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Posts By: Sarah Boddy
The Durham Hymns Review
Durham Cathedral was a fitting place for the première of The Durham Hymns on Saturday 16th July. The piece has lyrics by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, set to music by composers Jessica Curry and Orlando Gough. It was performed by the Centenary Choir and Brass Band with Voices of Hope.
The evening began with A Prelude on George Butterworth, a promising composer killed in 1916 while serving with the Durham Light Infantry, composed by Jonathan Bates, followed by an arrangement by Gough of 'Steady Durhams Steady'. Throughout the performance, readings by Charlie Hardwick and Phil Corbitt from poignant original letters, memoirs and official records from and about Durham men and women interspersed and led seamlessly into the singing.
Duffy has written seven new poems and also gave permission for two other of her poems to be used, one in response to a Wilfred Owen poem (also used). You could feel how words and phrases in the original records had inspired the new poems which then found different ways of expressing 'songs of love within the setting of war', as the programme says.
The programme includes all the words of the poems and information about the readings, beautifully illustrated by Stephen Raw. A copy of the programme is now in the Reference Library at The Bowes Museum.
This work is a First World War commemoration project from the Northern Regional Brass Band Trust in partnership with Durham County Council. Further performances are planned in Gateshead, Hartlepool, Sunderland and Ushaw College, supported by a community programme.
It was an inspiring evening, and the large appreciative audience clearly found it very moving. I hope some of you will be able to experience it in the months to come.
By Judith Phillips
posted by Sarah Boddy 19th Jul 2016
WW1 Book Group Review
Another fascinating selection of books! As 2016 marks the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, we started with Dr Gary Sheffield's The Somme. Sheffield offers an important reassessment, seeing it as a 'qualified success' because it relieved the pressure on the French at Verdun, ground down the strength and morale of the German Army and taught the British some valuable lessons. As I'm writing this, I realise there is a 3-part programme about the Battle of the Somme on BBC2 starting Monday 18th July.
In contrast, The Wipers Times treats the war and the difficulties faced by soldiers with a touch of (very British) black humour. You might have seen a dramatisation on BBC2 (Monday 11th July) about the newspaper and the men who produced it. This book is a reprint of all the editions of this newspaper (and its successors) produced by soldiers in the trenches, including while serving on the Somme.
Two books highlighted the emotional cost of the war. Forgotten Lunatics of the Great War by Peter Barham deals with the contrasting medical and psychiatric services offered to officers and men as well as changes in public attitudes. In The Secret Battle: Emotional Survival in the Great War, Michael Roper looks at the importance to men at war of letters and news from family members.
A modern novel, The Care and Management of Lies by Jacqueline Winspear, uses letters to and from a newly-married couple as a main strand in the story. The wife describes in loving detail the lovely meals she is preparing with her husband in mind, and he writes cheerful letters home from the trenches. Both are writing lies to protect and support each other. In On the Black Hill, Bruce Chatwin writes of a farming family torn apart when one twin son is exempted from conscription to work the farm and his twin brother refuses conscription because he is a conscientious objector.
The final recommendation was The Case of Sergeant Grischa by Arnold Zweig who fought in the German army in France, Hungary and Serbia, and later became a pacifist and Communist. The novel follows a Russian soldier on the Eastern front, captured by Austro-Hungarian forces, whose ultimate fate is largely decided by internal military politics.
Our discussions, prompted by these books, ranged over German attitudes to the Somme, difficulties faced by men returning after the war, the importance of humour, and how little we know about 'the enemy'. It might sound grim but it was fascinating and enlightening. Why not come along and join us at the next meeting? You can bring along a book if you want, but you don't have to.
The next meeting will be in Café Bowes in the museum at 2.30 on Monday 8th August. Please note the change of date.
Asunder Review
As audience and orchestra alike took their seats for Sunday's performance of "Asunder" at Sunderland Empire Theatre, it seemed the perfect setting to step back in time, being a music hall of the era.
The performance was commissioned by 14-18NOW as part of their ongoing series of internationally recognised works including visual art and sculpture, theatre, film and performance. This evening's show brought together a newly composed musical score by Tyneside's musical luminaries Field Music and Warm Digits, performed live on stage with the Northern Sinfonia creating a deliciously rich soundtrack to accompany the filmic explorations of Esther Johnson.
Johnson's film showed us a Sunderland of the past through archival footage from both the IWM and BFI – illustrating familiar narratives of the First World War with poignant clips of both the home front including men and women at work, families in their homes and the devastated streets in the aftermath of German zeppelin raids and exerts from the famous The Battle of The Somme documentary created in 1916, showing men at the front line both at rest and during combat. Offering a contrasting narrative of Sunderland today, the archival footage was interspersed with contemporary scenes – highlighting the architecture of the city as well as its lasting industry in terms of boat building, showing the cavernous spaces inside the dry docks.
As narrators to the performance, the audience had the instantly recognizable voice of Kate Adie and Alun Armstrong to guide us through the potted history of Sunderland's Great War – eschewing exerts from the Sunderland Chronicle and other local press. Playing to the locals – football took a central feature revealing the story of Conscientious Objector Norman Gaudie, one of the famous "Richmond Sixteen" (whose graffiti can still be seen on the walls of Richmond Castle where they were kept awaiting trial).
Perhaps more surprisingly was the revelation of the Blyth Spartan Ladies Football Team who maintained a dominion on the football league throughout the war years – with star player Bella Raey scoring 133 goals in one season. Though with all the progress that was seemingly made for women's rights – it was a shock to hear that the FA banned women's football after the war.
In summary, the performance provided a unique insight into Sunderland's local war stories, the melding of sight and sound bringing a heightened sense of emotion to each new aspect uncovered. I would hope that there will be the chance of future performances or showing around the region.
By Rupert Philbrick
Reflections on John Kirkpatrick's 'Tunes from the Trenches'
John Kirkpatrick, a Radio 2 Folk Awards Musician of the Year, appeared at The Witham in Barnard Castle on Friday 8th July. And what an entertaining evening it turned out to be! John told me he had accumulated so many songs from both the First and Second World Wars that it seemed right to put them together in a show (and on disc).
Working with a button accordion and a couple of anglo concertinas (and a variety of headgear including his father's Royal Navy cap from the Second World War), he covered an incredible range of songs, interspersed with occasional monologues and readings – I particularly loved a piece about the Army order allowing men not to grow moustaches during the First World War.
There were well-known songs such as 'A Long Way to Tipperary', 'Good bye-ee', 'The Siegfried Line', 'Pack Up Your Troubles', 'Wish Me Luck' (several of them were sung in both world wars and the audience readily joined in the choruses). John also sang several soldiers' versions of these and other songs – very funny and usually quite rude! The tongue-twister 'Sister Susie Sewing Shirts', especially with a verse sung by her young brother with a lisp, was amazing. Did you know that many of the First World War songs were devised as marching tunes because the regimental bands didn't immediately go to war?
But many of the songs were less well-known and a revelation. I had never come across the songs about rationing and food control or about the American Colonel (who can't relax with the local women because of his rank) or the possible benefits of the blackout to young lovers. The American song aimed at keeping the country neutral and out of the conflict in Europe was very touching, although John pointed out that it became unacceptable to sing it once the US was involved. Several songs were based on the foot-soldier's generally unfavourable view of military hierarchy and the drudgery of military life (including one by Ewan McColl).
Lloyd George's restrictions on drinking hours during the First World War (still largely with us) and the production of the weaker 'government ale' came in for some stick from soldiers, as did Tickler's plum and apple jam which turned up in more than one song. The ingenuity of soldiers in taking well-known tunes and setting new words to them, as well as adapting the words of familiar songs, was brilliant, especially when you really got to hear the words and appreciate the cleverness of the adaptations.
John had spent the afternoon working with Cream Tees, a band of young musicians from Teesdale, and joined them to sing 'Goodbye–ee' which they had only learned that day. The youngsters played and sang music they had been learning as part of the M@HoT (Music at the Heart of Teesdale) First World War project 'Always Remembered' . Several of these multi-talented young people also performed an intricate and colourful longsword dance as part of Teesdale Longsword team. The audience thoroughly enjoyed their contribution at the beginning of the evening.
Throughout the evening the audience responded to the range of John's songs and stories – funny, rude, clever, sad – and John's encore 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square' was a fitting end to a very enjoyable evening.
Judith Phillips
posted by Sarah Boddy 9th Jul 2016
A request for help…
Penny Wang is currently a second-year student at Newcastle University and in need of some help with her summer research project (supported by Newcastle University's Vacation Scholarship Scheme) on women, diaspora, and leisure in the Northeast during the First World War.
Penny is looking at three diasporic communities: Belgian, Italian, and Chinese. She has found a good amount of information on the Belgians already, but would greatly appreciate any leads on any of these communities.
If anyone feels they can contribute to Penny's research, or offer help in any way, please contact her directly at: P.Wang10@newcastle.ac.uk.
WW1 Book Group
The WW1 Book Group will have its second meeting on Friday 17 June at 2.30 in the Café Lounge in the Museum.
Bring a book you'd like to recommend or just come and hear about other people's choices.
Books that have been recommended for the next meeting:
"Her Privates We"
By Frederic Manning
"The Officers Ward"
By Marc Dugain
"Voices from the Great War"
Collection of quotes put together by Peter Vansittart
"The Last Great War; British Society and the First World War"
By Adrian Gregory
"Blighty; British Society in the Era of the Great War"
By Gerard J DeGroot
posted by Sarah Boddy 20th Jun 2016
In 1918, food rationing was introduced by the British Government and a Committee set up to look at ways to utilise natural resources due to crop failures in the same year.
Rural schools were encouraged to 'employ their children in the gathering of blackberries during school hours' for a Government jam making scheme. Local food control committees were appointed to take in all the blackberries collected, with some schools in Britain collecting over 2000 lbs during the weeks they were picking.
It was estimated at the time that the British Forces were consuming 1.5 million pounds of jam a day across the various parts of the world where they were involved in conflict. As well as being a food source, the jam was considered to be valuable for its high vitamin content.
Within Teesdale, the Head Teacher for Lynesack CofE Mixed and Infants School recorded their blackberry picking activities in the School Log Book.
He writes on Wednesday 11th September 1918 that under the 'Gathering of Blackberries Scheme', thirty-one of the older children were taken out of school that afternoon to go blackberry gathering. He also records the same children again being taken out of school to pick fruit for two further afternoons the following week.
There is no record of payments in the School Log Book for Lynesack, but in other areas of the country, Head Teachers received cheques from the Government in payment for their blackberry crops, and the money was shared out among the pupils who had harvested the blackberries.
Interestingly, the humble blackberry features in letters home written by Reverend Canon Cyril Lomax, Army Chaplain with the 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. Towards the final stages of the Battle of the Somme, he writes on the 7th September 1916 that among the devastation he had witnessed, one simple pleasure came to him in the form of blackberrying.
"The other day the doctor and I went out to gather blackberries to make what our miner cook calls a pudden. It is one of the contrasts of war. Overhead, balloons and planes; the incessant thud and thunder of the evening strafe; and the quiet hedge"
And while two years separated those blackberry collections on the Somme, and in Lynesack, it was still an activity that connected those serving the war effort, be they chaplains or children.
By Jane Wilson
WW1 Project Workshops
We ran two free workshops last week at the museum. The first one, in the morning, looked at using online finding aids to identify records that might be useful for the project and where to find them. Under the guidance of Jane Wilson, one of the project's volunteers, we had hands-on sessions using the online catalogues for Durham Record Office and The National Archives. Both produced good results – even introducing us to potentially-useful records we hadn't known existed!
The afternoon session concentrated on doing family history-style research which can add so much more information about the men and women identified on the Roll of Honour on the project's website (www.thebowesmuseumww1.org.uk). Sometimes all we have is a surname, initials and the location of a war memorial, or a name mentioned in the Teesdale Mercury. Experienced family history researchers Ann Hughes, Carol Hutchinson and June Parkin helped us through various online sources to military and civil records, including some only available through Ancestry (which we hope will be available in the near future for project volunteers to use in the museum). We were able to add information to the several database entries on the Roll of Honour, as well as seeing how to use a range of online sources.
We plan to repeat the workshops in early August (date to be confirmed) when they will be open to current and potential volunteers. By having hands-on sessions, aided by experienced volunteers, we hope to encourage people to see how they can enhance the Roll of Honour entries, investigate the stories behind some of the Teesdale men and women who served in the First World War, and gain skills and confidence in doing family history research.
If you are interested in helping the project in any way, please email us at libraryandarchives@thebowesmuseum.org.uk or use the contact facility on the project website (see above). We'd also love to hear from you if you have any information or memorabilia about Teesdale and its people during the First World War.
Judith Phillips, Research Advisor to the project
The Battle of Jutland
Last week saw centenary commemorations of the Battle of Jutland (31st May – 1st June 1916). This sea battle, fought in the North Sea off the coast of Denmark, was a very important battle. It was a material victory for the German High Seas fleet because they had fewer losses (2551 men) than the British (6094). However, it was a strategic victory for the British Grand Fleet which maintained its blockade of German ports and control of the North Sea.
