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Players That Could Join Chelsea During The January Transfer Market
The January transfer market is ongoing and some teams have started negotiations. Some have officially completed their first signature, while some are still negotiating to officialize their first deal.
It is noteworthy that some of the top England clubs will be active during the transfer market and they may eventually sign one or two players to reinforce their squad. Among these clubs is Chelsea.
Chelsea is likely to sign some players to the team in January, and the reason being the team is subjected to sign is that some of their players are on injuries, and Thomas Tuchel is keen to restrengthen the team.
This has been affecting the team in theirs last five to seven matches. Prominently, Chelsea's left-back Ben Chilwell has been ruled out of this season due to injuries.
Reports claim that Chilwell's injury required surgery which may eventually subject him to missing the remaining matches this season.
Consequently, Chelsea has been in search of a possible replacement for the player, and more so, bring in some other player that may help the team in their title race. Below are players that have been linked with Chelsea's move.
According to transfer report, Chelsea are reportedly eyeing a move for Ac Milan's Left back Theo Hernandez amid Ben Chilwell's injury.
The team are keen to avert any predicament that may emerge due to the absent of the England player. Reports has been linking the Seria A defender to Stamford Bridge. No official move has been made yet but there is possibility that Chelsea might make a move soon.
More so, there is another rumor mongering Everton's left back Lucas Digne to London, Chelsea are eyeing a loan move for the defender. The French left back is among the possible replacement for Ben Chilwell.
Another report also revealed that Chelsea are looking forward to making a move for Barcelona's left back, Sergino Dest. The London club are considering a £30miion for the youngster.
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Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education
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Authored by Samantha McGinnis on September 12, 2014
Today's guest blog post is by Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, on the importance of ensuring all educators and students have the books they need for back to school.
As an educator, there's nothing quite like walking into the classroom on that first day of school…
The fresh, expectant face of each child looking up at you, their minds like the pages of a new book—waiting to be opened.
Teachers and school staff are in the business of opening minds, and there is no better way to do just that than through reading. Books are portholes to vast, new and different worlds—and, together with First Book, the AFT has put 2 million of those portholes into the hands of students in need.
I am proud to say that, in the three years that the AFT has partnered with First Book, every AFT membership division has gotten involved in communities across the country. We helped to create a library at St. Mary's Orphanage in Mobile, Ala.; we distributed thousands of anti-bullying books at public school assemblies in Cleveland; we handed out bilingual and Spanish books to students and families at soccer tournaments in Texas; and much more. One of my favorite First Book stories is about a school bus driver in Houston who started a mobile library on his bus to encourage reading outside of school.
This partnership is just one way the AFT is reclaiming the promise of public education and helping to ensure that all children are prepared for school, college, career and life.
Another example is Share My Lesson, the free online platform developed by the AFT and TES Connect to bring educators together to access and share high-quality teaching resources. And now Share My Lesson has teamed up with First Book to provide resources and tools to complement First Book books.
So as the school year gets underway in millions of classrooms across the country, the AFT and First Book aim to ensure that all teachers and school staff have the books they need to open their students' minds.
I've included a list of a few of my favorites, many of which are from the AFT Collection on the First Book Marketplace. I hope that they will help ignite a lifelong joy of reading.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
All children will enjoy the story of the hungry caterpillar who ate his way to becoming a butterfly.
(For early childhood educators and parents looking to pair specific skills and activities with books to enhance learning and growth in a child's earliest years, be sure to check out the AFT's Transitioning to Kindergarten resources and our Mind in the Making section.)
Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin
Every budding unionist can learn something from Farmer Brown's cows, who not only know how to type but also understand the power of collective action. An audio book on CD is included.
Families by Susan Kuklin
Children from 14 families make up the tapestry of this delightful book, which shows the diversity of families in America today. From mixed-race and immigrant families to families of gay and lesbian couples and families with children with special needs, this book celebrates one and all.
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
The story of Melody, who refuses to be defined by her cerebral palsy, will change the way that any reader, young or old, looks at or thinks about a person with disabilities. The author, Sharon Draper, is a former AFT member from Cincinnati who has won numerous awards for her groundbreaking prose.
145th Street: Short Stories by Walter Dean Myers
Set in my hometown of New York City, this collection of stories chronicles one block of the greatest city in the world. From Benny, a fighter on the way to a knockout, to Angela, who starts having prophetic dreams after her father is killed, the characters of 145th Street pull readers in and keep them through every page.
Work with children in need? Sign up with First Book to access these great books and resources!
Randi Weingarten is president of the 1.6 million-member American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, which represents teachers; paraprofessionals and school-related personnel; higher education faculty and staff; nurses and other healthcare professionals; local, state and federal government employees; and early childhood educators.

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Mitchell Peters
by Lauren Vogel Weiss
One of the newest members of the PAS Hall of Fame, Peters, unfortunately, will not be able to accept this honor in person, as he passed away on October 28, 2017 at the age of 82. But his music lives on, through his recordings with the Dallas Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic, dozens of publications, and, most importantly, students who continue to share his methods and character with students of their own.
"I think he would be very touched by the honor, and slightly embarrassed at the same time," shares his daughter, Michelle Peters Feinstein, discussing his induction. "He was so dedicated to his art. He didn't seek fame, and he really didn't think about honors."
But his peers knew how special Mitch and his music were and wanted to recognize his many musical achievements.
A DRUMMER FROM RED WING, MINNESOTA
Mitchell Thomas Peters was born on August 17, 1935 in Red Wing, Minnesota, a small town on the banks of the Mississippi River, about an hour southeast of Minneapolis. His parents owned a small candy shop and soda fountain in downtown Red Wing, Peters' Palace of Sweets, and Mitch worked there as a soda jerk during his high school years.
