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The Second 50 Years: 1945-2000
Post WWII, fortunes switched to HH's great local rivals, Sheffield United Harriers, who enjoyed success through athletes such as Roland Hardy, the double Olympian who was part of SUH's great road walking successes in the 1950s, and Ken Wood, who finished 9th in the 1500m at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. SUH also took on the mantle of bringing the National Team XC Championships back to Sheffield, in 1956 and 1959. This was to be the last Team victory at National XC level for a Sheffield club, although the balance was redressed a little for HH when Trevor Wright won the individual Championship in 1970.
Nevertheless, Olympic success continued for the City, albeit not through HH, with the prolific husband and wife teamJohn and Sheila Sherwood. Sheila performed in the Long Jump at three Olympics: 1964 Tokyo, 1968 Mexico, 1972 Munich; winning a silver medal in Mexico. John competed in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the 400m hurdles, winning bronze in Mexico. He was also a member of the 4x400m Relay team.
The Olympic dream then reverted back to HH with arguably the most successful Olympic record by any GB track athlete, when Sebastian Coe achieved Gold (1500m) and Silver (800m) in consecutive Olympics at Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles (1984). Seb cannot be rivalled as Hallamshire's most outstanding athlete, famously breaking world records for 800m, 1 mile and 1500m in a phenomal spell of just 41 days in 1979. When he added the 1000m world record the following year, he held 4 world records simultaneously. In all, Seb broke EIGHT world records to add to his four Olympic medals. His 800m world record time of 1:41.73 back in 1981 stood for 16 years, and has still only been bettered by one man, Wilson Kipketer (1:41.11).
Yvonne Hanson-Nortey gave us our last 20th Century Olympian, performing at the Seoul Olympics 1988 in the Shot Putt.
Despite missing out on the Olympics, Trevor Wright was an outstanding distance runner for the club in the early 1970s. He won Bronze (1970) and Silver (1971) International Cross Country Competitions and Marathon Silver in the 1971 European Championships at Helsinki.Trevor's mantle was taken up some 20 years later by another exceptional distance runner, Carl Thackery. Carl still holds the British records for 15k and 20k, plus the 1 hour record of 20,855m. These were all achieved in a single race at La Fleche in 1990. He also won individual Bronze, together with Team Silver, at the World Half Marathon Championships I n1993.
The second 50 years also brought about change in club location. By 1954, the club was operating out of a Scout HQ at Benty Lane, Crosspool, but the big change came about in 1956 when a running track was built in Hillsborough Park. HHS and SUH shared the facility, but it was to become the spiritual home of HHS following the building of a new clubhouse in 1970. Much of the building work was done by a small nucleus of members, who used their skills and – more importantly – their time and enthusiasm, to create a Club House with changing rooms and showers, which is still in use today. Sadly, the cinder running track had become dilapidated by the end of 1980s and the creation of new stadia at Woodbourn Road and then Don Valley meant Hillsborough Track was no longer viable.The club found itself split between venues: Woodbourn Road and Don Valley for Track and Field; Hillsborough for trail and road work.
In 1974/5, Hallamshire Harriers' old rivals Sheffield United Harriers and Sheffield City A.C. formed the new club Sheffield A.C. which later went on to reincarnate as City of Sheffield A.C. A number of efforts to merge HH into a single Sheffield club were not successful and today HH still remains the same independent club as was formed in 1896.


