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Afghan child bride killed by husband in revenge: officials
By AFP Jul 31, 2018 in Crime
An Afghan child forced to marry a man at least twice her age in a traditional bridal exchange has been tortured to death by her husband in a revenge killing, officials said Tuesday.
The body of the girl called Hameya, whom authorities estimate was aged between seven and 10, was found on Sunday night, said Naqibullah Amini, police spokesman for the northwestern province of Badghis.
Hameya's husband was on the run from police and her father had been detained for questioning, Amini added.
Provincial governor's spokesman Jamshid Shahabi said Hameya was married under a tradition known as "badal", when girls are exchanged between two families as brides.
Badal enables both families to reduce the cost of marriage by avoiding paying a dowry.
After the other girl in the arrangement was killed by her own husband, Hameya's husband began to torture her in revenge and eventually killed her, Shahabi told AFP.
Hameya's husband, whom officials said was aged between 20 and 30, already had at least one wife, according to Lailuma Noorzad, head of the provincial women's affairs department.
Hameya had been married for six months, officials said.
The legal marriage age in Afghanistan is 16 for girls and 18 for boys, according to the United Nations.
But the traditional practice of marrying children still persists in the conservative and patriarchal country, largely due to poverty and insecurity.
At least one in three Afghan girls is married before they turn 18, the United Nations Children's Fund said in a recent report.
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Career Homicide Detective to Discuss His Books at Library Jan. 24
Tina Peak
Lake Wales Public Library's continuing Authors at the Library Series will feature the real life story of a Miami- Dade homicide detective.
Marshall Frank, a 30-year career law enforcement officer and homicide detective, will share stories and introduce his five suspense novels and nonfiction book to everyone at 3 p.m. Jan. 24. He will autograph and sell copies of his books.
Frank is the author of five mystery/suspense novels, including "On My Father's Grave" and "Dire Straits: A Miami Novel," which has been optioned for a movie by an independent film company.
His most recent work is "Militant Islam in America," a concise, no-frills book that deals with what the author believes to be the surreptitious invasion of the United States by radical Islamic forces from the Middle East determined to replace the U.S. Constitution with the Koran.
In addition to his books, Frank, who is a retired police captain, will discuss growing up with the Mafia, his career in homicide and CSI work, criminal justice and the war on drugs.
Frank is also a former symphony violinist and will bring his instrument.
Authors at the Library is sponsored by the Lake Wales Library Association/Friends of the Library.
For more information call 863-678-4004, press option 0.
keynote gala
Lake of the Hills Community Club will have its 90th anniversary season Keynote Gala covered-dish dinner and program at 6:15 p.m. Thursday at the Lake of the Hills Clubhouse, 47 E. Starr Ave., Lake Wales.
The featured speakers will include Greg Esteve and Amy Swancar.
Esteve will discuss "The Red Cross: A Vital Service in Our Community." Swancar is a U.S. Geological Survey specialist who will discuss "Our Water Supply and Status of Our Lakes and Aquifer."
The Melody Makers orchestra, under the direction of Martin Little, will provide music.
Hosts will prepare and serve the entree. Hosts for the January dinner are Mildred and Edward Esteve, Kathe and Tom Galloway, Eliana Franzolini, Hilda Tanner, and Betty and Richard Albright.
A brief presentation will be made to club President Francis Hart. Maj. Hart is retiring from the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
Guests and visitors are welcome.
Call Johanna Buscher at 863-676-4854 or Edward Esteve at 863-676-8015 for more information.
bank honors marbutt
Brian Marbutt received the prestigious Citizens Bank & Trust's President's Award last Saturday as the bank's top employee for 2006.
Citizens President Greg Littleton presented the award at the bank's 2007 kickoff event at the Lake Wales Country Club, attended by more than 200 employees and guests.
"Everyone deserves recognition, but Brian truly has gone above and beyond," Littleton said. "Brian is not only our top lender, but he gives service back to our community in a variety of ways."
As vice president for commercial lending, working primarily in Lake Wales and Frostproof, Marbutt personally generated $31.5 million in commercial loans during 2006, earning the distinction of being the highest producer in the organization.
A lifelong Lake Wale resident, Marbutt joined the bank in May 2001 after more than seven years with Mid-Florida Federal Credit Union. He serves on the YMCA Board of Directors, has chaired the Lake Wales Area Chamber of Commerce golf tournament and coordinates the parking volunteers for the Lake Wales Arts Show.
A 1986 alumni of Lake Wales High School, Marbutt also graduated from Polk Community College and received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Webber College.
He and his wife, Angela, have one son, Zach.
art league annual show open
The Frostproof Art League's annual Art Show opened Jan. 11 with a reception and awards ceremony.
Art judge Stephen Koury of Lakeland selected winners in five categories and a Best in Show winner. The winners include:
Best of Show, Judy Giles for Apple Fest, an acrylic painting.
Acrylic Category: first, Geri Sage for Reflections & Shadows; second, Kay Hutzelman for Breakfast on Reedy; third, Charlie Nesmith for The Big Splash; and honorable mention, Leon Gifford for Black & White and Gisele DeAngelis for Flaming Flowers
Oil Category: first, Joe Clantz for Untitled; second, Gayle Reeder for Sears Roebuck House; third, Jane Fronappel for Caution Wet Paint; and honorable mention, Shirley Stowe for The Waiter.
Watercolors: first, Susan Milam for Goin' Coconuts; second, Willa Campbell for Lilies; third, Betty Hein for Fruit-Flowers; and honorable mentions, Willa Campbell for Superior Show and Linda Johnson for Patten.
Photography: first, Annette McCarthy for Nature's Umbrella; second, Sylvia Mills for Queen Anne's Lace Asleep; third, Ron Campbell for Splash; and honorable mention, Annette McCarthy for Brilliant Blooms.
Mixed Media and Fabric: first, Judy Jackson for Wisteria; second, Susan Milam for Before the Storm; and third, Tom Broha for Hot Chicks
The show continues through this month. The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. It is at 12 E. Wall St., next to Citizens Bank in downtown Frostproof. For details, call the gallery at 863-635-7271.
art at bok
Historic Bok Sanctuary will offer a series of art workshops as well as luncheon programs on art, architecture and culture beginning Jan. 25. The classes and programs have limited enrollment.
Haines City artist Alice Behrle will teach watercolor classes Thursdays from Jan. 25 through April 12.
A former instructor of painting and art history for North Carolina State University at the James Sprint Institute, Behrle has won awards in national shows and galleries.
Beginner to intermediate classes will be :30 to 4:30 p.m.; intermediate to advanced classes 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Each 12-week session is limited to 16 participants. The cost is $156 for members and $192 for nonmembers.
An Introduction to Digital Photography by David Woods will be offered from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 27. Woods teaches photography at Polk Community College and is a freelance photographer. Space is limited to 20.
The cost is $60 for members and $68 for nonmembers.
Behrle also will teach "Collage: Creative Expansions" from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 3.
This is a creative way to recycle your artwork in any 2-D medium. The workshop is limited.
"Illustrating Plants in Watercolor Pencil" is a being offered for the first time at the Sanctuary from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 10 and 1 to 3 p.m. March 11.
A freelance illustrator specializing in botanical art, Winter Park artist Redenta Soprano will teach the two-day workshop. The class is limited to 16.
The cost is $99 for members and $115 for nonmembers.
The art, architecture and culture series of three luncheons Jan. 30, Feb. 20 and March 20 will feature Lake Wales artist and art historian Ann Norton.
She will provide introductory talks followed by audio-visual presentations inspired by the Sanctuary's recent trip to Russia and the upcoming expedition to Lima, Cuzco and Machu Picchu in Peru. Programs include lunch and are limited to 40. Cost is $10 for members, $17 for nonmembers.
Call the Garden Campus office at 863-734-1221 for reservations or visit www.boksanctuary.org.

