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Posted by Saachi D'Souza
This morning on twitter the hashtag #MenToo was trending with over 12.5k comments on the subject. I usually keep myself away from men's rights activism, but while browsing through the tweets I was brought with the same anger that I felt during the #MeToo movement. I have been a part of #MeToo – I have been one of the many people who posted the hashtag as a disclosure of the trauma they have battled and navigated. There were people who filed reports and people who used social media as a platform to discuss the violence they felt. Whatever the criticism may be, #MeToo rose as a space that allowed for more conversation on the subtlety of sexual violence – how it cannot, in fact, stare you in the face. However, when the movement began and women claimed the hashtag, a popular question was, "where are the men?"
It is to crucial to know that #MeToo did not set out with a gender-bias. It did not belong to one gender or the experience of one, but the superiority of women's voices during the movement has been subject to much criticism and enquiry. However, a significant take-away from this result is that perhaps, it is not that women had more power in the movement, but the number of women who face sexual violence is just greater, however large the number of men who face sexual violence is. What the movement then inspired is a conversation on 'false reports.'
The hashtag was expressed in different ways, subjective to a person's experience, trauma and how they wished to share their story. Those who claimed the hashtag by reporting their abuser, were met with a response by the accused. What was then originally a claim/statement turned into a debate about what 'really' happened, but largely in the comments. While there was criticism of the legitimacy to this, one should have been more concerned about how 'false reports' get defined.
When a claim turns into a debate, it becomes less about the crime and more about the people involved, and more often than not people are likely to point fingers at the victim. Who are they, where do they come from? Their background and identity is questioned and stripped off, of its dignity to find any possible reasons for them to use a case of sexual harassment as revenge or to direct attention towards them. This is not to imply that false reporting does not exist, it certainly does, but not enough for it to become a national issue. What #MenToo is addressing is just this: the criminality to false reporting, and the lack of 'awareness' around it and men who get harassed in the process.
Whatever the criticism may be, #MeToo rose as a space that allowed for more conversation on the subtlety of sexual violence – how it cannot, in fact, stare you in the face. However, when the movement began and women claimed the hashtag, a popular question was, "where are the men?"
What is the premise to the Men's Rights Movement or #MenToo?
This is still confusing, because it is actually not just about defending men who face abuse from women, but it is a complicated statement against feminism. Feminism includes men as they should be – by bringing to discourse masculinity and its patriarchal construction. Why this has become a sore subject amongst men is because it questions their aggression, their ego and the structures these are nurtured in. 'Mens rights', then, as a stand against women's rights and feminism is a farcical defence, a gross exaggeration and a total disregard of the victims of sexual violence.
The claim that false reporting is at a rise and requires some legitimacy in mainstream media and courtrooms feels like an attempt to draw attention away from sexual violence entirely. India does not have a problem of false reporting. Men's rights groups have been advocating that there are statistics showing 53% of rape cases as false, but a 2018 statistic showed that 99% of rape cases in India go unreported, given the frequency of rape cases that are reported. So arguably there is a connection between the two statistics, and there is a complexity to what is defined as a 'false report.'
There is a whole process behind a case that gets dismissed as false – when a victim files a complaint, they have to meet investigative requirements and 'due process' for them to have any hope for justice. It is no news that police investigation is still lacking in motivation and professionalism with regard to sexual violence. To understand the possible explanations behind false reports, it is important to understand why victims don't come forward at all. Several research studies on cases of sexual violence have claimed that victims are overcome with fear of humiliation, shame associated with the consequences to their identity, trauma, and pressures from family when deciding whether to report a crime.
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These are primarily a result of a due process that is infamous for harassment, victim blaming and approaching victims with indifference instead of sensitivity. If 99% of rape cases go unreported and 53% of all cases are false, then can one not deduce that of the 53%, there are several cases that are dismissed without investigation? And is it not possible that most victims who approach the police are confined to an investigation that destroys their mental health, and are eventually compelled to withdraw from the case?
The claim that false reporting is at a rise and requires some legitimacy in mainstream media and courtrooms feels like an attempt to draw attention away from sexual violence entirely.
It is disheartening that people co-opt and belittle the suffering of victims when they file a false report, and why they do it is another conversation. But what #MenToo has instigated is more anger towards victims of sexual violence, instead of the need for more anger towards sexual violence. It translates into a distraction from the requirement to access these cases with concern and thorough investigation, instead of the laziness and withdrawal with which they are approached now. A distraction much like the #NotAllMen movement that served little to no purpose.
The movement has allowed men to sit back and relax, not be afraid of #MeToo and 'justify' sexual violence. It has allowed men to reiterate power dynamics by shifting the narrative of abuse onto their gender. It is also trying to distract from why men rape in the first place, which in fact is not gendered. Of the cases that are reported, some of them are by trans folx, queer folx and men (During #MeToo their voices were louder because of the sensitivity of the movement). It is possible, also, that a large percentage of dismissed cases are by people belonging to these groups, given the prejudice associated.
Similarly the movie 'Section 375' was another contribution to the #MenToo movement. It validated the voices of those proclaiming that men have been victims to women speaking out and finding independence, and those who believe that lower class women 'frame' influential men for financial gain. It was again a pathetic attempt to build a case for men to believe that they are victims here and that 'crime has no gender', therefore, building the case that toxic masculinity is not a problem.
When looked at logically, men's rights activism and all the hashtags it has inspired does not provide men with the rights they are fighting for. What those rights are, remains a thing of amusement, but if men are trying to fight for their rights when brought with the hurdle of a false rape case, they need to understand that rape laws in the country may have been tightened because of women, but they cannot be biased. Anger that is once again misdirected to avoid finding solutions for the real cause – prejudiced and corrupt police investigation. Only 7.28% of police officers in India are women and they (along with other minority categories) are underrepresented. Of this niche, there is no saying whether they are appointed to cases of sexual violence, and given the reality of the police, it is highly unlikely.
So what really is #MenToo trying to accomplish? Is it trying to 'humanise' men? If so, why is that the point? Why are we constantly looking for more reasons to belittle the trauma sexual violence leaves behind? It leaves you unable to identity with yourself and it leaves you unable to navigate through the dynamics of different relationships. #MeToo was more than an attempt to come to terms with sexual violence, it was almost redemptive in how it brought people to confront themselves.
Also read: What Does #MenToo Mean In A World Where Women's Stories Are Still Dismissed?
It was possibly the first time so many people shared with the world their vulnerability with such intricacy and sensitivity not only towards themselves but anyone who was going to read their story. Men's rights activism, in contrast, is as aggressive as masculinity is, and just as performative. It is only noise – it achieves nothing and continues to humiliate itself into insignificance. It is also petty. In fact, I would argue that it is because of #MenToo that we need more of #MeToo.
Saachi D'souza is a freelance writer based in Ahmedabad. You can find her on Instagram and Twitter.
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Bhaiya Ji October 10, 2019 At 10:12 AM
Where did you saw that 99% Rape Cases with women not reported, share details, this looks me a lie? Did you find somewhere that 100% of domestic violence, rape cases happening with men, never reported and even men donot have provisions in the law to report such incidents.
sankar October 11, 2019 At 2:25 AM
I believe feminism doing injustice to real women victim .without naming and shaming false cases you are doing injustice to real victim.Feminism motto is simple …take plight of poor village girl and file fake cases on urban middle class guy.Urban girls have many boyfriend and liberal thinking they do not want justice ..just want easy money .some man have only intension to fuck the girl .man are not co-lateral damage of woman empowerment .
Aashu October 25, 2019 At 9:05 AM
Nonsense!!!! She is only talking from the women's point of view.
bloggi bloggi (@bloggibloggi) October 26, 2019 At 11:21 AM
I am neither pro-feminism or anti it. I am for a healthy family. However, on the issue of men trying to protect themselves against false legal cases, I find your case plain one sided. In my pursuit to unite families with fissures, I have seen many cases in which women file FIRs and court cases for exploiting laws made for their protection. While I want all rapists, killers of female fetuses and other such criminals to be punished very severely, I also want that women who slap false cases against males must be given severe exemplary punishment.
Please do not be one sided in discussing a serious social evil. Be critical of men who want to distort system and who do not want women to get their right. But I think, also think of men who are victim of abuse of law by women. I am using this 'but' too often because in NCR, men's exploitation by criminal-minded women has become an epidemic.
Jerin February 16, 2020 At 1:55 AM
Do you read your own article. It's so funny.
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Ombudskrig, krig via ombud eller proxykrig är en typ av krigföring. Det kännetecknas av att två relativt mäktiga stater (eller grupperingar av stater) indirekt ligger i krig med varandra på en tredje stats territorium, utan att de två stormakternas styrkor öppet bekämpar varandra. En stat inblandad i ett ombudskrig kämpar ofta mot sina motståndares allierade, samtidigt som de bistår sina egna allierade i kampen mot deras gemensamma fiende. I ett ombudskrig kan båda stormakterna föra krig via ombud, eller så är den ena stormakten direkt krigförande medan den andra stormakten stöder sin allierade.

