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Congratulations to nine Newton Abbot TTC players who represented Teign School in the recent South Devon Schools Table Tennis Tournament held at Teignmouth Community College. Both the Key Stage 3 & Key Stage 4 teams completely dominated the tournament, winning all of their matches. Best of luck to the Key Stage 3 team who will go on and represent the area at the Devon Schools Championships in March.


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Transforming land, transforming people
Written by Paula Staunton Posted on September 14, 2020 November 16, 2020 Less than 0 min read
I believe that engaging with the natural environment creates a desire to preserve it. This is at the root of the Transforming Land, Transforming People project. Embodied connection to the natural world reveals information that can be transformational. I am influenced by the work of the eco-feminist and activist Vandana Shiva, who also integrates a spiritual dimension to environmentalism. At the Earth Moves community initiative, where I am a director, we believe in an economic and ecological system that functions in a wider context of social justice and fair share. A re-sacralised approach to nature can create a healing in the individual, community and on a global scale. The microcosm affects the macrocosm in an aspiring fractal-like pattern.
Currently, there is an intensifying mental health epidemic and escalating environmental destruction. Clearly the social norms we feel are natural and inevitable are not serving people or ecosystems in a way that stimulates the greatest good. I am concerned about raising awareness of the counter-productive cultural patterns we generally find so hard to eradicate. Collective and individual feelings of toxic narcissism, for example, create barriers to community, others and nature. Working on the land together is humbling and fosters connectivity.
We are very grateful to be included in the Alef Trust Conscious Community Project with Transforming Land, Transforming People. This award is serendipitous and synchronous to Earth Moves obtaining a 25-year lease from Wirral Council, in Merseyside, UK. We aim to transform a neglected 4 acres of peri-urban land, into a permaculture forest garden for community use. We plan to use the garden to work with traumatised individuals and to help bring peace and beauty into their consciousness and the wider community.
The integrative and research modalities employed involve utilizing contemplative strategies for embodied revelation and creative investigation. Connection with nature can foster authenticity in humans and encourage cooperation with others. The process of transformation will be expressed through Holmgrem and Mollison's 'Permaculture Flower'. This model begins with ethical principles and includes cultural and spiritual dimensions. These can be integrated in the process of changing and conserving the land.
In a developed country like the UK, most of us find all our basic needs at our fingertips. However the global corporate economy and the addictive and numbing behaviours of our consumer culture can alienate us from truly sensing our feelings and connecting with the natural world. When disconnected from our own nature we may not make choices that are beneficial to the individual, community and planet.
Earth Moves seeks to create a system of governance that supports ecosystems and factors in the integrative input of ecologies and a diverse range of people. We understand the importance of intersectionality and biodiversity. Interacting together outside on the land helps us initiate receptiveness to other ways of being. I have found that many powerful experiences occur in this state. Sharing disturbing experiences in group circles is illuminating; processing these aspects through creative and embodied work is revelatory. The land itself is a reflection of the unfolding psyche of the group. The clearing, rewilding and cultivation of Telegraph Lane will have correspondences in the psyche of participants. My intention in this project is to document, navigate and understand the transformations that occur when people become immersed and focused on nature, working in a community and using creativity and ritual movement to express the external and internal landscape.
I believe permaculture to be a way forward, as it is a holistic system that benefits ecosystems and community, and ultimately the potential for change on a global scale. Permaculture values diversity in people and biosystems, and diversity fosters resilience. A society ingrained in monoculture is susceptible to being inflexible to unexpected change. These current times of the Covid-19 pandemic illustrate why we need to be open to responding to biological, cultural and psychological diversity.
The work is concerned with the transformative relationship(s) between planet Earth and its humans. The research we will do will have an alchemical dimension, transforming as a community as we take on land to transform collaboratively and collectively. Permaculture design philosophy looks to generate sustainable, resilient and productive communities. Ecosystems change over time – this is called 'succession'. By understanding how ecosystems change we can accelerate the process and create productive bionetworks faster than is usual in nature. Forest gardens are an example of this, where all the layers of the forest are put in together, rather than over years. The correspondence with the potential to escalate personal conscious transformation is clear.
Permaculture is an integrative system that weaves ecology with ethics, aesthetics, and practical intention to create a more collaborative and interpretive framework. In this project we plan to weave together function and ethical design, examining how each permaculture principle could inform the aesthetics of dance and creative responses. Early human creative output inspires this project. Dance and art are ancient ways to honour nature and her spiralling, cyclical, evolving identity.
Participants are invited to co-create the permaculture planning during 12 sessions in the field and online. Activities will include the planting, harvesting and processing of herbs, as well as the creation of Palaeolithic and Neolithic inspired art. Introspective and integrative work will be explored. The programme aims to inspire an integrated eco-wellness and feelings of solidarity.
As a result of this Transforming Land, Transforming People project the group will be able to reach out into the community to seed further research, education and community projects.
I am grateful to The Alef Trust MSc programme in Consciousness, Spirituality and Transpersonal Psychology. The course has given me the tools to decode these transformational experiences and embark on my current work.
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Paula is a dancer, educator, activist and events organiser. She is a director of the Earth Moves Cooperative. Her roles include creative direction, volunteer coordination and workshop facilitation. She is also instrumental in growing plants in the community growing spaces and sharing/learning permaculture information/practice. Paula has a MSc in Consciousness, Spirituality and Transpersonal Psychology (Alef Trust and Middlesex University) and a BA in Psychology and Women's Studies (Liverpool John Moore's University). She has taught psychology and related subjects for Liverpool and Wirral adult learning and other community/adult education organisations since 1999. Her work has been published in various journals. Paula has run a dance business since 1998. As 'Ishtar' she has presented dance in therapeutic, entertainment, educational, team-building and digital contexts. Ishtar has done over 2000 live performances throughout the UK and internationally. These include a mix of music performance, mainstream Eastern dance, drag performance, as well as interpretive dance theatre shows inspired by goddess mythology. https://thefield.aleftrust.org/my-profile/paula-staunton
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It could even have been Dol Bonner – and that gave the lethal lady detective a double reason for clearing up the case – fast.
"I know you killed Storrs," Dol said calmly.
Dol Bonner's methods were unorthodox – it's certainly unusual to use a pistol as a lie detector – but they had led her through a tangle of false clues and well hidden motives to a showdown with the murderer. The case was closed. . . .
But who was moving behind her on silent feet?


