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Lescouët-Gouarec is een gemeente in het Franse departement Côtes-d'Armor (regio Bretagne) en telt 219 inwoners (2005). De plaats maakt deel uit van het arrondissement Guingamp.

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De oppervlakte van Lescouët-Gouarec bedraagt 19,2 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is 11,4 inwoners per km².

Demografie
Onderstaande figuur toont het verloop van het inwonertal (bron: INSEE-tellingen).

Gemeente in Côtes-d'Armor

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Las Vegas Aftermath: Renewed Calls for Gun Control
By Dave Workman,
In the aftermath of the carnage in Las Vegas, renewed calls for gun control including a ban on so-called "bump stocks" quickly spread across the landscape and airwaves, but once again the gun prohibition lobby has brought forth its traditional agenda hoping to sell it as something new or improved.
There have been proposals for so-called "enhanced background checks," whatever that means, plus limits on magazine capacity, limits on the number of guns someone can own, and so forth.
Hillary Rodham Clinton was quick to declare that proposed hearing protection legislation that would reform regulations on sound suppressors would have made the Las Vegas shooter more dangerous.
Would any of these recommendations have prevented the Las Vegas mayhem? Probably not, considering that shooter Stephen Paddock had no criminal record. There was nothing in his background that prevented him from buying the firearms he had.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi jumped quickly into the post-Las Vegas blood fest to exploit the attack, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein quickly introduced legislation to ban the "bump stock" accessory. The stock, which operates on the recoil of a semi-auto rifle, is actually called the Slide Fire. A copycat product called the Bump Fire was taken off the market following a lawsuit in 2014.
When attached to certain semi-auto sport/utility rifles, it can mimic (not convert to) the performance of a machine gun, using the recoil of the rifle to speed up the rapidity of discharge.
Pelosi has asked Speaker Paul Ryan to "create a Select Committee on Gun Violence to study and report back common sense legislation to help end this crisis." This was accompanied by a request to "pass the bipartisan King-Thompson legislation to strengthen the life-saving background checks that keep guns out of the wrong hands."
Pelosi didn't explain how this legislation might make background checks stronger, or how it would accomplish what background checks apparently haven't accomplished so far.
"The bipartisan committee," said Pelosi in her letter to Ryan, "would make recommendations to prevent unspeakable tragedies such as the mass shooting in Las Vegas and to restore confidence in the safety of our communities."
Massachusetts Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey both chimed in on Twitter, and Markey got some heat for his remarks. One woman tweeted back that he should just shut his mouth.
Anti-gun Democrat Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington announced he would push for legislation to ban "bump stocks."
In an Op-Ed piece published by the Seattle Times, authors Ralph Fascitelli and Jordan Royer with Washington Ceasefire did not mention the "bump fire" device while alluding to Las Vegas. Instead, they offered what they consider three "reasonable" suggestions to prevent violence. They would ban so-called "assault rifles," arguing that "No reasonable hunter would consider their use as sport, and if someone wanted them for target practice, they could be made available at gun ranges."
They advocated for a 10-round magazine limit, and lastly they suggested so-called "smart guns."
The Second Amendment, said responding readers, isn't about hunting or target shooting. Critics also noted how a skilled shooter can swap out magazines in less than a second.
"Smart gun" technology may or may not work, and while Fascitelli and Royer didn't actually say it, they seem to suggest a mandate, which gun owners will strenuously oppose.
Paddock brought 23 guns into the two-room suite he occupied at the Mandalay Bay hotel. It appears he had been planning the attack for some time.
In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, in which 58 people were killed, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters during a press briefing that he didn't know "how it could have been prevented," a remark in a story published by CBS News.
He had company in that opinion from Alan Gottlieb, founder and executive vice president of the Second Amendment Foundation. Only hours before the mass shooting, Gottlieb had wrapped up the 32nd annual Gun Rights Policy Conference in Dallas, Texas.

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Soul Food for Sundays
A Reflection for the Second Sunday of Christmas (2nd January 2022)
Sirach 24:1-2, 8-12, Eph 1:3-6, 15-18; John 1:1-18
The Author: Sean Goan
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Today, for the second time over Christmas we are offered the Prologue form of John's Gospel (Jn 1:1-18).
It seems that we are being asked to think big – very BIG! The opening words "in the beginning", bring us to Genesis 1 and another poem in which we are asked to contemplate another beginning, the mystery of creation in all its wonder.
Yet here, in these verses, John suggests that we look again at everything that exists and see it through the lens of the Word. What does it mean to say that "In the beginning was the Word"?
Perhaps the great scholar Erasmus can help us here because he translated this as "in the beginning was a conversation". That conversation in God issues in light and that light gives life and is a light that the darkness will not overcome. So, God wants me now to embrace the light and the life that comes from it. God is sending me to be a witness to this light and to testify to the world that our very existence is a call to have faith in the truth, beauty and goodness that lie at the heart of creation. This is what Christmastide is all about, Christ – the Light of the World.
So, at this beginning of 2022, let us pray to the God of beginnings: "Begin again in us and sow the seed of your eternal word in the everyday soil of our hearts. Let it grow there so that, in the daily round of our lives, we may become gentle yet powerful witnesses to your light. In this deep mid-winter, surrounded as we are by uncertainty, may the light you sow in us through your Word burn brightly and become a source of hope and joy for all whom we meet.
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Currently Coordinator of Spiritan Mission Ireland, Belfast-born Sean is married, with 3 children. He taught for many years in Blackrock College and was chaplain there (2014-2017). He studied Scripture in Rome, Jerusalem and Chicago. He published The Sign in 2018.
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A positive bedtime routine: what is it and how can it help?
A positive bedtime routine involves your child going through a few pleasurable activities about 20 minutes before bedtime.
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You might have an ideal bedtime in mind – somewhere between 7 pm and 8 pm often works for young children.
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About a week after you introduce the positive bedtime routine, you can start gradually making your child's bedtime earlier.
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Move bedtime back to 8.30 pm for the next two nights.
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It can take a few weeks but a positive bedtime routine will improve settling problems, decrease the number of times your child calls out to you at night, and lead to better parent-child relationships.


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Аеропорт Бранденбург — Термінал 5 () — залізнична станція у Шенефельді поруч з колишнім аеропортом Берлін-Шенефельд, що тепер перейменований на термінал 5 аеропорту Берлін-Бранденбург, неподалік від Берліна.
Станція знаходиться на  і обслуговується швидкісними лініями S-Bahn  і .
З жовтня 2020 року станція більше не обслуговується регіональними потягами.

Історія

Аеропорт Шенефельд
Залізничну станцію Берлін-Шенефельд був побудований за 150 днів і відкритий для громадськості 10 липня 1951 року як частина .
26 лютого 1962 року була додана додаткова платформа, і Шенефельд був підключений до Берлінського S-Bahn.

BER
25 жовтня 2020 року станцію було перейменовано на «Аеропорт Бранденбург — Термінал 5»
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через перетворення аеропорту Шенефельд у термінал аеропорту Берлін-Бранденбург.
За кілька днів усі поїзди, окрім S-Bahn, стали курсувати до нового терміналу 1.

Послуги міжміського сполучення
З травня по жовтень 2020 року  17 (Дрезден-Берлін-Росток/Варнемюнде) зупинявся у Шенефельді.

З моменту відкриття BER він замість цього зупиняється на станції Аеропорт Бранденбург — Термінал 1-2.

