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Аркадий Гаврилович Ткачёв () — советский борец классического стиля, чемпион и призёр чемпионатов СССР, призёр чемпионата мира, мастер спорта СССР (1953).

Биография
Увлёкся борьбой в 1950 году. Участвовал в восьми чемпионатах СССР. Член сборной команды страны в 1952-1963 годах. В 1963 году оставил большой спорт. После этого работал директором спортшколы в Астрахани.

Спортивные результаты
 Чемпионат СССР по классической борьбе 1952 года — ;
 Чемпионат СССР по классической борьбе 1954 года — ;
 Чемпионат СССР по классической борьбе 1955 года — ;
 Классическая борьба на летней Спартакиаде народов СССР 1956 года — ;
 Чемпионат СССР по классической борьбе 1958 года — ;
 Классическая борьба на летней Спартакиаде народов СССР 1959 года — ;

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Борцы по алфавиту
Чемпионы СССР по греко-римской борьбе
Обладатели Кубка мира по борьбе
Борцы среднего веса


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21 illegal immigrants arrested in North Bay
News // Bay Area & State
NORTH BAY Homes, restaurants searched in Vallejo, Vacaville, Hercules
Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sep. 20, 2008 Updated: Feb. 9, 2012 9:38 a.m.
Federal agents have raided three Bay Area homes and two restaurants, arresting 21 undocumented immigrants who had been working at the establishments and living in squalor, authorities said Friday.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents searched homes in Vacaville, Vallejo and Hercules on Wednesday as well as King's Buffet on Orange Drive in Vacaville and the Empire Buffet on Sonoma Boulevard in Vallejo, both Chinese restaurants.
Authorities are also investigating a second outlet of the Empire Buffet in San Pablo. That restaurant wasn't searched because it never opened Wednesday, most likely because agents had already rounded up its workers, said spokeswoman Virginia Kice of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Authorities said 13 suspected undocumented immigrants had been found at the Chinese restaurants and the other eight had been found at homes owned by people linked to the establishments. One person was released on humanitarian grounds; the rest are to appear before federal immigration judges.
The workers were crammed into small rooms or garages with makeshift walls and mattresses on the floor at the homes on Park Street in Hercules, Purple Sage Drive in Vacaville and Glacier Court in Vallejo, authorities said. The homes were infested with rodent droppings, agents said.
The owners of the Vacaville and Vallejo homes have been identified but have not been charged, Kice said. She said the investigation was continuing.
The case began in May 2006, when someone called to report suspicious activity at the Vacaville home. Neighbors reported that residents of Chinese descent were being "picked up early in the morning from the residence and not returning until late at night," immigration Special Agent Jose Ochoa wrote in an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Sacramento.
Vacaville police went to the home and found 21 mattresses, receipts from King's Buffet and evidence that 30 people had been living there, wrote Ochoa, whose agency took over the investigation.
Investigators said they found evidence that some of the restaurants' undocumented workers were being paid in cash and that their wage information had not been reported to the state Employment Development Department, as required by law.
"No business, regardless of size, type or location, is immune from complying with the law," Daniel Lane, assistant special agent in charge of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigations office in Sacramento, said in a statement. "All too often, illegal alien workers are exploited in some fashion by the businesses that hire them, and that is unacceptable."
Nine of the undocumented immigrants arrested Wednesday are from China, five from Mexico, three from Guatemala, two from Indonesia, one from Singapore and one from Honduras.
Henry K. Lee
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He studied premed at UC Berkeley before graduating with a psychology major and was a reporter and editor at the Daily Californian student newspaper on campus.
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Each time that screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman team up, they create a singular female character that walks onscreen feeling fully formed and armed with lots to say. First it was Ellen Page's precocious pregnant teen in "Juno," then it was Charlize Theron's perpetually perturbed author Mavis Gary in "Young Adult," and now it's exhausted, exasperated mom Marlo (Theron again), a character so intelligently and intricately attended to that her story makes Tully no less than one of the greatest movies ever made about motherhood.
Oh sure, it sounds like hyperbole, as any "greatest ever" remark usually does, but a movie so deep in the trenches of child-rearing, so insightfully aware of how best to inhabit its protagonist's mind without requiring a voiceover to spell everything out, and so powerfully invested in the pursuit of a bright future is the kind of movie that deserves a little hyperbole.
Cody's script is a gift, a stunning declaration of how much she's grown and matured as an artist. Her dialogue has always been very coolly clever and there's much to marvel at in her ability to orbit the entire narrative around one very memorable character, but Tully finds Cody plumbing emotional depths with such wit and wisdom that she seems to speak both specifically and universally in the same breath.
Theron is the perfect vessel through which to expound these thoughts, too. Cody provides such great material and Reitman directs with such a steady, stable hand that many actresses could probably excel in the role of Marlo, but Theron takes every scene to another level. It's a performance for which enough praise cannot be given. She's brilliant, a rare performer that layers her feelings so knowingly and naturally that she never limits the emotional complexity of any given moment by playing it in a single key. She's all keys all at once.
Marlo's story of parental struggles, of marriage malaise, of constant fatigue reeks of relatability that is then given an additional boost by the uniquely comic sprinklings that Cody and Reitman bring to each familiar situation. When Marlo gives birth to her third child, the movie soon launches into an epic montage that skillfully captures the ceaseless monotony of waking up in the middle of the night to change diapers and attend to a crying baby.
The sequence is equal parts funny and sad, which makes it all the more amazing when Tully turns out to not be a cynical look at what parenting takes away from you, but rather a deeply poignant poem about how parenting can transform a person into something new and astonishing in previously unforeseen ways. Cody even writes some lines of dialogue that express exactly this in clear words, except she coyly covers her metaphors so that the full impact of the movie's themes and intentions isn't felt until the very end.
Much of what makes Marlo's arc so satisfyingly engaging and compelling is how Cody and Reitman use the introduction of a titular night nanny (Mackenzie Davis, "Blade Runner 2049"), a present paid for by Marlo's wealth-flaunting brother Craig (Mark Duplass, "The Lazarus Effect"), as kindling for character development. Marlo rejects the idea of a stranger taking care of her newborn at first, but once the aforementioned montage sequence leaves its mark, she finally breaks down and makes the call.
Davis's Tully shows up at Marlo's door with a fresh face and a whimsical personality, someone seemingly too young to be up for such a daunting task and too good at her job to be true. But there she is, night after night, rescuing Marlo from the mess she's in. The house gets cleaned, the baby is happy, and Marlo gets some much-needed sleep. She begins to regain the energy she lost along the way. At one point, Marlo mentions that it's as though she can see color again, a cute comment that then manifests itself cinematically when Marlo starts wearing makeup again and literally becomes more colorful.
Marlo's rejuvenation unfolds in tandem with the budding friendship that she builds with Tully. These are two people at distinctly different points in their lives that find they can help each other. Considering what Cody and Reitman have in store for later in the movie, the relationship between these two women is even more special when observed in spoiler territory.
Theron's performance certainly doesn't suffocate her costars, either. Davis matches her at every turn, exquisitely capturing Tully's unique blend of innocence and honesty. Ron Livingston ("The Conjuring") plays Marlo's husband Drew, who is mostly defined by working all day and playing video games at night, but Livingston brings such warmth and realism to his portrayal that Drew never feels like a caricature or a cliché. This isn't his story, but the love he has for his wife and kids comes through so sweetly that he proves to be an intrinsic part of the movie's beautifully beating heart.
That heart grows throughout Tully, to the point that it becomes nearly overwhelming by the third act. Marlo is such a rich, rounded character and Cody's incisiveness is so smartly applied and Reitman's directing is so gracefully assured and Theron's performance is so comfortably complete that every piece connects so carefully to create an emotionally enriching whole.
What appears to begin as a darkly comical look at the challenges of parenthood eventually blossoms into a profoundly hopeful statement on the importance of self-love and the power of simply staying close to your family. Cody and Reitman seal it all with a hug and a shared earbud. It couldn't be simpler and I'm honestly not sure it could be any more momentously moving. It's such a small gesture, such a tiny glimmer of promise for the long journey ahead, and yet it speaks volumes about the small steps we take to get back on the path to happiness.


