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A One Center Court experience of a lifetime
A 26-point loss doesn't spoil the day for the Papermakers
By Dan Trujillo | January 7, 2014 12:00 am | comments
Trevor Jasinsky drives toward the basket during a game held at the Moda Center in Portland against Columbia Christian of Portland. The Papermaker had 10 points in what ended in a loss for Camas, 76-50. View additional photos at www.camaspostrecord.com.
Camas High School senior Jordan Lenard scored 6 points in the game played at the Moda Center on Friday.
The Camas High School boys basketball players and coaches embraced the opportunity of a lifetime when they played a game at the home of the Portland Trail Blazers Friday.
"This is a memory we will always share," said senior Jordan Lenard. "We got to play in the Moda Center, walk through the same halls and be in the same locker room as NBA players."
Jordan Anderson, Trevor Jasinsky and Nick Lopes each netted 10 points. Lenard nailed a 3-pointer and finished with six points. Jasinsky stole the ball and dunked it through the hoop in one sequence. It would not be enough for Camas, as Columbia Christian of Portland won 76-50.
Arkadiy Mkrtychyan led the Knights with 22 points. He has committed to the University of Idaho. Kameron Chatman racked up 18 points, 14 rebounds and six steals for Columbia Christian. He is going to the University of Michigan.
Despite the loss, the Papermakers will never forget dribbling the ball on the same hardwood as the Trail Blazers.
"I got to play the game I love with my best friends on the biggest stage in basketball," Jasinsky said.
The view of One Center Court from the bench was incredible. One can only imagine what it felt like to score a basket. It didn't take long for the Papermakers to find out.
Jasinsky stole the ball from a Knight on the first play of the game and put it off the glass for two points.
"This is what every kid dreams about," Jasinsky said. "It was a great way to get it started."
Anderson, Lopes and Lenard also asserted themselves around the basket. The 3-point line is farther back on an NBA court than it is in high school, but Lenard stepped up and knocked one down without giving it a second thought.
"I just hit an NBA three," Lenard said. "When I first shot it, I thought it was going to be long. I missed most of them in practice, and then in the game, I make it."
Camas hung with Columbia Christian in the first half by forcing 15 turnovers. The Knights led 36-31 at halftime before going on a 16-2 run to begin the third quarter and put the game out of reach for the Papermakers.

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Best's News & Research Service - December 11, 2019 12:52 PM (EST)
AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of Chubb Limited and Its Subsidiaries
December 11, 2019 12:52 PM (EST)
Oldwick //BestWire// - AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A++ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of "aa+" of the subsidiaries of Chubb Limited (Zurich, Switzerland) [NYSE: CB], which include the members of the Chubb US Group of Insurance Companies (Chubb US Group); the members of Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd. (Chubb Bermuda) and Chubb Tempest Reinsurance Ltd. (Chubb Tempest Re) (both domiciled in Bermuda).
In addition, AM Best has affirmed the FSR of A+ (Superior) and the Long-Term ICRs of "aa-" of Combined Insurance Company of America (headquartered in Chicago, IL) and Combined Life Insurance Company of New York (Latham, NY) (together known as the Combined companies). AM Best also has affirmed the FSR of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICR of "a-" of ACE Life Insurance Company (ACE Life) (Stamford, CT).
Lastly, AM Best has affirmed the Long-Term ICRs of "a+" and the Long-Term Issue Credit Ratings (Long-Term IR) of Chubb Limited (CB) and Chubb INA Holdings Inc.
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La Clase Asashio fue una clase de destructores compuesta de 10 unidades, que sirvieron en la Armada Imperial Japonesa durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Historia
Esta clase de destructores fueron incorporados a la Armada Imperial Japonesa entre agosto de 1937 y junio de 1939. Todos ellos resultaron hundidos en combate durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, o tan dañados que fueron finalmente hundidos por fuego amigo.

Destructores de la Clase Asashio
 Arare
 Arashio
 Asashio
 Asagumo
 Kasumi
 Michishio
 Minegumo
 Natsugumo
 Ōshio
 Yamagumo

Véase también
 Buques de la Armada Imperial Japonesa

Referencias
 Whitley, M.J. Destroyers of World War Two. Weidenfeld Military, 2000. ISBN 1-85409-521-8
 Fitzsimons, Bernard. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare. Phoebus, 1978. ISBN 0-8393-6175-0

Enlaces externos

 Información sobre la clase Asashio (en inglés)
 Tabla sobre origen y destino de toda la clase Asashio (en inglés)

Armamento de la Segunda Guerra Mundial de Japón
Clases de destructores de la Armada Imperial Japonesa

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Patriarch Ilia II asks media to stop traumatizing people with crime news
Tbilisi, September 29, 2014
At the Holy Trinity Cathedral Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia addressed his flock with a Sunday sermon, singling out the journalists and "the establishment", asking them to stop spreading death propaganda, reports PIA.
"Nearly every day there are reports that one man killed another man, a son put his parents to death, parents murdered their children, and many similar incidents. And all this is shown as something necessary. I would like to address myself to our press, our television, to our respected journalists and our government: When we give coverage to such negative events, we traumatize our people.
"We give an example that this grave sin may be committed as well. So, perhaps we can find a way to report all these killings as rarely as possible," said Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia.
"When we inform our youth, our children about killing, we give them an example that it is permissible. That is why we must cherish our people. When our people see these murders, look almost every day at wars and killings, this plunges them into a terrible stress. And that is why we must not do it.
"But, as you know, there is good in the world. Many good deeds are done everywhere, including in our country.
"Let us tell people about the good, console our people, encourage them to do good. Doing good things gives us strength and hope for the future. I hope we will finally come to understand who we are. Our nation is chosen by God. If this were not true, the Lord would not have granted us so many blessings!"
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Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia has stated that such natural riches as land, water, and mineral resource deposits must not be sold or rented for a long-term lease to foreigners. Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II: "I will ask the Lord to give the people strength" Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II: "I will ask the Lord to give the people strength"
On the day following Georgia's celebration the Day of Family Strength and Honor for Parents by prayer processions and sprinkling of streets and houses by holy water, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II addressed the people, as usual, at the Divine Liturgy. 930 more children to become godchildren of the Patriarch of Georgia 930 more children to become godchildren of the Patriarch of Georgia
The 35th mass baptism is to take place after the Easter celebrations.
A. Geerdes 4 октября 2014, 20:00
And, as a corollary, he should encourage everyone to turn off the TV! Ignore the mainstream media! Don't let yourselves be manipulated by the media in any country. Pray. Read books. Attend church. Play games with your children or grandchildren. Take a meal to your unemployed neighbors. Volunteer at a soup kitchen. There are a zillion things to do to build up your communities.
reader Feodor Dumas 3 октября 2014, 05:00
About that kind of news, Solzhenitsyn once said that he demanded the right NOT to know. Every news is not worth to be disclosed.


