I am trying to listen to my body, and let it rest, and let it heal, and remember that "not as sore for the last hour or so" is not the same as "healed and ready to do things again".
It's the weekend, and I would really really like to spend a chunk of today relaxing and enjoying some knitting. But I KNOW I shouldn't. My wrists really aren't better, I'm still icing them every night just from the amount of hand writing (notes) and typing (notes) and mouse-use (charts and internet and research) I'm doing at work. Even with lots of breaks.
I don't know quite what all of this extended arm trouble means for my future, but I cannot think about a future with no knitting.
Instead, I've been reading a lot. In the last two weeks, I've read This Is How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff, Wintergirls and The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson, If I Stay by Gayle Foreman, and The Railway Man by Eric Lomax. I know, a lot of YA Fiction.
Let me know if you have books to recommend, so I can keep sticking to my healing-up resolutions!
There were some completely lovely comments on my last (quite whiny, really) post about wrist pain and time away from knitting – thank you lovely commenters!
I'm still on my knitting break, so I don't have anything yarny to show you. I did go on a lovely rainy walk, though, and I thought I'd share some of the best bits.
I started out near the inner harbour, which I kind of love on gray days.
This time of year, Victoria also has lots of cherry blossoms – super pretty!
There was some fiber-ey content – I passed three or four of Victoria's giant spindle whorl sculptures (more on them here – they're called "Signs of Lekwungen", and honour the Coast Salish). I love, love, love having such amazing and public connections to fiber arts in my city!
It's 100% spring here, so flowers are happening!
I love my city, and walking is definitely a good thing; I'm still looking forward to getting back to knitting, though!
Sometimes, when people see me knitting in public, or when they hear that I'm a knitter, they'll respond with some version of "Wow, I wish I had the time/patience/attention span/ability to knit!" I totally understand that reaction – that's more or less what I say to my friend who gardens prolifically, or the one who goes the gym all the time because she genuinely enjoys it. Sometimes I just nod and smile, and sometimes I tell people that actually, I knit because I need to.
Truthfully, I knit for a LOT of reasons.
I love the creativity it involves (even when I'm knitting from patterns, which I usually am). I love the colours and textures. I love that it produces warm, comfortable, occasionally-stylish and occasionally-frumpy garments and accessories and things – it takes my time and converts it into a tangible object I can hold and wear and sometimes give away to a person I like. I love that it connects me with a less technological time (even though technology is pretty critical to my knitting life… *COUGH RAVELRY COUGH.* I love that there are constantly new challenges, new skills to learn, new techniques to master, new ways to expand my knitting repertoire.
But one of the major reasons I knit is that it makes me feel more… okay.
Knitting helps keep my mind busy, and it makes me a happier, calmer, more functional person. The last few months have included a bunch of personal challenges, from health stuff to job and academic stresses to being apart from my best friend, which is extremely, constantly, wrenching. As a result, I've found myself reaching for my knitting even more than normal. I'm really, really glad that knitting is part of my life, because I don't think I would be okay without it.


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November 17, 2014 morethansolutions Peek: Short Interviews
Peek #15: Gerry Thompson
Peek is a series of brief interviews of Magic personalities who support Planeswalkers for Diversity.
What's tougher – a Pro Tour, or an SCG Invitational? If anyone's qualified to answer that, it'd be Roanoke's own Gerry Thompson. He's played in eleven SCG invitationals, top 8'd six and won two, on top of his nine Grand Prix top 8s. In 2013 he broke the ranks of the best pros to never spike a Pro Tour Top 8, finishing seventh at PT Gatecrash in Montreal before going on to take a break from competitive Magic and intern at Wizards of the Coast. Currently living in Seattle with his girlfriend and former SCG copyeditor Kaitlin Lindburg, Gerry is back in the scene writing for StarCityGames and crushing tournaments near you.
p4d: First, a question we ask everyone: what is your Magic: The Gathering origin story?
GT: I was into fantasy stuff, like comic books and novels when I was a kid, and my mom saw some Magic cards at a gas station and bought me a couple packs. I didn't have anyone to play with so they just sat in a shoebox for five years or so, and then when I was 15 and got my first job one of my co-workers played Magic. We just kind of b onded over that, he built me a deck, we played some games, he ripped me off on some trades, and then I was just hooked from there.
p4d: It was several months ago now, but you left WOTC in April after a six-month internship. Can you tell us your most favourite and least favourite aspects of working there?
GT: Least favourite was that I was not the smartest person in the room anymore, but that was just part of this good thing where I was surrounded by a bunch of very smart capable people that constantly surprised me. Other than that it was just that I learned a bunch of stuff. I don't know if it necessarily makes me a better Magic player but I certainly think that I have a better understanding of the decisions that get made for how sets and cards are designed. I know more about how they expect formats to shape up and stuff like that.
p4d: Did you feel like it was a good fit for you overall, or were you itching to get back to competitive Magic and writing articles?
GT: I didn't know if it was going to be a good fit, but I had to try it. When they offered it to me I thought it might not work out, but I was ready to try something different as far as Magic was concerned. It was definitely a good idea, and while I was there I wasn't thinking, "oh, I can't wait to get back to playing" — I was definitely dedicating 100% to doing the job, but when it got towards the end of it and I had the choice to stay on for another six months, I decided to get back to playing Magic. I'm just more comfortable playing and it just felt more right for me.
p4d: How is it being back at SCG? You alluded to some other projects coming up in some recent podcasts, anything we can look forward to? Streaming, maybe?
GT: I've wanted to be streaming since Journey Into Nyx came out on Magic Online, but for whatever reason I haven't started. It's just one of those things where I'm good at doing the stuff that comes easy to me. I put off writing articles for the longest time because I thought I wouldn't be good at it and people wouldn't want to read the stuff I had to say. I kinda feel like that with streaming also, where I want to do it and I think it would be a good thing for me, but I just haven't started yet. I have a lot of excuses but they're not good ones.
I started working on a book about four years ago, and I have a lot of work done with it but it's one of those things where it's kind of almost done but it's hard to pull the trigger. With my articles there's a deadline, I have to do this every week, and for all this other stuff, if you give me free reign I'll never finish it for whatever reason and I really need to get over that.
p4d: To lead into some P4D stuff, what does diversity in the Magic community mean to you?
GT: I think ultimately what I want to have happen is that issues of diversity are just not a thing. We are Magic players, male, female, trans, straight, gay, whatever, it doesn't matter, you know? At the end of the day we all have this thing that we really enjoy and this should be our escape from reality, where we go to have fun and enjoy ourselves, express our creativity, and I would just like for everyone else to see each other as Magic players and not how they're different. We have a lot of the same stuff in common and we like the same things so we should just be able to share that.
p4d: Let's delve into an event from your past – specifically you getting decked by Todd Anderson. The interesting thing that seems to get missed is that it was an act of mediation by you, trying to keep your friends as friends. Do you find yourself in that position often?
GT: As mediator, kind of. In the social circles that I hang out with I'm normally the adult or at least the oldest person. I might not be the most mentally of age person I suppose, but I do act like the adult in a lot of situations. When people are hanging out with their friends, their filter is off, they want to blow off steam and sometimes people get a little out of control, myself included.
But there are situations where I think "hey, this is not a thing that should be happening, this is only gonna end poorly." I don't necessarily try to mediate things by taking a fist to the face all the time, but I think in that case it was a good solution. I don't want to be results-oriented or anything. [laughs]
It was also one of those situations where Todd and I were not on the best of terms, and now we're really good friends, and I think that situation really helped that a lot. But again, I don't think the way I handled things was necessarily the best for that situation, there was almost certainly a better way, but at the time that was what I felt was correct. I knew it would resolve the situation and it did, so it is what it is.
p4d: Is there anybody who you find an inspiration in the community, that you're learning from on these issues?
GT: I don't feel that there's one person in particular, it's just that there are a lot of voices of reason in the community. But generally I have not been disappointed whenever something happens because I feel there are enough smart people that say, "no actually this is not cool, this is how you should react to this or this is what's most acceptable", you know? As far as my personal opinions, at the end of the day we're all just Magic players and I wish that these things would just not be issues.
p4d: What can you do as a leader in the community or what do you think other players in general can do to make our community a better place?
GT: For me I think it's probably just best to lead by example, and if you think that people are acting poorly and doing things that are disrespectful, you can let them know in a positive way. If someone says something in a group and then you immediately call them out on it, that's probably not the best way to handle things. Embarrassing them in front of their friends is not gonna cause change.
I feel like most people respond positively to actual one-on-one constructive criticism, and sometimes it's someone's opinion, where they might feel it's okay to discriminate against females for example, and maybe you can't change that. But most people, you talk to them in a one-on-one setting, you make it clear you respect them, you respect their opinions, but you say, hey, people have a problem with this, and they will actually stop and think. This approach has worked for me so far.
p4d: What would you like to see Planeswalkers for Diversity accomplish?
GT: It's just constantly working towards that goal with whatever reasonable means necessary, and I think that's good, I'm glad that someone is out there doing it.
p4d: Any big tournaments you're playing soon?
GT: I just attended Grand Prix in Nashville and New Jersey and had loads of fun at both. I'm hitting up all the Starcity invitationals, and I am qualified for Pro Tour Vancouver.
p4d: Any sick tech you'll be shopping around?
GT: No, not really. M16 was a set that I worked on a little bit, but it was not in FFL (Future Future League) which is why that's the cutoff for when I can play again. Presumably between April and now the set is going to change a lot, so the theory is that I don't have a large edge over everyone else. So I got nothing basically. I'm just waiting to see how everything plays out with the full Khans block and everything, and I'm sure that we did a lot of good work in FFL but we almost certainly didn't find everything or have a 100% clear picture of what the format's going to look like. It's been very interesting being on the outside and seeing what people come up with.
p4d: Where can people find you online?
GT: I am on Twitter @G3RRYT as well as Facebook, the comments of my Starcity articles, that's about it. I basically respond to anyone that gets at me on Twitter, so that's probably the best way to reach me.
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Earlier this year, environmental activist group Greenpeace made waves with a report taking Apple and other companies to task for not doing enough to eliminate the use of dirty coal-sourced power at their data centers. Apple quickly responded at the time to note that Greenpeace had greatly overestimated the power needs of the company's flagship data center in Maiden, North Carolina, thereby understating the impact of Apple's solar and fuel cell power generation occurring at the site.
In that statement, Apple refuted Greenpeace's estimate of peak power demand of 100 megawatts for the data center, revealing that power demand would actually peak at 20 megawatts. And a month later, Apple published additional details on its efforts to run all of its data centers on 100% green energy.
Greenpeace announced yesterday that it has prepared an updated report on Apple's energy usage based on the new information, but as noted by Data Center Knowledge's Rich Miller, the group still seems to be being overly critical in its grading of Apple, even continuing to make up its own estimates of the North Carolina data center's energy usage rather than believing Apple's public statements.
In its initial report in April, Greenpeace estimated Apple's power use in North Carolina at a whopping 100 megawatts. The group has reduced that slightly to 81 megawatts, dismissing the company's disclosure that it expects draw about 20 megawatts at full capacity.
Miller goes on to note that Apple has clearly disclosed in regulatory documents that it intends to install backup generators capable of producing 41 megawatts of electricity in an "N+2" configuration that keeps at least two generators as spares, meaning that Apple is only planning for peak demand of 35-36 megawatts at an absolute maximum.
- Greenpeace is having difficulty developing estimates that accurately incorporate data center operations and power usage.
- Greenpeace is predisposed to cling to estimates that make Apple look less "green" because it generates more headlines for its awareness campaigns.
Greenpeace's revised report gives Apple no additional credit for transparency, despite the company having explicitly revealed the power requirements of the data center, and the group's insistence on sticking with an 81-megawatt estimate of peak power capacity brings Apple's usage of renewable energy at the site down to just 22% as opposed to the 60% figure explicitly stated by Apple.
Greenpeace is also reluctant to give Apple credit for its fuel cell installation, waiting to hear whether Apple will actually be using biogas to directly power the cells or if it will be using natural gas and instead purchasing biogas to be inserted elsewhere in the distribution system to offset the company's natural gas usage. But given that Apple's biogas commitment would have the same net effect on overall natural gas consumption regardless of where exactly in the distribution system it is used, it seems that Apple should be pursuing the most cost-effective strategy for deploying that biogas.
Greenpeace just wants attention and publicity.
Greenpeace won't be happy until people stop using electricity. They are just a bunch of luddites.
Greenpeace again proves that it is completely worthless. Nothing but attention whores.
Greenpeace has been working hard for years to make themselves irrelevant.
I agree. I used to like greenpeace but they've become nothing but publicity hounds while disregarding the truth.
I'd love to see a green report done on Greenpeace. I'm willing to bet they are hypocrites.
Greenpeace, masters of PR, have learned what so many other media whores have learned: Criticize Apple and you will get headlines.
Greenpeace will be pleased to learn that my V-16 Maybach runs on liquified poor people.
They, among countless others, have made Green the new Red.