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Hitchhiking America: On An Airplane (Part 8)
Hitchhiking America: Flying the Friendly Skies
The update you've been waiting for. How the hell I managed to hitchhike on an airplane. Even after I was kicked out of the airport.
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START HERE: Hitchhiking Across America[/su_note]
Day 29 of my hitchhiking adventure starts in Columbus Ohio at the Wayfaring Buckeye Hostel located on the Ohio State University campus. The place is completely packed, but they manage to squeeze me in for a night.
Inside I find multiple dorm rooms, 2 kitchens, and a hot tub in back. Which I happily use to soak away road fatigue with a beer in one hand while chatting to a fun group of travelers from around the world.
Does that Look Like a Hostel to You?
Hitchhiking on Airplanes
The next day I made my way to the Ohio State University Airport, planning to try and hitch a flight out heading East. Yup. Hitchhiking on an airplane.
Insanity! Right?
I first learned about hitchhiking on planes after watching David Choe's VICE documentary called Thumbs Up. After doing a bit of research I discovered that while it's rare, it's not new.
People have been hitchhiking on small private planes since the 60's.
The key is to hang out at General Aviation airports, the much smaller local fields that cater to pilots who own their own aircraft. Like single engine Cessna's with 2-4 seats. These pilots can fly with whoever, whenever, and where ever they feel like.
I'd just have to convince one of them to fly with me.
Ride #24: Mike the Pilot
Kicked Out of the Airport
I stopped by the airport's FBO (fixed base operator) office to let them know what I was up to. The cute girls working the front desk didn't seem to think I'd have much luck. But they offered to post the note I'd written up on the bulletin board.
Then I walked outside and made myself comfortable near the entrance with a cardboard sign that read "Flying East?" I was prepared to wait around all day if needed, hoping a pilot would be intrigued enough to stop.
Over the next hour, maybe 10 cars drove into the airport past me, some of them laughing, others looking confused. None stop to talk. Eventually an older ground-crew employee (who looks like a supervisor) walks up to ask what the hell I'm doing.
"Hitchhiking" I say.
"Don't you know this is an airport?"
"Um, yes."
"You can't hitchhike from an airport!"
"Why? Is it illegal?"
"No one is going to give you a ride. Plus it's private property".
Damn. He pulled the trespassing card on me. Hitchhiking America on airplanes is not illegal. But it makes people like him nervous. He seems to think I'm wasting my time too. Not wanting a confrontation or for the police to show up, I agree to leave.
However he's not aware of my backup plan.
Soaring Over West Virginia
A few days earlier, I used Twitter to let people know I would be attempting to hitchhike on an airplane. Hoping that maybe someone knew a pilot in Ohio. My friend Rachelle tweeted me back saying she knew a few pilots there.
Her buddy Mike was going to be in the area, owned a plane, and sounded interested. We chatted on Facebook.
Mike works in finance, but in his spare time he flies rescue dogs around the country with an organization called Pilots N' Paws using the single-engine Cessna 182 he co-owns with a few other pilots.
After I was kicked out of the OSU airport, I messaged Mike to ask if he was still willing to pick up a hitchhiker. But would the airport even let me back in? I wasn't sure…
So I walked to a grocery store & bought cookies to bribe airport authorities.
Flying First Class
Strolling back into the FBO office, I offer my irresistible cookie bribe to the front desk girls in exchange for allowing me to hang out in the lounge to wait for Mike. They accept. Who in their right mind would refuse cookies?
Later Mike arrives with his friend Steve, also a pilot. They explain that Steve came along to help Mike practice flying blind (with instruments only), but I think the real reason is to help throw me out of the cockpit if I try any funny stuff.
We all meet for the first time, chat for 15 minutes, then walk out to the runway. Right past the same supervisor who kicked me out earlier. The look on that guy's face was priceless!
The engine roars to a start and we take off into the clouds, spending the next hour talking as we fly to a municipal airport in Morgantown, West Virginia. Our personal electronic devices remain on the whole time, with a cell signal for much of the flight!
It's fun to listen to radio chatter through the headset, and my new friends explain the world of General Aviation to me, pointing out cool stuff along the way.
Ride #25: Mark the Aviation Mechanic
Landing smoothly on the small runway in Morgantown, there's no one manning the tower telling us where to go. So we just pull up to the building and disembark. It's amazing to me how flying is much less strict and regulated at these small airports. I share my last cookies with Mike & Steve and thank them for the lift.
The airport is a ways out of town, so my plan is to wait for another flight to land and ask for a ride in with crew or passengers. While hanging out in the pilot's lounge I meet Mark. He works as an aviation mechanic, but he's also a pilot.
After explaining my hitchhiking adventure, he offers to drive me back into town once he's finished working on an aircraft GPS system. He also offers to get me on a plane heading to Alabama the next day. Mark has flown hitchhikers around before. In fact, one time he picked someone up in his truck, then flew him to Georgia!
While I would have loved to continue on to Alabama in another airplane, I was beginning to run out of time and needed to concentrate on making it to the Atlantic coast as soon as possible. ★
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Have you ever been hitchhiking before? Have any questions about it? Let me know in the comments below!
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Trump's Corrupt Cabinet, Russia Hysteria, DNC Chair Race, & More | Episode 73
By Ronald Norman
This episode tackles everything from Donald Trump's corrupt soon-to-be cabinet, the Democratic Party's hysteria over Russia allegedly hacking the DNC and John Podesta's emails, to the contentious DNC race. Additionally, we'll discuss why Bernie Sanders would have defeated Donald Trump, Michael Moore's warning to the President-elect, as well as Hillary Clinton's new war on the First Amendment. All of these topics—and more—will be covered in this extended episode of The Humanist Report. Enjoy!
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Can you smell it? The gorgeous, seductive aroma wafting out into the streets… Yes, that's it, freshly roasted coffee beans, imported from the finest sources in the world.
If you're a serious coffee nut, then you'll have spent this recent 'era of the hipster' revelling at the sound of each new, artisanal coffee roaster or café that's been opening up in Singapore. It all really started with Papa Palheta's when the scene took off at breakneck speed, and possibly a hundred have since been opened.
Kiasu Coffee, Penny University, Dimbulah, Revolution Coffee, Common Man Coffee Roasters, Jimmy Monkey Café, Jewel Café and Bar, The Plain Café, Nylon, Loysel's Toy, Chye Seng Huat, Tiong Bahru Bakery, Dbl Shot, Oriole Café, Highlander Coffee, Liberty Coffee, Papa Pahlita, Kooka Café, Maison Ikkoku, Shots Espresso Bar, Selfish Gene, Strangers Reunion, Hungry Chimps, Lauren Jasmine, Sarnies, The Naked Coffee, Kith Café, Chris's Coffee, Forty Hands, Toby's Estate, Carpenter and Cook, SPRMRKT, The Book Café, Department of Caffeine, Kickstart Brewiches, The Spiffy Dapper and The Coffee Shot.
Common Man Coffee Roasters is essentially a genius of a café crafted by the masters of Forty Hands and 5 Senses. Offering their loyal customers a selection of house blends that suit every sort of mood, this joint can be easily regarded as one of the major to-go places for quality coffee in the island. The folks at Common Man have a passion for coffee that is anything but common, only brewing the most delicious coffees from the freshest coffee beans sourced from places around the world that you probably never knew existed. Oh, and they also serve unbelievable all-day breakfasts. If you haven't been, go. Now.
Common Man Coffee Roasters is located at 22 Martin Road #01-00, Singapore 239058, p. 6836 4695. Open Mon-Sun 7.30am – 6pm.
I've only just discovered Nylon recently. This is truly a hidden gem, located at 4 Everton Road (near Neil Road), you'd really never know about it unless you lived on the block or had heard whispers from a friend. There aren't any seats here, and the place is tiny, but we say this is irrelevant as the coffee is truly outstanding: strong, flavourful roasts, with a beautiful HDB al fresco area to enjoy as your setting. You can tell from the crowd drinking there that they have very loyal followers. Customers even bring their own foldable chairs!
Nylon Coffee Roasters is located at 4 Everton Park #01-40, Singapore 080004, p. 6220 2330. Open Mon 8.30am – 5.30pm, Wed-Fri 8.30am – 5.30pm, Sat-Sun 9am – 6pm.
Granted, I might be biased as City Nomads HQ is just around the corner. But after a few years of being in business I still come here on an almost weekly basis to grab a cold brew or latte and I have never been disappointed. I'm the guessing the same applies for the queue that is always lining up for coffee no matter what time in the morning or afternoon it is!
Chye Seng Huat Hardware is located at 150 Tyrwhitt Road, Singapore 207563, p. 6396 0609. Open Tue-Fri 9am – 7pm, Sat-Sun 9am – 10pm.
It's been a long time since I've been to Artistry since it first opened. It's been redesigned and has a lot of changes. One of which is the quality of their coffee. To my pleasant surprise, their coffee has gone from good to superb. Great place to sit outside, enjoy some music and have a cuppa.
Artistry is located at 17 Jalan Pinang, Singapore 199149, p. 6298 2420. Open Tue-Fri 10am – 11pm, Sat 9.30am – 11.30pm, Sun 9.30am – 4pm.
I am a Sarnies regular (as are basically 90% of their customers). Food is great, staff there are super friendly and seem to know everyone's name. My go-to here is their cortado (essentially a double shot short latte) or espresso martini, which is actually better than any cocktail bar version I've had!
Sarnies is located at 136 Telok Ayer Street, Singapore 068601, p. 6224 6091. Open Mon-Tue 7.30am – 10.30pm, Wed-Fri 7.30am – 11.30pm, 8.30am – 4pm.
Kith is one of the relatively older café joints in Singapore, and they've deservedly cultivated a very loyal customer-base. One huge bonus here is that Kith's coffees are not only strong, but massive. Order a large latte and you'll be taking half of it home to savour later. Their sandwiches and salads are pretty delish as well, packed with tasty fresh ingredients.
Kith Cafe is located at 9 Penang Rd, #01-01E Park Mall, Singapore 238459. Open Mon-Sun 8am – 10pm.
Toby's rocks….the massive long wooden communal table, the al fresco seating area, the yummy sandwiches and wraps, and of course, above all else, the consistently excellent coffee. Look to the side of Toby's and you'll regularly see the fresh beans being roasted right before your eyes, all in the name of preparing for some more of their super coffee offerings. And the smell….mmmmmm.
Toby's Estate is located at 8 Rodyk Street #01-03/04, Singapore 238216. Open Sun-Wed 7.30am – 6pm, Thu-Sat 6.30am – 10pm.
Jewel Cafe and Bar has certainly proved its worth when it comes to speciality coffees. Roasting its own beans every day, you can choose from single origin coffees, cold brews, Chemed brews, and even V60s. With two spacious levels of well-lit seatings and very knowledgable staff, we're sure you'll love this place, coffee nerd or otherwise.
Jewel Cafe and Bar is located at 129 Rangoon Road, Singapore 218407. Open Tue-Thu, Sun 9am – 10pm, Fri-Sat 9am – 11pm.
Forty Hands serves up hundreds and hundreds of coffees every day. They are strong, smooth, beautiful and very, very tasty. It's no wonder that, like a Duracell bunny, their coffee keeps the residents of Tiong Bahru going, and going… and coming back for more!
Forty Hands is located at 78 Yong Siak Street #01-12, Singapore 163078, p. 6225 8545. Open Mon-Sun 7.30am – 6pm.


