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Demonstrations for Kurdish national unity in several cities
The importance of Kurdish national unity was emphasized in demonstrations against Turkey's attacks on Kurdistan in numerous cities and countries.
Sunday, 8 Dec 2019, 07:37
Rallies and demonstrations against the anti-Kurdish extermination campaign of Turkey have taken place in numerous cities on Saturday. During the actions the Turkish invasion of Northern Syria was protested and Kurdish unity was promoted. People stressed that in view of the massive attacks of the Turkish state, a national unity of the Kurdish people is absolutely necessary in order to counter an annihilation.
People from all four parts of Kurdistan took part in a demonstration in Melbourne, Australia. At the rally, all political parties in Kurdistan were called upon to form a unity against Turkish aggression, regardless of their position and ideology.
In Marseille citY of France, people called for the establishment of Kurdish national unity, protested against the inaction of the international community in the face of the war crimes of the Turkish state and called for a boycott of Turkey.
The French city of Bordeaux was also scene of a demonstration calling for Kurdish national unity and protesting against Turkish massacres and genocidal attacks against the peoples of North and East Syria. Demonstrators called for the attacks to be responded in spirit of national unity.
A demonstration was held in German capital city Berlin calling for the creation of Kurdish national unity.
The march from Hermanplatz to Kottbuser Tor Square was held under the motto "Build national unity and expel the colonialists from Kurdistan" and joined by representatives of Kurdish institutions from four parts of Kurdistan and friends of the Kurdish people.
Speakers said that those abstaining from national unity will never be forgotten by the Kurdish people.
Kurds and their friends joined a demonstration in Hamburg to demand the establishment of national unity.
German Left Party MP Martin Dolzer who also joined the march defined the attacks that target civilians in Rojava as crimes against humanity.
Kurds rallied in the Hague city of the Netherlands to highlight the importance of Kurdish national unity and called for concrete steps to be taken to this end.
Kurdish parties and institutions in Switzerland organised a demonstration in the Zurich city under the motto "Build national unity to tear down invasion". Demonstrators emphasised the importance of Kurdish national unity to counter the Turkish state's invasion and genocidal attacks in North and East Syria ongoing since October 9.
Hundreds of Kurdish people and their friends staged a march at Helvetiaplatz Square behind a banner that read "Turkey massacres civilians with chemical weapons in Rojava".
During the course of the march, activists from the Rojava Solidarity Platform read notices in German and protested the arms sales and trade agreements of Switzerland and European states with the Turkish state.
Speeches were held in the name of CDK Swirzerland, Democratic Forces Union of Switzerland, Assyrian-Syriac Union, Kurdistan Communist Party as well as intellectuals and artists from Kurdistan.
Answering the call of the Democratic Kurdish Community Centre, Kurds took to the streets in the French city of Strasbourg and called for concrete steps to be taken for the establishment of national unity.
Hundreds of Kurdish people rallied in the German city of Dusseldorf calling for national unity.
Speakers criticised the silence of the international community on the massacre of the Kurdish people by the Turkish state and called for the formation of a joint front and unity to counter the massacres.
A number of German citizens joined the Kurds as they demonstrated for Kurdish national unity and against the massacres perpetrated by the Turkish state against the Kurdish people in various parts of Kurdistan.
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That's three straight losses and six out of their last seven, after the Yankees' 6-0 loss to Kansas City in The Bronx. On a fittingly miserable night, with a steady mist creating unseasonable cool and keeping away non-diehards, the Yankees flailed against the Royals' hard-throwing starter Felipe Paulino for the second time this month. In all, they went 0-for-13 (with two walks) with runners in scoring position, continuing their run of incompetence to six hits in 72 at-bats.
The Yankees stand at an even 21-21, and because the Red Sox defeated Baltimore to pull up to 21-21, your historic, high-payroll rivals now share the American League East cellar, trailing Baltimore, Tampa Bay and Toronto.
It can't be stressed enough the Yankees are not doomed. At this point in the baseball calendar last year, Milwaukee and Arizona held losing records, and both clubs advanced to the playoffs. However, that hardly means the Yankees can awaken at their leisure and cruise into the postseason, especially in their ultra-competitive division.
If there's any consolation to the Yankees' recent woes, it's their starting pitching, previously their Achilles' heel, has been, well, less awful.
If Hiroki Kuroda didn't look like a $10-million pitcher last night, he at least kept the Yankees in the game by allowing three runs, seven hits and three walks in 5 1/3 innings. Against the lowly Royals, backed by this offense, that's supposed to suffice.
No, there can't be much of an argument as to whom deserves the most blame for the current crisis. You're just not going to win when you deliver once every 12 times with runners in scoring position, regardless of how you pitch.
Don't get too worked up over quotes like these. What are they supposed to say? "We're choking like the 2004 Yankees!"?
For every Raul Ibanez line drive to the left-field wall, which Alex Gordon caught in the third inning to officially extinguish what had been a bases-loaded, none-out rally, there were multiple strikeouts. Or feeble groundouts. Sure, the Yankees could use a bloop hit to get them going. Yet they don't quite look like a cursed team out there.
And when the Stadium scoreboard folks played the "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" bit from "Animal House," prior to the bottom of the ninth, zero people bought into it. Fans, having not saved their hard-earned dollars by coming to this game, at least saved their breath.
Common sense can't pick up a bat, however. Someone in a Yankees uniform has to do that part. If no one does, then the Yankees will be planning for zero postseason games.


