Like so many US healthcare providers, Augusta University Health System (formerly Georgia Regents Health System) faced the operational reality of a poor payer mix, flat reimbursements, aging technology, inefficient processes, and the need to take cost out of an already constrained pool of resources. Against this backdrop, they turned to Philips to explore new ways to work together to change the status quo.
In June 2013, Philips and Augusta University Health announced an industry-defining Managed Services Alliance valued at $300M over a 15-year term. The Alliance model, the first-ever partnership of this type in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world, aims to improve outcomes and deliver more effective and cost-efficient care to millions of patients across Georgia and South Carolina.
Based in Augusta, Georgia, Augusta University Health is a world-class healthcare network, offering the most comprehensive primary, specialty, and subspecialty care in the region.
Brooks A. Keel PhD, President of Augusta University and Vitor Rocha, CEO of Philips North America speak about providing state-of-the-art health care and the importance of the strategic partnership in delivering care to the citizens of the region. Dr. Carsten Schroeder, Director, Thoracic Oncology Surgery Service from Georgia Cancer Center, explains how the hybrid operating room (OR) can streamline diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer.
The accomplishments of the first two years of our Alliance encompass a broad range of clinical, financial and operational activities too numerous to list. But perhaps above all, the first phase has been about aligning and positioning the Augusta University Health-Philips team shoulder-to-shoulder to face next year's challenges – and those of the next 13 years. For a more complete list of Alliance accomplishments, see the Augusta University Health case study below.
The Radiology Department at the Children's Hospital of Georgia (CHOG) transformed from a drab institutional environment with dated technology and inefficient workflows to an award-winning pediatric imaging environment patients don't want to leave and clinicians are proud to be a part of.
Philips is collaborating with Augusta University Health to support clinical growth, increase patient throughput, and improve performance. An Enterprise Transformation Program was developed which delivers strategy, design, clinical, service line planning, and process improvement consulting. The focus is on clinical growth with a commitment to continuous performance improvement for quality patient care at a reduced cost.
The Augusta University Health relationship was founded upon a joint commitment to innovation and patient-centric care and the belief that our success and growth depend on the long-term success and growth of our partner.
1 Financial performance metrics report by Shawn Vincent, VP Partnerships, International Healthcare & Strategic Affiliations Augusta University, April 2015.
2 Imaging volume improvements included: CT up by 11%; MRI up by 33%; ultrasound up by 29%; vascular IR up by 39%. While several pieces of existing equipment were upgraded or replaced, there was no net increase in the number of imaging devices. During this time, radiologists decreased by 2.5 FTE. Reported by Dr. James Rawson, Chief of Radiology at Augusta University, April 2015.