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I applied the workaround in MNT-15500 and the message disappeared.
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Rymanów (;  or ; ) is a town located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in the southeastern tip of Poland, with 3,585 inhabitants. It is a capital of a separate commune within Krosno County. Rymanów is situated in the heartland of the Doły (Pits) valley, and its average altitude is  above sea level, although there are some hills located within the confines of the town.

History

The town was built by the Duke of Silesia Władysław of Opole, the local representative of king Louis I of Hungary. Initially the town was named Ladisslavia, after the founder, and was inhabited primarily by settlers of central Germany (Reimannshau), largely overpopulated in late Middle Ages. In 1376 the town received a city charter based on the Magdeburg Law, which granted the town with a significant level self-government. During the reign of Ladislaus I of Poland the town received the modern name of Rymanów, after the first wójt Nicolao Reymann. The town was located on the traditional trade routes leading through the Carpathians to Hungary and in the 15th and 16th centuries it received numerous privileges from various Polish monarchs. This created a boost for local economy, mostly centred on the weekly fairs organized there. The period of prosperity ended in the 17th century, when this part of Poland was repeatedly pillaged and plundered by the invading armies during the wars against Muscovy, Sweden, Turkey and the Khmelnytsky Uprising.
Throughout the ages, the town's history was interwoven with the fate of several notable Polish szlachta families. In 17th and 18th century the town was a private property of the Stadnicki family. In 1731 Teresa Stadnicka married Józef Kanty Ossoliński and the town passed to the mighty Ossoliński family, notable for their collections of books and pieces of art. The latter started the construction of an exceptional parochial church, finished by his daughter Anna Teresa. The latter in 1794 sold the town to Potocki family, who owned it until the 20th century.

The town since the 16th century had also a significant Jewish population, a synagogue is already mentioned in 1593, during a criminal trial at the castle court in Sanok. The local 17th century Bejt-ha-kneset synagogue is one of the exceptional examples of unusual fortified Jewish houses of prayer, used both for religious and military purposes. The local kirkut (established in the 16th century) survived World War II and currently features ca. 800 graves. Among them are tombs of some of the most renown local Jews, including tsadikkim Menachem Mendl, Cwi Hirsch, Józef Friedman and cantor Israel Schorr. There is also a small military cemetery for Jewish soldiers who perished in the fights for the town in 1914 and 1915.

In the 19th century, after the partitions of Poland, the town was annexed by Austria and was made part of the Austrian-ruled Galicia. Initially a part of the Land of Sanok of the Ruthenian Voivodeship, in 1772 it became a part of the Circle of Lesko and in 1864 back to the starostship of Sanok. The town's economy gradually got back on track as it became a local centre of foodstuffs trade for the local peasants. In 1872 the town became the property of Stanisław Potocki and his wife Anna Działyńska, who started to develop a local spa. Much like the nearby town of Iwonicz Zdrój, Rymanów quickly developed into a popular resort for the inhabitants of Lwów. With the beginning of oil industry in nearby Borysław, a new railway was built only half a mile from the city. This further boosted the local development. In 1898 the town had 3704, including 1889 Poles and 1751 Jews. It had a post office, train station, telegraph and a gymnasium. However, after the outbreak of World War I the town was captured by the Russian Empire in September 1914 and severely looted. The spa pavillons were burnt to the ground and the town suffered from several weeks of Russian rule. In 1915 it was again retaken by Austria-Hungary and started to be rebuilt.

After Poland regained her independence in 1918, the town was restored to Poland. However, 20 years afterwards the town was again damaged, this time during the German terror bombings during the Polish Defensive War. After the Polish defeat, a prisoner of war camp was set up in the town's vicinity. Up to 10,000 Soviet prisoners were killed there by the Germans. The camp served also as a transit camp for the Jewish population.

During the German occupation, the Germans immediately robbed and terrorized Rymanów's Jewish population of around 1400.  They were forced into a ghetto near the center of town, living with other refugees from neighboring towns, and some were forced into the prisoner of war camp.  In August 1942, about 200 men were sent to labor camps, while many women, children, and the ill were rounded up and shot on the spot.  The elderly were taken to the woods near Dukla and shot there.  The rest were loaded on trains and sent to Belzec where they were murdered.  The 400 or so Jews who survived the war were mostly those who fled to the Soviet Union when the Germans invaded though some were hidden locally by Christian acquaintances.  The mass murder actions were typical of the fate of Jews in Polish towns and villages during the Holocaust except that many more of Rymanow's Jews survived than was typical.

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Notable people

 Robert Biedroń (born 1976), politician and LGBT activist
 Menachem Mendel of Rimanov (1745–1815), Hasidic rebbe and author
 Józef Kanty Ossoliński (1707–1780), magnate in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
 Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898–1988), winner of the 1944 Nobel Prize in Physics
 Israel Schorr (1886-1935), prominent hazzan
 Edith Schreiber-Aujame (1919-1998), architect
 Tomasz Wacek (born 1976), footballer

See also
 Walddeutsche
 List of Hasidic dynasties
 Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Rimanov
 Rimenov (Hasidic dynasty)

External links
 Official website of Rymanow
 Website of Rymanow Zdroj
 Rymanów

References

Notes
  Other early names of the town mentioned in various sources include: Ladisslaulia, Laslaw (1413),Reimannshau,  Rymanów(1415), Rimanow (1423), Rymanów (1433) and Rimanowo'' (1485), source Prof. Adam Fastnacht - Slownik Historyczno-Geograficzny Ziemi Sanockiej w Sredniowieczu, Krakau 2002,

Footnotes

Shtetls
Cities and towns in Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Krosno County
Nazi war crimes in Poland
Holocaust locations in Poland