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Johnny Vardeman's column
Sacks store was mainstay on city square
A mule-drawn wagon rides past Jake Sacks' store on the Gainesville square in 1942. Riders are W.M. Payne and W.M. Payne Jr., father and brother of Carol Shope, who provided the photo.
Johnny Vardeman
Updated: Aug. 17, 2014, 1 a.m.
The east side of Gainesville's downtown square in the 1950s was dominated by clothing stores, most of them what you would consider discount shops today.
All in a row facing Bradford Street were Hulsey's, 107 Bradford, run by Jeff and Jack Hulsey; The Leader, 109; The Hub, 111, operated by J.H. Goldstein; and Jake Sacks, 113. In addition, Southern Shoe Store was at 115 Bradford. To get your bearings, Gem Jewelry Co. today is at 111 and Avocado Restaurant at 109 Bradford on the square.
Another discount clothing store was just south of the square on Bradford, L.B. Adams, run by a flamboyant entrepreneur who attracted hundreds of customers through boisterous advertising on radio and in newspapers.
Jake Sacks had been there since 1902, the owner recalling in later years that the streets around the square were still dirt, and the city had only 5,000 people.
Agnes Shockley's father, Clarence "Skeet" Sosebee, worked at Jake Sacks as a sales clerk for 25 years. Ray Hemphill was the store's manager for a while. Shockley and her sister, Mary Nell Smallwood, would help out at the store on weekends while in high school and spent many hours otherwise in the place where their father was a familiar figure. She can still visualize the layout of the store and remembers overalls were a big seller, as well as hats with Jake Sacks' own label.
Jake Sacks' son-in-law, B.D. Cohen, succeeded him in operating the store. An Atlantan, he commuted to Gainesville every day and continued the store's tradition of friendly customer service.
But the traffic-filled commute, parking problems around the square and shopping centers locating away from downtown finally did in Jake Sacks at the end of 1971.
Cohen today would see a quite different downtown from what he left when Jake Sacks closed its doors to create yet another empty storefront. In an interview with The Times as the store was closing, Cohen lamented the lack of parking.
"Human nature is funny," he said at the time. "People will go to a shopping center and walk from their cars to the stores and not think anything about it." But walking that same distance from off the downtown square is different for some reason, he said. People want their downtown parking to be as close as possible to the stores.
At that time, the situation resulted in drivers constantly circling the square until a space would come open.
Cohen's unpopular solution to the parking problem would have been building a multistory parking garage in the middle of the square. He suggested providing public restrooms in the parking complex. That idea never got off the ground, of course, because people were opposed to eliminating what little green space there was in downtown, not to mention that it would have resulted in relocating "Old Joe," the Confederate statue.
Cohen would be elated at the parking situation today. Not one, but two parking garages are in the downtown area. Spaces continue to be available in front of businesses as well as around the downtown square itself, although on busier days they are at a premium.
The mix of businesses is somewhat different from when Jack Sacks and other similar stores were at their prime. There are fewer empty store fronts, and pedestrians ply the sidewalks on some days almost as they did in downtown's heyday.
Cohen took a look back when he closed Jake Sacks more than 40 years ago. "I can remember a time when on a Saturday the sidewalks would be so full, you could hardly walk," he said.
Agnes Shockley and Mary Nell Smallwood's mother, Thelma Sosebee, wrote a personal column from the Sugar Hill community in local newspapers for many years.
Johnny Vardeman is retired editor of The Times. He can be reached at 2183 Pinetree Circle NE, Gainesville, GA 30501. His column appears Sundays and at gainesvilletimes.com/johnny.
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Privacy and Regulation
Ad Industry Groups Intro New Rules for Mobile Data Collection
But Its Compliance and Enforcement Are Still Question Marks
By Kate Kaye. Published on July 24, 2013.
YouTube's pushback on kids' privacy criticized by consumer groups
Ad industry self-regulators want mobile app developers to provide better notice of data collection and usage to consumers and today are unveiling guidelines for doing so. Both the Digital Advertising Alliance, which leads the industry's pervasive targeted ad privacy program, and the Network Advertising Initiative, which counts third party ad networks and exchanges as its members, are set to publish complementary new mobile data rules today.
Government is bearing down on mobile marketers and their data collection habits, and the ad industry aims to get out in front of the issue. However, despite the new guidelines, which will address how marketers notify users when data is collected via mobile apps, details for implementation and compliance monitoring remain undetermined. Enforcement is a ways off, too.
There are key differences in mobile data collection compared to website-derived data. Primarily, much more precise location data can be gathered via mobile devices, and some apps require the ability to access a device owner's contacts or directory information, as well as photos. Another important distinction: apps don't use cookies for tracking.
Digital Advertising Alliance members will be required to present users with a standard notice of mobile data collection for advertising purposes -- most likely the DAA's AdChoices icon, a ubiquitous symbol in display advertising today. Clicking that icon will probably launch its own app which would let users choose whether to allow companies to collect cross-app data, location information and directory data.
The NAI is unveiling a similar program today. While the DAA code applies to first-party data collection, the NAI's requirements are for its third-party ad network and exchange members which gather information across websites and mobile applications for ad targeting.
"One of the greatest challenges is going to be compliance accountability and enforcement," said Marc Groman, executive director and general counsel at the NAI. "We audit every [NAI] member every single year and we have a crawler that monitors all members in the desktop space," he said, acknowledging that translating that compliance monitoring to mobile will be "incredibly challenging." Mr. Groman said developing technologies for monitoring will take six to nine months.
DAA General Counsel Stu Ingis is less concerned about technical implementation. "It's complex. I wouldn't use the word 'challenging' though," he said.
Both the DAA and NAI are in the process of choosing companies to develop monitoring systems. Evidon and Truste, firms that help advertisers comply with the DAA Ad Choices program, are running pilots for the DAA's mobile monitoring, said Mr. Ingis.
It is unclear when either organization will actually enforce their new guidelines.
Government has considered its own regulations for mobile data privacy, though not much has come of any federal or state initiatives yet. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., in 2011 introduced his Location Privacy Protection Act which passed Senate Committee though has yet to be re-introduced in the current Congress. The bill would require companies to obtain consent before collecting or sharing a user's mobile-location data.
The Obama administration has also taken a stab at protecting mobile privacy. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration will convene stakeholders to discuss a standard for mobile-app privacy notifications this week in Washington, D.C.
California also has partnered with companies including Apple, Google and Facebook to help ensure mobile app developers offer consumers more information about data collection.
The DAA and NAI guidelines apply only to data collected for advertising purposes while these other initiatives likely would apply to a broader set of data collection uses.
"I think that it's really incumbent on industry to get this right," said Mr. Groman. "Policy makers on both sides of the aisle are particularly focused on mobile privacy and location privacy…. As we get more innovative I think it's really incumbent on us to bake privacy by design in from the start."
Kate Kaye
Kate Kaye covers the data industry for Advertising Age and is the main contributor to the Ad Age DataWorks section. Before joining Ad Age in November 2012, Kate worked as a writer and reporter covering the digital marketing industry since 2000, focusing on beats including data-driven targeting, privacy, and government regulation. Kate helped cultivate the online political campaign beat, and in 2009 wrote "Campaign '08 A Turning Point for Digital Media," a book about the digital media efforts of the 2008 presidential campaigns. Before joining Ad Age, Kate was managing editor of ClickZ News, where she worked for nearly 7 years.
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Consider these top financial and career motivations for getting an advanced degree.
When I graduated from college, I frantically searched for a meaningful career. I'd majored in English, so I figured getting my Ph.D. in English Literature was a solid next step. I applied only to America's top five programs. If I got in, I reasoned, it was meant to be.
I ambivalently awaited grad school decisions only to learn I didn't get in anywhere. Looking back, the rejections and subsequent decision to forgo grad school was the best choice for me. Of course, ideally, I would have spared myself studying for the GRE, spending $500 in application fees, and an entire fall spent on personal statements.
But, for some people, going to grad school is a smart choice — professionally and personally. Just make sure you're in tune with your motivations for attending before signing your acceptance letter and accepting a financial aid package. Here are the top reasons to go to grad school — from three of my own friends who chose that route and advanced in their careers because of it.
My friend Vanessa echoes that sentiment. As a political science major, after graduation she enrolled in an M.A. program in international administration and "didn't have any particular job in mind or a plan of action." Vanessa wound up in the nonprofit world and soon realized that wasn't her calling. She ended up going back to school again — this time with a specific goal in mind: a career in law. Now an attorney after earning her J.D., Vanessa told me that her lack of a plan rendered her M.A. irrelevant.
Every student wants to put their learning to the test beyond the classroom. That may be especially important if you're trying to decide whether grad school is right for you.
Similarly, Steve, another friend of mine and an anthropology and environmental policy major, didn't know exactly what job he wanted after graduation. In college, he enjoyed working with GIS, a software that helps people analyze spatial data. Realizing the professional versatility of GIS, Steve pursued a geology master's program to help hone his skills and gain exposure to companies using GIS. For his thesis, he did research on one of Denver's bike programs. Now he's employed as a transportation planner with the same group.
Vanessa told me she regrets not taking advantage of her international administration M.A. program's field connections. When she went back to school for her J.D., she didn't make the same mistake twice: "As a result, I was exposed to great opportunities." She learned that students with real-world experience often fared better in the job market compared to those who went to law school straight from undergrad or didn't have related experience.
On average, grad school costs between $30,000 and $40,000 per year. Like undergrad programs, you can apply for scholarships, fellowships and grants, part-time work or even employer tuition programs. But, if those means don't cover the whole cost — as well as living expenses — you may take on significant debt to earn that advanced degree.
Sarah's parents financially supported her while she went to graduate school. Her high academic performance landed her a large scholarship her second (and final) year.
For Steve, grad school was a net gain. He secured a graduate teaching assistantship that paid his tuition plus income. Without that, he says, he might have sought a job that offered an employer tuition assistance program rather than take on student loans.
Vanessa considered the financial factors of law school carefully. "Some people advised me to go to the best law school I could get into, but that would have meant I'd graduate with close to $200,000 of debt," Vanessa says. She saw this approach as a "tremendous risk," so she selected the university that offered her a full scholarship.
For many, grad school can be a great career move, especially if you have financial help to pay for it, or you know it can help get build your earning potential in your career. But, for others, a graduate school degree isn't necessary — you can advance professionally and financially though experience and performance.
My closing advice? Don't just take my friends' word for how to make the decision on grad school. Talk to people with the job or career path you want (try setting up informational interviews). See if they have graduate degrees and ask them if they think it's necessary. You may find out it's not, save yourself a lot of money, and get helpful suggestions on how to reach your career goals you didn't have before.
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Hey… WWE Fans Howz all going..?. Well, WWE one of the biggest and grandest event Summerslam is almost 3 Months away and I am damn Sure you all are very excited to see it. WWE Summerslam is nothing less than Wrestlemania the Match Cards of Summerslam is Smashing, Blasting and this Year Trust me Summerslam will be a grand one than ever, This year we could see some teeth biting moments and jaw-dropping Match Cards.
WWE Summerslam 2018, comes to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. for the Fourth Consecutive Year on Sunday, 19 August you Can book your Seats from Ticketmaster.com.
Well, In this Article, we will be talking about The Cenation leader Opponent for WWE Summerslam 2018, As you, all know 2017-2018 hasn't been a great year for our hero John Cena. In fact, 2017-2018, has been Weirdest Year for John Cena, It all Started with becoming the WWE Champion at Royal Rumble then losing it to Bray Wyatt at Elimination Chamber and then progressing a brawl against The Miz, Rusev and Baron Corbin and then losing in 6 Consecutive PPVs including against The Undertaker in 3 min. However, John Cena Finally got his Breakthrough against Triple-H at WWE Greatest Royal Rumble 2018 and we can now hope 2018 ahead could be better and brighter year than ever for John Cena. WWE Cenation Leader is Rumored to return to Summerslam and now question Arises who Could be the One whom Cena Will be facing? So lets Checkout Top 3 Possible Opponents For John Cena at WWE Summerslam 2018.
Undertaker becomes the Most Obvious and Surest Opponent for Cenation Leader at WWE Summerslam 2018 as WWE Fans didn't get to See a high Voltage dream Match between The Deadman and John Cena at Wrestlemania and the Match just got finished in 3 min. Sources, Say this happened because Undertaker was not Ready or WWE Wanted to Push their Story ahead at Summerslam So, A Big Thumps Up to this Wrestlemania Rematch at Summerslam 2018.


