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Neal Richardson Interview
What has been your personal experience of music education?
"I learnt piano and violin at school, but got bored with the rigid approach. I think I'm a bit dyslexic when it comes to reading musical notes on a page, so found it very tricky (and still do). I've always found it much easier to play by ear. I know the ideal is to balance the two though. I picked it up again in my twenties, with piano lessons starting again at to C major, but this time balanced with learning improv too. In this way I discovered I LOVED practising!"
What do you think was your breakthrough in terms of becoming a musician?
"It was always the dream for me, but I was too chicken to try doing it full time. I tried a proper job for a few years in my early twenties, doing music in my "spare" time, as a willing amateur. When that all went belly up, along with my 1st marriage, I found myself thinking "Well, all the bits of life are in pieces on the floor… so I might as well try the thing I've always wanted to do". I guess it was a rather dramatic way to end up following my heart at last. So I'm a bit of a late starter in all this, and am aware it's a lifelong study, but I couldn't do anything else now. I then met a certain trumpet player/singer called Sue, and it was a case of "I'll show you my insecurities if you show me yours…". I think friends/family gave it 3 months… and I'm still trying 23 years later! Well that's what she says anyway…"
You've travelled a lot around the world. What have been your favourite places?
"Korea, for the culture shock but kindness; Bahia and Rio, for the music, the sheer raw force of the voice/percussion of real samba; and New Orleans for the incredible, indefatigable human spirit after Katrina, and the life-saving possibilities of the music (We played on the 1st cruise allowed in after the hurricane)."
Tell us how Splash Point Music came about.
"Splash Point is the beautiful cliff at the end of the prom in Seaford, which pre-empts the start of the Seven Sisters. It's my favourite place on earth, so it was the natural choice to name the company."
"I'd always wanted to run a record label, from the earliest teenage years saving up paper-round money for LPs and poring over the sleeves."
"When we came back from 4 years playing abroad (in hotels, ships , clubs), my late aunt kindly offered us shelter in her holiday home in Seaford. We went to a local pub (the gorgeous Snowdrop in Lewes) to see if the music was any good… and were pinned to the wall by the explosive force of Liane Carroll, whom I'd never heard of. We got chatting, and it turned out she'd always wanted to make a solo studio album, and by then I'd just kitted out my studio, having spent over a year looking for the 'right' piano."
"The resulting first recording was Billy No Mates, which I launched the label with, and which helped win two BBC Jazz Awards, which had never happened before. And so it went on – the next one we went to Abbey Road for! It all expanded quite quickly, with us producing four Liane albums and a BBC DVD; three Ian Shaw ones and a documentary film; four albums for Sue Richardson; two EPs for Andy Drudy, and finally my own album Better Than The Blues. We then started a digital-only label to help friends' self-funded projects get out onto iTunes, Amazon etc."
"We also ventured into publishing, as no-one in jazz seemed to know about music publishing, and when Claire (Martin) signed, everyone wanted to follow suit, so we suddenly had 55 writers on our books, so I had to stop signing anyone else!"
"That took me to LA to meet various film/tv people to try and place music in U.S. film/TV, but man, that is HARD!"
Tell us about the instruments that you have and the ones that you've played.
"I took up drums at 13, and still have my Ludwig classic kit, with a 400 snare :-). I now own six acoustic pianos (mostly old, and they're not all here!) and a harmonium. My main one is a [Yamaha] C3, which is fab, and I've recorded dozens of projects on, with players ranging from Liane, Ian Shaw to Dave Newton."
"The greatest thrill, instrument-wise, was in LA being allowed to play Nat's piano at Capitol for an hour – to think his fingers actually touched those keys… My sister has a lovely theory that she told her kids that when someone great has played an instrument, a little bit of their magic stays in it and inspires you…Talking of which, I happily still have a rare antique Brinsmead Transposer piano that I inherited from my Dad, which has an amazing mechanism for changing key to accommodate singers who may be, ahem, not at their full range. It was given to him by his teacher Percy Mavon Ibbs, who allegedly used it as the rehearsal piano for Dame Nellie Melba's London concerts! And it's my real musical link to my dad who died when I was young."
Who have been your biggest inspirations?
"Musically, Oscar, Wes, and Nat. Life-wise, my Dad and Basil Fawlty!"
What do you get from them?
"Courage to be yourself (eventually in my case!); and the original compulsion and propulsion of this music."
Where would you most like to go in the world, where you've never been before?
"India, and possibly NZ."
What are your plans for the future?
"To keep studying, learning, practising, and playing this music as long and as often as possible. I call jazz "the beautiful curse; once it's in your blood…" I love it, for all the reasons that everyone loves it: the infinite possibilities of improvising, the communication between the players and the audience, and the expression of every shade of emotion."
Tell us about the regular gigs that you've got?
"Every week's different of course, but a few regular ones are based around my "pop-up" Splash Point Jazz Club. The format is house Trio (mine) plus a special guest frontliner. It's great 'cos it keeps it fresh for the audience, and I get to work with the best players in the country which gives me a massive kick up the proverbial. Guests have included Andy Panayi, Mark White, Jim Mullen, Alan Barnes, Adam Glasser, Nigel Price, Mark Cherrie, Roger Beaujolais, Mark Bassey, Denys Baptiste… to name a but a few. It's the first Sunday of the month at the brand new Seaford Head golf club building The View; weekly on Thursdays at the Master Mariner in Brighton; I also play/sing solo at Deans Place (Alfriston) in their gorgeous restaurant on Fridays."
What was it like performing recently at Ronnie Scott's?
"To be honest, it was the gig of my life! I've played there before in other bands, but never headlined in my own name, with my full 9-piece band. I love that room, just for thinking what incredible players those walls have heard, so it was a huge thrill for me. I was very nervous the day before, in paroxysms of self-doubt, but on the day I massively enjoyed it, the actual playing, singing, presenting etc, not least as it was the week of my 50th birthday and it was sold out!"
The music industry and jazz
"I love the jazz scene, the diversity and breadth of it, and the commitment of so many volunteers who keep the clubs running. The challenge of course is how we can all continue to make a living from it, especially following the demise of the record industry. In the pop/rock world, the conventional wisdom is that "the money's in Live" – which is fine if you are playing 1,000+ seater venues, but in our world we are in a niche music which has a very narrow pyramid at the top. I used to joke that you either make less than £10k as a jazz musician or more than £100k, and there's nothing in between it would seem. And, it's only a handful of global superstars that make the higher figure."
"So, the answer is to create new gigs I think, and realise that we have a huge privilege to be doing what we do, so to respect that. It's always hard to get the balance between professional-pricing vs. wanting-to-play, but it is possible, even in our instant-grat, endless-distraction world. People do need us to lift them or temporarily carry their hearts of an evening, and that's a huge thing to be entrusted with. Sometimes places just need a gentle reminder of that, and that it is worth paying properly for! If "Life without music would be a mistake", then I'd go further and say 'Music without improvisation would be too predictable, and that's one thing that Life ain't!'."
Is there anything else you'd like to say?
"I'd like to say thanks so much for the fantastic service SJM is doing in helping publicise the very-much-alive jazz scene in the south east! :-)"
For more information on Neal Richardson:
www.nealrichardson.com
For more information on Splash Point Music:
www.splashpointmusic.com
www.splashpointjazz.club
www.suerichardson.biz
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San Francisco's housing bust is becoming 'legendary'
Wolf Richter,
Jul. 6, 2016, 6:47 PM
The San Francisco housing bubble - locally called "Housing Crisis" - needs a few things to be sustained forever, and that has been the plan, according to industry soothsayers: an endless influx of money from around the world via the startup boom that recycles that money into the local economy; endless and rapid growth of highly-paid jobs; and an endless influx of people to fill those jobs. That's how the booms in the past have worked. And the subsequent busts have become legendary.
The current boom has worked that way too. And what a boom it was. Was - past tense because it's over. And now jobs and the labor force itself are in decline.
Until recently, jobs and the labor force (the employed plus the unemployed who're deemed by the quirks of statistics to be looking for a job) in San Francisco have been on a mind-bending surge. According to the California Employment Development Department (EDD):
The labor force soared 15% in six years, from 482,000 in January 2010 to its peak of 553,700 in March 2016.
Employment skyrocketed 23%, from 436,700 in January 2010 to its peak of 536,400 in December 2015. That's nearly 100,000 additional jobs.
This increase in employment put a lot of demand on housing. Low mortgage rates enabled the scheme. Investors from around the world piled into the market. And vacation rentals have taken off. As money was sloshing knee-deep through the streets, and many of the new jobs paid high salaries, the housing market went, to put it mildly, insane.
But the employment boom has peaked. Stories abound of startups that are laying off people or shutting down entirely. Some are going bankrupt. Others are redoing their business model to survive a little longer, and they're not hiring. Old tech in the area has been laying off for months or years, such as HP or Yahoo in Silicon Valley, where many folks who live in San Francisco commute to.
So civilian employment in May in SF, at 533,900, was below where it had been in December. The labor force in May, at 549,800, was below where it had been in July 2015. Some people are already leaving!
The chart shows how the Civilian Labor Force (black line) and Civilian Employment (red line) soared from January 2010. As employment soared faster than the labor force, the gap between them - a measure of unemployment - narrowed sharply. But now both have run out of juice:
During the dotcom bust, the labor force and employment both peaked in December 2000 at 481,700 and 467,100 respectively. Employment bottomed out at 390,900 in May 2004, a decline of over 16%!
The workforce continued falling long past the bottom of employment. SF is too expensive for people without jobs to hang on for long. Eventually, they bailed out and went home or joined the Peace Corp or did something else. And this crushed the SF housing market.
But by the time the labor force bottomed out in May 2006 at 411,000, down 15% from its peak, the new housing boom was already well underway, powered by the pan-US housing bubble. In SF, this housing bubble peaked in November 2007 and then imploded spectacularly.
So now, even if employment in San Francisco doesn't drop off as sharply as it did during the dotcom bust, in fact, even if employment and the labor force just languish in place, they will take down the insane housing bubble for a simple reason: with impeccable timing, a historic surge in new housing units is coming on the market.
According to the SF Planning Department, at the end of Q1, there were 63,444 housing units at various stages in the development pipeline, from "building permit filed" to "under construction." Practically all of them are apartments or condos.
This chart shows that the development boom is not exhibiting any signs of tapering off. Planned units are entering the pipeline at a faster rate than completed units are leaving it; and the total number of units in the pipeline is still growing:
Many units will come on the market this year, on top of the thousands of units that have hit the market over the last two years. Once these 63,444 units are completed - if they ever get completed - they'll increase the city's existing housing stock of 382,000 units by over 16%.
If each unit is occupied by an average of 2.3 people, these new units would amount to housing for 145,000 people. This is in addition to the thousands of units that have recently been completed as a result of the current construction boom, many of which are now on the market, either as rentals or for sale.
This surge in new, mostly high-end units has created an epic condo glut that is pressuring the condo market, and rents too, to where mega-landlord Equity Residential issued an earnings warning in June, specifically blaming the pressures on rents in San Francisco (and in Manhattan).
Manhattan's condo glut also has taken on epic proportions. Sales of apartments in the second quarter dropped 10% year-over-year, to the lowest since 2009. And condo prices plummeted 14.5% in 3 months. Ugly!
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Fran McCullough is well known in the cookbook business, having edited work by such names as Diana Kennedy and Paula Wolfert. She also has written several cookbooks, two of them celebrating low-carbohydrate living.
In this latest effort, "The Good Fat Cookbook" (Scribner, $25), McCullough includes more than 100 appealing recipes, all of which promote the use of oils and fat-rich proteins that the author deems part of a healthful diet. The recipes we tried in the Tribune test kitchen were very good and easy to make.
If only McCullough had stopped while she was ahead. Unfortunately, she also has tried to write a diet book, but the research she emphatically presents raises almost as many questions as it answers. Her own journey through the weight-loss culture repeats the tale found in just about every other diet book on the market: the years of struggle, the repeated failures of fad diets and finally, the breakthrough.
The major revelation of her investigation is that low-fat diets are a menace and that certain fats, including those in butter, red meat and bacon, "are actually good for us."
She blames "our government's 30-year-long infatuation with the low-fat myth" for "a whole generation raised on low-fat (starting with 2-year-olds), not to mention a generation of infants raised on soy milk formulas rather than the highly health-promoting coconut oil [in baby formula] that was originally used." The obvious consequences seem clear enough, she writes: increased obesity, diabetes and decreased immune function. "This scenario is absolutely enraging."
McCullough's sweeping statements don't take into account some important factors. She writes that Americans have embraced a low-fat lifestyle, yet doesn't offer proof. Others may counter that no matter how many low-fat snacks and meals have been sold in this country, they have been matched by the same number of high-fat, high-calorie foods.
The jacket cover boldly proclaims chocolate, bacon and red meat as "good" foods and soy, breakfast cereal and vegetable oil as "bad." This does not take into account the fact that many commercial chocolate candy products contain partially hydrogenated oils and that bacon and red meat may contain hormones, antibiotics and other additives that aren't particularly healthful.
McCullough does not dismiss soy outright, offering a more nuanced discussion of the product inside the book, but allowing these blanket statements on the book jacket, where readers will get their first, perhaps only, message from the author, is irresponsible.
McCullough lays the blame for America's health woes on the scientific community, consumer groups and the media.
"Another reason we haven't heard the truth about low-fat," she writes, "is that most researchers themselves have vested interests in the outcome of their work; usually they know what the results will be before they ever get the grant, and there are few completely open-minded people in the health world who are willing to be proved wrong." And yet, McCullough doesn't provide any documentation for her conjecture.
At the same time, McCullough not only cites the recommendation of "The Zone" author Barry Sears, who wrote the book's foreward, for daily supplements of pharmaceutical-grade fish oil, it turns out that Sears sell fish oil supplements, purchasing information for which is given in "Good Fat." McCullough apparently does not feel that Sears has a vested interest of his own for recommending fish oil.
More disturbing is to find the author pushing weight-loss supplements and giving scant attention to exercise.
Woven throughout the book is plenty of advice that is already part of standard nutrition recommendations, such as eating a wide variety of foods, eating whole, minimally processed foods and naturally raised meat and fish. The varying health benefits of olive oil, nuts and even chocolate, which McCullough promotes, also have been fairly widely documented.
But it is too difficult to take much of this book seriously when the author chooses to sideline the fact that Americans have gotten fatter because of a host of dietary issues and exercise habits, not simply because they have been eating low-fat breakfast bars instead of bacon and eggs.
"I know the science will change and we'll gradually come to understand a lot of what is presently mysterious about human health and nutrition--which is almost everything. We just don't know very much yet."
That unfortunately, is about the most insightful thing this book has to say.
"When you're looking for something completely different to do with the usual salmon fillet, try this recipe," Fran McCullough writes in "The Good Fat Cookbook." "The flavors are ones usually more associated with meat, but they work very well with the fish. The combination is a little smoky, a little sweet, a little hot. You can bake the whole fillet or cut it into individual pieces, as you like. The recipe as given is for two servings, but you can easily double it for a whole fillet to serve four."
1. Check the salmon for any stray bones and remove them. Line a baking sheet with foil and grease with olive oil. Place the salmon on the baking sheet, sprinkle with salt, and spread the mustard over the top. Set aside.
3. Saute the bacon in a small skillet over medium heat until golden. Add the shallots and garlic, mix well, cover, and cook until the shallots and garlic have softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the oregano and pepper to taste.
4. Stir the shallot mixture, and divide it between the salmon fillets, spreading it evenly over the top. Bake the salmon for 15-20 minutes, or until it flakes easily when poked with a knife tip. Serve immediately.
"This sort-of-Greek chicken is very satisfying, the kind of dish you turn to on a weeknight when you want something simple but soulful," Fran McCullough writes in "The Good Fat Cookbook." "If you have time to assemble the dish a few hours ahead before cooking it, the flavors will develop even more. Just an hour will make a difference, though."
1. Several hours before you plan to cook the chicken, place it in a glass baking dish large enough to hold the thighs skin side up in one layer. Cut the orange into 8 slices or chunks and add it to the chicken, squeezing a little juice over the chicken. Scatter the garlic cloves and oregano over the chicken, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drizzle olive oil over everything and toss well. Add more oil if everything isn't coated with it. Distribute the olives over the dish, and redistribute the garlic if it's all in one place.
2. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
3. Turn the chicken pieces over and bake for 20 minutes, then turn them skin side up and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden and crisp, turning the orange pieces and garlic cloves several times to be sure they don't burn. Serve immediately.
Tribune test kitchen notes: After turning the chicken in the oven, we found we needed to add an extra 5 minutes baking time. The recipe does not specify the amount of olive oil to use; we suggest using 2 tablespoons.