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Krig via ombud har blivit en vanlig typ av konflikt efter slutet av andra världskriget och inledningen på det kalla kriget. I stor utsträckning har de motiverats av rädslan för att en direkt konfrontation mellan USA och Sovjetunionen skulle resultera i en kärnvapenförintelse av planeten. Under senare årtionden ansåg Sovjetunionen även ofta att det var billigare att beväpna NATO-fientliga länder eller stridande grupper än att självt ta till vapen. Dessutom innebar TV-mediets framväxt att främst USA:s allmänhet lättare kunde få negativa känslor angående direkta och utdragna krig, där amerikanska medborgares liv i utlandet sattes på spel.

Exempel på ombudskrig efter andra världskriget har varit USA:s militära bistånd till de afghanska motståndsstyrkorna under afghansk-sovjetiska kriget. Även inbördeskrigen i Syrien och Jemen har starka drag av krig via ombud.

Ombudskrig kan också uppstå ur lokala konflikter som trappas upp genom andra länders interventioner (jämför icke-interventionism). Spanska inbördeskriget inleddes som ett inbördeskrig mellan pro-fascistiska nationalister och anhängare till den Andra spanska republiken. Detta förändrades när både Nazityskland, Sovjetunionen, Mexiko och internationella brigaderna började skicka vapen och förnödenheter till varsin sida av konflikten.

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FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (FOX 9) - The Ramsey County Attorney's Office has filed criminal vehicular homicide and manslaughter charges against a driver they say hit and killed Abby Anderson, the sister of late track star Gabriele "Gabe" Grunewald, whose battle with cancer inspired many.
Melinda Jean Dotray, age 45, faces one county of manslaughter, two counts of criminal vehicular homicide, and one count of drug possession.
Abby Anderson speaks to FOX 9 in 2019 for an interview about her sister Gabriele "Gabe" Grunewald who passed away from cancer. (FOX 9)
Abby Anderson was killed on the evening of August 14 in Falcon Heights in the area of Cleveland Avenue and Larpenteur Avenue when a pick-up truck hit a parked vehicle, sending the parked vehicle into Anderson who was walking in a grassy area nearby.
According to the charges, bystanders and medics from a soccer game that was underway at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium ran to help. But, ultimately, Anderson was pronounced dead at Regions Hospital.
A memorial for Abby Anderson grows near the site of the deadly crash in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. (FOX 9)
Investigators say Dotray's Silverado truck crashed through a fence, ending up on the Les Boland Golf Course before returning to the roadway. Witnesses told officers it appeared the truck ran over Anderson as the driver tried to turn around.
When deputies got on scene, they were able to arrest Dotray, who was apparently dazed and dozed off in the back of the car. In her glove compartment, deputies say they found substances that later tested positive for the presence of methamphetamine. Blood tests that came back last week showed Dotray had amphetamine, meth, and fentanyl in her system.
A report submitted on Wednesday by Minnesota State Patrol estimated that Dotray was traveling between 62 and 64 miles per hour at the time of the collision and there was no evidence that she tried to brake before impact. She was arrested on Thursday.
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Today I present a series of sensory maps created by researchers at Kansas State University's Sensory Analysis Center–the ones who developed the World Coffee Research lexicon and applied it (for the first time ever) to the Castillo and Caturra samples in the Trial–to show you how G < (E + M).
Fruity-Dark: An aromatic impression of dark fruit that is sweet and slightly brown associated with dried plums and raisins.
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For more than half the farms in the Trial, the Castillo and Caturra samples tasted alike. They didn't just get the same scores, they actually tended to taste alike. In 13 of 22 cases, the Castillo and Caturra samples from the same farms tended to taste more like one another than two Castillos from different farms did, or two Caturras from different farms. These 13 sample pairs were further divided into three separate clusters based on similarities in sensory attributes across farms. Those clusters are plotted against the attribute references on the following maps.
The first and second clusters, the smallest two, represented by red and purple dots, were mapped into areas concentrated with attributes we would generally consider undesirable in our coffees. The farms in third, and largest, cluster in the upper left-hand quadrant, was highest in attributes buyers and consumers alike would likely consider desirable, including caramelized, overall sweet and fruity berry.
The results of the Trial's cupping panels suggested that cup scores/quality were more correlated with environment and management than variety. The WCR lexicon analysis made a similar but different suggestion: that the specific sensory attributes of the samples (related to but distinct from cup scores/quality) were also more correlated with environment and management than variety.
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Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Gary Sandefur has served in this position since July 1, 2014 after serving at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for 30 years.
Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Gary Sandefur announced his plans this week to retire effective March 31. A native of Madill, Oklahoma, and member of the Chickasaw Nation, Dr. Sandefur has served in this position since July 1, 2014 after serving at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for 30 years.
"I have deeply appreciated the opportunity to serve as provost at Oklahoma State University. President (Burns) Hargis has been a great leader to work with and support. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with the wonderful staff in the provost's office, Senior Vice President Joe Weaver, the deans, Faculty Council and others across the university."
Through his leadership as the chief academic officer at OSU, Dr. Sandefur helped the university make significant advances in undergraduate and graduate education, faculty recruitment and retention, and research.
"OSU was fortunate to bring Dr. Sandefur to our campus six and a half years ago," said OSU President Hargis. "His extensive experience and passion for academic excellence and connecting with students has helped to shape our campus in countless ways. His leadership and contributions will be missed, and I wish him well on a much-deserved next chapter of retirement."
Vice Provost Dr. Jeanette Mendez will serve as interim provost until a national search for a new provost is conducted.
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Ernest Tidyman (* 1. Januar 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio; † 14. Juli 1984) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und preisgekrönter Drehbuchautor.

Von 1945 bis 1946 war Tidyman bei der U.S. Army. Zwischen 1954 und 1966 arbeitete er als Journalist (zum Beispiel für die New York Post und New York Times).

Tidyman wurde unter anderem durch seine Drehbücher zu den Filmen Shaft und French Connection – Brennpunkt Brooklyn berühmt. Insgesamt schrieb Tidyman sieben Shaft-Romane. Die in Deutschland bis dahin nur gekürzt und entstellt übersetzten Romane wurden im Jahr 2004 vom Pendragon Verlag in neuer, den Originalen folgenden Übersetzungen verlegt.