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<?php
namespace DC\CRMBundle\Menu;

use Knp\Menu\FactoryInterface;
use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerAware;

class Builder extends ContainerAware
{
    public function mainMenu(FactoryInterface $factory, array $options)
    {

        $menu = $factory->createItem('root');
        $menu->setChildrenAttribute('class', 'nav navbar-nav');
        $menu->setChildrenAttribute('style', 'display:inline-block;width:800px;');

        $menu->addChild('Home', array('route' => '_default'))
            ->setAttribute('icon', 'icon-home')
            ->setAttribute('divider_append', true);

        $menu->addChild('Accounts', array('label' => 'Accounts'))
            ->setAttribute('dropdown', true)
            ->setAttribute('icon', 'icon-briefcase');

        $menu['Accounts']->addChild('View Accounts', array('route' => 'accounts'))
            ->setAttribute('icon', 'icon-list');
        $menu['Accounts']->addChild('Create Account', array('route' => '_new', 'routeParameters' => array('module' => 'accounts') ))
            ->setAttribute('icon', 'icon-pencil');
        $menu['Accounts']->addChild('Import Accounts', array('route' => 'accounts'))
            ->setAttribute('icon', 'icon-upload')
            ->setAttribute('divider_append', true);
        $menu['Accounts']->addChild('Recently viewed item', array('route' => 'accounts'))
            ->setAttribute('icon', 'icon-list');

        $menu->addChild('Contacts', array('route' => 'contacts'))
            ->setAttribute('icon', 'icon-group')
            ->setAttribute('divider_append', true);

        $menu->addChild('Opportunities', array('route' => 'contacts'))
            ->setAttribute('icon', 'icon-money')
            ->setAttribute('divider_append', true);

        $menu->addChild('Quotes', array('route' => 'contacts'))
            ->setAttribute('icon', 'icon-edit')
            ->setAttribute('divider_append', true);

        $menu->addChild('Calendar', array('route' => 'contacts'))
            ->setAttribute('icon', 'icon-calendar')
            ->setAttribute('divider_append', true);

        return $menu;
    }

    public function userMenu(FactoryInterface $factory, array $options)
    {
        $menu = $factory->createItem('root');
        $menu->setChildrenAttribute('class', 'nav navbar-nav pull-right');

        /*
        You probably want to show user specific information such as the username here. That's possible! Use any of the below methods to do this.

        if($this->container->get('security.context')->isGranted(array('ROLE_ADMIN', 'ROLE_USER'))) {} // Check if the visitor has any authenticated roles
        $username = $this->container->get('security.context')->getToken()->getUser()->getUsername(); // Get username of the current logged in user

        */
        $menu->addChild('User', array('label' => 'Daniel'))
            ->setAttribute('dropdown', true)
            ->setAttribute('icon', 'icon-user');

        $menu['User']->addChild('Edit profile', array('route' => '_default'))
            ->setAttribute('icon', 'icon-edit');
        $menu['User']->addChild('Administer', array('route' => '_default'))
            ->setAttribute('icon', 'icon-cog')
            ->setAttribute('divider_append', true);
        $menu['User']->addChild('Logout', array('route' => 'logout'))
            ->setAttribute('icon', 'icon-logout');

        return $menu;
    }
}

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Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom
Enigami
Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom Review (PS4)
review by Jenny Jones Tue 18th Apr 2017
Life can sometimes feel like waiting for the proverbial bus. While everyone has been patiently anticipating Yooka-Laylee, it actually isn't the only colourful Kickstarter game to make its way to the PlayStation 4 this month: somewhat lesser known is Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom. This is an action role-playing game, but it's not just any action RPG, as it's one infused with platforming elements, lashings of puzzles, as well as a fast paced fighting system, all wrapped up within a cute and vibrant world.
The game is set on Mahera, a realm where many races lived in harmony until the spiritual energy of the world, known as Shi, began to dwindle. This led to war, and, eventually, the whole world, quite literally, broke apart. Great land masses now float next to each other, each with their own civilisations enclosed within. You'll begin the game playing as Chado and Poky, two adventurous young Wakis who crash land on a nearby island after taking their home-made ship on its maiden voyage. Chado has a rather unique friend called Terra and no one else appears to be able to see or hear her, but she is an elemental spirit known as a Shiness. The three of you are off on an adventure to try to find the legendary Land of Life. As is always the way, it doesn't take long for you to meet up with a bunch of other varied characters and get wrapped up in the middle of a conflict involving many nearby kingdoms.
It's an interesting and unique world filled with the tall and noble Shelks, the cheerful and lively Waki, and also humans. With such a diverse world, its a bit of a shame then that you never feel like you really know much about it. We know it's a little cliché to have books strewn across the land with detailed lore inside, but the game could really have benefited from something like this. It's hard to understand why certain Kingdoms or races dislike each other when you know so little about them; it would make interactions much more meaningful if you knew a greater level of detail about the world.
The visuals are probably one of the first things that you'll notice about Shiness: there is an exciting world just waiting for you to explore, and you'll be able to run, jump, and frolic your way across it. The beautiful setting and adventurous music would not be out of place from something created by Level-5. The game also has some really impressive-looking comic book-style cutscenes, the only complaint about which is that sometimes they whiz by so fast that you don't have time to fully appreciate them.
The character models are slightly less impressive, and while there can be no doubt that your party is an interesting aesthetic mix of characters, there's little to no facial animation. In order to disguise this, the developer has gone a little overboard with the body language its cast employ. This means that it ends up looking a little like the acting in a high school play, and a bit odd.
It's not long into the game before you'll be introduced to the title's combat system. As soon as you come into contact with an enemy, a wall of light is erected around you. The battle system is more akin to something to a fighting game than a typical RPG. You'll be able to kick, punch, and use combos, as well as throw spells to beat your opponent into submission. Although you travel in a group, all fights take place one-on-one. This doesn't mean that your allies are useless, though: by using a Final Fantasy XII gambit-style system they will be able to cast helpful spells onto you. So, you'll be able to give them a limited number of routines to follow, like healing you if you fall below a certain percentage of health. You are also free to switch your fighter for one of your allies as you please; as each character has different strengths, this is something that you'll do quite frequently. Of course, enemies can also switch places with each other and cast spells from outside of the arena.
The combat is very fast paced and at times the game is not very forgiving; although the cute visuals might make this look like a children's game, be warned that it is at times really difficult. There's only one difficulty available and you can't just over-level as enemies will stop giving out XP once you reach too high above their own. This means that it's really important to spend time getting to grips with how to perform combos and learning the proper timings to dodge and parry. If you don't then you'll quickly end up on the wrong end of a beating.
The game's camera can also be a hindrance: there are plenty of times when you won't be able to see what you're doing as there might be some long grass in the way or the camera will get stuck against a rock. For a game where you need precise timings, not being able to see is really not very helpful.
Camera issues aside, once you do get to grips with the system, you'll find that it's fun and varied; you'll constantly be switching characters and learning different attacks and spells. It's a tough system to learn, especially if you're used to more relaxed RPGs, but it does feel rewarding once you start to master it.
Sometimes during a fight you'll get given a challenge: these can range from not using any healing spells or finishing within a set time. If you manage to successfully finish the fight and the challenge then you'll be rewarded with something special – either new rare items, equipment, or new attacks for your party to learn. It's a nice feature which helps to keep the combat varied.
This game also has some really fun and unique boss fights. It can be typical in RPGs for the only real difference between a normal fight and a boss fight is that bosses have higher hit points and better stats but that is not the case in Shiness. Instead you'll sometimes be bouncing lightning balls between yourself and the enemy in a sort of electrified version of dodgeball or chasing after ghosts like Pac-Man. It makes a really nice change to have boss fights that are more than just whittling away the enemy's massive health points.
The game isn't just about fighting, though: Mahera is filled with puzzles. In every dungeon you visit there will be some kind of puzzle that you'll need to solve. Each of your characters has a different ability such as telekinesis, the ability to summon heavy rocks, or using a whip to interact with unreachable items. Most of the puzzles won't take you too long to solve, but it's fun to figure them out and play around with all of the different abilities.
There are also lots of side-quests throughout the world and lots of them will have different ways to complete them. This means that it's up to you whether you want to go in and kick the crap out of anyone who dares challenge you or if you prefer the more diplomatic approach. Depending on how you complete the quest you'll get different rewards as well as having NPCs react to you based on the decision you made. Although most of the time these aren't major impacts it's nice to have subtle little differences and references latter in the game to a decision you made hours ago.
Unfortunately, the game is not all sunshine and rainbows, there are a number of bugs that rear their ugly heads that we feel we need to warn you about. These bugs range from things like a minion not spawning during a boss fight which meant that the main boss wouldn't appear to the really annoying time that we kept getting the game over screen midway through a battle even though we hadn't lost the fight. Most of the time these things seemed to sort themselves out by re-setting the PS4, but it's annoying nonetheless. Many of the Trophies also appear to be glitched.
While not perfect, Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom is fairly impressive to look at. It has a beautiful and intriguing world, so it's a bit of a shame that you don't get to learn more of the history behind it. Still, there's a tough but fun battle system to get to grips with and plenty of puzzles to solve. If you prefer your RPGs to be more relaxed and serene then you may struggle with this one, as the fast-paced combat system means that button mashing your way through it will quickly lead to the game over screen. But for as much as we enjoyed our time on Mahera, a poor combat camera and plethora of bugs let it down – here's hoping for a quick patch.
Not Bad 6/10
Review copy provided by Focus Home Interactive
About Jenny Jones
Jenny has single-handedly been responsible for the downfall of many heinous villains and stops the destruction of the world on an almost weekly basis. Some may call her just another geek but others recognise her as the hero they deserve.
KitsuneNight
Platforming ?
..Okay, now my interest has waned somewhat.
I loath platformers.
And judging from the review, this is best picked up when on sale
so I'll wait.
Jenny_Jones
@KitsuneNight it's not platforming in the truest sense of the genre. More that you have a open areas that you can run (and jump) about in. So for example there will be hidden chests in some areas that you'll if you want to access will need to find ways to jump up there. You aren't forced to do this though so can ignore a lot of these areas if you choose.
@Jenny_Jones
That sounds more like it.
I personally loath platforming im not good at them and platforming forced or otherwise just frustrates me.
What I really want to know though, is how bad the grinding is
or better yet if there is any grinding.
I can deal with platforming if I must, but if there is any grinding I tend to tune out.
@KitsuneNight You can't level too far above enemy's levels (as they stop giving out XP) so there's no need to grind!
Wazeddie22
Great review!Been interested in this ever since the idea popped into existence.It's sad to see the game only got a 6 but knowing about all the glitches has given me reason to wait for a sale instead of a day one buy which it was going to be.
@Wazeddie22 @Grawlog it's definitely at the top end of a 6. If it hadn't been for the bugs it would have been a 7.
ApostateMage
Button mashing and poor combat camera? Sounds like FFXV.
I'll wait for a sale though, or at least till all the problems have been ironed out.
@ApostateMage
Nah, that sounds more like FF13.
At least there is no garbage story, cringy voice "acting", nor is the game totally linear.
@Jenny_Jones In that case by the time I buy it which I still definitely will,hopefully it will be patched and all sorted
Flaming_Kaiser
PlayStationlifestyle gives it a 8 ill read both so i can make up my mind.
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Charnwood Borough Council
Disabled toilet closed amid fears of drug misuse
Needles were found in the toilet in the Woodgate Chambers in Loughborough where the authority hosts some of its most important public meetings.
The notice on the door on the disabled toilets at the Woodgate Chamber owned by Charnwood Borough Council.
A DISABLED toilet in a building where Charnwood Borough Council sits was closed last week amid concerns it was being used by people taking drugs
A sign was erected on the door saying 'This toilet has been closed due to misuse'.
The building on Woodgate used to be the town's Magistrates Court.
When that moved to Pinfold Gate in 2007, Charnwood Borough Council took over the running of it, holding meetings there and using it as office space.
A cafe is currently operating there and Glebe House and Citizen's Advice have offices.
After the discovery of the needles, the disabled toilet is to remain locked with access to it available on request from the cafe.
A Charnwood Borough Council spokeswoman said: "Last week we took the decision to temporarily close the disabled toilets in Woodgate Chambers after needles were found.
"The toilets have now been reopened for visitors using the Preston Room, the key is available from Council staff.
"Visitors using the Citizens' Advice Bureau and Glebe House, including the cafe, have access to separate facilities."
Pinfold Gate