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Los Pioneros: tackling social inequality in Peru for four decades
Los Pioneros have been working in El Callao's poorest neighbourhoods since 1978
Through football, the association's work has benefited many young Peruvians
FIFA Foundation provides support to organisation
The neighbourhoods of Chacaritas, Puerto Nuevo, Ciudadela Chalaca and San Juan Bosco are among the most violent in El Callao, a port city on Peru's Pacific coast that borders the capital Lima. There, since 1978, La Asociacion Los Pioneros (The Pioneers Association) have been playing a vital role in the social integration of Peruvians between the ages of six and 26 through the medium of football.
The social problems faced by these young people have diverse origins but often include poverty, inadequate education, limited opportunities to acquire the requisite skills and training to enter the job market, as well health problems related to lead inhalation – the port of El Callao and its adjoining neighbourhoods are gateways in the export of minerals extracted from Peru's hinterland.
The consequences of these problems can manifest themselves in things like violence, crime, drugs, dropping out of education, and health and family problems. To try to mitigate these, Los Pioneros turn to sport – and for the most part the most popular sport of all.
"Football is a great tool for social transformation. Through it we contribute to empowering our participants with personal and social skills as well as abilities," Edward Company, Los Pioneros' Projects Director, told FIFA.com.
Project "Football for Peace and Equality" - Asociacion Los Pioneros (Peru)
"The benefits are multiple," he explained. "and can include enhanced social abilities, better self-protection and prevention skills, promoting personal development through resilience training in safe and shared spaces where they can exercise their rights by promoting positive interpersonal relationships."
During the course of 2019, the work of 15 adults at the Peruvian association has directly benefitted more than 200 young people of both genders. The number of indirect beneficiaries is estimated to exceed 900.
The support of the FIFA Foundation
The support of the FIFA Foundation has been vital to the development of three projects headed up by Los Pioneros: Escuelas de futbol de valores (School of Football Values), Mujeres en accion (Women in Action) and Heroes de Barrios (Neighbourhood Heroes).
The first two utilise the concepts of Futbol3 (three-a-side football) as well as aspects of the National Yachay Programme developed by the Peruvian Ministry for Women and Vulnerable Populations together with UNICEF.
In the third project, the aim is to "promote teenagers and young people so as to train them in mediation football workshops, conflict resolution and personal-development workshops", explained Company.
"By forming skills as agents of societal change, they become group leaders and help instil our objectives in the younger members," he added.
Specific projects with the girls
Nelly Jara, a coordinator with Los Pioneros' girls group, explained that most of the beneficiaries come from dysfunctional families – in some cases where family violence has been a factor.
"At first, they can show violent attitudes, arguing with each other over tastes and opinions. Over time, and thanks to "Women in Action", they get better at communicating and being together," she said.
With the programme, they "learn personal skills that allow them to develop their self-esteem, grow in self-confidence and empower themselves."
Part of that process is the use of mixed-gender football as an inclusion tool.
"They've learned that girls and boys can share the same space without any discrimination. The girls are keen to show that they can enjoy football and learn its skills as well as the boys, demonstrating how they too can master the ball. The same boys, who used to exclude the girls for not being able to play as well as them, are now surprised at their ability."
What at first seemed unthinkable is now commonplace: "The girls gather in their neighbourhoods or schools to play football – a sport that is now for them as well."
In addition, they get a taste of journalism and reporting on Pioneros TV" a place where they interview people from the community and give their opinions on everyday matters.
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Vince's Italian Pizzeria
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A true Pacific Northwest original, this "Garlic Gulch" upstart used TV, radio and "buy three, get one free" deals to grow into multiple locations and concepts.
In 1957, South Seattle was known as "Garlic Gulch" for its influx of Italian immigrants, but pizzerias hadn't yet infiltrated the area—until Naples native Vince Mottola Sr. and his wife, Ada, started Vince's Italian Pizzeria. Vince Sr. had worked in a renowned catering company in Italy, then an Italian bakery in Seattle, so his passion for food was firmly established, while Ada charmed customers with her classic Italian beauty. "He was eager to open an Italian pizzeria, because there wasn't much pizza in the area; he was one of the first," recalls Vince Mottola Jr., current owner of Auburn, Washington-based Vince's Restaurant Family with partner Fred Martichuski (who started as a dishwasher under Vince Sr.). "He created pizza the way he remembered it growing up in Naples: keeping it simple with hand-tossed dough and the freshest, best ingredients."
The Italian community embraced the pizzeria, which moved down the street in the early '60s to expand into a full-service restaurant and bar that achieved wildfire success with pizza and traditional homemade Italian specialties. Vince Sr. attracted customers by offering "buy three pizzas, get one free"—a promotion remembered fondly and still offered today—and investing in then-pricey TV and radio ads, leading to more locations in the '70s and '80s. Ever ahead of his time, Vince Sr. even helped pioneer a software program for accounting in the '70s (still used at Vince's).
Now the company embraces modern communications through an email club and social media marketing, while passionate staff members like Dave Dorough (a 40-year Vince's veteran who's now a partner in some of the restaurants and heads its central kitchen) make customers feel like part of the family. "We have this great opportunity to take care of people at the best part of the day—when they eat," Vince Jr. says. "We never want to take that opportunity for granted and try to really make it special every time they come in."
Vince Jr. took over in 1983 and continued expansion: Today, he helms three Vince's Italian locations, plus the certified-Neapolitan concept Pizzeria Pulcinella (opened in 2008) and Via Marina Wood-Fired Pizza and Italian Cafe (since 2014). He even created a tour company in 2003, ushering groups to Italy for food-focused tours that delve into the roots of Vince's, while fundraisers throughout the year ensure the business remains an important part of the local community's fabric. "Pizza is in my DNA, but you have to constantly be looking to improve," Vince Jr. concludes. "We want to be around for 70, 80, 100 years. There's a great tradition here, and we want that success to be sustained."
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U.S. Rep. Schneider tests positive for COVID-19, calls out 'selfishness and arrogance of the anti-maskers'
By Steve Sadin
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U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) is joined by others as he speaks outside of the U.S. Postal Service Chicago Headquarters on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (Jose M. Osorio/ Chicago Tribune) (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Deerfield, tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday after receiving the results of a test taken Monday at the suggestion of the House attending physician, according to a press release from his office.
Schneider said in the release he is not experiencing any symptoms at this time.
Though Schneider did not say in the release where or when he was exposed to the disease, he was in close quarters with dozens of his House of Representative colleagues, some not wearing masks, for several hours on Jan. 6 when the Capitol was attacked by a violent mob.
"I am now in strict isolation, worried that I have risked my wife's health and angry at the selfishness and arrogance of the anti-maskers who put their own contempt and disregard for decency ahead of the health and safety of their colleagues and our staff," Schneider said.
A person can test positive between two and 14 days after exposure which means he could have contacted the disease during Wednesday's events, according to the Centers for Disease Control website.
"Wearing a mask is not a political statement, it is public health guidance, common courtesy, and simply what should be expected of all decent people," Schneider said.
Schneider said members of Congress must be masked at all times to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Those who refuse should be held accountable.
"We can no longer tolerate Members coming to the floor or gathering in the halls of Congress without doing the bare minimum to protect those around them," he said in the statement. "Those that flout public health guidance should be sanctioned and immediately removed from the House floor by the Sergeant at Arms for their reckless endangerment of their colleagues."
Since driving home to Deerfield from Washington, Schneider is isolating from his wife in their house as much as possible. He has refrained from any close contacts since Wednesday.
Along with Schneider, two other House members confined in the same room have tested positive for the disease. They are Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., a 75-year-old cancer survivor, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash.
Schneider said he will continue to work remotely and vote by proxy on measures before the House.
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Dj Perez the multi talented african and international dj has presented us with his latest may and june 2018 mixtape to be enjoyed and downloaded. This is a free naija hip hop mix filled with trendy, party rocker and latest banging music. it contains songs, music and album from artistes like simi, davido, wizkid, etc.


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Super comfy playsuit the only thing I'll fault are the straps, they're a bit too long for me and they're not adjustable otherwise the playsuit is flattering and hugs my curves perfectly.


