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Learning Everywhere: Cobb Schools Releases Updated Plan for 2020-2021 School Year
From sample learning schedules, lunch, transportation, after school programs, and overall health and safety protocols, Cobb Schools has launched an informational site completely dedicated to the 2020-2021 School Year, which starts on August 17. Building a plan that works for nearly…
Community Relations, Students July 9, 2020
Fair Oaks Elementary has been taking advantage of several opportunities to serve their local community. Recognizing that educational and nutritional needs don't stop over the summer, the school has been proactive in finding ways to…
Community Relations June 30, 2020
GADOE Releases Survey on Testing Waiver for 2020-2021 School Year
Help provide feedback from Cobb to State leaders on the Every Student Succeeds Act waiver that would eliminate high-stakes testing for the 2020-2021 school year due to impacts of COVID-19. The Georgia Department of Education announced this week an online survey to get…
Community Service, In the News June 26, 2020
Cobb Schools Announces 2020-2021 School Year Decision
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Community Relations, Performing Arts June 22, 2020
Since March, Cobb Schools staff have packed more than 400,000 meals for students in need—a service that will continue through July. Cobb students across the District will be able to continue to pick up a 5-day supply of breakfasts…
Fair Oaks Elementary Delivers Books to Students in Summer Book Mobile
Some walk. Some bike. Every Wednesday during the summer, Fair Oaks Elementary students know where to go to pick up their next literary adventure—the Fair Oaks Book Mobile. The Fair Oaks staff know that students…
Community Relations, Students June 17, 2020
Although the recent pandemic may have forced school buildings to unprecedently close across the nation, Cobb Schools' social workers did not stop answering the calls of need from school families. They quickly assembled their network of community…
Community Relations June 9, 2020
Cobb Schools 2020-2021 Community Survey
At Cobb Schools, we strive to be a school district of excellence where all students succeed. Our entire community is optimistically looking forward to a safe and healthy return to the classroom on August 3rd….
Community Relations, Students June 5, 2020
This is Cobb: Wheeler High School Students Provide Support to Healthcare Workers
Recognizing that hospitals are in need of personal protective equipment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Wheeler High School students stepped up to help. Wheeler students Mehul Kalia, Vishaal Ganesh, and Mani Suresh have been constructing face shields for local healthcare…
Community Relations, Employees June 3, 2020
New Principal Profile Q&A: Angela Whitehead, Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School
Question: Why are you excited about being the first principal of the new Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School and what are your plans to bring the two former school communities together? Answer: "I am excited to be the first…
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Video game 'Call of Duty' endowment helps 15,000 vets get jobs, notes more vets in need
BRIAN: IT IS TIME NOW FOR TONIGHT'S A OR STORY OR VIDEO FROM THE DAY THAT STANDS OUT. DANIELLE: A WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN WE PROFILED LAST YEAR IS NOW FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS. 99-YEAR-OLD BOB KELSALL WAS ABLE TO GET VACCINATED AT THE LEBANON V.A. BRIAN: WE PROFILED BOB LAST YEAR AS HE WALKED LAPS AROUND HIS DRIVEWAY TO RAISE MONEY FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC. BOB SAYS HE NEEDED TO GET VACCINATED SO HE COULD
Above video: World War II veteran who raised money for pandemic relief gets vaccinated A video game company that recently noted a surge in veterans needing help is marking a milestone in helping them during the pandemic. The Call of Duty Endowment, a nonprofit organization supported by Activision Blizzard, said Friday it helped over 15,000 veterans get jobs last year, more than any other year since the organization was founded in 2009.It comes after the company's CEO, Bobby Kotick, noted there was a 31% increase in vets needing help finding unemployment at the beginning of the pandemic, compared to the same period in 2019.The Wounded Warriors Project, another nonprofit that serves over 148,000 injured post-9/11 veterans, conducted a survey last summer looking at the effects of compounded stressors of the COVID-19 pandemic on veterans.In a December 2020 report, the nonprofit concluded that "lack of social connection (loneliness) along with co-occurring mental health conditions (PTSD, depression, suicidal ideation) exacerbates and magnifies the burden warriors experience during adverse events like COVID-19. Furthermore, the compounded effect of these challenges results in a disproportionate level of risk and increased burden."Rosely Robinson is head of A Hero's Welcome Delaware, a nonprofit organization that welcomes home veterans and supports them after deployment. She recently had to help out a Korean War veteran who, during the start of the pandemic, was kicked out of his home.James Fiske used to live in Dagsboro and needed treatment for bladder cancer. After he got treatment in the Bronx one day early on in the pandemic, his landlord returned his rent and told him to leave."I learned later it was because of my age," Fiske said. "I'm 88 years old, so the landlord was concerned about my age. I was more vulnerable. And he was scared."But with the help of people like Robinson, Fiske found a housing development in Dover. He's been there for nearly six months.Although he hasn't heard about a lot of veterans in a situation like his, there are a lot of veterans he knows who are on the streets during this time that could use some extra help."These poor guys, they're just trying to make it one day at a time," Robinson said. "There's so many of them suffering that they need so much more."The Associated Press contributed.
Above video: World War II veteran who raised money for pandemic relief gets vaccinated
A video game company that recently noted a surge in veterans needing help is marking a milestone in helping them during the pandemic.
The Call of Duty Endowment, a nonprofit organization supported by Activision Blizzard, said Friday it helped over 15,000 veterans get jobs last year, more than any other year since the organization was founded in 2009.
It comes after the company's CEO, Bobby Kotick, noted there was a 31% increase in vets needing help finding unemployment at the beginning of the pandemic, compared to the same period in 2019.
The Wounded Warriors Project, another nonprofit that serves over 148,000 injured post-9/11 veterans, conducted a survey last summer looking at the effects of compounded stressors of the COVID-19 pandemic on veterans.
In a December 2020 report, the nonprofit concluded that "lack of social connection (loneliness) along with co-occurring mental health conditions (PTSD, depression, suicidal ideation) exacerbates and magnifies the burden warriors experience during adverse events like COVID-19. Furthermore, the compounded effect of these challenges results in a disproportionate level of risk and increased burden."
Rosely Robinson is head of A Hero's Welcome Delaware, a nonprofit organization that welcomes home veterans and supports them after deployment. She recently had to help out a Korean War veteran who, during the start of the pandemic, was kicked out of his home.
James Fiske used to live in Dagsboro and needed treatment for bladder cancer. After he got treatment in the Bronx one day early on in the pandemic, his landlord returned his rent and told him to leave.
"I learned later it was because of my age," Fiske said. "I'm 88 years old, so the landlord was concerned about my age. I was more vulnerable. And he was scared."
But with the help of people like Robinson, Fiske found a housing development in Dover. He's been there for nearly six months.
Although he hasn't heard about a lot of veterans in a situation like his, there are a lot of veterans he knows who are on the streets during this time that could use some extra help.
"These poor guys, they're just trying to make it one day at a time," Robinson said. "There's so many of them suffering that they need so much more."
The Associated Press contributed.