The America's Cup has announced today that Orbis, a Bermuda based global investment firm, has continued its support for the America's Cup Endeavour Program and Bermuda's youth. Two key features of the America's Cup Village, the hub of all the 35th America's Cup activity in Bermuda, will be supported by Orbis throughout the 35th America's Cup: the Orbis Kids Zone and the America's Cup Endeavour Education Station, presented by Orbis.
Orbis is integrally involved in the 35th America's Cup in Bermuda as Primary Partner of the America's Cup Endeavour Program. That is the inspirational youth education initiative, dedicated to leaving a sporting legacy in Bermuda and around the world with a strong, positive impact on the communities with which it engages.
To continue the sporting legacy created by the America's Cup Endeavour Program in Bermuda, students will have the chance to experience the excitement of the America's Cup Village through the America's Cup Endeavour Education Station, presented by Orbis, during the 35th America's Cup. Fans in the America's Cup Village, as well as students from public, private and home schools across Bermuda, will enjoy hands-on activities in four 'STEAM through Sailing' learning stations covering Sustainability, Health & Nutrition, Technology & Innovation and Science & Engineering.
Each 'experiential learning zone' includes highly impactful and engaging hands-on STEAM educational activities, including virtual reality experiences, that will enable students to enjoy the excitement of the America's Cup with the America's Cup Oculus Rift and America's Cup Simulator. There are also physical activities, including the America's Cup Community Grinding Challenge sponsored by Vineyard Vines, and the Sperry Balance Board, that will enable spectators to experience what it is like to be an America's Cup sailor by testing their fitness levels.
The America's Cup Endeavour Program is honoured to have educational partnerships with local organisations in Bermuda, as well as organisations outside Bermuda, to ensure that Bermuda's youth benefit from the best that STEAM has to offer when enjoying the America's Cup Endeavour Education Station, presented by Orbis.
- "Reducing a Sailor's Environmental Impact - Start with Lunch" sustainability activity supported by 11th Hour Racing.
- Sailing Geometry: students will be introduced to the scientific principles of sailing with emphasis on wind direction and the positioning of sails. Students will engineer a sail car to race downwind and evaluate the effectiveness of design and redesign for improved performance.
- Ixcela: The Internal Fitness Company aimed at developing diagnostic tests and natural interventions to improve gut microbiome efficacy and health will feature an interactive activity highlighting how eating the right food is key to good internal fitness and leads to good performance. The Bermuda Diabetes Association and SunSmart will also be featured in the Health & Nutrition Zone featuring tips on how to lead a healthy and active lifestyle.
- A dedicated sustainability zone will feature activities exploring the importance of improving the health of the world's oceans by reducing ocean pollution and educating, inspiring, and mobilising more people in our community to become healthy ocean stewards. Educational partnerships include Keep Bermuda Beautiful, the Bermuda Zoological Society, the Seabin Project and the Bermuda Turtle Project.
In addition to the America's Cup Endeavour Education Station, presented by Orbis, there is a range of family-friendly activities on offer in the Orbis Kids Zone.
The Orbis Kids Zone is a sailing-themed playground which has educational benefits, specifically helping children of all ages to learn body balance and develop coordination through a range of obstacles that require them to use balance to play with and master each obstacle.
The Orbis Kids Zone is suitable for kids from three years and up and will also feature kid-friendly food and beverages, table tennis tables and other fun games for children of all ages and, at weekends, additional family fun activities including face painters and glitter tattoos.
The America's Cup Endeavour Program is the event legacy for host venue Bermuda as part of the 35th America's Cup. It is underwritten by the America's Cup Event Authority and supported by Corporate Partners; Orbis, PwC, Butterfield Bank, Appleby, Belco, BF&M, Hamilton Insurance Group, Hamilton Princess and Beach Club and XL Catlin.
In addition, The America's Cup Endeavour Program has a diverse range of Marine and Facility Partners including AES, Blokart, Hobie, North Sails, O'Pen BIC, RS Sailing, Dynamic Dollies and Racks, Harken, Magic Marine, VersaDock and VSR.
The America's Cup Endeavour Program has and will enjoy great success thanks to the support of these impactful partnerships.


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Dash cam, Part 11: The bravest Leaguer
Houston is home to Houstonians. St. Louis boasts about two million St. Louisans. Florida is home to Floridians (many of them old), and Vancouver to Vancouverites (some of them highly upsettable, but you know what a big deal hockey is there). But people from Liverpool are Liverpudlians and those from Halifax are Haligonians. Who the heck decides these things?! I don't know if there is an accepted convention to describe us folks who are "from" League City, but people from New York City are New Yorkers so maybe we should be Leaguers. It's certainly easier and more elegant than "League City-ians".
And here's one of our littlest Leaguers, as seen a few days ago in Old Town:
Those handlebars are up to her chin.
She could not have been more than four years old, a speck of a human being in a cute pink dress. Was she daunted by the fact that it was exactly 97 degrees outside when this picture was taken? Was she discouraged by her environment, which doesn't afford her a single square foot of space, not even a crude sidewalk, in which to safely master that 2-wheeler bicycle about which she was so obviously excited?
And she's vertical! Look at her go!
Sorry for the poor pic quality - bad sun glare.
And no, I wasn't stalking her. These were shots taken as I was going to and coming from an errand in this part of town.
When I see things like this, I wonder: where was the heart of the community that built so many neighborhoods that denied children even the most basic safe accessibility? Land was unbelievably cheap back when this subdivision was built, but did anybody set aside so much as a meager patch of dirt for recreational use by a kid like this and her family, who were watching attentively from their front yard as these pics were taken?
Why must a 35-pound child compete directly with 3,500-pound motor vehicles for access to the only available public right of way? Some of you will want to respond, "Huh, that's dangerous - she shouldn't have been on that road in the first place." Well, what the hell is she supposed to do instead of riding her bike? Spend the remaining 14 years of her childhood inside her house playing video games?! There are no parks or other recreational areas accessible to this neighborhood. This is pretty much the only choice available to her for outdoor physical activity. For argument's sake we can assume that she can only run in tight circles on her own front lawn for so long before getting profoundly bored with that. And for perspective, please note that zoo animals are often provided with more space in which to recreate than our own children are.
At some point in our imperfect society, outdoor accessibility became a "green" issue with all of the attendant "green" moral baggage and partisanship. But it's not a green issue - that's just another example of people leveraging derogatory polarization in order to achieve some specific ends in which they are personally vested. This isn't a green issue - it's a human issue. Children need reasonable and accessible recreational spaces in order to properly develop. This is equally true irrespective of whether their parents are Democrat or Republican. Or Libertarian.
"Oh, it's just an old poorly-planned residential area and we don't make mistakes like that any more," some of you will think.
Wrong again. While certain local codes now dictate better minimum standards in isolated areas, those do nothing to promote connectivity of the type that would be necessary for bona fide mobility and access (e.g., it's only of so much value that Centerpointe has sidewalks, because there's nothing to connect us to other parts of League City, so we can't really go anywhere safely except by car). The "complete streets" legislation, which would have mandated that rights of way accommodate ALL types of travelers and not just motor vehicles, died in the last Texas legislative session for lack of vote. None of the politicians had the 'nads to push it through. I wonder... what would the outcome have been if instead those politicians had even half the determination and courage demonstrated by the littlest Leaguer pictured above?
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Foundations, Part 2
Of pups and PR
No firm foundation
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HOA-ly grails
West end wackiness
The Foreseeable