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Focusing on the diverse Asian American community, Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)'s mission is to improve the health, mental health, and well-being of individuals and their families by providing an array of human services. AACI empowers the Asian American community by working collaboratively for equality and social justice.
CAIRS was established in 1979 and is the only statewide organization dedicated exclusively to serving the needs of professionals involved in the public access to human services.
CAPPA is the premiere state association of organizations that provide child care subsidies to CalWORKs and working poor families throughout California. Established in 1977, CAPPA is the lead voice for public and private nonprofit agencies who contract with the California Department of Education (CDE) to provide child care subsidies to families and to ensure children keep learning while parents are earning.
The California Child Care Resource and Referral Network is the oldest, most well-established system of child care Resource and Referral (R&R) agencies in the United States. The Network combines practical knowledge at the local level with extensive experience in working on state and national child care policy. The unparalleled public and private support for child care R&R services in California is acclaimed throughout the country.
Every Child California is an independent professional organization for administrators of publicly funded Child Development Programs. Our long standing record of advocating quality early education dates back to 1943. We are recognized as one of the California's leading professional organizations.
The mission of CET, an economic and community development corporation, is to promote human development and education by providing people with marketable skills training and supportive services that contribute to self-sufficiency. For each CET student, the goal is to obtain a permanent, unsubsidized, well-paying entry-level position with benefits and continued growth potential.
The Child Care Law Center (CCLC) is a national nonprofit legal services organization that uses legal tools to make high quality, affordable child care available to every child, every family, and every community. We are the only organization in the coutnry devoted exclusively to the complex legal issues that affect child care. Our diverse substantive work encompasses public benefits, civil rights, housing, economic development, family violence, regulation and licensing, and land use.
The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
Based on sound research in early child development, FIRST 5 Santa Clara County supports the healthy growth and nurturing of children prenatal through age 5. By working with parents, community leaders, social service and healthcare agencies, FIRST 5 funds and sponsors essential services for young children and their families. FIRST 5 is a voice and an advocate for young children and their families, investigating more than $30 million of Proposition tobacco tax money each year in Santa Clara County to support children related critical issues.
The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is a leading national organization working to improve public policies to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States. Founded in 1970 as a public interest law firm, FRAC is a nonprofit and nonpartisan research and public policy center that serves as the hub of an anti-hunger network of thousands of individuals and agencies across the country.
Since 1992, the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (LCHC) has been the leading voice on Latino health issues throughout the state. Our primary programs include community education, research and policy advocacy in the areas of access to health care, immigrant health, health care disparities and community health.
The Santa Clara County Local Early Education Planning Council was formed in 1991 by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and the Santa Clara County Office of Education. The primary mission is to plan for child care and development services based on the needs of families and children in the local community.
The focus of NAFCC is to provide technical assistance to family child care associations. This assistance is provided through developing leadership and professionalism, addressing issues of diversity, and by promoting quality and professionalism through NAFCC's Family Child Care Accreditation.
Child Care Aware offers child care resource and referral centers located in every state and most communities across the US. This organization help families, child care providers, and communities find, provide, and plan for affordable, quality child care.
UnidosUS is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization established in 1968 to reduce poverty and discrimination and improve life opportunities for Hispanic Americans.
Parent Voices is a partnership of parents throughout California that is coordinated by the Network and hosted by Child Care Resource an Referral agencies throughout California. Essentially, Parent Voices works jointly to develop and organize leadership, advocacy, and community people and resources in order to increase funding, improve quality, and provide better access to child care.
RESULTS is a nonprofit grassroots advocacy organization committed to creating the political will to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty. RESULTS is committed to individuals exercising their personal and political power by lobbying elected officials for effective solutions and key policies that affect hunger and poverty.
The Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits is a membership organization open to all 501 C-3 nonprofits in Silicon Valley with an emphasis on Santa Clara County. We currently have 185 member agencies. Our mission is the magnify the influence and contribution of nonprofit businesses in Santa Clara county by working as a Nonprofit Chamber of Commerce - A Voice of Strength, building on values to influence public policy.
The Silicon Valley Organization began in 1886 as the Board of Trade, bringing together businesses to solve mutual problems and strengthen the local business climate.
As the region's largest Chamber of Commerce the SVO attracts, uplifts and protects their members through visibility, community engagement, economic development and advocacy.
The SVO is a community of 1,200 businesses and 300,000 employees throughout the greater Silicon Valley region. Their member investors are made up of businesses from all different industries and sizes.
If you are a new mom, or a mom-to-be in the US, visit the CDC's Parent Portal home page to learn how you can sign up for Text4baby, a free mobile information service designed to promote maternal and child health. An educational program of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), Text4baby provides pregnant women and new moms with information they need to take care of their health and give their babies the best possible start in life. You can sign up for the service by texting BABY (or BEBE for Spanish) to 511411. You will receive free SMS text messages each week, timed to your due date or your baby's date of birth.
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MEMC Electronic Materials Inc: Private Offering of Senior Notes
ST. Peters, Missouri - MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) announced that it intends to commence a private offering, subject to market and other conditions, of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2019. The notes will be unsecured and guaranteed by certain of MEMC's subsidiaries. The company plans to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, including working capital, capital expenditures, the construction of solar power projects, and acquisitions, investments, strategic transactions and joint ventures.
The notes are being offered inside the United States to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.
The notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. This press release is being issued pursuant to Rule 135c under the Securities Act, and is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the notes or any other securities, and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a sale of, the notes or any other securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.
In connection with the offering, MEMC hasagreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to an offer to exchange the notes for publicly tradable notes having substantially identical terms, in accordance with published SEC interpretations.
Certain matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements, including those relating toMEMC's intention to raise proceeds through the offering of notes, the intended use of proceeds and theexpected amount of the proceeds. There can be no assurance that the transactions mentioned in this press release will be completed on the anticipated terms or at all. Such statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties includefinancial market conditions andthe final terms of the notes. These forward-looking statements represent MEMC's judgment as of the date of this release. MEMC disclaims, however, any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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This guide is designed to give you an overview of MyLibraryNYC in terms of features, training, communication and support.
How do teachers browse and request sets?
Contact your outreach librarian to schedule a time when the two of you can speak to as many teachers as possible, i.e. faculty day/meeting. Co-present with librarian to this audience. In this presentation, cover all the general information teachers need to use the program such as: the benefits of the educator card, and how to find and browse through the teacher set offering, pick-up and delivery procedures. Demonstrate how to place a hold, and what to expect in terms of notifications. Provide examples of sets that would be useful for their students, i.e. elementary, middle school, or high school which you have ordered to arrive before the presentation.
Work with librarian to schedule a time when you can speak to as many teachers as possible, i.e. faculty day/meeting. Co-present with public librarian on how to place holds, create lists, use tags and shelves. Show teachers the databases useful for their students, i.e. elementary, middle school, or high school. Show teachers how to access the databases and provide examples of how they can be used in the classroom.
Schedule follow-up visits with your outreach librarian for card application pickup/delivery. Co-present on the public library catalog to students and/or parents, events happening in the branch, etc.


