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Elizabeth J. Peak Art
Born: May 19, 1952, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. The statistics of my education don't tell you much more than that I moved around a lot from Nebraska to California to New Haven, CT. The story of my career is more about the people who encouraged me than anything. My High School art teacher, Ted Akimoto, arranged for me to have art classes for two sequential periods so that I could actually get something done. Simple enough one might say but to me at the time it was the first time someone outside my parents saw anything in me to encourage.
I went from Germany to Nebraska and learned to draw in a way that allows me to draw anything I see. Initially I studied Scientific Illustration, and took courses in biology, thinking conservatively. I had professor who mentored me, Dr. John Janovy who would look at my work and make suggestions. Unfortunately, my path was shaken by tragedy and I lost my parents and sister. In reaction, I moved to California and finished undergraduate school there. While there, I met Michael Mazur, a very successful artist who invited me to study with him and move to the east coast which I did.
Michael encouraged me to apply to graduate schools and even drove me to my interview at Yale! Thanks to his connections and encouragement, at Yale I learned more about making art, teaching and making art professionally. After graduate school I taught at various Universities looking for the Holy Grail of a tenure track position. By the time I got one and fought for the tenure at Holy Cross College, I had met my husband to be, and gave up tenure and moved to be near him.
Overtime my work has changed from primarily black and white to color and from using one etching plate for an image to using three plates each with different color information on them to create the whole image. I taught off and on again because I love to teach, notably at William and Mary, but having the time to work on my various ideas has been a tremendous opportunity. I have had two sons who we managed to fit into our time in DC. And are now "retired" in Charlottesville, VA. I continue to work on my various art "projects".
Elizabeth Peak: Landscape Through Multiple Lenses
"The title of Elizabeth Peak's show at the Washington Printmakers Gallery, "Landscape Through Multiple Lenses," underplays the Charlottesville, VA artist's abilities. She doesn't simply detach one lens and affix another. Her work demonstrates mastery of three different modes: collage, line etching and three-plate color printing. Peak spent much of her childhood in the Great Plains, which she recalls in such detail-rich monochromatic etchings as "Approaching the Rockies," a widescreen vista that stretches a cloud-stuffed sky across four sheets of paper. Peak also uses this process for vivid portraits of animals, notably a slumbering giraffe.The three-color works, which meld pigments with the subtlety of watercolor, include an expressionist vision of a rainforest in Washington state. (It's similar in tone to an exuberant collage, "Large Pond," in which slivers of paper become reeds, ripples and leaves.) More often, Peak employs the tricolor print for small-town scenes, such as a view of Charleston, SC, at what may be dawn or twilight. In mood, these unpopulated cityscapes are akin to the depictions of lonely prairie vignettes. Yet they were crafted with techniques that are, impressively, worlds apart."
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post — January 2016
© 2022 Elizabeth J Peak Art