We sailed back into the sunniest and hottest summer in many years here on the West Coast. Avoiding Comox we traveled to meet friends on Cortes Island which started a couple of months cruising in the Desolation Sound area. This was blissful, though not without a few repairs, bottom paint, putting the boat on a grid in the Gorge ….. Now that 2016 has started and we have returned to the work a-day world, we look longingly back at the wonderful people and places that filled our lives in the last year and half. "Whats next? "- is the big question, in the mean time we are taking time to appreciate the wonderful things in our lives hoping, clarity will come with time. Since returning many adventures are worth chronicling so I will fill the blank over the next few posts.
This entry was posted in Adventures on January 10, 2016 by tbannister.
Sun shining through the ???
We spent a few days anchored behind DeCourcey Island hiding from the NW. Here we reconnected with our great friend Ruth and Roland on Baron Rouge. Weather has been constantly warm and dry which on one had is great for our Mexico thine blood but this is NOT normal weather for our home. This morning we woke the yellow skies and ash fall like a light snow fall in winter. BC is on extreme fire alert with states of emergency called in numerous areas. Again on this trip we are reminded of the tenuous relationship humans have with the planet. The news is full of the "economy must grow" propaganda and the weather is changing at astounding rates everywhere. I wonder when the penny will drop, oh right, we no longer have pennies in Canada so my guess is its much too late.
This entry was posted in Adventures on July 6, 2015 by tbannister.
Mill Bay, sunny and calm.
Mill Bay was our next destination, to reconnect with family and begin the process of re-establishing our lives in Canada. I would take Josh to Comox to finish his Grade 11 exams, plough through a years mail and make it back to Mill Bay where our summer cruise in Canada would continue.
Look out coming in for a landing!
To begin with our car did not store very well, in fact it made it to Victoria where repairs might be possible – (computer failure) , then the litany of beaurcacies began to heat up our MasterCard – insurance, cell phones, and the list goes on. I was beginning to feel like a duck out of control on landing. The simple life was fading fast!! Finally we gave up on the list, had a great time with family and left for Saltspring Island. The month of cruising coming up is a blessing, giving us time adjust.
This entry was posted in Adventures on June 30, 2015 by tbannister.
A family selfie at the Custom's dock.
Here we are back ing Canada. Our Custom's agent welcomed us back, hard to believe 10 months ago we were leaving on our trip to Mexico. Im sure we will have time for reflection but now we will cruise our beautiful BC for a month or so before heading back to work!!
This entry was posted in Adventures on June 20, 2015 by tbannister.
We finally got a break with a weak low making it through the pacfic high, so we headed north on a straight run to Cape Flattery. The trip was a perfect motor – calm seas and no wind. Thirty six hours after leaving Newport Oregon we turned passed the cape and headed into Neah Bay for fuel. It was still early in the day with the flood in our favour and a NW breeze to help us down Juan de Fuca to Victoria.
Well that breeze soon turned into 35 knots and Adesso with full sail up screamed past Victoria all the way to Darcy Island Marine Park near Sidney. We averaged 10 knots for the 8 hours trip but maxed out at 12 knots – the picture is evidence!!!
Our group of trapped boaters- wind starting in the morning.
Although the locals say winds are early this year we have been caught by the Pacific High that heats the interior of Oregon and California creating a low pressure zone over land. The result is a squash zone between the two and every day from 9 am to midnight the NW winds blow, somedays over 35 knots. Even the harbour channel is often closed as the ever increasing wind swells hit the ebb currents over the bar. Newport Oregon is one of the better places along this coast to trapped but patience is beginning to fade. Every day the rigging is screaming, walking is a challenge and cold ( at least for us ). We have made friends with the other boaters on the transient dock as we commiserate on the weather every day. I have to laugh as the comment in the mornings is often "looks like we might get a break in a few days" but these have all evaporated so far. This is the longest we have stayed on a dock during our whole year away, and never have we been trapped so long, so we now are practicing the spiritual quality of "surrender". Movies, books, boat projects, food, beer and finding new and interesting hiking keep Sue and I occupied. Josh has been working out and spending time with the kite surfers down at the beach. He's thinking that will be a sport to check out when he returns to Comox.
Favourite things so far are the Surf Town Coffee shop – they do their own roasting, and the Saturday farmers market – so good to taste local veggies again, and then England Marine Supply – one of the best small town chandleries I have ever seen.
This entry was posted in Adventures on June 13, 2015 by tbannister.
We had a great run up the coast to Newport Oregon, which had a quick stop in Crescent City, CA for a few hours sleep and an early morning fuel up. We decided to stop and have a rest, tour the Rogue Beer facility – craft beer being one of our favourite pastimes, and generally be a tourist for a couple of days, hoping that our luck with wind would continue. A week later we are still at the dock with NW winds blowing in our face every day. We are not alone waiting, four of us wait for the next break in the wind north and two French waiting are heading south. We are now doing boat projects, potlucks, hiking the beach and reading a lot to pass the time.
The best surprise was meeting Vitalii and Larisa from Russia. He sailed from his home near Vladivostok to Seattle and now joined by his wife are sailing south, through the Panama Canal, up the Eastern seaboard to Boston, then across the atlantic to St Petersburg in Russia. They were great fun and it was so exciting to meet a Russian cruiser!!!
Vitalii and Larisa with us.
This entry was posted in Adventures on June 12, 2015 by tbannister.
San Francisco, more accurately Sausalito was our refuge for a few days waiting for the next weather window north, another small low would soon arrive north of Cape Mendocino. We were also looking forward to meeting up with Paul Guenette who was to meet us in San Francisco last fall for Thanksgiving. As it turned out his project list was too long, although he made it to San Francisco early November we had headed south to Mexico.
Paul presenting the leavers package.
Aside from sharing beers and stories he was in possession of our Blue Water Cruising Association's leavers package. Paul was and active volunteer in Vancouver and would see Jennifer Handley, our Commodore before we would have to time to meet so he was handed the job of presenting it to us. We missed Paul in the fall but now on our way back to Canada we meet for a very late Thanksgiving and officially receive our leavers package! Here we are almost home and celebrate leaving !!!
Adesso crew with our leavers package.
Paul also had his vehicle in San Francisco which was very helpful getting our shopping list done in short order. Laundry done, Adesso fuelled and the food supplies topped up we passed under the San Francisco bridge, leaving, not knowing if we would ever pass this way again.
Southwestern Yacht Club were very generous again, we found ourselves meeting up with other cruisers headed north not to mention our saviour Frank!!! I had a list of repairs to do: repair the freezer, the boomvang and a full engine maintenance.
Captain Frost – Bill came to look at the freezer and we found that a small bit of moisture in the coolant froze in the expansion capillary tube which kept the freezer from working. This " is a common problem with early keel coolers" so he put a descant in the loop of the coolant and we were back up and running though a few $$ poorer. At some point in time we would have to upgrade the keel coolers to the new ones. One of the great things about being in Shelter Island is that all you boating needs can be met within walking distance. This made it easy to to prep Adesso for the next leg of our trip in just a couple of days. Sue did the trips to Costco and Safeway to replenish the food stocks that had melted away. Looked like a window was coming our way so fuelled up we headed to Dana Point.
Dana Point was to be a short overnight stay and then continue on, here we should have heeded Predictwind but went anyway, which resulted in our stop only 20 miles north in Newport, CA. With our window closed we anchored in the public anchor area for the Memorial Day weekend which is the first big party weekend of the summer in the states. Waiting for the winds to drop we ventured to Balboa Island, walked the beach, and took our dinghy around looking at all the amazing waterfront houses with yachts attached to them. Josh was especially impressed with an that was at least 120 feet long!!!
Biggest cat I have ever seen!
Finally we got our window north, a quick stop in Santa Barbara for fuel, an over night stop in Coho anchorage just south of Point Conception to hide from the afternoon NW and then straight to San Francisco Bay.
This entry was posted in Adventures on June 11, 2015 by tbannister.