Послуги
Станція обслуговує потяги:

 Berlin S-Bahn S45: Аеропорт Бранденбург — Термінал 1–2 — Аеропорт Бранденбург — Термінал 5 – – Шеневайде – Нойкелльн – Зюдкройц
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Примітки

Джерела
 Jürgen Meyer-Kronthaler, Wolfgang Kramer: Berlins S-Bahnhöfe. Ein dreiviertel Jahrhundert. Berlin-Brandenburg 1999.
 Bernd Kuhlmann: Eisenbahn-Größenwahn in Berlin. Die Planungen 1933 bis 1945 und deren Realisierung. GVE, Berlin 1996.

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I can compile and execute the above code in online compiler and I got answers
false true.And my doubt is Why i can't get second one is false? it's also object reference isn't it?. Please someone can help me to clear the doubt.Thanks in advance

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The CALS Dean's Inclusive Excellence Seminar Series highlights academic excellence through inclusive science and creates a platform for extended discussions on how our science can and should be transformative in leading to best practices and policies that support social, economic, environmental and climate justice.
See below for more information about future and past seminars. All events are open to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences community. Videos will be added to each event page as they become available with the permission of the speaker. If you are interested in developing a program for this series, contact your department or unit's Leader for Diversity and Inclusion.
In Spring 2022, the seminar series focused on science-based solutions to grand challenges in equity and inclusion. Speakers demonstrated interdisciplinary scholarship and translational research that centers equity, inclusion and justice by explicitly addressing systemic challenges facing historically and habitually marginalized and disadvantaged communities. Demonstrating engagement and evidence-based approaches, the seminars highlighted scientific advances in topics including climate and environmental justice; social and socio-economic system resilience under globalization and technological change; health equity; disparities in access/use/representation in media and communication technologies; food security and production; agricultural, natural resource, land, and water (dis)possession and management; improving urban landscapes and ecosystems; and access, equity, and inclusion in the realm of artificial intelligence, big data, computational biology and/or the basic life sciences.
Future seminar event programming will be announced at a later date.
Spring 2022 Seminar List
Prioritizing Gender Equality from Afterthought to Guiding Goal of Agricultural …
In this talk, Hale Tufan, Ph.D., will describe three research areas aiming to guide agricultural research processes and outputs to positively contribute to gender equality and social inclusion. 3/9 @ Noon ET
Evolutionary Justice through Queer Biology & Empowering Community-based Conserv…
In this talk, Chase Mendenhall, Ph.D., will introduce the stakeholders and science of Queer Biology and Countryside Biogeography, exploring their roles in building an LGBTQ+ inclusive evolutionary narrative and guiding conservation investments in rural Latinx communities. 3/8 @ 3:30 p.m. ET
Building agricultural landscapes that work for the environment and people
In this talk, Aidee Guzman, Ph.D., will present her research on how on-farm diversification in an intensively managed landscape can bolster below- to above-ground biodiversity and their interactions on agroecosystems. 3/7 @ noon ET
Sea Change: A Voyage from Climate Catastrophe to Climate Cooperation
In three vignettes, Steven Johnson, Ph.D., will describe a way to design and establish climate cooperatives – sets of nations that share similar ocean environments separated by time.
A food systems approach to improving sustainable diets globally
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Together in a Changing Place: How Social Processes Shape Pro-Environmental and …
In this talk, Francisca (Kika) Santana will discuss how different social processes – social norms, social support, and place attachment – shape the ways that individuals respond to threats and changes in their biophysical environment.
Critique, Identity, Power: How Black Twitter Users Construct Race Online
In this talk, Amber M. Hamilton draws on 24 months of digital ethnographic fieldwork within Black Twitter to define a theory of "doing race" in the digital sphere.
Securing Future Worlds: Global Change, Uneven Development and Bridging the Scie…
Building upon work in critical development studies, agrarian political ecology and postcolonial thought, this talk from Kevon Rhiney, Ph.D., explores the ways vulnerable communities in the Caribbean are negotiating the intersecting crises of global environmental and economic change.
Critical quantitative analyses: Population genetics in forensics -and- Represen…
In this talk, Rori Rohlfs Ph.D. will discuss analyses based on publicly available population genetic data regarding the lack of the quantified accuracy of emerging forensic genetic technologies, particularly in light of population genetic variation, and clarity on what (if any) medical information could be revealed through forensic genetic profiles.
WAMPUM Adaptation Framework for Sea Level Rise
Kelsey Leonard, Ph.D., is an assistant professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Waters, Climate, and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo.
Modeling admixed ancestry in genetic studies: moving towards health equity
In this talk, Shaila Musharoff, Ph.D. will present two computational approaches to model ancestry, both as a confounder and as a source of trait-relevant information.
Creating Inclusive Media Spaces Through A Model of Intersectional Journalism
In this talk, Chelsea Peterson-Salahuddin will explore the inclusive and innovative ways Black women and femmes use digital technologies to produce "intersectional journalism," a journalistic practice that actively engages intersectional frameworks and Black feminist praxis in news production.
A World of Difference: Where Ideology and Mediated Stereotypes Collide
In this talk, Laura Partain Ph.D. provides an overview of her research agenda, broken down into the categories of media effects on socio-political participation and belonging as well as media effects on health and wellness.
Data Science of Socio-Ecological Systems for Equitable and Inclusive Development
Using examples on energy transition, pastoral systems, and global land rush, this presentation from Chuan Liao discusses how to apply an integrated data science-driven approach to examine human-environment interactions and analyze their sustainability and justice outcomes from local to global levels.
Searching for Sustainable Solutions in the Face of Crisis and Injustice
This talk by Michael Charles, Ph.D. aimed to show the powerful potential of conducting inclusive and collaborative research with Indigenous communities as we move forward in the pursuit of justice in the face of climate change.
Can Microbes Help Us Remediate "Forever Chemicals?"
Natalie L. Cápiro, Ph.D. highlighted the results of on-going research demonstrating the potential for biological transformation of select PFAS found in AFFF under conditions representative of impacted sites using native microbial communities.
Inaugural Event: How We Win for People and Planet in the Climate Decade
A conversation with Ms. Tamara Toles O'Laughlin, Co-chair of the Green Leadership Trust & Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Women's Voices for the Earth.