He was also a huge fan of drumset legend Gene Krupa. "My dad always talked about when his parents took him to see Gene Krupa play," remembers Feinstein. The Peters family rode the train from Red Wing to Detroit, Michigan to see Krupa and his orchestra perform at the Eastwood Gardens on July 24, 1949. "My dad took a photo of him, and years later, when they met again, Gene Krupa gave him an autographed photo."
Although Peters wanted to play drums, his first experience in the school band was on trombone, the same instrument his older brother played. But Mitch's musical path changed when the band director gave him an opportunity to play the drums. He was soon playing in the school's band and orchestra, and he began taking drumset lessons in Minneapolis.
"After my father passed," says Feinstein, "I started going through his things and found a box of mementos. At the bottom of the box was a very yellowed envelope. The return address was Bob Bass Drum Shop and Studios in Minneapolis—'the only complete drum shop in the Northwest!' It was addressed to 'Mr. Peters, Red Wing, Minnesota'—not my father, but my grandfather. It's dated November 8, 1951, so my father would have been 16 years old."
In a calm voice, which wavered with emotion only a few times, she read the letter aloud:
Dear Mr. Peters,
Mitch was telling me that you would like to have a report on his progress. I am happy to state that Mitch is perhaps the finest student I have had to date. He seems to have no trouble at all grasping the material and comes back with it worked down as well as I can play it myself in many cases. He shows marked aptitude for music and drumming, and although I have no idea how he performs, he does wonderfully on the lesson material. Given experience, he is going to be a very good drummer some day, and I would heartily recommend his following music as I believe with his talent and interest, he will be able to do well in the music business; it is a tough business, but there is room for a few to make a good living out of it on the top.
I don't like to overpraise students to their face, as I think that this can sometimes make them "let down" some, but I hope you will believe what I have said as I am sincere. If Mitch's interest in drumming continues, I believe he will go far.
Sincerely yours, Bob Bass.
Mitch Peters graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1953 and moved to Rochester, New York to further his musical education.
A MARIMBIST AT EASTMAN
Peters was accepted to the prestigious Eastman School of Music, where he studied percussion with William Street. During his five years there, he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees, along with the coveted Performer's Certificate, graduating in 1958.
While still an undergraduate, Peters joined a groundbreaking percussion ensemble: the Marimba Masters. Their first performance was a noontime recital in Kilbourn Hall on March 11, 1954 "by the Students from the Percussion Class of William Street." (Their iconic moniker would not come for another year, when they adopted the name Marimba Masters before their first national television broadcast.) Under the direction of Gordon Peters (no relation), the other members of the group, in addition to Mitch, were John Beck, Stanley Leonard, James Dotson, Douglas Marsh, and Donald Snow on double bass.
Just over a year after their first concert, the Marimba Masters were invited to appear on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, a radio and television variety show airing on Monday nights on CBS, which was a mid-century forerunner of 21st century programs like The Voice or America's Got Talent. Although Godfrey offered them an engagement in Las Vegas, all the players agreed to stay in school, so additional fame would have to wait a few more years.
In the spring of 1956, the Marimba Masters recorded their only, eponymous LP record. The recording featured popular and classical music, along with an expanded percussion section of bongos, maracas, and other percussion instruments.
Then on January 12, 1958, the Marimba Masters—now Mitch, Gordon Peters, and new members Ron Barnett, Jane Burnet (Varella), Vivian Emery (Speca), Peter Tanner, and Edward DeMatteo on string bass—performed two pieces on The Ed Sullivan Show, Sunday night "must see TV" for people of a certain age.
"I still remember the first time I saw the video from The Ed Sullivan Show, which was at my dad's memorial service," recalls Feinstein. "He looks over from the marimba, and then the next time we see him, he's playing the bongos, which was a surprise. He was so young—and that smile! It was so wonderful to watch."
(More information about the Marimba Masters can be found in the May 2017 issue of Percussive Notes.)
"Mitch Peters was my friend and colleague in the Eastman Percussion Department, as well as a great percussionist," states John H. Beck, Professor Emeritus of Percussion at Eastman. "We enjoyed many memorable moments together as schoolmates, playing in the Eastman Wind Ensemble and the Marimba Masters. Mitch was always there with the smile and the talent to take care of business. He will be missed, but never forgotten."
Following his graduation from Eastman, Mitch Peters auditioned for the principal timpanist position with the 7th U.S. Army Symphony Orchestra, which was stationed in Stuttgart, Germany. "He told me that he was very nervous about the audition," Feinstein remembers. "The last piece they played was [Prokofiev's] 'Peter and the Wolf,' with my father on timpani. When it was over, the other players in the symphony gave him a standing ovation!" During the next three years (1958–60), he performed with that orchestra throughout Europe.
Before he left for Stuttgart, Peters received a letter, dated August 1, 1958, from Frederick Fennell, longtime conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble. "Every good wish that one man could have for another goes from me to you for this next adventure in your life. Since the experience of life constantly refutes one's statements, I may make music long enough to run into a better percussionist than you, but I doubt it very much."
AN ORCHESTRAL PERCUSSIONIST IN DALLAS
Following his Army service, Peters won another audition, this time in Dallas, Texas. He served as principal percussionist in the DSO for eight seasons (1961–69). "When he joined the Dallas Symphony," Feinstein says, "they were not a full-time orchestra, so he took a lot of freelance jobs. He played drumset with the Dallas Summer Musicals; I remember going to see him play in Sweet Charity when I was about five years old. He also played in a nightclub, across the street from Jack Ruby's club.
