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ALC Cross Country Participates in UPike Dual Meet
by Gary Stepp
The Alice Lloyd College Cross Country squad traveled to Pikeville on September 6th to participate in the UPike Dual Meet. This race would serve as a warm-up for the upcoming schedule and allow the young Eagles to get an early race under their belts against another squad. Participants from Pikeville, as well as several unattached runners, joined the Eagles on a mountainous 5K course, as twenty-two total runners left the starting line.
Greg Randolph
Greg Randolph (North Laurel) turned in a solid performance, as the sophomore from London, KY completed the challenge in 18:15. For his effort, Randolph earned first place. The easy win was surprising since Randolph had just recently begun training after suffering for most of the summer and preseason with a back injury.
Donavan Johnson (Harlan Co.) made a solid showing as well as he finished in fifth place with a solid time of 20:03. The freshman is showing improvement every day.
The two frontrunners were followed by the newcomer duo of Clay Montgomery (North Laurel) and Tyler Turner (Harlan Co.), who finished in eighth (21:30) and ninth place (23:47), respectively.
On the women's side, sophomore Allison Holbrook (Leslie Co.) was the second female to cross the line. Her time was 24:15. She was followed closely by the freshman duo of Harlan County natives Jennifer Graham and Kassie Rouse who finished third and fourth. Graham's time was 24:38, while Rouse crossed in 24:51.
Allison Holbrook
In addition, newcomers Katie Hylton (Lawrence Co.) and Samantha Hurley (Knott Co.) showed a lot of fight as they completed the challenge in times of 33:45 and 33:53 each.
"I am very pleased with the overall improvement we are making," commented Coach Gary Stepp after the match. "We are working hard and the team is really a tight-knit group. I am very proud of every runner for giving a solid effort, and I am looking forward to the rest of this season."
The Alice Lloyd College men's and women's cross country teams will next compete in the Centre College Invitational on September 14th.


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Morgan also thought Shakespeare's emphasis on different settings fit this time period well. "The contrast between city dweller and country dweller is really extraordinary," he said. This struggle between nature and civilization was also important in 20th century America, so the play's themes and characters transferred well to a more modern setting, Morgan explained.
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"As You Like It" plays in the Hanna Theater downtown through April 19. Student tickets are 13 dollars.


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Happy Mondays singer Rowetta Satchell to perform at The Studio, Widnes
Queen of Madchester coming to town
Sian Broderick
The Studio, Widnes.
Happy Mondays singer Rowetta Satchell will be taking to the decks at The Studio next month to spin a set of Madchester classics in a nod to the heady days of the 90s.
Revellers will have the chance to meet and greet the 'Step On' star who will be appearing alongside tribute band Happy Mondaze at the Hallelujah Christmas party on December 19.
The 49-year-old 'Queen of Madchester' told the Widnes & Runcorn Weekly News she's looking forward to returning to the town where she first watched the baggy band play live in 1989.
She said: "Widnes is a special place for me as it's where I watched the Happy Mondays play for the first time.
"Having seen them on Tony Wilson's show, 'The Other Side Of Midnight' and finding out that we shared an agent, I asked for guest to their gig at the Queens Hall.
"It was that show that changed my life as I could see myself performing with them, so I went on a mission to do just that. A few months later I was singing 'Step On' with them on Top Of The Pops."
The band – originally made up of Shaun and Paul Ryder, Gaz Whelans, Paul Daviz, Mark Day and Mark "Bez" Berry - were an important part of the Manchester music scene and personified ravel culture in the late 1980s.
Rowetta provided vocals on albums 'Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches' and 'Yes Please!' and headed out on three world tours during their Madchester heyday before the group disbanded in 1993.
She said: "I'm really looking forward to coming back in December. I"ll be singing some funky tunes, old and new, and mashups with my Mondays vocals and playing some classics with my DJ friend Viva Ems.
"I'll also be getting into the spirit of Christmas, as I always do.
"I'm really looking forward to partying with the good people of Widnes. It's going to be a great night."
Tickets to the Hallelujah - Madchester Christmas Party featuring Rowetta, Happy Mondaze and Little Indie Night Resident DJ Gaz Crilly are available now.
