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Drinking society culture
Grudgebridge must be more constructive in its crusade against drinking societies
A Pitt Club member applauds the intentions of Grudgebridge, but calls for a more substantial effort to reform drinking society culture
A Caesarian Sunday reveller flies the University flagLouis Ashworth
by Anonymous student
Monday May 14 2018, 1:27pm
Grudgebridge has initiated a vital and commendable movement. Calling out racism, misogyny, classism, homophobia, transphobia, and all other discrimination whether it be physical, verbal, or implied is of the utmost importance. Having been a victim of one of these discriminatory instances of abuse at school, I agree that there are few experiences more distressing.
A lot of the stories posted on Grudgebridge are about sexual assault and non-consent. Sexual assault at Cambridge has severely damaged at least two of my best friends' lives. I would give everything to turn back the clock so that they never experienced what they did. However, while this is impossible, preventing others from having the same experience is achievable.
By attacking drinking societies, we are only fighting the symptoms
If Grudgebridge wishes to be genuinely successful in eliminating these problems at Cambridge, we must think and act smarter than taking the approach of simply attacking drinking societies. We must re-calibrate our methods so that we focus on defeating the specific, horrendous issues themselves, rather than targeting a totem (University societies) that is in some cases – but by no means entirely – responsible for instances of abuse. The mission to eviscerate sexual assault and discriminatory behaviour is essential. Blindly aiming at drinking societies will be detrimental to the cause in two ways.
First, Grudgebridge will alienate many, if not most, decent compassionate individuals in these drinking societies by tarring them with the same brush that is attempting to call out rightly the hooligans, the generally unpleasant, and those who have committed awful sexual misconduct. Those within drinking societies are the ones who have the power to reform effectively from the inside.
I thus cannot see the value in forcing them into the position of an enemy, or of alienating them altogether. While the elimination of drinking societies may be the aim, it is more important and achievable first to improve and change the cultures of these societies. If we can change the culture, the societies may one day dissipate on their own accord, without going underground. Better yet, they could become inclusive, friendly spaces for students to bond and let off steam with other members of their college.
Most drinking society members care just as strongly about defeating these blights in society as you do
Secondly, by asking that people write to Grudgebridge with their stories and experiences that are specific to drinking societies, the scope is reduced for the reporting of physical and verbal abuse outside of this domain. Instead, Grudgebridge should become a platform for exposing all abhorrent behaviour.
If Grudgebridge genuinely wishes to be successful in its purported aims, there are (at least) two constructive things that could be done.
Orchestrating the signing of a charter for drinking societies with a promise to eliminate poor behaviour could be helpful. Grudgebridge could help to organise this, or perhaps work with CUSU or Cambridge for Consent – or maybe even a new campaign. This process could include, for example, programmes that societies could commit to engaging with, such as attending consent workshops. Additionally, societies could introduce one-strike-and-out policies against members of societies that break an instated set of rules or charter.
Last year, there was a campaign in Cambridge to get societies to take photos of themselves in support of defeating harassment. The problem with this was that societies were scared that a picture could be used against them for some potentially unfavourable purpose. Instead, I suggest that a new charter (perhaps titled the 'Grudgebridge Against Discrimination and Assault Charter') would help to commit societies to changing. I can foresee that such charters might not be universally embraced by societies or their members. Thus, if a society does not take the carrot, Grudgebridge can act as the stick: that is to say, it can publicly name, shame, and scrutinise them.
Secondly, Grudgebridge should publicly support and seek to work with 'Breaking the Silence' to reform Cambridge's disciplinary procedure for sexual assault and harassment. Currently, Cambridge judges sexual assault and harassment on a 'beyond reasonable doubt' standard of proof, rather than 'balance of probability'. This campaign is being tirelessly fought by many inspiring individuals. However, using Grudgebridge's popular platform would gain a lot of traction and momentum behind the campaign from those who follow or 'like' Grudgebridge on Facebook, and who likely agree with the campaign goals of 'Breaking the Silence', but are not aware of how to get involved. This could be a good way to mobilise students to create real change. Grudgebridge could also thus help influence response to the Office of Student Conduct, Complaints and Appeals who are currently consulting fellows and students on how best to reform the university disciplinary system.
Grudgebridge launches crusade against Cambridge drinking societies
These are just ideas to be considered, but it is for Grudgebridge to initiate the discussion and guide the campaign. I am a member of both my college drinking society and the Pitt Club. I feel I am in a strong position to argue that if you reach across the aisle, if you refrain from making alienating black-and-white claims about what sort of people are in these societies, then you will very likely feel a warm embrace from your current opposition. In my experiences – though I certainly do not deny that there are some abhorrent individuals within drinking societies – most students and society members care just as strongly about defeating these blights in society as you do.
If Cambridge is to wipe out these problems, we must aim for the substance of the problems, not the symbol. By attacking drinking societies, we are only fighting the symptoms. The point is to fight the disease. Alternatively, if Grudgebridge does not adjust its aims and methods it will simply divide and radicalise.
If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this article, the following organisations provide support and resources:
Breaking the Silence: the University's campaign against harassment and sexual misconduct (includes reporting mechanisms).
Cambridge for Consent: a student-run campaign to promote consent.
Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre: a charity for female victims of sexual violence.
Cambridge Nightline: a confidential night-time listening service.
