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Port Elizabeth's Magnificent Seven
It has recently been announced that Port Elizabeth, the city that sits at the far eastern end of South Africa's beautiful Garden Route region, will play host to the South African leg of the IRB Rugby World Sevens for the next four years. The games will take place in the new Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, a magnificent, five-tier structure that can seat 48,000 fans. It's bound to be a real highlight of the Garden Route events calendar.
Interesting stuff indeed, but what of the city itself? Due to its proximity to the Eastern Cape's malaria-free safari parks, it is all too often overlooked by visitors as a mere jump-off point, which is a shame, because the 'Friendly City', as it's affectionately nicknamed, has plenty to recommend it.
With this in mind, we at My Guide Garden Route have dipped into our expert local knowledge to provide our very own Port Elizabeth World Sevens; a countdown of the Top Seven Attractions for you to experience while you're in the city, whether filling time between rugby games, stopping over before going on safari or simply visiting the city on its own merits.
Discover Port Elizabeth's Roots
The Donkin Heritage Trail is a free and perfect introduction to Port Elizabeth. It follows the footsteps of the city's founders, who arrived in the 1820s from Britain and created one of the most important settlements in the colonial history of South Africa. The trail, which is named after the then Acting Governor of the Cape Colony, Sir Rufane Donkin, is only five kilometres yet takes in an impressive 47 historical sites in central Port Elizabeth. It begins at Market Square, where you'll find the 1858 City Hall, and continues past such treats as No 7 Castle Museum, reputedly the oldest settler's cottage in the city, and the Donkin Library building, a magnificent example of Victorian Gothic architecture with a colonial twist. For an unrivalled view of the expansive bay fronting the city, head up the 52m Campanile (bell tower), which was erected in 1923 to honour the settlers. The route is very well signposted, meaning you don't need to pay for a guide, and you can find a detailed trail map at the tourist office which is located inside the lighthouse at the Donkin Reserve.
Take a Township Tour
South Africa is infamous the world over for its apartheid past, and a Port Elizabeth township tour is a fantastic way to not only explore this painful period in the country's history, but also to witness how its legacy is inspiring everyone to move forwards and work towards a better future. An expert guide will lead you through New Brighton, the oldest township in Port Elizabeth, where you can view some buildings that the earliest settlers constructed almost 200 years ago. You will also visit the award-winning Red Location Museum, Port Elizabeth's memorial to apartheid, and finish the day with a drink in an authentic township tavern. The majority of South Africans live in townships, so apart from acquainting yourself with some history, the real value of this experience is gaining a glimpse into the day to day life of the population at large; something that's not always immediately apparent in the big cities.
Due to its prime position on Algoa Bay – a 40km stretch of unspoilt, golden sand lapped by the warm, turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean – Port Elizabeth holds bragging rights to some of the best beaches in the world. Indeed, no less than three have been awarded the prestigious Blue Flag award; the beach equivalent of an Oscar. The bay is fast becoming known as the water-sports capital of South Africa, so you won't be left in want of ways to fill your time. Apart from swimming, you can hire jet-skis, have a crack at surfing (board, wind and kite), take to the skies paragliding or duck beneath the waves to check out the dazzling coral reefs on a scuba dive. Or you could just hire a sunbed. All the main beaches have great facilities, which include shower blocks and places to eat and drink.
Check out some Wildlife
Although many people use Port Elizabeth as a base from which to explore the Eastern Cape's safari parks, the city itself and the surrounding area has plenty in the way of wildlife-spotting opportunities. Kragga Kamma Game Park, just a ten minute drive from the city-centre, boasts an incredible range of birdlife, not to mention some classic African game, including cheetahs, giraffes and white rhinos. Seaview Lion Park offers a chance to get up close and personal with its big kitties, which, apart from lions, include leopards and cheetahs. Addo Elephant National Park, located in dense scrubland about an hour's drive from Port Elizabeth, is home to over 450 of the colossal beasts. With regard to the marine side of things, whale-watching excursions run all year round from Algoa Bay, and also the world's largest African penguin colony call the nearby islands their home. Or at least they would if they were privy to such information. And could talk.
Tee Off
Port Elizabeth is home to some great golf courses which are complemented by the city's beautiful year-round climate and the mind-boggling scenery characteristic of the Garden Route. Humewood Golf Course is the highlight; a wide, undulating, 18-hole course with emerald fairways, thick coastal bush and immaculate, speedy greens, all set against a stunning backdrop of cobalt ocean. This course is widely regarded as one of the best in South Africa; a consensus supported by the fact that it's hosted the South African Open five times. A fantastic alternative is Walmer Golf Course, founded in 1897 and as such one of the oldest courses in the country. The nine holes are brilliantly challenging and the brand new clubhouse makes for a welcome end to the day. The course's signature hole is the sixth: a deceptively tricky par three which is only 127 metres long, but which calls for a seriously accurate shot due to a pond reaching right up to the front of the green.
Eat and Be Merry
Going for Sundowners (evening drinks) and a bite to eat is a favourite South African pastime, and with its plethora of excellent restaurants and cafes, Port Elizabeth is the ideal place to immerse yourself in the local way of life. Cubana Havana Lounge is a trendy Latino beach bar which offers some of the best sea-views in town. The glamour of the décor is matched only by that of the sensationally exquisite cocktails, which can be enjoyed with the sumptuous Latin American cuisine served throughout the day. For a more intimate affair try out Shannas, a wonderful little Portuguese restaurant which offers spacious seating and whose walls are adorned with murals. The food is sublime, with specialities that include spicy Peri-Peri chicken and the signature dish Carne de Porco Alentejana – pork fillet with clams and a garlic and red pepper paste. This place is a favourite with the locals – always a good sign – so making a reservation is essential.
Paint the Town Red
Port Elizabeth has some tremendous bars and clubs, and while they may not be on the mammoth scale found in other areas of South Africa, they are refreshingly unpretentious and friendly – not to mention cheap! Finnez Cocktail Café is a great place to kick the night off. The atmosphere is a nice blend of sophistication and relaxation, and the bar's sweeping views across Port Elizabeth Harbour are truly breath taking. If you want to party into the early hours, look no further than Buzzbar, a seriously slick nightclub situated just south of the city centre. This is a stunning, over 21s venue, filled with mirror balls and lasers, where local and famous DJs spin the dance floor into a wild frenzy on a nightly basis. You might not remember a great deal the following day, but you'll know you've had a good time.
Port Elizabeth is a fantastic city which offers heaps of things to do, whether you're killing time between rugby matches or before and after a safari, or simply visiting the city on its own merits.
PUBLISHED: Jun 9th 2017
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The city will enter a 3-day auction next week to buy the Northwood Centre, an ailing 30-acre parcel in the middle of town that could be used for projects down the line.
The city will enter a three-day auction next week to buy the Northwood Centre, an ailing 30-acre parcel in the middle of town that could be used for projects down the line.
In a last-minute motion at Wednesday's City Commission meeting, Mayor John Dailey asked his colleagues to weigh in on whether officials should enter into the public auction starting April 15.