i was feeling like i wasn't getting much done today, feeling muddled and tired after being awake in the night. i can remember a time after Nico was born when getting just one thing done counted as a productive day. laundry or dishes or sweeping or a trip to the library. that was all i could do, and i needed to scale down my expectations. but today i really did get plenty done. i just needed to see it written down!
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ESDC is a department of the Government of Canada. Its mission is to build a stronger and more competitive Canada, to support Canadians in making choices that help them live productive and rewarding lives, and to improve Canadians' quality of life.
Canada's participation in PIAAC is a joint effort of the ministers of education of the provinces and territories, through CMEC; the Government of Canada, led by ESDC; and a number of federal departments and agencies. This joint effort was established to support Canada's participation in the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) and the consequent research and analysis that can inform policy development.


TSB - the bank formerly owned by Lloyds - has agreed to a £1.7bn takeover by Spanish bank Sabadell, reports the BBC.
The takeover of the U.K. bank comes less than a year after it rejoined the stock market when Lloyds Banking Group sold off 50% of the business.
Sabadell's 340p a share offer is 4% above TSB's Thursday's close. TSB shares rose 2% to 333p, suggesting investors are not fully confident the deal will go through.
Lloyds Banking Group rose 0.5% to 79.92p. The 340p offer price is 29% above the level at which investors valued the TSB business on 11 March, before Sabadell stepped in.
Lloyds is selling its remaining 50% stake to Sabadell. The deal needs the approval of U.K. regulator the Prudential Regulatory Authority, as well as the European Commission and shareholders.
TSB said that if a takeover went ahead, Sabadell would continue to "operate TSB as a robust competitor in the U.K. banking market, building on the TSB brand name" and Sabadell would support and accelerate its "retail growth strategy".
TSB has 8,600 staff and 631 branches.
Sabadell was founded in Barcelona in 1881 and now has 2,320 branches. Sabadell, Spain's fifth-biggest bank, plans to diversify by expanding overseas, to offset sluggish growth in its home market. Lloyds had been ordered to sell the bank by European regulators as a condition of its government bailout during the UK financial crisis of 2007 to 2009. It has until the end of 2015 to sell the rest of its TSB stake.


Baker Hughes is a leading supplier of oilfield services, products, technology and systems to the worldwide oil and natural gas industry. By being the service company that best anticipates, understands and exceeds our customers' expectations, Baker Hughes Advances Reservoir Performance.
The company's 60,000-plus employees work in more than 80 countries in geomarket teams that help customers find, evaluate, drill, produce, transport and process hydrocarbon resources. Baker Hughes' technology centers in the world's leading energy markets are pushing the boundaries to overcome progressively more complex challenges. Baker Hughes develops solutions designed to help manage operating expenses, maximize reserve recovery and boost overall return on investment through the entire life cycle of an oil or gas asset. Collaboration is the foundation upon which Baker Hughes builds our business and develops next-generation products and services for drilling and evaluation, completions and production and fluids and chemicals.
Baker Hughes has an excellent opportunity for an experienced Technical Support Engineer- Sand Control to join our Completions team in Nigeria.
Takes responsibility for multiple or single products and services in single legal entity.
Typically does not have budgetary responsibility.
Monitors daily progress of jobs or projects.
Provides some technical guidance and work direction to field staff. Level is determined by a matrix based on years of experience, number of employees supervised, and scope of responsibility.
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Mafia 2: Directors Cut (Platinum) Customer Reviews
Excellent game, full DLC package, excellent price !!! What more can you want, buy it now while you can...
04/06/14 by fotisel
Great game, in spanish!
I ordered this game, but Zavvi sent me the Essentials version isntead of the Platinum one. But it was better! Essentials version includes Spanish text and voices. Great game with all the DLC at a great price!!
13/05/14 by Besay
Good game!
Mafia 2: Directors Cut (Platinum) - a good game with all DLS contents. Intresting gameplay with good picture. Happy to buy this edition in Zavvi.
10/04/14 by Armenjun
THANKS zavvi ...!!!
Amazing online shop with superfast / free delivery to Greece! Only one week to get the game in a very protective envelope !! :-) Mafia 2: Directors Cut is one of the BEST games for PS3! It has great characters & story, beautiful open world to explore with cool 50's music & beautiful graphics. Plus this version has all the DLC included in the store! It gives you 3 more stories, which is a great deal! 5/5 *****
08/04/14 by John The Greek
Nice game, great movie
If you like GTA series, you'll love Mafia II. I'm still only at 18 %, but the story looks promising, has variations (just an example: your first mission will be as a WWII soldier, and it is perfectly integrated in the storyline) and is very playable. At the moment, I've been playing in winter months of 1945, so the city is snowy, people walking in the street loses their umbrellas and slide and fall, the cars and music are lovely, the news in the radio fit the USA progress in that final months of WWII... As a plus, I'm Spaniard and the dialogs and subtitles are in Spanish (not the radio news, though, but you get free English listening practice while you play). :-) Some players may argue that cinematics scenes are sometimes too long, but the plot is very catching to me, so I enjoy them. At the sale price it is a must have for me.
07/04/14 by RickieES
The godfather of sandbox
2K Czech's Mafia 2: Directors Cut is ambitious in its staging, and the cinematic sequences are sublime. The script puts us squarely in the bad life from the first minute and the missions hardly feel repetitious: there is always a twist or a new situation that tests our expertise with the trigger or flywheel. It has a couple of aspects to be polished, more refined as a control for the action, this would make the adventure almost perfect.
06/07/13 by Clearco
Mafia 2: Directors Cut (Platinum) is a great game!
15/04/13 by offer shliva
Mafia 2 is one of the best game i have ever played. GTA style open world. Must have game.
16/03/13 by Denizgosss
Well worth it
With the extra content this game is well worth the money. Not really played it a lot yet but it seems to be very slick. Why everyone tends to buy games on release I don't know, always better to wait until these games come out with all the extras.
30/10/12 by thetoerag
Mafia 2: Directors Cut (Platinum) is an outstanding game, despite some of the technical problems of the console versions. It keeps the player hooked in one of the titles that best reflects the environment and the lives of gangsters. It's fun but it does not bring anything particularly new to the third-person action genre, and the parts are usually pretty easy shooting. However, Mafia 2 provides even more variety than usual. It is this that makes it such a good game, with chapters and situations that you won't forget about in a while.