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Throws: R
Bats: R
Date of Birth: November 9, 1988 (32 years old)
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Giants' Curt Casali: Signs big-league deal with Giants
Casali signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal with the Giants on Monday.While the Giants aren't paying Casali all that much, the major-league contract implies that they see him as part of the active roster in 2021. He deserves at least a backup spot given his respectable .230/.316/.413 slash line in parts of seven seasons at the highest level. That leaves the Giants' catcher depth chart rather full, however, as Buster Posey will be returning to action after opting out of the 2020 season and the highly-rated Joey Bart has already arrived, appearing in 33 games in Posey's absence last season. The signing of Casali potentially indicates that the Giants intend to give bart more seasoning in the minors to start the year.
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Jul 18 TB MIN 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 0 0 0
Jul 25 TB BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 0 0 0
Jul 29 TB MIL 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 .235 .133 0 0 0
Aug 2 TB LAA 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .111 .238 .111 0 0 0
Aug 4 TB OAK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .238 .111 0 0 0
Aug 8 TB CHC 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .120 .241 .120 0 0 0
Aug 10 TB CHC 5 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .265 .200 0 0 0
Aug 11 TB TEX 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .147 .237 .176 0 0 0
Aug 15 TB NYY 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .171 .261 .220 0 0 0
Aug 19 TB DET 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .178 .275 .222 0 1 0
Aug 22 TB TOR 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .179 .258 .214 0 0 0
Sep 5 TB BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .169 .258 .203 1 0 0
Sep 11 TB NYY 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .164 .243 .194 0 0 0
Sep 21 TB CWS 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .169 .272 .211 0 0 0
Sep 24 TB BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .268 .208 0 0 0
101 13 24 60 6 0 10 18 8 0 34 0 0 .238 .304 .594 2 1 1
Jun 13 TB CWS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
Jun 16 TB WSH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
Jun 17 TB WSH 3 1 3 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .571 1.000 0 0 0
Jun 21 TB CLE 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .400 .667 0 0 0
Jun 24 TB TOR 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .273 .333 .545 0 0 0
Jun 26 TB BOS 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .267 .313 .467 0 0 0
Jul 1 TB CLE 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .286 .450 0 0 0
Jul 4 TB NYY 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .261 .292 .478 0 0 0
Jul 7 TB KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .280 .345 .520 0 0 0
Jul 12 TB HOU 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .233 .314 .433 0 0 0
Jul 18 TB TOR 3 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 .316 .515 0 0 0
Jul 20 TB PHI 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .216 .286 .459 0 0 0
Jul 24 TB BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .216 .286 .459 0 0 0
Jul 27 TB DET 4 2 3 9 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 .261 .314 .652 0 0 0
Aug 1 TB BOS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .292 .650 0 0 0
Aug 3 TB CWS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .231 .282 .600 0 0 0
Aug 7 TB NYM 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .232 .289 .580 0 0 0
Aug 11 TB ATL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 .288 .556 0 0 0
Aug 17 TB HOU 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 .221 .284 .547 0 0 0
Aug 21 TB OAK 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .240 .302 .583 0 0 0
Aug 25 TB MIN 3 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .238 .304 .594 0 0 0
3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0
Apr 4 TB TOR 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0
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St. Columba's Presbyterian Church, Hatfield
Welcome to the Presbyterian Church in Hatfield
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The lovely photo of our stained-glass window is courteousy of Terry-Lynne Harris, an avid photographer of churches and stained-glass windows.
For those of you who didn't know, here is the history concerning our beautiful stained-glass window in our very own sanctuary.
The Fraser family were founder members of St Columba's (as were the Hewitt family). After the death of Mr Fraser Snr, Mrs Fraser informed the Minister at the time (Rev Phillips) that she wished to donate the window to our church. An extract from the minutes of the Board of Management's meeting of 9th March 1960 reads: "Rev Phillips introduced Mr Voorveld to the meeting. He would be responsible for the design and manufacture of the stained-glass window which had been donated anonymously to the church.
Rev Phillips explained that the family responsible for the donation wished the Board and Session to agree on the design. The subject was to be "The Resurrection." In later minutes of August 1960, it was recorded that the window was completed and installed. Two of our current members' lives are connected to this bit of church history: Firstly, there's Liz Hewitt. One of the Fraser sons – Findlay Fraser – married Jack Hewitt's sister, Margaret. Jack of course was Liz Hewitt's late husband.
Secondly, Patti Scott is the daughter of Rev Phillips who was the minister of St Columba's when the window was installed.
Isn't it wonderful to still have these present-day family ties 60 years later!
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Dear Member and Friend. On behalf of the Session may i take this opportunity to wish you all a Blessed Easter on this day. Our stain glass window in our sanctuary cannot be any more appropriate as it is inscribed in one of the glass panes "He is not here. He is Risen!" Thank you to everyone for joining us this morning at the service and for placing flowers in our cross symbolising love. It looked really amazing. Thank You to Craig and all the persons who helped and to Reinette for the lovely music.
Ryan Johnson Session Clerk
St Columba's Presbyterian Church Hatfield
327 Hilda Street, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0028
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Applicants can register online for the ExCPT and pay the $105 exam fee. The NHA offers various different products including study guides, flash cards, handbooks, tutorials, etc. to help prepare for the exam.