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With an uncertain future ahead of him, Chase Purdy closed out the 2018 season on a positive note, winning a hectic Allen Turner Snowflake 100 at Five Flags Speedway (FL).
Purdy took the lead from Casey Roderick on lap 28, just before one of several cautions during the first half of an incident-filled affair to close out the year for Pro Late Models. When the race stayed clean and green for the second half, Purdy jumped out to a cushion, running away from Bubba Pollard and Connor Okrzesik to win the event.
The win comes after a tumultuous two weeks for Snowflake entrants, as the race had been originally scheduled for each of the past two Saturdays before finally occurring late Sunday evening due to weather postponements.
The victory also comes at a career crossroads for Purdy. Despite a fourth-place finish in ARCA Racing Series points and a win in the ARCA Midwest Tour's Dixieland 250 at Wisconsin International Raceway, Purdy lacks funding for next season. He hopes Sunday's win opens some doors.
The 19-year-old from Meridian, Mississippi showed great patience in surviving the chaotic opening to the race before finding the lead and settling into his rhythm.
Purdy took great pride in winning against some of the best Late Model drivers in the country at the Snowflake 100. While the Super Late Model field at the Snowball Derby draws more attention, many top drivers compete in both the Snowball and Snowflake, with several heavy hitters making the return trip for Sunday's postponed event.
Beating Pollard in a Pro Late Model race in 2018 was an accomplishment of its own. After nine consecutive wins in his newest Pro Late Model machine, Purdy ended an undefeated run in the category for Pollard.
Pollard finished second at the conclusion of 100 laps, but still had a smile on his face while holding his daughter on the frontstretch following the runner-up finish.
While weather was unfavorable at times on Sunday, with a mist settling over the race track following a rain delay between the Modifieds of Mayhem feature and the Snowflake 100 which canceled qualifying for the Pro Late Model teams, Pollard chalked up the attrition to impatience rather than track conditions.
"The race track really wasn't that bad," Pollard said. "Just people not using their heads was the biggest thing.
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Porsche 962C #1 – Spark
1986 Porsche 962C
Pilots: D. Bell, J. Stuck, A.Holbert
Team: Porsche AG / Rothmans
Race: 1st overall (C1) at Le Mans in 1986
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The 1980s was without a doubt the "Porsche Decade" at Le Mans. From 1981 to 1987 there was always a P car in first place. And of these victories, four were by the 956 or 956B – a bonafide winning machine. However, though dominating in Europe, the 956 couldn't race in North America. Namely, in the GTP class of the International Motorsports Association (IMSA) championship. Just because of the 956's pedals. Well, not only because of that, but the pedals, in front of the front axle, were illegal. In IMSA the driver's feet had to be located behind the front axle for safety reasons. On the 956/956B the pedals were ahead of the axle, and Porsche could not change that. So if you can't change the placing of the pedals, what do you do? You build a new car, of course. So here begins the story of the 962.
Well, there's not much to see of the 962C #1 from this angle.
In spite of the pedals, the 956 worked. So in 1984 Norbert Singer, Porsche's chief engineer, designed a new car. The big difference was the longer chassis, with the pedals sitting behind the front axle. This new (aluminum) chassis also had an integrated steel roll cage. For an engine, Singer once again used the Typ 935, but highly modified. The new engine was an all-aluminum flat-6 displacing 2994 cm³, with 24 valves and DOHC. A big difference was the turbo system, because the IMSA rules did not allow twin-turbos. So instead, he used a single Kühnle, Kopp und Kausch (KKK) AG K36 turbocharger, with an air-cooler. However, to comply with the class C WSC (World Sportscar Championship) regulations, the new car used the 956B engine. It was the same engine but displacing 2650 cm³ and twin KKK K27 turbochargers. The cars with this "WSC engine" were the 962C.
Though it's hard to tell apart from the 956, I think the 962 looks better because it's slightly longer.
The 962 started it's racing career in 1984, and the car did very well in the IMSA that year. At La Sarthe, there was one 962 in the GTP class and one 962C in the C1 class, but both (privateers) abandoned. The following year there was no GTP class and Porsche had three 962C in their Rothmans works team. Yet, they didn't fare very well and a 956B won again. In 1986 the Porsche Rothmans team was back, and this time in winning form. Conducted by the highly experienced trio of Bell, Stuck and Holbert, 962C #1 (chassis #962-003) finished in first place overall.
Spark being Spark – the appropriate Rothmans decals come ready to apply.
Like the real deal, in scale the car is a winner. Spark (as always) sends the necessary decals to complete the livery. And in just five minutes the model is perfect. However, the front decals demanded the use of Micro Sol to get the Rothmans badge to fit properly.
Mission complete, with the 962C #1 I now have all the Rothmans Le Mans winners.
Though a fantastic model as it is, I think it won't be a must buy for the majority of collectors. It looks too much like the 1987 winner. And let's be frank, it's also VERY similar to the 956 Rothmans cars…🤨 So unless you're a Le Mans nut you're excused from getting all the Rothmans winners.
Yeah, yeah, as you can see, I am a Le Mans nut 😁.


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James from Texas
James has a large family that records many videos, and he's run out of storage in the cloud. He can't buy anymore iCloud to store everyone's movies and music. Leo says that James has transitioned to the enterprise-grade needs. Especially for backups. Leo says maybe just creating a duplicate Synology NAS off site and have it Sync. That way he can have as much storage he needs, rather than paying for it in the Cloud. It's also far more practical, since it won't take up bandwidth. Carbonite will even send a hard drive to back up and ship to them for storage. But that isn't readily available. It's known as "offline," glacier storage. Amazon Glacier is storage you don't need right away, but can be accessed within a few hours. It's very cheap, but slow to retrieve. Doctor Mom uses Glacier to back up her Synology, and it costs her $0.60 a month.
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Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) was one of the foundational figuresof American modernism. A seminal woman artist, she rose toprominence in the early twentieth century at the heart of theNew York avant-garde circle that centred around Alfred Stieglitz,who would become O'Keeffe's husband. Many contemporarytexts, as well as those written since, focus on their personal andprofessional relationship, and have re-hashed familiar clichesabout O'Keeffe's work, particularly her best-known paintings offlowers. As this new book reveals, however, she was a complex andmulti-faceted artist whose singular vision included landscapes,nature studies, still lifes and anthropological paintings, and whoconstantly experimented at the boundary between figuration andabstraction.Accompanying a major touring exhibition, this book brilliantlyreassesses O'Keeffe's place in the canon of twentieth-century art.It features essays from a new generation of scholars, focusingon themes including O'Keeffe's place within the early modernavant-garde; the construction of identity and artistic persona;the influence of the cultures and landscapes of the places inwhich she worked; and the relationship between painting andphotography, both within O'Keeffe's work and as part of her widernexus of friends and fellow-artists, from Stieglitz to Paul Strand andAnsel Adams. The book will also feature reviews from the time ofO'Keeffe's early exhibitions to give a contemporary insight into theirreception.Lavishly illustrated with many rarely reproduced works and a fullillustrated chronology, this is the definitive book on one of the mostsignificant and popular artists of modern times.
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Down deep into mud slinging on each other, different political parties are now keeping their sleeves up on an indirect form of aggressiveness with a sort of hidden accusations hurled on others in some name or the other. Digvijay Singh, a senior Congress leader equated Arvind Kejriwal with Rakhi Sawant with a comparison that both of them talk erratic without any substance in what they say. Yashwant Sinha, a senior BJP leader compared Rahul Gandhi with a horse well dressed up for use by a bride groom on the occasion of his marriage. Apparently there is nothing much wrong in such usage of adjectives, but it certainly falls short of decency and decorum. It is something of the sort of a coloured absurdity. No language lacks the required amount of words to give expressions to one's own thoughts as they are there in plenty to choose from. Much depends on the one who has to speak out his mind, he may go for better words to express himself, or he may do the same thing in a crudest possible form. Who will agree on equating Kejriwal with Rakhi Sawant, or who will like to fall in line with Rahul Gandhi being branded as a marriage horse? Voice of resentment is a democratic right, no doubt, but if one stoops too low against decency, it is too much. Raise your voice, raise your protest, but every thing has a limit, and so is calling names the way it is being done in the current political scenario.
Sir to mention 'Similarity of thoughts' your recent article is very much relevant here. Same types of thoughts are transpiring from the minds of most of the politicians. Unfortunately evil souls in politics are now in plenty so such types of thought are expressed by them. The meaning of 'Parliamentary language' needs to be change in modern dictionary. This unveils the real face and ideological bankruptcy of our politicians vying to lead the nation to ill fated destination.
Happy Dipawali and sadar charan sparsh.
Social discipline demands decency in lanquage.
Leaving this topic –.I Wish you a very Happy and Sparkling Deepawali and successful year ahead.
Our political communication is real pathetic.
It is quite unpleasant that a politician like Mr. Yaswant Sinha passed such remark on Mr. Rahul Gandhi.It seems that entire community belonging to politics has last their patience.In view of mine the entry of undesirable persons in Parliament or Assembly, may be one of the reasion behind it.As for Mr.Dig Vijay Singh is concern, neither he has quality of leadership nor politician,he is only a mouth piece of his Boss,and what ever signal is received,he spoke accordingly.Now in regard to Mr. Rahul Gandhi,he is quite immature till now despite the fact that a very big group of politicians is deputed behind to teach him lession of politics.Despite if it his improvement is sufficient.
i wish your plausible blog could reach these highly staged politicians so that political and democratic level of our country does not exacerbate further.


