely linked to income levels and employment status. However as I could not include all high-paying jobs (top executives, high-ranking officials and politicians, actors, famous writers, etc.) I added 5 points to the orange vMeme for each country to compensate. Overall the percentage for the orange vMeme in the USA and the UK corresponds roughly to people earning 50% more than the country's mean individual income.
The proportions of the three other vMemes are pegged to the orange vMeme, which acts as the balanced value for the percentage of population. I doubled checked the consistency for big countries like the USA and UK. For example, 9% of American men will go to jail on their lifetime and 8% have already been convicted for a felony. 70 million Americans (21% of the population, or 27% of the adult population) have been arrested at least once. The table shows 19.5% of red vMeme (linked to crime and violence) in the USA, which sounds like a reasonable number in between the percentage of arrests and incarcerations. Furthermore 30% of American adults personally own a gun, which is somewhat correlated with the red vMeme values or mindset.
40% of American believe in Creationism and 44% say that one cannot be moral without believing in God. These are strong expressions of the blue vMeme. The table shows 33.5% of blue vMeme but it will also include people transitioning from red to blue and from blue to orange, so some of the strong believers may overlap with red and orange.
Country Red Blue Orange Green
Japan 11.62 30.09 16.57 41.72
France 10.33 20.35 16.49 52.83
Denmark 7.35 16.72 15.79 60.15
Netherlands 6.54 18.79 15.38 59.29
Czechia 18.97 21.42 15.18 44.43
Belgium 8.42 20.90 15.01 55.67
UK 9.29 17.93 14.49 58.29
Hungary 22.94 28.83 14.25 33.98
Germany 7.86 25.65 14.12 52.37
Austria 9.95 23.56 14.05 52.44
Sweden 6.89 11.21 13.54 68.36
Norway 7.19 15.91 13.38 63.52
Bulgaria 20.57 36.76 13.27 29.40
Italy 13.03 32.29 12.83 41.84
Poland 15.39 35.98 12.60 36.04
Spain 12.63 29.87 12.59 44.90
Switzerland 6.86 22.06 12.54 58.53
Latvia 22.06 30.69 12.44 34.81
USA 19.57 33.48 12.37 34.58
Australia 8.81 27.29 11.88 52.03
Portugal 11.31 32.77 11.72 44.20
Lithuania 22.24 31.81 11.07 34.87
Canada 8.21 29.74 10.94 51.12
Greece 22.43 43.57 9.35 24.65
Slovakia 18.55 36.78 8.53 36.13
Turkey 30.70 45.09 6.64 17.57
The percentage of strong believers in god tends to be quite close to the percentage of blue vMeme for all countries.
Another interesting observation is that the percentage of orange vMeme is higher in more egalitarian societies like Japan, France, Belgium, Czechia and Nordic countries. That's because the richest 1% does not monopolise a too large portion of the GDP, so that a larger segment of the population can actually become well-off (as compared to the average income in that country). American society may be considered materialistic and consumerist, but only a small percentage can actually afford to be. Several recent surveys (e.g. here, here and here) have shown that about 70% of US citizens have less than $1000 in savings on their bank account and only 10 to 16% have at least $20,000 in savings. That's why the orange vMeme is comparatively low in the US.
Green percentages may seem high in northern and western Europe, but that is because religiosity (blue vMeme) is very low and because most western and northern Europeans are concerned about the environment, recycling, climate change, loss of biodiversity, and are quite socially liberal for such things as LGBT rights, empowerment of women, etc. When considering all this, it is normal to see over 50% of green vMeme values in most of these countries.
Japanese exceptionalism
The percentage of red vMeme in Japan may seem high (11.6%) for such a peaceful country. But let's not forget that it was not so long ago very strongly red, be it in the age of samurai or during the early 20th century militaristic expansionism. Besides, Japan still has gangs (the yakuza) and the Japanese tend to exploit people from developing countries, which is why it got a bad rating for modern slavery. The red vMeme is discreet nowadays, bu it's present. The blue vMeme in Japan is not linked to the belief in god (as Buddhism and Shintoism don't really have any, strictly speaking), but in the Confucian values of discipline, self-sacrifice, respect of elders, and so on.