Tickets are also available from the Ring O Bells pub in Widnes.


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John Swett
4th California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
January 2, 1863 – December 2, 1867
Frederick Low
Andrew J. Moulder
Oscar Penn Fitzgerald
Pittsfield, New Hampshire
August 22, 1913(1913-08-22) (aged 83)
Alhambra Valley, CA
National Union Party(Republican)
Mary Louise Tracy (b.12/8/1839, Thompson Ct - ?)
Emelie Tracy Y. Swett Parkhurst (Mar 9 1863), William Russell Swett (Oct 1 1868), Frank Tracy Swett (Nov 22 1869), Walter Harper Swett (July 20, 1870), Nellie Swett (Apr 7 1875), Helen Swett (Apr 7 1875), and John French Swett (Aug 1 1879)
Lucretia (b. French) Swett, Eben Swett
Politician, Teacher, Principal
John Swett (July 31, 1830 – August 22, 1913) is considered to be the "Father of the California public school" system and the "Horace Mann of the Pacific".[1][2]
2 California State Superintendent of Public Instruction (1863-1867)
4 Tributes
5 Books and other works
John Swett was an only child born July 31, 1830 in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, to Lucretia (born French) Swett and Eben Swett, who were Congregationalists.[3] He died August 22, 1913 in Alhambra Valley, near Martinez, California. He married Mary Louise (Tracy) Swett on May 8, 1862 in Sonoma, and they had 8 children.[4] During his life he was a close friend of Sierra Club co-founder John Muir.[5] Swett arrived in California in 1853 to mine gold but quickly sought work as a teacher in San Francisco.[6] In 1862 he became a Freemason, joining San Francisco's Phoenix Lodge No. 144.[7][8][9]
In 1863 he was instrumental in founding the California Educational Society, which would become the California Teachers Association, the largest teachers' union in the state of California. Running in 1863, during the Civil War, as a National Union Party (Republican) candidate he was elected California State Superintendent of Public Instruction and served until 1867.[10][11] Other positions he held were Deputy Superintendent of the San Francisco Public Schools (1870–1873), Principal of the Denman School (1873–1876) and the Girls' High School (1876–1889), and Superintendent of the San Francisco Public Schools (1890–1895).[12] In 1895 he retired to his estate, Hill Girt Ranch.[13]
California State Superintendent of Public Instruction (1863-1867)[edit]
His most important accomplishment was making the California school system free for all students. In his report for 1866-67, he stated: "The school year ending June 30, 1867, marks the transition period of California from rate-bill common schools to an American free school system. For the first time in the history of the State, every public school was made entirely free for every child to enter."[14]
Criticism[edit]
In his 1878 book The Poison Fountain Zachariah Montgomery criticized, among other things, Swett's autocratic style. He states the following on page 111:
It must be remembered that Superintendent Swett maintains the proposition that parents have no remedy against the teachers, and that:
"As a general thing the only persons who have a legal right to give orders to the teacher are his employers, namely, the committee in some States, and in others the directors or trustees. If his conduct is approved by his employers the parents have no remedy as against him or them." (See Swett's Biennial Report, 1864, page 166.)