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Japanese tourists in Spain found in dangerous tunnel searching for Pokémon
Barcelona police officers expel two tourists playing Nintendo game inside the Rovira Tunnel
Jesús García BuenoAlfonso L. Congostrina
Barcelona - 18 Jul 2016 - 15:00 UTC
Two Pokemon Go players.CHRISTIAN BRUNA (EFE)
Two Japanese tourists who illegally entered Barcelona's busy Rovira Tunnel in search of Pokémon, were discovered on Monday morning by local police who found the pair wandering along the almost shoulderless 1.2 kilometer underground road packed with rush hour traffic. "We're here because there are Pokémon inside the tunnel," explained the tourists, tablet in hand.
Officers were circling the tunnel when they observed two figures, one female and one male. Concerned for their safety, the patrol initially assumed the pair had been involved in some kind of accident and were trying to find the exit. The policemen asked if they had been injured, or if their car had broken down. The tourists replied nonchalantly that they had been playing Pokemon Go, Nintendo's recently launched game that consists of finding and collecting creatures scattered in all sorts of places around the world – including, apparently, the Rovira Tunnel, which had the dubious honor of being named one of the most dangerous tunnels in Europe in a 2006 report by EuroTAP (European Tunnel Assessment Programme).
Surprised by the appearance of the tourists, the officers informed them that they were not permitted to enter the tunnel in search of Pokémon and escorted them out. Authorities said the gamers have not been sanctioned, and failed to comment on whether the pair had found their Pokemon.
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Description Of Item: A Diamond Select Release! Sculpted by Gentle Giant Studios! The best-selling Marvel Select line has added another of the Marvel movie franchises to its lineup! This time the movie Loki makes his Marvel Select debut. Based on the likeness of actor Tom Hiddleston from the upcoming May 2011 blockbuster, this movie-accurate Loki figure includes Marvel Select's standard 16 points of articulation. As an added bonus, the figure comes packaged with a display stand based on the mythical rainbow bridge that can be combined with the base from the Thor movie figure to form a diorama!