Students' Unions' Advice Service: the University's confidential, independent and impartial advice service.


The Connecticut General Assembly is just days away from its deadline to finish its work. Yet we still do not have a state budget for the next two years.
In February, I proposed a two-year budget that would cut state spending, consolidate or merge dozens of state agencies, maintain state aid to cities and towns so burdens would not fall on property taxpayers and give municipalities much-needed relief from costly state mandates — all without raising taxes.
Tax increases, I said, would be the worst thing we could do in the middle of a national recession.
Connecticut's economy has been terribly battered by this recession. Thousands of families — thousands of lives — have been disrupted by job losses, foreclosures, Wall Street turmoil and lingering uncertainty. Employers, many of them mainstays of Connecticut's economy, have been forced to lay off dedicated workers.
Since I released my recommended budget, the economic picture has only gotten darker. We've lost 18,100 jobs, seen more than 4,000 businesses shut their doors and more than 7,500 families lose their home to foreclosure.
And still — four months later — we have no budget. The legislature has not even held a vote on a budget.
Because of the recession, we face enormous deficits for the next two fiscal years, as well as a persistent deficit this year ending June 30. I've been working with lawmakers on a new budget for several weeks — but it has become increasingly clear that some simply do not have the will to make the spending cuts we need to close those budget gaps without raising taxes.
So this past week I took the unusual step of offering another budget that, once again, contains no tax increases.
Like my February budget, this proposal makes deep and painful spending cuts — none I relished making. But Connecticut families are counting on their elected leaders to make those cuts and to finish their business on time.
This proposal preserves municipal aid so that tax increases are not passed on to local property taxpayers, merges and consolidates agencies to make state government smaller and more efficient.
And most importantly, it's in line with what the people of our state can afford — no tax increases and reduces spending.
The bloat of bureaucracy is no more affordable now than when I first spoke of it in February. Families have not stopped struggling since February. The underlying truths of our economy have not changed: Connecticut residents and businesses cannot afford massive tax increases.
Nearby states such as New York and New Jersey are raising income taxes while Massachusetts is raising its sales tax. The top income tax rates in New York and New Jersey are now 8.97 percent (in New York City it's an astonishing 12.62 percent!), while the top bracket in Rhode Island is 9.9 percent.
Connecticut's top rate is 5 percent.
Holding the line on taxes and making the tough decisions now, we can make Connecticut a beacon of opportunity — infinitely more affordable for business and infinitely more appealing for investment.
Job creation will climb as more companies move to, or grow in a business-friendly Connecticut. We can reverse the "brain drain," keeping our young college graduates in good-paying jobs here. Our housing market will rebound as those graduates and people attracted to our state seek new places to live.
This is not economic theory, it's economic fact.
Frankly, tax increases are the easy choice. All they do is "feed the beast," and two years later the beast is hungry again — and a little bit larger. Now is the time to make the difficult decisions.
I'm not looking for a battle, but I am willing to fight one because it's a battle worth fighting.
Connecticut citizens are always worth fighting for. Please join me by urging your lawmaker to make the difficult but necessary choices, and pass a budget that contains no tax increases.
M. Jodi Rell is the governor of Connecticut.


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Cottage Industry: Polish eatery boasts new décor and creative cocktails
Robert Stawicki owns Polish Cottage, located at 4520 E. Broadway Boulevard in the Midstar Plaza. (Cottage Industry/Submitted)
By Valerie Vinyard
After a decade in business, Polish Cottage has a fresh look, daily specials and a revamped drink menu.
The cozy midtown restaurant closed for part of July for a facelift and additions to its drink menu, to install booths, a bar and new wood flooring. The restaurant reopened July 26 with a bit more capacity, from 48 to 52. The brighter color scheme and new lighting also have resulted in a more bright and open space.
"We tried to refresh everything, to be more friendly," says Polish Cottage's owner, Robert Stawicki. "My wife had a vision."
Agnieszka Stawicka modestly describes what she did to reimagine the pace.
"I'm a little artistic," she says. "I did those paper cutouts."
After a decade, Stawicka says it was time to change things.
"We decided to refresh, but we also kept some of the old decorations," she says. "We decided to do the lighter colors on the walls."
Customers seem to be happy with the revamped space.
"I think it's more airy and lighter than before," says Anna Clayton, a 42-year-old electrical engineer in Tucson. "I've visited Poland twice, and it feels like I'm in Poland again when I eat here."
Polish Cottage opened in September 2011, 10 years after the owners moved to Tucson from Warsaw. They brought recipes that have been in the family for generations.
While diners take advantage of specials and enjoy traditional fare and friendly service, Polish music plays in the background. Happy hour takes place from 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays to Fridays and feature $2 off appetizers and specialty drinks; $3.50 16-ounce Polish beer bottles; and $7 house wines by the glass. A late-night menu is from 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and features half-priced bottles of wine. And on Sundays, enjoy $5 mimosas all day.
From 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, buy a bottle of wine and get a dozen free pierogi. On Wednesdays, purchase one order of pierogi and get a second order for half-price.
People tend to think of hearty dishes of meats, pierogi and stuffed cabbage when it comes to Polish food. While that is true, Polish Cottage's menu also features sandwiches, soups, starters and desserts.
