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REBELS WITH A CAUSE!
NME May 10, 2004 2:57 pm BST
The band tell NME.COM they're glad to be off Virgin - and also tell us of exciting future plans...
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have spoken about their split with their label VIRGIN.
Robert Turner told NME.COM the band were pushing to leave the EMI affiliate for months.
He said: "To be honest we just felt they'd given up on our record (2003's 'Take The On, On Your Own'). They only let us really put out one single in the States and we know our album had a lot more to give than that. There's a lot of little things, but that, far beyond anything – it's just not justified for any reason. It's just not having the heart, they didn't have the heart for it and that's not where we want to be."
He continued "I can't say we were at odds ends or anything. We're both just happy to be done with it. I think we did enough damage inside their walls and they did the same to us," he said.
Turner said the label did not put up a fight to keep the outfit on its roster.
He admitted: "The coolest thing they did was be good enough to let us go and not hold us down for no reason, which is what most of 'em can do and will do."
The band are currently mulling offers from a number of interested parties, but to date have not signed with anyone, saying they may want to try things on their own.
Turner revealed: "We want to try and do something where we make our records and videos, and structure [things] in a way where we have more control of that and then letting someone else get behind it because they're genuinely excited about it. If that means licensing it only or distributing it then that would be a better way. We're really kind of confused because all of a sudden we're getting a lot of people offering us things and as soon as you have too many options you start questioning everything."
The band will take the month off before joining the Lollapalooza festival in the US, recording new material on the East Coast. Turner says Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have a "couple of dozen" songs they will self-produce this summer.
"We're going to go to Philadelphia and record at Mad Action's home studio, I've been there a couple times and I really like it. It's just a house with a mom and dad cooking food upstairs. [We're going to] just try and go back to simpler days when it wasn't about the $100,000 recording budget, $20 dollars to buy some tape, and just get it done."
Though none of the new material is titled, Turner says it does have a defined sound – a bluesier approach than the material featured on the band's last two releases.
"We want to make a record that's more rootsy Americana and that's not really expected right now. We want to keep doing things that are interesting to us," Turner said. "It's the kind of songs we've been writing for years [but have] never been able to find their place on our previous albums because they are from another time, they're from another sound, so we're stockpiling songs and it's time they had their day, so we're trying to make that record."
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Conceived by CBC and appointed with CBC staff, although the actual opening was postponed until 1983 after the merger. Confirmed by John Beer who audited the branch and Trevor Hulbert who was appointed Accountant there. It is interesting that Sawtell has survived the closure of branches which saw Urunga closed (which was also opened out of CBC Bellingen).
"My memory tells me that Andrew S Collie, the first Sawtell manager, was at Bellingen branch and used to take his family to Sawtell at weekends, where he formulated the idea that CBC must open a branch at Sawtell. He then went to CBC Coffs Harbour from where events took place to establish the Sawtell branch." John Beer.
2008 photo by Ron Armstrong.
1963 humorous photo from Current Accounts January 1964 issue.
2006 November photo by Frank Maundrell.
2008 1883 Silverton, which is 28km west north west of Broken Hill, was named.
1882 onwards H W Hogg had the 'doubtful pleasure' of managing Tibbooburra, Milparinka and Silverton branches.
1889 Courthouse began operations; October Gaol was opened, Municipal chambers opened.
1891 branch closed (87th Report), the Manager and staff were transferred to Broken Hill.
1968 mentioned in July Current Accounts page 51.
2008 September Silverton today photo from Sunday Telegraph.
1869 council rates entry submitted by Martin King "the first recorded evidence I've seen of the Commercial Bank in Singleton; the entry in the 1869 Council Rates book" from Singleton Family History Society" together with an early photo originally from the National Library.
1876 purchased by bank for £2000.
1800 June 30 Report lists Waddy PM as manager.
1881 record and Early photo from Glen Walker, which notes "Premises erected prior to 1881", with what appears to be a subsequent annotation "Erected 1868/1869".
1883 December 31 Report lists Pockley TFG as manager.
1884 George Street branch was built. Architects were Backhouse & Lough. Builder was W Burnett. Martin King, who is researching a hotel in Singleton stated "From my research I have found mention of the "Commercial Bank" operating in Singleton on July 3rd 1884."
1902 Picture depicts end of Boer War celebrations.
1910 "Renovated & improved in 1910 @ cost of 459 pounds" noted on the premises card in the 1881 photo.
Fred Harvison says: I spoke with Ken Lawson and he said that the Bank was in George Street next to the Royal Hotel. When the Post Office moved from George Street to its current location in John Street the Bank also moved to its current location and the old branch became a Receiving Office.
The George Street building: Caption reads "The date of the building of the George Street branch is not known, but was used until the erection of the John Street building in 1936. Since then it has been a full-time Receiving Office, for the convenience of customers in the northern end of the town".
1973 when the building was sold in January (Current Accounts Jan 1974).
2009 July Geoff Chapman sourced Google Earth image attached of George Street (New England Highway) Singleton branch/Receiving Office. Identity confirmed by unusual upper floor windows.
2012 February Kevin Greenaway was visiting Graeme Stevenson at Tweed Heads last Sunday and he showed Kevin some old photos he had of a few Branches Kevin thinks he worked at, including Singleton.
When the Post Office moved from George Street to its current location in John Street the Bank also moved to its current location.
1936 John Street building erected.
1959 clipping of the 1936 building erected in John Street. The upper storey and rear lower floor comprise the Manager's residence. Submitted by Glen Walker.
1972 photo of the bank submitted by Glen Walker.
2012 February Kevin Greenaway was visiting Graeme Stevenson at Tweed Heads last Sunday and he showed Kevin some old photos he had of a few Branches Kevin thinks he worked at, including these of the banking chamber as NAB.
George Street Receiving Office Fred Harvison said: "I spoke with Ken Lawson and he said that the Bank was in George Street next to the Royal Hotel. When the Post Office moved from George Street to its current location in John Street the Bank also moved to its current location and the old branch became a Receiving Office" in 1930.
1973 a new Receiving Office was opened opposite the original building when it was sold (Current Accounts January 1974).
Smithtown Smithtown is on the Macleay River, off the Pacific Highway, 17Km north of Kempsey.
(no representation) Sofala cannot be located as listed / opened / closed in CBCofS reports but Parkes Newspaper reports that the Manager that opened CBCofS Parkes worked in Hill End and Sofala.
Sofala (and Wattle Flat) are fascinating and well preserved historic gold mining locations Of all the old gold mining towns in NSW Sofala is one of the most interesting and unusual.
Sofala is a village with old world charm with nothing more than two streets which have no formal construction and no curbing and guttering and yet which can claim to be 'Australia's oldest surviving gold town'.
Sofala is 245 km north west of Sydney and 45 km north of Bathurst in the Turon River valley.
1851 Royal Hotel and a General Store were built.
1851-02-12 Sofala began after the goldrush after Edward Hargraves discovered gold at Summerhill Creek.
'Sofala presents a jumble of tents of every possible shape: canvas, calico, slab and bark huts, bough gunyahs and nondescripts.
Stores of every possible description containing varieties of merchandise are everywhere, embellished with placards announcing the best gold prices available.
1852 June a tent city spread across the valley.
1852-06-25 more than 200 ounces of gold taken from the Turon Valley had been sold in Bathurst.
When the local landowner realised he would never move the miners off his land he became a butcher and started selling mutton.
1852 The goldfield was short-lived with the population peaking at 10,000 in September and dropping to 5,000 by Christmas. It was a ramshackle temporary town with dozens of pubs and, at its height, an estimated 500 illegal sly grog shops.
1852 there was a brief altercation between miners and police over mining licenses but it did not amount to outright rebellion. The miners caved in and the license fees (30 shillings per month) were retained.
1853 visitors were describing the town as little more than 'wood huts or as they term them shingle, weatherboard, houses and tents.
There were many tents scattered along the river.' The fortune of the town was all too brief.
1854 May there were less than 500 diggers on the field and by 1855, with new gold discoveries occurring at Wattle Flat, Sofala was in decline.
1856 there were only 325 males and 203 females living in bark huts and working the goldfields in Sofala.
a number of public houses and several extensive stores.
There was a booking office at the Barley Mow for Cobb & Co., where coaches could be caught for Bathurst, Orange, Lambing Flat and Forbes.
1871 census the total population of the town was 644 of whom 81 were Chinese.
Mining was still central to the success of the town but the miners were covering a greater area and finding smaller deposits.
1899 to 1914: dredges were brought to the valley. Their success was limited.
At one point (it only lasted for two years) the Sofala Gold Dredging Co. treated 18,000 cubic yards of wash which yielded 84 ounces of gold.
The history of the town in the twentieth century is one of constant decline as the gold either runs out or becomes increasingly hard to extract.
1948 all gold mining in the district finished. It had lasted for 92 years.