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NaNoWriMo PreViz: Vote your Heart Out!
It is October 9th, and there are only three weeks left until the beginning of NaNoWriMo, (National Novel Writer's Month for the uninitiated.) This not-for-profit organization centers around a single challenge: Get aspiring authors around the world to attempt to write a 40,000 word novel in a single month!
Last year I heard a critic (I don't remember who) call December CraNoSubMo (Crappy Novel Submission Month), in a backhanded compliment that many people will take their rough draft manuscript and try to get it published. I have no doubt that thousands do, and my sympathy goes out to slush files everywhere.
But for those with some talent, vision, and the work ethic to keep working on their manuscript, NaNoWriMo has the potential to entertain the world in addition to the writer's equivalent of a marathon.
National Novel Writer's Month Goes Scott Pilgrim!
For the last two years while I worked one full and one part time job while attending school part time, I attempted NaNoWriMo but did not succeed in terms of word count. My Beta Society is currently enjoying the third draft of the story of the first Gray Wanderer (see The Slave of Tour Hote for more details) and the world 2,000 years before Ryan MacOrin set foot in the Martel Kingdom.
This year I will only have, at the very most, two jobs to occupy my time, instead of two plus college. I'm chomping at the literary bit, but one of the rules of NaNoWriMo only allows prewriting before November 1st.
So I am willing to offer a voice to my gentle readers as to the nature of this year's novel. I have a few novel ideas I have been tossing around waiting to crawl forth. Some of these are longer-form novels but NaNoWriMo victory comes at the 40,000 word mark. I will give you the tentative title, genre, and story question for each.
Old Blood: (Urban Fantasy) When Stephen Roy is bitten by a werewolf he must find a way to survive the centuries-old war between vampires and werewolves. But can he survive when his friends think he's insane, a killer vampire is on his trail, government hunters, and a pack that doesn't want him in the first place?
Giant's Rage (The Trials of Adrian Campbell Book #3). When an unsolved murder brings two clans of hill giants to the brink of war with a major human city playing battlefield, it's up to Adrian Campbell and the Reapers to keep the peace. But can they save Cincinnati in the face of killer werewolves, mortal assassins, raging giants, and a prophetic cycle that the entire river valley is doomed?
Matt the Hero (Fantasy). When Matt Ward is denied apprenticeship with his father the town sheriff, he is determined to become a hero anyway. But can he succeed in the face of monastery life, an impossible teacher, bullies, and a killer curse laid upon him before he was even born?
The Treasure of Blah Dee Blah (Fantasy Comedy). When Zedekiah is finally kicked out of his tiny mountain town he befriends a dragon just as outcast as he is. The power of their unlikely friendship is the only thing that can save his village, but can they hold their friendship together despite their predator/prey natures, a town that hates them, and a dragon army on the way?
The Gremlin Equation (Science Fiction Adventure/Comedy). Gremlin Station may be the least desirable Lagrange station in the Sol System, but when pirates try to make it their stronghold the station's collection of losers, criminals, and oddballs sets out to defend their home. With political divisions, technical failures, and a production line of semi-sentient children's toys in open revolt, the pirates may be the least of Gremlin Station's problems.


