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Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, Order of Merit (OM), Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk – December 4, 1976 Aldeburgh, Suffolk) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist.
His mother was a talented, amateur singer, and this undoubtedly contributed to his great affinity for vocal composition. His song cycles, large-scale choral works and operas are considered among the finest examples of vocal writing in the twentieth century. Though he lived though the upheaval of musical style brought on by the atonalists of the Second Viennese School, his style remained deeply rooted in the tonal idiom of late Romanticism and very much of the same vernacular of Gustav Mahler, Dmitri Shostakovich and Samuel Barber.
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Britten once wrote: "It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness and of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, and everlasting beauty of monotony." This statement is surely one that is born out of the spirit of the Romantic era of the late nineteenth century.
Britten was born in Lowestoft in Suffolk, the son of a dentist and a talented amateur musician. His birthday, November 22, is the feast-day of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music, and he showed musical gifts very early in life. He began composing prolifically as a child, and was educated at Gresham's School. In 1927, he began private lessons with Frank Bridge. He also studied, less happily, at the Royal College of Music under John Ireland and with some input from Ralph Vaughan Williams. Although ultimately held back by his parents (at the suggestion of College staff), Britten had also intended to study with Alban Berg in Vienna. His first compositions to attract wide attention were the Sinfonietta (Op.1) and a set of choral variations A Boy was Born, written in 1934 for the BBC Singers. The following year he met W. H. Auden with whom he collaborated on the song-cycle Our Hunting Fathers, radical both in politics and musical treatment, and other works. Of more lasting importance was his meeting in 1936 with the tenor Peter Pears, who was to become his musical collaborator and inspiration as well as his partner.
In early 1939, the two of them followed Auden to America. There Britten composed the operetta Paul Bunyan, his first opera (to a libretto by Auden), as well as the first of many song cycles for Pears; the period was otherwise remarkable for a number of orchestral works, including Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (for string orchestra), the Violin Concerto, and Sinfonia da Requiem (for full orchestra).
Britten and Pears returned to England in 1942, Britten completing the choral works Hymn to St. Cecilia (his last collaboration with Auden) and A Ceremony of Carols during the long sea voyage. He had already begun work on his opera Peter Grimes, and its premiere at Sadler's Wells in 1945 was his greatest success so far. However, Britten was encountering opposition from sectors of the English musical establishment and gradually withdrew from the London scene, founding the English Opera Group in 1947 and the Aldeburgh Festival the following year, partly (though not solely) to perform his own works.
Grimes marked the start of a series of English operas, of which Billy Budd (1951) and The Turn of the Screw (1954) were particularly admired. These operas share common themes, with that of the 'outsider' particularly prevalent. Most feature such a character, excluded or misunderstood by society; often this is the protagonist, such as Peter Grimes and Owen Wingrave in their eponymous operas. An increasingly important influence was the music of the East, an interest fostered by a tour with Pears in 1957, when Britten was much struck by the music of the Balinese gamelan and by Japanese Noh plays. The fruits of this tour include the ballet The Prince of the Pagodas (1957) and the series of semi-operatic "Parables for Church Performance": Curlew River (1964), The Burning Fiery Furnace (1966) and The Prodigal Son (1968). The greatest success of Britten's career was, however, the musically more conventional War Requiem, written for the opening of the rebuilt Coventry Cathedral in 1962.
Britten developed close friendships with Dmitri Shostakovich and Mstislav Rostropovich in the 1960s, composing his Cello Suites for the latter and conducting the first Western performance of the former's Symphony No. 14; Shostakovich dedicated the score to Britten and often spoke very highly of his music. Britten himself had previously dedicated 'The Prodigal Son' (the third and last of the 'Church Parables') to Shostakovich.
In the last decade or so of his life, Britten suffered from increasing ill-health and his late works became progressively more sparse in texture. They include the opera Death in Venice (1973), the Suite on English Folk Tunes "A Time There Was" and Third String Quartet (1975), which drew on material from Death in Venice, as well as the dramatic cantata Phaedra (1976), written for Janet Baker. Having previously refused a knighthood, Britten accepted a life peerage on July 2, 1976 as Baron Britten, of Aldeburgh in the County of Suffolk. A few months later he died of congestive heart failure at his house in Aldeburgh. He is buried in the churchyard there.
One of Britten's best known works is The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1946), which was composed to accompany Instruments of the Orchestra, an educational film produced by the British government, and narrated and conducted by Malcolm Sargent. It has the subtitle Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, and takes a melody from Henry Purcell's Abdelazar as its central theme. Britten gives individual variations to each of the sections of the orchestra, starting with the woodwind, then the string instruments, the brass instruments and finally the percussion. Britten then brings the whole orchestra together again in a fugue before restating the theme to close the work. The original film's spoken commentary is often omitted in concert performances and recordings.