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Vietnam - promising market for hospitality firms
Vietnam has emerged as a promising market in the hospitality sector among ASEAN-member countries, especially for luxury hotels and resorts, speakers said at a hotel and resort conference held on September 24 in Ho Chi Minh City.
Nearly 100 officials representing State agencies, hotel and resort developers, design and architecture firms, and solution providers worldwide are taking part in the Second Annual Global Hotels and Resorts conference.
Vanya Tran, General Director of Vietnam Hotel Resort Pro (VHRPRO) and the chair of the meeting, told Vietnam News on the sidelines of the event that Vietnam had great potential but lacked the "know-how and professionalism to offer world-class products and services" in the hospitality field.
"I believe what is unbeatable about Vietnam's tourism and hospitality is its landscapes, people and cuisine," she said. "The country's landscapes are breathtaking, the cuisine is authentic, and the Vietnamese are supportive and open to learning new things."
"Application of advanced technologies, such as digital marketing, to hospitality management and training of human resources, is the key to development," she said, adding that better linkages among hospitality players would also enhance the value chain.
Tran Phu Cuong, General Director of the International Cooperation Department under the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, at the event.
Tran Phu Cuong, General Director of the International Cooperation Department under the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, noted that Vietnam was competing with Thailand to become one of the best tourist destinations in the ASEAN region.
"Why Thailand? Thailand is among the ASEAN countries with the highest number of international tourists, which contributes greatly to its GDP," he said.
Despite similarities in culture and natural landscapes, Thailand's tourism industry is more competitive than Vietnam's.
"Vietnam can learn a great deal from Thailand, but we should keep our own special unique features," Cuong said.
Lian Miew Ching, design director of Singapore-based CHIL Interior Design in Asia, said that she had seen many beautifully designed hotels and resorts in Vietnam.
"Vietnam's economy is growing at the fastest pace ever, especially the hospitality industry," she said. "Travelling has become a necessity, not a luxury any more."
Brenton Smith, Director of Bates Smart, an Australian firm providing architecture, interior design and urban design strategies, said that Vietnam had potential to develop project management, investment and architecture and interior design.
"Everything in Vietnam is authentic, including nature, people and cuisine," he said. "I visited Hoi An, Da Nang and Hue, and was really impressed with the beautiful landscapes."
Last year, Vietnam was ranked the third fastest-growing tourist destination by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).
More than 150 new four- and five-star properties are expected to open in the country by 2020.
In addition, the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, which will eliminate more than 99% of customs duties on goods, is expected to open up Vietnamese service markets to EU firms, and spur tourism between the two sides.
Vietnam received a record-high of nearly 13 million foreign visitors last year, a 29.1% jump over the previous year, according to the General Statistics Office.
The country is expected to serve 17-20 million foreign visitors and 82 million domestic tourists by 2020.
The two-day conference is being organised by Bricsa Consulting, which holds high-end networking and knowledge-sharing conferences.
Discussion topics at the event included competition trends in the hospitality market, the needs of a diversifying market and foreign investment opportunities in Vietnam.
The conference will continue today with discussions about the future of Vietnam's tourism sector, as well as talks about merger and acquisition deals in the real estate sector in Vietnam and Thailand.
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Krong Pa district ready to develop solar power
FDI firms attract most workers in past 5 years
Vietnam records nearly US$5.6 billion in trade surplus


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Hi folks, been a bit busy as you can see by these details not being added that quickly. Amy Bolton and I flew down on the Friday arriving at Sandown at 12:40pm after a 2 hour trip and managed to get parked on the front line near the fuel pumps and very near the marquee. Sorry to go on about it but that's the closest I have ever been parked to the marquee, normally we have always been parked right down on the threshold of 23. Lesley and Lucy joined us a short time later as they travelled down by train, fast cat ferry and taxi. We decided not to slum it this year so we hired a caravan from Chiverton Copse, which turned up trumps as our caravan was very near to their bar. As the day went on lots more fixed wing turned up and a small number of flex's. Friday evening was spent in the Chiverton bar where we were joined by the lads and lasses from Hunsdon and the Zoy boys and girls from Western Zoyland. It was a good evening and we didn't have to crawl far to get to the van. Saturday saw the steady arrival of aircraft throughout the day, most trying to get in before the Red Arrow display over the Isle Of Wight Festival. We were all waiting in anticipation for a flyby and then came the call over the radio to fly down the runway at 1200 feet. After a big rush to get a good vantage point, the cameras were out and ready. From what I have seen everybody there must have taken exactly the same photo!! Once the Red Arrows had cleared we thought that it was to good an evening to spend sitting on the ground so Amy and Brad and Lesley and me went for the normal fly up to the needles then back through the centre of the island. After a nice hour of hands off trim flying we returned to Sandown and put the aircraft to bed. PARTY TIME!! The rest of the evening was spent in the marquee with the beer and the old faithful karioke and for us was not that far a walk back to the caravan. Sunday morning saw the normal early morning exodus and it was unusual to see the airfield nearly empty by the late afternoon, did they know something I didn't? Me and Amy left early evening and had a pleasant 1 hour 45 minute flight back to Plaistows, Lesley and Lucy followed home on the Monday. All in all a good weekend although the turnout this year was down a little bit down from last year. Please share your pictures with us and add them to the Album!!


The venue in which your wedding will be hosted is one of the key features that will determine the overall setting and atmosphere of the ceremony and reception. It, therefore, goes without saying that it can make or break the wedding day. Choosing the right venue requires a lot of brainstorming, discussions, negotiations and compromise. Here are some useful tips to finding the perfect wedding venue.
What kind of event do you want? Is it rustic, formal, bohemian, low-key, or a blow-out event? A traditional or a non-traditional ceremony? Will it be held outdoors or indoors? At night or during the day? Identify the most important elements of your bash and the geographical area that best suits your bash.
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Consider the quality of the food and beverage on offer. Are the food and beverage options suitable for your guests? If the in-house menus are not appropriate, find out how you can make arrangements for bringing in your caterer. Also, check if there any restrictions or extra charges for hiring your wedding catering service.
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During a photography trip to southern Iceland, we stopped on the main road along the coast to enjoy the stunning sunset across this magical landscape.
In this romantic image of a derelict industrial building in autumn, Haker plays with the soft hues of green, red and blues to enhance the romantic sense of nature reclaiming what's rightful hers.
These strikingly unique visions of plants protecting themselves from the depth of alpine winter suggest the majesty and strength of the natural world.
This abstract landscape of rolling snow-covered hills has nothing but a spruce tree in the mid-distance. The smooth, almost man-made surface of the landscape shows the absolute absence of human presence.
Soft pink clashed with striking cobalt blues in this interior shot of an abandoned palace. For all its distress, Haker captures something entirely seductive in these images due to their forlorn romanticism. Outside of the windows, a magnificent view stretches far beyond, a clue to the majesty of a house that once was.
This surreal shot of St Petersburg carpeted in snow transports the city back to a historic era. A low mist shrouds the midground in this eerily empty view. Perhaps the most charming aspect of this photograph is the soft footprints that snake away from the bench and towards the Church of the Savior in the distance. We are left to question whose they are and how they got there. The long shadows suggest either dawn or dusk.
Capturing the sunrise in the Rocky Mountains, Darwin creates an abstract photograph of a sun wandering lost in a sky set on fire. It's a photograph that recalls the Romanticist paintings of 18th century English painter, John Martin, and the Abstract Expressionists in one fell swoop.
Shot in April 2012 at sunrise from a helicopter, Howard has captured the sun rising over London from yet another perspective. This time the helicopter he's in rises above the foreground clouds just as the sun emerges at the horizon.
In this photograph, Haker actively engages with nature slowly creeping its way into the building. Shot through sun-filled windows, the warm dappled shadow that stretches across the floorboards emphasises the romantic and encroaching forces of nature. The colours of the palatial room come to the fore here as our eyes pick up on the warm browns, blues and finally greens of the world outside.
Another image from the Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon in Iceland, this time on a cold, clear autumnal night, as the Milky Way rose over the landscape. Even without the aurora lighting up the night sky, the beauty and richness of the stars create an ethereal scene over the ice.