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April 18: Campus Diversity in the 1990s and Bush Years
Kors & Silverglate, Shadow University, intro, chapter one
Robert P. George, "Gratz and Grutter: Some Hard Questions," Columbia Law Review
Cass R. Sunstein, "Affirmative Action in Higher Education: Why Grutter Was Correctly Decided ," The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Downs & Hakim, "The University of Wisconsin and the First Amendment"
De John v. Temple University, Harvard Law Review
BARBARA GRUTTER, PETITIONER v. LEE BOLLINGER et al.
[June 23, 2003]
Justice O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case requires us to decide whether the use of race as a factor in student admissions by the University of Michigan Law School (Law School) is unlawful…
The [law school's] policy makes clear, however, that even the highest possible score does not guarantee admission to the Law School. Id., at 113. Nor does a low score automatically disqualify an applicant. Ibid. Rather, the policy requires admissions officials to look beyond grades and test scores to other criteria that are important to the Law School's educational objectives. Id., at 114. So-called " 'soft' variables" such as "the enthusiasm of recommenders, the quality of the undergraduate institution, the quality of the applicant's essay, and the areas and difficulty of undergraduate course selection" are all brought to bear in assessing an "applicant's likely contributions to the intellectual and social life of the institution." Ibid.
The policy aspires to "achieve that diversity which has the potential to enrich everyone's education and thus make a law school class stronger than the sum of its parts." Id., at 118. The policy does not restrict the types of diversity contributions eligible for "substantial weight" in the admissions process, but instead recognizes "many possible bases for diversity admissions." Id., at 118, 120. The policy does, however, reaffirm the Law School's longstanding commitment to "one particular type of diversity," that is, "racial and ethnic diversity with special reference to the inclusion of students from groups which have been historically discriminated against, like African-Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans, who without this commitment might not be represented in our student body in meaningful numbers." Id., at 120. By enrolling a " 'critical mass' of [underrepresented] minority students," the Law School seeks to "ensur[e] their ability to make unique contributions to the character of the Law School."…
Since this Court's splintered decision in Bakke, Justice Powell's opinion announcing the judgment of the Court has served as the touchstone for constitutional analysis of race-conscious admissions policies. Public and private universities across the Nation have modeled their own admissions programs on Justice Powell's views on permissible race-conscious policies…
Before this Court, as they have throughout this litigation, respondents assert only one justification for their use of race in the admissions process: obtaining "the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body." Brief for Respondents Bollinger et al. i. In other words, the Law School asks us to recognize, in the context of higher education, a compelling state interest in student body diversity…
We have long recognized that, given the important purpose of public education and the expansive freedoms of speech and thought associated with the university environment, universities occupy a special niche in our constitutional tradition….
As the District Court emphasized, the Law School's admissions policy promotes "cross-racial understanding," helps to break down racial stereotypes, and "enables [students] to better understand persons of different races." App. to Pet. for Cert. 246a. These benefits are "important and laudable," because "classroom discussion is livelier, more spirited, and simply more enlightening and interesting" when the students have "the greatest possible variety of backgrounds." Id.,at 246a, 244a.
The Law School's claim of a compelling interest is further bolstered by its amici, who point to the educational benefits that flow from student body diversity. In addition to the expert studies and reports entered into evidence at trial, numerous studies show that student body diversity promotes learning outcomes, and "better prepares students for an increasingly diverse workforce and society, and better prepares them as professionals."…
In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity. All members of our heterogeneous society must have confidence in the openness and integrity of the educational institutions that provide this training. As we have recognized, law schools "cannot be effective in isolation from the individuals and institutions with which the law interacts." See Sweatt v. Painter,supra, at 634. Access to legal education (and thus the legal profession) must be inclusive of talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity, so that all members of our heterogeneous society may participate in the educational institutions that provide the training and education necessary to succeed in America….
We are mindful, however, that "[a] core purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment was to do away with all governmentally imposed discrimination based on race." Accordingly, race-conscious admissions policies must be limited in time. This requirement reflects that racial classifications, however compelling their goals, are potentially so dangerous that they may be employed no more broadly than the interest demands. Enshrining a permanent justification for racial preferences would offend this fundamental equal protection principle. We see no reason to exempt race-conscious admissions programs from the requirement that all governmental use of race must have a logical end point….We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today.
Chief Justice Rehnquist, with whom Justice Scalia, Justice Kennedy, and Justice Thomas join, dissenting.
The Law School claims it must take the steps it does to achieve a " 'critical mass' " of underrepresented minority students. But its actual program bears no relation to this asserted goal. Stripped of its "critical mass" veil, the Law School's program is revealed as a naked effort to achieve racial balancing… From 1995 through 2000, the Law School admitted between 1,130 and 1,310 students. Of those, between 13 and 19 were Native American, between 91 and 108 were African-Americans, and between 47 and 56 were Hispanic. If the Law School is admitting between 91 and 108
African-Americans in order to achieve "critical mass," thereby preventing African-American students from feeling "isolated or like spokespersons for their race," one would think that a number of the same order of magnitude would be necessary to accomplish the same purpose for Hispanics and Native Americans. Similarly, even if all of the Native American applicants admitted in a given year matriculate, which the record demonstrates is not at all the case, how can this possibly constitute a "critical mass" of Native Americans in a class of over 350 students? In order for this pattern of admission to be consistent with the Law School's explanation of "critical mass," one would have to believe that the objectives of "critical mass" offered by respondents are achieved with only half the number of Hispanics and one-sixth the number of Native Americans as compared to African-Americans. But respondents offer no race-specific reasons for such disparities. Instead, they simply emphasize the importance of achieving "critical mass," without any explanation of why that concept is applied differently among the three underrepresented minority groups….
Respondents have never offered any race-specific arguments explaining why significantly more individuals from one underrepresented minority group are needed in order to achieve "critical mass" or further student body diversity. They certainly have not explained why Hispanics, who they have said are among "the groups most isolated by racial barriers in our country," should have their admission capped out in this manner. True, petitioner is neither Hispanic nor Native American. But the Law School's disparate admissions practices with respect to these minority groups demonstrate that its alleged goal of "critical mass" is simply a sham. Petitioner may use these statistics to expose this sham, which is the basis for the Law School's admission of less qualified underrepresented minorities in preference to her. Surely strict scrutiny cannot permit these sort of disparities without at least some explanation….
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Marvel Entertainment And iVerse Announce The Release Of Marvel Global Comics App
Thursday February 6, 2014
100+ Marvel Titles Now Available in Twelve Different Languages
New York, NY?February 6th, 2014?Marvel Entertainment, one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies, is excited to announce the release of the MARVEL GLOBAL COMICS App. Marvel will distribute single-issue and collected edition translated digital comics worldwide with iVerse, an innovator and unique voice in the CMS, translation, and mobile publishing arenas.
This multi-year agreement reinforces Marvel?s position both as one of the leading global entertainment brands and as the premier comic book publisher in the world, while also bringing its unparalleled library of popular characters and acclaimed stories to the widest possible global audience. The MARVEL GLOBAL COMICS App launches in the Apple Store February 6th with additional platform releases tentatively scheduled for later in 2014.
?Marvel has incredible fans all around the world, and we're excited to bring digital comics to their mobile devices in their native languages," explains Kristin Vincent, VP of Digital Products. ?This partnership with iVerse allows us to introduce Marvel?s rich history of action-packed stories to new audiences worldwide who want to know more about the Avengers, Spider-Man, Wolverine and the rest of the vast Marvel Universe.?
"At iVerse, we believe that there is an unprecedented opportunity to expand readership by providing content in readers? native languages,? says Michael Murphey, CEO, iVerse. ?We are lifelong fans of Marvel - their characters and their content. It's truly an honor to be able to partner with them to bring this spectacular content to the world on as many platforms as possible."
For the first time ever, in the digital realm, you can experience the greatest comic books featuring the Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America, Spider-Man, Wolverine and more worldwide in twelve languages - Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, Russian, Hindi, German, Italian, Portuguese and Hebrew!
Once again, the MARVEL GLOBAL COMICS App will be available for download starting February 6th in the Apple Store and will be having fans saying ?MAKE MINE MARVEL!? across the world!