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Romane
 Shaft, 1970, (Shaft und das Drogenkartell)
 Shaft's Big Score, 1972 (Shaft beim Kongress der Totengräber)
 Shaft Among The Jews, 1972 (Shaft und die sieben Rabbiner)
 Shaft Has A Ball, 1973 (Shaft und das Mordkomplott)
 Good-bye Mr. Shaft, 1973 (Shaft und die verlorenen Söhne)
 Carnival Of Killers, 1974 (Shaft und der Karneval für Killer)
 The Last Shaft, 1975 (Shaft und die Geldwäscher)

Literarische Filmvorlagen
 1949: Unschuldig verurteilt (For them that trespass)
 1972: Shaft in Afrika
 1973: Dirty Harry II – Calahan

Drehbücher
 1970: Shaft
 1971: French Connection – Brennpunkt Brooklyn (The French Connection)
 1972: Ein Fremder ohne Namen (High Plains Drifter)
 1972: Shaft – Liebesgrüße aus Pistolen
 1975: Der einsame Job (Report to the Commissioner)
 1975: Abrechnung in San Franzisko (Gli esecutori)
 1978: Der Bulldozer (A force of one)
 1979: Der Weg zur Macht (Power)
 1979: Mauern des Schweigens (Dummy)
 1980: Alcatraz (The whole shocking story)
 1980: Das Guyana-Massaker (Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones)
 1982: Flug aus der Hölle (Last plane out)
 1985: Harrys Schatten (Brotherly Love)
 1985: Las Vegas Cop (Stark)

Hörspiele
 "Shaft und das Drogenkartell"; (SWR 2004, Regie: Annette Kurth)
 "Shaft und die sieben Rabbiner"; (SWR 2004, Regie: Leonhard Koppelmann)
 "Shaft beim Kongress der Totengräber"; (SWR 2005, Regie: Annette Kurth)
 "Shaft und das Mordkomplott"; (SWR 2005, Regie: Leonhard Koppelmann)
 "Shaft und die verlorenen Söhne" (SWR 2006, Regie: Leonhard Koppelmann)
 "Shaft und der Karneval der Killer" (SWR 2008, Regie: Leonhard Koppelmann)
 "Shaft und die Geldwäscher" (SWR 2008, Regie: Leonhard Koppelmann)

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 Photo und Infos zu Ernest Tidyman
 Informationen des Pendragon-Verlags zu den neuen Übersetzungen

Autor
Drehbuchautor
Oscarpreisträger
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1928
Gestorben 1984
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[MAY 20, 2005] SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Illinois Department of Agriculture Director Chuck Hartke announced Thursday that the state is developing new, cutting-edge technology to help emergency officials respond more quickly and effectively in the event of an agroterrorist attack. After securing a federal homeland security grant through the Illinois Terrorism Task Force homeland security program, the state is taking initial steps to develop a computer- tracking program that features geographic information systems technology to collect and share information on all livestock and other agriculture resources. Thursday's announcement follows the success of a pilot program the governor launched in 2003 that used GIS technology to plot agricultural assets and livestock.
"In the event of an agroterrorist attack, a foreign disease outbreak or other disaster situation, it is crucial to the stability of our state's economy that we protect our agricultural interests," Gov. Blagojevich said. "The threat of agroterrorism is very real in today's world, and this technology will enable us to make sure our food supply is better protected and that first responders have as much detailed information as possible to respond effectively."
The GIS project will be developed in two phases. Phase one will collect information and develop a GIS strategic plan for the Illinois Department of Agriculture, focusing on animal health. Phase two will develop the software technology to track animals and other agricultural assets to better prepare, prevent or respond to an agricultural emergency.
"In the event of an agricultural disaster, IDOA is just one link in the chain to ensure a timely and successful response," Agriculture Director Chuck Hartke said.
"If there is a disease outbreak at a dairy farm in northwestern Illinois, we would need immediate information on where each cow came from, what they eat and where their food is transported from to make certain we track every possible way the disease may have been introduced or to find out if any other herd may have been exposed so we can contain the situation. We would also need information from the Department of Public Health on where the milk is distributed, to stop potential danger to the public. The more coordinated information we have, the more effective our response will be, and this technology will help us to do that."
The 2003 pilot project, launched in Clinton County, used sophisticated GIS technology to plot agricultural assets, such as livestock, grain elevators, food processing facilities and companies that specialize in transporting agricultural produce. The coordination of information through this system demonstrated to Illinois Department of Agriculture emergency staff that a coordinated and swift response can be the difference between containment of a disease to a single farm and widespread infection that causes the death of many livestock and millions of dollars in lost income.
The new GIS program being developed will also track agricultural interests, as well as enable the Department of Agriculture to share information with other agencies and ensure a coordinated response to emergencies on several levels. GIS Solutions, a Springfield-based company, will develop the new system. The project will be paid for through a $165,000 federal homeland security grant.
The hiring of 10 additional inspectors and three staff veterinarians in the department's Bureau of Meat and Poultry Inspection to maintain public confidence in Illinois' food supply.
Increasing inspections of feed mills and sampling of feed products to ensure that cattle feed does not contain prohibited byproducts that can transmit bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease.
Providing specialized training in the diagnosis of emerging foreign animal diseases to local veterinarians, who frequently are the first to respond to an animal disease outbreak.
Requiring a permit for all livestock imported into the state for production or exhibition. The requirement gives state agriculture officials advance notice of farm animals entering Illinois and the means to stop the shipment of a diseased animal before it arrives in the state.
Organizing meetings with neighboring states to develop regional communications plans and guidelines for tracing and controlling the movement of livestock in an emergency.
Constructing a new State Emergency Operations Center that operates as the nerve center for the state's emergency response activities. During a disaster, officials from more than a dozen state agencies report to the center as part of the state's effort to coordinate response actions with local and federal emergency management officials.


