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The story of two Merseyside care workers
by BOB WOFFINDEN
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The first casualty of war is truth. This article, occasioned by an appeal court judgment on 14 March 2003, and commiss-ioned by the Daily Mail, was due to appear in the week beginning 17 March. On 19 March, British and US troops
invaded Iraq and the article was spiked.
IT WAS DECEMBER 23rd 1997, about three o'clock in the afternoon. The side of the end house in the road was open to the elements. The householder was getting ready to fit a large new window. Two men and a woman parked their car further up the road, walked back down and spoke to him.
"Is it Basil Williams-Rigby?"
"That's right", he said, "Can I help you?"
"Are you alone in the house at the moment?"
"No", he replied, "I've got my boy here."
The three quickened their step, went round to the front of the house and hammered on the door.
It was, perhaps, the very last answer an actual paedophile would have given. But Williams-Rigby had no inkling that the three were police officers, or that they'd come to question him about sexual offences against boys who had once been in his care.
Straightaway, the officers wanted to take away the boy – Rigby's six-year-old, Joshua, the apple of his eye, the much-loved son born after three daughters. Rigby's wife, Diane, arrived and wouldn't let them near him. They said they had to take Rigby to the police station for questioning – but he insisted on finishing his DIY first. With the presents already under the Christmas Tree, he wasn't going to leave the house exposed. The policemen had to help him hold the glass while he fitted it.
That day was the beginning of a family tragedy that lasted over five years. Williams-Rigby was arrested, sent for trial and convicted of abuse. He initially received a 12-year sentence. A colleague, Mike Lawson, suffered a parallel ordeal. He, too, was cruelly parted from a young child – his then 10-year-old daughter, Becky – put on trial, and sent down for seven years.
On Friday [14 March 2003], the two men were freed by the Court of Appeal on the basis of fresh evidence which led the judges to conclude that the convictions were unsafe. Amid moving scenes, the men were cheered in court before being reunited with their families.
Twenty-four hours later, the St Helen's street where the Williams-Rigby family lives must have been the sunniest in England. A constant stream of friends and neighbours dropped by to offer congratulations as the unseasonal sunshine blazed down. The phone would not stop ringing. Basil's three daughters kept thinking they should touch their father, just to reassure themselves that it was for real.
"I've dreamt of this day for over three years", said Rebecca, Williams-Rigby's eldest daughter. "I'm absolutely overjoyed, it's the best day of my life."
"From that first day, December 23rd, I just couldn't believe it", said Diane Williams-Rigby. "I just said to the police, 'You've got the wrong man here'. But that was it – the nightmare began.
"The children have been devastated, but I've told them every day that their father is innocent and that one day we'd have him home."
A few miles away, in West Derby, Liverpool, the mood of the Lawson family was equally joyful. "I think the roof blew off our house when we heard", said Mike's wife, Geraldine. "My reaction to the allegations was one of total disbelief. I knew I had an innocent husband. We just had to carry on as best we could, no matter how difficult it was, for the other members of the family we had to take care of, and we knew we had to fight for the truth, however long that was going to take."
The effects of the imprisonments on both families had been devastating. In both instances, young children lost their father at a vital stage of their lives. Both men also had elderly mothers who were naturally bewildered by events.
Lawson served much of his sentence on the Isle of Wight. For Geraldine, each visit entailed a round-trip of 600 miles and a cost of over £400. It also meant that her sister, Marilyn, had to take over the care of their frail 93-year-old mother and, as a result, had less time to be with her own family.
Both Lawson and Williams-Rigby had worked at St George's Community Home, Formby, the same care home as David Jones, the Wolverhampton Wanderers manager who faced similar abuse charges but was acquitted in December 2000.
All these families had suffered such difficulties and emotional stress as a result of one of the most tragic and counter-productive episodes in the history of British policing – with officers across the country actively encouraging men in their 30s or 40s, most of whom had been through the prison system, to make horrific accusations that would put the innocent behind bars.
WILLIAMS-RIGBY'S FATHER served on the central management committee for the Catholic Children's Society. Every year, he sent a large round tin of Quality Street to each of the homes that they ran. One year in the early '70s, Basil delivered the annual presents and, as a result, decided to stop working for his father's construction company and take a job in a home. He first application was unsuccessful, but he then did get a job as a houseparent, a residential social worker, in what was then termed a community home with education. Such homes were more generally known by their former name: approved schools. The boys, from all over the country, had generally been sent there by the courts.
He moved into a flat with his wife Diane, whom he married in 1973, and who later became a housemother. They started a family, and had three daughters – Rebecca, now 27, Victoria, 25, and Lydia, 17, before Joshua was born in 1991. In the care-home environment, Williams-Rigby became known, simply, as Baz Rigby.
"It has been painted recently as a bad school – but it wasn't", he insisted. "When there was a potato shortage, in the 70s, we went out to local farmers, to buy potatoes so that we could give the boys chips.
"Then I went and bought the frame of a go-kart, with my own money, assembled it and we used to spend hours going round the field at the back. They would stand in an orderly queue, to take a turn, it was a tremendous activity for them.
"I was concerned that these children were looked after. They were from rough-and-tumble backgrounds, streetwise children, but likeable rogues, let's say.
"You couldn't think aloud sometimes. I remember saying I had two bald tyres on my Mini. The kids said, 'Don't worry, Mr Rigby, you're good to us, we'll sort it out'. I instantly knew that somewhere in Liverpool that weekend there'd be a Mini jacked up with its tyres gone. To prevent that happening, and even though I was sorely pressed financially at the time, I had to go straight out to get new ones."
Lawson started at the school about two years later. He had worked as a coppersmith on the steamers on Lake Windermere before doing his National Service. Afterwards, he worked in Liverpool city police for 15 years, becoming the force's youngest-ever sergeant. Then he went into a second-hand bookshop and bought a book on the 1645 siege of Oxford.
Tucked in the back cover was an original manuscript, a real collector's find. Lawson, who was fascinated by military history, used it to write a book about the rank-and-file troops in the English civil war. He then donated the potentially valuable manuscript to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
At that time, however, the idea of a police officer pursuing other professional interests was frowned upon, so Lawson left. He became a care worker because that did allow him to spend what spare time he had writing history books. He has two grown-up children, a daughter and son, and he and Geraldine have a daughter, Becky, who was born in 1987.
Lawson discovered that the change of profession really suited him. "I found I enjoyed the work", he said. "I became a history teacher. We had an unused workshop, so I taught metalwork. And I became boxing coach – that was a good way of channelling aggression."
Lawson always lived at home with his family; Rigby, of course, lived on site.
"On many occasions, I was called out of my house to go into the unit, perhaps to settle a child down", Rigby recalled. "On one occasion, I got out of bed at two o'clock in the morning. I heard the social worker knocking hell out of the door. He'd brought back a boy who'd run off. Yes, I did bring him up; yes, I did give him a bath, because he was filthy; yes, I did take him into the flat – to give him a cup of tea and something to eat, because he'd been on his toes for I don't know how many days.
"I was doing my job to the best of my ability. I have no qualms about that whatsoever. I helped those kids, and they know that. It's only retrospectively you realise that you put yourself in vulnerable situations."
IN FACT IT WAS LAWSON who faced the first allegation, in the summer of 1997.
At this stage, care workers up and down the country were facing abuse allegations as police investigated suggestions that, decades earlier, paedophile rings had operated in children's homes. The method of investigation pioneered by Merseyside police was to send out a letter to former residents of homes, inviting them to contact the police if they had complaints.
This practice became known as trawling. Today, there are serious doubts about whether it was ever an appropriate means of investigation. It was the reverse of normal police methods. Usually, police have a crime and need to find a suspect; in "trawling" investigations, they often had suspects in mind and were seeking crimes.
The main problems were the unfairness – a care worker would often have no idea that a catalogue of complaints against him was being compiled. More importantly, the men to whom the letters were sent were hardly a normal group of potential witnesses. Nearly all had been in trouble with the police (that was why they were in homes in the first place) and, years later, many had long criminal records.
If they were in prison, as many were, there were often various forms of inducement that could be offered to help the police construct a case against someone whom (because of their understandable abhorrence of paedophilia) they regarded as a prime target. Then, it became widely known that, for those who were victims of crime, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority would pay what were often handsome sums in compensation. Moreover, the crimes did not even need to be proved at trial. Even if there were an acquittal, the CICA could still pay compensation to claimants.
Lawson was one of those who, initially, had no idea that the police were accumulating allegations against him. By 1997, he was involved in historic pageants and the re-enactments of famous battles; he owned a number of muskets and other guns; he had drawn up codes of conduct for the government in safety procedures when dealing with explosives; and he was consulted by police forces up and down the country. But, when he heard about the allegations, he was deeply concerned. He phoned Rigby.
"I said, 'Mike, don't worry, you've got a clear conscience'", recalled Rigby. "I was saying, nothing will come of it. Looking back afterwards, it was a cry for help, and I felt guilty that I hadn't helped him.
"I was foolish, I didn't understand the seriousness of it."
Lawson and Rigby were being accused of the vilest conduct – of sexually assaulting the boys in their care, committing acts of gross indecency and even of subjecting them to buggery.
"When my solicitor sent me the statements of complainants, I couldn't read them", said Rigby. "It upset me to think that I could be accused of something like that. I just went like a lamb to the slaughter, thinking that these people wouldn't continue with these idiotic lies. That wasn't the case, was it?
"There was one witness I was staggered by. He used to be a very frightened kid, I boosted his confidence. He'd done reasonably well for himself – I thought at the time, that's something that I gave him. He'd actually kept in touch.
"The police approached him, on more than one occasion. He said, nothing like that had ever happened. I'd phoned and asked him to be a character witness – he agreed straightaway: 'What a stupid set of allegations. I'll help you anytime, Baz, you've helped me enough in the past'.