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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain perpetually a child. For what is the worth of a human life unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 B.C.
We've referenced the National Archives and Records Administration a number of times on SeniorWomen.com and want to update the genealogical workshops and records research offered by the Administration:
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever.
Those valuable records are preserved and are available to you, whether you want to see if they contain clues about your family's history, need to prove a veteran's military service, or are researching an historical topic that interests you.
NARA offers the public a comprehensive program of genealogical workshops and courses in its facilities nationwide. Topics include an introduction to genealogy and research into records such as census schedules, military service and pension records, and passenger lists.
Passenger Arrival & Naturalization Records, San Francisco, CA, May 11
Navigating the US Census, 1790 - 1940, Boston, MA, May 17
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Researching in Ancestry for Intermediate Users, Fort Worth, TX, June 1
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Military Records: Revolutionary War to Civil War, San Francisco, CA, June 8
New York Sources: Repositories and Imagination, New York City, NY, June 12
They Came From . . . TBA: Ethnic History & Genealogy, Boston, MA, June 21
Introduction to Genealogy, Boston, MA, July 10
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New Year's Poems From Navy Deck Logs; "A happy new year to you all, and if you're awake for the mid-watch, may it be uneventful!"
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Science says: 'Open the schools'
By Dr. Scott W. Atlas and Paul E. Peterson, Opinion Contributors — 06/01/20 07:30 AM EDT
To stop COVID-19 dead in its tracks, many governors, mayors and superintendents are threatening to keep schools closed this fall, failing to consider the greater harm that comes from refusing to open them.
"We have to make sure kids are safe, family members are safe, educators are safe, staff is safe," says New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. "If for any reason we are not confident of that, then you can just stick with the pure online learning." Similarly, teacher unions insist that comprehensive testing, tracing and distancing are essential if reopening is to be done safely.
The irony in such language is that children are safe at school already. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that of the first 68,998 U.S. deaths from COVID-19, only 12 have been in children under age 14 — less than 0.02 percent. Nor is coronavirus killing teenagers. At last count, the fatality total among children under 18 without an underlying condition is one; only ten of the 16,469 confirmed coronavirus deaths in New York City were among those under the age of 18. That's similar to the fatality rate for those under 20 in France, estimated at 0.001 percent, and in Spain.
The death of even one child is tragic, of course. Yet, it must be kept in mind that as many as 600 children in the United States died from seasonal influenza in 2017-18, according to CDC estimates, while the CDC's estimate for COVID-19 fatalities number just 12. A just-released JAMA Pediatrics study flatly states: "Our data indicate that children are at far greater risk of critical illness from influenza than from COVID-19." If the COVID-19 hazard sets the new standard for health safety, the country will need to close its schools each year from November until April to guard against influenza.
What about the new threat similar to Kawasaki disease, recently sensationalized as a COVID-19 association? In fact, the association is extremely low, and the incidence of the disorder is itself rare, affecting only 3,000 to 5,000 children in the United States each year. Importantly, the syndrome is typically treatable and never has been regarded previously as a risk so serious that schools must be shuttered.
While public attention is focused on exceptional rarities, learning is in free-fall. In Boston, only half of students are showing up for online instruction on any given day; 20 percent of them have never logged on to the designated website. "This situation is going to be like what is often called the summer slide [in student achievement], but on steroids," says Virginia's state school superintendent.
Low-income students are suffering the most. Many lack WIFI, computer tablets, software and other paraphernalia of the affluent. Nor are they as likely to have access to equivalent mentors at home as those with better educated parents. Robin Lake at the Center for Reinventing Public Education says that "elementary students [in urban districts] may have lost 30 percent of their reading skills."
Closure will endanger the health of our children, too. Already, more than half of America's children are not receiving needed vaccinations. Further, schools are the place where many learn that they need glasses or a hearing aid, or, if seriously ill, are guided by the school nurse to the doctor's office for prompt medical attention.
In addition, children are being denied opportunities for social and emotional development that come with play, exercise, sports and socialization. Reports already indicate that suicide rates among the young are on the increase. More certain is the loss in human capital that lasts a lifetime: Closing schools this past spring translates into a 3 percent or more cut in lifetime earnings for those whose education is being sidelined. Clearly, closing schools does not benefit those whom schools are supposed to serve.
But what about the adults — the teachers, guidance counsellors, bus drivers and kitchen staff? No one wants to endanger the health of educators but, fortunately, risks to adults in schools are much less than those encountered in grocery stores, pharmacies and other essential businesses. As is shown across the world, including Switzerland, Canada, the Netherlands, France, Iceland, the UK, Australia and now Ireland, children seldom if ever transmit the disease to adults, even to their parents. Several epidemiologists recently denounced the widely cited April publication that erroneously concluded that children can transmit COVID-19 just as readily as adults. Its author, German virologist Christian Drosten, previously had been featured as a COVID-19 hero, abetting the panic to close schools.
No less important, COVID-19 mainly targets the elderly and those with underlying conditions. For people under 60, COVID-19 fatality rates are so low that they are less than or equal to those associated with the seasonal flu, according to data from France, Spain and the Netherlands, as well as the CDC. Certainly, adults at high risk or who are fearful should take precautions, and by now they understand how to social-distance for their own protection. But teaching is a young person's occupation. Teachers' median age is 41; more than 80 percent are under the age of 55, the age at which most become eligible for a retirement pension.
If opening day should come sooner, how should schools open?
Unfortunately, it is rapidly becoming conventional wisdom that students should be asked to attend half-days, wear masks, skip recess, spread themselves six feet apart and spend half their time in front of a computer — all in the name of social distancing. But how can classrooms hold students spread apart by six feet? How can you practice phonics with your mouth covered? How can you learn if it is time to return home just as you have settled into your seat? How can you develop socially and emotionally if you must remain distant from friends at recess? How can teachers instruct with masks on their faces?
All of this borders on the absurd, when we now know that social distancing and face coverings for children are completely unnecessary.
Never have schools subjected children to such an unhealthy, uncomfortable and anti-educational environment, so science cannot precisely define the total harm it will cause. But science does tell us that risks from COVID-19 are too minimal to sacrifice the educational, social, emotional and physical well-being – to say nothing of the very health – of our young people.
Scott W. Atlas, MD, is a physician and the David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Paul E. Peterson is a professor of government and director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
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James asked: Is it illegal to ride a bicycle against the flow of traffic down a one-way street in Florida?
Yes. A bicycle is a vehicle and the operator has the same rights and duties as other drivers when in the roadway, with few exceptions.
Unless there happens to be a continuous shoulder.
When answering this, I assumed you were referring to the roadway and my comments are made accordingly. You actually said "street" which includes the roadway but also the sidewalk, paved or unpaved shoulder and other areas.
The one-way provision and signage only applies to the roadway.
NE2 is correct that a bicyclist can proceed in either direction on the sidewalk or paved or unpaved shoulder. See other posts for those statutes and precautions.


