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Dagoun – the Chacha's voodoo deity
The De Souza family is probably the only one of the "Brazilian" families to have its own voodoo (also called "vodun") deity, created expressly to protect them. Dagoun – based on the word "dragon," is a Dan, or snake – a voodoo serpent classified as a Tovodun, or water deity.1 It is linked to Sakpata (or Omolu), the god of smallpox and the earth, of which he is the messenger, and Heviosso (or Xangô), the god of thunder. Dagoun has its own place of worship, followers, ceremonies, and worship hierarchy. Eight other voodoo deities are subordinated to it, which means the De Souza family is in charge of nine altogether.
It is said that when Francisco Félix de Souza arrived in Ouidah, he wore a gold ring on his right ring-finger representing a serpent with thick scales and a diamond for an eye. Those close to him believed he owed his fortune to the serpent fetish on his ring, similar to the Hueda Dan,2 since only a powerful serpent could grant him such wealth.
In an interview in 1994, Prosper de Souza, the De Souza family spokesman, explained that the mortality rate amongst the children of the first Chacha (Francisco Félix de Souza) was very high, so he was forced to adopt a voodoo deity to protect his descendants. A third version of the story, which is consistent with the others, is that King Ghezo gave his blood brother not only the title of Chacha, but also two voodoo deities to protect Ouidah. One was installed at the entrance to the city and the other at its exit. A third was for his personal protection, which the natives called Dagoun because of the ring he wore.3
The fact is that the Dagoun deity indeed began with Francisco de Souza and was worshiped by the slaves under his direct rule. Today, Dagoun is still worshipped by families aligned with the De Souzas, but it remains under that family's authority.
The Dagoun temple is situated a hundred meters from the Singbomey estate on the road leading to the beach, which was the route along which the captives were led at Dom Francisco's time on their way to the slave ships. There is a small plot of land which harbors the temple and the priest's house. The name of the voodoo deity is painted on the wall and at the entrance, alongside a representation of Ayida Wedo, the sacred rainbow in the form of two serpents, a mark of Dan worship.
In the yard in front of the temple there are three trees – an akinhon, an agnatin, and a kpatrima – at the foot of which is the altar for the sacrifices. This consists of three assens – iron objects that take the approximate form of a small umbrella and that represent the manes of the ancestors of the house.4 Alongside these are the representations of the divinities Loko and Hxéli, who protect the house, and Gu (or Ogum), the god of iron and war, protector of blacksmiths and warriors, and nowadays also the protector of drivers and the like. It is here that the ceremonies are held to "feed" the divinities on the days of the Tpkpa market, which takes place every five days.
The temple is around 5 x 7 meters. It is whitewashed and covered with sheets of undulating roofing material. The facade, with two doors and a window, is decorated with paintings representing the serpents of Ayida Wedo, one Abomey parasol, and two hands, one at each end of the serpents, beneath which the words "Chacha" and "Agossu" are written. Beneath the hand at the right of the entrance is a drawing of a stool held up by three small monkeys.
The two serpents – one male with red horns and one female – are drinking water from the same pot after their symbolic journey across the skies. The parasol symbolizes the power of the Chacha in the erstwhile kingdom of Dahomey. The two hands are the hands of the patriarch, representing his ever-readiness to protect his offspring. The three monkeys are covering their eyes, ears, and mouths so they will not see or hear anything in the temple that cannot be repeated.
High on the wall, spanning the whole facade, is a prayer to the Chacha: "Adjido Hossou Kinmandakpa / Agoéé doblahé-doblaé vankolika-kpon Adjanakou klan-klan-ken hoékinmanhouloé / Honanhoun bohôto zan soukpé dokto hôdolankanhouto." It can be translated as: "The first thing is to translate his strength. He is strong, the strongest man. In vain does the hyena stare angrily at the elephant. The crocodile does not eat fish and does not wish to. When someone approaches him with a problem, he helps. Oh, you who help! Even if you are an ant, he regards you as a pearl. He is the chief of the ago [a water-dwelling animal]." The end of the original prayer is not transcribed. Martine explains: "What we don't like any more is the part that goes, 'é plé vi plé no,' which means 'he bought the child and the child's mother.' This has to do with slavery, so we have left it out."
The interior of the temple is divided into two rooms: an entrance hall about 2.5 meters long, which leads to a second room containing the altars, where the deities are worshipped. The walls in the entranceway are decorated with images painted by Ignace de Souza. On the left-hand wall is the Dan tree alongside a boat rowed by Dom Francisco arriving in Ouidah and a serpent snaking out of a kind of grass hut. According to the convent's mythology, this means that the voodoo deity was indeed brought by Dom Francisco from Brazil and not given by the king of Dahomey. On the floor in front of this picture, a small altar contains eight assens corresponding to former priests. On the right-hand wall around a small window is a painting of an elephant, the symbol of Chacha Adjanakou, alongside the tree in the dance ground (sato). On the left-hand side over the door leading to the room containing the high altar is written "Dan Dagoun Aïdohoedo," which is the name of the deity of the rainbow and the serpents that represent it. A drawing of these serpents surrounds the door.
The main room houses the Dagoun altar and the altars of the voodoo deities associated with it. The main altar consists of an earth foundation, forming the base upon which the objects representing the divinities are arranged, as well as others that are in any way linked to them.
There are also two pots, one male and one female, called nazen, which are used to fetch water in the annual voodoo ceremonies. These stand alongside the altars to Sakpata, Gu, Lissa, Hoxo, Heviosso, and Tohossou.
According to Dah Dagoun-non, as the priest is called, Dagoun is not a violent deity, and mainly protects children. It does not provide protection only for the members of the De Souza family, but – he made a point of explaining – "the voodoo deity does continue to oversee and protect the Chacha to the current day, and all his descendants know it and so they are protected." It has a number of worshippers amongst native people and other Aguda families.
The priests and priestesses devoted to this voodoo deity are not allowed to eat crab, oyster, antelope meat or pork. The women wear a blue bead necklace. During ceremonies, the person who is possessed by Dagoun dances and moves about like a serpent, as is the case of all the other Dan deities.
The worship of Dagoun has been under the spiritual authority of Daagbo Hounon, the voodoo high priest, since the conquest of the Hueda kingdom by Abomey. The lord of the sea, he comes immediately after Daagbe-non, lord of Dangbé (the serpent of the elites – while Dan is the serpent of the masses) in the Hueda hierarchy, but above Houessi-non, the lord of Houéssi, a kind of Sakpata, and Zo-non, lord of flames. The Dahomean conquerors, however, changed the Hueda hierarchy and put Hounon at the top, with the royal delegation of Abomey over all others. This reflects, on a religious plane, the political will in Dahomey to open up the kingdom to trade with Europeans, which obviously involved sea travel.
However, Dagoun-non does not have a place of honor amongst the followers of Daagbo Hounon because his voodoo deity is too recent in the religious tradition of Ouidah.5 Daagbo Hounon is responsible for authorizing the annual ceremony in the Dagoun temple, called Xwétanou, and he presides over the commencement and conclusion of the work. This ceremony brings in the eight other voodoo deities under the influence of the De Souza family. According to Prosper de Souza,6 the deities "under his authority" are: Ganlo, Basan, Kpota I, Kpota II, Gbéhouin, and Wèkè, which are all serpents; as well as Gbeulami and Kirminon, which represent Sakpata. For over 50 years, a number of other deities have also been regarded as having links to the De Souza family, namely Ahoho, Dan Dossou, Aglanma, Aloufan, and Nan, all situated in the Brazilian Quarter, as well as Tokpon, installed in Zomaí.7
Daagbo Hounon is not in any way involved in appointing the priest responsible for worshipping Dagoun. He is chosen by the elders of the De Souza family, as has always been customary. The priest in 1996, when the research was undertaken, was Dah Dagoun Nonchéokon, born in 1968. He was enthroned in 1987 by Prosper de Souza after a 20-year gap, when the convent was maintained by followers without the leadership of a priest.