"Then, he succumbed to temptation. I think it was just the money. He got three thousand pounds – or three thousand pieces of silver, as I think of it."
Those who claim to be victims of criminal conduct are eligible for compensation. Moreover, the amount of compensation varies according to the severity of the crime: the more serious the allegation, the more money the complainant receives.
The financial reward may be the most powerful incentive to concoct allegations, but it is certainly not the only one. Since many complainants are in prison, they are far more easily led than any other group of witnesses.
"They're waiting in line for whatever favours you can give them", explained Lawson. "They may get parole, or better conditions, or just attention – there's a whole gamut of factors there."
"In Wakefield, I met a prisoner whose complaint against another member of staff in the same group of care homes as myself led to him getting a 14 year sentence", recalled Rigby, "and he more or less admitted that it was a pack of lies – and he'd done it just to avoid the prison treatment programme. That was his only inducement."
Rigby went to trial facing 44 allegations. There were 29 counts against Lawson. At one stage, 91 members of staff at the school were under investigation.
All this should have raised two fundamental questions: why were all these allegations only emerging now? and how could up to 91 members of staff have abused children 25 or 30 years ago without a single complaint having been made at the time?
"Parents used to visit, social workers used to visit", said Lawson. "The schools were regularly inspected. If a kid ran off, who brought him back? The police did. They always asked him if there were any problems. There were independent school doctors, nurses, and dentists. There was ample opportunity to complain – had these things gone on."
Nevertheless, it proved impossible for these men to defend themselves against highly emotive accusations that, however graphic the descriptions, were uncorroborated allegations going back a quarter of a century.
MANY OF THOSE WHO COULD have given valuable evidence for the defence were by now dead: for example, the nightwatchmen who, the prosecution said, were frequently sleeping on the job. Lawson insisted that this was a gross distortion. "They were dutiful, senior citizens, they were the old school, they'd come to work with a collar-and-tie on. They'd have done their duties, I know."
Lawson, whose case took an astonishing three years to go to trial, was convicted in June 2000. "I go to jail with a clear conscience", he told the judge.
Rigby had been found guilty in August 1999. "I felt devastated", he admitted. "So helpless, I was so frightened, going to prison for the first time.
"My lawyer said, 'As soon as you get there, you want to ask for the numbers'. I didn't know what he was talking about. He explained to me, 'You don't want to be beaten up, do you?'"
Those who were deemed vulnerable in prison – especially sex offenders – are put on what is known as Rule 43 and kept segregated for their own protection. "I was scared stiff. The verbal abuse was horrific, and there was a lot of spitting. That's nasty. You've got to go through it to be able to put words to it. But I wouldn't let them put on me any form of guilt. Though I was scared stiff of going across the compound and being 'nonce'd', as it were, I would do it. Because of my own belief in myself, I did it. I would be intimidated, I would not let them stop me."
Lawson survived his time in prison through his "two escapes from stress": working on the gardens at Albany, in the Isle of Wight; and reading history books. He also worked out a routine with his family, ringing briefly every morning before Becky went to school, and again every evening. "It helps to keep you in touch", he said, "it keeps you balanced."
He told the prison staff, "You can open the prison gates, and I won't walk out. I'm only going out with my head held high".
With help and funding from a friend, a former care worker who had also been a police officer, the Williams-Rigby family hired a private detective to find fresh witnesses, other men who had been resident at the time and whose accounts of life in the home contradicted the ones given at trial. Meanwhile Mike Lawson met one of his new witnesses in prison. This man said that a complainant who made allegations both against him and David Jones had confessed to having fabricated the allegations; he said he'd needed the compensation money to pay for a sex-change operation.
With the assistance of their legal teams, which now included solicitor Chris Saltrese, the men won their appeals, to great rejoicing from family and friends.
"It's not been easy, going to prison five times a month", said Diane Williams-Rigby. "I said I would get my husband free, and I've got him free. He's an innocent man, we wanted to prove that, and we've done it."
"For any wife", reflected Geraldine Lawson, "if you thought for one second he was guilty, he wouldn't have remained in the house. But that thought never entered my head. I knew he'd been falsely accused by very vulnerable people whom I feel very saddened for."
Becky, now 13, handled the trauma with what her parents described as "great courage", and was open with everyone at her school. "All my friends have been very supportive", she emphasised, "and the teachers".
It is the quality time they have missed with their families that has been the biggest sacrifice for the men. Basil apologised for seeming over-protective of his son, who had asked to go swimming at the local baths. "I keep thinking he's only eight", he explained, "but I'm not thinking. I've missed him for more than three-and-a-half years. He's nearly 12 now."
Some estimate that there are more than a hundred men in prison whose cases are broadly similar to Rigby and Lawson's – men who have been wrongly convicted of historical allegations of abuse. Lawson pointed out that two entire wings at Albany prison are filled with men who maintain their innocence.
He recalled his own exchanges with the police questioning him. "I said to them. 'I've sat where you're sitting, I've interviewed guys for interfering with children. I used to weigh a guy up, just like you're weighing me up. I know what you're thinking, I'm not going to let this guy harm anyone else.'
"There are many detectives who are straightforward and honest, I know that", he continued. "But there are also zealots. If you're a detective, you go on intuition and gut-feeling, and sometimes you're wrong. In the end, you become that sure he's done it, you're going to stitch a guy up. It is just so easy."
"There are other people I knew in prison who are innocent, definitely", added Rigby. "The least they deserve is what I had on Friday. If I can get through what I've got through, I'm sure I can carry on and fight for other people. That's what I want to do now."
© Bob Woffinden, 2003
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Halos drop Seattle opener in Ohtani's return
DH goes 0-for-4 with 3 strikeouts in first game off DL
By Maria Guardado
SEATTLE -- The Angels had hoped that Shohei Ohtani's return from the disabled list would help boost their lineup, but he didn't deliver the immediate jolt they had been hoping for. Ohtani went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in his first game since June 6, though the rest of his teammates
SEATTLE -- The Angels had hoped that Shohei Ohtani's return from the disabled list would help boost their lineup, but he didn't deliver the immediate jolt they had been hoping for. Ohtani went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in his first game since June 6, though the rest of his teammates didn't fare much better, mustering only four hits in a 4-1 loss to the Mariners on Tuesday night at Safeco Field.
The Mariners scored three runs in the first inning off left-hander Andrew Heaney, and the Angels never recovered, as Ohtani, Michael Trout, Justin Upton and Jose Pujols combined to go 0-for-11 against Seattle left-hander Wade LeBlanc, who allowed one run over seven innings to lead Seattle to its eighth consecutive win.
"It's a different atmosphere up here facing big league pitchers in a big league stadium," Ohtani said through interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. "I still might need a little more time to adjust, but it shouldn't take long."
Andrelton Simmons homered off LeBlanc in the fourth to supply the Angels' lone run of the evening. With the loss, the Angels dropped to 43-43 on the season, slipping 12 games behind the Mariners for the second Wild Card spot in the American League.
Heaney settled in after his uneven start, but he was charged with the tough-luck loss after giving up three runs on five hits over seven innings. He matched his career high with 10 strikeouts and walked two in the 106-pitch outing.
"Andrew was terrific," manager Mike Scioscia said. "He pitched a great game, gave us a chance to win. We just couldn't get any kind of pressure offensively."
The Mariners jumped on Heaney early, loading the bases with one out in the first inning after Jean Segura doubled and Mitch Haniger and Nelson Cruz drew back-to-back walks. Kyle Seager then lined a two-run double to right field to put Seattle on the board. The Angels also suffered another injury on the play, as right fielder Chris Young slipped awkwardly while attempting to field the ball and was forced to depart the game with a left hamstring strain.
Heaney then appeared to strike out Ryon Healy for the second out of the inning, but the ball got away from catcher Martin Maldonado, allowing Healy to reach first and Cruz to score from third to give the Mariners a 3-0 lead. Still, Heaney avoided further damage by striking out Denard Span and Mike Zunino swinging to end the inning.
"Just kind of was falling behind, not making good pitches," Heaney said. "It's sort of been the same old story for a little while, just sort of the big innings where I let it kind of build. A couple walks, a double and the one hit kind of opens it up. It's something where I need to come out and establish earlier, kind of get ahead and all the other same stuff we always talk about."
Heaney held the Mariners scoreless the rest of the way, retiring 16 of the next 17 batters he faced after Healy reached on the wild pitch in the first. The Mariners put runners on first and second in the sixth after Healy reached on a two-out error by Ian Kinsler and Span singled, but Heaney coaxed a groundout from Zunino to escape the jam. He now leads all Angels starters with nine quality starts this season.
"At that point, it sucks that you're just trying to put up zeroes to kind of salvage a good outing and give us a chance to win," Heaney said. "Because sometimes that momentum is hard to gain back."
Noe Ramirez replaced Heaney in the eighth, but he yielded a leadoff home run to Cruz that extended the Mariners' lead to 4-1.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
After LeBlanc departed the game, the Angels threatened in the eighth against Mariners reliever Alex Colome. Kole Calhoun, who entered the game to replace Young in the first inning, delivered a one-out double to left field before advancing to third on a flyout from David Fletcher. The Mariners then intentionally walked Trout to bring up Upton with runners on the corners and two outs. Upton lifted a fly ball to deep center field, but it died at the warning track, allowing Colome to escape the inning unscathed.
"Justin just missed that fastball that he flew out to center field on," Scioscia said. "That could have been a game-changer. Unfortunately, we just couldn't get enough done offensively."
SOUND SMART
The Angels are now 6-15 against left-handed starters this season.
Right-hander Garrett Richards (4-4, 3.42 ERA) will return from the disabled list and start for the Angels on Wednesday in their Fourth of July matinee against the Mariners at 1:10 p.m. PT at Safeco Field. Seattle will counter with right-hander Mike Leake (8-4, 4.01 ERA). Richards has been sidelined since June 15 with a left hamstring strain, but he made a rehab start with Class A Advanced Inland Empire on Friday and threw a bullpen session on Monday. Richards is 6-4 with a 3.05 ERA in 20 career appearances against the Mariners.
Maria Guardado covers the Angels for MLB.com. Follow her on Twitter and Facebook.