The pierogi are filled with potatoes and cheese, beef, sauerkraut and mushrooms, or sweet farmer's cheese ($11.49 for eight pieces; $13.95 for 10 pieces; $16.20 for 12 pieces).
Diners who can't decide can opt for the Polish combo plate ($23.95 for one; $45.50 for two) or the vegetarian polish combo plate ($17.50).
Manager Aleks Stawicka, 22, has managed Polish Cottage for her parents for about three years.
"It's very homey food," she says. "A lot of it is stews and sausages. I think for a lot of people it reminds them of home or their family's cooking. It provides something unique and special."
While they replaced the wine list with 15 new offerings and added three beer taps with craft selections, she said they left the food menu unchanged.
"That's what makes us really unique and special," Stawicka says. "We have a lot of new diners that are coming in. Our regulars are super excited. A lot of people have been enjoying our new cocktails."
She says the most popular cocktail is the black currant cosmo ($10) with the Polish liqueur Nalewka Babuni, vodka, lime juice and simple syrup.
Don't let the sound of pickle soup ($5.40 a cup; $6.50 a bowl) dissuade you from trying it. It's a sour but delightful riot of flavors.
Sandwiches include a Polish kielbasa sandwich ($12.95); a classic Reuben sandwich ($9.95); and a mushroom Swiss burger ($14.95).
We tried a starter of beef stew with French fries ($9.95), which was a smaller but still filling dish with tender beef and veggies.
The pork and rice stuffed cabbage ($10.95 for one roll; $18.95 for two) is a more delicate, flavorful but still filling dish that's topped with tomato sauce. It comes with a choice of side, such as fried or mashed potatoes, fries, cucumber salad, applesauce, pickled cucumber or a side salad.
Desserts include Polish mainstays as Kolaczki ($7.90 a box), which are traditional Polish cookies made with a cream cheese cookie base and filled with sweet jam; crepes ($9.95 full order; $6.50 half); and sweet pierogi dessert ($7.50).
To end a fantastic meal, Stawicka suggested ordering the Polish apple cake called szarlotka ($7.50), which has crumble on the top and bottom and apple slices, cinnamon and applesauce in the center.
"It's a very light dessert," she said. "It's not too sweet; it's not overpowering."
Polish Cottage
4520 E. Broadway, Tucson
520-777-5407, polishcottageaz.com
11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays to Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; closed Mondays
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Disabled Afghanistan veteran sets Guinness World Record for deadlift
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Martin Tye, a veteran who was medically discharged after a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb adjacent to Tye's vehicle, set the seated deadlift world record on May 6, lifting 1,113 pounds, 5 ounces. (Guinness Book of World Records)
Martin Tye was a lance corporal in the British Army in 2009 when a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle in the back of Tye's Humvee.
The subsequent explosion left Tye with no feeling from the knees down, and inflicted significant damage to his shoulder and lungs.
Ten years later, Tye has undergone 20 surgeries — on one knee alone — he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, and has had metalwork inserted in his legs and shoulder.
Still, Tye shows no signs of regret about his service — in both Iraq and Afghanistan — or the attack that changed his life forever.
"It was a war zone, we knew what we were going into, and it was the day before the elections so we were preempting something anyway," he told the Guiness Book of World Records.
"The day before we had a suicide bomber on the front gate. Then we went out on a pretty routine patrol, we were in a convoy — I was commander of my vehicle. We drove around the corner and a suicide bomber drove into the back of my vehicle and detonated."
The time that followed his injury tested Tye's mental fortitude, a valley he was mired in until getting into power lifting.
"Before that I wasn't really engaging with anything, I didn't want to know, sat in the house all day," he said. "Since I found sport, and particularly disabled strongman, the confidence has come back."
Confidence is key, but pure strength is another thing entirely, and that's something Tye has plenty of.
That much was evident on May 6 — a full 10 years after the attack — when Tye set a world record for the heaviest seated deadlift of 1,113 pounds, 5 ounces, the Guinness Book of World Records announced.
Now into his third year of disabled strongman events, Tye has flourished in a number of lifting categories, but getting over the mental hump in the wake of his injuries proved to be one of the most difficult obstacles he faced.
That's where his partner Beckie Ingram came in, signing him up for the Invictus Games years ago without his knowledge after one night, while watching the games on TV, hearing Tye claim he could do it.
"Mentally when I first met him he was pretty withdrawn and had no confidence whatsoever," Ingram told Guinness. "I knew he'd never apply himself. So I sat in work one day, sent an email and applied for him to be a part of the team."
Ingram then broke the news to Tye about her behind-the-scenes support — over the phone, however, because she was "too scared to go home and tell him."
The nervousness was unwarranted, though, as Tye was happy for the unexpected nudge, thriving ever since in a variety of weightlifting events and sports.
Setting the seated deadlifting world record, however, was new territory that necessitated an other-worldly training regimen — and an 8,000 calorie-a-day diet.
"People will think it sounds really good but it really is a lot of food, sometimes you have to force feed," Tye told Guinness.
"But as a strongman I get to eat nicer meals than bodybuilders. One of my meals is half a (family) cheesecake."
And the cake paid off, with Tye holding the colossal weight for a few seconds to cement his name in the record books.
"People said it looked easy — believe me, it wasn't," Tye said. "My back's sore, emotionally I'm a bit drained but I'm over the moon with the outcome."
