TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - March 31, 2017) - Changfeng Energy Inc., (TSX VENTURE:CFY) ("Changfeng" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that the Company has filed its audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016. The audited consolidated financial statements and Management's Discussion and Analysis can be downloaded from www.SEDAR.com or from the Company's website at www.changfengenergy.com.
In prior years, the Company's functional currency was determined as CAD by applying the provisions of paragraph 10 of International Accounting Standard ("IAS") 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates.
In the current year, the Directors re-assessed the accounting policy in determining the functional currency of the Company and considered paragraph 9 of IAS 21 together with the other factors set out in paragraph 10 of IAS 21. The Directors have determined that RMB better reflects the economic substance of the Company and its business activity as an investment holding company primarily holding natural gas distribution business in the PRC in light of the currency of its primary sources of revenue. Accordingly, the functional currency was retrospectively changed from CAD to RMB. The retrospective change of functional currency of the Company has no material effects on the financial positions of the Group as at December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2015 and the results of the Group for the years ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015. The consolidated financial statements is also presented in the functional currency, i.e. RMB.
For financial information or comparative analysis presented in Canadian dollars, fluctuation in exchange rate should also be considered into. They are only for information purpose and are unaudited.
The exchange rate between Chinese RMB and Canadian dollar is summarized below.
Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2016 was RMB354.4 million, an increase of RMB49.0 million, or 16%, from RMB305.4 million for the year 2015. This increase is mainly resulted from increased gas sales volume, and connection revenue.
-- the gas sales volume increased by 11% for Sanya region in 2016; -- the gas sales volume growth of 328% in Xiangdong district in 2016.
Total revenue from CNG refueling retail stations for 2016 was RMB49.2 million, with an increase of RMB6.0 million, or 14% from 2015. Sales revenue for Changsha CNG station dropped to RMB29.7 million in 2016, a decrease of RMB13.5 million or 31%, from RMB43.2 million in 2015. The drop was mainly due to local market competition thus dropped sales volume decreased to 7.8 million m3 in 2016, a decrease of 3.5 million m3 or 31%, from 11.3 million m3 in 2015. Sales revenue from new Sanya CNG/LNG refueling retail station, which commenced its operation in May 2016, was RMB19.4 million in 2016, and the sales volume was 3.9 million m3.
General and administrative expenses for 2016 were RMB70.2 million, an increase of RMB6.3 million, or 10%, from RMB63.9 million in 2015. The increase was attributable to higher employee salaries and benefits as a result of a higher inflation rate in China, additional employees, and expenses for new projects and new entities. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of sales for 2016 were 20%, lower than 21% in 2015.
Travel and business development expenses for 2016 were RMB17.8 million, an increase of RMB0.6 million, or 3%, from RMB17.3 million in 2015. As a percentage of sales, travel and business development expenses for 2016 was 5%, a decrease from 6% in 2015. These expenses normally fluctuate with travel and business development activities in mainland China as the Company seeks to develop new projects in close proximity to the new national pipelines.
Changfeng has recognized a share of loss of approximately RMB3.5 million on its investment on Evergrowth and a loss of RMB3.1 million originated by selling its stakes in Evergrowth in 2016.
EBITDA (non-IFRS measure as identified and defined under section "Non-IFRS Measures") for fiscal 2016 was RMB76.3 million, a decrease of RMB9.9 million, from RMB86.1 million in 2015. Increase in gross profit was offset by the loss of RMB6.6 million on the investment and disposal of the joint venture, Evergrowth. EBITDA as a percentage of revenue for 2016 was 22%, a decrease of 6% from 28% in 2015.
Net income for fiscal 2016 was RMB21.3 million, or RMB0.32 per share basic and diluted compared to RMB36.4 million or RMB0.54 and RMB0.54 per share (basic and diluted) in 2015.
Cash increased by RMB75.8 million to RMB142.4 million at December 31, 2016 from RMB66.6 million at December 31, 2015. Cash change mainly originated from cash inflow provided by operating activities of RMB69.5 million, proceeds from the disposal of a joint venture of RMB13.0 million and disposal of available-for-sale financial assets of RMB1.0 million as well as from short-term loan withdrawal of RMB30.0 million and proceeds from stock option exercise of RMB1.2 million, withdrawal of pledged bank deposits of RMB9.0 million and long term debt raised of RMB60.0 million, but offset by cash outflow due to acquisition of property and equipment of RMB44.1 million, purchase of land use right of RMB7.5 million, payoff of due to related parties of RMB1.8 million, repayments of short term bank loan of RMB30.0 million and long term loan of RMB18.0 million.
Net cash provided by operations was RMB69.6 million for fiscal 2016 compared to RMB81.0 million in 2015.
Cash provided in financing activities in 2016 included a RMB30.0 million short-term bank borrowing repayment and RMB30.0 million for new short-term bank borrowing raised, RMB1.1 million paid for share buyback, repayment of long-term debts of RMB18.0 million as well as proceeds on exercised options of RMB1.2 million, and cash inflow of RMB60.0 million from new long-term debts raised.
Cash used in investing activity included capital expenditures of RMB33.3 million for fiscal 2016 compared to RMB80.0 million in 2015, proceeds on disposal of a joint venture of RMB13.0 million and on disposal of available-for-sale financial assets of RMB1.0 million and withdrawal of pledge bank deposits of RMB9.0 million, as well as cash outflow for investment in available-for- sale financial assets of RMB1.9 million and land use rights of RMB7.5 million.
Changfeng will finance the majority of the upcoming construction of projects under development in mainland China through its long-term bank loans with the BOC, Sanya and BOC, Pingxiang, as well as operating cash flow from its existing operations.
The Company uses the following non-IFRS financial measure: EBITDA. The Company believes this non-IFRS financial measure provides useful information to both management and investors in measuring the financial performance and financial condition of the Company for the reasons outlined below.
Management uses this non-IFRS financial measure to exclude the impact of certain expenses and income that must be recognized under IFRS when analyzing consolidated operating performance, as the excluded items are not necessarily reflective of the Company's underlying operating performance and make comparisons of underlying financial performance between periods difficult. From time to time, the Company may exclude additional items if it believes doing so would result in a more effective analysis of underlying operating performance. The exclusion of certain items does not imply that they are non-recurring.


As we ascribe some level of sentience to absolutely everything, we might send brave birthday greetings to Fang Lizhi; he was born on this date in 1936.
An astrophysicist, vice-president of the University of Science and Technology of China, who published published a paper (in 1972) on a topic central to the argument for cosmopsychism– the Big Bang theory, previously a forbidden topic in China (Marxists claimed that the universe was infinite)– which met condemnation from the Communist Party. He became an advocate of intellectual freedom and civic reform, whose liberal ideas helped inspire the pro-democracy student movement of 1986–87 and, finally, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989– and for which he was expelled from the Communist Party and forced into exile.


This is a testament to the apotheoses of Corinthian contest, as well as the good-fellowship linked with the game which for the 4th edition of Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup (from 15th to 19th September), 6 of the seventeen entered yacht club squads would be welcomed back as 4-time veterans of this greatly-regarded show.
Coming from all parts of the world, the returning teams –the Japan Sailing Federation, Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, Team Greece Yacht Charter, Real Club Náutico de Barcelona (ESP), Royal Cork Yacht Club (IRL) the Royal Yacht Squadron (GBR), as well as the 2-time defending champ, the Royal Canadian Yacht Club – are attracted by the loudness of the on-the-water contest that is enhanced by well known social events takes place at Harbour Court, New York Yacht Club's clubhouse overlooking Newport harbor.
Woven into the cloth of this show is the historic collaboration of Rolex and New York Yacht Club that was forged in the 50s. Via this braving out association, one of yachting's top traditions was established with a winning sailor being offered with a Rolex timepiece in identification of achieving excellence in the contest.
On behalf the Japan Sailing Federation team; Yoshihiko Hattori said that they are proud to be back in this sophisticated and prestigious show.
This is a great opportunity to represent the most prestigious clubs in the world, and also the country. This really works as an important motivation for teams which repeatedly undertake the competitive and logistical challenges that are inherent in taking part in a show of this caliber.