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arts and health Bipolar Disorder Churchill Fellowships
Churchill was a painter too: mental health and the arts in New York City
For now, I'm in New York for part of my Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship. I'm exploring the role of the arts in healthcare and my focus is on mental health, wellbeing, and social inclusion. Churchill was born on this day in 1874. Find out more about his life and his "bulldog spirit" here.
I've already engaged with some fantastic examples and conversations, for example yesterday, with members of Fountain House.
Fountain House was established in 1948 with the first 'Clubhouse' here in Manhattan. In 2014 the organisation was awarded the Hilton Humanitarian Prize for their work, dedicated to supporting people to recover their mental health through offering engagement in a range of skills development, education, socialising and some impressive employment programmes.
Fountain House opens its doors to 350 New Yorkers every day, and has 1300 members at any one time. Clubhouses are an international movement and I wrote about my experience in a 'diagnosis-free zone' at in Jyvaskyla in Central Finland in June. There I discuss peer support models, clinical formulation, recovery, and the principles that underpin the work that contribute to its success.
Learn more about Fountain House and their work across the globe from their website, including the remarkable results of their endeavours.
From the Fountain House website, https://www.fountainhouse.org/
I also visited Fountain House Gallery on 9th Avenue, where artists exhibit their works and are curated through partnerships with professional curators from cultural institutions around the city. Those who browse, may buy. There I met a lady and member of Fountain House who likes to work in the gallery. She asked me why I was here, and I told her about Churchill, and his painting, and his extremes of mood. She didn't know he was into the arts or that he had his Black Dog. "You mean like manic depression, bipolar?"
"But he was a Prime Minister!" she said, eyes wide. "Yep!" I grinned.
I'm continuing the travelling part of Fellowship through to January, by talking with researchers and clinicians at New York University, Pace University, the Pratt Institute, and visiting practice examples. I'm also spending time with teams who deliver literacy and employment programmes to people who are incarcerated at Riker's Island Prison Complex, where I am headed to participate next week.
My former employer, Director of Arts for Health in Manchester Clive Parkinson, is also in town so I will be looking to him for guidance and we'll be swapping notes.
I invite you to stay tuned! Given my 'on the road' status, if I don't manage to post many polished blogs over the next few weeks, I have an epic three-day journey by train all the way across the United States of America to San Francisco, to study my haul, read, learn and write. Once there, I'll be heading to the University of California, Berkeley, to learn about research in the Psychology Department.
Please be welcome to get in touch, ask me anything, or to suggest programmes or people I should meet!
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I'm at the end of a manic 7 weeks in the US and have a good few blogs almost ready to post. Expect a flurry over the next few weeks as I share my Churchill Fellowship experiences, from art studio day habilitation and theatre productions led by disenfranchised youth, to arts-based mental health groups in jails and music therapies at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital.
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The 59th most popular snowboarding destination in Austria.
Southeast of Salzburg and north of Villach, the Turracher Höhe ski area has 30 pistes totaling 42km that is served by 12 lifts. This intermediates paradise is located up at Turracher Höhe pass on the Styria / Carinthia border.
To reach the snowboarding at Turracher Hohe by train, use the Tauernbahn all the way to Spittal/Drau where you can catch the train shuttle bus to the ski area. Alternately when coming from the south, you can take the train to Unzmarkt where you can pickup the Murtalbahn to the Predlitz train station. There are taxis from the station to the ski area.
Overall, Turracher Hohe is the 59th most popular snowboard & freeride destination of all 67 snowboarding resorts in Austria.


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filed: May 12, 2018 • U.S.
U.S. wind farm construction poised to boom as tax credit wanes
Credit: By Jim Efstathiou Jr. | Bloomberg | 11 May 2018 | www.bloombergquint.com ~~
Wind farm developers may add as many as 25 gigawatts of capacity in 2019 and 2020 as the scheduled reduction of a U.S. tax credit spurs an unprecedented building boom, according to analysts at Macquarie Group.
The flurry of construction will come as builders push to complete projects to take advantage of the production tax credit before it declines by 20 percent, Macquarie said in a research note Friday.
"We are expecting dozens of requests for proposals for wind farms being issued by utilities over the next six months, with commercial and industrial customers joining the race with time," analysts led by Angie Storozynski wrote in the note.
Source: By Jim Efstathiou Jr. | Bloomberg | 11 May 2018 | www.bloombergquint.com


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La Aegon Arena, conosciuta anche come Sibamac Arena, è un'arena coperta di Bratislava.

Storia e descrizione
La Aegon Arena è stata inaugurata il 19 settembre 2003 all'interno del centro tennistico nazionale slovacco, ha una capienza di  spettatori ed ospita sia eventi sportivi, come gare di tennis e pallavolo, sia concerti musicali, eventi che portano la sua capacità a superare anche i  spettatori.

Nel palazzetto si sono tenuti concerti di Joe Cocker, Anastacia, Marilyn Manson, Zucchero Fornaciari, Deep Purple e Rihanna, mentre tra gli eventi sportivi si è giocata la finale di tennis di Coppa Davis 2005 e la Final Four di pallavolo maschile del Gruppo 3 della World League 2015.

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Impianti sportivi di Bratislava


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Professor Eileen Munro is Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. Eileen was a social worker for many years and has also studied philosophy which has fuelled her interest in the reasoning skills needed in social work. Professor Munro has written extensively on how best to combine intuitive and analytic reasoning in risk assessment and decision-making in child protection, her most well-known book Effective Child Protection is now in its second edition. In May 2011 Professor Munro completed the Munro Review of the English Child Protection System. The Review describes the limits of a policy of bureaucratic control in the prevention of severe child abuse arguing for growing a system that values and organises around frontline professional expertise. More information about Eileen is available at www2.lse.ac.uk. To view a list of articles in print by Eileen Munro please click here.
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Professor Andrew Turnell is Social Work Professor of Practice at Cumbria University. Andrew is the principal co-creator of the Signs of Safety approach to child protection casework which is the most well-known participatory approach currently available in the international child protection field. Andrew is the founder of Elia which leads a 60-strong international community of licensed Signs of Safety trainers and consultants hailing from Japan, New Zealand, Europe and North America. Andrew is also partner with Professor Eileen Munro and Terry Murphy in Munro, Turnell and Murphy Consulting, which works with governments and children's services agencies around the world to transform child protection practice and organisation. More information at www.signsofsafety.net.
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Terry Murphy is a Director of Resolutions Consultancy in Perth Western Australia with primary responsibility to coordinate key international Signs of Safety system-wide implementations and to lead and advise the licensed Signs of Safety consultants. From 2007 to 2014, Terry was the Director-General of the Department of Child Protection and Family Support (DCPFS) Western Australia, which has more than 2,200 employees serving the State of 2.5 million square kilometres and 2.5 million inhabitants. In early 2008, the Western Australian Government, Terry and the DCPFS Executive made the decision to implement the Signs of Safety as its framework for all child protection practice throughout the agency. From that time under Terry's leadership, and actively involving all levels of the organisation, the Signs of Safety implementation has been central in transforming the agency, its culture and practice outcomes. Terry holds degrees in psychology and economics, as well as an MBA.
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The Civic Foundation depends entirely on contributions from Whitefish Bay residents and businesses to fund the events that have become Village traditions.
Friday, November 29th, on Silver Spring from 5-9pm.
Held each year on the Friday following Thanksgiving, the Holiday Stroll includes a parade, tree lighting ceremony, food, music, and more. It's the perfect opportunity to enjoy a free pony, train, or trolley ride, visit Santa and his reindeer, and cross things off your holiday list.
The seasonal celebration features our cherished parade! The parade celebrates the joy of the season as well as celebrating our great community. We have music, Dancing Grannies, racing sausages, Alaskan Malamutes, scout troops, media, and so much more... including Santa himself, in his sleigh pulled by Cupid and Vixen. It's an evening not to miss!
The parade begins at 6pm at the corner of Kent Avenue and Silver Spring Drive, heading east on Silver Spring Drive ending at Lake Drive in front of Sendik's. The parade lasts about 45 minutes.
Many, many thanks to all who make great events like the Holiday Stroll possible. It really does take a village... from the people in the parade, the businesses hosting open houses and a holiday extravaganza, the village public works department that makes our street look so great, to the many families that come out to enjoy the festivities.