Eddie Hall, who once achieved the heaviest Strongman deadlift at a weight of 500 kg (approximately 1,102 pounds), called doing so "one of the most dangerous things I've ever done."
But danger has seldom, if ever, deterred Tye, and with one world record now under his belt, the strongman is already setting his sights on what comes next.
"I know I've not hit my potential yet, there's still more in there and hopefully when I unlock that I'll go on to lift an even bigger weight," he said.
"I want to show the world what disabled people can do. Okay, we do it in a different way but that doesn't mean we're weaker."
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The weakest spot of the Sony NEX system is the rather limited amount of lenses. Released in latest 2011 the Sony E 30mm f/3.5 macro was the fourth lens (type) for the system. At the time the community was fairly surprised about the specs - a slow speed and rather "wide" macro lenses is certainly not a priority for a new system. Anyway, macro lenses tend to be pretty good so this may be something to get excited about ... hopefully.
The build quality of the Sony lens is excellent: it is based on a metal lens body and a metal focus ring. The front element does not rotate and the physical length remains constant regardless of the focus setting. A small but efficient lens hood is supplied - regarding its size and design it can be left attached to the lens in all situations including storage.
The AF performance is pretty good for a contrast detection system (albeit highly dependent on the base camera). AF operations are basically noiseless. Manual focusing works "by wire" so the focus ring is not directly coupled to the focus gears but to the AF motor. DMF ("Direct Manual Focusing" in Single Shot AF mode) is supported.


Kendrick Lamar appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show for his first performance on daytime television. He delivered an amazing performance of "These Walls" as the performance featured stepping, art in action, and some impassioned verses from Kendrick. This dude is on fire. If you haven't heard To Pimp A Butterfly yet, please do so and then check out my review here. Enjoy.


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Created by Mojang, a games studio based in Sweden, Minecraft is described as a "sandbox video game", allowing the player to choose what, when and how they want to approach the available choices in content. Activities in the game include building, exploration, resource gathering, crafting and combat. Source: minecraft.net.
Step into Jessica Maloughney's (BEd'11) Grade 2 classroom at St. Patrick's Community School in Red Deer, Alta., and you may be reminded of a six-year-old's bedroom. Minecraft posters decorate the walls, Lego figurines are tucked around the classroom, and collections of Star Wars and Frozen books populate the bookshelf.
These aren't just classroom accessories. They're part of Maloughney's teaching practice. When she teaches her 18 students about math, for example, she might get them to channel their "inner Kanye" with backwards caps, spouting rhymes about numbers as "Math Rappers."
"The basic foundation of my job as a teacher is communication," says Maloughney. "To communicate with a student, you need to meet them where they are. They aren't going to come up to your level at age six to meet you. You need to enter their world."
Bringing 'home' into the classroom
For Maloughney, entering the world of her students means engaging with a wide variety of realities. More than half of her students speak English as a second language, and three are absolutely new to to the language. Many of the children are from low-income families and live in a variety of home situations. They have different medical concerns and a range of behavioural disorders.
Maloughney says integrating popular media her students enjoy into her classroom is one of the best tools she has available to connect with them and help them tackle challenging circumstances.
"The classroom is their home away from home," she says. "For some of them, this is the most stable place that they know, and seeing things that they choose or enjoy, it makes them feel more welcome in our 'classroom-home.'"
Jason Wallin, a professor in the University of Alberta's Department of Secondary Education who studies media and youth culture in curriculum, agrees that breaking down the walls between a student's school life and life outside the classroom should be a major focus for teachers. When a teacher considers education as existing in a different sphere from the lives of students, students can feel alienated.
"We take this really important youth identity component that's developed outside of school, and we largely divorce that from the classroom where we have more formal curriculum concerns," says Wallin. "When a teacher begins to break down the false dichotomy between the informal curriculum of popular culture and the formal curriculum of the school, you're dis-alienating the students from those identity constructs that they form elsewhere, and they can bring them into the classroom itself."
The language of pop culture
One major potential source of alienation that concerns Maloughney is the language barrier faced by her English language-learning students. When she started integrating popular kid-friendly movies, video games and fictional characters into her teaching, she saw a marked improvement with these students.
"It's a scary thing to come to a new country and sit in a classroom where you are just meeting the other kids and you don't know the language," she says. "It's amazing to see these kids who have been in Canada for a month who can't tell you the names of basic objects in the classroom, but they can quote things from The Lego Movie. When you see their faces when they recognize something, it's special."
Lydia Menna, a language and literacy professor in the Department of Elementary Education, is not surprised that Maloughney's English language-learning students pick up television, game or movie references in English more quickly than they do some of the formal curriculum. Teachers need to provide multiple entry points into literacy learning so students can see themselves as readers and writers, Menna says.
"That whole idea of connecting with students' interests—diverse literacy practices and cultural experiences can make for more meaningful learning," explains Menna. "As a learner, often your most memorable learning experiences are the ones that connect to something that you are interested in."
Bringing popular stories and characters into the classroom also makes social interaction with English speakers easier for the English language learners.
"For them, being able to gauge what their classmates are interested in and realize that it's the same things they enjoy, it gives them a starting point," Maloughney says. "It also gives them more language, since they might know the references in their language, but not necessarily in English. Hearing the reference in English helps them pick up the words for concepts they already know."