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What the rise of the smart speaker might mean for podcasts (and on-demand audio in general)
Plus: In-car podcasts, Apple commissions an original TV show about a true crime podcast gone viral, and what's going on with Podtrac?
By Nicholas Quah Jan. 9, 2018, 10:01 a.m.
Editor's note: Hot Pod is a weekly newsletter on the podcasting industry written by Nick Quah; we happily share it with Nieman Lab readers each Tuesday.
Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 146, published January 9, 2018.
Just a heads up: I'm told that the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) will indeed be publishing a 2018 update to its podcast advertising study, which means we'll be able to get at least one contiguous read of the industry's year-over-year ad revenue growth.
As a reminder, the IAB's inaugural podcast advertising report, which dropped last summer, found that the industry brought in $119 million in 2016 and was projected to bring in $220 million by the end of 2017. We'll see how that projection holds up.
And once again, the report's methodology revolves around the study a bundle of major podcast publishers, which means that it's not meant to be comprehensive but representative. Think a stock market index like, say, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (sorta), along with all the benefits and limitations of using that indicator to discern something about the overall stock market and economy.
Don't rat me out, Alexa. The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is happening this week, and in the spirit of that fine mess, I thought it might be a good time to review what's been going on with smart speakers. It's the device, after all, that may prove to be a significant new frontier for on-demand audio consumption.
Smart speakers have become, perhaps improbably, one of the more prominent technology categories over the past few years. A recent report by Canalys, a research firm, found that the smart speaker has surpassed AR, VR, and wearables in market share, becoming the fastest growing consumer technology in recent times, according to a ZDNet write-up. Over 30 million smart speaker units — including the Amazon Echo, Google Home, and so on — were shipped worldwide last year, with 16.1 million units shipped in the fourth quarter alone. That trend of rapid growth is expected to continue this year, with Canalys projecting 70 percent year-over-year worldwide shipment growth totaling up to 56 million units by the end of 2018. (If you're looking for further detail and context, this summary by The Guardian is pretty succinct.)
The Amazon Echo lies at the forefront of the category, with the Google Home serving as a fairly distant second. (Apple's own entry, the HomePod, is scheduled to roll out sometime early this year, following delays.) Amazon's lead on its competitors is said to be considerable, given its longer time in the market — the device rolled out in mid-2015 — and aggressive pace in terms of product iteration and distribution (Amazon Echoes next to the deli counter at Whole Foods, y'know?). But one should expect a fight from other tech giants, most notably Google, which is estimated to have sold at least 6.73 million units since its October launch, as they move to close the gap on this new front of computing while trying to keep newer competitors at bay. One expression of this: analysts have noted that both Amazon and Google engaged in deep price discounting over the holiday season in the run-up to the launch of the pricier Apple HomePod, which has resulted in the two companies losing money in the short term but creating a slightly less accommodating environment for Apple's entry into the market, as Reuters reported.
And let us not forget what's happening outside the probable Big Three: over the past few months, other hardware makers — including Roku, Samsung, Harman, LG, Sonos, and JBL — have put forward their own takes on the smart speaker category as well.
So, what does this all mean for podcasts, or on-demand audio content publishers more generally? A couple of thoughts:
At this point in time, podcast consumption behavior can generally be broken down along two tracks: you have listening directly off traditional computers, and you have listening off mobile devices — smartphones, tablets, portable devices, etc. — with the smartphone, I believe, being the core distribution point in this track. This setup is reflected in Edison Research's studies on device usage among podcast listeners, which has thus far expressed a trend in which listening has shifted away from desktop toward mobile over the years. The emergence of smart speakers introduces a third track into the mix, and how listening behavior gets reallocated between smartphones and smart speakers is going to be the dynamic to watch over time. Let's see if podcast listening actually shifts toward smart speakers to the zero-sum detriment of smartphones (and desktop).
Or perhaps there's a more complex outcome: "podcast listening" doesn't shift over, but non-music smart speaker audio content originates as a category of its own that locates "podcasting" as a specific phenomena within the Apple ecosystem. Should that be the case, we're going to be awash with further taxonomical questions, which are both necessary and completely annoying.
How will choices be made in this new smart speaker paradigm, and how will publishers express influence or jockey for attention in that new choice paradigm? I wrote about this line of inquiry last November, which came out of a reflection on Audioburst, a relatively new company that endeavors to be "Google, but for Audio," and the "Search to Suggest" thesis for audio computing use.
There's a whole other side to this question of choice: how will these smart speakers choose to bring in and orient non-music audio content within the user experience? Based on what's already been happening, it occurs to me that we're going to see a dramatic reliance on platforms: not just Spotify, TuneIn, Pandora, and iHeartRadio (pending whatever's going on with their counts, more on that later) as curation portals of podcast publishers spanning indies to major organizations, but also organizations big and prominent enough to develop their own apps for these devices, like NPR and The New York Times. Should "podcast listening" indeed spill into the smart speaker ecosystem, we're bound to see this platform-conflict dynamic play itself out once again. Unless, of course, we see one such platform adopt a distinctly Apple-like, hands-off, semi-open middleman approach as we have historically seen between Apple, its iTunes architecture, and the early-to-mid stage podcast community.
There is also, of course, the possibility that smart speaker operators will themselves make choices about primary content distribution. An example of this: Apple readying an audio news feature for its upcoming HomePod release that delivers content from the Washington Post by default — see: the power of defaults — though HomePod owners have the option to switch off to Fox News, CNN, or NPR.
This is all to say that it's unclear to me whether the podcast medium's relative openness will be retained should there be a considerable listening shift toward smart speakers. Just a thought.
One more thing: what's wild about all of this is how much this echoes the dynamics, structures, and limitations that exists in the fight for the automobile media dashboard.
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They see me rollin'. This one's a little late, but it's worth tying into the previous item, given thematic linkage. At the end of December, General Motors announced that it was rolling out in-car podcast availability for some of its newer models, a fleet size that reportedly numbers around a million cars. This is slightly less noteworthy than it sounds.
To begin with: only a few podcast publishers were given the opportunity to develop their own apps for distribution content in these cars, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Fox Sports, and USA Today. These publisher-specific apps join an in-car media ecosystem that already includes more general audio distribution platforms like Spotify and iHeartRadio, many of which have steadily increased their own capacities as podcast distributors over the past few years. The question worth asking is whether this addition features a substantial step up for greater listening ease: after all, car owners could long consume podcasts during their drives if they were willing to fiddle around with various Bluetooth setups or mobile device platform integrations like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
The automobile media dashboard is an overwhelming point of interest for audio publishers of all stripes, as it is a site that pits traditional broadcast airwaves against satellite radio against Internet radio streams against on-demand audio. But the fundamental dynamic of this conflict lies in how car media incumbents have long held a structural advantage due to the considerable amount of time it takes for car ownership to turn over, as well as the fact that the car is essentially a choke-point where consumer preferences over relatively minute design choices (like media options) are still superseded by preferences established in corporate relationships. As such, it is also a glacial, protracted fight, one that can be hard to keep track of but that portends considerable gains.
