When you've gone to meticulous detail in planning your wedding, it makes good sense to plan your actual day to avoid getting flustered on the day. Make sure all people concerned have a copy in their pocket so you can synchronise your schedules and watches.
Start by dividing your day into three parts - try to anticipate and take into account any constraints or particulars that are unique to your wedding.
We have provided you with a sample timetable for a 3pm wedding - add or alter at your discretion and simply print out.
8 AM : Visit hairdresser ( or home visit ). Followed by makeup.
9 AM : Arrival of respective bridal parties at bride and groom's.
10 AM :Flowers arrive : boutonnières, bouquets and bride and groom's corsages.
12 :30 :Arrival of flower girl and ringbearer with parents.
1 PM :Arrival of videographer and photographer at bride and groom's. Photo session.
2 PM :Arrival of limousines ( or other rental cars). Another photo session.
2 :15 PM :Departure of ushers and groomsmen for church by car.
2 :30 PM :Departure of bride, her parents and bridal party for church. Ushers welcome arriving guests.
2 :50 PM :Beginning of bridal procession.
3 :50 PM :Ceremony ends and bridal couple and party exit church. Group photo session follows. 4 :30 PM :Cocktail begins. Receiving line. Photo session.
6 :00 PM :Cocktail ends. Guests enter reception room. Ceremonial entrance by parents and members of bridal party.
6 :15 PM :Toasting of bride and groom and welcome speech by father of the bride.
6 :30 PM :Wedding reception begins. Reception is interspersed with several 2 minutes speeches in between food courses.


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Never Think You're Spam! When Paul Murphy Met Paul Heaton
So I thought…what have we got to lose?
Post by Chris Baxendale
We were chatting about music, specifically who could be playing in The Penguin (our fictitious pub) during the final scene.
"Wouldn't it be fantastic to get someone northern to do the music for the film?" That's when Christine Dalby suggested Paul Heaton. We all loved the idea, "He's a bloody legend!" but we never thought it would actually happen.
Credit: Rahul Tukol
Then, I thought, sod it, I'll email the synopsis for The Claimants to Mr Heaton – what have we got to lose? Then, bugger me, an email came back: Can you meet Paul Heaton next Wednesday 1pm, at the studios?
I won't lie, I pull up at the studios in red-brick, post-industrial Salford, music blaring from the innocuous building (the only indicator that we are actually here), feeling that I'm in some kind of surreal dream. The project has been rocking since we started back in December, but to be meeting one of my idols who might be potentially writing music for our film was… well, you dream about shit like this, don't you!?
Credit: Simon Newbury/Alamy Live News
Inside, the studio is amazing. Paul Murphy and I indulge in a coffee in the studio café down stairs and watch cool as fuck people milling around between rehearsal sessions. We've just sat down when Paul Heaton's representative Dave Salmon walks in and we excitedly follow him upstairs to where Paul Heaton's rehearsing in the studio. The room is bright and airy, with a huge white table where we sit, myself, Dave and Paul Murphy and wait.. this was it, this the consequence of my cheeky email.
Credit: James Boardman.
When Paul Heaton walks in, notepad and pen in hand, we get down to business. A completely down-to-earth Mr Heaton listens intently to Paul talk about the story of The Claimants, how it all began, the story behind it. He writes notes and talks about how much the decline of Pubs is a cause close to his heart (his local closing only a few weeks before our meeting). He loves the idea. It's well known that Paul has done a lot for The Pub. He owned the King's Arms in Salford for a while and he's biked thousands of miles doing gigs in pubs due for closure trying to raise money for them to stay open. The fact that our story is about a bunch of people doing a crazy thing to keep a pub open is what appeals to him.
Credit: Chris Bull
The two Pauls (Murphy and Heaton) chat and it starts to feel that this collaboration between writer/director and musician might actually work! Tonally, Paul's music is exactly right for the film; the heart, humour, darkness and biting wit in Paul's songs would be exactly right for the film, Murphy tells Heaton.
After an hour or so, it's time for Paul Heaton to go back into the studios and carry on prepping and creating for his new album, but before he goes he tells us… he's in! Not only that, he's going to write original songs for the film. OMFG!
We grab a quick photo of the two Pauls, say our goodbyes, thank Dave (Heaton's rep) for everything that he'd done and head out.
As we walked out towards the exit, up the stairs to the Manchester fresh air, Paul Murphy's words will stay with me forever..
"You did this Bax, well done!".
Just goes to show what can happen when you send a cheeky email… You might not be spam!
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"I'm going to New York. I don't know if I'll accomplish anything but I have to give it a shot."
Will was speaking to his employers at TDF. It was 1952. "The problem was", he says today, "good artists were a dime a dozen back then. Even when I was doing my thing during the 60's and 70's, there were so many good artists. We were a dime a dozen."
In New York, Will would interview at one art studio and ask them about their competitors. In that way, he'd find out about whom else he could approach for work. "I interviewed at Fredmann/Chiat", says Will, "it was the same year Bob Peak started there. If I had stayed with them, I would have been sitting alongside Peak. But I chose poorly. I chose to go with a studio called Byron Musser. The owners were very nice. One fellow even had me out to dinner at his home on Long Island for Thanksgiving."
"But they couldn't get me any work. And the one saleman there was terrible. I was glad to take work home, otherwise he'd be right there over my shoulder the whole time. It was awful."
Will remembers there were several artists at Byron Musser, a couple of whom he befriended. "The one fellow said to me, "Why in the world would you come to New York?'". Will had begun to wonder that as well.
By now Will had bought a house in Terrytown, NY and sent for his young family, but as his savings ran out so did his determination. Things might have been different if he had been single, but he had a family to support and there were better prospects back home in Toronto.
Taber, Dulmage & Fehely were only too happy to get back their star illustrator. What Cooper was to New York and the American illustration market, TDF was to Toronto and the rest of Canada. TDF's salesmen brought more assignments from more clients than Will could handle. By 1960 you'd have been be hard pressed to open a newspaper or magazine and not see Will's signature on either advertising or editorial art - or both.
In just seven short years since his New York misadventure Will Davies had gone from dime-a-dozen to top buck.
These are fascinating stories, Leif, and I really enjoy reading them. It is difficult to understand how fiercely competitive the NY market was until you read how it affected the lives of individuals like Will Davies. A lot of very talented illustrators bet everything on making it in NY, and the trail today is littered with their bleached bones by the side of the road. Of course, every once in a great while, one succeeded-- like the proverbial starlet who hits it big in Hollywood.
I have had the pleasure of talking with other illustrators like Mark English, Bob Heindel and Bernie Fuchs who all struggled to get to NY from small towns, and who all spoke about the place with the same reverence that Davies did. Bernie Fuchs glows when he tells the story about arriving in NY and running into Al Parker, Coby Whitmore and Joe Bowler. They all took a long stroll together down Third Avenue, comparing notes on art and shopping for curios and props to use in their illustrations. Fuchs thought he had died and gone to heaven. I get the feeling that the opportunity to consort with those kinds of artists was as important as the pay and the clients that NY offered.
Will had a chance to meet many illustrators, agents and art directors during his year in New York and says they were all very nice people, helpful and friendly. He said one agent getting into a cab- he remembers his name being (Louis?) Renoit - to pick up an assignment at Esquire took him along in the cab to review his portfolio (in the cab!).
This is great stuff, Leif! Thanks!
It's truly amazing how proficient illustrators of thar era were. They could draw absolutely ANYTHING thrown their way. It's mind boggling when you think about it.
Kind of ironic isn't it that New York is now sending it's rendering work to us guys in T.O to get it done properly!
Joe: true that illustrators in general were proficient at all types of subject matter and most could do a variety of styles. I should clarify that, although Will does beautiful car illustrations, the cars in most of his advertising work for TDF were handled by another illustrator who specialized in technical subjects, and Will did the figures and environments. That sort of arrangement was very typical in auto advertising art.
Lee: I suspect there are plenty of fantastic renderers in NYC - I suspect as in Toronto, thanks to digital art and email, most of them now work far from the city in dank basements and spare bedrooms like so many of us do.
Having the wonderful expeirence of working with Will(down the hall) for 5 years and learning from him is a memory I will treasure for a 'Leif"-time!
A great man and a Giant in our community.A true man of class and gentle spirit.
I am always humbled in the presence of him and his outstanding work!