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Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics: Volume I, Issue 2 (Paperback)
By Leon Wieseltier (Editor), Celeste Marcus (Managing Editor), Anthony Julius
Liberties - A Journal of Culture and Politics features original essays and poetry from some of today's best writers and artists to inspire and impact the intellectual and creative lifeblood of culture and politics.
This issue of Liberties includes: Anthony Julius on censorship of the arts; Nicholas Lemann on rescuing capitalism; Alfred Brendel on playing Beethoven; Paul Berman on the George Floyd uprising; Fouad Ajami's story of an honor killing; Jack Goldsmith on conservatives and the courts; Edward Luttwak on understanding China; Roberto Calasso on when journals mattered; Walter Scheidel on life after covid; Helen Vendler on the poet Robert Hayden; Robert Alter on Lolita today; Daryl Michael Scott on the 13th Amendment; Alastair Macaulay on Balanchine; David Greenberg on renaming our heritage; new poetry from Jorie Graham, Ishion Hutchinson, and Rosanna Warren; and, Leon Wieseltier (editor) and Celeste Marcus (managing editor).
Leon Wieseltier is the editor of Liberties. Celeste Marcus is the managing editor of Liberties. Anthony Julius is a lawyer in the United Kingdom, and the author, among other books, of Transgressions: The Offences of Art. Nicholas Lemann is a professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the author of Transaction Man: The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream. Alfred Brendel, the pianist, is the author most recently of The Lady from Arezzo: My Musical Life and Other Matters. Paul Berman is the author of Power and the Idealists, among other books. Jorie Graham's Runaway, her fifteenth volume of poetry, was published last fall. Fouad Ajami, the author of many books about the Arab world, died in 2014. "The Story of Dalal" is taken from his unpublished memoir When Magic Ends. Jack Goldsmith teaches law at Harvard University. His most recent book is In Hoffa's Shadow: A Stepfather, a Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth. Edward Luttwak has written many books on strategy, including The Rise of China vs. The Logic of Strategy. Roberto Calasso is the publisher of Adelphi Edizioni in Milan and the author most recently of The Celestial Hunter. This essay was translated by Richard Dixon. Ishion Hutchinson's House of Lords and Commons, a volume of poems, was published in 2016. He teaches at Cornell University. Walter Scheidel is professor of Classics and History at Stanford and the author of The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century. Helen Vender is the author of Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and Lyric Form and The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar: Essays on Poets and Poetry. Robert Alter is professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Berkeley. His new book, Nabokov and the Real World: Between Appreciation and Defense, will appear this spring. Daryl Michael Scott is professor of History at Howard University. Rosanna Warren is an American poet and the author most recently of Max Jacob: A Life in Art and Letters. Alastair Macaulay is a critic and historian of the performing arts who was the chief dance critic of The New York Times and the chief theater critic of The Financial Times. Lincoln Kirstein's hand-written diaries, quoted in this essay, are kept in the NewYork Public Library for the Performing Arts and are cited here by permission of his literary executor, Nicholas Jenkins. David Greenberg is a historian at Rutgers University. He is writing a biography of John Lewis.
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Not long ago, it was the Eiffel Tower and the luxury shopping streets of London that fulfilled the fantasies of China's affluent outbound holidaymakers. But a new, younger generation of Chinese travelers are going further than ever before. It's not uncommon to find them exploring far-flung scenic spots like the lake-filled volcanic craters in Iceland or braving the desert for Burning Man. While they may be paying more for these excursions, the value is no longer defined by cost, but authenticity and adventure.
The habits of these millennial and Gen-Z travelers are highlighted in the seventh edition of the Chinese International Travel Monitor (CITM), a report compiled between Hotels.com and market research company Ipsos. Their findings show that when compared with their older counterparts, younger generations express unwavering enthusiasm for exploration: they're spending more money, traveling more often, and staying longer.
The report surveyed more than 3,000 18-58-year-old Chinese consumers who had traveled abroad in the 12 months preceding June 2018. According to the results, millennials and Generation Z—defined in the report as post-80s and post-90s consumers—are spending "unprecedented amounts" on luxury holidays. This is especially true for post-90s travelers, who increased the amount they spend on a trip by 80 percent this year, devoting 36 percent of their income to travel, with an average of four trips a year.
In fact, Chinese travelers born after 1980 are fueling the overseas travel boom that saw 130 million tourists traveling abroad last year, an 85 percent increase from six years before. They're also behind the increased spending by Chinese travelers on additional hotel facilities and high-end add-on services, with post-90s travelers spending an average of US$183 in the 12-month period, more than any generation surveyed.
Marketers and travel industry companies have been rushing to cater to this lucrative market, but to prepare for these travelers means keeping their impulsiveness in mind, as the younger generations generally don't book their trips very far in advance. The report calls them "spontaneous" and "travel savvy," and more likely to book travel during off-peak seasons, driven by deals and local events that they discover on their digital channels. About 36 percent of millennials and Gen-Z travelers are more likely to book their vacations with less than one month to go, compared to 31 percent of non-millennials.