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When I moved to California from Puerto Rico, I was 16 years old, and I came with a vocabulary of English words. In Puerto Rico, they teach children from kindergarten through high school English, so I came packed with knowledge of the English language.
I had a lot of words, but I did not have the wisdom to apply that into some sort of a conversation. It took me about eight months until I could actually have a conversation with someone and use some of those vocabulary words, because there is a difference between knowledge and wisdom.
How do we do it? How do we deal with temptation when it is so strong that it pulls us to do things we know we ought not to do? Obviously, the Word of God says, "Run if you can." If you can, get rid of the Coca-Colas in your refrigerator, and I'm just using that as an example (whatever that thing is)! If you can, run. But there is something more powerful and effective, God's Word.
Words have tremendous power to hurt and to help. They can discourage, they can cause anger, they can cause separation, but words can also heal, they can encourage, they can lift up, and they can empower someone else. Words have an enormous amount of power.
When I was in seventh grade, I still lived in Puerto Rico, and my seventh-grade teacher gave us a special assignment. She told us to write a paper about an unlikely relationship. Our job was to pick two things that would normally not be friends and create a story about how the friendship was possible. I wrote a story about a friendship between a giraffe and an ant.


RCHI researchers Linda Shi, Zachary Lamb, Xi (Colleen) Qiu, Hongru Cai, and Lawrence Vale co-authored the journal article "Promises and perils of collective land tenure in promoting urban resilience: Learning from China's urban villages." The article was published electronically April 26, 2018 in Habitat Internationaland discusses RCHI's work to understand the role of collective governance in the urban villages of Shenzhen, China.
Exciting news for the RCHI team as RCHI's Zachary Lamb and Lawrence Vale co-authored a paper set to be published as a chapter in a sequel to the Routledge Companion to Urban Design. In their paper, "Resilient Urban Design: Shaping the Spatial Politics of Risk in a Crisis-Prone World," Lamb and Vale consider how urban resilient design can create spaces that are more just and environmentally sound.
We are excited to announce that RCHI's Lawrence J. Vale's paper, "Cities of Stars: Urban Renewal, Public Housing Regeneration, and the Community Empowerment Possibility of Governance Constellations" was pre-published electronically April 12, 2018 by the International Journal of Urban Sciences. Vale is the sole author on this article, in which he seeks to examine the implementation of the largest public housing regeneration programme in the United States, HOPE VI (Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere). The abstract is below and the full text is located at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/12265934.2018.1455530. Print publication to follow.
(December 2017) Resilient Cities Housing Initiative Chair, Lawrence Vale was invited to co-chair the "Human Settlements" Track of the MIT Conference on the Resilient Reconstruction of the Caribbean which took place at the MIT campus December 12-13, 2017. This opportunity enabled Vale to present on RCHI research and activities, and also contribute to conference wide dialogue on resilience and recovery after natural disasters.


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Q: Reset Angular RXJS Timer On condition I have the following code
    public timePast:Observable<number>;
    private readonly _stop = new Subject<void>();
    private readonly _start = new Subject<void>();

    this.timePast = timer(1000, 1000).pipe(
            takeUntil(this._stop),
            repeatWhen(() => this._start)
        );

    this.timePast.subscribe(val =>
          {

            console.log(val);
              if(val>=sometime)
              {
                //reset timer
              }

          } );

start(): void {
    this._start.next();
  }
  stop(): void {
    this._stop.next();
  }

How do I reset the timer?

A: You can invert part of the logic for the start:
public timePast: Observable<number> = this._start.pipe(
  switchMap(() => timer(1000, 1000).pipe(takeUntil(this._stop)))
);

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Report: Driver admits to taking Vicodin, Adderall day of fatal van-train crash
OSP awaiting results from crime lab to determine if driver was impaired
Karin Johnson
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Nine children were hurt and an adult passenger was killed when their van crashed into a train last week.On Friday, WLWT obtained a crash report that states the driver admitted to taking prescription drugs the day of the crash.Previous: Van-train crash kills 1, injures 10We aren't identifying the 62-year-old driver at this point because she has not yet been charged with any crime.According to an Ohio State Highway Patrol crash report, she told a firefighter she had been taking Vicodin and Adderall all day. Vicodin is a narcotic pain reliever, while Adderall is a stimulant often used to treat ADHD. "It was scary, it was very scary but I felt sorry for everybody because I was told the lady had a stroke," said Christy Allison whose two daughters were injured in the crash.Images: Van hits trainLearning that may not be the case has angered Allison and other parents."I don't know about the other children's parents, but this parent is beyond angry," said a grandparent who asked not to be identified.Four of her grandkids were hurt."You know, they're injured. I've got one with multiple fractures on her face, fractures on her foot and six breaks on her foot," she said.Her 6-year-old grandson has a deep cut on his head.Another child, 4-year-old Aubrey Allison has a huge gash with stitches on her forehead."And she broke her hand in two different places," said her mother. Emotionally, parents said it's going to be awhile before the kids heal."When he sleeps, he's flinching, getting stiff and now he's talking about the train is chasing him, it's going to run him over," said the unidentified grandmother.All of the kids were headed to bible school at the Church of Mayfield in Middletown when the driver crashed into a train. They were all rushed to the hospital. Passenger Janice Martin, 62, was killed.State troopers said the driver drove through a rail gate that was down and slammed into a slow moving train."I feel like this is something that she could have controlled. It could have never happened, that a lady lost her life, all the kids were really hurt," said Allison."I mean, it's church. I never thought that this was even an option."OSP is awaiting results from its crime lab to determine if the driver was impaired. WLWT did try reaching out to her but calls weren't returned.Also, WLWT was not able to reach anyone from the church for comment.
MIDDLETOWN —
Nine children were hurt and an adult passenger was killed when their van crashed into a train last week.
On Friday, WLWT obtained a crash report that states the driver admitted to taking prescription drugs the day of the crash.
Driver charged in fatal Middletown church van, train crash
Driver ID'd in Middletown crash that killed 1, injured 10
Prayer vigil held for victims in Middletown crash involving train
Previous: Van-train crash kills 1, injures 10
We aren't identifying the 62-year-old driver at this point because she has not yet been charged with any crime.
According to an Ohio State Highway Patrol crash report, she told a firefighter she had been taking Vicodin and Adderall all day. Vicodin is a narcotic pain reliever, while Adderall is a stimulant often used to treat ADHD.
"It was scary, it was very scary but I felt sorry for everybody because I was told the lady had a stroke," said Christy Allison whose two daughters were injured in the crash.
Images: Van hits train
Learning that may not be the case has angered Allison and other parents.
"I don't know about the other children's parents, but this parent is beyond angry," said a grandparent who asked not to be identified.
Four of her grandkids were hurt.
"You know, they're injured. I've got one with multiple fractures on her face, fractures on her foot and six breaks on her foot," she said.
Her 6-year-old grandson has a deep cut on his head.
Another child, 4-year-old Aubrey Allison has a huge gash with stitches on her forehead.
"And she broke her hand in two different places," said her mother.
Emotionally, parents said it's going to be awhile before the kids heal.
"When he sleeps, he's flinching, getting stiff and now he's talking about the train is chasing him, it's going to run him over," said the unidentified grandmother.
All of the kids were headed to bible school at the Church of Mayfield in Middletown when the driver crashed into a train. They were all rushed to the hospital. Passenger Janice Martin, 62, was killed.
State troopers said the driver drove through a rail gate that was down and slammed into a slow moving train.
"I feel like this is something that she could have controlled. It could have never happened, that a lady lost her life, all the kids were really hurt," said Allison.
"I mean, it's church. I never thought that this was even an option."
OSP is awaiting results from its crime lab to determine if the driver was impaired.
WLWT did try reaching out to her but calls weren't returned.
Also, WLWT was not able to reach anyone from the church for comment.