For the epitome of luxury, the best choice would be one of our Five Star Hotels we have to offer. With beautiful hotels across the UK that offer the best standards, a hotel can provide for your stay, to create an exceptional experience for you on your break away. A hotel has to be of the highest standard to be given the award of five stars.
• Additional facilities, for example, secondary dining, leisure, spa, etc.
When at least 80% of this criteria is met is only when it will become one of the five-star hotels. You will find only the best of the best in these magnificent hotels, for a holiday or break that is filled with exquisite luxury and elegance from start to finish. The five-star Hotels that are listed below are hand picked by the I Need Pampering team to offer only the highest standard.
The ultimate in relaxation as you escape to a historic castle in this spa break with a difference.
Enjoy a romantic getaway in the warm and welcoming setting of the award winning five star Hastings Culloden Hotel.


Swordz.io is a fun .io game that can be played online. There is no need to download or register the game as it is online. You can play by choosing to play as a guest. The main goal of the game is to destroy other players on the battlefield with the powerful sword! The sword is actually bigger than in the game! The graphics and style of playing the game are quite simple, but players still have to protect themselves against other players on the pitch! Overall, we have enjoyed the basic feel of this game and will definitely try again in the future!
Swordz.io controls are quite standard for .io games. The entire game uses the mouse. This way, this game should be safe to play on mobile devices. However, your mobile device is not likely to respond to the necessary commands. No matter which device you use, you can navigate around the map by following where your mouse pointer takes you. Left click on the mouse to attack! To make a move, you must click the right mouse button.
For many players who try to play this game from school or from other places that limit the websites you can view, the school can turn into problems if it blocks the site.
Cutting many spheres in Swordz.io game will increase the size of your sword and the power of your moves, so you can come to a better level faster. If you win the fights, the players you hunt will get you to a faster level.
The strategy of the most important game in which we can be presented is not to be interrupted by your competitors. The easiest way to avoid is to always be aggressive when you are close to another player. Remember that your sword is the same as theirs. Therefore, before you can interact with any opponent, you must master to shake your sword. Fortunately, there are small targets that are scattered throughout the map before deciding to attack other players. Use these strategies to conquer your enemies!


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Q: How to enable WDDM on NVIDIA P100? We have machine with Windows Server 2019 and NVIDIA P100. When we install official driver we get TCC mode. For our application we need DirectX, but when we try to enable WDDM with nvidia-smi tool, we get error.
In documentation we found this:

Tesla — typically defaults to TCC mode. Current drivers require a GRID license to enable WDDM on Tesla devices.

Does it mean we need GRID installed on our machine? We don't need VDI/vGPU, just WDDM enabled.

A: After discussion with NVIDIA support I finally got solution.

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*Create NVIDIA Enterprise Account.

*Download "vGPU for Windows" package.

*Install

After this steps you will have WDDM mode by default. Driver available in client's download section only allows TCC mode.

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The Maori traditions are a fascinating aspect of a tour to New Zealand and sporting competition is fierce and intense. The country has some of the most spectacular scenery in the world such as Milford Sound, the hot geothermal pools of Rotorua and the beautiful Abel Tasman & Bay of Islands and Tongariro National Park. It is a perfect place not only for a sports tour but also for geography, music and bell ringers! The bell ringing scene in New Zealand is active and enthusiastic and we have arranged a tour to ring the bells in various church towers across New Zealand followed by dinner and a few glasses of local wine with your 'hosts'.
New Zealand is known as the adrenaline capital of the world and there are a number of exciting activities to try such as bungy jumping, swoop, zorb, jet boating, black water tubing, rafting and schweeb. These can be found either in queenstown on the South Island or in and around Rotorua on the North Island.
A visit to a traditional Maori Village is an interesting and rewarding experience and you will be invited to join in the celebrations at a typical Hangi dinner.
Along the coast to the north of Christchurch you can see seals basking in the sun from the roadside and take a special Whale Watch cruise from Kaikoura. Also in this area you can bathe in the hot springs at Hanmer and then head further north to the wine area around Nelson. Taking the ferry from Picton to Wellington is quick and easy and in Wellington you must visit the Te Papa Museum which has a fascinating section on immigration to New Zealand.
In Palmerston North is the Adidas Institute where we can arrange some specialist rugby coaching for you before you head up to Rotorua to visit the amazing geothermal pools at Wai-O-Tapu or Whakarewarewa.
Finishing your tour in Auckland you can visit the Auckland Museum which tells the story of New Zealand. Harbour Bridge Climb, boat trips to dormant volcanoes and trips to seaside resorts such as Hot Water beach will complete your tour.