Flipping the teacher-student hierarchy
All young learners can benefit when the popular culture they draw from to construct their identities outside the classroom is treated as valid curriculum content by educators, says Wallin.
"It's important as educators that we attend to this complex life-world of students outside of the school and say 'This matters and is deeply relevant to what we should be doing in the classroom," he explains.
Maloughney agrees. "Kids are so much more 'with it' than people give them credit for. At six years old, a lot of them already understand that the adults in their lives don't want to hear about how they got to the next level in Minecraft, or how they drew a picture of Iron Man because he's their favourite Avenger. It's sad. But if you give them the opportunity to talk about things that they are passionate about, they are over the moon."
When teachers take their students' interests more seriously, it also presents the opportunity for teachable moments where students can start questioning their consumption of media and develop critical thinking skills.
"As adults, we're sometimes out of touch with children's culture, and it's important to understand the way things are marketed and how those forms carry ideological meaning," says Wallin.
"Adding youth and pop culture into your teaching is not going to cost you more time, energy or effort," says Maloughney. "Students know what they are passionate about and they will happily take their turn to be the teacher and teach you about something that maybe you don't know."
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On Sunday July 8th the club outing was to Mount Brandon in the Dingle Peninsula. At 952 meters this mountain is just 86 meters shy of Carrauntoohil. It is a formidable mountain and it dominates the peninsula. Rising up from sea level to its majestic summit.
Leaving town at 08.00 on a bright morning, we had high hopes that we would have cloudless views from the summit. The mountain is notorious for its cloud covered head. We had reports that the summit had been clear all week.
We stopped at a filling station in Blenerville for coffee / tea and to meet up with members who had travelled from other areas.
A few kilometers outside Tralee we met some light rain. Imagine in Ireland it was a talking point in the car....we had actually seen some rain..the sky darkened.
After some time the sky brightened again. Passing through Cloghane we turned left up to our starting point at Faha. Here we got lucky as we found enough room to park in the small car park.
Changing into our gear we could see that the summit was covered in fog. Undeterred we made our way. The last time the club did this mountain we took the Saints Road from Baile Breic.
This was for some of us a new route. The path is well way marked with yellow arrows painted on the rocks and white posts. It is a well trodden route, no navigation skills ( or Taxis ) are required.
After leaving the car park you come to a beautifully maintained grotto. Erected as a result of a pilgrim climb in the Marion year of 1952. A Tralee man John O Connor who took part, was inspired to create a grotto. With the help of local young men and women from Cloghane and surrounding areas, his dream eventually came to fruition. He cycled the 50 mile round trip from Tralee each Sunday to supervise the building. ...... A different era.
The route continues along a gentle slope until it reaches a large glaciated valley surrounded by towering cliffs.The valley floor is punctuated with a series of small lakes.
The views over the Dingle Peninsula are awesome and the village of Cloghane lay below us in the distance.
Reaching the top of the valley we crossed the stream, we could see a rocky eroded path rising up to our left. This would bring us onto a col, turning left it's only another 150 meters to the summit.
The short climb to the col is the most difficult part of the treck. Care must be exercised here.
The fog had not cleared when we reached the top... This is a sacred place and in pagan times the festival of Lughnasa was celebrated here... Saint Brendan built a small oratory here and spent 40 days meditating before his voyage to the New World...... I think he would have second thoughts about going there now..
Barr an Turas is how the summit is known locally in the Irish language. Meaning " top of the journey". It refers to Mount Brandon being the ultimate destination for the pilgrim. Reaching the top of Brandon is no mean achievement. Well done to all involved. We also learned at the summit that some lady's (Phil ) ashes are interred near the Cross on top. Apparently she loved to climb Brandon. RIP.
Retracing our steps we had lunch in a shady spot before we began our decent to the valley.
Reaching the car park we changed. It was decided to go to Thomasins bar for some welcome refreshments. The food was good here and everyone one seemed to enjoy it.
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Teams of researchers at the Center for Urban & Regional Studies have been working closely with the Charlotte Housing Authority to evaluate two of its innovative initiatives. Read more about this research.
Evaluating NCCDI's Hurricane Matthew Recovery Work
MIchael Webb–PI. This project will evaluate the North Carolina Community Development Initiative's (NCCDI) disaster recovery work in eastern North Carolina in response to flooding from Hurricane Matthew. NCCDI's work includes making low-cost loans to housing developers and property management companies to rehabilitate and construct affordable housing, as well as acquiring properties in neighborhoods in Rocky Mount that are less susceptible to flooding. The evaluation itself will comprise quantitative analysis of programmatic outputs collected by NCCDI, interviews with residents of NCCDI-funded projects and local stakeholders, and mapping of NCCDI investments vis-à-vis areas flooded by Matthew.
Evaluating the Impacts of a Work Requirement in Public Housing
William Rohe–PI. The Charlotte Housing Authority (CHA) is one of eight Moving to Work (MTW) agencies that have adopted a work requirement. Based on our earlier evaluation showing that their work requirement led to substantial gains in employment with no increase in evictions, the CHA has decided to expand the policy to its remaining family public housing developments and to tenant-based Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) participants. The expansion of the work requirement offers an opportunity to further study the impacts of public housing work requirements. This new study will utilize a mixed-method approach and a quasi-experimental research design. The research design will utilize two treatment groups (project-based housing and HCV clients) and two matched comparison groups of households in the Raleigh Housing Authority.