Given that Teesdale is quite a long way from the sea, it is interesting to see that several Teesdale men served in the Royal Navy during the First World War as volunteers or regulars before conscription largely removed any choice of service. Research by volunteers with The Bowes Museum's First World War Commemorative Project is finding Teesdale men serving in the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy. We'd love to hear from anyone who has information or memorabilia about Teesdale's connection with the navies during the war.
Kevin Richardson's book 'Evenwood Remembers' records three men from Evenwood who lost their lives at the Battle of Jutland.
Tyneside Z/4043 Able Seaman John Wren was lost at sea 31 May 1916 when aboard HMS Black Prince and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. He was 23 years old and is commemorated on the Evenwood War Memorial and the Roll of Honour, St. Paul's Church, Evenwood.
J/43920 Ordinary Seaman William Carrick was killed in action 1 June 1916 serving aboard HMS Ardent and is buried at Farsund Cemetery, Norway. He is commemorated on the Evenwood War Memorial, the Roll of Honour, St. Paul's Church, Evenwood and the Memorial Plaque in the Workmen's Club.
J/43919 Ordinary Seaman Andrew Lynas was killed in action 1 June 1916 serving aboard HMS Ardent. He was lost at sea and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. He was 20 years old and is commemorated on the Evenwood War Memorial, the Roll of Honour, St. Paul's Church, Evenwood and the Memorial Plaque in the Workmen's Club.
A memorial service for the three men lost at the Battle of Jutland, and for Private J.H. Raine who was killed in France, was held at St Paul's Church, Evenwood on 11th June, 1916.
Kevin also records that another Evenwood man, William Purdy, aboard H.M.S. Maidstone, was involved in the battle but, as his ship was in the main fleet, its involvement was mainly in the pursuit after the battle.
Kevin and his team are transferring information about men from St. Helen's Auckland, West Auckland, Etherley/Toft Hill, Evenwood, Cockfield, Butterknowle, Copley and Woodland to a website https://thefallenservicemenofsouthwestcountydurham.com.
If you have any information or memorabilia about Teesdale men and women who served in the armed forces or as nurses, or who were affected by the war, we'd love to hear from you. You can contact us through the project website www.thebowesmuseumww1.org.uk, by emailing libraryandarchives@thebowesmuseum.org.uk, by post to The Bowes Museum or by telephoning 01833 690606 ext. 208 (answerphone).
posted by Sarah Boddy 4th Jun 2016
The VAD Carter Sisters of Barnard Castle
Alice Eleanor Carter and her sister Eva Gertrude were found on the Branard Castle Absent Voters list for 1918. This is what we discovered when we dug a little deeper…
Alice Eleanor was born in 1878 in Barnard Castle and Eva Gertrude in 1887, two of the ten children of George and Mabel Carter. George Carter was a Surveyor living at 42, Horsemarket, who by the 1891 Census had also started selling ale and porter. George Carter died in 1906 and his widow carried on the business as a mineral water manufacturer. Two sons, Henry and George took over the drinks business as the Carter Brothers.
In 1939, the Carter family were still occupying 42, Horsemarket and running a haulage and removal business. Eva and Alice both joined the General Service VAD in January 1918. Alice Eleanor served in the 73rd General Hospital in Trouville, France, as a waitress. She probably worked in the medical staff mess. After the armistice, she was transferred to the General Service VAD Hospital in Nottingham Place, London until July 1919. She received her Victory and British War Medals in 1920. Alice never married and at her death, aged 80 in 1958, was living at 3,Wood Street, Barnard Castle. The beneficiaries in her will were her widowed twin sister Florence May Boyd and her sister Mabel, who was married to Robert Brown, a retired farmer. Eva Gertrude was sent to the 59 General Field Hospital in St. Omer, France. This was known as the Northern General Hospital and a major centre for treating the wounded. As the front moved forward, this field hospital transferred to Rouen. Eva was also a waitress, and her pay rate was £26 per annum.
When the war on the western front came to an end, she was sent to Addington Park War Hospital in Croydon. This hospital specialised in the treatment of typhoid and dysentery. She continued her waitress work until her discharge in April 1919 and in 1920 received her Victory and British War Medals.
In 1921 Eva emigrated to Canada, sailing on the S.S. 'Megantic' from Liverpool to Quebec, to take up employment as a housemaid at a school in Brockville, on the St. Lawrence river in Ontario. This was a government sponsored scheme and she arrived in Canada with £10. Perhaps Eva saw little prospect of marriage after the loss of so many men in the war and few employment opportunities. No doubt her wartime experiences away from her market town home, had given her a sense of adventure.
WHO WERE the VAD'S ?
The Voluntary Aid Detachment was formed in 1909 to serve the Territorial Army but was greatly expanded in 1914 as women responded to the war effort and became known as VAD's. It is a misconception that all VAD's were nurses. By September 1915 there was a need to release men for military duties by using women in a broad range of roles including orderlies, dispensers, cooks, domestics, drivers and clerks.
In 1917, with the pressure to release even more men, the potential of women was recognised by the formation of the Womens Auxillary Army Corps, although still restricted to what was deemed 'women's work'.
On the home front, many women were now working in munitions factories and had replaced men in numerous occupations. These jobs were well paid and it became increasingly difficult to recruit VAD's. In November 1917 an appeal for more VAD's went out offering the same rates of pay as W.A.A.C.'s. These non-nursing volunteers were called General Service VAD's. and this is when the Carter sisters of Barnard Castle entered the service.
By June Parkin, volunteer
We would like to find out more about Teesdale people who were involved in the First World War in any way. For more information on The Bowes Museum's WWI project, or to volunteer, go to www.thebowesmuseumww1.org.uk or telephone 01833 690606 ext. 208 (answerphone).
posted by Sarah Boddy 30th May 2016
Project evaluation summary
The final weeks of the project
The First World War Project has finished but………
WWI Final Day Saturday 2nd March
WWI Embroidery Day Friday 1st March
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Coursing Memories
1 May 2012 by J Darcy
From a shimmering distance a tiny dark dot came closer and closer until there were two tiny dark dots, the smaller one leading the way. That was the first I'd seen of the course though it had started a minute earlier. I was stood, as usual, with the camera and my back to a small copse of trees where I reckoned this hare was going to head for. And she did, though it took some time for there were many acute wrenches and obtuse turns that sent a spray of black soil into the air. The dog's name was Lucy and she was up there with the best of them. Game, determined and fast, she was a hare's worst nightmare.
All the way up the field the black and tan streak of tenaciousness piled the pressure on her prey, but this hare was a good one and she made the stand of trees. Weaving and figure-of-eighting around each and every sapling in her path, puss was trying to shake off this devil that was snapping at her scut. Many dogs would have lost their focus, Sally gaining enough distance in order to do a sly manoeuvre and lose her pursuer. Lucy, however, was not that sort of running dog and I think it must have dawned on the hare that she'd better try plan B 'cos plan A wasn't working too good at all. In an all-out burst of speed, puss headed for a long strip of pheasant cover that was just through the next thin hedge. Lucy was knuckling down, reaching out and it looked like she might have her jaws full any second, but her pilot was tantalisingly close, just a gnat's whisker in front of her snapping pearly whites and they entered the long cover as one. Plenty of crashing about could be heard, then silence, then a squeal that told me this course had been concluded. The hare was a great individual, strong, fast and with stamina aplenty, but Lucy was just that little bit better. I must confess, I do feel a sense of sadness when such a good hare meets her maker, but on the other hand the dog has deserved the catch, to feel the ultimate thrill all predators need to feel; success.
I suppose I've been lucky to have seen quite a bit of coursing over the years and because I've often been accompanied by only a camera I've been in the enviable position to see more courses from start to finish than anyone else on the field. I'm not very good at much really, but I'm not bad at spotting hares in their seat, so I've been the precursor of a lot of runs too along the way. Being able to spot a seated hare has enabled me to get into what I guessed would be a good position to use the lens when the hare finally lifts.
Ever since I can remember there's always been something alluring and exciting about a hare. I remember as a young boy my father bringing a hare home and hanging it on the shed as people are wont to do. I remember marvelling at its colours, the golds, browns and blacks, all the differing shades making for an end result that is camouflaged for survival. Not only is the brown hare an expert at deceiving the eye of a hunter, she's beautiful with it too. It took me many years to get a dog that was good enough to catch a daytime hare on its own, without the need to use a lamp or doubling up. As a keen greenhorn, I remember having plenty of daydreams about owning such a beast and for some time I remember wondering if a daytime hare dog actually existed or was it a figment of the imagination, like the fairies at the bottom of the garden.
If I'm totally honest I'd have to say that I've never owned a good coursing dog, but I've been fortunate to have seen some. What always strikes me is that the majority of top coursing canines have been bitches. Sure, there's good dogs out there, but the very best runners, those that consistently bring 3/3, 4/4 to task across the winter have mostly been bitches. One such bitch was Belle.
Now, if you had to pigeon-hole Belle; I guess she would be found under the title 'Ace'. Yep, it's a big word I know, but having seen her run from one side of winter to the other, year after year, I reckon that's what title she deserves. The light-red bitch is the full package. Fast, full of stamina, good feet, game, relentless in cover and she has that little something else that I can't quite put my finger on. I don't know if there's a word to describe it actually, but the nearest I can think of is 'hare-sense'. When a dog starts to understand hares, to think what they're going to do, then that dog just moves up a level. We've all seen them; they keep themselves between the hedge and the hare, for as long as it takes until the hare has no option but to head off back out into the green wheat field. Suddenly the clever canine puts a few more coals in the boiler, powers down, piles the pressure on and does the deed. Many dogs would have been duped by that brown beauty, made a rushed strike leaving her to jink to the side and wave goodbye as she's swallowed up by the hedge.
I remember once being on some biggish land, flat arables that had already seen plenty of pressure from visiting lads as it was an ideal spot for roadsiding, just nipping on, having a run, then away again. Consequently, the hares were well versed in the art of keeping out of a canine's jaws and there wasn't exactly an over-abundance of squatters come the new year.
The plough was old and weathered and crumbling to walk on. On such a corrugated moonscape, hares find shelter from wind, weather and prying eyes and it was here that the action started. I was on the lane watching as I saw a hare lift with only forty or so yards to run until the level winter wheat was reached. Due to the slip being a good 'un, Belle had a lot of work to do before she could get to terms. Not only had she got at least eighty yards of extra plough to cover than the hare, but she'd also got to keep her pilot in sight while she got onto the flatter, greener terrain. That's what she had to do and that's what she did. It took the bitch a good while to decrease the difference, the hare was something of a runner, but sure as eggs is eggs they were within spitting distance and the race really was on now. Down the soft wheat they travelled, canine eyes studying the form of the prey, working it out, waiting for when the time was right to show her hand. Pressure was applied, but the hare was an educated mistress and she made sure she kept just far enough away from those deadly jaws as she needed to.
After a brief visit to the long grass along the field's edge the course swiftly did a turnabout and headed back in my direction, giving me a great view of the run, the spectacle that, in essence, has been unchanged over millions of years. Since time and life on earth began. The hunter and the hunted. Belle's kind had moulded this hare and, likewise, the hare's kind had moulded Belle. Coursing is a pure form of natural selection, of nature, unpolluted by man. Just the hare and the hound and a battle of wits, speed, stamina and style betwixt the two.
After a few turns it was obvious Belle was settling down on this hare, measuring her up, and I knew that when the time was right she would make her move. In the distance was an old brick farm shed with a bob-hole at the back, a real place for a hare to run to. I had seen hares run to this building before, nip through the gap and be away out the other side leaving the dog bouncing about outside the hole. I thought that's where this course was heading, but no, the hare was under too much pressure and she broke over the track and headed up a strip of saplings. Now tactics had changed. They were no longer in a war of speed and attrition, now the plan was a matter of trying to be illusive in the tall grass, nipping around the young trees and generally attempting to knot the running dog up. The bitch had seen this all before. Many times. In the end the course finished as the hare ran up a pile of scalpings and down the other side, to be taken side-on with a great strike from Belle. When two forces in nature are adversaries then one of them has to end up the victor. On this occasion it was Belle. She was the hares negative, the direct opposite and yet so closely entwined with the hare, she was its nemesis by proxy. Coursing was always a double-edged sword, but done fairly the general hare population only became better as a result. Coursing was never about 'control' of a hare, it was about the spectacle of one on one, a feast to the eyes of those of us who love to see two beautiful forms at war with each other. The true coursing man is a walking contradiction; he loves the hare and yet pursues her. That run was just a little snap-shot of what Belle was like, and what I failed to say before I started the tale was that the leggy bitch had already had two runs previous to going onto the plough.
Yes, I always thought Belle was top-class in her sphere and I'd loved to have owned her. That said, maybe I wouldn't have made her what she was. It's funny but I'm starting to realise that having a good dog is about as much to do with the owner as the dog itself. I know some men in the dog game that always seem to have good dogs. No matter what, their canines, be it lurchers, terriers or spaniels, are top-of-the-tree. This can't be coincidence; it's a lot to do with the person, their conditioning and stockmanship. On the flip side, look at the lads who've spent big money on running dogs and as soon as they get them the dog never does any good. Facts are, some people are destined never to have a decent dog, they're just not committed enough, that's my thoughts anyway. Today we hear of the big gangs of lads still getting caught in the middle of the day, brazenly walking or driving the land. What we never seem to hear about are those lads that just go out, have their runs and cause trouble for no one. Funny that isn't it.