Thanks to Prof. Luís Nicolau (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London/Federal University of Bahia) and Blandine Legonou-Fanou (CNRS-Benin) for the information and clarification about Dagoun and voodoo worship in general.
Hueda is the ethnic group originally from Ouidah.
Previously cited interview with Martine de Souza.
Interview with Dah Dagoun Nonchéokon, chief of Dagoun worship, February 29, 1996, Ouidah, interpreted by Martine de Souza.
Interview with Daagbo Hounon, February 7, 1996, in Ouidah.
Interview with Prosper de Souza, February 7, 1996, in Ouidah.
There is the possibility that the names of the vodou deities may have been muddled, but it has been impossible to verify this hypothesis.
Daagbo Hounon, chefe supremo do culto vodu desde a conquista do reino huêda por Abomé na sua residência no bairro de Sogbadji. Compete ao Daagbo Hounon autorizar a celebração da cerimônia anual do templo Dagoun, chamada "Xwétanou", e é ele em pessoa que preside o início e o encerramento dos trabalhos - 5 de setembro de 1994 - Uidá, Benim
No pátio do convento, bem diante do templo, encontram-se três árvores, um "akinhon", um "agnatin" e um "kpatrima", aos pés das quais está o altar destinado aos sacrifícios - 29 de janeiro de 1996 - Uidá, Benim
No pátio do convento Dagoun, bem diante do templo, encontram-se três árvores, um "akinhon", um "agnatin" e um "kpatrima", aos pés das quais está o altar destinado aos sacrifícios - 29 de janeiro de 1996 - Uidá, Benim
Pátio do convento Dagoun - 29 de janeiro de 1996 - Uidá, Benim
O convento do Dagoun, próximo à Singbomey, é uma pequena concessão que abriga o templo e a casa do chefe do culto. O nome do vodum está pintado no muro e na entrada, ao lado de uma representação do "Aïdôhoêdo", o arco-íris sagrado sob a forma de duas serpentes, marca dos cultos Dan - 29 de janeiro de 1996 - Uidá, Benim
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The 'microbial garden' taking the shine off glaciers
The first ecological study of an entire glacier has found that microbes drastically reduce surface reflectivity and therefore have an impact on the amount of sunlight that is reflected into space.
The research, led by the University of Leeds and published today in the journal FEMS Microbiology Ecology, will help improve climate change models that have previously neglected the role of microbes in darkening the Earth's surface.
Observing how life thrives at extreme cold temperatures also has important implications for the search for life on distant worlds, such as Jupiter's icy moon Europa.
Stefanie Lutz, a PhD student at the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds, and lead author of the study, said: "Our three-week field trip revealed a 'microbial garden' of life forms flourishing in this cold environment, including snow algae, bacteria, fungi and even invertebrates.
"Skiers may have seen snow algae before, but not been able to identify it. They are visible to the naked eye as coloured snow – most often red – and are frequently referred to as 'watermelon snow'."
The study was carried out on the Mittivakkat Glacier in south east Greenland during the summer of 2012, which was the hottest summer and thus the fastest melting season recorded for 150 years.
"Our timing was serendipitous, as it meant we were able to see changes in microbial processes over an extremely fast melting season and observe a process from start to end across all habitats on a glacier surface. This is the most comprehensive study of microbial communities living on a glacier to date," said Lutz.
The research showed that, compared to pure snow and ice, the reflectivity of the glacier (known as the "albedo") can be reduced by up to 80% in places where coloured microbial populations are extremely dense, leading to the darkening of the glacier surface.
Professor Liane G. Benning from the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds and co-author of the study, said: "Previously, it was assumed that low albedo, which is most often measured from satellites, was primarily due to soot or dust. However, our research provides a first, ground-based measure for the microbial contribution to albedo. We have shown that albedo is strongly affected by and dependent upon the development and dominance of microbial communities.
"In future climate scenarios, where even more melting is predicted, it is crucial that we are able to better discriminate between all factors affecting albedo."
Stefanie Lutz and Professor Liane G. Benning are available for interview. Please contact Sarah Reed, Press Officer, University of Leeds, on 0113 34 34196 or email s.j.reed@leeds.ac.uk
The research paper, Variations of algal communities cause darkening of a Greenland glacier, was published in the journal FEMS Microbiology Ecology on 12 June 2014.
The research leading to these results received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme [FP7/2007-2013] under grant agreement n° 262693 [INTERACT] and a University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment grant to Stefanie Lutz and Liane G. Benning.
Stefanie Lutz (centre) and Professor Liane G. Benning (left) collecting a biofilm sample on the Mittivakkat Glacier in Greenland.
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A crazy story happened last week in the Great Britain: 78-year-old Beryl Parsons was supposed to fly to the Canary Islands with her son and grandchildren for a vacation in October, but in June, four months before the flight, she died because of advanced stage of cancer. Her son contacted Ryanair and kindly asked for refund of $388 airfare from London Stansted to Fuerteventura. As you can imagine, Ryanair proved their extremely poor customer relations and denied the refund stating that Mrs. Person "died too early".
Although it was supposed to be the last vacation with her family for Mrs Person, Ryanair didn't show any signs of understanding and quoted their Terms of service stating that the refund is possible only if passanger dies within 28 days prior to the flight and refused to return any money.
This finally made Ryanair show some kindness and they repeatedly contacted Mr Parsons, apologized and refunded the whole price of passanger ticket. Although finally refunded, Parsons family expressed their frustration with Ryanair and stated they will never travel with this company anymore.
We all know it – very cheap flights, but extremely poor customer service and very bad passanger experience, that's Ryanair.


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Liverpool Winger Oussama Assaidi Admits He Is Keen To Leave For Stoke This Summer
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The fleet-footed winger has spent the season on loan at the Britannia Stadium from the Reds, where he has been afforded the chance to play some regular first team football despite suffering with a disruptive injury.
Assaidi admits to having thoroughly enjoyed his time at Stoke and would be willing to discuss an extended stay if an agreement can be reached with his parent club.
"I don't know yet what my future is, but I say always that I'm very happy at Stoke. The manager believes in me, that's what I need," he said.
"He started me against Fulham and I'm very happy I scored and got man of the match as well because if you don't play for seven weeks that's very nice.
"I didn't hear the fans singing 'sign him up' but that's nice that they believe in me and I'm very happy that the fans were singing that.
"I don't know what I can say about it because I'm still under contract at Liverpool and I have to go back, but I'm very happy, we'll see what happens.
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Golden Dust and Sneezes. Welcome to Hay Fever Season 22 Apr 2014
Spring is a favorite time of year for me and I thoroughly enjoy the leafing trees and colorful spring flowers. There is only one problem. My eyes itch and I sneeze a lot during this annual event. Since this year's allergy problems are predicted to be more intense than usual, it's time to revisit pollen's story.
Photo by Paul H. Risk
Pine pollen cones bursting with dust.
>Spring is yellow dust season in east Texas.
Covering cars and outdoor furniture, pollen after a rain often runs in golden rivulets and floats in puddles and ponds. Occasionally you may notice a puff of yellow "smoke" blowing from a pine tree and drifting away on the breeze. Take a close look at the ends of pine branches now and you'll notice clusters of tiny pollen cones. At the slightest touch or breeze they release clouds of yellow pollen. This is the male half of the partnership required to produce seeds in the cones we usually associate with pines.
Pine Pollen is Not Usually an Allergy Problem
Although pines are the most noticeable source of spring pollen in East Texas, they aren't alone. Oaks, maples, and other hardwoods, as well as junipers (cedars) and cypresses are also involved, and most of the sniffing, sneezing, and itchy eyes are due to their pollen. Grass pollen and molds also contribute to the misery. Surprisingly, very few people are allergic to pine pollen even though it's so obvious and heavily produced. Most allergy causing pollen is not easily seen except with a microscope.