Approximately 5 1/2 gallons. Used with aluminium Oil Tank only.
The info above comes from the January 1941 "Dealer's Net price list of special parts available for competition motorcycles".
These tanks were offered as an option on WR models for long races such as Daytona. Similar type of large tanks existed prior to this type for 1937 to 1938 WLDR models [click here for a gallery of those]. The older models held 6 gallons while the type seen on this page contains approx 5,5 gal. Also, the earlier type had oil fittings and could be used as a gas/oil tanks set, while the 1939 type seen here was set up for gas/gas only, and had to be used with the "under seat" aluminium oil tank.
In 1949 this type of large tank set was offered again with a new refence. The 1949 & later tanks were rubber mounted and had flat insides rather than the "kidney" setup. We're looking for some pics of a set of those.
We're also looking for a large set of tanks for ourselves, any year.. Please email us if you can help.
Special thanks to Malte for supplying these pics!


The latest hike in brief-time period rates of interest by the Federal Reserve Board has raised concerns about what rising interest rates imply for shopper borrowing, particularly how they may affect the demand for dwelling improvement loans. Cleansing your home and yard is a great enchancment venture, and if you are reworking, it will be the final step after the mud has settled. Perhaps most crucially, Home Enchancment has not been afforded the faintly damning courtesy of changing into retro kitsch. With the correct amount of tools and time, you may lastly name your own home an incredible place to live in, after the house improvement is accomplished.
For about six months in 2008, he stated, he grew to become sleep-deprived from worrying about how you can refinance a number of quick-term loans he had personally assured. Home improvement with new railings for your entrance porch or non-public lanai generally is a great investment in your home. Gulfport Dwelling Enchancment is an knowledgeable in numerous tough, arduous to fix home techniques that many other home service providers avoid. Tack strips are easily available in any house improvement shops close to your house. To do that little dwelling enchancment chore, all that you want is an previous deck broom, some kitty litter, and a dust pan. The explanation why these TELEVISION shows have hit such heights of fame is that they bit those issues related to DIY that frustrate each home owner.
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Week after week, I hate-watched Home Enchancment largely because of my dad, himself an engineer and newbie craftsman predisposed to chuckle at jokes about compressors, and silently fumed over its sucking. The price varies between different makes and fashions wherever from $10 online to about $20 in retail shops. Another thought for a tunnel is to simply use one of those cement mould cardboard tubes you find at residence enchancment shops.
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One step forward, one, sometimes two, back has been the story with the home….one job invariably leads to a number of extra – and an entire lot extra £££, in my experience. The house is a venture, we're doing all this work with a view to promote it, it is a stepping stone….and I've watched sufficient TELEVISION exhibits to know that you just should not get too attached to the house & to only make investments cash that you will get again ie, a loft conversion etc and many others. My neighbor also advised me that the last owners changed the roof in 1999 and so they typically last 20 years. You could get a call in minutes while you apply online and rates begin at three.1% APR on loans from £7,500 to £15,000 for brand spanking new and existing prospects. I truly grew up with a subsequent door neighbor who had a quonset hut for his or her house.
In my very own high-school yearbook, Residence Improvement was ceaselessly immortalized as the favorite TELEVISION show of graduating seniors, three years in a row. These are totally different from the foundations which apply to getting help with house improvements (see below heading Assist with home enhancements). But it's all too straightforward to forget about home enhancements that can only get you a well mannered nod when exhibiting them off – and but when you ignore them, they could value you critical money. On the time, I despaired, it seemed Residence Enchancment was destined to be the defining comedy of our dumb era.


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Arellano High School Inspiring Lifestories
Ramoncito Abad
Efren Abueg
Angelina Alcantara-Endozo
Dinah Fe Aquino-Paner
BenCab
Willy Briones
Bernadette Casas-Cristobal
Pura Santillan Castrence
Philip S. Chua
Cinderella ng Navy
Thelma Navarette-Clemente
Renato Constantino
Adrian Cristobal
Alberto Segismundo Cruz
Percival Cruz
Nhelley Dela Rosa
Aurelio Estanislao
Deogracias Eufemio
Eduardo Fajardo
Aristeo Fernando
Manuel G. Fontanilla
Herman Gamboa
Cancio Garcia
Erlinda Garcia
Luningning Go
Severino Julian
Jaime Laya
Nestor Leynes
Catalino Macaraig, Jr.
Roberto Manabat
Andres Narvaza
Reynato Puno
Socorro Ramos
Redentor Romero
Carlos del Rosario
Emilio Ruidera
Alfredo Santos
Fernando Sena
Gerardo Sicat
Simeon Silverio
Lorenzo Sumulong
Al Tantay
Luis V. Teodoro
Jesse Tiamson
Emma Valencia
Ernesto "Popoy" Valencia
Carlito "Bonggie" Valenzuela
Mario Vijandre
Luis Villacorta
Manuel Yan
Teodor Yu aka Augusto de Leon
Carlos del Rosario '61
Activist, Student Leader
Carlos del Rosario was a brilliant student, and also won leadership, and oratory and declamation awards. He was chosen city councilor of Manila during Boys' Scout and Girls' Scout Week. He wrote for his high school paper and was chosen as delegate to the secondary school press conferences. At the Lyceum, he was vice-president of the student council in 1964. He became an instructor of political science at the Philippine College of Commerce.
Fellow teachers describe Carlos, called Caloy or Charlie by fellow activists, as amiable and adaptable, diligent and trustworthy. He was an organization man, but he was also dynamic, an effective articulator for nationalism, social reforms and civil liberties.
Charlie became a student activist in the mid‑1960s, organizing core groups which later became the base of the militant Kabataang Makabayan (KM), which he helped establish in 1964. Charlie was KM's first Vice‑President. He also became its National Treasurer, General Secretary and Executive Member of the Committee of Advisers in its National Council.
Charlie was member of the provisional secretariat of the Movement for a Democratic Philippines (MDP) in 1970. He was a major personality of the 1970 First Quarter Storm (FQS).
In these capacities, Charlie helped organize the massive demonstrations, conferences and congresses that helped spread the nationalist movement in the Philippines.
Charlie was schooled in the ideas of nationalists such as Claro M. Recto, Lorenzo Tañada, Jose Laurel, Teodoro Agoncillo and Renato Constantino. He became opposed to neocolonialism and grew very critical of the iniquitous relationship between the US and the Philippines. He believed in the need for another propaganda movement in the Philippines such as that launched by Rizal, del Pilar and Lopez‑Jaena which started the Philippine Revolution in 1896. He also believed that the revolution started by Bonifacio and Jacinto of the Katipunan was unfinished and had to be completed.
These ideas were reflected in his subsequent involvement in the student movement in the 1960s and 1970s. He became a staunch nationalist and an advocate of national sovereignty and independence.
The circumstances around Charlie's disappearance remain unclear. He was last seen on the night of 19 March 1971, putting up posters for a forthcoming MDP national congress inside the compound of the PCC in Lepanto, Manila. He was expected to come later to an MDP meeting in Quezon City but he never showed up.
Charlie's parents searched for Charlie in the various military camps and asked for Malacañang's help. They combed through newspapers, and listened daily to radio and television broadcasts, hoping to get some news of their missing son. But they never found Charlie. He was 28 years old when he disappeared.
Birth: November 4, 1943 Disappearance: March 19, 1971
Bantayog ng mga Bayani


