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November/December 2005 Elwood McQuaid
Never Miss an Opportunity
The oft-repeated adage, "The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity," has never been more evident than in the Palestinian reaction to Israel's huge sacrifice in giving up its legitimate rights in the Gaza Strip and parts of northern Samaria. Rather than a simple thank you and show of determination to turn the slum that is most of Gaza into a productive, functioning society, there came an outburst of belligerence that would have made Yasser Arafat proud.
Even before Israelis began their traumatic evacuation, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas was issuing a battle cry to the Palestinian Legislative Council in Ramallah. First he called the withdrawal from Gaza simply a preface to further Israeli retreats. Then he claimed Jerusalem as the capital of the new "Palestine." The leader derived great encouragement from ill-advised statements by Western leaders who demanded Israel give up more territory and quicken the pace toward capitulation to Arab and left-wing political demands.
While Mr. Abbas was beating the drum for a move on Jerusalem, the ultra-terrorist Hamas organization and its compadres boasted that the end was near for the Jewish state. Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal called the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and northern Samaria the beginning of the end of the Zionist dream.
Mahmoud Zahar, Hamas's overall leader in the Gaza Strip, added his vision of the future:
Neither the liberation of the Gaza Strip, nor the liberation of the West Bank or even Jerusalem will suffice us. Hamas will pursue the armed struggle until the liberation of all our lands. We don't recognize the state of Israel or its right to hold onto one inch of Palestine. Palestine is an Islamic land belonging to all the Muslims.1
A disquieting element in the terrorists' preparations to move their campaign to the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) is Mahmoud Abbas's resolve not to disarm them and to allow these organizations to continue stockpiling weapons for the fight.
So determined are these terrorists to carry on the battle that they are recruiting women into their military wings and training them to assemble and plant explosives, use missile launchers and mortars, and conduct assault maneuvers. When President George W. Bush, in a weekly radio speech, said the next step after disengagement is to establish a working Palestinian government in Gaza, PA Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei cried foul. Said Bush, "Now that Israel has withdrawn, the way forward is clear. The Palestinians must show the world that they will fight terrorism and govern in a peaceful way."2
Qurei decried the president's call for responsible leadership that would stow the guns and develop Gaza's infrastructure. Instead, he saw the very idea of the PA proving itself a competent manager and peaceful neighbor as a violation of the basic principles of the Road Map plan for peace. His remarks translate into this: Israel must beat a quick retreat to the pre-1967 armistice lines.
In view of these facts, one must conclude that the aim of the Palestinian leaders and their terrorist cousins is to keep Israel retreating under fire until the area is swept clean of Jews from the Jordan to the Mediterranean. In other words, until the Jewish state is driven into the sea.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Charles Krauthammer suggested a sane solution to the post-Gaza quandary: the withdrawal in August from Gaza and areas in the West Bank should end Israeli concessions. Future realities must be based on security, barrier creation, separation, and fortifications.
How will the world react if Israel says, "Enough is enough"? With predictable dismay and anger. Wrote Krauthammer,
Far from Israel getting any credit for this deeply wrenching action, the demand now is for yet more concessions—from Israel. The New York Times called the Gaza withdrawal "only the beginning" and declared sonorously that Ariel Sharon "must also be forewarned" that giving up the West Bank must be next. This is a counsel of folly. The idea that if only Israel made more concessions and more withdrawals, the Palestinians will be enticed into making peace is flatly contradicted by history.3
The Big Prize: Jerusalem
The holy grail of the Palestinian and Muslim quest to conquer Israel and best the Western world is Jerusalem. Although the Holy City is never mentioned in the Qur'an and has been brought into the game of Muslim world domination as merely third behind Mecca and Medina, it is being billed as the big prize in the fight against Israel. It is the place where Palestinians aspire one day to prostrate Israel, put a foot on its neck, and declare victory. By taking the Old City, with its Temple Mount and fabled Western Wall, Muslims intend to reduce the Jewish people to second-class Dhimmitude. Under Islamic sharia law, Dhimmis (Christians and Jews allowed to live in Muslim lands) are subjected to humiliating regulations designed to cause them to "feel themselves subdued" (surah 9:29).
Adolf Hitler's chief propagandist, Joseph Goebbels, was diabolically correct when he said, "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." The big-lie tac-tic was not lost on Yasser Arafat, the late PA chairman and terrorist, when he made the extraordinarily preposterous claim that there has never been a Jewish presence on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem or a significant Jewish attachment to the city. Arafat reinvented history by claiming the Jewish people look for their Temple in the mountains of Yemen—but never mind Jerusalem; they were never there. Furthermore, Palestinians and the Arab world argue that Kings Solomon and David are mythological figures and contend, like Arafat, that there is no proof a Jewish presence ever existed on the Mount.
When confronted with hardcore archaeological evidence disputing their claims, they reply that if Jewry's Temples were in Jerusalem, they were never on Moriah. Or, as the Arabs did recently during digs at the Mount, they destroy the evidence.
But regardless of the magnitude of the lies played to a historically illiterate and willfully indifferent international community, the truth is there. It is no coincidence that one of the greatest adversaries of historical prevarication is the archaeologist's spade. Thrilling confirmations of the Bible's accuracy have again been uncovered in the City of David near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
Archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar has discovered a large palace believed, by its size and architecture, to be that of King David—the same biblical David declared a mythical figure by Palestinian and Arab "scholars." The site also yielded pottery shards and other artifacts dating from the time of David and Solomon, as well as the seal of a prominent government official, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, mentioned in Jeremiah 38:1.
She also discovered the remains of the original Pool of Siloam where Jesus healed the blind man in John 9. The pool, located about 200 yards from the smaller one tourists see today, is huge—about 225 feet long, with a series of steps that go down to water level.
These amazing finds give the lie to the big lie that they never existed. For the patrons of denial in Arab, Palestinian, and liberal theological circles, these confirmations of biblical and historical veracity pose a problem. They dismantle the Palestinian fiction of first claim to the Old City and Temple Mount and bring undeniable clarity to Israel's claim to Jerusalem as the undivided, eternal capital of the Jewish people.
However, like the persistent fabrication of Holocaust denial, the lie will not die. A Palestinian professor of archaeology has already charged Israelis with trying to "fit historical [archaeological] evidence into a biblical context….They have a button, and they want to make a suit out of it."
You figure that one out.
What we can glean from all of this is that a magnificent convergence is taking place before our eyes. On the one hand is the determination of Israel's enemies to achieve the total destruction of the Jewish state, either piece by piece or by military onslaught, and to seize Jerusalem and reanoint it the exclusive domain of another god—Allah. On the other hand is the emergence of undeniable evidence of biblical, prophetic disclosures of end-time events.
Humanly speaking, it is distressing to live in a time when so many evangelical believers shun prophecy. There are at least two overriding reasons for this rather bizarre situation. (1) Many living in the Western world are distracted by the siren song of the materialistic culture of the now. (2) Many are victims of biblical teaching gone awry. Consequently, they lack an understanding of the foundational issues confronting believers in the end-times. Heading the list of erroneous doctrines is Replacement Theology, a fad that has enamored many of our leaders and deprived thousands of Christians of indispensable information, discernment, and corresponding responsibility.
Contrary to what Replacement Theology teaches, the church has not replaced Israel in the ultimate plan of God. To espouse this doctrine of denial is to lose virtually the entire prophetic perspective essential for coping with current events.
The Scriptures are decisively clear. Israel will be at the center of the stage in the end-times:
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it (Zech. 12:2–3).
For believers, these times promise to test the metal of Christian commitment and dedication to our Lord:
But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! (2 Tim. 3:1–5).
However, remaining within the bounds of biblical revelation there is no hint of a doomsday message. For Israel, battered and beleaguered as it may be in the interim, there is a steadfast promise of deliverance and future glory:
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob" (Rom. 11:26).
For believers, there is the moment-by-moment expectancy of being called home in the Rapture:
In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also (Jn. 14:2–3).
In the end, for Israel and believers in the Messiah alike, it will never be said that we've missed the opportunity.
Khaled Abu Toameh, "Hamas: Armed struggle is sole strategy," The Jerusalem Post, August 17, 2005 <www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1124245482858&p=1101615860782>.
Khaled Abu Toameh, "Qurie concerned over Bush remarks," The Jerusalem Post, August 27, 2005 <www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1125109636374>.
Charles Krauthammer, "Gaza pullout should mark end of Israeli concessions," Houston Chronicle, August 18, 2005 <www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/editorial/outlook/3316863>.
Elwood McQuaid is the former Executive Director of The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry and former editor-in-chief of Israel My Glory magazine. He is an author of multiple books focusing on Israel, prophecy, and Biblical teaching.
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Home Culture Film Labor Day: A Mother, a Son, and a Fugitive Play House
Labor Day: A Mother, a Son, and a Fugitive Play House
Director Jason Reitman has been struggling to find his footing since the one-two punch of Thank You For Smoking and Juno. His follow-up efforts have been less meritorious—the critical praise for the narratively cluttered, morally incoherent Up in the Air was a baffling lowlight of 2009. With his latest feature, Labor Day, Reitman has rediscovered some of his storytelling chops. This is unexpected, given how far afield the new film is from his usual territory of situational and satirical comedy. Labor Day, it turns out, is an earnest, character-driven melodrama, with tragedy and thriller jottings in the margins.
True to the film's title, the story unfolds over the 1987 Labor Day weekend in New England. Single mom Adele (Kate Winslet) has been stuck in an anxious, depressive quagmire since her divorce. Her 13-year-old son Henry (Gattlin Griffith) tries to keep her afloat, but is aware of his limitations. Into their lonely, wounded lives comes Frank (Josh Brolin), an escaped convict who pleads for their aid. Hobbled by a leg injury, he asks only for a few hours' sanctuary to rest. In short order, however, hours become an overnight stay, and then a long weekend. Soon, Frank is doing chores and playing catch with Henry, while Adele encourages the man's romantic attentions. Things quickly become complicated, both emotionally and legally, for this ad hoc family.
Labor Day has its stumbles: the plot doesn't go anywhere unexpected, the voice-over narration is pointless, and the ending is ungainly. Yet the film still possesses a straightforward simplicity that is admirable. It doesn't hurt that Winslet, Brolin, and Griffith are all in fine form, their characters outlined in bold, memorable strokes. While inferior to Clint Eastwood's A Perfect World—with which it shares several elements—Labor Day is nonetheless the sort of solid American drama that has become distressingly rare of late.
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Walkeringham  is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 908, increasing to 1,022 at the 2011 census. The parish church of St Mary Magdalen is 13th century. It has one public house: The Fox and Hounds.