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HomenewsTerm paper writingEssay on Historic Preservation and Imagined West by J.M. Morley
Essay on Historic Preservation and Imagined West by J.M. Morley
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The author provides a brief historic overview of each location to give the audience insight into the real history of each location. She reveals the real life of people of Albuquerque, Denver and Seattle in the community she studied. However, when she compares the landscape and architecture of the past and the present, she uncovers that many buildings and issues have preserved their original image but, Denver, for instance has undergone consistent reconstruction to meet the ��desired' image of its past, which is different from the original, authentic past of the city and the location.
At the same time, it is not only the architecture of communities that have changed since the past but also the identity of local communities. The author argues that it is due to the historic preservation policy, the local population has changed its identity as was the case of Old Town Albuquerque, for instance. Therefore, the author argues that the historic preservation policy is not very effective in terms of the preservation of the past and authenticity of communities.
In fact, in the course of her study, Morley uncovers the growing contradiction between the past history of locations she researched and the preservation attempts of the authorities, which were often made at cost of minorities. The author points out that the historic development and historic preservation may often differ, while the authorities just attempt to accelerate the local business development through historic preservation. The historic preservation policy in three cities studied by the author is all business-like that means that the authorities preserve the past just because they want to stimulate the economic growth in the communities, while the preservation of the authenticity and historic truth is of little, if any importance for them. As a result, virtually all three cities studied by the author fail to preserve their historical authenticity in the five locations.
Moreover, Morley also exposes ironies that have arouse in the course of the development of historic preservation policies, if the latter came into conflict with the actual past of locations she studied in her book. For instance, Old Town Albuquerque's celebration of Hispanic heritage, even though Hispanic residents were displaced during the renovation was one of such ironies Morley points out in her analysis to stress the striking difference between the historic past and the historic preservation efforts and implications. This means that the changes that have already occurred to Albuquerque's Old Town are very significant. More important, these changes reveal the shift in the identity of the local population. To put it more precisely, the local population tends to associate their past with Hispanic conquistadors, while Hispanic population was actually expelled from the location in the time of renovation. Therefore, the historic preservation has failed to preserve the true history of the past of Old Town Albuquerque for the public. Instead, it is only historians, who are fully aware of the past, while the seeming authenticity of Old Town is, to a significant extent artificial, while the primary concern of the authorities is to make the atmosphere not realistic or historically truthful but tourist-attractive. Hence, the primary concern of the authorities is not the preservation of the past history but the realization of new business opportunities through the accelerated development of tourist industry in the area, where some signs of historic heritage have been preserved.
Similarly, Larimer Square's hiding of its actual skid-row past beneath a veneer of more tourist-friendly history in Denver is another example of the adaptation of the past history to economic needs of the present through the historic preservation policy. However, in contrast to Albuquerque, where Old Town has preserved key features of architecture that existed in the past, Denver's Larimer Square has failed to preserve absolutely authentic architecture. Instead, the authorities focused on the preservation of the part that could bring maximum positive economic effects for the local community. Therefore, they ignored the original past and just preserve that part that was beneficial for the city's economy. Remarkably, the historic preservation policy in Albuquerque and Denver differ but their goal remains virtually identical. At this point, it is important to place emphasis on the fact that the historic preservation policy in Denver also lead to the change of the identity of the local community because the local population fails to perceive the past of the city in the wrong way, shifting emphasis from the original true development of the city and its history and culture. In fact, the author points out that the historic heritage is often turns into a business opportunity which local authorities attempt to use to the full extent.
Nevertheless, the historic preservation gives communities the sense of belongingness and serves as the connective between the past and the present of communities inhabiting the locations which have been started by Morley. In other words, the author argues that the historic heritage policy can influence the identity of community members living in locations which undergo the impact of the historic preservation policy. However, the author points out that such policy cannot be irresponsible and business-oriented. Instead, the preservation of historic heritage is essential to preserve the historic truth but not to invent the new history and, thus, to shape the new identity of local communities. In such a way, the book helps to understand pitfalls of the contemporary historic preservation policy and its possible effects on the identity of community members living in locations protected by historic preservation policy.
J.M. Morley