IRVING, Texas — Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today that it is contributing $100,000 toward American Red Cross disaster relief assistance for communities impacted by recent severe storms and flooding in the Greater Houston area.
ExxonMobil's contribution is being directed to the Greater Houston chapter of the Red Cross. Company employees are also volunteering with relief efforts as part of the Red Cross "Ready When the Time Comes" program. The Red Cross is currently providing shelter, meals, relief supplies and comfort to impacted residents.
More than 11,000 ExxonMobil employees live and work in the Greater Houston area.


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[Shenzhen, China, April 17, 2019] Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, announced that Huawei CloudEngine Switches have been named an April 2019 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Data Center Networking.
Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice[1] analyzes more than 200,000 reviews across more than 300 markets posted to Gartner Peer Insights. These reviews are based on direct peer experiences of purchasing, implementing, and operating a solution. In markets with sufficient data available, Gartner Peer Insights recognizes the vendors who are the most highly rated by their customers through the Customers' Choice distinction.
Huawei has been operating in data center network markets. Since its launch in 2012, Huawei's CloudFabric Cloud Data Center Network Solution has been deployed in more than 7800 enterprise data centers in over 120 countries. While the above is based on customer feedback, in July, 2018, Gartner analysts named Huawei a Challenger in the 2018 Magic Quadrant for Data Center Networking[2] for the second year running.
On January 9, 2019, Huawei unveiled the industry's first data center switch built for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) era –– CloudEngine 16800. Additionally, Huawei defined three characteristics for data center switches in the AI era: embedded AI chips, 48-port 400 GE high-density ports per slot, and the capability to evolve to an Autonomous Driving Network (ADN). Based on CloudEngine Switches which leverage the power of the embedded high-performance AI chip, and use the innovative iLossless algorithm, Huawei launched the AI Fabric Intelligent and Lossless Data Center Network. Designed to help customers accelerate their intelligent transformation, Huawei AI Fabric brings the ultimate network experience with zero packet loss, low latency, and high throughput. It achieves 100% AI computing power and improves data storage Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS) by 30%, all while reducing TCO by 53%. It is leading the way for data center networks to evolve beyond the cloud era, into the AI era.
"The real test for product is the customer experience, and we believe this recognition on Gartner Peer Insights represents the commitment we have to our customers to provide world-class products for improving their ICT infrastructure," said Leon Wang, President of Huawei Data Center Network Domain. "We strive to provide our customers with the data center networking solutions that meet their needs, and we will continue to innovate new offerings and build on their feedback."
[1] The Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice is a recognition of vendors in the Data Center Networking by verified end-user professionals, taking into account both the number of reviews and the overall user ratings. To ensure fair evaluation, Gartner maintains rigorous criteria for recognizing vendors with a high customer satisfaction rate.
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Joseph Bagley June 23, 2020 conservatism, Donald Trump, more conservatism, race, the South, whiteness
The Long, White History of "Law and Order" Rhetoric: From Nixon to the Original Klan
In the midst of ongoing outrage over the murder of George Floyd, and now Rayshard Brooks, and with calls for criminal justice reform growing louder than ever before, Donald Trump has repeatedly doubled down on his pledge to be the "law and order" President. This perks the ears of anyone who has followed or studied Twentieth Century American politics. But few appreciate the full history of that phrase's strange career in this country's political lexicon. And none of it is pretty.
Trump's team is presumably playing the "law and order" card in order to paint hundreds of thousands of peaceful protestors all over the country, including those violently herded out of Lafayette Park to make room for Trump's ludicrous Bible photo op, as one and the same with the rioters and looters who took to the streets to unleash their rather understandable rage in the days immediately following Floyd's death.
The president's regular Tweeting of "LAW AND ORDER!" seems to be an attempt to channel the success of Richard Nixon in 1968. Nixon was keen to tap into white fears of black protestors rioting in the streets of cities across America in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and those who had taken to the streets in the previous three years in Newark, Detroit, Watts, and elsewhere, enraged by systemic poverty, systemic racism, and militant policing.
Last week, even in announcing his forthcoming executive order vaguely and supposedly aimed at police reform, Trump explained, "The overall goal is we want law and order, and we want it done fairly, justly, we want it done safely. But we want law and order. It's about law and order." Later that afternoon, the President again Tweeted "LAW AND ORDER!" and this time added, "The Silent Majority has never been stronger," making the Nixon connection even more explicit.
On Tuesday, when Trump signed the order, which is predictably toothless and wholly lacking any acknowledgment of systemic racism, he spent the majority of his Rose Garden speech tossing around "law and order" yet again, commending law enforcement, arguing that a "very tiny" number of bad seeds were to blame, and veering off topic, tellingly, to insist that "school choice," the obsession of his most incompetent and probably most racist cabinet member, Betsy Devos, is the civil rights issue of our time.
Just as "school choice" is a colormasked way of advocating the rollback of court-ordered integration, Nixon's law-and-order message suggested, without using overtly racist language, that he would get tough on black rioters and unleash police, or perhaps troops, on not only the looters but their New Left liberal allies like the Weather Underground, whose antics had given the Chicago police the excuse they needed to violently attack peaceful protestors outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
While some Trump supporters seem to think his similarly inflammatory response to the unrest will garner him a "landslide" victory in the fall, historian Kevin Kruse has argued that such a strategy in Trump's case seems puzzling at best, given that Nixon was the outsider in 1968, and Trump is now the incumbent. Nixon was criticizing the Democratic establishment, eight years after John Kennedy assumed the presidency and four years after Lyndon Johnson won in 1964.
When Nixon used the same message in the 1970 midterms, Republicans lost seats in Congress. His team back-peddled the rhetoric in 1972, and Nixon won big again. If Trump is trying to emulate Nixon, he might have picked the wrong time and seems only to be criticizing himself and his own party, whether or not his base sees it that way.
Regardless of the Trump team's rationale, many have taken note of not just the connection to Nixon, but the racist undertones of the law-and-order rhetoric, in general. What they might not realize is how far back such rhetoric can be traced and just how insidious its history is.
Nixon probably adopted the phrase from George Wallace, the third-party thorn in his side who inspired Nixon's so-called "Southern Strategy" – win over disaffected whites in the formerly "Solid" Democratic South by talking about matters of race in ways that they would recognize and appreciate.
Southern whites were angry about school desegregation and had been mulling the durability of their national party affiliation since at least the passage of the Civil and Voting Rights Acts in 1964-65, if not since the Dixiecrats refused to support Harry Truman in 1948 due to his (extremely limited) civil rights overtures. Nixon's people convinced him that strongly denouncing the unrest and standing firm on busing could win with these people and with anxious whites outside the South. It worked. And Nixon latched onto "law and order," specifically, as a way to play to white's fears of, and disgust with, the rioting.
Wallace had, up to that point, used "law and order" differently, though. As I argue in my book, The Politics of White Rights (UGA Press, 2018), he employed it in the same way that most white southerners did in the 1950s and early 1960s: as a way of distancing themselves from violent acts, like the murder of children in a church, while at the same time committing themselves to fighting the civil rights movement, specifically the integration of public schools, by all "legal" means possible.
In the late summer of 1963, Wallace used the Alabama state troopers to block the court-ordered entry of a small handful of black pupils at white schools in several cities. In defense of his actions, he stood atop a podium with violent white supremacists Bull Connor, Art Hanes, and Edward Fields and urged white citizens to "observe law and order," so that he and others could "take any risk … within the law" to "resegregate any desegregated schools."