Southmoor lodge, employs 29 local people to care for 40 older peoples. It also has a former station house (now a private residence) and a level crossing across Station Road. The end of Station Road is cut off by the River Trent. Walkeringham's housing was extended in the mid-1960s to accommodate the workers of West Burton Power Station. The village also has a small school, which has recently been extended with a new hall (2010).

Toponymy
The place-name Walkeringham  seems to contain an Old English personal name Walhhere, + -ingas (Old English) meaning  the people of . . . ; the people called after . . . , + hām (Old English) a village, a village community, a manor, an estate, a homestead., etc, so possibly 'village of the people of a man called Walhhere.

Walkeringham appears in the Domesday survey of 1086 as Wacheringeham  and as Wacheringham.

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Officials: Armed individual confronted Pueblo County deputies in Monday shooting
Ryan Severance
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Two deputies with the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office shot and killed a person -- possibly the suspect in a bank robbery in Rye that happened last week -- after that individual confronted them while armed at a home in Colorado City.
The sheriff's office said that deputies have been aggressively searching the Colorado City and Rye area the past several days for Dennis Flowers, 66, who was identified last week by the sheriff's office as the suspect in the robbery of the Ent Credit Union in Rye that took place Aug. 16.
Acting on tips from the public, deputies on Monday afternoon searched a home in the Colorado City area for Flowers, but he was not found.
Later in the evening, the sheriff's office said deputies responded to a residence on the 2900 block of Applewood Drive in Colorado City where they were confronted by an armed individual, whom two deputies fatally shot.
While it's believed that the person who was shot might have been Flowers, that has not yet been confirmed by authorities.
The name of the individual has not been released, pending notification of their next-of-kin.
It's unclear why the person was inside the Colorado City home Monday night, but the sheriff's office said the residence is being returned to the homeowners, whom they said have been cooperative.
The deputies involved in the incident were not injured, according to the sheriff's office.
Both deputies have been placed on paid administrative leave, which is standard policy for the sheriff's office during officer-involved shooting investigations.
Their identities have not been released, and won't be until they have been interviewed by investigators.
"My concern is for my deputies and the public and the tremendous burden this gunman placed on them. We will be forthcoming with more information in the days to come," Sheriff Kirk Taylor said in a prepared statement.
The 10th Judicial Critical Incident team -- which includes members of the Pueblo Police Department, Colorado State Patrol, Pueblo County Sheriff's Office, Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the 10th Judicial District Attorney's Office -- is continuing its investigation into the officer-involved shooting. The Pueblo Police Department is leading the investigation.
The CBI, the Pueblo County Coroner and the police department completed evidence recovery at the scene on Tuesday.
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Story Synopsis
Unlike the first five books which are stand-alone novels, Radio Activity starts a series featuring classic rock DJ (and soon-to-be amateur sleuth) Rick Shannon.
The premise: We meet Rick as he's having an early mid-life crisis. He's lived in fifteen cities in twenty years, most recently, Bismarck, North Dakota. He thinks it may be time to change professions. Problem is, Rick has no other marketable skills. He's an unemployed FM rock DJ from a bygone era, an era before play-list consultants and media consolidation, an era when the music mattered.
Just as Rick begins selling off his record collection, a job offer comes from a small station in his home state of Mississippi where a DJ recently stopped showing up for work. A simple night shift, easy money. Rick drives 1,600 miles only to find that the General Manager lied (not that such things ever happen). Rick has to do the morning show and be the program director, or he can stay unemployed. Rick takes the job and sets about fixing the classic rock format. His first rule: No more 'Stairway To Heaven.'
Rick soon discovers an audio tape that might explain the disappearance of the DJ he replaced and he decides to look into the matter. The result is a learn-as-you-go investigation that points to blackmail, murder, arson, and conspiracy. Suspects literally come out of the woods, ranging from a divorcée who rents construction equipment to a former local beauty pageant queen (Miss Tire & Auto Parts) to the station's general manager and the president of a local personal finance business (who has unusual ideas about collateral).
Meanwhile, Rick falls for Traci, the receptionist at the station whose excessive eye make up drives him wild. He soon discovers Traci has theories about the missing DJ and the two of them partner up and start poking around, if you'll pardon the expression.
Realizing he's found his new profession, Rick assumes a false identity: Buddy Miles, PI, naming himself after the one-time drummer for Jimi Hendrix. Rick and Traci quickly find themselves neck deep in a zig-zagging investigation involving insurance fraud, murder-for-hire, major FCC violations, and the peculiar sexual habits of a local businessman.
When the GM starts making not-so-veiled threats about people who don't mind their own business, Rick decides to go for broke and keep asking questions. Is the Dixie Mafia involved? What happened to the missing DJ? Who keeps breaking the window out of Rick's truck? And what is the secret ingredient in the Tater Wads they serve at Kitty's Road Cafe?
Before it's over, Rick has redefined Classic Rock and solved the mystery. Trust me, it rocks.
IT'S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL
I've always loved pop and rock music. I grew up in Jackson, MS, listening to Top 40 stations WWUN ('The Mighty 1590') and WRBC ('Thirteen, WRBC, The Good Guys, Rebel Radio' — RBC stood for Rebel Broadcasting Company, I think). This was before FM was widely used as a commercial band. When the FM band started being used as a commercial outlet it was usually for classical stations. (For an overview history of FM 'underground' radio, read Jim Ladd's 'Radio Waves' or the Washington Post Magazine article from 1/19/03 by Frank Ahrens titled, 'Can XM Put Radio Back Together Again?')
In any event, the way I heard it, a couple of guys from Jackson who had heard this new 'underground, free form' FM radio format in San Francisco (I'm assuming they heard the famous Tom Donahue) brought the format back to Jackson and went to Lamar Life Broadcasting and suggested they give it a try. This became WJDX-FM, among the country's earliest and best free form rock stations — and one of the last, as far as I know. They later changed the call letters to WZZQ-FM and I eventually ended up working on the air just as the station was making a switch from 'free form' to the format that came to be known as AOR (Album Oriented Radio).
Eventually, consultants (starting with Lee Abrams) sold mass market research to radio station management and essentially ruined FM rock radio. The play lists got tighter and the format became more or less Top 40 with a different set of artists, so I moved on.
Flash forward a couple of decades and it occurs to me that I should set a comic murder mystery in the world of 'classic rock' radio. Enter Fitzhugh's All Hand Mixed Vinyl.
Many years ago, I committed a state and a federal crime. I didn't realize it at the time but, as they say, ignorance is no excuse. Here's the 'trailer' I produced for the book.
The crime? I illegally recorded a phone conversation. It lasted about six minutes and thirty seconds. And it's fabulous. Flash forward some years and I decide that, you know what? Crime CAN pay. So I used the tape (verbatim, except for names) as the center point of a blackmail scheme. Not a REAL blackmail scheme, a fictional one. The result: RADIO ACTIVITY. A book that is available for free in the Kindle lending library and is a downright bargain if you just gotta own it.
It's the first of two "Rick Shannon" novels (the second being Highway 61 Resurfaced). The books follow a disillusioned FM rock deejay, a guy who remembers what the radio world was like before deregulation, when rock stations played thousands of songs, not the same 200 over and over and over.
In any event, Rick finds this TAPE… And before you can say, 'I'm sick and tired of hearing Free Bird' Rick has become an amateur sleuth. And, as if that's not enough, Rick and his staff redefine 'classic rock.'
My dear friend (and best-selling writer), Jill Conner Browne said the book is "Fast, funny, and fabulous. This is Fitzhugh's finest, and that's saying a lot!"
Thanks, Jill. Then it was time to write Rick Shannon's next adventure. It opens in Vicksburg, MS and takes us through most of the Mississippi Delta and a lot of blues history. So, what did the New York Times say?
"Fitzhugh's satire isn't subtle, but it's hilarious – and dead on. In sending Rick [Shannon] up and down the Delta in search of Blind Buddy Cotton, Crippled Willie Jefferson, Crazy Earl Tate and the missing tape of their collaboration. . . Fitzhugh treats us to a tragicomic tour of regional black-and-blues history. Fitzhugh, born and reared in Mississippi, has a belly full of feeling for the songs and legends of his Southern musical heritage. But where he really shows his artistry is in his richly comic, warmly affectionate character studies of battered old men with long experience in living – not just playing – the blues."
But my favorite review was from the great music writer, Greil Marcus, who said "A lost tapes mystery — all blues mysteries are lost-tapes mysteries — but unlike the rest, this pays off with a climax so rich you want to hear the tapes as much as the people hunting them down."
You gotta like that!
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Launch of Xenowatch – Wednesday 10 August 2016
The African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), iAfrikan, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees cordially invite you to the launch of Xenowatch, a newly-created platform to monitor xenophobic threats and violence across South Africa.
Over the past decade, around 150,000 people have been killed, injured, or displaced in xenophobic incidents across South Africa. In their efforts to prevent further violence, government, international organisations, and civil society have been hampered by a lack of information on the frequency, location, and causes of such attacks. As a system for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping,Xenowatch will help to address those needs. Relying on crowdsourcing, the platform will allow anyone to freely report threats of violence, past attacks, or active mobilisation using Free SMSs, email or the website.
After verifying reports, Xenowatch will automatically notify the police, international organisations, and civil society of threats, violence, and displacement. By tracking threats, attacks, and responses, the platform will not only serve as an early warning system, but will help to assess the effectiveness of official responses and to identify the triggers of threats and violence.
The platform's success depends on participation from residents and organisations across the country. To improve its effectiveness, the Xenowatch launch will include a presentation of the latest figures of xenophobic events across the country, a demonstration of the platform, and a discussion of its place in making South Africa a safer country for all who live in it.
Wednesday 10 August 2016 at 14:00
The Wits Club on the West Campus @ The University of the Witwatersrand
Please RSVP to Lenore.Longwe@wits.ac.za by 5 August 2016
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Excitement and energy are building toward the Oct. 4 debate with a full slate of activities for students, faculty and staff, alumni and friends, and the surrounding community. This page can be your guide to participating in the rich opportunities ahead of the debate.
All events, times and locations are subject to change. Please check back for up-to-date information.
Debate Week
Friends of Greenwood Library Special Author Presentation with Joel K. Goldstein
7 p.m., Wygal Auditorium Admission: Free, open to the public
Goldstein, a law professor at Saint Louis University, is a renowned scholar of the U.S. Vice Presidency, and author of The White House Vice Presidency: The Path to Significance, Mondale to Biden.
University Convocation with speaker Jim Lehrer
4 p.m., Wheeler Mall Admission: Free, open to the public
Lehrer, the iconic journalist and longtime host of PBS NewsHour, has moderated 12 national debates. The evening of Convocation, Lehrer will also lead a conversation with Longwood's freshman class, which is reading Lehrer's memoir of hosting the debates Tension City as its First-Year Reading Experience assignment over the summer (evening event is for Longwood first-year students only).
Citizens & Leaders: A Century of Iconic Presidential Campaign Photography by the Associated Press world premiere and reception
5 p.m., Longwood Center for the Visual Arts Admission: Free, open to the public
In a joint project in conjunction with Longwood's hosting the Vice Presidential Debate, the LCVA and the Associated Press have collaborated to curate a new collection of historic and revealing photographs from presidential campaigns taken over the last century by the respected news cooperative's legendary roster of photojournalists. Selections in the exhibit are drawn from the elections of 1916-2016. The exhibit will run through Oct. 16 and a conversation with leading photojournalists will take place at noon on debate day (see below).