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Kathy M. Scott
Kathryn Marie "Kathy" Scott, 73, of Luray, Kansas, died on Thursday, November 11, 2021, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.
Kathy was born on September 07,1948, in Anamosa, Iowa, the daughter of Robert E. and Pauline C. (Heick) Wensorra. As a young girl she grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and later moved to Iowa City, Iowa and graduated from Iowa City High School in the class of 1966. She met, fell in love and was united in marriage to LeRoy Paul Scott on February 09, 1971, in Iowa City, Iowa. From this union, they were blessed with two daughters Julie and Shaunna. Kathy and LeRoy lived in Iowa for many years but eventually settled in Hill City, Kansas, where Kathy owned and operated Kathy's Daycare. While operating her daycare, many parents commented on how caring and loving she was to the kids in her care, and she cared for them as if they were her own children. Eventually in 2012, Kathy and LeRoy moved to Luray, Kansas, and made Luray their permanent home. A couple of years later, LeRoy's health declined and he preceded Kathy in death on August 15, 2014. Kathy was a member of the Luray United Methodist Church and the Amherst F.C.E.. She loved tending to her flower garden and rose bushes and babying her dog Bella. Most of all she enjoyed visiting and spending time with her daughters, friends, family and especially enjoyed loving and hugging her grandsons.
Surviving family include her daughters Julie Peterson and husband Terry of Lenora, Kansas and Shaunna Scott of Luray, Kansas; grandsons Kade Peterson and wife Lillie of Ellis, Kansas and Colton Peterson of Lenora, Kansas and many family and friends left to mourn her passing.
She was also preceded in death by her parents and 3 sisters Nancy Wright, Joan Pallett and Shirley Ackerman.
A memorial service to celebrate Kathy's life will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at the Luray United Methodist Church in Luray, Kansas. Cremation has been selected by the family and there will be no graveside service. Family will greet guests the day of the service at the church from 9:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. service time. Memorials may be given to the Luray United Methodist Church and sent in care of the mortuary. Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell, Kansas, is in charge of the funeral service arrangements.
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Michigan State AD says school isn't planning to sell alcohol at football games
New Michigan State athletic director Bill Beekman said there is no plan to sell alcohol at Spartan Stadium football games like half of the Big Ten.
Michigan State AD says school isn't planning to sell alcohol at football games New Michigan State athletic director Bill Beekman said there is no plan to sell alcohol at Spartan Stadium football games like half of the Big Ten. Check out this story on Freep.com: https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2019/05/16/michigan-state-football-games-alcohol-spartan-stadium/3693031002/
Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press Published 12:06 p.m. ET May 16, 2019
Bill Beekman was hired as Michigan State's new athletic director on Monday, July 16, 2018. Hear from John Engler, Mark Dantonio, Tom Izzo and Beekman. Phil Friend, Lansing State Journal
The decision is not in Bill Beekman's hands. But the new Michigan State athletic director sees what is going on around the Big Ten.
Rutgers, Illinois and Indiana all announced this year that they plan to sell beer and wine at football games. That makes seven of the 14 conference schools to do so.
MSU is not planning to do that, in part Beekman said because state law prohibits alcohol sales at Spartan Stadium and Michigan Stadium during college sporting events.
MSU sells beer and alcohol to donors in its suites, but it can do so because that tower on the west side of the stadium is not physically attached to Spartan Stadium.
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William Beekman, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Michigan State University (Photo: D.L. Turner)
"We do sell it in the suites and to a limited number of folks. I think more and more of the conference is going there," Beekman said Tuesday at the Big Ten athletic director meetings in Rosemont, Illinois. "It's becoming more common. I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen in some venue at some point. I'm not sure our starting point would be football."
State lawmakers told the Lansing State Journal in 2017 that a change in the law would be necessary for MSU to consider selling alcohol. Special provisions were approved for Michigan Stadium to sell beer when it hosted professional soccer or hockey games.
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And if those laws were to change, the final decision to sell alcohol would come outside of MSU's athletic department and with a new incoming president and the Board of Trustees.
Michigan State fans tailgate before home game opener against the Furman Paladins at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan, on Friday, September 2, 2016. (Photo: Salwan Georges, Detroit Free Press)
"So at this point, it's against state law to do it," said Beekman, who previously served as university vice president and the Board of Trustees' secretary before a brief stint as acting president. "I don't see us advocating for a change in that."
Free Press reporter Orion Sang contributed to this story. Contact Chris Solari at csolari@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @chrissolari. Read more on the Michigan State Spartans and sign up for our Spartans newsletter.
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Just out of curiosity. . .
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Wavestar 18 Apr 00 - 05:23 AM
Mark Cohen 18 Apr 00 - 05:50 AM
Mbo 18 Apr 00 - 08:25 AM
MMario 18 Apr 00 - 09:08 AM
Barbara 18 Apr 00 - 09:14 AM
Mooh 18 Apr 00 - 09:14 AM
Malcolm Douglas 18 Apr 00 - 10:35 AM
Hyperabid 18 Apr 00 - 11:26 AM
Chocolate Pi 18 Apr 00 - 11:33 AM
Liz the Squeak 18 Apr 00 - 04:57 PM
Irish Rover 18 Apr 00 - 05:18 PM
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Allan C. 18 Apr 00 - 06:13 PM
Amergin 18 Apr 00 - 06:57 PM
McGrath of Harlow 18 Apr 00 - 07:10 PM
MK 18 Apr 00 - 11:35 PM
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The Beanster 20 Apr 00 - 01:16 AM