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Home Arts & Entertainment Theatre Trent launches relief fund for Peterborough performance venues and seeks community...
Theatre Trent launches relief fund for Peterborough performance venues and seeks community donations
Student-run theatre group is donating $6,000 to The Theatre on King and Market Hall Performing Arts Centre
In September 2019, Theatre Trent supported the Peterborough debut of Park Street Productions' "Bernie and Nick" (starring Brad Brackenridge, pictured, and Lindsay Unterlander) at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough. The Theatre on King and Peterborough's other theatrical performance venues have been closed since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Theatre Trent has launched the Theatre Trent Venue Relief Fund to support the venues until they are permitted to reopen. (Photo: Andy Carroll)
Peterborough's vibrant theatrical community has suffered greatly during the COVID-19 pandemic, with local non-profit performance venues including Market Hall Performing Arts Centre and The Theatre on King closed since March. While Ontario is gradually reopening its economy, performance venues are still not allowed to open.
That's why Theatre Trent, Trent University's student-run theatre group, has announced the Theatre Trent Venue Relief Fund to support Peterborough's performance venues — and is launching a fundraising drive to help ensure local venues make it through the pandemic lock-down.
The group has already set aside $6,000 to assist The Theatre On King (TTOK) and Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, the two venues that host the majority of productions sponsored by Theatre Trent.
Founded in the 1960s, Theatre Trent is one of the oldest student levy groups at Trent University. It provides funding for theatre and multidisciplinary performances, with a mission to nurture Trent student life by funding accessible and inclusive creativity for hundreds of students. Over the past five years, Theatre Trent has supported over 275 local productions, including three major month-long multi-arts festivals, amounting to over 1,100 separate performances reaching around 45,000 audience members.
Recognizing the devastating economic impact of the pandemic on local performance venues, the Theatre Trent COVID-19 task force joined forces with former Theatre Trent members, Trent University faculty, and members of the Electric City Culture Council board of directors to create the Theatre Trent Venue Relief Fund.
"This is an unprecedented situation," says task force founder and performing artist Sarah McNeilly, who is pursuing her M.A. at Trent University. "Although businesses are slowly being permitted to re-open, live performance venues will remain shuttered for quite some time. These venues need our support now to help ensure they can persist until they are allowed to reopen."
The Theatre Trent Venue Relief Fund will provide $5,000 to The Theatre on King and $1,000 to Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, reflecting the portion of Theatre Trent events that take place at each venue.
"TTOK runs on community energy and goodwill," says The Theatre on King artistic director Ryan Kerr. "We've been getting donations since this crisis began, and the support means the world to us. It's the difference between our existence on the other side of this crisis or not."
In October 2019, Theatre Trent supported Cordwainer Productions' presentation of the controversial musical "Spring Awakenings" at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough. The Theatre Trent Venue Relief Fund will provide $5,000 to The Theatre on King and $1,000 to Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, reflecting the portion of Theatre Trent events that take place at each venue. (Photo: Cordwainer Productions / Instagram)
"This initiative is fantastic, and we are thankful to be a part of it," adds Market Hall general manager Chad Hogan. "The best way to support the hall is to become a member, which provides benefits to you, and helps us demonstrate the community-wide support the Hall enjoys."
"We need to make sure that performing artists and audiences will have rehearsal and performance spaces to return to when we are permitted to do so," says writer and performer Kate Story, a member of the Theatre Trent executive and TTOK board chair. "Imagine a Peterborough without live theatre, dance, music. It's not a pretty picture."
"The impact on the local community would be catastrophic," adds Public Energy executive director Bill Kimball. "Not only would our artists and audiences lose out, the local economy would take a big hit as well. Arts and culture bring in $58.9 billion annually to the Canadian economy."
While the $6,000 donation from Theatre Trent is generous, McNeilly admits it won't be enough to get local performance venues through the COVID-19 crisis.
"This is why we are going public with the Theatre Trent Venue Relief Fund — we've launched a fundraising drive," she explains. "We are asking our community to match and/or exceed our $6,000 donation in order to help us save our local theatres. Even the smallest donation will go a long way."
Rather than setting up a separate crowdfunding campaign, Theatre Trent is encouraging members of the community to donate directly to TTOK and the Market Hall.
To donate to TTOK, visit publicenergy.ca/support/donate/ and choose "The Theatre on King" from the drop-down menu.
To support the Market Hall, become a member by visiting markethall.org/get-involved/membership-information/. Memberships range from $25 to $250 and each level of membership comes with benefits.
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Gators grasp final momentum, surge past Seminoles
Jason Shoot | News Herald Writer
TALLAHASSEE — Florida State survived the first four turnovers. The fifth proved to be most costly, however.
EJ Manuel was knocked out of the game briefly in the fourth quarter after a helmet-to-helmet collision, and his fumble on that play set the stage for No. 6 Florida to rally for a 37-26 victory over the 10th-ranked Seminoles at Doak Campbell Stadium.
UF improved to 11-1 overall and collected its first win over the Seminoles in three years. FSU fell to 10-2 and now must win its conference championship to assure itself a spot in a BCS bowl game.
The Seminoles led 20-16 early in the fourth quarter when Manuel suffered what appeared to be a helmet-to-helmet collision with Gator linebacker Antonio Morrison. The ball popped out of Manuel's hands and was recovered by Florida's Matt Elam at the FSU 37. Manuel remained on the field as trainers tended to him.
Manuel was helped off the field minutes later, and Florida immediately took advantage of the fumble with Mike Gillislee's 37-yard touchdown run on the first play for a 23-20 lead.
With Manuel seated on the bench, FSU's offense had a three-and-out series on its next possession. Florida answered with its second touchdown in four minutes as quarterback Jeff Driskel hit Quinton Dunbar with a 14-yard touchdown pass and a 30-20 cushion.
Manuel returned to the game after that, but the damage already had been done. Matt Jones' 32-yard touchdown run with 2:33 remaining gave UF a 37-20 lead and rendered meaningless Manuel's 22-yard touchdown run as time expired.
FSU coach Jimbo Fisher tried to steer post-game questions away from any apparent head injury Manuel may have suffered. Fisher said team physicians told him Manuel was dealing with abdominal or rib issues.
"I just go with what the doctors tell me," Fisher said, noting he also thought Manuel had injured his head after looking at the replay initially.
Florida rolled up 244 rushing yards on 47 carries, which took the burden off of Driskel, a sophomore quarterback who played through a right leg injury that required layer upon layer of athletic tape around his ankle and shoe.
Gillislee rushed for 140 yards on 24 carries, and Jones added 81 on eight. Driskel completed 15 of 23 passes for 147 yards, and he stood tall in the pocket despite persistent pressure from FSU's defense.
"Hats off to Florida," Fisher said. "They have a very good football team, and they're well-coached. They did a great job."
UF mixed several trick plays into a simple-yet-effective offensive game plan in the first half, and the Gators were able to move the ball steadily and consistently. The Gators pieced together a 14-play drive to open the game and took a 3-0 lead on Caleb Sturgis' 39-yard field goal. UF's place-kicker added a 45-yard field goal midway through the second quarter for a 6-0 margin.
FSU's Karlos Williams fumbled the ensuing kickoff return, and Gillislee raced around the left side for a 9-yard touchdown run three plays later for a 13-0 advantage with 5:26 left in the half.
The Seminoles scrambled in their two-minute offense to salvage Dustin Hopkins' 50-yard field goal as the half came to an end with FSU trailing 13-3.
"We got that little drive before the half to get us three points, and we had a little momentum," Fisher said.
The Seminoles pulled within 13-10 when Manuel connected with tight end Nick O'Leary in the middle of the end zone on a 6-yard pass with 10½ minutes left in the third quarter.
FSU defensive end Bjoern Werner, who finished with 3½ sacks, contributed to the comeback on Florida's next possession with a key fumble recovery after a botched handoff between Driskel and Gillislee. Manuel rolled into the end zone from 1 yard three plays later to give FSU its first lead of the game at 17-13.
Dustin Hopkins booted a 53-yard field goal to stretch FSU's lead to 20-13, and it was 20-16 going into the fourth quarter.
Manuel completed 18 of 33 passes for 182 yards with three turnovers, and he rushed for 54 yards on 12 carries. Rashad Greene and Kenny Shaw had five receptions apiece for 65 and 58 yards, respectively.
The Gators have all but locked up an at-large spot in the BCS and were awaiting Saturday night's result from the Notre Dame-USC game to see if their national title hopes still had life left in them. UF will wait to see how next Saturday's Southeastern Conference game shakes out before determining where it will play in a bowl game.
FSU remains in line for a trip to the Orange Bowl if it can defeat Georgia Tech in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game next Saturday in Atlanta. The Seminoles would have done themselves a favor with a win against UF and protected them in case they stumble against the Yellow Jackets.
Werner said he is anxious to put this loss behind him and compete for an ACC title.
"I'm moving on right now," Werner said. "I can't wait to play Georgia Tech."