Britten was also an accomplished pianist, and sometimes performed at the piano in chamber music or accompanying lieder. However, apart from the Piano Concerto (1938) and the Diversions for piano and orchestra (written for Paul Wittgenstein in 1940), he wrote very little music for the instrument, and in a 1963 interview for the BBC said that he thought of it as "a background instrument."
His work as a conductor included not only his own music but also that of many other composers, notably Mozart, Elgar, and Percy Grainger.
One of Britten's solo works that has an indisputably central place in the repertoire of its instrument is his Nocturnal after John Dowland for guitar (1964). This work is typically spare in his late style, and shows the depth of his life-long admiration for Elizabethan lute songs. The theme of the work, John Dowland's Come, Heavy Sleep, emerges in complete form at the close of eight variations, each variation based on some feature, frequently transient or ornamental, of the song or its lute accompaniment.
The Scallop by Maggi Hambling is a sculpture dedicated to Benjamin Britten on the beach at Aldeburgh. The edge of the shell is pierced with the words "I hear those voices that will not be drowned" from Peter Grimes.
Britten's status as one of the greatest English composers of the twentieth century is now secure among professional critics. In the 1930s he made a conscious effort to set himself apart from the English musical mainstream, which he regarded as complacent, insular and amateurish. Many critics of the time, in return, distrusted his facility, cosmopolitanism and admiration for composers, such as Mahler, Berg, and Stravinsky, not considered appropriate models for a young English musician. Even today, criticism of his music is apt to become entangled with consideration of his personality, politics and sexuality. The publication of Humphrey Carpenter's biography in 1992, with its revelations of Britten's often fraught social, professional and sexual relationships, has ensured that he will remain a controversial figure. For many musicians, however, his flawless technique, broad musical and human sympathies and ability to treat the most traditional of musical forms with freshness and originality places him near the head of composers of his generation.
Britten's Children
Britten's Children is a 2006 work by John Bridcut that describes Britten's love for a series of adolescent boys throughout his life. Bridcut's book followed his television documentary Britten's Children shown on BBC2 in June 2004.
Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Britten is the subject of a piece by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt titled Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten. Pärt wrote the work as a personal tribute to the composer whose music he came to admire only late in his life.
Brett, Philip. "Benjamin Britten." Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Grove Music Online), ed. L. Macy. grovemusic.com (subscription access). Retrieved December 22, 2007.
Carpenter, Humphrey. "Benjamin Britten: a biography." London: Faber, 1992. ISBN 0-571-14324-5
Mitchell, Donald. "Britten, (Edward) Benjamin, Baron Britten (1913-1976)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. Online Link Retrieved December 22, 2007.
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Biography of Britten on Boosey & Hawkes (music publishers) website
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Chelsea planning new improved offer to lure Brighton midfielder at Stamford Bridge
by admin · Published January 23, 2023 · Updated January 23, 2023
Chelsea are reportedly ready to come forward with a new offer for Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder Moises Caicedo.
The Ecuador international has been a standout performer for Roberto De Zerbi's European chasers this term and is being linked with a move to a Champions League-competing club.
The likes of Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea have been tipped to battle for the signature of Caicedo, who is contracted to the Seagulls until 2025.
Chelsea are already believed to have tabled a £55m bid for the 21-year-old, which was swiftly turned down by Brighton, but The Mirror claims that a fresh offer is being prepared.
The report states that Graham Potter's big-spending side are now preparing an offer closer to £65m for the midfielder, although Brighton are said to value him closer to £75m.
Newcastle United are also believed to be admirers of Caicedo, and De Zerbi has refused to rule out an exit for the highly-rated South American in the future.
"The mentality of Moises is amazing. He doesn't need something more. To know that big teams in Europe want him isn't a problem for him," De Zerbi told reporters earlier this week.
"He's 21 but like me, 43, because he's a good guy, a smart guy, mature guy. He's a very important player, a strong player, a big player.
"I think he can become one of the best midfielders in Europe. For me he is now, but in the next two years for sure, because he's technical but he, strong, physical. He's complete.
"But the question about whether we sell our big players is not for me, it's for our owner. The problem is not to sell. The problem is to buy the new players with the same level or the same potential as the ones you sell. For the moment I think the club is working well in terms of scouting for new players."
Caicedo has recorded one goal and one assist from 17 Premier League matches in the 2022-23 season, taking his total for the club to two goals and three assists from 30 outings in all tournaments.
Chelsea have already brought in Mykhaylo Mudryk, David Datro Fofana, Benoit Badiashile and Andrey Santos on permanent deals this month, as well as capturing Joao Felix on loan.
However, Potter's side still struggled for attacking inspiration in Saturday's Premier League clash with Liverpool at Anfield, which ended in a drab goalless stalemate.