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Biografia
Paolo Corradini nacque a Roma nel 1930, il padre, Corrado, era direttore didattico di una scuola elementare, la madre, Bianca, era maestra elementare. Ottenuto il diploma di maturità classica a sedici anni, nel 1951/1952 si laureò in chimica presso l'Università di Roma "La Sapienza". Nel 1952 entrò a far parte del gruppo di ricerca di Giulio Natta, all'Istituto per la Chimica Industriale del Politecnico di Milano. Dal 1960 al 1961 fu professore ordinario di chimica generale presso l'Università di Cagliari. Nel 1961 fu chiamato come professore ordinario, presso l'Università di Napoli "Federico II", prima sulla cattedra di chimica generale, poi dal 1991 al 2003, quella di chimica industriale. Nel 2003 fu nominato professore emerito dell'Università di Napoli "Federico II". Dal 1968 al 1969 insegnò presso il Politecnico di Brooklyn a New York e nel 1987, per sei mesi, insegnò presso l'Università di Mogadiscio in Somalia. Fu membro corrispondente dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (1987-1993), poi dal 1993 membro ufficiale e, negli ultimi anni, ne fu anche revisore contabile.

Paolo Corradini era fratello del sinologo e accademico italiano Piero Corradini (1933-2006).

Attività scientifica
Paolo Corradini fu uno dei più stretti collaborati e allievi di Giulio Natta nelle ricerche che portarono alla scoperta dei primi polimeri poliolefinici stereoregolari, per i quali Natta vinse nel 1963 il Premio Nobel; a Corradini, in particolare, si devono i primi studi sulla struttura e sulle potenzialità applicative del polipropilene isotattico, noto anche come "Moplen". È considerato tra i padri fondatori della scuola macromolecolare italiana. Durante la sua lunga carriera accademica fu autore di oltre 400 pubblicazioni scientifiche. È stato direttore della VII Sezione del Centro Nazionale di Chimica delle Macromolecole del CNR, e poi per lunghi anni Presidente del Consiglio Scientifico dell'Istituto di Ricerche su Tecnologia dei Polimeri e Reologia del CNR. Dal 1989 al 1990 fu presidente della Federazione Europea dei Polimeri.

Premi e riconoscimenti

 Il 3 settembre 2005, in occasione dell'apertura del XVII Convegno dell'Associazione di Scienza e Tecnologia delle Macromolecole, il Rettore dell'Università di Napoli gli ha consegnato il sigillo d'oro dell'Ateneo Federiciano.
 Il Dipartimento di Chimica dell'Università di Napoli "Federico II" è intitolato alla sua memoria
 Nel 1992 e nel 2003 ha vinto la medaglia d'oro "Giulio Natta" della Società Chimica Italiana.

