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A male macacus that prefers mature females
A Male Cynomolgus Monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) Differentially Mated with a Female. Maiko Yoshida Kobayashi. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 30. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/37v283bn
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate male preference and to define the aspects of females that affect male preference. We set experimental conditions that enabled us to measure successful mating by gathering sperm from female vaginal washings and observing sexual behavior. The animal subjects in our study were cynomolgus monkeys, all of whom were bred in our primate institute. During the study, one male would be grouped with two females, each of whom lived in a cage adjacent to the male's cage. This enabled each of the females to be housed with the male in turn; 12 males and 24 females were included in the study. After a male was housed with a female, we observed through a microscope the existence of sperm in the female's vaginal washing, thus confirming copulation success. In some of the groups, behavioral observation was conducted on both the male and female subjects. According to our findings, in the multiparous females, successful mating was observed on 29% of cohabitation days. Among nulliparous females, the presence of sperm was observed on only 6% of cohabitation periods. Some 66.7% of nulliparous females never mated with a male. Our observations also revealed that sexual behaviors were more frequently observed when a male lived with a multiparous female. "Male-grooming-of-female" activities were seen more frequently between a male and multiparous female; that is, the male approached a multiparous female for copulation by grooming her. Our study suggests that male cynomolgus monkeys prefer multiparous females, as it is important that a male choose a female who more easily and regularly becomes pregnant and gives birth to offspring with a higher survival rate. Thus, male choice is biologically significant with respect to leaving more offspring.
Keywords: Mating Strategy, Male's Preference, Cynomolgus Monkeys, Multiparous Female, Behavioral Observation, Sperm, Sexual Behavior
A killer whale watches other cetaceans in TV
A Killer Whale's (Orcinus orca) Response to Visual Media. Pepper Hanna et al. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 30. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7060b9db
Abstract: Environmental enrichment is critical for maintaining cognitive welfare for animals in human care but is subject to individual preferences. The interest in a video-based enrichment was assessed for a single killer whale (Orcinus orca) in human care. The adult female was presented 20 video recordings featuring cetaceans, elephants, or humans with each video presented in two conditions: (1) with sound and (2) without sound. Four additional presentations in which the television displayed a blank screen served as controls. All sessions were videotaped and coded for time spent viewing the recordings, behavioral responses, and visual laterality. The killer whale spent significantly more time at the television when programs were on screen compared to when the television was present but blank. She was more likely to watch videos accompanied by sound than those presented without sound. Videos were more likely to be viewed monocularly rather than binocularly, with a right eye preference when viewing the videos the first time they were presented. The highest rates of behavioral responses occurred during videos of cetaceans. These results demonstrate that one killer whale responded to video recordings of different stimuli, suggesting that video recordings may be used as a form of enrichment for cetaceans and that not all video content and formats are equally interesting.
My commentary: Whales like watching TV, more if there is sound, and more if the images are about cetaceans. We all love to see other members of our species... Remember the mice:
Social inequality aversion in mice: Analysis with stress-induced hyperthermia and behavioral preference. Shigeru Watanabe. Learning and Motivation, Volume 59, August 2017, Pages 38-46, http://www.bipartisanalliance.com/2017/09/social-inequality-aversion-in-mice.html
Check also: Evolutionary Origin of Empathy and Inequality Aversion. Shigeru Watanabe and Yutaka Kosaki. Evolution of the Brain, Cognition, and Emotion in Vertebrates pp 273-299, http://www.bipartisanalliance.com/2017/09/evolutionary-origin-of-empathy-and.html
Voice-only communication enhances empathic accuracy
Kraus, M. W. (2017). Voice-only communication enhances empathic accuracy. American Psychologist, 72(7), 644-654. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0000147
Abstract: This research tests the prediction that voice-only communication increases empathic accuracy over communication across senses. We theorized that people often intentionally communicate their feelings and internal states through the voice, and as such, voice-only communication allows perceivers to focus their attention on the channel of communication most active and accurate in conveying emotions to others. We used 5 experiments to test this hypothesis (N = 1,772), finding that voice-only communication elicits higher rates of empathic accuracy relative to vision-only and multisense communication both while engaging in interactions and perceiving emotions in recorded interactions of strangers. Experiments 4 and 5 reveal that voice-only communication is particularly likely to enhance empathic accuracy through increasing focused attention on the linguistic and paralinguistic vocal cues that accompany speech. Overall, the studies question the primary role of the face in communication of emotion, and offer new insights for improving emotion recognition accuracy in social interactions.
In a moral dilemma, choose the one you love: Impartial actors are seen as less moral than partial ones
In a moral dilemma, choose the one you love: Impartial actors are seen as less moral than partial ones. Jamie S Hughes. British Journal of Social Psychology, September 2017, Pages 561–577. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12199
Abstract: Although impartiality and concern for the greater good are lauded by utilitarian philosophies, it was predicted that when values conflict, those who acted impartially rather than partially would be viewed as less moral. Across four studies, using life-or-death scenarios and more mundane ones, support for the idea that relationship obligations are important in moral attribution was found. In Studies 1–3, participants rated an impartial actor as less morally good and his or her action as less moral compared to a partial actor. Experimental and correlational evidence showed the effect was driven by inferences about an actor's capacity for empathy and compassion. In Study 4, the relationship obligation hypothesis was refined. The data suggested that violations of relationship obligations are perceived as moral as long as strong alternative justifications sanction them. Discussion centres on the importance of relationships in understanding moral attributions.
KEYWORDS: deontology; impartiality; moral attribution; moral dilemma; relationships
Reasons Probably Won't Change Your Mind: The Role of Reasons in Revising Moral Decisions
Stanley, M. L., Dougherty, A. M., Yang, B. W., Henne, P., & De Brigard, F. (2017). Reasons Probably Won't Change Your Mind: The Role of Reasons in Revising Moral Decisions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000368
Abstract: Although many philosophers argue that making and revising moral decisions ought to be a matter of deliberating over reasons, the extent to which the consideration of reasons informs people's moral decisions and prompts them to change their decisions remains unclear. Here, after making an initial decision in 2-option moral dilemmas, participants examined reasons for only the option initially chosen (affirming reasons), reasons for only the option not initially chosen (opposing reasons), or reasons for both options. Although participants were more likely to change their initial decisions when presented with only opposing reasons compared with only affirming reasons, these effect sizes were consistently small. After evaluating reasons, participants were significantly more likely not to change their initial decisions than to change them, regardless of the set of reasons they considered. The initial decision accounted for most of the variance in predicting the final decision, whereas the reasons evaluated accounted for a relatively small proportion of the variance in predicting the final decision. This resistance to changing moral decisions is at least partly attributable to a biased, motivated evaluation of the available reasons: participants rated the reasons supporting their initial decisions more favorably than the reasons opposing their initial decisions, regardless of the reported strategy used to make the initial decision. Overall, our results suggest that the consideration of reasons rarely induces people to change their initial decisions in moral dilemmas.
Do Parents Value School Effectiveness? -- No, they favor schools that enroll high-achiving peers.
Do Parents Value School Effectiveness? Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Parag A. Pathak, Jonathan Schellenberg, Christopher R. Walters. NBER Working Paper No. 23912. http://www.nber.org/papers/w23912
Abstract: School choice may lead to improvements in school productivity if parents' choices reward effective schools and punish ineffective ones. This mechanism requires parents to choose schools based on causal effectiveness rather than peer characteristics. We study relationships among parent preferences, peer quality, and causal effects on outcomes for applicants to New York City's centralized high school assignment mechanism. We use applicants' rank-ordered choice lists to measure preferences and to construct selection-corrected estimates of treatment effects on test scores and high school graduation. We also estimate impacts on college attendance and college quality. Parents prefer schools that enroll high-achieving peers, and these schools generate larger improvements in short- and long-run student outcomes. We find no relationship between preferences and school effectiveness after controlling for peer quality.
My commentary: Parents seem to choose schools with high-achieving peers due to lack of good information about effectiveness. In some way, they are free-riding on others' work of ascertaining quality/effectiveness.
A newborn infant chimpanzee snatched and cannibalized immediately after birth: Implications for "maternity leave" in wild chimpanzee
Nishie H, Nakamura M. A newborn infant chimpanzee snatched and cannibalized immediately after birth: Implications for "maternity leave" in wild chimpanzee. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2017;00:1–6. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23327
OBJECTIVES: This study reports on the first observed case of a wild chimpanzee infant being snatched immediately after delivery and consequently cannibalized by an adult male in the Mahale Mountains, Tanzania. We demonstrate "maternity leave" from long-term data from the Mahale M group and suggest that it functions as a possible counterstrategy of mother chimpanzees against the risk of infanticide soon after delivery.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The subjects of this study were the M group chimpanzees at Mahale Mountains, Tanzania. The case of cannibalism was observed on December 2, 2014. We used the long-term daily attendance record of the M group chimpanzees between 1990 and 2010 to calculate the lengths of "maternity leave," a perinatal period during which a mother chimpanzee tends to hide herself and gives birth alone.