Then again, one could also argue that it's a fight that might not end up meaning all that much at the end of the day, given the possibility of self-driving cars which, according to some, are coming faster than you think. (Knife-wielding robot dogs notwithstanding.) Oh well.
Some fun facts I found while I was poking around on this story: according to a 2016 study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, American drivers spend an average of more than 17,600 minutes behind the wheel each year. This could be further contextualized within a broader trend of lengthening commute times; according to a Washington Post analysis of U.S. Census data, the average American commute increased by nearly 20 percent between 1980 and 2014.
Gimlet furthers its brand ambitions. Gimlet really wants to break out into something much bigger, huh? To that end, the Brooklyn-based podcast company has hired its first Chief Marketing Officer: Jenny Wall, who served as Hulu's SVP and head of marketing for three years before exiting the streaming service last May.
At Hulu, Wall oversaw the launches of Hulu's own original shows, including The Handmaid's Tale, Difficult People, and Casual, in addition to the service's commercial-free offering and Live TV bundle. She joined the company in 2014 from Netflix, where she built brand and promotional campaigns for its initial slate of original programming that includes House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, and the Arrested Development revival season.
Wall's considerable expertise building campaigns around original programming for streaming platforms, as well as what appears to be a penchant for working at companies that aggressively grapple with rapidly evolving distribution, branding, and monetization models, make this hire an utterly compelling development. One imagines that she'll bring her experiences to bear on Gimlet's ambitions toward becoming the so-called "HBO of Audio" — oh, here's another fun fact: earlier in her career, Wall worked on the famed "It's not TV, it's HBO" campaign — and, in the process, perhaps write the initial playbook for podcast companies looking to elevate beyond a scrappy, independent vibe into… well, something else entirely.
This recruitment comes about a month after Gimlet's last round of high-level hire announcements. In December, the company brought on a new head of fiction, a new editor, and a new head of product.
While we're talking prestige TV… This is podcast-adjacent, but whatever: Apple, in pursuit of a formidable TV strategy to measure up against Netflix and Hulu, is commissioning an original TV show based on Kathleen Barber's 2017 novel Are You Sleeping, which is about a true crime podcast gone viral. The novel is said to be conceptually interested in the country's relationship with true crime and true crime podcasts, along with how public performances of journalism blur the lines of entertainment and ethics. On the one hand, you could say it's a work of fiction that explores the complexities of podcast phenomena that extend from Serial to Missing Richard Simmons to Up and Vanished. But on the other hand, it sounds like an examination that could be broadened out and applied to so many other forms of journalism as well.
Anyway, some noteworthy details about the TV project: Octavia Spencer is set to star, Serial Productions' Sarah Koenig is set to consult, and Reese Witherspoon is set to executive produce. This project further serves to grow Witherspoon's footprint as a powerful Hollywood producer, a role that she has been cultivating through her production company Hello Sunshine. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Are You Sleeping is "the first development project to land at Apple, which previously commissioned three straight-to-series orders." It's also the second project between Witherspoon and Apple.
I haven't read Are You Sleeping yet, but I suppose its existence — along with the constellations of ingredients that make up the TV project around it — could perhaps be interpreted as some further evidence toward the notion that true crime, as a genre, is truly podcasting's beating, bloody heart. At least, at this point in time.
And a little bonus: Kathleen Barber was a guest on WAMU's The Big Listen, the station's podcast-broadcast about podcasts and beyond, back in September to talk about the book.
NPR outlook. "The thing that hovers over all of this is our desire for our audio to be everywhere," Neal Carruth, the public radio mothership's GM of podcasts, told me. "But also to have experiences be properly tailored for each of those new platforms."
Yeah, yeah. I know. Look, I hear the complaints that I write too much about NPR. (And Gimlet, and Panoply, and Midroll, and The New York Times, and even Night Vale Presents, which is weird.) But come on. NPR is a distinctly complex problem to think through: how does the organization balance the responsibilities of serving a broader multi-sided system and weather a shifting environment that radically changes the terms of your original responsibilities while continuing to operate at the highest possible level? It's fascinating!
Anyway, I recently spoke to Carruth about his view on NPR's podcast division in the coming year, and from our conversation, it struck me that you could broadly organize the strategy into four discrete parts:
Develop and launch new projects (though Carruth declined to say with any certainty what the volume and nature of those rollouts will look like this year);
Continue supporting and expanding existing podcast properties;
Experiment with new forms and distribution models, including over voice-activated platforms;
Explore and operationalize new ways for individual member stations to extract value from successful podcast products.
You can see many of these goals at play in a few moves that NPR has been executing in and around the turn of the new year. They include:
(1) Wrapping up a podcast-fronted donation referral campaign, in which NPR podcasts were weaponized to urge listeners to contribute to their local radio stations — an initiative that more overtly reflects how the value of NPR's podcast gains can trickle down to the rest of the system.
(2) Completing the full roll-out of the Planet Money spin-off known as The Indicator, which now publishes episodes daily with Stacey Vanek Smith and Cardiff Garcia on hosting duties.
(3) Expanding Embedded, its investigative podcast series, a move that includes Kelly McEvers stepping down as co-host on All Things Considered to focus on Embedded full-time, as well as growing the production team. "We're still in the process of figuring out what Embedded 2.0 is going to look like," Carruth said, adding that they're looking to add managing producer and another producer to its ranks. "The hope is to create a premier platform for deep-dive, investigative storytelling." I think we've seen a good bit of that evolution already. Last year, Embedded switched its format from the classic documentary anthology structure — with each episode covering a different story — into mini-season-long thematic dives, between its examination of police videos in February and the Trump universe in October, November, and a little more in the coming weeks.
All this raises the question: what, exactly, is NPR's mandate for its podcast team? Sure, the public radio mothership has to keep pumping out programming and new projects — a major news organization, after all, is built on its consistency, presence, and industriousness — but are they also incentivized to, say, spawn blockbusters and create the next S-Town?
Carruth seems to lean away from that. "Obviously, you want shows to be successful and you want them to find their audience," he said. "Success doesn't necessarily mean a giant audience for every show. In some cases, we're trying to find new audiences, whether it's a younger segment or a more diverse segment. Sometimes it's just a longer play that you need patience to see through to the benefits." Invisibilia's wildly successful and attention-grabbing debut season seems so long ago.
I suppose it's worth remembering that the organization's operational imperatives remain rooted in its defining condition: its relationship to the broader ecosystem of local public radio stations. To that end, NPR appears focused on ensuring that its podcasting gains can be systematically drawn and quartered for equitable value dispersion across that network. And they have been doing this: Carruth points to podcasts that were later adapted into full broadcast offerings for radio stations (It's Been a Minute is a good example) and podcasts whose individual reports were later repackaged as segments for news magazines.
From this vantage point, all of NPR's podcasting wins and wonder seem to fall from being able to satisfy that complex, multi-part structure in the steadiest way possible. Flashiness is harder to come by in this particular challenge, but perhaps succeeding stylishly isn't exactly the point.
Speaking of The Indicator… This year will mark the tenth anniversary of Planet Money, which, as some might remember, originated from a reporting project developed during the Great Recession to accessibly explain just what the hell was happening to the world around us. That project, which was called "The Giant Pool of Money," was produced by Alex Blumberg and Adam Davidson for This American Life, and its success spring-boarded the duo towards the creation of Planet Money at NPR. In those early days, the podcast published daily, and some of its episodes featured a much-beloved segment called "The Indicator."
