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Need help tracing 70's Historical TV series
Anything with a vague historical bent
Wulfgar Skald
Postby Wulfgar Skald » Tue Jan 26, 2016 7:11 am
I am searching for a TV documentary series from the 70's about early Britain. I recall the title being 'The Dawn of Britain' but maybe mistaken. The host was a wild haired older gent, a professor type.
The show commenced each episode with a pile of hay burning in a field.
I particularily recall that they recreated a Roman ballista and fired it (impressive) and the old Professor making bronze arrow heads in a small forge.
Quite ground breaking in that early reenactment style.
Maybe BBC?
Any other old timers remember it?
May have shown around the same time as 'Arthur of the Britons'
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Re: Need help tracing 70's Historical TV series
Postby Merlon. » Tue Jan 26, 2016 10:27 am
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1970s_British_television_series
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Postby Henri De Ceredigion » Tue Jan 26, 2016 7:25 pm
Wulfgar Skald wrote: I am searching for a TV documentary series from the 70's about early Britain. I recall the title being 'The Dawn of Britain' but maybe mistaken. The host was a wild haired older gent, a professor type. The show commenced each episode with a pile of hay burning in a field. I particularily recall that they recreated a Roman ballista and fired it (impressive) and the old Professor making bronze arrow heads in a small forge. Quite ground breaking in that early reenactment style. Maybe BBC? Any other old timers remember it?
"Arthur of the Britons" was screened on HTV in 1972/1973 and then constantly shown again by the other ITV regions until at least 1989. Using the BBC Genome project (which is aimed at digitising the Radio Times) no programme called "The Dawn of Britain" can be found.
Postby Simon Atford » Tue Jan 26, 2016 8:42 pm
Henri De Ceredigion wrote:
Arthur of the Britons seems to have been a drama rather than a documentary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_of_the_Britons
Postby Wulfgar Skald » Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:16 am
Thanks for the replies. I purchased Arthur of the Britons a few years ago, was terrific to see it again.
This one I am looking for was definitely a documentart series about Iron and Bronze age Briton and was certainly an early living history style show.
Might have even been quite short in length each time.
Dawn of Britain is the name stuck in my head but could be very different title. Was watching it in Brisbane c1976. Definitely British show.
Postby Merlon. » Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:22 am
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The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company
The Sutton Hoo's Ship Company was formed in 2016 with the sole purpose of creating a permanent and authentic replica of the Anglo-Saxon ship.
Buried in the 7th century within the Sutton Hoo royal burial grounds and discovered in 1939, the ship was a mere shadow of its former awe-inspiring glory.
The Ship's Company team is made up of professionals, volunteers and enthusiasts who are working together to fully understand the dimensions and construction methods.
The ship will be built in the newly opened, Longshed, a purpose-built unit gifted to the town and dedicated to the maritime history and education.
The team will build the Saxon ship using authentic ship-building methods with the help of marine archaeologists, ship architects, shipwrights and experts in green wood working. Together with strong academic support from the Universities of York and Southampton the team will ensure detailed records are kept at every stage of the build. Along with professional shipwrights overseeing critical parts of the build, the team will engage with apprentices and students from the International Boatbuilding Training College at Lowestoft to benefit from learning on the build.
During the build a comprehensive, informative and entertaining public engagement programme will aim to increase understanding and appreciation of Anglo-Saxon life and culture.
The rebuild will provide the best possible means of testing and understanding how the ship could have been used under a range of different conditions. This will be achieved:
using modern technologies and a range of professional skills to interpret data from records of the 1939 and 1967 excavations including information about the impact of the burial process and passage of time to develop a design brief for a ship resembling the ship that was built and subsequently buried in Mound 1
using the design brief to build a ship based on current understanding of the materials and building methods that would have been used by Anglo-Saxon shipbuilders
to carry out sea-trials to test hypotheses regarding how the boat was propelled (by oars and/or sail), what it could have been used for, what it may have carried, under what conditions was it safe and therefore where it might have been sailed
to provide a comprehensible, informative and entertaining means of engaging the public and increasing understanding and appreciation of Anglo-Saxon life and culture
to achieve these objectives in a way that enables local people of Woodbridge to engage in all stages of the project either through active participation in the build process or ancillary activities e.g. recording, interpretation, guiding.
You can read more about the project, view drawings, and find out how to support the Sutton Hoo team at www.saxonship.org.
On October 6 The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company held an international Symposium in the Longshed, where experts in ancient ships and boatbuilding (including from the Viking museum at Roskilde, Denmark) gathered to consider academic and other papers, to hear about the work on hull shape, the construction methods and materials.
The original ship was built in green oak; the replica will be built in green oak. The original ship had the planks cleft from logs - the Anglo-Saxons had no saws - and the planks will be cleft in the same way. The original ship had over 3000 iron rivets to hold it together - the new ship must have something that at least replicates the properties of this older material.
There are still many mysteries in the build, not least that there was no source of ancient iron - bog iron - in Suffolk. So, where did it come from? Or where did the original ship come from? From the repairs it had there was evidence of a long and useful life before it was interred, so there is still much to learn, not least from the exciting prospect of sea trials when finally the ship glides into the River Deben in a spectacular launch.
One of the fascinations of working with green oak is how soft it is and. How easy to work. Pat Tanner, an expert In digital modelling but also a shipwright of twenty years said at the Symposium, "When I work with green oak, I only need to sharpen my tools once a week; when I use seasoned oak I have to sharpen them twice a day". That sets the time frame for the build; oak will only stay green, unseasoned, for a certain time, even if it is kept in the river when it isn't being worked on so The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company must get it's financial and other ducks in a row before felling the first oak to form the keel of this historic reconstruction.
Go to www.Saxonship.org to find out more and to donate!
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James Patrick Edmonds (born June 27, 1970) is an American former professional baseball center fielder and a broadcaster for Bally Sports Midwest. He played for the California/Anaheim Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, and Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1993 to 2010.

Well known for his defensive abilities, Edmonds also was a prolific hitter, batting .284 with 393 home runs and an on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of .903. He is affectionately known by Cardinal fans as "Jimmy Baseball", "Jimmy Ballgame", and "The Jibmaster".

Early life
Edmonds was born on June 27, 1970, in Fullerton, California. His parents divorced when he was a child and had joint custody. His father's home was within a few miles of Anaheim Stadium. He attended Diamond Bar High School in Diamond Bar, in eastern Los Angeles County.

Professional career

California / Anaheim Angels

1988–1993: Minor leagues
Edmonds was selected in the seventh round of the 1988 Major League Baseball draft by the California Angels. He had injured his shoulder in his senior year of high school, causing him to fall in the draft.

Following the draft, he was assigned to the Bend Bucks, the Angels' A-Short Season affiliate in the Northwest League. In 1988, he played in 35 games for the Bucks and hit .221 with no home runs and 13 runs batted in. The following year, he was promoted to the Quad Cities Angels, the team's Class-A affiliate in the Midwest League. He played in 31 games and hit .261 with 1 home run and 4 RBIs.

In 1990, Edmonds advanced to the Palm Springs Angels, the Angels' High-A affiliate in the California League. He played 91 games and hit .293 with 3 home runs and 56 RBIs. He remained with Palm Springs for the 1991 season, playing 60 games while batting .294 with 2 home runs and 27 RBIs. In 1992, he was promoted to Double-A with the Midland Angels in the Texas League. He hit .313 with 8 home runs and 32 RBIs in 70 games for Midland. He was promoted again in 1992, moving up to the Triple-A Edmonton Trappers for 50 games, batting .299 with 6 home runs and 36 RBIs. In 1993, Edmonds played for the new Angels Triple-A affiliate, the Vancouver Canadians. He played 95 games for the team, batting .315 and hitting 9 home runs with 74 RBIs.

1993–1996: Emergence as a power hitter
On September 7, 1993, the Angels promoted Edmonds to the majors for the first time. He made his MLB debut on September 9, starting in left field against the Detroit Tigers at Tiger Stadium, going 0-for-4 with 2 strikeouts. Edmonds collected his first major league hit on September 10 against the Toronto Blue Jays in the SkyDome, a pinch-hit double in the ninth inning off of Duane Ward. Edmonds collected his first major league RBI on September 14 against Seattle Mariners pitcher Roger Salkeld, driving in Chad Curtis with a single. In his September call-up 1993 season, Edmonds batted .246 in 61 at bats across 18 games.