The starting bid for the 50-year-old converted shopping mall is $2 million. The property was sold to a Miami Beach company for $100 last month, according to court records. The cost to enter the auction is $25,000.
Dailey said the center, once in city possession, has endless possibilities.
With no time to legally notice a public meeting on the proposal, Wednesday was the last day to discuss the matter under open government laws.
Northwood Centre was cleared out of thousands of state workers two years ago when bat guano, mold and toxins were found inside the structure. Without enough time to submit notice for another meeting to discuss, the idea was floated and approved unanimously.
More than 300 people are involved in a pending lawsuit against the Northwood Centre stemming from complaints of air-quality issues.
City Manager Reese Goad will move forward with entering the auction. He said taking the level of contamination remaining in the building would be a part of the bidding process.
"We would expect it to sell under market value," he said.
The site has been floated as a possible home for the new headquarters of the Tallahassee Police Department.
Commissioner Curtis Richardson said entering the auction does not signal that the center would become the new home for TPD. An open, public submission portal for site suggestions is still active through April 18.


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While You Were Away: Gene Editing Treats Mice with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
January 4, 2016 / Karen Ring
Welcome back everyone! I hope you enjoyed your holiday and are looking forward to an exciting new year. My favorite thing about coming back from vacation is to see what cool new science was published. Because as you know, science doesn't take a vacation!
As I was reading over the news for this past week, one particular story stood out. On New Year's Eve, Science magazine published three articles (here, here, here) simultaneously that successfully used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to treat mice that have Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
DMD is a rare, genetic disease that affects approximately 1 in 3,600 boys in the US. It's caused by a mutation in the dystrophin gene, which generates a protein that is essential for normal muscle function. DMD causes the body's muscles to weaken and degenerate, leaving patients deformed and unable to move. It's a progressive disease, and the average life expectancy is around 25 years. Though there are treatments that help prolong or control the onset of symptoms, there is no cure for DMD.
Three studies use CRISPR to treat DMD in mice
For those suffering from this debilitating disease, there is hope for a new therapy – a gene therapy that is. Three groups from UT Southwestern, Harvard, and Duke, used the CRISPR gene editing method to remove and correct the mutation in the dystrophin gene in mice with DMD. All three used a safe viral delivery method to transport the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing complex to the proper location on the dystrophin gene in the mouse genome. There, the complex was able to cut out the mutated section of DNA and paste together a version of the gene that could produce a functional dystrophin protein.
Dystrophin protein (green) in healthy heart muscle (left), absent in DMD mice (center), and partially restored in DMD mice treated with CRISPR/Cas9 (right). (Nelson et al., 2015)
This technique was tested in newly born mice as well as in adult mice by injecting the virus into the mouse circulatory system (so that the gene editing could happen everywhere) or into specific areas like the leg muscle to target muscle cells and stem cells. After the gene editing treatment, all three studies found restored expression of the dystrophin protein in heart and skeletal muscle tissue, which are the main tissues affected in DMD. They were also able to measure improved muscle function and strength in the animals.
This is really exciting news for the DMD field, which has been waiting patiently for an approved therapy. Currently, two clinical trials are underway by BioMarin and Sarepta Therapeutics, but the future of these drugs is uncertain. A gene therapy that could offer a "one-time cure" would certainly be a more attractive option for these patients.
Charles Gersbach, Duke University
It's important to note that none of these gene editing studies reported a complete cure. However, the results are still very promising. Charles Gersbach, senior author on the Duke study, commented, "There's a ton of room for optimization of these approaches."
Strong media coverage of DMD studies
The implications of these studies are potentially huge and suitably, these studies were covered by prominent news outlets like Science News, STAT News, The Scientist, and The New York Times.
What I like about the news coverage on the DMD studies is that the results and implications aren't over hyped. All of the articles mention the promise of this research, but also mention that more work needs to be done in mice and larger animals before gene therapy can be applied to human DMD patients. The words "safe" or "safety" was used in each article, which signals to me that both the science and media worlds understand the importance of testing promising therapies rigorously before attempting in humans on a larger scale.
However, it does seem that CRISPR gene editing for DMD could reach clinical trials in the next few years. Charles Gersbach told STATnews that he could see human clinical trials using this technology in a few years after scientists properly test its safety. He also mentioned that they first will need to understand "how the human immune system will react to delivery of the CRISPR complex within the body." He went on, "The hope for gene editing is that if we do this right, we will only need to do one treatment. This method, if proven safe, could be applied to patients in the foreseeable future."
Eric Olson, UT Southwestern
Eric Olson, senior author on the UT Southwestern study, had a similar opinion, "To launch a clinical trial, we need to scale up, improve efficiency and assess safety. I think within a few years, those issues can be addressed."
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This Vegan Roasted Red Pepper Pasta is creamy, nutritious and packed with flavour!
To add creaminess to the sauce, I decided to use white beans, which when blended up, create a seriously rich and velvety texture. I also used unsweetened almond milk for extra creaminess, but if you'd like to keep it nut-free this can be substituted with unsweetened oat milk.
I like to serve this Vegan Roasted Red Pepper Pasta with some steamed greens, such as kale, spinach or broccoli. It's also delicious topped with pine nuts and fresh parsley or basil.
You can use any type of pasta you like – I used brown rice spaghetti, but anything else would work equally well to soak up all that gorgeous sauce!
This Vegan Roasted Red Pepper Pasta is easy to make, nutritious, and creamy and flavourful!
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Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common. With great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. There was not a needy person among them, for as many as owned lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold. They laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need.
There was a Levite, a native of Cyprus, Joseph, to whom the apostles gave the name Barnabas (which means "son of encouragement"). He sold a field that belonged to him, then brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
There is a temptation to think that some magical, perfect political or economic system might accomplish this harmony, but maybe it's a more basic and challenging call to each of us: to love one another. Love not in empty words, but in loving so much as to allow the other person to "inconvenience" me—allowing them to make a demand upon my time, my gifts, my energies.
How am I showing my love for others?
How am I loving Christ, by loving my neighbor?
—Colten Biro, SJ, is a Jesuit scholastic of the USA Central and Southern Province in First Studies at Saint Louis University. He is a frequent contributor to The Jesuit Post.
The one who loves gives and communicates to the beloved what he or she has… Each shares with the other.


Thank you to Dutton Books for sending me a copy of Spontaneous.
"A darkly funny and spectacularly original exploration of friendship, goodbyes—and spontaneous combustion.
Whip-smart and blunt, Mara narrates the end of their world as she knows it while trying to make it to graduation in one piece. It's an explosive year punctuated by romance, quarantine, lifelong friendship, hallucinogenic mushrooms, bloggers, ice cream trucks, 'Snooze Button™,' Bon Jovi, and the filthiest language you've ever heard from the President of the United States.
Aaron Starmer rewrites the rulebook with Spontaneous. But beneath the outrageous is a ridiculously funny, super honest, and truly moving exemplar of the absurd and raw truths of being a teenager in the 21st century . . . and the heartache of saying goodbye."
"And as long as the world spins on, we can still dance. No matter who we are, we can always dance."