RESULTS: We observed a very rare case of delivery in a wild chimpanzee group. A female chimpanzee gave birth in front of other members, and an adult male snatched and cannibalized the newborn infant immediately after birth. Using the long-term data, we demonstrate that the length of "maternity leave" is longer than that of nonmaternity leave among adult and adolescent female chimpanzees.
DISCUSSION: We argue that this cannibalism event immediately after birth occurred due to the complete lack of "maternity leave" of the mother chimpanzee of the victim, who might lack enough experience of delivery. We suggest that "maternity leave" taken by expecting mothers may function as a possible counterstrategy against infanticide soon after delivery.
Keywords: Mahale; Pan troglodytes; cannibalism; delivery
Men's preferences for women's body odours are not associated with human leucocyte antigen
Men's preferences for women's body odours are not associated with human leucocyte antigen. Fabian Probst et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, October 11 2017, Volume 284, issue 1864. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1830
Abstract: Body odours reportedly portray information about an individual's genotype at the major histocompatibility complex (MHC, called human leucocyte antigen, HLA, in humans). While there is strong experimental support for MHC-associated mating behaviour in animals, the situation in humans is more complex. A lot of effort has been spent on testing HLA-associated odour preferences of women. To date, only very few studies have looked at HLA-linked olfactory preferences in men and these studies have revealed inconsistent results. Here, we investigate men's HLA-associated preferences for women's body odours. Importantly, and in contrast to previous studies, these odours were gathered at peak fertility (i.e. just before ovulation) when any HLA-associated odour preferences should be strongest. We scrutinized whether men's preference for women's body odours is influenced by (i) the number of shared HLA alleles between men and women, (ii) HLA heterozygosity, and (iii) the frequency of rare HLA alleles. We found that men could readily differentiate between odours they found attractive and odours they found less attractive, but that these preferences were not associated with HLA. Specifically, men did not prefer odours from women who are HLA dissimilar, HLA heterozygous, or who have rare HLA alleles. Together, these findings suggest that HLA has no effect on men's odour preferences.
Moral Incongruence, Pornography Use, and Perceived Addiction: Alternate Pathways to Problems
Grubbs, Joshua, and Samuel L Perry. 2017. "Moral Incongruence, Pornography Use, and Perceived Addiction: Alternate Pathways to Problems". PsyArXiv. October 11. psyarxiv.com/6p5k9
Abstract: Internet pornography use (IPU) remains a controversial topic within the empirical study of addiction and the clinical management of addictive behaviors. Whereas many people report feeling dysregulated in their use of pornography, mental health and medical communities are divided as to whether or not compulsive IPU is an addiction or some other category of problematic behavior. The present short review seeks to examine this issue more closely, with a focus on how alternate pathways to problems, such as moral disapproval and moral incongruence (i.e., feeling as if one's behaviors and values about those behaviors are misaligned) might specifically contribute to self-perceived problems around pornography use. Through a review of recent literature, the present work seeks to consider the evidence that moral incogruence about IPU is a common phenomena and that it is associated with outcomes relevant to the study of addiction. Specifically, moral incongruence regarding IPU is associated with greater distress about IPU, greater psychological distress in general, greater reports of problems related to IPU, and greater reports of perceived addiction to IPU. The implications of this body of evidence for both clinical and research communities are discussed, and future directions for research are considered.
Social Integration via Online Dating
The Strength of Absent Ties: Social Integration via Online Dating. Josue Ortega, Philipp Hergovich.
arXiv.org, https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.10478
Abstract: We used to marry people to which we were somehow connected to: friends of friends, schoolmates, neighbours. Since we were more connected to people similar to us, we were likely to marry someone from our own race.
However, online dating has changed this pattern: people who meet online tend to be complete strangers. Given that one-third of modern marriages start online, we investigate theoretically, using random graphs and matching theory, the effects of those previously absent ties in the diversity of modern societies.
We find that when a society benefits from previously absent ties, social integration occurs rapidly, even if the number of partners met online is small. Our findings are consistent with the sharp increase in interracial marriages in the U.S. in the last two decades.
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Joe Biden is Riding in the Backseat of the Progressive Clown Car
July 6, 2020 By Richard C. Young
Vice President Joe Biden at a reception at the Vice President's Residence in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 22, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill) (Released)
At The Federalist, David Marcus slams Joe Biden as "a bobble-head version of a moderate Democratic Party." Joe is being dragged along by "a progressive clown car runs roughshod over America's cities." Marcus writes (abridged):
In New York City, shootings have skyrocketed over the past few weeks to levels not seen since what we refer to as "the bad old days." Teenagers are being senselessly killed in our streets. What is the Democratic Party's answer to this? They are stripping a billion dollars from the $6 billion budget of the New York Police Department in a display of virtue signaling that will lead to bullet holes in black and brown bodies.
As Democrats across the country plot to defund the police and tear down statues of great Americans, as they cower to mobs that set up "autonomous zones" where people are raped and murdered, Joe Biden is hiding behind his mask.
Biden would have you believe he is the leader of the Democratic Party. He is no more the leader of the Democratic Party than Thomas Jefferson or Andrew Jackson. He is a bobble-head version of a moderate Democratic Party that has long since shuffled off this mortal coil. Where once Blue Dog Democrats patrolled their party to protect police and law and order, now a progressive clown car runs roughshod over America's cities.
Biden can't hide forever. Even if he wins his campaign in absentia and becomes president, the moment will come when the socialists in his party will put bill after bill on his desk — defunding police, tearing down statues of Abraham Lincoln, letting men compete in women's sports, punishing Americans for expressing their religious views — and he will sign each and every one with his million-dollar smile, a mere rubber stamp for the cackling mobs.
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Tribunal recommended to investigate whether Hlophe should be impeached
The Judicial Conduct Committee has recommended that a tribunal be appointed to investigate whether Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe should be impeached.
The issue involving the complaint against Hlophe by judges of the Constitutional Court has now dragged on for four years.
In 2008, two judges of the Constitutional Court alleged that Hlophe had tried to sway them in favour of Jacob Zuma, before he became president.
At the time, a case related to the corruption charges Zuma faced would be argued before the Constitutional Court.
In a press statement issued this morning, the Judicial Conduct Committee said it "considered that this complaint if established, will prima facie indicate gross misconduct which may lead to impeachment".
The statement said that the committee held hearings last month, in which oral submissions were made by counsel on behalf of Hlophe.
It also considered written representations submitted on behalf of the judges of the Constitutional Court regarding the complaint.
The next step in the case will be for the Judicial Service Commission (JSC)to decide if a tribunal is to be established, which will investigate the complaint.
After the investigation, the tribunal will submit a report to the JSC, which has final say over impeachment.
The Judicial Conduct Committee also said a complaint against Hlophe by rights group Freedom Under Law could not be proceeded with.
The Freedom Under Law complaint related to comments Hlophe made about Constitutional Court judges in court papers.
Hlophe appears to have gotten lucky on this charge.
The committee said that, although the complaint could indicate gross misconduct, the legislation which governs the penalties Hlophe faces under this charge has since changed.
"This would ... expose the judge to complaints and penalties that were not there when the complaint arose," it said.
The Supreme Court of Appeal last year ruled that the JSC's decision that there was no wrongdoing on the part of Hlophe or the Constitutional Court judges, against whom Hlophe had laid a counter-complaint, was irrational.
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20 Highest Paid Actors Of 2017
Forbes has released their official list for the year's highest earning actors of 2017. Though equal pay in Hollywood has been a heating top in recent years, we still found out that 14 male actors edged out Emma Stone, who is the highest-paid actress in 2017. Click through to see who rule Hollywood.
20. Mark Ruffalo, $13 million
Ruffalo made it onto this list thanks to his role as The Hulk in the Avengers movies. He is still going to appear in "Thor: Ragnarok".
19. Christ Pratt, $17 ,million
Chris Evans is a staple in the MCU, with his starring role in the "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise. Although he made 35% less than last year, he still manages to make it onto the list.
18. Chris Evans, $18 million
Still another MCU veteran, Chris Evans made a staggering $18 million playing Captain America and is expected to earn an even bigger paycheck with his role in "Avengers:Infinity War."
17. Jeremy Renner, $19 million
Jeremy Renner made himself onto this list for the first time thanks to his role in "Arrival," which earned more than $200 million at the box office.
16. Matt Damon, $21 million
Although Matt didn't earn as much as he did last year ($55 million), he isn't on the come down by any means. He is expected to earn a huge paycheck with his upcoming film "Downsizing" which will be out in late December 2017.
15. Ryan Reynolds, $21.5 million
With the huge success of "Deadpool" bringing in $783.1 million with a $58 million budget, "Deadpool 2" is sure to do well and Reynolds' paycheck is only going to get bigger.
14. Ryan Gosling, $29 million
The hit film "La La Land" helped Gosling to make it onto this list. He is also expected to make big bucks off the upcoming "Blade Runner" sequel.
13. Samuel L. Jackson, $30.5 million
Samuel L. Jackson had a quite a successful and wealthy year thanks to his roles in box-office hits, such as "Kong: Skull Island" and "The Legend of Tarzan".
12. Tom Hanks, $31 million
Tom Hanks is not a stranger to this list. There are two recent films "Sully" and "The Circle", earning him a spot yet again.
11. Chris Hemsworth, $31.5 million
Hemsworth had himself quite this year, earning 250% more than he did last year by starring roles as Thor in the Marvel movies.
10. Akshay Kumar, $35.5 million
Kumar may be unfamiliar to American audiences, but he has been working in Bollywood for about 25 full years now. Kumar had made four films, and some of the them are the highest grossing in Indian history.
9. Salman Khan, $37 million
Another Bollywood superstar, Khan has been one of the country's biggest stars for about three decades. He starred in "Tubelight," "Sultan" this year, bringing in the big bucks at the box office.