Cannabis Science, Inc. (OTC: CBIS), a U.S. company specializing in the development of cannabinoid-based medicines, announces that it has received an incredible response from shareholders registering for RCD Personal Shareholder Loyalty Gift. Mr. Raymond C. Dabney is CBIS' President, CEO, and Co-founder. Registration for the Shareholder Loyalty Gift closed on January 31, 2019, and over 3,500 CBIS shareholders applied and processed via the Company's portal. With another very large amount of emails to sort and process, inquiring how and where to proceed, fix, and/or confirm, RCD is ready to roll!
"2018 was an important year for Cannabis Science," stated Mr. Dabney. "I believe the Company is well positioned for growth as a result of our investments in a number of collaborations with leading research institutions and private industry business worldwide. Our objective in 2019 is to build on that success by building on our consortium partnerships and licensing programs for our patents and initiatives.
"We will also begin increasing direct investment opportunities. These opportunities will be designed for the general public to directly invest in a particular project and share in the wealth. Designed to give back to the people who want a tangible investment opportunity to participate in actual asset based projects with real asset growth potential. There are multiple international economic development projects currently underway, upcoming clinical trials, and subsequent formal drug development programs that are all outstanding investment opportunities for the industry.
Mr. Dabney invites everyone to www.iCannabinoid.com and join in today. Mr. Dabney has begun using it for open discussions to interact and share real-time accurate information. Mr. Dabney already has begun creating 'Action Group' discussion forums for various topics on critical ailments, the company's many drug development initiatives, and the 2019 Cannabis Science Black-Tie Dinner Awards Gala, as well as real-time updates on the RCD Personal Shareholder Loyalty Gift, and other important Company news.
Patients, Doctors, Industry Professionals, Lawyers, Scientists, Activists, Legalization Groups, and many others can use iCannabinoid as an interactive, powerful knowledge center that will contain real-world data on successful treatment stories and clinical study information. iCannabinoid will help enable everyone to better leverage information – research, development, pre-clinical, clinical trials, patient data, etc. – and help Cannabis Science to bring better products to market faster.


Because there is Instagram for all the most pre-owned mobile platforms (iphone, Android ™ as well as Windows Phone )its popularity has enhanced. This "imaging social media network" is based upon a comparable system as Twitter, which implies that there are followers and everyone can be followed by a person also without notification as well as on the other hand you could follow whoever you want - How To View Followers On Instagram On Computer.
However, there could take place scenarios when we simply wish to know that is following us so to know how to watch a list of users following you or individuals you're following reviewed the instructions below.
A listing will certainly show up revealing a list of users. If the checklist consists of less than 200 customers, it will certainly be alphabetized. If more than 200, it will display by latest.
On Instagram, all the individuals have a profile where they could post pictures or videos of their day/life/etc. They also have the choice to FOLLOW various other users on the website and also check out their pictures, video clips and whatnot. On your account, if you clicked where it states followers you will certainly locate a checklist of individuals that follow you that can see your pictures or videos in their feed when you post them. When you follow somebody else, they are included in the listing that says FOLLOWING. (This does not always take place. If somebody has a private account as well as you need to ask for to FOLLOW them and also they refute it, you will not have the ability to watch their blog posts) I wish this can be of some help to you:-RRB-.


This catalyzer provide you with hydrocarbon free air to perform background free experiments. It consists of a container filled with platinum wool that breaks down the hydrocarbons into water vapor and CO2. The catalyzers are designed to be price effective, robust, user friendly and to last for many years when used under atmospheric conditions.
The catalyzer is designed to meet the requirements for the ETD-300 ethylene analyzer, however, it operates as a stand-alone device and can therefore be used for a broad range of other applications.


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Age-dependent maturation of Toll-like receptor-mediated cytokine responses in Gambian infants.
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Title: Age-dependent maturation of Toll-like receptor-mediated cytokine responses in Gambian infants.
Authors: Burl, S
Townend, J
Njie-Jobe, J
Cox, M
Adetifa, UJ
Touray, E
Philbin, VJ
Mancuso, C
Kampmann, B
Whittle, H
Jaye, A
Flanagan, KL
Levy, O
Item Type: Journal Article
Abstract: The global burden of neonatal and infant mortality due to infection is staggering, particularly in resource-poor settings. Early childhood vaccination is one of the major interventions that can reduce this burden, but there are specific limitations to inducing effective immunity in early life, including impaired neonatal leukocyte production of Th1-polarizing cytokines to many stimuli. Characterizing the ontogeny of Toll-like receptor (TLR)-mediated innate immune responses in infants may shed light on susceptibility to infection in this vulnerable age group, and provide insights into TLR agonists as candidate adjuvants for improved neonatal vaccines. As little is known about the leukocyte responses of infants in resource-poor settings, we characterized production of Th1-, Th2-, and anti-inflammatory-cytokines in response to agonists of TLRs 1-9 in whole blood from 120 Gambian infants ranging from newborns (cord blood) to 12 months of age. Most of the TLR agonists induced TNFα, IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-10 in cord blood. The greatest TNFα responses were observed for TLR4, -5, and -8 agonists, the highest being the thiazoloquinoline CLO75 (TLR7/8) that also uniquely induced cord blood IFNγ production. For most agonists, TLR-mediated TNFα and IFNγ responses increased from birth to 1 month of age. TLR8 agonists also induced the greatest production of the Th1-polarizing cytokines TNFα and IFNγ throughout the first year of life, although the relative responses to the single TLR8 agonist and the combined TLR7/8 agonist changed with age. In contrast, IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-10 responses to most agonists were robust at birth and remained stable through 12 months of age. These observations provide fresh insights into the ontogeny of innate immunity in African children, and may inform development of age-specific adjuvanted vaccine formulations important for global health.
Issue Date: 13-Apr-2011
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/19470
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018185
Journal / Book Title: PLoS One
Copyright Statement: © 2011 Burl et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Conference Place: United States
Appears in Collections: Department of Medicine


Love is beautiful, not scary (the loss or lack of love is scary).
Seductive Integrity matters, the two cannot exist without the other.
Women are amazing. These pictures easily show how amazing they are.
The men who love women while also maintaining and expanding their integrity are true heroes.
Not all of us yearn to have children. Some of us unable to have children. Some of us, still figuring it out. Some of us have already gone down that road. Yet the point of this post is not to suggest that everyone needs to have kids at some point, but rather, simply to show one of the many reasons we have it deep within us to find and expand love.
Comment below with the emotions or thoughts that the photos evoke within you.
Hello Before Goodbye by Sarah Boccolucci – First-time father with brain cancer leaves ICU to witness son's birth.