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[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/alejandrodevs/mass_insert.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/alejandrodevs/mass_insert) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/alejandrodevs/mass_insert/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/alejandrodevs/mass_insert?branch=master)

This gem aims to provide an easy and faster way to do single database insertions in Rails. Support Mysql, PostgreSQL and SQLite3 adapters. It depends on ActiveRecord.

## Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

```ruby
gem 'mass_insert'
```

And then execute:

    $ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

    $ gem install mass_insert

## Usage

To use MassInsert gem you need to call `mass_insert` method from your ActiveRecord model
and pass it an array with the values that you want to persist into the database.

```ruby
values = [
  {
    name:   'Jay',
    email:  'tremendous_gamer@gmail.com',
    age:    15
  },
  {
    name:   'Beverly',
    email:  'nippy_programmer@gmail.com',
    age:    24
  }
]

User.mass_insert(values)
```

### Allow primary key

Sometimes you can need to insert records forcing primary keys.
Just pass the `primary_key` option with true. Example...

```ruby
values = [
  {
    id:     1000, # Force primary key.
    name:   'Jay',
    email:  'tremendous_gamer@gmail.com',
    age:    15
  }
]

User.mass_insert(values, primary_key: true)
```

### Insertion per batches

Due you can get a database timeout error you can specify that the insertion will be in batches.
Just pass the `per_batch` option with the records per batch. Example...

```ruby
User.mass_insert(values, per_batch: 1000)
```

### Handle unique index on MySQL

Sometimes we want to ignore errors when adding duplicated records. MySQL has
the ability to do that with `ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE`. By using the option
`handle_duplication` we will ignore the new values by doing:

```ruby
User.mass_insert(values, handle_duplication: true)
```

```sql
INSERT INTO table (a,b,c) VALUES (1,2,3)
  ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE a=a,b=b,c=c;
```

[Read more about MySQL ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE...](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/insert-on-duplicate.html)

## Advantages

Faster. It depends on the computer and the data but these are some results...
* PostgreSQL - Saving 10,000 records in 0.49s

## Attention

Since this is a single database insertion your model validations will be ignored,
then if you use this gem you need to be sure that information is OK to be persisted.

## Development

After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. Then, run `rake spec` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. To release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`, and then run `bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the `.gem` file to [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org).

## Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/alejandrodevs/mass_insert. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the [Contributor Covenant](http://contributor-covenant.org) code of conduct.

## License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

## Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the MassInsert project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the [code of conduct](https://github.com/alejandrodevs/mass_insert/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).

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Another life for Cats of war4 months, 1 week ago
Tales to tell on tour of former WWII Catalina seaplane base
John Piggott 11 Sep 2019, midnight
OFF TO SEAPLANES: A tour group at Rathmines on a tour of the former RAAF site.
Planes may be gone but stories remain at Rathmines, south of Newcastle.
ONCE it roared with the sound of 1200hp Pratt & Whitney engines breaking the stillness of wartime Lake Macquarie.
Today the site of the former RAAF base at Rathmines, south of Newcastle, NSW, is a peaceful place where the echo of Catalina seaplanes is just a memory.
But intriguing remnants remain to be seen, thanks to the Rathmines Catalina Association, which runs bus group tours of the heritage-listed site.
It's a fascinating story. RAAF Rathmines was the largest seaplane base in the southern hemisphere during WWII.
Association president Bill Anderson told The Senior that Cats were deployed in various roles, including anti-submarine operations.
"But they also did an enormous amount of minelaying, which was probably their biggest addition to the war effort," Bill said.
"The Japanese fleet was tucked in harbours and bays all around New Guinea. By dropping mines at the entrances, the Catalinas basically trapped them - they knew they stood every chance of being blown up if they sailed out."
"One of the Rathmines Catalinas is also acknowledged as being the aircraft that found the Japanese fleet and commenced the Battle of Guadalcanal.
"So there's quite a lot of history of what it achieved during the war and I think the claim is right that it stood the test of the war from start to finish."
The tour takes about three hours and begins with morning tea at Rathmines Bowling Club (the former officers' mess), a brief discussion about the base's history and a look at the club's historic display and memorabilia.
Then it's a short walk to the Catalina memorial overlooking Catalina Bay followed by a guided tour of the 50-hectare site. The group then returns to the club for lunch, which is included, as is a keepsake brochure detailing the base and its layout from 1944.
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Tours for 15-60 people are available to book in advance Wednesday-Sunday (excluding December-January) and generally kick off at 10.30am. Groups must arrange their own bus transport.
Tickets are $35 per person. All funds raised go towards restoring the association's Catalina flying boat. Upon booking, meet the guide in the carpark of Rathmines Bowling Club (aka Club Catalina), Stilling Street, Rathmines, at 10.15-10.30am.
For further information or bookings contact Bill Anderson on 0418-770-400 or email info@rathmines-catalina.com
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Three hungry cats. One little penguin. The odds don't look good.
With bare cupboards and hungry bellies, three cats steal a penguin to catch them fish. A hilarious sequence of events unfolds as the penguin makes his escape, gets mistaken for a nun and a waiter, then finds his way safely home. Meanwhile, the cats are caught for their crime and sent to jail — for a lifetime of gruel. Deftly told and beautifully illustrated by exciting debut author-illustrator Helen Hancocks.


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Castleknock have qualified for the final rounds of the Pierce Purcell competition.
The first tee off is at 8.45 am on Sunday 20th May in Grange Castle.
Our first match is against our arch nemesis, Luttrellstown. If we win this then Castleknock will be competing for our first Pennant ever in the afternoon.
I am now calling on all members to join the Castleknock Supporters club on this great occasion. I also call upon all the managers and other inter club players to show up and support your teammates.
Make sure you don the Castleknock Jumper.


Ghana's fine singer Ma-E releases a visuals for his refurbished single Tse Blind featuring his former label mates Kid X and Moozlie.
Tse Blind becomes the second visuals featuring Moozlie on FKZ this week following her drop of Bang Bang visuals.
Watch Tse Blind video below!