The Candidate screening
7 p.m., Longwood Center for the Visual Arts
Opening evening of Framing Campaigns: Politics through the Hollywood Lens – a fall film series surveying some of Hollywood's greatest films about political campaigns and elections. Screenings of films ranging from popular comedies to critically acclaimed dramas will run over the course of the semester. A full schedule is available at lcva.longwood.edu/calendar
Cyber Security Summit: Advancing Cyber Security: Key Issues for Citizens and the Next Presidential Administration.
3:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m., Jarman Auditorium Admission: Free, open to the public
A panel of America's leading cyber security thinkers will discuss key issues facing the next president in one of the most important but under-appreciated areas of national security. Panelists include Rhonda Vetere, Chief Technology Officer, Estée Lauder Companies; Rodney Blevins: Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Dominion Resources, Inc.; General (ret.) James Cartwright, United States Marine Corps, former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Dr. Val Rahmani, Non Executive Director, Former IBM Cyber Security Executive. Moderated by PBS Newshour Journalist Roben Farzad. Obligations of Citizens Lecture Series (Departments of Economics and Business Administration).
Debate Spirit Week
A spirited lineup of student-led events will take place across campus.
The Lifetime Reading Plan: Becoming a Citizen of the World
5:30 p.m., Blackwell Hall Admission: Free, open to the public
Michael Dirda, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and editor for The Washington Post Book World, discusses the value of studying literature, writing and languages – particularly during an election year. Obligations of Citizens Lecture Series (Department of English and Modern Languages).
Mock Presidential Debate
7 p.m., Jarman Hall
College Democrats and College Republicans square off in a preview of the issues likely to take center stage during the October 4th Vice Presidential Debate.
The Secret Service Comes to Town
7 p.m., Blackwell Hall
A panel of Secret Service agents will discuss their role in providing security and protection in events such as the Vice-Presidential Debate. Included will be an agent who has provided security in the field to dignitaries such as the President of the United States, an agent who protects the White House and an agent who has worked with the counter-intelligence team. (Department of Anthropology, Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies, Alpha Phi Sigma Criminal Justice Honor Society, Lambda Alpha Epsilon Criminal Justice Fraternity).
Secret Service reveals inner workings in Sept. 26 forum prior to VP Debate at Longwood Longwood.edu
Fun With Big Data: From Predicting Elections to Finding Science Genes
7 p.m., Jarman Auditorium
Princeton University Prof. Sam Wang – renowned data scientist, founder of the Princeton Election Consortium, and one of the nation's most widely followed experts on political polling -- discusses the ins and outs of applying data modeling to national elections. Obligations of Citizens Lecture Series (Department of Math and Computer Science). Sponsored by Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Psychology and HARK.
2016 Student Citizenship Summit
9:45 a.m.-3:15 p.m., Jarman Auditorium Admission: Free, open to the public
More than 600 secondary school students from around the region will discuss civics education and how the democratic process has brought about meaningful change in American history. Keynote speakers will discuss the role of debates in our democracy, and students will interact with the C-SPAN exhibit bus while on campus. A partnership with Scholastic will provide students with unique insight into the role teenagers play in driving the national conversation. They'll also tour R.R. Moton Museum, now affiliated with Longwood, and site of the 1951 student strike which became part of Brown v. Board of Education and helped launch the modern civil rights movement.
Stubbs Mall VP Jubilee Kick-Off Night
6:30 - 10:20 p.m., Stubbs Mall
Click here for information on entrances/exits, what to bring and more.
Student Debate Ticket Selection
7:30 p.m., Stubbs Mall
Seats to watch the debate in person inside Willett Hall will be extremely scarce, but a few lucky students will be selected to receive a ticket from Longwood's small allotment. Afterward, pop sensation MKTO performs to kick off the VP Jubilee debate festival on Stubbs Mall.
Welcome Concert for Students and Volunteers with MKTO
8 - 10:15 p.m., Stubbs Mall Admission: Free, open to the public
Pop sensation MKTO performs to kick off the Debate Festival on Stubbs Mall.
VP Jubilee
12 noon-7 p.m., Stubbs Mall Admission: Free, open to the public
Longwood students invite visitors to stop by to enjoy a steady stream of assorted debate-related booths, activities and musical acts – the hub of campus activity, just steps away from the debate venue in Willett Hall.
En-light(e)ning Talks
1-4 p.m., Lancaster Mall (south side of Lancaster) Admission: Free, open to the public
Longwood faculty offer a series of quick, fascinating and non-partisan TED-like talks on topics from their fields of expertise related to the Vice Presidential debate and election campaign.
Musical Performance by Javier Colon, winner of "The Voice"
1–2:30 p.m., Stubbs Mall
2:30–3 p.m., Stubbs Mall
Mini-Debates
Taste of Virginia Media Picnic
4:30-7 p.m., Stubbs Mall
Welcome for members of the media and credentialed visitors, as well as Longwood faculty, staff and students. Music by the Church Sisters.
Second City - Improv All Stars
8 p.m., Stubbs Mall
The celebrated improv comedy troupe -- which launched the careers of Bill Murray, Chris Farley, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and many more – performs live.
Debate Day
Civil Rights Walking Tour
10 a.m., R.R. Moton Museum Admission: Free, open to the public
Explore the rich civil rights history of Farmville and Prince Edward County on a newly developed guided walking tour. The tour, facilitated by Longwood Prof. Larissa Smith Fergeson, departs from the Moton Museum on the south end of Longwood's campus.
First Amendment Field
10 a.m., 800 Griffin Boulevard, Farmville, VA 23901 (Adjacent to R.R. Moton Museum)
In a celebration of freedom of speech and expression, Longwood is providing a space for speakers from all walks of life to make their views heard. Participants will sign up for 10-minute speaking slots on the stage on First Amendment Field.
Details & Registration Here
Citizens and Leaders – a Conversation on the Art of Presidential Campaign Photojournalism
12 noon, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts Admission: Free, open to the public
A one-of-a-kind public conversation with highly accomplished photojournalists about the art of capturing democracy at work in the contest for the quadrennial contest for the most powerful office on earth. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Citizens & Leaders: A Century of Iconic Presidential Campaign Photography by the Associated Press. Featuring Santiago Lyon, vice president and director of photography for The Associated Press, and Michael Mergen, Longwood assistant professor of photography and veteran campaign photographer.
20 Ride, Zac Brown Cover Band
Longwood faculty offer a series of quick, fascinating and non-partisan TED-like talks on topics from their fields of expertise related to the Vice Presidential debate and the 2016 election campaign.
Jazz Combo Performance
The Increasing Power of the Vice Presidency – A View From The Inner Circle
4 p.m., Martinelli Room, Maugans Alumni Center Admission: Free, open to the public
Longwood and the University of Virginia's Miller Center present an inside look at the office of the vice president and its emergence as a center of power in recent administrations. Panelists: Roy Neel, former chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore; Eric Edelman, former assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Finland, and Undersecretary of Defense for Policy; Jared Bernstein, former chief economist and economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden; and Barbara Perry, Director of Presidential Studies at the Miller Center. Journalist John Harris, of Politico, will moderate.
Trivia Contest
7–9 p.m., Stubbs Mall
Live coverage of pre-debate activities.
Alumni Watch Parties
9 p.m., regional locations
Watch Party Kits are being distributed to over 130 alumni volunteers and their families to host watch party events in their homes around Virginia and the world on the night of the debate.
Campus Debate Watch Party
Longwood students, faculty, staff and friends will join together on Stubbs Mall for an outdoor viewing of the debate broadcast. Students will receive a commemorative Longwood debate scarf! Limited souvenir debate blankets available!
Post-Debate Breakfast & Music
10:30 - 11:15 p.m., Stubbs Mall
As the debate winds down and Spin Alley revs to life, a late-night breakfast will be served while live music plays on the Stubbs Mall stage.
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Goodness - it must have been snapped up quickly as the advert was only dated yesterday. It was in Oldham, Greater Manchester - and free of charge!
No, @TopCookie - I'd be really lucky if I could squeeze in a 1-ft tank in addition to my own tank; definitely no way of squeezing a 7-ft tank in.
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We've been getting excited about Halloween and have been searching the internet for some of the best ideas online. Here are some of the tastiest recipes out there.
Simply double (or even triple) the quantities if you have a large gang of trick-or-treaters to feed.
Preheat the oven to gas 7, 220°C, fan 200°C. Put the passata and olive oil in a pan and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes, or until thickened.
Empty the pizza base mix into a bowl and stir in 100ml (3 1/2fl oz) warm water. Mix to a soft dough, then tip out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 minutes, or until smooth. Roll out the dough to roughly 24cm (91/2in) in diameter. Transfer to a large, greased baking sheet and turn up the edge of the base for a crust. Leave to stand in a warm place for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, thinly slice 8 olive halves lenthways into 4 to make 32 legs for the spider (each spider has eight). Dice two more olive halves to make eyes for the mozzarella ghosts.
with the salami and arrange the torn mozzarella in ghost shapes (with room to spread). Position the remaining olives, cut-side down, and arrange 4 spidery legs on either side.
1 minute, before adding the reserved olive eyes to each melted mozzarella ghost. Serve immediately.
Pour the vodka into a measuring jug and add the food colouring, a drop at a time, until you have a good black colour.
Take 4 tall, narrow glasses and divide the orange juice between them. Add 1 tsp of grenadine to each glass, this creates a cool sunrise effect. Using the back of a spoon slowly and carefully pour the black vodka onto each of the drinks in turn, it will sit on the top in a neat layer. Serve immediately with a liquorice twist in each glass.
These garish, grinning monster cupcakes may look inviting, but beware, at the centre of each cake is a gory, strawberry surprise.
Preheat the oven to gas 3, 170°C, fan 150°C. Line a cupcake tin with 12 large, paper cupcake cases. Using a hand-held electric beater, beat the caster sugar and butter together in a mixing bowl for several minutes, until really light and fluffy. Whisk in the eggs, one at a time. Fold in the flour, milk and vanilla and divide the mixture between the paper cases. Bake for 13-14 minutes, until pale golden and slightly bouncy when pressed. Transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool.
To make the frosting, slowly beat the butter and icing sugar together in a mixing bowl, then beat with a hand-held electric beater at high speed for 3-4 minutes, until very light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla, food-colouring gel and milk to form a thick, airy icing, adding extra food colouring as needed to create a shade of garish green. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a small, star nozzle.
Using a small knife, cut a plug out of the top of each cupcake, removing half a teaspoon of the cake from the top. Drop in a small teaspoon of strawberry jam and replace the cake 'lid' on top. Repeat for each of the 12 cupcakes.
Working slowly in circles, starting from the outside, carefully pipe tiny peaks of icing all over the surface of each cupcake. Repeat until each cake has a 'hairy monster' covering.
Slice 3 of the liquorice sticks across into discs (8 per stick, making 24 discs in all). Now divide 25g (1oz) of the white icing into 24 small marble-sized balls, rolling them to shape. Sit a liquorice disc on each icing round and press down, bringing the white icing up at the edges to create a monster eye. Sit two on each cupcake.
Slice the remaining liquorice sticks into fine lengths and use as angry eyebrows and mouths. Shape the remaining 5g (1/4oz) white icing into little triangular 'fangs' and sit these on the mouths to make scary faces.
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Corporate Headshots Newcastle… I recently worked with the team from Moir Landscape Architecture over at their Islington office. The brief was to update their staff headshots and company photos with a natural style showing their personality and fun nature as a company, whilst still maintaining a professional feel. The images were used on their website to create a consistent and personable feel to their online presence. Your website is the face of your brand. It is often the first point of contact for potential clients and by having a fresh and modern feel, including headshots, that represent your brand you will always be one step ahead of the competition.