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Pedro Álvares Cabral, markiz de Belmonte  - portugalski dyplomata z XVIII wieku.

Był portugalskim posłem w Hiszpanii w latach 1735-1737. Incydent z jego udziałem do jakiego doszło w Madrycie 22 lutego 1735 roku doprowadził do przejściowego zerwania relacji dyplomatycznych z Hiszpanią. 19 członków służby posła, odbiło siłą zaaresztowanego przez policję madrycką pod zarzutem morderstwa miejscowego chłopa, drastycznie nadużywając immunitetu dyplomatycznego, i ukryli go potem w budynku poselstwa. Poseł Cabral od razu napisał do Rady Kastylii, że dokonali tego bez jego wiedzy, że winnych wydalił ze służby, a chłopu nakazał opuścić poselstwo. Hiszpanie mieli jednak pretensję, że zamiast wydać go władzom, pozwolił mu w ten sposób uciec.

Na mediatorów powołano dyplomatów brytyjskich, francuskich i holenderskich, którzy zgodnie uznali postępowanie portugalskiego kolegi za niewłaściwe.

Bibliografia

 Stanisław Edward Nahlik, Narodziny nowożytnej dyplomacji, Ossolineum Wrocław 1971, s. 155, 186.

Ambasadorowie Portugalii w Hiszpanii
Wydarzenia 1735

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Russia's Role in Turkey's Nuclear Future
Sr. Analyst at ROEC
Eliza Gheorghe
Boston, United States
Eliza Gheorghe is a Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Previously, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell University. She holds a doctorate in International Relations from the University of Oxford, and an MA with distinction in Security Studies from Georgetown University where she was a Fulbright scholar. Eliza was a Jenkins scholar at Sorbonne-Paris I, a predoctoral fellow at the Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies (2011–2014), and a George Abernethy predoctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins University SAIS Center in Bologna (2013–2014). She has taught classes on International Relations, U.S. Foreign Policy, and nuclear proliferation. She specializes in energy history and diplomacy with a focus on nuclear policy.
security affairs
energy history
nuclear policy
by Eliza Gheorghe, September 7, 2015
Five out of six Black Sea countries have (or have had) benefited from the civilian uses of the atom. Energy-wise, Black Sea countries' reliance on nuclear power ranges from almost 20% in Russia and Romania, to a third in Bulgaria, and almost half in Ukraine. The research reactor in Georgia stopped operating in 1988, and was decommissioned in subsequent years. Turkey is conspicuous by its absence in the Black Sea nuclear power club, especially since it has been eying atomic reactors since 1959. In recent years, however, Turkey has intensified its efforts to introduce nuclear power in its energy mix. In the process of negotiating the transfer of the necessary nuclear technology with potential suppliers, the government in Ankara has found an unlikely ally in Russia.
Turkey's Nuclear Power Generation Program aims to build 3 Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) with a combined 15 GW power generation capacity.[1] The 3 planned projects are:
Akkuyu NPP: 4 x 1,200 MWe reactors (VVER 1200 type) to be built by Rosatom (4,800 MWe total), construction due to start in 2016;
Sinop NPP: 4 x 1,120 MWe reactors (Atmea1 type) to be built by Mitsubishi , ITOCHU, Areva, GdF Suez and EÜAŞ (4,480 MWe total), construction due to start in 2017;
3rd NPP (exact site TBD, but possibly in "Igneada"/Kirklareli/Tekirdag/Akcakoca)[2]: 4 units that could be built by China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) with U.S.-derived technology (Westinghouse)[3], negotiations started in late 2014.
Of these 3, the Akkuyu NPP is the most advanced one. At first sight, there is no relationship between the Russian-Turkish nuclear deal and Moscow's aggressive approach to Black Sea geopolitical developments. Rosatom, through its subsidiary – Rosatom Overseas, shook hands with the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) for the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in August 2009, long before the crisis in Ukraine erupted. The nuclear partnership between Russia and Turkey was not spared the roller coaster ride that many other NPP deals experienced: soon after Rosatom won the bid, the Turkish Electricity Trading and Contracting Company (TETAȘ) cancelled the contract. Politics prevailed, however, and high-level negotiations between the two governments resulted in an Intergovernmental Agreement being signed in May 2010. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the government in Ankara, instead of making a common front with NATO, whose military protection it benefits from, has been keen on maintaining good relations with Moscow. Russia's bid to regain its power in the Black Sea region has not elicited a strong reaction from Ankara. Politically, the Turkish leadership has preferred to set aside the contentious issues in its relationship with Russia (for example, the wars in Syria or Ukraine), and agree to disagree. With respect to Ukraine, the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has tried to dispel any qualms that his domestic constituency may have about the annexation of Crimea, claiming that Russia had assured Turkey that the rights of Crimean Tatars would be respected. Such a lenient position seems less surprising given that Russia has become Turkey's second largest trading partner (Germany is ranked first) and economic forecasts predict even more economic interdependence over the next decade, thanks to joint projects such as Turkish Stream or the Akkuyu NPP. These developments suggest that there is actually a strong connection between Russia's Anti-Access/Area-Denial posture in the Black Sea and Turkey's nuclear energy future.
Why would Russia choose to provide nuclear assistance to Turkey, one of the most powerful and most important NATO members, given the widening gap between Moscow and the Western military alliance? The definitions of alliances we currently operate with obscure the real dynamics at play. For Russia, money comes first. The sanctions regime imposed by West on Russia in response to its aggression in Ukraine has lightened Moscow's coffers. Ankara's refusal to join the EU and the U.S. in punishing Russia economically has offered Moscow some breathing space. Turkey's pockets run deep, as its economy keeps expanding. When Rosatom signed the nuclear deal with TAEK in 2010, Turkey's economy was growing at a staggering 9.2%, according to World Bank data. Even if the growth rate has slowed down in recent years (2.9% in 2014), it still beats the glacial pace that some EU countries have struggled with (-0.4% in Italy, Croatia, and Finland or 0.2% growth in France in 2014, and a modest 1.3% EU-28 average in 2014)[4]. Russia proved willing to offer Turkey an advantageous financial package for the Akkuyu NPP because the deal promised medium- and long-term benefits. The Akkuyu NPP involves a build-own-operate (BOO) model, which means that Russia brings the technology, financing, and operational experience, while Turkey provides the site, offers project support, and guarantees the revenue for the investor by signing a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). According to the terms of the PPA, the Turkish Electricity Trading and Contracting company (TETAȘ) will buy 70% of the electricity produced by Unit 1 and 2 and 30% of the electricity from Unit 3 and 4 at a weighted average price of 12.35 cents/kWh. The deal is equally beneficial to Turkey, because introducing nuclear power in its energy mix would allow it to diminish its overwhelming dependence on natural gas imports (as high as 99% in 2014), which accounts for over 40% of its electricity generation.[5]