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Manchester City's Mendy found not guilty of six counts of rape
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Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has been cleared of six counts of rape and one of sexual assault.
The former French international slumped with his head in his hands as he was unanimously cleared of six counts of rape and one of sexual assault after a five-month trial at Chester crown court.
However, the 28-year-old will face a second trial after the jury was unable to reach verdicts on a charge of raping one woman and attempting to rape another.
Mendy, who appeared close to tears in the court dock, had told his trial that the women who accused him of rape had all wanted to have sex with him. He denied groping the woman who claimed he had sexually assaulted her in his kitchen.
He had been accused of seven counts of rape against four women, one count of attempted rape against a fifth woman, and a further charge of sexual assault against a sixth woman after being arrested on 11 November 2020.
The jury was discharged on Friday after deliberating for more than 60 hours over 14 days.
Mendy's co-defendant, Louis Saha Matturie, who had been described as Mendy's "fixer", broke down in tears as he was found not guilty of three charges of rape involving two women.
The jury was unable to reach verdicts on six other counts against the 41-year-old, four alleged rapes against three women and the alleged sexual assault of two women.
Mendy told his trial it was "normal" for him to sleep with lots of different women, sometimes on the same night as they had had sex with his friends.
Being a famous footballer made it "honestly, so easy" to pick up women at nightclubs and take them to his home near the Cheshire village of Prestbury, he said.
The six women had accused him of assaulting them at his £4.8m gated mansion between October 2018 and August 2021, often at illegal parties held during Covid lockdowns.
The parties were fuelled by alcohol and nitrous oxide balloons and often involved guests stripping down in Mendy's pool. People would have sex in rooms all over the house, sometimes swapping partners.
One woman was only 17 when she claimed she was raped on the same night by Mendy and his "fixer", Matturie, known as Saha. The men were cleared of four counts of rape relating to her.
The prosecution said it was Matturie's job to "procure" attractive young women for Mendy and to bring them back to his home, called The Spinney.
Several weeks into the trial, the judge ordered the jury to find both Mendy and Matturie not guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman, after a video emerged showing her having "enthusiastic and obviously consensual sex" with Matturie.
Mendy's defence team used this dropped charge to plant doubt in the jury's mind, suggesting that if one woman had lied, could the others not also have made up their allegations?
"What you have actually seen with your own eyes in this case is – I hesitate to use the word – a real-life liar," said Eleanor Laws KC in her closing speech to the jury.
"Someone who has made serious criminal allegations against two men. And you have watched it play out, unusually, in front of your eyes. Because when ever does a defendant have a film to prove their innocence? Hardly ever."
Giving evidence in court, Mendy said that being in prison while on remand had made him "learn lots of things about life". He said that he reflected on his behaviour while sitting in his cell, and realised only then that it was possible to "hurt" women's feelings even "if we were both OK to have sex". The way he had sometimes spoken about women was "disrespectful", he realised.
A statement from Mendy's club said: "Manchester City FC notes the verdict from Chester crown court today where a jury has found Benjamin Mendy not guilty of seven charges.
"The jury is hung on two charges and the trial is now over.
"Given there are open matters related to this case, the club is not in a position to comment further at this time."
Full Story: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/01/13/manchester-citys-mendy-found-not-guilty-of-six-counts-of-rape/
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TV ReviewsThe GiftedSeason 1
Esme moves the pieces of The Gifted in an eventful episode
Photo: Eliza Morse/Fox
The GiftedSeason 1
"eXploited"
I don't know a lot about the X-Men. I mean, I think of myself as knowing more than the average person, because I have seen all of the X-Men movies multiple times (even the bad ones), and own them all on disc (even the bad ones), and watched the '90s cartoon series, and have read a some X-Men comics – never more than a couple years' worth of a particular title, but a decent variety of those titles, of which there are a million... and there's the problem, as stated in these reviews of The Gifted before. There is so much X-Men lore that no matter how much stuff I glean from how many sources, there's always something I'm missing.
As such, I perpetually experience X-Men movies and shows in a weird in-between state where I know a little more than a viewer going in completely cold but vastly less than a genuine hardcore fan. Sometimes that makes it difficult to figure out how moments in The Gifted are playing – especially as it embraces its comics roots more and more, becoming less of a (repetitive) family saga and more of, well, an X-Men adventure. I knew – thank you, comments sections! You're more fun to read than Wikipedia! – that Esme (guest star Skyler Samuels) is probably a comics character who is somehow related to mostly-bad mutant Emma Frost (I also read the Whedon comics where Emma Frost was a good guy and I forget and/or don't know if she went bad again since then). So even without the show's depiction of copious slinking and skulking on her part as she's welcomed into the Mutant Underground, I had vague reason to suspect her intentions. But I do wonder how the revelations of "eXploited" would play to someone watching the show without any outside knowledge or nerd assistance. Or is it fair to say The Gifted isn't trying to court that audience? And if they're not, why does the show try so hard to be relatable in that kinda boilerplate network-drama sort of way?
These aren't questions I necessarily have any answers to, in large part because I think Esme is a case where the show could have given us more information once it decided to reveal once and for all that she's neither a friend to the Mutant Underground nor a Sentinel Services-affiliated mutant going undercover. She is her own thing. Times three. (We'll get to that in a moment.) But I can tell you that as an episode of television, "eXploited" might have benefited greatly from a format break. I know that's not really the kind of thing The Gifted has done so far (though it wouldn't be a format-breaker if they did it every week), so it's probably not a fair request. But the episode's super-cool cold open, starting on stump speech from a Senator Montez (who seems to be compatible with the late, liquefied Senator Kelly in terms of platform: "mutant crime is at an all-time high and it's getting worse") before revealing that Esme, known by Montez as Stephanie and by other staffers by her actual alias of Stacy, has infiltrated his campaign.
Her ruse doesn't last long—Sentinel Services puts in a call to warn them, and Esme is off and running before they can apprehend her, and then we're back to the present day, just two months later. But it hints at a fascinating backstory for this character, especially in a medium apt to simplify the bizarre knots that X-Men comics tie themselves into (especially when, as Esme apparently did, you have Grant Morrison inserting you into years of already-tangled mythology). I would have loved to see an episode that just follows the journey of Esme from infiltration to infiltration, showing how she arrived at what was clearly a long-game plan involving the Mutant Underground.
Again, that's not what The Gifted is. But I think I've figured out why Esme is an appealing character (to me, at least) at this juncture in the first season run. It's not because the show has yet given her a great backstory (which was even murkier before this episode, and remains mysterious) or personality (she shifts strategically, always trying to appear reasonable), but because she never indulges in the most endlessly repeated arguments that the main characters have over and over. "eXploited" makes it clearer than ever, even before her big coming-out party, that Esme is manipulating everyone around her, back and forth, moving pieces around the board, and frankly, it's kind of a relief not to have to deal with another clunkily expressed Point of View.
Of course, to make it all look natural, these arguments have to continue, and "eXploited" doesn't waste much time getting to more fussin' and feudin' between the Strucker parents and Polaris's more impulsive instincts. Because the Strucker kids, Blink, and Dreamer have been captured, Polaris wants to launch a full-scale attack (though to be fair, most thing make her want to launch a full-scale attack). Reed and Caitlin, terrified that such an attack would make things even worse for their kids, want to try something less violent. It's basically a less engaging, less well-acted version of the same Professor X/Magneto conflict we've seen before, until Esme swans up in her triplet form towards the end of the episode, freeing and re-kidnapping the prisoners and revealing herself as closer to the classic Brotherhood of Evil Mutants model in the process.
Esme's plan, which involves getting the Struckers to convince Agent Turner to take back his prisoners from Dr. Campbell's facility, and also getting the Mutant Underground folks to attempt to rescue those prisoners during the transfer, depends on a lot of variables that she barely treats as such. It's not one of those elegant moments where a bunch of disparate plot threads come together in an unexpected way (see also: shots of Samuels slinking and skulking). I do think this could have felt more accomplished, both trickier and less like an actual trick, if the episode had tried to stick closer to Esme's point of view. But it's still a satisfyingly strange development.
And due credit: The stuff at Dr. Campbell's lab is grimly compelling, as Campbell presses the Strucker kids to cooperate with his experiments and show off their powers—and, when they're initially reluctant, he shoots and kills Dreamer in cold blood. The Gifted has so many cast members that this kind of death should not be especially shocking, and it's not, but the Mutant Underground characters have been interesting enough that any of them getting knocked off is startling. I know characters get killed off and resurrected in X-Men comics all the time; for all I know, Dreamer has been beyond the veil and back on a semi-annual basis. But I think I have a pretty good handle on what it means when Dreamer gets shot in the chest; less so with Esme (in the comics, she's… quintuplets? Are the other two somewhere else or are they just trying to make this 8 percent less bizarre for TV?). I suppose on a show that doesn't always have the snappiest writing or the most consistent emotional hooks, that mixture might be more of a help than a hindrance: Here's some stuff that makes clear sense, and here's some more stuff that might make sense later.
Strucker brainstorms include contacting an appeals court judge from New England. Polaris brainstorms include sulking in her room. Props to the show for making both sides of this argument appear pretty incapable of producing any results without Esme's tweaks.
In the experimental cell, the Strucker kiddos are outfitted to look like they're ready to give some sweet mocap performances.
Speaking of that cell: It's fortified with adamantium! Found in Canada!! That Stryker, never cleaning up after himself, possibly on account of getting killed, depending on what timeline this is. (And that Campbell, offering a weirdly specific explanation of where he found adamantium to his prisoners.)
Wait, the guy at the fence seriously has a "turn off all collars" button?!
You guys know Mitch McConnell, the repulsive and morally corrupt senator from real life? I know everyone says he looks like a turtle, and he does, but I can't look at him without thinking of Senator Kelly a few seconds before he turns into a disgusting puddle in the first X-Men movie. For more references to this scene, please see my Twitter feed.
This is the last episode of The Gifted for 2017, so I'll see you guys in 2018, by which point this show may be owned by Disney! I can't even deal with how many ways I think this Fox-Disney deal is bad news – I don't even cotton to the "great for fanboys!" line of thinking, because I think the XCU and MCU work just fine on their own and I have no fanatical compulsion to see the X-Men movie action figures lined up perfectly with the Avengers movie action figures (and also that thinking is incredibly myopic).
Also coming in 2018: a Dark Phoenix movie that, so help me, that stupid and nakedly promotional Entertainment Weekly preview made me really excited about, against my best instincts.
Where X equals 2018
Look, we all want to watch Avengers and X-Men fight, but this Disney-Fox merger still sucks
New Dark Phoenix details tease an arrogant Professor X and a "malevolent" Jean Grey
Dazzler will be in X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Contributor, The A.V. Club. I also write fiction, edit textbooks, and help run SportsAlcohol.com, a pop culture blog and podcast. Star Wars prequels forever!
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Q: submit (post or get) unreliable? I have a select dropdown which triggers a function
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<select name="assettypeid" id="assettypeid" onchange="typechanged();">
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            <option value="1">-- All Asset Types--</option>
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function typechanged()
{
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   typechosen = document.getElementById("assettypeid").value;
   alert(typechosen);

   myform.submit();

   // Delay to prevent resend messages from the browser
   setTimeout(window.location.reload(), 1000);
}

The alert always fires but the submit does not send assettypeid occasionally, irrespective of whether I use post or get or enter any action in the form.
I have even allowed 'delays for the submit to occur' and stopped the refresh timers running on other functions but this makes no difference.
What am I missing?
Regards
Ralph

A: Your code is a bit confusing.  What does visualise.jsp do?  Isn't it returning the HTML for the page?
If it is, you'd just change your code to:
function typechanged() {
  document.getElementById('myform').submit();
}

The code to set/clearTimeout is wrong in several ways:
// This will call window.location.reload IMMEDIATELY
anyFunction(window.location.reload(), ...more arguments)

You need to wrap a function() { ... } around the code:
setTimeout(function() { window.location.reload() }, 1000);