The Natural Cotton Group – NCC Ecobrands, participated of the 6th Salão +B Business Fashion and Creative Content of 26-28 May at the Brazilian Sculpture Museum – MuBE in São Paulo. The event organized by the Brazilian Association of Fashion Designers – ABEST brought together 40 authorial Brazilian companies of fashion that had 2016 Summer collections to national and international buyers.
The NCC Ecobrands made a lot of contacts and experienced good times. Among them, we highlight the visit of Mr. Alfredo Mascarenhas, our first consultant to help the group's internationalization. "He taught us a lot. Since fill of the Invoice as to give a handshake to representatives of foreign companies", said Francisca Vieira, head of NCC Ecobrands.
Another important visit was to Geni Rodio, consultant in Adequacy of Product Development and Creative workshop for textile chain of the Brazilian Association of Textile and Apparel Industry (ABIT). "She was always by our side, helping in developing and encouraging our work" he says. Geni praised the NCC Ecobrands stand in Salão +B : "It was simple and natural. I'm very proud of the group Natural Cotton Color".
Alfredo Mascarenhas, the first Natural Cotton Color Group consultant – NCC Ecobrands for the international market.
Francisca Vieira (NCC Ecobrands) with Geni Rodio, consultant ABIT.
The hight point of the presence of the NCC Ecobrands in Salão +B were two interviews: one, granted to a fashion journalist Angelica de Diego, of the Spanish news agency EFE, and also for the journalist Isabela Duarte and for the producer Debora Verdan of Jose Paiva Foundation (for the production of the Criativos program, Sky channel 20). Among the business made in Salão +B, the highlight of an international sale: Layla will take the collection to Saudi Arabia. As national sales example, the novelty is that the NCC Ecobrands products will also be on Boutique Naide (Aclimação, south of São Paulo).
Angelica Diego, Spain Fashion journalist.
Francisca Vieira in the interview Programa Criativos.
Customer Layla, buyer of Saudi Arabia.
Last request before we return to the Paraíba: customers Naide Boutique, shop in the South Zone of São Paulo.
Cotton T-shirt has history. Did you know?


Use threat probability as your guide when building a plan to deal with potential disasters.
What is more likely to happen tomorrow morning, you lose your job or we all face a complete collapse of the U.S. economy?
Is it more likely that a person living near a large metropolitan area will have to deal with localized riots over a local issue or that a global pandemic will cause the death of 50% of the planet's population?
Will a California resident be more likely to be effected by an earthquake or a global nuclear war?
In the next six weeks are we more likely to face a domestic trucker's strike that disrupts the food supply or a global climate shift that destroys 50% of the world's agriculture?
Again I just plugged in some common disaster scenarios; you can plug in any that you can think of, assign them to an area of effected individuals and like clock work as you move from Individual to Global the honest probability of occurrence will decline as the affected area grows.
Why is this so important? Why does it even matter? Simply because if you want to properly prepare for potential disasters there is simply so much to do that it is very easy to become quickly overwhelmed. Due to this many people begin to start preparing but end up "falling out" simply because they come to the conclusion that, really being ready is just not possible. There is just "too much for anyone to do with out spending a fortune", is a common statement.
It doesn't have to be this way, by considering the probably and preparing for the most likely first and proceeding from there plans, preps and actions naturally fall into place as you develop your plan. As you progress through you own disaster preperation plan you will start to realize that by the time you prepare for individual, neighborhood and small regional disasters you are very well along your way to being as prepared as is honestly possible for just about anything.
Jack, I am very grateful to have come across these tenets (especially #6) early on in my exploration into survivalism. The modern survivor philosophy is really "connecting the dots" between my interests in permaculutre, financial independence, self-sufficiency, and self-defense. I knew intuitively that somehow these various pursuits and interests were interconnected, but I was having difficulty drawing a clear line until I found your website. For me, it's all about freedom!
I am also experiencing the very real pull to buy a ton of gear all at once and try to get all my systems in place immediately (as if that were even possible) to prepare for a "worst case" Hollywood-type scenario. Your Threat Probability Matrix has helped me to take a step back, regain my focus, prioritize, and move forward with my survival plans in a systematic and balanced way. Thanks for the great info!


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>     With the initial start of my 1954 Sunbeam Alpine MKI engine, I noticed a decent leak from the front crankshaft seal in the timing cover.  Given the fact that I purchased a new seal to be installed, I went searching in the Parts Manual for a possible source of the leak.  It looks like there should be an oil guard between the fan pulley and the crankshaft timing wheel.  I searched through the parts that I received back from the engine builder, I found a part that may be the oil guard that I noted in the Manual.
>     I've attached a file that shows the Parts Manual drawing as well as a couple of pics of the part I found in my bin.
>     Can anyone verify that the part I found is actually the crankshaft oil guard?  If this is the oil guard, it was obviously not installed on my engine and probably a key factor to my leak.


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Pureza is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil. The place means "pure" in Portuguese hence its pure lake located in the area, and it is depicted in the municipal seal.

The municipality was founded in April 5, 1963 from a portion of the municipality of Touros.

Six municipalities borders Pureza, three of them are Touros to the north, Rio do Fogo to the east and João Câmara to the west.

See also
List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte

References

Municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte

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3M Tegaderm Ag Mesh Dressing with Silver provides a versatile, easy to use, antimicrobial barrier in an affordable silver dressing. Available in 5 sizes the Tegaderm Silver Dressing is a soft, absorbent, sterile dressing that may be cut to fit a custom size. The porous, non-occlusive dressing conforms to the wound base and effectively wicks drainage into the dressing where the silver ions are available to reduce the number of bacteria and yeast. The silver sulfate, released as silver ions in the dressing, creates an effective antimicrobial barrier for up to 7 days. It is ideal for use in wound clinics, hospitals, home care and long term care.
My leg ullcer was not healing right, so my doctor had me use the Silver Alginate Mesh Dressing and it made a difference in the healing rate. I went all over the net to find the best price and wound up here at Vitality. I couldn't find a better price for what I got and I was very pleased in how fast it worked.


Comments may be sent by email to: COPCpublic@resources.ca.gov. Written public comment must be received by 5 pm on April 20, 2018 to be included in the materials provided to the council at the meeting. Materials received after that date will be distributed to the council at the beginning of the meeting. Oral and written comments will be accepted at the meeting.