And we must not forget that this same superintendent has said that: " The vulgar impression that parents have a legal right to dictate to teachers is entirely erroneous."[15]
Tributes[edit]
John Swett Award for Media Excellence, awarded yearly by the California Teachers Association[16]
John Swett High School in Crockett, California
John Swett Elementary School in Martinez, CA
John Swett Unified School District in Contra Costa County, California
On the day of his funeral (August 25, 1913), nearly every school in California closed in honor of Swett.[17]
Books and other works[edit]
His papers have been donated by his children to the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley: Guide to the John Swett Papers, 1853-1913, Bancroft Library Staff, University of California, Berkeley
Also donated to the Bancroft Library were the papers of the Tracy family (Swett's wife's family): Tracy family papers (ca. 1800-1888), Collection Number: BANC MSS Z-Z 107
History of the Public School System of California, by John Swett
Methods of Teaching, by John Swett
George H. Atkinson, Founder of the Oregon Public school system
^ Sierra Club, John Swett page
^ JoinCalifornia, Election History of the State of California, John Swett page
^ First Congregational Church of Pittsfield, HANNAH (LANE) FRENCH 1772-1854, Biographical research and written profiles by Larry Berkson, Historian, Pittsfield Historical Society Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ From Rootsweb.com/Ancestry.com Mary Louisa TRACY SWETT and John Swett
^ Martinez Historical Society, John Swett Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ Phoenix Lodge #144, Our History Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ FAMOUS FREEMASONS By WILLIAM R. DENSLOW Volume IV Q – Z
^ The Quest for Masonic Light, HOW FREEMASONRY CAME TO CALIFORNIA AND HAWAII
^ California Dept. of Education, Historic Documents, History of Education, Part C - Historical Documents, THE "DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION" BEFORE 1921
^ Public education in California: its origin and development by John Swett. My Final Biennial Report. pg 196
^ Zachariah Montgomery (1878), The Poison Fountain: Or, Anti-parental Education. Essays and Discussions on the School Question .. (The Poison Fountain: Or, Anti-parental Education. Essays and Discussions on the School Question ... ed.), pub. by the author, OCLC 4429858
^ John Swett Award for Media Excellence, California Teachers Association
Works by or about John Swett at Internet Archive
Mountain View People webpage describing John Swett's grave site at Mountain View Cemetery (Oakland, California). He is interred with his daughter Helen Swett Artieda and her husband Gregorio Artieda.
"Early Vision of Semple, Swett Realized in Broad, Firm Educational System", by Will C. Wood, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
"John Swett and the Politics of Public Education in Frontier California", by Ruth E. Sutter
"John Swett (1830-1913)", JiffyNotes.com
The Bay of San Francisco, Vol. 2, Pages 526-527, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892. (San Francisco County Biographies, Genealogy.com)
"John Swett, Public Education in California" (New York: American Books, 1911) (from http://www.encyclopedia.com)
John Swett's entry in various editions of Who's Who:
Who's Who in America, Volume 3, edited by John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis
Who's Who in America
A Yankee Patriot: John Swett, the Horace Mann of the Pacific Nicholas C. Polos History of Education Quarterly Vol. 4, No. 1 (Mar., 1964), pp. 17-32
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Gifi is a mashup of Foursquare and Venmo. It lets you leave money for people in specific locations, which they can unlock with a Foursquare check-in.
Imagine that you check into your favorite coffee shop on Foursquare and moments later you get a text message informing you that a friend has left you $3 at that location, along with a personal message that he wants you to have a latte on him. Or you can leave the gift for more than one friend and whoever checks in first gets to keep the money.


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Chan was appointed CEO of TAAL on March 19, 2020, as part of management changes that saw former CEO Angela Holowaychuk become Chief Operating Officer and former Chief Mining Officer Joseph Chin leave the company (with the COO position assuming the CMO's responsibilities). Bitcoin Association President Jimmy Nguyen also stepped down from TAAL's advisory board in order to remain objective in the BSV space, and focus his activities on advancing the interests of Bitcoin across all business activities.
A 15-year veteran of the FX, FICC, and Equities GSAT trading desks at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Technology in New York City and Tokyo, Chan also headed the Digital Asset Solutions department at Japan's SBI Group, and was the Japan/Korea Regional Manager of the Bitcoin Association. For several years he published opinions on the Bitcoin and digital asset industry under the name Wall Street Technologist.
CoinGeek spoke to Jerry Chan this week about how the current COVID-19 crisis (and specifically its economic fallout) has impacted TAAL's operations and Bitcoin in general. He also spoke about how the role of TAAL will change as it and similar companies evolve from being "miners" to "transaction processors"—especially after the Bitcoin reward halving this year and as Bitcoin BSV aims to become the backbone for organizations large and small.
Where will you be based from now on?
For now, I'll be based out of Tokyo and Vancouver, spending time where it makes the most sense and where I can be the most effective for the existing teams, which span the globe.