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Iraq veteran, 39, killed himself after refusing help for PTSD over fears it would 'ruin chance of promotion'
AN Iraq veteran killed himself after refusing PTSD help in case it ruined his Army career, an inquest has heard.
Warrant Officer Robert "Rab" McAvoy feared he would be "downgraded" if he sought help from the welfare team.
Warrant Officer Robert 'Rab' McAvoy and wife Emma – he died after refusing more PTSD help[/caption]
The inquest into his death heard the 39-year-old, originally from Netherthird, Ayrshire, "wasn't the same person" when he returned from his second tour of Afghanistan in 2014.
He was put on anti-depressants after he attempted to take his own life in August 2014 – but came off the medication and didn't want more help.
His widow, Emma, said he feared it would affect his chances of promotion in the future.
Then last year WO McAvoy's dad died followed by the untimely death of his older brother, John, and he refused help again.
He left home at the military base at Bovington, Dorset, for a haircut on March 26, but after his wife, Emma, got "concerning" messages from him she reported him missing to cops.
A friend, a fellow Army officer, then found his Land Rover 4×4 parked in a clearing in woodland near Dorchester, about eight miles from home.
His body was found a short distance away. A post mortem examination confirmed the cause of death as hanging.
CAREER FEARS
The inquest into his death comes days after the Government announced the setting up of an Office for Veterans' Affairs to help ex-service men and women get access to medical treatment, training and housing.
Military Cross winner Trevor Coult, who now campaigns for ex-service men and women to get the right support and help, said: "Unfortunately I'd say it is common knowledge that if you ask for help from the Army it will affect your career.
"The MoD don't do enough to help people in my opinion and this case was so avoidable."
WO McAvoy served in the Royal Engineers for more than 20 years.
Mrs McAvoy said: "He loved being a soldier. He didn't want it to affect any promotion in the future and that's why he took himself off (anti-depressants).
"He would have presented and said he was fine but he wasn't fine."
Mrs McAvoy said her husband of 11 years went to Iraq in 2003 and 2008 and Afghanistan in 2013.
She said up until that point he was "really fit physically and mentally", but after coming home from Afghanistan in 2014 "he just wasn't the same person".
Mrs McAvoy fought back tears as she told the Bournemouth inquest of the evening her husband disappeared.
EVERY 90 minutes in the UK a life is lost to suicide.
It doesn't discriminate, touching the lives of people in every corner of society – from the homeless and unemployed to builders and doctors, reality stars and footballers.
It's the biggest killer of people under the age of 35, more deadly than cancer and car crashes.
And men are three times more likely to take their own life than women.
Yet it's rarely spoken of, a taboo that threatens to continue its deadly rampage unless we all stop and take notice, now.
That is why The Sun launched the You're Not Alone campaign.
The aim is that by sharing practical advice, raising awareness and breaking down the barriers people face when talking about their mental health, we can all do our bit to help save lives.
Let's all vow to ask for help when we need it, and listen out for others… You're Not Alone.
If you, or anyone you know, needs help dealing with mental health problems, the following organisations provide support:
CALM, www.thecalmzone.net, 0800 585 858
Heads Together, www.headstogether.org.uk
Mind, www.mind.org.uk, 0300 123 3393
Papyrus, www.papyrus-uk.org, 0800 068 41 41
Samaritans, www.samaritans.org, 116 123
She said: "He came home, gave me a kiss and asked what was for dinner.
"He got changed and came back downstairs, said 'put the pasta on, I'll text when I'm leaving Dorchester (where he said he was going for a haircut).
"He gave me a kiss, patted the dog, and that was it."
In a statement, the Army's unit welfare officer Amanda Walmsley said WO McAvoy was directed to the welfare team following the death of his father, but did not make contact.
Husband told wife to cover eyes, counted down from 10 & knifed her in neck
ONE'S FIRST DAY
Princess Charlotte arrives for her 1st day at school with Wills & Kate
I'LL TAKE IT FROM AIR
Family's easyJet flight is delayed so dad steps up & flies it himself
JO GO
Boris begged brother not to quit during tense call night before resignation bombshell
'SO EXCITED YAY'
Cheerleader texted mum 'OMG my belly's back' hours after 'killing baby'
Toddler, 2, found alive in house with dead man & woman after 'murder suicide'
Mr Middleton recorded a verdict of suicide by hanging.
He said: "I don't believe the Army have made any error. They have gone through very thoroughly what happened."
Lieutenant Colonel Rotchell, who represented the British Army at the inquest, added: "I would like to pass on again on behalf of the Ministry of Defence and the Army our condolences."
He refused psychological help in case it jeopardised his chances of promotion in the Army, an inquest heard[/caption]
His wife said he loved being a soldier and didn't want to ruin his career[/caption]
Tom Farmer – The Sun Glasgow
Rab, his mother, Elizabeth Reid, and his brother John[/caption]
If you are affected by any of the issues raised in this article, please call the Samaritans on (free) 116123
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Seed corn is usually more affected than field corn.
Stewart's wilt is caused by the bacterium Pantoea stewartii, which is transmitted from plant to plant by the corn flea beetle. Many field corn hybrids have adequate levels of tolerance against the bacterium, so its effects on yields in these hybrids are not usually economically injurious. Seed corn inbreds and sweet corn, however, can be quite susceptible to the disease, and it can be an issue for both the yield of sweet corn and quality of seed corn.
In some years, Stewart's wilt can have serious effects on mature corn plants.
Xiaoyang Zhu, a biologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in Ottawa, performs yearly cornfield disease surveys with other biologists from AAFC and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). According to Zhu, Stewart's wilt occurs mainly in southwestern Ontario and occasionally in eastern Ontario, and has not been found in Quebec since 2000. The disease's distribution is mainly related to its mode of transmission via the corn flea beetle. Thus, the disease can be tracked by understanding the beetle's population dynamics.
Corn plants can be infected early as seedlings or later as mature plants, depending on when they are exposed to the bacterium by the corn flea beetle. Other grassy plants and insect species may harbour the bacterium as symptomless reservoirs, but little is known about the extent of their involvement in the disease process.
The ability of the corn flea beetle to overwinter affects the risk of early infection. "The Stewart's wilt bacterium overwinters in the gut of the corn flea beetle," says Tracey Baute, field crops entomologist with OMAFRA. "The beetle can then transmit it to the young crop when the crop is just emerging." Transmission occurs when the beetle takes a bite of the plant and then regurgitates or defecates into the wound. Early infection takes place in spring and often kills the young corn plants.
Baute explains that the disease is less prevalent in eastern Ontario and Quebec than in southwestern Ontario because the harsher winters in the more northerly areas usually kill many of the corn flea beetles. In southwestern Ontario, the beetle's abundance in spring is related to the severity of the preceding winter. Colder winters kill off more beetles, reducing the risk of early infections in corn. Seed treatments may also help to reduce early infections, says Baute. "A lot of seed treatments now do control corn flea beetle, with the exception that the beetle still has to take a bite out of the plant and could transmit the bacterium." Baute says that the beetles do not have natural predators that specialize on them, but wet weather can be detrimental to them in the spring because it benefits fungi that can kill the beetles.
OMAFRA has been evaluating several models that predict the risk of corn flea beetle survival over winter. Generally, these models use December to February temperatures, although Baute says that the extent of snow cover can also be a factor by providing the beetles with some insulation from extreme cold. Predictions of high risk in spring should prompt producers to monitor and manage corn flea beetle populations. "By managing the vector, particularly early in the season, you can reduce the potential impact of the flea beetle and limit its feeding so you have less transmission of the bacterium," says Tenuta. However, he says that genetic resistance is probably the best management tool to reduce the spread of Stewart's wilt. "We see the effectiveness of genetic resistance in our commercial corn hybrids, where we have good tolerance to Stewart's wilt. We're seeing more in the in-breds as well, but we still have in-breds that are very susceptible to the disease." This means that seed corn producers need to continue to watch out for the disease.
Whereas infection in the young plant can cause it to wilt and die, infection in the mature plant causes leaf lesions, which can contribute to other problems such as stalk rot. In seed corn, mild infections usually remain in the leaf tissue, but severe infections can lead to systemic disease and some infection of the seed. "What we see is that if the plants have more than 75 percent of the leaves infected, some of the seeds may contain the bacterium," says Zhu.
Colder winters tend to kill off more corn flea beetles, thus leading to lower infections of Stewart's wilt.
This is a concern for seed producers because Stewart's wilt is a quarantine pest for certain countries that import corn seed. The conditions that must be met to export seed to these countries differ depending on the country's specific import requirements, says Lois McLean, Ontario network plant protection specialist with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. "Usually for Stewart's wilt, phytosanitary certification is based on the condition that the seed is grown in an area free from the pathogen, a field inspection during the growing season, or laboratory testing of the seed," she explains.