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Home Breaking News Agri building, bus shop approved; Nashville board adopts '18 budget
Agri building, bus shop approved; Nashville board adopts '18 budget
Nashville Transportation Director James "Bunch" Nichols visits Janet Clark before her presentation at the school district's bus driver workshop July 20. The workshop is required by the state.
By John R. Schirmer
News-Leader staff
The Nashville School Board Monday night gave the go-ahead for construction of an agri building at Nashville High School and a bus garage for the district.
The board accepted proposals from Doyle Howard Construction of Delight on both projects. Howard Construction's maximum guaranteed prices are $817,000 for the agri building and $550,000 for the bus garage, making the total $1,367,000. Money for the projects will come from the district's building fund. The district had budgeted $1.6 million for the two buildings.
Both facilities likely will be constructed on the same sites where the current agri building and bus garage are located, according to Superintendent Doug Graham.
"It's time to move forward," Graham told board members during discussion of the projects Monday night. "We need to get the ball rolling if we're okay with the projects and the cost."
Nothing can move forward until architect's drawings are submitted to the state education department and fire marshals for approval, Graham said. "We're not asking for state money, so the state won't critique the project as hard," speeding up the approval process.
The district had an operating balance of $5.1 million at the end of the fiscal year June 30. A new state law will require schools to have an operating balance of no more than 20 percent of revenue, meaning that Nashville's balance must be reduced to $2.8 million. Part of the balance was transferred to the building fund Monday night to fund the construction project and comply with the new law.
"The $2.8 million is a moving target every year," Graham said. "If local revenues change, the assessment changes. We never know that $2.8 million will be the magic number" because the amount could increase or decrease year to year.
"We have to plug the money into the building fund or haul off and spend it on something else. It can't go into the salary fund, because when it's gone, it's gone," Graham said.
The agri building will be 8,000 square feet, with two classrooms, restrooms and "a big shop," Graham said.
Howard Construction will tear down the existing building, starting at the end of the fall semester.
The facility is expected to be open in August 2018, with the agri department relocated during the spring semester of 2018.
The bus garage will be 60 x 100 feet. The board also approved a shed 40 feet deep and long enough for 25 buses. The shed will add about $71,000 to the cost, Graham said.
The exterior of both buildings will be splitface block to 8 feet
high, resembling the Scrapper Dome and Scrapper Arena. The facilities will be pre-engineered metal buildings.
Graham said his goal two weeks ago was "to move the bus garage, but we haven't had the first nibble" on a site for the relocation. The agri building is in "the best place where it is now for students to walk to class."
The district and Howard County officials have discussed selling the old hospital site to the school. "There could be a chance to end up with the old hospital property," Graham said.
Graham said architect Craig Boone of Architecture Plus in Fort Smith will submit drawings and clearances by late September or early October. If the state approves them, construction materials will be onsite by the end of the fall semester, according to Graham. "The buildings should be ready for the fall of 2018."
Board president David Hilliard voiced his support for the project. "We need to make a move," he said. Monica Clark made the motion to move ahead with construction, and the motion passed 5-0.
In other business Monday night, the board approved the district's budget for 2017-18 on a 5-0 vote. The budget includes a cash balance of $5.1 million, local revenue of about $4.6 million and state revenue of about $11.3 million for a total balance and revenue of about $21million.
Expenditures include about $9.2 million in operating and special funds, $7.15 million in the teacher salary fund and about $335,000 in debt service payment for a total of about $16.7 million. The projected balance on June 30, 2018, is about $4.35 million.
Building principals submitted budget requests for their respective campuses, Graham said. "We granted everything they asked for in building budgets."
The budget includes upgrades to Wilson Park, asphalt jobs and a roof at primary school.
Board members approved model school policies related to administration, curriculum, finances and classified personnel.
The board added a shooting sport stipend of .02 for David Schwope, the team's sponsor. The stipend is retroactive to the 2016-17 academic year because Schwope wasn't paid for sponsoring last year.
Graham told the board that there is "some interest in a fishing team" for Nashville. "Parents have asked me about it. I'll come back with a recommendation."
There were no resignations or hirings at Monday's meeting, one of the shortest in recent memory at slightly more than one hour.
All board members were present, including Hilliard, Clark, Randy Elliott, Mark Canaday and Miles Mitchell.
Doyle Howard Construction
Nashville school board
Nashville school district
new agri building
new bus shop
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XATH - National Athletics Archive - 1813-2016
Level Sub-fonds
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) ATH/SY
Title Papers of Squire Yarrow
Extent 1 standard box (comprising 1 volume, 1 file and 35 items)
Thumbnail (Click this image to open a larger image)
Description Papers collected by the athlete and athletics administrator Squire Yarrow. The collection includes a small number of athletics programmes relating to meetings in which Yarrow participated during the 1930s and 1940s. There are articles and newspaper cuttings concerning his athletics career as well ephemera comprising an autograph book, certificates, badges, menu cards and orders of service.
Notes Old references: SY; NCAL XXV.Y2
Arrangement These papers have been arranged into the following 3 series:
athletics programmes;
articles, newspaper cuttings and photograph;
Access Conditions Access to all registered researchers.
Copyright Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Director of Special Collections (email: special-collections@contacts.bham.ac.uk). Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.
Finding Aids A catalogue of this collection is available on the online archive catalogue. Click on the Finding Number to display the summary contents list of the catalogue and to view the full catalogue, or view the catalogue as a PDF file by clicking in the document field below. A paper copy is also available in the Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections Department.
Document ATH_SY.pdf
Creator Name Yarrow, Squire Stevens (1905-1984), athlete and athletics administrator
Administrative History Squire Yarrow was born on 28 July 1905, his birth registered in Hackney. At the outbreak of World War One the family moved to Epping Forest, near to Wanstead Park. As a young boy he utilised the park and became a keen walker and runner. He was played hockey, cricket, squash and boxing. Following a motorcycle accident in the 1930s he took up running seriously and joined Polytechnic Harriers. Throughout this decade he ran in every Poly and Middlesex team bar one, focusing on running three, six and ten miles on the track. Squire regularly finished in second place and was a runner-up to Wally Clift, Bob Hadland, Percy Bull and Maurice Carr amongst others.
In 1938 he decided to focus on road racing and entered the 'Finchley 20', finishing second to O'Sullivan of Herne Hill. He finished second in the Polytechnic Harriers Marathon and was selected for the first ever British team to run in the European Championships, held that year in Paris. He won the silver medal in the marathon race with a time of 2 hours, 39 minutes and 3 seconds. Following the Second War, Squire attended the 1946 European Championships in Oslo. Here, aged 41, he finished seventh in the marathon race on a course which was later discovered to be one and a quarter miles short. Following the Oslo meeting, Squire and Sydney Wooderson formed the Smestad Club, intended to comprise all the British team members and enabling the group to keep in touch. Later, all full internationals were admitted and the Club held an anniversary dinner. This kept going until the formation of the IAC. He also worked alongside Ernest Neville and assisted with the formation of a club for marathon runners, the Road Runners Club.
As an administrator, Squire represented Polytechnic Harriers on the Middlesex committee and was the editor of the county handbook until 1939. He was assistant team manager to Great Britain's 1948 Olympic Games team. In 1950 he settled in the Midlands and was involved with Staffordshire County and Midlands administration. This led to membership of various AAA committees and the Chairmanship of Coaching, Development and Facilities. He later became Vice-President and then President of the AAA in 1978, succeeding Harold Abrahams. He took great interest in the AAA's Five Star Award Scheme held in schools; was director and referee of the London Marathon from its inception; and was also one-time President of Victoria Park Harriers.
Squire Yarrow died on 11 April 1984.
Sources: papers of Squire Yarrow; Free Births, Marriages and Deaths website accessed 8 October 2014 from http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl; Victoria Park Harriers website accessed 8 October 2014 from http://www.vphthac.org.uk/history/vph-history-03.html
Custodial History This collection was previously in the custody of the National Centre for Athletics Literature (NCAL).
Archival Note Papers arranged and described by Mark Eccleston, October 2014, in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; and in-house cataloguing guidelines.
Related Material Other archive collections, formerly held as part of the National Centre for Athletics Literature (NCAL), are catalogued as collections distinct from this collection. They comprise both institutional archives and collections of personal papers of athletes, athletics administrators, journalists and others associated with the athletics world.
Catalogues of the institutional archives available on the online archive catalogue are as follows:
Amateur Athletic Association: papers, 1880-1992. Finding No: ATH/AAA;
English Cross-Country Union: papers, 1911-1989. Finding No: ATH/ECCU;
Midland Counties Amateur Athletics Association: papers, 1900-1991. Finding No: ATH/MCAAA;
Midland Counties Cross Country Association: papers, 1898-1985. Finding No: ATH/MCCCA;
Midland Counties Women's Amateur Athletic Association: papers, 1949-[1980s]. Finding No: ATH/MCWAAA;
Northern Counties Women's Amateur Athletic Association: papers, 1933-1989. Finding No: ATH/NCWAAA;
Northern Cross-Country Association: papers, 1906-1983. Finding No: ATH/NCCA;
Northern Women's Track and Field League: papers, 1982-1983. Finding No: ATH/NWTFL;
Southern Counties Amateur Athletic Association: papers, 1958-1983. Finding No: ATH/SCAAA;
Southern Counties Cross-Country Association: papers, 1911-1990. Find No: ATH/SCCCA;
The Sports Council: papers, [1940s]-2001. Finding No: ATH/SC;
Women's Amateur Athletic Association: papers, 1932-1989. Finding No: ATH/WAAA.
Catalogues of personal papers available on the online archive catalogue are as follows:
Abrahams, Harold Maurice (1899-1978), athlete, administrator, commentator and journalist: papers, 1902-1989. Finding No: ATH/HA;
Adam, George Mair (1898-1989), athlete, coach and athletics administrator: papers, 1909-1989. Finding No: ATH/GA;
Binks, Joseph (Joe) (1874-1966), athlete and athletics commentator: papers, [1920s-1950s]. Finding No: ATH/JB;
Brown, Audrey Kathleen (nee Court) (1913-2005), athlete: papers, [1930s]-2005. Finding No: USS22;
Cardew, Martin H. (b 1927), athlete: papers, 1964-1988. Finding No: ATH/MHC;
Cullum, Dennis Noel Johnson (1913-1985), athlete and coach: papers, [1930s]-1985. Finding No: ATH/DC;
Humphrey, David (b 1933), athlete: papers, 1944-1958. Finding No: ATH/DH;
Ives, Bert (1890-1975), athlete and athletics administrator: papers, [1920s-1970s]. Finding No: ATH/BI;
Jarvis, Walter (c 1888-c 1935), athlete: papers, 1910-1996. Finding No: MS4;
Jewell, John Christopher (1912-2001), athlete and athletics commentator: papers, 1897-2002. Finding No: ATH/JJ;
Lloyd-Edgley, Ralph: scrapbook, [c 1924]-[c 1931]. Finding No: ATH/RLE;
MacLean, Duncan (1884-1980), athlete and coach: papers, 1948-1977. Finding No: ATH/DM;
Monk, Walter Harry (Wal) (1896-after 1965), athlete: papers, 1918-1961. Finding No: ATH/WHM;
Morgan, Wilf (b 1935), athlete and athletics historian: papers, 1937-2012. Finding No: ATH/WM;
Newton, Arthur Francis Hamilton (1883-1959), athlete: papers, [c 1904]-[1990s]. Finding No: ATH/AN;
Payne, Howard (1931-1992), athlete: papers, 1899-[c 1975]. Finding No: ATH/HP;
Percy, Joe W. (1912-2001), athlete and athletics administrator: papers, 1910-1997. Finding No: ATH/JWP;
Perry, George (b 1903), athlete: papers, [1920s]-1956. Finding No: ATH/GP;
Powell, Edgar Robert Leslie (Peter), (fl 1920s-70s), athlete: papers, 1813-1988. Finding No: ATH/ERLP;
Richards, Wilf (b 1906), athlete and journalist: papers, 1924-[mid 20th century]. Finding No: ATH/WR;
Roberts, Dave (fl 1930s-1990s), athlete and statistician: papers, [1930s]-1991. Finding No: ATH/DR;
Simpson, Colin J. (1929-2011), athlete and athletics administrator: papers, 1945-1990. Finding No: ATH/CS;
Tatham, Wilfrid George (Gus) (1898-1978), athlete: papers, 1908-1960. Finding No: ATH/WGT;
Thomas, Dr Philip, athletics administrator and coach: papers, [c 1900]-[late 20th century]. Finding No: ATH/PT;
Vargas, Charles Climaco (1905-1975), athlete: papers, 1921-31. Finding No: ATH/CCV;
Ward, Leonard H., athletics coach: papers, [mid-20th century]. Finding No: ATH/LW;
Watman, Melvyn Francis (Mel) (b 1938), athletics journalist and statistician: papers, 1980-1993. Finding No: ATH/MW;
Wight, Robert M., athletics administrator: papers, [mid-20th century]. Finding No: ATH/RW;
Winter, Arthur E. H. (d 1990), athlete and athletics commentator: papers, [early 20th century]-1983. Finding No: ATH/AW;
Yarrow, Squire Stevens (1905-1984), athlete and athletics administrator: papers, 1938-1984. Finding No: ATH/SY.