I do want to, however, give sincere praise for the original concept which I found very cool: students at the Mara's high school keep spontaneously combusting and no one knows why. This is a phenomenal premise: strange, interesting, immediately engaging, and metaphorical--props to the author for that.
That being established, I began reading this novel with really high expectations, curious as to how these random explosions would play out in regards to finding a cure. Sadly, the text was profane and the narrative seemed to not only depict but also condone teen drug use, and eventually I decided to set it down. It is a shame because I was definitely curious to see what happened. I still think the premise holds a lot of promise and I'd like to read someone else's summary to see how it all plays out, but it wasn't worth it for me to continue.


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Go-ahead for oral cancer drug
Published on 20 June 2007
Mouthwashes eradicate COVID-19 infectivity
Expert view: Investigating de-escalation strategies in IBD
Boehringer Ingelheim becomes founding sponsor of World Stroke Academy
Actor Quaid attacks hospital over baby medication error
EC approves brigatinib for ALK+ non-small cell lung cancer
US drugmaker Celgene has been granted full approval by the European Commission to market its oral cancer drug Revlimid® (lenalidomide), an analogue of thalidomide.
The EC backed an earlier recommendation by the EMEA's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use and gave the green light to Revlimid, in combination with dexamethasone, as a treatment for patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior therapy.
The approval is clearly a boost for Celgene, as Revlimid is the first medicine sold by the company cleared for use in Europe.
The firm said the drug represents the first breakthrough oral cancer therapy for multiple myeloma patients in more than 40 years. Professor Gareth Morgan, head of haematology at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, UK, said the approval of Revlimid is good news for both physicians and patients.
He said it has been shown to more than double time to disease progression, "improves survival by almost one year and has the added benefit of convenient oral dosing".
The news was welcomed by the International Myeloma Foundation. Chairman Brian Durie said: "Until we have a cure for multiple myeloma we need a strong arsenal of drugs that we can use in combination and in sequence to maintain remission, and Revlimid is a powerful addition to that arsenal.
"In fact, it is so powerful that we are now considering medical options for newly diagnosed patients, in place of costly and debilitating bone marrow transplants that until now have been a standard of care."
Multiple myeloma is the second most commonly diagnosed blood cancer and there are an estimated 750,000 people with the disease worldwide. In the UK, it causes some 2,500 deaths a year and at any one time there will be just fewer than 8,000 patients with the condition. Mortality is high: 45% of patients die in the first year and 80% within five years. Revlimid has been approved in the USA (along with a steroid) for previously-treated myeloma patients since June 2006.
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On 15th-16th May 2018, JF McKenna attended the British Pig & Poultry Fair at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire. We were inundated with visitors to our newly designed stand who came to see how JFM could help them with both new and old poultry projects.
Our partners from Fancom and Chore-Time were on hand to give expert advice about our products, especially those we had on our stand including the Chore-Time Konavi Feeder and the Fancom Fantura.
It was also a great opportunity to catch up with other contributors to the industry and there were some excellent stands on show.
All in all it was an extremely positive and successful show for JFM and we look forward to the next one in 2020!


My art practice stems from a deep-rooted love of nature and respect for the environment. Flora of the Upper Salmon River Trail explores the different ways in which people think about and interact with the natural world. A bookwork found at the trailhead seeks to educate the public on Indigenous uses of plants found on the Upper Salmon River trail, and remind visitors that the wilderness that makes up Fundy National Park existed long before our time. Nine van dyke prints, a 19th century photographic process, depict the flora of the trail, intended to reflect the steadfastness of nature.


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DD: Do you think that the Kickstarter has shifted? Has the wave of big Kickstarter-funded games passed?
Brenda Romero: Kickstarter in and of itself has become a game. It's a spectator sport, and it's super fun to be involved in these projects. It's fun to watch them succeed, and it's fun, in a sadistic game, to watch them fail. Watching people succeed and watching people fail, for better or for worse, as humans, there's something to that.
I think people have a limited amount of funds to spend on Kickstarters, and I think the market is a lot more crowded than it used to be. I also think in the early days there was a lot of press coverage of "Here's some RPGs on Kickstarter you might like," and you're not seeing as much of that these days. So I think there is a bit of atrophy in the community and apathy in the community. There's not as much money because the money there was to go around has gone around. Kickstarter really is its own social network, and it's incredibly fun to see what's on there, but that wanes after a while.
DD: Many devs think we've settled on a Kickstarter format where a lot of work has already gone on, and the developer is asking for a little money to put them over the top. Is there a standardized format for successful Kickstarter games we're settling into, or do you think the model will get shaken up again?
The Kickender, I guess you'd call it, is a possibility, but there's also the "We're done, help us get enough money through preorders to actually publish the thing." So the game is done, but you need the money for community management or what have you, so the whole thing is basically a preorder platform.
You said something about "successful Kickstarters," and it's funny to me, because I've never viewed the games that didn't get funded on Kickstarter as "failures." They're just not there yet, or there's some gem of fun there that was interesting enough to make me want to play the game. Kickstarter actually prevents a bigger failure -- an actual failure would be to spend a goodly sum of cash to create a game that wasn't as fully realized as it could be.
So one can view Kickstarter as milestone zero, just like when you're passing through a publisher with a pitch. When I meet with a publisher and they say, "I like this element here, and I like this, but how about if we did something a bit different?" I don't call that a failure -- that's game design, that's iteration.
That was my first response [to Shaker]. "What's not right here? What do we need to do?" and that's when it became obvious that we were spending more time addressing the weakness of the pitch than we were building the world, so better to walk away and come back with something stronger.
DD: Do you feel like Kickstarter pushes success and failure in binary terms? That Kickstarter has less of a give and take than going to a traditional publisher, for instance?
BR: It's tough, because when I'm just making a game, for instance, way ahead of my concern for story is my concern for systems, and how the systems are playing and feeling. But with Kickstarter, you have to come out with it all. A year or so ago, people looked at Kickstarter as the silver bullet for game development, but Kickstarter shares some of the same hurdles we find in traditional game development. You have to please the board, whether that board is 9,000 individuals, or backers, or five people sitting around a table, or one person in charge of green-lighting your idea.
If the crowd doesn't like your pitch, so be it. It's better to know sooner rather than later. Naturally, it doesn't feel great, but it also doesn't feel horrible. There's this weird, wonderful day of acceptance. Once you fail, interestingly enough, you don't feel afraid of doing it again, because the world didn't change. Nobody showed up to take away my game developer card. It's a wonderfully humbling experience. Failure's okay. What matters is debugging after the failure.


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The innate immune system detects invasive pathogens and activates defense mechanisms to eliminate them. Pathogens, however, employ a variety of tricks to block this process. A new study shows how the measles virus thwarts the system, by means of a simple hairpin-like structure.
The innate immune system is the body's first line of defense against invasive pathogens and noxious chemicals. Essentially the system consists of an array of receptors that recognize particular molecular conformations which are characteristic of pathogenic organisms and viruses. Among the classes of molecules bound by these receptors are viral nucleic acids, which are bound specifically by so-called RIG-I-like receptors in the cytoplasm of infected cells. One of these is MDA5, which polymerizes into filaments on long double-stranded RNAs that indicate the presence of RNA viruses. RIG-I itself binds to shorter terminal segments of viral RNAs.