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Puyang is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Henan province, People's Republic of China. Located on the northern shore of the Yellow River, it borders Anyang in the west, Xinxiang in the southwest, and the provinces of Shandong and Hebei in the east and north respectively.

As of the 2020 census,its total population was 3,772,088 and its built-up (or metro) area made of Hualong district, Puyang County and Qingfeng County largely being conurbated, was home to 2,524,658 inhabitants.

Administration
The prefecture-level city of Puyang administers 1 district and 5 counties.

Hualong District ()
Puyang County ()
Qingfeng County ()
Nanle County ()
Fan County ()
Taiqian County ()

Climate
Affected by the south-east Asian monsoon circulation around the year and located in the mid-latitude region, the city has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate featuring clearly demarcated seasons. In spring, it is usually dry, windy and sandy. High temperatures and heavy rainfall mark the whole summer. In autumn there are plenty of sunny days as well as long periods of sunshine. In winter, it is characterized by less snow and rainfall. The adequate sunshine meets the needs for growing crops. The annual average temperature stands at ; . The non-frost period lasts 205 days. The annual precipitation is around 502.3mm~601.3mm.

History
The burial site of Yangshao culture features a depiction believed to be an ancient cosmogram depicting the round Heaven and the square Earth.

Puyang abounds with its historical and cultural heritage, and is widely acclaimed as one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation. The Classic of Poetry, the earliest collection of verses in China, includes many poems that depict the countryside of Puyang. Famous historical figures from Puyang include Wu Qi, a military strategist, Shang Yang, a statesman, and Lü Buwei, a great thinker.

Three Kingdoms
During the Three Kingdoms era, Puyang served as Cao Cao's headquarters from 191 until 196 CE in Yan Province and served as the battlefield for the Battle of Yan Province from 194-195 CE.

Qing Dynasty and Republic of China
Puyang was a county of Daming Prefecture, Zhili province. In 1928, Zhili was abolished and Puyang was incorporated into Henan province.

People's Republic of China
In August 1949 Puyang was taken back from Henan and included in the experimental province Pingyuan. In November 1953 it was finally reinstated under the Henan administration.

In 1987 a historical relic, made up of a series of clams arranged in dragon patterns, was unearthed. The valuable discovery, which could be dated back to more than 6,400 years ago, had pushed forward the history of Chinese civilization for over 1,400 years, and therefore earned itself an international reputation of "the First Dragon of China". The Chinese Yanhuang Culture Researching Association has accordingly named Puyang "the Hometown of Chinese Dragons". Abundant heritage along with a long history has endowed Puyang with plenty of tourism resources, which is certainly of great investment value. Chinese scholars therefore regard Puyang as one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization.

Tourist sites
Until the end of 2012, Puyang has 4 national cultural relics protection units: Qicheng Relics, Tangwu Gong Tablet, the former sites of the revolutionary armies which is including Yancunpu revolutionary site and Shanguai former revolutionary base; 25 provincial cultural relics protection units: Xishuiipo Relics, Huiluan Tablet, the memorial site of the revolutionary armies crossing the river, Chengzhuang site, Tieqiu site, Mazhuang site, Xiancheng Relics, Sipai Pavilion (including the nearby folk houses), the tombstone of Wei's family, Puyang Christ church (including the former site of Huamei school), the Martyrs' Cemetery of Weihe county, the former headquarters of PLA, Balimiao Yellow River –controlling memorial (including the iron beast), Nanle Confucius temple, Kuaikui platform site, Cangjie mausoleum site, Danzhu Tomb, zilu Mausoleum, the headquarters site of the field army, the Puzhao Temple, Gaocheng Relics, Xiaqiu site, the anti-Japanese martyrs' shrine in Qingfeng county, the former administration site of Zhinan CPC, Puyang Catholic church. The key cultural relics protection units of city and county level have 201 sites.

The main tourist attractions in the city area are Zhongyuan Green Manor, Qicheng Relics, Pushang Park, Cangjie Tomb, Zhanghui Mausoleum, Emperor Shun's Palace, Huiluan Tablet, Imperial Well, Sipai Pavilion, the four street of Ming & Qing dynasties, the hometown of Emperor Shun, Yancunpu revolutionary site, Shanguai former revolutionary base, the museum of the Liu-Deng Army crossing Yellow River, Puyang Science and Technology Museum etc. In 1994, the line of Confucius traveling around the world 2500 years ago had been approved by China National Tourism Administration and State Administration of Cultural Heritage as the first Chinese tourism special line of cultural relics and historic sites, including Puyang Qicheng Relics, Zilu Tomb, Huiluan Tablet etc. After 1999, Puyang opened up another five special tourism lines. In 2005, puyang one-day red tour, two-day tour had been launched and the PLA sites tour containing Shanguai, Sunkou had been recommended by Henan Tourism Administration as a provincial red tourism line. After 2006, relying on the abundant history and culture resources and its morden city landscape, Puyang developed its tourism deeply and greatly. Till now, Puyang has successfully developed and created a series of tourist brands: the city scenery tour represented by the city squares, gardens and parks, and the water system; the ecological environment tour represented by Zhongyuan Green Manor and Pushang Park; the historical and cultural tour by Qicheng Relics and Cangjie Tomb; the Yellow River scenery tour by Maolou Ecological Tourism Zone; the surname & root seeking tour by Zhanghui Mausoleum and Emperor Shun's Palace; the leisure acrobatics tour by Dongbei village's original acrobatics and modern "Water show" acrobatics; the scientific knowledge tour by Puyang Science and Technology Museum, the efficient agriculture tour by Shijin Park; the classical red tour by Shanguai former revolutionary base and the museum of the Liu-Deng Army crossing the Yellow River; and the modern industry tour by Zhongyuan Oilfield, Zhongyuan Ethylene Plant and Zhongyuan Dahua Group Ltd. etc.

Natural resources
Puyang is a petrol-chemical city. The major mineral resources include petroleum, natural gas, coal, etc. especially rich reserve of high-quality petroleum and natural gas. As an important national petrol-chemical energy base, large-sized enterprises such as Zhongyuan Oilfield, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, Zhongyuan Dahua Group and so on have been established there. The petrol-chemical industry has become the support of Puyang's economy.

References

External links
Government website of Puyang (in Simplified Chinese)
Puyang, China
Amazing Henan