8. Shah Rukh Khan, $38 million
People don't call him the "King of Bollywood" for no reason. Khan starred roles in "Jab Harry met Sejal," "Raees," and "Tubelight", and other 80 Bollywood films. It's not surprising to see him onto this list.
7. Tom Cruise, $43 million
Like Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise is another frequent flyer on this list by performing his own stunts and running away from explosions in film like Mission Impossible 6 and The Mummy.
6. Robert Downey Jr., $48 million
Once Hollywood's highest earner being replaced by Mark Wahlberg, this Iron Man star still earning massive amount of cash as the sixth onto this list.
5. Jackie Chan, $49 million
Though some may not realize it, Jackie Chan has never stopped making films, and he has just stopped making films in the United States. He is still the biggest star from China.
4. Adam Sandler, $50.5 million
Sandler is making big money from his deal with Netflix. The streaming service extended that deal for an additional four films.
3. Vin Diesel, $54.5 million
Wildly successful franchise "The Fast and the Furious" isn't the only project lining Vin Diesel's pocket. He also voice-acted in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" and starred in "xXx: The Return of Xander Cage."
2. Dwayne Johnson, $65 million
Top earner on Forbes' list last year, Johnson is still rolling the dough despite some box office disappointments, like "Baywatch." He still got his salary from the HBO hits "Ballers."
1. Mark Wahlberg, $68 million
Wahlberg made more money than any actors in the world this year mainly from his two films "Daddy's Home" and "Transformers: The Last Knight." Besides, he earned some cash for appearing in his family's reality show "Wahlberg" and appearing in AT&T ads.
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Sedgefield Classic Cars
Sedgefield Classic Cars is a highly regarded tourist attraction in our town. Show-cased right next to the N2 main highway that passes through Sedgefield, such is its popularity, that it is part of the itineraries of a variety of tour buses that travel the Garden Route between Port Elizabeth and Cape Town.
Besides that, every month a Harley Davidson motor-bike tour operator interrupts his journey with a coffee break at Sedgefield Classic Cars for his biking group. It is one of the highlights of their trip. On one of the days I was there, a group of French foreign tourists riding 20 magnificent Harley-Davidson bikes pulled in.
Johannesburg 1974 - 1997
Sheridan Renfield bought his first car, a 1940 Chev in 1974, for R150-00. It cost him R500-00 to get it into good condition mechanically and cosmetically. He kept it for 17 years using it for rallies and club outings until he sold it in 1991 for R17,000-00. Today he said it's worth R95,000-00.
He bought his second car, a 1933 Plymouth in 1976 for R2000-00. In it, he and his wife won the Port Elizabeth Milligan Rally 4 times. For 21 years it was a working car that travelled all over South Africa to participate in rallies. It never let the couple down.
He sold it to a friend in Knysna for R35,000-00 in 1997 who kept it for 11 years and sold it in 2008 for R95,000-00. In 2011, it's worth in the region of R150,000-00. It definitely seems that these cars are a good investment if you get good advice and/or know what to buy!
World-wide there is a standard terminology for the classification of these old cars.
1886 - 1904 Ancestral
1905 - 1918 Veteran
1919 - 1930 Vintage
1931 - 1942 Post - vintage
1943 - 1945 the intervening war years when only military vehicles were made
1946 - 1970/75 depending on the club - Post war
Classics - are hand-made limited production cars
Nowadays there are comparatively few collectors interested in the first 3 categories. The post-vintage period onwards are the most popular classes today and the best investment. There are even further divisions within these. A 2-door is more valuable than a sedan and the saying "If the roof comes down, the price goes up" indicates that a convertible outdoes them all!
Though running his own Johannesburg business, in 1997 Sheridan and his wife, Barbara decided to abort their busy life and opt out of the Gauteng rat-race. He had also held the position of Chairperson of the Piston Ring Vintage Car Club from 1976-1997 (it would have been a record breaking length of time if there was such a category to be found in the Guinness Book of Records!)
During his 21 years of chairmanship he saw the number of members swell from 110 to 1400. Barbara was involved too because she ran the club's canteen for the same length of time and participated in rallies in the all-important role as Sheridan's navigator. Additionally, Sheridan was Vice-Chairman of the South African Veteran and Vintage Association, the governing body for all South Africa's vintage car clubs.
Sedgefield 1997 onwards
As Barbara grew up in Port Elizabeth and they both knew Sedgefield from many vintage car rallies over the years, the Renfields made up their minds to see if small town living would suit them.
Ready for a total change in life-style, Sheridan and Barbara speculated with a house in Begonia Street with a great view over Sedgefield and the lagoon that they converted into a successful guesthouse called Warthog Wallow. Sheridan later complemented this venture by becoming a national tour guide and owning his own company, Warthog Tours.
Meanwhile, his three vintage cars were housed at Frost Brothers, a local showroom in Knysna. A good few years had gone by, when one day the owner phoned and said that the garage was being remodeled and would no longer have a showroom – Sheridan had to find somewhere else to keep his vehicles.
Knowing of a local mechanic with some space available, he asked Nito Valentim, owner of Automan across the main road in Sedgefield, if he could keep his cars there. Nito agreed and because of their visual position next to the highway, all three vehicles quickly found new owners.
Warthog Wallow had already been sold and coincidence seemed to indicate that it was time for Sheridan to pursue his real passion......
so in 2004, Sedgefield Classic Cars was born!
Sheridan is now in partnership with Nito.
Nito brings his workshop expertise to the business from years of repairs and maintenance on vintage cars and building of rally cars.
Sheridan handles the buying and selling and all that goes with it. It is clearly a successful combination.
The Memorabilia Store at Sedgefield Classic Cars
You can browse through the memorabilia store where you will likely find you are confused by the choice. Boys who love their toys can while away a good few hours between examining the intriguing models of yester-years and the many souvenirs and collectibles in the shop.
Now some 20 years later, Sheridan and Barbara are true regulars of the local scene and Sedgefield Classic Cars is an asset to the village. It adds a unique facet to this distinctive town and contributes in a harmonious way to our slow town ethic.
Click here for more information by going to the website of Sedgefield Classic Cars.
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From the initial small site in Kensington, Johannesburg, with a club membership of 70 the Piston Ring has developed into the largest club of its type in South Africa. Club membership now is way in excess of 1200 members, providing an excellent variety of 3000 vehicles, ranging from "Teens" to the "80's" The Piston Ring is affiliated to the South African Vintage and Veteran Association.
The website for Classic Car enthusiasts, offering pictures, news, events, history, links and spares parts.
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Law professor: Human rights, due process non-negotiable
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ISSUES INVOLVING human rights and due process should be "non-negotiable" and wrong presumptions about them should be corrected as the country prepares for next year's elections, a law professor said.
UST civil law professor Kenneth Manuel said Filipinos should make a firm stand on human rights, due process of law, and education as a right as well as on equality, history, and the principles of democracy.
"We can agree to meet halfway with respect to certain issues but with respect to, for instance, historical revisionism, no, we won't budge. With respect to lack of due process, no, we won't concede. These are some things that are supposed to be non-negotiable, these are supposed to be firm," Manuel said during the 'YOUth Decides: Pagpili. Pagkilatis. Pagboto' webinar last Oct. 26.
He clarified that the "non-negotiables" should be adhered to consistently, but not rigidly, by welcoming others' opinions and discussing why their views may not necessarily be correct.
"Not just because we hear a contrary opinion, we will already dismiss it as something stupid, as something that does not deserve any discussion," Manuel said.
"We will be consistent with what has been settled as facts, but of course, we will not be rigid. We will still entertain discussions to the contrary but we will drive home to the point that 'here are the facts, here is the correct stand,'" he added.
Manuel said the youth also has to scrutinize opinions and call out falsehoods in the upcoming elections.
"Opinions are not respected. Tao ang nirerespeto (It is the person we respect), but not that opinion. If that opinion is wrong, then it deserves to be called out as wrong," he added.
Faculty of Arts and Letters Student and Welfare Development coordinator Asst. Prof. Louie Ignacio said consistency with one's political stand is necessary for elections to be successful.
"Political maturity means you remain firm with your political stand," Ignacio said.
"You do not switch stands only because of trends, or only because of convenience, or you do not subscribe to someone just because it's convenient for you and change sides anytime," he added.
Power of youth voters
Manuel said the youth can dictate the results of the election since they account for more than half of all registered voters.
"Your opinion is something that translates into your vote, and your vote will translate into a policy in the future, and that policy would […] affect everyone," the law professor said.
Manuel said young Filipinos should use social media to convince people to vote rationally and to prevent the spread of "fake news."
"We (youth) are the masters of social media. Gamay na gamay na natin ang (We are already adept to) social media, […] how to engage, how to comment, what to see, what not to see on social media," he said.
Ignacio and Manuel urged the youth to exercise their right to vote in the 2022 national election.
"Vote for someone with a good track record, vote for someone whose advocacy aligns with your personal advocacy, vote for someone who's morally upright, and vote for someone who runs and who will work all for the country," Ignacio said.
The voters education webinar was organized by the UST Student Central Council and various organizations in the university including the Artlets Student Council and The Political Science Forum. F – Karen Renee S. Nogoy
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Around the beginning of October I had the pleasure of photographing my aunt's and uncle's beautiful family. It was a last minute venture and it was a bit of a nippy day, around 1-2 weeks after I'd hoped to have gotten pictures as the leaves had already fallen from the trees at my parents farm. I was able to spend 15 minutes with my Aunt and Uncle and their three boys, as well as my aunt's sister and her daughter. We went for a walk into the coulee behind our house to take pictures by the old and broken wagons and farm machinery. The boys were restless, my uncle got awoken from a nap, and my aunt and her sister were most likely suffering from a wine hangover but all in all the pictures didn't turn out half bad. They are a beautiful family with big hearts and warm smiles and I love them all to death.
I used my Canon 7D camera with my 16-35mm lens.