The latest accolades for Turkish-born UNC chemist have created another opportunity for people from different cultures to learn about each other, Aziz Sancar said this week.
Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt awarded Sancar with the Key to the City in honor of his 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
Sancar, the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UNC's School of Medicine, won the prize for his groundbreaking work in mapping DNA repair. He shared the prize with Duke University's Paul Modrich and Tomas Lindahl, a researcher based in the United Kingdom.
He and his wife, UNC professor Gwen Sancar, also have worked to promote understanding between Turks and Americans through their foundation and the Carolina Turkish House (Turk Evi).
It is a "great honor" to receive the Key to the City, Sancar said, before turning his thoughts to tolerance and multiculturalism.


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A Brief History of Saint Joseph Parish
Saint Joseph Parish is South Bend's oldest Catholic worshipping community. Initially called St. Alexis Chapel, it was established by Rev. Edward F. Sorin, CSC, as a mission chapel of Notre Dame. The first little building, which was both chapel and school, was erected in 1853 in the community of Lowell, at what is now the intersection of Hill and LaSalle.
By the next year the Sisters of the Holy Cross were teaching "girls and little boys" in the tiny building. In 1866, that first structure was replaced with a larger building named the Church of the Assumption. Two years later, when Rev. Julius Frere, CSC, became the first resident pastor, a parish census listed thirty-four French families (many from Canada), as well as six German and six Irish families. Since that time, twenty-four other members of Father Frere's religious community have served as pastor.
The second church building burned to the ground in 1872. A third church was built nearby on the present site of Saint Joseph High School. By 1881, when the cornerstone for the fourth church was laid on the current site, the parish was known as Saint Joseph, and Lowell had been absorbed by the city of South Bend. The parish thrived, welcoming French, English, Irish, Italians, Southeast Asians, and all others as they came. Because of structural weaknesses, the handsome old Gothic church had to be demolished, and the current church was erected in 1965. Our current parish registration numbers about 900 families.
As the parish grew, so did the school. The school expanded into Assumption Academy, a boarding and day school, which in 1886 was replaced by a larger two-story building. By 1926 that structure was overflowing, and the present school was built.
The Sisters of the Holy Cross have been succeeded by lay teachers, and the growth and vitality of the school led to a $1.7 million renovation and expansion in 1999, and a $4.2 million expansion, including the addition of a preschool, from 2013 to 2016 (as part of the Living Our Faith, Building Our Future Campaign). Unchanged throughout its existence are the school's high standards. Saint Joseph Grade School is the oldest continuously operating school in the city of South Bend, and was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 2011 and an Indiana Four Star School each year from 2011 to 2016. The school building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Other parish buildings include the Congregation of Holy Cross Community Residence (rectory), which dates to 1907 with later additions, and the Ackles Parish Life Center, which was purchased and renovated in 2013 to replace the old parish center, which was originally built as a convent in 1958.
A word of explanation: One seldom hears a parishioner speak of Saint Joseph Parish; it is "Saint Joe." This choice of name indicates the loving familiarity with which we regard our parish and its members. While our history is long and rich, we at "Saint Joe" focus not on our past but rather on each new day's opportunities to give witness to our conviction that the Kingdom of God is at hand.


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On Sunday February 10, 2019 at approximately 0131 hrs. Officers from Lancaster Bureau of Police Platoon B responded to the area of Penn Square Parking Garage at 20 E. King St. for a report of an injured person.
Responding Officers located a 25 year old male resident of Columbia Borough on the ground. The male was unconscious and unresponsive. Officers saw that the male was bleeding from a head injury.
The male was taken to the hospital for treatment. Officers spoke with people that were in the area as well as people that had contacted 911. Officers were told that there had been some type of fight or altercation inside the garage. Police received information that the victim had been involved in the altercation and that as a result of that incident, the victim was possibly pushed or fell from a height of approximately (25) feet onto the ground below.
Detectives are conducting additional follow-up investigations. They are also reviewing surveillance video from multiple sources in the area.
The victim in this incident is in critical, but stable, condition.
Detectives have developed information indicating that there were a number of people in the area when the incident occurred and that there are individuals who likely have information about this incident, as well as what led up to the altercation. Detectives are seeking information from those witnesses.
As of the time of this release, no one has been taken into custody and no charges have been filed.
Anyone with information on this case are asked to contact Lancaster Bureau of Police Det. Eric McCrady at 717-735-3359 mccradye@lancasterpolice.com or Lancaster Crime Stoppers at (800) 322-1913, or you can anonymously Text a Tip to Crime Stoppers by using your cell phone. Text LANCS plus your message to 847411. Callers may remain anonymous and do not have to give their names.