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Ascension Via Christi nurse 'blown away' by fellow associate's kindness
Ascension Via Christi nurse blown away by fellow associates kindness
Respiratory Therapist Allan Thomas hung a prayer flag at Mount Everest honoring Kim Harter's son, Sam, and organ donors
Kim Harter is a registered nurse who has served on the Labor and Delivery unit at Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph for 23 years and now serves as its interim manager. Allan Thomas is a respiratory therapist who has served at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis for 29 years and now serves as director of Respiratory Therapy for the Wichita hospitals.
Although the two have never met, they recently connected in a meaningful way when respiratory therapist Melanie Northcutt gave Harter an envelope, along with the suggestion that she might want to wait to open it until she got home.
Harter did as Northcutt suggested and opened it at home. Inside was a hand-written note from Thomas along with a prayer flag like the one he had hung at Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal in memory of her son, Samuel, who died of injuries suffered in a skateboarding accident on April 11, 2019.
"I pray that you may find comfort in knowing that we lifted Samuel up in prayers from the top of the world and as close to Heaven as I could get," said the note from Thomas.
Thomas, a well-traveled outdoorsman and mountaineer, has visited the highest peaks in several continents. On his second Himalayan adventure in October 2019, as a way to bring awareness and to honor donors, recipients and the Transplant Honor Walks held at Ascension Via Christi, he placed a flag with the Donate Life organ, eye and tissue donation logo and Midwest Transplant Network's name and another flag with Ascension's name and logo, to add to the colorful Tibetan prayer flags and one with Samuel's name strung along the trails and peaks of Everest Base Camp 17,600 feet above sea level.
It's said that Himalayans believe that when winds blow the prayer flags, they carry the blessings, good will and compassion embodied in their images and writings across the land.
Although he didn't know Kim personally, Thomas says he knew about her son's passing earlier that year and that Samuel had given the final gift of life through organ donation.
"Their stories are heavy on my heart all of the time," says Allan of Samuel and other donor heroes. "With Kim being one of our associates here, that's why I felt compelled to do that for her."
Last month, Thomas decided it was time to share a note with Harter and send a prayer flag for her to keep.
"I was blown away," says Harter. "I couldn't imagine a total stranger doing such a wonderful thing. It shows a lot about his character."
While the note brought tears to her eyes, they were joyful ones, knowing that her son's memory and his gift of life as an organ donor lives on.
"It made my day," says Harter, whose son Sam would have celebrated his18th birthday on June 7. Instead, family and friends celebrated him and the gift of life that he gave to others at a Midwest Transplant Legacy Walk.
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The Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 was passed by the Indian Parliament on Sep11, 1958. The Act conferred special powers upon the Armed Forces in "disturbed areas" in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. The Act was later extended to the state of Jammu & Kashmir as the Armed Forces (J& k) Special Powers Act, 1990.
"Fire upon or otherwise use force, even to the extent of causing death, against any person, who is acting in contraventions of any law" against " assembly of five or more persons" or in possession of deadly weapons.
To arrest without warrant and with the use of "necessary" force anyone who has committed certain offenses or is suspected of having done so.
To enter and search any premise in order to make such arrest  .
The Act gives legal immunity to the Armed Forces. There can be no prosecution, suit or any other legal proceeding against any one acting under the law. Nor is the Government's decision on why an area has been declared "disturbed" subject to judicial review. The Manipur State Govt withdrew the Act in some parts in Aug 2004. But it is active in the state of Jammu & Kashmir since July 1990. The Act came under scanner following three months long violence in the state since July 2010.
(a) The Act has invited national and international condemnation as it violates the human rights standards. In 1991, UNHRC questioned the validity of AFSPA. Besides questioning the constitutionality of the AFSPA under Indian law, the committee members asked how it could be justified in light of Article 4 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).The second United Nation protest against AFSPA came in 2009 when United Nation Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay in 2009 asked India to repeal AFSPA, citing that the Act breached "contemporary international human rights standards"  .
(d) According to the reports of Amnesty International regarding the AFSPA, imposed in North-Eastern States in the year 1958 and subsequently in Jammu and Kashmir in 1990, it has proved counter-productive and increased alienation of the people to alarming levels. Even when it is being admitted in subtle voice that AFSPA has worsened the situation instead of improving, few efforts are being made to review the same.
(e) Human Rights organizations have been reportedly saying that application of laws like the AFSPA has generated a feeling of alienation among the locals against the armed forces. They suggest that a situation of internal disturbance involving the local population requires a different approach suggesting that involvement of armed forces in handling such a situation brings them in confrontation with their own people.
collateral damage during anti-militancy operations. The State Government has further suggested that the Act should be diluted or removed from the parts of J&K. The Home Ministry also wants the Act to be removed from the parts of the state where the militancy related violence has reduced. In a seminar on Kashmir on Jan 14 at the Jamia Millia University, Delhi, the Home Secretary of India Shri G k Pillai made the following statement, "Why can't the State Government take a decision, take a leap of faith and notify all the J&K or parts of it are not disturbed now? The AFSPA applies to the areas which the State Government notifies as disturbed. If the area is no longer disturbed, the AFSPA doesn't apply".  But the Defence Ministry is opposed to this idea because it feels that the Act is a "necessary blanket" which the Indian Armed Forces require to fight militancy.
The Armed Forces Special Powers Act is applicable in 'disturbed areas' which are notified by the Central and State governments from time to time. It provides certain powers to the security personnel's while working in these areas. But the Act is highly controversial in nature and is in the limelight since its inception. It is applicable to all the security personnel's operating in the same area. But the understanding of such legal aspects is different amongst the various forces. A proper synergy between the various security agencies will help in better understanding of such legal issues.
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For instance, ambitious young trainer Damian English took a colossal gamble when initially taking out his trainers licence, what other option did he realistically have? English was an exceptional jockey however beleaguered with injuries, he had no other choice but to retire from the saddle precipitately.
Back to realism, English tried his hand working with his father in a factory but that was short lived, his true sweetheart was horse racing, once that bug gets you candidly there is no other profession that interests you.
Friday, July 29th, 2011 was a date that will always be cherished to English, when his pride-and-joy Cash or Casualty got him his first official triumph as a trainer, beating the really well punted Dermot Weld trained Along Came Casey at the much-watched Galway Festival.
Cash or Casualty was given a very strategic ride by jockey Ben Curtis, who broke alertly from the stalls on the horse but was more than contented to track the leaders however approaching the home turn Curtis took the race-winning incentive and kicked for home, the rest were only ever hurtling in vein as the winner was hosed and home. That lovable horse went on to win a further eight times, clearly giving English, a significant head start on his fledging training career.
English has gone from strength-to-strength each season with his progression, and his exceptional flair of steadily improving horses where other trainers have failed, including the likes of the front runner Tribal Path, who infrequently runs a bad race, Red avenger and Bluesbreaker, who unquestionably put this small-time trainer firmly on the horse-racing map and got him noticed by outside owners and syndicates who are now prepared to take a punt on him.
£800 purchase Geological is another in-mate from English's yard who horse racing enthusiasts have really grown to respect, with his awaited front-running racing style which has seen him become one of the most dependable horses in training, to-date netting connections well over £120,000 in prize money, what more could any owner desire?
The gentlemen at Galaxy Horse Racing Syndicate appear to be enthusiastic to keep adding to their growing string with English, they let English do the work and they reap the rewards, English's open door policy in the yard were owners come as they want is what sets him aside from other trainers. He is working for you, not against you. Galaxy racing syndicate deserve all the luck they get.
The larger trainers and owners in Irish horse racing conclusively hold a lot of the aces with their extraordinary well-bred horses that are hard to beat nevertheless trainers like Damian English are unquestionably more than skilled of having their measure and taking them on at any given opportunity.
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English has a very good team behind him, their understanding of his approaches are second to none, headed by his brother Craig and apprentice jockey Stephen Mooney, the sky looks the limit for progression for this team who are willing to put the groundwork in.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a team's determination, English and his crew have the right brashness to go all the way, I am confident the calibre of horses coming through his tenure will keep on improving. It's only a matter of time before English get the recognition he deserves. The best of Damian English is yet to come.