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As our collaborative network expands these topic areas will continue to grow.
GeHCo offer numerous short courses suitable for 'just in time learning'. These modules may be combined to comprise a full higher education subject. In addition, a number of online assessments are offered free of charge to enable potential students to diagnose their own knowledge and skill sets or gaps. High quality courses are delivered online and via various additional delivery modes to suit individuals' learning pace, time availability and style.
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Connecticut State Championships
Robot Games: A Connecticut Championship Of Invention
May 12, 2013|By KELLY GLISTA, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., The Hartford Courant
HARTFORD — Teams cheer, music blares and the points pile up as the energetic emcee gives a play-by-play of the action in the arena.
It's not basketball or soccer. It's the Connecticut State Championship FIRST Robotics Competition, and the players in the arena are robots built by local high school students.
The Connecticut Association of Schools partnered with FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) to hold the first statewide robotics competition Saturday in Hartford.
"It's like any athletic state championship," said Jenny Smith, marketing volunteer for the Connecticut branch of FIRST.
David Powers, a senior on the GUS Robotics team from Meriden, said that although the competition was held outside the normal season — the international championship was held last month — there was a lot at stake.
"A lot of pride," he said. "A lot of bragging rights."
About 40 teams competed Saturday, with robots they built over a six-week period. The second floor of the State Armory was transformed into a stadium where the robots — operated by their teenage creators — shot flying discs into multiple goals set at different heights.
Two 10-foot metal pyramids stood in the center of the playing field, and robots were designed for and scored on both their disc shooting ability and how high up the pyramids they could climb.
Powers, whose team was undefeated in the qualifying rounds Saturday morning, said he has been involved with the FIRST programs since age 3. His father helped start GUS Robotics, and Powers said he has developed a passion for machining. He said he will attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute next year to study mechanical engineering.
"There's really nothing like this," Powers said. "It's so different from other sports."
Many local teams have gone from being small clubs to full-fledged school teams, Smith said. The FIRST organization, based in Manchester, N.H., designs programs for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, and the students who participated in Saturday's event were at the varsity level.
"It's not just about the robots competing," Smith said.
Teams work together to use a standard set of parts to meet the challenge of the game, which changes from year to year. They share designs, they trouble-shoot, they raise money, they market themselves to sponsors and, in the process, they develop the tools they need to succeed in life, she said.
Mike Gentry, mentor for the Old Lyme Techno-Ticks, said he got involved with the competitions after his son joined a team. His son graduated, but Gentry stayed on and has been a team mentor for 15 years.
Gentry said the Techno-Ticks motto is, "It's in your blood."
"'It' is the infectious spirit of FIRST," he said.
A not-for-profit organization, FIRST was founded 20 years ago by Dean Kamen, known for inventing the Segway. FIRST's programs give students the opportunity to pursue science, technology and engineering, while also competing in regional and international robotics competitions.
The competition season is from January to mid-summer, Smith said. The event staff is 99 percent volunteers, including local engineers, Ph.D students and FIRST robotics competition alumni.
Eric Eckhardt is one of those volunteers and also the emcee for many FIRST events in the region, including Saturday's. Eckhardt, of Boston, said the best part of the FIRST programs is seeing the kids grow.
"I think this is exactly what we need in America," he said.
Jacob feeds the robot
Emma at the controls
Before the Match