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Memorable 112th SA Amateur victory for Nienaber
GolfRSA National Squad member and SA Nr 1 Wilco Nienaber celebrated a hard-fought for victory in the 112th SA Women's Masters at King David Mowbray Golf Club;
22 February 2019 – For the third successive year, the South African flag was raised at the South African Amateur Championship after South Africa's top ranked Wilco Nienaber won the country's most coveted amateur title on Friday.
In a gripping final round that went the distance at King David Mowbray Golf Club, the world number 59 was ruthlessly tested by 16-year-old Jordan Duminy in the 36-hole final.
The 2018 Amateur Championship Qualifier winner was undoubtedly the favourite going into the final day, but unheralded Duminy showed maturity beyond his years to knock out two top Irish golfers to reach the final.
And he never backed off in the last clash.
On the back foot for most of the final, an uncharacteristic fist-pump after he holed a par-putt at the 36th hole to beat Duminy 1-up signalled Nienaber's joy and relief at achieving a lifelong dream.
"It is such an honour for me to lift this trophy," he said.
"At the start of the week I said that I rated this championship higher than the runner-up finish in the Brabazon Trophy or winning the qualifier at the Amateur Championship last year. It's been a dream for many years and I am overjoyed that I finally achieved it."
There was little to separate the two players after their first tee shots.
Duminy gave Nienaber a three-foot putt at the first, but got his first inkling of playing in the really big leagues after he lagged his first putt from the front of the green to three feet and had to putt to halve the hole in birdies.
At the next hole, Duminy leaked his tee shot left and Nienaber went up for the first – and only – when the Mossel Bay youngster paid the price with a bogey.
Nienaber dropped a shot at four, but recovered with a birdie at five to stay 1-up, but Duminy levelled the game with a gain of his own at the par five sixth. He went 1-up at seven when the Free State golfer surrendered another shot.
"I definitely didn't bring my A-game to the final and it was a see-saw battle between us, with him going up and me trying to square. Jordan was unbelievable solid. He drove it well and his short-game was outstanding. He holed putts from everywhere and he made very few mistakes."
After a third bogey at seven, Nienaber used his booming drive at the par five ninth and squared the match with an eagle. Two holes later, Duminy had the advantage again after a birdie at the 12th and he went 2-up with an eagle of his own at the par five 14th.
"I hit a good shot into 16 and boxed the birdie putt, and at 17, I made another birdie putt after Jordan overshot the green. We halved the 18th in pars to start the last 18 holes all square. I was streaky with the putter and hit some errant tee shots. He was really solid, though. Credit to the little guy; he was in the match and it would take some hard work to beat him."
Duminy birdied the first and the fourth to move 2-up through 24 holes.
The Louis Oosthuizen Junior Golf Academy member kept the lead until Nienaber clawed a shot back with a birdie at 25th, but was still 1-up through the turn after Nienaber cancelled a bogey at the short eighth (26th) with a birdie at the 27th hole.
"I made birdie at 11 (28) to square; he birdied 13 (31) to go 1-up again," Nienaber said. "That was the story of the day. When I saw his drive finish short at 17 (35), I went for the green. I hit 4-iron front edge, lagged the eagle putt give and birdied to square the match. It was now or never."
Duminy had a birdie chance from 10 foot, but his putt missed the mark.
"It may have looked as if I didn't break a sweat, but my heart was racing a few times, especially when I gave a hole away coming down the home stretch," Nienaber said after he closed out the victory with a par at the last.
"I hit it into the trees left and Jordan was in the trees right. We both had tough shots to the green with the flag on the left near the water. I managed to work it on the green. Jordan was in the really thick stuff and he caught a flier that went straight and finished under a cart. He had to chip in and he missed his par putt. I gave that last putt everything I had.
"Jordan never gave an inch. He never gave me a chance to pounce, but my own game didn't allow for it to happen either. I really had to work for this one. I'm absolutely ecstatic."
In addition to the amateur world golf ranking points he earned with this victory, Nienaber will get another stab at the Freddie Tait Trophy with a start in the South African Open Championship later this year.
But first, he has the South African Stroke Play Championship at De Zalze Golf Club next week on his mind. "I came so close last year, going five-under in the final round, but I just couldn't catch Oliver Gilberg. I ended up finishing third, so I will enjoy this for a bit and switch my focus to the SA Stroke Play. More than anything, I would love to win the double."
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Edith Cavell, Nurse, Humanitarian, and Traitor?
It's not unheard of for nurses to serve in extraordinary ways, but Edith Cavell went far beyond her nursing duties during World War I. The British nurse and patriot was executed for treason during World War I. Both the British and American governments would propagandize her death to bolster support for the Allied cause.
Cavell was born on December 4, 1865. She trained at the London Hospital under Matron Eva Luckes and earned a reputation as a wonderfully capable nurse. In 1907, she was recruited by Dr. Antoine Depage to be matron of the newly established L'Ecole Belge d'Infirmieres Diplomees in Brussels. Cavell flourished there, and by 1910 she "felt that the profession of nursing [had] gained sufficient foothold in Belgium" to warrant a scholarly journal for the discipline. She launched L'infirmiere that same year.
An Accomplished Nurse with a Humanitarian Mission
By 1911, Cavell was the training nurse for three hospitals, 24 schools, and 13 kindergartens in Belgium. When World War I broke out, the Red Cross assumed control of Cavell's hospitals. Cavell, famous for saying "Patriotism is not enough," threw herself into her work, saving the lives of countless soldiers on both sides of the war.
Cavell's story was adapted for the silver screen, first as propaganda in 1919, and again in 1939 when it revived anti-German sentiments.
Cavell was one of many nurses recruited by the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) to gather intelligence on the Germans. But in November 1914, she put these duties aside to begin funneling British and French soldiers out of Belgium and into neutral Holland. Cavell tirelessly dedicated herself to these efforts, eventually raising suspicion. On August 3, 1915, Cavell was arrested by the Germans.
Although Cavell had indeed committed espionage, the Germans chose to try her for treason. Cavell was incredibly outspoken after her arrest, making no attempt to defend herself. She openly admitted her actions in three separate written statements and multiple verbal interrogations. Unfortunately for Cavell, under the auspices of the first Geneva Convention, the death penalty was a permissible punishment for treason.
The British claimed that their hands were tied in the matter. The US government did put some pressure on Germany, reminding German officials that the country's public reputation was already quite tarnished. Only one German intervened on Cavell's behalf: Baron von der Lancken argued that Cavell should be treated with moderation because she had saved so many German lives. But General von Saubozweig insisted that Cavell be executed swiftly. Of the five people arrested in the case, only Cavell and one other were actually executed; the rest were later released.
Fuel for Allied Propaganda
There are numerous accounts of nursing from World War I, such as Grace MacDougal's Nursing Adventures: A FANY in France (1917) and Violetta Thurston's Field Hospital and Flying Column: Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium and Russia (1915). But Edith Cavell would leave a different kind of legacy.
Rather than leaving an account of her own experiences, Cavell would unwittingly leave her mark on British and American propaganda during World War I. She became the most famous British female casualty of the war. The British government used her story to bolster military recruitment, while the US adopted Cavell to garner favorable sentiment toward the Allied effort–and to demonize the Germans.
Soon after her death, news reports of questionable veracity emerged. Even the American Journal of Nursing printed a spurious account of Cavell's execution, in which Cavell had refused to wear a blindfold, fainted in the face of the firing squad, and been shot point blank by a German commanding officer. Eyewitnesses later indicated that this version was false.
Cavell is one of many figures in the history of nursing who have left an indelible mark on the world. She not only made strides as a figure in modern nursing, but also set herself apart as a remarkable humanitarian.
This entry was posted in Collecting, Nursing, World War I and tagged Belgium, Edith Cavell, Nursing, propaganda, World War I on December 4, 2013 by tavistock_books.
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Shootouts. Finally, no more ties! I know there will be grumbling about this one, but I say it's about time. I never want to see one in the playoffs, because sudden death overtime is an order of magnitude more thrilling than a shootout, but if it means I never have to watch a lazy reg. season tie again, I love it.
Two line passes are in. Give hockey a fast break strategy and another weapon against the trap. Another good one.
Goalies now have a restricted area in which they can play the puck. It's about freaking time for this one – I'm sick of untouchable goalies slowing down the game by skating waaay out of their creases to stop a puck.
Zero tolerance on obstruction. Face it – we'll believe it when we see it. We've heard it before, yet we continue to see big, slow defensemen slowing down the speedier guys by latching on with the ol' hookeroo and going for a ride. This (along with the reduced size goalie equipment) is probably the most important thing to make the game worth watching again.
In short, I was never all that bitter about the strike, and I'm looking forward to the season starting up again, so let's play ball. Well, you get the point.