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Powerful SCDOT Commissioner Took Bribes – But Never Acted On Them?
Another South Carolina corruption case leads nowhere … for now, anyway.
The bizarre story of former South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) commissioner John Hardee took its strangest turn yet this week when the federal government admitted it had no case against the son-in-law of S.C. senate finance chairman Hugh Leatherman.
At least on bribery charges …
Hardee took bribes from a "cooperating witness," it was revealed … the government just couldn't prove he did anything in exchange for them.
"The government acknowledges that it cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt, or by a preponderance of the evidence, that Hardee performed 'an official act' in exchange for a bribe or kickback, nor can the government prove that Hardee ever intended to perform an official act in exchange for a bribe or kickback," a sentencing memo submitted by U.S. attorney Sherri Lydon noted.
Hardee did, however, attempt to obstruct justice as agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probed his financial exchanges with the cooperating witness.
From Lydon's memo …
Cooperating Witness 1 (CW1) provided information that he had provided bribes and kickbacks to public officials in exchange for the award of government infrastructure contracts. CW1 claimed he had paid money to Hardee, then a member of the SC Department of Transportation (DOT) Board of Commissioners, in exchange for contract awards. Although CW1 produced records of multiple payments made to Hardee during his tenure as a DOT Commissioner, CW1 was unable to identify any project that he had been awarded based upon his payments to Hardee. CW1 agreed to assist the FBI in their investigation of Hardee. CW1 then made monitored and recorded telephone calls to Hardee, warning him of a potential FBI investigation into the payments.
Initially, Hardee instructed CW1 to claim that the payments to him were for an unrecorded loan. Then Hardee changed his mind and told CW1 to claim that the payments were for previous work Hardee performed for CW1's business. Hardee and CW1 had multiple recorded conversations about the payments and how best to explain them to the FBI. Eventually, Hardee agreed to meet CW1 in the parking lot of a local restaurant to discuss the payments. During the meeting, CW1 indicated that he was not sure he could convince the FBI of Hardee's story because of emails between CW1 and Hardee showing the payments were not for a loan or payment for old work. Hardee then instructed CW1 to destroy the emails before the FBI could find them. The meeting between Hardee and CW1 was captured on audio and video recording. Hardee's instructions to CW1 to destroy emails and correspondence between him and CW1 form the basis for the federal charges against Hardee.
Lydon argued in her memo that the case against Hardee "warrants prosecution if only to deter other individuals from attempting to interfere in federal investigations," however she acknowledged her office "cannot prove Hardee's underlying actions were illegal."
Those actions were "distasteful," she wrote, but per the U.S. supreme court they were "lawful so long as there is no official action."
Hardee spent two terms on this hugely influential panel – first from 1998 to 2007 and then again from 2014 to 2018. During that time, Hardee was dogged by obvious nepotism criticisms but also allegations that his company received preferential treatment on state contracts.
(Via: FITSNews)
More fundamentally, Hardee and his fellow commissioners have made an absolute mess of infrastructure in the Palmetto State.
"The SCDOT commission was atrociously managed for years by Hardee and his cronies – with political considerations, not infrastructure priorities, dominating the panel's decision-making," we wrote back in January. "Sadly, lawmakers have continued to pump more money into this same failed structure while doing very little to enhance accountability when it comes to infrastructure spending."
Lawmakers are continuing to pump money into this broken bureaucracy, including receipts from the state's ever-escalating gasoline tax – which climbed by another $0.02 per gallon on July 1.
As for the case against Hardee, the acknowledgment by Lydon that her office cannot prosecute him on bribery charges represents a rare swing-and-miss for the crusading U.S. attorney. However, the Hardee case was initiated prior to Lydon taking office last May.
Our view? We do not blame Lydon, but the revelation that yet another shady South Carolina leader is avoiding consequences for unethical/ illegal behavior is disheartening … and further erodes the public trust Lydon has been working so hard to restore.
For those of you interested in viewing the record, here is the filing submitted by Lydon …
(Via: U.S. District Court)
So … does the investigation into Hardee represent the extent of the feds' interest in corruption at SCDOT?
Because the last time we checked there was plenty of it to go around …
We do not know the answer to that question, although it is interesting that Lydon's memo referenced the "cooperating witness" as providing information related to alleged bribes and kickbacks related to public "officials."
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Each vinegar has a different flavour, since during the conversion of alcohol into acid the valuable flavours from natural starting substances are preserved. Wine vinegar is solely produced out of wine and is said to be a specialty of the fine cuisine. Spirit vinegar is made of spirit from agricultural products. There are also blends offered, e.g. wine/spirit vinegar, which are made up of one quarter of wine and three quarters of spirit. It has a fresh, sour taste and especially matches with salad. Fruit vinegar is mainly produced from apple wine, whereas its fruity note is due to the apple content. It especially suits for tasty salad dressings and for the sweet-and-sour pickling of fruit. Balsamic vinegar is becoming more and more popular due to its mildness and its varied options for use.
Vinegar is described in the Standard EN 13188:2000	(Vinegar - Product made from liquids of agricultural origin - Definitions, requirements, marking) which can be ordered from the publishing house Beuth.