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PM Imran for making life of Holy Prophet (PBUH), ideology of Jinnah, Iqbal part of syllabus
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister, Imran Khan has emphasized on making life of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and ideology of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Muhammad Iqbal part of the uniform syllabus.
Addressing a meeting regarding enforcement of common syllabus in Islamabad, he called for making the syllabus in line with needs of the modern era.
The prime minister directed to ensure complete elimination of mafia's interference regarding publication of syllabus books while enforcing uniform curriculum in the country.
Also Read: Topic of environment protection to be included in school syllabus: PM Imran
The meeting was informed that the government has prepared uniform syllabus from class one to five in line with Prime Minister Imran Khan's vision to enforce uniform curriculum in the country.
It was also informed that a common syllabus from class sixth to eighth will be prepared by March next year whereas the curriculum for class nine to twelve will be completed by 2022.
The meeting was also briefed about steps taken for the provision of learning opportunities in view of closure of educational institutions due to coronavirus. The prime minister was briefed that ministry of Federal Education has arranged seven hour long educational transmissions through Pakistan Television in this regard.
On Nov 6, 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan had said topic of environment protection would be incorporated in syllabus of schoolchildren.
"We hope to inspire our young people. We will put it into their syllabus that it is important to protect environment for their future," Imran Khan had said while addressing the inaugural ceremony of three-day 7th Asia Regional Conference on Climate Change in Islamabad.
PM Khan had expressed hope to create enough awareness among young people of the country regarding environment protection.
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PM Khan admires Russian President Vladimir Putin's stance on freedom of speech.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for making a statement about Islamophobia. Prime Minister Imran Khan
PM Imran to inaugurate Pakistan's first smart forest today
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PM Imran admires policeman for commitment to serving people
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A community in [[Tucker County]], on the North Fork of the [[Blackwater River]], Thomas, WV, was incorporated as a town on June 16, 1892. The town was named for Col. Thomas Beall Davis, pioneer railroad operator and coal-mine owner in the [[Allegheny Mountains]] of northern West Virginia. Thomas' development in the late 1800s was largely due to the arrival of rail lines to the area which in turn facilitated the opening of a mine in Thomas and several other coal mines in the vicinity of the town.
During the coal boom, Thomas was home to the administrative and technical offices of the Davis Coal & Coke Company, as well as the location of a large mercantile branch store of the Buxton and Landstreet Company. Davis Coal & Coke Company built numerous homes in Thomas, as well as a club house, recreational buildings and grounds. During the town's early period, the town and homes were furnished with electricity generated by the coal plant of the Davis Coal & Coke Company. By the first decade of the 20th century, Thomas has two hotels, a bank, an opera house, numerous general merchandise stores, a tailor shop, a meat shop, a paint and wallpaper shop, a dry goods store, two hardware stores, two barber shops, a jewelry store, and several restaurants.
During the coal boom, Thomas was home to the administrative and technical offices of the Davis Coal & Coke Company, as well as the location of a large mercantile branch store of the Buxton and Landstreet Company. Davis Coal & Coke Company built numerous homes in Thomas, as well as a club house, recreational buildings and grounds. During the town's early period, the town and its businesses and homes were furnished with electricity generated by the coal plant of the Davis Coal & Coke Company. By the first decade of the 20th century, Thomas has two hotels, a bank, an opera house, numerous general merchandise stores, a tailor shop, a meat shop, a paint and wallpaper shop, a dry goods store, two hardware stores, two barber shops, a jewelry store, and several restaurants.
Today, Thomas is an important tourism center, serving the ski resorts of the [http://skiingwv.com/canaan-valley/ Canaan Valley] and hundreds of square miles of the surrounding [[Monongahela National Forest]]. The town's national historic district includes shops, galleries, and restaurants. According to the US Geological Survey, the population of Thomas in 1920 was 2,099 persons.
A business street in Thomas, WV, ca. 1906
Cottrill Opera House in Thomas, WV, ca. 1906.
Davis Coal & Coke Company Office Building in Thomas, WV, ca. 1906
A community in Tucker County, on the North Fork of the Blackwater River, Thomas, WV, was incorporated as a town on June 16, 1892. The town was named for Col. Thomas Beall Davis, pioneer railroad operator and coal-mine owner in the Allegheny Mountains of northern West Virginia. Thomas' development in the late 1800s was largely due to the arrival of rail lines to the area which in turn facilitated the opening of a mine in Thomas and several other coal mines in the vicinity of the town.
Today, Thomas is an important tourism center, serving the ski resorts of the Canaan Valley and hundreds of square miles of the surrounding Monongahela National Forest. The town's national historic district includes shops, galleries, and restaurants. According to the US Geological Survey, the population of Thomas in 1920 was 2,099 persons.
Weather: Thomas, WV
Lodging: Thomas, WV hotels Population: 452
Elevation: 3,040 feet
Thomas, WV, ca. 1906, showing a section of the town. The coal plant and miners' dwellings of the Davis Coal & Coke Co. can be seen on the right side of the photo in the distance.
"Thomas, West Virginia : History, Progress and Development", compiled by T. Nutter, published 1906.
"U.S. Geological Survey: Tucker County", by I. C. White, published 1923.
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During hot weather sidewalks and pavement radiate excessive amounts of heat and can be too hot for the pads of your pet's paws. Consider that if the sidewalk is too hot for you to walk barefoot, it is too hot for your pet to walk on.
Allow access to the coolest part of your home. If you don't have air conditioning, or you turn it off while at work, make sure your pet can get to a cool place, such as a basement.
Unless owners take the necessary precautions, pets can suffer and even die on very hot days. The following information will help you care for your pet in hot weather.


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Q: MongoDB running as a service, in a container of in a virtual machine Which solution is generally the best for small to mid size Mongo db instances?
1) Running db as a service?  E.g M-lab, Atlas
2) Running in Docker container on AWS, Google or Azure
3) Running db in virtual machine, Linux or Windows
Db size is approx:
15 Gbyte file size
1M docs
10K writings and 1M readings per day
We have been running the db in a virtual machine on own hardware for some time. Now we like to move into a cloud based solution and stop worrying about hardware failure.

A: Running any kind of database in a container is not a great idea.
I would run it as a normal service in the VM

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'Good to see they're in touch': Fury at football boss as his stunning Russian wife flaunts $182k Bentley despite club money woes
Western scientists divided over Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V as developers aim to make ONE BILLION doses in 2021
Russian beauty Alesya Blake, the wife of 41-year-old club chief executive Neill, posed with the Bentley she had been gifted by him in her latest glamorous snap on her Instagram account, which she was forced to lock as news of the luxurious purchase spread.
Players and staff sacrificed wages at the club as the pandemic hit football earlier this year, with the Cherries' hierarchy receiving fierce criticism as financial figures revealed that pay for their directors had risen by 876% between 2013 and 2019.
"Warms the cockles of the heart to see Bournemouth's CEO buy his young Russian wife a £140,000 [$182k] Bentley as an early Christmas present," wrote a football finance expert on Twitter.
"Good to see those in charge of the [tax haven] British Virgin Islands-owned club, that used the furlough before fans complained, are in touch with the fans."
Supporters rowed over the picture of Blake with the car, which had a private numberplate bearing her first name.
"The disconnection between those above and us on the ground is just too vast – it's unreal," said one, while another added: "If you have a banger on the driveway and can't afford your bills, you should be furious."
An angry respondent claimed: "He used furlough, then bought the Bentley. So in effect, we collectively bought his missus this car."
Others drew a distinction between the extravagant present and the fortunes of the club, which is owned by Russian businessman Maxim Demin and was relegated from the Premier League to the Championship at the end of last season.
"Tricky one for me, this," said one. "While I agree with the sentiment, this bloke should be able to buy his wife what he likes with his money. I suppose the daft bit is [her] announcing it to everyone."
Little is known about owner Demin, although Sky Sports has reported that he owns a petrochemical firm and another company based in the UK, with assets valued at more than $130 million in 2015.
The reserved investor's wife gave a team talk to the club's players at half-time during a game in 2012, a year after he initally bought half of the club.
Former manager Eddie Howe, who was among the staff to take a paycut this year, once described him as "caring deeply".
In a rare announcement on the club's official website after Bournemouth dropped out of the top flight, Demin said he wanted to "create new memories".
"I am committed to taking this club back to the Premier League as soon as possible, to a level I believe we belong at," he told fans.
"AFC Bournemouth is built on unity. Whatever challenges this club has faced historically, togetherness has always been its greatest strength."
Bournemouth's annual accounts showed that the club's highest paid director was paid around $2.5 million in 2019.
Former assistant boss Jason Tindall – another member of staff to help the club during its apparent financial worries – has guided Bournemouth to second in the Championship table with almost a third of the season gone.
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Bombus polaris is een vliesvleugelig insect uit de familie bijen en hommels (Apidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1835 door Curtis.