Despite the signings of outfielders Bo Jackson and Dwight Smith in the offseason, Edmonds made the Angels' 1994 Opening Day roster. Edmonds received sporadic playing time for the first half of the season, often pinch hitting and rarely starting games. He did not hit his first major league home run until May 11, 1994, in a game against the Texas Rangers where he hit a 2-run shot off Rick Helling. Through his first 50 games in 1994, Edmonds was batting .328 with a .405 on-base percentage. By June, Edmonds began to receive more regular playing time, serving as the primary left fielder after Bo Jackson had been benched and Dwight Smith had been traded to Baltimore. Midway through the season, Edmonds was considered by the media to be a prime candidate for the AL Rookie of the Year Award. Although Edmonds's high averages regressed as he played more games, he finished the strike-shortened season batting .273 with 5 home runs and 37 RBIs. He placed eighth in AL Rookie of the Year voting.

With the departure of Chad Curtis in the offseason, Edmonds became the Angels' everyday center fielder for the 1995 season. In his new role as the team's primary center fielder, Edmonds also emerged as a formidable power hitter; he only had 29 home runs in his 6-year minor league career and 5 in his true rookie season, leading to him being initially recognized as a contact hitter when coupled with his high batting averages. Edmonds did not hit any home runs through the first 17 games of the 1995 season, but hit 6 with an .857 slugging percentage in an 8-game stretch from May 15 to May 23. Edmonds received his first All-Star Game selection in 1995 and was batting .291 with 13 home runs and 52 RBIs at the All-Star break. Edmonds finished the 1995 season batting .290 with 33 home runs and 107 RBIs.

Edmonds returned to the Angels in 1996 as one of the team's best all-around hitters. On March 7, he agreed to a 4-year, $9.5 million contract extension with the Angels that included a team option in the fifth year. He suffered groin and stomach injuries on May 25, sidelining him for a month. Edmonds returned to the field on June 10 but sprained his thumb the following day, causing him to be out for another month. He returned to action on July 18, going 2-for-5 with a home run against the Seattle Mariners. Edmonds finished the 1996 season batting .304 with 27 home runs and 66 RBIs.

1997–1999: Gold Glove selections
Edmonds, along with Tim Salmon, Garret Anderson, and Darin Erstad, comprised a group of four outfielders that emerged as viable options for the Angels in the mid-1990s. This created a dilemma for the team's front office, who sought to have all four players serve as everyday starters. As a result, the Angels traded designated hitter Chili Davis and first baseman J. T. Snow for pitching in the 1996–97 offseason in order to create playing time for all four outfielders. Amid the positional shakeup, Edmonds was able to stay in center field while Erstad moved to first base. Edmonds received recognition for his defensive prowess in 1997, often making highlight reels. During a June 10, 1997, game against the Kansas City Royals, Edmonds ran straight back towards the center field wall of Kauffman Stadium and dove outstretched for a fly ball over his head, making the catch on the warning track. The catch is widely viewed as one of the greatest defensive plays in baseball history, with Joe Posnanski of The Athletic ranking it as the 29th-greatest moment in all of baseball history. In the 1997 season, Edmonds batted .291 and hit 26 home runs with 80 RBIs. Following the season, he received his first career Gold Glove Award.

In September 1998, the division-leading Angels fell behind the Texas Rangers in the standings, ultimately losing the division and missing out on the playoffs. Edmonds, despite batting .340 that month with 5 home runs and 20 RBIs, was criticized by some teammates for his purported nonchalance towards the Angels' late-season elimination. In an interview, Edmonds said that he wasn't "going to come in the next day and want to kill himself" if the Angels were mathematically eliminated. In 1998, Edmonds played a career-high 154 games, hitting .307 with 25 home runs and 91 RBIs. He received his second career Gold Glove Award.

During spring training in 1999, Edmonds tore the labrum in his right shoulder while lifting weights, aggravating an injury he had been playing through for several years prior. He underwent surgery to correct the injury, sidelining him for the first half of the season. In addition to the deactivating surgery, tensions were also rising in the clubhouse as some teammates were taking exception to Edmonds's alleged nonchalant, dismissive attitude. These factors created doubt that the Angels would bring back Edmonds after the 1999 season. Team newcomer Mo Vaughn, who had yet to share the field with Edmonds, accused him of not accepting responsibility for team struggles. Edmonds returned to the field as a designated hitter on August 2, 1999, going 2-for-4 against the Texas Rangers with a double. He returned to center field on August 7. He finished his abbreviated 1999 season batting .250 with 5 home runs and 23 RBIs in 55 games.

St. Louis Cardinals

2000–2003: Immediate production
On March 23, 2000, the Angels traded Edmonds to the St. Louis Cardinals for second baseman Adam Kennedy and pitcher Kent Bottenfield. Five days prior, Angels general manager Bill Stoneman had told Edmonds that he would not be traded, but plans purportedly changed when St. Louis made Kennedy available.

Edmonds made his Cardinals debut on April 3, 2000, going 0-for-3 with 2 walks against the Chicago Cubs. He recorded his first hit, home run, and RBI as a Cardinal the following day. Through his first 50 games, Edmonds batted .371 with 16 home runs and 39 RBIs. He received his second career All-Star selection, starting in the game in place of the injured Ken Griffey Jr., going 1-for-2 with a hit off David Wells. Edmonds finished the year batting .295 with 42 home runs and 108 RBIs. He received his third career Gold Glove Award and finished fourth in National League Most Valuable Player Award voting. In the postseason, Edmonds batted .361 with 3 home runs and 12 RBIs in 8 games.

In 2001, Edmonds batted .304 with 30 home runs and 110 RBIs. He received his second consecutive Gold Glove Award, the fourth of his career. In the 2001 National League Division Series, Edmonds batted .235 with 2 home runs and 3 RBIs.

In 2002, Edmonds batted a career-high .311 with 28 home runs and 83 RBIs. He was awarded his third consecutive Gold Glove Award, the fifth of his career. In the 2002 postseason, Edmonds batted .355 with 2 home runs and 6 RBIs through 8 games.

In 2003, Edmonds received his third career All-Star selection. Through the All-Star break, he batted .303 with 28 home runs and 67 RBIs. Edmonds started in center field in the All-Star game and batted second, going 1-for-2 with a first-inning single off AL starter Esteban Loaiza. Edmonds slumped after the All-Star break, batting .214 with 11 home runs and 22 RBIs. He finished the season batting .275 with 39 home runs and 89 RBIs. He received his fourth consecutive Gold Glove Award, the sixth of his career.

2004–2007: Postseason success

The 2004 season was among the statistically best for Edmonds. He hit .301, had a .643 slugging percentage, 42 home runs, and 111 RBI; all but batting average were career highs. As a result, he earned a Silver Slugger Award, a Gold Glove Award, and was fifth in the voting for the NL Most Valuable Player Award. During a Chicago Cubs-Cardinals game at Wrigley Field on July 19, 2004, pitcher Carlos Zambrano was ejected from the game for throwing at Edmonds.  Zambrano screamed at Edmonds as he rounded the bases on a home run, earning Zambrano a five-game suspension. Edmonds, along with Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen, earned the nickname "MV3" for their standout 2004 seasons. Edmonds was on the cover of video game MLB Slugfest in 2004. A defining moment of Edmonds' career came in the 2004 National League Championship Series, in which Edmonds hit a twelfth-inning home run to win Game 6. In Game 7, Edmonds made a spectacular defensive play in center, helping the Cardinals win the pennant.

In 2005, Edmonds hit .263 with 29 home runs and 89 RBIs, earning his fourth career All-Star selection. During Game 4 of the 2005 National League Championship Series, Edmonds was ejected in the eighth inning for arguing a strike call made by home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi. Edmonds later said that he "wasn't trying to show up" Cuzzi and said that Cuzzi responded profanely, a claim that was not contested. In 9 postseason games in 2005, Edmonds batted .267 with a home run, an RBI, and 3 doubles.