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Oliver T. Marsh (Kansas City, 30 januari 1892 – Los Angeles, 5 mei 1941) was een Amerikaans cameraman.

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Oliver T. Marsh kwam via zijn zus Mae Marsh in contact met de regisseur D.W. Griffith en ging zo aan de slag bij Biograph Company. Vanaf 1818 was hij er werkzaam als hoofdcameraman en hij werd al snel een van de meest gevraagde experts in zijn vak. Na zijn overstap naar MGM drukte hij bij die filmstudio zijn stempel op de huisstijl. Hij werkte er samen met veel prominente regisseurs en acteurs uit die tijd.

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 The Floor Below (1918)
 Joan of Plattsburg (1918)
 All Woman (1918)
 A Virtuous Vamp (1919)
 Good References (1920)
 Something Different (1920)
 Mama's Affair (1921)
 Wedding Bells (1921)
 Woman's Place (1921)
 Red Hot Romance (1922)
 Peacock Alley (1922)
 Fascination (1922)
 Broadway Rose (1922)
 Jazzmania (1923)
 The Unknown Purple (1923)
 Married Flirts (1924)
 Circe, the Enchantress (1924)
 The Merry Widow (1925)
 The Midshipman (1925)
 Time, the Comedian (1925)
 The Masked Bride (1925)
 Soul Mates (1925)
 Kiki (1926)
 The Duchess of Buffalo (1926)
 Camille (1926)
 Annie Laurie (1927)
 The Enemy (1927)
 The Dove (1927)
 Sadie Thompson (1928)
 The Divine Woman (1928)
 The Smart Set (1928)
 The Masks of the Devil (1928)
 Dream of Love (1928)
 Eternal Love (1929)
 The Single Standard (1929)
 Marianne (1929)
 Our Modern Maidens (1929)
 Untamed (1929)
 Not So Dumb (1930)
 Strictly Unconventional (1930)
 In Gay Madrid (1930)
 The Florodora Girl (1930)
 Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930)
 New Moon (1930)
 The Bachelor Father (1931)
 It's a Wise Child (1931)
 Just a Gigolo (1931)
 The Man in Possession (1931)
 The Phantom of Paris (1931)
 New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931)
 The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
 Possessed (1931)
 Emma (1932)
 Arsène Lupin (1932)
 But the Flesh Is Weak (1932)
 Divorce in the Family (1932)
 Rain (1932)
 Faithless (1932)
 The Son-Daughter (1932)
 Today We Live (1933)
 Night Flight (1933)
 Dancing Lady (1933)
 The Merry Widow (1934)
 David Copperfield (1935)
 One New York Night (1935)
 Baby Face Harrington (1935)
 No More Ladies (1935)
 A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
 The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
 Small Town Girl (1936)
 San Francisco (1936)
 Women Are Trouble (1936)
 His Brother's Wife (1936)
 Maytime (1937)
 The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
 The Firefly (1937)
 Rosalie (1937)
 The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
 The Toy Wife (1938)
 The Crowd Roars (1938)
 Sweethearts (1938)
 The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)
 Broadway Serenade (1939)
 It's a Wonderful World (1939)
 The Women (1939)
 Another Thin Man (1939)
 Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
 I Love You Again (1940)
 Bitter Sweet (1940)
 The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)
 Blonde Inspiration (1941)
 Rage in Heaven (1941)
 Lady Be Good (1941)

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Alice E. (Minuto) Geremia, 98, of Prospect, passed away on February 3, 2019 at the Vitas at St. Mary's Hospital. She was the loving wife of the late Michael Geremia.
She was born on September 29, 1920 in Bristol, RI daughter of the late Paul and Louise (DelVecchio) Minuto.
Alice is survived by two daughters Anita Ryan and husband Robert of Waterbury and Michele LaMontagne and husband David of Prospect and a son David Geremia of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, seven grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. She also leaves a sister Mary Perrella of Wolcott.
She was predeceased by a daughter Donna Geremia, a grandson Michael Geremia, two brothers Nicholas and Frank Minuto and two sisters Jennie Porto and Margaret Holliday.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 am on Thursday, February 7, 2019 at St. Anthony Church, 4 Union City Road, Prospect. Burial will follow at All Saints Cemetery, Waterbury. A calling hour will be held from 9:30 - 10:30 am on Thursday at Prospect Memorial Funeral Home, 72 Waterbury Rd., Prospect.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to: Vitas, 56 Franklin St., 4th Floor, Waterbury, CT 06706.
The family would like to thank Dr. Jega and the staff at Vitas for the wonderful compassionate care given to Alice during her brief illness.


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The American Samoa national rugby league team represents American Samoa at rugby league football and has been participating in international competition since 1988.