Spiral Dynamics is particularly difficult to apply to Japanese society due to its unique blend of animistic religion (Shintoism), Buddhism and Confucianism. Animism supposedly corresponds to the purple vMeme, but that is mostly for tribal hunter-gatherers, not modern societies. It is true that many Japanese people believe in the spirits of Nature and in ghosts, but they don't practice magic and curses and the very same people embrace the Confucian values of respect for order, discipline and authority. That's why depending on the survey and the way questions are asked, there may be 69% of Shintoists in Japan or just 3% with 62% of irreligion. Likewise between 30 and 66% of Japanese consider themselves Buddhist, but very few actually practice Buddhist meditation or even know much about Buddhism. No Japanese would think of Confucianism when queried about their religion, yet virtually all of them subscribe to Confucian values. To make it even more complicated, some schools of Japanese Buddhism like Shingon (most common in Shikoku) are a syncretic form of Buddhism and Shintoism known as Shinbutsu-shūgō. With purple Animism, red Mahayana Buddhism, blue Confucianism, orange materialistic consumerism and an increasing green concern for the environment and liberal tolerance, the Japanese tend to blend vMemes like nobody else. It may be the hardest country to classify. That's probably because the concept of Spiral Dynamics was developed with Western and Middle Eastern (Judeo-Christian and Muslim) values and cultural history in mind.
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East Kilbride Thistle. East Kilbride's premier football club.
Open to all levels and age groups, East Kilbride Lawn Tennis Club are located at Calderglen Country Park. Find out more about them on their website.
Based at the Ice Rink in the Olympia Shopping Centre, welcomes new members at all levels of ability and age to join the Club. Visit our website www.ekcurlingclub.org.uk to find out more about playing and coaching opportunities.
For full details, please see www.ekttc.co.uk. Club members are young players 7-16yrs boys/girls. We have two qualified STTA coaches and five teams in the West of Scotland Junior League. Two club nights - Wed 7-9pm Claremont High School and Fri 7-10pm John Wright Sports Centre. Cost First night free. Wed £2.00, Fri £3.00, Wed and Fri £3.00. Bats and balls supplied.
EK / Avondale Hockey Club, are currently recruiting new players, anyone interested should come along to one of our training nights, held on Wenesday nights at the Ballerup Recreation Ground, from 19:00 to 21:00, or contact us on the details below.
Diving club welcomes qualified and newbie divers. Lessons take you though the assessment stages, leading to official diving qualification. Pool training at the Dollan Aqua Centre and weekend diving trips.
East Kilbride Cricket club based in Calderglen Park.
Competitive swimming club training regularly at the Dollan Aqua Centre.
EEKCC welcomes new members of whatever standard. We can provide coaching to members and members can make use of club kit. We meet at the Heritage Park in summer and Blantyre Sports Centre in winter. Regular river trips of various standards for members.
EKMC is the longest running hillwalking club in East Kilbride. We welcome walkers of all abilities and ages on our monthly bus runs, travelling to destinations such as the Trossachs, Glen Nevis and Aviemore. We hold fortnightly indoor meetings at the Murray Owen hall with guest speakers and other social activities include walking weekends, a burns supper and annual ceilidh dance.
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Q: Openshift - How to get current memory usage of POD List I want to see current memory usage of PODs. I tried "oc get pods | grep elastic-*" to get POD details
elastic-index-5-kwz79                                       1/1       Running   0          1h
elastic-index-5-lcfzp                                       1/1       Running   0          1h
elastic-master-0                                            1/1       Running   0          1h
elastic-master-1                                            1/1       Running   0          1h
elastic-master-2                                            1/1       Running   0          1h
elastic-query-2-wspl5                                       1/1       Running   0          1h