The Blues therefore remain 10th in the standings before renewing hostilities with Fulham – who secured a 2-1 win at Craven Cottage earlier this month – on February 3.
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James and Cathy Donnelly surprised attendees at NSU's 2016 Entrepreneur Hall of Fame Induction with news of a $250,000 gift to Realizing Potential—The Campaign for Nova Southeastern University. James Donnelly, a 2014 Hall of Fame honoree and founder and chief executive officer of Castle Group, closed the event by announcing the gift will establish a new minor in property management as well as provide scholarships for undergraduates enrolling in the program at H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship.
With their more than 40 years of combined experience running Castle Group (Cathy serves as director of community relations), the Donnellys say they came to recognize a shortage of talent entering the property management industry. They chose NSU to develop and deliver a specialized curriculum to help graduates excel in this field and to attract top talent to the industry.
"The addition of this new minor will set us apart from other business schools," said J. Preston Jones, D.B.A., dean of NSU's Huizenga College of Business. "We also expect it to help keep students in South Florida because there's such a demand for employees with property management skills."
Leveraging James Donnelly's expert advice, Fred Forgey, director of the Huizenga College's Real Estate Development Program, is designing the new minor. The program is anticipated to include a three-credit Property Management Internship and separate courses in residential and commercial property management.
"James and I both believe that NSU can help many local youth realize their potential to excel in the field of property management and provide quality service to thousands of South Florida residents and business owners," said Cathy Donnelly.
The Donnellys serve together on NSU's Campaign Leadership Cabinet. The cabinet is comprised of community leaders who have committed their time, energy and personal generosity to champion NSU's first comprehensive fundraising campaign. The philanthropic campaign goal is $250 million with $125 million of that total to be directed towards students, $75 million for faculty and $50 million designated for 21st century education.
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As clock winds down and protest flares, still no deal to avert shutdown
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The government is just several hours away from shutting down, and there's still no deal to keep it running.
Negotiations, though, are continuing with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Paul Ryan still working to pass a resolution to keep the government open by Friday night, White House sources said.
Meanwhile, about a hundred demonstrators were seen protesting in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program in the Russell Senate Office Building on Friday afternoon. Democrats are refusing to back a short-term spending bill unless it includes protections for illegal immigrants brought to the country as children.
Earlier Friday, Schumer met with President Trump at the White House as part of efforts to avert an imminent shutdown.
That meeting came as the White House coined a decidedly Trumpian phrase in the battle to assign blame for the standoff, branding it the "Schumer Shutdown."
Excellent preliminary meeting in Oval with @SenSchumer – working on solutions for Security and our great Military together with @SenateMajLdr McConnell and @SpeakerRyan. Making progress – four week extension would be best!
A senior White House official told Fox News that the Trump-Schumer meeting was productive but there was no deal yet. Still, the president labeled the meeting as "excellent" in a tweet.
"Making progress," Trump wrote, adding that a "four week extension would be best!"
"We had a long and detailed meeting," Schumer said in a statement. "We discussed all of the major outstanding issues, we made some progress, but we still have a good number of disagreements. The discussions will continue."
According to a White House source, Schumer arrived in the Oval Office and presented the president with a list of demands on domestic issues that went well beyond just DACA.
The president listened to Schumer and appeared perplexed as Schumer rattled off his agenda items, the source said. The president told Schumer he wasn't going to get all of those demands in a spending bill.
Schumer, the source said, did appear open to considering a continuing resolution that would keep the government funded for five days. The official White House position is still a 30-day extension.
The "Schumer Shutdown" nickname echoed President Trump's well-documented penchant for hanging nicknames on political adversaries, and the invite appeared to complete a carrot-and-stick approach to negotiations. The move comes as Republicans and Democrats scramble to assign blame to their opponents, knowing that whoever is seen to be behind the shutdown is also under pressure to return to the bargaining table.
'What they're simply trying to do is hold the government hostage, our military, kids health, over something completely unrelated.'
– Rep. Paul Ryan
Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney on Friday accused the Democrats of opposing a bill that contains nothing they are against.
"They don't oppose anything in the bill, but they are opposing the bill," Mulvaney said, pointing to popular measures in the bill such as the funding of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Government Funding Bill past last night in the House of Representatives. Now Democrats are needed if it is to pass in the Senate – but they want illegal immigration and weak borders. Shutdown coming? We need more Republican victories in 2018!