Our professional day care centre is available free of charge to members of Splash Health Club Leidseplein. We work with a select group of permanent staff to ensure that children are happily settled with familiar faces surrounding them while you are working out.
The day care centre is opened from 9:00 – 14:00 hours and on Sunday from 10:00 – 14:00.


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Das Prüfmittelmanagement (auch Prüfmittelverwaltung, PMV) ist Bestandteil des Qualitätsmanagements. Es zielt darauf ab, die Qualität, Zuverlässigkeit, Einsatzfähigkeit und -bereitschaft der Prüfmittel in einem Unternehmen sicherzustellen und zu erhalten. Durch die Überwachung sollen Prüfmittel zu jeder Zeit die geforderten Leistungen erbringen können. Damit ist das Prüfmittelmanagement eine Methode zur Erhöhung der Prozessfähigkeit.

Die Norm EN ISO 9001:2015 fordert im Kapitel 7.1.5 die Einführung eines Prozesses, der die Eignung und Funktionsfähigkeit der Prüfmittel sicherstellt.

Zusammenfassend organisiert das Prüfmittelmanagement die Beschaffung, den Einsatz und die Überwachung der Prüfmittel.

Die Beweislastumkehr bei der Produzentenhaftung veranlasst den Hersteller von Produkten, sicherheitsrelevante Merkmale zu prüfen, das Ergebnis zu dokumentieren, und zusätzlich den Nachweis zu führen, dass auch die verwendeten Prüfmittel einer regelmäßigen Überwachung unterliegen.

Ohne die Prüfmittelüberwachung könnten Hersteller im Schadensfall nicht den Nachweis führen, dass alles in der Macht stehende getan wurde, um ein Versagen des Produktes zu verhindern. Die Prüfmittelüberwachung reicht zwar allein nicht aus, ohne sie ist dieser Nachweis aber niemals schlüssig zu führen.