I think you were also wanting to cancel a pending reload if user changed the <select> again?  If so, you need to save the returned value from setTimeout and use that in clearTimeout...  Try something like this:
function typechanged() {
  if (typechanged.timeout) {
    // Clear the timer to allow the submit to complete
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    typechanged.timeout = null;
  }

  var typechosen = document.getElementById('assettypeid').value;
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Creative Alternatives
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About Creative Alternatives Online
Creative Alternatives online will continue until early 2021* and we really want more local people access our virtual service until it is safe to resume our usual face to face activities in a town centre venue.
Research has shown that the arts can help improve a person's wellbeing and reduce the symptoms of anxiety or depression and this is even more important during this recent pandemic where so many people have been isolated and left them feeling low and/or stressed. It's for this reason that St.Helens Council's Public Health Service continue to fund this initiative as part of their remit to help people in the borough stay well.
Feedback from the pilot phase of online programme to date has been overwhelmingly positive with participants saying that it has been a lifeline during a very stressful and uncertain time in their lives. Whilst many of them had initial reservations about taking part online, it has really helped to boost their confidence because they overcame a fear and preconception about what it might be like.
One participant said, " I was quite nervous as to whether I could do it to begin with but with the help, support and understanding of the staff they made me realise I could! Not only have I learnt some new skills, I have really enjoyed and appreciated the regular contact with the other group members and being creative each week has really helped me cope and given me something to look forward to each week. I would say to anyone feeling low or anxious, please don't be put off by being online, give it a chance and once you get used to it, you'll love it!"
Creative Alternatives forms part of St.Helens Council's Cultural Hubs, Arts in Libraries Programme, which is supported through funding from Arts Council England. The service is free to access and all the workshops are led by people trained in arts and health programmes.
So whether you or your patient/client is a complete beginner or someone who enjoys being creative but might have lost their confidence, it really doesn't matter. The emphasis is on relaxing, enjoyment and trying out activities in the safety of your own home that can help focus their mind and make you feel more connected whilst social distancing restrictions are still in place.
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Mayor Galvin: 'The State of Our City is as Strong as it's Ever Been'
News // Mayor // Mayor Galvin: 'The State of Our City is as Strong as it's Ever Been'
Woburn Mayor Scott Galvin delivered the following State of the City Address before the City Council and School Committee on Tuesday evening, January 8, 2019:
Good evening honorable members of the Woburn City Council, School Committee, City Board Members, Department Heads, Staff, Guests, and residents at home.
I am grateful for the opportunity to present the State of the City to the citizens of our great City. Thank you to my wife Eileen and our children for your love and support. Special thanks to my assistant Marie Lingblom for your continued commitment to the City.
As we begin the year 2019, I am pleased to report, as I have every year since being elected Mayor, that we continue to strengthen our financial position.
Our successful work has been a collaborative effort among my office, City Department Heads, the City Council, and School Committee.
We have—and will continue to—implement more efficient ways to operate, reduce inefficient and wasteful spending, and continue to deliver the highest level of affordable quality services to the residents of Woburn.
Our commitment to financial best practices—led by timely collections and conservative budgeting and spending policies—is the backbone of our success in strengthening the City's financial position.
We continue to incrementally increase our reserves, including free cash, which begins the year at slightly more than $24 million and serves to protect our community's interests against any financial emergencies. Cumulatively, these actions have helped us secure and retain our hard-earned Aa1 bond rating—the second highest municipal bond rating available.
At the same time, we will continue to face budgetary challenges over the next year, including financial obligations related to new debt service payments, funding post-employment health insurance benefits (OPEB), as well as pension and health insurance increases.
As we have in the past, I believe that—working collaboratively with the City Council and School Committee—we can formulate and approve a responsible budget that allows the City to prosper while addressing these challenges.
In addition, we are in the midst of negotiating new contracts for every union in the city. As always, my goal is to treat our hard-working employees fairly during this process, while balancing our fiduciary duty to the taxpayers of the city.
The City continues to show signs of solid growth, as evidenced by the strong volume of building permits issued by the Building Department, as well as visible daily construction activities across the city.
We expect this growth and construction activity to continue in 2019, highlighted by the permitting and build-out of the new Woburn Mall mixed-use revitalization development.
In addition, we continue to work toward finalizing agreements that will pave the way for permitting the best development possible for the 57-acre Atlantic Gelatin site.
Taxable new growth, as certified by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue was also strong in FY 2019, totaling $3,500,000, and with a number of residential and commercial projects recently completed, we anticipate solid new growth next year.
Average residential values continued climbing in FY 2019, increasing by 8% over FY 2018, to $475,745 for a single-family home.
The average tax bill for the single-family homeowner is $4,520. That is significantly lower than tax bills in most—if not all—communities in the immediate surrounding area, while also delivering superior municipal services and unrivaled value for the dollar.
The strong increase in property values indicates that Woburn continues to become a more desirable place to live and raise a family. At the same time, we recognize there are many senior citizens living on fixed incomes that may be struggling with the effects of increasing property values.
I will be submitting a proposal to the City Council at its next meeting that would deliver relief to some Senior Citizens by reducing the impact of increasing property values on their real estate tax bill.
In addition to our continued commitment to relining aging water lines, reducing I&I in our sewer pipes, addressing long-standing drainage and flooding improvements and investing in green energy upgrades, there are a number of important infrastructure and planning initiatives that we will undertake this year.
I would like to highlight a few that will vastly improve the quality of life for Woburn residents when completed:
The Montvale Avenue widening project is scheduled to begin construction in April, with completion set for 2020. Preliminary work on drainage will soon be completed. The $4.7 million in construction costs will be funded through the State's TIP program.
The much-needed improvements will help alleviate traffic congestion leaving and entering the city via Montvale Avenue and Washington Street, and, at the same time, reduce vehicle emissions and fuel consumption.
The need for this long-awaited traffic improvement dates back to the 1990s. The City was able to get this project designed and funded with federal and state resources through our advocacy and support as a municipal voting member of the Boston Area Metropolitan Planning Organization.
Since the closure of the New Boston Street Bridge in the 1970s, travel, economic development and access to and from Interstate 93 have been impacted negatively, as we are all aware.
Our work successfully convincing the Metropolitan Planning Organization that reopening this bridge is a critical regional project that will improve economic development and traffic congestion has resulted in state and federal funds to pay for the new $18 million bridge.
We are now in the process of completing the 75% design phase with final refinements to 100% design expected by the end of this year. Construction is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2021, and completed in 18 months.
We will also continue with our commitment to improving recreational opportunities for all Woburn residents with the construction of a new multipurpose park at the Fleming Field/Clapp school site, which will improve the quality of life and provide passive and active recreational space for all Woburn residents.
The contractor will be working over the winter, grading the site and preparing for the installation this spring of recreation equipment, a basketball court, walking path and Splash Park.
We continue to be aggressive in our commitment to provide modern equipment and training to our public safety officers and firefighters.
This year, our public safety investments are focused squarely on addressing the aging physical conditions of fire stations throughout the City—a critical investment aimed at the safety of our firefighters and residents alike.
To that end, I am pleased to report we recently formed a building committee and issued an RFP to hire an architect to perform a feasibility study to identify solutions to modernize the building facilities for the Woburn Fire Department.
In addition to studying the options for renovations and/or additions to existing facilities, the study will focus on the replacement of existing fire station(s). The building committee will be selecting the architect by the end of this month, and we anticipate a dynamic feasibility study with exciting options to be completed in the fall of 2019.
On the renewable energy front, we will continue efforts to create renewable energy in municipal facilities, and improve the energy efficiency of municipal buildings with the assistance of a $230,000 grant from the Massachusetts DOER Green Communities division.
I am also pleased to announce that—working collaboratively with the School Committee and Superintendent Matt Crowley—we will be installing solar panels on the roof of the Joyce Middle School.
The solar improvements are estimated to save the School Department more than $750,000 over the next 20 years.
In furtherance of our commitment to protect the city's natural resources, we have updated our source water assessment plan. The Horn Pond aquifer provides, at different times of the year, up to two-thirds of the City's water.
We are ever vigilant in our work to protect this vital, clean resource.
The SWAP evaluates the Horn Pond watershed for any potential water quality threats—such as stormwater runoff, sanitary sewage and land use—and makes protective recommendations.
The City is moving forward in line with requirements mandated by the EPA under its MS-4 program, and we will be discussing this important work in more detail with the City Council in the coming months.
We will also be seeking funds from the State Municipal Vulnerability Program and the Department of Natural Resources to restore wetlands, construct flood storage and walking trails in the Shaker Glen conservation area to improve flood mitigation and provide another recreational opportunity for residents.
Finally, we will begin the process of demolishing the dilapidated Plympton School, which has most recently primarily served as storage space for city records.
The Plympton site will be retained as passive open space land, which will be welcome news to the neighbors of the old school.
In conjunction with the demolition of the old building, we will be creating a new modern storage site elsewhere in the city to hold municipal records.
The following is a quick recap of a number of important city projects that were recently completed.
As we continue to strongly invest in public education and state-of-the-art school buildings, we opened the Hurld Wyman Elementary School on time and significantly under budget in September 2018.
This remarkable achievement was due to the commitment, support, collaboration and cooperation between the School Building Committee, City Departments, the School Committee, the City Council and my office.
Meanwhile, the dynamic preservation and expansion of the Woburn Public Library is substantially completed and will open in mid-March.
This project has also succeeded because of the perseverance, support and collaboration between the Building Committee, City Departments, the Library Trustees, Friends of the Library, the City Council and my office.
I am proud to have supported this long-overdue undertaking, which will provide our residents with exceptional educational, cultural and community benefits. I believe the completion of both of these projects represents government working at its best.
Our collective efforts to increase parking in Woburn Center have resulted in the addition of 60 new parking spaces at the intersection of Main Street and Salem Street. This new parking lot is fully operational.
In addition, with foresight and creativity we have constructed 100 new parking spaces behind the Woburn Public library.
The total of 160 new parking spaces will enhance the revitalization and economic development efforts in Woburn Center, and were built at a fraction of the cost of a parking garage.
At the Four Corners, the DPW and Engineering departments worked closely with a private land owner to successfully remediate long-standing flooding issues caused by a significant breach in the culvert. As many of you know, the flooding during major rain events wreaked havoc on the intersection. The DPW will continue to perform inspections and maintenance on the culvert during the year.
Also during this past year, the DPW developed a list of 100 streets to be resurfaced over a multiyear period. Resurfacing contracts have been developed for a full range of street repair tactics—from pavement preservation to full reclamation, including a milling and patching component by the DPW.
Contracts are in place to allow resurfacing to begin in the early spring and continue through the summer.
This past year, the DPW resurfaced Shield Street, Fryeburg Avenue, Fairview Avenue, Bird Street, Chase Street, Dale Street, Elm Avenue, Felton Street, Gregg Street, Montvale Road, and Monroe Avenue. Russell Street, Winn Street and Wildwood Avenue received cold in place recycling with a micro surface. These three streets will receive additional repairs and a second layer of micro surface in the spring to complete these roadways.
EDUCATION/WOBURN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
In January 2018, the Woburn School Committee hired Dr. Matthew Crowley to be our Superintendent, and last spring he and his team worked to create a strategic plan for our school system. Dr. Crowley and his leadership team pursued a comprehensive strategic planning process, based on educational research and best practice, and created this plan to guide the district over the next 3-5 years.
This planning work led directly to a focused and thoughtful FY19 budget. Because we are living in an era of unprecedented change, disruption and innovation, it is vital that we take care of the diverse needs of our kids.
Specifically, we need to recognize the need to prioritize the social and emotional needs for all of our students.
I enthusiastically supported this important initiative, and, working together with the School Committee and City Council, we were able to increase the availability of counseling support to our students at all schools, K-12. This critical initiative also gives our teachers more freedom to teach.
The commitment to our students can also be seen in the structures in which teaching and learning is occurring. For example, we just opened the new the Hurld Wyman School.
Here you see the type of learning facility that families are drawn to, and is a state-of-the-art elementary school. What we see in the new Hurld Wyman is a clear example of our commitment to our children, their future, and the legacy of this great City.
To continue the success that has been generated in our schools in recent years, we must continue our efforts and our investment. Across Woburn, our schools are doing well. Our students are hard-working and kind, and our teachers and staff consistently go the extra mile to support them both inside and outside of the classroom. Woburn is a great City, with great schools.
STATE OF OUR CITY
Tonight, I'm pleased to report the state of our City is as strong as it has ever been. My sincere thanks to all of the hard-working City employees and Department Heads for their consistent commitment to delivering the highest quality services to our residents.
Thank you to members of the City Council, School Committee, our State delegation and our many boards and commissions for the countless hours you continue to dedicate to the well-being of our City.
We are also grateful for the wide range of businesses, civic groups, volunteers and hard-working residents who consistently give the best of themselves to help make Woburn such a great place to live.
As we move forward into 2019, I remain committed to working on behalf of the caring community in which we live—and working with all of you to achieve our goals, together.
Thank you again for this opportunity, and good night.