When Wallace failed at that and several black students were enrolled in white schools that fall, associates of Fields planted the bomb beneath the side steps to Birmingham's 16th Baptist Church that killed four young girls preparing for Sunday school. Many segregationists responded by calling for law and order.
In this case, that meant decrying such extreme white violence, primarily because it was counter-productive to the cause of protecting segregation and white supremacy, in the same vein that Birmingham businessmen had negotiated a settlement that spring with King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, agreeing to take down Jim Crow signage and hire a few black clerks if King would call an end to economically ruinous demonstrations and leave town.
The federal judge who convened a grand jury to look into the church bombing opined in court that the bombers were "traitors to their cause" of preserving segregation and had done "the [white] South a great disservice." No one should "murder, or intimidate, or mock the judgment of the law," he insisted, "no matter how distasteful or unpopular the law may be." He argued, "Each of us has on occasion felt that a particular case should have been decided differently," referring to desegregation rulings, "but whether we agree or disagree with the result in any case, the court's decision is the law and must be obeyed."
That was the law-and-order ethos for segregationists at that time: school desegregation was abhorrent and ought to be fought in every way short of violence, which had become self-defeating. From this, segregationists could fall into a milquetoast acquiescence to minimal changes (like token desegregation of a few schools), while fighting more substantial changes (like actual integration), tooth-and-nail, all without repudiating white supremacy or segregation on moral or ethical grounds.
Newspaper editors across the state of Alabama responded to the church bombing by admitting that child murder was bad and insisting that law and order were foundational principles, while at the same time registering opposition to desegregation orders and without condemning the prevailing order. They had "never endorsed integration," but they were "certainly for law and order." They insisted that no one had to "abandon principle to maintain a stand for law and order." And they agreed that "senseless slaughter" was wrong, while warning that if activists continued protesting, then the "tree of civil rights" would "bear a bitter fruit indeed."
White flight to safely-white suburbs and segregated private schools increased substantially over the following five years, while legislative efforts to forestall desegregation demanded expensive and endless litigation. When little had changed towards the end of the decade, federal courts began to grant relief when plaintiffs in school desegregation cases called for compulsory assignment plans that would achieve actual integration and not just base tokenism. Whites revolted, and the clarion call was law and order.
This time, such pleas coupled the denunciation of violence with calls to protect white rights to freedom of choice, something whites had just spent 20 years fighting as it related to black students, and freedom of association, meaning one ought to be able to live next to and go to school with people of one's own choosing.
In lamenting the failure of what had seemed to be judicial decisions that portended real change, a decade since Brown, the Southern Regional Council observed, "We teach our children, all children, that the United States of America is dedicated to law and order. We lie." The council condemned the calls to obey what white opponents characterized as "distasteful" judicial decisions while seeking to thwart them all the same, wondering, "What will be the awful effects of this lie upon children, black and white alike . . . when they hear us say 'law' and observe only 'order.'"
Southern officials, including not just Wallace in Alabama but also the man thought to be his more moderate protégé, then-governor Albert Brewer, adopted an adjusted law-and-order stance that allowed them to continue to denounce violence, but to pledge to fight all compulsory assignment decisions, to demonize federal judges who abided by and enforced them, to criticize black plaintiffs, to accept white flight as a fait accompli, and to begin deploying more colormasked rhetoric in crafting durable legislative protections for white rights. Brewer, who received hundreds of thousands of dollars in secret campaign contributions from the Nixon campaign, at one point characterized federal integration orders as "intolerable" and suggested that perhaps white Alabamians might go to court and ask "for equal protection of the laws."
At that time, a few black pupils were being educated in formerly all-white schools throughout the South. One thing they were able to enjoy that had not been commonplace in black schools was textbooks. Black schools typically had a minimal supply of out-of-date texts. When black children brought home their history textbooks from white schools, though, their parents were appalled by what they read. History texts were imbued with what historians now call the Lost Cause Mythology.
One such text, which was the only state-approved textbook for 4th grade pupils in Alabama as late at the mid-1970s, began its chapter on the Antebellum period by describing plantation life as "one of the happiest ways of life in Alabama before the War Between the States." Slaves "helped with the work," were treated well, worked enthusiastically, and had "rows of bright white teeth." The mistress of the Big House was "the best friend [the slaves] had," and they knew it.
Regrettably, it went, all of that was destroyed by the "War of Northern Aggression," and a period of "Black Reconstruction" began (and in this case, the connotation of black was negative, unlike as used by W.E.B. Dubois in describing the "splendid failure"). According to the text, written by a university professor who openly admitted that his goal was brainwashing children, government was put in the hands of blacks who could not even read or write and "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags" who wanted to lie and cheat people.
Fortunately, the narrative continued, a group of white men in Pulaski, Tennessee decided that they should "do something to bring back law and order." And a "band of white robed figures appeared on the streets." They "rode through the towns like ghosts and disappeared." They targeted men who did "bad, lawless things" and they "held court in the dark forests at night," where they passed sentence on the bad, lawless people. Children read, "The Ku Klux Klan did not ride often, only when it had to." Once "law and order" were restored, there was no need for the Klan. The children raised on this literature were the leaders of the 1970s and 1980s, when "law and order" had come to mean cracking down on disaffected black people in America's then-blighted urban areas.
And it was not one textbook and not just Alabama. There were enough such texts to inspire the U.S. House Subcommittee on Education to hold hearings looking into the matter. Litigation ultimately led to the removal of most such books. But the implications for the current moment seem clear.
Every time white populists and nationalists have called for "law and order," they have deployed this as colormasked language intended to support the suppression of basic black rights. And if we look again at the rhetoric of the current president, we might more closely connect past with present.
When Klansmen and other white nationalists recently marched in Charlottesville, where one man murdered a peaceful protestor with his vehicle, the president called those white folks "very fine people." He has said the same of white nationalists who have brazenly occupied statehouse steps armed with AR-15s in opposition to COVID-19 quarantine orders, while at the same time black people are being shot for holding toy pistols, or shot in the back while running away, unarmed, or shot doing any number of non-life-threatening things that people from Trayvon Martin to Philando Castille to Botham Jean to Brianna Taylor were doing when they were killed.
Perhaps what the president really wants is a reinvigoration of white supremacist vigilante groups, and/or a renewed focus on durable legislation that protects white rights. He has already warned that if his (almost exclusively white) base is angered enough they might lash out violently. And they have, in his name. And his sycophants in Congress seem willing to turn a blind eye to anything he does, perhaps even up to his hypothetically shooting someone in the street, and to pass whatever he puts before them. Either way, as his reelection campaign falters, he has the weight of history behind him, whether he knows it or not.
Dr. Joseph Bagley is an Assistant Professor of History at Georgia State University, Perimeter College. He studies Twentieth Century American politics and law, particularly as these intersect with race and education. His work has been cited in the New York Times Magazine by MacArthur "Genius" grant winner Nikole Hannah-Jones. His book, The Politics of White Rights: Race, Justice, and Integrating Alabama's Schools was published in 2018 by the University of Georgia Press.
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The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Contagion of Racism