The Akkuyu nuclear deal also serves Russia's strategic interests vis-à-vis NATO in the context of the crisis in Ukraine. Experts have shown that civilian nuclear assistance contributes to the spread of nuclear weapons. In theory, the Russian-Turkish nuclear deal is proliferation-proof. The BOO model stipulates that everything from the Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) used to sustain the chain reaction, to the decommissioning of the reactors remains under the control of the Russian general contractor. The nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia therefore should prevent Turkey from gaining access to fissile materials for a nuclear weapon, and so limits the risks of proliferation. When it sealed the deal, Ankara accepted an important trade-off: electricity production at an advantageous price, but less room for maneuver in terms of nuclear development. Yet, there are two important aspects of the agreement with Rosatom which usually go unmentioned: training and competition. Russia agreed to help develop a corps of Turkish scientists and engineers in the field of nuclear energy, and to date two hundred Turkish specialists are currently in Russia undergoing training. These experts would then help build indigenous capabilities, as the Turkish government has clearly stated its interest in developing its atomic infrastructure. The government in Ankara plans to build its own nuclear reactors, for which it would also have to ensure reliable nuclear fuel supplies. When Turkey acquires the full nuclear fuel cycle, it would join a select group of countries which have attained atomic latency (or pregnancy, as older analyses would have it). The "almost nuclear" club includes Germany, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, and Iran, among others.
Moreover, the nuclear agreement with Russia drew in more vendors, such as Japan, South Korea, or France. Historically, relatively weaker countries interested in nuclear power (and atomic weapons) have managed to punch above their weight on the nuclear market by playing suppliers off against each other. Exploiting this sense of competition between sellers works wonders for recipient countries: in an effort to secure the deal, nuclear suppliers lower the price and offer laxer terms for the uses of the technologies they transfer. These two less visible dimensions of the Russian-Turkish nuclear deal come into play at a time when hardly a day passes without an article about nuclear dominoes falling in the Middle East being published. Pessimists predict that a proliferation cascade will take place in the Middle East because of the nuclear deal with Iran. One by one, these analysts warn, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Turkey, among others, will go nuclear, because of security, bureaucratic, and prestige considerations. Proliferation optimists call into question this "doom and gloom" scenario, pointing to the dampening effect that U.S. pressure can have over the nuclear ambitions of their junior allies. There are few actions Washington would not take to stem nuclear proliferation: in the past, Washington threatened to abandon its junior allies or extended its nuclear security umbrella to stop its partners in their tracks. While the U.S. undoubtedly plays a role in the Middle East's nuclear fortunes, the optimists' camp seems to ignore the impact that Russia has on potential proliferators in the region. Turkey represents an excellent case in point: its unique geopolitical position as a linchpin between the Middle East and the Black Sea means that Russia holds considerable sway over Turkey's nuclear future. As mentioned before, Turkey has been approaching other suppliers, such as Japan and France, which it could try to manipulate to obtain a more advantageous deal. The United States can exert tremendous pressure on these countries, as they depend on Washington for their security needs. Moscow, however, is relatively immune to such pressures, which grants it a privileged position among the host of suppliers Turkey has turned to. As a result, Russia is approaching a position of 'kingmaker', having more of an ability to either nip in the bud or catalyze Turkey's nuclear program than other suppliers.
Russia is not keen to let Turkey go nuclear, but it probably wants to let the United States know that it can create trouble in NATO if it wishes to do so. The spread of nuclear weapons among NATO member countries, limited as it was, has given rise to severe rifts between the United States and its allies. With a few exceptions, Washington's main priority has always been to prevent other countries from going nuclear, because atomic weapons in the hands of other countries curtailed its influence on the world stage. The North Atlantic military alliance has not experienced proliferation among its members since 1960, when France detonated its first nuclear test in Algeria. Six years later, France withdrew from the alliance's military structure, generating serious worries about the fate of NATO. Afterwards, the United States has focused on preventing further proliferation in Western Europe. West Germany raised considerable objections to Washington's nonproliferation agenda, given its interests in developing its nuclear industry. Yet, after much pushing and pulling, the U.S. got the government in Bonn to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1975, but not without causing significant strain to U.S.-German relations. Along similar lines, Turkey's efforts to develop its nuclear program would not only create tensions between Washington and Ankara, but it could also change the dynamics among the other junior allies. The nuclear deal with Iran means that the United States would have a harder time muffling Ankara's ambitions to develop indigenous capabilities. If Iran was allowed to keep its uranium enrichment facilities, on what basis could Turkey be stopped from building up its own nuclear industry? Any opposition from the United States to Ankara's nuclear pursuits would cause great resentment among the Turkish leadership and lead to a widening gap between the two countries in strategic terms.
Skeptics would argue that Russia will never take any action that may irreversibly set a NATO country on a military nuclear path. The very existence of a build-own-operate contract attests to this idea. But, through the 2010 nuclear cooperation agreement Moscow has secured a foot in the door, which it can use to inflict pain or obtain concessions not just from Ankara, but also from the United States. This position allows Moscow to have a say over Turkey's nuclear pursuits, and to drive a wedge between Washington and Ankara. The Turkish nuclear saga is open-ended, but one aspect emerges very clearly: Russia's approach towards its nuclear deal with Turkey is steeped in pragmatism. The atomic partnership with Ankara is a wild card that Russia could play in case its security is threatened. The one question on which the Russians are mum is "when will they choose to do so?". The nuclear deal with Turkey could become a useful lever for putting pressure on NATO only if Russia follows the old precept of deterrence theory (put forward by Thomas Schelling): making a threat that leaves something to chance.
[1] Prof. Dr. Osman Sevaioglou, Costis Stambolis, Nicholas Sofianos, "The Nuclear Power Generation Program of Turkey", IENE Briefing Note No. 6, June 2015, pg. 15-16.
[2] See reference 1, pg. 32.
[3] http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Country-Profiles/Countries-T-Z/Turkey/
[4] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/refreshTableAction.do?tab=table&plugin=1&pcode=tec00115&language=en
[5] U.S. EIA, Turkey Country Analysis Brief, revised August 6, 2015, available at:
http://www.eia.gov/beta/international/analysis_includes/countries_long/Turkey/turkey.pdf