Table is showing status and last running details but I am looking for current memory usage and total memory details
For Example -
Name                          Total Memory         Available Memory
elastic-index-5-kwz79           1024MB                723MB

A: You can check your pod's cpu and memory usage using oc adm top pods as follows.
Refer Viewing Pods for more details.
$ oc adm top pods
NAME                         CPU(cores)   MEMORY(bytes)
hawkular-cassandra-1-pqx6l   219m         1240Mi
hawkular-metrics-rddnv       20m          1765Mi
heapster-n94r4               3m           37Mi

A: If you want to check pods cpu/memory usage without installing any third party tool then you can get memory and cpu usage of pod from cgroup.

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*Go to pod's exec mode kubectl exec pod_name -- /bin/bash

*Go to cd /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu for cpu usage
run cat cpuacct.usage

*Go to cd /sys/fs/cgroup/memory for memory usage
run cat memory.usage_in_bytes
NOTE: This usage is in bytes.

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BLOG 11 November 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic, and measures in response to it, have hit investors, providers of microfinance and small and medium-size enterprise (SME) loans in developing and emerging markets, and the vulnerable people these providers serve, with unprecedented challenges. Relief and restructuring efforts continue. More innovation is needed. Exogenous events will occur with more frequency, including financial or currency crises, pandemics, climate change-related events like flooding, and earthquakes. What have investors learned from the current crisis? What can investors do to improve providers' readiness for future crises?
COVID-19 restructurings to date
There has been a tremendous outpouring of goodwill from investors and investees alike during the pandemic. This is despite investors' inability to travel to perform on-the-ground diligence, the strain that meeting virtually has placed on the trustful relationships needed to build consensus around financial restructurings and crisis responses, and the reality that people on all sides of the virtual negotiating table have faced unprecedented pressures.
A microfinance institution representative speaks with female clients in Siby, Mali. Photo: Nicolas Remene via Communication for Development Ltd.
Temporary measures, such as standstills and payment deferrals, were implemented early. Strenuous efforts are ongoing to amicably reach restructuring or rescheduling agreements that are fair to the providers of microfinance and SME loans (the investees) and their investors, and that support the survival of these investees. Many investees remain engaged in negotiations with international and local lenders and other stakeholders. However, historic and current portfolio performance data universally deemed reliable is scarce. Without an agreed base case, creating credible projections is challenging; parties struggle to gauge how much sacrifice is needed, whether upside potential exists and how burdens should be shared.
Investees and investors have little experience managing multiple extreme crises at once, particularly where a number of stakeholders with differing interests are involved. Trust can weaken or evaporate if investors doubt whether providers are being fully transparent. The existential question of whether providers are facing a liquidity issue or a solvency crisis haunts the parties. In some cases, borrowers have filed for local insolvency protection, which has slowed resolutions and increased costs and complexity.
Innovative approaches to restructuring have been deployed, though more traditional approaches to restructuring continue to be pursued. In many cases, stakeholders are frustrated with the amount of time the process is taking. We have not (yet?) seen cases where investors have simply walked away from a distressed project, even if the investee is in an insolvency proceeding. Especially when dealing with so many stressed cases, investors cannot justify complete write-downs to their investment committees and investors.
We have seen attempts by investees to sell their microfinance and SME loan portfolios, though it is a challenge to achieve credible valuations of portfolios and determine appropriate pricing. Some investees have been able to access additional debt or equity investments during the pandemic, but for distressed providers, this is particularly difficult. Approaches being explored include incentivizing principal payments with partial debt forgiveness, offering interest-free periods, and proposing conversions to subordinated debt, among others. However, the uncertainty of the data plagues all of the negotiations. The parties may need to take bold and pragmatic steps forward so the investees (and the investors) can get back to their primary businesses, rather than being mired in negotiations.
What have investors learned from these restructurings?
How can funders and policy makers address the solvency issues facing small and medium microfinance providers? Click on image to view report.
Here are some practical recommendations to consider that can help to move discussions forward more quickly:
Share new tools and structures with those enmeshed in restructurings. COVID-19 has shown that past approaches to restructuring may not always be optimal, particularly in a global crisis. It has also revealed that investors and investees may not know of innovative solutions being employed by others. Finding ways to publicize alternatives could facilitate restructurings.
Make technical assistance funds and resources on restructuring management skills accessible to investees. Lender groups frequently require investees to retain advisors to confirm data and assist with the design and implementation of restructurings. Investees resist due to cost (a legitimate concern) and fear of finger-pointing. Ensuring involvement of objective advisors with relevant skills vastly improves the likelihood of achieving viable restructuring plans, which, in turn, can preserve relationships between investors and investees.
Bring all constituencies to the same table and share all relevant information. Negotiations rarely include both international and local lenders, the latter being a key source of new capital. When negotiations don't include all relevant constituencies, negotiating a fair and universally accepted plan is tough. Investees may feel it is to their advantage to keep dealings with different lenders or lender groups separate. However, a viable plan is more likely to emerge if parties encourage an inclusive dialogue and promote transparency, including around issues such as the availability and terms of potential new debt or equity funding. Investors could help investees to implement strategies to encourage this kind of dialogue among interested parties and better manage relationships with multiple constituencies.
Taking what we've learned and improving readiness for future crises
This is an opportune moment to use what we have learned to enhance the process of making new investments, particularly if we want to contribute to the availability and sustainability of financial services for vulnerable populations. How can we increase the resilience of lower-tier microfinance and SME financial services providers in the face of exogenous events in the future? Here are three general sets of approaches that investors might want to consider when making and administering new investments to providers of microfinance and SME loans:
When identifying operational, governance, staffing, management, business model and information technology opportunities and challenges, make sure to evaluate the issues through the lens of a potential crisis to highlight areas of possible weaknesses. Improvements and support in this context may include creating covenants and metrics, and if possible, providing funding for technical assistance so that investees are better prepared.
At the inception of investment processes, emphasize the need for crisis management tools with investee teams. Investees need to focus on communication strategies for all stakeholders. Transparency is imperative to engender trust with stakeholders under all circumstances.
Develop deeper relationships with other constituencies, including other investors (both international and local) and local governments and regulators. Confidentiality concerns need to be managed. Good relationships can contribute to amicable resolutions in challenging times.
Mary Rose Brusewitz is member-in-charge of the New York office of Clark Hill PLC and a founding member of the Impact Investing Legal Working Group. This post is part of the CGAP blog series, "Microfinance Solvency and COVID-19," which looks at key issues related to microfinance providers' solvency amid COVID-19 and explores ways forward for the sector.
Topic: Business and Markets
Tag: Microfinance Insitutions
Microfinance Solvency and COVID-19: A Call for Coordination
This COVID-19 Briefing looks specifically at how to address the solvency risks facing medium and small microfinance providers, which often reach into communities and geographic areas that are not served by larger lenders.
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Insights for Inclusive Finance
Blog 06 December 2021
Blog 21 October 2021