A pine seed cone amid spring beauties.
What Does Pollen Do for a Plant?
Most of us have looked into a flower and noticed tiny, pollen covered oval structures called anthers standing on graceful stalks. When a grain of pollen falls on the moist stigma – the female reproductive structure of a flower – the grain swells and bursts. A microscopic tube emerges, grows downward inside the stigma and ultimately makes contact with a waiting cell fertilizing it so that a seed can form.
How is Pollen Spread?
In many flowering plants bees provide major assistance in pollen distribution as they wend their way around seeking sweet nectar and pollen to take back to their nests and hives. As they blunder around in a flower, pollen sticks to their fuzzy bodies and is transferred to a flower's sticky stigma. However, most pollen I've mentioned is wind distributed.
Why Do You Sniff and Sneeze?
When allergy-causing pollen grains enter the membranes around the eyes, inside the nose and lungs, they release a protein that results in the production of histamines and other irritating substances. These chemicals produce the typical allergic reaction of red, itchy eyes, runny nose, scratchy throat, sneezing, coughing, sinus congestion, and sometimes asthma attacks. So off we run to the drug store to get anti-histamines. For most of us, these over-the-counter allergy drugs solve the problem, but some people have to undergo a long series of desensitizing injections under the care of a physician. In rare cases, pollen allergies can be life-threatening. Numerous web sites post pollen and allergy levels specific to your area. One of the best is found at www.pollen.com.
Is Pollen Edible?
Some people think so. Pollen collected from bees is one of the oldest known food supplements, dating back to ancient Egypt and China. In a number of cultures it has been thought to prolong youth, and has been referred to as the "ambrosia of the gods." Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician sometimes referred to as the father of human medicine, used both honey and pollen as healing agents.
Pollen As a Health Food
Pollen contains a complex mixture of antioxidants and other chemicals including vitamins A, C, and E, lycopene, selenium, and plant pigments called flavinoids, along with amino acids and enzymes. Even today there are those who encourage the use of pollen as a health food. Their claims include weight control, allergy relief, greater strength, improved sexual function, slowed aging, and a strengthened immune system. However, reputable scientific studies are lacking to support most of these grandiose claims.
Nevertheless, many health food stores and some pharmacies sell bee products including pollen capsules and tablets. But please note, I'm not recommending that you rush out to buy any of these preparations without consulting your doctor. People allergic to bee stings should be especially careful not to use these products without the guidance of a physician.
Nevertheless, the yellow rain and bursting buds are a clear indication that spring is upon us; a season – along with sneezes – of comfortable temperatures, rebirth, rejuvenation, and beauty. Enjoy it while it's here. Soon it'll be blistering hot summer again.
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Vietnam exports cow feed to Japan, RoK
The Viet Nong Lam JSC operating in the southern province of Dong Nai will continue exporting feed for dairy cows processed from agricultural products to Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) next year.
According to Ho Sau, the company's Chairman of Board, Viet Nong Lam has signed contracts to ship about 36,000 tonnes of feed to the two Asian markets in the first six months of 2014.
The company's dairy cows feed is produced from the fermented stems of corn, corncob, peanut shells and cassava bark under a research project implemented by Ho Sau.
Ho Sau said the company is investing in modern machinery and expanding its plant in order to increase its production capacity to 10,000 tonnes of products per month.
In addition, Viet Nong Lam will carry out research projects towards manufacturing cattle feed from corn, cassava and other farm produce waste, while promoting its new products in domestic and foreign markets.-VNA


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Q: Angularjs Element find both select and input in one call - is the limit a single tag lookup? I have a directive in which I want to find <input/> and <select> elements to bind a blur event to them. I know I this could be done with ng-blur but this question is really about the angular.element selector.
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    elem.find( 'input, select' ).bind( 'blur', someFunction); // doesn't work as input, select returns length 0

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I guess the question is why doesn't the first way work?
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but doesn't say that it's limited to single tag lookups. Am I doing something wrong? Did I miss some documentation somewhere?

A: Obviously we don't have the jQuery API here, so I'm not surprised it's not working. The docs are lacking - also no surprise there either. However, if you look at the source, .find() is nothing more than a wrapper around getElementsByTagName. So - we don't buy ourselves much here. In other words, the compound selector isn't going to work...
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Christa McAuliffe's Lesson Plans Will be Taught in Space
Karen Kiley Published: January 22, 2018
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If you were old enough to remember January 28, 1986 then you know exactly what you were doing the moment you heard the terrible news.
Now, thirty-two years later, New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe, who perished along with her six crewmates aboard the Challenger, will finally have her lost lesson plans taught from space. McAuliffe, was a teacher at Concord High School.
According to the Associated Press, two teachers turned astronauts, Joe Acaba and Ricky Arnold, will carry out some of Christa's lesson plans from the ISS (International Space Station).
What a wonderful way to pay tribute to not only Christa McAuliffe, but also it's a wonderful way to remember:
Francis R. Scobee, Commander.
Michael J. Smith, Pilot.
Ronald McNair, Mission Specialist.
Ellison Onizuka, Mission Specialist.
Judith Resnik, Mission Specialist.
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Yesterday Stewart gave a little talk about Stewdio at Rapier London. Because Rapier's website is a live webcam online visitors were able to peek in and comment via Twitter. You can follow Rapier's tweets at @RapierUK.
This evening Stewart will be showing some slides at Nexus Interactive Arts along with Rumpus Room and Quayola. A fun night of interactive exchange. Check in on the Nexus Twitter feed at @NexusLondon.


A priority of the next provincial government for Temotu Province is to have Anuta represented in its provincial assembly as a separate provincial Ward from Tikopia.
The current provincial demarcation has Anuta grouped with Tikopia as ward 16, a grouping not well received by the people of Anuta.
Returning Officer for Temotu Provincial election Luke Paul Taula told SIBC News this has become an issue since the provincial elections in 2010.
Mr Taula believes, this has come about due to non-performance by previous provincial members who represented the people of Tikopia and Anuta.
But the Returning Officer for Temotu provincial election says the next provincial government must consider this seriously.


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SAM DUNN: Leasehold is a lucrative way to stop people owning their home outright - it's time for a crackdown
By Sam Dunn for the Daily Mail
Published: 20:00 EDT, 1 September 2015 | Updated: 05:47 EDT, 2 September 2015
I did what many people do when they first hear about the concept of leasehold: I scratched my head in disbelief.
It was the late Nineties and an old university pal was buying his first flat - a down-at-heel box in South London - for about £85,000.
He'd qualified for a mortgage, but his lender had phoned him to ask about extending his lease.
Building for the future? Leaseholds are a lucrative way to stop people from buying their own home outright
The building society in question wasn't happy at having just 75 years or so left on it — and wanted him to cough up an extra £4,000 or so.
Worse, the landlord was being difficult and hardly ever bothered to pick up the phone. My friend wondered if I knew anyone who could help smooth things out.
I asked him what on earth he was talking about. As far as I knew, buying a home was a simple contract: you paid your money and got your goods.
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I grew up in an old house in Gloucestershire and had absolutely no recollection of my parents ever being asked to pay money to a landlord. What kind of deal was he getting into, I asked — was it legit?
Only after he explained how it was the most common way to buy a flat, and that it was impossible to buy the freehold, did I get an inkling of the sheer complexity involved in leaseholds.
And my second reaction to the head-scratching is one I still hold: what a lucrative way to stop people from buying their own home outright.
Its history stretches all the way back to the Middle Ages when the first leasehold estates made an appearance.
Powerful feudal families caught on to the idea of keeping hold of their hard fought for land (literally) while trying to generate cash from it.
Enter leasing. It allowed families far, far down in the nation's social classes to work and make a living on the land for set periods.