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Cyclone death toll hits 82 … ED cuts short UAE tour
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PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday cut short his State visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to rush back home and co-ordinate emergency rescue operations following a humanitarian disaster triggered by Cyclone Idai, which has destroyed infrastructure, claimed 82 lives, with 100 people reportedly missing since Friday last week.
Local Goverment minister July Moyo last night said the death toll had risen to 82.
"The deceased were at 64 this morning and the number keeps on increasing and they are now 82, we are looking to bury them as early as possible once we get access into the areas they are. The government is going to assist the deceased's families with coffins and food, that is our priority," he said.
The tragedy has since been declared a national disaster.
The Ministry of Information confirmed in a statement that Mnangagwa was expected home earlier than scheduled so that he could oversee rescue operations in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces, where the cyclone has hit most.
Mnangagwa arrived in Abu Dhabi on Saturday for two-day talks with Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Sultan Al Nahyan, according to State media. He was yesterday supposed to visit Dubai, which is about 140km from Abu Dhabi.
"President Mnangagwa has shortened his visit to the UAE to make sure he is directly involved with the national response by way of relief to victims of Cyclone Idai-induced floods. The President has also incorporated in his schedule a plea for assistance for the cyclone victims," the Information ministry said.
This comes as thousands of people, especially in Chimanimani, Chipinge, Zaka, Bikita and Chiredzi districts were cut off from the rest of the world, with no power, communication, clean water or food as government rescue teams struggled to reach the affected areas because of bad weather.
Moyo and his inter-ministerial team, comprising of Perrance Shiri (Agriculture) and Joel Biggie Matiza (Transport), could not reach Chimanimani after they got stuck at New Year's Gift after Tanganda, while Public Service minister Sekai Nzenza also failed to get to Tongogara Refugee Camp in Chipinge.
Government officials confirmed to NewsDay yesterday that hundreds of people were still marooned in Chimanimani and Chipinge.
A Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company official said 13 of their workers who escaped from a local lodge were still marooned on a nearby mountain.
He said efforts by an Emergency Medical Rescue Ambulance Service helicopter to rescue marooned villagers hit a brickwall due to bad weather.
Civil Protection Unit (CPU) director Nathan Nkomo said they were working flat out to reach the affected areas
"We are doing all processes to clear roads so that we have access to the most affected people. Army is busy clearing the roads as you know Chimanimani is a plantation area. Big wattle trees have fallen onto the roads. We want to reach Ngangu and Charles Luwanga School, where students are still trapped," he said.
Two pupils from the school died on Friday after their dormitory was crushed by mudslides following heavy rains. The other 175 pupils were still stranded at the school.
Cyclone Idai hit the borderline areas of Zimbabwe on Friday afternoon from the Mozambique Channel, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake, with some families, especially in Manicaland province, seeking refuge in the mountains after their homes were swept away by floods while bridges were washed away, making rescue efforts extremely difficult.
Chimanimani resident Mariam Chikomba, who crossed the Rusitu River before the floods hit, said most homes and cars had been swept, amid fears that some victims could have been buried under mudslides.
"As I speak, there are children and their parents marooned in the middle of water and crying out for help, even at the Zaoga Church close to the banana plantation, there is a man crying out for help, trapped under a tree, but nobody can reach him," she said.
Japhet Muvhulo said he had learnt that the Roman Catholic bishop from Rusitu Church was trapped in the mountains.
"The bishop from Rutsitu church is fine, but as we speak, he is in the mountains, his car was swept by the rains, nobody has access to the village," he said.
Government said its rescue efforts were being hampered by bad weather as Air Force of Zimbabwe helicopters could not manoeuvre to rescue those trapped on islands, while most roads were impassable.
"The army is moving in from Chipinge to rescue 197 pupils from Charles Luwanga, so they can take them to Mhandarume. This is a very challenging operation as it is being undertaken as a ground effort because of unsafe weather conditions for air efforts," the Information ministry said.
Thousands are feared injured and homeless in Chipinge, Chimanimani districts and Masvingo's Zaka and Bikita districts.
Chipinge was cut off the power grid and the whole town plunged into darkness and without access to clean water since Friday as strong winds uprooted pylons.
The trail of destruction in the suburbs is huge after most houses were destroyed, especially in Gazza O surburb.
Due to the blackout, mortuaries in Chimanimani have been hit hard, raising fears of another catastrophe.
In Masvingo, three children died after their house gave in on Friday night, according to the provincial CPU head and provincial administrator, Fungai Mbetsa, while the roof at Mutimurefu Prison was blown off, leaving the prisoners exposed to the rains.
"The rains are still pouring, but the strong winds have subsidised. The number of those injured is yet to be verified, but bridges like Mujiche is impassable.
We are still gathering more information," he said.
In Chikomba district, Mashonaland East, an 83-year-old man died after he was swept by a flooded river following the cyclone-induced heavy rains that have been pouring in the area for the past two days.
The floods have also resulted in the destruction of 20 houses in Masasa area in Chikomba's ward 17, according to acting provincial administrator, Clemence Masawi.
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Sunbury - Charles G. Bidelspach, Sr., 84 passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019 at the Sunbury Community Health & Rehab Center. He is survived by his wife, the former Nancy B. Mantz and his son, Charles G. Bidelspach, Jr. A graveside service will be held at 11:00am, Friday in Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington. Arrangements are by the Zweier Funeral Home 157 Chestnut Street, Sunbury.