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Gary Con is an annual game convention celebrating the life and works of Gary Gygax, the Father of Role Playing Games. We do this by doing what he loved so much in life, playing Games! Join Gary's children, friends and fellow game enthusiasts as we celebrate a life well-played.
Gary Con will my first con 2019. I was unable to obtain a vendor table, so Mike and I will be running seven 5th Evolution adventures. Event Registration is open now.
I hope you can join us for some 5th Evolution!
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An Enugu NorthbMagistrate Court, on Tuesday, ordered the Attorney-General of Enugu State and the Nigeria Prisons Service to produce 32 detained pro-Biafra agitators.
The detained activists are members of the Ralph Uwazurike-led Biafra Independent Movement faction of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra.
They were arrested on May 22, while parading through Enugu metropolis to celebrate the 'Biafra Day'.
BIM, unlike MASSOB and the Indigenous People of Biafra, mark the Biafra Day on May 22, rather than May 30, which is the date the defunct Republic of Biafra declared independence from Nigeria in 1967.
Shortly after their arrest, the 32 secessionists were charged with treason and arraigned before the magistrates' court where they pleaded not guilty.
They were subsequently remanded in Enugu Prisons.
But their trial had stalled since then, as the matter have been adjourned on two occasions due to the inability of the police and officials of the Enugu Prisons to produce them in court.
When the matter came up again on Tuesday, the accused persons were again not in court.
Miffed at the development, the defence counsel, Barr. C. O. Obiekwe, accused the Federal Government of persecuting the agitators, who he said did not commit any offence.
He described the development as 'anti-democratic'.
"We are practising democracy in this country, not the dictatorship that is being displayed in this matter. This is one of the cases that portrays this government as anti-democratic.
"I have gone to the Department of Public Prosecution and I was told in confidence that they have concluded their job and sent their report to the Attorney-General (of Enugu State).
"However, every effort I made to see the Attorney-General has failed. I have gone there up to six times. The last I went, he said he does not want to see anybody, that he was tired," the furious lawyer said.
Obiekwe added that the prisons authorities have no excuse for the failure to produce his clients in court.
"The prison authorities have no genuine reason, the other time they said they had no staff, this time no vehicle. By my checks, they brought 17 other accused persons to court today, so why did they not go back to bring the other 32 persons?
"These people are freedom fighters, they have not committed any offence known to the law," he added.
An official of the Enugu Prisons however blamed the failure to produce the agitators on 'logistics challenges'.
"We have over 102 inmates going to court today, some went to Obollo-Afor, Amagunze, and several other places. So, there is shortage of vehicles.
"We prefer Fridays because we have less cases. Other days we used to have 60 to 40, but today, we have the highest number and most of our vehicles are engaged," a Senior Prison Assistant, Mr. Ude Ambrose, told the court.
The presiding magistrate, His Worship Sam Okoro, ordered that the accused persons must be brought to court on the next adjourned date, July 26.
The court is expected to receive the Attorney-General's advice on that day.