The Old Bank of New South Wales building in the main street 1. Historical Walking Tour There is a single sheet guide to the village which is available from the Sofala Souvenir Shop in the main street.
1860s the Old General Store was built with its interesting lacework and its weatherboard construction in Denison Street is one of the town's most notable buildings. It was built to meet the needs of the local miners.
1862 saw the establishment of the Royal Hotel over the road from the General Store. The first Royal Hotel in Sofala opened on 7 October 1851.
1879 the Post Office was built and continued operating until 1989. It is a gracious two-storey building which has been turned into an interesting home.
1851 saw the Gas Hotel where the foundations are timber stumps which have sunk over time, the building looks as though it was knocked together by a very drunk carpenter.
1874 as a court house.
1960s it became the Community Health Centre.
Hylands Hotel built on the site of the Globe Hotel (one of the town's original pubs) it still has the original shingles and cellar.
In 2010 it is now a private residence.
The Sofala Souvenir Shop has a 'self-drive' tour which covers a number of interesting destinations around Sofala. Upper Turon drive includes the Church of England cemetery (with graves dating from 1851), the old Sofala school ( 1881), the original hospital ( 1860s), the original diggings, the privately-owned Western Goldfields Museum, the Chinese settlement, Ration Hill and Pennyweight Creek.
Lower Turon instructions are clear for those interested in exploring the Lower Turon.
- a good place for swimming.
The map and the instructions are easy to follow.
Wattle Flat is 8 km south of Sofala on the Bathurst Road. The main attraction (apart from the old stone church on the main road) is the 'Buurree Walking Trail' which is a leisurely 3 hour stroll. The trail is an interesting combination of fauna (there are many kangaroos in the area) and flora as well as ruins and remnants of the goldrush era.
12 km north-east of Sofala along the main road is the Turon Technology Museum which focuses of power technologies from the period 1850-1950. This is a display of six buildings in grounds which cover over an acre. There are steam turbines, hot-bulb engines, internal combustion engines, diesel engines etc.
South Grafton 1934 Listed in Century of Banking as Receiving Office of Grafton.
1948 South Grafton converted to full Branch status when H E Heath was appointed Manager (from Current Accounts January 1970).
1952 The branch was housed in this building - photo by Harold Wood.
1965-73 (from Current Accounts January 74) On the retirement of H M Sinfield on 10/8/73: "Mr Sinfield was Manager at South Grafton at the time of his retirement, having been appointed as Manager of that Branch in 1965".
1978 September Branch Managers List shows it as a sub-branch of Grafton.
2009 GoogleMaps photo of amalgamated branch at 72 Baylis St.
2008 1977 Listed in Annual Report as Receiving Office of Kempsey.
John Beer states: "I conducted the first audit of SW Rocks where premises had been designed by CBC but reported to have been heavily criticised by NBA RM / Zone GM.
From memory premises were privately developed by owner who had unit on top level and leased ground floor and car spaces under that to the Bank. The owner was a great bloke who took me fishing catching whiting on the beaches. His daughter was in charge of Wales SW Rocks."
1985 NAB NSW & ACT Circular 135 23April: South West Rocks Upgrading to Branch & Relocating. On 13 May 1985 SW Rocks Service Centre will be upgraded to branch status & relocated at: 8 Prince of Wales Avenue SW Rocks under Manager Mr BJ Wallace with Mr TE Cowan Accountant.
2008 GoogleEarth photo as NAB identified by Geoff Chapman and confirmed by Warwick Laing, past manager of Kempsey branch, as being previously the CBC branch. John Beer states: Looks similar to SW Rocks branch I audited about 1988 when BJ Wallace was Manager SW Rocks, where CBC rented office from owner who resided above with his daughter who was in charge of Bank of NSW SW Rocks. Office building was organised by CBC. NBA Regional Manager / ZGM was very critical of office being more than a shopfront (he reckoned it had too much space and was too deep).
147 Macquarie Road For a number of years CBC officers had been promoting the possibility of opening a branch at Springwood.
National Australia Bank has opened its newest branch in Springwood.
The bank has been represented in the Blue Mountains for many years with its branch at Katoomba.
Manager of the new branch, Mr Paul Stehbens and his staff who were all local people have been busily supervising the final fitting out of the building over recent days. Paul is looking forward to living and working in the Springwood area as he has been located in the Hunter Valley for the past 2.5 years."
John Beer says "It is thought Mr Meyer was State Manager when he spoke to F Maundrell".
Stockinbingal is a small village on the Burley Griffin Way 410 Kilometres South of Sydney, between Cootamundra & Temora.
Stockinbingal has maintained its architectural integrity and remains virtually untouched since Federation.
Its former commercial buildings remain intact as prime examples of the Australian vernacular style.
1886 March 20 Stockinbingal was proclaimed a village.
Stockinbingal Cemetery, Geralda Street - Rare Plants and Endangered Bird site is part of the Grassy Box Woodlands Conservation Management Network.
1893 Stockinbingal Railway Station, Hibernia Street, was opened servicing the Temora & Cootamundra line.
1912 the Forbes line was commenced .
The Timber railway station is one of over 400 such stations built throughout country NSW of which in 2006 less than twelve survive. It is operated by manual signals and is an important line for wheat transport from the central west and freight from Western and South Australia.
1912 branch opened in October in portion of 15 Troy Street building.
1913 temporary premises at 14 Martin Street.
1913 new premises completed at 22 Martin Street.
1915 former Bank of NSW, Hibernia Street, Federation. Anecdotal remarks that it may be of Hardy Wilson design.
1934 Listed in Century of Banking, manager DT Burgess.
Photocopy of branch when operating. It is a copy of extremely poor quality. The adjoining part of the building used as a fruit shop was demolished in 1990.
1941 closed on 31st March.
1959 June mentioned in Current Accounts.
John Beer says: CBC Stockinbingal records I think went to Temora where the records were stored in the strongroom upper shelf eastern end of strongroom.
"The building ... situated adjacent to the former Bank of NSW building on the southern side of Martin Street, Stockinbingal, is a private residence and has never been used as a branch of the CBC bank.
Council does not have records regarding the former CBC bank building in Stockinbingal. However, information compiled by the Stockinbingal Public School Centenary Committee in 1994, and published in "The Stockinbingal Story", indicates that the CBC Bank was initially opened in October 1912 in portion of a building located at 15 Troy Street Stockinbingal. The bank later purchased a block of land for new premises at 22 Martin Street. The bank was temporarily located at 14 Martin Street and the new premises was completed in 1913.
The bank closed on 31st March 1941. The original bank building is still in use today as a residence.
2008 photo from Jan Godman of the building as it appears today.
The bank first opened in October 1912 in portion of a building owned by the Neville Bros at 15 Troy Street. The first manager, WM Hughes, stayed for two months and was followed by FC Davies who remained until 1918 then accepting transfer to Walla Walla.
In March 1912, intending to erect a permanent building, the bank purchased a block at 26 Martin Street. Architect ER Laver then offered to build a bank for lease at 26 Martin Street. The offer was accepted at a weekly rental of 32/6 ($3.25). The building had a banking chamber 18 feet by 16 feet, the manager's room 11 feet by 16 feet, a bedroom the same size, a sitting room, kitchen, bathroom, laundry and a galvanised iron stable. Davies advised that he was to be married and then a second bedroom for a maid and a scullery were added to the building. A brick shortage caused a delay in Laver's new building and the bank moved temporarily to 14 Martin Street at 17/- ($1.70) weekly rental. The bank accepted the new building in June 1913 at an agreed annual rental of 84 pounds 10 shillings ($169). An adjoining shop in the building was rented as a fruit and vegetable outlet.
Mr D Carr-Boyd followed as branch manager in March 1918 on an annual salary of 300 pounds ($600). Carr-Boyd's arrival in the town provided for him an unpleasant experience. A severe thunderstorm, lasting only fifteen minutes, resulted in water pouring through theroof of the new building causing damage to the contents. He complained to his head office that the new building was "jerry built" and the rent was exorbitant. He was critical of the toilet facilities describing them as a "cesspit".
Despite the manager's complaint and those from other residents there was no improvement in the sanitary services of the town until 1927 when the Shire introduced a cart-away pan service costing 3/- (30 cents) weekly.
Mr Carr-Boyd was transferred to Byron Bay in 1922 and was replaced by HM Beatty from Lithgow. Mr Beatty complained about the high cost of running the Acetylene Gas Lighting plant, but Head Office instructed him not to revert to the old kerosene lamps.
In 1924 Mr Laver sold the building, occupied by the bank, to Mrs Torpy who conducted the fruit shop next door. Mrs Torpy paid 1800 pounds ($3600) for the building and increased the bank rental to 110 pounds 10 shillings ($221) annually.
In December 1927 HM Beatty left for Wallerawang and was replaced by DJ Burgess from Adaminaby. Mrs Burgess acted as a Sunday School teacher in the town until her death in 1937. Mr A Baker became the last manager in 1938 and stayed until the bank closed on 31.3.1941.
The former bank premises became a private residence and the last fruit shop proprietor in the same building until 1964 was Mrs Tennison.
The building was eventually demolished in 1990.
2008 GoogleEarth photo sourced by Geoff Chapman who advises: This was Stockinbingal branch. The location was advised to me by Keith Pether, a lifelong (83 year) resident of the town, and correct building confirmed when I described the building in the attached photo to him. He also advised that the branch closed "a couple of years before the end of the war" which suggests that it was part of the 1943 rationalisation of bank branches measure undertaken by all banks.
Sussex Inlet 1977 listed in Annual Report as receiving office of Nowra.