"He started giving private lessons when we lived in Dallas," she continues. "He felt there was an unmet need of materials for his students, so that's when he started writing and composing. When he went to print his first book, he had to order a minimum number. The local drum shop asked if they could sell the extra copies, and they sold out."
During the 1960s, there were not as many percussion ensemble pieces available as there are today, so Peters added to the repertoire with classics like "A La Nañigo" (written as a percussion quintet to introduce students to the unusual 6/8 African rhythm) and "A La Samba" (a groove-oriented sextet with individual improvised solos), published in 1967 and 1969, respectively.
In 1969, Peters moved his family to California when he joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra as a section percussionist. Four years later, he became the co-principal, a position he held for another nine years.
A TIMPANIST IN LOS ANGELES
In 1982, Peters took over from longtime principal timpanist William Kraft, where he stayed for another 24 years. During his time with the L.A. Philharmonic, he played with some of the best conductors in the world, who served as Music Directors in Los Angeles: Zubin Mehta (1962–78), Carlo Maria Giulini (1978–84), André Previn (1985–89), and Esa-Pekka Salonen (1992–2009). He also played with such guest conductors as Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Sir Simon Rattle, Michael Tilson Thomas, John Williams, and countless others.
"Mitch was always prepared for rehearsals," explains Raynor Carroll, former principal percussionist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1983–2016), who played alongside Peters for 23 years. "Not only did he research an upcoming program with recordings and scores, but long before there were personal computers, he would meticulously hand-copy timpani parts for all significant works. He kept multiple copies for various conductors: a set of Beethoven symphonies with Mehta's preferences for mallets, dynamics, etc., a set for Rattle, a set for Salonen, and so on. When conductors returned and repeated repertoire, rarely did they have anything but thumbs-up for Mitch!"
"I knew Mitch Peters as a timpanist, percussionist, composer, teacher, and colleague," states Kraft, who was a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for more than a quarter-of-a-century—eight years as a percussionist and the last 18 as principal timpanist, plus several years as the orchestra's composer-in-residence. "He was admired as a musician, but he remained modest and unassuming. He was a joy to work with, cooperative rather than ambitious. He always put successful musical performances ahead of anything else."
Michelle Peters Feinstein has her own memories of her dad's years with the orchestra. "I remember going to rehearsals and hanging out backstage at the Music Center, or at the Hollywood Bowl," she recalls. "The other percussionists—Chuck Delancey and Walt Goodwin—were best friends with my dad, and we used to sit backstage and play cards. They taught me how to play cribbage! Meeting all the musicians and conductors was a lot of fun. And one year, we went to Zubin Mehta's house for a Fourth of July party.
"When I was in fifth or sixth grade," she continues, "I was chosen to play snare drum—my dad's part!—on [Haydn's] 'Toy Symphony' with the Los Angeles Philharmonic during one of their youth concerts." Over the years, Peters also gave his daughter marimba lessons, although she never pursued music professionally.
"I think my dad's favorite piece, or favorite instrument, is whatever he was playing at the time," Feinstein says with a laugh. "But I loved watching him play drumset. My favorite recording is when Leonard Bernstein conducted his 'Symphonic Dances' from West Side Story. I still get chills every time I listen to that."
That 1983 recording is also a favorite of drummers around the world. "Mitch was not only one of the nicest human beings you could ever meet, he was also one of the few percussionists to master the drumset part to Bernstein's 'Symphonic Dances'," says drumset master Peter Erskine. "His swinging swung, and his fills filled without overflowing the orchestra or the music. I learned so much from studying his recorded performance with Bernstein and the L.A. Phil, that I always think of him whenever I play the piece. Mitch was truly one of the great percussionists and gentlemen of our time."
In addition to numerous orchestral recordings by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Peters can be heard playing timpani on soundtracks for the movie 2010: The Year We Make Contact, as well as the original television series Battlestar Galactica.
In 2006, he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sabian cymbal company. That same year, after 37 seasons with the Los Angeles Philharmonic as both a percussionist and timpanist, Mitch Peters retired from the daily rigors of being an orchestral musician, but he continued to teach—and to play.
One of his former students, Theresa Dimond, remembers a production of Wagner's "Ring Cycle" by the L.A. Opera. "My colleague and friend, Greg Goodall, floated the idea that Mitch Peters, having recently retired from the Phil, might like to be one of our anvil players. The next morning at 9:01 a.m., my phone rang and it was Mitch, who wanted a copy of the part to study. I told him it was two pages of quarter notes played on a piece of pipe with two ballpeen hammers, and that he could sight-read it. Then he repeated, 'When can you get it to me?' So I dutifully got in my car a few minutes later and brought it to him.
"As his colleagues and students know, Mitch was all about preparedness," she continues. "Having the score, listening to a recording, marking your part, and being ready to go at the first rehearsal. Mitch later told me that he particularly liked that job because our sound was 'piped' in from a rehearsal room on the fourth floor—pun intended!—and he didn't have to put on a tuxedo and got to have a cup of coffee in his hand when he wasn't playing. He even went so far as to say that if all jobs were like that, he might not have retired from playing so early." Dimond, Lecturer of Percussion at UCLA, percussionist with the L.A. Opera, and PASIC '97 host, smiles at the memory.
COMPOSER, EDUCATOR, MENTOR
The final portion of Peters' musical life was perhaps his most important role, that of an educator, which in turn led to another of his legacies: a composer of numerous percussion solos and method books. "My dad didn't consider himself a composer so much as an educator," Feinstein says.