There are some plans down the road to open an office in Zug, Switzerland, but the recent operational security developments in the global COVID-19 situation have put those on temporary hold. This global strategy fits into the vision we have of transforming from a 'crypto mining' company to one that is providing professional-grade enterprise blockchain infrastructure platforms and solutions, in essence, a services company.
For this, we believe an internationally stable and digital asset friendly regulatory environment and support system is important. That being said, the outbreak of COVID-19 has impacted the global economy in a significant way, and in many cases have disrupted plans, events, and schedules. We would be lying if we said that we were immune to all this disruption. We will have to see how the situation of the coming months will unfold before we commit to uprooting anyone just yet.
Aside from the obvious current economic challenges from COVID-19 and its knock-on effects, what do you see as the primary challenge for TAAL in 2020-21?
Focus. We have a new mandate, a new mission, and for the most part a new team. We have to focus on delivering on our set goals so that we can anticipate and meet customer demand before they know they even have the need. Building capable teams that can deliver is always a challenge, especially in this economic environment, which has been exacerbated by the outbreak of the global pandemic.
Nevertheless, we can't linger on the situation of the here and now, no matter how distracting, and we must continue to press on and focus on the tasks at hand. When the economy recovers, and we believe that it will, hopefully, we will be able to positively position ourselves as leaders of the new economic regime that will emerge.
Will your leadership be taking the company in any new directions, or areas it hasn't explored before?
I would like to think of it as more of a change of focus, but yes. While respecting and maintaining what the company has built so far, my vision is that TAAL can be more of an innovator, leader and service provider, to a nascent industry. In fact, we are actively discouraging the use of the old 'cypherpunk crypto' terms used incorrectly which has cast such a negative shade onto what would otherwise be a perfectly legitimate business sector.
Terms such as 'miner' should be eschewed and 'block builder' should be used instead. Not 'mining', but 'transaction processing', not 'cryptocurrency' but 'digital assets/currency'. Over the past 10 years, Bitcoin has matured, and the old misnomers continue to mislead newcomers to the industry every day. So the biggest part of the changes happening in TAAL will be in line with 'professionalizing' the business of supporting and building on a public blockchain infrastructure centred on the only public blockchain that has security, immutability, global scalability and a stable protocol, BSV.
What has your past professional experience taught you about the economics/business of Bitcoin mining (or rather, transaction processing)?
I think the biggest thing that my past experiences have taught me is that in order to run a team, project or a company successfully you have to sit at the balance point between, innovation, commercial mindedness, and pragmatism. Basically, you can't be too ideological, too focused on the tech, or too protective of the status quo. Also, I learned that you can't ignore economics. There isn't any value to Bitcoin without a functioning economy. Nor is there any value to a global ledger if there isn't the Rule of Law. This is because an economy cannot function without law and its enforcement.
Bitcoin transaction processing has up to this point been a silent business, operating in the fringes, because of the appeal that you could get paid without actually having a bank account (essentially off the radar). This is due in part because the reward from mining could be sold directly into unofficial markets. This is changing as the regulators, lawyers and industry watchdog agencies have caught up with the technology, spurred upon by the numerous damaging hacks and scams that have proliferated the unregulated industry so far.
Now as transaction processing companies are going to have to compete more and more in the open, transparent, and legal arena, forced in part due to the further halving of the block subsidy in Apr/May this year, they cannot afford to operate in the shadows. This is because the paid fees from transactions are going to have to make up for the dwindling profits from the system subsidy. The design of Bitcoin was that the subsidy would fund the initial bootstrapping stage of the network, and we have now past the point where most of the coins in existence have already been distributed and are circulating in the economy. We have now reached the turning point this year where we must focus on transaction processing, and not just 'mining' anymore.
What impact has the current turmoil had on TAAL's hardware supply chains?
Well as I said I can't say that we were not affected. As country-wide lockdowns are in effect, this means the global freezing of the economy, which means things don't get shipped, lawyers aren't at the office, workers are not at the docks loading things, and manufacturing has shut down. This will affect our buildout plans this year, but we have taken measures to mitigate the effect on our profitability in the long term. 2020 may well be seen in hindsight as a 'hunker-down and retrench' year for the digital asset economy.
What steps will you be taking in anticipation of next month's halving?