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AUSTIN-BORN ROCK OPERA/COMIC BOOK PROJECT 'HILLCREST' GEARS UP FOR RELEASE AT WIZARD WORLD AUSTIN CONVENTION THIS FRIDAY, SEPT. 21
'Hillcrest' creator Jonathon Zemek to man booth at this year's Wizard World Austin convention for signings, meet-and-greets and more
(AUSTIN, TEXAS – Sept. 19, 2018; source: Juice Consulting) – Austin-based rock artist Jonathon Zemek gears up for the official release of his comic book/rock opera project "Hillcrest" this weekend. The album part of the project will be out everywhere music can be streamed/bought – including Austin's own Waterloo Records – while the comic book can be purchased at this link, or at Zemek's booth at this year's Wizard World Austin convention starting this Friday, Sept. 21 through Sunday Sept. 23 at the Austin Convention Center. "Hillcrest" can be found at booth 1032 in Artist Alley at Wizard World Austin. At the booth, merchandise, CDs and books will be available and Zemek will be joined by "Hillcrest" illustrator Chris Rogers on Friday and Sunday, who will be live-sketching for interested patrons, as well as producer Matt Smith and vocalist Andrea Lindzey on Saturday. For tickets to Wizard World Austin, please see here.
"Hillcrest" creator Jonathon Zemek
"Releasing 'Hillcrest' at Wizard World this year was our way of taking the project into a realm that not too many people have done before at this level," said Jonathon Zemek. "I'm not sure if any musical project has actually ever had their release at this event – in the grand scheme, we wanted each aspect of the project to get its own spotlight and this was the perfect opportunity to get the comic book/artwork side out there to a great audience that fits our imaginative target demographic."
"Hillcrest" is a rock opera with an accompanying comic book depicting a fictional coming of age story penned by Zemek and Smith. The album features Guy Forsyth, Malford Milligan, Matt Smith, Andrea Lindzey and Roderick Sanford who lend their voices to characters in the story of "Hillcrest," while the book is illustrated by local street artist Chris Rogers. For more information, please see here.
Jonathon Zemek began working on "Hillcrest" in 2016 at the conclusion of his band, Soul Track Mind. Zemek sought to fuse music and art into a larger project of different mediums, deciding to tell a fictional coming of age story about a boy named Peter through an album and illustrating that story in comic book form. Crafting the plot of "Hillcrest" took over a year, with Zemek and producer Matt Smith working together to intertwine the music and narrative in an impactful way. Zemek wrote all the songs for "Hillcrest" and subsequently teamed up with Smith for the recording process at Lost Oasis Studio in Austin. Zemek called upon local renowned musicians to help give voices to the characters of the story, the townspeople of "Hillcrest," that play large parts in Peter's story.
Jonathon Zemek in the studio
"Hillcrest weaves in many ideas about the role we all play as a society to take care of one another and draw upon love and forgiveness when the things we held as sacred are taken away," said Zemek. "With music and art there is no greater way to tell a story and really make the audience feel it. When working on this project we wanted to create an immersive experience that truly captures the magical ability that only art has to move us."
Guy Forsyth, Malford Milligan, Matt Smith, Andrea Lindzey and Roderick Sanford joined Zemek in the studio to lend their voices to members of the town in "Hillcrest." In addition to the featured vocalists, Austin musicians Alex Felan, David Webb, Doug Leveton, Ben George, Zach Buie, Jon Merz and Brian Austin appear on the record, providing instrumentals to the songs.
Zemek also teamed up with Chris Rogers, a muralist named the "Best Street Artist" in Austin in 2015 by the Austin Chronicle, to create the artwork for the story of "Hillcrest." Rogers' vivacious, unique style caught Zemek's attention, and the passion Rogers put into the "Hillcrest" project shows how perfectly music and art work together to be a vehicle of storytelling. Rogers applied his signature style to comic book form, bringing alive the characters of the story in his and Zemek's artistic vision.
Jonathon Zemek with artist Chris Rogers
"When thinking about the visual aspect of Hillcrest, we wanted to bring in a non-traditional artist to bring a new and unique perspective on what the comic book can be," said Zemek. "Chris achieved this and more."
"Hillcrest" was recorded at Lost Oasis Studio in Austin and mastered at Terra Nova Studios, also in Austin. The album and comic book will be available for pre-orders soon, with a multimedia release show in September. To learn more about "Hillcrest," please see here.
ABOUT JONATHON ZEMEK:
Born and raised in Binghamton, New York, Jonathon picked up the guitar at 12 years old. Under the tutelage of local Binghamton guitar legend Roy Ettinger, Jonathon began learning the craft. In 2006, Zemek moved to Austin to pursue music and soon after became the co-founder of soul-funk band Soul Track Mind. In the band, Zemek experienced years of successes which included playing Wakarusa Festival, playing multiple SXSW Showcases, winning the Louisiana Music Prize in 2014, performing at the 2015 Texas Governor's Inaugural Ball and sharing bills with David Crosby, Enrique Iglesias, Tower of Power, Pat Green and Lady Antebellum. Soul Track Mind was also featured on the cover of Texas Music Magazine and written about in many publications including The New York Times, The Huffington Post, the Austin Chronicle and others.
Since 2016, when Soul Track Mind concluded, Jonathon has been busy with a host of new music and the multimedia project "Hillcrest." In addition to writing songs and performing, Jonathon spends time working with and helping out musicians through his company Zeda Royal. Zemek also works with All The Stars, an opiate and substance abuse organization. Jonathon is a voting member of the Recording Academy and is an active participant in their yearly music advocacy efforts. He currently resides in Austin, Texas.
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Written by Tyler
AUSTIN-BORN ROCK OPERA/COMIC BOOK PROJECT 'HILLCREST' GEARS UP FOR RELEASE AT WIZARD WORLD AUSTIN CONVENTION THIS FRIDAY, SEPT. 21 'Hillcrest' creator Jonathon Zemek to man booth at this year's Wizard World Austin convention for signings, meet-and-greets and more (AUSTIN, TEXAS – Sept. 19, 2018; source: Juice Consulting) – Austin-based rock artist Jonathon Zemek gears up for […]
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As Beyoncé awaits her grateful fans, there are some rules to be followed.
"Women have to take their purses off before meeting her, and if you don't, the bodyguard at the door will remind you to take it off and put it on the sofa," the source tells Us, adding that, of course, no cellphones are allowed.
Here's where it gets extra good.
No word on how long it takes to receive your photos from the photographer, but !!! And can we talk about the white fur on the floor?


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REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES AND ENSURE SUSTAINABLE HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND LIFE-CHANGING SURGERIES, ALL THROUGH THE LOVE AND COMPASSION EMBODIED BY 1 JOHN 3:17-18.
Eugene F. Deems, Jr. has 40 years of combined experience in the areas of business building, communications, marketing and new media strategies with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Capital Gazette Communications, Inc.
Gene leads the eGov and Digital Services efforts of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, where he championed connecting digitally with customers when the public internet was first starting. In 1995, Mr. Deems developed the policies for website guidelines, copyright issues, privacy, content, external links, e-government/e-commerce and new media partners for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and launched the state of Maryland government's first website. He has built and managed teams of people in diversified environments. The DNR Online Store he built (shopdnr.com) serves over 5,000 customers a year and generated over $1.6 million since it's launch in May 2004 and currently generates $260,000 a year. Strengths include excellent team building skills, time management, planning, and project management skills.
He has ties to the community and is a philanthropist. As co-chair of the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County's Great Give 2015 in Maryland, which raised $907,000 online in 24 hours. He serves on several nonprofit boards and has worked with dozens of nonprofits.
He describes himself as "A lover of life, fun, challenges, opportunities and making a difference one person at a time." You can find him on Twitter at @gdeems.
Gene's real passion for life is #makingadifference in people's lives and to provide hope and healing to those in need.
Praise for Our Initial Team
Medicine With a Mission initially started due to the combined vision of several passionate medical students, and would not be where it is today without the original input and foundation laid by three incredible individuals. Medicine With a Mission started with Tommy Martin, Natasha Mozumdar, and Phoebe Laplante (pictured above), all of who are outstanding people with the most giving and loving hearts, whose desires have always been to help others in the medical field and in everyday life with compassion.
We would not be here today without the initial efforts of these three amazing friends who worked tirelessly to inspire others, spread the love and joy, and hold fundraisers to raise a considerable amount of money to restore the bathrooms of the South Government School of Grenada. We know they will be incredible doctors and leaders in the future and want to give them sincere love and gratitude for all that they have done and continue to do. Thank you and continue to shine the light to all those you meet!
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MWM AND ST. GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY RAISED MONEY TO PROVIDE RENOVATIONS TO ST. GEORGE'S GOVERNMENT SCHOOL RESTROOM FACILITIES. CHECK OUT ALL OF THE PROGRAMS WE ARE CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN. READ MORE
Margo Cook, is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) and Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP) with more than a decade of professional nonprofit management and finance experience.
For the past ten years, Cook has served in development director roles for Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation, United States Naval Academy Foundation, and the University of Miami Health System.
Currently, Margo is an investment advisor with 1 North Wealth, a fee-only financial management and advisory firm providing customized investment management and financial plans for clients.
Margo is dedicated and passionate about helping people, and, having served in various fundraising roles in the healthcare industry, she is especially interested in assuring that all people, regardless of where they live or how much money they have, have access to quality, affordable healthcare and surgical interventions.
Margo is honored to serve on the board of Medicine With a Mission whose vision she shares wholeheartedly. Margo is a graduate of the University of Miami and St. Mary's High School in Annapolis, MD. She lives on the eastern short with her husband and two children.
Joshua Carlson is a motivated and driven dual-degree MD/MPH medical student at St. George's University, in addition to being actively involved with extracurricular activities and in the community of Grenada. He spent most of his childhood in the northeast United States, and loves the tranquility of the ocean and the delicious seafood that it has to offer.
From a young age, Joshua knew there was only calling for him - to be a medical doctor and surgeon to heal others. He was always fascinated with taking things apart and putting them back together. He learned from his mother and father that giving yourself to others and placing others' needs before your own was the way to live, the way to have the greatest satisfaction and fulfillment in life. He knew he wanted to heal others through surgery, but it did not really come to fruition until he went to Honduras on a one-week medical mission trip when he was 21 years old. "Traveling to Honduras, I witnessed the lack of public health infrastructure and poverty that contribute to various diseases, all of which can be prevented with the right interventions. This experience has changed my life forever and I now know my true calling in life - to use my medical knowledge and skills to heal the underrepresented in our global society."
Joshua traveled to Honduras again for a month-long internship, which is really when he felt the calling that his medical work was not going to just be for others or his own self-fulfillment, but for God. Joshua felt called when he was 19 years old to commit his life to Christ, and would later realize that this would include healing and helping others around the world. "When I felt the internal calling to do this work, I was given two verses: Joshua 1:9 and Romans 8:28. Both of these lead me to be strong and courageous no matter what, and trust that everything will work together for good."
Joshua's vision to start Medicine with a Mission stemmed from an internal desire to heal the most marginalized individuals in society, and increase access to surgical interventions for those in dire need. Medicine With a Mission was born out of the common visions shared with Gene Deems and Tommy Martin.
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Q: How to load php file through jQuery without advertising your technology Nowadays, Developers and Professionals tend to use PHP templates because of two reasons. They are manageable and secondly, we don't need to advertise our technology as there are no question marks and .php extensions within the URL.
But how to make non-advertisement of your technology possible while sending a jQuery Ajax request to load a PHP file in a div. I mean we would, have to write $.get('phpfile.php') within the script and one can say that voa he is using PHP hmmmm.
Simply, I want to ask is there is any way of loading a PHP through request without advertising your technology as above told.
Some coding will be honored.