Understanding the Role of Adolescent Subsidized Housing Residence on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Trajectories of Chronic Disease Risk
William Rohe–PI. Are teens in HUD-assisted housing more likely to have had adverse childhood experiences, like abuse and neglect? Does living in HUD-assisted housing as a teen lead to better or worse health as an adult? Are adults who lived in different types of HUD-assisted housing—such as public housing or Housing Choice Vouchers—as teens healthier? These are the questions posed in a new study by three researchers from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Jon Hussey, research assistant professor at the Gillings School of Global Public Health; Bill Rohe, Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of City and Regional Planning and director of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS); and Michael Webb, project manager and senior research associate at CURS. Funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the project is called "Understanding the Role of Adolescent Housing Residence on Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trajectories of Chronic Disease Risk." It will link HUD administrative data with the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). Add Health is a nationally-representative, longitudinal dataset that includes self-reported health problems, such as depression and substance abuse, and biomarkers of disease such as diabetes and hypertension.
Jobs Plus Evaluation
William Rohe–PI. In 1998, HUD and Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) launched the Jobs Plus Public Housing Revitalization Initiative (Jobs Plus) to raise and sustain the level of employment and earnings among residents of public housing developments. Implemented properly, and sustained, Jobs-Plus boosted annual earnings by 16%, or $1300 per year, an effect that endured for 7 years without abating. HUD's Jobs Plus Pilot Initiative is a significant effort to replicate the model and its impacts, and the team led by MDRC in partnership with the Center for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS) at the University of North Carolina and the National Institute for Mixed-Income Communities (NIMC) at Case-Western Reserve bring together deep expertise with Jobs Plus, with rigorous employment and self-sufficiency evaluations for public housing residents, and deep knowledge of contemporary public housing policy. The partnership will document the start-up of the Jobs Plus Pilot Program, its early outcomes, and its costs through a comprehensive process study. It will also lay the groundwork for a rigorous design that asks not only whether the replication meets or exceeds initial impacts, but also the relative contributions of the mechanisms (in terms of rent incentives, Community Support for Work and employment services) that produce these impacts. This information will help guide future Jobs Plus replication, and inform workforce and self-sufficiency initiatives throughout HUD's portfolio.
Developing a How-To Guide for PHAs Interested in Applying for the Moving to Work Program
William Rohe–PI. The purpose of this research project is to design a guide for practitioners that both assists Public Housing Agencies considering applying for the expanded demonstration and that presents a suggested planning process for developing a strong initial Moving To Work (MTW) plan. The guide will distill experiences of, and advice from, the 39 agencies currently participating in MTW. A preliminary list of topics to be covered includes:
• pros and cons of becoming a MTW agency;
• gaining resident and community stakeholders' support;
• role of the board of directors;
• designing effective activities;
• understanding local context (economy, demographics, and activist community);
• developing data systems;
• planning for an evaluation; and
• shifting agency culture.
Evaluation of the Charlotte Housing Authority's Boulevard Homes HOPE VI Project
William Rohe–PI. This project proposes to evaluate the HOPE VI redevelopment of Boulevard Homes in Charlotte for the Charlotte Housing Authority (CHA) and will assess the impact of the redevelopment based on six indicators: 1) Impact on the lives of the current residents of Boulevard Homes; 2) Nature and extent of economic development generated in the community; 3) Effect of the redevelopment on the surrounding community; 3) Success at integrating the physical redevelopment and the Community Supportive Services (CSS) components of the HOPE VI strategy; 5) Impacts on the HOPE VI neighborhood; and 6) Impacts on the HOPE VI development. In addition to the quantitative and qualitative assessment of the impacts of the HOPE VI redevelopment, the research team will assess the implementation of the redevelopment and CSS components and will work with CHA staff and case managers to develop and implement a data collection and management system to ensure that necessary data are collected to establish baseline measures. These measures will be updated over the life of the project. Read the interim report.
Measuring the Impact of the Charlotte Housing Authority's Moving to Work Program
William Rohe–PI. The Center for Urban & Regional Studies will evaluate the Charlotte Housing Authority's (CHA) Moving to Work Program. This program allows participating housing authorities discretion in the allocation of resources to achieve any one of the three statutory objectives of the program. The Center will examine the implementation, outputs, and impacts that the Moving to Work Program will have on the residents, the Authority, and the community. See page 8 of the Winter 2012 CURS Update for a summary of the projects interim report to the Charlotte Housing Authority. For more information contact Bill Rohe at brohe@unc.edu.
A Multistate Study of Housing and Employment Impacts of Foreclosure Prevention Programs
Roberto Quercia–PI. The Ohio State Housing Finance Agency, in partnership with Ohio State University, with funding from the MacArthur Foundation, will study the relationship between foreclosure prevention programs and employment. The UNC Center for Community Capital, as subcontractor, will participate in certain functions related to research and analysis for this project. The specific aims of this project are: 1) to examine the impact of mortgage payment assistance provided to unemployed homeowners on long-term mortgage default; and 2) explore the spillover effects of housing stability on employment stability. Participants from the UNC Center for Community Capital will be fully involved in the empirical analysis for the first research question. They will serve in an advisory role for the analysis of the employment related questions and co-author manuscripts and policy briefs.