On Mother's Day in 2006, Edmonds was one of more than 50 hitters who used a pink bat to benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. Late in the 2006 season, Edmonds began having trouble with fielding that plagued the rest of his tenure with St. Louis. On June 21, he crashed into the wall of U.S. Cellular Field while playing against the Chicago White Sox trying to rob a home run ball. Intermittent bouts of nausea, dizziness, and blurred vision followed in the next few weeks for him, particularly intensifying on diving attempts. Two months after the crash, he was diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome. In the 2006 postseason, Edmonds helped the St. Louis Cardinals win their first World Series title since 1982 while having 13 total hits in the postseason with two home runs while batting in all 16 games.

He batted .252 in 117 games in 2007 while hitting 12 home runs with 53 runs batted in.

Later career

2008–2009: Padres, Cubs, and off-year
On December 14, 2007, the Cardinals traded Edmonds to the San Diego Padres in exchange for prospect David Freese. As part of the deal, the Cardinals also agreed to pay part of Edmonds's 2008 salary. Edmonds' 241 home runs with the Cardinals are the fourth-most in franchise history. On May 9, 2008, the Padres released him after hitting only .178 with one home run in 90 at bats.

On May 14, 2008, the Chicago Cubs, in need of a left-handed bat, signed Edmonds to a one-year contract of which the Cubs were only responsible for the league minimum. He started the next day against his former team, the Padres, and went 1-for-4. Edmonds was not well-received initially by the fans in Chicago, but after joining the Cubs, he hit over .300 with 8 home runs in his first six weeks. On June 21, 2008, Edmonds hit two home runs in the fourth inning against the Chicago White Sox.

Edmonds did not play in 2009 because he did not receive what he considered a good offer.  In January 2010, he announced his intention to return to the majors, saying, "Last year was a mistake. I should have played somewhere."

2010–2011: Return and retirement
On January 28, 2010, Edmonds signed a minor league deal with the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers added him to the major league roster on March 25.

On August 9, 2010, Edmonds was traded to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Chris Dickerson. Both Edmonds and Dickerson had to clear waivers because the non-waiver trade deadline had already passed.

On February 4, 2011, Edmonds signed a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals; however, after continuing symptoms from a strained Achilles tendon suffered during the 2010 season, Edmonds officially announced his retirement from baseball on February 18, 2011.

Broadcasting career
On March 14, 2013, Fox Sports Midwest announced that they had hired Edmonds to join their St. Louis Cardinals broadcasting crew. Edmonds initially served as an analyst during Cardinals Live pre-game and post-game broadcasts. He replaced Cal Eldred, a former Cardinal pitcher who had broadcast for FSM for four years and was moving on to become a special assistant in the Cardinals organization. Since 2016, Edmonds has alternated between the "Cardinals Live" studio role and serving as a color commentator in the booth for certain games.

Edmonds has expressed a desire to one day be a part of the Cardinals ownership group.

Personal life

Edmonds has two daughters from his first marriage, to Lee Ann Horton, who died of cancer in 2015.

He has a son and a daughter from his second marriage, to Allison Jayne Raski, which lasted from 2008 to 2014.

Edmonds married Meghan O'Toole King on October 24, 2014. She joined the cast of The Real Housewives of Orange County in 2015; Edmonds appeared on the show. They welcomed a daughter on Thanksgiving Day 2016 and twin boys on June 5, 2018. On October 25, 2019, the day after their fifth wedding anniversary, Edmonds filed for divorce.

Edmonds and his family live in Frontenac, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.

Business ventures
Edmonds opened several restaurants with business partner Mark Winfield. The pair opened their first restaurant in 2007, while Edmonds was still playing for the Cardinals. Called Jim Edmonds 15 Steakhouse, it closed in September 2013.

Within a few months, they opened a new restaurant in the space called The Precinct; it would close in May 2015.

In 2015, they opened a BBQ-style restaurant called Winfield's Gathering Place in Kirkwood, Missouri; it closed on July 2, 2016.

Awards

Edmonds' fielding ability has earned him recognition from Major League coaches and managers, who voted him a Rawlings Gold Glove winner eight times in nine seasons from 1997 to 2005.

ESPN's Rob Neyer lists Edmonds as No. 12 of the top 100 players of the first decade of the 21st century due to his productivity at the plate and gold-glove skills in center field.

On August 8, 2014, Edmonds was inducted into the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame.  He was announced as a candidate for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum on November 9, 2015, but was removed from the ballot on January 6, 2016, after only receiving 2.5% of the vote in his first year of eligibility.

See also

 List of Major League Baseball career assists as a center fielder leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career extra base hits leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career fielding errors as a center fielder leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career OPS leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a center fielder leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career slugging percentage leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters leaders
 Los Angeles Angels award winners and league leaders
 St. Louis Cardinals award winners and league leaders