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Barky 20 Apr 00 - 01:26 AM
Billy the Bus 20 Apr 00 - 05:46 AM
Liz the Squeak 20 Apr 00 - 10:26 AM
Subject: Just out of curiosity. . .
From: Kelida
Just out of curiosity (which killed the cat, by the way), I'd like to run a little survey of the Mudcat to see what "kind" of people hang around here--sort of a sampling of the social make-up, so to speak. Just some general info on what kind of music people listen to/play, instruments, ages, places, etc. Mostly just so I (and everyone else, hopefully) will feel a little less of a stranger here. I guess I'll start things off.
Name: Bridget McKinney; Cincinnati, Ohio; DOB: 10-xx-82; Blond hair, blue eyes, 5'7", 125; Music/Bands: Celtic folk/dance music, blues, the Happy Daggers, jazz, the Beatles, the Doors, Jethro Tull, old school punk, '80s glam metal (shamefully. . .), industrial, Bauhaus, techno/rave/jungle--pretty eclectic tastes, but mostly I like folk music; Instruments: clarinet, penny whistle, acoustic guitar, key board, fife; Reading material: Lovecraft, Moorcock, Nietzche, Kafka, Poppy Z. Brite, Whitman, pretty much anything; Most likely to be found: at school, at work, at the computer, playing clarinet, singing with my best friend; future career: graphic designer/illustrator.
Peace--Keli
Life is like a snowmobile racing across the tundra. It flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come
Subject: RE: BS: Just out of curiosity. . .
From: Dale Rose
Keli/Kelida/Bridget/Mac, etc., there are several threads here which do exactly what you are asking for. (Nice to know) Maybe someone who knows where they are can resurrect them for you to read and will link them to here. And of course, new people can follow your lead and post here.
Always nice to put a real name and concrete info to people at the Mudcat, I think.
From: The Shambles
Where? Mudcat (THE WORLD part 2)
And welcome.
From: katlaughing
Good also to remember that anyone in cyberdom can read what you post.
Where do Mudcatters Live
Falling in love with Mudcatters
How Old is a Mudcatter?
Mudcat (THE WORLD) Let Us Know Where You Are
Mudcat the world Part II
What does a Mudcatter do?
There are several more that are a lot of fun to read over and can certainly be refreshed. If you type in "Mudcat" in the filter box and set the date to at least two years, you will get every thread which has ever had "Mudcat" or "Mudcatters", etc. in the name.
This is not to suggest you shouldn't have this thread. Most of the ones I linked are quite long, so slow loading, so a new one for additions is a good idea.
katlaughing
From: Wavestar
Keli -
I just refreshed the thread that I started shortly after I came here, on almost exactly the same subject - It's called the Nature of the Mudcat Beastie.
I appreciate the fact that there are other people here, like yourself, whose tastes in music are as broad and eclectic as my own. Most people don't understand listening to Bauhaus and folk both.
Welcome to Mudcat... :)
From: Mark Cohen
I must be getting old. I thought Bauhaus was a European architectural school of the early 20th century. Wasn't Mies van derRohe one of them? Or was that another school? It's been too long since my college modern architecture course. But music? I have to confess ignorance. Next thing you'll tell me that Mies van der Rohe is now the name of a musical group. Anyway, welcome, Kelida, and I'm glad you've found the Mudcat. Oh, and Jethro Tull played for my girlfriend's high school prom in 1970. The band, not the inventor.
From: Mbo
Piet Mondrian was in with the Bauhaus gang...I like him, despite the fact that I'm not that big on modern art, let alone analytic cubism! Ok..I'm game...
Name: Matthew Richards, Gville, NC; 12/xx/78; Auburn hair, brown eyes, 5'8", 138; Music/bands: ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA, Celtic (bigtime!) Dougie MacLean, Battlefield Band, Andy M.Stewart, Kate Rusby, William Jackson, America, Jim Croce, The Move, The Beatles, The Kinks, Queen, Boston, Ronnie Milsap, Marty Stuart, Blackhawk, Chris Ledoux, Radiohead, Oasis, Musicals from the 70's to the present, Classical (Dvorak, Berlioz, Mahler, etc.) Classical guitar (Villa-Lobos, Tarrega, Torroba, Albeniz, Sor, Barrios-Mangore, Weiss, Sanz, de Milan, Dowland) Dixieland Jazz, Scott Joplin, Richard Thompson, Horslips, Moody Blues; Instruments: acoustic guitar, Classical guitar, fiddle, Highland pipe chanter; Reading Material: J.R.R. Tolkien, Dumas, Dickens, Moliere, Shakespeare, Irish mythology & folklore; mostly likely to be found: school school school! On the computer, making music recording, writing music; future career: graphic designer/CD designer.
--Mbo
I've seen enough of this world to know you gotta get it ALL to get it all to grow.
Go Graphic Design!!!
From: MMario
Mbo left out that that's just the tip of the iceberg as far as his interests go, that he is able to cram 48 hours of experience into each day of the week, and he puts up with an incredible amount of flak, guff and ribbing from Mudcatters....
plus he is a wench-magnet...
From: Barbara
I'm with you, Mark. I read that and thought listening to Bauhaus? Listening to minimalist architecture? I must be getting old.
who is also in the fifty-something pack here
From: Mooh
Gee shucks, oh my. I can tell you this much, Mooh is pronounced Mike. I'm 42, folkie blues rocker sort of guy. I fish. I got a part time regular job to augment my musician earnings. I teach guitar and play in a variety of bands and recording projects and one-off gigs. Huge musical upbringing, so I'm kinda this way by default. Christian, unionist, environmentalist, ofttime pain-in-the-backside.
Peace, Mooh.
Mark--Bauhaus was a goth band in the early 80s before goth became cliche. It was also an architectural movement, though.
MMario--Wench-magnet, huh?
Peace--Bridget
What was that quote about "dancing about architecture"?
"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." I forget who. Fab quote though. Mooh.
From: Malcolm Douglas
I seem to recall somebody else saying, "Architecture is frozen music".
Mario!!
From: Hyperabid
I understand from bbc that some info I have posted will be appearing on her site shortly.
But in the spirit of openness I'll say that (sheesh kelida and mbo) - I ashamed to admit to 33 with you two around. I have played in bands from funk to punk and have yet to find a kind of music I do not like.
I write occassionally I've even been paid for it but I earn my corn in financial services.
From: Chocolate Pi