However, viruses have come up with a plethora of ways to avoid triggering immune defense measures. "The virus that causes measles, for instance, produces a so-called V protein, which binds specifically to MDA5 and one other RIG-I-like receptor, and thus impairs recognition of virus-infected cells by the adaptive immune system, although it does not inhibit RIG-I itself," says Professor Karl-Peter Hopfner of LMU's Gene Center. Indeed this kind of competition between viral and cellular proteins largely determines the distribution and - above all - the virulence of viral pathogens.
"We have been able to crystallize the complex formed by the V protein and MDA5 for the first time, and have determined its three-dimensional structure in detail," Hopfner reports. This structure also permitted Hopfner's team, in collaboration with LMU virologist Professor Karl-Klaus Conzelmann, to clarify the mode of action of the V protein. The analysis revealed that it inserts a hairpin loop into the core secondary structure of MDA5, unfolding the protein and allowing V to bind to a segment that is normally buried in the interior of the molecule. This in turn prevents MDA5 from forming filaments and signaling the presence of viral RNA.


The Kalas Collection has an Inventory that is based on storage box contents, not sets, so we will try and give some highlights as best as we can. Early 400E Blue Comet set, there appears to be a Macy Special light green 8 set, double boxed separate sale 384 steam loco and an Ives 1770E, Boxed set 385 & 39. There should be a 408E set in pea, State set and 380E set with large 430 cars as well. There are many High grade O gauge boxed sets with 248s, 252s, 253, 245s, 259E and others. We found a clean 255E set with red & silver 613 cars; double boxed 260E in gunmetal, with brick boxes and master carton. There is a like new boxed terra-cotta 253 and we are hoping he has the matching cars. We have a near flawless boxed 251E loco, high grade 251 gray set and a nice 763E Semi-scale hudson. We unearthed a high grade orange 254 with its box, and found 2 cars as well. There is inventoried a 263E Blue Comet set; 226E with 2613 Two Tone Green passenger cars, Boxed & Set boxed 636W City of Denver Streamline, and the much more. In addition, there are many boxed accessories. We found an early & late 300 Hellgate bridge, both with their scarce boxes, super boxed late 116 double-window station and two original 444 roundhouse sections, 1 a bit dirty. Inventoried are many boxed signals and lampposts with some unusual variations, but we have found more boxed than accessories at this point, so expect many surprises. This collection is Huge, with many surprises and will be spaced out and placed in multiple sales.
We will be offering another selection from the Fabulous Jerry and Nina Green Collection, with a selection of American and European Trains and Toys including Issemayer Train Set & Station, Rossignol Tin Trolley, Early American Gauge 1 Trolley, Scarce Large Size Carpenter Floor Train, Early Carette Gauge 1 Baggage Car, and more.
The Massive Toy Collection of George Dominguez will debut in this sale with a sampling of his Battery Operated Toys with highlights including Rare, Snappy the Happy Bubble Blowing Dragon Toy by Marx, Linemar Bubble Blowing Popeye, Linemar Remote Control Popeye in Rowboat, Rare, Boxed "Pleasant Kappa", Mr. Fox the Magician, Mickey Mouse Magician, Boxed Knight in Armor Target Game, Boxed All Stars Mr. Baseball Jr, Marx Whistling Spooky Kooky Tree, and More. This collection which will ultimately take 4-5 fifteen foot box trucks to move is highlighted by several hundred Battery Operated Toys, most in the original boxes, a vast collection of Brass Trains in a variety of scales, Still and Mechanical Banks, a large selection of Japanese Shogun and Transformer Toys, and for the Baby Boomers a great collection of He-Man Figures, Voltron, MASK, and More. This collection also will be spaced out and placed in multiple sales.
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Published as serial #MayorAMonth social media posts for the Gracie Mansion Conservancy, the following two biographies have been supplemented and massaged into essay format suitable for blog, newsletter, or catalogue.
WILLIAM JAY GAYNOR
New Year's Day, 1910, William Jay Gaynor walked to his inauguration at City Hall from his home at 20 Eighth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn. He served the better part of a four year term from 1910-1913 as a Democrat. New York City by this time included all five boroughs, immigrants were pouring in through Ellis Island, and great energies were being spent toward social and technological advancement. Gracie Mansion had been commandeered by the city and was humbly serving the public as an ice cream stand and "comfort station."
Campaigning, Gaynor's opponents had called his practice of law "notional" and "tyrannical." His record, however, was outstanding. "The World's Work" indicates that the Governor of New York appointed a "Commission on the Law's Delay" in 1902, reporting on seven years of court proceedings. It showed that the Supreme Court judges of Manhattan tried an average of 12.55 cases per month, and those of Brooklyn an average 23.17. One judge, "Number 5," maintained an average of 39+ cases per month and further spent two months more than any other judge in the hearing of motions. "Number 5" was, of course, Judge Gaynor. Lest anyone think he were sloppy, of the cases appealed from the Brooklyn Supreme Court, 68% were affirmed, while affirmations of Gaynor's rulings stood at 77%.
As mayor, he was no less effective. Elected by the Tammany machine, the efficient and philosophic Gaynor, born on a farm in Oneida County, who would entertain dinner guests with stories of the "little frame schoolhouse at Skeeterboro, with its benches and its cordwood stove at which he thawed out his frozen ears" would soon clear out corruption as handily as any farmer mucking out a stable.
According to The World's Work, Doubleday, 1910, "Within ninety days of his inauguration he had introduced economies saving the city $1,700,000 a year, and increasing its borrowing power $34,000,000. ... He took machines away from city officials who had no official need of them, and decorated every car with conspicuous letters betraying its public character. He discontinued paying private telephone bills. He removed dead men from city pay-rolls. He had the operation of the city-owned Staten Island ferryboats compared with that of the Pennsylvania ferries to New Jersey, and cut the city's crews down by half. ... He found dummy musicians in city bands, and, not agreeing with Keats that melodies 'unheard are sweeter,' stopped their 'ditties of no tune.' A newspaper which had opposed him as a menace to the city credit printed this headline thirty days after Mayor Gaynor had taken his seat: 'PAY-ROLLS A MILLION LESS—CUTTING, ONLY BEGUN' In sixty days more the Mayor had found it possible to save the city three-fourths of a million more."
Gaynor also confronted sensationalist press. In an open letter published in the New York Evening Post, he admonished, "The time is at hand when these journalistic scoundrels have got to stop or get out, and I am ready now to do my share to that end. They are absolutely without souls. If decent people would refuse to look at such newspapers the whole thing would right itself at once. The journalism of New York City has been dragged to the lowest depths of degradation. The grossest railleries and libels, instead of honest statements and fair discussion, have gone unchecked."
He took on the issue of police brutality with equal vigor, though that in a more fatherly manner: "The Mayor did not interest himself in police offenses only. He also signaled out acts for praise. An officer who took a lost child to his street-car and gave him his fare home received a letter of appreciation." Tammany Hall would not support his bid for reelection, but by that time, he didn't need it.