Luckily there are some nice tricks you can use to make a remote kernel upgrade as safe as possible.
First, make sure you have a valid kernel. Copy the .config of an old kernel and 'make oldconfig' to make it work on your new-to-be-compiled kernel.
Second, make the kernel using the 'make-kpkg' package, don't forget the –initrd parameter if you need it.
Fifth, Grub2 needs to be told to only boot the new kernel once, so in case the new kernel panics, it automatically restarts using a kernel you know works (your current one perhaps). Else the 'panic=5′ we set earlier will only lead to a reboot loop.
To configure 'reboot-once-into-new-kernel', we need to do two more things, first we need to tell Grub2 what your working, safe kernel is. Check /boot/grub/grub.cfg for the name of this kernel, but don't change anything in this file.
Now we have to tell Grub to reboot once into the new kernel, again we need the name of the new kernel, mine is "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-example", use this command.
Don't worry, this won't reboot your machine.


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#ifndef ImagePatchVectorized_H
#define ImagePatchVectorized_H

#include "PixelDescriptor.h"

// ITK
#include "itkImageRegion.h"

class Mask;

/**
\class ImagePatchVectorized
\brief This class indicates a rectangular region in an image by vectorizing it in raster scan order.
*/
template <typename TImage>
class ImagePatchVectorized : public PixelDescriptor
{
public:

  typedef TImage ImageType;
  typedef typename TImage::PixelType PixelType;

  /** Default constructor to allow ImagePatch objects to be stored in a container.*/
  ImagePatchVectorized();

  /** Construct a patch from a region. Ideally 'image' would be const, but we also need a default constructor.*/
  ImagePatchVectorized(TImage* const image, Mask* const maskImage, const itk::ImageRegion<2>& region);

  /** Set the image which this region refers to.*/
  void SetImage(const TImage* const image);

  /** Set the region which this patch indicates.*/
  void SetRegion(const itk::ImageRegion<2>& region);

  /** Get the region described by the patch.*/
  itk::ImageRegion<2> GetRegion() const;

  /** Get the corner of the patch.*/
  itk::Index<2> GetCorner() const;

  /** Output information about the patch. Even though this is inside a class template definition, we still need to declare it as a function template. */
  template <typename T>
  friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& output,  const ImagePatchPixelDescriptor<T>& patch);

  /** Get the image to which this patch refers. */
  TImage* GetImage() const;

  /** Determine if this patch is valid. A valid patch must be InsideImage, but also has had a valid descriptor attached to it. */
  bool IsFullyValid() const;

  /** Determine if this patch is entirely within the image. */
  bool IsInsideImage() const;

  /** Set the valid offsets of the patch. */
  void SetValidOffsets(const std::vector<unsigned int>& validOffsets);

  /** Get the valid offsets of the patch. */
  std::vector<unsigned int> GetValidOffsets() const {return this->ValidOffsets;}

  const std::vector<PixelType>& GetPixelVector() const {return this->PixelVector;}

  /** Get the valid offsets of the patch. */
  const std::vector<unsigned int> * GetValidOffsetsAddress() const {return &this->ValidOffsets;}

  void CreatePixelVector();

private:

  /** The region in the image defining the location of the patch. */
  itk::ImageRegion<2> Region;

  /** The image that the patch points to. */
  TImage* Image;

  /** The Mask that describes the valid pixels in the patch. */
  Mask* MaskImage;

  /** Indicate if every pixel in this image patch is valid or not. */
  bool FullyValid;

  /** Indicate if the patch region is entirely inside the image region. */
  bool InsideImage;

  /** A list of offsets from the patch corner that contain valid pixels.
      This is only used during the comparison to another patch if this patch has status TARGET_PATCH.*/
  std::vector<unsigned int> ValidOffsets;

  std::vector<PixelType> PixelVector;

};

#include "ImagePatchVectorized.hpp"