Community Advantage Panel: A Longitudinal Study of Low- and Moderate-Income
Roberto Quercia—PI. This research, funded by the Ford Foundation, will allow the continuance of data collection from earlier Panel studies, and to undertake important analyses of the data. Cumulatively, the research will result in an extensive and unique collection of data, including: 1) loan origination data for an estimated 50,000 affordable housing mortgages purchased by the Self-Help Credit Union since 1998; 2) seven or more years of in-depth survey data from an original sample of 3,743 homeowners; and 3) six or more years of in-depth survey data from an original sample of 1,531 renters who both serve as a comparison group and an opportunity to observe the transition from renting to owning a home. The survey data include demographic and household characteristics and information on the following topics: home purchase experiences; social capital and networks; parenting, wealth and assets; new mortgage products; financial literacy and savings attitudes; energy costs and medical costs; credit score knowledge; housing experiences; and economic challenges. The requested funding will allow us to collect additional waves of data for both panels during the current economic downturn and assess how our sample of low-to-moderate income respondents is dealing with the financial crisis. The funding will also allow us to prepare a series of program and policy reports to document the findings from the research. Contact Roberto Quercia at quercia@email.unc.edu for more information on the CAP studies.
Read a recent report based on the Community Advantage Panel research on the Center for Community Capital website.
Pre-purchase Homeownership Counseling Demonstration and Impact Evaluation
Roberto Quercia–PI. The study seeks to establish an understanding of the impact of pre-purchase homeownership counseling on a range of outcomes for low- and moderate-income home buyers.
An Assessment of Latino Housing Needs in North Carolina
Mark McDaniel–PI. The project will formulate a research design and agenda that will effectively frame a better understanding of the housing needs of Latinos in North Carolina, using a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to address these issues. To accomplish this, the research team will: actively engage state and local stakeholders and constituencies early in the research process to inform and shape a research agenda that is framed appropriately and is responsive to Latino constituencies; build an empirical picture of housing needs and conditions for North Carolina's Latino community using Census, American Community Survey and other current data sources; translate complicated quantitative data sets into accessible materials; and utilize a diverse and bilingual staff to develop culturally appropriate qualitative research instruments and facilitate a set of focus groups that will add another rich layer of analysis to the previous phases of work.
Research Advisory Services on Small Dollar Credit Programs
Janneke Ratcliffe and Lucy Gorham–Co-PIs. The Center for Community Capital (CCC) will advise the CFSI in developing a research agenda for a new Small Dollar Credit (SDC) demonstration program, featuring approximately six financial institutions' innovative SDC programs.


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The great precious metal bake-off, is it time for silver to rise?
December 5, 2019 December 5, 2019 | Bevis Yeo
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Silver has often being described as the poor cousin of its far more popular precious metal stablemate, gold.
And little wonder too, gold has traditionally acted as the hedge against economic uncertainty and has steadily risen in recent years while silver – always a volatile commodity – has languished until very recently.
It also doesn't help that while gold has always been considered more of an investment commodity, silver's role is rather more nebulous given its many applications in varied industries.
Indeed, silver is prized for its antimicrobial properties, for electrical connections and more recently in solar panels.
So are silver prices set to rise? Sources are divided. Goldman Sachs paints a considerably less bullish picture, forecasting that silver could push up to $US18 ($26) per ounce in 2020 from the current level of just under $US17 per ounce.
Others like First Majestic Silver chief executive officer Keith Neumeyer believe that silver could run up to $US130 per ounce at some point.
Minelife's Gavin Wendt told Stockhead that one of things people tended to talk about was the gold to silver ratio.
"Right at the present time, for one ounce of gold, you can buy just under 88 ounces of silver," he said.
"The interesting part of that ratio is that looking at things historically, this is almost the highest this particular ratio has been. We have to go back to 1991 to find a period when the gold to silver ratio (at 1 to 100) is higher than it is now.
"What this tells us is that we have seen an increasing demand in investor appetite for gold, but over the same period, it has not been mirrored by a similar increase in investor demand for silver."
However, he noted that there was every chance that silver was likely to play catch-up.
"Investors want to leap into a safe haven, do it with gold and the price runs," he said. "It performs very strong, and then we get to the point where people start scratching their heads and say, 'let's look at silver, silver is lagging behind'.
"I think a realistic range that companies would love to have for silver that could be sustainable is $US20-$US30 per ounce.
"If they could have that kind of pricing, you would see a lot more investment in the sector, investor interest and money being raised."
Those in the silver game
So who are some of the companies with exposure to silver?
Wendt points to Silver Mines (ASX:SVL) as a key example, noting that it has one of the world's largest silver deposits in New South Wales with a very large 275-million-ounce resource.
"It has attracted overseas investments, Sprott Group from North America is one of the major shareholders and that is a tremendous vote of confidence," he said.
"The fact that he (Eric Sprott) has bought into Silver Mines is a very significant development for the company in terms of how he views the fortunes of the company. And most importantly, he thinks the project can be developed."
Investors certainly seem to share this view. While shares have fallen from this year's highs of 15.5c, they are still more than double their price a year ago at 8.9c.