Bauhaus (the architecture) and music have more connection than one might think: Alma Schindler (immortalized in Tom Leher's song "Alma") married first Gustav Mahler, and then Walter Gropius.
"While married to Gus, she met Gropius,
And soon she was swinging with Walter
Gus died, and her teardrops were copious
She cried all the way to the altar."
"But Walt would work late at the Bauhaus,
And only came home now and then.
She said, "What am I running, a chowhouse?
It's time to switch partners again.""
Chocolate Pi (who will admit to occasionally listening to Sisters of Mercy, both the goth band and Leonard Cohen)
From: Liz the Squeak
If architecture is frozen music, then Swann must be defrosted architecture!! Thank you Michael Flanders!!
And there's a Bauhaus exhibition on somewhere in London UK if you're interested in hearing what it looks like...
From: Irish Rover
Well I'm new to the threads so: I was born in Lurgan,county Armagh N.Ireland in 1947 came to America in1954 my father was Scot and my mother Irish Cath. english soldiers burned our home in 54 (mixed race marriage). grew up in Chicago, started performing in 1960 in Old Town(new Art when he was young and wild) played Irish&Scots folk before it was a "thing" was drafted in 66 saw all of S.E. Asia for ten lovely years.........I like all forms of music. but I reserve the right to not like some pieces. I have two masters degrees from U.C. Berkeley and 12 minors including celtic history( taught at N.Illinois U) and american history (taught at Queenstown Belfast N.I. I'm now OLD so I do not travel the road much any more I live outside Columbus Oh. on a farm near Washington C.H My group Haggis DU Jour opened the I.N.A. concert last fall
Cool Rover! Kelinda, my Printmaking teacher also suggested a rock band "The Young Intaglios"..."they're a bit below the surface...."! Their hit song was "Needle, Don't Scratch"...
From: Allan C.
Another thread which gives some picture of a few of the "old timers" around here is What Got You Started? - a thread which I initiated when I was new and just a bit curious.
From: Amergin
Well, let's see. I'm 25 years old. Originally from North Idaho, but have been forcefully uprooted 13 years ago by my parents and moved to Oregon. Working man, aspiring writer, like to sing (especially walking down the street, it keeps me company). Love music, especially folk (American and celtic). Don't know what else to say.
From: McGrath of Harlow
Check out the "Profiles" section in the bbc mudcat resources site under Quick Links at the top of the page, and there's lots off stuff about various of us. Pictures and all.
Incidentally, it might be best if people give some inducation of where you are approximately. Mooh for eaxample says he's "a unionist", and that means one thing in Canada, and something else in other places. It's one of those words like "Republican" and "Nationalist", which can have different implications in different places. (I'm not saying all kinds of unionists aren't welcome here, but just that misunderstandings can arise).
From: MK
~scorpio~
~somewhat whimsical~
~somewhat musical~
~world's largest 10 year old boy~
From: Lonesome EJ
So then Music is architecture in motion?
I will now attempt to build a garage with my Harmony 6 string.
From: The Beanster
Okay, here's the skinny in case anyone's interested... Unlike most of you folks, I'm not a musician but like to listen and still sing occasionally. Grew up in southeastern PA, moved to Chicago at 17, then Boston, now NYC (around the corner from the old Folk City--which is no longer there, of course...sigh). Used to sing in new wave bands in late 70's to early 80's, was a studio back-up singer off & on. Went back to college at 37 and now have a master's in forensic psychology, next fall, starting a master's degree in social work and then doctorate in criminology (I hope). I'm 43, still like to hear Anarchy in the U.K. once in a while, love blasting Mozart's Requiem so I can sing the soprano parts at the top of my lungs, scarin' the snot outta my neighbors!
From: TheOldMole
just turned 60, still writing songs - with John Hall (Orleans) and Fred Koller among others - teach creative writing courses and a course called Literature of the Blues. Mostly a writer.
From: Barky
OK, might as well give 'er a go...
Name: Ariel Jessup
B-day: 11/XX/84 (YES! 15 and proud, babY!)
Birth Place: San Diego, CA.
Places lived in: San Diego, CA, USA. Santa Maria Tequepexpan, Jalisco, Mexico.
Can be found at: Lotsa places! Mainly school and Youth Symphony rehearsals. Or the beach. Or at plays. Or commercial shoots. Or basically anywhere around San Diego.
Basic Description: Hmm. 5'5"? Blonde hair, blue eyes. Basic surfer chick.
What I usually listen to: ANYTHING! But I absolutely ADORE Raphael Mendez and his trumpet magic and Laurie Anderson. But I really do love anything at all. Except most rap. One or two songs are OK, like "Men in Black" and "Dr. Evil's rap" from the second Austin Powers.
Reading material: Once again, anything at all. I love reading!
Anything else???
~Barky
From: Billy the Bus
Keli - I've never been on the tundra, but, from reading the works of Farley Mowatt (et al), I understand it is a very delicate ecosystem - Life is like a snowmobile racing across the tundra. It flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come - I trust your "life" racing snowmobiles was only when it was "snow-covered" - I'd hate to envisage your shape implanted on the underlying bogs...;)
Mark - Bauhaus - well, architecture, art, and a philosophy etc... Germanic ca the 1920s.
Mbo - get to bloody work instead of settin' in this Coffee Bar - or - start a Scott Joplin thread. M'boy, more I read your posts, more I "lak-ya"...;)
MMario - I'm a tired old fart - please explain, what is a "wench magnet" - or is it "wrench magnate"? From what I've read about/from Mbo on Mudcat, I' say he was a "clean-cut" from way-back. From your post, you make Mbo sound like a male equivalent of my girlfriend of 1952.
I called her "Spannerface" - every time I looked at her, my nuts tightened...;)
Sorry, Keli, aint gunna read the rest of the thread, or it'll turn into a rambling SSC.....;)
Cheers - Sam
Like the Spannerface name - if only I could claim that one.....
I'm mad as a bag of haddock, naturaly blonde, do not have a hairy chest, and like cats. I too, scream along to Mozart, but I chose the Queen of the Night aria, rather than Requiem, it frightens the cats. And the child.
I work for the IRS, I'm the human one, banging on the windows with the Munsch scream on my face....