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Expert: black holes destroy information
Ordo News EditorSeptember 14, 2020Last Updated: September 14, 2020
(ORDO NEWS) — Black holes could pose a "serious problem" for life in the distant future, as they can erase the basic building blocks of the universe. This was announced by a well-known theoretical physicist in his circles.
Cosmic phenomena such as black holes are formed when massive stars collapse and can continue to grow, absorbing and merging with other black holes. This interaction has been observed for many years, and scientists use it to identify their presence since the radiation from them can only be seen as visible light in outer space. To date, astronomers have discovered many stellar black holes in binary systems and believe that the Milky Way galaxy contains a supermassive black hole.
However, according to a physicist, Ph.D. Alessandro Sfondrini from the Institute for Theoretical Physics, one-day black holes will destroy the Universe:
"Black holes radiate their mass like a hot pot on a stove, losing water as steam. This is called Hawking radiation. Black holes are constantly losing tiny amounts of their mass – an incredibly slow process. It happens constantly and uncontrollably, and as it happens, it accelerates more and more."
Every solid, liquid, gas, and plasma is composed of neutral or ionized atoms.
"In the distant, distant future, when the last star in the universe is dead for trillions of years, black holes will get smaller and smaller until they evaporate and disappear, leaving behind only a little radiation."
"But that's an even bigger problem because in the process of disappearing black holes can remove something fundamental – information. There is nothing tangible in information, it is usually understood as a property of the arrangement of particles. Imagine a bunch of carbon atoms. Arrange them in a certain way and you get coal. Arrange them differently and you get a diamond. Atoms are the same, information changes. If we complicate this and add a few more atoms, we get a banana."
"The basic building blocks of everything in the universe are the same, and they don't care if they are part of a bird, a stone, or a cup of coffee. Without information, everything in the universe would be the same. According to the theory of quantum mechanics, information is indestructible. It can change shape, but it never gets lost – for example, if you burn a piece of paper, you get ash. This ash will never become paper again. But if you could carefully collect every carbon atom in the ash and measure the exact properties of the smoke and heat from the fire, you could theoretically recover the paper. The newspaper's information is still in the universe and has not been lost."
"Today black holes confuse us. Information tells us how things differ from each other and what they were before. Black holes do the opposite – they take different things and make them the same. They destroy information. This creates an information paradox, and this is a serious problem – fundamental to all of our laws of physics is that information can never be lost. Existing, not existing. Everything is relative without information."
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This is a nice shop with great products. Unfortunately they keep a single Goldfish in a 'wine glass bowl'. The poor thing has no stimulus whatsoever in this horrible prison cell. It just swims round and round in endless emptiness. My heart goes out to the poor thing every time I see it. Surely people should know in this day and age that this is animal cruelty. .
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Taxi and Private Hire Car Licensing - Consultation on the Impact of Modern Technology
Closed 15 Jun 2016
Opened 21 Mar 2016
Peter Mackenzie Smith
(Policy Officer)
Licensing Team
licensing.consultation@gov.scot
Feedback updated 14 Nov 2019
We sought views on the impact of modern technology on taxi and private hire car licensing.
In total, 69 responses were received to the consultation. These responses offered a wide range of views on the questions posed.
The responses received will inform the development of Scottish Government policy in this area.
Results updated 14 Nov 2019
During the Parliamentary passage of the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015, concerns were raised about the impact of modern technology on the licensing regime for taxis and private hire cars. A commitment was made to undertake further work. This summary of consultation responses forms part of that work.
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Taxi and Private Hire Car Licensing - Impact of Modern Technology, Summary of Responses
https://www.gov.scot/publications/taxi-private-hire-car-licensing-impact-modern-technology-summary-consultation-responses/
Published responses
View submitted responses where consent has been given to publish the response.
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The Scottish Government is undertaking a variety of work in relation to taxis and private hire cars. This consultation is particularly focussed on the impact of modern technology on the licensing regime for taxis and private hire cars and will cover the taking of bookings, booking offices and fares . Modern technology, such as the advent of smartphone apps allowing the booking of a taxi or private hire car directly from a mobile phone, is already having a major impact on the way that taxis and private hire cars operate. The consultation will seek views on the impact of modern technology.
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Download the consultation paper here.
During the Parliamentary passage of the recent Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015, concerns were raised about the impact of modern technology such as smartphone apps on the licensing regime for taxis and private hire cars. The Scottish Government has now issued a consultation on this issue, and will consider the responses in due course.
The Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015:
Consultation document - HTML format
The Scottish Government consultation on proposals for change in relation to taxis and private hire cars between 2012/2013:
Summary of above consultation