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PEOPLE 2015.2.12 Text: Aya Shomura
Music × Modern Poetry = Poemcore?
A world-first poemcore idol, "owtn.", is the leading person of girl Poemcore, taken notice by foreign countries. Even though she just debuted last summer from Internet poem core lebel "POEMCORE TOKYO", her presence, sound, and sense of reading are worth listening. This time, she answered various questions interesting readers, like "what is poemcore?" or "music × modern poetry?"
Photo: Yuto Takoshima (H△NöN)
Please tell us about the origin of your name, owtn.?
I got a nickname, "Owatan" when I worked at a part-time job of idol cafe before. It was derived from "Jinsei Owata", an emoticon on the Internet meaning "my life ended". So, when I started to work as a poemcore idol, I added a symbolized image and Internet cultural image to "Owatan", and then "owtn." was made, Actually, I didn't think about the name so seriously, so It's surprising that the name has come to stay,
I see, the origin is so understandable for me. Poemcore is, a genre spread among male on social networks from 2009, reciting original poetry with music. What is a beginning for you to take an interest in poemcore?
Originally, I had written poetry, maybe since I was in elementary school, or very very young. In the summer of 2013, I've met poemcore. This is after I made "Let me be with you" (now renamed to "Jerryfish"), recorded this time. That's why I realized that what I do is so close to this style of poemcore.
I heard there are three keywords of poemcore including 1)self-consciousness like a knife, 2)darkness, and 3)lecherous mind. Do you always write poems while thinking about them?
I don't care specially. I think the act itself that "I write what I want to write" is the keywords, and also poemcore, rather than contents of my works. So, my mind hasn't change before and after I knew them, I think just doing poemcore already satisfies the three keywords, for other poemcore artists as well.
Please tell us an outlook on the world of owtn. poetry.
The world outlook, ……. umm, probably many think that themes of my poems are mainly romantic love, but it's not always true. I write suggestively even hanging out with friends, movie, music, or my mind when I see amazing works and scenery. (laugh) I have no experience of situations written on my poems, and almost all of them are my imagination. But, I'm strongly conscious to write poems realistically, like "how do I feel in this situation? how about my emotion, a touch, and temperature?"
By the way, when do you compose them?
On the train, and after eating lunch! (laugh) Concentrating all my energy to write poems is not my style. Because phrases fragmentarily come to my mind, I note them on my iPhone and finally make one world by connecting chosen phrases from them.
So far, I feel you're an ordinary girl. How's your private life?
I spend days like a ordinary girl, to go shopping and eat out with my favorite friends. Really ordinary. Oh, but anyway, recently I'm so interested in cup and ball. There's cup and ball in a living room of my house, I don't know why, and then I tried to play it. I was surprised that I was better at it than I thought! (laugh) I found many techniques. One of them is called "a butterfly-dance", like Chu-ni-byo(Japanese words: the self-conscience stage of puberty). I want to complete it now. Also, I watch only old TV commercials of 1990s and memorize the symbol of elements (especially, after no.111 of Roentgenium), I do those maniac things at a pin point,
Do you have any other things you're interested in?
I want to know and try what I don't know and I can't do now. I believe my experiences enhance the world of my poetry. Also, I want to speak English because I receive offers of collaboration and comments from abroad. I've worked as a visual icon of a record label "Future Disorder Recording" since this May, and I always talk to a label owner, Camilo, in English, but I know it's broken. So, I hope to speak English correctly,
Poemcore itself is mainly released from Internet labels because it is a genre spread on social networks. What is an attractive feature of poemcore?
The attractive feature of poemcore is a harmony of literature and music. Originally, I have written tons of poems on my blog for a long time because I had dreamed to publish a book of my poems in the future. But my poems have been spread in an instant by mixing with a track. People take an interest in poetry because of a collaboration with music. I think this is an amazing cycle. it's also attractive for both suppliers and receivers that it's easy to get and fast to spread because poemcore is influenced a lot by Internet culture.
In these attractive features, is there the reason why you chose poemcore as your expressive way?
I've chosen poemcore before I realized rather than I've chosen it intentionally. Like, just reciting poems as being recommended, and finally realized I'm doing poemcore…
How process did you take to make this album "owticmode." with Mr. Munenoli?
When I reciting poetry at event in May 2013, Mr. Munenoli visited there accidentally. After the event, he sent a massage that "let me compose a track for you" on Twitter. With this opportunity as a starter, we have knew each other, and started to work together. Also, he is a person who told me about poemcore. Then, I met "POEMCORE TOKYO", and a label owner "BOOL" offered to release an album. When I told the offer to Mr. Munenoli, he approved of it passionately, and we completed it in three months. I think he was so hard at that time. I'm sorry about that, I always ask unreasonable things to him. (laugh)
It seems like there are some secret stories of production.
Yes, many…… At first, I didn't like to listen my voice. I didn't listen almost all of my completed works because it's embarrassing to listen. (laugh) But, after I made a fourth song "RE:meillish", what I want to do was getting clearer and clearer. And, I become so greedy for my production like thinking enthusiastically my way to recite poems. The jacket was created by my DJ friend, KillMiku of "Kodomo Club". Floating things such as a bottle of perfume, a teddy bear, and a headphone are mine in my room. What I focused on most is showing underwear. I discussed with KillMiku while seeing catalogs of underwear. (laugh)
Finally, please tell us your future goal, plans or activities.
On this new year day, I wished to have an event in Tokyo. Then, this wish already came true on March. So, now I'm on upward revision. I want to participate in an event of Tokyo in the later half of the year! My goal in the long run is to be an icon of poemcore. I long like "poemcore is owtn.!" In any case, I want to be a person who spread "poetry" with a new view.
owtn. 1st.EP『owticmode.』
Spec:CDR、6 songs、Lyric card、with sticker
※Some differs from the download version.
Price:1,000yen(without tax)
MUSEUM STORE sells those.
Text: Aya Shomura
Translation: Hanae Kawai
owticmode.
Josh Baumgarten "Irrational Lib...
Paris Si J'y Suis
serial experiments lain
Creative Hokkaido Meets Taipei ...
Yumi Fuzuki
Otaru Collage
Hong Kong City Festival
Nippon Souvenir
Makoto Amano
Ball Piyaluk
Mawari
Deadwood™
Abdul Vas
Keisuke Sugawara
Riop
OM-SE
Yourhighness
"My husband is my favorite! Chris Rubino"
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Even more people were affected by the 2017 hack than initially thought.
He fooled an entire nation with a fake Facebook profile. Then I tracked him down.
Hundreds thought they knew him. No one could believe he never even existed.
Are you afraid of being hacked?
"Everybody is afraid of getting hacked."