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Sacred Landmarks: The Jewish/African American Connection
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By Kerri Broome and Dawn Ellis
Nationally, the relationship between Jewish and African American communities is complex, nuanced and richly textured. Throughout the years, both groups have been able to find similarities in their history and to empathize with the other. When it comes to housing, both groups have faced discrimination and restriction, and have, consequently, found themselves sharing neighborhoods. The Great Migration of African Americans and the second wave of Jewish immigrants (Eastern European) partially overlapped, resulting in large numbers of these two groups locating in prescribed areas of northern American cities, such as Chicago, Philadelphia and Cleveland.
The first Jewish immigrants arrived in Cleveland from Germany in the 1830s, settling primarily in the Central area and gradually moving eastward towards the suburbs through the end of the 19th century and into the middle of the 20th century. The subsequent wave of Jewish Eastern Europeans to move into Cleveland in the 1870s and 1880s entered into areas already inhabited by the earlier Jewish immigrants.
Friendship Baptist Church (Formerly Willson Avenue Temple)
Early in the 20th century, African Americans also lived in other parts of the east side, but no area was predominantly African American. As other ethnic groups dispersed and racially restrictive covenants were put in place to limit where the rising African American middle class could buy property, the area around Central Avenue slowly became exclusively African American. As Cleveland's Jewish population followed the national trend of moving from the urban neighborhoods to the suburbs, African Americans were able to rent or buy property in these areas. Several of Cleveland's synagogues were bought by African-American Christian congregations.
While the current congregations have made changes to adapt the original Jewish synagogue design for their contemporary Christian worship, many of these sacred landmarks still hold evidence of their origins as Jewish places of worship. For example, there is often a Star of David detail incorporated into the façade or the stained glass windows may still feature Jewish symbols. Through the legacy of a shared space, some of these congregations nurture their relationship and choose to stay connected through periodic gatherings and combined services.
As this summer marks the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, a key period of Jewish/African American partnership, and a time when this collaboration was most fruitful in accomplishing one of its main goals–the end of discrimination in housing, education and employment–this examination of the relationship between Cleveland's immigrant and migrant communities is indeed timely.
The oldest Jewish congregation in Cleveland was a German Orthodox group established in 1841 that came to be known as Anshe Chesed. This congregation built Cleveland's first synagogue. The congregation outgrew the now-demolished Eagle Street Synagogue and later its second home, the Scovill Avenue Synagogue (also now demolished).
Liberty Hill Baptist Church (Formerly Fairmount Temple)
In 1912, Anshe Chesed's third synagogue was dedicated, designed by architects Lehman and Schmitt. The Neoclassical synagogue featured a symmetrical plan with a semicircular auditorium holding seating for 1,400 and stained glass windows. As many of Anshe Chesed's members moved east, the congregation made the decision to move to Beachwood and build a new facility. A building permit was issued for the construction in the eastern suburb in 1954 and was sold to the members of Liberty Hill Baptist Church. The congregation of Liberty Hill Baptist was formed in 1917 and had moved several times before finding a home on Euclid Avenue.
Shiloh Baptist Church (Formerly Temple B'nai Jeshurun)
Tifereth Israel, the city's second oldest Jewish congregation, relocated its congregation in 1894 to a new synagogue, the Willson Avenue Temple. In 1924, the congregation of the Temple moved to University Circle, leaving the Willson Avenue Temple empty. From 1924 to the late 1930s, the Willson Avenue building was home to Mt. Zion Congregational Church and in 1940, the church was purchased by Friendship Baptist Church, one of the city's largest Baptist congregations.
Cleveland's third-oldest Jewish congregation is B'nai Jeshurun, established in 1866 by Hungarian immigrants. In 1905, B'nai Jeshurun built Temple B'nai Jeshurun, and in the early 1920s, they sold it to Shiloh Baptist Church, which is the oldest congregation of African American Baptists in the city of Cleveland. Shiloh Baptist Church has been designated a Cleveland Landmark.
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Oheb Zedek Hungarian Orthodox Synagogue
Designed by Albert S. Janowitz
Acquired by Triedstone Baptist Church in 1922
Hungarian Orthodox Synagogue
Designed by architects William Markowitz & Harry G. Vetter
Sold in 1949 to Integrated Faith Assembly
Cleveland Jewish Center
Designed by architect Albert S. Janowitz
Sold in 1947 to the congregation of Cory United Methodist Church
Knesseth Israel congregation Synagogue
Sold in 1959 to Apostolic Faith Church
The Morison Avenue Communal Baths
Designed by Meyer Altschuld
Now the home of Morison Avenue Missionary Baptist Church
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Thank you to Kathleen Crowther, President of the Cleveland Restoration Society. This article by Kerri Broome and Dawn Ellis appeared previously in the CRS Know Your History series.
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Q: Rails fields_for and not creating relationship with nested object The model "Formula" has many "Operands" created using a simple_nested_form, using fields for. It seems the process is correct, and no errors launched, but operands are not saved.
Formula model:
class Formula < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible :name, :client_id
  validates_presence_of :name, :client_id
  belongs_to :client
  has_many :operands, as: :operation, dependent: :destroy
  accepts_nested_attributes_for :operands, allow_destroy: true
  attr_accessor :operator, :numeric_operand, :operation_id, :operation_type
end