Competitions
American Samoa has participated in:

Cabramatta International Nines Rugby League competition/ Sydney: (2008, 2013, 2015)

Pacific Cup (since 1988)
World Sevens (1996, 1997; entered the Qualification Tournament in 2003 and 2004) and the VB Sevens in 2005

All-time record
Below is the head-to-head record for the American Samoa as of 10 May 2020.

Winning team given first

Cabramatta International 9's Rugby League 2015

Plate Champions

Pacific Cup 2004
 Tonga 22-18 American Samoa  (18 October 2004)
 Cook Islands 28-12 American Samoa (20 October 2004)
 American Samoa 62-6 New Caledonia (23 October 2004)

Pacific Cup 1998
 American Samoa 40-34 Cook Islands
 American Samoa 54-12 Tokelau
 Tonga 18-16 American Samoa

Pacific Cup 1992
 Tokelau 26-18 American Samoa
 New Zealand Māoris 26-12 American Samoa
 American Samoa 94-2 Norfolk Island
 Australia Aborigines 22-10 American Samoa

Pacific Cup 1988
 New Zealand Māoris 42-10 American Samoa
 Tonga 38-14 American Samoa

Notable players
Pita Godinet
Fui Fui Moi Moi
Ronaldo Mulitalo
Hitro Okesene
Paul Okesene
Joseph Paulo
Junior Paulo
Eddie Pettybourne
Tui Samoa

Sevens results

2005 VB Sevens
 NZ Residents 24-8 American Samoa
 Fiji A 18-16 American Samoa
 American Samoa 32-16 Malta
 Sydney Bulls 28-16 American Samoa

2004 World Sevens Qualifier
 Aboriginals v American Samoa
 North Sydney Bears v American Samoa

2003 World Sevens Qualifier
 American Samoa 28-16 Italy
 American Samoa 6-18 Newtown Jets
 American Samoa 16-22 New Zealand Māori

See also
Players:
Amerika Samoa Rugby League 2015 Squad:

Tinetali Papali'i (C)
Victor Tutuila (VC)
Henry Teofilo
Vinnie Uelese
Henry Godinet
Justin Lemalu
Denny Godinet
Tutuila Tutuila
Enoka Time
Tarrant Mariner
Raymond Ioane
Aaron Teariki
Liam Roebeck
Ben Masoe
Jordan Meads
Tyga Vatuvei

Coach: Paul Roebeck

Assistant Coach: Mikey Misilei Mamae

Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jordan Roebeck

Manager: Leanne Roebeck, Shane Roebeck

Amerika Samoa Rugby League Squad 2016:

Tinetali Papali'i (C)
Victor Tutuila (VC)
Henry Teofilo
Vinnie Uelese
Henry Godinet
Justin Lemalu
Denny Godinet
Tutuila Tutuila
Enoka Time
Tarrant Mariner
Raymond Ioane
Aaron Teariki
Liam Roebeck
Ben Masoe
Jordan Meads
Tyga Vatuvei
Shaun Va'alepu
Wilson Faanoi
Joseph Toetu - Ioane
Jermaine Johansson
Feka Silva
Patrick Masoe