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Treasure Island Finissage
National Museum of Singapore, June 23, 2017
An Interactive Artist/Audience Performance
Friday 23rd of June 2017
"My earliest memories of my family garden... handsome hazelnut bushes swaying by the swings, a delicious purple plum tree greeting the road and some prickly sour apples naughtily falling all over the roof terrace. Those noble plants nourished my human roots. Sometimes my heart is singing a silent song of longing for their attunement". MAMAKAN, 2017
You are invited to explore the Danish word ROD and its different meanings (Naughtiness, Mess, Attunement) in this performance.
NAUGHTINESS
The first meaning of "ROD" is a naughty (young) person, perhaps a bit rough and disobedient. How often do you get to touch, let alone take apart, a work of art? Line up one by one outside the Treasure Island Botanical Wall. When it's your turn, enter the island and find yourself a botanical jar that you feel a connection with. It could be on the basis of its name, colour, smell, anything...
Pick up the jar and bring it with you to the large jar, the "Fountain of Naughty, Messy Attunement," at the centre of the installation.
The second meaning of "ROD" is mess, a situation or circumstance characterised by a lack of order, overview or structure. Now, everyone gets to pour the carefully assembled contents of their jar into the fountain, making one glorious jumble. Pour the contents of your chosen jar into the "Fountain of Naughty, Messy Attunement" and place the empty jar below. This act is inspired by Dionysian chaos, necessary to bring balance to Apollonian order. Like Buddhist monks who painstakingly create exquisite mandalas that are destroyed by the wind in a moment, understand that without destruction, there can be no creation.
The third meaning of ROD is root: the downward part of a plant that attaches it to the soil, which absorbs, stores and transports water and nutrition from the soil to the plant. Take a glass and serve yourself and a fellow guest*. As we collectively imbibe the contents of the artwork, we are, quite literally, consuming the "Treasure Island" through the fertile fruits of its land. In doing so, we may become one with it and with each other.
*The botanicals have been preserved in ethanol (vodka) and are safe for consumption. Adults only.
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Highlander 30th Anniversary Edition - Arriving On DVD & Blu-ray 9/27
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Highlander: 30th Anniversary Edition
Street Date: 9/27/16
Blu-ray™ SRP: $14.99
DVD SRP: $14.98
In the end there can only be one Highlander 30th Anniversary edition, arriving on Blu-ray and DVD September 27 from Lionsgate. Starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery, relive the sci-fi epic that launched a TV franchise and captivated millions of fans worldwide! The 30th Anniversary edition features never-before-seen interviews with director Russell Mulcahy and actor Christopher Lambert, a brand-new "making of" documentary, deleted scenes, and audio commentary with director Russell Mulcahy. The Highlander 30th Anniversary Blu-ray and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $14.99 and $14.98, respectively.
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the original cult classic that inspired movie and TV franchises! An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponents, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize."
BLU-RAY/DVD SPECIAL FEATURES*
● The Making of Highlander
● Deleted Scenes
● Interviews with Director Russell Mulcahy and Actor Christopher Lambert
● Archival Interview with Actor Christopher Lambert
● Audio Commentary by Director Russell Mulcahy
*Subject to change
Christopher Lambert Mortal Kombat, Fortress
Roxanne Hart The Verdict, TV's "Chicago Hope"
Clancy Brown The Shawshank Redemption, Starship Troopers
and Sean Connery Dr. No, The Hunt for Red October
For Artwork: www.lionsgatepublicity.com/home-entertainment/highlander30thanniversary/
Title Copyright: ? 1986 Highlander Productions Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Type: Theatrical Release
Genre: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Closed-Captioned: N/A
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Feature Run Time: 116 minutes
Blu-ray Format: 1080P High Definition Widescreen Presentation (1.85:1)
DVD Format: Widescreen Presentation (1.85:1)
Blu-ray Audio: English 5.1 and 2.0 DTS-HD Master AudioTM
DVD Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital
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I still have the VHS tape, not the first original one (I got that one too) but the newer widescreen remastered one...THX sound and picture certified.
This new Blu is almost exciting, but not in 3D or not on UHD and no Dolby Atmos...so was that...immortality.
~Bob / Life, Love & the Blues
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If you don't HAVE to have it in HD, you can save a penny!
How many pennies? THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE.
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Peerless uit Slough (Verenigd Koninkrijk) was aanvankelijk een onderdelenleverancier voor de Amerikaanse Peerless truck. Men zou vanaf 1919 trucks bouwen.

Van 1919 tot 1933 verkocht de Engelse Peerless in Engeland uitgerangeerde Amerikaanse Peerless trucks, waarna men zelf trucks ging bouwen. Deze trucks waren uitgerust met 2 of 3 assen, een Servorem systeem met perslucht en de keuze uit een benzine of dieselmotor.

Sportwagens
Pas in 1957 kwam er een tweede Peerless, die wel afstamde van dezelfde firma, met een sportwagen, die eigenlijk het geesteskind was van Bernie Rodgers. De auto's werden aanvankelijk ook wel Warwick genoemd.

Productie startte in 1958, in hetzelfde jaar kwam een Peerless als 16de over de Finish in Le Mans. De productieversie, daarentegen, was vrij langzaam, met een top van slechts 170 km/h. Al in 1959 kwam er een tweede versie, die stijver was, uit. De firma kwam in 1960 in financiële problemen. In 1962 werd de firma geliquideerd. Rodgers verhuisde naar Ierland om het daar opnieuw te proberen (Zie: Peerless Dublin Ltd).

Brits automerk
Brits vrachtwagenmerk

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The murder and wounding of most of the congregation of a small rural Baptist Church in South Texas provides a wake-up call for churches, schools and businesses that consider themselves gun-free areas.
Killers look for "soft targets." Gun-free areas are the safest most desirable targets for killers who do not want to be on an equal footing with their intended victims. They are wanting to have an advantage that gives them an opportunity to do as much damage as possible without being interrupted.
Apparently, the Southerland First Baptist Church had no security plan that included armed individuals to protect the congregation from an attack by a killer of whatever type.
Large churches have security plans and armed people inside the church. Small churches have apparently concluded that they are not a target for terrorism and therefore a security system is not necessary. That is flawed reasoning. Things have changed during my lifetime.
During my youth, evil was out of style. Most people believed God was real and all people were accountable to Him. That is no longer the case. The most vile non-Christian respected pastors and known Christians and would not even use unacceptable language in their presence. Many school age children currently have no respect for adults or Christians. Rather than starting their school days with prayer and a song like "God Bless America," and the lives of our Founding Fathers and national heroes, School age children are learning elementary witchcraft in the form of Harry Potter, who is the new hero for young American students.
We must realize that without God, the human being is capable of very evil behavior. Under these circumstances we must protect ourselves from the evil among us. Even small churches must designate qualified members of the congregation to be armed and capable of protecting the congregation from anyone who would harm them.
Government schools are dependent on government for security. In Greenville County, very large schools are dependent on one security officer and a response team from the local law enforcement office. In my view, that is grossly inadequate for defense against a trained team of ISIS type attackers. "When seconds count, police are only minutes away." At some point, we will realize that qualified staff members inside schools must be armed or capable of obtaining arms instantly in case a killer gets inside the locked doors of the school.
Hopefully we will not wait for a terrorist attack that results in multiple student casualties before our school and government officials prepare for the worst.


Joanne Leow is a PhD student in English at the University of Toronto. She has published work on nostalgia in Singapore literature and film, and has also the intersections ofcosmopolitanism and postcolonial travel poetry. Her current research is on urban Canada and Singapore, immigrant writing and theories of space.


Are you a little behind on your New Year's resolutions? Haven't been regularly exercising, still eating sweets? Haven't started a new hobby, quit smoking, or lost weight? Not to fear; there's a brand-new New Year, a second chance to revel in untamed festivities and follow them up with promises of self-improvement. The Chinese New Year (the Year of the Pig) began this week on Tuesday, 5 February 2019. So, clear your calendar for this weekend, celebrate mightily, go hog wild, and start your New Year's resolutions all over again, on Monday.
Not only can it be awesome fun, this might be your lucky year. In traditional Chinese culture, pigs symbolize wealth, good fortune, and prosperity. Although they might also convey a tad of wasteful spending, they certainly enjoy life, love entertainment, and they treat themselves well. And, the bright side of being so utterly materialistic is that they are truly motivated to work hard to attain solid results, big returns. Carefree and fun-loving, outgoing and gregarious, they energetically and enthusiastically strive for success and are not afraid to venture down new paths in search of profit.
Naturally, there are some over-indulgent, fatalistic, and lazy pigs, too. But, they're the ones who satisfy themselves with second-best, cheap rewards, houses of straw or sticks. All proper pigs worth their salt know hard work and dedication pays off, and the extra effort they spend to perform their job right can save their bacon if times get tough; good fortune well earned.


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const aggregatedDeliveryReceipt = message.aggregatedDeliveryReceipt;

// get amount (DeliveryAmount) of participants with particular delivery status
const deliveredReceipts = aggregatedDeliveryReceipt?.delivered;
const failedReceipts = aggregatedDeliveryReceipt?.failed;
const readReceipts = aggregatedDeliveryReceipt?.read;
const sentReceipts = aggregatedDeliveryReceipt?.sent;
const undeliveredReceipts = aggregatedDeliveryReceipt?.undelivered;
// get the amount of participants which have the status for the message
const totalReceipts = aggregatedDeliveryReceipt?.total;

if (undeliveredReceipts !== "none") {
    // some delivery problems
    alert(`Out of ${totalReceipts} sent messages, ${deliveredReceipts} were delivered, ${failedReceipts} have failed.`);
}

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PEDS (anciennement Bonneterie Richelieu ; aussi connue sous le nom de PEDS Legwear) est une entreprise québécoise de fabrication de chaussettes et de bonneterie.