Siehe auch
 Qualitätsprüfung
 Qualitätssicherung
 Genormte Qualitätssicherung
 Messmittelüberwachung

Literatur
 Edgar Dietrich: Messmanagementsystem / Prüfmittelmanagement, Kapitel 31 in: Tilo Pfeifer, Robert Schmitt (Herausgeber) Masing Handbuch Qualitätsmanagement, Carl Hanser Fachbuchverlag München Wien, 6. überarbeitete Auflage (2014), ISBN 978-3-446-43431-8

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Preheat your Yoder Smokers YS640 Pellet Grill to 350ºF, set up for indirect cooking.
Coat a Lodge 12" Cast Iron Skillet with the two tablespoons of unsalted butter. Arrange the cubed brioche in a single layer. Sprinkle in half of the white chocolate, caramel chips and cinnamon. Add the remaining brioche and top with the remaining white chocolate, caramel and cinnamon.
Combine the ingredients for the custard and whisk well to combine. Pour the custard over the layered bread and let rest for at least 30 minutes, but no more than 24 hours.
Cover with the lid and bake 25 minutes. Uncover, turn the grill up to 400ºF and bake until set, and lightly browned, another 30 minutes.
While the bread pudding cooks, prepare the Bourbon Caramel Sauce. Combine the Dulce de Leche and butter in a sauce pot over medium-low heat. Bring to a simmer for one minute, whisking. Remove from heat and add bourbon. Return to heat and reduce for 1 minute. Set aside.
Serve the bread pudding topped with Bourbon Caramel Sauce.
I made this yesterday for Thanksgiving dessert and it was a hit. I served with whip cream and ice cream. I will definitely make this again. FYI – the cranberries are left out of the detailed instructions.
I made this last night for Thanksgiving dessert and it was a huge hit. FYI, the dried cranberries are left out of the detailed instructions.
Bread pudding is one of my weaknesses. I'm thinking of making this, but the amount of egg and milk in the custard seems terribly underwhelming compared to most recipes I've seen. Is it the amount of egg/butter in the brioche that makes the difference?
I baked two loaves of Classic Brioche (King Arthur) which happened to end up 14oz each. When I made this recipe, I was concerned about the limited amount of custard. I don't like solid block, hard packed bread pudding, but it was so skimpy I actually made 1.5x the recipe. I also added apples with no caramel or white chips. In my opinion this needs 2x-3x the custard and I would recommend gently mixing the bread and custard in a bowl. I also made my own caramel sauce (a thinner version of caramel topping I use for ice cream.


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Tencent surveilled foreign accounts to hone its censorship chops, U of T finds
By Martin Patriquin May 8, 2020
The Chinese internet services conglomerate, which owns the country's instant-messaging platform WeChat, has extended its documented surveillance to private WeChat messages from accounts registered to foreign mobile numbers, according to a study from the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab. (The Logic)
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Talking point: "We found that documents and images transmitted among non-China-registered accounts were analyzed for Chinese political sensitivity," reads the report. The ensuing intelligence "is being used to facilitate the censorship apparatus that is applied to China-registered WeChat accounts." Tencent, whose WeChat has over a billion monthly active users in China, didn't respond to the researchers' queries.


I want to share an observation that I've had while working with some of my customers. Whenever a business gets a new type of product, it often involves integrating a different component into their IT system. In the SAP integration world, there are a lot of new tools that you may want to add, which will need to be mixed in with your existing applications. Until recently, you have probably had only one ERP system, but now we're starting to see a lot more systems — both cloud-based and integration tools, that need to be dealt with. And the question is, who is supposed to be maintaining these systems?
In my experience with customers, I'm not being called in because their in-house developers don't have enough to do, I'm being hired because they have enough work already, and now the organizations are trying to figure out how to integrate new tools into their system while maintaining the current workload. Most of the time, there is a new tool that needs to be implemented, and people think that their developers should be able to continue doing what they've always done, plus magically deal with this new shiny object! But that's not always how it works.
If you've been in this situation, and your organization has worked to implement new tools on top of the regular workload, please feel free to post about it in the comments.
Most of the time, organizations call in consultants to help figure out how to use a new tool, although it seems a bit strange to me that they would bring in someone from the outside to help, when it is the internal developers who know how the system works and who need to be able to maintain it.
About five years ago, one of my clients had only one developer maintaining all their integration work; but today, they have a team of four or more developers working full time to maintain their system, keeping the tasks up to date, etc. There are always challenges with more complex tools and new needs from the business that need to be considered and integrated. For example, if you're getting API Management from SAP, you might logically think this is integration work, and would be aligned with the Integration Department. However, API Management is a different tool with a different skillset and a different kind of expertise required to make it work right. Consequently, departments need to carefully consider how this new component will work with existing components, and who is best suited to do the development and integration work of the new tool. Careful planning is needed to understand how you can best tie all the pieces together.
I have to put in a plug here: my company, Figaf, has a product called the IRT which we have created for testing PI systems. It is a new tool built to work with tools you already have. IRT is used in testing to help you figure out where new tools will best fit in and work together with your existing systems, and hopefully save you time and effort.


Great Barrington, Mass. – Berkshire Boxing Club, which began nearly three years ago as a 'floating' boxing program has a permanent home at 72 Stockbridge Road in Great Barrington (the former Gans Bedding). The brick and mortar space will open its doors to the public on Friday, Apr. 19. There will be a grand opening party on Friday, May 24 at the gym, from 6pm-8pm. Refreshments will be served and there will be an opportunity to see live exhibition sparring. Everyone is welcome.
Berkshire Boxing Club offers a well-rounded training program for beginners as well as seasoned boxers who are hoping to compete. Genève Brossard, Berkshire Boxing Club's head coach and founder, has been running a grassroots boxing program here in the Berkshires for nearly three years in a variety of locations, training boxers for everything from non-contact fitness to competition. Prior to teaching in the Berkshires, Brossard (who began boxing training at Gleason's gym in 1999) was a New York Golden Gloves and State Empire Games Champion. She was an athlete on the USA Elite Women's Boxing team in 2006 and represented the US at the Pan American Games. She also was the first woman to represent the London-based Lynn Boxing Club, fighting the European elite amateur circuit for two years and finishing her boxing career as a London Amateur Boxing Association tournament finalist in 2010.
In addition to boxing classes—novice, youth Olympic-style, intermediate, competitive—the Club will offer strength and mobility training, functional fitness, athlete recovery yoga, sparring, one-on-one sessions, guest seminars, exhibition fights, and other unique events.
You can get more information on the Berkshire Boxing Club (including class times and open gym hours) by going here. To reach out directly email info@berkshireboxing.com. Berkshire Boxing Club is also on Instagram @berkshireboxingclub and Facebook (Berkshire Boxing).


Severe weather can come at any time of the year, but in the spring and summer in our area, it is usually in the form of damaging winds, thunderstorms, and sometimes even tornadoes. The best way to protect yourself during severe weather events is to plan ahead and be prepared.
Follow these simple guidelines now before severe weather comes our way.
. Learn about the types of hazardous weather that we may experience (i.e. lightning, hail, thunderstorms, flash flooding, damaging winds, and tornadoes). Know the difference between a severe weather advisory, a watch, and a warning.
Create a Plan and Practice It.
Think about different scenarios and plan how you will respond if an emergency weather situation arises.
Build an emergency and first aid kit with basic supplies you can use if the power goes out or someone sustains an injury.
Know how you will receive and share information in an emergency.
Make sure your important emergency contacts are in your mobile phone and written down somewhere in case you lose your mobile phone or the battery is exhausted.
Know how to reach your utility companies to report an outage.
If you have to take shelter at home or work because of a tornado warning, determine where is the safest place to be.
Weather affects everyone. Being prepared for severe weather saves lives. Start your planning now.
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SAAZ Music uses SAAZ Music Circle to showcase talents for any ages or abilities through regular small concerts. We also hold our Annual Celebration of Indian Classical Music which includes many of the world's best artists teaching and performing around the UK, using our SAAZ Music Circle links, with details spread using our Facebook, Twitter, email list, and our website. Find SAAZ Music on Facebook and Twitter as 'SAAZ Music Circle'.
What is the SAAZ Music Circle?
We have set up an Indian music circle to encourage and nurture performers in the East of England region. The SAAZ Music Circle will be open to everyone - students, teachers and anyone who is interested in performing and listening to Indian classical music. Whenever possible we will also invite accomplished musicians from outside the region to give special performances.
Why is the SAAZ Music Circle being set up?
Although there are teachers and many students there are few opportunities to develop performance skills and experience. There are also few places in our region where we can go and listen to Indian classical music on a regular basis.
How often will the SAAZ Music Circle meet?
Our aim is to meet once every two months.
Where will the concerts be held?
We are looking for venues in the Herts and Beds regions. If you have a venue that can accommodate about 20-50 people please let us know.
The Circle will be open to all students of all levels (beginners to advanced), teachers and anyone who else who is interested in performing Indian classical music. We also want to develop an audience base and so if you are interested to come and listen please do contact us.
How much time will the performers have and how long will the concerts last?
As we want to encourage as many performances as possible, each performer will typically have 10 min. if you want more time just let us know. More time will be given to specially invited artists. What is important is that we encourage as many performers as we can. The concerts will last between 1 and 1.5 hours depending on the number of performances.
We would like the showcases to be free but we hope you can make a voluntary donation towards the running costs.
You can support this initiative in many ways - performing, coming to listen, volunteering to organise one of the Circle concerts as well as offering a venue. Most importantly we need your support to make this initiative a success.