Perhaps his most popular piece is "Yellow After the Rain," the ubiquitous four-mallet marimba solo performed by young players around the world. "The publisher told me it is probably the most performed marimba solo in history," adds Feinstein. Almost fifty years after it was published, "Yellow After the Rain" is still considered a stepping stone between two- and four-mallet playing.
Other early marimba compositions included "Chant," "Sea Refractions," "Teardrops," "Undercurrent," "Waves," and "Zen Wanderer." Later solos were "Barcelona," "Dog Beach," "Galactica," "Pastiche," and "Starscape." He also wrote two books of Fundamental Method for Mallets, containing exercises and etudes for two- and four-mallet playing, Fundamental Method for Timpani (both published by Alfred), and pieces for accompanied marimba, like "Sonata Allegro" and "Theme and Variations for Marimba and Piano."
In an effort to provide his students with other instruments to play, he wrote pieces for multiple tom-toms ("Introduction and Waltz," "Passacaglia and Trio," "Perpetual Motion," and "Rondo") and timpani ("Primal Mood," "Rondino," "The Storm," and "Tribal Serenade"). Peters also wrote two volumes of Stick Control for the Drum Set.
The etudes from his snare drum books have been performed thousands of times in auditions and recitals by high school and college students. Who doesn't have Elementary Snare Drum Studies, Intermediate Snare Drum Studies, Advanced Snare Drum Studies, Developing Dexterity, or Odd Meter Rudimental Etudes in his or her collections of percussion music?
His final composition, a marimba solo, "Firefly," was published in 2015 and dedicated to his three grandchildren, Sarah, Andrew, and Lucas.
"All of Mitchell Peters' etudes offer particular musical and/or technical challenges, sometimes in isolation, and sometimes in combination," states former student Aaron Smith, who currently teaches at Loyola Marymount University and California State University-Northridge. "These etudes develop not only the percussionist, but the musician. Even the simplest pieces offer opportunities for phrasing and thoughtful playing. His etude books progress naturally and in a way that is challenging enough to be satisfying, without being frustrating."
In addition to his busy performing schedule, Peters always maintained a private studio, teaching students young and old. One such student was Ruth Komanoff Underwood, a retired professional percussionist who gained national attention as a mallet percussionist with Frank Zappa. "I had seen Mitch play both timpani and drumset with the L.A. Phil," she recalls. "I have always been drawn to artists who straddled the edge between two worlds. Someone who was outrageous as a classical player, but yet refined and musical in the so-called wild genres.
"I moved to L.A. in 1969, and a year or two year later, I wanted to brush up on my orchestral percussion skills for some upcoming performances, so I called Mitch. He had an innate ability to zero in on a student's weaknesses and strengths. He was not judgmental, regardless of the genre, but helped you achieve your musical goals. I only had eight lessons with him, but he made a profound impression on me.
"He always greeted everyone with 'How are you?'," Underwood continues. "He taught me how to navigate through the life of being a professional musician in a very volatile, tricky environment. Mitch's mantra was 'Keep your mouth shut and your ears open!'"
Peters also taught at several schools in southern California, influencing hundreds of young percussionists, many of whom are performing and teaching today. His first college position was at California State University-Los Angeles in 1969 where he taught for 15 years. Peters began teaching at the University of California, Los Angeles in the early 1980s and spent almost three decades there until he retired in 2012. He also taught at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara for more than a decade (1990–2002).
"There was just so much heart in everything he played," Feinstein says, "and he was very passionate about teaching. He had such a strong work ethic and set high standards for himself and his students. Even though he was unassuming and humble, he was able to get amazing results from his students."
"I just assumed it was normal for your teacher to write books and solos," remembers Aaron Smith, who graduated from UCLA in 1994. "It was several years later before I realized his significance in the percussion world. During a tour to Mexico with the UCLA Wind Ensemble, the percussionists who hosted us were star struck; they couldn't believe we all studied with Mitchell Peters."
Mitch Peters passed away on October 28, 2017. A celebration of his life was held on January 27, 2018 in Schoenberg Hall at UCLA. Former students and colleagues gathered to speak about him and play his music. The finale was a mass snare drum ensemble performance of "Etude No. 6" from Peters' Advanced Snare Drum Studies. Twenty-three former students and colleagues filled the stage with a moving rendition of the popular etude. His family—daughter Michelle and her husband, Harley Feinstein, son Mitchell Peters II and his wife Lauren, and three grandchildren and one great-granddaughter—were in attendance.
During the ceremony, a letter from Peters' Marimba Masters' colleague Stan Leonard was read: "Mitch was an unassuming but perceptive person. He accepted all the challenges that came to him in his musical life," Leonard wrote. "His musical searching and creativity were evident in his performance, composing, and teaching. Mitch was dedicated to excellence. He excelled as a timpanist, percussionist, composer, and teacher. His legacy of percussion music and educational methods will contribute to provide inspiration and challenge to percussionists for generations to come."
In honor of keeping his legacy alive at UCLA, the Herb Alpert School of Music has established the Mitchell Peters Scholarship Fund, which will support percussion students in the department of music. Anyone interested in making a contribution can contact Valentina Martinez, Associate Director of Development, at (310) 825-3629 or visit giveto.ucla.edu/school/herb-alpert-school-of-music/
"While Mr. Peters often talked about musicality, he rarely spoke of artistry, and I viewed much of what he did as craftsmanship," states Smith. "He had high expectations for his students, but he was always patient and kind. The highest praise one could expect was, 'It sounds like you worked on that.' But you knew you were in trouble when he said, 'I'd like to hear this again next week.' Years later, I realized not only had he taught me how to play, he had modeled how to teach."