This module prepares students for studying at degree level. It also supports students to complete the Bronze level of the Swansea Employability Award (SEA). Students are supported to work and learn together in a community of practice at the level required in higher education. They are encouraged to develop a questioning approach, to structure an argument, to write academically and to avoid plagiarism. Students are also introduced to the skills needed in applying for jobs and/or moving forward in a career path, including how to recognise and make the most of experience, learning, and knowledge and how to sell themselves effectively.
This module will build upon the employability skills they acquired from the first year Academic and Professional Development module. It is designed to encourage students to enhance their employability through a supported programme of work experience and achievement of the Swansea Employability Award (SEA) Silver and Gold level awards. Students will develop key transferable employability skills and achieve specific employability competencies through the production of a Personalised Placement Learning Record. Developing critical thinking and reflexivity in HEI and employment settings will be a cornerstone of this module.
This module allows students to complete the Bronze level of the Swansea Employability Award (SEA). Students are introduced to the skills needed in applying for jobs and/or moving forward in a career path, including how to recognise and make the most of experience, learning, and knowledge and how to sell themselves effectively.
This module will enable students to build upon the employability skills they acquired from the SHH118 Careers and Employability module. It is designed to encourage students to enhance their employability through a supported programme of work experience and achievement of the Swansea Employability Award (SEA) silver level award. Students will develop key transferable employability skills and achieve specific employability competencies through the production of a Personalised Placement Learning Record.
Thyer, D. (2017) 'Employability comes full circle: The student becomes the teacher'. Poster presentation presented at the SALT conference, Swansea University, 5tjh July 2017.
Jones, M., Thyer, D & Vaughan, R. (2017). 'Employability: Creating a collaborative framework for Success'. 60 minute interactive breakout session presented at the Higher Education Academy Annual Conference, Manchester Conference Centre, 4th July, 2017.
Croxall, J., Frawley, A., Vaughan, R., & Smith, S., Thyer. D (2016). 'Students' Journey through the Swansea Employability Academy (SEA) Award', paper presented at the SALT Conference, Swansea University, 28th June 2016.


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Der Fünfkampf der Männer bei den Olympischen Spielen 1912 in Stockholm wurde am 7. Juli 1912 im Stockholmer Olympiastadion ausgetragen. 26 Athleten nahmen daran teil. Diese Disziplin wurde das erste Mal bei Olympischen Spielen ausgetragen. Bei den beiden folgenden Olympischen Spielen in den Jahren 1920 und 1924 stand der Wettbewerb jeweils wieder auf dem Programm und wurde anschließend als olympische Disziplin gestrichen.

Bei der olympischen Premiere des Fünfkampfes wurde der US-Amerikaner Jim Thorpe Olympiasieger. Sein Sieg wurde ihm 1913 aberkannt, 1982 jedoch wieder zuerkannt – siehe folgender Abschnitt. So gab es von da an zwei Olympiasieger, Jim Thorpe und den Norweger Ferdinand Bie. Silber ging an den US-Amerikaner James Donahue, Bronze an den Kanadier Frank Lukeman. Am 15. Juli 2022 wurde Jim Thorpe vom Internationalen Olympischen Komitee zum alleinigen Goldmedaillengewinner erklärt.

Rekorde wurden in dieser Konkurrenz nicht geführt. Die Wertung über die Platzziffer, die auch bei den noch beiden folgenden Austragungen zur Anwendung kam, machte die Führung von Rekorden und Bestenlisten unmöglich.

Der Fall Jim Thorpe
Der US-Mehrkämpfer Jim Thorpe hatte den Fünfkampf klar vor dem Norweger Bie gewonnen. 1913 wurde bekannt, dass Thorpe vor den Spielen von Stockholm als Halbprofi Baseball gespielt und somit gegen die Amateurregeln der Olympischen Spiele verstoßen hatte. Vom IOC wurde ihm die Goldmedaille aberkannt. Alle in der Rangliste folgenden Sportler rückten um einen Platz vor.

Am 13. Oktober 1982 fällte das IOC den Beschluss, Jim Thorpe zu rehabilitieren und erklärte ihn zum gemeinsamen Olympiasieger mit Ferdinand Bie. Am 18. Januar 1983 überreichte IOC-Präsident Juan Antonio Samaranch den Kindern des 1953 verstorbenen Sportlers Nachbildungen der Goldmedaillen von 1912 (für die Siege im Fünf- und Zehnkampf). Am 15. Juli 2022 wurde Thorpe zum alleinigen Goldmedaillengewinner erklärt.

Durchführung des Wettbewerbs
Die 26 Athleten starteten zunächst in drei Wettkämpfen: Weitsprung, Speerwurf und 200-Meter-Lauf. Die Platzierung ergab sich aus der Addition der erreichten Plätze, eine Platzzifferwertung also. Die auf den ersten zwölf Plätzen liegenden Starter qualifizierten sich für die vierte Disziplin, den Diskuswurf. Die letzte Disziplin, den abschließenden 1500-Meter-Lauf, durften dann nach Reglement nur noch die besten sechs Athleten bestreiten. Nach der vierten Disziplin belegten zwei Athleten gleichauf diesen sechsten Platz. Sie durften beide anschließend am letzten Wettbewerb teilnehmen, sodass es sieben 1500-Meter-Läufer gab.

Teilnehmer
26 Athleten aus vierzehn Ländern nahmen an dem olympischen Wettkampf teil:

Ergebnisse in den Einzeldisziplinen

Weitsprung

Die Weiten und die Platzierungen der beiden Deutschen Karl von Halt und Josef Waitzer sind nicht bekannt.

Speerwurf

Die Weite von Josef Waitzer ist nicht bekannt. Es ist nur bekannt, dass er Letzter wurde.

200 Meter
Die besten zwölf Athleten konnten im vierten Durchgang starten, die anderen schieden aus. Das Klassement der verbliebenen zwölf Fünfkämpfer wurde neu berechnet, alle Positionen der ausgeschiedenen Teilnehmer wurden gelöscht, die verbliebenen Starter rückten in den Punkteplätzen nach.

Anmerkung: Die für den vierten Wettbewerb qualifizierten Starter sind im Klassement blau unterlegt.

Diskuswurf
Anmerkung: Die für den fünften Wettbewerb qualifizierten Starter sind im Klassement blau unterlegt.

1500 Meter
 Klassement

Eigentlich sollten nur sechs Athleten am 1500-Meter-Lauf teilnehmen. Jedoch belegten im Klassement nach dem vierten Wettbewerb zwei Starter, Austin Menaul und Hugo Wieslander, punktgleich den sechsten Platz. Beide nahmen am Finale teil.

Endstand
Datum: 7. Juli 1912

Klar bester Fünfkämpfer war der US-Amerikaner Jim Thorpe, der vier der fünf Disziplinen gewann und im Speerwurf Dritter wurde. Sein Fall und die endgültige offizielle Wertung mit zwei Olympiasiegern ist weiter oben beschrieben.

Zwischen James Donahue und Frank Lukeman auf den Plätzen zwei und drei kam es zu einem Punktegleichstand. Um den Rangfolge zu ermitteln, wurde auf die erzielten Ergebnisse der beiden Athleten das damals gültige Zehnkampf-Punktesystem angewendet. Donahue kam dabei auf 3475,865 Punkte, Lukeman auf 3396,975.