Meanwhile, they paid for this 'right' to do so - the lease - by giving food and certain services to the owners.
That this concept has endured through the centuries is testament to the power and wealth of landowners.
Today, the appeal of home ownership lies in its name. Buy a property and the freehold grants you the right to do whatever you like (within reason, of course).
Sure, you'll have to deal with maintenance, repairs, difficult neighbours and all the other headaches of ownership - but it's yours. By comparison, leasehold property sells buyers short at every step.
You could even argue that it doesn't make you a homeowner at all. Paying a ground rent to a landlord effectively makes you a tenant.
If you live in a flat, you can be asked to pay for maintenance costs - and see annual rents rise by more than the rate of inflation.
Thanks to the Leasehold and Common Reform Act 2002, more buyers can at least apply to buy their home from a landlord.
But as Ruth Lythe reveals on pages 36 and 49, this can be a fraught process.
It isn't cheap, it's not easy to work out if you're being ripped off and dealing with absent landlords and unhelpful managing agents can be extremely stressful.
Over the past few years, campaign groups have sprung up to try to fight for better rights for leaseholders.
They include Leasehold Knowledge Partnership, the Campaign Against Retirement Leasehold Exploitation and - more radically - the Campaign for the Abolition of Residential Leasehold.
But our postbag continues to overflow with letters from leaseholders telling of terrible struggles with indifferent landlords.
Incredibly, many new homes today are still being built in this way.
In May, we revealed how thousands of houses - many of which are being targeted at first-time buyers - are being sold as leasehold by property firms.
And the numbers are rising, too.
Investment companies are driving huge demand for these types of homes as they have seen it as a way to make a profit from the annual rents the buyers are made to pay.
With so much at stake, I'd argue it's time for a major review of leaseholds and their long-term impact on households.
There simply isn't enough protection in place for leaseholders, despite the sterling work of the Leasehold Advisory Service.
Given the heady mix of property ownership, house prices and matters of wealth involved, perhaps the Government would like to take up the cudgels.
You can ask for a non-contactless card
Yesterday, the maximum spend on contactless cards jumped to £30 from £20.
Though these cards - where you tap your plastic on a reader rather than bash in a PIN - have rocketed in popularity, there are concerns that determined scammers can swipe your card's deals simply by standing next to you in a shop queue.
Consumer group Which? recently warned that data from contactless cards could be easily stolen by determined fraudsters.
Though experts warn that the chances of it happening are very small, you don't have to have a contactless card if you would prefer not to.
While banks and building societies do send out contactless debit cards with current accounts as standard, you can just pop into a branch or call customer services.
Explain that you'd rather stick to a card without the tap-and-go technology and they'll send you a new older version.
Banks have told us they will co-operate, so if you do have any trouble, please let me know.
Beware the shopping credit temptations
From one bit of plastic with a warning to another - but this time the alert is on cost.
Most people understand that store cards are to be handled very delicately.
Huge upfront discounts or 'money off if you buy today!' work only if you clear the debt immediately.
Otherwise, monstrous interest rates of 29.9 per cent will guarantee you're not the one getting the great deal.
But it's all too easy to allow your resolve to pay it off every month weaken - and let a monthly minimum repayment kick in instead. So here's a timely reminder of why you shouldn't.
Number crunching by analyst Moneyfacts shows that a £450 washing machine could cost you almost £1,200 if you make only the minimum repayments.
And that's enough to put anyone in a spin...
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Smiley became a high school teacher and wrote a popular syndicated newspaper column from 1960 to 1985. See images for more information. He died in 1987 at his home in Midland, Ontario. He was predeceased by his wife Sue. They had one daughter, Kim and one son, Hugh. There was an annual Bill Smiley Essay Contest on the Human Spirit open to all Canadian high school students as a tribute to Bill Smiley who was the head of the English department in the Midland High School where he had taught after leaving the newspaper business. He was a graduate of the University of Toronto, in Hons. English and spent eleven years as editor and publisher of the weekly Wiarton, Ontario Echo.


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Schablik most recently served as Division Controller for TriStar Health in Brentwood, Tenn., consisting of 19 entities across Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia. He previously served as Vice President of Finance and Controller at TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., Controller at TriStar Horizon Medical Center in Dickson, Tenn., and Assistant Controller at TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.
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United Replaces Employee Bonuses With a Lottery, Significantly Cutting Payouts
by JT Genter
In recent years, United Airlines has rewarded eligible employees with a quarterly cash bonus of up to $300 if the airline hit certain on-time operational measurements. Now, that bonus is being replaced with a quarterly lottery, with one lucky employee scoring a $100,000 bonus and another 10 employees getting their choice of $40,000 cash or a Mercedes-Benz C-Class, along with a number of other prizes.
United Airlines President Scott Kirby tried to sell the new program on Friday in an internal memo to employees:
The reason for this change goes to the heart of our strategy: offering meaningful rewards will build excitement and a sense of accomplishment with more bang for the buck.
We want every United team member to picture themselves walking home with a grand prize, or driving home in a beautiful car that announces for all to see that you are committed to your success and ours.
Some employees might like the idea of trading a $300 bonus for a chance at $100,000 or one of the 1,360 smaller prizes. However, there are two groups that definitely love this new bonus plan: United's management and shareholders. The new system will serve to cut employee bonuses overall by tens of millions of dollars each year.
A United Airlines spokesperson confirmed that the new system will include the following quarterly prizes:
Prizes Winners per Quarter
$100,000 cash 1
Mercedes-Benz C-Class or $40,000 10
Platinum United Vacations package or $20,000 20
Gold United Vacations package or $10,000 30
$5,000 cash 300
$2,000 cash 1,000
At first blush, this might seem like a rather generous giveaway. However, it turns out be much less than what the airline is currently paying out with its $300 quarterly bonus.
These 1,361 prizes add up to $4.7 million in giveaways each quarter. That's equivalent to about 15,667 employees receiving $300 quarterly bonuses. But per United's 2017 annual SEC filing, the airline employs 89,800 employees. While it's unclear how many of those employees are eligible for the $300 quarterly bonus, it's surely more than 17.4%.
But let's assume that just unionized employees who work as flight attendants (22,676 employees), in passenger service (13,299) and pilots (9,535) are the only ones eligible. Those 45,510 employees would have been eligible to earn a total of up to $54.6 million in bonuses per year under the old $300/quarter system. The new system caps the airline's quarterly bonus costs at $18.8 million per year. That's tens of millions less in employee bonuses.
But wait, there's more. In order for an individual employee to be eligible for the lottery, he or she needs to record perfect attendance. Employees who've had their $300 per quarter bonus eliminated are now incentivized to show up sick for flights in order to get a chance at a prize.
A United spokesperson responded to a TPG request for comment saying that the airline believes "that this new program will build excitement and a sense of accomplishment as we continue to set all-time operational records that result in an experience that our customers value."
However, the reaction is shaping up to be a very different sense of "excitement" than what the airline hoped for. The announcement of this new bonus system has "ignited a firestorm" among front-line employees, according to the Chicago Business Journal. And for good reason.
This article has been updated with information received from a United Airlines spokesperson after publishing.


I have a new film to add to the Fashion Library! I purchased the BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK DVD from Amazon last week. (This time my package was delivered at a reasonable hour.) The film is set to be released this month here in the UK, but I couldn't wait to see it and I just knew it was going to be great. If you have any interest in Fashion, or even if you don't, you need to see this documentary.
BILL CUNNINGHAM is an octogenarian photographer who has been capturing street fashion for the New York Times Style section since 1978. He often photographs celebrities, socialites, and the everyday stylish person. From film makers Richard Press and Philip Gefter, this documentary follows his work, unconventional lifestyle, and interviews featuring the likes of Anna Wintour.