A: mod_rewrite is the best answer for all your predicaments. Why not use it? The URL phpfile.php in your above code could be rewritten to achieve the obfuscation...

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But how to make non-advertisement of your technology possible while sending a jQuery ajax request to load a php file in a div. I mean we would, have to write $.load('phpfile.php') within the script and one can say that voa he is using PHP hmmmm.

I don't get it. jQuery doesn't know about PHP files. If your website has 2 "public pages" www.example.com and www.example.com/foo, then you can access to the /foo page from the homepage with something like $.get("/foo"). Here I use AJAX, jQuery, and nobody knows if my page use PHP or whatever.
Then, you should look for mod_rewrite has explained by verisimilitude, but rewriting url is not the unique solution. Have a look to this site http://builtwith.com/ and enter a random url. Web servers send, by default, a lot of data about themselves, so you should avoid that behavior too if you want to "hide" the technology used. Have a look here http://xianshield.org/guides/apache2.0guide.html. It's "a guide to installing and hardening an Apache 2.0 web server to common security standards.". You may find useful information in there.
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And also, "PHP templates" are not related to pages URL at all. For example, you could have multiple URL which use the same "PHP template".

A: @pomeh. Good point.
See. two things can be done here.
1) Disable the APACHE signature. In the default configuration of Apache, any page served through it will contain a full signature of the server. Server signatures contain valuable information about installed software and can be read (and exploited). Therefore is it safer to turn off this behavior. This is how you do it. Open Apache's configuration file (httpd.conf or apache2.conf) and search for ServerSignature . Set it to 'Off'. After that search for ServerTokens and set it to 'Prod'.
2) Set "expose_php" in php.ini to false: Exposes to the world that PHP is installed on the server, which includes the PHP version within the HTTP header.
3) There are some php obfuscators available which also may be used. I will not recommend them since I've not personally tried them.
There are ways and means beyond these to hide the "technology". By default, a php enabled APACHE web server processes and interprets all files with .php extension. But we can bind any weirdo extension to hide the technology to be processed by the server..

A: I guess verisimilitude and pomeh already answered this question.
All web servers send information about themselves over the internet. You cant hide that.
If you want to hide file extensions, like 'aspx, php, asp, html' then you will need to use mod_rewrite under Apache or something like URL Rewrite under IIS7.
You can also set default documents under IIS7.  This really only works once per web folder. For example you can set default.htm as one of the default documents. When a visitor goes to your website they type www.domain.com and they get a web page. That visitor is actually looking at www.domain.com/default.htm