Cities in Henan
Prefecture-level divisions of Henan

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Tag: Maggie Gee
Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery: Costello, O'Shaughnessy & Smyth
These three books – two novels and a memoir – pay loving tribute to a particular nineteenth- or twentieth-century writer. In each case, the author incorporates passages of pastiche, moving beyond thematic similarity to make their language an additional homage.
Although I enjoyed the three books very much, they differ in terms of how familiar you should be with the source material before embarkation. So while they were all reads for me, I have added a note below each review to indicate the level of prior knowledge needed.
The River Capture by Mary Costello
Luke O'Brien has taken a long sabbatical from his teaching job in Dublin and is back living at the family farm beside the river in Waterford. Though only in his mid-thirties, he seems like a man of sorrows, often dwelling on the loss of parents, aunts and romantic relationships with both men and women. He takes quiet pleasure in food, the company of pets, and books, including his extensive collection on James Joyce, about whom he'd like to write a tome of his own. The novel's very gentle crisis comes when Luke falls for Ruth and it emerges that her late father ruined his beloved Aunt Ellen's reputation.
At this point a troubled Luke is driven into 100+ pages of sinuous contemplation, a bravura section of short fragments headed by questions. Rather like a catechism, it's a playful way of organizing his thoughts and likely more than a little Joycean in approach – I've read Portrait of the Artist and Dubliners but not Ulysses or Finnegans Wake, so I feel less than able to comment on the literary ventriloquism, but I found this a pleasingly over-the-top stream-of-consciousness that ranges from the profound ("What fear suddenly assails him? The arrival of the noonday demon") to the scatological ("At what point does he urinate? At approximately three-quarters of the way up the avenue").
While this doesn't quite match Costello's near-perfect novella, Academy Street, it's an impressive experiment in voice and style, and the treatment of Luke's bisexuality struck me as sensitive – an apt metaphorical manifestation of the novel's focus on fluidity. (See also Susan's excellent review.)
Why Joyce? "integrity … commitment to the quotidian … refusal to take conventions for granted"
Familiarity required: Moderate
Also recommended: The Sixteenth of June by Maya Lang
With thanks to Canongate for the free copy for review.
In Love with George Eliot by Kathy O'Shaughnessy
Many characters, fictional and historical, are in love with George Eliot over the course of this debut novel by a literary editor. The whole thing is a book within a book – fiction being written by Kate, an academic at London's Queen Elizabeth College who's preparing for two conferences on Eliot and a new co-taught course on life writing at the same time as she completes her novel, which blends biographical information and imagined scenes.
1857: Eliot is living with George Henry Lewes, her common-law husband, and working on Adam Bede, which becomes a runaway success, not least because of speculation about its anonymous author. 1880: The great author's death leaves behind a mentally unstable widower 20 years her junior, John Walter Cross, once such a close family friend that she and Lewes called him "Nephew."
Between these points are intriguing vignettes from Eliot's life with her two great loves, and insight into her scandalous position in Victorian society. Her estrangement from her dear brother (the model for Tom in The Mill on the Floss) is a plangent refrain, while interactions with female friends who have accepted the norms of marriage and motherhood reveal just how transgressive her life is perceived to be.
In the historical sections O'Shaughnessy mimics Victorian prose ably, yet avoids the convoluted syntax that can make Eliot challenging. I might have liked a bit more of the contemporary story line, in which Kate and an alluring colleague make their way to Venice (the site of Eliot's legendarily disastrous honeymoon trip with Cross), but by making this a minor thread O'Shaughnessy ensures that the spotlight remains on Eliot throughout.
Highlights: A cameo appearance by Henry James; a surprisingly sexy passage in which Cross and Eliot read Dante aloud to each other and share their first kiss.
Why Eliot? "As an artist, this was her task, to move the reader to see people in the round."
Familiarity required: Low
Also recommended: 142 Strand by Rosemary Ashton, Sophie and the Sibyl by Patricia Duncker, and My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead
With thanks to Scribe UK for the free copy for review.
All the Lives We Ever Lived: Seeking Solace in Virginia Woolf by Katharine Smyth
Smyth first read To the Lighthouse in Christmas 2001, during her junior year abroad at Oxford. Shortly thereafter her father had surgery in Boston to remove his bladder, one of many operations he'd had during a decade battling cancer. But even this new health scare wasn't enough to keep him from returning to his habitual three bottles of wine a day. Woolf was there for Smyth during this crisis and all the time leading up to her father's death, with Lighthouse and Woolf's own life reflecting Smyth's experience in unanticipated ways. The Smyths' Rhode Island beach house, for instance, was reminiscent of the Stephens' home in Cornwall. Woolf's mother's death was an end to the summer visits, and to her childhood; Lighthouse would become her elegy to those bygone days.
Often a short passage by or about Woolf is enough to launch Smyth back into her memories. As an only child, she envied the busy family life of the Ramsays in Lighthouse. She delves into the mystery of her parents' marriage and her father's faltering architecture career. She also undertakes Woolf tourism, including the Cornwall cottage, Knole, Charleston and Monk's House (where Woolf wrote most of Lighthouse). Her writing is dreamy, mingling past and present as she muses on time and grief. The passages of Woolf pastiche are obvious but short enough not to overstay their welcome; as in the Costello, they tend to feature water imagery. It's a most unusual book in the conception, but for Woolf fans especially, it works. However, I wished I had read Lighthouse more recently than 16.5 years ago – it's one to reread.
Why Woolf? "I think it's Woolf's mastery of moments like these—moments that hold up a mirror to our private tumult while also revealing how much we as humans share—that most draws me to her."
Undergraduate wisdom: "Woolf's technique: taking a very complex (usually female) character and using her mind as an emblem of all minds" [copied from notes I took during a lecture on To the Lighthouse in my Modern Wasteland course, sophomore year of college]
Familiarity required: High
Also recommended: Virginia Woolf in Manhattan by Maggie Gee, Vanessa and Her Sister by Priya Parmar, and Adeline by Norah Vincent
With thanks to Atlantic Books for the free copy for review.
Atlantic Books
bereavement memoirs
George Henry Lewes
John Walter Cross
Katharine Smyth
Kathy O'Shaughnessy
Maggie Gee
Maya Lang
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Wellcome Book Prize 10th Anniversary Blog Tour: Teach Us to Sit Still by Tim Parks (2010)
"Launched in 2009, the Wellcome Book Prize, worth £30,000, celebrates the best new books that engage with an aspect of medicine, health or illness, showcasing the breadth and depth of our encounters with medicine through exceptional works of fiction and non-fiction." I was delighted to be asked to participate in the official Wellcome Book Prize 10th anniversary blog tour. For this stop on the tour I'm highlighting a shortlisted title from 2010, a very strong year. The winning book, Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, along with Siddhartha Mukherjee's The Emperor of All Maladies, turned me on to health-themed reading and remains one of my most memorable reads of the past decade.
Teach Us to Sit Still: A Sceptic's Search for Health and Healing by Tim Parks
Tim Parks, an Englishman, has lived and worked in Italy for over 30 years. He teaches translation at the university in Milan, and is also a novelist and a frequent newspaper columnist on literary topics. Starting in his forties, Parks was plagued by urinary problems and abdominal pain. Each night he had to get up five or six times to urinate, and when he didn't have fiery pangs shooting through his pelvic area he had a dull ache. Doctors assessed his prostate and bladder in tests that seemed more like torture sessions, but ultimately found nothing wrong. While he was relieved that his worst fears of cancer were allayed, he was left with a dilemma: constant, unexplained discomfort and no medical strategy for treating it.
When conventional medicine failed him, Parks asked himself probing questions: Had he in some way brought this pain on himself through his restless, uptight and pessimistic ways? Had he ever made peace with his minister father's evangelical Christianity after leaving it for a life based on reason? Was his obsession with transmuting experience into words keeping him from living authentically? During a translation conference in Delhi, he consulted an ayurvedic doctor on a whim and heard words that haunted him: "This is a problem you will never get over, Mr Parks, until you confront the profound contradiction in your character."
The good news is: some things helped. One was the book A Headache in the Pelvis, which teaches a paradoxical relaxation technique that Parks used for up to an hour a day, lying on a yoga mat in his study. Another was exercise, especially running and kayaking – a way of challenging himself and seeking thrills in a controlled manner. He also started shiatsu therapy. And finally, Vipassana meditation retreats helped him shift his focus off the mind's experience of pain and onto bodily wholeness. Vipassana is all about "seeing things as they really are," so the retreats were for him a "showdown with this tangled self" and a chance to face the inevitability of death. Considering he couldn't take notes at the time, I was impressed by the level of detail with which Parks describes his breakthroughs during meditation.
Though I was uneasy reading about a middle-aged man's plumbing issues and didn't always follow the author on his digressions into literary history (Coleridge et al.), I found this to be an absorbing and surprising quest narrative. If not with the particulars, I could sympathize with the broader strokes of Parks's self-interrogation. He wonders whether sitting at a desk, tense and with poor posture, and wandering around with eyes on the ground and mind on knots of words for years contributed to his medical crisis. Borrowing the title phrase from T.S. Eliot, he's charted an unlikely journey towards mindfulness in a thorough, bracingly honest, and diverting book that won't put off those suspicious of New Age woo-woo.
With thanks to Midas PR for the free copy for review.
Wellcome Book Prize 2010
Winner: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Shortlist: Angel of Death by Gareth Williams; Grace Williams Says It Loud by Emma Henderson; So Much for That by Lionel Shriver; Medic by John Nicols and Tony Rennell; Teach Us to Sit Still by Tim Parks
Judges: Comedy writer and television presenter Clive Anderson (chair); novelist and academic Maggie Gee; academic and writer Michael Neve; television presenter and author Alice Roberts; academic and writer A.C. Grayling
The 2019 Wellcome Book Prize longlist will be announced in February. I'm already looking forward to it, of course, and I'm planning to run a shadow panel once again.
Elif Shafak, award-winning author, is the chair of this year's judges and is joined on the panel by Kevin Fong, consultant anaesthetist at University College London Hospitals; Viv Groskop, writer, broadcaster and stand-up comedian; Jon Day, writer, critic, and academic; and Rick Edwards, broadcaster and author.
See below for details of where other reviews have appeared or will be appearing soon as part of the Wellcome Book Prize 10th anniversary blog tour.
Alice Roberts
Clive Anderson
Gareth Williams
John Nicols
Jon Day
Rebecca Skloot
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IAAF seeks views on parts identification within new Type Approval legislation
The IAAF has recently contacted its supplier, wholesaler and data publishing members as the automotive aftermarket is facing a crucial time with the forthcoming Vehicle Type-Approval legislation currently being worked on by the European Commission, Parliament and Council.
Members' help is being urgently sought to ensure the views of the aftermarket are represented as a decisive phase will be reached in the next few months.
The legislation, which includes the right of access to Diagnostic, Repair and Maintenance Information (RMI), is currently being modified and will impact on the rights of the independent aftermarket to continue to access the information that needed for spare parts identification in the format required.