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Video

Literatur
 Ekkehard zur Megede, Die Geschichte der olympischen Leichtathletik, Band 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2. Auflage 1970, S. 124f

Weblinks
 SportsReference Fünfkampf, abgerufen am 29. August 2017
 Offizieller Bericht, library.la84, englisch (PDF; 52.385 KB), abgerufen am 22. Mai 2021
 Olympedia, 1912 Summer Olympics, Athletics Pentathlon, Men, olympedia.org (englisch), abgerufen am 22. Mai 2021
 Olympic Games Stockholm 1912, Athletics, pentathlon men, Seite des IOC zur Leichtathletik bei den Olympischen Spielen 1912, olympic.org (englisch), abgerufen am 22. Mai 2021

Einzelnachweise

Leichtathletikwettbewerb bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen 1912

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5 Cultural Remote Workforce Challenges Every Business Must Address
By Joanne Skilton
WIth the surge of those working from home, business leaders are faced with the even greater challenge of preserving strong culture.
Achieving a performant workplace culture is challenging at the best of times. With millions of employees now being asked to work from home in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, business leaders are faced with even greater challenges to preserving strong culture.
During these times, the digital workplace becomes the new office. Intranets and other collaborative technologies act as a central hub for remote workers, where they can access tools, communicate with colleagues, and stay connected to their organization's policies, news and insights.
Enterprise social networks are already proving invaluable. Insights from my firm, Unily's, customer community, indicate social activity has increased by 20% in the last two weeks alone, with COVID-19 the subject of a fifth of all posts. Corporate communications have become equally vital as employees rely on their intranets for updates and direction. Engagement with coronavirus-related content has skyrocketed by 675% since late February and more than 5000% in a 10-week span as article views jumped from under 17,000 to around 130,000 in just a fortnight.
The shift to remote work is described as the greatest work-from-home experiment the world has experienced. Yet despite the benefits remote work offers, businesses are beginning to encounter the cultural challenges associated with a remote workforce. Globally, 52% of employees already work from home at least once per week, but this leaves almost half of the world's workforce inexperienced or entirely new to the concept.
With no clear end in sight, only organizations that ensure their culture transcends physical boundaries with a combination of the right technology and deft strategy will safeguard business continuity.
Combatting Isolation
With widespread remote working policies taking effect, people are without the social interaction commonly enjoyed in the workplace. Those logging in from home may find it to be a solitary experience, as people can feel isolated without the informal office chatter they're used to.
Physical isolation doesn't have to mean social isolation. Enterprise social networks, with features that mirror their consumer counterparts, serve as an intuitive way of preserving the social element of workplace culture and keeping people connected. Encouraging employees to engage with their company's social offerings by posting open questions and setting up channels for non-work discussions can help you mimic the hubbub of an office in a virtual space.
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Maintaining Productivity
Business leaders have, for many years, been opening their minds to the reality that hours worked does not equal increased output. In fact, employee engagement and satisfaction are far more effective drivers of performance.
Getting the most out of people who now find themselves working from home demands a revised approach. It can take time for employees to adjust to the shift towards remote work. Easing the transition can prove key to reducing time and money lost to inefficiency.
If staff are struggling with technology or having difficulty adapting to working from home, employee productivity can take a severe hit. Training people to get the most out of available technology and providing easy access to tools and resources they need is crucial to maintaining productivity. Enterprises should look to amp up training and support so that people get to grips with the new tools they will need to continue to work. Easily accessible how-to guides and training resources hosted on a central platform will help employees to quickly get up to speed.
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Keeping Morale Up
Workforce morale is a key area of focus even in the best of times. With a remote workforce it takes on even greater significance, as it's easy for engagement to suffer when employees feel removed from the bigger picture.
To combat this challenge, businesses should focus on creating a positive environment with rich internal comms. While there is an undeniable need for the delivery of critical information in uncertain times, it's important for enterprises to find a balance between cold hard facts and softer, more human stories. Look to uncover examples of positive responses to challenges throughout your internal community to weave an upbeat thread through your crisis comms.
Leaders also have a crucial role to play in fueling positive culture and engendering the support of the workforce. CEOs and key players should use their influence to spread messages of hope and solidarity, showing employees that their concerns are shared at all levels of the business. Write blogs, be active on social channels, and maintain visible leadership with video content and live streams.
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Collaboration is the key to business success, with collaborative organizations five times more likely to be high-performing. In a remote working scenario, teams can no longer rely on being in the same place at the same time to collaborate, which puts effective teamwork at risk. In response, businesses need to use digital tools to connect people and circumvent the physical barriers preventing teamwork.
Knowledge sharing boosts performance and breeds innovation. Finding ways to support the flow of information is key to facilitating collaborative practices beyond the office walls. A digital employee directory, searchable by skills and interests, can help users to pinpoint expertise and locate potential collaborators from around the business. Meanwhile, project sites allow teamwork to continue, unhindered, with a digital home for discussion, resources, and relevant documentation.
Collaboration is also a chance for remote workers to socialize with colleagues, regardless of location. As well as fueling a positive corporate culture, collaboration helps to preserve the unique sub-cultures that different departments thrive on. Dedicated workspaces for teams and extra-curricular groups provide open forums for networking, helping to combat isolation and increase connectivity among remote workers.
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Speak Your Worker's Language, Provide Mobile Access
It can be easy for some to feel left out when working remotely, while others may feel overwhelmed by the dramatic change to how they work. Ensuring proper access to tools becomes critical when employees are dependent upon technology to perform their role.
Make communications and resources available in every user's native language. Mutli-lingual translation democratizes access to communications and provides a consistent experience to the workforce, wherever they are located. Similarly, providing mobile digital workplace access ensures those users without desktop access can stay connected from their phones.
The Future Is Remote
Remote working is a modern reality of business. Trends show that more and more organizations were adopting remote work policies even before the current situation, while many predict that the changes brought about by COVID-19 will have lasting effects on office hours and traditional workplaces. Whether preparing for an entirely remote workforce for the months ahead, or simply evaluating the efficacy of allowing employees to work from home, enterprises around the world need to address these five cultural challenges before they can confidently transition towards remote work.
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Dusting 'Em Off
Revisiting an album, a film, or an event on its anniversary
Dusting 'Em Off: Doves – The Last Broadcast
Revisiting a Doves classic in anticipation of Jimi Goodwin's new solo outing.
by Tony Hardy
on March 23, 2014, 4:06pm
For this edition of Dusting 'Em Off, senior staff writer Tony Hardy revisits The Last Broadcast, the Doves' sophomore album in light of vocalist Jimi Goodwin's new solo album, Odludek. He breaks down the album's success and how the British outfit's record compares to the rest of their oft-forgotten discography.
The news that Doves vocalist and bass man Jimi Goodwin had emerged from the British band's hiatus with a solo album, some warm-up gigs, and a slot as support for Elbow on its UK spring tour sent me reaching for the duster. I've always loved Doves for the passionate way it delivered music and that singular ability to turn heartache into a positively uplifting experience. It is often assumed that the trio hails from Manchester, as legendary "Madchester" venue The Hacienda features strongly in its timeline. However, the band is in fact from my own home county of Cheshire and actually went to my old senior school in Wilmslow.
After releasing its fourth studio album, Kingdom of Rust, in 2009, Doves took a break from what Goodwin called "that whole album-tour-album-tour treadmill." The frontman is now set to return with a solo offering entitled Odludek – a Polish word meaning "loner" or "pilgrim" – that promises much genre hopping and general excitement. An early taster, "Oh! Whiskey", augurs well. Goodwin plays almost everything himself on Odludek, while in Doves he is accompanied by twins Jez and Andy Williams (on guitar/vocals and drums/vocals, respectively), plus the unofficial fourth Dove, keyboardist Martin Rebelski.
Except for a compilation album, The Places Between: The Best of Doves, put out in April 2010, and a 2012 five-album box set comprising all four studio albums from Lost Souls to Kingdom of Rust and the 2003 re-issue of Lost Sides, Doves fans have had to sit on their hands until now. The decade-spanning back catalogue does invite regular revisits, however, particularly the Mercury-nominated second album, The Last Broadcast, which reached No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart in 2002. Hearing it again, I'm struck by the energy and intensity of the experience. From the ominous chimes of the overture opener, "Intro", to the poignancy of the final song, "Caught by the River", it's a record that makes full sense played back in precise track order.
The LP has its fair share of anthems to enthrall a festival or stadium crowd without Doves ever falling into the hollow trap of guitar band with big tunes. While Jimi Goodwin takes most lead vocals, Jez Williams steps up to the mic for the ringing guitar ballad "Words". "Words they mean nothing / So you can't hurt me," he sings. In a sense, he's wrong because his words actually do have meaning, and the sentiments Doves expound turn bad emotions into good, which is really a cause for optimism. Powerful though it is, "Words" is the hors d'oeuvre before the sumptuous main course of "There Goes the Fear", famously a top 3 UK single despite being released and deleted on the same day. It was a kind of physical rebellion in an early digital age (and arguably clever marketing, too).
"There Goes the Fear" works well as much for its mood shifts as for its spectacular melody. The chorus is accentuated by Andy Williams' inspired drum flourishes, which merge seamlessly into the Brazilian-inspired percussive coda. The theme of the song is universal: "You turn around and life's passed you by". Yet there's an underlying belief that things can change: "Think of me when you're coming down / But don't look back when leaving town… Think of me when you close your eyes / But don't look back when you break all ties." Such sentiments course through the album; the readiness to turn your back on regret and look decisively to the future is all around.
Doves must have been tempted to reserve "Fear" for later in the record, but the sense that this album offers a complete listen is enhanced by the lo-fi oddity of "M62 Song", a re-imagining of King Crimson's "Moonchild" that follows it. "Where We're Calling From" then supplies an atmospheric bridge to the cosmic thrash opening of "N.Y", another song in this collection that takes surprising turns and highlights another aspect of Doves: the rejection of the formulaic. Similarly, gospel vocals converge on a slow-build anthem in "Satellites" while haunting woodwinds illuminate the Beatles-like "Friday's Dust". Neither seems out of place.
Should this supremely eclectic approach ever threaten to overwhelm, there is the relentless carpe diem of "Pounding" to supply a euphoric antidote. The spacey title track and contemplative "The Sulphur Man" provide more light and shade before the record closes with the magnificent "Caught by the River", itself a kind of musical sunset that rounds off the album superbly. Back in 2002, the NME said in its 9/10 star review, "Doves have just made the most uplifting miserable album you'll hear all year." Twelve years on, the misery is comfortably outdone by the optimism that still shines through The Last Broadcast. Stay tuned for more transmissions in the future; something tells me the last word is still to come from Doves.
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The Search button is located at the top left of the web site. You may enter a Product Description or an Item Number. The search feature will display all products that match your search in all strengths and sizes available. You may enter a partial name or number to search on. The more complete your entry, the fewer results will be displayed and the easier it will be to find the product you need.
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An Item Number can be entered to search by.
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The Quick Entry feature allows you to quickly enter new products into your basket. You must enter an Item Number, a NDC number or a UPC number and a quantity of product to add to the basket. Only one of the above numbers and a quantity are required. Quantities entered will be added to the basket. If the product is already in the basket, the quantity entered will be added to the existing quantity of product to order. It is important to note that this quantity does not replace the existing quantity but adds to it.
"My Favorites" allows customers to create their own mini-catalog of products that are ordered frequently or within the formulary of the practice or buying group. "My Favorites" is a useful timesaver for future orders and is easy to set up.
"View Basket" displays the products in your current shopping basket. From this screen, you can review your order quantity of products, update the quantity and the item to your Favorites list or delete the item. Any changes made will not become effective until the "Update" button is clicked. Once you are satisfied with the contents of your basket, click the checkout button to complete your order.
"Stored Baskets" is where you find copies of previously saved shopping baskets for quick re-ordering. This timesaver lets you re-order frequently purchased groups of products without having to search for the individual items each time you shop. The Stored Baskets screen gives you the option to view the basket, shop with the basket or remove the basket.
To view a stored basket, click the name of the basket. You will see the contents of the basket. At this point, you may also elect to shop with this basket, which will make this basket your current basket.
To shop with this basket, select the basket and click "Shop With This Basket" button. If you have a current basket with products, you will be asked if you would like to replace the contents of your current basket with the stored basket. If you elect to continue, the contents of your current basket will be replaced.
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The "Online Orders" feature displays your orders and their current status. An order status of "Submitted" indicates that the order has been received. A status of "Confirmed" indicates that the order has been processed, but does not indicate it has necessarily shipped. Orders typically ship same day, unless items ordered are on backorder, drop shipped from the manufacturer, or have special shipping / packaging instructions.
The site will "timeout" after 20 minutes of non-use by the customer. For example, should you be away from your computer for more than 20 minutes, the ordering function of the website will "timeout". You'll need to re-enter your user name and password. This is a security precaution for our customers and prevents unauthorized usage of the website. Your current basket is saved automatically and will be available the next time you return to the site.