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Ntare est un prénom et un patronyme d'Afrique de l'Est, ainsi que le nom de plusieurs rois africains :

ordre chronologique
 Ntare, roi de l'Ankole (actuel Ouganda) autour de 1700 ;
 Ntare, roi du Burundi autour de 1700 ;
 Ntare, roi du Burundi de ca 1795 à ca 1850 ;
 Ntare (1947–1972), roi du Burundi en 1966 ;
 Ntare (1940–2011), roi de l'Ankole en 1993 ;
 Ntare Mwine (né en 1967), acteur américain.

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Homonymie de prénom
Prénom masculin
Homonymie de patronyme
Patronyme africain
Patronyme rwandais


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Afrobarometer Survey 2008, Merged Round 4 Data (20 Countries)
Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanza..., 2008
Afrobarometer
Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Michigan State University (MSU), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)
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Burkina Faso BFA
Botswana BWA
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Ghana GHA
Kenya KEN
Liberia LBR
Lesotho LSO
Madagascar MDG
Mali MLI
Mozambique MOZ
Malawi MWI
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Nigeria NGA
Senegal SEN
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South Africa ZAF
Zambia ZMB
Zimbabwe ZWE
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Afrobarometer collects and disseminates information regarding Africans' views on democracy, governance, economic reform, civil society, and quality of life. Round 1 surveys were conducted between 1999 and 2001. At that time, the project covered seven countries in Southern Africa (Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe), three countries in West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria and Mali) and two in East Africa (Uganda and Tanzania). Round 2 surveys were completed by November 2003 with four new countries added: Kenya, Senegal, Cape Verde and Mozambique. Round 3 surveys were conducted from March 2005 to February 2006 in the same countries, plus Benin and Madagascar. Round 4 surveys were conducted during 2008 and 2009 in 20 countries, reflecting the addition of Burkina Faso and Liberia.
The Afrobarometer is a comparative series of public attitude surveys that assess African citizen's attitudes to democracy and governance, markets, and civil society, among other topics. The surveys have been undertaken at periodic intervals since 1999. The Afrobarometer's coverage has increased over time. Round 1 (1999-2001) initially covered 7 countries and was later extended to 12 countries. Round 2 (2002-2004) surveyed citizens in 16 countries. Round 3 (2005-2006) 18 countries. The survey covered 20 countries in Round 4 (2008-2009).
Sample survey data [ssd]
Version 01: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution
Round 4 merged dataset, it comprises of survey datasets from 20 countries.
Each Afrobarometer survey collects data about individual attitudes and behavior, including innovative indicators especially relevant to developing societies. This includes the following topics:
• Democracy - Popular understanding of, support for, and satisfaction with democracy, as well as any desire to return to, or experiment with, authoritarian alternatives.
• Governance - The demand for, and satisfaction with, effective, accountable and clean government; judgments of overall governance perfomance and social service delivery.
• Livelihoods - How do African families survive? What variety of formal and informal means do they use to gain access to food, shelter, water, health, employment and money?
• Macro-economics and markets - Citizen understandings of market principles and market reforms and their assessments of economic conditions and government performance at economic management.
• Social capital - Whom do people trust? To what extent do they rely on informal networks and associations? What are their evaluations of the trustworthiness of various institutions?
• Conflict and crime - How safe do people feel? What has been their experience with crime and violence?
• Participation - The extent to which ordinary people join in development efforts, comply with the laws of the land, vote in elections, contact elected representatives, and engage in protest. The quality of electoral representation.
• National identity - How do people see themselves in relation to ethnic and class identities? Does a shared sense of national identity exist?
conflict, security and peace [4.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
domestic political issues [4.2] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
government, political systems and organisations [4.4] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion [4.6] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
political ideology [4.7] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
business/industrial management and organisation [2.2] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
mass media [7.4] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
social exclusion [12.9] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
cultural activities and participation [13.2] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
cultural and national identity [13.3] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
religion and values [13.5] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
social behaviour and attitudes [13.6] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
social change [13.7] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
social conditions and indicators [13.8] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
The Round 4 Afrobarometer surveys have national coverage for the following countries: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of Cabo Verde, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
The sample universe for Afrobarometer surveys includes all citizens of voting age within the country. In other words, we exclude anyone who is not a citizen and anyone who has not attained this age (usually 18 years) on the day of the survey. Also excluded are areas determined to be either inaccessible or not relevant to the study, such as those experiencing armed conflict or natural disasters, as well as national parks and game reserves. As a matter of practice, we have also excluded people living in institutionalized settings, such as students in dormitories and persons in prisons or nursing homes.
What to do about areas experiencing political unrest? On the one hand we want to include them because they are politically important. On the other hand, we want to avoid stretching out the fieldwork over many months while we wait for the situation to settle down. It was agreed at the 2002 Cape Town Planning Workshop that it is difficult to come up with a general rule that will fit all imaginable circumstances. We will therefore make judgments on a case-by-case basis on whether or not to proceed with fieldwork or to exclude or substitute areas of conflict. National Partners are requested to consult Core Partners on any major delays, exclusions or substitutions of this sort.
Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA)
Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)
The African Development Bank Funded the study
Michigan State University Funded the study
The National Science Foundation, US Funded the study
The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs Funded the study
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) Funded the study
Afrobarometer uses national probability samples designed to meet the following criteria. Samples are designed to generate a sample that is a representative cross-section of all citizens of voting age in a given country. The goal is to give every adult citizen an equal and known chance of being selected for an interview. They achieve this by:
• using random selection methods at every stage of sampling;
• sampling at all stages with probability proportionate to population size wherever possible to ensure that larger (i.e., more populated) geographic units have a proportionally greater probability of being chosen into the sample.
The sampling universe normally includes all citizens age 18 and older. As a standard practice, we exclude people living in institutionalized settings, such as students in dormitories, patients in hospitals, and persons in prisons or nursing homes. Occasionally, we must also exclude people living in areas determined to be inaccessible due to conflict or insecurity. Any such exclusion is noted in the technical information report (TIR) that accompanies each data set.
Sample size and design
Samples usually include either 1,200 or 2,400 cases. A randomly selected sample of n=1200 cases allows inferences to national adult populations with a margin of sampling error of no more than +/-2.8% with a confidence level of 95 percent. With a sample size of n=2400, the margin of error decreases to +/-2.0% at 95 percent confidence level.
The sample design is a clustered, stratified, multi-stage, area probability sample. Specifically, we first stratify the sample according to the main sub-national unit of government (state, province, region, etc.) and by urban or rural location.
Area stratification reduces the likelihood that distinctive ethnic or language groups are left out of the sample. Afrobarometer occasionally purposely oversamples certain populations that are politically significant within a country to ensure that the size of the sub-sample is large enough to be analysed. Any oversamples is noted in the TIR.
Sample stages
Samples are drawn in either four or five stages:
Stage 1: In rural areas only, the first stage is to draw secondary sampling units (SSUs). SSUs are not used in urban areas, and in some countries they are not used in rural areas. See the TIR that accompanies each data set for specific details on the sample in any given country.
Stage 2: We randomly select primary sampling units (PSU).
Stage 3: We then randomly select sampling start points.
Stage 4: Interviewers then randomly select households.
Stage 5: Within the household, the interviewer randomly selects an individual respondent. Each interviewer alternates in each household between interviewing a man and interviewing a woman to ensure gender balance in the sample.
To keep the costs and logistics of fieldwork within manageable limits, eight interviews are clustered within each selected PSU.
Data weights
For some national surveys, data are weighted to correct for over or under-sampling or for household size. "Withinwt" should be turned on for all national -level descriptive statistics in countries that contain this weighting variable. It is included as the last variable in the data set, with details described in the codebook. For merged data sets, "Combinwt" should be turned on for cross-national comparisons of descriptive statistics. Note: this weighting variable standardizes each national sample as if it were equal in size.
Further information on sampling protocols, including full details of the methodologies used for each stage of sample selection, can be found at https://afrobarometer.org/surveys-and-methods/sampling-principles
Note that for some surveys data is weighted to correct for either deliberate (e.g., to provide an adequate sample of specific sub-groups for analytical purposes) or inadvertent over- or under-sampling of particular sample strata. In these cases, a weighting variable is included as the last variable in the data set, with details described in the codebook. These weighting factors should be used when calculating all national-level statistics.
2008 Round 4
Face-to-face [f2f]
Teams of four interviewers traveled together to the field under the leadership of a field supervisor. It was the supervisor's job to ensure quality control of survey returns on a daily basis.Interviews usually took about one hour and only proceeded after respondents have given informed consent. Strict confidentiality was required in handling survey returns.
Interviewers, usually holding a first degree in social science, were trained in a five-day training workshop immediately prior to fieldwork. Interviews usually took about one hour and only proceeded after respondents have given informed consent. Strict confidentiality was required in handling survey returns.
Interviews are conducted in the following languages:
Benin:
French, Fon, Adja, Bariba, Dendi, Yoruba, Otamari, Peulh
Botswana:
English, Setswana
Cape Verde:
Creole, Portuguese
English, Akan, Ewe, Ga, Dagbani
Kenya:
English, Kiswahili, Kamba, Kikuyu, Kimeru, Kisii, Luhya, Luo, Somali, Turkana
Lesotho:
English, Sesotho
Madagascar:
Malagasy Ofisialy, Malagasy Fitenim-Paritra
Malawi:
English, Chichewa, Chiyao, Chitumbuka
Frenchm Bambara, Sonrhaï, Tamasheq, Peuhl
Mozambique:
Portuguese, Emakhuwa, Xichangana, Cisena, Cinyanja, Echuwabu, Cinyungwe
Namibia:
English, Afrikaans, Oshiwambo
Nigeria:
English, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Pidgin, Tiv, Ibibio, Ijaw
Senegal:
French, Wolof, Pulaar, Serer
South Africa:
Afrikaans, English, Xhosa, North Sotho, South Sotho, Setswana, Swazi, Shangaan, Zulu
Tanzania:
Uganda:
English, Luganda, Lusoga, Luo, Ruyankole, Rutoro, Rukiga, Ateso, Lugbara
Zambia:
English, Chibemba, Chinyanja, Chitonga, Silozi
Zimbabwe:
English, Chishona, Sindebele
Afrobarometer team
Certain questions in the questionnaires for the Afrobarometer 4 survey addressed country-specific issues, but many of the same questions were asked
across surveys. Citizens of the 20 countries were asked questions about their economic and social situations, and their opinions were elicited on recent political and economic changes within their country.
For general inquiries Afrobarometer bhoward@afrobarometer.org
For general inquiries Afrobarometer snkomo@afrobarometer.org
For data Afrobarometer datarequests@afrobarometer.org
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Afrobarometer data are protected by copyright. Authors of any published work based on Afrobarometer data or papers are required to acknowledge the source, including, where applicable, citations to data sets posted on this website. Please acknowledge the copyright holders in all publications resulting from its use by means of bibliographic citation in this form:
Afrobarometer Data, [Country(ies)], [Round(s)], [Year(s)], available at http://www.afrobarometer.org.
DDI Document ID
DDI_AFR_2008_AFB-MR4_v02_M
DataFirst University of Cape Town DDI producer
Development Data Group DECDG The World Bank Metadata adapted for Microdata Library
Date of Metadata Production
DDI Document version
DDI Document - Version 02 - (04/27/21)
This version is identical to DDI_AFR_2008_AFB-MR4_v01_M but country field has been updated to capture all the countries covered by survey.
Version 01 (February 2021). The study metadata has been adopted from same study published on DataFirst website.