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I went to see the Dalai Lama at the 02 centre last month. He was amazingly optimistic as he explained that unless we learn to develop more compassion in society, we will continue to kill, steal, betray and defy one another.
When asked HOW we are meant to develop compassion, he answered with 'by educating our children to think differently'. He said that we need to teach our children to stop seeing a difference between 'Us' and 'Them'. There is only an 'Us', there is no 'Them'. We spend too much time dividing ourselves from others, causing feelings of isolation and fear of anyone different.
On a global scale, there are borders separating countries, religions separating faiths, money separating classes. On a local level, there are schools, skin colour, and postcodes separating identities. In families there are jobs, wealth, values and political opinions that endlessly rip apart tight units. We are constantly dividing, rather then uniting.
How is this relevant to communication? Directly. We must start educating ourselves and our children by learning how to speak to each other.
When you are speaking to your best friend, please remember this person was once a stranger to you.
When you are speaking to your enemy, please remember that this person was once a friend to you.
When you are speaking to a stranger, please remember this person can one day be your friend, lover, or even family.
The way we communicate with each other can stop further division. Speak to everyone as equals, because that is how we will eliminate 'Them', and be left with only 'Us'.
Sorry no Vlog this week, I have the flu.


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Social integration is about how we all live together as Londoners.
The Mayor's newly launched Social Integration Strategy aims to enable people to have more opportunities to connect with each other positively and meaningfully. Your responses will help shape the actions he takes to achieve this.
How do you connect with people from a different background? What are the venues, workplaces, events and public spaces where you interact most meaningfully with others?
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AlisonPrice | Community Member | 1 year ago
People wanting to connect, try your local pub or your local independent cafe.
(Creepy men out there, a lady sitting on her own is not hoping to marry you.)
chiara59 | Community Member | 1 year ago
Just by being a Londoner and living this wonderful city. Schools, tube, shopping areas, libraries, bars and restaurants, public events....You can't avoid mixing and enjoying the richness that gives you living in such a widely multicultural city. Just stop the absolute nonsense of Brexit. Brexit will destroy London!
Talk London, I find your comment about languages slightly odd. Surely it is a problem if our streets are flooded with people from all over the world who are here today and gone tomorrow. Also, we are full. Where I live, the foreign languages are not Arabic among Pakistanis who have been here decades. They are Spanish, French, Polish, German... These are new people. How are the schools supposed to cope?
Mr Ahmad, I respect your view. Just to clarify, I am not complaining about people from former colonies. I am referring to EU immigration. I think it is too high.
Talk London | Talk London | 1 year ago
Thanks everyone for your views.
The Mayor is committed to improving the suitability and accessibility of English language provision in London because he knows that not speaking English is a barrier to participating. He also recognises that the many languages spoken on our streets are a great strength for London, enabling us to play a leading role in the global economy.
What role do you think language plays in supporting social integration?
Iftikhar Ahmad | Community Member | 1 year ago
Whilst I agree that you have an immigration problem in this country, I don't think that this is your main problem. Your main problem is the disintegration of the family unit and the loveless binge drinking environment that your children are growing up in! NEVER in my life have I seen another country where people so seldom give their children a hug and a kiss like in this country and NEVER in my life have I seen another country where there are so many children from different fathers growing up in single parent households! Before you tackle the immigration problem (at least the immigrants LOVE their kids) you should first look at yourselves!
Why complain when it's the British who first migrated into other lands enslaving those people? When it is a question on immigration, the feelings are so strong. I wonder why. Serves you right! Britain! When the British colonised the world, it was ok. But now when people from the former colonies and from other countries come to Britain, its not ok?
Look into history and then you can cry because what goes around comes around. Don't see why people have such a problem with mass immigration? It enriches our culture and boosts the economy! We have to stop looking at these people as immigrants and think of them as human beings. The immigrants are not to blame because they were invited and welcomed here by our successive government. We have quite large Spanish , French and Italian communities in Brighton and I believe it really enhances the place and adds to diversity of the City. Globalisation is here to stay. Britain colonised & some would say civilised half the world. It's called Karma. Not so long ago British people colonized Asia, living like kings while locals suffering to no end. At least, these migrants do not enslave the Britons, so stop whining please.
I want to leave the EU. We need to leave NOW! Free movement is destroying our city. Everything is overcrowded and no one can afford anywhere to live.
I feel like a foreigner in my own country. Everywhere I go, I hear foreign languages all the time.
Two thirds of the flats in my building are occupied by recent immigrants. No wonder people can't find anywhere to live!
Whether you agree or disagree. We've had our vote and Leave won. Don't be so undemocratic as to try to cancel the will of the British people just because YOU disagree.
Concerned1 | Community Member | 1 year ago
With the new people moving into the luxury apartments making clear they do not want to connect with others on the community, it brings a disastrous change. Another way to connect with other in London is at various events; music, cinema, dance and theatre. But I do have to be wary as many make it clear that I am not welcome in that space..so I approach wih caution.
Jim Johnson | Community Member | 1 year ago
In a word = Sport.
My local library was an important way of connecting on a community level until it closed. Even though its been reopened it looks like a storage space and not a community space. Other local venues for connecting have closed and become luxury apartments. Or opened up for people that do not live in the area who throw up around the space and leave empty bottlea and leaflet. So its bus stops, on buses and tubes. In supermarket and clothing shops. These are fleeting connections though.
Councils could make a lot of money by opening a cafe within a library. It would offer people somewhere to have a bite to eat and meet one another in between studying/using the computer. It's amazing what people will spend on a coffee!
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Vron | Community Member | 1 year ago
Mine too. I used to take my granddaughter to a morning sessions. People fro. All over s the world were there and children all getting on together as well as mothers trying to chat in broken English. It was good. Stupid Narrow Council closed it.
Millefleurs | Community Member | 1 year ago
Connect via tweets, tweeters who reply,retweet or like. UK Coffee Week inApril is the ideal opportunity to connect with anyone. Plan your sampling, even the finest brew is cheaper than a cocktail.
Connect via tweets and tweeters who give a like, a retweet or reply. Uk Coffee Week is coming up. Plan your sampling. It's a great leveller because even the finest bean is still cheaper than a cocktail.
Jill Barrett | Community Member | 1 year ago
Social dancing is one of the best ways to connect with people of different backgrounds in London. You can take classes in Partner dancing like Argentine tango, salsa, swing, ballroom, most classes accept solos and you rotate partners. Then you can go to a social dance and lead or follow any partner. Dance communities are open and welcoming. People of all ages, nationalities and backgrounds just enjoy their shared interest in dance and very rarely does anyone ask me what job I do or where I come from etc.
@AlisonPrice: no.
Are you ashamed of what you do or where you come from? People ask those questions to make conversation.
I don't care about a persons colour, creed, sexuality or politics the only thing that matters is that we are on the same wavelength. You cannot like everyone. One thing that really annoys me is politicians or PC people pushing continually their point of view and expecting everyone to agree with them. I had homosexual friends before it was legalised but I am getting fed up with rainbow, which is light refracted through water, being shoved at me. Jobs should be given on ability, not because you are a women, black, Muslim, Chinese ad infinitum. Teach new and old immigrants about our way of life in England, how to cross the road, say please and thank you and offer seats to older people on the tube, which Eastern Europeans are really good at.
OK, Mr Ahmad. I was a bit out of order posting comments in this tone the other day. I certainly don't want to encourage Islamophobia, nor people being attacked at university.
I am concerned by the policy of Freedom of Movement because I find it is attracting the wrong types of immigrants. You are right. We have enough of our own problems among our own people and those already here. I would like to see the same screening systems apply to people both from within and from outside the EU. I have personal experience of the Commonwealth points-based/interview system bringing us a better selection of characters than the Freedom of Movement one.
I am also very concerned about overcrowding in our own country, but I agree with you we wouldn't want to stop all immigration. People from all over the world should have opportunities to come to the UK if they aspire to do so, but if they progress in their careers or achieve a place at a university, not because they want to come over here and look for a minimum-wage job or live on welfare.
As for refugees, they often come with problems, but I think the idea is that we absorb some people in need of a safe place to live. We need a sensible immigration policy that allows us some room to absorb refugees.
Please do not blame all your problems on immigrants. There are more problems created by the native Brits than immigrants.
Fattest in Europe, Most drunk, Least active, Least productive (in work), Shortest stay in maternity wards, 70% of European card debt, Highest teen pregnancy, Worst literacy and math results, Highest domestic abuse, Highest abortion rate, Greatest inequality, Highest rents, UK school leavers 'the worst in Europe for essential skills'
These are the reason that there will never be an end to immigration.
There will never be an end to immigration, because of aging population and low birth rate. Without migration, European society and economy would bleed to death. There is no end to migration in the near future. The overall problem when dealing with immigration, is the need to first ascertain where these people have come from:- If they are from Commonwealth Countries (most likely not Australia, Canada, or New Zealand - there the immigration goes the other way), this can be seen as 200 years of imperialism coming back to bite us. If they are from Eastern Europe, this can be seen as 20 years of moronic EU policy coming back to bite us. If they come from the Middle East, this can be seen as 100 years of never ending scheming and meddling in that particular region coming back to bite us.
One in three Muslim students are living in fear of Islamophobicattacks or abuse on campus – and women who wear traditional garments are most concerned for their safety, a report has found.
More than half of Muslim students have been subjected to harassment or abuse online. A third say they've been victims of crime or abuse at their further education college or university.
Also, they need to learn to move to one side to let others pass, instead of charging right into people. Several times, they have walked BANG into me!
Learning to use a litter bin is a MUST for immigrants as well. Not a wall or a gutter and definitely not the pavement!
Michael_Young | Community Member | 1 year ago
Connect at the bus stop, in a shop, on the train, waiting in line, for coffee, at a music venue, wherever we encounter each other ...