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Das Haus Kaiserstraße 31, 32 war ein denkmalgeschütztes Gebäude in der Stadt Quedlinburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.

Lage
Es befand sich in der historischen Quedlinburger Neustadt auf der Südseite der Kaiserstraße, auf der Ostseite des Durchgangs von der Kaiserstraße zur Bahnhofstraße. Das Gebäude gehörte zum UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe und war im Quedlinburger Denkmalverzeichnis als Bürgerhof eingetragen.

Architektur und Geschichte
Der Gebäudekomplex bestand aus einem Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts entstandenen Fachwerkhaus mit einem sehr breiten, zum Durchgang ausgerichteten Giebel. Es handelte sich um ein giebelständiges Doppelhaus, die in dieser Form selten sind. Ein ähnlich gestalteter Bau war mit dem Haus Neustädter Kirchhof 2, 3 bereits zuvor abgerissen worden. An der schmaleren Nordseite des Hauses grenzte ein kleinerer zweigeschossiger, traufständiger Fachwerkbau an, der als Wohnhaus und Speichergebäude diente. Dieser Gebäudeteil stammte aus dem 18. Jahrhundert. Er wies eine breite Stellung der Ständer auf und präsentierte sich schlicht weitgehend ohne Verzierungen. Westlich grenzte an dieses Gebäude ein jüngerer, auch heute erhaltener Neubau an, der das Haus vom Durchgang trennte.

1998 wurde der von Hausschwamm befallene Gebäudekomplex wegen Einsturzgefahr aufgrund einer Abrissverfügung abgerissen.

Literatur
 Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Sachsen-Anhalt (Hrsg.): Denkmalverzeichnis Sachsen-Anhalt. Band 7: Falko Grubitzsch, unter Mitwirkung von Alois Bursy, Mathias Köhler, Winfried Korf, Sabine Oszmer, Peter Seyfried und Mario Titze: Landkreis Quedlinburg. Teilband 1: Stadt Quedlinburg. Fliegenkopf, Halle 1998, ISBN 3-910147-67-4, Seite 147

Einzelnachweise

Kulturdenkmal in Quedlinburg
Fachwerkhaus in Quedlinburg
Wohngebäude in Quedlinburg
Erbaut im 18. Jahrhundert
Kaiserstraße (Quedlinburg)
Quedlinburg

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a town in SW Pennsylvania.
He was born in Connellsville, but spent the prime of his life in Uniontown, and on the road.
Mr. Frick had another plan—a plan suggested by his successful encounters with the Connellsville coke-workers.
Before the era of railroads it was a central point for Uniontown, Connellsville and Brownsville.
From Cumberland to a point in measure with Connellsville, on the Youghiogheny river, fifty-one and one-half miles.
Went to the Connellsville depot and arrested some thirty or forty there that had taken a train and would not pay any fare.