For this reason FIGIEFA, together with the European Association of Automotive Suppliers CLEPA, have commissioned a survey with UK-based consultancy 'Ricardo-AEA'. The survey is designed for parts suppliers, wholesalers and data publishers involved in the spare part identification for their catalogue products. It intends to evaluate:
How well the system of access to vehicle repair and maintenance information is operating in regards to parts identification
Impacts on the functioning of the aftermarket.
The findings will be crucial in helping to secure these important provisions.
If anyone else would like to take part in this short survey to ensure consideration of their views in this important piece of future legislation, the survey can be found BY CLICKING HERE.
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Lorry emissions checks to start at the roadside
From August 2017, roadside checks of lorries carried out by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will include an emissions check.
DVSA will be targetting lorry drivers and operators who try to cheat vehicle emissions. The new checks will target those who break the law and will help to improve air quality.
In May 2017, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs published a draft plan to improve air quality by reducing nitrogen dioxide levels in the UK. This included looking at ways to reduce emissions produced by vehicles, including those used commercially. A final plan will be published by 31 July.
Fraudulent emissions readings
DVSA's enforcement staff, and their European counterparts, have found evidence that drivers and operators use emissions cheat devices to cut the cost of operating. These include:
using devices designed to stop emissions control systems from working
removing the diesel particulate filter or trap using cheap, fake emission reduction devices or diesel exhaust fluid
using illegal engine modifications which result in excessive emissions
removing or bypassing the exhaust gas recirculation valve
Taking action against emission cheats
DVSA enforcement officers will give the driver and operator 10 days to fix the emissions system if they find a vehicle with tampered emissions readings.
If the emissions system isn't fixed within 10 days, DVSA will issue a fine and stop the vehicle being used on the road.
DVSA enforcement staff can insist that a vehicle be taken off the road immediately if they find a driver or operator is repeatedly offending.
Working with the EU
DVSA will investigate all Great Britain operators cheating emissions and pass the findings to the Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain, who have the power to remove operator licences.
DVSA will also continue to work with counterpart agencies across Europe, and further afield, to make sure that all offences committed by non-Great Britain hauliers are dealt with locally.
BEN Cricket – The Results
The annual cricket spectacular organised by SJ Events and sponsored by FPS Distribution took place on 22nd June at Dorridge Cricket Club.
After a series of hard-fought matches, FPS & Friends achieved a well-deserved victory and the Best Player award went to Jonathan Alexander of FAI.
The winning team – FPS & Friends
FPS had sponsored this year's event and £5,735 was raised for BEN, the best total today since the event started.
This event was originally founded by Alan Seal of Autoparts & Diagnostics and then six years ago Elliott Seal took over the reins. The Seal family has had a long-standing relationship with Dorridge cricket club and Elliott now deals with them directly in arranging the day.
SJ Events would like to thank everyone involved for their support and look forward to seeing everyone soon.
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Sedgley goes the extra mile for the Brain Tumour Charity
Keith Sedgley, joint managing director of Roadlink International, a leading commercial vehicle parts supplier, has successfully cycled 133 miles in a day from Wolverhampton to Aberdovey in aid of the Brain Tumour Charity.
The Aberdovey Bike Ride 2017 took place on Friday 16 June and is officially 105 miles long but Sedgley decided to 'go the extra mile' and take on another two-hour mountain climb as part of an extended ride.
Keith Sedgley during his bike-ride
Everyone taking part in the annual charity bike ride, which has taken place every year since 1992, is obliged to raise at least £75 for an official cause of their choice.
Sedgley, who is a keen fundraiser and took on the challenge as a personal goal in memory of a dear friend, has already raised close to £900 and is hoping to reach the £1000 mark. People can donate here.
The Brain Tumour charity's main aim is to defeat the dangers of brain tumours by funding pioneering research and providing life-changing support to individuals and families affected.
Sedgley said: "It was a tough task and took many weeks of preparation to ensure I was up for the challenge but ultimately it was more than worth it. The Brain Tumour Charity is a cause close to my own heart and I'd like to thank everyone who has donated towards this incredibly worthy charity and supported me throughout my journey."
Ben launches new Impact Report 2016-17
Ben has just published its new annual Impact Report 2016-17 and is proud to report that they supported over 3,000 people with their health and well-being last year, an impressive 14% increase on the previous year.
To view the full report click here.
The report highlights the fact that financial health remains the main challenge for people in the automotive industry, accounting for 49% of requests for assistance. Perhaps the most telling statistic is the 78% (year on year) increase in people asking for help with their mental health.
Thanks to the continued support from companies and individuals in the industry, Ben's fundraising income increased by 10% on the previous year, which is fantastic and Ben would like to thank all its supporters, for ensuring the continued provision of vital support to those facing life's toughest challenges.
IAAF Member Autotech Recruit's MD appointed chairman of NTDA south east & central south region
Autotech Recruit's managing director, Gavin White, has been appointed as the National Tyre Distributors Association's (NTDA) new chairman for the south east and central south region.
In an official handover from Prashant Chopra at the NTDA's annual general meeting (AGM), Gavin was formally installed as regional chairman by NTDA chief executive Stefan Hay, who cited Gavin's passion and tenacity to improving recruitment within the industry as pivotal reasons for his appointment.
Prashant Chopra (L) handing over to Gavin White (R)
'Gavin is a dynamic individual who, through his company, appoints vehicle technicians into our industry on a daily basis to fulfil the growing demand for skilled workers,' said Stefan. 'With the automotive aftercare market within the UK expanding, along with the 'intelligence' of vehicles, technicians need to be increasingly technically proficient and skilled to stay ahead of the game. And it is Gavin's comprehensive knowledge of the market, and of the candidates seeking employment, which is so valuable to our association.'
Gavin said, 'I feel very privileged to be awarded this position, and delighted with the opportunity to work with the NTDA.'
Automechanika Birmingham 2017 – Post show statistics
The organisers of the 2017 show have now issued the post show statistics from this year's event. The headline figures showed a total of 12,000 visitors over the three days and 850 exhibitors.
Approximately 90% of the visitors came from the UK & Ireland. The largest groupings of aftermarket visitors were motor factors and workshops/MOT centres and Tier 1 manufacturers from the supply chain visitors. The most popular day for visiting the show was the Wednesday, taking just over 40% of the three day total.
Aftermarket 700
Aftermarket 9,300
Supply Chain 2,700
Next year's dates, 5-7 June 2018, have been announced and a survey of this year's visitors by the organisers reported that 86% of visitors were likely to visit in 2018.
Full details can be found on the Automechanika website.
Valeo and Cisco unveil a smart parking service
Valeo and Cisco have announced that they have signed a cooperation agreement to develop strategic innovations in smart mobility services. Cyber Valet Services, a project resulting from their collaboration, is being unveiled at this year's Viva Technology conference in Paris.
This unique solution, developed by two major strategically aligned tech players, now enables vehicles equipped with Valeo Park4U® Auto technology to park safely and autonomously, i.e., without a driver on board, in connected car parks. How it works: the driver simply gets out of his/her vehicle at the car park entrance and activates the automatic parking system using a smartphone. The vehicle then continues its journey in automatic mode until it has finished parking. In just a few clicks, it can be set in motion again to meet the driver at the designated pick-up point in the car park.
The vehicle drives itself inside the car park by combining the power of automatic parking technologies (Valeo Park4U® Auto), Valeo on-board telematics and secure key systems (Valeo InBlue®) with Cisco Parking Controller technologies, which equip car parks with Wi-Fi, video sensors and artificial intelligence-based solutions.
The vehicle's sensors, together with the information provided by the equipment installed in the car park, allow the vehicle to perceive its environment with an extremely high level of accuracy and anticipate and calculate its journey at any time up to the completion of the parking maneuver. The vehicle is able to navigate complex parking facilities in total safety, even multi-story garages, by processing all of the necessary information with the help of an integrated GPS service and the vehicle's own sensors.
Indigo, the world's leading provider of parking services and individual mobility solutions, is the first to integrate the new service, which is currently being introduced at the Camille Desmoulins parking garage in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. Partnering with OPnGO to bundle its payment application and barrier-free plate recognition technology into the Cyber Valet Services offering, Indigo helps its customers save valuable time. The user journey begins even before entering the car park.
The Valeo/Cisco Cyber Valet Services co-innovation project is giving impetus to urban mobility improvements by opening up new possibilities for users. In addition to the space freed up by optimized parking, equipped car parks will be able to provide customers with convenient new services such as automatic car washing, maintenance and automated electric vehicle charging. For vehicle fleet managers, this service will optimize car park use by reducing the time it takes to drop off and pick up vehicles.
Automechanika Birmingham – Feedback
The IAAF is seeking the views of its members on this year's Automechanika Birmingham, which was held at the NEC on 6-8 June.
This was the second time the show has been staged in the UK and the organisers have announced that the third show will be held in Birmingham on 5-7 June 2018.
If you would like to take part in the survey, please click on the link below:
AUTOMECHANIKA BIRMINGHAM SURVEY
IAAF Golf – Forest of Arden – 10th August 2017
It is still possible to book a team at the Forest of Arden event for this year's IAAF Golf Team Challenge in aid of our industry charity, BEN.
Last year's event successfully raised nearly £2,000 for BEN via your generous donations plus the surplus funds from the event and we hope we can do even better this year.
This year for the first time we will be accepting entries from individuals, as well as the usual teams of four.
The overall winning team from across the two days' play, at both Forest of Arden and Worsley Park, will be invited to the IAAF's Annual Dinner in December where they will be presented with their trophy.
The venue and date are:
Midlands 10th August Forest of Arden, Meriden, Warwickshire
The cost per team of four will be £325 per team plus vat and the cost for individuals will be £85 plus VAT per person. This includes:
Presentation of prizes to the winners on the day.
The Company Team Challenge will be a four ball format whereby the best two scores on each hole will score and on all par three holes all four scores will count. The overall winning team across the two days' play will be invited to the IAAF's Annual Dinner in December and will be presented with their prizes.
Joe Richardson is once again kindly organising these events on behalf of the IAAF and BEN and, if you need any further details, you can contact him on 07831 855829 or the IAAF Office.
The Worsley Park event will be taking place on 5th July.
You can download a leaflet and booking form here: 2017-Golf-Brochure.