We have been preparing for the halving for the last six months, and we believe we are prepared to weather the change while still being able to provide sufficient support for our transaction processing business and BSV blockchain security as a whole. A blockchain infrastructure provider like transaction processors has the job of securing the network and ensuring that transactions are processed and the integrity of the chain is maintained, and we have confidence that we will continue to be able to provide this service through the halving and beyond.
Other than mining/processing, what services will TAAL be offering to blockchain businesses?
The first thing on our roadmap is more comprehensive transaction processing features that enterprises, payment processors, and small businesses building on BSV would want.
Value-add services. These will allow more interesting businesses such as smart contract services and markets to evolve. Now that Bitcoin SV has been shown to be Turing complete and capable of general computational tasks, something that is interesting is that we may soon see specialized calculation servers emerge. These 'calc servers' will need to interact with the blockchain in order to operate and this will be something that TAAL aims to address.
Also, the market for microtransactions is extremely promising, as it requires a different set of supporting services to function, such as easy ways to set up payment channels between counterparties, and means to report on the transactions in aggregate.
These are just some of the things that we will be looking at, there are some more, but I'll leave that as a surprise for later on. We are just at the beginning stages of this new economy. As an enterprise blockchain infrastructure company, if there is a demand from a business application, there will be a market for TAAL to address it.
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Kanji of the day
Tue. January 18, 2022
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In Japanese, "shadow" and "shade" are pronounced in the same sound– 「かげ」"kage." However, the Kanji characters used are not the same. 影 means shadow, and 陰 means shade. But these characters have many other essential meanings that play important roles in the Japanese language. Let's take a look.
When you try to study Kanji by yourself, you will notice that the shape of the characters differs so much by the fonts and get confused from which you should learn. There are countless numbers of Japanese fonts, but in this article, I will introduce the major fonts that will help you to read and write Japanese text.
There are two Kanji characters for love in Japanese – 愛, and 恋. However, the nuance is quite different. Let's take a closer look at these characters.
in Japanese, it has to be a combination of Kanji and Hiragana. It is written 「お誕生日おめでとう!」.
Rice is a staple food in Japan. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(MAFF), about 8,607,000 tons of rice were produced in 2013. Its Kanji is 米(kome), and sometimes called お米(okome). However, there is a confusing word ご飯(gohan), meaning both "cooked rice" and "meal." You need to guess which meaning the speaker is using by the context. By the way, the unit used to count the bowl of cooked rice is 膳(zen) or 杯(hai).
Cats are loved in Japan the same as in many other countries.
The Kanji for cats is 猫.
In this article, let me introduce words and idioms using 猫, breeds familiar to Japanese people, and a traditional cat figurine.
There are three characters representing dragons: 竜, 龍, and 辰. 竜 and 龍 simply indicate the mythical creature; on the other hand, 辰 is a concept in the zodiac used in Asia.
Let's see what the dragons in Japan look like and where you can find them (…well, not real ones ), and take a look at a mythological tale used in comics and video games.
Kanji for cherry blossoms is 「桜」 and is pronounced "Sakura." Cherry blossoms grow wild in a wide area in the temperate zones in the northern hemisphere, not just in Japan. However, the flower has always been special to Japanese people and has a strong relationship with Japanese culture valuing impermanence. Some say that Sakura is the national flower of Japan, although not officially recognized by the government.
In this article, let's see the relationship between Sakura and Japan.
Kanji for fire is 「火」. It is a simple word, but therefore, there are many Kanji compounds, proverbs, and idioms. Let's see how the Kanji is used in Japanese.
If you want to use Kanji to write "kawaii," it will be「可愛い」. The word doesn't only mean "cute". Let's see why.


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Leeds Theatre West Yorkshire 28th Nov 2022 1st Dec 2022
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – The Musical at Leeds Playhouse
Although this is a children's classic, it is one of those books which I have never read, being first published in the UK in 1964 and, as a 15 year-old at the time, I had other things on my mind. Also, having no offspring, I didn't get to read it as a parent. This show made me see what I had been missing.