"Mitchell Peters dedicated his life to music and percussion," summarizes Raynor Carroll, who resigned from
UCLA's percussion faculty earlier this year. "He excelled at the highest levels of performing, teaching, and composing for percussion. He has left a legacy that is an inspiration and an example for future generations of percussionists."
"I am humbled and honored to say that I am a former Mitch Peters student," Theresa Dimond adds. "Mitch Peters was, and is, percussion royalty. He was a true gentleman, musically and in life. For me to have had the opportunity to be first a student, and then, as the years passed, a colleague and friend, has been a remarkable blessing in my life. I will always remember his 'tremendous lightness of being,' that refreshing giggle that ended every sentence, and his generosity in helping me in my career and in life. I know this generosity of spirit—the essence of Mitch Peters—will live on in his wonderful compositions, his students, and the professionals he inspired."
Peters' daughter Michelle sums up her father in a few words: "He was the best of the best."
Photos courtesy of Michelle Peters Feinstein.
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Terry James Smith, (nacido el  en Syracuse, New York) es un jugador de baloncesto estadounidense con nacionalidad armenia que actualmente juega en el Hermine Nantes Basket de la Pro B francesa. Con 1,85 de estatura, su puesto natural en la cancha es el de base.

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Formado en la Universidad de Mercyhurst, es considerado un base anotador que puede realizar las funciones de escolta por su capacidad ofensiva, aunque también destaca por su intensidad defensiva y aptitudes a la hora de distribuir juego. Ha sido todo un trotamundos del baloncesto europeo, que ha jugado en la República Checa, Suiza, Bulgaria, Ucrania, Croacia, Turquía, Francia y Armenia.

Smith comenzó la temporada 2016-17 en las filas del BC Urartu Yerevan de la Superliga rusa, con el que disputaría 9 partidos con promedios de 15.9 puntos, 2.3 rebotes y 2.2 asistencias.

En diciembre de 2016 firma con el Divina Seguros Joventut hasta el final de la temporada. Smith cuenta con pasaporte de Armenia, con lo que no ocuparía plaza de extracomunitario en la Liga Endesa.

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How to Talk About Contentious Issues in Science
One Australian researcher got it
Mitch Horowitz
(This article is adapted from The Miracle Club. Notes appear at the end.)
I honor the perspective of journalist Norman Cousins who wrote in Anatomy of an Illness in 1979: "Not every illness can be overcome. But many people allow illness to disfigure their lives more than it should. They cave in needlessly. They ignore and weaken whatever powers they have for standing erect."
Although I urge caution throughout this book, I do not discount the possibility of extraordinary—even miraculous—episodes of recovery pertaining to the mind. And when I write "mind" I use an open-ended definition. If the mind has extra-physical dimensions, if it goes beyond cognition and motor commands, which I argue that it does, then the mind opens onto vistas that the human search, while millennia old, has only begun to detect.
Since the mid-1960s, a handful of physicians and clinicians have been making an effort to document one of the most astounding yet verifiable facts in the field of cancer research: spontaneous remissions of terminal cases.* In researching this question at the New York Academy of Medicine library, I found that about twenty such cases appear in world medical literature each year.† Many cases, clinicians agree, are probably unreported.
Based on estimated spontaneous regression rates worldwide—about one out of every one hundred thousand cases of cancer**—it can be extrapolated from the number of new cancer cases reported annually in the United States that about fifteen episodes of spontaneous regression occur here each year. There is no consensus around the causes of spontaneous remissions. Clinicians hypothesize that in rare cases patients may have been misdiagnosed, or patients may have been suffering from a severely impaired immune system, which, for reasons unknown, was restored to normal or exceptional functioning, perhaps due to the healing of an undetected virus or infection. Clinicians also acknowledge the possibility of mental therapeutics.
"Of all possible mechanisms cited for regression," wrote G. B. Challis and H. J. Stam in the journal Acta Oncologica in 1990, "the psychological is the only category which is not clearly biological." In surveying the extant literature, these researchers found that "only three authors are primarily responsible for reports of regressions by psychological means in the scientific literature"—and only one, Australian psychiatrist and researcher Ainslie Meares, "provided sufficient information to be able to include the cases in our tables."
Ainslie Meares (1910–1986) presented a special case in point. In the 1970s and '80s, Meares oversaw and published research on the practice of intensive meditation by terminally diagnosed cancer patients for whom traditional treatments, such as chemotherapy, had been discontinued; in other cases he employed intensive meditation (sometimes three hours a day) with patients who had "advanced cancer" but were still undergoing treatment. He documented notable therapeutic episodes in both groups.
In a 1980 report on seventy-three patients who had advanced cancer,†† Meares found that intensive meditation helped relive pain, depression, and anxiety, and contributed to a more peaceful and dignified death when cases proved terminal. In addition, Meares wrote of cancer patients who undergo intensive meditation: "There is reason to expect a ten percent chance of quite remarkable slowing of the rate of growth of the tumour, and a ten percent chance of less marked but still significant slowing. The results indicate that patients with advanced cancer have a ten percent chance of regression of the growth."
Meares also documented a small, but not isolated, number of cases where terminally diagnosed patients spontaneously regressed while following a protocol of intensive meditation. In an article in Australian Family Physician in March 1981,+ he described the case of a fifty-four- year-old married woman with two grown children who had recovered from breast cancer following meditation. When a mastectomy failed to check her cancer growth, the patient had refused chemotherapy and embarked on a program of anabolic steroid use and natural supplements (which Meares neither studied nor endorsed). She began to show healing after seeing Meares for meditation sessions each weekday for one month, using a technique of sitting still and experiencing her "essential being," as he described it, without concentration of any kind. (In general, Meares restricted his research to subjects who had seen him for at least twenty meditation sessions of one hour or more daily. Although he does not specify the length of time this fifty-four-year-old woman sat daily, some of his patients meditated up to three hours a day.) He wrote of her remission:
A single case, considered by itself, may not be very convincing. But if we consider the particular case in conjunction with other patients who have responded in similar fashion, the relationship of treatment and outcome becomes more clearly established. In other words, the present case is not an isolated incident. It is one of a series of cases of regression of cancer following intensive meditation in some of which the regression has been more complete than in others.