Do you accept the authority of God's word? If you do, you must embrace the distinctive difference for those who profess faith in God. And what separates us from all other people on the face of the earth is the presence of God in us and among us.
Moses knew this: "Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?" (Exodus 33:16) Moses found his identity in the presence of God and it was this presence that was the distinct difference.
What God gave to Israel then is what God wants to give to us today, His presence with us. Now just because this is what God wants, does it happen? Of course not. We all too often make it about a check list or a program. Even good church does not includ the inevitable presence of God. Especially when we think good church is great music, good community and a good message. Because what is it really without the presence of God. When God is in our midst we see Him showing up and doing what we ourselves cannot do.
"the fire [tests] what sort of work each one has done" (1 Corinthians 3:13) The things we do, who are they for? Do we accomplish what we do on our own power? Does the fruit of our labors last? Or is the fruit I see done for God and accomplished because of His power?
If we do not have the presence of God in our lives then it doesn't matter what you call yourself or what you have, you are missing the one thing that makes you distinct and so you ultimately have nothing. But if you do have that presence of God in you and among you, then you have everything you will ever need no matter what you lack in this world.


Did you know that when companies support childcare, they can hire and retain talented people, thereby helping to boost profits and productivity? Moreover, childcare provision enables more women and men to participate in paid labour.
This is according to the Tackling Childcare: The Business Case for Employer-Supported Childcare report that was released by International Finance Corporation (IFC) last year.
In addition, children who have access to early childhood education and care are more likely to perform well in school and be healthier, and grow up to be productive as adults. Hence, employer-supported childcare can result in a win-win situation for employees and their children, employers, and economies.
Retention: Textile producer Nalt Enterprise in Vietnam estimates that it costs 85% of a factory worker's annual salary to replace that worker. Offering childcare at Nalt reduced staff turnover by one third. Similarly, car component producer Martur in Turkey estimates that it takes eight months for a new production worker to become fully productive.
Reduced staff turnover: In Martur's team-centered environment, a new employee's lower productivity reduces the productivity of the whole line. At Martur, offering childcare-related benefits reduced staff turnover by approximately 15%. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. in Japan realised a more than four-fold increase in the retention of new mothers and saved an estimated 5,000 million Japanese yen ($45 million) in employee turnover-related costs by offering initiatives such as extended maternity leave.
Productivity gains: At MAS Kreeda Al Safi-Madaba, absences due to sick leave fell by 9% in the first nine months after a workplace crèche was opened. By enabling its employees to work through childcare crises, Akamai more than recoups the costs of its backup care benefits. Farm employees at Afrifresh in South Africa have reported greater peace of mind and ability to focus on their work knowing that their children are out of harm's way and cared for in the company's on-site crèche. A plant manager at Pandurata Alimentos Ltda. (Bauducco) in Brazil has noted that childcare benefits have led to a reduction in accident rates as employees are more focused and at ease knowing that their children are safe.
With such a win-win situation for everybody, companies in Kenya are still not doing much to ensure that there are facilities and programmes solely dedicated to the needs of mothers and their children. A number of them are trying and Safaricom, for instance, is happy with the fruits of the initiative so far.
"We continue to create the most mother-friendly working conditions we can to reduce the disruption and costs associated with replacing women leaving the workforce to raise families. Aside from supporting new mothers, we are also actively identifying female employees with leadership potential and deliberately growing them at every level of the company", said Steve Chege, Director, Corporate Affairs, Safaricom.
Speaking to Afromum in an interview, human resources practitioner, Ivy Wambui, said that while they are aware of the difficulties faced by mothers of young children, some companies were really struggling financially and it was a miracle that they are even breaking even. Introducing such measures in the workplace will require money which they do not have at the moment. This has made many companies shelve the idea for the moment.
James Muturi who owns a farm produce distributing company says that most Chief Executive Officers that run in his circles were wary about employing women of childbearing age because they were afraid that they would need childcare facilities which were too expensive for the company to bear.
In 2017, Hon Sabina Chege tabled the Breastfeeding Mothers bill, which called for government and private companies to provide a nursing room for mothers, complete with baby changing facilities. The bill, now a law, also requires public facilities such as restaurants that can accommodate 30 persons to have baby changing facilities.
Muturi warns that this could affect the way employers view women employers, like more of a liability than an asset. It is not right but it is happening.
As it stands, almost one in 10 of the world's population, 679 million, are children younger than five years old. To thrive and develop, these children and their older siblings need care.
For the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group and the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector in developing countries, improving access to childcare goes hand in hand with fostering workplace gender diversity, and helping parents enter and advance in the workforce while enabling companies to strengthen their bottom line.
IFC's focus on removing barriers, such as lack of childcare, to women's (and men's) access to more and better jobs is embedded in the World Bank Group's gender strategy and IFC's vision focused on creating markets, particularly in fragile, conflict-affected, and low-income countries.
In countries where employer-supported childcare is mandatory, IFC is working with its clients to substantiate the business case and to help them go beyond compliance and implement childcare strategies best suited to their business needs, thus resulting in better business results.
Employers need not fear at the mere mention of childcare and women in the workplace. Granted, every businessman is in business to make money but this cannot be done if their employees are ill at ease.
A woman who has to keep rushing home to breastfeed her child during lunch hour may not have time to eat and this may affect her productivity. Some may be there physically but their mind will be at home sympathizing with their poor child who may not be getting proper care from her minders. Having these facilities in the workplace is certainly a win-win for everybody.


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Sabally applauds Jammeh, raps on education as he addresses graduates
Former Secretary General and Presidential Affairs Minister, Momodou Sabally, has applauded Gambia's erstwhile leader Yahya Jammeh for what he described as his "courage and vision" in establishing the country's first ever university (UTG).
Sabally made these remarks last Friday while addressing graduating students of Sibanor Secondary School.
"This is indeed a day worth celebrating both for you and your parents," he stated.
"Twenty-five years ago, no one parent could have imagined their children accomplishing secondary school education under their own roof and under their own watchful eyes in this blessed and historic town of Sibanorr.
"So then we must give the devil his due and commend our former head of state Sheikh Professor Dr Alhagie Yahya AJJ Jammeh who had the vision, courage and tenacity to initiate the actual democratisation of education in this country.
Yes that is the man who also gave us our first ever university.
"And those who tell you that Yahya Jammeh used our tax money to build a university, should be told to go and ask our first President Sir Dawda Jawara, what did he use our tax money for."
Sabally said Jammeh might be gone, but his legacy continues to fill the air.
"We have a new president, let us give him our unflinching support because nation building is a continuous process.
It is a relay. Jawara gave the baton to Jammeh, Jammeh to Barrow. Now let us move together in unity as a team," he said.
He then turned to the graduates, advising them to be persistent in the pursuit of their educational goals and to stop learning.
"Education is your multipurpose visa in this increasingly complex global village we live in today.
Therefore our progress as individuals, communities and nations would only be commensurate with our level of education and training."
Sabally told them he is where he is today because reading and learning are his most important tools and assets.
"So my advice to you on the topic of "Life after School" is go back to school, keep reading, keep learning.
"Stay away from politics and do not allow anyone to use you to create chaos or instability in your country in the pursuit of their selfish interests.
Engagement in your civic duties is important but at this stage in your life, my advice is to stay away from party politics, perform your civic duties and responsibilities.
Get your voters cards when you qualify for that (by age), go to the polls when the time comes and keep the peace!" reiterating a message he gave to graduating students in another school barely a week ago.
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32inch sausage dog draft excluder made with vintage fabric.
55cm and 45cm hand made cushion covers made from mixed vintage fabric. Layered with felt for comfort.
65cm 32in hand made cushion covers made from shimmer silk effect fabric and mixed vintage lace. Layered with felt for comfort.
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Amsterdam – In their Frame Publishers book, the UNStudio founders discuss how network knowledge permeated through several of their projects.
Five designers and creators present their ideas for the vehicle of the future: Takt Project's height-adjustable car offers new perspectives and experiences.
Brussels – Generally damp, unattractive and cast in concrete, the typology of the car park usually conjures up images of 1950s brutalist volumes of necessity that obscure the skyline.
VITRÉ – The Pole d'Echange Multimodal (a sort of 'transport system') connects the local SNCF train station with the centre of a quaint medieval town.
UTRECHT – The largest and busiest train station in the Netherlands has tripled in size and is now significantly more prepared to serve the expected increase in commuters.
SCHIEDAM – A complex of football pitches, handball courts and indoor sports accommodation straddles the A4 motorway between Delft and Schiedam in the west of the Netherlands.