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Funding the Enemy: War and Welfare Reply
by MRDA • Culture Wars/Current Controversies, Economics/Class Relations, Immigration, Political Correctness/Totalitarian Humanism, Religion and Philosophy, Strategy • Tags: Ann Sterzinger
From March last year: Ann Sterzinger's libertarian solution to the Islamist problem.
The welfare state is a gravy train for ISIS.
If the welfare state doesn't end in Europe, the welfare state will end Europe. And future historians will look back on the way the West ended and think we were all out of our goddamn minds.
As the dust is still clearing in Brussels and Pakistan (killing kids on Easter… stay classy, ISIS) and wherever else the nut jobs hit before this goes to press—as the Left signals their concern that all these dead bodies and raped orificia might feed an irrational fear of suicide bombers and rapists—the press is busy lecturing European security agencies about their incompetence. They could have stopped all these attacks somehow, if only they knew how to do their jobs!
You know what? I feel sorry for the security agencies, bumbling though they may allegedly be. From where I'm sitting, their job looks freakin' impossible. According to Pew, over a third of French Muslims think suicide bombing is at least on occasion acceptable (and among the 18-30 crowd, it's an eye-watering 42 percent).
How would you like it to be your job to root out terrorists when a third of the base population—of whose diversity and feelings you must always be respectful—would be happy to house and hide the assholes you're looking for?
Meanwhile the media have kept stumping for not just bringing more of the terrorist-supporting population in, but feeding and housing them at the expense of the very government budget that must also fund security operations.
I know, only a bad person would ever suggest that you end welfare, and no educated European wants to be a bad person. But what you are accomplishing by being too nice is very bad indeed, Europe. Because if you do not end the welfare state, you're going to have a violent genocide, one way or another.
Europeans, if you STILL have yet to notice, you are not just at war. You are in a war with multiple fronts, and one of the fronts is ON YOUR SOIL.
But it seems that most of you are not only unaware of the fact that you're fighting a war on your own soil, you are engaging in the most bizarre and suicidal form of collusion I've ever heard of. I'm not even talking about providing the enemy with unobstructed access to the citadel, although that's weird enough.
I'm talking about the fact that you are their supply train. The welfare state is allowing an enemy force to squat in your capitals, colonizing swathes of your territory, without having to worry about how to bring in provender to its troops. The welfare state allows the enemy the free time to sit around and plan, while the native population spends 40 hours a week at work, feeding them.
Yes, bien sûr, not all Muslims. (And look, that subway stop over there isn't blowing up today!) But the extremists have engineered a situation in which someone must be treated unfairly. Because they expect the West to take the burden upon itself and hope for the best. Because they think we're stupid—and since we're acting like we think we're invincible and immune to the forces of history, we certainly do look stupid. What do you say we try surprising them? Many among the flood of migrants are probably great people who deserve help. But you can't tell who they are by looking, and you cannot be fair to those individuals without being unfair to the individuals among the native population who are going to die in the next attack.
I understand your quandary, Europe. I've always tried to be a nice girl myself. But sometimes, assholes take advantage of you to the point where you'd be a suicidal fool to keep on giving. And when you strike back, it feels really, really good.
The last time I was in Paris, I went to a museum exhibit on the Vichy government's collaboration with the Nazis. The display-goers were mostly older people, who murmured politely about the terrible shame this collusion with the enemy represented. Lots of downcast eyes.
But these same cultured sort of museum-goers are the goodthink-enforcers who shame anyone who wants to close the floodgates on an ideology that's just as mad and expansionist as Hitler. Those who collaborated with the Nazis at least had the excuse that they had no choice (unless they wanted to live in the sewer under Paris with Simone de Beauvoir). They went along to save their lives in the face of a military defeat, in which they had at least made an honest try.
This time, the collabos are afraid of mere words—words like "bigot," whose definition has been expanded beyond all significance. Meanwhile, the army you are feeding and housing repeatedly and proudly inform you that they consider you subhuman. ISIS has bragged that it is using the immigrant crisis to plant its operatives in your midst. Why aren't you listening to them? Just because they don't look like Nazis?
The mainstream media have a lockdown on language when it comes to Molenbeek, the now-infamous neighborhood in Brussels which is connected to such a ridiculous array of ills that it's practically a White person. And yet it is continually called a "low-income community" by the media, in a morally unspeakable attempt to slap a sheen of sociological angel dust over mass murder.
No, call Molenbeek and Saint-Denis what they are: forward military bases. And you are supplying them.
To be honest, getting rid of welfare is not going to stop the terrorist attacks completely, or at least not all at once. There's already too much damage done; there are too many Muslim extremists in the West, many who enjoy citizenship; they continually infect others, and some of them may well be crazy enough to not mind starving (or stealing) as long as they get to keep plotting. No doubt there will be a spate of intensified attacks and blackmails when you tell them the goody train is about to go off the rails; but they will taper off (you can only wear the holy explosive belt once, after all) and the West will be left with the moderate and productive Muslims who emigrated years ago to escape all the bomb-loving in the first place.
The only way to cut off the violence immediately would be to deport every single individual who adheres to that faith—and that's a poor solution, practically, ethically, and politically. It's too drastically unfair to one side, and anyway Europeans still get a stomachache when they see a cattle car. And in my opinion, any pie-in-the-sky solution that involves packing people up and dividing them into ethnostates is so impractical that it's hard to believe anyone is proposing it in earnest. Have you ever been near a college town on moving day? Can you imagine that on a worldwide basis?
So you must end the welfare state— force the jihadis to do something with their time besides plot and proselytize—and hold firm as the violence flares and tapers.
Or, I suppose, you could pack it in.
Maybe you think you don't deserve to go on, because of your ancestors and colonialism. But if you must base your decisions on dead people, think about this: Where did the French learn about empire from? Rome. (Why do you think Napoleon called himself an emperor?) And where did the Romans learn it from? Carthage and Athens. And Athens learned (or didn't learn, as the tragic case may be) from the Persians. Who were kittens compared to their predecessors, the Assyrians. Who came from guess where?
If you must blame dead people for colonialism—even if it weren't blindingly illogical to pillory the living as proxies for the dead, none of whom can actually be punished—blame the dead Middle Easterners who broadcast the idea in the first place. Post-Renaissance European colonialism was a blip on the graph, and then Europe decided colonialism was wrong… except, apparently, when it happens to them.
It's Time Us Left-Wingers Stood Up to PC
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Family Pizza Place: Quick-Rises Into National Chain
Cynthia Mines | May 01, 2000
Expanding from one neighborhood pizzeria in 1963, to a chain of 143 restaurants in the late 1990s, Donatos Pizza faced steady growth. But the Columbus, Ohio-based chain was small fries compared to burger giant McDonald's, which decided to purchase it and turn up the heat on expansion plans.
McDonald's surprised the industry last year with its acquisition of Donatos, which had expanded into seven states since owner and founder Jim Grote started the business 35 years earlier. This year alone, plans are to open between 50 and 60 new stores, says Kevin King, vice president of business development for Donatos. More than 100 new stores are slated to open in 2001. That pace will mean the current number of stores will double in just two years.
"We're looking at a lot of new markets and new states as well as continuing to build stores in markets we're already in," King says. The 148 existing stores are located in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky and Alabama.
The Donatos legacy began when Grote was a high school student working at a local pizzeria. Unable to shake the pizza sauce from his veins, he convinced his dad (who thought pizza was just a fad) to loan him $1,300 to buy the neighborhood Donatos while he was a college sophomore.
Grote's father, a butcher, created a special sausage recipe, and his mother made the dough. The pizza dough is still made from the original family recipe, using milk and eggs.
For a decade, Grote worked on perfecting an operating system to produce a consistent quality and the exact same product at each location. He opened his second store in Columbus in 1974. When he began franchising in late 1991, there were 24 Donatos stores.
The layout is similar to a deli, where customers place their orders at the counter and then are seated and served. The casual decor of red, blue and browns strives for a light and comfortable atmosphere.
The menu items - pizza, subs and salads - have not changed much over the years. Still, Grote has introduced several innovations for producing a consistent quality, such as a bag-in-the-box system that dispenses the exact amount of sauce for each of the four sizes of pizza, and a specially designed warming cabinet which lets the yeast rise properly in a temperature- and humidity-controlled environment.
Donatos sees its niche as the quality pizza segment, and doesn't spare expense in ingredients, touting its "edge to edge" toppings and use of more expensive provolone cheese rather than mozzarella.
Donatos' consistent quality was what appealed to McDonald's, which looked at 61 pizza businesses before deciding which to purchase, according to restaurant trade publications.
Customers will not see changes resulting from the McDonald's purchase, but the business will benefit from McDonald's "tremendous expertise," according to King. Company headquarters will remain in Columbus, with Grote acting as chairman and Bill Rose, a former senior vice president for McDonald's, as the CEO.
In selecting locations, Donatos looks for suburban areas with families, kids, a good density of people, medium to high incomes and shopping such as grocery and video stores. "We tend to start out in the suburbs, establish ourselves, and then work our way in."
As the company re-evaluates its franchise program, it will open company-owned stores this year, concentrated in Florida, Pennsylvania, North and South Carolina and Tennessee, according to King. The next phase calls for development west of the Mississippi River, into New England, and then overseas.
"While this year and a good part of next year, the new stores will substantially be company-owned, franchising will be an important part of our future," says King, who anticipates that 50% of new stores after next year will be franchised. When McDonald's purchased Donatos last year, about 40% were owned by franchisees.
Because Donatos features a drive-thru pick-up window, new stores will be predominantly freestanding, though an endcap on a strip center also is an option if it allows for a drive-through, according to King. Grote's first Donatos had no seating, and delivery and carry-out have remained an important component.
The freestanding stores are nearly 2,600 sq. ft., including 1,100 sq. ft. for kitchen and storage. About 20% to 25% of Donatos' business is dine-in; the new stores have seating for 70 as well as a party room. Online ordering was introduced in 1998.
Donatos currently has 25 franchise entities owning 60 stores, so most franchisees tend to be small entrepreneurs, says Tom Santor, vice president of marketing. Details of the revised franchising program will be available by mid-year.