Young Key Koo, MD & CEO, Hyundai Motor India, is direct when addressing questions on products. In an interview with The Economic Times, he reveals that the Hyundai Styx (Hyundai QXi) due next year could have a pure electric variant.
The ICE-powered Hyundai Styx will reach the showrooms in April 2019.
Queried about the EV plans for India, Koo reaffirmed that the Kona Electric is the planned first battery-powered Hyundai for India. The company will launch EVs in our market in a top-down approach.
"We will have an EV Kona coming first next year, then we are looking at an electric SUV, maybe QXI and then an electric car," Koo said.
The Hyundai Kona Electric will arrive in CKD packs from the Ulsan plant in South Korea, with the assembly taking place in Chennai. This niche model's first annual sales target is 600 units, and its launch is said to take place in July 2019. The next two EVs, including the Hyundai Styx Electric (name TBA), will get locally manufactured and target the masses, maybe even customers like the EESL.
The pure electric car Y K Koo is referring to is likely a battery-powered variant of the next-gen Xcent.
Hyundai is yet to decide whether to launch the pure electric Styx first or the pure electric car, possibly the battery-powered variant of the next-gen Xcent. "What is after Kona, whether it is an SUV or a car is something that we are deciding," Koo said. The company plans to make India an export hub for entry-level EVs, and the overseas shipments may include the pure electric Styx.