For those in the same boat the story is quite simple. Charlie Bucket, not pronounced Bouquet in this instance, is a schoolchild who lives in a slum near the Wonka Chocolate Factory which has been closed for several years. Out of the blue it opens and resumes production although no one is ever seen going in or out of the premises. One day it is announced that five Wonka Bars contain Golden Tickets which, if discovered, will allow the recipient and a guest into the factory for a tour. One of the lucky winners will also receive a bonus of Wonka Chocolate for life.
Obviously Charlie wins, or there wouldn't be a story, and they take their Grandpa Joe, who miraculously regains his ability to walk after being bedridden for years, a fate shared with the other elderly members of the family; Grandma Georgina, Grandma Josephine and Grandpa George.
The grandparents and Charlie
The other four kids who have won Golden Tickets are an obnoxious bunch and disposed of in different, confectionery-based ways. Needless to say, all ends happily for the family, the only other member of which is Mrs Bucket, Charlie's mother.
I have used non-gender pronouns as there are four children who alternate in playing the part of Charlie, two girls and two boys – no idea – perhaps there has been a typo and it was really Willy Woker, but then the first name would need changing as well. Another thing which I fail to understand is that the action seems to be set in the spring of 1982 as there is a newspaper hoarding on the front of the sweetshop where Charlie buys their Wonka Bars, relating to the Falklands War. There is also a back projection of a tv screen with a facsimile of a Ceefax to Oracle type display, as well as a computer game of the time. I can find no reference anywhere of why this should be so. The book was published in 1964 and the musical first staged in 2013. There was a video game spin-off for a ZX Spectrum but that was in 1985. I sometimes wonder if I overthink things, especially nowadays when everything so lovingly crafted by original authors gets ignored.
Amelia Minto who played Charlie in the production I saw.
Right, back to the production. On press night the part of Charlie was played by Amelia Minto so I will take a chance that they don't object to being referred to as she/her, I unreservedly apologise if this is not the case. She handled the part very well, especially in the acting department, not going for sugary cute or resort to shouting, rather than feeling her lines, as many child actors do. The only problem was her singing which couldn't handle the loud high notes which were some way off the mark but I am sure that she will mature into a fine actress.
The four grandparents, who spent the vast majority of their stage time in bed, were very amusing in their banter. Michael D'Cruze as Grandpa Joe had the largest part as he was the one who accompanied Charlie to the factory, but the rest; Lucy Hutchinson, Julie Mullins and Christopher Howell, doubled as the parents of the other winners so got to display their versatility, in fact, Lucy Hutchinson normally plays a different character in the piece, Cherry, but swapped to these roles because of illness. Leonie Spilsbury had the honour of playing two parents, Charlie's mother and Mrs Teavee, strange but true. The other Golden Ticket holders; Kazmin Borrer as Veruca Salt; Teddy Hinde, Mike Teavee; Marisha Morgan as Violet Beauregarde and Robin Simões Da Silva as Augustus Gloop, looked to be quite a bit older than Charlie, which could explain their late teenage attitude, all were very well acted.
Gareth Snook as Willy Wonka with the Oompa-Loompas
The last main character was Gareth Snook who revelled in the evil nature of Willy Wonka, but, as you would expect, ended up showing his compassionate side to Charlie and family. He strode round the set waving his walking cane like a machete and wreaking vengeance on anyone who had the temerity to disobey the rules of the factory.
Speaking of the set, it was brilliantly conceived to be adaptable to various situations with the minimum of effort. The stage itself was empty except for a large pile of scrap metal in the middle to indicate the less than salubrious area in which the Buckets resided, it then morphed into their house which had no front so showing the interior comprising a bedroom with big bed to which the four grandparents were confined, and a ground floor room where Charlie and her mother lived. It then changed to provide the facade of the sweet shop where Charlie bought her chocolate bars, as did everyone else in the rush to win the Golden Tickets. We also had several set pieces from various parts of the world showing the winners discovering their prizes, complete with over exaggerated racial stereotyping.