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Q: Servlet 3 Async task on Tomcat 7 I'm trying to implement Simple chat using Servlet 3.0 and Comet pattern based on its async support.
I'm inspired by this article:
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-02-2009/jw-02-servlet3.html?page=3
My servlet looks like this.
@WebServlet(name="chatServlet", urlPatterns={"/ChatServlet"}, asyncSupported=true)
public class ChatServlet extends HttpServlet {

    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
         AsyncContext aCtx = request.startAsync(request, response);
         ServletContext appScope = request.getServletContext();
         List<AsyncContext> watchers = (List<AsyncContext>) appScope.getAttribute("watchers");
         watchers.add(aCtx); //register the watcher
    }

    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
          AsyncContext aCtx = request.startAsync(request, response);
          ServletContext appScope = request.getServletContext();
          Queue<String> messages = (Queue<String>)appScope.getAttribute("messages");
          messages.add(someMessage);
    }
}

now my Listener looks like this:
@WebListener
public class ChatPushService implements ServletContextListener {

        @Override
        public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent sce) {
              final List<AsyncContext> watchers = new  ArrayList<AsyncContext>();
             sce.getServletContext().setAttribute("watchers", watchers);
              // store new messages not published yet
             Queue<String> messages = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<String>();
             sce.getServletContext().setAttribute("messages", messages);
             Executor messageExecutor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
             final Executor watcherExecutor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
             while(true)
              {

                 if(!messages.isEmpty())
                 {
                     System.out.println("notEmpty");
                    String message =  messages.poll();
                    messageExecutor.execute(new Runnable(){

                        @Override
                        public void run() {
                             for(final AsyncContext aCtx : watchers){
                                 watcherExecutor.execute(new Runnable(){

                                     @Override
                                        public void run() {
                                           try {
                                            aCtx.getResponse().getWriter().print("brrrrr");
                                        } catch (IOException e) {
                                            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                                            e.printStackTrace();
                                        }
                                     }
                                 });
                             }
                        }
                 });
              }
        }

    }
    }

When I'm starting my it's freezing during container initiation.
Nov 1, 2011 1:12:09 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/server:/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64:/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/../lib/amd64:/usr/java/packages/lib/amd64:/usr/lib/jni:/lib:/usr/lib
Nov 1, 2011 1:12:09 AM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule begin
WARNING: [SetPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Engine/Host/Context} Setting property 'source' to 'org.eclipse.jst.jee.server:Servlet3Comet' did not find a matching property.
Nov 1, 2011 1:12:09 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
Nov 1, 2011 1:12:09 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
Nov 1, 2011 1:12:09 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 624 ms
Nov 1, 2011 1:12:09 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Nov 1, 2011 1:12:09 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.22

It looks like public void contextInitialized function is not running asynchronously on background and is blocking further container initialization.
Why?
can anybody help me on this issue?

A: You are running while loop inside   contextInitialized()      method which is wrong.   contextInitialized()  is invoked by Servlet Container as part of the application startup, having while loop there will block your app start.
Modified the code such the ContextListener will start one daemon thread which publishes the messages to the watchers
@WebListener
public class ChatPushService implements ServletContextListener {

    @Override
    public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent sce) {
          final List<AsyncContext> watchers = new  ArrayList<AsyncContext>();
         sce.getServletContext().setAttribute("watchers", watchers);
          // store new messages not published yet
         Queue<String> messages = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<String>();
         sce.getServletContext().setAttribute("messages", messages);
         new chatManager(sce.getServletContext()).start(); //START DAEMON

      }
}
public class ChatManager implements Runnable
{
ServletContext servletCtx;
public ChatManager(ServletContext ctx)
{
     this.servletCtx = ctx;
}
public void run()
{
         List<AsyncContext> watchers = (List<AsyncContext>) servletCtx.getAttribute("watchers");
     Queue<String> messages = (Queue<String>)appScope.getAttribute("messages");
     Executor messageExecutor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
         final Executor watcherExecutor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
         while(true)
          {

             if(!messages.isEmpty())
             {
                 System.out.println("notEmpty");
                String message =  messages.poll();
                messageExecutor.execute(new Runnable(){

                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                         for(final AsyncContext aCtx : watchers){
                             watcherExecutor.execute(new Runnable(){

                                 @Override
                                    public void run() {
                                       try {
                                        aCtx.getResponse().getWriter().print("brrrrr");
                                    } catch (IOException e) {
                                        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                                        e.printStackTrace();
                                    }
                                 }
                             });
                         }
                    }
             });
          }
    }

}

}

A: I can't comment on Ramesh's code, so I have to place it here...
Since no thread wraps round the ChatManager runnable, I believe you should call run() on it and not start(). Also, quite obvious though, it should be new ChatManager()..not new chatManager()...account of Java been case-sensitive.

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Irish Women's Champion Lisa Maguire leads the field by four strokes following a sensational opening 66 and an equally impressive afternoon 73 at the 3 Irish Women's Open Strokeplay at Douglas Golf Club.
In blustery but dry conditions, Maguire opened her championship with two bogeys but five birdies over her next seven holes saw her turn three under par and a further five birdies over the front nine at Douglas saw her sign for a sensational morning round of seven under par and a four shot lead at lunchtime.
Maguire went on to coast around the 6149 yard course in level par in the afternoon to lead the field by four strokes with just 18 holes remaining.
Next best was Scotland's Jane Turner who battled the blustery conditions to return an impressive three under par 70 in the morning and a level par round in the afternoon sees her comfortably hold second place. Four shots further behind sees Lisa's twin sister Leona, after steady rounds of 73 and 74, who shares third place with England's Hannah Burke and Australian's Stacey Keating and Julia Boland.
In the team event, Ireland lead Scotland by 2 shots followed by Australia in third place, 5 shots further back.
The top forty players who survived today's 36 hole cut commence their final round at 8.30am on Sunday with the leaders teeing off at 10.50am. Spectators are welcome to come along to what surely must be Lisa Maguire's finest hour as she attempts to add the Irish Open Strokeplay title to her Irish Close Championship win in May and become Ireland's first winner since Martina Gillen's victory in 2006.
England's Lucy Goddard led from wire to wire to win the Irish Women's Open Amateur Strokeplay title by a stroke from Castletroy's Chloe Ryan at Douglas.
Curtis Cup star Breanne Loucks (Wales) fired a final round 73 to beat Scotland's Roseanne Niven by three strokes at the Irish Women's Open Strokeplay at Elm Park Golf Club, 28 June 2008.