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Alicia Moore
19 Covid Lane Short Film Review
★★★★ Stars
Directed by: #RyanMonolopolus
Written by: #RyanMonolopolus, #HamidThompson
Starring: #DerekRusso, #AngelieSimone, #JusticeLeak
Film Review by: Alicia Moore
19 Covid Lane is a short film which focuses on the current pandemic and the lockdown experience. It is centred around three main characters – Bruce (Derek Russo,) Sarah (Angelie Simone) and Trevor (Justice Leak) – showcasing their struggles when trying to secure their safety. The film carries a distinctive style, mimicking that of a classic virus outbreak production. Matching its style, the characters involved are primarily shown to have the personalities one would expect from a classic; Bruce is prepared for anything, the one that no one listened to before the pandemic escalated, flaunting his tough exterior. Sarah, on the other hand, seems to feel trapped. To her, there is no hope and no escape. In contrast, Trevor appears levelheaded but still suffers with his own nightmares and worries. Trevor's presence in the film strongly reminds me of Tom Cruise's character in War of the Worlds if that helps to put his stance into a better perspective. Although this film can be compared to a classic style, the script takes necessary and brilliantly implanted twists to ensure a more modern approach to the plot.
Writers Ryan Monolopolus and Hamid Thompson have created a flawless script, incorporating charismatic and relatable scenarios. For example, a reference is made to the insane period of time when our population decided that it would be useful to buy as much toilet paper and hand sanitiser as possible and it is presented in a wonderfully comedic way, as well as continuing to stay balanced with the dark atmosphere the film is supposed to convey in a cinematic sense. The enhancement of current fears are also an aspect of the script, taking simple tasks such as throwing away trash and escalating the situation to a higher level of paranoia. The film is beyond enjoyable to watch as it plays with different situations like the previously mentioned task and expanding upon them while still being topical and considerate.
The script and its value is expertly presented by all three of the main actors involved. Each character's personality can be accurately identified through their acting abilities, which adds a lot to the film itself. When nearing the end of the film, so much subtle characterisation has been included throughout that the audience can almost guess the actions that each character may choose to follow through with next, even though the film is only 15 minutes long. That is an incredible achievement for both the actors and writers.
The cinematography is an extremely important element of every film, but even more so in films following a style like this one. The camera itself has the ability to create suspense and emphasise uneasiness within a scene. Director of photography, Blake Studwell, succeeded in this element. Chosen camera angles and camera panning shots contribute massively to the impactful scenes. It is clear that Studwell understands how a camera and the choices that are made for its placement can hold a lot of power in each scene. The more I ponder upon the cinematography aspect of this film, the more I grow to be fascinated by it.
Music also plays a huge role in adding to the intensity of the atmosphere when required. Composer, Karl Anderson, made spectacular choices for the music involved in this film. Each track gives the appropriate emotion to the scenes where music is needed to almost overpower the scene it is used in. Once again, there is an underlying connection to the tracks of this film and soundtracks of classics; this feeds the audience's nostalgia as the music can easily transport viewers back to when they had watched a classic earlier in life – what we are living through right now feels like a film itself, making this connection appropriate.
19 Covid Lane is an entertaining escape for the troubled mind stuck in this quarantine period. Even a film about the occurring pandemic can act as an escape, but only if it can provoke laughter. The film exceeded my expectations and I recommend it to anyone who feels like they are being slightly suffocated at the moment. It is a perfect time to enjoy all of the ridiculousness that this pandemic has brought forth through this skilfully produced short film.


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The BBC are holding a national strike, Thursday 28 March, for 12 hours from 12 noon. There will be a picket line at BBC Bristol offices at the Whiteladies Road and Belgrave Road entrances, so please come and show your support at 12 noon.
This strike is a joint one with the broadcasting union BECTU. The NUJ says that the action is a consequence of the BBC's so-called Delivering Quality First cost cutting programme, which proposes to cut 2000 jobs across the corporation. The strike is over the issues of compulsory redundancies, excessive workloads and bullying and harrassment within the corporation. For more information please see the NUJ website.


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Derek Richards, Ph.D.
Dr. Richards is part of the executive team at SilverCloud Health. As Chief Science Officer, Derek leads on the strategic research objectives for the company. He is also the director of the E-mental health research group in the School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin. Since 2002 he has been extensively involved in clinical research, development and implementation of technology delivered interventions for mental health problems. As one of the most widely cited researchers in the field, Dr. Richards forms part of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance, which leads the adoption and integration of digital therapeutics solutions into US healthcare.
Jorge E Palacios, M.D., Ph.D.
Digital Health Scientist
Jorge joined SilverCloud in 2017, upon completing his PhD in Psychological Medicine in London at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (IoPPN). He helps drive the research agenda at SilverCloud through the design, execution, and publication of our trials, and works widely with our collaborators across the world. He has earned numerous scholarships and awards such as the Young Investigator of the Year prize from Elsevier and the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine.
Angel Enrique, Ph.D.
Angel joined SilverCloud in 2017. He holds a PhD in Psychopathology, Health and Neuropsychology from University Jaume I (Spain). His main role is to lead the design, planning and execution of research projects on internet-delivered interventions for different mental health conditions. Angel is a prolific researcher with many years of experience in the Digital Mental Health Space where he has worked with different academic institutions and lead experts across Europe and US. He has experience in both, industry and academia fields, and leveraging the best from both sides to advance the science behind these interventions.
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Professor David Barlow, Ph.D.
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Bill Polonsky, Ph.D., CDE
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Professor Ladislav Timulak
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Professor Todd Farchione, Ph.D.
Dr. Farchione is a Research Professor at Boston University and directs the Intensive Treatment Program for Panic Disorder and Specific Phobias . His research interests are focused on the psychological factors associated with the development of anxiety and mood disorders. In particular, he is interested in the development of more effective treatments for these disorders and is currently working with Dr. David Barlow investigating a new unified transdiagnostic treatment for anxiety and mood disorders.
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Floresca Karanàsou has been painting for almost four years and for most of that time she has been using soft pastels. She is Greek but has lived in the UK for the best part of the last 34 years, first as a student and then working for British charities managing their Middle East programmes. She is now a freelance consultant specialising on human rights and international development in the Middle East.
She regards painting as the one area in her life where she can let completely loose – the ultimate in freedom of self-expression and experimentation. Her natural instinct is always to pay attention to detail, so, in painting, she tries to do the opposite, to be reductive and abstract. There is another reason why she loves to paint: the companionship of other fellow travellers – students in art classes like Rosie McClelland's.
Having moved from London to Glenarm, Co. Antrim in 2011 she has been painting since then the natural and lived-in environment around Glenarm. She likes to interpret what she sees in stark colours and simple shapes and has been inspired by British pastelist, Mark Leech.
Jolita came to NI in 2005 from Lithuania to work as a clinical research scientist. Around the same time she started painting and took a National Diploma in Art and Design at the South Eastern Regional College. She has been painting and exhibiting ever since and in 2008 one of her paintings was chosen as a winning entry for the Lisburn Historic Quarter Arts Group Postcard competition.
In 2009 as Ambassador of Vilnius (2009 European Capital of Culture) in Northern Ireland and in conjunction with the millennium jubilee commemorating the naming of Lithuania, Jolita worked with the Artists Association of Lithuania to create an exhibition realising the historical and contemporary study of Baltic identity and creativity. The exhibition was held at the Island Arts Centre, Lisburn.
Jolita has been liaising for us with Patrick McDonald from NIAMH, our chosen charity.
Niamh is a leading mental health and wellbeing charity that delivers a range of services which focus on mental health recovery, health and social care policy, training and counselling for employees across the island of Ireland via its 3 areas of service activity, Beacon, Carecall and Inspire.
Beacon provides 24/7support services to people with experience of mental illness through supported housing, day support and advocacy services. This is the largest division in the Niamh family and it has grown substantially over the past few years.
Beacon's 15 day support schemes located throughout Northern Ireland provided a range of recovery-focused programmes to over 1300 people every year and its 28 supported housing services provided accommodation for 430 people. Its advocacy services dealt with almost 6,000 requests for advocacy support in the last year alone and floating support has recently provided services for a further 39 people.
Carecall provides therapeutic support through workplace-based wellbeing services such as employee assistance programmes (EAP) and counselling, and training and preventative services in a wide variety of contexts including schools, colleges and workplaces.
Last year alone, Carecall delivered just over 32,000 counselling sessions to nearly 6500 people and made their services available to 566,000 people, including 185,000 students. Over 2500 delegates attended Carecall training courses in 2013/14.
Inspire provides support for approximately 90 people with learning disabilities in various locations across Northern Ireland. It is the newest Niamh service, having commenced in October 2013, and extends the reach of Niamh beyond mental health in order to also support people with a learning disability.