Cruising is great for families! Cruising grows healthy kids! Cruising kids are exceptionally well socialized! Cruising can provide kids a broad world view! These are true, but oversimplifications. For all the great benefits to be derived from this lifestyle, it won't work for a family if the kids aren't happy, and you can't take happy kids for granted. Starting young, it's less complicated; older kids who have to separate more meaningfully from routines and friends in particular are more challenging.
We started in a magic window of ages when our kids (newly turned 4, 6 and 9) mostly wanted to hang out with mom and dad. Friends were important, but our nuclear family was most important. Every child is unique and every family will experience this differently, but I believe it to be generally true and a circumstance that's fostered and maintained close relationships in our family.
As kids grow older, it's progressively important that they have other kids to hang out with. Nomadic kids have a lower bar for friends to enter that playgroup circle: they quickly unlearned the false importance of age, gender, interests, or other artificial boundary lines.
It's not uncool to play with a three year old.
That next best friend isn't an anchorage away. Occasionally, yes, but it takes planning more than serendipity or you'll have lonely kid(s). This costs a big element of control for your route planning: not easy, especially for families planning a shorter sabbatical cruise with a vision for where they want to go.
Four kid boats, middle of the Indian Ocean…not by serendipity, but by planning.
If an important driver for plans needs to be finding and connecting and hanging out with the other boat families…HOW do you do this?
Every region has a hub and a season where boats gather: get yourself there, and you'll connect with families. Those families may become your buddy boats, or the boats that connect you with your kids' next best cruising kid friend. Marathon / Boot Key Harbor, Florida, collect cruising families as boats stage to head to the Bahamas for the winter; as the season picks up, it's George Town, Bahamas where you'll find them. Prickly Bay, Grenada, gets the biggest kid boat call during hurricane season and St Martin / Sint Maarten seems to be a crossroads in general.
Every other boat has a blog/Instagram/YT channel/Facebook page. Dial into the kid boat community online, and use that as a way to find, track, and connect with other families. This is one of the reasons SailingTotem has an active family blogroll page to browse.
Another good resource are Facebook groups, and they are myriad! Try Liveaboard families: Med, in, well, the Med; more generally are Liveaboard sailing families (with kids); on Kids4Sail, there's an admin post the first of the month with regional check-ins to help families find each other. Family travel groups like Worldschooling are used by cruisers too.
Checking up on position/tracking tools will also help you find kids boats. We use several on Totem. One that's pictured below, Farkwar, has a "fleet" for kid boats. CruiserSatNet has a number of regional kid boat groups, too, and NoForeignLand has the Kids4Sail group boats. By checking one URL (and a bit of clicking/dragging) I can see which vessels signed up for the kid boat fleet are near us—and follow boats in our region that we hope to catch up with (like the three teens on Allegro!).
Each of those waypoints is a boat with kids: several with teens, even!
Don't just follow families, reach out! As a parent of teens on board I LOVE IT when another family with teens reaches out to see if we can connect when they see we may be in the same region. We help each other out with introductions to each other, since plenty of families aren't as active in social media.
West coast cruisers have it much easier: cruising boats flow in a linear path along the coastline. In the South Pacific, they migrate along a seasonal route, the so-called Coconut Milk Run, westward; typically with a dip down to New Zealand or Australia during the southern hemisphere cyclone season. Boats arriving in French Polynesia from Mexico will have known each other for months already; new friends enter with the Caribbean fleet sailing down from Panama.
The myriad of routing options from boats departing the US east coast for the Caribbean complicates things; it's less likely to happen organically, especially for tween/teens. I'm told the Mediterranean is similar, where again there are a wealth of options for routing instead of a linear progression followed by most cruisers. And some regions, well, they're simply off the beaten path: South America. The Indian Ocean. We loved our year in remote Papua New Guinea and eastern Indonesia, but it was many moons without another family boat and were REALLY READY for socializing by the time we reached more trafficked cruising grounds. Being around other kid boats is a choice that requires engagement.
On Totem we're lucky to have a built in tribe. Our kids are tight, and their reliance on each other has surely strengthened this bond.
After a presentation in Miami last month, Niall responded to a question from the audience about the social side cruising as a teen. He has perspective on the pros and cons, but summarized it by saying "my sisters are my best friends." I might have teared up a little, but it's true.
Wonderful as it is that they are so tight, they also need OTHER kids. Staying in touch with cruising friends through email and texting is important: they routinely use Google Hangouts to chat with friends across several continents, maintaining long term relationships. They're important, but not a replacement for in-person interactions.
With teens aboard, the happiness calculus gets more complicated. FOMO goes to a whole new level for kids that rely on phone/internet to feel connected. There's a whole chapter in Voyaging With Kids dedicated to the unique needs and perspective of teens.
Personal space is key (Siobhan and Mairen have already worked out who gets Niall's cabin when he leaves for college). For families looking at moving aboard, it's not just the physical space but how they personalize it to make it theirs. As teens build and connect with their growing identities as young adults, we support them as parents by giving them a voice in planning. Family planning is a round table where everyone's goals and desires are taken into account. Their desires matter, whether it's plans for the day or the season.
We've had a long stretch with few boat kids in their age range (getting within a three year spread would be great). There have been intersections that provided critical injections of camaraderie, but we're all feeling it. Leaving Florida so late in the season put us out of sync with the migratory fleet. It's pulling us to shift our summer plans, and look at hustling south to Grenada sooner rather than later. It's partly the promise of the a gathered fleet during hurricane season, but mostly because another kid boat—friends we've crossed an ocean with—are sailing there soon. Hurricane season worries factors in, too; we have no insurance coverage during named storms, and Grenada is relatively safe from historical storm tracks. Parts of our plans more fixed than flexible (Niall is keen to cross our circumnavigation track in Pacific Mexico before college next year), but this is a shift we can make.
It throws our calendar up in the air again, but that's a kind of status quo for us lately. This much we know: as great as our kids are at flying together as a solo tribe, we're looking forward to connecting them with kids closer to their age again soon.
Hi Totem crew, Enjoyed the thoughts and photos. It must be particularly challenging to find kid boats with matching age ranges. Puppy love affairs must present even more dilemmas for teens as well as parents. Somehow, one must muddle through.
Here's wishing you all a very HAPPY EASTER, as you continue to sail on your journey.
Behan- Thanks for another great post. We have an 8 year old son and we depart this summer for a 5+ year circumnavigation. After years of trying to adopt, it looks like it will just be the 3 of us. I must say, your post hit home hard today, but knowing that there is a great community out there that just takes a little effort to find make me feel like its possible.
I'm so glad this resonated with you. It IS harder for singleton families but it's work we all have to do to find each other out there! But you're starting on the west coast, right? So much easier to hook up with kid boats on the southbound run to Mexico and beyond there, than the zig-zag options around the Caribbean! Excited for you and your family.
Great Post! I decided to finally up and buy the book through your link, so there! 🙂 Hope it puts a few bucks in your wallet. Looking forward to reading through it + handing it over to my wife. All the best.
immersed in development for another fifteen years. Still, learning in different situations is very satisfying for anyone of any age. Good parents like you remember to think of the needs of children as the family goes thru life.
Welcome to Eleuthra! Did you happen on one of the limestone "wells" that occur? Amazing. There is one near Rock Sound as I recall.
Thanks Richard! Haven't yet but looking forward to seeing the blue holes, we'll be in Rock Sound soon.