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Wachenhofen ist ein Gemeindeteil der Gemeinde Alesheim im Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen (Mittelfranken, Bayern). Das Kirchdorf hat rund 100 Einwohner und liegt im Altmühltal auf einer Höhe von etwa .

Geographie und Verkehr
Südwestlich von Wachenhofen fließt die Altmühl vorbei, östlich befindet sich der 427,4 Meter hohe Lettenbuck. Alesheim liegt rund eineinhalb Kilometer in südöstlicher Richtung. Nachbarorte sind Ehlheim, Alesheim und Gundelsheim an der Altmühl. Am nordöstlichen Ortsrand mündet die Kreisstraße WUG 26 in die am Ort vorbeiführende Kreisstraße WUG 1 ein.

Geschichte
Nahe dem Ort gibt es Funde für Siedlungen des Neolithikums, der Bronzezeit, der Urgeschichte und der frühen und späten Latènezeit, sowie drei verebnete Grabhügel der Vorgeschichte und eine Freilandstation des Mesolithikums. Bis zur Gemeindegebietsreform in Bayern war Wachenhofen eine selbstständige Gemeinde. Am 1. April 1971 wurde sie in die Gemeinde Alesheim eingegliedert.

Baudenkmäler
Der Kirchturm der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche St. Hieronymus wurde im 18. Jahrhundert aufgestockt und wird von einem Spitzhelm gekrönt. Das dreiachsige und von Strebepfeilern gegliederte neugotische Langhaus wurde 1870 vom Architekten Wilhelm Langenfaß errichtet. Die Westfassade wurde mit einem Türgewände, einem Fenster mit Wimpergabschluss und einer Fensterrose verziert. Die Kirche orientiert sich an der St.-Willibalds-Kirche in Weißenburg in Bayern.

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An Aquatic Terrain Armored Transport in water.
The command deck was attached to a broad area of the ship which contained passengers. It operated in deep sea operations alongside TIE fighter boats and aquatic assault stormtroopers and could be found in Imperial aquatic military bases. The AT-AT swimmer could also be deployed by the Y-85 Titan dropship. It could carry 40 troops, and its cargo capacity was 600 kilograms.
Its shell-like armor was designed to withstand and protect the vehicle from the crushing pressures of deep water, the effects of salt and water, and blaster fire. Its head was capable of providing firing arcs in all directions.
The AT-AT swimmer had two modified heavy laser cannons, much like its land counterpart. Its main body was broader than that of the AT-AT to accommodate the four additional repulsorlift engines that keep it afloat. These four repulsorlift engines produced a powerful field strong enough to repel any object on the craft's ventral section, but it could be penetrated by strong swimmers where it was non-existent.
Darth Azard and Vul Isen on the bridge of an AT-AT swimmer.
By 137 ABY, the design was heavily modified. The version used by Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire could operate underwater and had shields. It included at least 6 laser cannons, including a rear double laser cannon to stem attacks from the rear, and was fitted with a launch bay containing at least five Shark underwater fighters. The new design looked similar to the old one, although sleeker in design. The command bridge was also replaced by another similar to an AT-AT's command bridge. Additionally, these vehicles were known to have transported Sith Lords on several occasions.
The basis for the eventual Aquatic Terrain Armored Transport was created via the AT-AT Swimmer, which had been extreme modifications to the mech that were ordered by the Imperial Army garrison on Kabaira. This eventually ended up mass-produced, with some eventually being placed on Kaal, which proved enough of a problem to the Rebel's efforts on the planet that General Carlist Rieekan made a note while reviewing the official field manual for the Imperial Military, Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide, that they will need to import attack subs from Mon Calamari.
The stern of an AT-AT Swimmer.
At least one of the Sith Empire editions of these ships was employed during the Genocide of Mon Calamari on Dac in 137 ABY, where it was used to transport Darth Azard and Sith scientist Vul Isen to the Soheras Trench. Isen had created a Sea Leviathan there, and the two used the Force to awaken it and command it to slaughter the Mon Calamari prisoners of Imperial Extermination Camp 28, and later search out and destroy every Mon Calamari in its path.


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La stazione di Sessa Aurunca-Roccamonfina-Cellole è una stazione ferroviaria posta lungo la linea ferrovia Roma-Formia-Napoli. È a servizio dei comuni di Sessa Aurunca, Roccamonfina e Cellole. A meno di 1 km dallo scalo sorge la frazione sessana di Piedimonte.

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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian Jan 7, 2020
We're entering a new golden age of China journalism
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios
A growing number of investigative journalists and news organizations around the world are investing more resources in covering China from afar.
Why it matters: The Chinese Communist Party claims China's rise offers the world an alternative to western leadership and values. In the coming decade, journalism is vital to understanding exactly what kind of global leader China will be.
What's happening: Chinese President Xi Jinping has cracked down on media and civil society, making it increasingly difficult for journalists to operate inside the country.
By the numbers: China now ranks an abysmal 177 out 180 countries for press freedom, according to Reporters Without Borders.
But China's growing footprint abroad, and its tendency to use threats, corruption, and coercion to get what it wants, means that journalists in countries with more robust media freedoms now have lots of fodder for China-related stories, without leaving home.
Between the lines: Newsrooms have traditionally been divided into domestic reporters based at home, and foreign correspondents who cover the country they're in.
But Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election caught the U.S. off guard, and helped newsroom editors realize the old system left blindspots in coverage.
China, too, has sought to influence the decision-making processes in other countries, sometimes through coercive measures.
As bipartisan support for a more hawkish China policy has gained traction, there's growing interest in knowing more about what Beijing is up to in our own backyard.
Newsrooms are catching on:
Several major news organizations, including The Economist and Reuters, have created new positions specifically for covering China in the world, and many other outlets have dedicated resources to covering the topic.
Reports have uncovered China's successful campaign to influence the United Nations; investigated business ties between China and the family of U.S. transportation secretary Elaine Chao; described Beijing's demands to Hollywood filmmakers; and many other stories.
The big picture: It's not just China's activities stateside that are attracting media attention. Reporters are breaking major stories from countries around the world.
Czech Republic: Journalists recently uncovered a "clandestine network" that dedicated huge amounts of money and more than 2,000 hours of work to shore up China's faltering image in the country.
Poland: Reuters staff covered a Cold War-style intelligence battle there between the U.S. and China over Huawei.
French Polynesia: A dispatch by New Zealand China expert Anne-Marie Brady revealed the Chinese consulate's years-long illegal occupation of an expensive residence in Tahiti.
Germany: Hong Kong-born German journalist Didi Kirsten Tatlow uncovered how the Chinese Communist Party's overseas influence bureau, the United Front Work Department, keeps tabs on Chinese students and professionals in the country.
Australia: Top investigative journalists have written blockbuster reports for years about Chinese Communist Party-linked money and influence in Australian politics, leading to a set of new laws which took effect in 2019 and are aimed at keeping foreign influence out of their democratic processes.
Pakistan: Dawn.com, one of the country's few independent media outlets, published documents laying out China's sweeping plans in Pakistan, including the construction of comprehensive surveillance systems in major cities.
The bottom line: In 2020 and onwards, expect even more critical investigations about China's impact on the world.
Editor's note: This piece was clarified to better describe the NYT's investigation into ties between China and the family of U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.