He faced personal challenges as well. August 9th, 1910, Gaynor, embarking on a European vacation, was shot by a disgruntled city employee. According to John Faber in "Great News Photos and the Stories Behind Them," William Warnecke's capture of his iconic photograph of the event goes like so:
"Hughie O'Neill... told Bill he was having trouble with a feature assignment. Bill said he'd help.... What the City Desk wanted of O'Neil was a photo of a Fire Department horse, laughing. It was to be used with a story about the city replacing the animals with newly purchased, motor-driven fire engines. En route, Bill located a "fire horse." He tried every way he could to get the horse to 'laugh.' Finally, he fed the animal caramel candies. While the horse gummed the mess, wriggling his lips to free his teeth, Bill made the shot. It looked like a genuine horse laugh.
But it had taken too much time. Warnecke was running late. When he boarded the SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, he saw the other photographers had gone. He made an overall 'safety shot'.... While he changed holders, to make 'just one more,' a squat, broad-chested man stealthily, almost unnoticed, joined the group.... Robert Anderson, Gaynor's secretary, shouted a warning as the unknown man drew his pistol, and, holding it six inches from the Mayor's head, pulled the trigger. The gun failed to go off. The man pulled the trigger again, and the pistol flashed. The Mayor staggered with the impact of the bullet, and clutched his throat. 'Big Bill' Edwards, 300-pound Street Cleaning Commissioner, grappled with the man as he fired another shot. The bullet intended for Edwards passed through his coat sleeve and struck Mayor Gaynor in the back.
The Mayor lurched as Robert Marsh grabbed his arm to steady him. At that instant, Warnecke made his 'great picture.' Edwards, a pier policeman, and other city officials, subdued the struggling would-be assassin, J. J. Gallagher. They bound his hands and dragged him off the ship, down the street into a waiting car. Bill ran ahead and made the picture. He got back in time to make a final photo of Gaynor being carried off the ship."
Gaynor resumed duties after two months, barely able to speak.
His tenure was a period of history marked by great change. Made possible by a breakthrough in steel production technology, early skyscrapers announced the advent of the modern era. Excavation begun 1910 at Broadway and Park Place adjacent to City Hall Park (a site selected in no small part because of the prestige it conferred), Mayor Gaynor would have seen the daily progress of the construction of The Woolworth Building until its completion in 1913 when it took the title of tallest building in the world. Designed in neo-Gothic style by the architect Cass Gilbert and drenched in terra-cotta cladding and glass mosaic with elevator banks designed by Tiffany Studios, it is a must-see for any architecture enthusiast.
Of global significance, 1911 saw the fall of the Qing Dynasty, ending 2,000 years of imperial rule in China. As mayor of New York City, a center of global commerce from its founding, Gaynor had occasion to play the role of diplomat on more than one occasion. He played host to Admiral Chin Pih Kwang, and according to Worlds Work, 1910, "No mayor has ever given such a dinner as that with which, out of his private purse, the Mayor honored Prince Tsai Tao."
In other world news, the luxury ocean liner RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City on April 14, 1912, and sank in the early hours of the morning. More than 1,500 of her 2,200 passengers perished in the frigid waters. Gaynor arranged for the city to accept donations from those who wanted to help April 17, one day before the Carpathia, carrying 700 Titanic survivors, arrived in New York.
Coincidentally, Colonel Archibald Gracie IV was among the survivors. Colonel Gracie was the great grandson of Archibald Gracie, who built Gracie Mansion in 1799, which was to become the official residence of the mayors of New York City in 1942. Colonel Gracie wrote of the experience but suffered ill health resulting from severe hypothermia, having been pulled under upon sinking and having swum to a capsized lifeboat, there to stand with others knee deep in the icy waters until rescue, and died December 4. His book, Titanic: A Survivor's Story, was published posthumously in 1913. It is still in print.
On the domestic front, Women of the day, having long sought parity, were abandoning such genteel methods of protest as petition-writing and auditorium speeches and taking to the streets in an extreme departure from Victorian social mores that decreed "decent" women did not leave the home unescorted. Demonstrating the strength of those taboos, the first suffrage parade, which was brainchild of Maud Malone and held in NYC February 1908 despite having been denied permit, included only thirty or so women. Happily, they were joined by some 2,000 male allies. Malone shrewdly recognized that success lay in making it a happy occasion, and the event was applauded by the press. Gaynor and his wife politely declined the invitation to view the 1911 march, but 3,000 women from every economic strata convened on Union Square that year.
In an interview May 16, 1913 Gaynor observed: "Do I think the men of this State are opposed to woman suffrage, or are in favor of it, or indifferent about it? I think the greatest number are in that mood that they just laugh and rub their stomachs and say that they are perfectly satisfied for the women to vote if they want to. But the trouble is that there are only a few women, apparently, who want to vote. Mark me, as soon as the majority of them want it they will get it." This observance of the predominant male mood was probably on point. A Jeffersonian Democrat, it further falls in line with his "less is more" views on policy without necessarily being unsympathetic. The problem stems from later remarks in that same interview wherein he suggests the more strident suffragettes were in want of husbands, for which he was roundly criticized.
Further writings show that he genuinely believed the happiness of women best served by good husbands and the rearing of children, which is the sort of benevolent condescension that had plagued the cause of parity from the outset. That said, Gaynor appointed several women as members of the Board of Education, so within the narrow scope of his domestic beliefs, we can at least conclude that he regarded women as competent and fit for leadership.
Given what we can infer of his sober character, it is not entirely surprising that Mayor Gaynor did not partake in the "International Exhibition of Modern Art," mounted 1913 at the 69th Regiment Armory, though history would come to understand it as a watershed moment in art.
If our imperturbable mayor were likely to have had any thoughts on any of the works in that seminal show, however, they might have centered on the provocative work titled "The White Slave," representing child prostitution, displayed prominently as one entered of the exhibition, by Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, a politically conscious artist best known for her small bronzes depicting the poor immigrants of New York's City's Lower East Side.
In his "Letters and Speeches" Gaynor expresses a clear-eyed sympathy for the systemic sexual-economic subjugation of women, opining on the subject of prostitution, "They were in the world at the beginning of history, yes, at that border line where fable scarcely ceases and history hardly begins, and they are here yet. They will continue to be here until by the aid of moral teaching the hearts and propensities of men shall be subdued and made better. These women are what men made them. One of the chief causes of their resorting to such a manner of life is that very often they are paid wages which do not enable them to live."
On September 4, 1913, Mayor Gaynor, bane of Tammany Hall, accepted nomination from an independent group to run for a second term, and set out for a rejuvenating European vacation on the White Star liner, Baltic. He was found in a deck chair by his son, Rufus, September 10, at first appearing to be asleep. The steward had just taken his lunch order.
Ardolph L. Kline was sworn in the next day.