Coach: Paul Roebeck

Assistant Coach: Mikey Misilei Mamae

Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jordan Roebeck

Manager: Leanne Roebeck, Shane Roebeck

Physio: TBA

References

External links

Rug
National rugby league teams


CherrySue, Doin' the Do: Budget UK Road Trip ~ The Big Pit!
Welcome to the final instalment of our budget UK road trip, over the course of the last few weeks I've told you about the cracking deal I got with Stena Line, I paid just €10 return for 5 of us from Rosslare to Fishguard. I also told you about the deal I got with the hire car & our hotels, I even told you all about our day trips to places such as Legoland, Harry Potter Studios, Chelsea F.C., Tower of London, Sky Garden, London Eye and Highclere Castle the real Downton Abbey with all the information you could possibly need to do these trips yourself.
We left Highclere Castle and hit the road for another highlight of our trip, a two hour drive to the foot of the Brecon Beacons to visit my big brother BattleDad, his wife BattleMum & their son. We had to cross the Severn Bridge that connects England to Wales, while it's free to enter England using the bridge there's a toll to enter Wales and it's steep at £6.60/€7.88 for a car. The scenery as you drive over the bridge and on into Wales is just stunning. The following morning before we headed to Fishguard we had just enough time for a visit to the Big Pit National Coal Museum.
What is The Big Pit?
The Big Pit is a coal mine that was operational from 1880-1980, it was officially opened as the National Museum of Wales in 1983 and designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.
Where is The Big Pit?
It's located in Blaenavon South Wales. There's a plethora of things to do in the locality such as a Heritage Railway, Rhymney Brewery, Blaenavon World Heritage centre, The Blaenavon Cheddar Company, Festival Park Owl Sanctuary and our favourite Blaenavon Ironworks a former industrial site transformed into a museum complete with renovated workers cottages.
What's to see/do at the Big Pit?
Lots! There are two parts to the museum over ground and underground. Children must be over 1 meter in height to go underground and are measured at reception, if you are visiting with children make sure to ask for your free children's activity pack at reception. While the museum is open daily from 9.30am-5pm underground excursions are operational from 10am-3.30pm and only weekends in January.
Firstly you are kitted out with your own headlamp complete with a battery pack that's attached to a belt and a hard hat. Both children and adults will need to carry this equipment weighing 5kg. You must leave all electrical or incendiary substances above ground such as your mobile phone, camera, key fob, cigarettes, lighters etc. Then you enter the lift with your group for the 300 meter descent to a real coal mine to learn about the working day of the coal miners who worked there. All of the guides are ex-miners so they have some fantastic stories to tell, they had us all in stitches with their funny anecdotes. You should bring a coat for the 50 minute underground guided tour as it gets quite cold you'll also need sensible footwear. Unfortunately on this visit we didn't have time to go underground but we did on our last trip and we loved every minute.
What's to do over ground?
There's a state of the art multimedia tour of a mine above ground. You're guided around by a virtual miner that jumps from screen to screen as you move around the museum. Its highly educational and quite entertaining too, even my 4 year old loved it. You can explore the mining galleries, historical buildings, Medical centre and the pithead baths at your own leisure. In the medical centre as you enter the room audio is triggered by a motion sensor, the voice of Mrs Phyllis Jones a former colliery nurse tells stories of her job as a nurse in a working mine. In the pithead baths we learned about how the miners had a clean and a dirty locker at opposite ends of the block. Miners would take off their work clothes and put them into their dirty locker where hot air was blown through to dry their clothes for the next day while they took a shower and exited at the opposite end to dress in their clean clothes, simple but genius.
Is there somewhere to eat/drink?
The original miner's canteen is open for business, a large selection of hot and cold meals and drinks are available including a children's menu. There are lots of high chairs available, there's even colouring sheets to keep your little artists busy while you eat. If you just want a snack there are vending machines located in the hall outside the canteen. The canteen has a large indoor seating area and there are picnic benches outside with spectacular views from their elevated vantage point. There's also a coffee shop open during the summer season.
This is the best bit it's completely free as is Blaenavon Ironworks just up the road. As you exit there's a great gift shop with very keen prices where my sheep mad 4 year old bought himself a Mammy and baby sheep! They didn't have any Christmas ornaments so I bought a miner key ring made of coal so I can detach the metal to replace with ribbon to hang on our travel Christmas tree.
We had a fantastic time, even though we only had an hour and a half we got to do everything bar the underground tour. The ground is uneven and the hills are quite steep but the last time we visited I had no major problems pushing a buggy around. I particularly liked the fact that the underground tour is accessible to wheelchair users, the only stipulation is that you must book in advance.
I didn't factor for so much traffic on our return journey to Fishguard resulting in us being the last to check in for our ferry home. What should have been a two hour drive took well over three hours. The lady at Stena Line was fantastic she called the guy with the luggage cart and told him to hold on as we had a lot of luggage we wanted stowed away for the journey. Hertz were also brilliant; a quick panicked call from me had them come collect the car from me at the port within 5 minutes for a token fee of £5.
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Salmagundi "Walk"
The days of batsmen automatically "walking" on an unclear decision disappeared soon after the skipper of All Muggleton was overheard speaking disparagingly of the "Tesco economy value" apple pies provided at tea by the team from Dingley Dell.
(Those unfamiliar with Tesco's economy brand might look out at future teas for the distinctive blue and white stripes on the packaging, a design which recently caused the child of a colleague of this correspondent to exclaim at breakfast, "Why do we always have to have Sheffield Wednesday cereal?")
Walking, whether towards the temptations of apple pies or from the crease, is increasingly uncommon – but for Salmagundi it bears interpretation both arcane and unique, illustrated beautifully this Sunday in an exciting finish at Palewell Common, against Abdul Aziz.
The game started in some confusion with the late arrival of the Salmagundi kit, but this was no obstacle to the ever keen James Tait, who was quickly padded up and swinging his bat through some fine and elegant practice strokes, until it was pointed out Abdul Aziz were actually going to bat first. This they did with their usual enthusiasm, amassing 131 in their full thirty five overs, despite some threatening and accurate bowling early on from, in particular, Rod Birtles and Mike Fox. Among the highlights were a diving catch by Mike Fox, which he left late enough for everybody to be wrongly convinced he'd left too late, and a stumping by James Tait, in which he could have been as late as he'd liked, because the Abdul Aziz batsman was standing on the line in the erroneous belief this constituted being in his crease.
It would be nice to quote the exact bowling figures here. Perhaps Chris Packham's decision to leave the scorebook at home was a superstitious attempt to recreate the conditions in which last week's victory was achieved. Similarly, perhaps Adam Wood's oral review of last week's report as "verbose," was an attempt to recreate conditions in which he will be handed a computer and a deadline…
The Salmagundi reply began with a long discussion about batting order. Gilkes, who last week had the temerity to take issue with his placing at number eight, was punished with the task of opening. With him, logically, having just taken a nasty knock on the finger while keeping wicket, was Tait. These two provided a steady start against some good bowling but, after ten overs, began to fear the Salmagundi sense of fair play might be in peril were the side to use their full thirty five overs, and so both quickly surrendered their wicket. A procession of Salmagundi batsmen then came to the crease to do similarly, until the match reached that pleasurable position of being likely to go either way.
At this point the controversial "walking" issue again reared. It had been rehearsed earlier in the innings, when Ulric Algar, on being given out LBW, returned to the pavilion with the announcement he'd got bat on the ball. He was promptly urged that in future he should make this announcement at the crease. After all, we are not playing for money, the umpires are our own good selves and we frequently make mistakes, and, of particular relevance, Abdul Aziz are renowned for their fair play and would always call back a player dismissed on an error or misunderstanding. (This correspondent knows of an instance of Bob Burrows, as Abdul skipper, asking a batsmen to return to the crease merely on the batsman's suspicion that he might've got a bit of bat on it.) Algar, however, was happy to go on the same principal of doubt, feeling unsure as to whether the bit of bat came marginally before or after the pad. Yet it became a little hard to take, when, with the game poised at two wickets remaining and two runs required, having just that moment pulled his hamstring, Rod Birtles was also given out LBW – and then returned to the pavilion also to announce he believed he got bat on the ball. Should these men have spoken? Does any umpire appreciate advice? What if somebody were to abuse this unique relationship?
Such is cricket, and such is the strangeness of the concept of "walking" – for, so often now, it no longer means going when you think you are out before the umpire gives the decision, but, rather, it simply describes what you do after the umpire's finger is raised. Birtles, perhaps, should remember this, because what he was doing on his way back to the pavilion after his hamstring so violently and painfully twanged could not in any interpretation be described as walking.
Thus, with intrigue abounding, it seems almost as if the result should be overlooked, as if to delineate winners and losers would undermine all that is implicit here about fair play and honesty. Yet there has to be a winner and a loser, there always is.
Adam Wood came out as last man to get the remaining two runs Salmagundi required for victory and was extremely successful in this aim, for fifty percent of the target – scrambling a single to retain strike, and then being bowled as he swung for the winner.
It ended as a tie. Honours even, as they say. A fitting result for two teams so bent on playing the game as it should be played.
No finger of blame is pointed at the last man Adam, for he would not have been put in the position of having to try and win the match had not so many of the previous Salmagundi batsmen, in the very new sense, walked.


The £14·8 billion Crossrail project to deliver the Elizabeth line east–west railway across London has pioneered the development of a systematic programme approach to innovation. Previous papers have focused on the early stages of setting up Crossrail's innovation programme – known as Innovate18 – and implementing it as a credible component of the delivery organisation. With the Elizabeth line now close to completion there is an opportunity to reflect on the project's experience of innovation and the performance of its programme as it reaches maturity. This paper describes the maturing programme, lessons that have been learned and how the programme has migrated into an infrastructure industry platform.
John was the Strategic Projects Director for Crossrail and Director of the Programme Partner Transcend, a JV between CH2M, AECOM and Nichols. As such he lead the innovation programme, specific complex projects and headed up the programme partner JV.
Previously he led the High Speed 2 Efficiency Challenge Programme team, a multidisciplinary team seeking significant savings for the project. The focus was on collaborative working, applying Building Information Modelling, off-site manufacture and optimised design guides and standards. The team identified more than £1b of potential savings from the Phase 1 programme.
Prior to that he led the CH2M UK Government Infrastructure team, primarily focussing on Defence, but he was also active in urban regeneration and economic growth within the UK and in looking at disaster relief and post conflict reconstruction/development.
John spent the first 29 years of his career serving as a Royal Engineer officer. He fought during the first Gulf War, deployed to the Balkans during the 1990s and latterly to Afghanistan and Iraq. He has supported the RAF, trained junior soldiers, built motorways in Australia and completed construction projects in Kenya. He has also been a strategic planner for the Army, both for operations and in the personnel area, and has led a procurement team providing infrastructure for deployed troops before finally leading the development of an infrastructure programme for the Army's UK bases and helping to design the nascent Defence Infrastructure Organisation.
Maggie Brown was an Innovation Manager for Crossrail's award winning innovation programme where she was responsible for delivering innovation projects as well as driving the development of the i3P (Infrastructure Industry Innovation Platform), the industry's first collaborative innovation delivery programme. Maggie now manages innovation for the Hinkley Point C nuclear new build project where she is leveraging her Crossrail experience to develop and deliver a first of a kind innovation programme in a nuclear new build environment. Her experience is backed by an Msc in Political Sociology from the LSE where she learned about the impact of organisational and party politics on public policy. Her experience in project management spans across multiple sectors in the public, non-profit, and private spheres.
Will attained a degree in Electronic & Systems Engineering from Loughborough university and went on to work in the specialised niche market of bespoke telecommunication and IT systems for multimillion dollar superyachts, where, after 7 years successfully delivered projects varying from systems integration, system design, to bespoke innovative solutions based on customer requirements. He moved away from the world of SMEs to a large FTSE100 company where after several years as an operations manager, moved to be part of the continuous improvement team where, using Lean 6 Sigma principles focussed on delivering efficiencies, solving problems, and delivering innovative solutions to improve competitive edge and audit ratings.
After 6 years William joined Crossrail's innovation team to assist the programme manager to deliver innovation, which in its second year was awarded first place for best example of innovation in public or voluntary sector 2014. In 2016 he took over the reins as the Innovation Programme Manager responsible for the on-going management and delivery of the Innovation programme. Capturing its legacy, supporting Learning Legacy team, and supporting the Crossrail innovation team in its migration to an industry-wide platform and continuing its legacy and collaboration across the industry.
William has newly been appointed as Group Head of Innovation at J Murphy and Sons Ltd, where, as part of Murphy's 10 year plan to grow and improve the business, innovation has been identified as one of the key drivers to achieving this success. He will be seeking to embed a culture of creativity and innovation to improve how Murphy delivers projects, via technology, products and also by improving systems and processes.
Marie Gilmour is a Management Consultant and Innovation Champion with the Nichols Group, engaged as Innovation Programme Manager within Crossrail's Innovation programme, Innovate18 from Jan 2015 until March 2016.
Andrew was Chief Executive Officer of Crossrail from 1 August 2011 until 31 March 2018.
Andrew graduated from Southampton University in 1981 with a first class honours degree in Civil Engineering. He served with the British Army for three years as a Queen's Royal Irish Hussar before resigning his commission in 1984 to pursue a career in business and engineering.
Andrew joined Arup, the international engineering consultants, as a bridge designer in 1987. He was later seconded to Schal Associates in Chicago where he worked on tall buildings along side some of the great American architects. Andrew moved to Hong Kong in 1992 to develop Arup's project management capability on some of South East Asia's major infrastructure projects at that time.
Andrew joined the airport operator BAA plc in 1997 as Construction Director for the Heathrow Express rail link. He went on to lead the delivery of the £4.3bn Terminal 5 programme and became BAA's Director of Capital projects running the £10bn development programme across seven UK airports.
With a passion to improve the UK's construction industry, Andrew was invited to lead an industry review in 2009. His report, 'Never Waste a Good Crisis', has helped steer government policy in this important area.
In July 2014, Andrew was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Southampton University.
David Gann is Imperial College's Vice President, leading Innovation. He is a member of the College's Executive Board.