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Claudette Forbes Ceramics
New Ashgate Gallery Rising Stars 2022
Green Grads
Designer Magazine - P.35
Catford Chronicle
Emerging Potters Magazine
Thrown stoneware vessels - ceramic and mixed media
Exploring dereliction and regeneration.
Inspired by the rusty substructure of the pier at Hastings. The pier has an almost century long history of damage. World war bombs, storms, fire and the elements have all inflicted their worst. At times, the issue of whether it should be renovated was the subject of debate.
The pieces in the collection show elements of destruction and repair, having been subjected to my own violent acts, as I took to them with my hands as well as various implements to dent, tear, slice and warp. Should what has been damaged be repaired. Is there beauty in degradation?
The repairs are clumsy and obvious. The slurry, the slip soaked fabrics which patch, the metal bolts and pins distorted by the high temperature of the kiln - all enhance each piece. I am the architect, maker, destroyer and regenerator of each one.
Photographs by Valerie Bernardini
The willow pattern is a familiar ceramic surface decoration that became popular in England at the end of the 18th century and was mass produced in Stoke on Trent. Inspired by the hand painted blue and white ceramics produced in China, many variations of the pattern existed. Here's my own modern urban version, using the same colour palette. My neighbourhood, Peckham, London, provides constant inspiration for my illustrations. I send them off to a company in Stoke on Trent who turns them into transfers which can then be applied to my glazed ceramic pieces before being fired for the third time.
"Communities in Flux"
Slip cast stoneware miniature bottles
"Poor Cow"
Slip cast stoneware sculptures
Eco Activism
Limited Edition A3 posters created for Green Grads at Grand Designs Live, London 2022, and available for purchase. Contact me for further details.


What I have learnt from these cultural differences is that you can take the best of both worlds. Having bicultural children is great My wife and I have two boys.
" warning in case someone wants to rush off to the church and then finds out it didn't happen the same way.the long sentence, not the word itself) are new words that can be learnt easily having a Chilean partner.Their true meanings can't really be learnt by yourself… Of course once the wedding has happened and the shackles are officially on, you won't learn as many of those nice/romantic words full of love, affection and happiness stuff anymore.It also involves more than the in-laws (I silently shudder with goosebumps).Family in Chile involves the extended extended family (yes, purposely written twice since it goes beyond extended).
Det er en fantastisk måde, at have det sjovt på efter en lang dag, eller for at møde andre ligesindede voksne.