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DIGITISATION AND RESTORATION OF VIDEO WORKS BY DANNY MATTHYS.
This project comprises the digitisation and restoration of the video works Danny Matthys created from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s, by argos and MuHKA in collaboration with PACKED.
Danny Matthys (1947) is difficult to pigeonhole as an artist. His oeuvre comprises various media such as photography, installations, video, paintings, assemblages and sculptures. Major themes in his work include perception, the human body, European history/history of art, the everyday environment and travel.
Danny Matthys was, at the end of the 1960s, one of the first artists in Belgium to start experimenting with Polaroid photography, film and video installations. His work has been extensively exhibited both in Belgium and internationally.
Initially, his work was highly conceptual and analytical in nature. It consisted of a series of investigations into the possibilities and the limitations of the new media and human perception. He attempted to break through the restrictiveness of perception in time and space. This exploration took the form of a series of photographs and Polaroids, and video installations.
He used the media as neutrally as possible; uncovering structures takes precedence over aesthetic concerns. At the beginning of the 1980s, Matthys' work reached a turning point; the visual constructions were no longer systematic and neatly arranged. The story splintered into a collection of fragments and offered an excess of information. Matthys began to appropriate images from the surrounding world, but also from his own work. He transformed them, put them in a new context and a new form. As a result, new meanings were created. His work critically explores the theme of image overflow, image depreciation and image manipulation. Although he is still active as an artist, he stopped working with video in the mid-1980s.
The video works of Danny Matthys from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s are:
- Zeedijk Knokke-Heist (1973?/1974, 15 min, 4-channel video)
- Coupure (1974, 12 min, 2-channel video)
- Prudence van Duyseplein (1974, 5 min, 2-channel video)
- Lager gelegen Weiland (1974, 5 min, 2-channel video)
- Closed Letter & Number Series (1975, 3 min, single channel video)
- Building - 19 verdiepingen (1975, 32 min, single channel video)
- 9 + 1 Polaroid Black & White Pictures (1976, 9 min, single channel video)
- 9 + 1 Polaroid Colour Pictures (1977, 26 min, single channel video)
- Internationale video manifestatie (1977, 18 min, single channel video)
- Expo Bar (1983, 60 min, single channel video)
- World Beauties (1983-1984, single channel video)
- De la fiction en photographie (1984, 25 min, single channel video)
Danny Matthys was one of the pioneers of video and media art in Flanders and Belgium in the 1970s. By digitising and restoring his work, Argos, MuHKA and PACKED are safeguarding an important piece of the early history of video and media art in Flanders and Belgium.
DIGITISATION AND RESTORATION OF 'OFFICE BAROQUE' (ERIC CONVENTS & ROGER STEYLAERTS), A FILM ON GORDON MATTA-CLARK.
This project comprises the digitisation and restoration of Office Baroque, a 16mm television film about Gordon Matta-Clark, by Argos and MuHKA in collaboration with PACKED.
Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) was an American artist known for his site-specific artworks during the 1970s. Just like his father, Gordon Matta-Clark studied architecture. Although it never became his profession, in his artistic practice he used architecture – with its inextricable relationship with the private and public sphere, with urban development and decay – both as his medium and his subject matter. His work is characterised by his mixing of the criticism of cultural institutionalisation which was so common in Conceptual Art, the direct involvement in the surrounding environment which was characteristic of Land Art and the preference for the physical that typified Performance Art.
His most famous projects are the spectacular Cuttings, in which he cut geometric shapes out of the walls, floors and ceilings of vacant and dilapidated properties.
Through his interventions, he transformed architecture into sculpture and exposed the soul of a building. In addition to the work Splitting (1974) for which he cut an entire house in half, one of his most well-known projects is Office Baroque which was mostly created in Antwerp. Eric Convents and Roger Steylaerts' film of the same name records the creation of Office Baroque.
The Office Baroque film is a unique document, partly because Matta-Clark takes the rare step of talking about his own work. In contrast to many of his minimalist and conceptual contemporaries, he never felt the need to support his work discursively by means of reflections on his own projects or by taking up a position regarding the work of his colleagues.
The film is also important because the Office Baroque work itself is closely related to the history of contemporary art in Flanders. The Museum Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (MuHKA) was founded in 1982 as a response to the failed attempt to preserve Office Baroque for posterity.


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Nikołaj Dmitrijewicz Fiedianin (ros. Николай Дмитриевич Федянин, ur. 19 listopada 1956 we wsi Zadubrowka w obwodzie kemerowskim) – radziecki i rosyjski polityk, mer Taganrogu (2003-2012).

Życiorys
W 1978 ukończył Rostowski Instytut Budowy Maszyn Rolniczych, potem pracował w fabryce kombajnów w Taganrogu, od 1981 był członkiem KPZR. Od 1986 funkcjonariusz partyjny, 1990-1991 członek KC KPZR, 1987-1991 sekretarz Komitetu Partyjnego Zjednoczenia Produkcyjnego "Taganroska Fabryka Kombajnów". Od 30 stycznia 2001 kierował administracją Taganrogu, 29 czerwca 2003 wybrany merem Taganrogu (do 2012). Prezes FK Taganrog. Odznaczony Orderem Przyjaźni (2006) i Medalem Za Pracowniczą Dzielność.