Environmental, Health and Safety News: The bill, co-written by Congresswoman Susan Brooks, would streamline the process how hospitals gets money to treat those who have contracted diseases such as Ebola.
The bill, co-written by Congresswoman Susan Brooks, would streamline the process how hospitals gets money to treat those who have contracted diseases such as Ebola.
WASHINGTON, DC – Streamlining how hospitals and the Centers for Disease Control handle terror attacks, natural disasters and disease outbreaks would be made possible through a bill that has passed the U.S. House and co-written by Indiana Congresswoman Susan Brooks.
The Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 (PAHPA) would provide more federal money for vaccines, equipment such as hazmat suits and allow more money for researching diseases such as Ebola and Zika.
The bill also renews several health-readiness programs, but changes how some money is spent. Health agencies would be able to respond immediately to emergencies instead of having to run to Congress for funding. And the bill borrows Indiana's model to focus on regional planning instead of individual hospitals.
"It has been 17 years since anthrax attacks infected more than 17 people and ended five people's lives," said Brooks. "Since then, the threat of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear incident has not dissipated, but instead continues to grow.
"I am proud this comprehensive bill ensures our health care professionals are trained to respond to possible pandemic outbreaks, prioritizes the further development of our national stockpile of vaccines, medical equipment and diagnostics, and establishes new advisory groups focused on protecting vulnerable populations such as senior citizens and people with disabilities during public health threats and emergencies," said Brooks.
The bill was also co-written by Anna Eshoo (D-CA) along with Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ).
The bill is now being considered by the U.S. Senate.