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. Writer Roald Dahl, Director – James Brining , Book – David Greig, Music – Marc Shaiman , Lyrics – Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman , Set and Costume Designer Simon Higlett , A Leeds Playhouse production presented in association with Neal Street Productions & Playful Productions, 2022,
The second half was set mainly in the Wonka Chocolate Factory and, if the set in part one was impressive, it was as nothing compared to part two. When the great gates of the factory opened we were taken into a fantasy land with special effects worthy of any Hollywood blockbuster. At each stage, pardon the pun, of the chocolate making process one of the winners would meet their demise, I won't give away any spoilers here but they were very inventive. Eventually we arrived at the R&D office where Charlie sat down to read the ideas of Mr Wonka whilst he was out of the room talking to Grandpa Joe. She had been specifically forbidden to touch the book but, being an inventor in her spare time, she wanted to add her own thoughts. When she was caught in the act it looked as though she would meet the same fate as her fellow winners but Wonka was so impressed by her innovations, the opposite happened. If you want to know what that was you need to go to https://leedsplayhouse.org.uk/events/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory/ and book your tickets. The show runs until Saturday, 28th January, 2023 and there are plenty of matinees should that be more convenient. When I saw that the production ran for 2 hours 30 minutes with one interval I thought that it might be a bit long for the younger members of the audience and, indeed, this did seem to be the case during the scene setting first half hour, but once the action started the kids, including this big one, were wrapt and the time flew past.
My favourite member of the Leeds Playhouse crew, the lady who translates the show into BSL, is also in attendance at some of the performances. I did notice, however, that the cast members also translate some of the scenes into sign language although I was intrigued to see that this didn't always look the same as that being done by the translator, even accounting for a time lapse. I suppose that there are different levels of sign language which might account for it. Regardless, it is great to see the effort being made.
I don't care how old you are I heartily recommend that you make the effort to go see this show, the second half alone is worth the admission price, it will blow your mind.
Please note that the photographs by Johan Persson, which were provided by Leeds Playhouse, do not completely reflect the cast of the version I saw.
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Get your household ready
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Advice for people with special requirements
Āwhinatia
New Zealand ShakeOut
Get your community ready
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Volunteer to help your friends, family and community before, during and after emergencies.
Volunteer in emergency management
Building volunteer capability and capacity
Most communities have a Civil Defence Centre or community hub, where locals can come together during and after an emergency to support each other.
In an emergency, centres will be opened and run by communities so people can come together to help their community during and after an emergency.
New Zealand Response Teams work alongside and support civil defence, emergency services and other responding agencies. Teams are located throughout New Zealand.
The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management are currently working on building a robust and sustainable volunteer capability and capacity for emergency management in New Zealand.
Contact your local Civil Defence Emergency Management Group to find out how you can volunteer.
Find your local Civil Defence Emergency Management Group (civildefence.govt.nz)
The National Emergency Management Agency has information on finding your local Civil Defence Emergency Management Group.
Building a robust and sustainable volunteer capability and capacity
The National Emergency Management Agency is currently working on building a robust and sustainable volunteer capability and capacity for emergency management in New Zealand. MCDEM, along with Fire Emergency New Zealand, New Zealand Police, New Zealand Search and Rescue and the Ministry of Health are committed to having a model that is fit for purpose and flexible enough to meet future challenges across response and recovery.
Volunteering New Zealand (VNZ) is an association of volunteer centres and national and other organisations with a commitment to volunteering.
VNZ can put you in touch with a number of volunteering opportunities.
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Glenn Edward Hall, originally from Bethel, recently shot a music video for his new song "Winter With Old Put" at Putnam Memorial State Park in Redding, Conn. November, 2021.
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REDDING — There was still snow on the ground this March when Georgia-based musician Glenn Edward Hall arrived at Redding's Putnam Memorial State Park. It was perfect — exactly the way Hall had imagined it.
Hall was preparing to film a music video for one of his new songs, "Winter with Old Put," which re-imagines the brutal winter weathered by General Israel Putnam and his soldiers during the Revolutionary War. The song is part of a six-song album called "Clouds Turn Black" that Hall released this fall.
"Here I am, finally, in my 50s, and I have my first release that just came out Nov. 12," he said. "I had been kind of kicking around the idea of writing a song about Putnam for years really."
The song is sung from the point of view of one of Putnam's soldiers.