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YOUNG CANADIAN RESEARCHER CHOSEN TO VIE FOR GLOBAL INNOVATION AWARD
November 29, 2016 Press Releases
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is pleased to announce that a PHD graduate from McGill University, Goeun Sim, has been chosen as the Canadian finalist for the global Blue Sky Young Researchers Innovation Award, based on her exciting and environmentally leading proposal to advance innovation in the forest products sector.
Dr. Sim's research proposal is based on the novel development of smart multi-coloured wood based fabrics that are free of toxic chemicals using coloured nanoparticles as a dye. The resulting environmentally sustainable textile production would eliminate pollutants and the non-toxic cellulose yarns would be a value-added product for the forest industry.
The Blue Sky Award is part of a global initiative spearheaded by the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) to engage young and talented students and researchers under the age of 30 in a competition on forest-based science. Three researchers chosen from national finalists will present to a global event in Berlin in May 2017.
"Congratulations to Goeun for being the Canadian finalist for this global Blue Sky award based on her ground-breaking research on smart coloured textiles," says Derek Nighbor, CEO of FPAC. "This kind of innovation will help the Canadian forest industry extract more value from every tree, better compete in the international marketplace, and improve our environmental credentials."
"This award means a great deal to me and I feel very privileged to be able to represent young Canadian researchers," says Dr. Sim, now a postdoctoral associate at Cornell University. "I think initiatives in production process innovation to produce green products is as important as developing value added products, so I am doing research that encompasses both. I hope to interact more vibrantly with professionals in the industry, scholars, and fellow young research scientists and share our visions to make a direct impact to the forest economy."
The Canadian winner was chosen by an expert review panel including Rod Albers, a forest industry representative from West Fraser; academic Dr. Robert Beauregard of Laval University and Jean-Francois Levasseur who works for Natural Resources Canada. They chose the winner from five strong applications based on the level of innovation, the quality of the abstract, the probability of implementation and the degree to which it would impact the industry.
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Team Haiti-4-Jesus will be hosting a missions trip to Haiti for "Pastors and Leaders". Are you a Pastor or a church Leader? Do you have a heart for Haiti? Would you like to be a part of sharing the Gospel or do you want to help train up church leaders? Then we have a platform for you to minister from. Join us for our annual conference in Les Basse Haiti. We will be preaching to several churches at our nightly services, and will hold pastor & leader seminars during the daytime. We are looking for your help.
This mission trip will focus on the following programs: School projects, Feeding the hungry, Orphan Support, and Bringing the love of jesus to Haiti.
"The Team" will hike way up into the mountain villages to spread The Gospel of Jesus Christ!! Teaching daily seminars, preaching in the remote villages, and having nightly revival services will be the mission's goals. No missionaries go where "The Team" will be going!! TH4J is looking for "The Team" to take the Gospel to the "Uttermost Parts" of Haiti. Also during this time we are looking for an "Educational Team" to work with the TH4J Teachers in our schools.
This trip is scheduled for the 1st two weeks in February each year. If you want to go be a part of one of these two missions please contact us. God Bless.
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Steven Bellone was sworn into office as Suffolk County Executive on January 1, 2012. He is the 8th County Executive in County history. He previously served as Babylon Town Supervisor from 2001-2011.
County Executive Bellone, who represents more than 1.5 million residents, has focused his efforts on saving taxpayer dollars through Government Reform, boosting Economic Development to create local and lasting Suffolk County jobs, improving Long Island's Water Quality to protect the region's water supply, and enhancing the Quality of Life of Suffolk residents by improving public safety and investing in County parks and roads.
Government Reform efforts to consolidate and streamline operations have been a central priority to County Executive Bellone. He inherited a $500 million dollar deficit, and has since reduced the size of County Government more than any prior County Executive by over 10% — saving taxpayers more than $100 million a year.
Under his plan to consolidate services and save taxpayers additional dollars, Bellone has proposed to merge the offices of the County Comptroller and County Treasurer, which will eliminate duplicative services and patronage positions that will result in more than a million dollars a year in savings. Bellone saved taxpayers an additional $25 million per year after overhauling government health services and privatizing previously-run County health centers. Under County Executive Bellone's leadership, new County employees are now paying into health care for the first time in County history. In addition, Bellone has frozen general fund property taxes and kept all taxes below the property tax cap.
Previously as Town Supervisor, Bellone trimmed the government workforce while maintaining the same high-level government services. He reduced the town's debt every year, while delivering a $4.3 million dollar tax cut to residents.
County Executive Bellone's Economic Development plan has focused on building innovation economies throughout Suffolk County to attract highly-skilled and knowledgeable workers, and to keep young professionals on Long Island. His Connect Long Island vision aims to invest in an upgraded rapid transportation system that will conveniently connect universities, research centers, downtowns, and parks. The plan is designed to strengthen local businesses by expanding natural customer bases and develop the necessary infrastructure to provide residents with north – south transportation options. Bellone's signature downtown revitalization efforts include transit-oriented developments such as Wyandanch Rising, Ronkonkoma Hub, Heartland project and the East End Transportation plan.
As Babylon Town Supervisor, Bellone launched Wyandanch Rising in 2002, a comprehensive, community-based revitalization plan that redevelops the area surrounding the Wyandanch Train Station into a walkable, pedestrian-friendly, vibrant downtown. Bellone has continued to lead visioning efforts as County Executive. Upon completion, Wyandanch Rising will include a mixed-use neighborhood with affordable housing, retail and office space, public plazas, restaurants, community center and gallery space. As a result of these revitalization efforts, Wyandanch Rising was recently selected to be the future home of the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.
County Executive Bellone has made improving Long Island's Water Quality one of his administration's highest priorities and introduced the Reclaim Our Water initiative. Failing and unmaintained septic systems and cesspools have created an excess amount of nitrogen pollution in the region's water supply, becoming a serious threat to Long Island's water quality, coastal vegetation, wildlife, quality of life; and has already decimated the once iconic shellfish industry.
Bellone has worked extensively with state and federal officials to secure a historic investment of more than $380 million to help reduce excess nitrogen pollution, invest in waste water infrastructure and help to protect coastal vegetation and marshlands, which act as the final buffers against storms such as Superstorm Sandy. The County has identified 360,000 unsewered homes that contribute to nearly 70% of the nitrogen pollution load. Bellone's initiative identifies sewering, upgrading current waste-water infrastructure, and installing advanced on-site waste water treatment systems in areas through Suffolk County.
Water quality experts and industry leaders believe this initiative will significantly reduce nitrogen pollution, helping to rebuild coastal vegetation, increase property values and improve Long Island's water quality.
Quality of Life issues have been a major focus of Bellone's career. As County Executive, Bellone has implemented an intelligence-led policing model, which has resulted in a 17% decline in countywide crime in his first two years in office. In 2013, Bellone passed the nation's toughest monitoring and enforcement law to end the clustering of sex offenders. As Babylon Supervisor, he targeted serial code offenders and slumlords by creating the Quality of Life Taskforce and naming a special prosecutor for quality of life cases.
As an Army veteran, Bellone is committed to supporting and enhancing veteran service programs throughout the County. Bellone announced that all funds raised from the 2015 Suffolk County's inaugural marathon will support local veteran organizations. In addition, County Executive Bellone ran the 2014 New York City marathon in conjunction with the Hope for the Warriors foundation. In Babylon, Bellone raised nearly half a million dollars for wounded soldiers by sponsoring annual Soldier Rides with the Wounded Warrior Project and Run for the Warriors.
County Executive Bellone led a comprehensive emergency response plan to coordinate disaster relief efforts, including region-wide collaboration with local, state and federal officials during Superstorm Sandy.
In 2006, Babylon was the first Town on Long Island to adopt Energy Star standards for new home construction, saving residents money on their energy bills. Later that same year, Babylon adopted the most comprehensive green building code in the nation. In 2008, Bellone created the first property assessed clean energy (PACE) efficiency program in the country, Long Island Green Homes.
Bellone is a graduate of North Babylon High School and he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Queens College in 1991. Enlisting in the US Army in 1992, County Executive Bellone served as a communications specialist stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. During his service in the Army, he was awarded commendations for meritorious service and earned a master's degree in Public Administration by attending night classes at Webster University. Bellone earned his Law degree from Fordham University and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1999.
County Executive Bellone resides in West Babylon with his wife, Tracey, their two daughters, Katherine Ann and Mollie Elizabeth, and his son, Michael.