Blumberg and Davidson have since left Planet Money for other pursuits. (Blumberg, of course, went to found Gimlet Media, while Davidson now serves as a staff writer at The New Yorker.) Ten years on, and Planet Money is still delivering a steady stream of tightly produced explainers about the economy. The show has published well over 800 episodes, and its current hosting roster includes the talents of Ailsa Chang, Jacob Goldstein, Kenny Malone, Noel King, and Robert Smith, with managing producer Alex Goldmark leading the charge. Per NPR's internal analytics tool Splunk, the podcast averages a weekly audience of 1 million users.
Spinning off The Indicator marks a rare structural innovation for the long-running operation, and its daily bite-sized format suggests a distinctly modern orientation, given the increasing preponderance of daily new podcasts. That said, Carruth doesn't necessarily view The Indicator as part of that cohort. "We think of it more as a daily insight show," he said. While editorially alive to the news cycle around it, The Indicator is said to gesture more toward the temporal sweet spot between newsiness and an evergreen disposition.
Anyway: Mazel tov, Planet Money!
What's going on with Podtrac? This is a sticky one. Last Tuesday, the Australian radio analyst James Cridland published an article on his Podnews.net blog that investigated a curious question: "Is iHeartMedia really the leader in 'snackable' podcasts?" Podtrac, the podcast measurement company, had just added a new short-form category to its set of industry rankers, and iHeartMedia had, quite improbably, populated seven out of ten spots on the debut list.
Cridland's examination ultimately found that iHeartMedia's presence on Podtrac's charts — not just its "snackable" category, but on all lists — had greatly benefited from a methodological discrepancy. "We've discovered that Podtrac's measurement hasn't been measuring listening, but something else entirely: the total pageviews for all of iHeartMedia's 850 radio stations," he wrote. The crux of the problem seems to hinge on iHeartMedia's liberal use of embedded players throughout its considerable affiliate website ecosystem. Those players automatically pre-load audio files by default, and in doing so, inadvertently register as a count by Podtrac's measurement system whether or not a real human actually clicks and listens. Cridland concludes, then, that it's theoretically possible for podcasts to chart highly without actually being consumed, and that iHeartMedia's podcast figures as a result are highly overstated. You should check out the post in full, as Cridland walks through the technical components of his examination.
Podtrac has since revised its rankings, removing iHeartMedia from the lists entirely. On its blog, the company briefly discussed the revision, noting that iHeartMedia's use of preloads on its website players was inconsistent with IAB measurement guidelines.
"We were not aware of the pre-loading behavior of the iHeart affiliate site web players," Velvet Beard, Podtrac's VP of analytics, told me. "While we have had algorithms in place to identify anomalies in the download data we see, we have put into place new procedures including those to identify situations where an inordinate amount of traffic comes from websites which will alert us to this situation in the future."
When I reached out to iHeartMedia SVP of podcasting Chris Peterson, he wrote: "We are working through with Podtrac what constitutes listening, because we have so many platforms and so many ways that listeners come to podcasts that other companies don't have available. Given our audience size and unique platforms we need to determine with them the best way to fairly capture our total listening usage and ensure it fits their criteria."
The two are currently assessing the situation, and how to move forward.
In October, Podtrac's public publisher ranker listed iHeartMedia in the second spot under NPR, where the company was described to reach slightly under 9 million monthly unique U.S. listeners and over 33.5 million unique global downloads over a whopping 525 shows. It is unclear what iHeartMedia's actual podcast reach will look like after accounting for the embedded player pre-loads.
A couple of things on this:
This incident is pretty embarrassing for both companies, but particularly so for Podtrac. The company's industry rankers have already long been the subject of skepticism — I wrote about the core problems when they first launched in 2016, which mostly had to do with their incomplete sampling of the industry as a whole, and expressed confusion over iHeartMedia's improbable presence in the ranker back in November — but the fact that Podtrac missed what could be charitably phrased as an inadvertent gaming of its system raises questions over its technical acumen, particularly given its core work of verifying downloads in the space. Yikes.
Podtrac's rankers matter, whether we like it or not. Beyond the Apple Podcast charts, they remain one of the very few sources of public information and representation giving some semblance of shape to the podcast industry. They further serve as raw research material for newer or casual patrons of the space — be they listeners or advertisers — who hope to get a sense of its shape, size, and order. It's also worth noting that high placement on the chart has historically served as ammunition for podcast publishers looking to seed press mentions. Case in point: in a November Axios article, iHeartMedia's second spot placement on the Podtrac ranker was deployed as substantive detail in the company's bid to be position its "Middle America"-facing original programming slate. Without the perceived credibility stemming from that Podtrac ranker placement, it's debatable whether that story would have actually earned its newsworthiness.
The core need remains the same: some service that helps publishers, advertisers, listeners, and beyond develop a better sense of whether a show or a network that says it's big is actually what it says it is. In other words, we still very much have a need for a systemic check on potential misrepresentation, inadvertent or otherwise.
Bites:
Spotify has reportedly filed to go public on the New York Stock Exchange, but is losing its chief content officer in the run-up (Bloomberg, Recode). The service also apparently has 70 million paid subscribers. (Twitter) What does Spotify going public mean? I found Lucas Shaw's take in his Hollywood Torrent newsletter pretty useful.
Over at the Financial Times, Shannon Bond's latest looks at the children's podcast market: "Podcasts for children boom but profits are still in their infancy." (FT)
This is wild: "The Weird World of Trump-Themed Podcasts." (Politico Magazine)
Ottawa's Great Canadian Theatre Company is playing around with the possibility of distributing recordings of some performances through a podcast feed. (CBC)
Later this year, Night Vale Presents expects to see the return of Alice Isn't Dead (spring), Conversations with People Who Hate Me (spring), Within the Wires (fall), and The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air).
Stitcher's First Day Back is at work on its third season, but will be releasing a limited-run interview series called First Day Back Conversations.
WNYC's Nancy and Sooo Many White Guys will return for new seasons in the first half of the year.
Just a quick plug for Boise State Public Radio getting on that Hearken train. I friggin' love this city, and "Wanna Know About Idaho" is a gem.
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Popcorn and Nooch: What About Bob Ka-Bobs?
We watched this last night with our Ka-Bobs and I hadn't seen this movie, probably since the 90's. I remembered it as a silly comedy, which it is, but I didn't remember how hysterical it is! I enjoyed myself so much last night with this movie, and Bill Murray always cracks me up. It's a perfect summer movie, nostalgia movie, and family movie.
Bill Murray plays Bob, a neurotic guy who's anxieties get the best of him sometimes. He found a doctor who can help him, but refuses to because he's on vacation. Bob tracks him down and becomes a persistent annoyance to Dr. Marvin, but an absolute delight to his family and anyone else he comes in contact with. The irony is, Bob improves while Dr. Leo self-destructs. Bob credits his growth to the genius of Dr. Leo Marvin, while Dr. Marvin credits his degradation to Bob. When really we watch these men step by step create their own fates. Very existential for a sweet little 90's comedy.
From 1991, What About Bob?
"Is this some radical new therapy?"
"Hi, i'm Bob. Would you knock me out please? Just hit me in the face."
"What if I'm looking for a bathroom, I can't find one, and my bladder explodes?"
It's a summer movie, and kabobs are very summer AND it's Father's Day! A big grilling day, perfect for dad to throw on the grill.
Put your skewer items in the marinade for a couple of hours in the fridge, put them on your skewers, then grill. I don't have a grill, so I just cooked them in a pan and put them on the skewers after I cooked them.
I served them over coconut arborio rice.
Add water, salt and half of the coconut milk to a pot and bring to a boil, add rice and simmer until absorbed. then add the rest of the coconut milk simmer for about a minute or 2.
I topped the Ka-Bobs with a simple teriyaki glaze.
stir the ingredients and heat on medium in a sauce pan until reduced to a glaze. Drizzle over top of the Ka-Bobs.
This recipe serves about 2 hungry people.
Don't hassle me I'm local! Great combo! These kabobs are not to be missed.
they look great! do you press your tofu?