Democrats seemed to be aware of the importance of messaging, with Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., taking to the Senate floor with an image declaring the logjam a "Trump Shutdown," quoting a tweet from President Trump from May saying "our country needs a good 'shutdown.'"
Markey blasted Republicans complaining about the threat of a shutdown, telling them to "spare me your crocodile tears."
The Republican-dominated House of Representatives passed a one-month bill Thursday night by a vote of 230-197 largely along party lines, with 11 Republicans voting no and six Democrats voting yes.
With a midnight deadline looming, the bill now moves to the Senate where the Republicans hold only a slender majority, making prospects for passage grim. To break a Democratic filibuster, the bill will need 60 votes. Republicans have a 51-49 majority in the Senate.
Senate Democrats have said that Democrats want any spending bill to include a fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — an Obama-era executive order that granted protected status to some illegal immigrants brought to the country as children. President Trump repealed the order in September, and gave Congress a deadline of March to come up with a legislative fix.
"Unless we pass the #DreamAct, I won't support another short-term funding bill," Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., tweeted Thursday. "Our Dreamers have waited far too long for a chance to be a part of this country's future."
Republicans had hoped to back Democrats into a corner by attaching a six-year CHIP extension to the bill. But Democrats have so far refused to budge.
Schumer said Thursday that it was time for Congress to come up with a long-term solution to the spending problem.
"We can't keep kicking the can down the road," Schumer said. "In another month, we'll be right back here, at this moment, with the same web of problems at our feet, in no better position to solve them."
Republicans have repeatedly put the blame firmly on Democrats' positioning on DACA as the reason for the looming shutdown.
"Apparently they believe the issue of illegal immigration is more important than anything else, than the government services the American people depend on," McConnell said.
"What they're simply trying to do is hold the government hostage, our military, kids' health, over something completely unrelated," Ryan said on Fox News Friday.
President Trump has repeatedly urged Congress to keep the government open, warning that a shutdown will harm the U.S. military. On Friday morning he seemed resigned to a shutdown, and blamed Democrats for prioritizing "illegal immigration and weak borders."
The White House announced that Trump will not travel to Florida, as previously scheduled, until the continuing resolution is signed.
Complicating matters for McConnell is that he will not even have all 51 votes from Republicans. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is recovering from the side effects of cancer treatment, while Sens. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. have all indicated that they will not vote for the measure, meaning that McConnell will need to win 13 Democrats to get to 60. So far, only Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is the only Democrat who has indicated that he will vote for the resolution.
A senior Senate source appeared to agree with Trump's gloomy outlook, telling Fox News to "expect a shutdown over the weekend," perhaps lasting two to three days.
Should Congress miss the Friday night deadline, it is far from clear if the government would actually shut down immediately. Fox News is told that the Trump administration will not "weaponize" the shutdown, closing various monuments, national parks, to make a "show" of the shutdown like critics say the Obama administration did in 2013 when the government shut down.
In his remarks Friday, Mulvaney accused the Obama administration of "weaponizing" the 2013 shutdown for political purposes, noting that the administration did not encourage agencies to use carry-forward funds or other funding available to them.
There seemed to be some wiggle room appearing from Schumer late Thursday, tweeting that he would support a "clean" continuing resolution for a few days, giving lawmakers some breathing room to do a broader deal on CHIP, DACA and military funding.
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CONCORD, N.C. – This weekend, the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season wraps up at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
And over the years, Hendrick Motorsports has had its share of memorable moments at the 1.5-mile Florida track.
At the venue, Hendrick Motorsports drivers have earned two wins, three pole positions, 14 top-five finishes and 29 top-10s. The organization's most recent win at the track came just two seasons ago as Jimmie Johnson clinched his record-tying seventh NASCAR Cup Series title after he led the final three laps of the race. At least one Hendrick Motorsports driver has finished inside the top 10 at Homestead for 16 consecutive races, the longest streak all-time at the track.
As the Hendrick Motorsports teammates look to add to these numbers this weekend, check out some of the key facts, figures and moments from the organization's history at Homestead.
With one NASCAR Cup Series race remaining in 2018, Hendrick Motorsports has amassed three wins – including the organization's milestone 250th victory – two pole positions, 16 top-five finishes and 46 top-10s. The three wins came at three different tracks – Watkins Glen, Dover and Kansas, all courtesy of Chase Elliott. The organization extended its streak of winning at least one race per season to 33 years (1986-2018).
Hendrick Motorsports has a NASCAR Cup Series record 58 total wins on 1.5-mile tracks, 13 more than the next closest team, Joe Gibbs Racing. Hendrick Motorsports has earned at least one win on a 1.5-mile track in a record 25 consecutive seasons. Elliott most recently extended that streak from 24 to 25 seasons with his Oct. 21 victory at Kansas, becoming the 10th different driver to win for the organization on a 1.5-mile track.