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Helen calls on the Minister to increase Statutory Sick Pay
Posted by Niall Adams · January 26, 2021 10:49 AM
In order to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus, it is essential that anyone with symptoms or who is contacted by the test and trace system self-isolates fully for the advised period. However, Statutory Sick Pay is just £95.85 per week – which doesn't even cover rent for a single bedroom in London, so for many people who are unable to work from home, self-isolation will lead to a devastating loss of income.
Earlier today the head of the government's Test and Trace programme admitted that at least 40% of people are refusing to self-isolate and many are too scared to get tested in case they lose work. I asked the Minister for Work and Pensions what is being done to ensure that Statutory Sick Pay is sufficient to enable everyone who needs to self-isolate to do so >>
Helen calls on Ministers to ensure every child is fed and supported whilst schools are closed
The coronavirus pandemic has been hugely disruptive for children's education and mental health.
From the start, I have been calling on the Government to ensure that no child is left behind. Yet across my constituency, children are still unable to access online learning because they don't have the laptops and broadband they need, while last week we saw the shameful photos of meagre food parcels being distributed by private contractors in place of free school meals.
The Tories are allowing coronavirus to widen the disadvantage gap in education, and it isn't acceptable.
Helen calls on the Government to #CancelTheCut to Universal Credit
Posted by Niall Adams · January 18, 2021 5:35 PM
The Tories are planning to cut Universal Credit by £20 a week, or £1,000 a year. The pandemic has been devastating to household incomes across Dulwich and West Norwood. 11,190 households in my constituency are now supported by Universal Credit and we know that this number will continue to rise in the coming months. With so many people struggling to make ends meet, pay the bills and put food on the table the Government shouldn't be making people on the lowest incomes shoulder the burden of this terrible pandemic. Unfortunately I wasn't called to speak in the debate today, but I will be voting against this cruel and shameful cut. #CancelTheCut
Statement on national lockdown - January 2021
Yesterday, Parliament voted to confirm the new lockdown regulations. Unfortunately, the debate ended before I was able to speak, but I am in no doubt that these new measures are necessary. In London we have seen the rapid rise in cases in December sadly translate into increasing hospitalisation and deaths. It is imperative that we all follow the restrictions, which you can see in the image below, and urgently suppress the spread of the virus.
I am deeply disappointed that the Government has wasted the past nine months and have not prepared for the widely expected winter surge. We have seen decisions taken far too late creating confusion and distress for people across Dulwich and West Norwood. In the past six weeks, London has gone from national lockdown, Tiers 2, 3 and 4 and now returning to national restrictions. The Government now must drastically increase the speed of the vaccine roll out and get a grip on this virus.
I am in regular contact with King's College Hospital and our local health care providers. Staff across our NHS are continuing to work relentless hard in exceptionally challenging circumstances, and my heartfelt gratitude goes to every single one of them. Due to the surging numbers of serious cases of Covid-19 and increasing numbers of staff needing to self-isolate, local services are incredibly stretched. I know many residents will be concerned about reports that non-covid services including cancer surgery have been disrupted. Such decisions are only taken as an absolute last resort and are the clearest illustration of why these new restrictions are needed. If you are in need of care please call 111 or your local GP for advice and only attend A&E in an emergency.
The new lockdown is very hard, and will be devastating for many residents' livelihoods. I am continuing to call on the Government to close the gaps in financial support and provide businesses with what they need to survive. I welcome the Chancellor's announcement of some business support, but this did not mention the millions of employees and self-employed people who will be impact by the new restrictions. The Government must ensure these groups are supported and extend the £20 uplift in Universal Credit which is currently due to end in March. It is also completely unacceptable that the government is refusing to reinstate the 'Everyone In' programme of emergency accommodation for rough sleepers at a time when both the weather and the risks of coronavirus are much worse than they were during the first lockdown when this scheme was introduced; or extend the eviction ban currently due to end on 11th January.
I also know that the closure of schools will have a severe impact on the education and wellbeing of children and young people across Dulwich and West Norwood. Although, I agree that this closure is sadly necessary, the Government's last minute announcement gave teachers no time to prepare for remote learning and left many working parents unable to make childcare arrangements. I am deeply concerned that children across our area have still not been provided with the laptop devices and broadband services they need to access learning from home, and that the Government is continuing to refuse to reimburse local schools for their costs. I am in contact with local headteachers and I will be following up on their concerns with the Department for Education.
As the mass roll out of vaccines is getting underway, we can now begin to see a way through this crisis. However, the threat from Covid-19 to our health and to the NHS remains very real. It is important that we all continue to follow the restrictions to relieve pressure on the NHS and save lives whilst the vaccination programme is rolled out.
Please keep safe at this difficult time. Along with my small team, I am working hard to support everyone in my constituency who needs help. Please let me know if there is anything that I can do to support you. I am still receiving an exceptionally high level of correspondence, so please bear with me and my small team as we work hard to get back to everyone as quickly as possible.
Helen writes to the Secretary of State for Education on the reopening of schools in Lambeth
Posted by Niall Adams · December 31, 2020 4:12 PM
As MPs representing London boroughs excluded from the delayed primary schools return we've written to the Education Secretary to ask him to explain the decision & think again.
It makes no sense to schools or parents for Southwark schools to be delayed but not Lambeth or Lewisham
Statement on the EU-UK Trade Deal
Today the House of Commons has been given just five hours to debate and scrutinise the trade deal that Boris Johnson has negotiated with the EU and the implementation legislation. Fewer than one in ten MPs have had the opportunity to speak in the debate on legislation which will have profound implications for our economy and national life for years, if not decades to come. I was not successful in the ballot to speak in the debate, so I have published the speech that I would have given here, setting out why I cannot support the bill and have therefore chosen to abstain.
Norwood and Brixton Food Bank
Posted by Niall Adams · December 23, 2020 9:07 AM
This Christmas will be especially difficult for hundreds of families in our area who have seen their income drop due to coronavirus and are struggling to make ends meet. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, food poverty was rising in the UK, a shameful fact in one of the richest countries in the world.
We need major changes in government policy to put an end to food poverty, policies which ensure that people are paid a real living wage, and that meaningful support is there for everyone who needs it. I will keep campaigning in Parliament for this change. But in the meantime I am so grateful for the tireless work of the staff and volunteers at Norwood and Brixton food bank.
This Christmas they are busier than ever, currently delivering hundreds of food parcels each week to people who need extra help, and doing so with real love and care. Please help our local foodbanks ensure that no-one in our communities has to go hungry this Christmas. You can give £5, £10 or £20 by texting DINNER (eg to give £10 text DINNER10) to 70085. More details are at the end of my short film. Thank you!
On Saturday, Boris Johnson announced at the last minute that London would be moved into the new Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions and that planned household mixing over Christmas will be cancelled for Londoners. This will be a devastating blow for local businesses who have only just reopened, and for families across our constituency who were looking forward to reuniting after this difficult year. You can see the full rules below.
The spread of the new more infectious strain of Covid-19 is extremely worrying and it is important that we all follow the new rules and do whatever we can to stop its rapid spread across our communities. However, it is also clear that Boris Johnson and the Tories have once again waited far too long to act, let the virus spread out of control and caused chaos and distress for thousands of families and small businesses who were left with plans in disarray and no time to adjust. Only last week the Government dismissed legitimate concerns about the safety of the planned Christmas easing as inhumane, and many families will have made travel plans and other arrangements on this basis.
At the end of this extraordinarily difficult year, I know how much so many people were looking forward to the comfort of time with family and friends. By acting far too late, Boris Johnson is compounding the pain of the coronavirus pandemic, promising one thing, but then ripping up long-made plans at the last minute. The Prime Minister must show some leadership, be honest with the country and stop leaving the difficult decisions until it is too late.
Wherever you are, please keep yourself and others safe, have a Happy Christmas and a peaceful and healthy New Year.
Over the past week, London has seen a rapid rise in coronavirus cases. I have been in regular contact with our local NHS and public health teams and Ministers and I am in no doubt that the increase in infections is very worrying, and demands an additional response. New infections sadly will inevitably translate to further hospitalisation and deaths. It is vital that we all continue to do whatever possible to limit the spread of the virus as we wait for the vaccine to be rolled out.
Yesterday the Government announced that London will be entering Tier 3 restrictions from midnight tonight. This means that from tomorrow, Wednesday 16 December:
You cannot mix indoors, in private gardens or in most outdoor venues, except with your household or bubble
You should work from home if possible
You can meet in a group of up to six in other outdoor spaces, such as parks, beaches or countryside
Shops, gyms and personal care services (such as hairdressing) can stay open
Bars, pubs, cafes and restaurants must stay closed, except for delivery and takeaway
Indoor entertainment venues - such as bowling alleys and cinemas - must stay closed
People are advised not to travel to and from tier three areas
Whilst I know that these restrictions are needed, this will be devastating news for many businesses and families across Dulwich and West Norwood. I remain deeply concerned about the lack of financial support for businesses unable to open, particularly pubs, restaurants and performance venues, whilst far too many people remain excluded from Government support schemes. The Government must urgently act to close these gaps in support and as I did yesterday, I will continue to call for much more support.
The previously announced relaxation of restrictions over the Christmas period for five days from 23 December will remain. I know how much the ability to be together with family and friends at Christmas means to people, particularly after the sacrifices of the past nine months, but as the virus is still so widespread and cases are increasing, it is so important that everyone remains cautious and vigilant about the risk of spreading the virus to your loved ones over the Christmas holiday period when you are making plans.
Statement on Covid-19 - December 2020
Yesterday, Parliament voted to approve the regulations for the revised Tier system of restrictions starting from today. This places London in Tier 2 meaning that pubs, restaurants and non-essential shops can reopen but on a strictly Covid-safe basis with some restrictions. The rule of six applies to meeting with people from other households outdoors, but household mixing indoors continues to be banned.
Today brings the fantastic news that the first of the coronavirus vaccines has been confirmed to be safe, has been approved for use in the UK and will start to be rolled out from next week, though it will take several months for the vaccine to be available to everyone. In the meantime the level of coronavirus in our community remains high, thousands of people are being diagnosed and several hundred people are still losing their lives to this dreadful disease every day and we must keep doing everything possible to reduce the spread and protect each other while we wait to be vaccinated.
Throughout the pandemic, I have been in regular contact with King's College Hospital and I pay tribute to the hard work of staff. Allowing the virus to spread uncontrolled would quickly overwhelm our NHS. As well as deaths from Covid-19, this would mean impossible demands on staff who have already been through so much this year, and lead to chaos in essential services like A+E and cancer treatment. For these reasons, I have no doubt that continued restrictions are necessary for the time being.