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Learn to felt with Kirrily Urquhart from Kokoro Expressions in a series of four workshops – enrol in one workshop or enrol in all four!
If you have never felted before, it is recommended that you come to the first workshop to gain a better understanding of the technique before attempting any other workshops.
Read the overview, then scroll down to see course descriptions for each session.
Make your own woollen fabric using the ancient technique of felting. It's a great way to unleash your creativity!
In a series of workshops, have lots of fun learning four different techniques and pick up some tips on colour and design along the way.
You may choose to do one workshop or all four. If you have never felted before, it is recommended that you come to the first workshop to gain a better understanding of the technique before attempting any other workshops.
All prices include the basic materials needed to create your felted pieces. A selection of other materials will also be available at an additional cost for those wishing to enhance their designs further.
As felting is a wet process, bring along a couple of bath towels to help soak up the water. You may also find it beneficial to bring some rubber gloves as we use hot water for most processes.
For those of you who have never felted before, this is a great introductory workshop. Learn the basic technique and create 2 small flat designs. Experiment with the different effects that can be achieved in creating your composition.
Build on your felting skills by creating a pouch without having to sew a stitch! We will use a 'resist' to create a pocket between two felted layers with decoration on one or both sides. You may choose to create a small bag or clutch style purse.
We extend the 'pouch method' to create a three dimensional vessel. In addition, we look at other ways to make 3D sculptural forms, including solid shapes.
"Nuno Felting" is felting with sheer fabrics. Using fabric enables you to achieve a finer piece that can be draped and used in clothing. Create a beautiful scarf or unique table runner or wall hanging.


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Share this Story: The 2021 Chrysler Pacifica just earned the IIHS' highest crash-testing accolade
The 2021 Chrysler Pacifica just earned the IIHS' highest crash-testing accolade
The 2022 Lexus ES and full Genesis lineup also qualified for the Top Safety Pick+ award
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New headlamps on the 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Pinnacle AWD are crafted with a more aggressive, linear design, and larger and more deeply sculpted LED fog lamp bezels add visual energy and complement the sportiness of the overall design.New headlamps on the 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Pinnacle AWD are crafted with a more aggressive, linear design, and larger and more deeply sculpted LED fog lamp bezels add visual energy and complement the sportiness of the overall design.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is continuing to grow its list of vehicles earning its highest accolades. Throughout the months of October and November, IIHS has honoured several vehicles with its Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ awards.
The coveted titles are given to qualifiers that meet six IIHS "crashworthiness evaluations" and come with a standard front crash prevention system. In order to gain the higher of the two awards (the one with the "+"), the vehicle must have Good or Acceptable headlights as standard across all trim levels of the model.
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Many vehicles — including many 2022 models — have been put to the test, coming out with one of the coveted awards.
Small SUVs are failing the new IIHS side crash test
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2021 Chrysler Pacifica – Top Safety Pick+
The 2021 Chrysler Pacifica — specifically vehicles built after September 2021 — earns the highest award from the IIHS. The minivan saw several changes make it eligible to receive this award. Previously, the headlights earned a Poor rating, due to excessive glare, but it's now equipped with acceptable headlights and a modified front crash prevention system that earns a Superior rating in the vehicle-to-vehicle test, as well as an Advanced rating in the vehicle-to-pedestrian evaluation.
2022 BMW X5 – Top Safety Pick
The X5, BMW's midsize luxury SUV, earns the Top Safety Pick award, but only when equipped with specific headlights. The standard and optional vehicle-to-vehicle front crash prevention systems both earn superior ratings, and the standard vehicle-to-pedestrian system earns a superior rating. The Executive trim's headlights, as well as the optional Laser Light package, earn a Good rating, but the X5 misses out of the top-tier award due to a Poor rating for the base headlights.
2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz – Top Safety Pick
Hyundai's small pickup, the Santa Cruz, earns the Top Safety Pick award when equipped with specific headlights. The standard and optional front crash prevention systems earn Superior ratings in the vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian evaluations, and the LED projector headlights on the SEL Premium and Limited trims earned the pickup a Good rating. However, due to the halogens on the base trim, Hyundai's first North American missed out on the top award.
2022 Lexus ES – Top Safety Pick+
Lexus' midsize luxury car, the ES, picked up the highest award from IIHS. Its redesigned headlight systems for the 2022 model year earned Good ratings. It also earned Superior ratings in the vehicle-to-vehicle evaluation of its standard front crash prevention system, not to mention an Advanced rating in the vehicle-to-pedestrian test.
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2021 Ford F-150 – Top Safety Pick
Following a few improvements to the headlights systems, the Ford F-150 crew cab and extended cab have earned the lower-tier award from IIHS. The two versions of the pickup join the Ram 1500 as the only large pickups to receive the award in 2021. The 2020 models fell short of the award due to Poor ratings on all available headlight systems, while the 2021 models (built after June 2021) now have good or acceptable headlights at some trim levels. The F-150 falls short of the highest award due to base halogens included with certain trims.
2022 Genesis G70 and GV70 – Top Safety Pick+
Both Genesis' large sedan, the G70 (well, those built after June 2021), and midsize luxury SUV, the GV70, have standard Good-rated headlights and standard front crash prevention systems that earn Superior ratings in the vehicle-to-vehicle evaluation, as well as Advanced ratings in the vehicle-to-pedestrian test.
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Guardtime, the first and only platform for ensuring the integrity of data and systems at industrial scale, today announced BLT, the authentication and signature protocol meant to replace RSA as the standard for digital identity. In contrast to RSA's reliance on quantum-vulnerable asymmetric key cryptography, BLT is based on Guardtime's quantum-secure KSI technology, which uses only hash function cryptography.
"RSA has been the dominant digital signature scheme since the 1970s, but it's outdated and cannot scale for the explosion of data or devices we're seeing with the Internet of Things, mobile and machine-to-machine technologies. Most importantly, on the advent of quantum computers, RSA could be rendered completely useless," said Mike Gault, CEO of Guardtime.
Simplified revocation management: There is no need to check the certificate validity when verifying signatures, eliminating the need for complicated Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs).
Long-term validity: There is no need for periodic re-timestamping of the signatures due to expiring keys - time and integrity of the signature can be proven mathematically without reliance on trusted parties or the security of keys.
Limited liability: Unlike RSA, BLT signatures cannot be generated offline, removing the potential for unlimited liability in the case of private key theft.
Quantum immunity: BLT's hash functions cannot be broken using quantum algorithms.
"Apart from robust security, e-commerce and/or device registration applications, BLT greatly improves the strength of any signing and authentication process," said Matt Johnson, CTO of Guardtime.
Guardtime announces BLT after more than seven years in development, building off its proprietary KSI technology, which is already being utilized in government, enterprise and private applications. The country of Estonia ensures the integrity of the world's most advanced digital society with Guardtime.
The efficacy of Guardtime's BLT protocol was demonstrated by Ahto Buldas, Risto Laanoja and Ahto Truu, after whom BLT is named.
Guardtime is the first and only platform for ensuring the integrity of data and systems at industrial scale. Guardtime created KSI to take on the challenges of today's perimeter-based security systems and secure the integrity of data in today's increasingly digital world. Built on an industrial blockchain and quantum-immune hash functions, KSI signs any and all data across a system, allowing independent verification of time, location and authenticity for any moment in history. Guardtime's mission is to build the essential backbone for truth, assurance and integrity for our digital world.