This lithograph print is part of a suite of playful and uninhibited images.
This lithograph print is part of a suite made in 2014 during a transitional phase in the sculptural practice of Cathie Pilkington RA.
Limbs, heads, bodies, animals and the human hybrid/doll are deliberately merged and confused in a playful and uninhibited approach that combines the graphic versatility of lithography and collaged layering.


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Tour of Catholic Cambridge for the Catholic Record Society
St Edmund's College Chapel
Today I led a walking tour of 'Catholic Cambridge' for the Catholic Record Society, at the conclusion of the CRS's 59th annual conference at Murray Edwards College. Sadly I was unable to attend the conference this year, but I led delegates around the major sites of post-Reformation Catholic interest in Cambridge, beginning with the Dominican Priory of St Michael the Archangel (Blackfriars) and St Edmund's College. Founded as a hostel dedicated to St Edmund of Abingdon in 1896 by Baron Anatole von Hugel and the 15th Duke of Norfolk, St Edmund's officially became the University of Cambridge's only post-Reformation Catholic collegiate foundation in 1998. We were able to view the interesting collection of portraits of the Huddlestone family of Sawston in the college's Huddlestone room (including a portrait of Fr Huddlestone, who rescued Charles II from the oak at Boscobel and received him into the Catholic Church) and the college's chapel, which was completed in 1915.
From St Edmund's we walked down into central Cambridge to Sidney Sussex College, which was the site of James II's experiment in imposing a Catholic master on a Protestant college in 1686, in the form of Dr Joshua Basset. Basset established a Catholic chapel and appointed a chaplain, the Benedictine Alban Francis, but was ejected and the chapel pulled down in 1688. We then made our way to Gonville and Caius College, re-founded in the reign of Queen Mary by the great Renaissance physician and humanist John Caius, who remained true to the Catholic faith into Elizabeth's reign. In 1572, a year before Caius' death, the Vice Chancellor of the University ordered the public burning of Caius' collection of Catholic ornaments and vestments in Caius Court. We were given a thorough and fascinating tour of the college by one of the fellows, Dr Michael Wood.
The new sanctuary in the chapel at Fisher House
Our final stop on the tour was a visit to Fisher House, the home of the Catholic Chaplaincy to the University of Cambridge and the former Black Swan public house. Fisher House has been much renovated since I was an undergraduate (and Treasurer of the Fisher Society) and we were given an insightful and thorough tour of both the old parts of the building and the newest additions (including the completely restored chapel) by the Chaplain, Mgr Mark Langham.
I am very grateful to Dr Wood and Mgr Langham for giving up their time to guide us round their respective domains, and to Fr Alban McCoy, Dean of St Edmund's, for facilitating our access to the college.
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Thanks for this. The tour was excellent.
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Edward Rajpold (ur. 15 października 1894 w Łodzi, zm. 4 września 1980 tamże) – major piechoty Wojska Polskiego.

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Urodził się 15 października 1894 w Łodzi jako syn Józefa. Od 1914 był członkiem POW w Łodzi, w latach 1915–1916 ukończył szkołę podoficerską. W listopadzie 1918 był dowódcą dzielnicy POW i oficerem I Batalionu Strzelców Łódzkich. W 1919 ukończył uzupełniający kurs wojskowy i zakwalifikowany został do służby w piechocie w stopniu porucznika.

Ranny w wojnie polsko-bolszewickiej. Następnie przeniesiony do 28 pułku Strzelców Kaniowskich w Łodzi. W Centrum Wyszkolenia Piechoty w Rembertowie ukończył kurs taktyczno-strzelecki. Od początku 1936 skierowany do pracy w Powiatowej Komendzie Uzupełnień Wieluń. W 1937 został przeniesiony do korpusu oficerów administracji, grupa administracyjna. W latach 1938–1939 komendant powiatowy Związku Strzeleckiego. W marcu 1939 był komendantem powiatowym Przysposobienia Wojskowego Wieluń. W okresie poprzedzającym wybuch II wojny światowej zajmował się organizacją wieluńskich batalionów Obrony Narodowej.

W wojnie obronnej był dowódcą batalionu ON "Wieluń II", przeszedł szlak bojowy od Parcic do Stoczka. Dostał się do niewoli niemieckiej.

Po wyzwoleniu powrócił do kraju i podjął służbę w 17 Dywizji Piechoty wraz z awansem na majora, jednak po kilku miesiącach został zwolniony. W okresie stalinowskim był więziony "za działalność antypaństwową" (1954–1956) na mocy wyroku Wojskowego Sądu Rejonowego w Warszawie, poddawany torturom fizycznym i psychicznym. Zwolniony w 1956 po amnestii, w czerwcu 1963 został zrehabilitowany przez Sąd Wojewódzki w Łodzi.