Lovin' the SSJ flying-fox-boy or whatever.
Did he get fired… or did he… get fired?
Sin raises a very good question. Inquiring minds must know!
FFM *knows* what happens to his sidek- Crime Solving Junior Partners. Why does he keep recruiting more?
Has he ever tried making a joke about the resident batman character training his replacements to take him down if he goes too far in a paranoid overcomplicated….well, Batman speed chess match against himself, to defeat himself.
Well, at least he didn't had to wait for a kid to die to get a new si…trainee.
dodo its all time a male child….
or you have shaw a female robin?
He's referring to Carrie Kelly, the female Robin from Miller's "Dark Knight Returns". She is, to my knowledge, the only female Robin. Batgirl is entirely different.
So, we are going to need another Timmy?
You're thinking of NocturnOWL, and I think the whole "at five sidekicks, I'm calling child services" joke was pretty funny.


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La Ferté-Milon () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France, northern France.

Geography
La Ferté-Milon is situated on the river Ourcq, 27 km southwest of Soissons and 30 km northeast of Meaux. La Ferté-Milon station has rail connections to Meaux and Paris.

Sights
In La Ferté-Milon stand the ruins of an unfinished castle, whose façade was 200 m long and 38 m high. The singular form of the tower walls was probably designed to resist cannons and protect the gate. The façade is preceded by a moat. On the right is a square tower of which two bare walls remain. The top of the ramparts is adorned with machicolation. Access to the town was protected by a former gate of which two towers remain.

Behind the ramparts, two 160 mm cannons from 1909 sit facing towards the valley. One is annotated in Russian with the number 5085.

Population

Personalities
The dramatist Jean Racine (1639–1699) was born in La Ferté-Milon. He was one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France.

A statue of Racine as a child is located at the bottom of the paved Ruelle des rats. Nearby is a slate-roofed church with a square belfry with four turrets in each corner, one of which serves as a staircase.