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Sikii, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Nobility overseeing the world.
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Sikii possesses a Technology Level of TL–14 or TL-E in Hexadecimal Notation.
Sikii has a Feudal Technocracy government.
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UVA Darden Launches Business Innovation and Climate Change Initiative
School News / Business in Society, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Press Releases
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business has announced the launch of the Business Innovation and Climate Change Initiative, an ambitious new project spearheaded by Darden's Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation aimed at exploring how business innovation can be a source for pragmatic solutions to one of the world's most urgent issues.
The initiative, which is made possible by a generous gift from an anonymous donor, launched with a kickoff event on 22 May in Rosslyn, Virginia.
As part of the kick-off, Professor Mike Lenox, author of the forthcoming book, Will Business Save the Earth: Innovating Our Way to Sustainability, led a discussion with thought leaders in the field, including: Kevin Fay, an internationally recognized specialist on environmental and energy issues, and vice chairman and CEO of Alcalde & Fay; John Mandyck, chief sustainability officer at United Technologies Corp. and chair of the corporate advisory board of the World Green Building Council; and Stephen Harper, global director of environment and energy policy at Intel Corp.
Climate change represents one of the most significant challenges of the 21st century, and the initiative recognizes that the ability to rise to meet the challenge will require substantive and disruptive innovation across a broad spectrum of sectors, as well as a concerted resolve from business and government leaders. This Washington, D.C.-based initiative marks a bold commitment to address an issue of vital interest to both business and society, and will include leadership education, stakeholder events, applied research and nonpartisan analysis.
"Darden's mission is to improve the world by developing responsible leaders and advancing knowledge, and business innovation to tackle climate change offers a great opportunity for business leaders to help improve the world," said Dean Scott Beardsley. "This initiative is a chance for Darden students, faculty and corporate partners to join with colleagues across the University to lead the way in how business reimagines itself in order to solve one of the most significant and singular challenges facing society."
The School has already made sustainability a priority, and it aims to be a carbon-neutral enterprise by 2020. In 2016, Darden and UVA entered into a solar power partnership with Dominion Energy in which the School and University will purchase all of the output produced at a new 160-acre solar facility in rural Virginia.
The new initiative's work will be led by Lenox, Erika Herz, director of research and intellectual capital at Darden's Batten Institute, and a team of experienced scholars, educators and professionals. It will also leverage Darden's growing presence in the Washington, D.C., area to involve policymakers, congressional staffers, regulators and think tanks.
"We believe that Darden is uniquely positioned to actively engage key stakeholders — especially the business community — in order to advance innovative outcomes," said Lenox. "Over the course of the next two years, we will create actionable insights to positively impact the policy environment and help advance progress around clean energy and climate change."
Specific outcomes of the Business Innovation and Climate Change Initiative will include:
A biannual Sustainability Innovators' Roundtable bringing together a group of senior executives from diverse industries to address issues related to climate change and other environmental challenges. Briefings published following the roundtables will represent key vehicles for engaging corporate stakeholders and bridging the gap between sustainability offices and the government.
A multi-day innovation summit in Washington, D.C., that will bring together corporate and nonprofit leaders, policy experts, academics, federal regulators and the media for in-depth dialogue and a workshop that will inform a "policy playbook" that will encourage innovation in the energy industry.
A leadership academy, modeled on the University of Virginia's successful Emerging Leaders Program, aimed at educating policy makers and influencers, and advancing a meaningful dialogue about business innovation and climate change among a rising generation of policy makers, executives and thought leaders.
A fellows program, providing the opportunity for UVA students to spend meaningful time in a congressional office and help bridge the human capital gap on clean energy policy.
The Business Innovation and Climate Change Initiative will also produce additional research and host events on an ongoing basis.
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Italy allows horizontal tax consolidation between sister companies
Regulatory update 3 minute read
Sister companies resident in Italy are now allowed to exercise the group taxation option and act as the consolidating company.
According to the tax consolidation regime previously in force, a non-resident taxable company (corporate income tax - IRES) was allowed to exercise the group taxation option in its capacity as parent company only if it had a stable organisation in Italy, whose equity comprised the stakes held in each subsidiary company (Article 117 (2), Consolidated Law on Income Tax – TUIR).
Article 6, Legislative Decree 147/2015 relating to national consolidation has overcome this restriction, allowing "sister" companies to exercise the group taxation option and to act as the consolidating company. These sister companies can be resident in Italy or stable organizations (the entities referred to in Article 73 (1) d)) of companies resident in EU member states, or in the states that provide an exchange of information according to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).
This new so-called "horizontal" consolidation or consolidation between sister companies (referred to in Article 117 (2-bis), TUIR) is granted on instructions by the non-resident entity to the "designated" subsidiary to exercise the group taxation, which in this way becomes the consolidating entity. The designated subsidiary cannot consolidate companies that in turn control it (Article 2359, Italian Civil Code, and Article 120, TUIR).
This option on designation of the foreign entity can be exercised using a proper form (to be filed electronically to the Revenues Agency) and produces the following effects:
the designated subsidiary, in its capacity as consolidating company, acquires all the rights, obligations and duties set out in the laws on consolidation (Article 117-127, TUIR) for the parent companies or entities
the control requirements must be verified in regard to the non-resident parent entity
the effectiveness of the option is subject to the condition that the non-resident parent entity designates the resident subsidiary taking on, subordinately, the responsibilities set out by the law (in particular, Article 127, TUIR – for parent companies or entities).
If the tax consolidation regime ceases before the end of the three-year period of effectiveness or is not renewed on expiry, the tax losses indicated in the consolidation statement (Article 122, TUIR) – when the allocation criterion has not been specified – shall be allocated proportionally to the subsidiaries that have generated them; net of the used ones, towards which the control requirement ceases according to the consolidation agreement.
Moreover, if the control requirement towards the designated subsidiary ceases on any ground, before the end of the three-year period, the non-resident parent company may designate, among the subsidiaries belonging to the same consolidation, another resident subsidiary without interrupting the group taxation regime. The newly designated subsidiary takes on the responsibilities set out by the law for the parent companies or entities, relative to the previous tax years during which the group taxation regime was in force, jointly and severally with the designated company, towards which the control requirement ceases to exist. For all the periods of validity of the consolidation, the subsidiary responsibility of the non-resident parent company remains.
All the provisions mentioned so far are applicable as from the beginning of the relevant tax period as at 7 October 2015 (the date that Legislative Decree 147/2015 came into force), or from 1 January 2015 for the companies whose tax year coincides with the solar year. To this purpose, both the designation by the EU parent company and the adhesion by the "sister" subsidiary companies had to be done by 31 March 2016 or, for the tax years ending after 1 January 2016, this option is to be indicated in the Italian Tax Return 2017 (Modello Unico).
The provisions of the aforementioned decree have been adopted by order of the Director of the Revenues Agency of 6 November 2015.
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SALTDOGS DROP FIRST OF THE YEAR IN CLEBURNE
CLEBURNE, Texas – Forrestt Allday reached twice with an RBI, but the 'Dogs left 10 runners on base in a 9-1 loss to the Cleburne Railroaders at The Depot at Cleburne Station on Friday night.
The 'Dogs left seven runners on base through the first three innings before Cleburne cashed in on a six-run 5th inning. Allday's RBI came on a sacrifice fly in the 7th inning, but the Railroaders answered for three runs in the bottom-half of the inning.
Lincoln failed to score after back-to-back walks to leadoff the 1st inning, and the 'Dogs stranded the bases loaded in both the 2nd and 3rd innings.
John Richy allowed six runs – five earned – on seven hits through 4.1 innings, while Carter Hope tossed 1.2 scoreless innings. Jason Seever gave up three runs in one inning, and Greg Minier worked a scoreless 8th inning.
Louis Martini walked twice in his first start of the year, and the 'Dogs worked eight walks as a team. Lincoln tied the 13 strikeouts the 'Dogs had against Kansas City in the season opener.
The series continues on Saturday night in Cleburne. First pitch time is set for 7:06 p.m., and pregame coverage begins at 6:35 on ESPN Lincoln 101.5 FM/1480 AM.
The Saltdogs play the first game at of 2021 at Haymarket Park on May 25! All ticket and promotional information can be seen at saltdogs.com.
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Meshuggah-Nuns!
Sep 23 - 26 2021
Carrollwood Cultural Center
4537 Lowell Road Tampa, Fl 33618
Book, Music & Lyrics by Dan Goggin
Directed by Craig Ruska
Meshuggah-Nuns! finds the sisters on an all-expense-paid trip on the "Faiths of All Nations" Cruise. When the cast of "Fiddler on the Roof" (with the exception of the guy playing Tevye) gets seasick, the ship's captain asks the sisters and Tevye to put on a show. The result: Meshuggah-Nuns! Hilarity reigns supreme on the high seas with songs like Say It In Yiddish, Contrition, In the Convent, and If I Were a Catholic. From Sister Amnesia's attempt at magic to the sing-along Fiddlerspiel, Meshuggah-Nuns! is an ecumenical fun-fest. You don't have to be Catholic. You don't have to be Jewish. This is a show for anyone who loves a good laugh!
Thu., September 23 • 8 p.m.
Fri., September 24 • 8 p.m.
Sat., September 25 • 8 p.m.
Sun., September 26 • 4 p.m.
See it in Person: $21 member / $25 general admission
Watch Online: $10
Meshuggah-Nuns! is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark, LLC. www.concordtheatricals.
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Here are some images from the 1945 Latrobe High School Yearbook showing classmates Fred Rogers and Arnold Palmer. Fred is pictured in the first two images with members of his Junior year class and as a member of the Chemistry Club. Arnold Palmer is seen watching the golf swing of another student. Special thanks to John Mickinak for providing the yearbook.