Operand model:
class Operand < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible :operator, :numeric_operand, :operation_id, :operation_type
  validates_presence_of :operator
  belongs_to :operation, polymorphic: true
  OPERATOR_TYPES = ["+", "-", "*", "/"]
end

Formulas controller:
class FormulasController < ApplicationController
  load_and_authorize_resource
  def new
    @formula.operands.build
  end

  def create
    @formula = Formula.new(params[:formula])
    @formula.client_id = @current_client.id unless @formula.client_id.present?
      if @formula.save
        redirect_to @formula, notice: t('controllers.notice.successfully_created') }
      else
        render action: "new"
      end
    end

  def edit
  end

  def update
      if @formula.update_attributes(params[:formula])
       redirect_to @formula, notice: t('controllers.notice.successfully_updated')
      else
        render action: "edit"
      end
  end

Formula _form:
= simple_nested_form_for @formula, :html => { :class => 'form-vertical' } do |f|
  = f.error_notification
 .form-inputs
    .row
      .span3= f.input :name
    .well
      = f.fields_for :operands
      = f.link_to_add t('helpers.links.add'), :operands
  .form-actions
    = f.button :submit, :class => 'btn-primary', disable_with: "#{t('helpers.links.submitting')}"

_operands_fields:
.well
  .row
    .span2= f.input :operator, collection: Operand::OPERATOR_TYPES
    .span3= f.input :numeric_operand

This all seem to work fine, but when the proccess ends, no operands are created. When inspecting returned params in update or create methods using better errors, operands attributes are retrieved successfully from the form, but the relationship between formula and them is not created:
>> @formula.operands.all
=> #<ActiveRecord::AssociationRelation []>
>> @formula.operands.first
=> nil
>> params
=> {"utf8"=>"✓", "_method"=>"patch", "authenticity_token"=>"--TOKEN--", "formula"=>{"name"=>"Sdfg", "operands_attributes"=>{"1457352032591"=>{"operator"=>"+", "numeric_operand"=>"3"}}}, "commit"=>"Update Formula", "action"=>"update", "controller"=>"formulas", "locale"=>"en", "id"=>"3"}
>>

A: Update (Using Strong Params)
Continuing from our discussion that protected_attributes doesn't work with nested attributes for a polymorphic association in Rails 4 (unverified), I then suggested to use strong params:
class FormulasController < ApplicationController
  # ..
  def formula_params
    params.require(:formula).permit(:name, :client_id, operands_attributes: [ :id, :operator, :numeric_operand, :formula_id, :_destroy ])
  end
  # ..
end