See also
 Communes of the Aisne department
 List of medieval bridges in France

References

External links

 La Ferté-Milon

Communes of Aisne
Aisne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia

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20 Amazing Pokemon Music Tracks for Pokemon's 20th Birthday
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Twenty years of choosing starters, battling Teams, collecting badges and catching them all, has given us twenty years of awesome music. Let's listen and bask in our love and nostalgia for Pokemon!
Now, this is not a top 20 list. I haven't played every Pokemon game and I won't pretend that this is objective in any way, because it isn't. These are simply 20 wonderful tracks that I think are worth remembering and sharing on the eve of this wonderful anniversary. So if I left something out that you love, by all means, share it in the comments!
1. Lavender Town (Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow)
Yeah, there's absolutely no way this song wouldn't be on this list, so we might as well get right to it, right? Lavender Town has exploded in popularity in recent years due to the youngin's writing a neverending amount of "creepypasta" stories about it, but it's always been about that music. Would it be nearly as creepy without it? Of course not. I prefer the original version of the song to the updated one in the remakes - the harsh 8-bit bleeps, and the dead silence in between them, adds something that I can't quite put my finger on. Maybe I need the Silph Scope!
2. Battle Against N (Pokemon Black/White)
Ever since Pokemon first came out, people have laughed about how it's pretty much just cockfighting with the cruelty handwaved away by a bunch of crap about friendship and how Pokemon actually like fighting each other to the point of exhaustion. It was such an obviously necessary contrivance about the franchise that I was personally shocked when Black/White came out and actually ADDRESSED IT, although of course it just fell back on the usual stuff about humans and Pokemon being friends or whatever. But in any event, Generation 5 gave us one of the best Pokemon characters, the moe, green-haired hippy N, and his battle theme is one for the ages.
3. Battle Against Deoxys (Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire)
This is one most people might not be that familiar with, due to the fact that you'd never actually hear this song in-game unless you used cheats or went to a promotional event. But Deoxys' theme is an awesome pixelly digitalized piece of shiver-inducing chiptuney goodness, perfectly fitting for a Pokemon who crashed on a meteor and was hit by a laser, or whatever its story is.
(EDIT: After several suggestions I have switched it to the remake version, which sounds much better!)
4. Team Plasma Theme (Pokemon Black/White)
MMMMMMMM YEAH! THIS IS MY JAM!!!
You know those extended soundtrack videos on Youtube, where they let you listen to it for like 5 hours straight? Me. This song. That.
5. Dark Cave (Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal)
This seems to be more of a hidden gem in terms of classic Pokemon music - I feel like I rarely see it pointed out as a stand-out track from the series. Maybe it's because "Dark Cave" is such a generic name for the location this song is played at? Anyway, much like Lavender Town, this original version of this one sounds better... more harsh and rugged. Like a dark cave should be.
6. Battle Against Diantha (Pokemon X/Y)
XY are the newest of the main series of Pokemon games, so I've only played through them once. But one thing I definitely remember about its music is the battle theme for Diantha, the game's Elite Four Champion. Fuck yeah, cool middle-aged ladies. That's pretty much all I remember about the character (did she have some connection to Diancie? names are suspiciously similar) but all I need to remember is her music to be satisfied.
7. Viridian Forest (Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen)
Unlike the two classic tracks above, this one got a major boost in the remakes. I love the bongos and the quiet but foreboding tone, perfect for a thick forest teeming with bugs (and electric hamsters).
8. Driftveil City (Pokemon Black/White/2)
Honestly, I didn't remember this song at all, but when I was researching music for this list on Youtube, I happened upon it in the recommended videos bar. Maybe I should replay BW/2 if I somehow forgot an amazing song like this. It practically belongs in a Game Corner! Is Driftveil some kind of Pokemon-world Las Vegas?
9. Grandmaster Duel (Pokemon Trading Card Game)
You didn't think I was gonna go with only the main series games, did you?! As a kid, I freaking loved the TCG game for the Game Boy Color. I've heard there's something similar for mobile devices nowadays, but I'm certain such a thing must have microtransactions. No thanks. If I wanna spend money on Pokemon cards, I'll buy the physical versions. (EDIT: I have been corrected! No microtransactions! It's a Christmas miracle!!) Anyway, this song is a treat, listen to it.
10. Battle Against Cynthia (Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum)
I have very rosy memories of Generation 4. I was in college at the time, and heavily involved in the competitive side of Pokemon, lurking around on the forums of Smogon University and min-maxing the perfect theoretical team on fan-made online battling programs. When Diamond and Pearl was announced, it totally blew my mind - Pokemon was finally starting to sneak towards being 3D, although as we've seen by now, it's settled into a 2.5D type of game. I was super excited about Cynthia, too - the first female Champion, and a trainer of this certain cool new Pokemon called "Lucario." Her battle music when you face her after the Elite Four is classic.
11. Route 209 - Night (Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum)
This chilled-out track plays at night along Route 209, connecting Hearthome City and Sloaceon Town. A number of important Pokemon can be caught on this route - the most significant of which was Chansey, whose evolution Blissey was a massive powerhouse back in the Generation 4 days. (Now, Chansey is actually better competitively than Blissey thanks to Eviolite.) I spent many hours on this route catching Chansey, but at least I had wonderful music to keep me company.
12. Miror B's Theme (Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness)
The only song from a Pokemon game swanky enough to be in a Quentin Tarantino movie. If you've played these games, you immediately started hearing this song in your head as soon as you read the words "Miror B."
13. Battle Against Ho-oh (Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver)
Since Pokemon is a game focused on combat, it probably isn't any surprise that most of the songs on this list are battle themes. But perhaps the most impressive thing about Pokemon's music is how all of these themes, played during what is essentially the same battle system introduced 20 years ago, manage to stay unique and set different tones depending on the situation. Ho-oh's battle music is one of the most distinct thanks to its Japanese-inspired aesthetic.
14. Battle Against Swords of Justice (Pokemon Black/White/2)
This song is all over the place. One moment, it's hectic and tense, and the next it's plinky and adventurous. A piano just kind of meanders anxiously through the main tune, while these early 90's hip-hop synths strike relentlessly in between. It's a weirdly uncomfortable song for a Pokemon battle theme, which is why it's perfect for a high-stakes encounter with a legendary.
15. Littleroot Town (Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald)
All of the hometown areas have really nice music, but I think Littleroot is my favorite. It's so homey and relaxing. It fits the feeling of moving to a new town, riding in the back of the truck, wondering what your future will be like. When I listen to it, I feel like I should pick up the phone and chat with my mama.
16. Battle Against Team Flare Boss (Pokemon X/Y)
The Kalos region was based off Paris, France, although to Game Freak, that apparently meant hitting as many French stereotypes as they could. One of my favorite examples is Team Flare, the fashion-focused evil organization that looks like they came right out of Zoolander. Equally flashy are its battle themes, the best of which is the Boss'.
17. Battle Against Lake Trio (Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum)
I love these little guys. Usually this kind of small, cutesy, Mew-like Pokemon design is reserved for unobtainable promotional Pokemon, like Jirachi (soon. soon, in April, I will finally have the Jirachi I have longed for). But in Generation 4, we got three of them, all up for the taking! I really like Generation 4. And this song. It's pretty sassy for three psychic baby things.
18. Professor Oak's Lab (Pokemon Snap)
It was very hard for me not to insert a video for the entire Pokemon Snap OST, which is only 37 minutes long, into this list. Much like the TCG game, Pokemon Snap is another Pokemon spin-off that I invested hundreds of hours of my childhood into. At the end of the day, the music that plays in Professor Oak's lab is probably the most iconic from the game, so I decided to go with that. NINTENDO! PLEASE GIVE US POKEMON SNAP 2!
19. Route 119 (Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald)
Everyone always makes fun of the music in the original Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, but for good reason. IN YOUR FACE! HORNS BLARING! WINGULL EVERYWHERE! And this track is the most RSEy music in all RSE. It's so bombastic and silly, I love it.
20. Title Screen (Pokemon Red/Blue)
The one, the only, the original.
At the age of twenty-eight, Pokemon has been a constant thread of joy woven into my everyday life. It was there for me in middle school, my family's move to a new city, my shift to college independence and the crushing pressure of post-graduate education, and always as a positive. Here's to twenty more years of catching them all!
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We have here in this listing a group of tools. The first group is a small box of assorted Allen wrenches and chisels. The wrenches range in size from 1/16� to 3/8�. There are 39 of them several different lengths. Also in the box are three Mayhew cold chisels. One is a #250 ¼� with a rounded cut. Next is a Mayhew #250 1/8� also with a rounded cut. Third is a Mayhew # 350 ¼� with a diamond cut. The chisels are in new condition. Next is a set of steel centering guides/punches in an index holder. They are all 4-3/4� long and range in size from 3/32� to 17/32�. There are 27 punches. The 7/64� and 17/64� are missing. And there are two 11/64�. All are in good condition with only a freckle of rust here and there. Last is a pair of Xcelite brand #96CG Electronic Shears. These show only a bit of dirt on the handles. Otherwise they are in perfect condition.
I am always happy to take more pictures and reply to your questions. All items are described to the best of my knowledge and ability; if you have any questions, please email me.