As soon as we arrived in Massachusetts last September, I was investigating the nearby parks to find out what wildlife opportunities might exist. I quickly discovered that Plum Island (which contains the Parker River NWR and Sandy Point State Reservation on it) is a terrific place for birds on the Massachusetts coast. Even better news was that it often harbors a wintering population of snowy owls, and it's considered one of the best places in the lower US to find them. I think these birds are stunning, and I immediately added a snowy owl to my mental wish list for this winter. After seeing reports of owls in the area on ebird.org I took a trip there in December, but came back empty handed. On my first outing of 2012 though, I was able to photograph this gorgeous juvenile along the dunes of Sandy Point State Reservation (and in this image, sitting on the ice that formed in the tidal areas). I was there for sunset, but the skies were cloudier than I expected, so I was shooting mostly in fading overcast light -- all the more reason to make a return trip under blue skies as well!
View more images of owls in my Birds of Prey Gallery.
You hit a home run here Pat. I would love to photograph a snowy owl.
Absolutely beautiful! Wonderful photo! Thanks!
That is stunning. Even if you go back, I don't know how you can top that photo but no doubt you will.
Great shot Pat. Stunning work as always.
stunning image, very jealous! Thinking I need to add this place to my list!
Exceptional capture! We have a few Snowy Owls visiting the Chicago lakefront this winter. What a treat! I have ventured out to see the owls and was fortunate to view one. We had to keep our distance but oh what a sight!
Oh, wow! Stunning shot! I'd love to see one someday.
Fantastic shot Pat! I keep hoping the eruption will head south here to CA but it doesn't look like it.
Wow! I can see why you like that one. Stunning bird. Not one I expect to see in the next day or two!
Beautiful! I'm haven't been able yet to photograph a snowie. Hopefully it will still happen this winter!


I am one of 5 kids. My oldest sister, Ann, has 4 children. Her oldest, Sean, has Angelman Syndrome, "a genetic disorder which causes severe developmental delay. The most striking symptoms are mental retardation, seizures, a severe speech disorder (in most cases, lack of speech), and gross and fine motor difficulties".
Sean is currently in the hospital with seizures. This certainly is not the first time he has been in for seizures, but it is after the longest period since the last visit. Sean went about a 1 1/2 years without an episode like he is experiencing right now. Please say some prayers for this little guy.
I am hoping that he is ok. I am praying for Sean. A LOT of praying for Sean. I keep you and your whole family in my prayers... I started saying them with Joseph each night before bed. I like that.


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Since the 1990's the European Union has been concerned about complaints of abuse in 'timeshare products' and approved the European Directive 94/47/CE on 26 October 1994 to protect consumer rights.
This Directive was introduced into Spanish Law by the Spanish Parliament approving a first regulation on 15 December 1998.
Time, however, proved this regulation to be insufficient.
On 29 March 2012, following the European Directive 2008/122/CE, the Spanish Parliament validated the Real Decreto-Ley 8/2012, modifying the Timeshare Regulation. All EU Member States have subsequently incorporated the Directive into their National legislation.
This Directive covered timeshare, long-term holiday products, resale and exchange products and has set a dramatic precedent that has brought about major changes in the timeshare industry. The Timeshare Directive was designed to provide consumers with important protection against unwanted timeshare contracts and contracts for similar holiday products, which often involve significant financial risks for consumers.
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Le Musée Frédéric Chopin de Varsovie est un musée de 1954, dédié au compositeur virtuose polonais Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) du palais Ostrogski du  du centre historique de Varsovie, en Pologne.

Histoire
La fondation de ce musée débute dans les années 1930 avec la constitution d'une importante collection de plus de 7000 pièces de l'histoire du compositeur, manuscrits originaux, partitions, lettres, photographies, livres, instruments (dont son dernier piano Pleyel), enregistrements, sculptures, moulage de sa main gauche... Une partie de cette  collection est inscrite au registre de la Mémoire du monde de l'UNESCO depuis 1999.

L' ouvre ses portes en 1945, rue Zgoda à Varsovie, puis dans le palais Ostrogski de Varsovie depuis 1953 (voisin de l'université de musique Frédéric-Chopin où le compositeur a été étudiant entre 1826 et 1829).

Le musée expose la vie et l'oeuvre de Frédéric Chopin dans 15 salles, sur cinq niveaux d'espaces scénographiques multimédia. Il présente ses adresses françaises à Paris et à Nohant-Vic, en lien avec ses correspondances féminines, dont George Sand et Angelica Catalani.

Le musée gère également le musée-maison natale de Frédéric Chopin de Żelazowa Wola, à 45 km à l'ouest de Varsovie.

Autres lieux et musées dédiés à Chopin
 Maison natale de Frédéric Chopin de Żelazowa Wola.
 Université de musique Frédéric-Chopin de Varsovie.
 Hôtel Baudard de Saint-James de la place Vendôme de Paris.
 Domaine de George Sand de Nohant-Vic du Centre-Val de Loire.

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Articles connexes
 Tourisme musical
 Tourisme en Pologne
 Liste de musées en Pologne
 Catalogue des œuvres de Frédéric Chopin
 Histoire de la musique classique occidentale

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Government must tackle 'Holiday Hunger'
A group of over 30 organisations, including national charities, businesses and academics, are calling on the UK administrations to commit to eliminating 'Holiday Hunger', where children from poorer families struggle to eat a nutritious diet during school holidays
Government must tackle 'Holiday Hunger'
To: Rt Hon Justine Greening MP, Secretary of State for Education, UK Government John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Scottish Government
Cc: Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education Mark Drakeford AM, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government Rt Hon Damian Green MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Jeane Freeman MSP, Minister for Social Security Lindsay Graham, Child Food Poverty Policy Advisor
Eliminating 'Holiday Hunger' in the UK
For many low-income families who are reliant on free school meals during term time, school holidays can be a time of great stress. Throughout these periods, parents have the challenges of managing increased childcare demands, heavier domestic bills and the cost of providing extra meals. Children living in these circumstances can experience multiple difficulties including hunger, poor-quality food, social isolation, learning loss and family tension. This issue is commonly known as 'Holiday Hunger'. Over the Easter holidays projects will take place in schools, leisure centres, church halls and children's centres to address this need. They are run by faith groups, play workers, food bank volunteers, sports staff and school meal services. However, we do not believe that this is an issue that should be left to the third sector alone to resolve.
We believe that the issue of 'Holiday Hunger' is not only a social injustice, but also that it is one that is solvable. Children, particularly those living in poverty, cannot change their circumstances by themselves. Holiday provision of good food and support services beyond the school term is not only the back bone of children's welfare, it is part of their rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. We know this issue is currently being addressed by hundreds of voluntary and statutory partnership projects across the UK with little or no funding support and these projects are increasing in numbers.
In January 2017, the Welsh Government announced a year of (2017/18) funding of £500k for 'Lunch and Fun' clubs in areas of need in school summer holidays. This follows the success of 'Food and Fun Wales' – an award winning school holiday enrichment programme. This will help thousands of disadvantaged children from across Wales to eat well, stay connected to services and engaged in positive fun learning activities during the long summer break. This is a welcome move to improve the health and life chances of children from low-income families and a great step towards tackling child poverty. It also supports Wales' Well-being of Future Generations Act which aims to improve the social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales.
We congratulate the Welsh Government on their support and urge them to maintain and build on this commitment. We are calling on the other UK administrations to commit to playing their part in eliminating the social injustice of 'Holiday Hunger' for all children in the UK. We are therefore calling on the UK administrations to:
Sign up publicly to the shared ambition to eliminate 'Holiday Hunger' in a decade 
Initiate ring-fenced funding for holiday provision with an associated UK research programme that will inform long-term policy 
Support sharing of good practice and evaluation to underpin sustainable approaches
Yours sincerely (in alphabetical order by organisation)
Dr Caroline Wolhuter, Head of Social Inclusion and Holiday Kitchen, Accord Group. Prof. Alex Kendall, Associate Dean Research & Innovation, Faculty of Health, Education & Life Sciences, Birmingham City University. Pem Hulusi, Programme manager for Meals & More (Holiday Provision support), Brakes. Alison Garnham, Chief Executive, Child Poverty Action Group. Gloria Davies-Coates, Manager, Children's Health Fund. Laurence Guinness, Chief Executive, The Childhood Trust. Linda Cregan, Chief Executive Officer, Children's Food Trust. Niall Cooper, Director, Church Action on Poverty. Lindsay Boswell, Chief Executive, FareShare. Dr Helen Crawley, Director, First Steps Nutrition Trust. Dan Crossley, Executive Director, Food Ethics Council. Katie Palmer, Food Cardiff. Anna Taylor, Executive Director, Food Foundation. Victoria Williams, Director, Food Matters. Michele McKendry, CEO, Futureversity. Seb Mayfield, Founder, Independent Food Aid Network Kate Prince, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, Kellogg's UK. Simon Shaw, Coordinator, London Food Poverty Campaign. Clare Holley, Lecturer, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University. Rachel Warwick, Founder & Director, MakeLunch. Kim Chaplain, Director of Charitable Portfolio, Mayor's Fund for London. Dr Deborah Harrison, Coordinator, North East Child Poverty Commission. Professor Greta Defeyter, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Planning & Engagement), Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University. Professor Neena Modi, President, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Stephanie Wood, Founder/CEO, School Food Matters. James Cashmore, Director, Soil Association Food for Life. Kath Dalmeny, Chief Executive, Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming. Tom Andrews, Director, Sustainable Food Cities. David McAuley, Chief Executive, The Trussell Trust. Bharat Mehta CBE, Chief Executive, Trust for London.