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Escape the heat and unwind in this serene and secluded Executive Garner Valley Mountain Retreat set behind a private gated entry. Stately home w/double door entry opens to a massive great room with vaulted ceiling, beautiful custom brick fireplace, french doors lead to a large terrace perfect for entertaining. Gourmet kitchen with center aisle, adjacent octagonal dining room features fireplace and expansive windows to enjoy the view of the magnificent grounds and mountain range beyond. The Master Suite features a marble fireplace, walk-in closet, luxurious bath w/spa tub & shower, dual sinks, an adjacent office and a separate spa room with floor to ceiling windows. Two additional guest rooms and den all with custom windows and breathtaking views from every window. The private tree shaded grounds with abundant plants, flowers, expansive lush lawns, walk ways and fountains defy description. The equestrian facilities include a huge barn, paddocks and pasture.


Eggs over easy with Soy sauce is a meal that takes five minutes to put on the table, and it's not instant ramen. It's the best thing ever when you're hungry but don't feel like cooking. Just fry a couple of eggs and some scallions, put it over some heated leftover or fresh rice, and drizzle with soy sauce. You won't be disappointed with this quick and simple eggs over easy rice plate.
Fry the eggs over easy or sunny-side-up in the oil, making sure to keep the yolk runny. Place over a bed of hot cooked rice. Then add the scallions to the pan and fry just until wilted. Stir in the soy sauce, a pinch of sugar, and the shaoxing wine, if using. Add a splash of water if it looks a bit dry.
Pour the scallions over the egg. Drizzle with more soy sauce.
And that's it! This eggs over easy with soy sauce and scallions dinner has saved me on many an evening in college.
Just break open that running egg, drizzle a bit more soy sauce on top of the runny egg and wilted scallions, scoop up some rice and you've got a perfect bite!
Chinese eggs over easy, soy sauce and rice is a great after school snack or a quick weeknight meal. A nice runny egg yolk with wilted scallions puts this easy rice plate dish over the top easy and delicious!
Fry the eggs in the oil sunny side up or over easy. Lay over a bed of rice. Add the scallions to the pan with a little soy sauce, a pinch of sugar, and the shaoxing wine, if using. Stir-fry just until wilted. Top the eggs with the scallions and drizzle with more soy sauce to taste.
Hahaha nice! Glad to be of help to you (and your daughter by extension!).
This recipe looks great! What kind of oil do you cook with?
Hi Katie, you can use vegetable oil or canola oil.
My favorite comfort food! Mom was Japanese and used a raw egg, but I had to cook the whites…I think I need to go make this now! Yummmmmmy!
Hi Tina, couldn't agree with you more! Thank you!
This is THE perfect lazy person's comfort food meal, isn't it? Thanks Tina!
Do you cook the soysauce + sugar + wine at all? Its not clear from the directions or your pictures.
Yes, after removing the eggs from the pan, you add the scallions to the pan along with the soy sauce, sugar, and wine, and stir-fry everything together until the scallions are wilted.
Could I use asparagus instead of scallion?
Hi Samone, you can add blanched asparagus to this dish, but I would not omit the scallion.


Because time was short and I was joining a tour and could not be delayed, I unfortunately had to pay the full $899.
If I were faced with a similar circumstance, being the skinflint I am, how would I prioritize the elimination of excess weight from my checked luggage?
Could I survive a couple of weeks with just a couple of pairs of undies? Probably, but how much do undies really weigh anyway. Getting rid of some of them probably wouldn't be worth the trouble.
Socks, other than a couple of pairs, could go. Extra shoes would be out too for that matter (assuming this isn't a business trip and the shoes have been well worn and I have gotten my money's worth from them).
Still overweight? A reduction in shirts and pants would likely be my next step. Again, these items aren't all that heavy, but I can get by with fewer and they aren't very expensive to replace, so they are the low-hanging fruit.
But what if you get through all of the low-hanging fruit and you're still over the limit? Would you pay $90 to carry a hair dryer? A curling iron? That box of specialty chocolates you just paid $40 for in the terminal at the fancy specialty chocolate store?
Oh, and remember, you are figuring all of this out while standing at the front of a very long line of fellow travelers who are becoming increasingly annoyed.
This article bought up a lot of thoughts and experiences for me. On the one side, I have encountered this overweight on carryon bag situation and although I did toss a few guide books, I discovered that the best method was to start "wearing" as much as I could….like strap the camera over the shoulder, put on the fleece jacket and the rain hats and so on. (this is in spite of how warm the current location is!) It worked is all I can say.
My second thought on this is that, on occasion, when I knew I'd have lots of luggage for some reason (like moving from one location for example), I use my points to upgrade to the best class in terms of luggage allocation. This (even with cash) can sometimes be a better deal than paying for the excess luggage.


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Hannah Bonham Stout
Early European settlers in the American colonies were mostly farmers and craftsmen. They had to work hard to provide daily neccesities for themselves.
Women played an essential role in American society as mothers and homemakers.
Hannah Bonham Stout was born on March 14, 1694/95 at Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Hezekiah Bonham and his first wife Mary Dunn.
She married Benjamin Stout when she was about 18 years old. Benjamin was born December 14, 1691 in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of Jonathan Stout (Richard) and Anne Bullen (Bollen). His sister, Ann Stout, married Hannah's half-brother Nehemiah Bonham.
The Stout family was instrumental in organizing the Hopewell Baptist Church.
After many years of meeting in homes and having problems securing a place to meet, it was decided to build a meeting house. Twenty members were baptized from 1715 to 1728 and by 1747 there were 65 members. A meeting was called on June 19, 1747, held at the home of Henry Oxley in Hopewell (then known as Columbia) at which time David Stout, Benjamin Stout, and Henry Oxley were chosen managers to build a meeting house. (from the History of Hopewell Baptist Church)
They had six sons and three daughters who were all born in Hopewell:
Jonathan Stout (about 1715, married Hannah Jewell),
Ezekiel Stout (about 1721, married Miss Drake),
Mary Stout (about 1723, married William Heabron),
Hezekiah Stout (about 1723, married Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Sorter),
Hosea Stout (about 1727),
Hannah Stout (about 1727, married David Oliphant),
Nathaniel Stout (about 1731, married Charity Furman),
Sarah Stout Bray (about 1733, married Andrew Bray) and
Benjamin Stout (married Rebecca Dolhagen and Martha Shenk).
Hannah died when she was 74 on January 21, 1770 and Benjamin died February 8, 1772. They both died in Hopewell, New Jersey.
Children of Hezekiah Bonham:
Mary Bonham
Samuel Bonham
Sarah Bonham Runyan
Hezekiah Bonham
Nehemiah Bonham
Zachariah Bonham
Zedekiah Bonham
Amariah Bonham
Temperance Bonham Ayres
Amaziah Bonham
Malachiah Bonham
Jeremiah Bonham
Ephriam Bonham
Josiah Bonham
Zephaniah Bonham
Uriah Bonham
Obadiah Bonham
Old Style Calendar
Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.
Piscataway Township in New Jersey was first settled in 1666 by Quakers and Baptists who had left the Puritan colony in New Hampshire.
Hopewell is currently in Mercer (formerly Hunterdon) County, New Jersey. Mercer County was formed in 1838 from portions of other counties including Hunterdon. Early settlers found that their deeds were worthless and they were forced to repurchase their land or relocate. On April 23, 1715 the settlers who stayed organized Hopewell Baptist Church.
New Jersey's first permanent European settlement was in 1660.
Baptist churches were found in early colonial settlements and grew out of the English Separatist movement and the doctrine of John Smyth who rejected infant baptism.
Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Data Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey by John Edwin Stillwell
12 Benjamin Stout, son of Jonathan Stout was born Dec. 14, 1691; married Hannah Bonham.
There was a Benjamin Stout, Sr., on the Assessment Roll, of Hopewell, in 1753, and a Benjamin Stout, Jr., who may have been his son.
28 Jonathan Stout; married Miss Jewell; lived one hundred years, and had a large family.
29 Hezekiah Stout; married, first. Widow Smith; second. Widow Sorter; lived nearly one hundred years. No issue.
30 Benjamin Stout; married, first, Rebecca Dillhangel; second, Sept. 17, 1772, license, Martha Schihok [Skyhawk]. He had large families by both wives.
31 Nathaniel Stout; married Charity Furman; had a daughter, Rhoda Stout, who married, first, Zephaniah Stout; second, Burges Allison, and had issue by both husbands.
33 Ezekiel Stout; married Miss Drake; had many children.
34 Hosea Stout; married in Virginia; had many children.
35 Mary Stout; married William Heabron; had issue.
36 Hannah Stout; married David Ollivant.
37 Sarah Stout; married Andrew Bray.
The Bonhams are Mayflower descendants: Samuel Fuller, Hannah Fuller Bonham, Hezekiah Bonham, Amariah Bonham.
from An Ancestral Chart and Handbook by Olive Barrick Rowland
Hannah Bonham. Born at Piscataway, New Jersey, March 14, 1695; dau. of Hezekiah and his first wife, Mary Dunn; m. Benjamin Stout, b. 1696, s. Jonathan--Richard (from Compendium of American Genealogy).
The Dutch were the first Europeans claim land in New Jersey. The region became a territory of England in 1664 when an English fleet sailed into New York Harbor and took control of Fort Amsterdam.
from Pennsylvania Gazette, Wednesday, July 15, 1789
Departed this life on Monday, the sad ultime, by a strike of lightening, as he was returning home from church (the day before having been communion season) Andrew Bray, of Kingwood, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, in the 76th year of his age; his remains were decently interred the Wednesday following in the church yard at Baptist-town, attended by a numerous crowd of friends and relatives.
from This Old Monmouth of Ours, Page 331:
Andrew Bray, son of John was born July 1, 1713, and was killed by lightening in July, 1789.
He married, first, Margaret Watson, a daughter of Peter, and,
secondly, Sarah Stout.
His children were:
Anne;
John;
Deliverance;
Huldah;
Sarah; and
This family presumably lived in Hunterdon County.