Despite its fantastic currency as a story and the number of times that story has been repeated, the bullet that had remained in his neck from the 1910 assassination attempt was not the culprit. According to the New York Times September 12, 1913, "OLD WOUND NOT THE CAUSE | Doctors Agree That at Most It Was Only Contributory—Long Had Arterial Trouble | NEWS SHOCKS WHOLE CITY | Political Friends and Foes Unite In Eulogy of His Courage In Civic Affairs."
Gaynor's body was returned to New York on the Lusitania. His casket was carried from his home September 20, 1913, and transported on a horse-drawn float for ceremonies at City Hall and Trinity Church. President William Howard Taft was a pallbearer. He was buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery.
A memorial by sculptor Adolph Alexander, dedicated 1926, stands in Cadman Plaza Park near the path to the Brooklyn Bridge our good mayor had walked so often.
ROBERT FERDINAND WAGNER II
A graduate of Yale, Harvard, and The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Robert Ferdinand Wagner II resigned his seat on the New York State Assembly to serve in the Army Air Corps during WWII, ultimately rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel before returning to public service. The 102nd mayor of New York City, Wagner served three four-year terms as a Democrat, 1954-1965. Encompassing the civil rights movement, the women's liberation movement, and the beginning of the Vietnam War, it was a politically charged period in US history.
The Wagners resided at Gracie Mansion. Shy and a "good sport," Susan Wagner preferred to stay out of the spotlight but was well known for the warmth of her hospitality. The New York Times, March 3, 1964 reveals:
"[She] believed, and said, that the lovely white mansion overlooking the East River at at 88th Street belonged to the people of New York. She threw it open to charitable philanthropic and civic groups. Tours of school children and other groups were allowed, and sometimes she was the guide.
Except for the summer months, the receptions, teas and lunches averaged four a week. Mrs. Wagner, honorary chairman or vice chairman of many fund‐raising campaigns, was a gracious hostess. Visitors were asked to avoid fund‐raising in the mansion and to restrict themselves to the ground floor. ...
As Mrs. Mayor, Mrs. Wagner was hostess, too, to statesmen, diplomats, politicians and their wives. Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh; Mrs. Nikita Khrushchev, Mrs. Charles de Gaulle, Queen Sirikit of Thailand and dozens of other notables were entertained by her."
October 17th, 1963, Susan Wagner announced a plan for a major renovation of Gracie Mansion to address the infeasibility of carrying out the necessary functions of a political household in a small historic house—to say nothing of establishing boundaries. Mayor Wagner observed visitors were not beyond "walking in on our sitting room and even our bedroom," with small personal items, including one of the children's silver baby cups, getting nicked for souvenirs.
The plans were delayed as Susan Wagner battled and succumbed to cancer, but were revived, according to the NY Times, June 25, 1964, when the Board of Estimate approved the agreement between the city the Committee for Gracie Mansion, which was to raise funds for the project. It was further reported that Newbold Morris, Parks Commissioner, said of the project that it would be "thoroughly in harmony with the architecture of Gracie mansion and considerably different from ideas which were discussed several months ago." Mott B. Schmidt, assisted by Edward Coe Embury, F. Burrall Hoffman, and Landmarks Commission architect John Barrington Bayley, was appointed chief architect later that year. Interior historic appointments were curated by Jeannette Becker Lenygon.
A founding member of the American Institute of Interior Designers, Lenygon obtained a degree in Decorating from Northwestern and when London Firm Lenygon & Morant Ltd., which had assisted in the decoration of both Windsor and Buckingham Palaces, opened offices in New York, became its Manager. She married Frances Lenygon, who had trained as a cabinetmaker and worked with Charles Duveen, son of art dealer (some would say the first art dealer), Sir Joseph Duveen, in 1926. In 1935 she led a committee of the American Institute of Decorators to ascribe to the field the expert curatorial scope it carries today.
Ada Louis Huxtable, NY Times architecture critic, gave effusive praise upon its completion in 1966, lauding the "close to perfect" execution of the "architectural shell" but asserting it was "the interiors, with their 18th- and early 19th-century museum-caliber furnishings, serving the building's primary public reception functions, that count."
Following the famously controversial 1963 demolition of McKim, Mead and White's Pennsylvania Rail Road Station and ensuing Historic Preservation movement championed by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Mayor Robert Wagner signed the landmarks bill into law on April 19, 1965. Wyckoff House, built c. 1652, was the first building landmarked under the new law. Gracie Mansion followed shortly after with the finding September 20th, 1966 by the Landmarks Preservation Commission:
"On the basis of a careful consideration of the history, the architecture and other features of this building, the Landmarks Preservation Commission finds that Gracie Mansion has a special character, special historical and aesthetic interest and value as part of the development, heritage and cultural characteristics of New York City.
The Commission further finds that, among its important qualities, Gracie Mansion is the only one of the original country seats on the Island of Manhattan still occupied as a home, that it is a remarkably distinguished example of Federal architecture and that, as the home of the Mayors of the City of New York, it possesses a distinction quite in keeping with its architectural qualities and its historical renown.
Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 8-A of the Charter of the City of New York and Chapter 8-11. of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designates as a Landmark Gracie Mansion, East End Avenue at 88th Street in Carl Schurz Park, Borough of Manhattan and designates as its related Landmark Site that part of Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Block 1592, Lot 1 which contains the land on which the described building is situated."
Beyond the boundaries of Carl Schurz Park, New York City lost two treasured cultural institutions in 1957, the New York Giants, and the Brooklyn Dodgers, leaving only the New York Yankees. "The New York Metropolitan Baseball Club, Inc.," the Mets, founded that year to fill the void they left, took the blue of the Dodgers and the orange of the Giants for their colors.
The New York Giants formed as the New York Gothams in 1883. They won the World Series in Mayor Wagner's first year in office, 1954. Leaving for San Francisco in time to start the 1958 season, they would not win another championship until 2010.
"Dem Bums," the Brooklyn Dodgers, formed in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays, had become the first MLB team to break the color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson in 1947. His jersey number, 42, was retired across all MLB team in 1997, it was the first such tribute to be paid to any professional athlete in sports history. Majority owner O'Malley, at loggerheads with Robert Moses, took the team to Los Angeles. According to the HBO film, Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush, the old saw goes, "If you asked a Brooklyn Dodger fan, if you had a gun with only two bullets in it and were in a room with Hitler, Stalin and O'Malley, who would you shoot? The answer: 'O'Malley, twice!'"
Moving from popular culture to politics, the civil rights movement, leveraging the power of the African American vote in the north after the great migration and the opportunities opened by the New Deal administration, was advancing social justice across the United States, and in politics. A veteran activist with political experience at the international level, several prominent Democrats including Eleanor Roosevelt and Senator Herbert Lehman urged newly elected Mayor Wagner to appoint Anna Arnold Hedgeman Commissioner of Welfare. He dragged his heals, but eventually did.
"To be the first woman, and the first Negro, to serve in the Mayor's Cabinet was a joy," Hedgeman wrote describing her 1957 appointment.
But, "Once the festivities ended" her biographer, Jennifer Scanlon writes, "Hedgeman faced a strange reality: she had no office, no specific assignments, and no designated appointment with the mayor. When... Henry Epstein discovered her at a desk she had secured in the hallway, he took her to lunch, where she explained her dilemma. Hedgeman also shared her concerns with her allies in the black press, who immediately drew attention to the injustice. Within a week, the new mayor's assistant had a portfolio, which included welfare, civil service, libraries, museums, air pollution, and the United Nations."