I was informally describing all this one evening in 2016 to a research pathologist at Harvard Medical School who specializes in breast cancer. I broached the topic with him of these rare but documented cases of spontaneous remission. Some cases, as noted, are evidently autoimmune related; but we also talked about the correlations with intensive meditation. The researcher's response: "I have to be objective. But I have noticed that patients who display a positive attitude toward their treatment tend to do better. My colleagues have noticed this too. We don't know why that is."
A 2020 presentation to the Altadena, CA, Public Library
It is difficult to write about this kind of subject, even inconclusively, because it tends to polarize. Readers with New Age sympathies are apt to seize upon such discussions as validation that mind-body medicine, perhaps coupled with some kind of detox program, represents the royal road to health. Meares said no such thing, and he was scrupulous, as any responsible researcher would be, not to plant false hopes. Yet there is an equal and opposite extreme, in which a physician or a skeptic (usually a journalist) approaches such a discussion without a sense of proportionality, assuming that any such talk is akin to propagating groundless "miracles" or wishful thinking. (Indeed, after I had noted the Harvard researcher's remarks on social media, another research physician I know objected that we were entertaining rash conclusions; he missed our expressed intent to avoid conclusions or leading questions but rather to frame a discussion.)
I want to give the final word to Meares, because his tone and carefulness exhibit what is needed today in the body-mind-spirit and New Thought culture. He wrote this in "Cancer, Psychosomatic Illness, and Hysteria" in the Lancet of November 7, 1981:
In medicine we no longer expect to find a single cause for a disease; rather we expect to find a multiplicity of factors, organic and psychological. It is not suggested that psychological reactions, either psychosomatic or hysterical, are a direct cause of cancer. But it seems likely that reactions resembling those of psychosomatic illness and conversion hysteria operate as causes of cancer, more so in some cases than in others, and that they operate in conjunction with the known chemical, viral, and radiational causes of the disease.
This is, to me, the kind of voice our society needs to cultivate generally—in politics, spirituality, and medicine. It is the voice that sustains a question, which is the vantage point from which all new understanding is gained.
*See Spontaneous Regression of Cancer by T. C. Everson and W. H. Cole (W. B. Saunders, 1966).
†"The Spontaneous Regression of Cancer: A Review of Cases from 1900 to 1987" by G. B. Challis and H. J. Stam, Acta Oncologica 29, Fasc. 5 (1990).
**"Spontaneous Regression of Cancer: A Review of Cases," Challis and Stam.
††"What Can the Cancer Patient Expect from Intensive Meditation?," Australian Family Physician (May 1980).
+"Regression of the Recurrence of Carcinoma of the Breast at Mastectomy Site Associated with Intensive Meditation."
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Mark Wishnia Published: October 20, 2017
On Thursday, (Oct. 19), the NOAA released its winter outlook for what they expect weather to be like across the country.
According to NOAA, a La Niña event is 55-65% likely to occur. When a La Niña event occurs, it means that temperatures in the Pacific Ocean are cooler and that brings cooler, wetter weather to the Northern part of the United States.
"If La Nina conditions develop, we predict it will be weak and potentially short-lived, but it could still shape the character of the upcoming winter," said Mike Halpert, deputy director of NOAA's Climate Prediction Center in a news release.
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Singapore, A Singapore-based Indian-origin businessman Sunny Verghese has become a member of the Business and Sustainable Development Commission, which will help accelerate sustainable growth in agri-business.
Verghese, Co-Founder and CEO of Singapore's agri-business group Olam International Limited, joins roster of leaders from the private sector, academia and civil society, who are committed to accelerating the world's transition to inclusive and sustainable growth.
The Business Commission's mission is to make a powerful case, supported by sound evidence, rigorous research and compelling real-world examples, for why business leaders should seize upon sustainable development as the greatest opportunity of a lifetime.
Its purpose is to show how the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide the private sector with a framework for making a real difference in addressing the major developmental challenges that we face.
"The world cannot achieve sustainable development without the full engagement of the food and agriculture sectors, which are critical to achieving not just one, but the majority of the Global Goals," said Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, Chair of the Business Commission.
"Sunny's leadership in agri-business will be essential to increasing the number of leaders who understand the incredible opportunity for both growth and sustainability in this sector," Mark said.
The SDGs, launched in 2015, are 17 ambitious targets for ending hunger and poverty, reducing inequality and tackling climate change by 2030.
"One of the meanings of the word Olam is 'enduring' or 'everlasting'. I believe the only way we can build an enduring business is to put sustainability at the heart of our business. This is reflected in 'Growing Responsibly', our core purpose, which guides us to pursue profitable growth in an ethical, socially responsible and environmentally sustainable way," Verghese said.
"I am excited to join the Business Commission, as it seeks to inspire and catalyse companies to embed sustainability at the core of their businesses and aims to foster collaborations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030," he said.
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by Akinoluwa Oyedele | May 11, 2012
The contract appointments of four members of Wits' senior executive team will end over the next twelve months.
It has been confirmed that the vice-chancellor and deputy vice-chancellor (DVC) of finance and operations will leave Wits by May next year.