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'It's a typo' — senate clarifies discrepancy in EFCC board nominee's age
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The senate committee on anti-corruption and financial crimes has made clarification on the confirmation of Yahaya Muhammad, one of those nominated for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) board.
On Tuesday, Muhammad and four other nominees for the board of the anti-graft agency were confirmed by the senate, following the request of President Muhammadu Buhari in September.
The other nominees confirmed by the senate are George Abang (secretary), Lukman Mohammed, Anumba Adaeze and Bola Adesina.
Before they were confirmed, Hassan Hadejia, senator representing Jigawa north-east, drew the attention of the senate to what he described as "discrepancies" in Muhammad's credentials.
Hadejia said according to the nominee's credentials, Muhammad started school a year before he was born.
"He was born on 29th of September, 1969, and he started his primary school in 1968," the lawmaker had said.
The upper legislative chamber has since received backlash for approving Muhammad's nomination.
In a statement on Wednesday, Suleiman Kwari, chairman of the senate's anti-corruption committee, said the nominee was born in 1959 instead of 1969.
Kwari also said the nominees were thoroughly scrutinised by the committee during the screening exercise.
"An observation was made by Senator Hadejia on the floor of the Senate to point out the typographical error misstating the year of birth to 1969 rather than 1959. The resume of the nominee, Alhaji Yahaya Mohammad, is hereby attached for public scrutiny," the statement reads.
"The resumé of the nominee was not presented before the senate. Rather, it was the report of the senate committee on anti-corruption and financial crimes that was presented before the committee."
Meanwhile, in the document attached to the statement, the nominee's date of birth is given as December — September was previously presented.
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Josh Peck Weight Loss | Then And Now Fat Loss Transformation
by Christina Robert
Josh Peck's weight loss success is genuinely motivating and encouraging for all of us.
I'm writing this post as a weight loss motivation for numerous obese people who are struggling to lose weight.
He was obese from a young age itself. It is incredibly awkward and painful to be obese at a very young age.
The embracement of being overweight is even more burdensome for celebrity kids. This is exactly what this young celebrity had to go through.
Of course, being obese and plumb gave him a versatile comic element which made him a talented stand-up comedian, actor, and showman.
His comic acts garnered numerous young fans.
However, later on, he took up a rigorous weight loss regimen to motivate and inspire his fans.
He also wished to live a healthy and happy life by shedding his overweight stature.
A Little About Josh Peck
Josh: A Victim Of Infant Obesity
Secret Of Josh Peck Weight Loss Journey
Josh Peck Then and Now
Weight Loss Motivation From Josh Peck
Joshua Michael is an American comedian, actor, and voice actor who was born on 10th November 1986.
In 2002, after the end of "the Amanda Show", Dan Schneider created a new series, called Drake and Josh. Josh is best known for acting as Josh Nicholas on this Nickelodeon show.
Also acted in films like Mean Creek, ATM, Drillbit Taylor, and Red Dawn.
Joshua was a big fat kid who had a huge fan following especially among the children. Children loved his comical roles essayed by Josh in movies and TV shows.
He is remembered by his audience as the typecast obese teenager on Tele Shows till he shed weight and drastically transformed his physical appearance.
His audience and fans were wonderstruck by how he was able to lose 100 pounds in less than a year.
Obesity among children is a big health issue.
According to a report published by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC), one-third of children in the U. S. are overweight or obese.
More and more people today are becoming unmanageably obese at a tender age itself, especially in western countries.
The main causes of pediatric obesity are genetic factors, unhealthy eating habits, lack of physical activity, or a hybrid of all these factors.
Unhealthy foods with high levels of fat or sugar and fewer nutrients are the main reason for childhood obesity. Addiction to fast foods, candy, soft drinks, and poor foods containing high levels of fat or sugar and few nutrients can cause kids to gain weight quickly.
Unhealthy food habits with a lack of physical exercise are quite sure to make children overweight or obese.
This child star was a victim of childhood obesity.
A considerable part of his daily meals as a boy consisted of fried, oily foods, and soft drinks. He also lacked physical exercise as he used to be busy with his acting schedule.
Joshua, as a teenager, realized the vast influence he had on children as many of them adopted his mannerisms and lifestyle. Peck got sober for being chubby.
As numerous kids looked up to him as a role model, it became almost compelling for him to set good examples for all kids in the world.
He decided to transform his physical appearance by getting rid of the extra weight. And soon his weight loss journey started
How did he lose so many pounds?
He was motivated by his strong desire to make healthier life choices and set an example for all his fans and admirers. Also, he wanted to live a healthy life for the sake of his family.
This young lad wasn't afraid of losing his roles in the TV shows which cashed on his obese and comical appearance.
He did it not just for the sake of better roles in movies or a handsome appearance.
He earnestly desired to live a healthy life and also edify and inspire his millions of young fans to do the same.
How Did Josh Begin?
Josh's weight loss journey set off in 2016.
He did not adopt shortcut methods for reducing weight like surgery, weight loss supplements, or crash diet plans.
Instead, healthy diets and long-term lifestyle changes were the important steps he adopted for fixing the obesity issue.
Peck has credited his achievement in taming fat to healthier eating choices and regular workouts. And completely stayed away from drugs and alcohol.
Peck's diet and exercise plans did not end with achieving his goal. He is now equally keen on maintaining a healthy BMI for the rest of his life.
He made a conscious effort and took strong decisions. His physical makeover success was conceiving a strong determination to lose pounds and continuous endeavor to achieve the goal.
He took the help of a physical coach who planned out and guided his daily exercises.
The daily exercise regiment included walking, running, cardio HIIT, and weight training for fat burning.
He became obese because he liked to gorge on oily junk foods and never did any physical exercise.
As a boy, Joshua Micheal could be busy with acting schedules. He never got time to run around and play with his fellow kids. He was totally unaccustomed to any sort of exercise.
In the initial days of his workouts, he did light exercises to make his body to get gradually accustomed to physical training.
Under the strict vigilance of a nutritionist, the boy made a drastic reduction in calorie intake.
Peck's nutritionist ensured that he ate healthy meals with the least amount of calories and saturated fats.
He drank fresh vegetable saps and fruits instead of the soda he used to drink before.
Became extremely conscious of the food he ate. He would carefully avoid sweets and sugar-rich processed foods.
Helps And Motivation
It is not easy to achieve one's makeover goal if you are struggling it out all alone.
Most people do lose track of their diet and exercise plans after a week or two.
You need a physical trainer and nutritionist to guide, assist, and motivate you to achieve your goal.
Young Peck had a personal physical coach who guided and assisted him in regular workouts for shedding weight.
Josh, a teenage boy, would not have managed to get rid of that extra fat without the help of a coach.
His biggest motivation was his intense desire to inspire thousands of his young fans and admirers across the globe.
He thought of himself to be a role model for all the youth who were his fans.
It was also a concern of his family and friends that he shed weight to live a healthy life.
Critical Factors In His Makeover
Josh's success in physical change has a few critical factors that helped him to achieve the goal.
Four key factors that made all the difference in TV star Josh Peck weight loss achievement are:
Adopted a long-lasting healthy lifestyle;
Followed a balanced diet and correct eating patterns;
Assisted by a personal physical mentor;
His intense desire to motivate his fans and admirers.
Many are keen to discover his then and now' difference in appearance after having shed 110 pounds.
Two decades later, he now weighs about 178 lbs in 2022.
According to some unconfirmed reports, as an obese teenager then he weighed about 260 pounds.
Between the periods 2006 to 2007, his consistent fat loss regimen helped him lose about 110 pounds.
It was unbelievable for his fans to believe the drastic physical transformation he made within a year.
He followed a weight loss plan that was manageable and healthy which made him shed weight steadily at a gradual pace.
People who have achieved a rapid reduction in weight usually encounter health issues later on. Most of them develop wrinkles and loose skin after rapid weight loss. This may require many corrective treatments to tighten the skin. In extreme cases, some of the sagging skin needs to be removed via surgery.
Fortunately, his weight loss goal was achieved gradually, and thus he did not encounter any sort of skin distortion.
At least, Peck has not disclosed whether he has had skin removal surgery or not.
Usually, young people who manage to shed pounds quickly do not develop sagging skin. They have more elastin in their skin allowing it to "snap back" after losing weight.
At least, his photos before and after the physical change do not show any skin issues like wrinkles or loose skin.
Josh Peck before and after weight reduction showed several changes:
Lost over 100 pounds of weight;
Weight loss helped him to manage his chronic asthma problem;
Free from health complications associated with obesity;
Looks healthy, handsome, and more attractive than before;
Cholesterol levels are normal now;
Physically and mentally more robust now;
Currently enjoys a healthy lifestyle and a lighter body.
The gigantic weight loss result achieved by this celebrity is truly motivating for every obese person struggling hard to do away with obesity.
He has set for us a new weight loss standard to be followed by all.
Josh ignored the "crash diet mentality" and instead made permanent and long-term healthy changes to his lifestyle and healthy food habits.
Managing or maintaining your weight is indeed possible if you do regular workouts like Josh is doing now.
Every obese person needs to rely on a personal trainer to achieve long-term fat loss goals without ever deviating from the plan.
Adopting a healthy lifestyle and diet habits is the key to sustainable weight loss and well-being.
His success is truly inspiring for many obese children and adults.
How did Josh Peck lose weight?
Josh Peck didn't have any weight loss surgery to lose his extra weight. He has been able to reduce weight by endorsing healthy diets and by doing proper exercise. The steps include:
Hire a Professional Personal Trainer.
Embracing a Healthy Diet.
Taking the right Supplements.
Following Healthy Lifestyle.
Stay Motivated and Stick with the Process.
How much weight did Josh Peck lose in Drake and Josh?
Through rigorous exercise and diet, Josh lost more than 70 pounds in a year and a half. His weight loss metamorphosis is a result of both physical and mental discipline which he meticulously followed.
Did Josh Peck reduce the weight during Drake and Josh?
Critics say that he became more popular for his weight loss transformation than for the TV show he did. During seasons three and four of "Drake and Josh," he lost a considerable amount of weight amounting to about 70 pounds (about 1 ½ years).
Are Josh Peck and Drake still friends?
Peck played Josh Nichols in Drake & Josh, an American sitcom, alongside his real-life best friend Drake Bell from 2004 to 2007. In one of the recent interviews, Josh Peck says that he no longer keeps in touch with his former co-star Drake Bell. Josh and Drake aren't best friends anymore.
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Meet VideoFort
Odds are, you've seen VideoFort's work — their footage has been used in Hollywood movies, award-winning TV shows, and broadcast TV commercials. Their work has found them shooting stock on a globe-spanning cruise and flying through explosions. Not too shabby for a day job.
What are some productions you've shot for?
Members of the VideoFort team have shot for every major film studio and TV network. Some of our most recognizable work is included in The Hunger Games series, The Transformers series, Suicide Squad, Fast & Furious, Tropic Thunder, and goes all the way back to Lethal Weapon 2 and Die Hard.
We've also done work recently shooting aerials for the Netflix Original Series Narcos and HBO's True Detective. And if you see a car commercial with aerial cinematography, that was probably us too.
When shooting aerial, what are your biggest concerns?
The #1 and paramount consideration is always SAFETY. No person or living thing should ever be put in jeopardy to achieve "the shot." Our teams go through intensive training programs to ensure we all make it home to our families at night.
The biggest challenge we often face is something we can't control: the weather. We don't have the luxury of working inside on a stage where we can control all the lighting and keep the rain or snow at bay. So planning our flights and shoots around the weather forecast is a huge part of the job.
Besides making sure the weather conditions are safe for flying, our aerial DPs know exactly the right times of day to capture certain shots and get the best results based on the angle of the sun.
What's been your most challenging shoot?
One of our most challenging was out on a private Caribbean island a few years ago. The only way to access it was via boat or seaplane, so the logistics of getting our crew and equipment onto the island were quite challenging — especially since we had a lot of specialty equipment, like drones and underwater camera housings. Plus, any time you're transporting equipment across international borders, there's a binder full of paperwork that goes along with that.
Favorite shoot?
Definitely when a couple of our cinematographers got to shoot stock footage on a luxury cruise that circumnavigated the globe over a four-month period. They found themselves in exotic locations, literally all over the world, and captured unique footage from a stock perspective. Not to mention, they had the experience of a lifetime witnessing all these new locations and cultures. Lucky for us, they brought their experiences back for the rest of us to see and use via their footage.
When do you shoot your stock footage?
We shoot stock footage year-round, whenever the opportunity presents itself. We have a great team of visual experts who are always eager to get out there and shoot anything visually stimulating.
Through our partners at REP Interactive, we are lucky to find ourselves in unique parts of the world, and in our days off, we're always out exploring new locales and shooting nature content or aerials. Anytime we find ourselves somewhere new is a chance to strike stock footage gold.
Any plans to explore 360 video?
Absolutely! We're always keeping an eye on video trends, and 360 video is really taking off. We're in the beginning stages of researching the best camera offerings for our purposes and determining what types of 360 stock footage clips will be in high demand.
The final piece to the puzzle is figuring out how to mount and shoot 360 video from a helicopter, but our extremely talented team of technicians will solve that challenge with ease.
What are your favorite kinds of projects to work on?
Our favorite projects fall into two categories. First is action films and shows. Obviously flying through explosions or shooting a car chase scene can really get the adrenaline flowing — that's what we live for.
We also love shooting nature footage. A large part of our stock footage collection actually originates from our work on the BBC's Planet Earth series. We love bringing images of our planet's natural beauty to the masses.
What's in your "camera bag"?
When it comes to shooting aerials, we have a strong network of partners all over the world who we call on when our work takes us to the far corners of the globe. For equipment, we keep an array of R3D and ARRI cameras in our kit and have a nice collection of lenses to fit every need. We've also had some fun shooting high-speed footage with Phantom Flex 4K cameras and are fans of DJI's Phantom and Inspire drones.
How has our Liftoff program helped your workflow?
Liftoff has been a great experience. In building our collection of footage over the years, we quickly realized how labor-intensive and time-consuming organizing, meta-tagging, and cataloging our footage was. Liftoff takes all that pain away. We've delivered several terabytes of raw footage right out of our cameras to Liftoff and have been amazed at how quickly the footage is up on dissolve.com and generating revenue.
What are your three shoot must-haves?
Something worth shooting — whether it's a city we haven't shot before or an event. It's even better if we can capture it from an aerial angle, providing a never-before-seen viewpoint.
Our amazingly talented team members
A can-do attitude and a wild thirst for adventure
The VideoFort Exclusive collection is available only at Dissolve. Visit their website, or follow VideoFort on YouTube and Facebook.
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With the proper scientific and mathematical combination of vibrations acting upon the prima matter of the Great Work, upon the chaotic and pre-cosmic Ens Seminis, the science of music originates seven orders of worlds with seven states of materiality.
Esoteric schools teach that there are seven planes of cosmic consciousness in the world. Likewise, we cannot forget that within the interior of our world, underneath the surface of the Earth, there are seven submerged atomic regions that relate to the atomic infernos of Nature, since the Holy Heptaparaparshinokh—the law of seven—is fundamental in everything created.
The sound vibrations of seven centers of gravity originated all the Trogoautoegocratic processes (the reciprocal nourishment of everything existent). In the end, these Trogoautoegocratic processes crystallized all the concentrations of worlds.
Music, the Word, originates what are called successive processes of the fusion of vibrations. Thanks to the law of the reciprocal nourishment of everything existent, and scientifically, under the impulse of sound vibrations, some vibrations flow from other vibrations, and cosmic substances of different densities and vivifications are united and disunited with each other, thus forming great and small, relatively independent concentrations. The outcome of all of this is the universe.
The first order of worlds is very spiritual and is within the bosom of that which has no name. The second order of worlds has a type of additional materiality. In the third order of worlds the materiality increases, and so on. In each one of the seven orders of worlds there is a sevenfold ranking of materiality.
Matter is in a vibratory state. The vibratory speed is in an inverse proportion to the density of matter.
Each atom of the first order of worlds contains within itself only one atom of the Absolute; consequently, the first order of worlds is one hundred percent spiritual.
Each atom of the second order of worlds contains three atoms of the Absolute; as a consequence, the second order of worlds has a little more materiality, even though it still is very spiritual.
Each atom of the third order of worlds contains within itself six atoms of the Absolute; thus, clearly, the materiality is even greater.
Each atom of the fourth order of worlds contains within itself twelve primordial particles—that is to say, twelve atoms of the Absolute—and therefore it is logical to state that the fourth order of worlds has greater materiality than the three preceding orders.
Each atom of the fifth order of worlds has within itself twenty-four atoms of the Absolute, and so it is clear that its materiality is much greater.
We, the wretched intellectual animals, who are unfortunately condemned to the pain of living, really have the bad luck of existing in this remote and dark corner of the universe that belongs to a sixth order of worlds. Each atom of our world of 48 laws contains within itself 48 atoms of the Absolute. Thus, the materiality of our world is horrible, since everything that is obtained with supreme promptness in the worlds of 12, 6, or 3 laws is only obtained here—so to say—by sacrificial bleeding and with unspeakable sufferings.
Underneath us is the underworld where materiality is frightfully horrible. The first region of the abyss has atoms that contain within themselves—each one—nothing less than 96 laws, ninety-six primary particles, ninety-six atoms of the Absolute. In the second region of the mineral kingdom, each atom has 192 atoms of the Absolute, and so on. Therefore, the mineral kingdom is frightfully materialistic. Thus, this is why life under the Earth is indeed an inferno. Nevertheless, it is good to clarify that the inferno has its mission, since it is the cosmic crematorium, and therefore it is necessary.
Somebody stated, "Inferno comes from the Latin word infernus, meaning "inferior region," and therefore the inferno is this world in which we live." That person was mistaken, because this cellular region in which we lived is not the inferior region; we live in the sixth order of worlds governed by 48 laws, and in accordance with the law of seven the seventh is the bottom. We already know that the seventh order of worlds is the underworld, whose first region is governed by 96 laws.
The inferno is not a place with flames. The inferno is the underworld. However, it is logical to state that the flames of passions burn within the underworld. All the religious infernos are only symbols of the underworld.
Time in the mineral kingdom is a time of rocks, a frightfully slow and terribly boring time. Each small event in the underworld is equivalent to 80 years, 800 years, 8,000, and 80,000 years.
The lost ones of the ancient Earth-Moon are named Lucifers, Ahrimans, and Anagarics with red turbans. They still live within that submerged mineral kingdom, and believe that they are doing very well, that they are progressing. The lost ones always believe that they are doing very well, and they are filled with very good intentions.