#endif

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The Evolutionary Psychology of Gender
Wednesday I'm giving a talk about why there are so few women in philosophy, so I've been reading around, thinking about various hypotheses. For people who find the question interesting, this report by Helen Beebee and Jenny Saul is a must-read (I wrote about it here). They draw on the book Delusions of Gender: How our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference, by Cordelia Fine - especially on the notion of stereotype threat discussed in chapter 4. I read it for that reason, and also because I'd just read Simon Baron-Cohen's book The Essential Difference. That book deserves a drubbing, and Fine delivers (though possibly she makes some mistakes--see Baron-Cohen's review of Fine here). She also does an excellent job of excoriating other gleeful "vive la difference" books like The Female Brain, by Louann Brizendine.
The critical parts of Delusions of Gender are valuable--and I do highly recommend the book--but I find myself unable to swallow the positive picture, which is conveyed by the subtitle: "how our minds, society, and neurosexism create difference." I started getting nervous as early as chapter 3, which begins, "Pick a gender difference, any difference. Now watch very closely as--poof!--it's gone." Throughout the book, there's a lot of "poof!" and much of it's convincing, but deep down I'm resistant to the message. I keep asking myself why, coming up with reasons, discarding them, and then coming up with more reasons.
Ultimately, I think I'm inclined to believe in some innate gender differences because I don't see how it could be otherwise, given evolution, and the basic facts about human reproduction. Imagine (per impossibile) that once upon the time there was no gender. There was just the all purpose Human, who reproduced by cloning. Maybe we started off on another planet, with very advanced technology. The Human arrives on earth, and miraculously becomes more human. Randomly, Humans are endowed with male and female reproductive systems, etc. etc. Mothers gestate babies for 9 months, then lactate, so children (born every immature) are especially dependent on their mothers. In the beginning, we are imagining, males and females are exactly the same apart from their reproductive systems, and then they're let loose in the world.
Question: will the reproductive differences trigger gradual change over time, so that male and female brains come to differ from each other? I would think that, given the different roles played in reproduction by males and females, the males would seek females with certain psychological traits, and the females would seek males with other traits. And so over time, due to sexual selection, there would be hidden brain differences to go along with the visible body differences.
Of course, this is just a ridiculous thought experiment, and male and female reproduction systems actually evolved alongside the brain. But maybe there's some value in thinking about what would inevitably ensue, if humans started off with genderless brains, and gendered bodies.
Of course, if we have gendered brains, it could still be that "minds, society, and neurosexism" play a big role in constructing gender differences. Fine is very convincing on a variety of ways in which this happens. The evolutionary story only conflicts with Fine's rejection of all innate differences-- "Pick a gender difference, any difference. Now watch very closely as--poof!--it's gone."
Furthermore, whatever distinguishes male and female brains could have no relevance to why there are more men in math, or engineering, or philosophy. It could be the explanation for only the most crude and obvious differences--why there are more men in the military, for example,
But the "poof!" approach seems out of the question. It fits in better with the antiquated view that the mind is a pristine soul, and totally protected (by our thick skulls?!) from the forces of sexual and natural selection. But then--I am no expert, so I say all of this with humility. Next on my reading list: maybe Matt Ridley, The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature. I want to know more about the evolutionary psychology of gender.
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Is there NO classification of "kinds of difference" here? I mean, rather obviously, we aren't going to see women playing in the a new unisex NFL. There just aren't enough women that are 6'2'' and 247 lbs.
As I understand it, on the other hand, women have an advantage in extreme long distance running on average.
But maybe "any difference" doesn't include physical difference. If we are only talking about psycholgical difference I would be willing to go very far down the road of "no innate psycholgical differences," though definitely not down to zero.
Generally I think these kinds of exercises just help serve as correctives. On average people are too happy to broad brush "deep" differences between men and women, when most of the time they are pretty damn subtle, when they are there at all. And then there are exceptions to every rule you could come up with including on the phsyical vector.
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Well, there are reasons why there could be these psychological, etc., differences between men and women, in a way that's less plausible between people of, say, different skin colour. I think, Jean, that the points you make are plausible, and we can't simply assume that the differences don't exist.
But nor do I think we can use evolutionary reasoning to argue that they do (I realise you don't go that far). Maybe it worked out that way; maybe it didn't. It's really an empirical issue that could only be settled by study of current men and women, if at all - don't you think? I say "if at all" because it seems that there might be so many variables in the mix as to make the exercise very difficult, not to mention that it is confounded by the fact that different people want to believe different things about gender differences and so on.
"...different people want to believe different things about gender differences and so on."
An important piece of the puzzle. Including the position that holds there are no differences.
I would think evolutionary theory can tell us something about what we should expect to be true, but not what actually is true. Expectations could be important, though, in a field where it's extremely difficult to do controlled experiments.
Yes, I agree with both comments. Yes, Faust, I had in mind both people who really want there to be differences and people who really don't want there to be differences.
It's also confounded by what is likely to be a great range of interests, etc., within each sex, considered as a group. E.g., to take a well-worn example, consider sexual jealousy. Perhaps men are more inclined, on average, than women to have very strong feelings of sexual jealousy. There may be some evolutionary reason to expect this, life experience and anecdote may tend to confirm it, and it may even be true. But establishing it in a rigorous way might be difficult given that there are also social teachings about sexual jealousy that affect men and women differently (and these teachings will vary from culture to culture). And of course even if it's true that this average difference exists it doesn't tell us that the most sexually jealous people are men (the mean may be lower for women even as the standard deviation is greater) and it is not very useful in any particular case.
Similar things apply to cognitive capacities. E.g. you could have a situation where, on average, women are smarter than men (or smarter in some domain if we think "intelligence" is modular), yet the very smartest people are men - or vice versa - because a lower mean can go with a greater standard deviation.
All of this is going to be very difficult to sort out, let alone apply in a practical way, unless the effects are very strong. Which may be a good reason, in practice, to make as few gender-based assumptions about individuals as possible.
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The discomfort of apartness
Georgia White
I keep going back to a short story, by Carmen Maria Machado in her book Her Body and Other Parties, called 'Inventory'. In its simplest terms, the story is a narrator's list of her lovers loved: boyfriends, girlfriends, neighbours, strangers. From this inventory emerges, bit by bit, the story that has made the list necessary: an epidemic is ravaging the world's population.
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The arts and entertainment industry requires a sector-specific bailout created in consultation with a broad cross-section of arts professionals that considers measures for both the shut down and rebuilding. The reality is it cannot simply start up again once lockdown measures lift without support.
The beginning's end
We are at the end of the beginning. 'If you feel you have coronavirus…' I tune out emotionally and daydream as the public service announcement plays over and over in empty trams and trains, and in deserted shopping centres.
At the brink of dawn
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The joy of one step after the other
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Alquife es una localidad y municipio español situado en la parte meridional de la comarca de Guadix, en la provincia de Granada, comunidad autónoma de Andalucía. Limita con los municipios de La Calahorra, Aldeire, Lanteira, el Valle del Zalabí y Jérez del Marquesado —estos dos últimos por el exclave de El Berral—. Otras localidades cercanas son Albuñán, Cogollos de Guadix y Ferreira. Por su término discurre el río Verde.

Históricamente, el municipio ha estado muy ligado a la actividad minera debido a la existencia de unos importantes yacimientos de hierro en la zona. Fue a partir del último tercio del  cuando la comarca experimentó una gran transformación, en parte con la llegada del capital extranjero y de una masa de trabajadores inmigrantes. Se levantaron instalaciones industriales, una red de vías férreas y un poblado minero de nueva creación. El cierre de la minas en la década de 1990 sumió a Alquife en un fuerte depresión económica y demográfica, por lo que el municipio ha perdido a una parte importante de su población.

El municipio alquifeño es una de las diez entidades que componen la mancomunidad del Marquesado del Zenete, y comprende los núcleos de población de Alquife —capital municipal—, Virgen de Begoña (o Begoña), San Hermenegildo, San Antonio y Minas del Marquesado.

Toponimia
Su topónimo actual deriva del árabe "al-Kahf", que significa «la gruta». El único gentilicio que se emplea es el de alquifeño/a.

Símbolos
El municipio de Alquife cuenta con un escudo propio, aunque no está oficializado conforme a la normativa autonómica. La Ley 6/2003, de 9 de octubre, de Símbolos, tratamientos y registro de las Entidades Locales de Andalucía regula la adopción, modificación, rehabilitación, uso y protección de los escudos heráldicos y banderas de todas las entidades locales de la comunidad, y establece la obligatoriedad de inscribirlos en el registro que tiene la Consejería de Justicia, Administración Local y Función Pública a efectos de darles presunción de legalidad y validez.