With one race remaining, Elliott and the No. 9 team have had a strong performance during the 2018 season. The 22-year-old driver collected his first three career NASCAR Cup Series victories (Watkins Glen, Dover, Kansas) – two of which came during the Round of 12 in the playoffs – 11 top-five finishes, 20 top-10s and 325 laps led. The 22-year old has averaged a starting position of 11.0 and finishing position of 12.4 throughout 2018.
In the last 16 races, Elliott has earned three wins, seven top-five finishes and 12 top-10s, garnering an average finish of 10.0. The driver of the No. 9 Chevy also led 306 laps – an improvement over his 19 laps led in the first 19 races.
Elliott is set to make his 34th 1.5-mile track start this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In the third-year driver's previous 33 starts on tracks of the same length, he has led 245 laps and averaged a starting position of 13.8 and a finishing position of 14.0. Elliott has collected one win, 11 top-five finishes – two of which are runner-up results – and 18 top-10s. Over the last two visits to a 1.5-mile track (Texas and Kansas), Elliott has the best average finish of all drivers (3.5).
This weekend, No. 9 team crew chief Alan Gustafson will call his 14th race from atop the pit box at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In his previous 13 races at the venue, Gustafson has collected one win (2012 – Jeff Gordon), three top-five finishes, six top-10s and 220 laps led. The Florida native also started from the pole position in 2014 with Jeff Gordon.
With his top-10 performance at ISM Raceway last Sunday, William Byron clinched the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series rookie of the year title. This is his fourth rookie of the year title in as many years (2017 – NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2016 – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 2015 – NASCAR K&N Pro Series East). He joins Gordon (1993), Kyle Busch (2005) and Elliott (2016) as the fourth Hendrick Motorsports driver to earn a rookie title. Byron is only the second driver – joining Erik Jones – to win all three NASCAR national series rookie of the year titles in consecutive years. He is also the third-youngest driver to earn the title, behind Joey Logano and Busch.
With just one race remaining in the 2018 season, the 20-year-old has racked up four top-10 finishes and led 61 laps through 35 points races. The Charlotte, North Carolina, native will be paired up with seven-time champion crew chief Chad Knaus for the 2019 season, which will start with a test session in Fontana, California, in January.
Byron has a stout – albeit short – résumé at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In the Xfinity Series in 2017, he started sixth and finished third at the 1.5-mile track, securing the series championship in the process. In 2016, he started on the pole and won the Truck Series race, leading 31 laps.
No. 24 team crew chief Darian Grubb has scored two wins at Homestead-Miami Speedway, one of which came in November 2011 with Tony Stewart to cap off their championship season and the other was in 2013 with Denny Hamlin. This weekend will mark Grubb's last race as crew chief for Byron before he assumes the role of technical director in 2019.
As the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet takes its final spin at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Johnson will reflect on the history he and Lowe's have made together. It began with three races in 2001 at Charlotte, Atlanta and Homestead. Then, on Feb. 17, 2002, Johnson led the field at the Daytona 500 as a rookie pole-sitter for the "Great American Race." Just nine races later, Johnson captured his first NASCAR Cup Series win at Auto Club Speedway and took Lowe's to Victory Lane for just the second time in NASCAR Cup history. It would be the first of 83 wins for Johnson and Lowe's, which is second all-time for a driver-sponsor combination. Former teammate Jeff Gordon had 87 wins with Axalta as his partner and Richard Petty had 60 wins with his iconic partner.
Another incredible pairing will come to an end this weekend, as No. 48 team crew chief Knaus and Johnson will start their 602nd race together, their last as a crew chief-driver duo. Together, they are the longest active driver and crew chief pairing, with more starts than the second- and third-longest active pairings have combined.
Johnson and Knaus have enjoyed 17 straight seasons together (2002-2018), accumulated 81 wins – the second-most all-time – and a record-tying seven championships. They are the only driver-crew chief pairing to make the playoffs every year since its inception (2004-2018).
Knaus and Johnson's joint résumé also includes: a Daytona 500 win, four Brickyard 400 wins at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, two Southern 500 wins at Darlington Raceway, four Charlotte Motor Speedway 600-mile wins and four NASCAR All-Star Race wins. Johnson and Knaus are the only driver-crew chief pairing with a four-race win streak in the last 20 years, a feat they accomplished in 2007.
Bowman has three previous NASCAR Cup Series starts at Homestead-Miami Speedway, with his best finish of 16th coming in 2016. The Tucson, Arizona, native piloted the No. 88 Axalta Chevrolet in the 2016 season finale for Hendrick Motorsports as a fill-in driver for Earnhardt. That same year, Bowman drove the No. 88 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in his first series start at the track. The driver was on his way to a top-10 finish when he was spun around coming to the checkered flag and scored with a 14th-place finish.
Bowman had his best finish on a track at 18 venues so far in 2018. Until this season, the driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 had not finished inside the top five. This season, Bowman finished inside the top five on three occasions. Prior to 2018, Bowman had three top-10 finishes. Going into Homestead this weekend, the Arizona native has earned 11 top-10 finishes this season alone.