Want to see a movie, but not sure what's worth your time (and money)? Check out this week's lineup of acclaimed movies showing on the big screen in and around Irving.
With a critical approval rating of 97 percent and an audience score of 94 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" has been a must-watch since its release on Dec. 14, with a consensus that "'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' matches bold storytelling with striking animation for a purely enjoyable adventure with heart, humor, and plenty of superhero action."
You can catch it at AMC Classic Irving 10 (4205 W. Pioneer Drive) through Wednesday, Feb. 13; AMC Irving Mall 14 (2433 Irving Mall) through Wednesday, Feb. 13; and Regal MacArthur Marketplace Stadium 16 (8505 Walton Blvd.) through Tuesday, Feb. 12. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
With a 93 percent critical approval rating and an audience score of 78 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Bumblebee" has become a favorite since its release on Dec. 21, with a consensus that "'Bumblebee' proves it's possible to bring fun and a sense of wonder back to a bloated blockbuster franchise — and sets up its own slate of sequels in the bargain."
You can catch it at AMC Classic Irving 10 (4205 W. Pioneer Drive) through Wednesday, Feb. 13 and AMC Irving Mall 14 (2433 Irving Mall) through Tuesday, Feb. 12. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Set to be released on Friday, February 8, "Cold Pursuit" already has a critical approval rating of 83 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The site's critical consensus has it that "'Cold Pursuit' delivers the action audiences expect from a Liam Neeson thriller — along with humor and a sophisticated streak that make this an uncommonly effective remake."
In the mood for popcorn? It's playing at AMC Irving Mall 14 (2433 Irving Mall) through Sunday, Feb. 17; Alamo Drafthouse Las Colinas (320 Las Colinas Blvd.) through Tuesday, Feb. 12; and Regal MacArthur Marketplace Stadium 16 (8505 Walton Blvd.) through Thursday, Feb. 14. Click here for showtimes and tickets.