Prof Loyiso Nongxa will end his 10 year term in May 2013 while the Wits senate voted not to extend the term of office of Prof Patrick Fitzgerald.
In addition the DVC: academic, Prof Yunus Ballim's term ends in December 2012. He had extended his contract by two years following a five-year term, and his post will have to be re-advertised in line with Wits policy.
The Wits Council approved a two-year contract extension for DVC: advancements and partnerships, Prof Rob Moore.
Moore said Wits was one of the most exciting universities to work at.
"No other campus in this country has got this extraordinary infrastructural development going on at the moment," he said.
Fitzgerald, whose five-year term of office ends in December 2012, had the option to reapply for the post but chose not to.
"I feel released … like a great burden of responsibility is shifting from my shoulders," he said.
Fitzgerald said he would enjoy having his freedom of speech on leaving the post.
"If council gives a view, that is the view. You take the view or you resign … I'm going back to a life where I can say whatever I want."
Fitzgerald said he was proud of the university's financial turnaround, and its infrastructure projects, which are a "common legacy of the entire management team".
Fitzgerald plans to return to academia, and said he would "probably" join the Academic Staff Association of Wits University (Asawu), whose demands could afford him a relatively relaxed time and "a good salary."
The positions of DVC: academic and DVC: finance and operations, will be finalized over the next three months.
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John Tore Rolf Wigur, född 24 januari 1927 i Östersunds församling i Jämtlands län, är en svensk militär.

Biografi
Wigur tjänstgjorde 1944–1958 vid Jämtlands fältjägarregemente. Han avlade officersexamen 1951 och utnämndes samma år till fänrik, varefter han befordrades till löjtnant 1953. Han studerade vid Krigshögskolan 1958–1961, befordrades till kapten 1961, tjänstgjorde vid Arméstaben 1961–1965, tjänstgjorde vid Svea ingenjörregemente 1965–1967 och var chef för Studieavdelningen vid Arméstaben 1968–1970. År 1968 befordrades han till major och 1970 till överstelöjtnant. Han var verksam vid SAAB AB i Linköping 1970–1971 och var utbildningsofficer vid Norra Smålands regemente 1971–1973. År 1973 befordrades han till överste, varpå han var chef för Sektion 4 vid Försvarsstaben 1973–1977. Han var ställföreträdande chef för Kronobergs regemente (I 11) 1977–1978, befordrades 1978 till generalmajor och var departementsråd vid Försvarsdepartementet 1978–1982. Åren 1982–1987 var han befälhavare för Nedre Norrlands militärområde.

Wigur var också ledamot av styrelsen för Försvarets forskningsanstalt och av styrelsen för Swedair AB samt ordförande i styrelsen för Försvarets förvaltningsskola. Han var huvudsekreterare i 1978 års försvarskommitté.

Rolf Wigur invaldes 1974 som ledamot av Kungliga Krigsvetenskapsakademien.

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  Riddare av Svärdsorden, 6 juni 1969.

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TRUMBULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY
History of Trumbull
The Merritt Parkway - The Queen of All Parkways
By Charles R. Roth
In 1895 there were exactly four cars in the United States. By 1900, that figure had risen to about eight thousand. Without a sufficient system of limited-access highways, free of traffic lights, stop signs, and other traffic control devices, traveling became a major hassle for people in the New York area. With the completion of the Bronx River Parkway (1907-1923), the world's first limited-access highway that led out of New York along the Bronx River, a new breed of roadway had emerged. Not only could it transport many motorists to their destination in a small amount of time, but also they could enjoy the natural balance of roadway and scenery that was a parkway.
The Hutchinson River Parkway: The Merritt's Predecessor
The Hutchinson River Parkway, (Constructed c.1924-1941), was one of the many roads that led out of the metropolitan area. However, due to early opposition from officials in Fairfield County, Connecticut, at the time of completion, the "Hutch" abruptly ended at the NY-CT border at King Street (Route 120A). With the Boston Post Road through Connecticut getting more and more crowded, plans for a connecting road into Fairfield County were needed.
The "Merritt Highway" Takes Shape
With the approval of Stamford congressman Schuyler Merritt and others, groundbreaking for the "Merritt Highway" began in 1934 in Greenwich, under the authority of Governor Wilbur Cross. On the design team for the road were experts in various fields. Thayer Chase and Earl Wood were in charge of landscaping. Edward Ferrari, the sculptor and artist, designed many of the ornaments found on the parkway's bridges. And possibly the most famous, George L. Dunkelberger, the talented architect whose task was to design the nearly seventy overpasses and underpasses that are today the fame of the Parkway.
Ribbon Cutting, Celebration, Fanfare, and America's Most Advanced Highway
The first 17.5 miles of the Merritt Parkway were opened to the delight of many in June of 1938. From King Street on the NY-CT border to U.S. Route 7 in Norwalk, where the state's first "Clover-Leaf" type of intersection stands, Governor Cross cut ribbons at each town line until the traffic reached Norwalk. The Merritt Parkway was now the most advanced limited-access highway (i.e. can only be entered of exited from designated entrance and exit ramps) in the United States, if not the world. The last twenty miles of the parkway were opened incrementally as the sections in Westport, Fairfield, Trumbull, and Stratford were completed and ready to be opened to traffic.
To Pay, or Not to Pay
It was in 1939 that the legislature declared it would place a temporary Toll Station designed by George Dunkelberger on the shores of what would later be called Toll Gate Pond, a man made lake caused by the damming of the Byram River during construction of the roadway. The outcry of many a citizen followed. Some considered the 10-cent toll as double taxation, since funding for the Merritt was apparently to come from taxes, and not tolls. Theodore Fleischmann, an unemployed electrical engineer, paid the first toll at the temporary station in Greenwich. Others were not as cooperative. Rebelling drivers, especially New Yorkers, protested the tolls by paying in pennies (thereby slowing traffic) and throwing trash on the road. One protesting man made a point of coming into the small toll lane at near full parkway speed, passing the toll collector and throwing his dime onto the grass. Police later apprehended him.