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I also don't want to fill my blog with a bunch of content that's not really even blogworthy.
I often tell my kids they talk too much, and that what comes out of their mouths is foolishness. Yada yada yada is what I hear, but none of it means anything. Don't open your mouth unless you have something to say of value, I tell them.
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Piano * Vocals * Guitar
BLUES * BOOGIE * ORIGINALS
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Photo by Sam Johnston. Other photos by Les Gruseck unless otherwise noted.
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When we moved to St. Pete in 1996, We knew we'd have to play a lot of local Tampa Bay area steady gigs to survive and pay the bills in between the occasional road trips. And we'd need a lot of fans showing up at those gigs to help pay the club owner's bills and keep us coming back. We noticed some of the same faces in the crowd night after night & thought of a small, fun way to thank them, encourage them to keep coming back & to get more folks to come out more often. So, we got some cards printed up, handed them out, & stamped each person's card at every gig they came to. When their card had 10 stamps, they chose a prize from the prize bag.
The FREQUENT FAN cards started in 1998-2000. Withholding last names to protect privacy, those early winners were: Steve & Gail, Ron & Audette, Donna, Bob N., Bob & Debbie, Ed & Marian, Just Old Bob, Brian & Pam, Audrey, Les, Digger & Theresa, Walter, Pat, Terry, Dennis & Pete.
When we brought back the cards in 2003 through 2007, these winners were added: Terry, Yankee Bill, Judy, George, Mary & Ralph, Shirley, Jack, Lovey, Dan, Marv, Mama Blues, Doreen, Bob & Gwyneth, Ralph & Hildegarde, Marlyn, Opal, Harriett, & Steve.
The winners list would be much longer if everyone remembered their cards at every gig and if every fan participated. 9 winners- Les, Jack, Marv, Mama Blues, Ralph & Hildegarde, Marlyn, Harriett, & Steve- actually live up north, yet they won by coming to shows there in the summer & Florida visits in winter. Unfortunately, some have moved away, and at least 3 are no longer with us: Digger, Lovey & Ralph, who we miss seeing in the crowd.
Many won several times. Doubtless, our #1 Frequent Fan has to be Terry, who won 6 times (that's 60 gigs!) in 2007! He also won, amazingly, 8 times in 2004, 6 times in 2005, & 10 times in 2006!! He may be the only person who's heard every one of our 200+ songs, seen every gig outfit we've ever worn, & witnessed a lot of joy, sadness and craziness along with us. Terry so appreciates live music and is kind, fun, empathetic & generous. If we only had 50 more like him! He's the one who wrote the lyrics (and I put them to music) to "Straight At Me" which will be on our next CD. You can find Terry at most of our Florida gigs, often accompanied by a tiny sweet lady- his mom, Mary- who's won 24 times herself. Her favorite songs are my newer originals "Boogie Woogie Staircase" & "Last Song" which will also be on our next CD. They're Indiana natives.
Another Frequent Fan jewel is Judy, who won five times in 2007, 9 in 2006, 5 in 2005, 4 in 2004 and 1 in 2003. Originally from Ohio, Judy is also kind, fun, empathetic, generous, + a talented cook and floral designer. She brings along many friends & family members. One of those is Opal from Iowa, who has survived cancer, heart disease & arthritis, yet still comes out often & inspires us with her fun spirit. She obliterates most excuses anyone could have for not going out.
More top winners you're likely to see are Dan (usually sporting a great Florida shirt), Yankee Bill & Doreen (who request songs #11 & #56) & the great dancing snowbirds from Ohio, Ralph & Hildegarde, who write their favorite songs on the back of their Frequent Fan cards, then have to rewrite them all when they win & have to turn in their cards. The great thing is that all these folks have become friends with us & each other, and gigs become reunions/parties. Anyone & everyone is most welcome! Music is the glue that bonds us all.
Musicians can never have too many gigs or too many fans. We know that you sacrifice a night on the couch in front of the TV, your precious time, hard-earned money, & expensive gasoline to come out to gigs, and we never take that for granted. Whether you come out every night or every ten years, we're glad to see you & know YOU keep us working & music alive. Every single face in the place counts (and believe me, many club owners are counting!) Playing at home is fine, but sharing music with an audience is much better. There's nothing like the high of looking into someone's eyes while playing a song & connecting on an indescribable level. Every single show is a unique experience with a different ambience, combination of songs and people. Our Frequent Fans can attest to this & can tell you that you don't know what you're missing when you're not there.
We look forward to seeing all of you Frequent Fans, past & present, at many gigs in 2008. Don't forget to bring your card with you (no more back-stamping in 2008), and bring along some new folks, too! And any of you who'd like a free card, just ask at any gig- we'd love to add you to the "Liz & Doc Support Group" & the FREQUENT FAN Hall of Fame.
Thanks so much, God Bless & we'll be looking for you.
Liz Pennock
It's hard to believe that the holidays are here again. We've been having a busy fall since we returned from our Summer Tour. On September 29th, the SUNCOAST BLUES SOCIETY featured us with a Spotlight Series Show at BEAK'S OLD FLORIDA on Central Ave. in St. Pete. A very nice turnout, and it happened to be SBS president KEN TORVIK'S birthday, celebrated with cake and song.
Also in September, we made a road trip to Cocoa Beach to play at the BEACH SHACK BLUES BAR on Saturday, Sept. 22nd. Right on the Atlantic Ocean, the Beach Shack plays host to national and regional blues acts. It was great to be over on the East Coast again.
In October, Liz & I did two special shows: We performed a LARGO SUNSET SOUNDS Concert in Ulmer Park on October 12th, then went to Dunnellon, Florida the next day to play at the JAZZ UP DUNNELLON FESTIVAL. This was our sixth year at this festival, a fine street event, along with sixteen other bands. The weather was fabulous, and we had a great time.
We want to thank three blues-oriented radio stations who are now giving airplay to our CDs: WPKN-FM (Bridgeport, CT); WFYI-90.1FM (Indianapolis, IN); and WCSB-89.3FM (Cleveland, OH). Please give them a listen if you get the chance, and call in a request at your favorite radio station.
Also in October, we made a television appearance on the DAYTIME SHOW on WFLA-NBC. This show aired on October 24th and went out on select stations in Florida, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, and Georgia. Songs performed were "FEAST OF BLUES" and "OLEANDER MEANDER."
Our sympathy to the family of RALPH GREGORY who passed away in St. Pete on November 17th, especially to his wife MARY and son TERRY. The Gregory's have been among our most loyal and generous supporters in Florida, "Frequent Fans" many times, and very good friends.
We're very thankful for all of you who have come out to support us in 2007. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Our 2007 Summer Tour was a great success, covering five states in six weeks. Once again, the tour began in Cincinnati, Ohio; this year, we played at the "BEATING THE MELANOMA BLUES" fundraiser in Cincy at the Frisch Estate (of Frisch's Big Boy fame) on Thursday, August 2nd, with many of the boogie woogie piano players from the Arches Piano Stage performing. It was terrific to see AXEL ZWINGENBERGER from Germany again, and to meet LLUIS COLOMA from Spain. The Friday night Piano Party at DR. LEMING'S beautiful new home was a delight- delicious food and good music! Then, on Saturday, we did the CINCY BLUES FESTIVAL, our 12th year at this fine fest, before moving on to other shows.
As usual, we saw many familiar faces, friends, and fans in our summer travels, but this tour, we also saw people we hadn't seen in years. Three of Liz's high school classmates came out to shows: ROBIN in Indianapolis, and RON & LISA RUCKER in Cleveland. STEFANIE GRIFFIN, Liz's old friend from her Tucson years, also drove from Champaign, Illinois to our SLIPPERY NOODLE show in Indianapolis! Liz's cousin, STEVE LEWIS, and his wife showed up at the FRONT ROW in Parkersburg, West Virginia (this was their first time ever hearing us), and our old pals JOE & DEB FINLEY came to our Marietta show- we hadn't seen them in at least twelve years. It was wonderful to see all of you again!
More surprise show-ups from the Summer Tour: Liz's cousin & keyboardist GARY LEWIS appeared at our RASCALS gig in Dover, Ohio and our good friend JOE REED showed up in Marietta as well. Another big surprise was at the SLIPPERY NOODLE (Indianapolis) when our Florida friends JUDY RADA and HARRIET walked in with JACK BAILEY. We were floored to see them there!
We had not played in several towns for years until this tour. One was in Cleveland at the SAVANNAH BAR & GRILL (our last gig here was seven years ago). Many of Doc's cousins came, and we had a fine time. Then, we played our first show in twelve years in Morgantown, West Virginia at RHYTHM & BREWS on September 4th, where a number of old fans showed up. CAROL WENDLAND & FLORETTE ORLEANS (both of whom we met at Blues Week In Elkins, WV around 1992) came, Florette with percussion washboard in hand. Then, to our surprise, NICK CAVOTI and friends came in with copies of our old albums. We had met Nick in Marco Island, Florida about eight years ago and had not seen him since until this show.
DILIP TRIPATHY (from Cincy) wins for attending 4 gigs in 4 different cities, as well as THE GRUSECK'S coming to 5 gigs in 4 cities!
Our tour ended in Fredericksburg, Virginia at the COLONIAL INN on September 7th. Once again, we were surprised when BEN KEYES, a fan from St. Pete, walked in. Also there were Doc's son DREW SHAMBARGER and his friends. It was great to spend a few days in Fredericksburg with Drew, who graciously put us up in his beautiful home and showed us around town. We also got to hang out with SAFFIRE members GAYE ADEGBALOLA and ANDRA FAYE at a jam session ANDRA was hosting in Stafford, Virginia, and we had a chance to jam with them as well.
In Parkersburg, WV, we were saddened to learn that our friend JERRY MARKS (Reefe LeFevre's brother-in-law) passed away just two days before our show at the MOOSE CLUB which he had planned to attend. Jerry's son, Tim, is a fine sax player who had sat in with us a number of times over the years. Our condolences go out to Tim & Jerry's wife Edna- we shall miss you, Jerry, and will think of you every time we play your favorite song, "While You're Down There."
Greetings from the road! We're into Week #4 of our six-week Summer Tour. All has gone well so far, and we've seen lots of old friends and family along the road. Among these folks was JIM KENT from New York, whom we haven't seen in over twenty years- Great to see you again, Jim!