Please save the date for our 5th annual Tait Winter Prom which will be held in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall at the Royal College of Music on Monday the 23rd of November at 6.30 for 7pm. This year we are delighted to welcome Australian virtuoso pianist and Tait Patron, Piers Lane AM who will be playing Chopin. With wine kindly provided by Treasury Wines Estates please join us, sit back and enjoy some of the most beautiful music written for the piano.
We will also be announcing our 2015 Awardees and look forward to hearing some of our talented young Australian artists performing for us at the beginning of the evening. Our awards would not be possible without the support of the Tait Friends, our loyal private donors and our principal partner the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Thank you.
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Sirch is the emotive-electronic project of Canadian-based musician and sound artist Chris Szott.
Introduced to the guitar at the age of five, his passion for all things sound led to him becoming a multi-instrumentalist and studying music and sound engineering in London, UK.
Sirch's approach is evocative of past memories and the future unknown. A skillful combination of ambient, experimental, electronic-folk, downtempo, and all sounds in-between proves a strikingly surreal experience. His universally praised debut album "North of Fifty-Four" has received support from both local and international radio, and the song "Beach Babies" earned Sirch. the "DJ/Electronic Recording of the Year" from the 2014 Edmonton Music Awards. His work also includes commissions for arts-cultural events and contemporary theatre. He currently resides in Edmonton, AB.
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"In North of Fifty-Four, Szott creates fascinating soundscapes that incorporate diverse tracks, including audio from historical films, joyful chatter from home videos, and his own field recordings. While the album is skilfully arranged to create and atmospheric, soothing experience, Szott included plenty of creative surprises for the attentive listener." - Libby Stoker-Lavelle, Cottage North Magazine
"[Sirch.] weaves sounds from his childhood, National Film Board clips, and mining/tourist board videos to produce an eerie, electro-ambient retrospective of his life to date, both bittersweet and reaffirming. ...Charming and seductive — you'll want one of your own memory soundtracks after listening to North of Fifty-Four." - Sandra Sperounes, Edmonton Journal
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ENGL 2210 World Literature II
Mysteries of the mind
Your unconscious is making your everyday decisions
By Marianne Szegedy-Maszak
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The snap judgment. The song that constantly runs through your head whenever you close your office door. The desire to drink Coke rather than Pepsi or to drive a Mustang rather than a Prius. The expression on your spouse's face that inexplicably makes you feel either amorous or enraged. Or how about the now incomprehensible reasons you married your spouse in the first place?
Welcome to evidence of your robust unconscious at work.
While these events are all superficially unrelated, each reveals an aspect of a rich inner life that is not a part of conscious, much less rational, thought. Today, long after Sigmund Freud introduced the world to the fact that much of what we do is determined by mysterious memories and emotional forces, the depths of the mind and the brain are being explored anew. "Most of what we do every minute of every day is unconscious, " says University of Wisconsin neuroscientist Paul Whelan. "Life would be chaos if everything were on the forefront of our consciousness."
Fueled by powerful neuroimaging technology, questions about how we make snap decisions, why we feel uncomfortable without any obvious causes, what motivates us, and what satisfies us are being answered not through lying on a couch and exploring individual childhood miseries but by looking at neurons firing in particular parts of our brains. Hardly a week passes without the release of the results of a new study on these kinds of processes. And popular culture is so fascinated by neuroscience that Blink, journalist Malcolm Gladwell's exploration of "thinking without thinking," has remained on the bestseller lists for four weeks.
Most of us can appreciate the fact that we make up our minds about things based on thinking that takes place somewhere just out of our reach. But today, scientists are finding neural correlates to those processes, parts of the brain that we never gave their due, communicating with other parts, triggering neurotransmitters, and driving our actions. Says Clinton Kilts, a professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Emory, "There is nothing that you do, there is no thought that you have, there is no awareness, there is no lack of awareness, there is nothing that marks your daily existence that doesn't have a neural code. The greatest challenge for us is to figure out how to design the study that will reveal these codes."
Burgeoning understanding of our unconscious has deeply personal and also fascinating medical implications. The realization that our actions may not be the pristine results of our high-level reasoning can shake our faith in the strength of such cherished values as free will, a capacity to choose, and a sense of responsibility over those choices. We will never be able to control the rhythm of our heartbeats or the choreography of our limbic system. And yet, Gladwell writes that "our snap judgments and first impressions can be educated and controlled . . . [and] the task of making sense of ourselves and our behavior requires that we acknowledge there can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis."
According to cognitive neuroscientists, we are conscious of only about 5 percent of our cognitive activity, so most of our decisions, actions, emotions, and behavior depends on the 95 percent of brain activity that goes beyond our conscious awareness. From the beating of our hearts to pushing the grocery cart and not smashing into the kitty litter, we rely on something that is called the adaptive unconscious, which is all the ways that our brains understand the world that the mind and the body must negotiate. The adaptive unconscious makes it possible for us to, say, turn a corner in our car without having to go through elaborate calculations to determine the precise angle of the turn, the velocity of the automobile, the steering radius of the car. It is what can make us understand the correct meaning of statements like "prostitutes appeal to pope" or "children make nourishing snacks" without believing that they mean that the pope has an illicit life and cannibals are munching on children.
Consuming thoughts.
Gerald Zaltman uses examples like these in many of his conversations. He may be an emeritus professor from the Harvard Business School, but he thinks about layers of consciousness like a neuroscientist. He is also a founding partner in Olson Zaltman Associates, a consulting firm that provides guidance to businesses seeking to better understand the minds--and in this case it is quite literally the minds--of consumers. As a professor of marketing, Zaltman obviously was very interested in figuring out what made people buy one thing and not the other. In the world of neuroscience, this goes to the heart of the profound questions of motivation. In the world of business, this goes to the bottom line.
When trying to probe the minds of consumers, Zaltman wondered if there was a way to move beyond the often-unreliable focus group to get at the true desires of consumers, unencumbered by other noise, which would finally result in more effective sales and marketing.
His solution became U.S. Patent No. 5,436,830, also known as the Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique, which is, according to the patent, "a technique for eliciting interconnected constructs that influence thought and behavior." From Hallmark cards to Broadway plays, from Nestle's Crunch bars to the design for the new Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, ZMET has been used to figure out how to craft a message so that consumers will respond with the important 95 percent of their brains that motivates many of their choices. How? Through accessing the deep metaphors that people, even without knowing it, associate with a particular product or feeling or place.
Language is limited, Zaltman says, "and it can't be confused with the thought itself." Images, however, move a bit closer to capturing fragments of the rich and contradictory areas of unconscious feelings. Participants in his studies cut out pictures that represent their thoughts and feelings about a particular subject, even if they can't explain why. He discovered that when people do this, they often discover "a core, a deep metaphor simultaneously embedded in a unique setting." They are drawn to seasonal or heroic myths, for example, or images like blood and fire and mother. They are also drawn into deep concepts like journey and transformation. His work around the world has convinced him that the menu of these unconscious metaphors is limited and universal, in the manner of human emotions like hope and grief.
Waves of cola.
Zaltman, obviously, is not the only person peering into the mind of the consumer. In a neuroscientific take on the time-honored blind taste test, Coke and Pepsi once again squared off. In Blink, Gladwell describes how the Coca-Cola Co. made a costly mistake in using data from blind taste tests between Coke and Pepsi--in which Pepsi was emphatically preferred by most cola drinkers--to change the recipe and create the marketing debacle that was New Coke. Still, even with a less preferred taste, Coke remains No. 1 in the soft-drink world. More recent research that was published after Gladwell's book was finished may explain why.
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine offered 67 committed Coke and Pepsi drinkers a choice, and in blind testing, they preferred Pepsi. When they were shown the company logos before they drank, however, 3 out of 4 preferred Coke. The researchers scanned the brains of the participants during the test and discovered that the Coke label created wild activity in the part of the brain associated with memories and self-image, while Pepsi, though tasting better to most, did little to these feel-good centers in the brain. P. Reed Montague, director of the Brown Foundation Human Neuroimaging laboratory at Baylor, explained when the study was released last October: "There's a huge effect of the Coke label on brain activity related to the control of actions, the dredging up of memories and self-image." The mere red-and-white image of Coke made the hippocampus, our brain's vault of memories, and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for many of our higher human brain functions like working memory and what is called executive function or control of behavior, light up. The point, says Montague, is that "there is a response in the brain which leads to a behavioral effect." And curiously, it has nothing to do with conscious preference.
The dog comes up and begins to sniff. If it remembers you, and you were a nice person, then instantly it wags its tail, perhaps even deigns to lick your wrist. It may avoid you. It may associate you with food or with a swift kick. And all those images, all those associations are evoked by one healthy whiff.
Aside from the basic inhibition against walking up to someone and sniffing, humans are no different. "An odor is not just a name--it is a whole context," says psychiatrist Dolores Malaspina of the New York State Psychiatric Institute and the Columbia University Medical Center. Olfactory information is "privileged," Malaspina explains, since it is the only one of our five senses that does not make a brief stop at the brain's relay station, the thalamus, before going to the ever so intellectual prefrontal cortex. Smell is unmediated, unfiltered, and it hits the prefrontal cortex with a wallop of intensity. Researchers have found that smell plays a strong role in our mating choices, even without our knowing it. And when female roommates synchronize their menstrual cycles, it is because the unconscious perception of odor sets off the endocrine system. Our brains, says Malaspina, "beginning with fetal development, are laid out to give precedence to olfactory perception."
For the brain damaged and for the healthy, despite the evidence of the prevalence of the unconscious in our daily lives, even as fervent a believer as Zaltman urges a bit of caution. "I don't think we know what the batting average is for purely rational reasons or reasons dressed up that way, or reasons dressed up as purely intuition. Both can get us into trouble--often do. And both serve us well." It is that great tension between the two, the intermingling of the known and the unknown, the conscious and the unconscious, the 5 percent and the 95 percent, that the pioneers exploring this vast and intricate universe of our minds will continue to probe. But there will most likely never be a complete understanding. After all, the enigmas of the mind, and the mechanics of the brain, will forever define the ultimate mystery of simply being human.


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AMAZED spectators looked on as the match referee ordered his assistants to run the same side of the pitch to avoid the glare of the sun on Saturday.
Huntingdon chairman Hans Reif appealed to the Hunts Football Association after Hampton scored twice in the 20-minute period when the officials were on the same side.
A late goal for Huntingdon wasn't enough to stop them slipping out of the competition - but there was only one topic of conversation for the supporters.
Referee Mark Field said: "My assistant had been struggling with the sun in the first half and when we came out for the second half the sun was even lower and there was no way he could see.
"Rather than abandon or suspend the game, I opted to place the assistant on the opposite side of the field where he could adjudicate on offside appeals."
One assistant even tried wearing sunglasses at the start of the second half, to no avail.
Field continued: "It didn't help matters that Huntingdon were in red and black and Hampton were in orange, so this seemed to be the common sense solution.
"I have been refereeing for 15 years and have never known a similar situation before."
After checking the rule books, the FA rejected the appeal, stating that there is nothing in the rules dictating on which side of the pitch the assistants must stand.
Reif said: "I've been involved with football for 35 years and I've never seen anything like it. Our players' concentration had gone - they didn't know what to think.
"Mark [Field] has refereed many of our games in the past and he is a good referee, but this was just bizarre.
"Although we are disappointed to be out of the cup, we accept the FA's decsion."
Stuart Renshaw put the visitors in front after 50 minutes and Steve Mastin added a second after 65 minutes.
Lee Bassett claimed an 88th minute consolation for Huntingdon but Hampton held on.
* Have you ever attended a game with both assistant referees covering the same side of the pitch? Email sport@huntspost.co.uk or call the sports desk on 01480 411481.
* Huntingdon welcome Whitworths to Jubilee Park on Saturday and travel to Thrapston for a Hinchingbrooke cup tie next Tuesday.