It's so heartwarming to watch the octogenarian ride around New York City shooting street style Fashion from his bicycle. At first, for me there was a sense of melancholy when you learn that he lives alone in a tiny studio surrounded by his life's work. However, Bill's cheerfulness and overall playfulness about his life and career cancels any somber feelings. He's funny and sweet, but most of all he is dedicated to his craft. His passion comes across the screen so clearly that you believe him when he says his only interest are the clothes. You can not watch this movie and not fall in love with Bill. That would be impossible. By the end of the film, I found myself wishing he was my fashionable grandfather and would snap me whenever I came to visit him. Or perhaps take me along to Paris for Fashion week... I would happily carry extra rolls of film for him.


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Harris CEO optimistic about merger, finances as deal with L3 nears completion
Harris CEO optimistic about merger, finances as deal with L3 nears completion, creating nation's sixth-largest defense contractor
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Dave Berman, Florida Today Published 7:15 a.m. ET May 6, 2019
William Brown, Harris chairman, president and chief executive officer, said he is optimistic as the company's $33.5 billion merger with L3 Technologies Inc is nearing completion. The combined company — to be called L3 Harris Technologies Inc. after the merger is complete — will be the nation's sixth-largest defense contractor. (Photo: HARRIS CORP. PHOTO)
Harris Corp.'s CEO says he is optimistic about the future, as his company prepares to complete its merger with L3 Technologies Inc.
The high-technology and defense companies that plan to merge both reported strong financial results last week. Their "merger of equals," announced in October, is expected to be completed by midyear.
With a stock deal valued at $33.5 billion — based on the stock prices when the deal was announced — it's expected to be the largest merger in defense industry history. The combined company — to be called L3 Harris Technologies Inc. after the merger is complete — will be the nation's sixth-largest defense contractor. L3 has about 31,000 employees worldwide, and Harris has about 17,500.
Harris is one of Brevard County's largest employer, with a local staff of about 6,800. The combined company will be based in Melbourne, and that could bring more jobs to the area.
"Alongside strong operating results, integration planning continues to progress well" between Melbourne-based Harris and New York-based L3, "with the teams developing detailed plans to deliver cost and revenue synergies," Harris Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer William Brown said, as he announced his company's quarterly financial results.
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Brown told stock analysts during a conference call that the combined company will "be more competitive as an enterprise because we'll take costs out, be able to bid aggressively, attack businesses, be it more of a full-mission provider. So if anything, I'm more encouraged about the growth trajectory beyond fiscal '19. I do see us doing, I think, quite well as a combined entity once we close and kind of get on with this. So I think it feels pretty good."
Shareholders of both companies approved the merger on April 4.Harris and L3 are awaiting final regulatory approval before the merger can be completed. Among the entities that must give their approval to the merger are the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Union. The U.S. Department of Defense also will review the deal.
Brown said he expects the new L3 Harris "to capture integration savings, improve underperforming businesses and drive long-term productivity gains. Overall, I'm increasingly encouraged and confident that this transformative combination will create substantial long-term value for our employees, our customers and our shareholders."
Brown said one of the positive steps to get the merger completed was his company's deal, announced on April 5, to sell its Virginia-based night vision business to Elbit Systems of America LLC for $350 million in cash. That business develops, produces and supplies night vision technology for the U.S. and allied military and security forces and for the federal homeland security market.
Brown said Harris "proactively initiated" the divestiture of the night vision business "to address potential regulatory concerns," including Harris and L3 combined having a large share of that market.
Brown said the sale of that business, coupled with shareholder approval of the merger with L3, represent "two significant milestones towards completing the transformational merger in mid-calendar 2019." The night vision business sale is conditioned on the Harris-L3 merger being completed.
Trump budget plan a 'positive'
On other matters that Brown discussed during his wide-ranging conference call with stock analysts:
Federal budget plan: Brown said President Donald Trump's budget request for fiscal 2020 and beyond "is a real positive for Harris and the programs that we support, especially in strategic growth areas where we invested in research and development over the past several years and have strong customer positions."
Merger planning: He said plans to merge the two companies are progressing well. During the last six months, the team planning details of the merger "has made significant progress in outlining an operational road map for the combined company to ensure seamless transition on Day 1."
Brown said the team members also are "developing detailed capture plans to achieve the $500 million of cost synergies and, though still early, have identified more than 100 ideas on potential revenue synergies."
Brown said cost savings could come from everything from joint purchasing of material the two companies use to "facility consolidation opportunities."
Optimism increases: Brown said he and L3 Chairman, CEO and President Christopher Kubasik regularly interact with the teams planning merger and company integration details.
"As they get together and share information, brainstorm both in the open area, as well as in the classified area, we're getting more and more encouraged about the set of opportunities ahead of us," Brown said.
New management structure: Harris and L3 plan to announce its post-merger management structure "several levels down," plus the combined company's board of directors, around the end of June.
In a separate conference call with stock analysts, Kubasik said both Harris and L3 "are strong. We have good strategies, good teams. We're growing and performing. You got two companies on the upswing coming together, which should accelerate and result in better performance and that's what we're going to do."
Kubasik said that, "by combining what makes L3 such a special company with the best of what Harris has to offer, I have no doubt we can create a company that is even more agile, innovative and customer-centric, a best-of-breed aerospace and defense technology company that delivers superior value for employees, for customers and for the shareholders."
Strong financial numbers
Harris last week reported strong results for its third fiscal quarter that ended March 29 and for the first nine month of its fiscal year, both for the company as a whole and for its three business segments. The company also raised its projections for the full-year results — known as "guidance" on Wall Street.
• Companywide: Sales up 11% for the third quarter and up 10% for the first nine months, compared with previous-year figures. Brown said the third quarter had "the highest top-line growth we've seen in eight years." Net profits up 24% for the third quarter and 40% for the first nine months.
• Communication systems: Sales up 19% for the third quarter and up 15% for the first nine months. Operating profits up 19% for the third quarter and 17% for the first nine months.
• Electronic systems: Sales up 7% for the third quarter and up 7% for the first nine months. Operating profits up 14% for the third quarter and 13% for the first nine months.
• Space and intelligence systems: Sales up 7% for the third quarter and up 7% for the first nine months. Operating profits up 5% for the third quarter and 6% for the first nine months.
"We're now in the homestretch of fiscal '19, and performing very well and better than our (previous) projections across all metrics: revenue, margin and cash flow, and we're on track for a record year," Brown told analysts. "With our strong year-to-date performance, improving business outlook and growing backlog" of future business, "we're once again increasing guidance across all metrics."
For example, the company is projecting sales to reach $6.72 billion for the full budget year, a 9% increase from the previous budget year.
Brown said a lower tax rate, including benefits from federal tax reform, also helped the company's profits.
In commenting on L3's strong financial numbers, Brown said: "They're knocked the cover off the ball this quarter."
Dave Berman is government editor at FLORIDA TODAY.
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Oregon Republicans to return after a week-long walkout to block a climate bill
The walkout meant Democrats didn't have the quorum they needed to conduct business.
By Umair Irfan Updated Jun 28, 2019, 2:55pm EDT
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Oregon Senate Republicans fled the Capitol in Salem last week to avoid voting on a major climate change bill. They may have succeeded in killing it.
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Update, Friday, June 28: Oregon Republican Senate Leader Herman Baertschiger Jr. said Republicans would return to work at the Oregon capitol on Saturday, ending the week-long walkout. Baertschiger said he confirmed with state Senate Democrats that they did not have the votes to pass their climate change bill. Read the post below, from Tuesday, on why Republicans fled the state.
A top Oregon Senate Democrat on Tuesday flinched in the face of a Republican walkout, acknowledging that there are not enough votes to pass a major bill to address climate change.
"House Bill 2020 does not have the votes on the Senate floor," said Senate President Peter Courtney Tuesday morning in an admission of defeat. "That will not change."