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Would you fail this writing exercise?
What do you think of these opening lines…do they entice you to read on and find out more?
Councillor Brown was on time for the meeting to talk about installing a new noticeboard on the high street.
In the darkened room, four excited children held their breath as he pushed the plug into the socket and flicked the switch and four children burst into tears when the Christmas tree failed to light up and their ears were assaulted by a barrage of foul language.
Piles of reeds filled the wrack line at the base of the sand dunes.
Norbert Hume, aged 38 and a half, decided that today would be the perfect day for alphabetising the easy listening section of his record collection.
She sat reclining in the first class seat staring at the photograph of the two children thinking how unnatural they looked.
The fire light illuminated the whole area but the danger managed to stay out of its rays.
its family's legacy for generations.
I got this exercise many years ago from the crime writer Peter Gutteridge and I have used it ever since as an icebreaker. One quality that all writers share – no matter what their ability or level of experience – is courage. It takes guts to read out in class and expose yourself to critical comment. The classroom has to be a place of safety and it's my job as tutor to build that kind of atmosphere from week one, because if students haven't got the freedom to make mistakes they won't be able to take risks and meet new challenges.
Vanessa Gebbie's submission was interesting.
If you don't recognise her name, I should add that Vanessa is a prizewinning short story writer, poet and novelist.
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.
In my experience only two types of people actually succeed in this exercise: journalists who are true professionals and can write to order. You want 440 words on the Eastenders, you get 440 words on Eastenders. You want a bad opening paragraph… The other group are people who read a lot. They have acquired the instinctive ability to deconstruct the essential elements of story telling and when needed can then do the opposite…which underlines the old saying that there is only two ways to learn how to write: one is to write as much as you can and the other is to read as much as you can.
I didn't judge the entries in this competition as it was a lucky dip but, oddly enough, the winner Nina in New York state also submitted the worst paragraph – the last one in the selection above – so she was destined to get a free copy of Back to Creative Writing School. Her overblown use of language, shaky grammar and complex sentence construction all add up to something less than compelling – just as Nina intended.
It is true that writing takes courage, to expose yourself to ridicule as much as to hope for praise. The willingness to make mistakes and keep going, confidently, is definitely important for any student. This was an interesting exercise and fun passages to read.
It works really well in the classroom – the barriers come down.
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Matt Cage talks about his decision to come out and how hard he thought about it
By Sean Neumann
Every professional wrestler has his career defining moment. Matt Cage is hoping his moment hasn't happened yet.
Three weeks after coming out as gay, the 26 year old's new fear is that he won't be remembered for his work in the ring, but rather for the announcement he made outside of it.
"I understand I'm the flavor of the month right now," said Cage, who came out in a Facebook post in June. "I'd like to believe that while people are watching me wrestle, even if they are aware of my sexual orientation, they don't give a shit about it because when I'm in the ring, I'm not thinking about that. It's all business."
Cage (real name Matt Hullum) recently signed on for a stint with Jeff Jarrett's Global Force Wrestling, furthering his dream of wrestling professionally that he's eyed since he was five when he first watched Randy Savage defeat Ric Flair at Wrestlemania VIII for the WWF Championship. But since that age, Cage has also battled depression and a rising level of stress rooted in the fear of taking his personal life public.
"When you're a kid, it's defined that (being gay) is not right, it's wrong," Cage said. "Growing up and having to deal with that is awful."
The wrestler's decision to go public wasn't easy, not only having to consider how his friends would respond, but his coworkers as well. Cage said he was nervous how his booking would change, how his matches might change, and how his perception might change in and out of the ring. But ultimately he was emotionally spent and knew coming out wasn't just best for him, but best for the business – a business where men are required to be in close physical contact with other men.
"There's undoubtedly other wrestlers in my shoes," Cage said. "I'm willing to bet good money that I've been in the ring with closeted wrestlers who are afraid to come out."
If he could go public and continue getting booked the same, he hoped others would follow suit. So Cage typed out his announcement and left it on his laptop for nearly two weeks, afraid to click "post." When he finally did, he waited until 2:41 a.m., thinking the attention would be minimal.
"I got out of bed and started pacing around my apartment and thought, 'I'm just going to take it down.' I opened my laptop and it had already been liked about 20 times," Cage remembered, now able to laugh about his anxiety. "The response was ridiculous and overwhelming."
The most important response came in a seven-word text from a friend at 3 a.m.: "Love you brother. Gym in the morning?" It was casual, yet acknowledging. It was exactly what Cage was searching for: to know that he was normal and that life would continue to be so.
Three weeks after fearing what would happen to his professional life after his personal one went public, Cage is gearing up for one of his busiest weekends yet, performing at shows with IWA Mid-South Wrestling, Dreamwave Wrestling, and Global Force Wrestling – his biggest payday yet.
"All I've ever wanted to do was be a wrestler and be happy," Cage said.
And now he's both.