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geoffpikey 8:07 Fri Feb 7
David Gold : headline interview on BBC football homepage
Long. Probably deserves its own thread, even if same old... Fill your boots.
Threats and violent protests 'cannot be tolerated', says West Ham co-chairman David Gold
By Simon Stone
Threats and violent fan protests against football executives "cannot be tolerated", says West Ham co-chairman David Gold.
It comes after the home of Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward was attacked by a group chanting that he was "going to die".
Gold has previously been targeted by fan protests.
"I know exactly what Ed's experienced. I've experienced it four or five times myself," he said.
"What you've got to understand is that it is by a minute percentage, a couple of hundred people."
Gold added: "In my mind you've got a couple of hundred belligerents who want to, metaphorically, burn your house down. And those 200 will gather people who are listening, or walking by and wonder what it is all about."
On Thursday it was announced that fans who behave in an "unacceptable" manner towards players, supporters, club employees or referees will face a Premier League-wide ban.
The Premier League said anyone banned by a single club will be banned by all 20 clubs.
"The league will come together as a unit to protect the likes of Ed and punish those perpetrators. It cannot be tolerated," said Gold.
"Manchester United are a big club, Ed Woodward is a big figure in the game. He cannot be worried about his wife and children."
During the disturbances at West Ham's game against Burnley at the London Stadium in March 2018, for which the club was fined £100,000, Gold said his 10-year-old granddaughter asked him whether he was a liar.
He said: "The Burnley game was dreadful. My 10-year-old granddaughter said: 'Grandpa, what do they mean? You're not a liar, are you grandpa?' I mean, what do you say to a 10-year-old?"
West Ham are bracing themselves for more fan protests in coming games.
There is an atmosphere of mistrust between many fans and the board, particularly Gold, Sullivan and vice-chair Baroness Karren Brady, who they accuse of betraying promises made when the club moved into the London Stadium in 2016.
With the club now in the relegation zone before Sunday's trip to Manchester City - the start of a tough run of fixtures that includes visits to Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham, plus home games against Wolves and Chelsea - the Hammers' top-flight future under new boss David Moyes is precarious.
"The story is that we are liars. That we have taken all the money. That is wrong," said Gold.
"We are not liars. We have made mistakes. David Sullivan is not a bad person. He wants the club to be successful. Karren Brady works her socks off for the football club. And then you read these terrible things."
Gold says criticism of West Ham's controversial move from Upton Park is misplaced, that the reason behind it - to move the club forward - remains the goal and that owning the club was "a dream come true".
"Do I look like I'm in it for profit?" he said. "I'm the kid who grew up in a life of poverty and used to bunk into West Ham.
"I have not received a penny in salary or expenses from West Ham in 10 years. I know of owners or chief executives that are earning £3m a year.
"All my young life, the club was in the old Second Division. We are in the Premier League now. OK, we've got a few problems but overall we're moving upwards. There have been a few difficulties with the stadium but the one we have now holds 60,000.
"I spoke to a cab driver on Wednesday who spent half an hour saying how he was thrilled with the stadium and how his kids love it. But is he on the television? Is he in the paper? No. All that's in the paper is the guy that wants to kill me or burn my house down. That's the problem."
Alfs 12:55 Sun Feb 9
Re: David Gold : headline interview on BBC football homepage
That's the problem with megalomania along with overloaded arrogance. You are blinded to the fact that your actions are destructive, instead, believing them to be constructive.
WHU(Exeter) 12:35 Sun Feb 9
Sullivan is Cardiff City, Brady is Arsenal
Gold is meant to be West Ham
He is the worst of the trio for me without doubt
Peckham 12:32 Sun Feb 9
"All my young life, the club was in the old Second Division. We are in the Premier League now",
Without checking apart from a period in the 1940s/1950s
West Ham United has spent longer in the highest tiers of Football.
60,000 capacity club, 20,000 people at a guess alienated fans, Brady rolling out a club shop with record number of tills and biggest wrap round screen, ignoring true fans.
Pure cash cow.
Different next level of cunts compared to the Icelandics ( fucking recession ) and Brown, Cearns.
I tolerated and thought Gold was the best of the shitty trio, but no he is as bad if not worse.
GreenStreetPlayer 4:43 Sat Feb 8
Despite all they say, they are definitely NOT West Ham.
Just people who turn up in the director's box seeing how their business is going.
They probably don't even see players, just sacks with £ signs on running around. Just about every thing has a value to them. That's why our infrastructure is as poor as it is, if its non profit making they are not interested and get rid of it.
Even leaving the Boleyn was done on the cheap.
chim chim cha boo 4:25 Sat Feb 8
Not read any of the replies on this thread (why would I, you're all absolute cunts) but 5% on the debt and 7% when they could get away with it?
I hope they all die horribly. In fact, I hope they all die because they run their helicopter firm like they run their football club.
Oi wot u looking at? 3:46 Sat Feb 8
Didnt know Moose drove a cab in his spare time
13 Brentford Rd 3:38 Sat Feb 8
What relevance does West Ham being a second division side for 19 years before promotion in 1958 to us moving to the Olympic stadium have?
ChesterRd 10:44 Fri Feb 7
Any violence at the next protest will hand it on a plate to the owners. I am expecting some of Sullivan's mates to try and stir things up on the day and we must keep our heads about us.
How Hammers Utd /WHUISA and all the other fans groups are playing it is 100% spot on. We have had a shed load more pro fan publicity and derision and scrutiny of the owners in mainstream media than there ever was on the day of the Burnley game when WH fans got coated.
Hammer United they are not wrong when we can see with our own eyes and ears the support the fans are getting. The approach HU are taking is right.
The board are flailing around and scoring own goal after own goal after only a few weeks of protest. Do people seriously think they are going to cope with it for another three years?
Don't give the scum element of the press who want it to kick off so they get their juicy story win. We don't need them.
GreenStreetPlayer 7:28 Fri Feb 7
WHUDeano 6:44 Fri Feb 7
We are worth more than that! I'd say 10 mins for the 10 years. 10 years of nothing (sure that was a title of another thread). Fuck all would be happening on the pitch anyway!
10 mins staring at the board in silence. Uncomfortable for them, if they even got it! No violence, which would go against the fans, the silence would speak volumes. Not sure if any other fans has done this before.
Like the mention of medieval times. Horsewhip and run them out of town! Even though he was a fraud, sure they would have done that to Grant given the chance the classless wankers.
Mike Oxsaw 7:20 Fri Feb 7
Silence won't work, but loud & sustained Boos as Ten (minutes), or even Boos at Six, or even (even) both...
Far Cough 6:59 Fri Feb 7
The away support won't be silent will they nor will the hundreds of nouveau popcorn crunching fans
That mention of silence...now that could be an idea that would really make news.
A minutes silence for ?? (Upton Park / the death of West Ham United). Someone could smuggle in a whistle easily, time it around a symbolic minute (6 is the obvious one, but could also be 10 for the 10 years). Imagine the stadium in silence for a minute of a Prem match, especially one that is on Sky...
LeroysBoots 6:28 Fri Feb 7
Fuck off you stupid keyboard warrior cunt
southbankbornnbred 5:38 Fri Feb 7
ManIron,
Many thanks for the reply.
I get what you're saying, although I'm a little sceptical (but that's my default position on anything!).
One thing that is key - you won't have three years. You'll have perhaps 18 months. Because the moment they begin to negotiate with possible buyers, they won't give a hoot about any other org.
So worth adjusting your time frames accordingly.
Good luck with it, though, man. I mean that. You guys are getting off your backsides and doing something.
El Scorchio 5:36 Fri Feb 7
southbankbornnbred 4:03
Fair play- interesting to hear it from that POV actually!
JustAFatKevinDavies 5:28 Fri Feb 7
shut up boots you fucking wanker
What are the numbers here again ?
If they sell Now what is the hard cold facts of what they have to pay back ?
For example, they paid 110 million for the club was it ?
They value it upwards of 500, god knows how !, So if they sell at 500 that's 390 million profit
They have not invested any of their money without a return
What figure do they have to pay back to HM Government ?
Sir Alf 5:21 Fri Feb 7
Agree MancIron
Relegation in that sense is a help to the cause and it lowers the valuation too. A lot of intelligently worded / cutting comment signs in the ground would be the next step IMO.
Of course, the signs would need to be sneaked past their "Thought Police" manning the entrances.
Returning to Gold's desperate deflection / minimisation effort. It's downright insulting and disrespectful to everyone fan. Insult to our intelligence more than anything else.
I have only seen one comment from any of them that I would make me feel some empathy but even that is said begrudgingly I think . Gold and Sullivan have recently both introduced the word "mistake" but like an addict trying to minimise that is the proverbial "tip of the iceberg". They need to say "we have failed the West Ham fans and feel deeply sorry for that and here is what we plan to do about it". "We will ensure constant dialogue with Hammers United from now on and try to agree a plan for the long term wellbeing of this great football club and its fans". "A strategy that is long term, that fans are onboard with". "We accept we need to bring in help for the football side of the business " etc. "If we cannot make the improvements we will look to bring in investment or new owners that help us get there".. All of the above is "cloud cuckoo land" stuff though.
But as Sniper 11:29 Fri Feb 7 said, there is a sociopath like or narcissistic behaviour at play here. All 3 of them are on one or both spectrum's. . Every other word is a lie. As someone else said, do yourself a favour and shut up because its better to "look a fool than speak and prove it" :-)
J.Riddle 5:16 Fri Feb 7
Southbank, I have always said the same, as soon as they are free of the LLDC caveats in 2023 they will sell. Why would they stick around, they can't take the club any further as they won't invest any of their own money. The club has peaked in terms of asset value, the team is underperforming and any personal grief makes the decision to sell easy.
All this talk of there kids taking over is rubbish, Golds kids are not fans or interested, already have plenty of business interests, Sullivan's kids are incapable of running a premier league club, they've had 26 yrs at it with nothing won and five relegations if we go down and he must know that. They've given it 10 years already and failed on the pitch, that will never change, like all asset strippers they have an exit strategy which is 2023.
It's always been about the money and the money alone. Yes they already had plenty, but there is never enough for their type, it's an ego thing to substantiate their success increasing high net worth and the money is the measure that they use to validate that.
Yes negotiations to sell would have to start earlier in possibly 18 months time, but they could already have made an agreement in principle with NDA's, to provide first option of sale, that would be subject to being a Premier League team at time of sale, probably with zero debt.
MancIron 5:01 Fri Feb 7
Our relegation (if it happens) will be May this year. That gives us at least 2 and a half years to change tack in terms of protest approach because as you rightly state GSB won't sell until they can maximise return in 2023.
I'm not saying we do nothing until then, increased peaceful protests particularly during TV games and any other strategies that can highlight GSB's absolute shitshow of ownership should be ramped up.
But if we do go down...then the gloves should come off bigtime.
And even if we stay up, nobody should lose sight of what we have lost (the Boleyn, atmosphere, changing fanbase) and we need ramp that up until these leeches fuck off.
OccupyGreenStreet 4:54 Fri Feb 7
I was right in the middle of the Burnley protest beneath the Directors box. I didn't see any coins or anything else thrown. Junior was there with me, and we had footage of the chants and them getting up and leaving. No sign of coins, lighters, anything else. Anybody seen footage of coins, projectiles ever? Plenty of cameras at LS, mobile phones - if stuff was thrown, it would have been shown on the media or social media.
They cleared out because there was a good number chanting at them, the message got through big time.