Bibliografia
 http://www.az-libr.ru/index.htm?Persons&M54/1a15250b/index (ros.)
 http://viperson.ru/people/fedyanin-nikolay-dmitrievich (ros.)
 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070403/http://www.whoiswho.su/Rostov/Person/?FedyaninND (ros.)
 http://footballfacts.ru/staffs/73430-fedyanin-nikolaj-dmitrievich (ros.)

Odznaczeni Medalem "Za pracowniczą dzielność"
Odznaczeni Orderem Przyjaźni (Federacja Rosyjska)
Politycy KPZR
Rosyjscy politycy
Urodzeni w 1956

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Thanks to David Treadwell and Ann Clarke for some good photos capturing 'The Big Freeze' of January 2013. Get in touch if you would like some of your snowy photos of Acocks Green to be added.
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There were a lot of folks in the Roman church who acted as if they were referees in some sporting event. The church was filled with members who judged—even condemned—other members. But Paul throws these self-appointed referees out of the game. They had forgotten that we are all responsible to the supreme Judge: "Each of us will give an account of himself to God." Sadly, these critical members of the Roman church had so focused on being faultless that they had forgotten the importance of belonging to God and to each other.
Many people today do the same. Our individualistic society can establish strict standards that determine who is "in" and who is "out." Belonging is based on performance reviews. Projecting a good reputation to those around us becomes more important than being honest and transparent enough for our neighbors to see our need for grace and love.
The Scriptures call us to a life of holiness and obedience. But holiness begins with an embrace of God's welcoming grace that creates a people who experience God's forgiveness and renewal.
The precious grace of "belonging" gives us great comfort. In fact, as a wise catechism teaches, we belong in life and in death to our faithful Savior. That is what makes all the difference.
In our living and dying, in our bodies and souls, we receive the precious gift of belonging to you, Lord Jesus. Give us the gift of that comfort, we pray. Amen.


Funding Institution: Programa Nacional del Plan Nacional (MINECO), Retos de la Sociedad.
Identification and Structural characterization of the primordial cytotoxic conformers of the amyloidogenic cascade: Ideal prevention/diagnostic/therapeutic targets in neurodegeneration.
Partners: Douglas Laurents, Instituto Rocasolano (CSIC), Spain; Marek Cieplak, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland; Damien Thompson, University of Limerick, Ireland.