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Аттико́ Метро́ (, Attiko Metro S.A.) — компания, разработчик одноименной электрифицированной системы подземного городского пассажирского транспорта, используемой в Афинах на красной и синей линии Афинского метрополитена под управлением дочерней компании , Attiko Metro Operation Company S.A., ), основанной в 2000 году. В июне 2011 года произошло слияние компаний ,  и  с образованием компании , Urban Rail Transport S.A., ), подразделения , Athens Urban Transport Organisation S.A., ).

История
Компания «Аттико Метро» основана в 1991 году в Афинах. Основным направлением работы компании является строительство и расширение линий метро в Афинах и Салониках. Аттико Метро специализируется на проектировании железнодорожных транспортных сетей и их интеграции в городскую инфраструктуру.

В настоящее время президентом компании является Джордж Яннис, доцент кафедры Транспортного планирования в Афинском политехническом университете.

Синяя и красная линии
Работы по строительству линий Афинского метрополитена начались в ноябре 1991 года с целью уменьшения количества заторов на дорогах и снижения количества выхлопных газов в атмосфере. В январе 2000 года были открыты Линия 2 и Линия 3. К лету 2004 года линия была продлена до международного аэропорта «Элефтериос Венизелос». Все три линии имеют станции пересадки на трамвай и пригородную железнодорожную систему Проастиакос.

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Games of the Year Games of the Year
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Award for excellencePokémon LEGENDS ARCEUS
Pokémon LEGENDS ARCEUS
6,578yen(tax included)
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
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https://bethesda.net/ja/game/ghostwire-tokyo
©2022 Pokémon. ©1995-2022 Nintendo/Creatures Inc. /GAME FREAK inc.
Pokémon is a registered trademark of Nintendo, Creatures, and GAME FREAK.
The latest video game of "Pokémon" series, with actions and RPG merged and fused.
A player travels around the world and capture many Pokémon to complete the Pokédex.
While the playing method peculiar to the series is same, new action elements are added. In order to catch Pokémon, players need to enervate them by fighting a battle in the other games. In Arceus, A player can throw Poké Ball at Pokémon.
Moreover, new battle systems such as "Strong Style" and "Agile Style" and new Pokémon are introduced.
The game won the award gaining many supports from children who plays the series for the first time as well as adult series fans.
Work Introdution
"Pokémon Legends: Arceus" was released on January 28, 2022, for the Nintendo Switch. "Actions" and "RPG" fused, and a new door opens to the "Pokémon" series.
The game takes place in the Hisui region, where the magnificent landscape spread long time ago, when people rarely live intimately with Pokémon.
The region will be called the Sinnoh region in the course of time. A protagonist has adventures and examine the ecology of Pokémon in many places to complete the first Pokédex in the Hisui region.
In Arceus, new action elements are added to game plays common to the series.
For example, a player does not have to fight and enervate Pokémon to capture them. Instead, he/she can carefully observe Pokémon, hide himself/herself in weeds and approach them, and throw Poké Ball at them. A player can enjoy the playability, which is different from the past series titles.
Comment of the game producer
I sincerely thank you for selecting "Pokémon Legends: Arceus" for the Award for Excellence at the Japan Game Awards,
On behalf of the Development Team, I would like to extend our gratitude to voters, and players throughout the world who traveled around in the Hisui region to examine Pokémon.
We started to develop this game, setting a high goal of drastically changing game designs of the "Pokémon" series, which we had been producing for years and creating a new play.
We really wanted to deliver this game to people who had not been interested in the series and to deliver new experiences to those who had played the series titles.
Therefore, we are dedicated to keep the essential joys valued by the series and dig out the joy with new plays in the game design and expressions.
It was difficult to attain a sense of balance during the development phase, but we managed to make it thanks to staffs' proposals and their persistent improvement and coordination.
I am really grateful to the development staffs and interested parties.
Above all, I would like to extend my gratitude to you, who accepted and played this game on this occasion.
This fall, "Pokémon Scarlet and Violet," which was developed by GAME FREAK Inc., will be released.
The new game is an orthodox evolution, and at the same time, those who played "Pokémon Legends: Arceus" as the first game in the series will enjoy without fail. It would be a great pleasure if you are interested and wait for the release.
Again, I sincerely thank you for selecting this game for the Award for Excellence at the "Japan Game Awards 2022,"
Kazumasa Iwao
Director of "Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Organizer : COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT SUPPLIER'S ASSOCIATION(CESA)
Ministry of Economy,Trade and Industry
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Accidents Jul 18th 2019 - 11am
Grand Forks woman injured in alcohol-related crash
Grand Forks native Luke Johnson signs with Minnesota Wild
Written By: Brad Elliott Schlossman | Jul 1st 2019 - 11am.
University of North Dakota forward Luke Johnson enter the face-off circle against Denver Thurdasy, April 7, 2016, during the semifinals of the NCAA Frozen Four at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. David Samson / The Forum
Grand Forks native Luke Johnson has signed a two-year, two-way deal with the Minnesota Wild.
Johnson, who made his NHL debut last season for the Chicago Blackhawks, will make $700,000 if he's in the NHL. If he's with Minnesota's American Hockey League affiliate, the Iowa Wild, he will make $175,000 this season and $200,000 next season.
Johnson won high school state championships with both Grand Forks Red River and Grand Forks Central. He also won an NCAA national championship with UND in 2016.
Johnson served as UND's second-line center on the championships team, consistently tasked with shutting down opponents' top lines.
With the Wild, Johnson will likely be a depth forward with potential to play either center or right wing.
Last season, he played 15 games for the Blackhawks, tallying one assist.
He had 18 goals and 31 points in 53 games for Chicago's top minor-league affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs, where he served as an alternate captain.
Johnson became an unrestricted free agent when the Blackhawks declined to send him a qualifying offer.
#mnwild agrees to terms with center Luke Johnson on a two-year, two-way contract ($700,000/$175,000 in 2019-20 & $700,000/$200,000 in 2020-21) → https://t.co/6b6PKwp4c1 pic.twitter.com/yo6n8VEVrs
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) July 1, 2019
UND's other unrestricted free agents include Zane McIntyre of Thief River Falls, Keaton Thompson of Devils Lake, Cam Johnson and Drew Stafford.
Brock Boeser (Vancouver Canucks) and Christian Wolanin (Ottawa Senators) are restricted free agents, likely to sign with their current teams.
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I apologize for the lack of posts in March. Life caught up with me as well as some work commitments. I work at a high school and the students had a research paper and essay they needed help with so my personal writing fell by the wayside. I plan to be back on track in April. Until then, may the gifts of fantasy and wonder be yours.
A ship sits at the bottom of a north European lake in winter screaming. Merlin hears the screaming and travels to the frigid winter place to raise the ship. This is how the mythic fantasy trilogy by Robert Holdstock called the "Merlin Codex" begins. The series is a fascinating blend of Greek, Celtic and Arthurian mythology with interesting characters and a gritty, memorable plot. Mr. Holdstock provides another intriguing addition to the mythic fantasy sub-genre.
Celtika is the first book introducing readers to an ancient Europe of Celtic tribes before the rise of Rome. Merlin is a traveller on a long path in life. He has magic and has lived a long time. In his travels, he has met important people like Jason from the golden fleece Greek myth. After many years, Merlin travels to a northern European lake where he raises the ship Argo from the depths and revives Jason. Merlin begins a quest with Jason to find Jason's missing sons. The quest involves travel with interesting characters through strange lands on the living ship Argo. Merlin meets Urtha from Alba, which sets up the next book. The mystery of Jason's oldest son is resolved by book's end. Readers will have a satisfying experience and be eager for the next book in the trilogy.
The second book, The Iron Grail, begins with Merlin emerging from hiding on Alba. He encounters the Fates who tell him four people are looking for him. Merlin moves through this story encountering the prophesied people while helping Urtha restore his kingdom and helping Jason find his second son. More details of the story are told in a gritty dark presentation of a Britain with an active supernatural influence. Mr. Holdstock furthers the story of Merlin in the second book and his dealings with Jason, Medea and the ship Argo as Merlin grows on his long journey.
In The Broken Kings, the final book of the series, Merlin must solve the problem of why the Ghostlands are expanding into Urtha's kingdom. This book focuses on Merlin's character while Jason fades mostly into the background. The ship Argo still plays a role in helping Merlin with the problem. A journey to Crete and other strange places occurs in their travels a Merlin helps Urtha save his kingdom and children, setting the sage for the future King Arthur. The book brings the series to a fulfilling close.
The "Merlin Codex" trilogy by Robert Holdstock is a fascinating mythic fantasy. Mr. Holdstock's use of Arthurian, Celtic and Greek mythology mixed together brings a transformed ancient world to life. Following his character Merlin through this world and his trials provides readers with a dark, compelling adventure that resonates on many levels. Readers will find a thought provoking, entertaining journey through the series.