When you want a burger, get your hands around these.
Whether you want beef, chicken or 100% vegan, Leeds does burgers very well indeed – but which ones are the best?
Oh boy, these burgers are something else. We've scoured the city's finest eateries to find 10 must-have combos. You can tuck into a good old fashioned dirty beef burger, tackle a chicken burger smothered in katsu sauce or try a spicy Indian potato burger. Heck, you can even swap buns for Yorkshire puddings. So go on, try them.
The Vada Pav is the stuff of legends. It's the jewel in the crown of Bundobust's Indian street food menu and you'll soon see why this is Mumbai's favourite burger. They roll up mashed potato into a ball with their secret spice mix before deep frying it, so it's crispy on the outside but fall-apart-soft on the inside. It's covered in red and green chutney and served in a doughy brioche bun for just £5.50.
Almost Famous is one of the best burger joints in Leeds, but have you tried their This is Leeds burger? It's a sky-high stack of indulgence. The double cheeseburger comes first, and they go to town on it, covering it with bacon, BBQ pulled pork, shoestring onions and mac 'n' cheese. Then come the sauces (redneck BBQ, peppered mayo and Henderson's Relish), before it's topped with a slice of Wensleydale cheese. All of that for £11? Deal.
The Donut Burger at Red's is practically famous. And it's exactly what it sounds like – a hefty meal where sweet meets meat. You'll get two sweet glazed donuts sandwiched around a single or double beef patty smothered in burger cheese, Dirty sauce and Unholy BBQ sauce. Wait, there's more utter indulgence to come with smoked bacon and crispy onions thrown on top. Served with Frickles on the side for £10.95, it's a must-try.
Red's True BBQ, 1 Cloth Hall Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 2HD & 6a Otley Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6 2AA.
If you want to expand your horizons, there's only one place to go, The Fox and Newt. They do a host of unusual safari burgers, but the best is the Crocodile Burger. It's served bright pink, and excuse the cliche, but it tastes just like salty chicken. They top it with lettuce, tomato and onion in a seeded bun, then slap on the tartare sauce. You can give it a whirl for £9.95.
The Fox and Newt, 9 Burley Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS3 1LD.
If you're looking for a vegan burger, Cantina is your go-to. Their Hellfire burger comes with a battered seitan patty covered in sriracha sauce. It's piled high with crunchy onion rings and vegan mayonnaise before they sprinkle on the kicker, a handful of jalapeños. It's all sandwiched between a soft white bun for £7.50, and trust us when we say, it definitely packs a punch.
Cantina, The Old Red Bus Station, 104 Vicar Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7NL.
If you want a good old fashioned beef burger, head to Patty Smith's in Belgrave Music Hall. The Dirty Burger is the cornerstone of their menu and with good reason. You'll get a Yorkshire steak mince patty served perfectly pink in the middle. It's placed in a sweet brioche bun and topped with Cheddar, chipotle mayo, baby gem lettuce, vine tomatoes and dill pickles before they drizzle on American mustard. And it's only £5.95.
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Wapentake went there, they made a burger out of Yorkshire puddings. First, you take your pick of beef, pan-fried chicken breast or spiced cumin chickpeas and sweetcorn. If you're a meat eater, it'll come stacked with a big pile of gammon, cheese and gravy, but if you go for the vegan option, you'll get crumbled nut roast, veggies, vegan cheese and gravy. Either way, it's rammed between two giant Yorkshire puddings for £8.95.
Are baos burgers? Well, it's a warm soft bun, so we're saying yes, at least for now. And we're doing it with good reason, because Little Bao Boy's baos need to be tried. Especially The KFB – it comes with a boneless chicken thigh marinated in Gochujang buttermilk and deep fried in their homemade flour mix. It's placed inside a freshly steamed bao with lettuce, sesame seeds and a slathering of spicy sriracha mayo. It's about half the size of a usual burger, and comes in at £4.50 a pop.
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Q: Skinny Controller For ASP.NET MVC File Upload I am gradually converting a Classic ASP website to ASP.Net MVC. Within my Models folder I have further subdivided it into Business Objects (BO), Business Logic (BLL) and Data Access Layer (DAL) for basically a 3-tier architecture within Models. This seems to be working well so far with respect to database operations and it is keeping my controllers skinny. For example a typical controller would look like this:
public ActionResult Index()
{
    UserName UserDetails = UserManager.GetUserName();
    CarrierList CarrierList = CarrierManager.GetCarrierList();
    return View(new CarrierViewModel(CarrierList, UserDetails));
}

Basically I just use the controller to pass a function to the BLL layer which in turn interacts with the DAL & BO layers.
Where I am confused is the correct place for logic relating to non database operations such as file uploads. For example I am currently writing code to upload an Excel file and import its contents into a database table. If I were to follow the same pattern above, my controller should just contain a function to pass the file upload request to the BLL layer like this:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Index(HttpPostedFileBase file)
{
    FileManager.ImportExcel(file);
    return RedirectToAction("Index");
}

The problem is that every tutorial or example I see for file uploads and Excel manipulation put their file and Excel code directly in the controller. eg here. Even Scott Hanselman's post here seems to imply that it is OK to put file upload logic in the controller.
My question is, given my 3-tier ASP.NET MVC architecture and fat model/skinny controller design goal, am I on the right track by offloading the upload and Excel manipulation logic to the BLL within the model? It seems consistent with what I am trying to do, yet since  all the examples I see online just put the file manipulation logic in the controller, I feel like I am going against the grain.

A: You should just get the stream and pass the stream to your BLL. That way your BLL is not depending on HttpPostedFileBase but just on a Stream.
Anyway, as it seems, your BLL code is inside your MVC application, which is not a very good idea. You should create a class library for the BLL, one for BO and one for DAL, and if possible wire them together loosely.

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The Undeniable Proof of Groups & Custom Social Networks
People naturally come together in groups for a variety of reasons. With the explosion of social media sites, people around the world are finding more and more reasons to form groups around a particular interest.
It's long been known that people form groups. Last year, Kurt Gray of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and David Rand of Yale University teamed up with some other colleagues to put this notion to the test. The study's results? Yep, people like to form groups. What they found was:
• People form groups of "us" and "them"
• When people have a reason to cooperate and do so, they become closer
• When there is no reason to cooperate, people drift apart
EVEN MORE PROOF
The University of California San Diego also studied this idea of grouping. Those results are the same as the study at UNC and Yale. This report says, "The way people share information is changing the way we communicate with our target audiences. Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are just the tip of social media iceberg; there are more applications out there and more to come, which means more ways for you to personally connect and engage with your constituents."
That line, "more to come" should be a wakeup call to people and brands trying to find a way to connect to other people who share the same:
• Ideas. Want to discuss black holes? NASA has discussion groups for that.
• Wants & Needs. AirBNB is making a fortune connecting people who travel with people who are willing to rent out a room in their home for a night or two.
• Hobbies & Activities. Like to crochet? Then Ravelry has a place for you.
YOU CAN REACH OUT
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Der Teufelsgeiger ist ein Film des Regisseurs und Drehbuchautors Bernard Rose über den Geiger und Komponisten Niccolò Paganini. Verkörpert wird Paganini im Film vom deutschen Violinisten David Garrett.

Handlung
Der Film setzt mit einer Szene ein, in der Niccolò Paganini nur mäßigen Erfolg beim Publikum hat. Aber einer im Publikum erkennt sein Talent: Urbani, der noch am gleichen Abend zu Paganini kommt und mit ihm einen Vertrag als sein Manager abschließt. Dabei werden Anspielungen auf einen Teufelspakt gemacht ("jetzt diene ich Ihnen, wenn wir uns im Jenseits wiedersehen, werden Sie mir dienen").

Urbani vermarktet Paganini gut, muss aber auch erleben, dass dieser sein Geld schnell wieder verspielt. Im Jahr 1830 ist Paganini auf dem Höhepunkt seiner Karriere. Um seine Person ranken sich Geheimnisse, und Urbani tut alles, um die zirkulierenden Skandalgeschichten lebendig zu halten. Schließlich hat er starkes Interesse daran, seinen berühmten Klienten bestmöglich zu vermarkten. Einzig das Londoner Publikum muss noch gewonnen werden. Um Paganini zu seinem ersten Auftritt nach London zu bewegen, riskieren der britische Impresario John Watson und seine Geliebte Elisabeth Wells ihren gesamten Besitz.

Dem geschäftstüchtigen Urbani gelingt es schließlich, Paganini gegen seinen Willen in die englische Metropole zu bringen. Dank der Berichterstattung der Journalistin Ethel Langham scheint das Vorhaben von Erfolg gekrönt zu sein. Es kommt zu tumultartigen Menschenaufläufen vor seinem Hotel, so dass der Musiker und sein Manager bei Watson Unterschlupf suchen müssen. Hier findet Paganini schnell Gefallen an Charlotte, der schönen Tochter seines Gastgebers. Über die Musik finden sie und Paganini zueinander. Er verliebt sich in die junge Sängerin. Urbani befürchtet jedoch, seinen Einfluss auf seinen Schützling zu verlieren, und schmiedet einen teuflischen Plan: Der medikamentenabhängige Paganini erhält im betrunkenen Zustand Besuch von einer Prostituierten, die er für Charlotte hält. Gleichzeitig lockt Urbani Charlotte zu Paganini ins Hotel, und sie sieht, wie diese Frau aus Paganinis Zimmer kommt und offensichtlich Sex mit ihm hatte. Anschließend erscheint Paganini und fragt verwirrt, was los ist, womit das Verhältnis zu Charlotte beendet ist, bevor es richtig begonnen hat.