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The Praga E-210 was a four-seat, twin-engined touring aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s.  It had an unusual pusher configuration .  Its tail unit and undercarriage were modified significantly before World War II and after the war a more powerful version designated E-211 was flown.

Design and development

The Praga E-210 was designed as a four-seat tourer or air-taxi.  It seems to have appeared in public for the first time at the Paris Exhibition of late 1936, though it is not known whether it had made its first flight by then.  It was a high wing cantilever monoplane, with an enclosed cabin for four ahead of the wing and in 1936 a conventional tailwheel fixed undercarriage and single fin. It was unusual in adopting a pusher configuration, with two engines close to the fuselage driving small propellers. Its layout was thus much like that of the Carden-Baynes Bee, its almost exact contemporary though a much smaller aircraft.

The wing of the E-210 was made in a single piece, a wooden structure built around two spars and plywood covered. The leading edge was significantly swept, but the trailing edge was straight. The ailerons were steel framed and fabric covered.  Between them and the engines were Schrenk type landing flaps.  The 85/95 hp (63/71 kW) Walter Minor four cylinder inverted in line engines were cantilevered from the rear spar on steel frames, with fairings both above and below the wings.

The flat sided fuselage was built on a steel tube framework, narrowing to the rear.  The rounded nose and the cabin were plywood skinned and the rest fabric covered.  The spatted mainwheels were mounted on short cantilever struts, making only a shallow angle to the ground and with the shock absorbers inside the fuselage.  On the original aircraft there was a small castorable tailwheel, but later this was supplanted by a spatted, steerable nose wheel with a faired leg.  By mid-1937 the original single fin had been replaced by a twin endplate fin arrangement.  The fixed surfaces were wooden framed and plywood covered, the tailplane attached to the top of the fuselage and braced externally from below.  The split elevators were fabric covered over wood, with trim tabs and the horn balanced rudders were of fabric covered steel.

The cabin was well forward of the leading edge, providing good visibility, and seated four in two rows, the front seats having dual control.  There was a baggage compartment behind the rear seats, accessible from inside.  Photographs show that access to the cabin was through a single, port side door.

The date of the first flight is not known, but by the July 1937 Prague Aero Show it had been flying long enough for the directional control problem implied by the revised empennage to have been both recognised and addressed.  It is also not known when the undercarriage was altered. There is a report from March 1939 which says that the E-210 was then in production, though March was also the month of the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, so it is not clear if any further aircraft were completed.  If so, they or the prototype may have been used by the occupying forces as transports, or following Flight's suggestion, as Army Co-Operation machines.

Post War development: Praga E-211

An E-210 was at the first post war Paris Exhibition in late 1946.  Praga continued development and in 1947 produced the E-211.  This used the more powerful, 105 hp (78 kW) Walter Minor 4-111 engines and had a central fin in addition to the endplates.  It had the tricycle undercarriage of the earlier E-210, but was now described as a 4–5 seater and had better access, with a starboard side door opening onto the front seats and a port side door for the rear seat passengers. The door revisions brought in train some changes to the side glazing of the cabin. Fin and tailplane were covered with fabric, in place of the plywood covering of the E.210.

As far as is known, only one E-211, registered OK-BFA, was built.  There were plans for a light freighter version of the E-211. Also planned and under construction in late 1947 was an 8-seat development, the E-212, but it may never have flown.

Variants
E.210 4 seater, powered by 2x  Walter Minor 4 engines, flown in the late 1930s with limited, if any, production.
E.211 A 5-seater developed version emerging in 1947, powered by 2x  Walter Minor 4-III engines or 2x  Praga E 8-cylinder horizontally-opposed engenes.
E.212 A planned 8-seater enlarged version, not proceeded with.

Operators

Slovak Air Force (1939–45)

Specifications (E-210)

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E-210
1930s Czechoslovakian civil aircraft
Twin-engined pusher aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1936
Twin-tail aircraft