Al no haber sido nunca inscrito el escudo de Alquife en ese sitio, denominado Registro Andaluz de Entidades Locales (RAEELL), carece de oficialidad, aunque esta circunstancia alegal no evita su uso generalizado por parte del consistorio, asociaciones del municipio y otras administraciones públicas.

Escudo

El blasón que viene usando el municipio tiene la siguiente descripción:

Geografía

Situación
Integrado en la comarca de Guadix, se encuentra situado a 81 kilómetros de la capital provincial, a 95 de Almería, a 137 de Jaén y a 252 de Murcia. El término municipal está atravesado por la carretera GR-5104, que conecta la ciudad de Guadix con La Calahorra.

En las minas se encuentra un lago interior formado por el fluir de las aguas subterráneas, que en la actualidad es un embalse con una profundidad de unos ciento treinta metros de agua. El enorme cráter forma parte natural del paisaje.

Demografía
Según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España, en el año 2021 Alquife contaba con 561 habitantes censados, que se distribuyen de la siguiente manera:

Evolución de la población

Historia
La historia de la población de Alquife tiene su origen en la explotación de la riqueza mineral desde la edad de Bronce, con continuidad en época romana y cuyo comercio tenía lugar en la colonia romana de Acci. Durante la Edad Media la explotación minera se concentraba en torno al castillo, levantado en torno al siglo . Tras la Guerra de Granada los Reyes Católicos conceden a Pedro González de Mendoza en 1490 el señorío de varías alquerías así como el monopolio de la explotación de las minas de de hierro de Alquife y Jérez a su hijo, I marqués de Cenete, que se integrarían en el linaje del duque del Infantado hasta el  . De finales del  data la culminación de la iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación.

A finales del  los sectores de mayor dinamismo en España fueron la minería y el ferrocarril, en manos de compañías de capital extranjero. En el caso de Alquife, en 1895 la compañía escocesa Bairds Mining Company Limited se hace con las concesiones mineras de la zona, que ya desde la década de 1870 se encontraban nuevamente en explotación. El mineral de hierro que se extraía en Alquife era transportado por ferrocarril a través de la línea Linares-Almería, llegándose a construir dos ramales que enlazaban las minas con la vía general. En esos años el municipio conoce un importante crecimiento demográfico por la llegada de trabajadores. En 1929 la Bairds Mining cede sus explotaciones a la Compañía Andaluza de Minas (CAM). A partir de la década de 1940 la producción de la mina se encontró en su cénit, convirtiéndose ésta en la mayor fuente de riqueza de la población y de la comarca. Entre las décadas de 1950 y 1970 se produjo la construcción del poblado minero Los Pozos.

A partir de 1970 comenzó la decadencia de la actividad minera y el éxodo a poblaciones industriales, turísticas o a capitales de provincia. De 1996 a 2021 la explotación minera permaneció cerrada, con el recuerdo visible del pasado esplendor minero de la población y la comarca, siendo el poblado un recurso turístico para el turismo fotográfico e industrial. En 2021 se produce la reapertura gracias al precio del acero del mercado internacional y mejoras técnicas que permiten obtener rentabilidad en la explotación.

Economía

Las minas de Alquife

La existencia de las minas de hierro de Alquife — la explotación a cielo abierto más grande de Europa— es también el principal reclamo turístico del municipio. La localidad es conocida por sus dos minas –la última estuvo en funcionamiento hasta 1996– y su historia ha estado ligada a la extracción de minerales en sus alrededores desde los tiempos del Imperio romano. El monumento al minero –situado en la entrada del municipio– da buena cuenta de ello. Al lado de las minas se construyó el poblado minero, ya abandonado, que contaba incluso con una iglesia. Uno de los rasgos más impactantes son las grandes escombreras de las minas de hierro y el enorme depósito al que llegaban los conductos de agua encargados de abastecer el barrio minero.

En el abril de 2020 se autorizó su reapertura. En esta nueva etapa el material extraído se exporta por el puerto de Málaga.

Evolución de la deuda viva municipal

Política
Los resultados en Alquife de las últimas elecciones municipales, celebradas en mayo de 2019, son:

Comunicaciones

Carreteras
La principal vía de comunicación que transcurre por el municipio es:

Algunas distancias entre Alquife y otras ciudades:

Servicios públicos

Sanidad
El municipio cuenta con un centro de salud de atención primaria y urgencias situado en la carretera los Pozos, n.º2, dependiente del Área de Gestión Sanitaria Nordeste de Granada. El área hospitalaria de referencia es el Hospital de Alta Resolución de Guadix.

Educación
Los centros educativos que hay en el municipio son:

Cultura

Monumentos

Castillo de Alquife

Fortaleza militar musulmana construida entre los siglos  (época zirí) y  (época nazarí), ubicada sobre el cerro del municipio. Fue el castillo más grande en extensión de todo el Zenete. Posee planta pentagonal, obteniendo siete torres en todo su perímetro arquitectónico. Quedan restos de murallas e incluso restos de muros en el centro que podrían ser los cimientos de una posible torre del homenaje. Posee un pequeño aljibe, de 5,85 metros de largo, 3,20 metros de ancho y 2,52 metros de profundidad, el cual estaba cubierto por una bóveda. Tras la entrega de esta fortaleza a los Reyes Católicos en 1489, pasó a manos del Marqués del Zenete.
Actualmente se encuentra en un estado de ruina progresiva.

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación
Finalizada la Reconquista por los Reyes Católicos, se comienza a organizar la vida en el Reino de Granada tomado a los musulmanes. En documento de erección conservado consta que por Decreto del 26 de mayo de 1505 se erigen todas las parroquias de Guadix y las del Zenete, citando la de Alquife cuya titular sería Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación o Santa María de la Anunciación.

El archivo parroquial comienza en 1576, con la partida de matrimonio de Juan Galindo y Ana Ruiz celebrado el 6 de mayo de 1576.