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The champion driver and entrepreneur never slows down.
by Roger Lockridge
The Olympia logo has long been iconic in the fitness world, but it's now recognizable in everyday life. It can be seen on clothing, in gyms around the world, and even on the panels of an official NASCAR racecar. Most recently, the global symbol of bodybuilding excellence was prominently featured on the #45 Chevrolet that was part of the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at one of the most famous tracks in motorsports—Daytona International Speedway.
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Caesar Bacarella was the driver and owner of that car, and he's been a big name in the racing world for quite some time now. His passion for racing goes back to his youth.
"It's a passion that I had as a kid because I'm Italian. I always loved cars." said Bacarella, who grew up a Michael Schumacher fan, and he looked up to Jeff Gordon as well. He got his own opportunity to try his hand at it during a tryout on a track in Miami. It wasn't long before he was in a race.
"I was good at it," Bacarella says. "Four races in, I finished third. Two years later, I won a championship."
Bacarella won both the 2018 and 2019 Pirelli World Challenge Sprint X Championships. His racing career has seen him race on numerous circuits, including the Ferrari GT3 Series and the NASCAR Xfinity circuit. His father didn't understand why he was so ambitious about racing, but Bacarella recalled that he never saw a Ferrari in person during childhood. Now he gets paid to drive them.
"I told him 'Dad, they're paying me to get into a $750,000 Ferrari racecar and beat the piss out of it. 'Please, beat the s*** out of it and go win.'"
He may be most famous as a driver, but he's also made a name for himself in the fitness industry with the success of Alpha Prime supps, Alpha Prime clothing line, and AP PrimeBites Protein Brownies. Aside from his work ethic and determination, he credits the people around him for the success he's achieved with the growth of his brands.
"When I hire someone, I want to give that person the opportunity, and I tell them, 'Spread your f***ing wings. Show me what you've got.' You can really see them excel," he said. When they excel and give their all, they earn his trust, and he returns that to them in spades.
"The people that I do trust, I give them 120 percent," Bacarella explained. "I am successful now because of my team, but it's because I can trust them and I give them everything I have."
Earning Bacarella's trust could be considered a reward in itself because it doesn't come easy. That's because of what happened in his childhood. Bacarella grew up with his father because his mother left them at an early age. A parent leaving the family can be traumatizing in itself, but he shared that it hit different with him because of the natural trust that comes in a relationship between a mother and a child.
"When you get hurt or sick or something like that, it's natural to cry for your mom," Bacarella says. "It put me in a bad spot because I didn't have that growing up."
His mother may have left, but he did have his father, who ran a pizzeria while Caesar was growing up. He became very familiar with that pizzeria, and it wasn't because he had nothing better to do. He was working for his father at a very young age, cutting pepperoni, sorting beer bottles, even making pizzas himself by the time he was 9 years old. Make no mistake: This wasn't just to teach him how to perform tasks, rather it was necessary to keep the business successful. While having to grow up so young wasn't easy, Bacarella can now see that there were some positives that came with it.
"By being put to work by my father at such a young age, I was already trained for that," he shared. "I was like, 'OK, I have to kick it into second gear now,' but it made me who I am today."
Aside from being both a racer and entrepreneur, Bacarella's also a father now, which is what he is most proud of. When he began that role, the mission was obvious: His kids weren't going to have the same struggles he did.
"I didn't want to be in that position anymore. I don't want them to eat Wonder Bread with cheese and ketchup because that's all there is to eat," he explained. "Three months after they were born, I bought a prepaid college fund. They're going to have a diploma because I didn't have one from a university. I don't think I have a family member yet who has graduated from a university."
The financial commitments were great, but Bacarella knew that wasn't the most important part of being a parent. The best thing he could do to be there for them was just that—be there for them.
"I want them to know that I'm going to be there," he says. "I'm their safe zone, and I'll be there no matter what. I'm their best friend."
HIs relationship with his children is rock-solid, and that can be seen when they all go to work. Young Caesar had to go to his father's workplace. Now, Caesar's kids are coming to his office, but it isn't because of obligations. They choose to, which Bacarella doesn't take for granted.
"You see them, and you can tell they're enjoying themselves," he says. "My daughters came to work here, and I just recently gave them their first paychecks. One of them is working with a photographer making product docs, and I was like, 'This is awesome!' It makes you feel really good."
He considers the opportunity to be that father a gift, and he sees all positives coming from their involvement in his companies. Believe it or not, the source of that gift comes from an unexpected place.
"What gave me the fuel to be the person I am today is my mom leaving me," Bacarella admits. "It puts you in a state of mind that it can't get any worse, but it's made me a better father."
Bacarella wants his kids to feel that same sense of ownership that he would eventually feel with the pizzeria during childhood. Beyond that, he wants everyone that he brings in to feel that ownership as well. One story he recalled exemplified that.
"One of my designers was at the store with his son, and they saw the brownies, and his son went, 'Daddy, that's your company.' His father is so involved and so proud of what he does, that his child said and felt that."
That pride can also be seen, felt, and tasted in the brownies themselves. Since Bacarella is very familiar with growing up without a lot of money, he wants his customers to know that when they choose to purchase something from one of his brands, it will last.
"Top quality is number one," he says. "If nothing else, you're going to get the bang for the buck, but it's got to be affordable. I would rather make less money so more people can afford our products. I don't care [about the money]. I'm already successful."
Thanks to his upbringing, the unintended gifts he got from that upbringing, and the results that have come from applying those gifts, Bacarella has now made a name for himself in the world of fitness at the same speed and intensity that he did in racing. He's also doing it with the same intentions—setting the highest standards possible with no compromises. That starts at the very beginning of each customer experience his companies have.
"When you have a home or business, the foyer or lobby sets the tone," Bacarella says. "It's the first impression. You have one shot to make that first impression with a new customer with your products. They try it once, and that's it. So, it has to be the best."
Bacarella will have plenty of first impressions to make because PrimeBites will be a part of the 2022 Olympia Expo in Las Vegas on the weekend of Dec. 16-18. Bacarella's ride with the Olympia logo will be there as well. Many of those people may have grown up in similar situations that he did, but they have their own dreams and goals. He hopes to be a positive vessel and example for those people.
"You may not get handed opportunities when you have a rough upbringing, You have to find it because it won't fall on your lap. Never give up. Make your opportunities."
Meet Caesar and take a pic with the official Olympia racecar in Vegas this December at the Olympia Expo. Visit MrOlympia.com for details. And follow @caesar_bacarella and @alphaprimeusa / @alphaprimesupps / @alphaprimebites on Instagram.
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Day 23 - let's get started! You can see links to the complete series here, and get details about my Lowe's gift card giveaway here. In this series, we're seeing what we can make out of 2x4s. I want to keep it cheap, keep it easy, and keep it totally doable for anyone. Remember earlier this month when we built a simple chair? Today we're tackling something similar - a chunky bar stool!
These bar stools are super sturdy and durable. Pull a couple up to your kitchen island for extra seating. The low back is unobtrusive while still giving some support and security, especially for kids! Let's build one!
Use four of the front/back boards (C) to connect the back legs (A) as shown below. The first board should be flush with the top of the legs, the next 1 1/4" down from that, the third 5 1/4" down from the second, and the fourth down 8 1/2" (**sketch up is acting weird, I can't figure out why it's showing a goofy number here. It should say 8 1/2". Sorry!**)from the third, leaving 7" below. Attach them using a Kreg Jig and pocket hole screws, or by drilling through the legs into the front boards with 4" screws and glue.
Use two more front/back boards (C) to connect the front legs (B). Attach the first front board flush with the top of the legs, and the second 8 1/2" below that (leaving 7" underneath). Attach them using a Kreg Jig and pocket hole screws, or by drilling through the legs into the front boards with 4" screws and glue.
Now use the side boards (D) to connect the front and back sections. You will use two boards on each side of the stool and they should be flush with the outside edges of the legs. One should be flush with the top of the front legs and at the same height on the back leg, (the top should be 22 1/2" above the floor). The second board should be lined up with the bottom front/back boards with 7" underneath it. Attach them with a Kreg Jig or by drilling through the legs into the side boards with 2 1/2" screws and glue.
Start by putting in a seat support. There are a couple ways you can do this. The first is to put a support board (E) across the back of the seat opening. I didn't put one across the front because the seat boards will rest on the front board and legs which makes it quite sturdy. But if you want to be extra safe, you can! Attach these by drilling through the support into the back board and legs with 2 1/2" screws and glue.
Another option would be to cut four scrap boards at 45 degree angles and attach them into the corners of the seat opening.
Now you can attach the seat boards. Start by installing the center seat boards (F). These should run between the back legs and be flush with the back edge of the back board (also flush on the front). Attach them by drilling down through the seat boards and into the front/back boards with 2 1/2" screws and glue.
Now attach the seat side boards (G). The should sit against the center seat boards and back legs. They will be flush across the sides and front of the stool. Attach them in the same way as the center seat boards.
Start by filling any holes and sanding everything smooth. Then finish with any pain/stain/polyurethane you like! A rustic wood finish would be a nice contrast for a crisp white kitchen. Or you could add a splash of fun with a bright coat of paint. Maybe teal or light green? Have fun!
And a big thanks to Matt for sharing a pic of his finished bar stool! Great job!
Rogers tackled two sets of bar stools that turned out beautiful. The second set is finished with distressed blue stain.
He also built a custom Pub table using the pattern from our Craftsman End Table plans. The top is 28x28" and the legs are 44" (but he plans to make the 42" next time).
Pam modified the bar stool plans to create these backless stools. They work perfectly in an apartment without space for a full size table, and an added bonus is that guests can swivel around to face the living room. She put the lower side supports at two different heights which gives guests of different heights a comfy place to rest their feet. They also added removable cushions they made with 18x18" pieces of foam (secured with ties that run under the seat). The custom table was built by modifying the 2x4 desk plans from day 2!
Justin left his comfort zone and built this one...nice work!
Finally, the bar stools! Been waiting for these! I am so glad I made myself wait instead buying them. Now I can make one for the price of three! Thanks!!
Did you mean 3 for the price of 1?
Yes! We could use some spare bar stools around here.
I like the fact that I can adjust these (and the place to rest my feet) to fit my height!
Need to make these! Bar stools are so expensive, and fall apart so easily!
I love that these look so good, but will keep kids safe.
Just made three of these just in time for Thanksgiving. Easy to put together and looks awesome. I love how sturdy they are.
This is awesome. This is a very good help when making extra tall bar stools. Thanks for posting.
Wonderful! I have a bunch of 2x4s in the garage, now I can turn them into useful furniture. Also thanks for introducing me to pocket holes!
With living in a remote location on the horizon, this summer has been jam-packed with support raising and some practice building furniture. My dad has taken time to show me some helpful tricks and tips, and has given me the freedom to use all of his wood and power tools. I took a baby step, first building the step stool out of 2x4's - I don't recommend exclusively using 2x4's because it feels like its 40 lbs.
The next day, I found the plans for this chair and was definitely challenged. It took me 5 hours to put together, with an additional 2 hours of sanding and staining.
Yeah, 2x4's get heavy fast. :) Thanks for sharing, it looks great!!
Thank you for the plans! I completed this over the weekend. Here is the finished product. I made it for use at the work bench in the garage.
This looks fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing, do you mind if I share your pic on the post?
Feel free! Thank you again!
So I came across your website a while back and loved the 2x4 plans. I decided to finally get around to building the bar stool for my work bench. Obviously a bit modified from your plans, Just need to sand it down and put some poly on it and it'll be a great chair. Thanks again!
Is the wood list for one chair? My wife likes the plans, and I inevitably run back and forth to Home Depot for one thing or the other. Would like to keep the extra trips down! Thanks!
What type of wood do you suggest using for this project?
Hi Georgia. These stools look fab and I'm going to give it a go :-). If I suceed at this I'd also love to make a bar/breakfast style table to match it. Ive seen that you've done lots of other types of tables but wondered if you have a plan/dimensions etc for a table to go with the bar stools? As small and compact as possible that 2 stools would fit under on both sides perhaps? It would make a beautiful set :-). I look forward to your reply- your work is fab!!
You would just need to add 23" to all the length measurements, so the front/back boards would be 53" long and the top boards would be 62" long. Then add 6" to the legs, which would make them a total of 34.5" long.
Thank you for the plans! We had a few hiccups along the way, but the chairs now fit perfectly with the new high top my husband built for our deck. Looking forward to many summer days and nights on our new" patio.
I'm so glad! I'd love to see pics if you have any. :) Enjoy your patio!
Hi I looked at your plans and I would need a little help with how to screw the pieces together. I saw the tools u use but this is my first ptoject.
I made one of these today out of some old 2x4s that I had laying around from another project. It turned out great! And now my son wants me to make a smaller one for him! Lol I'm just gonna shrink all the measurements by a few inches to make his and then make another one of the full size for myself!
Do you have ideas on how to add cushion to the 2x4 bar stool? Since the seat is in several pieces I can't just ooo it off and upholster it. Any good suhgestions you may have?