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Artwrit | Archive, 2009-2012
Artwrit ceased regular publication in December 2012. All back issues (2009-2012) are archived below.
AIDS 2.0
Posted on January 9, 2021 April 30, 2021 by Editors
by Avram Finkelstein, December 2012
Even in the earliest moments of AIDS, and from deep within its swirling vortex, the outlines of its cultural meaning were detectable. Playing out as it did in the public sphere, it was impossible to overlook. So assumptions about it formed quickly in our shared spaces, and almost as immediately, they began to crystallize into canon.
All these years later, a new canon is rising. After decades of shell-shocked contemplation, those who were there are finally able to speak about it. A growing number of documentaries and gallery exhibitions have already been devoted to the topic, and these are just the first to the gate. There are major projects in the pipeline.
Why now? In cultural terms, we've been told it's because of two corresponding anniversaries, the 30th anniversary of AIDS and the 25th anniversary of the AIDS activist coalition, ACT UP, the resistance movement that helped foreground the crisis in the American mind. But what does it mean that the 30th anniversary is a marker of the first New York Times article about AIDS, not the New York Native story that preceded it, or a 25th anniversary that overlooks the fact that ACT UP came well after the Denver Principles were forged?
It means that history is a process of generalization, an elevator pitch, and we privilege the stories that are easier to tell. In the public sphere, complexities are frequently slipped under the shadows of our zeitgeists, and well-worn media tropes supplant more disorderly truths.
How To Survive a Plague tells a tidy and heroic story of a group of treatment activists who came out of ACT UP and went on to help redirect the course of AIDS research. It's a tale of empowerment, but it's a telling which is incomplete, if not myopic. Slowly but surely, as their critiques became institutionalized, these activists were given a seat at the table. As to who profited more from the alliance, you will have to decide for yourself. Plague evades the intricacies of this particular contingency.
The stage for this eventuality was set by the ferociousness of ACT UP, which strategically wielded its might as outsiders. United in Anger takes a stab at this larger, messier and more diverse story, one that resists corralling. As films go, it has moments of aptness on this account, but its sprawl is at times impenetrable, and it is decidedly unpretty.
To be sure, telling the story of the community's response to AIDS is challenging in ninety minutes. Still, How To Survive a Plague is a concise juggernaut, which appears to be barreling its way to the Oscars, and United in Anger has a foothold in academia, a community with an appetite for complexity. Combined, they might be a useful beginning towards constructing a history of this moment, one of the most compelling social movements of the late-twentieth century. But what about those who will only see one of them, or are being exposed to this material for the first time?
As an object lesson in what happens when historiography goes awry, consider the inaccuracies in the canon that have been allowed to ossify surrounding the image most cited when encapsulating the cultural production that came out of New York at that time, the shot heard around the world, the Silence = Death poster.
You're likely to have heard of Gran Fury, one of the art collectives to come out of ACT UP. Within academic circles the work of this collective is an established part of our cultural history. It has been included in most of the major exhibitions and books on the topic and is in the permanent collections of MoMA, the New Museum and the Whitney.
You're probably less familiar with The Silence = Death Project, a small collective that predated Gran Fury. In fact, it predated ACT UP. This is the collective that designed the Silence = Death poster. The work is generally misattributed to Gran Fury, even though this image was produced in 1986, over a year before Gran Fury formed as a spin-off of an ACT UP installation in the New Museum window. Considering this image is commonly used as a symbol of agency within academia, conflation of authorship can only be attributed to poor research or generality.
Other than siding with veracity, why would this distinction matter? If the study of social history is to be useful, there is at least one simple reason. Silence = Death was designed by six individuals who felt alone, but raised their voices anyway and discovered they were surrounded by a community. Gran Fury came out of this community and was anointed spokesperson by an institutional framework hungering for a voice on this issue. Future generations might find it helpful to know that while communal responses have exceptional potency, power also resides with individuals.
It might also be constructive to understand that what is freely referred to as the ACT UP logo, Silence = Death, was not actually designed for, or by ACT UP, and was never intended as a logo. It was a consciousness-raising project devised by a tiny political collective before the fact. But that is a tough pitch to an editor. So this image was framed as a logo by the major media outlets, compacting the fuller dimensions of the story. This gesture also folded ACT UP into the institutional framework it was critiquing, set up the defanging of its dissent and tacitly attributed ACT UP's efficacy to branding, which is certainly untrue. In the case of AIDS, agency existed without any marketing at all. People were dying.
Additionally, the word logo also intones ownership. The Silence = Death collective set up their work product to be open source. Having been advised by an attorney to copyright the image before someone else did, potentially barring ACT UP from using it, they did, but never prevented any use of it, not even by an anti-abortion group that appropriated it. The collective adhered to the institutional parameters of intellectual property so that they might stand outside of it. They copyrighted it in order to give it away.
From its inception, the AIDS activist movement triggered public conversations that were the preamble to its own historicization. In spite of the imprecision, the cannon surrounding the cultural production of The Silence = Death Project and Gran Fury has fully gelled. It remains to be seen how United and Plague will stack up historically. Still, it's likely we're now witnessing the solidification of the history of AIDS. It would be bad if it were an incomplete one.
History matters. In fact, it's all we have. So the canon we construct around AIDS in America is a generational responsibility, to say the least. Which raises the following question about these two documentaries as each hovers around institutionalization. After those who were there are gone, what is the story we will hear about them?
Avram Finkelstein is a member of the Gran Fury collective and The Silence = Death Project.
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Goodbye Eros
Recasting Forms and Norms of Love in the Age of Cervantes
Ana Laguna & John Beusterien
Traditional Petrarchan and Neoplatonic paradigms of love started to show clear signs of inadequacy and exhaustion in the sixteenth century. How did the Spanish Golden Age recast worn out discourses of love and make them compelling again? This volume explores how Spanish letters recognized that old love paradigms, especially the crisis of the subject, presented an extraordinary opportunity for revising traditional literary strictures. As a result, during Spain's nascent modernity, literature took up the challenge to expand existing forms of desire and subjectivity.
A range of scholars show how canonical and non-canonical Golden Age writers like Miguel de Cervantes, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Francisco de Quevedo, Luis de Góngora, Lope de Vega, and Francisco de la Torre y Sevil became equal agents of the sweeping ontological reconfiguration of the idea of eros that defined their culture. Such reconfiguration includes: the troubling displacement of "self" and "other" seen in sentimental genres like the pastoral or romance; the overlapping of emotions such as love and jealousy characteristic of the baroque lyric and dramatic production; and the conflation of axioms such as eros and eris prevalent in contemporaneous epic experiments.
In uniting the findings of often surprising texts, the collection of essays in Goodbye Eros takes a pioneering look at how Golden Age moral, ideological, scientific, and literary discourses intersected to create fascinating re-elaborations of the trope of love.
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division