If you have ever met my son, Andrew, you will agree that he is one funny kid. The things that he comes out with have Rob and I laughing everyday. Since Andrew's month to month isn't quite a noteworthy as Henry's, I have decided that his monthly post will be used to share a few of his priceless comments. Enjoy!
While listening to Garth Brooks (Andrew's favourite, aside from The Wiggles) Andrew asked me the name of the song that was playing. I told him "We Shall Be Free". He thought for a moment and then corrected me, "No, no Mama... We Shall be two!"
While driving to my parents place for the weekend, we spotted a cat in some one's backseat. I asked Andrew what that cat was in a car, he quickly replied "He's going to his Nana and Papa's house!"
Here is Andrew's latest trick!
Andrew certainly comes out with some funny stuff, this is a great way to keep track and share his comical comments.


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HomeCARTA NewsScientists to champion use of evidence by African governments
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Dr. Elwyn Chomba, Ministry Community Development Mother and Child Health of Zambia, leads the discussion by the country team 02 at "African Leadership for Child Survival" held at African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Friday, 18 January 2013. Photo by Jiro Ose/Unicef
The African Academy for Sciences (The AAS) and the African Institute for Policy Development (AFIDEP) launched a two-year programme to promote the systematic use of evidence in policymaking in Africa.
The Evidence Leaders in Africa (ELA) programme will enhance the evidence-gathering and analysis skills of researchers from across the Continent and empower them to take a leading role in ensuring that the innovations and evidence they produce are relevant to and used in decision making.
"Beyond this, we want scientists to become engaged with the policy making processes within African governments and help to champion a culture where evidence use becomes the rule and not the exception," says Dr Eliya Zulu, Executive Director, AFIDEP.
Credible evidence is used only sporadically and often ignored in decision making and policy formulation in developing countries, yet its incorporation is a crucial success factor if these processes are to have an impact on transformational development1. The biggest barriers have been caused by the complexities of the policy making process which tend to be driven by competing interests. Also importantly, credible evidence is not always readily available. Most of it is generated, analyzed and shared within the science community without effective, consistent and systematic processes to move it to policy spaces in accessible formats.
ELA will implement multiple strategic activities involving AAS Fellows, grantees and Affiliates to empower them to play leading roles in the institutionalization and promotion of a culture of evidence use in their countries. These include:
The implementation of knowledge-sharing workshops on evidence-informed decision making (EIDM) to increase the commitment of scientists to initiatives that galvanize use of evidence in government decision making. The workshops will incorporate capacity building and mentorship strategies for selected early and mid-career researchers.
An EIDM leadership award will be created to recognize academics who develop interventions that enhance EIDM culture in government institutions. A monetary award will be provided to the winner, and first and second place runners up.
Seed grants worth a total of US$80,000 will be provided to four winning proposals for innovative ideas on how academics can contribute to increasing the participation of government agencies taking action to make EIDM part of the decision-making process.
To expand EIDM learning, a conference to facilitate learnings on EIDM within AAS networks will include researchers, policymakers and practitioners in East and West Africa. It will focus on existing EIDM initiatives (individual and institutional efforts) within AAS networks.
Participation in these activities will be competitive and will require high level commitment by the scholars.
According to Dr Isayvani Naicker, Director of Strategy and Partnerships at The AAS, the programme serves the Academy's think tank functions, which ensure an Africa-led, Africa-centered, and Africa-relevant science agenda for the Continent and incorporates evidence in policymaking. The AAS provides a network of leading, midcareer and upcoming scientists working in science, technology and innovation to drive sustainable development across the African continent. "African governments need evidence to increase impact of policies and programmes to maximise use of limited resources to realise sustainable development goals," she notes. The ELA initiative is tailored to meet this need for evidence in Africa.
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The African Academy of Sciences (The AAS) is a non-aligned, non-political, not-for-profit pan African organisation. The AAS's vision is to see transformed lives on the African continent through science. Our tripartite mandate is recognising excellence through The AAS' highly prestigious fellowship and award schemes, providing advisory and think tank functions for shaping Africa's Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) strategies and policies and implementing key STI programmes addressing Africa's developmental challenges.
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Paramount is gearing up to release Johnny Knoxville's Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa on October 25, and the question remains: will fans show up without the promise of the entire Jackass gang?
A spin-off starring the face of the franchise makes some sense, but the plot-driven prank movie deviates from the straightforward story-less antics the Jackass crew became famous for since their show's 2000 debut. Bad Grandpa will be a test of the brand's overall strength as Knoxville targets Sacha Baron Cohen's wheelhouse. The biggest advantage in its favor right now is being the first comedy aimed toward young adults since August's We're the Millers. Will that be enough?
Flixster doesn't offer anymore encouragement. Grandpa carries a respectable 96 percent "want to see" score, but that's overshadowed by the mere 8,475 voters it's been able to corner. A last minute surge in demand over the next two weeks could help, but it won't come anywhere close to the 23,007 anticipating voters of We're the Millers or 34,541 drawn by This Is the End before their respective release dates. For reference, Movie 43 closed with 9,292 *total* voters (who gave it a 94 percent score)--a figure which Bad Grandpa will end up much closer to as it's adding less than 200 per day right now.
Facebook is a flickering bright spot for the comedy. It boasts an incredible 28.59 million fans, ranking second only to Fast & Furious as the most "liked" franchise on a single Facebook page among films being tracked by BoxOffice. The caveat: most of those fans are carried over from Jackass 3-D's success. Prior to its release three years ago, the Jackass Facebook page owned 2.2 million fans. The reality is recent Facebook activity, while healthy, isn't as strong as the deceiving numbers make it out to be.
BoxOffice is currently forecasting a $27 million opening weekend and $62 million domestic haul for Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa--figures which would mark significant drop-offs from Jackass 3-D's $50.4 million debut (an October record at the time) and $117.2 million total. The sharp decline is reasonable given the lack of online enthusiasm for the spin-off, and would likely still put the film in very profitable territory. We'll continue to analyze the comedy's buzz over the next two weeks before our final forecast is published. Perhaps those 17 million trailer views can end up counting for something.