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Congrats to Bulletproof Bear's own, Gil Talmi!
World-renowned EMMY nominated composer and Bulletproof Bear Producer/Artist, Gil Talmi, has receieved a nomination for a MASA award. More specifically, Talmi's nomination falls within the Original Composition category for his work on the critically acclaimed feature film 'Chavela'.
The Music+Sound Awards (MASA) are the world's first and only global awards programme to recognize and celebrate the indispensable role and outstanding contribution that both music and sound design play in the media. The MASAs are aimed at professionals, worldwide, working in advertising, film and television (branding and programming.) Numbering fifteen judges in total, the Original Composition jury is comprised of a cast that is as diverse as it is formidable. This cast features such notable composers as Harry Gregson-Williams, Marcello De Francisci, and Walter Mair.
Over the years, Talmi has crafted a signature sound for himself. This sound is a result of blending his traditional orchestral background with eclectic world music sensibilities and tasteful analog electronics. As a result, he has also provided original music for "Desert Migration", "Remittance", and "The Memory of Fish". Similar noteworthy works include Peabody Award winning documentaries 'Between The Folds' and 'Who Killed Chea Vichea?', as well as 'New Year Baby', winner of the Amnesty International 'Movies That Matter' Award.
To find out who wins this year's MASA awards, check out the MASA Twitter page this Thursday, July 13th @ 4PM (GMT.)
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ALICE WEST & others vs. DAY TRUST COMPANY, administrator & trustee, & another.
In a suit in equity, relief to the plaintiff by allowing recovery in quantum meruit should not be granted under the implied prayer of the bill for general relief where the sole prayer set forth was for specific performance of an express contract alleged in the bill and the bill did not directly or by implication set forth a claim for recovery in quantum meruit.
In a suit in equity for specific performance of a contract, a demurrer to the bill grounded on the statute of frauds should not be sustained where the bill did not disclose that the contract was not in writing.
The defence of the statute of frauds was properly raised by a plea in a suit in equity to enforce a contract.
Allegations in the bill in a suit in equity to enforce an oral promise by the defendant's testatrix to the plaintiffs that if they would forbear from joining in a contest of her husband's will and would consent to its allowance she would make a will providing substantial bequests to them and would not revoke such will, did not disclose that the plaintiffs were induced to give up an opportunity to require the testatrix to put her promise in writing and did not estop the defendant from pleading the statute of frauds.
In a suit in equity to enforce an oral promise by the defendant's testatrix to make a will providing substantial bequests to the plaintiffs and not to revoke such will, the fact that the plaintiffs furnished the agreed consideration for her promise did not preclude the application of the statute of frauds.
An oral promise not to revoke a will is within the statute of frauds, G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 259, Section 5.
BILL IN EQUITY, filed in the Superior Court on December 8, 1950.
An interlocutory decree sustaining a demurrer and a plea was entered by order of Good, J., and a final decree was entered by order of Goldberg, J.
E. C. Park, (J. J. Vernaglia with him,) for the plaintiffs.
T. Chase, (P. D. Turner & J. W. Perkins with him,) for the defendants.
Company is the surviving trustee under this trust and is also the administrator with the will annexed of Georgina's estate. The "Malden Hospital is made a party solely because of its interest in the subject matter of the bill."
Day Trust Company as administrator and trustee demurred to the bill on the grounds that the agreement on which the plaintiffs relied was not in writing as required by G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 259, Section 5, and is "too vague, uncertain and indefinite to be capable of enforcement." It also filed a plea setting up the statute of frauds. "For [the] purposes of the plea" a stipulation was filed that the alleged offer and acceptance were in fact oral. The demurrer and the plea were sustained and a final decree entered dismissing the bill.
It is the contention of the plaintiffs that, if the statute of frauds, G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 259, Section 5, applies to their contract, nevertheless they are entitled to recover the value of the rights which they surrendered when they agreed to forbear the contest of the will of Alonzo A. West. Assuming that recovery on the theory of quantum meruit or quasi contract would not be barred by the statute (see Shopneck v. Rosenbloom, 326 Mass. 81, 84), no claim for recovery on this ground is set forth directly or by implication in their bill. Their specific prayer and their only prayer is "that there may be a decree that the defendant Day Trust Company pay to them severally the amounts of the specific bequests which they would have received under the will made by Georgina B. West in May, 1938, and the value of the shares of the furniture and household effects to which they would have been entitled had said will remained unrevoked and had been admitted to probate." Clearly this is a prayer for specific performance of the contract alleged in the stating part of the bill. As no relief can be given under the implied prayer for general relief which is inconsistent with the specific relief prayed, recovery cannot be had on the theory which the plaintiffs now urge. Bleck v. East Boston Co. 302 Mass. 127, 130. The bill is not framed with a double aspect and does not pray for inconsistent relief in the alternative.
The defence of the statute is raised both by demurrer and by plea. As it does not appear in the bill that the contract in question was not in writing, noncompliance with the statute is not a ground on which the demurrer can be sustained. Quinn v. Quinn, 260 Mass. 494, 497. The effect of the statute, however, has properly been raised by the plea. Southwick v. Spevak, 252 Mass. 354, 357. It raises a single point of law which if maintained is sufficient to defeat the suit. Chapin v. Coleman, 11 Pick. 331. Crease v. Babcock, 10 Met. 525, 543-544. Berenson v. French, 262 Mass. 247, 255. Reilly v. Selectmen of Blackstone, 266 Mass. 503, 507. No facts are stated in the bill which, as contended by the plaintiffs, estop the defendant trust company from pleading the statute. See McLearn v. Hill, 276 Mass. 519; Ford v. Rogovin, 289 Mass. 549, 552; Hayes v. Gessner, 315 Mass. 366, 368-369. The plaintiffs have not been induced to give up an opportunity to require compliance with the statute. Williston on Contracts (Rev. ed.) Section 533A. It is plain that the judge sustained the plea on its merits, the fact that the alleged contract was not in writing, which was the basis of the plea, having been stipulated. Dudley v. Sheehan Construction Co. 305 Mass. 144, 145. There was no error. The fact that the plaintiffs furnished the agreed consideration does not prevent the application of the statute. Emery v. Burbank, 163 Mass. 326, 329. Kelley v. Thompson, 181 Mass. 122, 124. Runyan v. Van Iderstine, 230 Mass. 428.
v. Apthorp, 145 Mass. 69, 77. In California, which has a statute similar to ours, it has been decided in several cases that a promise not to revoke a will is within the statute. In Cazaurang v. Carrey, 117 Cal. App. 511, 514, it was said, "Whether an agreement be to make a will or whether it be not to revoke one already made, the essence of the agreement is to have a will in existence at the time of the death of the promisor which designates the promisee as a beneficiary in accordance with the agreement." In either case the agreement "is one to make a provision by will" and is covered by the statute. In De Mattos v. McGovern, 25 Cal. App. (2d) 429, 432, it was held that "An agreement not to revoke a will already made is, in effect, the same as an agreement to make a will and must also be in writing," and in Estate of Crawford, 69 Cal. App. (2d) 607, 608, that "The right to revoke a will lies with the testator until the time of his death unless limited by an agreement in writing."
We think that these decisions are right. A testamentary disposition of property remains ambulatory until the death of the one who makes it and becomes operative only upon and by reason of such death. Gould v. Mansfield, 103 Mass. 408. National Shawmut Bank v. Joy, 315 Mass. 457, 470-471. A contract to make a will means an effectual will (Emery v. Burbank, 163 Mass. 326, 329), that is, a will that will dispose of property upon death. Necessarily such a contract implies a promise on the part of the one who is to make the will that he will leave at his death a will which has not been revoked. A promise not to revoke when made in express terms is no less within the statute than an implied promise of similar import.
As the suit is determined by the decree sustaining the plea (Dorsey v. Corkery, 227 Mass. 498, 500), it is unnecessary to consider the second ground of the demurrer that the agreement is "too vague, uncertain and indefinite to be capable of enforcement." The interlocutory decree is affirmed and the final decree is affirmed with costs of appeal.