She swam in international waters, wrote newspaper articles, spoke on national radio, and was in high demand for public appearances. As Keynote at a civil rights event at the Waldorf, James L. Hicks observed Hedgeman "lashed out from her international background as a fighter for full freedom, she drew on her national experience to strike at the defects of her nation's democracy, she rapped New York's schools from her vantage point as the mayor's assistant, and she 'came home' to her audience as a grassroots organizer," receiving a standing ovation.
Despite helping pass the Sharkey-Brown-Isaacs Law in 1958—the first in the nation to prohibit discrimination in public housing based on race, religion, or nationality—she grew frustrated by Wagner's "when in doubt, don't" style of governance, and resigned September 25 of that year, wishing the mayor well.
She was planning a run for Congress inside a year and was one of the founders of National Organization for Women in 1966.
Hedgeman was not alone in her frustration with stagnant practices. Citing Clarence Taylor, "Robert Wagner, Milton Galamison and the challenge to New York liberalism, Afro-Americans in New York Life and History: An Interdisciplinary Journal," vol. 31, no. 2, July 2007:
"The most dramatic civil rights protest in New York City took place on February 3, 1964 when civil rights groups launched a one-day boycott of the public school system over the issue of school integration. The school integration protest, led by the Rev. Milton A. Galamison, managed to keep close to a half million children out of the public schools in an attempt to force the New York City Board of Education to come up with a plan and timetable to integrate the school system. The event was so dramatic that it caught the attention of Dr. Martin Luther King who congratulated the demonstration leaders for their efforts for bringing New York City's racism to the attention of the nation."
Taylor goes on to quote former Assistant New York City Budget Director Charles R. Morris as observing that Wagner "tried valiantly to redirect city services. Federal juvenile delinquency money was tapped to provide summer jobs for young people from the slums. Money was found to pay for the Higher Horizons program for disadvantaged pupils—extra teachers, audio-visual aides, and bilingual or Spanish-language instruction."
Despite these efforts, the disparity in the allocation of resources to school districts populated by students of color persisted.
In his obituary, Wagner's successor, John Lindsey described Wagner as New York's "first modern mayor" (NY Times February 13, 1991). His tenure marked by unprecedented activism, Wagner has been called alternately "one of New York City's most liberal mayors," and "inept when it came to addressing the race issue." Tempering the later view, David Dinkins, according to that same obituary, "traced his own election as the city's first black mayor, in part, to Mr. Wagner's role in the election of the first black Democratic leader of Manhattan," stating that Wagner "'made dignity and decency the watchwords of a long career of government service.'"
Where Wagner falls indisputably on the wrong side of history is in his targeting of the LGBTQ+ community in anticipation of the 1964 World's Fair.
In "Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution," by David Carter, we are given the first hand accounts of Philip Bockman who arrived in NYC in 1963 "only to find that Mayor Wagner had this crackdown on the gay bars. Everything was closed up when I got here. The only gay bar open was the Cherry Lane. There were a few others that operated very surreptitiously. In 1964 for the entrapping people as much as they could to clean up the homeless, the prostitutes, and the homosexuals. A lot of people were caught in the dragnet. I remember going to bars and some of the undercover policemen got to be known because they would always be in the bars and some people got to know who they were. I remember a couple of instances where we would form a circle around them and we'd spread the word to everybody in the bar. Sometimes we'd even follow them from bar to bar."
As frustrating as it surely was at the time, looking back over this recent and relatively short span of history we can appreciate the great strides made by those then working towards equality. Progress, then, now, is not made easily—but it is made.


The Umbrella Factory heads to Australia, Serbia, and Spain!
Over the next few months, as well as heading into 2014, we're really excited to announce three more screenings of The Umbrella Factory! Our short film about three unlucky brothers heads out worldwide once again!
In the mean time, here's a fantastic article about the making of the Umbrella Factory on VFX Festival!
Newer PostHaunting joins the Vimeo Halloween Line Up!
Older PostBehind the Scenes of Haunting!


Protecting and safely transporting your carefully assembled engine can present a serious challenge. Manufactured of durable heavy-gauge steel and powdercoated for great looks, this new engine stand is the solultion to all your engine storage needs. The stand features easy-to-attach adjustable mounting arms to ensure the engine remains upright during storage.This cradle is designed to fit the small block Ford V8 engine. For all of your classic Ford restoration needs, count on Dearborn Classics.


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A Most Vital Technology
What technology does Fatih Birol, director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), believe is "most vital" to reducing emissions? Wind or solar power? Nuclear energy or energy storage? It is, in fact, carbon capture.
Mr. Birol made his remarks last week in a joint press conference with U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry. Both are adamant that you can't have a serious conversation about reducing emissions without providing prominence to carbon capture technologies.
What Director Birol knows, and what one energy expert after another continues to point out, is that fossil fuels are here to stay. They are the foundation of the global economy and remain the key to reducing energy poverty, driving industrialization and lifting economic growth.
As Secretary Perry rightfully pointed out, the world is projected to rely on fossil fuels to meet 77 percent of its energy demand in 2040. Mr. Birol echoed those remarks by saying, the "end of the coal age" is nowhere in sight. His own agency reported that global coal demand grew last year and that coal remains the world's leading fuel for electricity generation.
The World Coal Association recently reported that there is 492 GW of new coal-fueled power plant capacity either planned or under construction. Most of it is pegged for emerging economies.
According to the IEA, while the average age of coal plants in the U.S. and Europe is 42 years, the average coal plant in Asia is just 11-years-old. Asia's fleet of 2,000 GW of coal plants, either operating or under construction, is young. Those plants – and the additional plants that will join them – will operate for decades to come. That reality must inform our own energy future and our own approach to carbon mitigation.
While in Washington, Mr. Birol told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that, "We are not in a position to pick up our favored technology today. We need all those: renewables, nuclear, CCUS [carbon capture, utilization, and storage] and efficiency."
He's absolutely right. An all-of-the-above approach to reducing emissions can't be a talking point – it's an imperative. That's why technology, not taxes or fuel-specific mandates, must be the path forward. It's a clear reminder to invest in technologies that can make a difference today while we redouble our efforts to develop and deploy the technologies that will be essential to reducing emissions tomorrow. High efficiency, low emissions coal technology is a perfect example of the advanced energy technology that can help reduce emissions right now while putting us firmly on the path to even greater reductions ahead.
If we don't see the world as it is, even the most ambitious and costly proposals to reduce emissions in the U.S. will do little to reduce global emissions. Effective emissions strategies must be replicable. They must focus not on the fuels some hope the world uses but rather on those fuels that actually power the global economy.
Tags: carbon capture, coal, Fatih Birol, fossil fuels, HELE technology, International Energy Agency (IEA), Secretary Rick Perry, technology, World Coal Association
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Snow and blowing snow are expected across much of southern Manitoba Sunday.