I can just hear my wife Betsy now talking on the phone with her cousin Pennie. One of them would say "and what would Vera Ruth say about that?" And then, through gales of laughter, they're off and running with a long phone conversation. You see "Vera Ruth" was their grandmother, stalwart Vermonter, character…perfect common denominator for the those gales of laughter.
Vera Ruth Cole was born in 1892 before Vermont living got "soft", our winters were still winters, and folks grubbed out a living one grueling step at a time. She started her life performing the never-ending "girl" chores of cooking, housecleaning, and washing clothes but, due to the particular poverty around her hometown of Mount Holly, Vermont, she also inherited "boy" chores: milking cows, cutting wood, driving horses. In fact through her experience with these chores, she once reached down a cow's throat to extract a choke-causing apple. Another time, she was dragged through the dirt by a team of runaway horses! This early period in her life gave her both Yankee fortitude and Vermont wisdom.
Both intrepid and straight-laced, she had no room for smiling. This quality remained through her whole life. Back in her early years, smiling was passé, especially for photographs or in public. One theory was that smiling portrayed a person as "lower class, foolish, dumb" and Vera Ruth was certainly none of the above. In her case, this writer's theory is that life was so hard in her community that there was rarely anything to smile about! In spite of her hard life, life did go on…even though she was once heard to say "Harold never saw me naked", she and her husband Harold Parker somehow had four kids. Not surprisingly, most things were done in the dark!
Even with her stoic persona, there was at least one of life's little pleasures she partook of. She often departed behind her bedroom's closed door to, in her words, "take a trifle of a nap". It was smoke from an unfiltered Chesterfield, however, wafting through the loose-fitting farmhouse door that told the true story…a nap was not what she was about! Although she never admitted to having the habit (ladies did not smoke!), telltale signs went as far as once putting out a couch fire with the crook of her cane (we have the cane which is still very charred).
The earlier description of Vera Ruth Parker points heavily to her being prickly but that was not necessarily the case. To her children and grandchildren, her door was always open. Her idiosyncrasies included love, reverence and guidance. She had a gossipy interest in what was going on around town but also a genuine concern for the lives of each and every family member. After all, her granddaughters say the harshest swear word she ever uttered was "bubbles"…and in light of words we hear today, who could not love a person like that!
Vera Ruth Parker finally passed away at age 99 in spite of the Chesterfields. If she could assess the quality of her life, she would probably say something like "hard work never killed anyone" and would cast an unsmiling eye toward some things that go on these days. I, for one, pine for the Vermont of yesteryear when hard work brought character instead of complaints, more folks farmed the land, and the worst swear word we heard was "bubbles".


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Band: Inferno
Album: Paradeigma (Phosphenes Of Aphotic Eternity)
Release date: May 2021
01. Decaying Virtualities Yearn For Asymptopia
02. The Wailing Horizon
03. Descent Into Hell Of The Future
04. Phosphenes
05. Ekstasis Of The Continuum
06. Stars Within And Stars Without Projected Into The Matrix Of Time
If you told me that there is a band called Inferno on Metal Storm without any context, I would assume it was some 80s thrash metal band. If you had me listen to Paradeigma without any context, I would assume that a band this innovative couldn't have more than 15 years under their belt. The truth is somewhere in the middle.
Well, granted, Inferno is not the first nor the only metal band to be called Inferno, and, as it turns out, there are 18 bands with the same name on Metal-Archives, two of which are actually 80s thrash metal bands. It's just that Inferno is the most relevant of the bunch. Not only because they were formed all the way back in 1996, but because they managed to maintain an interest in their newer releases. And when I say "maintain an interest in their newer releases", I mean people mostly care about those new releases since 2013's Omniabsence Filled By His Greatness. Which might explain why their sound is so fresh. The vocalist is the only member that has been in the band previous to 2008, and the guitar duo has been a constant presence of these three last releases which have raised Inferno's caliber.
I'll have to admit that I didn't get to check out their early material, and I probably will at some point, but it doesn't look as interesting in comparison. The Inferno of the past decade seems like a completely different band, one that understands how the black metal of today operates and doesn't linger in the same old Eastern European pagan/anti-Christian sphere. Instead, it knows that black metal pushed boundaries. And it helps push them too. Using Deathspell Omega as a comparison isn't too out of place, but it would be reductive to only mention them, when it feels like Inferno share a lot with the likes of Acherontas, Akhlys or Ascension or their countrymen in Cult Of Fire for something closer and also not starting with "A". This is swirling and hypnotic black metal with a huge emphasis on that dissonant psychedelic and esoteric atmosphere, but one that still tries to keep at least a bit of the riff alive.
And that is where Inferno have been until now. At this point, Paradeigma pushes even deeper. Feeling like black metal that was drowned in nightmares, the ambiance pushed to 11, the vocals even more eerie, the riffs even more formless, the sounds lost in a maze of terror. This is black metal done with the logic of dreams, where one can still pick out some riffs and notice the first and second and third wave influences accordingly, but akin to picking up a familiar face in a dream and wondering how they made sense in that context once you wake up. It's a tough balance between being too atmospheric for your own good and maintaining a good sense of it, and Paradeigma mostly succeeds at sustaining the dreamlike feel without hesitating to reveal some interesting musical elements outside of said dreamlike sense. You can feel some post-punk, some melodic moments that would border on symphonic black metal in another lifetime, and the drumming is the one element that feels most tangible, yet even it is out of reach. Still not as far removed as the cavernous vocals, which are so unintelligible and obscured that they simply form another veil in the dream.
A lot of black metal bands move away from black metal either to dark ambient or dungeon synth or whatever, but most of them do it by abandoning black metal and taking preconceived genre norms of said genres. Inferno twist black metal into it, making it almost unrecognizable. There is no excuse for a band not to be this innovative this late in their career, not only in terms of their own sound, but in terms of the genre as a whole. This is exactly what Inferno did here.
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Uxküll
Really love the atmosphere on this one.
"Nullum unquam exstitit magnum igenium sine aliqua dementia [there was never great genius without some madness]."
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From: Romania
Written by Uxküll on 09.06.2021 at 23:08
One of the best ones in that regard I heard in a while. The kind of album to make you fall in love with metal again.
Do you think if the heart keeps on shrinking
One day there will be no heart at all?
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Still raw unpublished, primitive, but a bit evolved in sound and has influences
Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!!
Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''
I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
Desha
delicious dish
Sounds quite nice. Not sure if I'd remember it, but while listening to it, it was quite nice
You are the hammer, I am the nail
building a house in the fire on the hill
From: UK
Agreed with the above, really enjoy the atmosphere on this album, one of my favourite black metal releases so far in an unusually underwhelming year for the genre
From: India
Dreamlike. More like nightmares. This is the stuff nightmares are made of.
Leeches everywhere.
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Andreas Syngros (, * 12. Oktober 1830 in Konstantinopel; † 13. Februar 1899 in Athen) war ein griechischer Bankier und Philanthrop.

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Syngros wurde in Istanbul (damals Konstantinopel) als Sohn einer wohlhabenden chiotischen Familie geboren. Zusammen mit Stephanos Skouloudis gründete er 1871 die Bank von Konstantinopel. Nach deren Erfolg gründete er eine Reihe weiterer Banken, die er zum Teil später verkaufte.

Als Philanthrop sponserte er maßgeblich den Bau des Kanals von Korinth, aber auch kleinere Projekte wie das Andreas Syngros Hospital in Athen oder das Archäologische Museum in Delphi und das alte Archäologische Museum in Olympia, das heute das Museum der Geschichte der antiken Olympischen Spiele beherbergt und das nach ihm Syngreion benannt ist. Nach ihm benannt ist auch die südöstliche Ausfallstraße Athens, Leoforos Syngrou und die dort liegende Metrostation Syngrou-Fix.

Der Architekt Ernst Ziller baute für ihn als Stadtvilla in Athen das Megaro Andrea Syngrou (1872/1873, heute Außenministerium) sowie ein Landhaus.