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This New Year's Craft may look like a lot of work, but each step is really quite simple! Both a decoration and a special treat, this starry silver and gold table centerpiece--complete with star-shaped chocolate-covered Dum Dums--is the perfect addition to any New Year's party snack table.
Attach the Party Hat. Poke a silver pipe cleaner into the center of the foam base. Slide the party hat down over top, pulling the pipe cleaner through the hole in the tip of the hat. You will be attaching a lollipop to the top of the hat with the same pipe cleaner later.
Slide the Garland over the Party Hat. You don't even need to unravel the garland. Just put the whole thing on until it encircles the bottom, and it will look like part of the hat!
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1632, by Samuel de Champlain
Champlain first incorporated the Ocean Glacial into his map of New France in 1616, and later again in this 1632 map. So strong was the French conviction in the passage that it remained a part of their North American cartographic tradition for the next 150 years.
Some modern historians wonder whether the explorers of the New World really believed an all-water route to Asia was possible. One thing is certain, however, the spices and silks of the Orient guaranteed more lucrative returns than anything the New World could provide, including its fledgling fur trade. If the explorers did not use the Northwest Passage and its lure of profits as an incentive for exploring the North American interior, then financial backing for expeditions into Canada's terra incognita would have been almost impossible to obtain.
By incorporating the inland waters of the Northwest Passage onto their maps, the French were also hedging their bets. If an Ocean Glacial should be discovered at some future date by another European nation, France could still make some claim to the passage by virtue of the fact that French cartographers had already mapped the feature.
Given these realities, it is not surprising that the great explorer and statesman Samuel de Champlain tried to make the most of any natural feature that hinted of a marine passage through the continent. As early as 1601, for example, he was promising his benefactors in France that the St. Lawrence River offered great possibilities."By this [route]," he predicted, "we will be able to go to Cathay. ... We will be able to make the voyage in one month or six weeks without any difficulty." When this route proved overly optimistic, Champlain simply moved the Northwest Passage further west, beyond the horizon, to another waterway.
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541 Climate Change Reconsidered - the science is not "settled"
436 "Short Perspective on Land and Environment" — Spencer H. MacCallum - rethinking the concept of "land"
426 Creativity — A Great Presentation by Sir Ken Robinson - Does education kill creativity?
416 Bennett's Conjecture on English Speaking India - the most important fact of the 21st century?
392 Somalia - Clan Owned Freeports as Multi-Tenant Income Properties - Van Notten's The Law of the Somalis + MacCallum's The Art of Community, "a package of social software that could generate a freeport-clan"
372 Pascal — As Seen by Charles Morgan - "his method is, in the noblest and freest sense, humane"
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289 "Ayn Rand and American Culture", by Peter Saint-André - "culture" & "liberty", and the origins of "the American difference"
285 Manufacturing and Poetry - Walter P. Chrysler: "Creative Joy"
267 How Jack Wheeler Helped Us Learn of Antioxidants - Durk Pearson, Sandy Shaw, Merv Griffin Show, 1970s?
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Regardless of what happens to the NFL schedule because of the lockout, there is one event that won't be moved. The Hall of Fame inductions. Still, it doesn't seem right that one particular Steeler isn't going to be enshrined. And it's not Jerome Bettis or Dirt Dawson. Cornerback Jack Butler undoubtedly deserves to be in the Hall.
From humble beginnings, Butler himself couldn't have imagined having any football career much less a prominent one. Invited as an undrafted free agent in 1951, Butler quipped, "Hey, this is a terrific way for me to spend my summer." A summer that didn't end until nine years and 52 interceptions later.
Within his first three years, Butler had more interceptions than Mel Blount did in his first five, Rod Woodson in his first six, and the same as Donnie Shell in his first seven. This included a career game, the final game of 1953. He was the star of the show picking off four passes, something no other Steeler has ever done, including returning one for a touchdown in the 4th quarter to top the Redskins 14-13. The win brought the Steelers' record to 6-6, the first time in the decade the team finished at .500.
In 1957, he led the team and league with ten passes intercepted. He followed that up with nine the next year. By the end of his career, Butler had five or more interceptions in all but three seasons. Three times he had nine or more. He retired tied for second in career interceptions in league history.
It might seem that in order to reach these numbers, Butler would've had to play in a number of games that would make Vinny Testaverde blush. Butler played in just nine seasons and 103 games. A gruesome knee injury ended his career in 1959. Some wonder what Barry Sanders' numbers would've looked like; I wonder what Jack Butler would've been able to do given more time. Butler averaged one interception every 1.98 games. To put it in perspective to some of the other top Steelers, Mel Blount averaged one every 3.5. Donnie Shell at 3.94. Troy Polalmalu is sitting at 3.96 and the Hall of Fame talks have been heating up in the past year.
Of course, I'm talking about putting Butler in the Hall of Fame. Not in the Coca-Cola Great Hall. Comparing his average to all-time leaders, he more than holds his own. Interception leader Paul Krause is at 2.79. Second on the all-time list is Emlen Tunnell and he's only at 2.11. Ronnie Lott has a 3.04 average. Rod Woodson doesn't come close either at 3.35.
Despite playing far fewer games because of a shorter career and seasons with less games, Butler is still 25th all-time in interceptions and 20th in return yards. Unknown to most Steelers' fans, he is second on the team in career interceptions. Butler was elected to four Pro Bowls and was a three-time All-Pro. He even chipped in on offense, scoring four times on seven career catches.
Incredibly, Butler's biggest impact happened off the field with his contributions to the NFL draft. Football's draft is one of the most followed offseason activities in all of sports. Today's meticulous, and sometimes absurd detail in scouting reports (Andy Dalton's red hair being a red flag and no, I can't possibly make that up) can be attributed to Butler. For an astounding 44 years, he was the Director of Scouting of BLESTO, the first ever league-wide scouting agency. It is estimated that he has scouted hundreds of thousands of players in his life. Butler was the lifeline from college to the pros for several teams, collecting and providing scouting reports on the incoming classes. He did this working a majority of the time in an era that didn't have nearly the technology and ability to communicate as seen today, making his infortmation all the more crucial. He's the person Mel Kiper dreams about.
Tom Donahoe and Kevin Colbert, former and current Director of Football Operations for the Steelers, respectively, have been trained by him. Donahoe exclaimed, "he probably broke half the league in scouting through BLESTO." He's given Jaguars' General Manager, at that time a new scout, Gene Smith valuable advice about forming your own opinions and sticking to them. The advanced scouting systems of today may not exist without the help of Butler. That has to be worth something to his Hall of Fame credientals, right?
So far, apparently not. Butler, now on the Senior Committee, will have to wait another year. It should be the last time Jack Butler has to wait.