 Awanse służbowe
 porucznik – 3 maja 1922 zweryfikowany ze starszeństwem z dniem 1 czerwca 1919 w korpusie oficerów piechoty
 kapitan – 12 kwietnia 1927 ze starszeństwem z dniem 1 stycznia 1927 i 78 lokatą w korpusie oficerów piechoty
 major – 1945

Ordery i odznaczenia
 Krzyż Niepodległości (16 września 1931)
 Krzyż Walecznych (dwukrotnie)
 Srebrny Krzyż Zasługi (10 listopada 1928)

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Rocznik Oficerski 1932, Biuro Personalne Ministerstwa Spraw Wojskowych, Warszawa 1932.
 Jan Książek, Związek Strzelecki w powiecie wieluńskim w latach 1921–1939, [w:] "Rocznik Wieluński" 2002, t. 2, s. 81–122.
 Narcyz Klatka, Wieluński Wrzesień 1939, Wydawnictwo Komandor, Wieluń-Gdynia 2006, .

 Marek Gogola, Rajpold Edward, [w:] Wieluński słownik biograficzny, tom 1 i 2 (pod redakcją Zbigniewa Szczerbika, Zdzisława Włodarczyka), Wieluń 2014, s. 249–250 (tom 2 w edycji wspólnej).

Członkowie Polskiej Organizacji Wojskowej
Członkowie Związku Strzeleckiego
Dowódcy batalionów Obrony Narodowej
Kapitanowie administracji II Rzeczypospolitej
Kapitanowie piechoty II Rzeczypospolitej
Ludzie urodzeni w Łodzi
Ludzie związani z Wieluniem
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Niepodległości
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Walecznych
Odznaczeni Srebrnym Krzyżem Zasługi (II Rzeczpospolita)
Oficerowie 28 Pułku Strzelców Kaniowskich
Polskie ofiary represji stalinowskich
Uczestnicy wojny polsko-bolszewickiej (strona polska)
Urodzeni w 1894
Więźniowie polityczni w Polsce Ludowej 1944–1956
Zmarli w 1980


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Former Victorian Greens MP Samantha Dunn announced her resignation from the party on 14 March.
Former Victorian Greens MP Samantha Dunn announced her resignation from the party on 14 March saying that her decision was made due to a "toxic" culture within the party ranks. Ms Dunn, who was a Yarra Ranges Councillor up until 2014 was the Upper House MP for the Eastern Metropolitan region for a single term […]
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Former Victorian Greens MP Samantha Dunn announced her resignation from the party on 14 March saying that her decision was made due to a "toxic" culture within the party ranks.
Ms Dunn, who was a Yarra Ranges Councillor up until 2014 was the Upper House MP for the Eastern Metropolitan region for a single term – losing her seat at the 2018 election.
In a scathing post on Facebook, Ms Dunn denied her decision to quit was triggered by her election loss.
"I didn't resign because I lost my seat …I resigned because the Greens are too toxic to be part of my life anymore," she said
"The standard you walk by is the standard you accept, and I'm not prepared to walk by and accept any more of the culture, behaviours and practice I see in the Greens.
"The Greens are distracted by populism, self-interest, power, ego, narcissism, megalomania … while exercising that old-war strategy of divide and conquer."
Ms Dunn was previously a Yarra Ranges Shire Councillor, representing the Lyster Ward from 2005 until her election to the Upper House in 2014.
She joined the Greens in 2004 inspired by founder Bob Brown's stance against the Iraq war and her passion for the environment and action on climate change.
In her Facebook post she reflected on her achievements, though admitted since joining the Greens their values no longer suit her own."I will always be proud of my achievements as the first Green elected at Yarra Ranges Shire Council and in the Eastern Metropolitan Region" she said.
"I've always been passionate about the environment, stopping logging and action on climate change, long before the Greens were a thing.
"The Greens were a pretty good fit in terms of policy and values. The Greens still are a pretty good fit in terms of policy and values, but there's a problem … concerningly many Greens in leadership, governance and representative positions don't act in a way consistent with those values, the standard they walk by and accept is at complete odds with those values."
She said she would still be an environmental activist despite her resignation.
"I won't be going away any time soon, I'll be still out there fighting for environment, stopping logging and action on climate change … If there's one thing I know for sure, once an environmental activist, always an environmental activist."
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Hesperian staff showing solidarity at the 2015 MLK Day march.
This attention is bringing police violence to the forefront of public discussion, including that of health workers, academics, and public health authorities who insist that state violence is a public health issue that must be dealt with. The American Public Health Association (APHA) recently stated, "Public safety is essential for public health. However…US policing has failed to deliver safety, placing an inequitable burden of harm on some communities, particularly communities of color."
Many new groups are forming to address systemic racism and state violence from a broad perspective, joining civil rights and prisoners rights activists, public health professionals, harm reductionists, and academics in the struggle for fairer and safer justice system. Groups like the Do No Harm Coalition and Occupy Public Health provide a way for people working in public health to fight institutional violence using the tools of public health.
Medical professionals have long fought against racism and for civil rights — the Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) was formed in 1964 to provide medical care to civil rights protesters, and to support the civil rights movement as health professionals. As described in The Good Doctors, they brought health clinics to low-income areas in cities, desegregated Southern hospitals, and provided emergency care at civil rights protests.
State violence against marginalized communities –people of color, LGBT, sex workers, the homeless– is not just a violation of civil rights, it's a threat to public health. Get involved and help end the violence.


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Paul A. Mooney (April 7, 1941 – April 23, 2000) was an American sports executive who served as president of the Boston Bruins and Boston Garden from October 1, 1975 to March 24, 1987.

Early life and career
Mooney was born in Miami, and his father was J. D. Mooney, a jockey who rode 1924 Kentucky Derby winner Black Gold. His brother, John J. Mooney, was a horse racing executive and a member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.

Mooney graduated from Harvard College and did graduate studies at Harvard Business School.

Prior to joining the Bruins, Mooney worked in the horse racing industry. He served as executive vice-president and treasurer and later president of the Louisville Racing Corporation, executive vice president of the Kentucky Jockey Club, and executive vice president of Latonia Race Course. He also was a vice president of Sportsystems.

Boston Bruins
Mooney was named president of the Boston Bruins and Boston Garden on October 1, 1975 after the team and arena were purchased by Jeremy Jacobs' company, Sportsystems.

During his tenure as president, he twice reached agreements with the Boston Celtics to remain at the Garden, led the effort against the NHL–WHA merger, worked on the Bruins' failed move to Salem, New Hampshire, fired longtime Garden organist John Kiley, and along with other members of Bruins management helped take care of Bruins' player Normand Leveille after he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and fell into a coma.

On May 30, 1986, William D. Hassett, Jr. was named chairman and chief executive officer of the Boston Bruins and the Boston Garden. Although Mooney retained his positions, he now answered to Hassett. On March 24, 1987 Mooney was fired and replaced by Hassett as Bruins president and Lawrence Moulter as Garden president.

While working for the Bruins and the Garden, Mooney also owned part of the Campbell Sports Network, a Plymouth, New Hampshire-based radio network than owned the rights to Boston Red Sox games from 1983 to 1989.

Mooney was also a member Boston Athletic Association board of directors. He was credited by sportswriter Will McDonough with helping bring the Boston Marathon back to prominence.

Death
Mooney died on April 23, 2000 at the age of 59 at his home in Duxbury, Massachusetts due to cancer.