Partidas de bautismo hubo ocho en 1576, siendo el primer párroco de Alquife Don Luis Fernández. Alquife tenía su iglesia de una sola nave. De dicha nave de 132,50 m² no se tiene noticia exacta de su construcción ya que no consta en los archivos. Quizá se tratase de una iglesia-mezquita, como se hacía en otros lugares para el culto de las religiones que convivían en  la zona —cristiana y musulmana—, y su construcción sería muy antigua, pero siempre dentro de la época del estilo mudéjar al que pertenece; porque, como se sabe que en el  los cristianos del Zenete eran perseguidos por los de religión musulmana, deberían tener su iglesia. La primera visita pastoral que se realiza a la parroquia fue hecha el 26 de octubre de 1583 por el obispo Juan Alonso de Moscoso, y en ella no se habla del estado del templo.

En la visita pastoral del 15 de octubre de 1588, se le ordena al párroco Don Luis Díez de Palencia: "el inmediato retejo de la Iglesia por su mal estado", "hágalo sin dilación". Este dato podría ser una pista, ya que si en 1588 estaba mal, quizá se construiría en los años de erección canónica de la misma (1505) o a mediados del , suponiendo que no existiera antes como se indica anteriormente.

Las paredes de la única nave que tenía la iglesia, sin crucero, son de mampostería blanqueadas; techo cubierto con artesanado y tirantes mudéjares de estilo sencillo.

La primitiva puerta estuvo en el centro de la nave, mirando al norte, es decir, mirando hacia el cerro, aún se conserva el arco y el hueco de la misma. La puerta era estrecha y chata, por lo que difícilmente que saldrían procesiones por ella. La torre la tenía al fondo de la nave, baja y sin estilo particular, quizá mudéjar pobre, terminando con espadaña de hierro forjado y campana. Los ventanales de la nave eran de estilo arpillero, por lo que entraba poca luz.

Ante el crecimiento del pueblo, en 1780 se decidió la ampliación de la iglesia, siendo párroco Don Antonio Fernández Matheos, empezando las obras el 18 de abril de 1780 y finalizando el 12 de abril de 1781, víspera de San Hermenegildo.

Las obras consistieron en ampliar hacia el oeste la nave mudéjar existente para construir la capilla mayor o crucero, quedando así la iglesia en forma de cruz. Este crucero tiene 128 m², es de estilo neoclásico y soporta una cúpula con pechinas decoradas con tondos y angelillos. Los brazos menores de la cruz tienen bóveda de cuarto de cañón. El retablo del altar mayor es neoclásico, sin ningún valor especial debido a los materiales que se utilizaron, con cuatro columnas soportando un frontis triangular.

En esta reforma se abrió la puerta al fondo de la iglesia mirando a la plaza, al este. Sobre la puerta de entrada hay coro y cancel, siendo la puerta de dos hojas y dos puertas pequeñas en las mismas con cabezas de clavos y alguazas. El arco de entrada es de medio punto y tranco de piedra de cantera.

Toda esta ampliación de la iglesia fue dirigida por el maestro de obras del Arzobispado de Granada, Andrés López. Su coste total fue de 32 905 reales y un maravedí de vellón.

El obispo Fray Bernardino de Lorca, en la visita pastoral que realizó a Alquife el 5 de octubre de 1783, aprobó las cuentas y felicitó al pueblo por la obra realizada. Se puso lápida para conservar memoria de la construcción, pero hoy día no existe. Lo que sí existe es el acta completa del desarrollo y detalles de la obra.

En 1896 se produjo un incendio en la iglesia de Alquife que ocasionó daños, y para sufragar los gastos Don Hubert Meersmans donó todo el importe de una fiesta que en su honor se iba a celebrar en Granada.

Entre su patrimonio artístico no se conserva nada anterior a la Guerra Civil Española (1936-1939). Las imágenes actualmente existentes y que en otro lugar se reseñarán detalladamente son:

 San Hermenegildo, patrón de Alquife, esculpido por Eduardo Espinosa Cuadros de Granada.
 Virgen del Rosario, al estilo del , de vestir.
 Virgen de los Dolores, de estilo Salcillo, esculpida por José Sánchez Lozano de Alicante.
 Cristo de la Buena Muerte, que preside el altar mayor y es obra del escultor granadino Domingo Sánchez Mesa, discípulo de Eduardo Espinosa Cuadros.

También destaca el fresco de la Anunciación de la Virgen y el Ángel San Gabriel, sobre el frontis del altar mayor, obra de Antonio Balboa Guerrero, quien vivió durante muchos años en Alquife.

Monumento al Minero
Escultura de bronce que representa al minero alquifeño portando una vagoneta, está ubicada en la calle principal del pueblo.

Fiestas

El municipio celebra sus fiestas populares y patronales entre los últimos días del mes de abril y primeros de mayo, en honor de San Hermenegildo, con su popular palo alquifeño, el patrón del pueblo. Las fiestas comienzan con el disparo de cohetes y el repique de campanas a las doce del mediodía. Por la tarde se realiza la ofrenda floral, al caer la noche se realiza el rosario procesional, en el cual San Hermenegildo va acompañado de Nuestra Señora del Rosario. La procesión del rosario da comienzo alrededor de las diez y media de la noche, usando pólvora. La procesión suele prolongarse hasta altas horas de la madrugada. El día grande de las fiestas comienza con la celebración de la misa en honor a San Hermenegildo presidida por numerosos párrocos de las parroquias cercanas. En torno a las siete de la tarde la imagen del santo sale en procesión llevado a hombros por los hombres y mujeres del pueblo, a lo largo de la procesión se le ofrecen cientos de cohetes que culminan con la quema del tradicional Palo Alquifeño a eso de la media noche. La Legión Española rinde honores al patrón de Alquife desfilando ante él en el desfile procesional.

También se conmemora la festividad de Santa Bárbara, el 4 de diciembre, en lógica consonancia con la tradición minera de la zona.

El núcleo de San Antonio, por su parte, celebra sus propias fiestas el 13 de junio en honor de San Antonio de Padua. En Begoña, el 15 de agosto se celebran las fiestas en honor a Nuestra Señora de Begoña, donde las verbenas no faltan, junto a los actos religiosos en honor a la virgen, misa y procesión por la pedanía.