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Melatonin: finally, a supplement that actually boosts memory
image: Three 1-minute training trials (A) revealed age-associated object memory decline in middle-aged and old mice at 1 day post-training (B). Systemic AMK (1 mg/kg) administered after a single 1-minute training trial enhanced object memory at 1 and 4 days post-training in all age groups (D-F). Data are presented as mean ± standard error. *P < .05 and **P < .01 indicate significantly different than chance performance (50%). Discrimination index (%) = time exploring novel object/ total object exploration time during test X 100 view more
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Researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) in Japan show that melatonin and its metabolites promote the formation of long-term memories in mice and protect against cognitive decline.
Chiba, Japan -- Walk down the supplement aisle in your local drugstore and you'll find fish oil, ginkgo, vitamin E, and ginseng, all touted as memory boosters that can help you avoid cognitive decline. You'll also find melatonin, which is sold primarily in the United States as a sleep supplement. It now looks like melatonin marketers might have to do a rethink. In a new study, researchers led by Atsuhiko Hattori at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) in Japan have shown that melatonin and two of its metabolites help memories stick around in the brain and can shield mice, and potentially people, from cognitive decline.
One of the easiest ways to test memory in mice is to rely on their natural tendency to examine unfamiliar objects. Given a choice, they'll spend more time checking out unfamiliar objects than familiar ones. The trick is that for something to be familiar, it has to be remembered. Like in people, cognitive decline in mice manifests as poor memory, and when tested on this novel object recognition task, they behave as if both objects are new.
The group of researchers at TMDU were curious about melatonin's metabolites, the molecules that melatonin is broken down into after entering the body. "We know that melatonin is converted into N1-acetyl-N2-formyl-5-methoxykynuramine (AFMK) and N1-acetyl-5-methoxykynuramine (AMK) in the brain," explains Hattori, "and we suspected that they might promote cognition." To test their hypothesis, the researchers familiarized mice to objects and gave them doses of melatonin and the two metabolites 1 hour later. Then, they tested their memory the next day. They found that memory improved after treatment, and that AMK was the most effective. All three accumulated in the hippocampal region of the brain, a region important for turning experiences into memories.
For young mice, exposure to an object three times in a day is enough for it to be remembered the next day on the novel object recognition task. In contrast, older mice behave as if both objects are new and unfamiliar, a sign of cognitive decline. However, one dose of AMK 15 min after a single exposure to an object, and older mice were able to remember the objects up to 4 days later.
Lastly, the researchers found that long-term memory formation could not be enhanced after blocking melatonin from being converted into AMK in the brain. "We have shown that melatonin's metabolite AMK can facilitate memory formation in all ages of mice," says Hattori. "Its effect on older mice is particularly encouraging and we are hopeful that future studies will show similar effects in older people. If this happens, AMK therapy could eventually be used to reduce the severity of Mild Cognitive Impairment and its potential conversion to Alzheimer's disease."
The article, "The melatonin metabolite N1-acetyl-5-methoxykynuramine facilitates long-term object memory in young and aging mice," was published in Journal of Pineal Research at DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpi.12703.
Journal of Pineal Research
10.1111/jpi.12703
Atsuhiko HATTORI
ahattori.las@tmd.ac.jp
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