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Teenage girl sustains 'unexplained facial injuries' at Egham Pooley Green park - recap
Police have been at the park all day, according to residents
Tom SmurthwaiteContent editor
Eleanor FlemingSenior Reporter
An area of Pooley Green park in Egham was cordoned off after a teenage girl sustained "unexplained facial injuries" at the rec.
Residents reported a police presence at the recreation ground in Thorpe Lea Road throughout Saturday (May 18).
Surrey Police said that officers believe the girl sustained her injuries late on Friday night (May 17).
A resident near the park, who wishes to remain anonymous, said: "Police told me a young girl was attacked last night, but I don't know anything else."
For updates on this incident, follow our live blog below.
Do you live in the area? Please email your comments and/or pictures of police at the scene to surreylive@reachplc.com.
For a round-up of all the latest Surrey news visit our website and follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
For the full story on yesterday's events, please follow this link.
Surrey Police statement
Surrey Police has released a statement to SurreyLive regarding last night's incident. It says:
An investigation is under way after a teenage girl was taken to hospital with unexplained facial injuries last night (May 17).
The incident was reported to police in the early hours of this morning (May 18).
A cordon remains in place at the park in Pooley Green Road, which is where the girl is believed to have sustained her injuries.
Officers are making a number of enquiries to establish what happened and would like to speak to anyone who was in the park around the time of the incident, or anyone who can provide any other information.
If you can help, please call us on 101, quoting incident reference number PR/45190051495.
Video from the scene
Ellie has taken some video of forensic officers gathering evidence at the scene.
She says police left at around 6pm and the cordon has now been removed from around the park.
'Young girl attacked'
Ellie has spoken to a resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, who lives opposite the park. The person said:
Police told me a young girl was attacked last night, but I don't know anything else.
SECAmb contacted for comment
The South East Coast Ambulance service has been contacted for a comment and we are awaiting a response.
Surrey Police was contacted earlier by SurreyLive and again we are awaiting details on what happened.
As soon as we find out more from the emergency services, we will update this blog.
Evidence being gathered
The police operation has been going on all day at the park and evidence is still being gathered and put into bags.
This picture was taken at around 5.10pm.
Two forensic officers put evidence in bags at the rec (Image: Eleanor Fleming)
'Checking the bins'
Ellie has been speaking to an employee at the nearby Village Post Office, who said:
I'm not sure what happened. We close at 7.30pm so we were not here.
I believe an incident occurred at around 9.30pm last night, but police are not saying anything.
Police have been investigating and were checking the bins outside this morning.
Forensics at the scene
Ellie has arrived at the park. She says there is a cordon around the entire rec.
An employee at the nearby Village Food & Wine shop said the cordon was put up at around 9am this morning.
The picture below shows that the investigation is ongoing as police gather evidence.
A forensic officer gathering evidence at the park (Image: Eleanor Fleming)
Our reporter is going to the scene
SurreyLive reporter Eleanor Fleming is on her way to the park in Thorpe Lea Road to gather more information.
Her updates will be posted on this blog.
Good afternoon on Saturday (May 18)
SurreyLive has been contacted by an Egham resident saying there that is an ongoing police incident at Pooley Green recreation ground.
She said there has been a cordon in place at the play area in the park, with officers at the scene investigating some sort of incident.
There has been speculation on social media that a sexual assault or even stabbing happened yesterday evening.
However, the police are yet to release a statement on what occurred in the park.
When they do, SurreyLive will bring you what they said.


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City of Northville, MI » News » What's New » Concepts revealed for Downtown Northville streets
Community invited to share ideas, feedback
The concept for the downtown pedestrian plan presented by Grissim, Metz and Andriese (GMA) on Nov. 29 at City Hall was greeted by attendees as a positive step forward in transforming the closed sections of Main and Center streets into an exciting promenade with interactive zones that draw people to shops, restaurants and new seating areas.
GMA proposes the street supports linear bands of activity. The center of the street (24 feet wide) is the promenade for people to walk, with plenty of room for strollers, walkers and wheelchairs. Sixteen feet within that 24- foot space can be used for emergency access for police, fire and EMT since it won't have any tables, chairs, structures or displays. Within the promenade, there will be zones of 8-foot wide sections for varied seating arrangements.
Eight-foot wide sections from the merchants' doors to the curb provides another walkway. Beyond that, varying sections of 13 to 18 feet is considered merchant space, where restaurants can set up outdoor dining, and retailers can display merchandise. Merchant space includes the 8-foot-wide parallel parking spaces. GMA proposes that decking be placed over the parking spaces and match up with the sidewalk to provide a platform for outdoor dining structures. This also eliminates the need to remove curbs.
The seating areas are varied to encourage different uses and activities. High-top tables and chairs face the promenade, making it easy for people to eat a "to-go" meal, have a drink, work on their laptop or simply watch people go by. Larger outdoor couches and comfy chairs invite groups to linger and share stories. Bistro-style tables and chairs can be moved to wherever they are needed: a quiet tea for two, being closer to street entertainment, in the shade of a building or soaking up the sunshine.
Lighting plays a big role in creating an aura of welcome, safety and fun. Ideas include projecting light patterns on the street (similar to holiday light projections on a house), stringing lights from horizontal beams mounted on buildings, and spotlighting the historic buildings with street-based lights that glow upward. Another plan is to remove the traffic light at Main and Center and replace it with a stop sign, using the light pole for decorative lighting or hanging banners for events and as an advertising venue for area businesses. The intersection may also have a curved portion of road – achieved through brickscape – to indicate the main entrance.
The streets will be activated by both programmed activities and organic entertainment, such as playing corn hole, doing group yoga, or playing chess at a bistro table. Musicians and street performers will have a zone for performances in addition to the stage at Town Square. Food trucks will be part of the streetscape for special events. In the winter, there could be an ice rink at Town Square.
Structures are proposed to have plexiglass roofs so the building names can still be viewed. They will be more uniform with removable side walls for cold weather and a distinctive, decorative siding approximately 4 feet tall that screens chair legs from the street. Structures will be decorated for the seasons.
DDA Director Lori Ward said, "This next phase for downtown Northville is a unique opportunity to provide an experience and setting that doesn't exist in our neighboring communities. It will be an even better place to bring the kids, go out for a drink with friends, or just hang out.
"There's so much versality with the space. We aim to make it a destination, a place where there's something happening every day of the week, every month of the year. Some of that will be programmed but residents and visitors will find ways to make it their own 'go-to' place."
The design consultant and traffic consultant teams (GMA and Fleis & Vandenbrink) will hold a joint workshop, open to the public, on Dec. 7, from 4 to 6 p.m. outside the Marquis Theater. At that time, they'll make a presentation, gather public comment and take a walking tour of the downtown street closures.
At F&V, the two representatives are Julie Kroll, traffic engineer, and Brad Strader, an urban planner for MKSK. An interactive component is in the works by F&V to gauge input from the public on various sections of the city where there's a concern about safety, walkability, lighting, etc. Watch for that link in social media in the near future.
GMA is working with the DDA's Economic Development Committee, also known as the advisory committee, to address the design, management and operational issues associated with the creation of the pedestrian plan. A Historic District Commission subcommittee is also closely reviewing and commenting on the plan.
Ward invites public feedback on the conceptual design plan. View the presentation to see the details. Please send all comments to her by email or phone (248-305-2733).
photos by GMA.