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Car club of the month – Westfield Sports Car Club
In the first of a series we'll be running throughout 2017, A-Plan Specialist are highlighting some of the car clubs that have been making waves in their specialist areas – kicking things off with the kit car scene A-Plan Specialist are delighted to support the Westfield Sports Car Club.
The Westfield Sports Car Club has been serving the interests of individual members for 30 years and has grown in size and strength considerably during this time.
Picture credit: Nic Chase
The club provides numerous opportunities for all members to get involved on a local and national level, with meetings and events arranged throughout the year to suit a wide range of interests.
The club was founded by David Clarke in 1986 after he took delivery of his first production Westfield 7SE. David's desire and passion for everything Westfield grew the club into what it is today.
The club have accomplished a lot over the past 30 years, from the first written black and white club Newspaper, to now a full-colour magazine publication.
Picture credit: Roy Higginson
WSCC run the extremely popular speed series, which is a national sprint and hillclimb racing championship for members, held throughout the year at several different venues across the country.
Picture credit: Peter Osborne
2016 was a special year for the Westfield Sports Car Club as the club were invited to celebrate their 30th Anniversary at Silverstone Classic.
The Club had the most perfect spot next to the Wellington Straight, every Westfield was aligned strikingly against the fence overlooking the track. The parade lap wasn't until the late afternoon, which meant plenty of time for the members to soak up the buzzing atmosphere, catch up with old friends and revel in the world of classic motors.
The whole weekend was such a success the club have been invited to go back again this summer. This year, Silverstone Classic will run from Friday 28th July to Sunday 30th July, I'm sure it will be even bigger and better than previous years! Sadly there will be no parade lap from the Westfields, they most certainly made their mark on the track last year, lots of big grins, honking and revving fuelled by cheering from the crowds.
The club have only grown in strength and size, and will continue to do so, from track days, car shows, monthly club meets, European trips and coast runs.
A-Plan Insurance Specialist have been working with the club for eight years and over this time have developed a fantastic relationship providing the right cover for these specialist vehicles. We were very privileged to be invited to share the celebrations at Silverstone and at the National Kit Car Show at Stoneleigh Park.
We know the one thing that will never change is the passion and love and the Westfield Car club share with each other. We look forward to partnering with the club for many more years to come!
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Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa died on December 5 due to a sudden cardiac arrest.(PTI File Photo)
Jayalalithaa died after being pushed: 10 allegations levelled by AIADMK leader
Senior AIADMK leader PH Pandian on Tuesday raised doubts over the circumstances surrounding J Jayalalithaa's death, terming them mysterious, and called for an investigation.
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chennai
UPDATED ON FEB 14, 2017 07:14 AM IST
Senior AIADMK leader PH Pandian on Tuesday raised doubts over the circumstances surrounding J Jayalalithaa's death, terming them mysterious, and called for an investigation. The former Speaker of the Tamil Nadu assembly also hit out at chief minister-designate VK Sasikala, saying the late CM had told him she didn't want Sasikala to take charge of the state.
Here are the 10 most important things the veteran MLA said:
1. Jaya was pushed
Pandian alleged Jayalalithaa was pushed and fell over on September 22 after an argument with someone at her residence at Poes Garden in Chennai. The late leader, who Pandian claimed was depressed, was taken to Apollo Hospital to cover it up.
2. Her death was unnatural
While doctors, including London specialist Dr Richard Beale, on Monday said Jayalalithaa had died after a sudden cardiac arrest, Pandian claimed that the late leader's death was unnatural, and hinted at the possibility of poisoning. The AIADMK leader also called for an investigation into her death as well as a probe into all the people present at Poes Garden on September 22.
3. Sketchy treatment details
Pandian said that none of the AIADMK leaders knew about Jayalalithaa's health condition and what medical treatment she was receiving throughout her 75-day hospitalisation. The hospital had on Monday told the media that a team, including Sasikala and AIADMK leader Thambidurai, were given a daily briefing about the treatment.
4. Sasikala did not cry
When AIADMK leaders entered Apollo Hospital on December 5, after learning that Jayalalithaa had suffered a cardiac arrest, Pandian alleged that neither Sasikala nor her family seemed affected by the 68-year-old's death.
5. Sasikala and Co at funeral
Pandian said the entire party leadership was shocked to see members of Sasikala's family, called the "Mannargudi Mafia" by detractors, crowd Jayalalithaa's body at Rajaji Hall, and take over the funeral proceedings.
6. Jaya didn't want Sasikala to be CM
Manoj Pandian, the MLA's son who is a former AIADMK MLA, said the late leader told him that she did not want Sasikala to be chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
7. Sasikala has no mandate
Manoj Pandian said Sasikala's appointment as party general secretary and leader of the Legislative Party were illegal as she had not been elected. His father, meanwhile, said that Jayalalithaa's confidante was "unfit to be chief minister."
8. No support for Sasikala
Both leaders insisted that there was no support for Sasikala from the party functionaries or cadres.
9. For the people
Pandian said Jayalalithaa, on her return from jail in 1996, declared to the party functionaries that all her belongings should go to the people. "She told me that I must see to it. I have a duty to fulfill her wish after her demise," he said.
10. Future plans
The two said they would announce their future plans on February 24, Jayalalithaa's birth anniversary. Deepa Jayakumar, the late leader's niece, had earlier announced that she too would announce her political party on that day.
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My dogs, like all dogs, hate to take baths.
Our dogs--Dexter and Chloe, are both dachshunds, Dex being short-haired and Chloe long-haired. They are generally decent enough dogs, sanitation-wise, if we willfully don't count bad breath. (A yawning dachshund would turn even the stoutest ISIS soldier). Chloe doesn't like to do her business outside when it rains (and sometimes even when it doesn't) and that causes some olfactory concerns once in a while. Regardless, they, like all dogs, get a little ripe after a while, and so must be bathed on a fairly regular basis.
Chloe is relatively calm. Oh, she hates it, but after a few moments of anger she settles in, knowing the less she resists the sooner it will be over. When she was younger, she would willingly try and rinse herself off under the faucet, but has since wised up and decided that I have to do all the work. Dachshunds are nothing if not lazy.
Dexter, however, is a huge ball of anxiety. He has some latent skin issues, and so has to be bathed a little more often, but he can't handle it. He has no idea how to process the fact that he is getting scrubbed with soap and water--and, now, with some medicated shampoo that has to sit for ten minutes or so. He haaaates it. Maybe not hates--he just grouses and fusses and stomps until it's all over. This was manageable for a while, but then he decided that that was not enough and started to protest by taking a sudden dump mid-bath. He would then look at me accusingly, as if there's any among us who hasn't defecated in the shower once in our lives. Thankfully, he has grown out of that phase and has gone back to protesting via high-pitched whining.
They both then have this ritual. They hate getting dried off, so I have to rub them down the best I can, wrap them up like a burrito, and then let them loose, where they spend the next six hours flapping their ears and shaking their bodies as if they just got out of the Iranian embassy.
And then they fall asleep, because they are lazy, easily tired dogs. Just as good dachshunds should be.


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Here are samples from the photo shoot for the new Spectral Visions blog. The article by Jenah College is What Makes Goth Girls Gorgeous? Beautiful Spectral Visionaries are the canvas for Jenah's artistry. The blog article examines the lure of the Gothic lady. For me, this was a great chance to further chart the realm of portrait photography. With the new Canon, the Sigma Art Lens, a few cheap LED lights and a bit of black curtain, I sought to put into practice some of this year's study material. Click on an image to enlarge or arrow key to move through the gallery when open.


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Het seizoen 2013/14 was het 117e jaar in het bestaan van de voetbalclub Heart of Midlothian FC uit Edinburgh. De club kwam uit in de Scottish Premiership 13/14. Verder nam de club deel aan de toernooien om de Scottish League Cup en de Scottish Cup.

Vanwege grote financiële problemen moest Heart of Midlothian het seizoen 2013-2014 beginnen met vijftien strafpunten. Dat besliste de Schotse Premier League. Eerder werd de club al onder curatele geplaatst en werd een transferverbod afgekondigd. Volgens de Schotse pers worstelde Hearts met een schuldenlast van 25 miljoen pond, omgerekend ongeveer 30 miljoen euro. Om die schulden af te betalen, zette het bestuur eerder al de hele selectie op de transferlijst. De in 1874 opgerichte club eindigde vorig seizoen (2012-2013) op de tiende plaats in de competitie, de slechtste prestatie in dertig jaar.