Sen. President Peter Courtney to Republicans: We do not have the votes for the cap-and-trade bill. #orleg #orpol pic.twitter.com/o32P9qW5nY
— Lauren Dake (@LaurenDake) June 25, 2019
The central provision of House Bill 2020 is to institute a cap-and-trade mechanism for carbon dioxide across the state — a mechanism to cut emissions 45 percent below 1990 levels by 2035 and 80 percent by 2050.
It's a long, thorough piece of legislation that mandates carbon emission reductions across the state's economy while accounting for job quality standards and economic equity. And it would make Oregon the second state after New York with a legally binding, economy-wide greenhouse gas reduction target. "There's been incredible work going into that bill," Courtney said.
But according to Rick Osborn, communications director for the Oregon Senate Majority office, Democrats weren't able to muster the votes for HB 2020 within their own caucus.
Oregon Republicans argued that the bill would harm their rural constituents and energy-intensive industries like cement production. They also said they were being bullied by Senate Democrats. And so 11 of them fled the state capitol on Thursday, apparently to an undisclosed location in Idaho, to deny quorum for a vote on the bill.
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Yet the walkout now appears to have been a highly politicized charade, since Democrats may not have had the votes to begin with. "My understanding is that it was known last week, before the Republicans walked out," Osborn told Vox. "[Courtney's admission] is not rewarding Senate Republicans for bad behavior."
Democratic Gov. Kate Brown nonetheless last week sent state police to find the lawmakers and instituted a $500-per-day fine per person for each day they weren't present at a legislative session. "The Republicans are not standing against climate change, they're standing against democracy," she said during a press conference Tuesday.
Republicans had used the moment as an opportunity to appear defiant, with one Republican state senator, Brian Boquist, even threatening police. Lawmakers closed down the capitol on Saturday after receiving credible threats from militia groups in favor of the Republican walkout.
On Tuesday, some of the Republicans in hiding were not sure what to make of Courtney's statement about the votes. And they weren't committing to returning to work either, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting's Lauren Dake:
Sen. Tim Knopp, R-Bend, who is presumably still in Idaho: "We need clarification. What does that mean? Does it mean it's dead until the 2020 session? Is the governor going to take it up in a special session? We need more clarification." #orleg #orpol
Even if Courtney wants to throw in the towel, it may not be easy to kill the climate change bill to bring Republicans back to Salem, as the Oregonian explained:
Although Courtney wields significant power in the Senate, he cannot easily kill the climate bill in order to secure Republicans' return. One possible first step could be for the Senate to vote to send the bill back to a committee but such a vote could not happen without a quorum, meaning at least two Republicans would have to return to the Capitol. Another option that would also require a quorum could be a motion to postpone the bill indefinitely, which under Senate rules would mean the bill could not be considered during this legislative session.
If and when the bill dies, it would be a painful defeat for Democrats, who won legislative supermajorities in both chambers of the Oregon legislature in the last election. Oregon has also been working on carbon pricing policies since 1997.
The concession from Democrats may have been motivated by a time constraint. The Oregon state legislative session ends on June 30, and more than 100 bills, including funding for several state agencies, are at risk of being scrapped.
Democrats have conceded to Republican walkouts before, yielding on major gun control and vaccine legislation. This latest surrender likely means that state Republicans, despite being in the minority, will continue to hold a veto over Democrats' agenda.
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The haunting cacophony as the musicians warm up. The silent moment of anticipation as the conductor raises his hands. Rows of bows dancing in unison. And of course, the music. Everyone, classical music lover or not, should enjoy this experience at least once in their lifetime. Well, guess what Surrey? You're in luck, because the hills are alive… with the sound of the Surrey Youth Orchestra.
They say that music is the language that brings people together. In this case, it's young people between the ages of twelve and twenty… over one hundred of them, in fact!
The Surrey Symphony Society is an institution that has dedicated the last four decades to developing young musical talent. Their three orchestras – Junior Strings, Intermediate Orchestra, and the Surrey Youth Orchestra give young musicians across the lower mainland the chance to nurture their musical gifts through performing and competing internationally. The Surrey Youth Orchestra, currently under the direction of Joel Stobbe, has been a consistent award winner at the Vancouver and Fraser Valley Kiwanis Music Festivals, most recently receiving the 'Most Promising Youth Orchestra' in the under 17 age category. They've performed alongside the West Coast Symphony and received offers to perform at MusicFest Canada.
Next, this group of talented musicians are debuting a free orchestral experience called Space and Time, a commissioned work by Surrey's own Jordan Noble, one of Canada's finest composers. Space and Time celebrates Surrey's unique architectural landmarks. Part One takes place in the Surrey City Hall Atrium and is followed by Part Two at the City Centre Library.
This orchestral event may not take place in a concert hall, but it's guaranteed to be just as magical… if not more so!
Here Comes the Vaisakhi Parade!


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Bush on Livestock Grazing on Public Lands
Joe Feller
The late Joe Feller was a Professor of Law and a Faculty Fellow of the Center for the Study of Law, Science, & Innovation at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.
His areas of expertise included Environmental Law, Public Land Law, Water Law, Property, Law and Science.
For the last 18 years, Professor Feller had engaged in a broad range of activities aimed at reforming the management of federal public lands in the western United States. These activities included administrative protests and appeals, litigation in the federal courts, submission of comments on proposed agency decisions and rules, testimony at public hearings and before legislative committees, and participation in collaborative groups. Professor Feller represented several regional and national environmental organizations in cases before administrative law judges, the Interior Board of Land Appeals, federal district court, the Court of Federal Claims, and the United States Supreme Court. Among his successful litigation was a path-breaking case requiring compliance with environmental laws in the renewal of grazing permits on federal public lands. Professor Feller also represented national and regional environmental organizations in litigation to overturn new grazing regulations that attempt to reverse many years of progress in federal public land law. Before undertaking the study of law, Professor Feller earned a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California at Berkeley and was an Assistant Professor of Physics at Columbia University. After graduating from Harvard Law School, he served as a clerk for Judge Joseph Sneed on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He then worked in the Office of General Counsel of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, where he served as the principal attorney for promulgation of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter (PM-10) in 1986 and 1987. Since 1988 he had taught at Arizona State University, where he was a Professor of Law.
Professor Feller published numerous articles on a variety of topics, including articles on public lands policy, state impeachment procedures, the interplay of federal and state environmental statutes, grazing management, air quality standards, and water law.
Editor's Note: With the Bush Administration's remaining time in office now measured in hours, we asked CPR Member Scholars to remind us of some of the less publicized moments of the Administration's record on environmental issues. Following is the third of several entries that we'll run on CPRBlog before President Bush returns to Texas. Below, Joe Feller discusses Bush Administration regulations on livestock grazing on public lands.
In 2003, the Bush administration developed new proposed regulations to govern livestock grazing on over 150 million acres of federal public land, According to the administration, the new regulations were designed to "improve working relationships" between the government and ranchers and to "protect the health of rangelands." In fact, the new regulations would have repealed some important environmental standards and rendered others unenforceable, removed opportunities for public notice and input, slanted analyses and appeals procedures to favor ranchers over the environment, and made it easier for ranchers convicted of environmental crimes to obtain grazing permits. Career government scientists assigned to draft an environmental impact statement (EIS) on the new regulations wrote that the new regs "will have a slow, long-term adverse impact on wildlife and biological diversity in general," would "reduce the ability of environmental groups and organizations to participate and support wildlife" and "should result in long-term adverse impacts to wildlife and special status species on public lands."
Just three weeks before the proposed regulations were published, the Interior Department replaced the professionals who drafted the remarkably candid EIS with a specially selected team that undertook a rapid rewrite. The rewrite purged the document of all negative information. Two years later, the administration finalized the new rules, which were then promptly struck down by a federal court because they violated environmental laws.