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 Flint River (Apalachicola River) in Georgia
 Flint River (Shiawassee River) in Michigan
 Flint River (Tennessee River) in Tennessee und Alabama


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Home UK English Jehovist
Meaning of Jehovist in English:
Jehovist
Pronunciation /dʒɪˈhəʊvɪst/
another name for Yahwist
'The Hexateuch is a composite work whose origin and history may be traced in four distinct stages: A writer designated as J. Jahvist, or Jehovist, or Judean prophetic historian, composed a history of the people of Israel about 800 B. C.'
'According to this notion, the Pentateuch was written much later than the time of Moses, by at least four different writers or groups of writers, commonly identified now by J, E, D and P (standing for the Jehovist, Elohist, Deuteronomist and Priestly documents, respectively.)'


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Located in Indiana, U.S., Lebanon City Council approved Mayor Sherry Capello's request to replace sodium vapor bulbs with LED streetlights, reported Lebanon Daily News.
The new LED bulbs have a lifetime about four times longer than conventional bulbs, and consume 50% to 75% fewer electricity, is capable of reducing greenhouse emissions, and require less maintenance than conventional bulbs.


As Per Mar Security Services' senior manager of technical services, Kevin Link oversees the company's tech services and centralized service dispatch departments. Link has been with Per Mar for 22 years. In late October, he talked with Security Systems News about the security panel he has at home.
I have a [Honeywell] VISTA-21iP, with tuxedo keypads and utilizing the home automation with it with door locks, thermostats, light switches, garage door control.
We've been a Honeywell dealer for quite a few years—that's what led me to Honeywell. But, getting into the 21iP: so it could be monitored easily over IP with cellular back-up, and also because the tuxedo keypads have the Z-Wave controller built into them … making it easy then to incorporate Z-wave devices into the security system.
It would probably be the … life safety devices; the smoke detectors, the carbon monoxide detectors—the things that can monitor my premise whether I'm at home and get us out if need be, or get the authorities out there if something goes wrong and we're not at home.
I think going to voice commands to a device in your house that will arm your system, run scenes for you—kind of like they're doing with the Amazon Alexa today, in some scenarios, some of the integration—I see that [increasing].