Paganini feuert Urbani, arrangiert sich aber bald wieder mit ihm. Bei dieser Gelegenheit sagt Urbani: "Ich bin nicht der Teufel, sondern ich diene ihm", um anschließend zu versichern, dass er Paganinis Diener sei. Sie verlassen London, und in Paris beteiligt sich Paganini an einem Casino, in dem er auch auftritt. Seine Versuche, Charlotte brieflich zu versöhnen, enden abrupt, als sie ihm mitteilt, dass sie geheiratet hat. Kurz darauf gerät das Casino in Schwierigkeiten, Paganini trennt sich endgültig von Urbani und zieht nach Italien. Aber wie von Urbani vorhergesagt, kann er ohne ihn nicht leben: seine Krankheiten verschlimmern sich, und auf dem Sterbebett verweigert er die katholischen Sterbesakramente. Im Abspann wird erwähnt, dass ihm ein kirchliches Begräbnis verweigert wurde.

Produktion
Der Teufelsgeiger ist eine "Summerstorm Entertainment Produktion" in Koproduktion mit Dorfilm, Construction Filmproduktion, dem Bayerischen Rundfunk und Arte in Zusammenarbeit mit Bavaria Film Partners, Bahr Productions, FilmConfect, Sky, ORF und Film House Germany.

Hauptdarsteller David Garrett fungierte auch als ausführender Produzent. Veronica Ferres war Koproduzentin. Gefördert wurde der Film von FFF Bayern, FFA und DFFF sowie FFW, ÖFI und FISA in Österreich. Filmstart in Deutschland war am 31. Oktober 2013.

Kritik
Der Film stieß auf durchwachsene Kritiken. Die dünne Handlung wurde bemängelt, jedoch werden besonders Garretts musikalisches Talent und das Schauspiel von Jared Harris und Andrea Deck, die im Teufelsgeiger ihre erste große Rolle spielt, gelobt.

Weblinks

  (mit Trailer und Fotogalerie)
 Offizielle deutsche Website zum Film
 Focus.de Meldung zum Film

Einzelnachweise

Filmtitel 2013
Deutscher Film
Österreichischer Film
Italienischer Film
Filmbiografie über Musikschaffende
Historienfilm
Filmdrama
Werk über Niccolò Paganini


- Started as "Federation News" (1955-1980).
- Title changed to "Filmviews" In 1980 (issue 103).
- Merged with CINEMA PAPERS in 1989.
Evidently, as Australia is at the bottom of the world, Winter comes before Autumn !!!
Contributions from Adrian Martin and Paul Harris.
Contents include an interview with Wim Wenders, features on Hitchcock's Notorious and German films 1933-45.


Fig. 1. SOFIA data reveal warm dust (white) surviving inside a supernova remnant. The SNR Sgr A East cloud is traced in X-rays (blue). Radio emission (red) shows expanding shock waves colliding with surrounding interstellar clouds (green).
Fig. 2. Supernova remnant dust detected by SOFIA (yellow) survives away from the hottest X-ray gas (purple). The red ellipse outlines the supernova shock wave. The inset shows a magnified image of the dust (orange) and gas emission (cyan).
SOFIA is a heavily modified Boeing 747 Special Performance jetliner that carries a telescope with an effective diameter of 100 inches (2.5 meters) at altitudes of 39,000 to 45,000 feet (12 to 14 km). SOFIA is a joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Center. The aircraft observatory is based at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center facility in Palmdale, California. The agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, is home to the SOFIA Science Center, which is managed by NASA in cooperation with the Universities Space Research Association in Columbia, Maryland, and the German SOFIA Institute at the University of Stuttgart.
"Old supernova dust factory revealed at the Galactic center"
SOFIA Science Center, Moffett Field, Calif.


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Matthew Teller
My blog Quite Alone
Freya Stark wrote: "To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world."
Israelis
Jordanians
Centenary cities
Which is the most ethnically diverse city in the Middle East? Go on, have a think. What's your best guess? Dubai?
My guess might surprise you. If you discount Mecca during the haj – which hosts 3 million people from seemingly every country in the world – I'd say the answer is Tel Aviv. I just got back from there, on assignment for The Independent, and was delighted to get reacquainted with what is an amazingly diverse city.
In the space of a few days, and aside from Israelis, I talked to Afghans, Iranians, Palestinians, Egyptians, Iraqis, Romanians, Americans, Ethiopians, French, Brazilians, South Africans, Moroccans, British, and more – most of them Israeli by nationality but carrying cultural identities originating all over the world.
There are, of course, very specific political and cultural reasons for Tel Aviv's diversity – before and after the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 people were encouraged to go there to make a new life, in the process erasing several pre-existing communities. For some observers, that turns the city into an illegitimate implant. For me, it turns it into a living reflection of the region's human tragedies – a precious, uniquely valuable record of the results of intolerance.
The injustices are not clear-cut. The thinking among politicians and ordinary people, both in Israel and in other countries, which resulted in whole communities arriving en masse in Tel Aviv strikes me as being just as racist as the thinking which has legitimized the complete emasculation by Israel of Old Jaffa. This once-thriving Palestinian city, dating back to the Old Testament, is now shockingly reduced to a touristy stop on a sightseeing tour, hosting only galleries run by wealthy Israeli artists and a handful of underplayed (or, in the case of the Jaffa museum, neglected) historical attractions.
Seafront districts of Jaffa are now full of luxury villas and condos, designed in a pastiche style more reminiscent of contemporary architecture in the Gulf – pointed arches splashed around in a vain attempt to locate the building within some kind of cultural context. Tel Aviv has much beauty, but it has made Jaffa ugly – literally and metaphorically.
Jaffa is a mostly overlooked link to further themes of exile and displacement. In 1948 many people from there were forced to flee to the Jordanian capital, Amman – barely 100km to the east.
Like Tel Aviv, Amman's character has been shaped by movements of people. Once a mainly bedouin city, its population doubled in the space of a few weeks in 1948 as Palestinians arrived in large numbers seeking refuge from war and persecution in Israel. The same thing happened in 1967 – and again in 1991, as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were expelled from Kuwait. After the 2003 Gulf War, hundreds of thousands more people arrived in Amman from Iraq. The city, poor to begin with, and buffeted by waves of refugees, has often struggled to cope.
Amman has remained overwhelmingly Muslim and ethnically homogeneous. Yet Tel Aviv – which has remained overwhelmingly Jewish – has become ethnically very diverse.
This isn't the place to bang on about cultural identity, but one thing is interesting to note. Tel Aviv has frequently been active in facilitating the absorption of large numbers of immigrants (aided, of course, by political engagement and lots of money). Amman, by contrast, has been almost entirely passive: urban planning is a recent innovation and a sense of shared endeavour has been almost completely lacking. As a consequence Amman sprawls, while Tel Aviv flows.
Yet both were founded in 1909. Both have been celebrating their centenary this year with cultural events and public parties – a parade in Amman, fireworks in Tel Aviv – and dedicated websites (this for Amman, this for Tel Aviv). Both cities identify strongly with their populations' experience of transplant and exile: in both, a simple "Where are you from?" is enough to cue a life-story. They have a lot to share.
But there has been no contact. I know only a handful of people in both cities who have made the journey to visit their urban neighbours. Isn't that a pity?
israeliguy
It's astounding that you fail to provide any context to the events you describe. The so called "immigrants" arriving to Tel Aviv were ethnically cleansed by the Arab countries, kicked out, without their property.
While the context for the flight of the Palestinians is somehow missed, both when mentioning Israel (the civil war and attempts to destroy Israel upon foundation in 1948, as well as a similar attempt in 1967) and when mentioning Kuwait (following the massive support of Palestinian "refugees" to the invading Iraqi army and Saddam Hussein.
In short, info without context is worthless, and while Tel Aviv has welcomed refugees left homeless by opression, Amman welcomed the opressors themselves. Maybe that's why Tel Aviv is so multi-cultural, victims of opression often excel at artist and art, and while Amman is much less so, as the perpetrators of opression are less good at diversity.
Hi there – thank you for commenting. I'm sorry you found this post astounding for its lack of context – and even more sorry that the context you supply tells only part of the story.
I am very happy to accept your idea that Tel Aviv has welcomed refugees – though it has also benefited from a national policy which has actively drawn immigrants into the country for, I would suggest, often spurious nationalistic or religious reasons – but your claim that Amman is a city holding 'perpetrators of oppression' is, I'm afraid, desperately far from reality.
My point in writing this post was deliberately not to provide context for the stories of oppression and injustice which have led to these two cities being founded on 'outsiders'. I know – maybe like you do – who did what to whom. And why. And when.
Context ties you, and me, to the past. My point in writing this post was to draw contemporary parallels between two neighbours, both of whom have suffered, and both of whom share stories that are not being told.
I'm sorry you regard that as "worthless" – but hope that you'll continue to read and comment…
A short flight between worlds « Quite Alone
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Being inclusive also means being open to all kind of people. So feel free to come and join a service or ask about our home groups. Also when you're from another country or have a different cultural background, you're more than welcome to visit! It is one of the reasons we try to have translation into English and somethimes in Farsi and Arabic during our services. We really want you to know that being a family of God means every single person is welcome!