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Chasing the feel of watching Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? Here are the movies we recommend you watch after Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
1. The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House, 2023
On the surface, The Makanai is a simple, slice-of-life show about food and friendship. While it is that, to be sure, it's also a substantial drama that tackles questions about art vs. love, and love vs. companionship, and career vs. purpose. Under the gentle guidance of showrunner Hirokazu Kore-eda (Still Walking, Shoplifters, Broker), who generously allows up-and-coming directors to take the helm on certain episodes, The Makanai feels at once light and hefty, comforting and challenging. We're seeing mundane events unfold before us as if we were bystanders, but we also understand that there is so much more happening than what meets the eye. A prolonged gaze, a lovingly prepped meal, an especially sharp wing-eye, all of these have much to say about the state of mind of these girls.
It's a supremely gentle and culturally rich show with a tender heart; a truly great watch on all accounts.
2. Sweet Tooth, 2021
Sweet Tooth is set in a post-apocalyptic America, where the population has been ravaged by a mysterious virus and the new generation of humans has evolved into animal hybrids. The circumstances are bleak and the things people do to survive even more so. Driven by fear and grief, they both isolate and attack in moves that are eerily reminiscent of the early days of our own pandemic. Sweet Tooth is a robust adventure story then, gritty and reflective and tragic, but it's also incredibly sweet.
We're introduced to a myriad of characters, each of them with their own arc, but we mostly follow Gus (Christian Convery), a nine-year-old human-deer hybrid who has yet to be disillusioned by the human race. Gus grounds the story's many flights of fancy, and along with the other main characters, he gives us timely reminders of the importance of kindness and humaneness without ever being too corny. And to the show's serious credit, no one plot line overpowers the other; instead, all feel just as vital to the larger story of survival that's being told.
The blend of these tales is lovely, the world-building is imaginative, and the technical aspects of it—the color, the costuming, and the cinematography—are all beautiful. Ultimately, Sweet Tooth is a packed a show wrapped in gorgeous layers, sure to delight even the most casual of viewers.
3. Kingdom, 2020
16th century Korea—the small kingdom is governed by a royal family, but the sudden death of the king causes a power struggle among the elite, which in turn opens the window for either genuine change or further corrupt rule. At the heart of this is Crown Prince Lee Chang (Ju Ji-hoon), who conspires with the rebel scholars to bring his corrupt rivals down.
This all sounds familiar, if not a bit trite, but before you can start to pin it down, Kingdom quickly morphs into something more than just a period drama. The introduction of fantasy, terror, and neverending gore elevates Kingdom into a multi-genre feat—an impressive blend of political intrigue and pure zombie horror that never fails to keep you at the edge of your seat.
4. The Baby-Sitters Club, 2021
Vibrant and quirky in a way that always rings true for its plucky protagonists, this abruptly cancelled children's series embodies the optimism and empathetic spirit that we should all hope to gain from the younger generations. By starting their own neighborhood business, the core characters of The Baby-Sitters Club (played with undeniable star power and chemistry by its young ensemble) learn how to bring joy and healing to others while facing everything from discrimination and generational trauma to their own imperfect family lives. Behind the club's humorous, sugarcoated antics is a real sense of helplessness that each character struggles with—forging ahead and doing whatever they can to fix things that they've been told are out of their control. It's an unexpectedly touching gem of a show that proves kids' entertainment can be truly beautiful.
5. Sorry to Bother You, 2018
In the year of the Netflix TV Show Maniac, another absurdist title stole critics' hearts. Sorry to Bother You is a movie set in an alternate reality, where capitalism and greed are accentuated. Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta) is a guy called Cassius who struggles to pay his bills. However, when at a tele-marketing job an old-timer tells him to use a "white voice", he starts moving up the ranks of his bizarre society. A really smart movie that will be mostly enjoyed by those who watch it for its entertaining value, and not so much for its commentary. It is like a Black Mirror episode stretched into a movie.
6. Like Crazy, 2011
See, low budget films do work! Like Crazy schools other romantic films on what they should all be: cute and sweet but also frustrating and nerve-wracking. Felicity Jones is absolutely fantastic here, she stars as a British girl who falls in love with an American, Jacob, while in college. On a whim, she overstays her visa to be with him, and then return to England to face the consequences. The intimacy this film explores really distinguishes it from others and makes for an authentic experience, as it is based on its writer/director's own 8-year long-distance relationship. A great option if you're in the mood for the type of suspense that pulls at your heartstrings.
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7. Handsome Devil, 2016
I can't get a song out of my head from this movie: the 1985 UK hit Desire As from Prefab Sprout.
It plays when the two main characters, a sensitive kid who's bullied by his school for not liking rugby, and the school's rugby star; talk over the "Berlin Wall" that separates their dorm room.
The song echoes "It's perfect as it stands, so why then crush it in your perfect hands?". These two seemingly incompatible personalities form a friendship that comes under threat from their school's traditional authority, especially as one of them is revealed to be gay.
It might seem like a tough premise, but Handsome Devil is actually a comedy. It's a sweet and easy coming-of-age comedy.
8. Giri / Haji, 2019
This is an thrilling BBC/Netflix show and a Yakuza drama that takes place between Tokyo and London. About half of the dialogue is in Japanese and the other half is in English.
Yakuza families are no longer at peace when a boss's nephew is assassinated in London. Trying to bring the culprit in without interference from the British police, a Tokyo detective is sent to the UK to try to find him.
There is an undeniable appeal to seeing the world of yakuza unfold, but the show's title, which translates to Duty/Shame is a reference to the detective's own personal conflict: the suspected murderer he's looking for is his brother. Ouu.
9. Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street, 2023
Bernie Madoff, the former financier turned fraudster, is a monster. As the mastermind of the largest Ponzi scheme to date, he stole billions from unwitting investors and almost singlehandedly contributed to the economic downturn of the late aughts. But before he was discovered and committed for his crimes, Madoff was beloved and brilliant—a living legend not just on Wall Street but in the world. Using a mix of reenactments, archival footage, and expert testimonies, this four-part docuseries dissects Madoff to reveal and even explain the history and possible motivations behind the man.
As true-crime series go, Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street is riveting and enlightening, paced in such a way that will have you gasp intermittently even if you're no stranger to his story. Madoff is humanized here but never romanticized or lauded, making it a fair but moving watch at once.
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10. Green Eggs and Ham, 2022
What this Dr. Seuss adaptation might lack in originality, it makes up for by committing to the bit: visual gags aplenty, colorful art direction, and ridiculous situations ramping up into full set pieces. But beyond the show's playfulness is a story about families just trying to make things work and people who don't get along (with the second season even touching on anti-war themes)—which should all prove insightful enough for adults and for slightly older kids. And with simple animation that has clear effort put into it, Green Eggs and Ham's unfortunately short run never comes off as a cheap cash grab.
11. Belascoarán, PI, 2022
Mexico City, 1970. Héctor Belascoarán leaves his stable office job and beautiful (but unhappy) marriage to pursue the adrenaline-filled life of a private detective. The police are useless, Héctor points out, not to mention corrupt and often in on the crime, so it's up to him to tackle the many unsolved cases that haunt the city he loves.
Because he thinks himself a hero, Héctor narrates each episode in that nostalgic noir way, but the catch is that he is, in fact, no slick savior. Hector is still a rookie, prone to blunders and miscalculations, but his perseverance saves the day. In this way Belascoarán, PI is both a tribute and a sendup of detective films of yore; it references the genre in style and substance, but it isn't above joking about it either. It's proof that you can challenge viewers without sacrificing the laughs, and vice versa.
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EU Officials Consider Granting Police Access to Encrypted Messages
The European Union is considering a proposal that calls for communication companies such as Signal and WhatsApp to grant law enforcement and judiciary access to encrypted messages, according to a leaked document from the Council of the European Union.
The proposal titled "Draft Council Resolution on Encryption" was drafted days after the November 2 terrorist attack in Vienna and has already drawn criticism from digital rights campaigners.
The document argues that while encryption "is a necessary means of protecting fundamental rights and the digital security of governments, industry and society," the EU must enable law enforcement and judicial authorities to do their jobs which is often complicated by strong encryption.
While criminals have access to readily available, off-the-shelf encryption solutions designed for legitimate purposes, law enforcement can't access electronic evidence to effectively fight terrorism, organised crime, child sexual abuse and a variety of cyber-enabled crimes.
Encryption often prevents authorities from collecting electronic evidence despite the fact that the access to such data would be lawful, the paper says. It suggests that the union should join forces with the tech industry to establish back doors into encrypted services, while also establishing legal frameworks to ensure that those would be available to authorities across the EU.
The idea raised red flags across the continent. While encryption has been a tool for criminal and extremist enterprises, it's also an essential tool for investigative journalists, human rights activists, politicians and anyone whose work requires a certain level of confidentiality.
"Round and round we go," tweeted Sarah Jamie Lewis, Executive Director at Open Privacy, a Canadian non-profit group that researches privacy and anonymity. She was referring to the ongoing global fight for preserving privacy.
Lewis retweeted her message from a year ago that read: "Privacy is a human right. Encryption is a human right. No qualifiers. No ifs or buts; No reservations or restrictions."
"The surveillance culture we have created is immoral," she went on. "No amount of good done with surveillance makes up for the evil that surveillance itself causes."
According to the draft, delegates can submit "substantive comments accompanied by concrete wording suggestions" by November 12, as the Presidency of the Council of Ministers plans to present the proposal to the European Union's Committee on Internal Security on November 19.
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