Hall does the vocals, guitar, banjo and bass for the song. The song also features Jenee Fleenor on the fiddle and Hall's son, Caleb Hall, on drums. Fleenor also plays in Blake Shelton's band and is the violinist on The Voice.
The song was mixed by Caleb Hall and recorded at Shabby Road studios in Georgia, and Nashtrax in Nashville.
Hall's other son, Max Hall, came with him to Redding to film and produce the entire music video earlier this year.
The makings of a music video
In the video, Hall stands surrounded by barren trees and clumps of snow, puffs of breath visible in the chilly air. As the song hits the chorus, Revolutionary War battle re-enactments flash by with the tell-tale cardinal red of British army coats and bayonets.
Hall began writing the songs during the first few months of the pandemic.
"I was also just sort of writing these songs about people that are searching for hope in the midst of difficult times," he said.
The song belongs to the Americana genre, which melds various North American musical traditions like blues, folk, gospel, jazz and country.
"I love the sort of raw sound, and the realness, and the vulnerability that you can hear," Hall said of the genre.
It fit well with the song's story and purpose.
The lyrics draw inspiration from old stories that fascinated Hall as a young boy growing up in Bethel, and specifically those about General Putnam, or Old Put, as he was nicknamed.
The park was a frequent haunt for Hall's high school friends. On cold winter days, they'd ice skate on the frozen ponds. But Hall often found himself drawn away from his pals and into the past.
"I would always kind of drift away a little bit and find myself over at the museum or just hanging out at what they call the fire backs, which are the remnants of the soldiers' chimneys that were part of the small log huts that the soldiers shared," Hall said. "I kind of started wondering, well, who is this guy, Israel Putnam?"
Putnam had been stationed at what is now Putnam Memorial State Park during the brutal winter of 1778 and 1779. Everyone knows about Washington's winter at Valley Forge, but few remember Putnam's winter in Redding at "Connecticut's Valley Forge."
"It seemed like a good setting for somebody trying to find a little bit of hope in a dark period," Hall said.
The Office of the State Historian paints a dismal image through historical accounts.
After months of skirmishes and patrols along the Hudson River Valley, Putnam and his men set up camp in Redding, where they would have easy access to key Continental Army sites like West Point, New York City, and New England, it says.
"Compounding the harsh winds, snows, and temperatures was a critical lack of supplies, including food, blankets, and winter clothing," the synopsis of Putnam's winter continues. "Even worse, the troops had been paid in devalued paper Continental currency, rendering many of them unable to provide financial support for their families at home."
The park would eventually become Connecticut's first State Archaeological Preserve, according to the its website.
Turning stories into song
Some of the lines are inspired by Hall's favorite stories about Old Put.
"If you ain't scared of nothing, then mister, you ain't brave. / You got to taste your fear to drag a wolf from its own cave. / Some generals send their troops ahead when the time for fighting comes / Old Put's the first in line and he shows us how it's done."
The lines are an allusion to an old legend involving Putnam and a wolf that had been terrorizing the nearby town.
"One of the first times he really showed his bravery and willingness to do whatever it takes to get it done, he actually crawled into the cave and killed the wolf," Hall said.
As the story goes, a wolf was bothering local livestock and farmers. Putnam and his neighbors decided to do something about it. They tracked the wolf to a cave, and from there, Putnam bravely raised his hand to enter and kill the wolf.
Hall channels that story and others in his lyrics, pulling on themes of fortitude and strength.
His personal favorite line comes from the bridge, where he sings, "Every day I asked the question, what's worth killing for? / I just prayed my sons and daughters never know another war."
Hall said the music video is also intended to raise awareness for veterans in crisis — those experiencing anxiety, addiction, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder.
The title of the album itself is an ode to resilience and overcoming difficult times.
Even though bad times will come and change is inevitable, Hall said, we will make it through together.
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Currie Engel covers health issues and the towns of New Milford and Brookfield for the News-Times. A graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Journalism School, she has worked for publications like The Houston Chronicle, Harper's Magazine, and TIME. When she's not reporting, Currie is usually reading, running, and singing, but usually not at the same time.


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