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Abstract: Sudan's upcoming elections in 2009 raise hopes and concerns for the country's future. According to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), signed in 2005 between the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), Sudan is scheduled to hold national and state level elections in 2009. (Elections are to take place for president of the Government of National Unity, president of the Government of Southern Sudan, members of the National Assembly and the South Sudan Legislative Assembly, and governors and state legislatures in all of Sudan's 25 states) However, delays in each phase of electoral preparation—including the passage of the electoral law, the appointment of the nine National Election Commission members responsible for overseeing elections, and the census—have raised doubts about whether the elections will be held within the timeframe outlined in the CPA.
28. Unfinished Business in Bosnia and Herzegovina: What Is To Be Done?
Abstract: This is the first of three papers USIP will publish this month on Bosnia, each with a different analytical perspective on what is happening in Bosnia and what needs to be done there to prevent a return to violence. We do this in the hope that these papers will generate a fuller debate on options that might be pursued by the U.S. government (USG), Europe and Bosnians.
Abstract: Juba, Southern Sudan – Northern Uganda is one of the world's humanitarian disaster areas. Twenty thousand have been killed and up to two million have been displaced in Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps over the last 20 years. This havoc has been created by the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), whose agenda and purposes have remained murky. Joseph Kony, the rebel commander, asserts that the LRA political program is based on the Ten Commandments, despite the fact that the LRA routinely violates most of them.
45. Kosovo: What Can Go Wrong?
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Producing a lot of light and consuming little energy this range of lamps has become extremely popular in domestic, retail, industrial and professional applications. Life expectancy for these dimmable lamps reaches an impressive 24,000 hours.
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Evaluation of IVE/MTX-ASCT treatment for cases of EATL
By Jefferson Adams • June 14, 2010
Caption: Potential treatment for T-cell lymphoma
Celiac.com 06/14/2010 - Enteropathy associated T-cell lymphoma (EATL) is a rare type of for which there are currently no standardized diagnostic or treatment protocols.
A team of researchers recently evaluated enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma and compared standard therapies with a novel regimen including autologous stem cell transplantation
The research team included Michal Sieniawski, Nithia Angamuthu, Kathryn Boyd, Richard Chasty, John Davies, Peter Forsyth, Fergus Jack, Simon Lyons, Philip Mounter, Paul Revell, Stephen J. Proctor, and Anne L. Lennard.
The team describe EATL in a population-based setting and evaluates a new treatment with aggressive chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT).
In 1979, the Scotland and Newcastle Lymphoma Group began to collect data on all patients newly diagnosed with lymphoma in the Northern Region of England and Scotland.
The research team reviewed the records of patients diagnosed with EATL from 1994 and 1998. 54 patients had features of EATL. The overall annual rate was 0.14/100,000.
Doctors treated 35 patients with systemic chemotherapy (mainly anthracycline-based chemotherapy) and with surgery. They treated 19 patients with surgery alone. Patients showed a median progression-free survival (PFS) of 3.4 months and overall survival (OS) of 7.1 months.
Starting in 1998 patients eligible for intensive treatment received the novel regimen IVE/MTX (ifosfamide, vincristine, etoposide/methotrexate)–ASCT, with a total 26 patients included. PFS and OS at the five year mark were 52% and 60%, respectively, a substantial improvement over the historical group treated with anthracycline-based chemotherapy (P .01 and P .003, respectively).
In contrast to the poor outcomes when treated with conventional therapies, the IVE/MTX-ASCT regimen offers acceptable toxicity and significantly improved outcome for cases of EATL.
Researchers are affiliated variously with the Department of Haematological Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne; the Department of Haematology, Craigavon Area Hospital, Portadown; the Department of Haematology, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent; the Department of Haematology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh; the Department of Haematology, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness; the Department of Haematology, Harbour Hospital, Poole; the Department of Haematology, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland; the Department of Haematology, University Hospital of North Tees, Stockton on Tees; and the Department of Haematology, Staffordshire General Hospital, Stafford, United Kingdom
Blood, 6 May 2010, Vol. 115, No. 18, pp. 3664-3670. DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-07-231324.
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Gluten-free Diet and Quality of Life in Patients with Screen-detected Celiac Disease
The following Medline abstract describes a unique study that was done on the quality of life of two groups of people with celiac disease: One that was diagnosed as the result of having symptoms, and the other which had little or no symptoms and whose diagnosis was reached via screen-detection. Both groups were treated for one year with a gluten-free diet, and were then studied to determine their overall response, including their psychological response. Here is the abstract:
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Mustalahti K, Lohiniemi S, Collin P, Vuolteenaho N, Laippala P, Maki M.
Department of Pediatrics, Tampere University Hospital...
Diagnosing Celiac Disease is Far from Straightforward
Celiac.com 05/25/2011 - Perhaps because celiac disease presents clinically in such a variety of ways, diagnosing it often takes an inordinately long time. A serological test positive for antibodies against tissue transglutaminase is considered a very strong diagnostic indicator, and a duodenal biopsy revealing villous atrophy is still considered by many to be the diagnostic gold standard. But this idea is being questioned; some think the biopsy is unnecessary in the face of clear serological tests and symptoms, and that patients should be spared it; others claim that the onset of celiac disease can predate the occurrence of villous atrophy, yielding a falsely...
Larazotide Acetate in Patients With Celiac Disease Undergoing a Gluten Challenge
Celiac.com 02/04/2013 - Ever wonder what happens to all those celiac disease patients who volunteer to do a gluten-challenge in the name of science? Well, the short answer is that they likely suffer, and may incur gut damage, at least in the short term.
A team of researchers looking for ways to reduce or eliminate that problem recently conducted a study using larazotide acetate, a first-in-class oral peptide that prevents tight junction opening, and may reduce gluten uptake and associated problems.
The research team included C. P. Kelly, P. H. R. Green, J. A. Murray, A. DiMarino, A. Colatrella, D. A. Leffler, T. Alexander, R. Arsenescu, F. Leon...
Celiac Patients Tolerate Wheat Spaghetti After Hookworm Treatment
Celiac.com 10/03/2014 - Celiac disease patients in Australia have shown a major improvement in gluten tolerance after receiving experimental hookworm treatments. The study is part of an effort to determine if parasitic helminths, such as hookworm, might help to treat inflammatory disorders, including celiac disease.
In this case, the research team assessed the influence of experimental hookworm infection on the predicted outcomes of three escalating gluten challenges in volunteers with confirmed celiac disease.
The research team included John Croese, MD, Paul Giacomin, PhD, Severine Navarro, PhD, Andrew Clouston, MD, Leisa McCann, RN, Annette Dougall...
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