Liz celebrated her 50th birthday on May 29th at our DAVE'S AQUALOUNGE gig in St. Pete with a large audience. It was a grand affair with numerous musicians sitting in. Our thanks to all who came.
Also in attendance at Liz's birthday show were our friends ANDRE & LIL HOBUS from Brussels, Belgium. Andre is a blues writer & photographer whom we met at the BRUSSELS BOOGIE WOOGIE PIANO SUMMIT in 2004 where he was the emcee. Andre & Lil spent a week in St. Pete before heading to the Chicago Blues Festival in early June. They came to our three gigs that week, and we also took them to hear LAZYBOY & THE ROCKERS and JAMES PETERSON. We had a great time.
We are thrilled to announce the DVD release of the 2004 BRUSSELS BOOGIE WOOGIE PIANO SUMMIT, now for sale at all our shows and will soon be available on our website. This video is beautifully filmed, and it also features boogie-woogie piano greats RENAUD PATIGNY (Belgium), CHRISTOPH ROIS (Austria), and CAROLINE DAHL (San Francisco) on two grand pianos, plus GENEVIEVE DARTEVELLE on harp and others.
Further, we now have embroidered black and purple BERETS for sale again by popular demand.
April, 2007 marked Doc's 40th Anniversary of his first gig with RISING TIDES at the YMCA in Dover, Ohio. A lot of water under the bridge since then…. It was cool to play RASCAL'S in Dover 40 years later just a few blocks away.
Also, Doc is now featured on the DEAN GUITARS Artist Webpage with his new Dean Palomino guitar. He's playing it during the present tour and loves it. You can check out Dean Guitars on our LINKS page.
On July 1st, we were shocked and saddened to hear that our friend, SARAH "SAX" MURPHY, lost her battle with cancer. We had played gigs and jams with Sarah over the years, and our sympathy goes to her husband, ROLF. We will sorely miss her.
We just returned from Indiana, we're now in Ohio, heading to West Virginia tomorrow and Virginia next week. Our first show home in St. Pete will be at BEAK'S OLD FLORIDA on September 15th (see DATES page for details). The SUNCOAST BLUES SOCIETY will be featuring us at Beak's on September 29th for their Spotlight Series.
More tour highlights later. We're excited to see you all on the road and at home!
Hope you all weathered the winter okay. Since our last newsletter, we've gotten through hurricane season here with NO HURRICANES! A major relief.
It's now May, a typically busy month of gigs for us, with several noteworthy shows. On Saturday, May 12th, Liz & I will be performing at the COTEE RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL in New Port Richey, along with such notable bands as Lazy Boy & The Rockers, Angel For Blues, Corey Harris, and the Back Alley Blues Band. Also, we'll be playing at the venerable FLORIDA FOLK FESTIVAL in Live Oak, Florida on May 25th-27th, our ninth year at this 55-year-old event. And last but not least, we'll be celebrating Liz's 50th Birthday at DAVE'S AQUALOUNGE in St. Pete on May 29th! So, if you can, come on out to Dave's to celebrate Liz's big day.
My son DREW SHAMBARGER weathered a major three-month health battle this winter when it was found that he had four brain lesions (due to an infection) which seriously impaired his vision. I'm thrilled to report that after three brain surgeries within a month and major I.V. antibiotics, Drew's vision is back and he returned to work in mid-March.
Liz & I were very pleased with the half-page color feature in the November/December issue of TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE. Also, thanks to PETE GALLAGHER & KELLY GREEN for having us as their featured artists on their "Florida Folk" radio show on WMNF 88.5FM (Tampa) on November 9th.
Liz and I had several good visits with our friend ROY BOOK BINDER and his wife NANCY during his winter months off the road in St. Pete, and we thoroughly enjoyed Roy's show at FOGARTYVILLE CAFE (Bradenton, FL) with PAUL GEREMIA in March. We also got to see two living legends this Spring, who happen to be two of our piano favorites: LITTLE RICHARD did a fantastic show at the Strawberry Festival (Plant City, FL) in March, and JERRY LEE LEWIS was in fine form at the Tampa Bay Blues Festival (St. Pete) on May 6th. "Lest we never forget our roots…."
On a sadder note, we were so sorry to hear that piano bluesman BIG JOE DUSKIN passed away last weekend. Big Joe was legendary on the Cincinnati blues scene and around the world, and we'll really miss him.
Liz & I are gearing up for our next CD release, with plans to record it within the next year. We've been searching for a good studio with a good acoustic piano. The roster of songs (mostly original) for this studio album is pretty much together, and I've recently finished a new gospel song, "Throw Me A Line", to add to the lineup. Liz & I are excited about it and anxious to get back into the studio.
Well, our stash of hotel soap is almost gone, which means we're getting ready for our 2007 SUMMER TOUR. This year's tour, beginning in early August, will take us to Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia, and will include, among others, the CINCY BLUES FESTIVAL (Cincinnati, OH), SAVANNAH BAR & GRILL (Cleveland, OH), and THE SLIPPERY NOODLE (Indianapolis, IN). We're still adding dates to the tour, but you can check out the schedule on our DATES page for venues in your area. Also, if you know of any gigs which we should check out, please let us know by Email. I recently purchased a DEAN "PALOMINO" guitar, which I love and will be taking on the road with me this tour.
Well, that's all for now. Liz & I hope to see you at a gig near you soon. Please keep supporting LIVE MUSIC whenever and wherever you can!
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The role of landscape connectivity in planning and implementing conservation and restoration priorities
Deborah A. Rudnick, Sadie J. Ryan, Paul Beier, Samuel A. Cushman, Fred Dieffenbach, Clinton W. Epps, Leah R. Gerber, Joel Hartter, Jeff S. Jenness, Julia Kintsch, Adina M. Merenlender, Ryan M. Perkl, Damian V. Preziosi, Stephen C. Trombulak
Forestry, School of
Landscape connectivity, the extent to which a landscape facilitates the movements of organisms and their genes, faces critical threats from both fragmentation and habitat loss. Many conservation efforts focus on protecting and enhancing connectivity to offset the impacts of habitat loss and fragmentation on biodiversity conservation, and to increase the resilience of reserve networks to potential threats associated with climate change. Loss of connectivity can reduce the size and quality of available habitat, impede and disrupt movement (including dispersal) to new habitats, and affect seasonal migration patterns. These changes can lead, in turn, to detrimental effects for populations and species, including decreased carrying capacity, population declines, loss of genetic variation, and ultimately species extinction. Measuring and mapping connectivity is facilitated by a growing number of quantitative approaches that can integrate large amounts of information about organisms' life histories, habitat quality, and other features essential to evaluating connectivity for a given population or species. However, identifying effective approaches for maintaining and restoring connectivity poses several challenges, and our understanding of how connectivity should be designed to mitigate the impacts of climate change is, as yet, in its infancy. Scientists and managers must confront and overcome several challenges inherent in evaluating and planning for connectivity, including: •characterizing the biology of focal species; •understanding the strengths and the limitations of the models used to evaluate connectivity; •considering spatial and temporal extent in connectivity planning; •using caution in extrapolating results outside of observed conditions; •considering non-linear relationships that can complicate assumed or expected ecological responses; •accounting and planning for anthropogenic change in the landscape; •using well-defined goals and objectives to drive the selection of methods used for evaluating and planning for connectivity; •and communicating to the general public in clear and meaningful language the importance of connectivity to improve awareness and strengthen policies for ensuring conservation. Several aspects of connectivity science deserve additional attention in order to improve the effectiveness of design and implementation. Research on species persistence, behavioral ecology, and community structure is needed to reduce the uncertainty associated with connectivity models. Evaluating and testing connectivity responses to climate change will be critical to achieving conservation goals in the face of the rapid changes that will confront many communities and ecosystems. All of these potential areas of advancement will fall short of conservation goals if we do not effectively incorporate human activities into connectivity planning. While this Issue identifies substantial uncertainties in mapping connectivity and evaluating resilience to climate change, it is also clear that integrating human and natural landscape conservation planning to enhance habitat connectivity is essential for biodiversity conservation.
Issues in Ecology
habitat fragmentation
Rudnick, D. A., Ryan, S. J., Beier, P., Cushman, S. A., Dieffenbach, F., Epps, C. W., ... Trombulak, S. C. (2012). The role of landscape connectivity in planning and implementing conservation and restoration priorities. Issues in Ecology, (16), 1-23.
The role of landscape connectivity in planning and implementing conservation and restoration priorities. / Rudnick, Deborah A.; Ryan, Sadie J.; Beier, Paul; Cushman, Samuel A.; Dieffenbach, Fred; Epps, Clinton W.; Gerber, Leah R.; Hartter, Joel; Jenness, Jeff S.; Kintsch, Julia; Merenlender, Adina M.; Perkl, Ryan M.; Preziosi, Damian V.; Trombulak, Stephen C.
In: Issues in Ecology, No. 16, 2012, p. 1-23.
Rudnick, DA, Ryan, SJ, Beier, P, Cushman, SA, Dieffenbach, F, Epps, CW, Gerber, LR, Hartter, J, Jenness, JS, Kintsch, J, Merenlender, AM, Perkl, RM, Preziosi, DV & Trombulak, SC 2012, 'The role of landscape connectivity in planning and implementing conservation and restoration priorities', Issues in Ecology, no. 16, pp. 1-23.
Rudnick DA, Ryan SJ, Beier P, Cushman SA, Dieffenbach F, Epps CW et al. The role of landscape connectivity in planning and implementing conservation and restoration priorities. Issues in Ecology. 2012;(16):1-23.
Rudnick, Deborah A. ; Ryan, Sadie J. ; Beier, Paul ; Cushman, Samuel A. ; Dieffenbach, Fred ; Epps, Clinton W. ; Gerber, Leah R. ; Hartter, Joel ; Jenness, Jeff S. ; Kintsch, Julia ; Merenlender, Adina M. ; Perkl, Ryan M. ; Preziosi, Damian V. ; Trombulak, Stephen C. / The role of landscape connectivity in planning and implementing conservation and restoration priorities. In: Issues in Ecology. 2012 ; No. 16. pp. 1-23.
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