Each year on the second Saturday in May, the National Association of Letter Carriers conducts the largest food drive in the world!
The SCV Food Pantry is the recipient of the food collected in the Santa Clarita Valley by our local letter carriers. Historically, it was these donations that kept the Pantry doors open during the Summer months when donations are their lowest and the need is its highest of the year. Children are out of school and can not participate in the breakfast and lunch programs at their schools -- causing an even greater burden on those already struggling to put food on their tables.
The SCV Food Pantry needs your help on Saturday, May 13, 2017 to unload the Post Office vehicles of food picked up by the local carrier on their route, transfer it to the Food Pantry trucks and then unload and place in the off-site storage facility until it can be sorted and distributed to our neighbors in need.
If you or your group can volunteer Saturday, May 13th between 2:00pm and 10:00pm, please contact the SCV Food Pantry at 661.255.9078 and help STAMP OUT HUNGER in the SCV. All volunteers must be at least 14 years of age.


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Think about: How are you showing up in your relationships? Would you want to hang out with you? What are you really good at and what could you work on to be a better partner, colleague or friend?
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Betting on Green Bay Packers vs Arizona Cardinals SU
Written by Aaron . on January 13, 2016
When the Green Bay Packers (11-6) take the field at University of Phoenix Stadium on Saturday night against the Arizona Cardinals (13-3) in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs, they will be confronting ghosts from a smackdown that took place just three weeks ago. The Packers came to Arizona in Week 16 on a Sunday night and found just about all of their flaws exposed on national television, as the Cardinals rolled, 38-8. The Cardinals had one of the byes in the NFC wild card round, while the Packers found their offensive mojo and sent the Washington Redskins packing, 35-18 after falling down 11-0 early. Let's take a look at the betting odds, shall we?
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Why should you bet on the Cardinals?
Carson Palmer continues to defy the trends for quarterbacks in their 30s — particularly those who have had season-ending knee injuries. Even though he has suffered two different ACL tears, Palmer has had the best statistical season of his career, throwing for 4,671 yards this season — and 35 scores with just 11 picks. This was the same promise the Cardinals showed last year before losing their #1 and #2 quarterbacks to season-ending injuries — they averaged almost 31 points per game, ranking second in the league.The Cardinals are a menace on both sides of the ball. They ranked #7 in the league in points allowed per game and were #5 in total defense. They averaged more than two takeaways per game, and opponents only converted a little more than a third of their third down opportunities.
Why should you put your money on Green Bay?
With Rodgers enlisted, Green bay has been outstanding.
During the Aaron Rodgers era, the Packers have played their finest games when their backs have been firmly against the wall. We saw it when they were about to lose in Detroit but converted a last-gasp bomb for the win. We saw it in the divisional round when they found themselves down 11-0 to the Washington Redskins but then found their offensive gear to turn a potentially embarrassing defeat into a rout. We saw it in Week 17, when they came into the fourth quarter against Minnesota down 20-3 and still had a chance to tie it on the game's last play. They will be looking to avenge their Week 16 embarrassment and could continue that high offensive energy they showed in the second half of the wild card round.
Expert Pick and Final Score Prediction
The Cardinals are simply too strong for the Packers' razzle-dazzle to carry them late in the game. Arizona has the weapons on both sides of the ball to win — and win easily. I'm picking the Cardinals to win, 31-17.


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Chair of Keyboard Department, UMKC Conservatory Visiting Professor of Piano, Sichuan Conservatory of Music, China
Thomas Rosenkranz has charted a career that breaks through the conventional notion of what a classical pianist is. Equally at home with the standard repertoire to the most recent developments in contemporary music, he has established himself as one of the most innovative pianists of his generation.
He was named the recipient of the Classical Fellowship Awards from the American Pianists Association in 2003. Since then he has performed throughout the world with recent festival performances at the Lincoln Center Arts Festival, Hell Hot! (Hong Kong), ProPiano (Greece), Rivello (Italy), Shanghai New Music Festival and the Carthage International Festival (Tunisia). He has been a soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony, Beirut National Orchestra, Seattle Chamber Orchestra and was the featured soloist with the Oberlin Orchestra's tour of China.
He was named a Cultural Ambassador on behalf of the United States Department of State where he traveled to the Middle East and North Africa promoting diplomacy through artistic collaboration. He continues to present concerts in far-flung areas of the world where classical concerts are rare including the islands of Bali and Borneo in Indonesia, Inner Mongolia, and throughout Yunnan Province in China.
In addition to his performing career, he is also a celebrated artist-teacher. In 2021 Portland Piano International honored him by naming him a Tholen Master Teacher. He was granted the official title of visiting professor of piano at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in China, where he is one of three pianists in the school's history to hold this title.
He continues to be presented in residencies and master classes at some of the world's most prestigious institutions including the Shanghai, Shenyang, Tianjin, Xi'an, Xinghai, and Zhejiang Conservatories of China as well as Eastman, NYU, Oberlin, Peabody, and Princeton University in the United States. His former students have been prize winners at national competitions and hold professorships throughout the United States and Asia. During the summers he serves on the faculty at the Amalfi Coast Arts and Music Festival (Italy) and the soundSCAPE Festival (Italy).
He is the Coordinator of the Keyboard Division and Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory. Prior to this appointment, he was a faculty member at the College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University (2008–2018), Oberlin Conservatory (2017) and the University of Hawai'i at Manoa (2005–2008).
He studied with Robert Shannon at the Oberlin Conservatory (B.M.) and at the Eastman School (M.M., Performer's Certificate, and D.M.A) where he studied with and was teaching assistant to Nelita True. On behalf of the Presser Foundation for Music, he studied with Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen in Paris as one of her last students.