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Q: ValueError: Must pass 2-d input, shape=(8102, 256, 768) - changing predictions into dataframe I am using retrieved pre-trained to do specvific task BERT model to process new data. The model returns predictions which are concatenated into numpy array
flat_predictions = np.concatenate(predictions, axis=0)

I have to perform calculations on results to set up treshold, so I want to change my numpy array into dataframe.
              #Chage to DF
              results = np.array(flat_predictions)
              numpy_to_df = pd.DataFrame(results)
              numpy_to_df.head()

Then I get the error ValueError: Must pass 2-d input, shape=(8102, 256, 768)
And I cant transform numpy array into DataFrame.
The shape return these three numbers which clearly refer to

*

*8102 - number of rows to processs

*256 - the number of batches

*768 - hidden layers of BERT

When I print just the predictions it seems that they are not being properly concatenetted just split into these batches.
I have no idea why this issue occured and why I cant concatenate the predictions across batches into one array and then just change if to df. Previously the exact same code worked perfectly. Any ideas?


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Zeroes: The Freelance Cricketer (a.k.a The Harlot)
Twenty 20 has brought a number of disagreeable things to cricket - the Super Over, the Indian Premier League and David Warner to name but three. But perhaps the worst has been the emergence of the 'Freelance Cricketer'.
We prefer to call them Harlots here at the Reverse Sweep as they go around the Twenty 20 leagues across the world flashing a bit of skirt, being paid exorbitant fees, not really giving a jot and invariably being an expensive disappointment.
Take Dwayne Bravo for example. Not content with being part of the Trinidad & Tobago and Mumbai Indians Twenty 20 sides, he has now also made a brief (and disastrous) cameo for Essex at the FP T20 finals day, which was held at the Rose Bowl at the weekend.
Now we don't have an axe to grind with Bravo. We actually like him. He is one of the few of the current crop of West Indian players who seems to care about wearing the maroon cap. But Essex's decision to jet Bravo over for finals day certainly backfired.
Bravo made just five runs off eight balls in the semi-final against Hampshire before being run out jogging for a second run that should a tortoise would have expected to have made. Then he went for 46 runs off his four overs. Given Essex lost in the last over, it could be argued that the decision to play Bravo ahead of an actual Essex player who had featured throughout the regular season proved an expensive one in more ways than one.
And what happens if two or more of the teams that one of these harlots is playing for qualifies for the Champions League? One would hope that Kieron Pollard would choose Trinidad & Tobago over Somerset, South Australia or Mumbai Indians but can anyone really be sure that would be the case? We fear that it would be whoever paid the highest price.
Anne Boleyn was known as the King's Harlot throughout sixteenth century Europe when she was Henry VIII's long standing mistress, but at least she stuck around to become his second wife (ultimately much to her eventual cost), but this new breed of mercenary cricketer is very different. Some would argue that you can't blame them for taking the cash on offer, but for us the whole concept of the Freelance Cricketer is a definite Reverse Sweep zero.
Posted on Monday, August 16, 2010 at 16:00 in Dwayne Bravo, Heroes & Zeroes, Kieron Pollard | Permalink
RS, you left out Bravo's (very successful) stint at Victoria, squeezed in between playing poorly for the WI test side and being injured for the WI one-day series with Australia (though it is worth noting he played to larger crowds when turning out for Victoria). Both he and Pollard are contracted first and foremost to their IPL teams, incidentally, as is Cameron White, despite being captain of Victoria.
You're right, it is a disgrace, but do we expect better from cricket's administrators? It is why I argued in my manifesto for extended domestic T20 windows (4 per year, totalling 24 weeks). Enough to keep the bean-counters and players happy, and provide sufficient time to play out a decent (but not excessive) international schedule.
Posted by: Russ | Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 02:20
Russ, I like your idea of a T20 window, but surely the administrators need to limit the number of teams one cricketer can play for. Bravo played for Victoria too? I missed that one. Gee he has been busy. Maybe that's why he has been crap for the West Indies recently!
Posted by: The Reverse Sweep | Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 11:26
RS, my thinking is that if there is a set of windows for all domestic T20 tournaments - May/Aug for the northern hemisphere, Nov/Feb for the southern - then players will only be physically able to play in one country per hemisphere. It is only a short step from there to preventing them from playing for two sides in a calendar year (or to link teams such that they have joint squads, but two homes). The link on my name explains in more detail.
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He was right. Enfinger was 43rd fastest out of 45 trucks with a low-budget team that only attempts a few races a year.
But the exposure was worth the effort, he said, as he tries to land a ride with a competitive team.
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Crawford is the only driver to have raced in every truck race at Daytona, but that streak will now end.
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