However, not everyone was upset by the advent of the tolls on the Merritt. When the Connecticut Highway Department was required to fill an anticipated twenty-four positions for toll collectors at the plazas, they were surprised to receive hundreds of applications. Why the high demands? It was because the job was said to pay $100 to $125 dollars a month, in a time when the minimum wage was set at a quarter.
The state finally won, and permanent rustic, Adirondack style Log Cabin like toll installations were placed on the parkway between King St. and Round Hill Rd. in Greenwich. The toll remained a dime for some time after, and was inevitably raised over the years. This Toll Station was a memorable sight to many before its removal on June 25th , 1988 when a section of the razed plaza was taken to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
A Grand Day for Connecticut, a Grand Day for America
The Parkway was nearly finished, but one strategic link in the system remained. In the Oronoque section of Stratford on the banks of the Housatonic River, a bridge was needed to connect the Merritt with the future Wilbur Cross and Milford Parkways in New Haven County in the town of Milford. The Conn. Highway Department received a government grant of $1,000,000 to execute the project. A savings of $10,000 was obtained when the engineers decided to use the infamous steel grid deck for the roadway instead of the traditional concrete bed. Had a concrete bed been used, the building costs would have exceeded the grant money, and the bridge would have taken longer to construct.
The Oronoque , Sikorsky , or Commodore Isaac Hull Bridge's completion marked the completion of the Merritt Parkway, and a huge celebration was held on September 2 nd , 1940. Governor Cross and Schuyler Merritt were there, and so was the distinguished Boothe family, collectors of antiquities, who lived on nearby Main Street Putney in Stratford. During WWII, it was designated a strategic bridge and was assigned a 24-hour armed sentry. Though part of neither part of the Merritt or the Wilbur Cross Parkways, it remains an important link in the Parkway system.
Parkway Development After 1940
A Toll Plaza similar to the one in Greenwich was constructed on the eastern (Milford) side of the bridge on the Wilbur Cross Parkway. Another sister road, the Milford Parkway, or Milford Connector (1940-1942), allowed a spur access (a branch off of the main highway) from the Wilbur Cross to the Post Road (US 1). In later years the Milford Parkway was connected to Interstate 95 (Connecticut Turnpike), also a toll road when opened. The Connecticut Turnpike was completed on January 2 nd , 1958, eighteen years after the Merritt.
Tolls from Greenwich & Milford continued to fund the Wilbur Cross' construction, and by 1941 the Parkway had reached Route 34. Construction on the Wilbur Cross did not resume until after WW II. The Parkway reached from Dixwell Avenue in Hamden to East Hartford & the Charter Oak Bridge (1942), but between there and Route 34 the innovative West Rock Tunnel in Woodridge had not opened until November 1949. The parkway and the later Route 15 then reached Meriden, the Berlin Turnpike (also US 5), and the Charter Oak Bridge in Hartford, where the collection of tolls ceased in 1989. The road then extended from Hartford to Union, CT and the Massachusetts border as a two-laner. This collection of Parkways and other roads was designated Route 15 in 1948.
In the 1970s, the conversion of Routes 8 and 25 into freeways received much controversy as the plan included remodeling of the parkway as well as the demolition of the Huntington Tpke. Overpass (1940-1979), and the Route 8 underpass (1940-1979) in Trumbull. Due to re-grading, many trees were leveled for this project, which received the outcries of many environmentalists and Merritt preservationists, who wanted the road left as it was. However, in this epic battle of preserving history, the State finally had its victory over the public. Later in 1992, the new "Super 7" US Route 7 required further mutilation of the original parkway. All of these improvements remain controversial among Merritt enthusiasts.
As part of a plan to remove all Toll plazas from Connecticut roads after some fatal crashes involving 18-wheelers on I-95 (Conn. Tpke.), the Greenwich, Milford, Charter Oak Bridge and all other tolls on Connecticut roads were all removed by 1989. In the interest of historic preservation, a portion of the Milford Toll Plaza was moved to Boothe Memorial Park in Stratford, though it has unfortunately become the recent prey of vandals, who have decided to mutilate this landmark and important piece of parkway history.
The Parkway's 50 th Birthday was on Sept. 2 ND , 1990. In 1991 it was put on the National Register of Historic Places, to the delight of many. We are lucky to have such a unique feature of the landscape here in Connecticut. Perhaps we should try to preserve this local treasure so that it can continue to be enjoyed by many in the future.
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Those terminally ill and their families struggle with anticipatory grief as the event comes close, Kenny Slaught explains. The devoted staff at Hospice of Santa Barbara help families spend their last days together in peace and talk about their feelings. Dealing with grief straight on can improve communication and bring families closer, which can make the grieving process more bearable.
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Effective 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
49.480. Insurance of courthouses and jails — disposition of proceeds. — In all cases where courthouses or jails are insured, and are totally or partially destroyed by fire, windstorms or cyclones, the money realized on said insurance shall not be placed in the general revenue of the county, but the county commission shall order that such funds shall be kept separate and apart, and be placed in a fund which shall be designated and known as a building fund, and that the same shall be used in erecting or repairing said courthouse or jail, or furnishing buildings or premises used for courthouse or jail purposes.
(RSMo 1939 § 13713, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12054; 1919 § 9454; 1909 § 3675
Effective 1-01-85
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