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MPs attack powers of police commissioners
Saturday July 20 2013, 1.01am, The Times
PCCs appear able to sidestep safeguards put in place to protect chief constables
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Police and crime commissioners are showing a "worrying" ability to evade rules laid down by Parliament when sacking chief constables, MPs warn today.
PCCs appear able to sidestep safeguards put in place to protect chief constables by threatening potentially embarrassing scrutiny in public. A report by the Commons Home Affairs select committee said early indications were that it was "very easy" for a PCC to remove a chief constable for reasons of an "insubstantial nature". Even the Home Secretary is powerless to intervene and this is evidence that the checks on the powers of commissioners are "too weak", the committee said.
The MPs are highly critical of Ian Johnston, Gwent's police and crime commissioner, who "persuaded" the former chief constable Carmel Napier to retire earlier


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Kenturah Davis, Mary Kelly, Agnes Martin: Lines of Thought
3 December 2020 - 6 February 2021 Main Space, Online Viewing Room
Kenturah Davis
Limen IV, 2020
shifu weaving (kozo paper thread weaving, with inked text); inscribed text, pencil rubbing on kozo paper, in artist frame
105.4 x 106.7 x 7.6 cm, 41 1/2 x 42 x 3 in
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery is delighted to present Kenturah Davis, Mary Kelly and Agnes Martin in Lines of Thought, an exhibition exploring the poetics and politics of language. Important unseen work by Kelly and new text drawings and weavings by Davis enter into conversation with the hand-drawn lines and gridded compositions of Martin's works on paper.
Lines of Thought is the first UK presentation of work by young LA-based artist, Kenturah Davis. Four works (2020) from her series, Limen, pair portraiture with weaving, expressing how individuals are inseparable from the ideas and language that shape identity. Each portrait takes shape through a meticulous process of rubbing pencil across embossed paper inscribed with handwritten text. As the figure emerges, areas of script become legible, while others remain nearly invisible. Juxtaposed is a textile woven from related handwritten script on paper, transformed into thread using the Japanese technique shifu. Drawing on the etymological link between text and textiles, the fibres hint at their encoded information only through tiny flecks of ink. Davis draws on writings from Africa and its diaspora, including those by scholars Fred Moten and Jedidah Isler, touching on subjects from shadows, to black holes, time travel, proverbs and philosophy. Through concealment and illumination, Davis complicates binary categories of black and white, light and dark, East and West.
Exhibited for the first time will be Mary Kelly's Post-Partum Document: Documentation VI (Silver Autone Prints) (1983), a unique installation made of 15 parts based on the artist's artwork of the same name. It was while working on the book version for Post-Partum Document that Kelly devised this rare photographic technique. In Documentation VI, Kelly explores the linguistic formation and development of gender identity, referencing the Rosetta Stone to examine the importance of repetition to the development of language and meaning. Also on view is Kelly's London, 1974 (2017) in which the artist uses her unique lint medium to integrate personal memories of motherhood and communal living as experienced by feminists in the 1970s. Kelly transposes this private, handwritten correspondence into gridded panels, the materiality of the process reflecting that of Davis' weavings, and together forming a dialogue on our fragile comprehension of formative events and social structures.
Grid-like arrangements echo throughout the exhibition. This is crystallised in Agnes Martin's drawing The Peach (1964). Delicate graphite lines appear to blaze an unswerving path into the infinite, only to reach an abrupt stop at the outer limits of the grid. Simultaneously constricting and liberating, the grid functions as a tool to approach ambiguous concepts of identity, memory and emotion. The drawings by Martin will be accompanied by works from her only major printing project, On a clear day (1973), inviting the viewer to meditate upon the mutability of structure and the potential of seriality to generate meaning. This body of work marks a critical point in Martin's career, signalling a return to artmaking after a self-imposed hiatus. By the time of her pencil, ink and watercolour drawing, Untitled (1995), Martin's grids have been simplified into straight horizontal (sometimes vertical) lines, not unlike those of a school workbook. As Nancy Princenthal has suggested, Martin's hand drawn lines are directly 'tied to handwriting and to verbal language … not so much represent[ing] conditions in the material world … as states of mind, or more precisely, lines of thought'.[1]
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[1] Nancy Princenthal, Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art, Thames and Hudson (2015)


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Hashflags images that appear after a #hashtag, and are enabled on Twitter for specific occasions or events. Not all hashtags of course, only the ones it deems worthy of such treatment.Sometimes referred to as custom Twitter Emojis.
last year, twitter has launched hashflags for political parties of UK and Spanish general election.
Here is the population comparison of Spain and UK with Tamil Nadu state of India.
TamilNadu has marginally higher population than these countries. Hope twitter will create hashflag for the parties like #AIADMK, #DMK, #DMDK, #PMK, #sagayam!!???. and brighten up election coverage.
Next : #TN2016 : social media analysis of Tamil Nadu political Parties.