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Khailee Ng wanted name brand clothes. So, as a suburban teenager in Malaysia, he shoplifted.
He could have continued with his criminal life, he said, but took a different route. Ng started to build web pages because it was a better way to make money, he told a crowd at F8, Facebook's developer conference in San Jose, California, this week.
"It's depressing when your only natural talent is shoplifting," he said.
More than 4,000 developers from all over the world have gathered at the conference to hear about Facebook's newest technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality.
But the social networking giant also paid homage to the work of international developers and entrepreneurs.
In his keynote address Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said 80 percent of developers building apps on Facebook are international. To that end, the company is hosting meetings in more than 40 cities worldwide for watching the conference.
One advantage entrepreneurs in developing countries have is that the existing industries are not mature, said Peng Zhang, founder and president of GeekPark, an incubator and media company in China. Of the startups in China worth more than $1 billion, two-thirds are focused on improving traditional industries, he said.
"There are huge gaps," he said.
A Malaysian journey
Ng described his journey from suburban teen shoplifter to web developer, to founder of two companies – a news site and an e-commerce firm – which he sold. He bought a ticket to Silicon Valley to find out more about the tech industry.
Now Ng is a managing partner at 500 Startups, an investment and incubator firm that has invested in more than 1,800 companies worldwide.
Beyond telling his personal story, Ng said there are key steps to making tech entrepreneurship more accessible for people worldwide. One is investing in local entrepreneurs building businesses who don't necessarily match the pattern of the Silicon Valley startup founder.
"If our tunnel vision only goes for the pedigree path, we will not be able to complete the entire spectrum of human potential," he said.
Testing ideas in Peru
Gary Urteaga, a Peruvian entrepreneur, told his own story of trying and testing company ideas. Inspired by the success of Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, the Chinese online commerce firm, Urteaga co-founded Cinepapaya, a way for people to buy movie tickets and find out about movie showings. It was bought late last year by Fandango.
Now Urteaga is the vice president of business development at Fandango Latam and an investor. He says the next opportunity is in solving problems people have worldwide.
"If we develop and solve the problems of security, education, health and water, then we can create the next billion-dollar companies," he said.
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Drug & Alcohol Rehab in Ohio
Find treatment for alcohol and drug addiction in Ohio. The Buckeye State is home to a growing number of accredited drug rehab facilities and networks of community support.
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Choosing Rehab in Ohio
The state of Ohio has developed numerous programs designed to combat addiction to alcohol, opioids and other drugs. State agencies and grassroots organizations have also developed innovative, award-winning programs designed to prevent and treat addiction.
How Do Ohio Facilities Rank?
Total number 13th (431)
Treats co-occurring disorders 11th (179)
Provides residential detox T-21st (13)
Provides outpatient detox 10th (40)
Provides residential treatment 11th (84)
Provides outpatient treatment 10th (335)
Accepts private insurance 9th (292)
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Accepts Medicaid 6th (329)
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No charge for clients who cannot pay 4th (262)
Common Drug Addictions Treated in Ohio
More than 36,200 people received treatment for substance use disorders in Ohio in 2015. Heroin was the most commonly treated drug addiction for the second year in a row, accounting for more than 11,000 treatment admissions.
Treatment admissions for other opioids declined steadily from 2012 to 2015, and the number of marijuana treatment admissions declined slightly during the same time frame. Admissions for alcohol and alcohol in combination with another drug have remained stable since 2013.
Treatment Admissions by Substance (2015)
18.8% 6,802
Alcohol & another drug
1.5% 553
Tranquilizers
0.2% 56
Drug Abuse Trends in Ohio
More than 2,744 people died from drug overdoses in Ohio in 2014, the second-highest number of deaths among all states. The state had the fifth-most deaths in 2013 with 2,347, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC's data includes unintentional poisonings, suicides, homicides and deaths with undetermined intent.
Total number of unintentional drug overdose deaths in Ohio
The number of unintentional drug overdose deaths, also referred to as unintentional poisonings, in Ohio increased steadily from 2009 to 2014. The biggest cause of unintentional drug overdoses in 2014 was multiple drug use, accounting for 59 percent of overdose deaths.
The number of heroin and other opioid overdoses increased the most drastically, but deaths from cocaine and alcohol also increased gradually from 2009 to 2014.
Heroin and Other Opioids
Heroin and prescription opioids are widely available in Ohio. Residents and community members identified heroin as the most prevalent and problematic drug in the state in 2015, according to focus groups conducted by the Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring Network (OSAMN).
Across the state, heroin availability increased in the final six months of 2015. Vicodin was the most widely available opioid, but fentanyl was more highly desired by drug users. Pure fentanyl was difficult to find on the street, but it was commonly found in combination with heroin.
Total Number of Unintentional Opioid Overdose Deaths in Ohio
Law enforcement reported that, unbeknownst to buyers, drug dealers were commonly selling heroin-fentanyl mixtures as pure fentanyl or pure heroin. Officials also stated drug dealers were moving to Ohio from other states to sell heroin and that low social stigma associated with heroin use may have influenced its rise in popularity.
Cocaine is readily available throughout most of Ohio, but it's less available in the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus regions, according to OSAMN. Treatment centers reported few admissions for cocaine addiction alone but stated many patients entered treatment after combining the drug with heroin.
Total number of unintentional cocaine overdose deaths in Ohio
2009 220 deaths
Source: Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics
Focus group participants claimed snorting and injecting cocaine were the most common methods of administration and that cocaine was regularly combined with numerous other substances. Users most commonly combined cocaine with alcohol, using the former drug to stay awake after drinking.
Ohio Youth Risk Behavior Survey
The Ohio Department of Health conducts the Ohio Youth Risk Behavior Survey every other year. More than 1,455 randomly selected high school students from 44 public and private high schools completed the 2013 survey, the most recent report available. Alcohol was the most commonly abused drug among Ohio high schoolers, followed by tobacco and marijuana.
Nearly 30 percent of Ohio high school students said they drank alcohol in the past 30 days.
About 16 percent of high schoolers said they participated in binge drinking in the past month.
Nearly 21 percent of high schoolers said they used marijuana in the past 30 days.
About 15 percent of high schoolers said they smoked a cigarette in the past month.
Nearly 22 percent of high schoolers said they consumed a tobacco product in the past 30 days.
About 19 percent of high schoolers said they were offered, sold or obtained an illicit drug in the past year.
Top Cities to Rehab in Ohio
Certified rehab facilities in Ohio are expanding efforts to treat patients with a variety of substance use disorders. Several metropolitan areas and communities are home to support groups that aid individuals affected by addiction, including Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati.
Government Prevention and Treatment Efforts
The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) oversees the state's addiction prevention, treatment and recovery systems. Its mission is to provide high-quality and effective mental health services to Ohioans, and its vision is to become a national leader in implementing high-quality addiction services.
Ohio Coalition of Excellence Designation
The state of Ohio distinguishes community coalitions that utilize local data and evidence-based strategies by recognizing them with the Ohio Coalition of Excellence designation. Organizations that work to combat addiction, violence and suicide are eligible for the designation.
Ohio Drug Courts
Studies conducted by the University of Cincinnati indicate Ohio's drug courts successfully reduce recidivism rates. Ohio is home to more than 100 drug courts designed to end the cycle of recidivism among nonviolent drug offenders. Participants adhere to stringent requirements and supervision while receiving substance abuse treatment.
Specialized Docket Program
The Specialized Dockets Program, created by OhioMHAS, provides additional funding for drug courts and programs that target parents affected by addiction. In 2015, OhioMHAS dispersed more than $4 million to programs designed to treat addicted offenders and keep families together.
Addiction Treatment Program for Court-Involved Individuals
In 2014, Ohio began a specialized treatment program for drug-court eligible offenders addicted to opioids. The program gives offenders access to medication-assisted treatment at behavioral health care facilities in the communities of 13 counties.
Therapeutic Communities in Prisons
Six correctional facilities in Ohio contain specialized therapeutic communities that provide residential treatment for addiction and other related conditions. During a normal day, inmates visit with a clinician, participate in group therapy and attend cognitive-behavioral therapy classes in a prison community separate from other inmates.
Ohio Stepping Up Initiative
OhioMHAS supports the national Stepping Up Initiative, which aims to decrease the number of people with mental health disorders in jails. The state cooperates with local organizations and leaders, including sheriffs, community leaders and other stakeholders, to direct offenders with mental health disorders to treatment when possible. Twenty-three Ohio counties have passed resolutions supporting the initiative.
Driver Intervention Program
Courts in Ohio can sentence first-time offenders convicted of driving under the influence to a Driver Intervention Program instead of a mandatory three-day sentence. The program teaches offenders the consequences of alcohol and drug use, the effects of substance abuse on driving, the science of addiction and ways to find treatment and resources for addiction.
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Task Force
The Ohio Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Task Force was created in 2003 to encourage pregnant mothers to abstain from alcohol. The task force comprises state officials, educators, health care providers and caregivers of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Ohio outlawed smoking tobacco in public places when it passed the Smoke-Free Workplace Act in 2006. The state helps citizens quit smoking by providing the Tobacco Quit Line, a resource that makes its callers five times more likely to quit smoking than those who try to quit cold turkey. The Department of Health also provides free brochures and posters to raise awareness about the dangers of smoking upon request.
Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Programs
Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Programs were created to provide prevention, treatment and education to African American and Hispanic citizens in Ohio. OhioMHAS funds 13 programs to meet the needs of minorities affected by substance abuse throughout the state.
The Ohio Drug-Free Safety Program rewards companies that implement policies to reduce workplace alcohol and drug abuse with a workers' compensation discount. The program is designed to help businesses prevent workplace injuries by incorporating anti-alcohol and drug abuse efforts into safety programs.
Ohio High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration classifies the five counties containing Toledo, Cleveland, Akron, Canton and Youngstown as the Ohio High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. Eight task forces in the HIDTA work together to reduce organized drug trafficking and violence in the region.
Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities
Each county in Ohio operates an Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Board that develops and manages mental health and addiction services. The Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities supports the county boards on the state level and provides a networking platform for multi-county collaboration.
Start Talking!
Start Talking! is an initiative spearheaded by Gov. John Kasich to encourage parents, caregivers and teachers to talk to children about the advantages of abstaining from alcohol and other drugs. The program provides tips and tools for starting the conversation with youngsters.
Prescription Drug Abuse Action Group
The Ohio Department of Health formed the Prescription Drug Abuse Action Group to gather statewide data, analyze existing policies and develop recommendations for reducing prescription drug abuse. The group also hosts regional forums and a statewide symposium to raise awareness and share strategies.
Prescription for Prevention Campaign
The Department of Health launched a media campaign called Prescription for Prevention: Stop the Epidemic to increase understanding about the dangers of prescription drug abuse. The campaign comprises public service announcements and the distribution of brochures and fact sheets. It also promotes awareness of drug disposal sites throughout the state.
Statewide Community Resources
Grassroots and nonprofit organizations in Ohio strive to reduce substance abuse, addiction and other mental health disorders in the state. Several organizations represent community interests on the state level and provide networking platforms for local organizations.
National Alliance on Mental Illness of Ohio
The National Alliance on Mental Illness strives to improve the lives of people with mental health disorders and to support their families and friends. The Ohio chapter of NAMI advocates for people with mental health conditions and advises committees and task forces in the state. The group comprises 55 community-based affiliates.
Drug Free Action Alliance
The mission of the Drug Free Action Alliance is to promote health and wellness by preventing alcohol and drug abuse. The organization's message is aimed at children and adolescents, but it also works with older populations. The nonprofit creates initiatives to prevent substance abuse though a variety of collaborations and partnerships.
The Statewide Prevention Coalition Association is a network of coalitions and organizations that collaborate to prevent drug abuse in Ohio. The association hosts six statewide meetings each year. Members have access to discounted resources provided by Drug Free Action Alliance such as trainings, webinars and technical assistance.
The Drug Free Action Alliance partnered with OhioMHAS to create the Ohio Youth-Led Prevention Network. The network comprises drug abuse prevention programs throughout the state. One of the network's notable resources is the OYLPN Youth Council, which creates and delivers educational programs to young people across the state.
Parents Who Host Lose the Most
Parents Who Host Lose the Most is a public awareness campaign developed by the Drug Free Action Alliance to inform parents about the risks of allowing teens to drink alcohol at parties. The program has been replicated across the United States, Canada, and Japan, and it received the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention's Promising Prevention Program award.
Ohio Center for Coalition Excellence
The Ohio Center for Coalition Excellence provides technical assistance, resources and training to community-based coalitions in Ohio. Created by the Drug Free Action Alliance, the goal of the center is to aid communities hoping to create or improve alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs.
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Association of Ohio
The mission of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Association of Ohio is to use dialogue, networking and advocacy to strengthen alcohol, tobacco and drug prevention efforts. The nonprofit represents advocates on committees, organizes initiatives and talks to community and state leaders about issues related to alcohol and drug abuse.
Ohio Behavioral Health Conferences
The Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities and OhioMHAS have hosted several behavioral health conferences. In 2016, the groups hosted a conference focused on opiate addiction and a conference focused on recovery resources for individuals and families. In 2017, the organizations will host a conference designed to improve recovery-oriented behavioral health care systems.
Ohio Recovery Housing
Ohio Recovery Housing is an affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences. NARR developed standards for excellence in recovery housing, and Ohio Recovery Housing is dedicated to creating and operating high-quality sober living environments in the state. The organization comprises sober living homes and halfway houses across Ohio.
Find a Support Group in Your Area
There are hundreds of support group meetings for people struggling with or in recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction in Ohio every day. Support groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous help people trying to achieve sobriety and people who are trying to strengthen their recovery.
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January 13 - An Ariana Afghan Airlines Antonov An-12 crashed near Tor Kach, Pakistan after it ran out of fuel in poor weather. All 51 people on board died.
January 27 - A Myanma Airways Fokker F27 crashed while taking off from Yangon, Myanmar killing 16 of the 45 people on board.
February 2 - Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashes into a mountain near Pagalungan in the Philippines. All of the 104 passengers and crew members were killed.
February 16 - China Airlines Flight 676, an Airbus A300, crashed into a residential area while attempting to land in Taipei, Taiwan. All 196 people on board were killed, in addition to seven on the ground.
March 19 - An Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 hit a mountain near Charasyab, Afghanistan while descending to land. All 45 on board died.
March 22 - Philippine Airlines Flight 137, an Airbus A320, overshot the end of the runway while landing at Bacolod City in the Philippines, plowing through several houses. None of the passenger were harmed, but three people on the ground were killed, and several more injured.
April 20 - Air France Flight 422, a Boeing 727, crashed into a mountain near Bogotx�, Colombia, while attempting to land, killing all 53 people on board.
May 26 - An MIAT Mongolian Airlines Antonov An-24 crashed into a mountain near Erdenet, Mongolia. All 28 people on board died.
June 1 - MetroJet, operated by US Airways, began operations.
July 1 - JAL Express, operated by Japan Airlines, commenced operations.
July 6 - Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport was closed at 1:28am with the lights of its 13/31 runway being switched off. Operation of the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok commenced on the same day, with the first commercial flight landing at 6:25am.
August 21 - an Insitu Aerosonde named Laima becomes the first UAV to cross the Atlantic Ocean, completing the flight in 26 hours.
August 21 - A Lumbini Airways de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed in a mountainous region near Ghorepani, Nepal. All of the 18 people on board were killed.
August 24 - A Myanma Airways Fokker F27 crashed in Manibagi, Myanmar during poor weather. All 44 people on board were killed. It has also been reported that there may have been survivors that were tortured to death by local villagers that thought the aircraft carried military personnel.
August 29 - A Cubana de Aviacix�n Tupolev Tu-154 crashed during takeoff into buildings in Quito, Ecuador. Seventy-five of the 90 people on board died as well as 10 on the ground.
September 2 - Swissair Flight 111, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, crashed into the sea near Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada, due to smoke in the cockpit caused by insulation burning in the shell. All 229 people on board perished.
September 2 - A Permaviatrans Antonov An-26 was shot down by UNITA rebels over Angola. All 24 people on board were killed.
September 25 - A Paukn Air BAe 146 crashed near Nador, Morocco killing all 38 people on board.
September 29 - A Lion Air Antonov An-2 was shot down by LTTE rebels and crashed into the sea off Mannar, Sri Lanka. All 55 people on board were killed.
December 10 - Captain Michael VandenBos of the Snowbirds aerobatic team dies in a midair collision between two CT-114 Tutors during training near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
December 11 - Thai Airways Flight 261, an Airbus A-310, crashed during poor weather near Surat Thani, Thailand. Of the 146 people on board, 102 were killed.
March 6 - Bell Eagle Eye scaled prototype tiltrotor UAV.


The intention of the Women's Meditation Group is to help you incorporate mindfulness into everyday life to reduce stress and find more freedom and joy. We will practice attuning to our mind and body so we can accurately and clearly hear what we need and want. Often, stress, anxiety and depression are rooted in ignoring what we most need.
So let's listen! We will spend time meditating, engaging in mindful experiential practices and grounding exercises to help calm the nervous system. There will be an opportunity for sharing and using your present moment experience as a tool for learning about mindfulness. Each group will include a talk on a mindfulness topic that will help you understand the attitudes and principles that are cultivated through the practice.
The group is limited to 8 women. To uphold the integrity of the group and to help support your meditation practice a 6 week commitment is required and a 3-6 month commitment is strongly recommended. This is an ongoing group that has new material each week (it does not repeat). You can join the group at anytime, space permitting. We sit in chairs during group and you have the option of lying down, sitting on a mediation cushion or chair during the meditation.
Please call Sheila at 818-585-2760 or email sheila@onebreathstudio.com to sign up.