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Tag Archive | "Columbine High School"
Actress in Columbine film to speak at local church
Posted on 20 April 2017. Tags: actress, Christian Farm, Columbine High School, En-Gedi youth center, I am not ashamed, north kent community church, Pastor Craig Carter, Payton Christian, Rachel Scott, Red Hawk Elementary
Payton Christian, an actress, model and speaker, will speak at North Kent Community Church on Sunday, April 30, and be on hand to speak to youth that evening at a community-wide showing of "I'm not ashamed," a film telling the story of Rachel Scott, the first victim in the Columbine shooting in 1999. Courtesy photo.
The shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999 was a tragic event that people will not forget. And the stories that came out of it—like the shooting of Rachel Joy Scott—the first victim, are a reminder of the courage of many of the students.
"I am not ashamed," a movie that tells her story and is based on Scott's diaries, came out last fall. It will have a special showing next weekend, April 30, at North Kent Community Church, 1480 Indian Lakes Rd NE, at 5:30 p.m. Payton Christian, an actress who plays a Columbine student in the movie, will be on hand to give her own testimony during the 10 a.m. service April 30, and will speak to youth at the community-wide screening at 5:30 p.m.. She will also speak to youth at the En Gedi Youth Center on Monday, May 1, at 2:45 p.m. at Red Hawk Elementary.
Payton is an 18-year-old actress and model who lives in Erin, Tennessee. Her faith and family are both important to her. She lives on a 200-acre farm called Christian Farm, with her mom, dad, and grandmother. She was homeschooled from about second grade on, because of an auto-immune deficiency. "I would be sick all of the time, catch colds and flu really easy," she explained. So her mom decided to keep her home and homeschool her. It's gotten better as she's gotten older, but it's still with her. "It's just something I have, it doesn't stop me," she said.
When she was 11, she was watching New York fashion week, and told her mom she'd like to do that. So they looked at agencies, and chose a Christian-based agency. "They told me I was a little short for modeling but they could put me in a movie here and there," she explained with a chuckle.
Her first movie was "Rumors of War," when she was almost 12. "It's an intense, faith-based film about the end of days," she explained. "Not for kids under 13."
Payton has done a variety of movies—both secular and Christian, but said her heart is with faith-based movies. "I love God and love doing films about Him and his word, and how he's worked through people's lives," she said.
The Post asked Payton how she became involved with "I'm not ashamed."
"I had seen some talk about it, and I helped with some of the casting. My agency was doing the casting and I was there that day, and I listened and watched as the actors read for their parts. I later talked to my manager about it, and said 'If there is anything I can do to be a part of it, I want to do it.' So I was there from day one to the last day," she recalled.
She said they were all happy with the response to the film. "So many people showed up at the premier, and huge groups came to see it," she said.
Payton Christian loving on a parrot, on the farm she lives on with her parents and grandmother in Kentucky.
When Payton is not acting, modeling, or speaking, she likes to spend time reading—"I have 500 books in my room," she confessed. She also spends time with the animals on their farm. The farm is home to an array of animals, including regular farm animals as well as camels, zebras, and birds. But one of her favorite things is working with the rescue horses they take in. "I feed and help them put on weight and just love on them. I have a real passion for that. It's a humongous this for me," she explained.
Payton's big heart is not just for animals. She is also involved in a foundation called "To write love on her arms," a depression awareness and suicide prevention cause. And she also just started a new foundation called Bibles in Battle, a foundation to provide bibles to every soldier fighting overseas. She said she would have a donation box set up when she comes to speak in case people want to donate to that cause.
Payton said that she feels faith should be important to everyone. "People are worried about everything. But whenever we leave this earth, those things we worked so hard to get won't be important. God doesn't care how much money we make, where we live, what we drive. He cares that we love him and follow his word. He should be our number one priority."
When she talks to the youth in Cedar Springs, she will try to impress on them that no one is ever perfect. "Don't try to make yourself perfect. To God you are already perfect from day one—he loves you the way you are. It doesn't matter what group you are in; you don't need to prove yourself. You have God and that's enough," she said.
What does Payton see in her future? "My goal is mostly to do what my heart tells me—what God wants me to do—to spread his message and do as much good as I possibly can," she said.
Payton has never been to Michigan, and is looking forward to it. "I'm overly excited that I get to be here and talk to everyone," she remarked. "And I'm looking forward to seeing the sights!"
For more information on the showing contact Pastor Craig Carter at 616-550-6398 or craigcarter8282@gmail.com.
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Targeted Acts of Kindness—
Posted on 07 November 2013. Tags: Chain Reaction, Columbine High School, kindness, Rachel's Challenge
Rachel's Challenge Community Event
Bill Cataldo, Middle School Curriculum Coach
On Tuesday, October 29, a challenge of compassion, empathy and kindness was given to students in grades 6-8. Rachel's Challenge was a day of reflection and positive growth for our students, staff and community.
Rachel Scott was the first victim in the Columbine High School shooting of 1999. The focus of our day was not so much on the tragedy, but on the life of a young girl that modeled kindness and dreamed to touch millions of lives in positive ways. Learning about Rachel's dreams through her personal journals, her parents started Rachel's Challenge. Cedar Springs Middle School and Red Hawk Elementary students have accepted the challenge to start a "Chain Reaction" of kindness and look to embody this message of respect, acceptance, and compassion as they shine light on darkness and sow love into hatred.
High fives, compliments, apologies for past actions, positive notes on lockers and inspirational posters are already multiplying. Students and staff are brainstorming many ways to touch lives with kind words and actions, creating a culture that is even more positive, safe, fun and welcoming to all.
Let's commit to joining them, spreading more kindness into our workplace, home, neighborhoods, businesses, churches, and athletic events. If you catch one of our students being kind to someone they may not know well, please share with us. We would love to hear how our students are taking this message and making an impact in their community!
Thank you Cedar Springs Education Foundation, Cedar Springs Rotary, KSSN/Arbor Circle, and our students and parents for helping to fund this amazing day!
More information about Rachel's Challenge is available at www.rachelschallenge.org.
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Rachel's Challenge coming to Cedar Springs Middle School
Posted on 24 October 2013. Tags: Cedar Springs Middle School, Columbine High School, Rachel's Challenge
October 29 at 7:00pm
Each day 160,000 students do not go to school because they are bullied, teased and harassed. By turning the story of a tragic death at Columbine High School into a mission for change, Rachel's Challenge is helping create safer learning environments and making a world-wide impact.
And it's coming to Cedar Springs Middle School on October 29, at 7 p.m. The Cedar Springs community is invited and encouraged to come to this free presentation.
More than 19 million people have been touched by Rachel's message, and they continue the legacy of making a difference in their communities. Each year at least 2 million more people are added to that number. These are just a couple of the results of Rachel's Challenge. In one survey, 78% of students indicated they would definitely intervene in a bullying incident in their school after seeing Rachel's Challenge. In the last 3 years, Rachel's Challenge has received nearly 500 unsolicited emails from students stating that after hearing Rachel's story they reached out for help as they were contemplating suicide. Some even state that "Rachel saved their life."
Rachel's Challenge is a series of student empowering programs and strategies that equip students and adults to combat bullying and allay feelings of isolation and despair by creating a culture of kindness and compassion. The programs are based on the writings and life of 17 year-old Rachel Scott who was the first student killed at Columbine High School in 1999. Rachel left a legacy of reaching out to those who were different, who were picked on by others, or who were new at her school. Shortly before her death she wrote,
Rachel's Challenge is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious organization based in Littleton, Colorado.
"I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go."
Rachel's Challenge was started by Rachel's dad and stepmom, Darrell and Sandy Scott when they realized that the writings and drawings Rachel left not only had an impact on her friends and classmates, but also resonated with students around the world. Although Rachel was a typical teenager who even wrote about her "ups and downs," she had a passion and conviction that she would someday change the world. The Scott family knew her story and passion had to be told to inspire others to make their world a better place.
Please attend this free presentation with your family on October 29 at 7:00 p.m. You won't want to miss it!


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Jason Kurtz Joins Harry Connick Jr.'s Daytime Show As Exec Producer
April 4, 2016 9:49am
Jason Kurtz has joined Harry Connick Jr.'s new daytime variety show Harry from NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution as executive producer. The show has been sold in 99% of the U.S. to date for its debut in national broadcast syndication on September 12.
Kurtz joins Justin Stangel and Eric Stangel as executive producers of Harry along with Harry Connick, Jr. and Ann Marie Wilkins. Previously, Kurtz served as an executive producer of the Harry pilot, and most recently, since its launch, the co-executive producer for NBCUniversal's, Steve Harvey.
With Connick Jr. as host, Harry will include comedic segments, man-on-the-street interviews, live musical performances, parodies, and audience participation, along with a live in-house band. The show, produced and distributed by NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution, has been sold to station groups including Fox Television Stations Sinclair, Hearst, NBC Owned Stations, CBS, Scripps, Media General, Hubbard, Cox, Nexstar, Gray, Bonten, Raycom, Dispatch, Quincy, and Tribune.
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