Cette entreprise d'envergure internationale a des bureaux au Québec, aux États-Unis et en Chine.

Histoire

L'entreprise a été fondée par la famille Simard sous le nom de Bonneterie Richelieu à Sorel au Québec en 1934. La famille était connue dans la région comme propriétaire du chantier naval Marine Industries Limited (M.I.L.).

Bonneterie Richelieu a employé plus de 600 personnes au Québec à son apogée en 2002. Les Simard ont conservé la propriété de l'entreprise jusqu'en 1997, lorsque Harvey Penner, un homme d'affaires de Montréal qui avait joint Richelieu dans les années 1960 en tant que directeur des ventes, a acheté l'entreprise et en est devenu président. Il a conservé l'entreprise jusqu'en 2006 quand il l'a vendu à son fils, Michael D. Penner, qui en est actuellement président et chef de la direction.

La société a souffert à la fin des années 1990 et au début des années 2000, lorsque les taux de change défavorables ainsi que la concurrence de la Chine et d'autres pays à main-d'œuvre peu dispendieuse ont miné le secteur manufacturier canadien. Comme beaucoup d'autres entreprises canadiennes de textiles, Richelieu devait déplacer sa production dans des pays émergents ou risquer de faire faillite.

En 2011, Bonneterie Richelieu a investi 7 millions $ pour acheter les actifs de International Legwear Group (ILG), une entreprise de chaussettes en faillite basée à Hildebran en Caroline du Nord. Les actifs d'ILG comprenaient les marques PEDS et MediPEDS. En 2014, Bonneterie Richelieu a changé son nom à PEDS Legwear pour mieux refléter sa nouvelle marque principale.

PEDS Legwear possède des bureaux à Montréal au Québec ; à Hildebran en Caroline du Nord et à Shanghai en Chine.

En 2007, Deloitte a nommé Bonneterie Richelieu comme l'une des 50 sociétés les mieux gérées au Canada. En 2013, la Chambre de Commerce du Canada et Grant Thornton LLP ont nommé Bonneterie Richelieu comme finaliste pour le Prix croissance entreprise privée 2013.

Investissements aux États-Unis

Avec son investissement dans ILG, Bonnetterie Richelieu a pris part à la renaissance du secteur manufacturier américain qui avait subi des pertes considérables au cours de la Crise économique mondiale des années 2008 et suivantes, en particulier dans l'industrie du textile. Le , la société a inauguré une nouvelle usine de fabrication de 16 millions $ à Hildebran. Cette usine devrait créer plus de 205 emplois d'ici 2018. Cet investissement fait partie du programme  du Département du Commerce des États-Unis. Pour cet investissement, PEDS a été cité comme un exemple d'investissement étranger pouvant sauver et créer des emplois manufacturiers américains. Le président et chef de la direction de, Michael Penner, a été invité par le président des États-Unis  Barack Obama à parler de l'investissement de l'entreprise lors d'une table ronde à la Maison-Blanche en 2014.