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The Sounds and Souls of the Soweto Gospel Choir
Posted on October 29, 2018 by Janna G. Noelle
The Soweto Gospel Choir at Vancouver's Orpheum Theatre
It's been years since I've been to a concert.
I'm not really sure why this is the case. I have a close friend who is as much a music lover as I am, and we have a standing commitment to see at least one concert together a year.
As we've been friends for some time now, we've taken in a lot of shows, including A Fine Frenzy in 2012, the Imagine Dragons and Tori Amos in 2014, and in 2015, Sarah McLachlan and a concert of Bollywood singing and dancing.
But after that, inexplicably, nothing. For two long years.
But last Saturday, our slump came to an end at Vancouver's Orpheum Theatre, where we went to see the Soweto Gospel choir.
It was my friend who found the news of this concert, all the way back in July. The choir was performing songs for the centenary of Nelson Mandela's birthday.
The show began with a word from the concert promoters' spokesperson, who informed us that the choir would be performing songs in nine of South Africa's 11 official languages.
As a country, South Africa has endured its problems with institutional racism and violence against black people. But I just love the idea of so many languages being recognized on a national scale.
The medieval, Frankish King Charlemagne famously said that "To have another language is to possess a second soul." It seems to me this truism also applies at a national level, as well as that of the individual.
From there, the all-black choir emerged, nine men and nine women, dressed in vibrant clothing decorated with eye-catching geometric patterns. They launched into the performance with energy—with a bold verbal statement that I didn't understand (it being in one of the 10 other national languages), but nonetheless made me sit up straighter in my seat.
Then the singing started, the tight, robust harmonies in distinctly African tones, at times accompanied by keyboard and traditional drums, at times done a cappella.
Many of the songs were joyful and uplifting, punctuated by exultant whistles and ululations, rhythmic clapping, and spirited dancing. Specific dance moves included energetic leaps, twirls, high knees, some stunts reminiscent of breakdancing, and one dramatic trust fall by a female singer straight back into the arms of her co-choristers.
At other times, the songs were solemn and reverent, addressing Nelson Mandela and his legacy of resistance directly. A notable moment in the concert—also the first time the choir sang in English—was a medley of powerful songs about freedom from oppression.
The lyrics were bold, their demeanor unbending, and their fists raised high with black power to close off the first act of the performance.
A tradition of song
As I understand it, group singing and dancing in general is a strong cultural tradition of South Africa. In 2015, a group of South African firefighters came to Canada to help fight the wildfires near Slave Lake, Alberta.
They quickly made national headlines when, in the middle of the boreal forest, they prefaced their shift on the fire line with a motivational group song and dance.
In 2016, more firefighters from South Africa came to help battle the blaze in Fort McMurray, Alberta. This time, they broke into song and dance when they arrived at the Edmonton airport.
For the concert's second act, the choir had a wardrobe change into even brighter colours. They also did more showcasing of their male and female soloists.
The female soloists were belters in the gospel tradition that is evidently a cross-cultural phenomenon. And one male soloist in particular, singing a verse of "Amazing Grace", had the most amazingly plangent basso.
The choir sang more songs in English in this act, including "Amazing Grace", "Wade in the Water", and "Natural Woman", in tribute to the late Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin
I've written before about the two things I need to take place at a concert for me to call it a good show:
Hearing a song I previously disliked played in such a way that gives me a new appreciation for it
That moment: a moment when some unpredictable, elusive, awe-inspiring event occurs during the performance.
For this concert, as sometimes happens, these two things occurred at the same time, during the choir's rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".
Unpopular opinion: I've never cared much for this song. I always found it over-performed by everyone who (rightly or wrongly) considers themself a soulful singer. It's also unbearably melancholic. Sorry, not sorry.
I don't know if it's owing to my great love of another famous chorus by the same name, but Cohen's piece worked so much better as a choral arrangement. The singers' strong, tight harmonies and bold, emphatic descants—both in English and other languages— literally gave me chills.
Finally, of course, the show featured an audience participation portion, which I generally dislike at concerts. This time, however, it felt culturally appropriate, seeming to transform each of us from spectator to yet another member of the choir.
We were taught a simple lyric and told to sing as loudly as we could, while we waved our arms, as one, in celebration and gratitude for the great gift of their music and their souls.
What's the most recent concert you've been to?
(Images: J.G. Noelle)
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6 thoughts on "The Sounds and Souls of the Soweto Gospel Choir"
Wow. Thank you for sharing.
A number of years ago, my then-teenage daughter and I had the honor of participating in a multiracial multi-generational Gospel choir which gave a concert, for Black History month, at the Princeton U. chapel. The choir members and lead singers, all from Trenton, were amazing. Such voices! And contagious love of music.
on November 4, 2018 at 11:46 am
That sounds incredible. I've love to be part of a gospel choir.
Brilliant, love the firefighters. Who can not love Paul Simon's 'Graceland' with its African rhythms, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo's amazing accompaniments?
Last concert? Last big one was the Eagles in Dublin, 2009. A couple of weeks back it was the Ella Munro band here at the Jersey Arts Centre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMsZVk5kPZk
That was a top-tapping video with Ella Munro. It must have been a great show. My next big concert will be Sarah Brightman early next year.
on November 4, 2018 at 11:59 pm
Wow, is Sarah Brightman still going?
on November 5, 2018 at 8:14 am
She is indefatigable!


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