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These plates are issued to customers who use their vehicles as snow plows or salt/sand vehicles in the winter and for other uses during the rest of the year. Snow Removal plates are valid for one year (regardless of the vehicle's weight), with an expiration date of September 30th.
Snow Removal plates were issued beginning in 2004 to eliminate the burden of multiple registration transactions some customers had to go through annually. Commercial Normal plates were generally used on snow plow vehicles prior to that time (and some still are) but because Commercial plates expire in December of each year, many snow plow customers needed three (3) plate transactions per year. They obtained new Commercial plates in the fall to prepare for the upcoming snow season, then they needed to renew the plates in January, and most of these customers then chose to cancel the plates in the Spring after the snow season had ended.
Snow Removal plates are part of the Commercial Normal plate series and have the prefix SR (snow removal). The plate numbers consist of SR1000 – SR9999. Any customer eligible for a Commercial plate is eligible for a Snow Removal plate. Registration fees and renewal fees for Snow Removal plates are calculated the same way that they are for Commercial Normal plates. The only exception is that the fee for a Snow Removal plate is not prorated. Snow Removal plates are available in all full-service branches.


New York City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo, along with NYS Assembly Member Diana Richardson, Rep. Yvette Clarke, State Senator Jesse Hamilton and other elected officials, in partnership with City Harvest announced on Tuesday the launch of a free Community Partner Mobile Market that will provide 6,000 pounds of fresh produce for free to more than 300 families in the neighborhoods of Crown Heights and Prospect Lefferts-Gardens in Brooklyn every first Tuesday of month.
In September, City Harvest partnered with the Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project (MARP) to establish the Market in Fort Greene to serve the residents of neighboring Farragut, Raymond V. Ingersoll and Walt Whitman housing developments.
An estimated 8,000 pounds of fresh produce was distributed to nearly 400 households, far surpassing the initial 350 pre-registered households.
Cumbo said the mobile market's arrival is timely, as many families in Brooklyn continue to struggle to make ends meet. The newly-established Market in Crown Heights represents an expansion of resources within the 35th Council District that will particularly benefit women, children, the unemployed, underemployed, and seniors on a fixed income.
"The ability to provide for one, or several, is demanding; people from all walks of life and backgrounds are in desperate financial need. Dollars are stretched in miraculous ways, but sadly rent payment, living expense, utilities and transportation costs keep rising," said Cumbo.
Through collaboration with the Ebbets Field Intergenerational Center and Crown Heights Youth Collective, Inc., the residents will not have to travel beyond their community to pick up the variety of food that will be delivered on a monthly basis.
"Supporting access to healthy food for all our neighbors is exactly what this Community Partner Mobile Market is all about. I am glad to join with colleagues and community groups in this important effort. Thanks to each and every partner in this mobile market, especially City Harvest, the Ebbets Field Intergenerational Center, and the Crown Heights Youth Collective – this mobile market continues your longstanding history of service to our community and all of New York," said Sen. Hamilton.
"The mobile market is providing a tremendous benefit to our families, in the hopes of making ends meet, just a little easier. We are grateful to have such a resource that can be enjoyed by so many people that call our district home," Cumbo said.
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