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Tarantino's Odd Film Out:
The Uniqueness of Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown
By Daniel Podgorski September 24, 2015 August 26, 2020 Art Reviews and Articles, Your Thursday Theater
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Just like this week's Mid-Week Mission, this will be a light recommendation to follow last week's heavier entry (in the Theater's case, last week was a criticism of the inconsistent philosophy of Slumdog Millionaire). And the film which I would like to recommend is Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown .
Jackie Brown is certainly one of the two or three least viewed works in Tarantino's catalogue, and it's not hard to see why. Tarantino followed up two extremely violent dramas full of fast, aggressive dialogue with a slow-paced, traditionally structured heist movie. Jackie Brown centers on a stalwart stewardess and a cautious clerk, while relegating Robert De Niro and Samuel L. Jackson to roles as sleazy, unlikeable criminals.
In short, the movie was not at all what the audience was expecting, and was soon over-shadowed by the grandeur and gratuitousness of Kill Bill . But this is a film every bit as entertaining as his others, and totally unique in his oeuvre for many reasons, explored below.
4 Ways Jackie Brown is Unlike Any Other Tarantino Movie:
First, pop culture quotes notwithstanding, Jackie Brown is the only Tarantino-directed feature thus far with a script adapted from another work. So if you have ever wondered how Tarantino would handle a story which he had not tailor-made for his own style, then this is certainly already well worth a watch. Tarantino proves himself as a filmmaker above and beyond being just a careful writer, changing the style, tone, and pace of his film to match the characters and story.
Second, Jackie Brown is the only film in his repertoire that can be said to have (and focus on) subdued, highly subtle characters, with the arguable exception of True Romance (which was written, though not directed, by Tarantino). Pam Grier and Robert Forster put in nuanced, elegant performances as Jackie Brown and Max Cherry, strong yet vulnerable people connecting in a tough situation. The entire film is highly character-driven, and the supporting performances by Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro, and especially by Samuel L. Jackson as the character Ordell Robbie, contrast perfectly with the primary pair (much of this chemistry should likely be credited back to Elmore Leonard, the author behind the novel, Rum Punch , on which the movie is based). Even some of the characters who only appear briefly, such as those portrayed by Chris Tucker and Bridget Fonda, are effective.
Third, the violence of Jackie Brown is backgrounded rather than foregrounded, almost throughout. Now, to be sure, what this movie lacks in violence, it makes up for in drugs and sex, but even considering its most violent moments, this is by far Tarantino's least bloody offering. So if you have ever thought that Tarantino uses violence as a crutch, or at least that he often overdoes it, this is a must watch.
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Fourth, this is one of a very select few Tarantino movies without a performance from the man himself (disregarding a very, very minor vocal cameo). While I know that his performances have occasionally meshed well into his movies, and that all of them possess a certain charm, they can often be distracting from the world of the film. His decision to sit this one out leaves a movie whose 70s vibe is not impinged upon by Tarantino's 90s presence.
Even setting aside its many unique aspects, Jackie Brown still boasts many of Tarantino's greatest strengths: great integration of music into scenes, compelling character interactions, stellar shot composition, and memorable, tense moments.
Rather than his usual mixture of homages to great samurai films and great westerns of the past, Jackie Brown is a sensitive rendering of another aged genre: the seedy, semi-noir crime films of the 40s through the 70s. It is a slower burn than his other, more frenetic films, but it remains totally satisfying. I strongly urge fans of action films who can stand a slower pace to check this film out.
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If you're one of those people who thinks of 2016 as a uniquely tumultuous and unpredictable year in American politics, the writer and MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell would like to draw your attention to a presidential contest not quite half a century ago. His new book Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics takes a dramatist's approach to history, revisiting the year in which President Johnson declined to run again, assassins cut down two of the most iconic leaders of the moment, and fight for one party's nomination pitted protestors against the police in an American metropolis. The result, says the author, permanently altered the state of American politics. In this episode, Lawrence O'Donnell talks with Bill Tipper about how he melded memoir and history to render a portrait of a year that he believes is still shaping our society.
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The 1968 U.S. Presidential election was the young Lawrence O'Donnell's political awakening, and in the decades since it has remained one of his abiding fascinations. For years he has deployed one of America's shrewdest political minds to understanding its dynamics, not just because it is fascinating in itself, but because in it is contained the essence of what makes America different, and how we got to where we are now. Playing With Fire represents O'Donnell's master class in American electioneering, embedded in the epic human drama of a system, and a country, coming apart at the seams in real time.
Nothing went according to the script. LBJ was confident he'd dispatch with Nixon, the GOP frontrunner; Johnson's greatest fear and real nemesis was RFK. But Kennedy and his team, despite their loathing of the president, weren't prepared to challenge their own party's incumbent. Then, out of nowhere, Eugene McCarthy shocked everyone with his disloyalty and threw his hat in the ring to run against the president and the Vietnam War. A revolution seemed to be taking place, and LBJ, humiliated and bitter, began to look mortal. Then RFK leapt in, LBJ dropped out, and all hell broke loose. Two assassinations and a week of bloody riots in Chicago around the Democratic Convention later, and the old Democratic Party was a smoldering ruin, and, in the last triumph of old machine politics, Hubert Humphrey stood alone in the wreckage.
Suddenly Nixon was the frontrunner, having masterfully maintained a smooth façade behind which he feverishly held his party's right and left wings in the fold, through a succession of ruthless maneuvers to see off George Romney, Nelson Rockefeller, Ronald Reagan, and the great outside threat to his new Southern Strategy, the arch-segregationist George Wallace. But then, amazingly, Humphrey began to close, and so, in late October, Nixon pulled off one of the greatest dirty tricks in American political history, an act that may well meet the statutory definition of treason. The tone was set for Watergate and all else that was to follow, all the way through to today.
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Live United, a United Way-ACC partnership
Author: Gene Stowe
Lacrosse player mentors 6-year-old cancer patient
BY GENE STOWE, FOR NDWORKS
When the Notre Dame women's lacrosse team was paired with Bobby Russell last fall as part of Fighting Irish Fight for Life, a Student Welfare & Development program, midfield player Katherine McManus was immediately drawn to the 6-year-old who had been undergoing cancer treatments since he was 2.
"There's something really special about that kid," McManus says. "He's such a sweet, sweet kid and so inspiring. He has a special light around him."
The relationship grew so close that Bobby called McManus "my girlfriend" and she went with him to his monthly chemotherapy treatments at Memorial Hospital, where they would play Bingo and Candy Land and read books together.
"We became really close through that. I went to his party at Chuck E. Cheese for his sixth birthday," she says, adding that many lacrosse team members enjoyed the connection. "We took Bobby to a lot of games this year, not just our own – basketball, soccer, volleyball. We wanted him to get excited about the other sports on campus too.
"It became so much more than just a community service aspect."
Their inspiring story has become a video for Live United, a two-decade-old collaboration between the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and United Way Worldwide, including United Way of St. Joseph County, that will be shown on television, online, and on the Jumbotron at basketball and hockey games.
Fighting Irish Fight for Life pairs Notre Dame varsity teams with patients in the pediatric Hematology/Oncology unit of South Bend's Memorial Hospital so the patients, ages 5 to 18, can experience a part of a student-athlete's life. The connection starts at a Signing Day where children are introduced to their teammates and sign a "letter of intent" committing to the team.
"They're fighting for their lives," McManus says. "It's great to see how well they do it and the support they have from their families. It was really fun to be a part of."
In addition to the organized Fight for Life events, including a Christmas party, a visit to a lacrosse game, and participation in Notre Dame's Relay for Life, McManus went to his monthly Thursday morning chemo treatments.
Robert Russell, Bobby's father, says the relationship helped through the last year of chemotherapy. Bobby was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's B-cell lymphoma on Feb. 14, 2011, at age 2, and received treatment until May, when he was declared cancer-free.
"As these monthly visits went on, Katherine was really the regular," he says. They really took a liking to each other." When Bobby was honorary captain at a lacrosse game, his jersey number was 25—Katherine's is 26—and his locker was next to hers.
Katherine, who had been around young cancer patients while she was growing up in Massachusetts because of her mother's work at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, found herself thinking of ways to help Bobby's family whenever she had a break in her schedule.
"These illnesses not only affect the child but they affect the family and the friends and the whole network," she says. "I knew how deep sometimes these illnesses can cut into someone's life. There's something so special about Bobby. It didn't feel like a service after the first few times I was with him.
"The way he attacks his cancer treatment and everything was amazing. He had this special life about him. He was so unfazed, so generous. It gave me a strong sense of perspective. I grew a lot as a person. I came to understand a lot more about myself and how the world works and the importance of perspective."
Originally published by Gene Stowe at publicaffairs.nd.edu on October 24, 2014.