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Hawai'i vs Sacramento State (May 11, 2012)
Sacramento State Baseball 2012
Hawai'i at Sacramento State
May 11, 2012 at Sacramento, Calif. (John Smith Field)
Hawai'i 6 (28-19,8-5 WAC)
Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob
Ventimilia,S 2b 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 0
Aliviado, K. lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
Kitamura, P. ss 5 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 0
Podratz, T. dh 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
George, G. pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bayus, AJ ph 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Bennett, C. 3b 5 2 3 5 0 0 1 0 3
Almadova, B. cf 5 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0
Swasey, Z. rf 5 0 2 0 0 1 9 0 1
Duval, M. 1b 5 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 1
Champion, G. c 5 0 1 0 0 3 3 1 0
Sisto, M. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Longville, D p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harrison, B. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chew, L. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moore, J. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 6 10 6 4 13 35 7 7
Sacramento State 7 (27-23,9-7 WAC)
Higley, Justin cf 6 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 2
Ayers, Andrew 2b 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
Adrian, Hunter lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
Moses, Kyle lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chung, Derrick c 6 1 4 1 0 0 15 2 0
Hoskins, Rhys dh 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
Soto, Will 3b 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 1
Del Grande, David rf 5 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1
Cederquist, Clay 1b 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 0
Chapan, Kasey pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paine, Trevor 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Burcham, Scotty ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 0
Chadwick, Dallas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hoelzen, Tyler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creel, Brandon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Davis, R.J. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nichols, Ty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Score by Innings                        R  H  E
Hawai'i............. 000 004 002 000 -  6 10  3
Sacramento State.... 002 101 002 001 -  7 13  2
Note: 2 outs, 2 runners LOB when the game ended.
E - Ventimilia,S(9); Kitamura, P.(9); Bennett, C.(14); Adrian, H.(3); Burcham, S.(8). DP - SAC 1. LOB - UH 7; SAC 7. 2B - Kitamura, P.(7); Adrian, H.(8); Chung, D.(13). 3B - Higley, J.(4). HR - Bennett, C. 2(2). HBP - Aliviado, K.; Podratz, T.. SH - Ventimilia,S(3); Burcham, S.(10). SF - Ayers, A.(2); Soto, W.(6). SB - Swasey, Z.(9). CS - Ventimilia,S(3); Aliviado, K.(2).
Hawai'i ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Sisto, M. 6.0 6 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 21 24 11 5 67
Longville, D 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 7 5 0 29
Harrison, B. 2.0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 5 1 33
Chew, L. L,2-2 1.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 4 1 12
Moore, J. 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
Sacramento State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Chadwick, Dallas 7.0 5 4 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 25 27 4 5 98
Hoelzen, Tyler 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 8
Creel, Brandon 1.2 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 6 2 1 17
Davis, R.J. 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6 2 0 24
Nichols, Ty W,2-3 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 8 1 3 32
Win - Nichols, T. (2-3). Loss - Chew, L. (2-2). Save - None. HBP - by Creel, B. (Podratz, T.); by Davis, RJ (Aliviado, K.). Pitches/strikes: Sisto, M. 67/49; Longville, D 29/18; Harrison, B. 33/25; Chew, L. 12/11; Moore, J. 5/3; Chadwick, D. 98/67; Hoelzen, T. 8/6; Creel, B. 17/12; Davis, RJ 24/14; Nichols, T. 32/18.
Umpires - HP: Kendall Snyder 1B: Dwayne Finley 3B: Joe Maiden
Start: 3:00 PM Time: 3:05 Attendance: 241
Weather: 94 degrees, sunny
Hawai'i starters: 5/2b Ventimilia,S; 1/lf Aliviado, K.; 9/ss Kitamura, P.; 39/dh Podratz, T.; 18/3b Bennett, C.; 21/cf Almadova, B.; 10/rf Swasey, Z.; 29/1b Duval, M.; 33/c Champion, G.; 24/p Sisto, M.;
Sacramento State starters: 35/cf Higley, J.; 18/2b Ayers, A.; 24/lf Adrian, H.; 6/c Chung, D.; 12/dh Hoskins, R.; 5/3b Soto, W.; 3/rf Del Grande; 13/1b Cederquist; 7/ss Burcham, S.; 17/p Chadwick, D.;
Hawai'i 1st - Ventimilia,S singled to left field (1-1 BK). Aliviado, K. fouled out to c (0-0). Ventimilia,S out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. Kitamura, P. struck out swinging (1-2 FKBS). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Sacramento State 1st - Higley, J. struck out swinging (1-2 FFBS). Ayers, A. popped up to 2b (0-2 FK). Adrian, H. struck out looking (3-2 BBKBFK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Hawai'i 2nd - Podratz, T. walked (3-1 SBBBB). Bennett, C. singled, advanced to second on an error by lf (2-0 BB); Podratz, T. advanced to third, out at third 3b unassisted. Almadova, B. out at first 1b to p (1-2 KFB); Bennett, C. advanced to third. Swasey, Z. struck out swinging (0-2 KSFS). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Sacramento State 2nd - Chung, D. singled to left field (0-0). Hoskins, R. fouled out to 3b (0-2 FK). Soto, W. flied out to lf (0-0). Del Grande lined out to lf (1-0 B). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Hawai'i 3rd - Duval, M. struck out looking (3-2 KFBBBK). Champion, G. struck out swinging (2-2 KKBBFS). Ventimilia,S struck out swinging (0-2 KKS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Sacramento State 3rd - Cederquist singled up the middle (1-2 SBFF). Burcham, S. grounded out to c, SAC, bunt (0-0); Cederquist advanced to second. Higley, J. tripled down the rf line, RBI (0-0); Cederquist scored. Ayers, A. flied out to cf, SF, RBI (2-2 BFBF); Higley, J. scored. Adrian, H. fouled out to 1b (0-0). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Hawai'i 4th - Aliviado, K. grounded out to ss (0-0). Kitamura, P. struck out looking (1-2 KBFK). Podratz, T. grounded out to ss (0-1 K). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Sacramento State 4th - Chung, D. doubled to right center (1-1 BF). Hoskins, R. flied out to rf (1-1 BK); Chung, D. advanced to third. Soto, W. flied out to rf, SF, RBI (1-1 KB); Chung, D. scored. Del Grande grounded out to ss (0-0). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Hawai'i 5th - Bennett, C. flied out to lf (1-0 B). Almadova, B. struck out swinging (0-2 SSS). Swasey, Z. singled to left field (3-2 SFBBFB). Swasey, Z. stole second. Duval, M. popped up to ss (1-2 FFB). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Sacramento State 5th - Cederquist grounded out to 2b (0-0). Burcham, S. flied out to lf (1-0 B). Higley, J. lined out to cf (2-2 BKKB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Hawai'i 6th - Champion, G. struck out swinging (1-2 KBFS). Ventimilia,S walked (3-2 BBBSSB). Aliviado, K. reached on an error by ss (0-1 K); Ventimilia,S advanced to third. Kitamura, P. singled to right field, RBI (0-1 K); Aliviado, K. advanced to third; Ventimilia,S scored, unearned. Podratz, T. reached on a fielder's choice (0-1 F); Kitamura, P. advanced to second; Aliviado, K. out at home 3b to c. Bennett, C. homered to left field, 3 RBI, unearned (1-0 B); Podratz, T. scored, unearned; Kitamura, P. scored, unearned. Almadova, B. struck out swinging (1-2 FBKS). 4 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Sacramento State 6th - Ayers, A. grounded out to p (0-1 K). Adrian, H. doubled to right field (0-0). Chung, D. popped up to 2b (0-1 K). Hoskins, R. singled to left field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI (3-2 BBKSBFF); Adrian, H. scored. Soto, W. grounded out to 2b (1-0 B). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Hawai'i 7th - Swasey, Z. lined out to rf (3-1 BFBB). Duval, M. struck out swinging (1-2 KBKFS). Champion, G. grounded out to 3b (0-1 K). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Sacramento State 7th - Longville, D to p for Sisto, M.. Del Grande flied out to rf (1-1 BK). Cederquist singled to left field (3-2 BKBKFB). Chapan, K. pinch ran for Cederquist. Burcham, S. flied out to lf (2-0 BB). Higley, J. lined out to rf (1-2 BKF). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Hawai'i 8th - Paine, T. to 1b for Chapan, K.. Hoelzen, T. to p for Chadwick, D.. Ventimilia,S grounded out to 3b (1-2 BKF). Aliviado, K. singled to center field (1-2 BKF). Creel, B. to p for Hoelzen, T.. Aliviado, K. out at second c to ss, caught stealing. Kitamura, P. struck out looking (0-2 KSK). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Sacramento State 8th - Ayers, A. lined out to cf (1-0 B). Dropped foul ball, E5. Adrian, H. struck out swinging (2-2 BFBFS). Chung, D. lined out to rf (1-2 KFB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Hawai'i 9th - Moses, K. to lf for Adrian, H.. Podratz, T. hit by pitch (2-1 BF). George, G. pinch ran for Podratz, T.. Bennett, C. homered to left field, 2 RBI (1-1 FB); George, G. scored. Almadova, B. grounded out to ss (1-1 BK). Swasey, Z. flied out to cf (0-0). Duval, M. lined out to p (1-2 SBF). 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Sacramento State 9th - Harrison, B. to p for Longville, D. Hoskins, R. singled to left center (2-2 FBBFF). Soto, W. reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second (1-2 FKB); Hoskins, R. advanced to third on a throwing error by 2b. Del Grande singled to right field, 2 RBI (0-0); Soto, W. scored, unearned; Hoskins, R. scored, unearned. Paine, T. lined out to cf (1-0 B). Burcham, S. lined out to ss (0-2 KS); Del Grande advanced to second on a throwing error by ss. Higley, J. grounded out to 2b (0-0). 2 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
Hawai'i 10th - Davis, RJ to p for Creel, B.. Champion, G. struck out swinging (1-2 BKKFS). Ventimilia,S lined out to 3b (2-1 BKB). Aliviado, K. hit by pitch (1-2 KFF). Kitamura, P. doubled to left field (0-0); Aliviado, K. advanced to third. Bayus, AJ pinch hit for George, G.. Bayus, AJ walked (3-2 BSSBBB). Bennett, C. lined out to cf (2-1 FBB). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Sacramento State 10th - Ayers, A. lined out to lf (1-1 BF). Moses, K. fouled out to rf (2-2 BFBFFFF). Chung, D. singled up the middle (0-0). Hoskins, R. flied out to rf (1-2 SFB). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Hawai'i 11th - Nichols, T. to p for Davis, RJ. Almadova, B. struck out swinging (0-2 KKFS). Swasey, Z. singled up the middle (2-1 FBB). Duval, M. grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b (2-1 BFB); Swasey, Z. out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Sacramento State 11th - Chew, L. to p for Harrison, B.. Soto, W. flied out to cf (0-0). Del Grande grounded out to ss (1-1 BK). Paine, T. flied out to rf (0-1 K). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Hawai'i 12th - Champion, G. singled to right field (2-2 BBKFFF). Ventimilia,S grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (1-0 B); Champion, G. advanced to second. Aliviado, K. grounded out to ss (1-1 FB); Champion, G. advanced to third. Kitamura, P. intentionally walked (3-0 BBBB). Bayus, AJ flied out to rf (2-1 BKB). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Sacramento State 12th - Burcham, S. singled up the middle (0-1 K). Higley, J. singled to third base, bunt (0-0); Burcham, S. advanced to second. Ayers, A. lined out to rf (0-1 K). Moses, K. popped up to ss (0-0). Moore, J. to p for Chew, L.. Chung, D. singled to left field, RBI (2-2 BKBK); Higley, J. advanced to second; Burcham, S. scored. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.


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How Canadian Tire evolved its approach to kids
Holiday work promoting its toy selection and Jumpstart charity brings more "fun" to the retailer's strategy.
By Josh Kolm
Canadian Tire wants to be a place that can give kids what they want this holiday season, including some one-on-one time with Santa.
The Red Door was first used by Canadian Tire as part of its partnership with the Canadian Olympic Committee last year, with a video screen (housed inside a painted-red door at the Olympic village in Rio) providing a live link between Canadian athletes and their friends, families and communities who were in front of another red door back home in Canada.
This past weekend at a Canadian Tire pop-up in Toronto's east end, the Red Door was repurposed to provide children with a live link to "Santa's workshop" in the North Pole. It not only gave kids the chance to take a photo and tell Santa what they'd like this holiday season, but see the inner workings of his workshop.
The Red Door will be brought to more Canadian Tire locations in Halifax, Quebec, Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver between now and Dec. 17. Visitors to the Red Door will receive a special "Santa Beacon" that kids can place in the window to guide Santa to their homes using a flashing light and "jolly technology."
Eva Salem, VP of marketing at Canadian Tire, says the retailer used the Red Door for a smaller set of holiday activations last year, but the response convinced it to expand the program for this year. It also fits with a recent emphasis Canadian Tire has been placing on being a source for products and gifts for kids. Each location will be stocked with brands and toys the retailer has pegged as being among the most popular gifts this year – including Lego, Nerf, Paw Patrol, Star Wars, Barbie and Shopkins – with appearances of characters from those properties appearing in person.
Canadian Tire has long positioned itself as "Canada's store" and as "Canada's holiday store" during this time of year when it rolls out its assortment of lights and decor (it is also currently running content around the holiday collection of its Canvas home decor products). But over the last year -and-a-half, Salem says the retailer has also been trying to add a layer around being "Canada's fun store," focusing more on developing a product assortment and campaigns that speak more directly to children.
"If you think about it, Canadian Tire has always sold things like bikes and skates and outdoor fun and games," Salem says. "We've always played in the kids area and dominated in certain parts of it, but we didn't lean heavily into the toy part of it. We are already about reaching active families that happened to have kids, but we weren't actually doing anything that was specifically for those kids."
Salem says that since adjusting its kids focus, toy sales have grown, as has the positive perception of Canadian Tire as a source of gifts for kids. But the retailer has also changed up the approach to its children's charity, on top of the way it has for toys.
Earlier this month, Canadian Tire also launched a holiday campaign specific to its Jumpstart charity, which aims to eliminate financial and accessibility barriers that may prevent some children from participating in organized sports. The "#GiveAToast" campaign featured actual toasters that burned the faces of Wayne Gretzky, Connor McDavid or Jonathan Toews into the bread. To promote the effort – the first time Canadian Tire has pursued a digital-only approach for a Jumpstart campaign – the hockey superstars each appeared in purposely cheesy videos that poked fun at the idea and themselves.
Salem says the plan was to launch sales a week ahead of Giving Tuesday (which falls on Nov. 28) so the company could make an announcement about its donation to Jumpstart by the time the charity-focused day rolled around. However, all 10,000 toasters sold out within the first day, raising $250,000 for Jumpstart. The company has already begun looking at ways it might recreate that success next year, be it by adding other athletes to the mix or attempting to tap in to other elements of Canadiana that are meaningful to consumers, but can still be funny.
"We knew we wanted to do something that was a little bit different and cheekier for Jumpstart so it might speak to a different, millennial audience," Salem says of the approach, which broke from the more traditional and serious ways the retailer has attempted to drive support for the charity in the past. "The fact that it approached fundraising in a unique and funny sort of way was unexpected, which helped it resonate. The content was also easily shareable and newsworthy, it was why it got picked up by over 160 news outlets in Canada and the U.S. in addition to shares on social."
Canadian Tire worked with Weber Shandwick on the "Red Door to the North Pole" activation, and Community and Touche! led the "#GiveAToast" campaign.
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