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We bring great people together. We have one of the UK's largest private equity teams as well as a strong network of experts in the UK and internationally to help you reach your ambitions.
We love growth. On average, the companies we work with see headcount double and revenue grow by 20% year-on-year.
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We are delighted that Inflexion has hired another aspiring athlete and we are hoping we can encourage Whit to join our 2019 triathlon team!
Inflexion has a fantastic reputation and it is very exciting to be part of their ambitious and dynamic team. I am excited to be working with UK companies as they look to grow their business in North America.
Whit Bower,
Senior Adviser, US
Whit is a Senior Adviser based in Boston, and joined Inflexion in January 2019. He brings over 25 years of experience of building businesses, including working with BC Partners, HgCapital and 3i. He is also currently an adviser to NAVEX Global Inc. and Cortex Inc. Whit founded Noble Rock, an investor in technology, communication and business services, and manages the firm's day to day operations.
Whit built his track record as a principal and deal lead at Geocapital Partners and Bain Capital Ventures where he led 10 investments in the US and Europe. Earlier in his career, Whit was Director of Marketing at internet software company Open Market, and Business Development Manager for Fortune 500 media company, Times Mirror.
Whit graduated from Harvard College and received an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a former US Peace Corps Volunteer and member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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class HomeScreen < PM::Screen

  include BW::KVO
  stylesheet :home_screen

  THRESHOLD = 1.0

  def on_load
    @channel = nil
    @article_manager = ArticleManager.instance
    @interval = 3.0
    @timer = nil
    @speed_control_timer = nil
    @toolbar_hidden = false
    add_observers

    @view_setup ||= set_up_view
  end

  def set_up_view
    appearence = ['blwh', 'black', 'white'][App::Persistence['appearence']]
    layout(self.view, :base_view) do # from rubymotion/TeaCup
      self.navigation_controller.navigationBarHidden = true
      @slide_view = subview HomeSlideView.new, {frame: self.view.bounds, delegate: self}
      @counter_label = subview UILabel.new, "#{appearence}_counter_label".to_sym
      @nav_bar = subview HomeNavigationBar.new, delegate: self
      @tool_bar = subview HomeToolBar.new, delegate: self
    end

    @article_manager.load_data
    true
  end

  #reading

  def set_article_at_index(index)
    return if @article_manager.count == 0

    if App::Persistence['animation'].zero? && @interval > THRESHOLD
      @slide_view.set_article_at_index(@article_manager.index)
    else
      @slide_view.update_article_at_index(@article_manager.index)
    end
  end

  def show_next_article
    if @article_manager.index < @article_manager.count - 1
      adjust_interval
      if App::Persistence['animation'].zero? && @interval > THRESHOLD
        @slide_view.slide_up
      else
        @slide_view.pop_view_except_current
        @article_manager.index = @article_manager.index + 1
      end
      set_timer
    else
      @article_manager.is_reading = false
    end
  end

  def adjust_interval
    if @interval > @article_manager.interval
      @interval = [@interval * 0.7, @article_manager.interval].max
    else
      @interval = @article_manager.interval
    end
  end

  def stop_timer
    if @timer
      @timer.invalidate
      @timer = nil
    end
  end

  def set_timer
    stop_timer
    @timer = NSTimer.scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval(@interval,
                                                    target: self,
                                                    selector: 'show_next_article',
                                                    userInfo: nil,
                                                    repeats: false)
  end

  def start_playing
    set_timer
  end

  def stop_playing
    if @timer
      stop_timer

      if @interval <= THRESHOLD
        @interval = [@article_manager.interval, 2.0].max
        @slide_view.set_article_at_index(@article_manager.index)
      end
    end
    @interval = @article_manager.interval > 2.0 ? @article_manager.interval : 2.0
  end

  def stop_reading
    @article_manager.is_reading = false if @article_manager.is_reading
  end