Using a rare candy should work but if not I would try to level cleffa normally through experience.
The asker stated that their Pokemon already has maximum happiness. The happiness checker you're referring to is the one in Pokemon Amie, and displays an entirely different attribute called affection that does not affect any Pokemon's evolution except Eevee's.
Dude fizz,I evolved my riolu using POKEMON Amie and pokedex says riolu needs max happiness so what about that?even cleffa has same description (max happiness).I am pretty sure that's the way to do it.
I converted the answer to a comment so that the conversation will flow properly.
The reason your Riolu appeared to evolve through affection in Pokemon Amie would be because it also happened to have sufficient happiness to evolve. Pokemon Amie had no bearing on when it evolved.
I will reiterate, in case it was not clear: the five hearts you see in Pokemon Amie are not the happiness used to evolve Pokemon, but instead a separate attribute called affection that does not have any link to happiness. Both Riolu and Cleffa evolve using happiness, not affection from Pokemon Amie like your answer suggests.
I never contested anything you mentioned in your second comment, except that the five hearts are used to evolve Cleffa. The "happiness" attribute that causes Cleffa to evolve is a hidden number that can only be estimated using vague descriptions from in-game characters -- as the original post mentions, the Cleffa has the maximum 255 happiness, which exceeds the requirement for evolution which is 220.


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From Queer Comrades to Queer University: An Interview with Xiaogang Wei
In this three-part video interview, Xiaogang Wei, queer filmmaker and activist, talked about his experience of making queer films and participating in LGBTQ activism in China.
Part 1. Xiaogang Wei on Queer Comrades (in Mandarin)
Part 2. Xiaogang Wei on Queer University (in Mandarin)
Part 3. Xiaogang Wei on Beijing Queer Film Festival (in Mandarin)
Xiaogang Wei bio:
Xiaogang Wei was born and raised in Xinjiang, China. He was trained as an actor at the drama department of the Xinjiang Arts Institute in Urumqi and at the Shanghai Drama Academy. Having a passion for community work and a drive to contribute to social change, Xiaogang has continually searched for meaningful ways to share his drama skills with others and to use them in socially relevant ways.
In 2005 he started to engage himself on the production side of various films and other productions benefiting different social movements in China. In 2007, he founded the LGBT webcast "Queer Comrades", for which he hosted and directed more than 400 videos and reached over 50 million viewers/times. Since 2010, he's the executive director of the NGO Beijing Gender which houses the webcast Queer Comrades. Founded in 2002, it constitutes one of the first Chinese NGOs to focus on issues of gender, sexuality and sexual health, thus fulfilling a pioneering role in Chinese society. Together with the Beijing Gender, he launched a series of groundbreaking events in China, including the China AIDS Walk, the China Rainbow Awards, the China LGBT Community Leader Conference and All Gender Toilet Program. he is also the organizing committee members of the Beijing Queer Film Festival, Advisor of UNDP Being LGBTI in China Program and 2016 Berlin International Film Festival Teddy Jury. 2013 he got the Vanguard Awards from LA LGBT Center for his contribution to LGBT movement in China.
Background information and further reading:
'Queer Comrades': https://www.queercomrades.com/
Queer University: https://www.bjqff.com/7thfestival/%E9%85%B7%E5%84%BF%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6-queer-university/
Beijing Queer Film Festival: https://www.bjqff.com/
Bao, Hongwei (2020) 'Creating an Experimental Space for Queer People in the Global South: An Interview about the African Queer University Programme.' China Independent Film Archive https://chinaindiefilm.org/creating-an-experimental-space-for-queer-people-in-the-global-southan-interview-about-the-african-queer-university-programme/
Bao, Hongwei (2020) 'Queer Comrades: Digital Video Documentary and LGBTQ Health Activism in China.' In Vivienne Lo, Chris Berry and Guo Liping (eds) Film and the Chinese Medical Humanities. New York: Routledge, pp. 188-204.
Bao, Hongwei (2020) 'The Queer Global South: Transnational Video Activism Between China and Africa.' Global Media and China 5 (3): 294-318. DOI:10.1177/2059436420949985
Bao, Hongwei (2020) 'The Communist International of Queer Films: The Radical Culture of the Beijing Queer Film Festival.' In Steve Presence, Mike Wayne and Jack Newsinger (eds) Contemporary Radical Film Culture: Networks, Organisation and Activists. New York: Routledge, pp. 190-202.
Bao, Hongwei (2019) 'The Queer Generation: Queer Community Documentary in Postsocialist China.' Transnational Screens 10 (2): 1-17.
Bao, Hongwei (2017) 'Queer as Catachresis: Beijing Queer Film Festival in Translation.' In Chris Berry and Luke Robinson (eds) Chinese Film Festivals: Sites of Translation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 67-88.


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What is your favorite neighborhood in London (in general and/or to shoot)?
I don't really have a favorite neighborhood in London, each area has its own unique quality. I'm usually inspired by something in particular, and then I'll go explore an area based off that energy. Recently, I've been exploring west London, as my family's previous business was ran there. I remember being stuck in the shop for most of my teenage life, and I despised it. I always thought to myself, 'there must be more to life than waiting for customers to come and get their spring rolls'. I just enjoy experiencing spontaneous moments when I go shoot.
Do you think your style is a reflection of your environment? In the sense that you take a lot of photos around the city in London, but if you were to move to (or just visit) somewhere else less urban-like, how do you think your style would shift? How would you describe your style in 1-3 key words?
Yeah, very much so. I think my style is also a reflection of my life experiences, as well as my personality. I take photos around the city because the vastness of London provides such different encounters every time I go explore. I'm lucky to live in London— there's so many different vibes to pick up on in this city. If I were to move or visit elsewhere, I reckon I would try to gel my style with the environment, but my execution would be the same. Getting out of my comfort zone is somehow enigmatic, but also thrilling.
I'd say my style is closely linked to my personality. As a person, I'm subtle, spontaneous, and adventurous.
Would you say you prefer shooting people or places more?
I like them both. I studied Interior Architecture at university, so buildings have always been fascinating to me. But it's the people that make the place; without people, you wouldn't have streets or architecture. Having people in places gives a sense of scale and expression in my work.
What do you think is the most underrated aspect about London as a city?
I reckon the lifestyle in London is the most underrated aspect. Most people who don't live in London would likely move here in a heartbeat, but if you asked a Londoner about living in this city, they would probably talk about how much they want to move out of here. There's such a love/hate relationship with this city, and an aspect of a silver lining when it comes to the grind. Some people are living off pot noodles in their box room in order to chase their dreams. On the other end of the spectrum, some are having Michelin-Star restaurant meals, thinking about which nightclub they should go to next. Either way, they are both enjoying the lifestyle of London respectively.
Where do you want to take your work in the future?
Ideally, it'd be amazing to make a living out of it. I don't think that a nine-to-five life is sustainable for this day and age. We live in a time where the world never sleeps, and yet most of us are trapped in an office staring at a screen. My end goal is to be in a place where I can create freely and shed a light on my surroundings. I do want people to see my work and notice the effort I've put in to enhance society, and I do hope this would inspire the next generation to give back.