Over Easter I will be joining a group of artists on a special visit to the Tarkine Wilderness of the West Coast of Tasmania. The aim of the expedition is to promote the importance of keeping this unique area as it is for future generations. There is so much natural history here and evidence of the original inhabitants…. the Tasmanian aboriginal people. Such an inspiring place…. wild and rugged, lashed by the roaring forties…. waves that have not touched land since South America. Truly invigorating.
We visited today as a precursor to the Easter trip. here is a little taster…. though today I did not paint as it started to rain, but the photography was fun.
Following on from the previous post, the She Oak has been added to my Bakers Beach acrylic on stretched canvas. You can see what I mean about this twiggy windswept coastal vegetation contrasting with soft clouds and the sweep of the sand and water. The colour contrast with the sky is also appealed to me and was a reason for taking the reference photo at that spot.
This second work is an acrylic on "canvas paper" which was a demonstration for last night's art class. My ladies deviated from watercolour to try their hand at acrylics and did a great job. My reference for this was a photo of West Point in Burnie, just behind the Makers Workshop. Last time I was there the weather was rather stormy and incredibly windy with the sea surging energetically. The lure of the subtle colour of the late afternoon sky to the west drew me out with my camera. I may still touch this up a bit but am not quite sure as working quickly often captures the vitality of such moments better than a carefully rendered and laboured work.
"Touch" is the title of my exhibition at Wonders of Wynyard in September. I will hang the works on Sunday 2nd, and the exhibition will conclude on Sunday 30th.
About the exhibition……. TOUCH… tactile experiences, textures, "touching" emotional experiences, keeping in touch……. there are many ways the term touch can be explored. What started as a look at creating textures in my paintings has grown into a wider exploration of "Touch".
Shown here are two of the works to be hung. The wave uses mixed media including collage to build up the range of textures experienced in rugged coastal areas. The semi abstracted landscape was painted in watercolour technique including the use of salt on beautiful, soft silk. Having done some computer art I strongly feel that the tactile experiences… the touch of the materials including the flow of brushstrokes….. is a critical element in my art experiences.


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// Licensed under the MIT License.
// Code generated by Microsoft (R) AutoRest Code Generator.

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ILION — The Ilion village board voted Wednesday to adopt a $7 million general fund budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year following a public hearing at which no questions were raised.
The $7,087,435 spending plan shows an increase of more than 1 percent over the $6,957,525 budget for the current year.
The budget is supported by a $4,569,089 tax levy, a decrease of less than 1 percent compared with the $4,600,912 tax levy for 2018-19, along with $100,000 appropriated from the village's fund balance and $2,995 from reserve funds.
Assessed value shows a decrease in the portions of the towns of German Flatts and Frankfort that make up the village. In German Flatts, assessed value dropped by more than 2 percent and in Frankfort, less than 1 percent.
The new tax rate for German Flatts is $27.151 per $1,000 of assessed value, an increase of 1.731 percent compared with last year's rate of $26.689 while the tax rate for the town of Frankfort is $31.029 per $1,000, up 4.633 percent from last year's rate of $29.655. The tax rates reflect the differing assessment practices of the two towns.
The budget maintains all existing services, according to Treasurer MariJo Thompson, but it was not an easy budget to put together.
"MariJo wore out 10 pencils working on this budget," commented Trustee Charles Lester.