Selectie

Transfers

Zomer

Vertrokken
  Darren Barr (→  Kilmarnock FC)
  Danny Grainger; Naar  St. Mirren FC
  Mark Keegan
  Marcus McMillan; Naar  Airdrieonians FC
  Fraser Mullen; Naar  Hibernian FC
  Michael Ngoo; Was gehuurd van  Liverpool FC, komt nu op huurbasis uit voor  Yeovil Town FC
  Arvydas Novikovas; Naar  Erzgebirge Aue
  Denis Prychynenko; Naar  FC Sebastopol
  George Scott
  Gordon Smith; Naar  Raith Rovers FC
  John Sutton; Naar  Motherwell FC
  Mehdi Taouil; Naar  Sivasspor
  Andy Webster; Naar  Coventry City FC
  Marius Žaliūkas; Naar  Leeds United AFC

Aangetrokken
  Danny Wilson; werd al een half jaar gehuurd van  Liverpool FC

Winter

Vertrokken
  Adam King; Naar  Swansea City AFC

Aangetrokken
  Paul McCallum; Van  West Ham United FC op huurbasis

Scottish Premiership

Wedstrijden

Eindstand

Toeschouwers

Scottish FA Cup

Wedstrijden

Scottish League Cup

Wedstrijden

Heart of Midlothian FC naar seizoen
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Rhapsody in Ass Major – Chapter 46
Title: Rhapsody in Ass Major – Chapter 46
Co-Conspirator: MaverikLoki
Fandom: Dragon Age
Characters: Artemis Hawke ♂, Leandra Amell ♀, Carver Hawke ♂, Anders ♂, Fenris ♂, Isabela ♀
Rating: G- (L1 N0 S0 V0 D0)
Warnings: Fenris contemplates violence, there are no earthquakes
Notes: Artemis moves in with Fenris. You may now cheer. Anders spots the problem.
Books. When had Artemis gotten so many books? It all went into the crate, stacked in largest to smallest. A few tomes on Fereldan history, Chantry Law… some fuckawful smut in Isabela's handwriting. When had she sneaked that in there?
"Oh Artie, an elf? What will the neighbours say?"
Artemis gave his mother a flat look as he hefted the crate and dropped it in the hall next to the one with his clothes. "Oh mum, an apostate? What will the neighbours say?" Artemis ducked back into his room, gathering together what was left of the bits and pieces of his life.
Leandra smiled, expression softening as she stopped him with a hand on his cheek, thumb smoothing along the scruff there. Her skin was ghost-pale against his. "Oh dear," she sighed. "I sound like my mother, don't I?"
Artie patted her hand on his cheek and grinned. "At least I'm only running off down the street," he said. "And if he gets me pregnant, I'll be sure to write."
Leandra tutted and made a face, dropping her hand. "Oh, Artemis, really."
"You're fretting again. You know I always tease you when you fret."
"Just like your father," she sighed. She surveyed his quickly-emptying room, the bare shelves and wardrobe. The impeccably made bed. "I will miss you, you know."
"Even though you have servants now to clean up after Cormac?"
"The same servants who should be helping you with all this?"
Artemis gave her a pained look, which she waved away with a sigh.
"Yes, yes, I know. They wouldn't do it 'right'." Leandra's eyes were soft again, and Artemis wished he knew how to make her not worry. "Well, at least I don't have to worry about all that tunnelling disrupting the foundations of your new house," she said. "They must have finished. I haven't felt any earthquakes in a while."
Artie grabbed up the Heart of the Many from where it sat on the dresser, thumb smoothing over the gem as he slipped it on.
"Yes," Artemis said, smile slipping, "…they must have." He busied himself over the next empty crate.
They'd spent the afternoon throwing Tal-Vashoth off the cliffs, along the coast, and there was finally enough open coastline to pitch camp, without worrying they'd get overrun by horn-heads while they slept. Carver attempted to pitch his tent as far from the rest of them as possible. Where had his brothers found these assholes, and how had he gotten stuck with the lot of them, for the weekend? It was something he'd asked himself increasingly often, as the years wore on, and he'd never really found a suitable answer.
Anders had been gathering driftwood, to start a fire, and Fenris stared pensively into the darkness, as he tended to do. The next load of wood clattered onto the pile, and Anders finally said something regrettable, as everyone knew he would, eventually.
"So, I hear Artie actually moved in," he said to Fenris. "How's the old place holding up, now that you've got shakes and quakes sharing your bed every night?"
Isabela peered unsubtly over the top of her book, watching them. She'd meant to wait for the fire to get going, before she started in on Carver, but this looked like even more fun than what she had planned.
Fenris's foul mood turned fouler, and he gave the abomination a look that told him his murder was imminent if he kept talking. "The house is fine," he said coldly. He could feel Isabela staring at him but ignored her. "The house is undisturbed. By the shaking. Which there is."
There wasn't. No shaking, none of the… activity that led to shaking. He turned his brooding stare elsewhere. He didn't want to discuss this, not over a campfire, and not with the abomination.
Anders's eyebrows crawled up, and he gave Fenris a speculative look.
Carver groaned. "Not that I want to hear about this at all, but it sounds preposterously stupid. Artemis barely even shakes the dishes, at home. Why would this endanger a house?"
"Because your house doesn't have mildew in the load-bearing walls," Anders pointed out. "Or mushrooms growing out of the bloodstains in the under-flooring. I'd think he'd have at least knocked over a piece of furniture, by now."
Fenris surged to his feet, fists clenched at his side to keep from doing something he'd regret. Something that would likely put him in the campfire again, and that was an experience he'd rather not repeat. "I do not wish to discuss this, mage," he said, ears twitching in agitation. He didn't need a reminder that Anders knew that part of Artemis, knew it better than Fenris did — or would, at this rate.
"Ooh, somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning," said Isabela. "Or is that because Artie capsized it?"
"There has been no capsizing! Of beds or any other furniture!" Fenris snapped.
Anders's eyebrows arced up. Fenris should have been smug. Self-satisfied and gloating, not angry. Something wasn't right, here. He looked as Isabela for confirmation. Did she see it, too?
Isabela nodded, from behind Fenris, eyes wide. She pointed at him and turned her thumb down, quickly picking up a nearby bottle, when Fenris suddenly turned around.
"Ah, Fenris? Step away from the fire with me, for a minute, so neither of us ends up in it. I'm pretty sure you're going to hit me, and Cormac's not here to step in front of it. I'm also pretty sure you don't want the next thing out of my mouth to happen with an audience." Anders checked himself for weapons, anything that could be used against him. Fenris's fist would probably be enough, really, but there was no sense in providing convenient stabbing implements, if he didn't have to.
Fenris glared at the abomination, but he followed. As loath as he was to talk to Anders, as least this way he was in strangling range. Heart-strangling, if he ended up being extra irksome.
"What?" he growled. It was colder over here, away from the fire, and he folded his arms against the sea breeze. "I told you I did not wish to discuss this."
Back at the camp, Isabela tore a page from her book and rolled it into a cone, placing it to her ear and angling it their way.
"Then don't discuss it. Just listen to me." Anders rubbed his face and looked out over the water. "It wasn't about me. I was just there, and I stopped saying no. And given all the ways that could have gone, you and I should both be very glad that was only me."
He looked back at Fenris. "And I'm getting the feeling that things are not going as well as you say they are. You're not rubbing my face in it, and he's been looking twitchy as all get-out. More than usual. You know it's going to happen, and you need to tell him it's okay. You've made it clear to all of us how poorly you regard magic, and he's… touchy about this. I am a mage, and he was worried about it with me. He's probably terrified you'll leave him again, if he knocks over a bookcase. And really, if you're going to do that? Tell him anyway. Better he should know what he's in for. Just remember he's crazy about you. The number of times I heard him swallow your name…"
"I wouldn't…" Fenris sputtered. Leave Artie? Over that? "I know he's a mage, and I know that that happens. Why would he think I would leave him for that?"
Except that Anders had just said why, and, as much as he hated to admit it, he was right. Fenris ran a gauntleted hand through his hair, not caring if it snagged, as he stepped away to pace in a small circle. He pictured the look on Artemis's face the last time they'd kissed, the flash of panic when Fenris's hands had slid down the back of his trousers.
"Venhedis," he murmured, finally coming to a stop with his back to the mage. "I am a fool."
"Look, I'm probably going to regret saying this, but if something's not right, come talk to me or Cormac. We both want Artie to be happy, and Cormac would even like it if you were happy, and we've both spent more time with Artie than you have. That's not an accusation, it's just a fact. And until you figure him out, he's a little difficult. But, he's worth the trouble. I promise you that." Anders folded his arms stuffing them up the opposite sleeves, for warmth. "Just don't hurt him because you're too damned stubborn to ask."
Fenris grunted something non-committal, staring down at the sand at his feet. He curled his toes into the sand as he considered this. The thought of asking Anders — or even Cormac — for help in this sounded abhorrent, but for Artemis? Fenris suspected he'd do anything for Artemis, as frightening as that thought was.
"I will ask," he decided, "as long as you don't pry."
Anders smiled. He knew that was Broody Elf for 'thank you'.
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