An approaching low-pressure system will spread an area of moderate to heavy snow across portions of western Manitoba on Sunday, with snowfall amounts of 10-15 cm expected. It's expected some areas could see as much as 10 cm of the white stuff. Wind gusts are already over 40 kilometres an hour and are expected to maintain speeds throughout most of Sunday.
According to Environment Canada, snow will push into the province Sunday and will intensify Sunday morning before tapering off in the evening.


Change The National Anthem To "Lift Every Voice"
The song "Lift Every Voice" is a much more appropriate song to claim as the National Anthem. While many people love the "Star Spangled Banner", little do they know that the third verse of the song contains racist lyrics that celebrate slavery: "And where is that band who so vauntingly That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion A home and a Country should leave us no more? Their blood has wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave." Not only does the third verse celebrate slavery, but the person who wrote the song (Francis Scott Key) was a racist lawyer who owned slaves. This may be mind-boggling, but these are facts. The National Anthem should be a non-controversal song that everyone can enjoy.
On Monday, June 19th, we encourage you to get together with family and friends to celebrate the day the last group of enslaved Black Americans learned they were emancipated. On this day in 1865, Union soldiers in the American Civil War read General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas. The order abolished chattel slavery in Texas and brought emancipation to all enslaved Black people throughout the Confederate states. Around the country, Black folks celebrate Juneteenth, sometimes called "Emancipation Day", with food, song, dance, games, and storytelling. At some of the very first Juneteenth festivals, formerly enslaved Black Americans took turns reciting the Emancipation Proclamation to recall and invoke the spirit of freedom. These days, some examples of Juneteenth celebrations are family barbeques, parades, festivals, and fairs. In some communities, local DJs are even hosting late-night dance parties to bring Juneteenth to more crowds. Independence Day, which celebrates the succession of the former U.S. colonies from British control, overlooks the fact that Black people in America were still enslaved when this holiday started and are still in the fight for basic human rights in this country today. Juneteenth, on the other hand, commemorates the sacrifices of our ancestors and offers a moment to reflect on the work ahead of us. The work that get us ALL free. Texas made Juneteenth a state holiday almost 40 years ago, but government workers are still asked to work on the day of honor. Institutions like the Smithsonian and the Henry Ford Museum have begun to back Juneteenth-centered festivities. Support from major national organizations speaks to the undeniable cultural significance of this day to the entire American community. This Monday, I will be lifting up the people who make me feel courageous and free, and it my hope that you will too. Sign to add your name to this petition to encourage friends, family, and other Color Of Change members to do the same and call for federal recognition of Juneteenth as a National Holiday!


Brian 'Bro' Brosdahl- Minnesota, Bro's Guide Service, pro staff for Frabill, Northland, others.
Q: What are the go-to colors for crappies?
A: No such thing as a #1 color for all lakes. That being said pink-white and blue-white are my confidence colors on just about every body of water I fish.
Q: Do you use both artificial and live baits?
A: I used more live bait in years past. I use more plastics today than live bait because of the advances with plastics and scents. I especially like the Impulse Line of plastics. I will downsize this time of year.
Q: What has been the biggest game-changer in crappie fishing?
A: It's Humminbird's Side Imaging. I find more brush piles and other unique features. I find schools of crappie without driving the boat over them.
Barry Morrow-Missouri/Oklahoma fishing guide, MRO Crappie Academy, Lindy pro staff.
Q: What color of plastics do I use?
A: When fish are active it doesn't matter. But when color makes a difference it usually makes a big difference. Choice of color depends on many conditions like water clarity, sunlight, and cloud cover. In general, the darker the water the darker the bait. Dark water picks are black-pink, black-blue, yellow-black and orange-chartreuse. Clear water means more natural bait colors like pumpkin-chartreuse and pearl-chartreuse. I like black-chartreuse in any water.
Q: What is my favorite method of catching crappie?
A: Jig fishing standing timber, stumps and laydowns. Nothing beats feeling a crappie "thump". My second choice is slip-cork fishing like I did while growing up.
Q: An odd question was if I had fallen out of the boat while fishing?
A: I fell in once, but that wasn't my only time in the water. The craziest time was fishing Lake Ozark, Missouri, late fall and nobody on the lake. It was windy, cold, late afternoon and I was by myself. I tied my boat to the dock with a crappie brush clamp and went to back my trailer down the ramp. The rope broke and my boat floated to the middle of the small cove. Yes, I stripped down to my shorts and retrieved my boat. Moral of the story, always tie your boat with a heavy rope.


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Jamie Bartlett extends contract for the 20/21 season
Melksham Town FC are delighted to announce that Jamie Bartlett has extended his contract for the 2020/21 season. Goalkeeper, Bartlett had an outstanding season and is widely regarded as one of the best in the league. He brings a physical presence and outstanding shot stopping ability to our defence. Everyone at MTFC are delighted that Jamie see's his future at the football club as part of the black and yellow family.
Jamie commented, 'I'm really pleased to have signed for another year at Melksham. It was a no brainer for me to be honest! It is a great club to be involved in with some class people. I think with us keeping the lads together and bringing in some good new signings already, there is no reason why we can't be fighting up the top of that table once again. I'm looking forward to seeing you all again soon. '


A section of the councillors taking their oath.
Sempurai takes his oath as SRDC chairman.
Masing takes a look at an exhibition.
SIBU: Sibu Rural District Council (SRDC) must find ways and means to generate income for the construction of infrastructure in areas under its jurisdiction, Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Masing said yesterday.
Speaking at a press conference after the installation of SRDC councillors at Tanahmas Hotel here, he said SRDC had a big area to look after, much of which were not quite connected by road.
He said many forms of infrastructure needed to be built, thus it would need financial assistance from the government.
"SRDC is a very big area, consisting of five constituencies. So it is a huge challenge for them. Among the things, SRDC must see how best to generate income," he said.
SRDC covers five state constituencies – Dudong, Tamin, some parts of Kakus, Nangka and Bawang Assan.
Dr Masing noted that SRDC had yet to implement parking fees in its areas.
"The concept of user pay principle must also be applied to SRDC. The people in this area must learn that they cannot park their car for free," he suggested.
He pointed out that the Sibu Airport which is situated in an area under SRDC is an asset to the council.
"Thus, SRDC must find ways to generate income from the airport," he said.
He also expected SRDC to review its assessment rate.
"Assessment rate is paid on the current cost of that property, therefore, it should be reviewed and re-valued," he proposed.
Meanwhile, in his speech at the installation ceremony earlier, he said the government would help SRDC provided there were requests from SRDC.
"SRDC cannot be independent. The area is big and needs a lot of funds to build infrastructures. The government will help, but you need to tell us what you want us to do.
"Give us proper proposals so that we are able to help you," he said.
To the councillors, he said they should work closely with one another though they were from different parties.
"You are councillors therefore you act as one. You are the eyes and ears of the people," he said.
Council chairman Sempurai Petrus Ngelai, meanwhile, said he would make sure all the councillors submit their monthly reports.
Besides Sempurai and deputy chairman Robert Lau Hui Yew, SRDC has 30 councillors.