  #Show/Hide Menu

  def show_toolbar
    stop_reading
    nf = CGRectMake(0, 0, App.frame.size.width, @nav_bar.frame.size.height)
    tf = CGRectMake(0, self.view.bounds.size.height - @tool_bar.frame.size.height,
                    App.frame.size.width, @tool_bar.frame.size.height)
    @tool_bar.tintColor = RN::Const::Color::TINT
    UIView.animateWithDuration(0.40,
                               delay: 0.0,
                               options: UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseOut,
                               animations: -> {
                                 @nav_bar.frame = nf
                                 @tool_bar.frame = tf
                                 @tool_bar.backgroundColor = RN::Const::Color::BAR_TINT
                               },
                               completion: -> (finished) {@toolbar_hidden = false})
  end

  def hide_toolbar
    nf = CGRectMake(0, -66, App.frame.size.width, @nav_bar.frame.size.height)
    tf = CGRectMake(0, self.view.bounds.size.height - 44,
                    App.frame.size.width, @tool_bar.frame.size.height)
    @tool_bar.tintColor = RN::Const::Color::DARK_TINT unless App::Persistence['appearence'] == RN::Const::Appearence::BLACK
    UIView.animateWithDuration(0.40,
                               delay: 0.0,
                               options: UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseOut,
                               animations: -> {
                                 @nav_bar.frame = nf
                                 @tool_bar.frame = tf
                                 @tool_bar.backgroundColor = RN::Const::Color::HOME_TOOL_BAR_TRANSPARENT
                               },
                               completion: -> (finished) {@toolbar_hidden = true})
  end

  def toggle_toolbar
    if @toolbar_hidden
      show_toolbar
    else
      hide_toolbar
    end
  end

  def open_preview_screen
    open_modal Preview::RootScreen.new(
      nav_bar: true,
      is_modal: true,
      article: @article_manager.current_article,
      modalTransitionStyle: UIModalTransitionStyleCrossDissolve
    )
  end

  def open_channel_modal_view
    channels_modal_view = ChannelsModalView.new
    channels_modal_view.delegate = self
    self.navigation_controller.presentSemiView(channels_modal_view, withOptions:{})
  end

  def add_to_bookmark
    App.alert(BW::localized_string(:no_article, "No article is selected.")) unless @article_manager.add_to_bookmarks
  end

  def load_channel_articles(channel_id)
    @channel = Channel.find(channel_id)
    ids = @channel.news_sources.map(&:id)
    if ids.count > 0
      ids.each do |id|
        source = NewsSource.find(id)
        source.crawl_articles if source
      end
      SVProgressHUD.showWithStatus(BW::localized_string(:loading, "Loading..."), maskType: SVProgressHUDMaskTypeBlack)
    else
      App.alert(BW::localized_string(:no_source, "No source is selected."))
    end
  end

  def dismiss_channel_view
    self.navigation_controller.dismissSemiModalView
  end

  def hide_speed_status
    SVProgressHUD.dismiss
    @speed_control_timer = nil
  end

  #Event handler

  def add_observers
    BW::App.notification_center.observe FXReachabilityStatusDidChangeNotification do |n|
      @article_manager.set_online_status FXReachability.sharedInstance.status
    end

    observe(@article_manager, "crawling_url_list_count") do |old_value, new_value|
      if old_value > new_value && new_value == 0
        Dispatch::Queue.main.async{
          new_article_size = @article_manager.count - @article_manager.index - 1
          if new_article_size > 0
            SVProgressHUD.showSuccessWithStatus("#{new_article_size}" + BW::localized_string(:new_articles, " new articles."))
          else
            SVProgressHUD.showErrorWithStatus(BW::localized_string(:no_new_articles, "No new articles found."))
          end
        }
        @channel.update_image_url
      end
    end

    observe(@article_manager, "count") do |old_value, new_value|
      Dispatch::Queue.main.async{
        if @article_manager.count > 0
          @slide_view.set_article_at_index(@article_manager.index)
          @counter_label.text = @article_manager.label_text
        end
      }
    end

    observe(@article_manager, "index") do |old_value, new_value|
      Dispatch::Queue.main.async{
        if @article_manager.count > 0 && @article_manager.index < @article_manager.count
          @slide_view.set_article_at_index(@article_manager.index)
          @counter_label.text = @article_manager.label_text
        end
      }
    end

    observe(@article_manager, "is_reading") do |old_value, new_value|
      if new_value
        start_playing
      else
        stop_playing
      end
    end
  end

  def on_toolbar_add_button_tapped
    add_to_bookmark
  end

  def on_toolbar_start_button_tapped
    if @article_manager.is_reading
      @article_manager.is_reading = false
    else
      if @article_manager.can_go_forward
        @article_manager.is_reading = true
      else
        open_channel_modal_view
      end
    end
  end

  def on_toolbar_preview_button_tapped
    open_preview_screen
  end

  def on_toolbar_action_button_tapped
    article = @article_manager.current_article
    if article
      text = article.title + " (#{article.host})"
      url = NSURL.URLWithString(article.link_url)

      activityView = URLActivityViewController.alloc.initWithDefaultActivities([text, url])
      self.presentViewController(activityView, animated:true, completion:nil)
    else
      App.alert(BW::localized_string(:no_article, "No article is selected."))
    end
  end

  def on_segmented_control_tapped(index)
    @speed_control_timer.invalidate unless @speed_control_timer.nil?
    case index
    when 0
      interval = [@article_manager.interval * 1.2, 30.0].min
    when 1
      interval = [@article_manager.interval * 0.8, 0.3].max
    end
    @article_manager.interval = interval
    App::Persistence[:interval] = interval
    SVProgressHUD.showProgress(interval/30, status: BW::localized_string(:slide_interval, "Slide Interval") + ": #{sprintf("%2.1f", interval.to_s)}")
    @speed_control_timer = NSTimer.scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval(2.0,
                                                                  target: self,
                                                                  selector: 'hide_speed_status',
                                                                  userInfo: nil,
                                                                  repeats: false)
  end

  def on_navbar_settings_button_tapped
    open_modal Settings::RootScreen.new(nav_bar: true)
  end

  def on_navbar_channels_button_tapped
    open_modal Channels::RootScreen.new(nav_bar: true)
  end

  def on_navbar_bookmarks_button_tapped
    open_modal Bookmarks::RootScreen.new(nav_bar: true)
  end

  def on_navbar_hide_picture_button_tapped
    App::Persistence['show_picture'] = !App::Persistence['show_picture']
    @slide_view.update_articles
  end

  def on_return(args = {})
    if args[:refresh]
      @slide_view.update_styles
    end
  end

  def gesture_action(direction)
    case App::Persistence[direction]
    when RN::Const::SwipeLeft::START, RN::Const::SwipeRight::START
      start_reading
    when RN::Const::SwipeLeft::STOP, RN::Const::SwipeRight::STOP
      stop_reading
    when RN::Const::SwipeLeft::PREVIEW, RN::Const::SwipeRight::PREVIEW
      open_preview_screen
    when RN::Const::SwipeLeft::BOOKMARK, RN::Const::SwipeRight::BOOKMARK
      add_to_bookmark
    when RN::Const::SwipeLeft::SAFARI, RN::Const::SwipeRight::SAFARI
      UIApplication.sharedApplication.openURL(NSURL.URLWithString(@article_manager.current_article.link_url))
    when RN::Const::SwipeLeft::CHROME, RN::Const::SwipeRight::CHROME
      # sdk, urlscheme,  x-callback-url
    when RN::Const::SwipeLeft::TWEET, RN::Const::SwipeRight::TWEET
    when RN::Const::SwipeLeft::FACEBOOK, RN::Const::SwipeRight::FACEBOOK
    when RN::Const::SwipeLeft::POCKET, RN::Const::SwipeRight::POCKET
    # when RN::Const::SwipeLeft::READABILITY, RN::Const::SwipeRight::READABILITY
      true
    end
  end
end

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