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Obituary of Kathleen Marshall
December 31, 2018 Submitted Story	Leave a comment
Kathleen Denise Marshall, 55, of Fort Scott, passed away Saturday morning, December 29, 2018 at the Medicalodge Nursing Home. She was born January 13, 1963, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Melvin Lee and Shirley Dean (McCallum) Ransier. She married James Marshall February 7, 1994, and he survives of the home.
In addition to her husband Jim, Kathy is also survived by her four children; Kayla Reeves of Fort Scott, Kamisha Bassett, also of Fort Scott, Lee Reeves, of Pleasanton, Kansas, and Kalie Eastwood, of Fort Scott; four brothers, Robert McCallum of Pleasanton, Kansas, David Ransier, also of Pleasanton, Kansas, Ernest Ransier, of Kansas City, Kansas, and Billy Ransier, of Fort Scott; two sisters, Charlene Wynn, of Fort Scott, and Carol Hiel, also of Fort Scott; and eight grandchildren, Dalton Reeves, Elijah Bassett, Makiya Reeves, Audrey Reeves, Xzavier Brown, Norah Bassett, Fenton Reeves, and Allie Reeves.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and a sister, Mary Jane Ransier.
Following cremation, memorial services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 4, 2019, at the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.
Interment will take place at a later date at the Trading Post Cemetery. Condolences may be submitted to the online guestbook at konantz-cheney.com.
Obituary of Carolyn Franklin
December 31, 2018 Submitted Story	1 Comment
Carolyn Blanche Franklin, 63, of Fort Scott, passed away Saturday evening, December 29, 2018 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. She was born April 11, 1955, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of James and LeOne Louise (McCreedy) Cullor. She married Richard Leon Franklin December 19, 1973 in Miami, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death March 20, 2009.
Carolyn is survived by her children, Jared Franklin, Josh Franklin, and Jessica Franklin, all of Fort Scott; a brother, James Cullor and wife Mary, of Woodland, California; a sister, Linda Cullor Smith and husband Bill, of Mission, Kansas; six grandchildren, Cameron, Courtland, Jayden, Tanis, Josiah, and Henley, and a great-grandchild on the way. In addition to her husband Richard, she was also preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 5, 2019, at the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home with burial following at the Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening January 4, 2019, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Carolyn Franklin Memorial Fund and may be left in the care of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home, 15 W. Wall Street, PO Box 309, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Condolences may be submitted to the online guestbook at konantz-cheney.com.
Government, Kansas
KDHE Looks At Accomplishments
KDHE Looks Back at Accomplishments in 2018, Looks Forward to 2019
Areas include Public Health, Environment and Health Care Finance
TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is looking forward to 2019 and looking back at some of its accomplishments in 2018.
"We made great strides in a number of areas," said Secretary Jeff Andersen. "KDHE's Divisions of Public Health, Environment and Health Care Finance all had great achievements of which the citizens of Kansas can be proud. We look forward to continuing that work in the coming year."
Some of the achievements at KDHE included:
Launching the Maternal Mortality Review which includes a review committee focused on implementing a comprehensive review of maternal and pregnancy-associated mortality.
Helping to organize and lead the Governor's Substance Use Disorder Task Force chaired by KDHE Chief Medical Officer Dr. Greg Lakin, presenting a series of proposals to the Governor to combat the opioid epidemic in 2019 and beyond.
Introducing the "Count the Kicks" stillbirth prevention initiative with over 326 expectant Kansas mothers having downloaded and used the free CTK app.
The KDHE Office of Vital Statistics making birth certificates available online with the PayIt app and opening its new office in Topeka with increased space for customers and a new registration system on the way in early 2019.
Coordinating its Dry Cleaner Remediation Program, connecting 209 homes to city water in the Haysville area and coordinating with the City of Haysville to complete the design and installation of 8.7 miles of new city water main.
Initiating its Private Well Water campaign, including an instructional video for homeowners to properly take a water sample for nitrates and total coliform, a webpage, a public service announcement, flyer and social media infographics.
Assisting in the aftermath of natural disasters including the tornadoes in Eureka and flooding in many counties across the state.
Monitoring our rivers, streams, lakes and ponds for harmful algal blooms.
Health Care Finance
Approval of the state's 1115 waiver extension application granting the state of Kansas the authority to operate KanCare, the state's managed care program.
Awarding a new MCO contract to Aetna and holding statewide KanCare education meetings to explain the changes that will occur in 2019.
Effective Jan. 1, 2019, handling training and quality at the KanCare Clearinghouse for Medicaid eligibility. Effective, July 1, 2019, the state will take over responsibilities for the processing of elderly and disabled applications.
"These are only a few of our accomplishments during 2018," said Secretary Andersen. "In 2019 we look forward to building on these and all of the areas KDHE addresses to follow our mission to protect and improve the health and environment of all Kansans."
Bourbon County, Government
Bourbon County Commission Agenda Jan. 2
December 31, 2018 Loretta George	Leave a comment
Bourbon County Commission Room
1st Floor, County Courthouse
210 S. National Avenue
Fort Scott, KS 66701
Date: January 2nd, 2019
1st District-Lynne Oharah Minutes: Approved: _______________
2nd District-Jeff Fischer Corrected: _______________
3rd District-Nick Ruhl Adjourned at: _______________
County Clerk-Kendell Mason
9:00-9:45-Jim Harris
10:00-10:30-Lora Holdridge and Clint Anderson-Executive Session-Non elected personnel-20 min.
11:00-12:00-Justin Meeks
Executive Session-Privileged in the attorney-client relationship-15 min.
Ambulance-EMS CLIA Application
12:00-1:30-Commissioners gone to lunch
1:30-Resolutions for 2019
Obituary of Edward Byerly
Edward Blair Byerley, 91, passed away peacefully on December 24, 2018, at Country Place Senior Living Center, Fort Scott, KS.
Ed was born in Mapleton, KS, on 20 April 1927. He was the only child of Blair D. "Sandy" Byerley and Myrtle P. Byerley (Brown). Ed graduated from Fulton H.S., KS, in 1945 and joined the U.S. Navy shortly thereafter.
Ed married Eva M. Byerley (White) on April 27, 1947. He worked his adult career for The Western Insurance Companies from September 1946 through 1986, supervising the computer room operations at the time of his retirement.
Ed and Eva moved from Fort Scott to Sun City West, AZ in the 1980s, where he enjoyed golf, bowling, and the warm weather.
Ed is survived by his wife, Eva, three sons, six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
There was cremation. Memorial services will be announced at a future day by the Cheney Witt Chapel with burial at Fort Scott National Cemetery.
Health Care, Mercy Hospital
Mercy Hospital: Clinics and Emergency Room Are Open
"The (Mercy Hospital) emergency room will operate as Mercy until Feb. 1," said Tina Rockhold, whose last day as the communication director for Mercy Hospital Fort Scott was Dec. 28.
"The emergency room is open as usual until Jan. 31," Reta Baker, Mercy Hospital Administrator, said. "The clinics are available and open until January 31, then will continue as Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas."
"Convenient Care is closed Jan. 1 (because of the New Year's holiday) and will be open Jan 2, with the same hours and phone number," Baker said.
The phone numbers will remain the same for the clinics, Rockhold said.
Mercy Convenient Care on National Avenue's phone number is 620-223-8428. Mercy's Clinic at the hospital is 223-8402. The Mercy Emergency Room can be contacted by phone through the main Mercy phone line at 223-2200.
The clinics scheduled transitions are as follows:
Mercy Clinic Family Medicine Linn County, located at 11155 Tucker Road, Pleasanton, Kansas, will transition to CHC/SEK effective January 1, 2019
Mercy Clinic Family Medicine Arma, located at 601 E. Washington Street, Arma, Kansas, will transition to CHC/SEK effective January 1, 2019
Mercy Clinic Fort Scott, located at 403 Woodland Hills Boulevard, Fort Scott, Kansas, will transition to CHC/SEK effective February 1, 2019
Mercy Convenient Care National, located at 1624 S. National Avenue, Fort Scott, Kansas, will transition to CHC/SEK effective February 1, 2019
Patients who plan to transition care the CHC are required to complete a medical release form.
This will allow past medical records to be uploaded into the CHC/SEK electronic health records so providers can view a patient's medical history once they are seen as CHC/SEK patients.
Parents and guardians may complete a release of medical records for those patients less than 18 years old. A durable power of attorney designation is necessary to complete a form for anyone older than 18 who is unable to sign.
An online release of medical records is available at https://tinyurl.com/chcsekROI.
Filling out online takes about 10 minutes or less.
To complete a hard copy form, please contact Jessica Marsh at jessica.marsh@mercy.net or call 620-223-8515. Completed forms may be mailed to Jessica Marsh; Mercy Fort Scott Medical Records; 401 Woodland Hills Blvd.; Fort Scott, KS, 66701.
Area News, Exercise
First Day Hike at Crawford State Park
Begin the New Year connecting with the outdoors by taking a healthy hike at Crawford State Park.
Meet January 1 at 10 a.m. at the Beach Shelter.
Crawford State Park is located at 1 West Lake Road
Farlington, Kansas, just over the Bourbon County line off Highway 7 in Crawford County.
Crawford State Park can be reached at 620-362-3671.
The trail is moderate difficulty. Pets must be on a leash. Wear weather appropriate clothing, including water-resistant boots.
Contact/cancellation info: 620-362-3671. Tag #FirstDayHikes and #NoPlaceLikeKS.
Kansas Water Authority Approves 2019 Surplus Water Report
Recently the Kansas Water Authority (KWA) met in Wichita for their December meeting. The KWA received updates on water priorities in the state but two main topics were the focus: 2019 Surplus Water Report and the Annual Report to the Governor and Legislature.
The KWA received updates on vital water projects and issues in the state including current interstate compacts, the Kansas Water Reservoir Protection Initiative, Harmful Algal Blooms as well as the Water Technology Farms.
The KWA approved the 2019 Surplus Water Report, and agreed to allow the Kansas Water Office to enter into Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Kansas River Reservoirs Flood and Sediment Study.
The KWA approved the 2019 Annual Report to the Governor and Legislature and they also heard a presentation regarding non-public household water wells. The host was American AgCredit and the lunch was sponsored by KITS and 96 Agri Sales.
The KWA is responsible for advising the Governor, Legislature and Director of the Kansas Water Office on water policy issues.
They also ensure that water policies and programs address the needs of all Kansans as well as serve as advisors of the Kansas Water Vision and Kansas Water Plan.
The KWA was established in 1981 and consists of 13 voting members who are appointed by the Governor or Legislative leadership. State agency directors serve as ex-officio members.
The next meeting will be in Topeka, Kansas in January. The KWA meetings are throughout the year and for additional information and other upcoming meetings, visit www.kwo.ks.gov.
The Bourbon County Sheriff's Office Daily Reports Dec. 31
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From Linderhof's Kitchen by Martha Meinsen Scott
December 31, 2018 Martha Meisen Scott	Leave a comment
Taken by Martha Meinsen Scott. Apricot sesame chicken with garlic-sour cream noodles.
Apricot Sesame Chicken
I like easy chicken recipes. One that you can throw in the oven and in 30 minutes or an hour you have your dinner entree. This is good and easy and I like the hint of cinnamon. My favorite way to serve it is with Garlic-Sour Cream Noodles (really linguine).
6 chicken breasts, skinned and deboned
¼ c. butter
1 cup flour seasoned with salt and pepper
2 T. sesame seeds
1 ½ c. chopped onions
12 oz. jar apricot preserves
In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Roll chicken breasts in seasoned flour and place in skillet. Saute breasts until lightly browned on each side, then place in a 9 x 9 glass casserole. Melt ¼ c. butter and sautee onions and sesame seeds until onions are tender. Add apricot preserves, cinnamon and pepper, cooking until preserves are dissolved, and sauce is smooth. Pour sauce over chicken breasts, cover tightly (I use foil) and bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees.
Martha Meinsen Scott is a Fort Scott foodie who creates from her home, called Linderhof.
New Years Eve Party at The River Room
The Buffalo Grill was purchased in May 2018 by Al Niece, the River Room Event Venue is located on the second floor.
New Year's Eve at the River Room Event Venue consists of a cocktail party, catered dinner and live music with dancing.
The cocktail party with live music by The Gary Thompson Trio is from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.
The dinner, catered by Crooner's Lounge with live music by the Gary Thompson Trio from is from 7:30 to 9:00 PM.
There will be a live concert and dancing with MultiPhonic from 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM.
Tickets are $50.00 per person which includes dinner, live music and a champagne toast at midnight.
Seating Arrangements will be at tables accommodating eight people per table.
For more information or to purchase tickets call 620) 224-9787.


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Elderberry has been used in herbal traditions for centuries. Today elderberry has been found to promote a balanced immune response, possibly through affecting macrophage activity. Why not rely on an ingredient that supports your body's immune response? Make Elderberry+ Syrup your family's go-to seasonal formula.
Ingredients: Vitamin C (ascorbic acid), Echinacea purpurea, elderberry (Sambucus nigra), mullein (Verbascum thapsus).
Other Ingredients: Honey, purified water, alcohol (20%), peppermint oil, eucalyptus oil, thyme oil, myrrh oil.


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Рогаткино — деревня в Опочецком районе Псковской области России. Входит в состав Макушинской волости Опочецкого района.

Расположена в 17 км к западу от города Опочка, на правом берегу реки Исса, в 1 км к западу от волостного центра, деревни Макушино.

Численность населения по состоянию на 2000 год составляла 15 человек, на 2012 год — 5 человек.

До 2006 года входила в состав Петровской волости с центром в д. Макушино.