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Newville Days Gone By
Written By the Late Joan Brehm, former Newville Borough Historian
By 1728, the first pioneer, Andrew Ralston, settled on what is now Green Ridge Village. It is easy to see the many things that attracted him to this small nook in the Cumberland Valley, a variety of trees, the fertile land, a multi-trade of native fruits and berries, ample game, and our own Big Spring, the second largest fresh water spring stream in the country.
In addition, close by, the Big Spring ran into the Conodoguinet Creek , which eventually dumped into the Susquehanna River. The Scots and Scots Irish that followed him found an area comfortably similar to their native lands, and not a German name makes its appearance until 1790, the official founding of the town.
In the years following Andrew Ralston's arrival, the Newville area was already developing rapidly. The first mill along the Big Spring was built by William Laughlin in 1762, The first settlers on the tract of land that would become Newville, the Laughlin brothers, laid their claim in 1732 or 1733. William Laughlin presented 89 acres to the Presbyterian Church, who constructed a log church in 1737. By the time the town was established, there were already two churches in place.
On February 26, 1817, the town of Newville was incorporated.
From the beginning, Newville was a well established commercial and residential center. There were physicians in the town since 1792, and even a pharmacist. Pack trains and mule trains traveled up the Mt. Rock Road into town when they forded the Big Spring and traveled on to Springfield, stopping at the many taverns along the way. The Scots and Scot Irish built mills along the Big Spring. When the railroad arrived in 1857, Newville grew to meet the station in New Town, and factories were built along the line.
Businesses began to grow in the town. By the mid 20th Century, Main Street, High Street, and the present day Big Spring Avenue were home to many businesses. Tin shops, clothing stores, hardware stores, a jeweler, liquor store, several drug stores, a bevy of Mom and Pop grocery stores, as well as others serving other neighborhoods, banks, a five and dime store, Leon Wagner's Chevrolet dealership, a handful of barbers, successful restaurants, and even a gas station.
The small town never lacked in entertainment in its early days. Vaudeville and minstrel shows were extremely popular. Parades celebrated major holidays, and a popular cornet band was organized by Paris Chambers who was acclaimed as the most important cornet player of his time. In later years there was a movie theatre. Of course, baseball games were a draw during summer months.
The town never wanted for schools or churches. Both institutions served many functions for the citizens in the early years, as they do today. The fire company, Lion's Club, and the community center also enrich our lives with their community minded service and entertainment.
For all of its assets, the best and most valuable is still Newville's citizens. It's a fine community where the citizens greet each other with a wave, smile, and a warm and gracious "hello". That's our community, proud, strong, with 270 years of quality life behind her, a place to call home.
History of the Fountain
Minutes of an 1896 Newville town council meeting included the following: W.H. McCrea and Gilbert Swope presented a petition requesting council to pass a resolution granting permission to erect a Public Fountain at the insertion of Railroad Street (now Big Spring Avenue) and Parsonage Street.
Upon being granted, a committee was appointed to solicit contributions and superintend the erection of a Public Fountain. The group then obtained a grant for the free use of water. Funds were collected by donations and the construction of the fountain began.
Mr. Henry Shreffler, his son John, and Mr. Maklon Williams dressed and laid the perfect circle of stones which forms the base and pool.
Since its construction, our fountain has been a source of delight for all who pass by and is the central point of the annual Fountain Festival.