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Blades And Sleds = Sledge Hockey
In continuing with my examination of other forms of hockey, I go back to the ice for this next sport. Thanks to the Olympic Games, this sport has developed a huge participation rate for people with disabilities. I am talking about ice sledge hockey. Sledge hockey will be featured in Vancouver during the 2010 Paralympic Games from March 12 to March 21, 2010. This sport rivals ice hockey in the intrigue and drama, and the athletes are just as gifted. And, of course, there are powerhouses and also-rans.
First, some history on the sport and the Paralympic Games.
The Paralympics are open to athletes with physical and sensory disabilities, including those with cerebral palsy, mobility disabilities, visual disabilities and amputees. The name "Paralympics" derives from the Greek word "para," which means "alongside," in reference to the competition being held in parallel with the Olympic Games. Winter host cities have has the privilege of hosting both Games since 1992, when Albertville, France became the first city to stage both the Olympics and Paralympics.
Of all the sports played in the Paralympics, only sledge hockey and wheelchair curling each consist of a single tournament. These sports are open to those with lower-limb disabilities.
Ice sledge hockey was invented at a Swedish rehabilitation centre in the early 1960s, when a group of athletes with a disability decided they wanted to continue playing hockey. The Swedes took two regular ice hockey skates and built a metal frame - a sledge - to fit on top, with enough room for the puck to pass underneath. Using short poles to propel themselves along the ice, the men played the first ice sledge hockey match outdoors on a lake south of Stockholm. By 1969, Stockholm had a five-team ice sledge hockey league.
Ice sledge hockey debuted at the 1994 Paralympic Winter Games in Lillehammer, and medals have been awarded since its inclusion to the Paralympic Games.
So how is it played? Sledge hockey follows the same rules as ice hockey, having been set by the International Ice Hockey Federation for Olympic play. However, there are a few adjustments that have been made.
Sledge hockey players must sit themselves atop the sledge, propelling themselves around with two shortened hockey sticks that have picks on the butt-end to grip the ice. The other end has a curved end to be used as the stick for shooting and passing. There are six players per team on the ice, and 15 team members make up the sledge hockey team. Normally, there are two goaltenders included in the 15 players, along with nine forwards and four defenseman. A regular game consists of three 15-minute periods.
Rather than retyping all the rules for sledge hockey, I will direct you to this handy Adobe Acrobat document containing the rules of sledge hockey. It is highly informative.
As I stated, there are powerhouses in the sledge hockey world. Norway has won a medal at all four Olympic sledge hockey events since the 1994 Paralympics, collecting a gold medal in 1998 at Nagano, and three silver medal finishes. Canada has medalled three times: gold in 2006 at Torino, silver in 1998 at Nagano, and bronze in 1994 in Lillehammer. Sweden has also medalled three times: gold in 1994 at Lillehammer, and bronze in both 1998 at Nagano and 2002 in Salt Lake City. The United States is the only other nation with medals, having won gold in 2002 at Salt Lake City and bronze in 2006 at Torino.
However, there are other countries who have participated. Great Britain, Italy, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Japan, The Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Russia, and South Korea all have sledge hockey teams.
Of course, there are stars in the game as well. Billy Bridges of Canada is regarded as one of the best sledge hockey players in the world. He has spina bifida, but that hasn't slowed him down one bit. Born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Billy moved to Guelph with his mother, Mary. It was there that Billy got his start in sledge hockey in 1996 with the Kitchener Sidewinders organization at 12 years old. Astoundingly, Bridges made Team Canada at age 14. He holds the record for being the youngest player ever to be selected to Canada's National Sledge Hockey Team. He currently lives in Oakville, Ontario with his fiancée.
Overall, the growth of sledge hockey in both the Paralympic community and in the non-disabled community has been astounding. Like wheelchair basketball, there are non-disabled people joining this community as a new challenge. Below is a video of the 2006 gold medal winners from Torino, the Canadian Sledge Hockey team. Take a look at the game, and tell me that it isn't just as action-packed as regular ice hockey.
Sledge hockey is certainly a growing game. And I am proud to have profiled this game on this site. Look for it at a local rink near you!
Labels: accolade, equipment, history, IIHF, Olympics, profile, sports science, World Championships
The Dark Ranger said...
I had no idea!!! We all get so caught in our fantasy pools, home team, injured reserved players, etc. And you cover topics that hockey lovers should all be aware of.
Thank you! A great post.
CKim said...
Omg, that looks awesome! I wanna play!!!
Teebz said...
CKim - I want to try it out too. I'm hunting for a local group in my city so I can test it out. I promise to have video if I happen to find a group willing to let me test out my "skating legs". :o)
TDR - I had no idea about how in-depth it was either. I only got word of it due to a friend whose cousin is paralysed from the waist down, and was looking for something to do as a sport. His friend is now playing sledge hockey, and that led me to my article.
Jibblescribbits said...
My mother works with paraplegics, and people with spinal injuries, and in fact a lot of my family has worked with those patients for a number of years. I am always interested in these kinds of things...
This is really cool, and you do it appropriate justice. Great stuff Teebz.
jsreisch said...
I play with my son. Besides it being a wonderful father/son activity, it's awesome excerise for developing upper body and core strength as well as balance. Socially it's interesting as well since typically it's played with/against teams with a great variety of skills and disablities yet is intrinsically physical. One has to be considerably more in-tune of these factors than your average game of AB (able-bodied) shinny for your team to be successful.
Here in Ottawa we have 7km of ice on the canal that runs through our city. I've found it to be a very efficient way of moving on the ice since you're not scrubbing off energy moving your feet side to side and given your aerodynamic position. It must be very freeing for someone with mobility issues.
Anyway, I highly recommend trying the sport if you get a chance (give it some time because like AB skating it takes some practice) and everywhere I've gone they're a great bunch of people.
Jeff, thank you for your comment. That is a fantastic comment, and I am linking your blog. Please post often. I am truly interested in this sport, and have been beating the amateur groups here in my city to find a novice group I can join.
Thanks, Jeff. And good luck!
crip-coach said...
Ottawa Valley Bandits Novice division - we play every sun 130pm till 330pm at Jim Durel arena in Ottawa. Pop by and watch an amazing group of kids. If any one wants to try it out - bring a helmet. New member this year is a little darling "k" at age 4yrs her smile says it all. I am humbled by every players progress. (4 to 24yrs) Feeling old at 40 - I am a cripcoach -on the ice -wouldn't have it any other way.
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What Is Spirulina Used For?
Nutrition in Foods
By Joanne Marie
Kelp Vs. Spirulina
What Are the Benefits of Eating Rosemary?
Spirulina & Digestion
Chlorella Vs. Chlorophyll
Why Is Spirulina Good for You?
Spirulina is a type of blue green algae. These tiny, one-celled organisms are actually bacteria, not algae, but because they live in water, contain chlorophyll and are a blue-green color, they were originally classified as algae. Also called cyanobacteria, blue green algae such as spirulina are extremely high in protein nutrients. Besides being nutritious, spirulina may have additional benefits for your health.
Spirulina grows in both fresh and salt water and is often found in tide pools, coral reefs and alkaline lakes. It also does well in poor environments such as cold water under ice packs and hot springs. Spirulina has been a food source for thousands of years, and was important to the Aztec people of South America and to ancient peoples of Africa. It is exceptionally nutritious and contains all of the essential amino acids. A 100-gram serving of fresh spirulina provides almost 6 grams of protein, about 2.5 grams of carbohydrate and a very small amount of fat.
Spirulina is also packed with healthy vitamins and minerals. It provides several B vitamins, including thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B-6 and folate, and is also extremely rich in beta carotene, a precursor for vitamin A that your body converts as needed. Spirulina also contains calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and a small amount of zinc. In addition, iron in spirulina may be more easily absorbed by your body than iron from vegetables and meats, possibly because a blue pigment in the organism, called phycocyanin, forms a complex with iron that promotes its absorption.
Consuming spirulina may improve your exercise tolerance and metabolic efficiency, according to a study in the January 2010 issue of "Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise" in which subjects who consumed spirulina had increased exercise performance and improved fat and carbohydrate metabolism, compared to a placebo group. Spirulina may also help manage your blood cholesterol and improve your health if you have Type 2 diabetes, according to a clinical study in the Winter 2008 edition of "Nutrition Research and Practice." The study found that subjects with Type 2 diabetes who consumed 8 grams of spirulina daily for twelve weeks had lowered blood lipids, blood pressure and markers of inflammation than a placebo group. The authors suggest that spirulina may be a useful functional food for managing diabetes. Sloan-Kettering also says that spirulina may have anti-cancer properties, although clinical research is needed to confirm this.
Spirulina is generally available as a supplement at health food stores, either as a loose, dried product or capsules. Although no recommended dose has been established, doses used in clinical studies range from 1 to 10 grams taken daily. Spirulina is considered safe and without significant side effects. However, do not consume it if you are pregnant or breast-feeding. Spirulina may contain microcystin, a contaminant that can cause serious liver and kidney problems, so only choose products that have been certified free of contamination. Do not self-treat any condition with spirulina. Discuss its use with your doctor to decide if it might be helpful for you.
Encyclopedia Britannica: Blue-Green Algae
National Agricultural Library: Nutrient Data for Seaweed, Spirulina, Raw
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Blue-Green Algae
Nutrition Research and Practice: A Randomized Study to Establish the Effects of Spirulina in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients
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Calif. Settles Battle Over LEP Testing
By Mary Ann Zehr
The San Francisco school district agreed last week to settle a lawsuit against the state of California by backing down from its refusal to give a state-mandated test in English to all students who aren't proficient in the language.
Three other California districts were also a part of the 1998 suit, which asked the state to permit the districts to exempt any students with limited English proficiency who had been in their districts for less than 30 months. But the 61,000-student San Francisco district was the only one to defy the state by not giving the standardized test—the Stanford Achievement Test-9th Edition—while the issue remained unresolved.
Parties on both sides of the dispute said they had approved the settlement and were pleased with its provisions. The agreement averted a trial, which had been scheduled to begin this week. As of late last week, the agreement had not yet been signed, however, and so had not yet been made public.
The other districts that joined San Francisco in the suitBerkeley, Oakland, and Haywardalso agreed to the settlement.
"We all got what we needed," said Rae P. Belisle, the legal counsel for the state board of education, which is a defendant in the lawsuit, along with the California education department and the state schools chief. "What the state wanted was for all children to be tested. I think the harm that many school districts thought would happen didn't, and it's a nice time to put the issue behind us."
Mary T. Hernandez, the president of the San Francisco school board, who voted for the agreement in a school board meeting last week, called the settlement "a reasonable compromise."
"The agreement puts parents in charge, in consultation with local educators, in deciding when a limited-English- proficient child can be fairly tested," she said.
Legal Modifications
Central to the settlement, according to Ms. Hernandez, was the state school board's willingness to modify a rule that restricted districts from advising students' parents of their option to ask for their children to be exempted from the test unless the parents broached the topic first.
Under the agreement, a sentence that San Francisco officials consider crucial will be added to the existing regulations concerning the state's Standardized Testing and Reporting program: "A school district and its employees may discuss the STAR program with parents and may inform parents of the availability of exemptions. ..."
The settlement also will restore to San Francisco $640,000 in state funding that California had withheld because of the district's refusal to abide by the statewide testing policy.
In addition, Ms. Hernandez said, the agreement addresses the districts' concerns that the scores of LEP students would be used unfairly against students, schools, or districts.
As part of the settlement, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine Eastin agreed to caution educators in writing against using the scores as the sole basis for making decisions about student placement. In addition, the state has agreed to consider student progress on a new state English-proficiency test if a school or district falls short of state requirements for LEP students' improvement on the Stanford-9, according to Ms. Hernandez.
Ms. Belisle, the lawyer for the state board, declined to call those changes "concessions," instead saying that "the districts wanted some clarification, and I think the new language helps that."
The agreement in California comes as states are being pressed by the U.S. Department of Education to comply with a federal requirement under the Title I program that LEP students be included in state assessment programs.
California officials and experts on LEP students said it was hard to predict the impact of the state regulatory change designed to give district officials more freedom to discuss test waivers.
Kenji Hakuta, a professor of education at Stanford University and an expert on the education of students with limited English skills, said an increase in the number of parental waivers from the test could make it less reliable as a gauge of such students' performance as a group. "If you have a significant proportion of parents who seek waivers for their kids, the information is really compromised," he said.
A central argument of the lawsuit was that the state test wasn't valid for LEP students because it wasn't designed for them. Mr. Hakuta agrees with that argument. ("LEP Testing Controversy Plays Out in Calif. Court," Nov. 15, 2000.)
"Unless the state comes forth with a better plan for testing children, more parents will opt out, and that will create the ultimate pressure to be more responsible to these children," said Patricia C. Gándara, a University of California, Davis, professor of education who specializes in the study of LEP students. She also opposes the state's policy of testing all such students.
Already the state is having to deal with a problem of a high percentage of parents of LEP students at some schools seeking waivers from the test, according to Douglas Stone, a spokesman for the California education department.
But there's an incentive for districts to advise parents not to opt out, he added.
Under the state's accountability system, schools receive rewards of up to $150 per student, and $1,600 per staff member, if they meet targets for academic progress and the state's requirements for participation in test-taking. The education department disqualifies schools from receiving awards if the group of students taking the test fails to reflect the schools' overall demographic makeup.
Vol. 20, Issue 12, Pages 1, 13
Published in Print: November 22, 2000, as Calif. Settles Battle Over LEP Testing
"Ed. Dept. Warns States To Comply With Title I Rules," Nov. 22, 2000.
"Arizona Curtails Bilingual Education," Nov. 15, 2000.
"Calif. District Found To Violate LEP Rights," Oct. 11, 2000.
"Cause of Higher Calif. Scores Sore Point in Bilingual Ed. Debate," Sept. 6, 2000.
"Educators Wary of Test Rules for LEP Pupils," April 26, 2000.
"Calif. District Criticized Over Services for LEP Students," March 29, 2000.
"Calif. Schools To Report LEP Students' Scores," Nov. 17, 1999.
"Scoring Glitch Clouds Impact of Prop. 227," July 14, 1999.
Read a recent editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle, "S.F. Schools Pass a Big Test," Nov. 20, 2000.
California's Standardized Testing and Reporting program posts a summary report of all LEP students' 2000 standardized test results.
The English for the Children enforcement project provides an analysis of the state standardized test results in select districts, showing increases by LEP students from 1998 to 2000.
California Department of Education offers English Learner Resources.


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