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A Technical Director (TD) provides critical support to a production's artists, team leads and supervisors. A TD will design, develop, implement and maintain new tools and processes for a particular project or department. As well, during production a TD will troubleshoot and resolve technical issues as needed to keep production moving forward. Additionally, a TD may be tasked with shot production work when needed and where the shot work appropriately matches the skill set of the TD.
· Research, design and develop production pipeline tools, workflows and processes in support of stereoscopic CG animated feature films in addition to any other ongoing studio projects.
· Design new systems, maintain existing tools, and support both artists and engineers in their production tasks.
· Interface with other technical Leads in order to collect requirements and architect solutions for tool and library implementations that meet production needs.
· Assist animators and artists in troubleshooting production issues in asset creation and shot production across the entire production pipeline, and help resolve those issues with data or tools fixes as required.
· Support and work with multiple departments, including Modeling, Rigging, Surfacing, Layout, Animation, CFX, Lighting, VFX, Stereo and R&D.
· Work closely with other Technical Directors, Creative Supervisors, and the IT and Production Engineering teams to maintain and further the production pipeline.
· Ensure that all software development follows studio policies and guidelines, aggressively maintain software documentation, and assist in the training and mentoring of other TDs.
· Work effectively in a dynamic and collaborative team environment.
· Effectively understand and debug the existing toolset.
· Experience working with and building tools for Maya, Houdini or any other production modeling, animation or effects software; also, exposure to Yeti or another fur and hair system is a plus.
· Strong programming skills, including proficiency in Python, PyQt, MEL, and Linux shell scripting; C++ or C is also valuable.
· Production experience in computer animation, visual effects or game development.
· Strong R&D experience in artist tool development and toolset integration within existing or new pipelines; a proficiency in mathematics is a definite asset.
· Experience with Nuke, Fusion or other compositing software.
· Experience with Renderman, 3Delight or other Renderman compliant renderers.
· Experience with Tractor, Deadline, Qube or other render farm management software.
· Experience with software version control systems like Mercurial, SVN, Git or other similar structures.
· Ability to establish priorities, work independently or within a group, and work with minimal supervision.
· Exceptional communication skills in dealing with both technical and artistic groups and individuals.
· Exceptional trouble-shooting and problem solving skills.
·B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering (or equivalent) is preferred.
· A strong combined technical and creative background with in-depth knowledge of current 2D and 3D computer graphics techniques as they are used in the feature film and media production industries.
· A professional history of collaboration on projects with teams of varied sizes and disciplines.
· RI filtering experience with Renderman compliant renderers.
· UI development experience with PyQt or wxPython.
Manage the day-to-day operation of the production departments including crew scheduling, production scheduling, tracking and budgeting of man weeks. Also responsible for ensuring the projected parameters for production goals, quotas and schedule are met and/or reset as required (if applicable). The Assistant Production Manager may also manage the Production Coordinators and work with Team Leads to maintain the proper amount of resources throughout the production's various departments during visual development and pre-production.
· Macro schedule- work with Producer/CG Supervisor using budgeted assumptions, breakdown and create a more detailed departmental schedule with the focus on assets through layout/animation testing during visual development.
· Manage assigned departments to ensure resources are on target.
· Create and analyze production reports per department and work with Producer/Production Manager to develop a weekly production status report.
· Breakdown story reel to plan for new work to be produced. Schedule out work in partnership with Producer, and CG Supervisor as necessary.
· Support Producer/Production Manager in terms of defining specific start dates for new hires. Partner with Producer/Production Manager (and Recruiting) to ensure start up agendas and packages are prepared for all new hires.
· Handle departmental schedules only.
· Identify schedule variances and monitor changes incurred from approved production plan; recommend corrective action as necessary.
· Ensure that the file management and/or tracking system is being used properly. Check all data for accuracy and to ensure the project is on track.
· Ensure artists are tracking their output and addressing their notes correctly.
· Prepare and distribute weekly production reports to all applicable people.
·Provide Line Producer/Producer/Production Manager with activity reports on a weekly basis.
· Make recommendations for improvements to production and pipeline systems, particularly with-respect-to scheduling, and flow of information, milestone realization, and resource management.
· Help to achieve and balance creative and operational goals of the project.
· Identify production issues and proactively loopback this information to production.
· Work with Producer/Production Manager to define roles and a communication plan for the Production team.
·Manage applicable coordinators/staff to ensure that they are on track with quotas and scheduling for their crews; provide regular, constructive performance feedback (note-taking).
· Creatively solve problems, eliminate roadblocks and focus on issues at hand.
· Communicate any scheduling and/or quota issues to the Line Producer/Producer/Production Manager; proactively encourage open communication between the team and other departments.
· Ensure End of Show reviews are complete for the entire crew (as applicable).
· Liaise with Overseas Manager to ensure Input/output requirements are delivered between studios.
· Liaise with Facilities Coordinator to ensure adequate resources (i.e. furnishings, lighting, and stationery supplies/items) for the production.
· Approve weekly timesheets and ensure they are delivered to the HR Manager on time.
· Project management – proven ability in managing projects from concept to completion. Able to prioritize appropriately and always meet deadlines.
· Excellent teamwork – ability to assemble and motivate teams and work effectively with others.
· Strong written & verbal communication – ability to interact with and integrate requests of directors; good at following directions.
· Organization – demonstrated organizational skills, including a strong attention to detail.
· Strong problem solving skills.
· Excellent conflict resolution skills.
· Experience in traditional 2D and 3D animation production.
· Minimum 5 years of animation/industry experience.
· Minimum 2-3 years' experience in Production Management.
· Proficient in MS office suites including Excel and Word.
· Overseas animation experiences a bonus.
· collaborate with the Director/Lead Story Artist to explore and develop the visual story of THE NUT JOB 2 a 3D feature film production slated for theatrical release.
. To listen to the director's verbal description/launch of sequences and shots and realize character action /pacing/mood/cinematography in visual form.
. To create new and interesting ideas to capture both the activity and the emotion of the scene.
· To present and lead the visual direction of story sequences via contributing to sequence/board production while concurrently overseeing a team of storyboard artists.
. To self-manage timelines to ensure all sequences are cast, completed and submitted on schedule.
. To revise, edit and modify sketches as indicated by the Lead Story Artist.
. To implement various computer programs to enhance the visual presentation of ideas for the scene or for effectively capturing the director's ideas for shots/sequences.
· To streamline or eliminate unnecessary scenes and filming requirements from the production.
. To work in adherence to budget and schedule constraints while maintaining continuity within the story, cinematography, aesthetics, mood.
· Good understanding of layout, composition, sequential drawing and editing.
· Ability to visualise perspective and 3-dimensional space.
· Work either independently or as part of a team.
· Take direction, and also be prepared to make changes to their work.
· Good drawing skills, and must be able to follow an established design style, if required.
· Good communication and presentation skills are essential.
· Depending on the project, basic computer literacy, and familiarity with relevant storyboard software may be required.
· Strong portfolio of work.


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By Sarah Lawrynuik, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterWinnipeg Free Press
Sat., Jan. 9, 2021timer4 min. read
Shopping for new wheels in Manitoba is as easy as surfing around local dealership websites to find the right vehicle with the right options at the right price.
That is, unless the hope is to find one powered by an electric motor.
There are two sides to the story about why they have failed to capture as much of the market here as they have in other provinces: supply and demand.
In other words, Economics 101.
The numbers on Manitoba roads are rolling ahead, although they don't seem able to shift out of first gear. In 2019, Statistics Canada showed 138 new EVs registered in the province, compared to 73 in 2018 and a measly 19 in 2015.
That sluggish demand is the big problem, says Oumar Dicko, chief economist for the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association.
"Most people do not know enough about electric vehicles to go and buy one," Dicko says. "I think there's still a very big lack of awareness."
More education would likely go a long way, as would increased investment in charging infrastructure in Manitoba, which is failing to keep up with other provinces, he says. Winnipeg has about half as many public chargers available as Edmonton; less than a third of what's available in Quebec City.
In the climate plan the Trudeau government released in December, $150 million was set aside for charging infrastructure. But Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson says provinces need to step up, too.
"There is a role for the province, as well," he says in an interview with the Free Press. So here in British Columbia, in almost every small town, you will find charging stations. And that's in part because it's both federal and provincial investment. So that is an area where we're going to talk to the provinces about how we can accelerate the deployment of infrastructure."
The national auto dealers' association is also encouraging more provincial governments to create EV incentive programs in an effort to boost demand.
Electric vehicle policies vary widely across Canada. Manitoba doesn't offer prospective buyers any incentives for driving a zero-emission vehicle off the lot. Quebec offers up to $8,000, and $3,000 is available in B.C. In both cases, there is also an additional federal incentive of $5,000 for fully-electric purchases.
Ontario previously offered up to $14,000 in incentives, but Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government scrapped the program after being elected in 2018.
However, demand doesn't explain everything. Both B.C. and Quebec have introduced quota systems.
By 2025 in B.C., 10 per cent of light-duty vehicle sales must be electric. By 2030, it rises to 30 per cent, and to 100 per cent by 2040. Manufacturers are inclined to send their EVs there instead of here.
KIA, for example, makes one of the top-rated EVs in the North American market, but they are choosing not to sell the Niro EV to anyone in Manitoba.
Wilkinson says the federal government is aware of supply issues in provinces that haven't prioritized EV policies and the goal is to create a quota system across the country.
"In terms of supply... it is a challenge right now," he says. "We need to ensure there's better supply and, particularly, better supply as we start to see electric vehicles come down that cost curve and more models being available. We have signalled in the plan that we are looking at tools like a zero-emission mandate, which would mandate car manufacturers to have a certain amount of supply."
Later this month, when U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office, it is one of the first issues the two governments would like to engage in, Wilkinson says, noting the auto sector's cross-border integration.
There is speculation that manufacturers and dealers have a disincentive to sell EVs due to smaller profit margins and the fact that the vehicles require much less maintenance, and thus less service department revenue for dealerships. However, Geoff Sine, executive director of the Manitoba Motor Dealers Association, refutes that notion.
"Manitoba dealers are excited about the new EV models and gearing up by investing in EV-specific repair equipment, training and charging stations," he says in an email.
Manitoba has the potential to have one of the cleanest transportation sectors in the country — if electrified — given its clean energy supplies. Manitoba Hydro estimates the cost of driving an EV would be a penny or two per kilometre.
The Canadian Automobile Association estimates the cost of driving a four-cylinder compact gas-engine vehicle at about 3.25 cents per kilometre.
Adoption of electric vehicles is an important part of the national climate plan. Emissions from the transportation sector account for 43 per cent of Manitoba's emissions. Nationally, transportation emissions have risen by 27 per cent since 2000.
Manitoba Conservation and Climate Minister Sarah Guillemard says lowering emissions from the transportation sector is a priority; she is waiting on a final report from an advisory council on how to proceed.
"I look forward to receiving the expert advisory council's recommendations that will, in part, help develop a plan for electric vehicles in our province," she tells the Free Press in an email.
Eric Bibeau, an associate professor of engineering at the University of Manitoba, says both the federal and provincial policies are moving too slow. He'd like to see Canada institute a ban on the sale of combustion engines by 2030, something France has done.
"Manitoba is going to lag behind Canada. Canada is going to lag behind the world," Bibeau says. "One of the biggest problems is that we have misconceptions… we have a lot of disinformation there."