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Highly conserved protein-serine threonine kinases that phosphorylate and activate a group of AGC protein kinases, especially in response to the production of the SECOND MESSENGERS, phosphatidylinositol 3,4,-biphosphate (PtdIns(3,4)P2) and phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate (PtdIns(3,4,5)P3).
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Arsenal and Hull battle for the
old trophy on Saturday
(Credit: Carlos yo, Wikimedia)
Sam: Andy, it's almost here. All objectivity is going out the window this week; this Throwdown is just going to be pure emotion. I have spent all week vacillating between being incredibly excited, and incredibly nervous. I'm also being a little superstitious, trying to avoid any strong statement about my beliefs and opinions on Saturday, but this is such a big game there's no way we can talk about anything else this week. How have you been feeling this week?
Andrew: Every day this week there has been a moment where I remembered that the FA Cup Final is on Saturday anda it immediately fills me with joy. That joy then quickly gives way to sheer terror at the prospect of losing said final, throwing me into a month long depression. I remain very, very excited for Saturday's match but that excitement is in response to thoughts of Arsenal winning only. Once I remember that there is a chance that the Gunners will lose, I get that gnawing pain in the pit of my stomach and have to block all thoughts of final from my mind for fear of freaking myself out. Is this... this can't be healthy, right? Please at least tell me that I'm not alone in this Lovecraftian terror.
Sam: I'm going through the same thing, and I'm sure the majority of Gooners are too. The problem is there's just so much riding on this match: the chance to end a trophy-less drought; the chance to finally shut the media up about said drought; the chance to finish a once-promising season on a high note; the chance to let Bacary Sagna leave (as it looks increasingly likely he will) as a champion... I could go on. For me, the biggest thing about this match is that we could finally kill off the media's favorite story of how Arsenal haven't won a trophy for x amount of years. It's just really annoying to hear, particularly because there are only 4 trophies available every season, and in an era where money seems to be a very good indicator of how likely you are to win a trophy, there are only really 2 or 3 challengers for each piece of silverware; even a Premier League club only has a 1-in-64 chance of winning the FA Cup. Also, I'd love to be able to rub Sp*rs fans faces in a triumph, because even though we celebrated a 19th consecutive St Totteringham's Day this year, most Spuds that I know actually mocked us for celebrating, saying things like "Look how far you've fallen", etc. What's your biggest 'storyline' (for want of a better word) going in to the match?
Andrew: Honestly, I just want to win the FA Cup. I mean, I want Arsenal to win everything but now that we actually get to enjoy the madness of a cup final, I desperately want to win. Part of it is because of the tired old media narratives about Arsenal and what qualifies as being a success, and certainly part of it is to stake a claim about the resurgence of the Gunners and Arsène Wenger's legacy. Being able to flaunt it in the face of Spurs fans would be lovely too, of course.
But more than anything I want the feeling of success, that cathartic release of a title win. I could feel it build a little every step of the way, with the victory over Spurs, the redemption of the wins home to Liverpool and Everton, and then the relief of the shootout against Wigan. This Saturday though, it's the whole thing and not just a piece of that feeling. Goddamn it, I want to experience it again.
I know it sounds like I'm chasing the dragon here but even though I love the more general aspects of fandom such as the way this club is constructed and having Arsène as our philosophical leader, winning titles is hard to beat in terms of an immediate, concentrated fulfillment. Am I wrong for putting so much emphasis on winning the damn thing?
Sam: Not at all. Part of fun of FA Cup Final week is the stress of the build-up, the knowledge that on Saturday at around 1.50pm there could be a huge explosion of relief, celebration and pure joy, or we could all be bottling up our emotions and trying to put on a brave face and make excuses. I just want to feel like I did in 2005 again; I've almost forgotten that victorious feeling, truth be told. My mind keeps trying to envision that release of emotion, imagining that roar that could happen at full-time, jumping around the pub and singing songs, before I take control of my thoughts again, not wanting to build up my hopes too much.
It's looking increasingly likely
that Saturday will be the last time
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I wanted to talk briefly about the line-up. During the Norwich game, there were several conversations about who played, who should have been rested, who could have done with a run-out, etc. I think that the selection of Lukasz Fabianski means that Wojciech Szczesny will start on Saturday. It wouldn't be the first time that Wenger has let a reserve 'keeper play all stages of the cup, then selected his first-choice in the final. I also understand the decision to start Ramsey, as he's only been back from injury for about a month and is our key player. He needed a run-out to avoid rust and obviously scored a superb goal so will be brimming with confidence. There's also been some talk in the press about whether Bacary Sagna should start if he's going to leave this summer. For me, you have to select your best available squad for a cup final; if some of those players aren't here next season, it doesn't matter. Those who are staying will get the confidence boost of winning a trophy, and what better way to send off a consistent servant like Sagna. What are your opinions on what the line-up should look like?
Andy: We agree that you don't build experience for next year if that will cost the team a chance to win this year. Sagna deserves to play in the FA Cup final in what looks to be his last game in an Arsenal kit and he deserves this because he is the team's best option at right back. He will help the team win on Saturday more so than Carl Jenkinson will (nothing against the Corporal, mind you), hence he will be on the field. The same can be said of Szczesny starting over Fabianski but that gap is a lot smaller and Lukasz has been amazing when called upon this year. It would be a shame if he too leaves the team but he does deserve a starting job so I would understand him seeking it out.
Going into the game against Norwich I had entertained the idea that we could see a starting lineup that consisted of players that are normally substitutes, maybe even with some youth team players thrown in to make up the numbers. This thought, however, failed to take into consideration Arsène Wenger's philosophy both as a man and a manager. He wanted Ramsey, Özil, Giroud and others to go into the final brimming with confidence rather than giving them an extra ninety minutes of rest because he values giving players control over their attitude and has confidence in those whom he trusts. It could have come off different if a game Norwich side had defeated Arsenal in its last game in the Premier League, but it didn't and now, hopefully, the team is clicking on all cylinders going into the match against Hull.
The only real potential for lineup surprises would seem to be in midfield. I assume that the defense will be Gibbs, Mertesacker, Koscielny, and Sagna as usual and Giroud will feature up top, but there is some debate to be had about the middle of the park. What do you think it will look like come Saturday?
Sam: There certainly are more questions around the midfield than anywhere else. Ramsey is guaranteed to start, and I would guess he'd line up alongside Mikel Arteta at the base of the midfield. For the more advanced positions, I guess it depends how you want to approach the game. There are questions over the fitness (and sharpness) of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Jack Wilshere, but I would expect both of those to at least make the bench. If we assume they aren't starting, then four players - Lukas Podolski, Tomas Rosicky, Santi Cazorla and Mesut Özil - are in competition for the remaining three places; I would guess that Özil and Santi make it for sure. This leaves one place. On one hand, you'd want Poldi's finishing ability as an added scoring threat alongside Giroud, but there's always the fear that his ... lack of interest, shall we say, in defending will put a lot of pressure on Gibbs. Rosicky, on the other hand, offers a willingness to get back and help, as well as good ball retention. He also provides the option of dropping back to play alongside Arteta and allow Ramsey to play more advanced. Having said all that, though, I'd expect Arsène to select Poldi, giving us a midfield of: Ramsey, Arteta; Cazorla, Özil, Podolski. What's your opinion?
Andy: Surprisingly, you and I agree on this as well as I think Podolski's finishing will be important against a Hull team that will most likely defend maniacally and try to get a goal against the run of play. Speedy players just won't be as important as there won't be space behind the defense. We could still debate the inclusion of other players but honestly... I'm a bundle of nerves and thinking this much about the specifics for the match on Saturday is making my stomach hurt. I plan on self medicating with alcohol and hopefully we'll be drinking to celebrate rather than drinking to forget once all is said and done. Cheers Sam, and I will see you for the final, decked out in my finest yellow ribbon.