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eStudy : Haile Selassie (The Holy Trinity or Power of Trinity), born: July 23, 1892 in a town-village of Ejersa Goro[?], Ethiopia, died: August 27, 1975, Addis Ababa, was the last Emperor (1930 - 1936;1941 - 1974) of Ethiopia.
Selassie was born as Tafari Makonnen to father Ras Makonnen, the governor of Harar[?] and to mother Wezero (lady) Yeshimebet Ali. He didn't remember his mother, who died on March 14, 1894.
As Ras Tafari (prince of peace), he ruled Ethiopia as regent and crown prince (1916 - 1928) for the empress Zauditu[?], and as king (negus) (1928 - 1930), assuming the title of Emperor upon Zauditu's death (April 1930).
In 1911 he married Wayzaro Menen, daughter of the Emperor Menelik II. He developed the policy of careful modernisation initiated by the emperor Menelik II, securing Ethiopia's admission to the League of Nations in 1923 and enacting the country's first constitution in 1931. The League's failure to stop Italy's invasion of Ethiopia (October 1935) led, however, to five years in exile.
Returning in 1941 after Italy's defeat in Ethiopia by British Empire and Ethiopian patriot forces, he introduced a revised constitution (November 1955) under which he retained effective power while extending political participation.
Following an abortive coup attempt (December 1960) he pursued more conservative policies, aligning Ethiopia with the West against more radical African governments. His policies contributed to his deposition on September 12, 1974 following a military coup. The media at the time reported that Selassie died in prison on August 27, 1975, officially following a prostate operation; however, it is widely believed by historians that he was strangled and his remains buried beneath the president's personal office. (In the 1990s, the late Emperor was granted a formal funeral.)
By followers of Rastafarianism, a religion which developed in 1930s Jamaica under the influence of Marcus Mosiah Garvey's "Back to Africa" movement, Haile Selassie is regarded as a messiah who will lead peoples of African descent to liberation. Most Rastafarians believe that Selassie is still alive, and that his widely reported death was part of a conspiracy to discredit their religion. The Emperor himself, a devot Christian, was never very enthusiastic to his Rastafarian followers and remained quite indifferent to their beliefs. A state visit to Jamaica in the 70's in which Selassie was greeted by massive screaming crowds was reportedly somewhat unsettling for the monarch. [ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ]
H.I.M. in his study After raising children for fifteen years in America, memory of my great grandfather lost political and ideological connotations for me. I want my daughter and son to know him. That's why we traveled to Addis Ababa. We lived in Russia for two years -- their know their Russian heritage as well. They are about to enter the difficult time of shaping their own identity and I hope that memory of their invisible past can help them. There are four of us behind this site.
The name of Haile Sellassie will find its way back to the official Ethiopian history without me, but I want to be a part of this process.
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photo archive: ecards It was abvious in 1930, 1950, 1985. It's abvious today. Most of all Ethiopia needs EDUCATION. The country needs knowledge to create the wealth. Ethiopia is the poorest nation on earth and her problems are borne of poverty. The rich countries have their problems, which are ahead for Ethiopians.
Ethiopians need books - and they will have food. Ethiopia needs educated Ethiopians in Ethiopia....
Before I can talk about mission and goals of Foundation, here is some background. (From Chapter. 1984, H.I.M.)
[New York Times 1985 article here. "We are the World": fundraising for Ethiopia]
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II. WE ARE THE CHILDREN...
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? (Jeremiah XIII, 23)
Ethiopians, good runners, are slow, therefore the divine liturgy asked them to dance. King David danced in front of the Convent. Jesus danced after the last Supper. They sing for God to hear and they dance for Lord to see. That's the only time when they let their bodies to pray. Judging by the way they dance, they are true believers.
There were thousands of starving people without reason to rush to life or death. Starvation, not hunger, takes away the body, leaving the soul alone, alien by its nature to space and gravity. In Lent the spirit feeds the soul. In starvation there is no spirit; the soul becomes airy, making blood pale and cold. After losing its form, the soul disperses into corners of the body, which feels light and transparent. It seems that the air goes through the skin and there is no need to breathe. No need at all. This is how peace and freedom come about. No, the Ethiopians have no special pride or dignity. The world simply never had a closer look at starving humans. Yes, death by starvation is noble. There is no agony, no struggle, no pain. Trees die this way. They stop breathing and fall asleep. Once the body surrenders its domineering powers, the soul wants to leave this world -- it is in another world already. Starving souls don't want to survive because they are saved. Others have to feed them and bring them back to our world. Starving is having no will to live; in heaven there is no will but peace.
Droughts were no stranger to Eritrea, Tigre, Wallo, Shoa, and the great famines that came with it. Ethiopian monks proud of their recorded history wrote down stories about hunger of the ninth century and ten major famines that occurred within the two centuries following the expulsion of Muslim invaders in 1540. They, "the burnt people," the Ethiopians, learned to survive. The great famine of the last century caused widespread death and devastation all over the country, but they lived through hunger, and then in 1916 came another drought, then again in 1927, then again before the Italian war in 1934... And with every famine, the people ran from the condemned land to the south toward the better watered highlands of central Shoa. Famines were a part of their history of surviving. Famines moved the black tribes down farther and farther south. The Great Menelik II completed this migration as a military conquest. His empire was born in the times of the scramble for Africa, and the Ethiopians were the only native African nation among the European colonial powers to rule other Africans. The great famine came to punish the victors. It came in 1957 to warn the last emperor, and in 1964, and most severely in 1972. They say Haile Sellassie suppressed news about the catastrophe in Wallo, refused to appeal for help, and even exported Ethiopian grain. The new red rulers learned about that old punishment in 1985. Ancient gods of Abyssinia struck the communist empire with all their might. Over a million lives were lost. Did you repent, burnt people? Did you cry and drop your new flags and idols? Did you pray?
It came from the North again. The force. All knew that it was coming. The breath of the desert. Even the scholars knew their Ethiopian Africa as Sub-Sahara, under the desert land. The mountains had surrendered to powers of sun. The sun was a giver, and who are we to blame the source of life? You pray for another gift of life -- rain.
They were here before the times of Solomon. They lived here when the mighty Egyptian civilization disappeared, when the Greek Wonder ended and the Roman Empire collapsed. They carried their kingdom through centuries of Christianity, Islam, and colonial wars. They never changed their ways and didn't want to be changed even under the brutal hands of communist gods. They survived because they never changed anything and now they were dying because they didn't know how to live in the changed world. Now it was their time to meet the world -- finally the Grand End of local times reached the forgotten mountainous empire. It was time to die. Everything was mortal in the old universe, and -- Ethiopia, like every other traditional nation, committed suicide, starving herself to death.
If it became dry, if it became very dry.
People entered it for its three hundred market-places;
The king Darsesa went out and settled down in it,
The king Oqbate went out and settled down in it,
The king Amerga went out and settled down in it;
They put in it the bracelet of the king Amerga.
O intestines, listen; sinews, listen!
One has hit us with an iron stick,
Our flesh has become garlic.
It is because of your child, of your Arabo,
It is because of your child, of your Buserya.
He slaughtered you like a lamb,
He tied your feet to kill you like a bull.
Arabo! What have you not eaten in the house of the victim!
Busere! What have you not eaten!
You have eaten the haunch of a big ox,
You have eaten the tail of a castrated animal;
Anker-honey vanquished you so much have you eaten of it,
Denker-honey vanquished you.
Even though you were not a small calf
He cut your throat.
If there is a future life,
You will enter early in the morning;
May one seat you on the gano-toga,
On the golden bed of the karar-house.
[Old Gurage song]
Drought: 1983
Number killed: 300000
Number affected: 7750000
Date declared as disaster by US: 14 October 1984
Comments: AFFECTED PROVINCES INCLUDE WOLLO, TIGRAY, ERITREA, SHOA, GONDER, HARERGE & SIDAMO; NO RELIABLE FIG. FOR NO. KILLED; ESTIMATES RANGED 250,000 TO 1,000,000
The Baltics -- the states of Estonia, Latvia and, perhaps, Litvinia -- disappeared in 1985. Or was it Moldova? No, it was Holland! Oh? In one year the whole population of Switzerland died. Did you noticed? I'm sorry, it was the state of Maryland. What am I saying -- it was Chicago which suddenly died out. You know, things happen. In 1983 there was such a place "Chicago" -- and in 1985 they all vanished, gone...
American government, of course, didn't count the bodies, nobody did. Lets say -- half a million, or three millions? Another number. The Russians still don't know how many citizens of the USSR they lost in WW II -- twenty or twenty seven millions! Did you hear the news -- there's another million of unaccountable Jews were killed, according to the British secret archives! Dead. What to talk about.
Let dead burry the dead. Americans treat past accordingly -- dead. They. big and small, with all their wisdoms and weaknesses, hopes and problems, are gone. Nothing could be done. We are disposable like everything else. We keep the best, we record, thank you very much. Frankly, it's good that time is mortal. why should we keep all the garbage? We need to fporget in order to go ahead. We got this lesson from the past!
The future of the future? It has none.
...We are the children...
I know what bothered me -- "the children." The children in Ethiopia with AK-47 were shooting each other. We are the world...
The postmodern world of rockers and miscellaneous celebrities was sending food to the prehistorical desert. Simulacra proved to be more powerful. Images of starvation generated emotions and the charity industry went into full swing. The food were received by the army, which was killing the people.
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Tafari Makonnen
Contacts between Britain and Ethiopia flourished during the ensuing reign of Menilek�s daughter, Empress Zawditu. Ras Tafari Makonnen (son of the Ras Makonnen who had visited Britain in 1902) was by then Heir to the Throne, and the person primarily responsible for foreign relations. After securing Ethiopia�s entry into the League of Nations in the previous year, he visited London in 1924, as part of a European tour, and made a number of British contacts. He discussed with the British Government the question of Ethiopia�s access to the sea, and returned with Emperor Tewodros� crown, which had been taken to England by the Napier expedition and was then officially returned by the British Government. The Zawditu-Tafari period also witnessed the establishment of British consulates at Harar and the remoter commercial centres of Gor�, Megga, and Maji. Several British consuls later produced interesting works, among them C H Walker�s The Abyssinian at Home, in 1933, and R E Cheesman�s Lake Tana and the Blue Nile, in 1936. Ethiopia�s British, and British Indian, communities increased significantly in these years.
Ababa at this time included Arthur Gardiner, a barrister-at-law who developed a legal practice in the city, and Fan c Dunckley, author of Eight Years in Abyssinia, 1935, a charming account of expatriate life at the time, written from a housewife�s angle. Other British travellers of the period included a scholarly businessman, Charles Rey, who was later buried in the British Legation. He was the author of several books, among them Unconquered Abyssinia, published in 1923, and In the Country of the Blue Nile, in 1925. Another writer of the time was a woman traveller, Rosita Forbes, author of From Red sea to Blue Nile in 1925, who visited the country�s best known historic sites, and arranged for the making of a film on Ethiopia which, unfortunately, it seems, is no longer extant. Another development of this time was the initiation of Anglican Church ministrations, which began under the auspices of the British Legation in 1926. They were held for most of the pre-war period by the Rev A F Matthew in a building in the centre of the town adjacent to the present Taytu Hotel. (Today�s Anglican church, St Matthew�s, was completed in 1956.
Emperor Haile Sellassie�s Coronation
A high point in Anglo-Ethiopian diplomatic relations, on the formal side, was Emperor Haile Sellassie�s coronation in November 1930, at which Britain was represented by HRH the Duke of Gloucester. He arrived at the head of a large delegation and was warmly received as an honoured guest. Also attending the coronation were a number of British journalists, among them the young Evelyn Waugh, who as a result of his travels wrote Remote People in 1931 and, in satirical vein, Black Mischief and, later Scoop. The royal celebrations were also extensively reported in the Illustrated London News and other British publications of the day. The British Minister of this time, Sir Sidney Barton, was a significant figure in the history of the Legation. Haile Sellassie, like Menilek before him, relied on experts from many lands, including Britain. An Englishman, Frank de Halpert, was thus appointed as adviser on the abolition of slavery, which a Canadian, C S Collier, the governor of the state-owned Bank of Ethiopia (the successor of the private Bank of Abyssinia) served as chief financial adviser. The British community, though influential, at this time was little more than seventy-five strong. The 3,000 or so British Indians, by contrast, were one of the largest foreign communities. Their numbers were, however, greatly reduced during the subsequent Italian occupation. [ UK Embassy ]
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Q: How can the rest-frame spectrum of redshifted light be determined? The redshift effect must work on all frequencies, so blue would be shifted down to some lower frequency, and ultra violet would be shifted down also, into the visible area. How would you know what part of the (pre-redshifted) spectrum you were looking at?

A: Specific wavelengths in a spectrum, whether later shifted or not, are identified by the absorption bands of common elements near the emitters.  For example, the spectral absorption lines of hydrogen are well known, and there is pretty much always some hydrogen near where the light was emitted.  The absorption lines are shifted, but the various lines relative to each other are still a identifiable signature.  It is by looking for these characteristic absorption lines and seeing how much they are shifted that we determine the magnitude of the shift in the first place, most of the time.

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