The European Union, France, Germany and Britain, said in a joint statement on Friday they regretted US President Donald Trump's decision to restore sanctions on Iran, the world's No. 3 oil exporter.
"Our aim is to protect European economic actors who have legitimate commercial exchanges with Iran, in line with European legislation and the United Nations' Security Council resolution 2231," the EU's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and the foreign ministers and finance ministers of the three countries said in their statement.
The three biggest European powers are co-signatories, along with Russia and China, to an international 2015 deal with Iran that limited its nuclear work in exchange for the lifting of most international sanctions on Tehran.
Russia on Saturday "resolutely" condemned the US "destructive" move, urging Washington to immediately review its policy of sanctions pressure against Tehran.
"We reject any unilateral sanctions bypassing UNSC (United Nations Security Council) decisions, especially when they are applied extra-territorially and concern the interests of third countries, as is the case with US restrictions against Iran," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation said in a statement.
"If Washington, as it claims, is indeed interested in negotiations with Tehran, the policy of sanctions pressure aimed at diminishing Iran's economic and defense potential as well as undermining the internal political situation there must be revised immediately," it added.
By using pressure, it will be "impossible to reach concessions" with Iran, it noted.
The statement came after the US Treasury Department announced all sanctions on Iran lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), would be back in force on November 5.
The White House also said it was "the toughest sanctions regime ever imposed" on Tehran. It targets both Iran and states that trade with it.
However, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that Washington would allow eight countries to continue importing Iranian oil but only at much lower levels after the re-imposition of sanctions.
The Russian Foreign Ministry's statement further said the fresh anti-Iran sanctions were aimed at undermining the consistent efforts taken by signatories to the JCPOA to preserve the agreement after the US withdrawal in May.
It expressed "deep disappointment and increasing concern" over the US attempts to demolish international legal instruments of nuclear non-proliferation and arms control and warned of the "deteriorating" security situation in the world.
"The United States has now dealt another powerful blow to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, bringing it closer to collapse while hypocritically talking about the need to strengthen it," the statement read.
It said the JCPOA had proved to be effective and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had regularly confirmed Iran's compliance with its obligations under the nuclear agreement.
"The verification and control measures provided for in the Action Plan are applied in full. This in itself is reliable proof of the peaceful nature of the Iranian nuclear program," it added.
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano one again reaffirmed in September that Iran was in compliance with the nuclear agreement.
"Iran is implementing its nuclear-related commitments under the JCPOA," Amano said.
Elsewhere in the statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry urged the international community not to allow "such a significant achievement of international diplomacy to collapse at the whim of just one nation, which openly violates the norms of international law."
It emphasized that parties to the JCPOA were absolutely capable of overcoming any emerging issues.
"We will do everything necessary to preserve and expand international trade and economic and financial cooperation with Iran despite the US sanctions," the statement pointed out.
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak also said on Friday that his country would help Iran counter fresh US sanctions, saying Moscow would continue trading Tehran's crude in defiance of Washington.
"We believe we should look for mechanisms that would allow us to continue developing cooperation with our partners, with Iran," Novak told the Financial Times.


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Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party is a special event requiring separate tickets. The party starts at 7 pm and will end at Midnight. My family just loves this party! We all dress in costume and love Trick-or-Treating in the Magic Kingdom. The Boo to You Parade is so fantastic. You will actually see the Headless Horseman riding down Main Street U.S.A. You will need to buy the tickets when you purchase them. You can then pick them up at Guest Relations in the Magic Kingdom. The dates for the party are not yet available and hopefully will be announced soon. Please send me a follow up question if I can help you further, Katrina. Have a magical vacation!