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PHILADELPHIA, PA—I've been lucky enough to see shows at plenty of venues in NYC, but never in Philly. When I think of Philly I think of two spots, Trocadero and Electric Factory. Considering I didn't know the bands playing, going to the venue was a good enough reason to go. At the end of the day, the show had brought some bright spots, making it worth the trip.
If you ever go to a show where you don't know anyone on the ticket, you probably would do something similar to what I did; you either go to MySpace, listen to a couple songs, or maybe borrow some CDs from someone, you get the idea. After getting through Louis XIV and Hot Hot Heat, I painted a picture of the crowd in my head. Editors is a different story, which I'll get to. I figured the average age was going to be 14 to 16, with the majority being girls, maybe some parents chaperoning. I definitely thought a ton of people were going to go because of two or three big songs people have heard before.
Well it was nice to see it coming before I got there. While waiting to get in, the sea of high school students flooded the parking lot. Despite the audience (which didn't really bug me, they seemed to appreciate the good music) the two opening bands definitely set the stage.
Louis XIV got the girls screaming, and the second vocalist Jason Hill looked down to the front row and pointed some random girl out; it was basically a competition from there on out as to who could attract more attention. So in other words, a lot of high pitched screaming. Their songs had a different feel when performed and I felt more energy live than from their albums. "Finding Out True Love Is Blind" is one of those songs you know you've heard but didn't know who it was by, so it was nice to hear it live, like the prize at the bottom of the cereal box.
It was honestly like watching three different shows. Louis XIV were a bit underlying with sexual lyrics so the girls were enjoying that, to say the least. Hot Hot Heat had more of that indie feel. Since I didn't know any of the three bands coming in, I was surprised with Hot Hot Heat. I was expecting something other than what was delivered. Unlike Louis XIV, all of their songs were keeping the crowd moving, and they transitioned from song to song very well. We were all kept awake and even those that didn't like them didn't have much to complain about, really. After the show I did go home and download "Middle Of Nowhere." I don't know what that means, but they got me to listen to at least one song.
Another reason I was willing to go down to Philly was because my buddy had an interview lined up with Editors singer Tom Smith, and I got to sit in. I didn't interject a lot but I found out some cool stuff. He hates when the band gets compared to Interpol, which was how I actually compared the band when he asked me what I thought they sounded like. I did ask if he had a preference between NYC and Philly. He said NYC can be a nightmare, especially because the crowd can be quick to let you know you're not having a good night. He also mentioned that the crowds in NYC tend to just clap and keep their energy more reserved than others. I thought it was funny how some of the best shows I've been to and some of the most boring shows have both been in NYC.
The atmosphere changed as fast as the set was being changed. As the multitude of teenage girls left the building, the crowd seemed to be less hyper and the high pitched screaming finally came to an end. The crowd seemed to be fitting for a coffee house, more reserved and appreciative of the music in a different way than how it was being done earlier. Although Tom didn't really interact with the crowd, the tone was still great. The songs were very well played and it wasn't boring. Being that I didn't know their stuff, I was begging for their set to end. I think it's easy to compare them to Interpol but they have a sound of their own; they're a bit more up tempo. Well worth the drive and well worth the listen.


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A short while back, myself and the fantastic Camilla from Póca Productions delivered an event called Video Speaks Volumes, to the Donegal Women in Business members in collaboration with Rural Enterprise Skillsnet. The event focused on how to create videos, using just the technology in your pocket (Camilla's area of expertise!) and, once you have videos in your arsenal – how then to launch them into the world via social media (that's where I came in!) It was exciting to cover this topic, because although social media is changing lanes around us every single day, video content remains a constant, and – something we can use to effectively connect with customers and engage people with our stories!
Social media users are over-saturated with content now more than ever (exposed to around 5000 (plus!) pieces of branded content per day) and are starting to become passive as they scroll, how can we make them stop and take notice? Engage them with a story. Videos are more dynamic than static images. Stories about your business, your day, your product, your backstory, your customers, your suppliers – lots to consider! Videos forge an emotional connection between your brand and your audience, and create a more memorable experience.
Did you watch the John Lewis ad this year? On TV or online (my guess, is both) and was the John Lewis brand plastered all over the ad, products and logos sprinkled throughout? No. But, yet again the brand is the name on everyone's lips increasing visibility, emotional connection, heritage and brand awareness. While we don't have the millions required to create a glossy ad campaign featuring Elton John, are there ways you can bring our audience into our world using video?
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But, what counts as a view?
Facebook: 15-30 second videos perform best, you can upload up to 45 minutes. When you record live, it saves and can be published to be archived/viewed later.
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Twitter: You can record up to two minutes and 20 seconds or link out to a longer video, but less than 30 seconds is the best performing length.
Youtube: Relatively unlimited, but up to 15 minutes until you 'verify' your account, and it is wholly dependent on the type of video you're posting there. Youtube users generally have a better attention span, they're there to consume video specifically while other social media channels require us to create short snappy interactive content to grab attention and hold users.


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Why is Batavia pushing its police chief out? 'The ball is in his court now'
Future of Batavia Police chief in question following trip to Bristol.
Why is Batavia pushing its police chief out? 'The ball is in his court now' Future of Batavia Police chief in question following trip to Bristol. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/10/03/batavia-council-police-chief-reach-tentative-agreement/1509572002/
Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati Enquirer Published 11:53 a.m. ET Oct. 3, 2018
Batavia Mayor John Thebout(Photo: Amanda Rossmann/The Community Press )Buy Photo
Unlike Las Vegas, what happens in Bristol, Tennessee, doesn't stay in Bristol.
For Batavia Police Chief Mike Gardner, the events of a recent trip to Bristol resulted in a three-day suspension from his job followed by an administrative leave.
Batavia Mayor John Thebout declined to elaborate on the police chief's status as of Oct. 3.
In August. the mayor suspended the chief for three days and made a recommendation to council for his dismissal. Council placed Gardner on administrative leave and has held and continued two hearings regarding the chief. The most recent hearing, Oct. 1, was continued pending a tentative agreement.
The mayor declined to comment on terms of the tentative agreement and would not provide specifics of events leading up to the suspension and administrative leave.
"The circumstances are out of my control. I just made sure things were done properly and that (Gardner) had fair hearings," Thebout said. "The ball is in his court now."
Gary Lewis, attorney for Gardner, confirmed that his client is in "discussions" with the village but could not provide details.
What we do know:
Police Chief Mike Gardner, along with two of his officers, went to Bristol for a NASCAR race.
"There was a confrontation between the three officers. It didn't stop there," Thebout said. "Things were brought back to the village that shouldn't have been."
Gardner has served as police chief for about 15 years.
Officer Chris Whitaker is the acting chief.
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In July 08, 2009 in Athens, Greece Boussias Communications organized an Executive Seminar on Marketing Management on "Growing brands in a recession" topic.
Keynote speaker was the renowned Professor Leslie de Chernatony (Professor of Brand Marketing at Università della Svizzera italiana & Aston Business School), one of the leading experts in brand research, where he discussed a paradigm shift.
This executive seminar took the perspective that the recession represents an opportunity to reconsider how brands can offer more relevant and welcome value. It is not a case of "business as usual" with a reduced budget, rather how can that budget be better used to deliver a "wow" through more appropriate value.
The strictly customized content of the executive seminar on Growing brands in a recession, aimed at providing practical advice and a how-to toolbox for middle-upper marketing executives, concerning ways for maximizing brand equity during a recession.
Mr. Christos D. Katsanos, Executive Director of the DKG Group after the completion of the seminar said: "Professor Leslie de Chernatony has the ability to create enthusiasm, involvement and understanding among the people attending his workshop. I would without doubt recommend Leslie as a sparring partner working with brand management issues".