Investigator Resources (ASX:IVR) also found some legs this year with shares hitting a high of 3.7c before tumbling to the current 1.9c, which is still a 35 per cent gain on its share price a year ago.
The company's Paris high-grade silver deposit near Kimba, South Australia, has a resource of 9.3 million tonnes at 139 grams per tonne (g/t) silver and 0.6 per cent lead, or 42 million ounces of silver and 55,000 tonnes of lead, that is amenable to simple open pit mining.
Managing director Andrew McIlwain previously told Stockhead that the company would need a sustained silver price somewhere around the $US19.20-per-ounce mark to start Paris development.
The company is currently carrying out a review of the project to identify potential to define additional mineralisation or improve the grade in order to augment the project's viability.
Over in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Adriatic Metals (ASX:ADT) has a significant silver endowment at its Rupice polymetallic project.
In addition to zinc and lead, the project has a current resource of 55 million ounces of silver.
This appears to have every likelihood of increasing further given that ongoing drilling continues to intersect significant grades of zinc, lead, silver, copper and barite.
Shares in ADT have been on a tear in the past year, rising more than 150 per cent to $1.625.
PNX Metals (ASX:PNX) continues to progress its tenement package in the Northern Territory, particularly the Hayes Creek zinc-gold-silver project that is currently undergoing a definitive feasibility study.
Besides gold and silver, Hayes Creek also hosts 16.2 million ounces of silver within the Mt Bonnie and Iron Blow volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits.
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We'll re-visit the moment when the "California long-hairs" took over a Nashville studio to pay tribute to aging country heroes. First, we take a look back at the 1972 LP Will The Circle Be Unbroken with John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and his memories of those historic sessions. Then, a conversation with another musician familiar with Nashville, jazz vibraphone master Gary Burton. Plus a visit with Jake Shimabukuro, for whom any genre is a fine match for the ukelele.
KINGS OF THE ROAD: FROM RAMBLIN' JACK TO KEROUAC
Get your key to the highway… this American Routes looks at "the road" as destination, inspiration and home away from home in blues, country, jazz and more. Folkie and fellow traveler Ramblin' Jack Elliot recalls the allure of the road in music and life. Plus, historian and author Douglas Brinkley joins us to speak on travel as muse for beat author Jack Kerouac and others.
JOHN SEBASTIAN & BONSOIR CATIN
This week, on American Routes, we travel from the Village to the dancehall. John Sebastian talks about his childhood in Greenwich Village, encounters with blues greats Mississippi John Hurt and Lighting Hopkins, and the musical stew he created with his band The Lovin' Spoonful. Then, a conversation with Kristi Guillory and Christine Balfa of the cajun band Bonsoir Catin about carrying on their musical heritage for the next generation.
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American Routes delves into the colorful convergence of art and music – from artist musicians, to painterly album covers and audacious poster art. Richie Havens was one such artist turned musician. We'll learn about his tenure as a Greenwich Village portraitist and his legendary opening act at Woodstock. Then conversation with artist Peter Max, known for his pop-art colors, cosmic subjects and iconic album covers. And a visit to Nashville's Hatch Show Print, who printed posters for musicians from Bessie Smith to Johnny Cash, for a primer on the art of letterpress.


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Robin Thicke's Birthday Includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Tequila Pineapples, & No Girls Allowed!
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Robin Thicke has been blurring lines all over the place since his split from Paula Patton. First they were together, then they were separated, then he professed his love for her at one of his concerts, then he sent her a ton of flowers, then none of it worked because flowers and telling random people of your love does not equal a solid husband. But now, Thicke has blurred a line that was thought to be so far off of his trajectory that no one could have seen it coming. Robin Thicke celebrated his birthday on Monday with a guys night out and was joined by one Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio. Oh no. Oh no, no, no. Do not bring Ol' Capsy into this. He does not need to be involved in the doings of a man who dances onstage with a flesh colored latex-covered girl and tries to win his wife back with tacky floral arrangements.
According to People magazine, Thicke celebrated his 37th birthday at a West Hollywood club with a "crew of pals and a slew of alcohol." Ooooh a crew and a slew? Sounds fun! A source who saw the fiesta says that "No girls were allowed in their booth." If it was discovered that the "source" was Robin Thicke, I would not be surprised. He knows now that flowers and concert confessions don't work, but leaking to a magazine that you stayed away from other ladies at your party — your party that took place at a club, mind you — and that you're friends with Leonardo DiCaprio? Now that's a much better move.
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So what did these manly men sip on to prove their manly menliness? Amstel Lights and tequila pineapples, according to that same source. Hmm... maybe it wasn't Thicke. He seems like someone who would claim to only fuel his monstrous sex drive with Don Draper-approved Old Fashioneds.
As for how Thicke and DiCaprio know each other, New York Magazine points out that they could know each other from Growing Pains. DiCaprio was on the show as a teenager and Thicke's father, Alan Thicke, was its star. If these two really knew each other since they were kids, that would make for an acceptable explanation. We all have that one friend we stick by even though we don't have that much in common any more. You know, the one who maybe is sort of successful, but then rides to bigger fame on the coattails (or, nipple pasties) of someone else and then their life kind of falls apart and you have to be there to comfort them. Or something like that. Obviously that was just an example.