El Corpus Christi, queda como reflejo de lo que fue en el pasado una de las celebraciones del municipio, ya que se cuenta con una de las hermandades sacramentales más antiguas de la Diócesis de Guadix-Baza.

Recientemente se ha recuperado la celebración de la fiesta del pan, San Marcos, que se celebra el fin de semana más próximo a la festividad del santo, el 25 de abril.

Véase también
 Cable Inglés

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Ayuntamiento de Alquife
 Información turística de Alquife realizada por el Patronato de Turismo de Granada

Localidades de la provincia de Granada
Municipios de la provincia de Granada
Comarca de Guadix

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On this day in 1997: Eddie Chapman, notorious Second World War double agent, dies
Eddie Chapman was known by the codename Zig-Zag
Dominic Selwood
11 December 2017 • 9:00am
Eddie Chapman was born in Burnopfield, County Durham, on 16 November 1914. He worked briefly in the shipyards, before joining the Coldstream Guards. After running off with a lover and failing to report back for duty after a period of leave, he ended up in Aldershot military prison, and was then dishonourably discharged.
On leaving the Army, he turned to crime, gravitating from smash-and-grabs to safe-blowing with gelignite as part of a "jelly gang". His criminal career made him wealthy, and – when not serving time in prison for endless petty crime – he lived the life of a London playboy, rubbing shoulders with famous names of the day including Noel Coward, Marlene Dietrich, and Ivor Novello.
In 1939, while awaiting trial in Glasgow for burglary, he jumped bail and fled to Jersey, where he was soon picked up for another burglary, and sentenced to two years' hard labour. The term was then increased to three after he escaped and committed another burglary while on the run.
In July 1940, the Nazis conquered and occupied the Channel Islands. They initially kept Chapman incarcerated, until he approached the Abwehr (German Military Intelligence) and offered his services as a spy. He later said he did it because he wanted to return to the UK. MI5 was not entirely convinced, and suspected he simply craved excitement.
Eddie Chapman, February 1967 Credit: Keystone/ Hulton
As the Abwehr looked into Chapman, they were delighted with his bravado, charm, underworld connections, and expertise with explosives. They accepted his offer, and sent him to occupied France, where they gave him instruction in parachuting, sabotage, signals, and the essential tradecraft skills he would need.
A year later, on 16 December 1942, Agent Fritz (later Fritzchen) was parachuted into Littleport, Cambridgeshire. Chapman had with him a pistol, a radio, a cyanide pill, £1,000, and instructions to blow up the de Havilland aircraft factory in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
On landing, instead of beginning his Abwehr mission, Chapman handed himself straight in to the local police station and asked to be put in touch with MI5. Unknown to Chapman, MI5 already knew all about him and his mission, which they had been following via the top secret Ultra intercepts at Bletchley Park. They had even been tracking the aircraft that dropped him.
MI5 was keenly aware that he was, above all, a crook and an adventurer, but they believed him to be sincere in wanting to help defeat Germany
MI5 took Chapman to Latchmere House, then known as Camp 020, in west London. They questioned him closely, and eventually accepted his offer to become a double agent. They welcomed him into the Double Cross programme for turned German spies, and tasked him with finding out information about the Abwehr.
In taking on Chapman, MI5 was keenly aware that he was, above all, a crook and an adventurer, but they believed him to be sincere in wanting to help defeat Germany, and they did not want to miss the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the inner workings of the Abwehr. They did, however, politely turn down his offer to assassinate Hitler.
"In our opinion, Chapman should be used to the fullest extent ... he genuinely means to work for the British against the Germans. By his courage and resourcefulness he is ideally fitted to be an agent." (Lt Col Robin "Tin Eye" Stephens, MI5 interrogator)
Now both British Agent Zigzag and Nazi Agent Fritzchen, Chapman contacted his Abwehr handler, Stephan von Gröning, to confirm he was on track to blow up the de Havilland factory.
Chapman travelled to Norway, where he met his Abwehr handlers, enjoyed spending the £15,000 he was paid for the de Havilland job, had a romance with a Norwegian resistance agent, and was presented with the Iron Cross for his services to the Reich
With the help of MI5, Chapman set off some minor explosives at the site, then watched as MI5 and magician Jasper Maskelyne turned the area into a stage set decorated with painted tin sheeting, wood, papier-mâché, tarpaulins and rubble to fool Nazi reconnaissance aircraft. Just to make sure Berlin got the message, MI5 had the Daily Express run a story about a devastating explosion at the site.
Two months later, Chapman travelled via Portugal to France and Norway, where he met his Abwehr handlers, enjoyed spending the £15,000 he was paid for the de Havilland job, had a romance with a Norwegian resistance agent, and was presented with the Iron Cross for his services to the Reich. He was the only British citizen ever to receive it.
In June 1944, the Abwehr parachuted Chapman back into Cambridgeshire, and he promptly handed himself in to the local police again and explained who he was. When the desk sergeant told him to stop being silly and go to bed, Chapman suggested the station telephone Wisbech, where he had handed himself in last time. The desk sergeant there remembered him, and Chapman was soon reunited with MI5. He spent the rest of the war sending false reports back to the Abwehr on where in England the Nazi's V1 rockets were landing.
Towards the end of the war, Chapman fell in again with the criminal underworld in London, and became increasingly indiscreet about the source of his affluence. Realizing Chapman was largely uncontrollable, MI5 ended their work with him.
After the war, Chapman had numerous run-ins with the authorities for breaching the Official Secrets Act by trying to publish his story. On one occasion an entire print run of the News of World had to be pulped following a last minute intervention by a judge. However, Chapman was persistent, and eventually newspapers and books told his story, as did an inaccurate 1966 film, Triple Cross, starring Christopher Plummer.
Chapman continued the life of an adventurer for decades, including a notable venture smuggling gold across the Mediterranean. Despite almost incessant philandering, he finally married an old flame, had a daughter, and set up a health farm in Hertfordshire. As testimony to Chapman's charm, when his daughter married in 1979, the elderly Stephan von Gröning attended the wedding, and the two enjoyed an evening of reminiscences.
Chapman died in St Albans in 1997 aged 83. His MI5 file is publicly available at the National Archives.
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