It is indisputable that being the parent of a teenager is never dull, but it certainly can be a challenging experience. Kids at this age want to stand on their own two feet, but they still also need a bit of parental influence and help. If you have teenagers in your household and are concerned about the health of their teeth and gums, the dental care tips that follow below may be just what you need.
To help your teenagers keep their teeth and gums healthy, it is essential is to gently—but consistently—remind them about the importance of regular flossing and brushing. Make sure they always have a good supply of toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss so that there is never an excuse to skip their daily dental care routine.
Always look for signs of gum disease, especially if your child wears braces and cannot brush as effectively as in the past. Hormonal changes occurring at this time can also increase gum sensitivity.
Since excessive consumption of sugar-filled foods and sodas is a leading cause of tooth decay, limit your teen's exposure to them as much as you can. It is unrealistic to expect that you will be able to keep tabs on everything they eat and drink throughout the day, but reduce the amount of these items you keep in the house and always encourage your teens to drink lots of water.
Remain aware of signs of eating disorders in your teen. Anorexia and bulimia have the ability to cause real harm to the teeth. Routine visits to an affordable dentist can also help reveal the tooth decay, bleeding gums, and mouth sores that can be caused by these dangerous eating disorders. If your teenager has a tongue or lip piercing, make sure to check often for cracked teeth or other dental problems they can cause.
If your teen plays sports, it is important that they wear a mouthguard that has either been custom made for them or one bought in a sporting goods store. Talk to an affordable dentist about the type of mouthguard your child is likely to need.
While teens can be stubborn, they just need some parental guidance, solid dental care habits, and routine appointments with an affordable dentist in Mount Dora to keep their teeth and gums healthy.


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Man accused in kidnapping case now charged in murder of his mother
January 7, 2013 By Radio Iowa Contributor
A 21-year-old ex-convict, arrested for kidnapping a young woman last week, is now charged in the murder of his mother. An autopsy shows 45-year-old Marilyn Schmitt was stabbed to death in her home in rural Sac County.
Schmitt's son, 21-year-old Kirk Levin, was arrested last Thursday after a woman said Levin took her from a home in Storm Lake. As deputies were investigating the alleged kidnapping, they found the body of Levin's mother in an upstairs bedroom of her home near Early.
Levin was released from prison last Tuesday after serving just over two years on a burglary conviction. He's now being held in the Sac County Jail.
by Ryan Thompson, KAYL and Pat Curtis, Radio Iowa
Filed Under: Crime / Courts, News


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I oppose the SECs proposal to require direct oversight of hedge fund managers. While the SEC has pointed to the prevention of fraud as a principal goal of the proposed rule, the SECs own report on the hedge fund industry indicates that fraud is no more prevalent in the hedge fund industry than in other contexts. Moreover, the dissent filed by Commissioners Glassman and Atkins demonstrates that of the 40 hedge fund fraud cases cited by the SEC, only 8 would actually be affected by the proposed registration requirement. This evidence does not suggest to me that any expansion of regulation is warranted.


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A silkworm larva swathes itself into a cocoon by secreting a single strand of silk, two miles long. Bald-faced hornets scrape and chew cellulose from sticks to build an elaborate paper colony, while a solitary female organ-pipe wasp braids balls of mud into a tubular nest to nourish her young…A new exhibit draws parallels between these activities and the work of artists who fashion wood, clay, or fibers into expressive forms.
To plan for future flood risks, Princeton climate scientists are using mathematical models of hurricanes to predict storm surge levels over the next century, taking into account the effects of sea level rise at different locations. Four design teams — from Princeton, Harvard University, the City College of New York and the University of Pennsylvania — are using these projections to guide resilience plans for specific sites along the coast: Atlantic City; Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island; New York City's Jamaica Bay; and Norfolk, Virginia.
Mollusk Mockup: Researchers develop a "micro-scallop" meant to glide through biological fluids by opening and closing a pair of silicone shells.
…the physical properties of blood and other bodily fluids differ dramatically from those of water, says Peer Fischer…In their quest to design micro- and nanomachines for applications such as drug delivery and diagnostics, Fischer and his team recently revisited the scallop theorem. They reasoned that in a non-Newtonian fluid such as blood, reciprocal motion—like the opening and closing of a scallop's shell—might actually allow a small body to swim.
Biting Into the Bizarre: Moray eels show there's more than one way to snag a snack in the ocean.
A moray eel slinks about his tank. He's a bundle of muscle as thick as a human arm, covered with scaleless skin mottled beige and brown. His sole appendage, a dorsal fin, flaps from side to side as he swims in a sinuous wave. Every few seconds, he parts his jaws to breathe, revealing pointy, witch-like teeth. He withdraws into his den, a segment of PVC pipe—surely a second-rate substitute for the coral crevice on the seafloor where he used to live. He folds himself into half of his 3-foot length to settle in.
In the first evidence that natural selection favors an individual's infection tolerance, researchers from Princeton University and the University of Edinburgh have found that an animal's ability to endure an internal parasite strongly influences its reproductive success. The finding could provide the groundwork for boosting the resilience of humans and livestock to infection.


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How have courts ruled on creationism and intelligent design?
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David H. Bailey
Updated 1 January 2020 (c) 2020
There have been three major court cases in the United States testing whether creationist or intelligent design material may be taught or promoted in public schools. Here is a brief summary of each case, and an overview of the decisions. For full details, see the references to the actual court decisions at the end.
McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education
This U.S. District Court case stemmed from a 1981 law signed by the Governor of Arkansas entitled "Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act." This law mandated that "Public schools within this State shall give balanced treatment to creation-science and to evolution-science." Several groups filed suit, on three grounds: (a) violation of the first amendment (that the government may not prohibit or favor specific religions); (b) violation of a right to academic freedom under the free speech clause of the first amendment, and (c) that the Act was impermissibly vague. Among the plaintiffs, in addition to parents and teacher organizations, were clergy of the United Methodist, Episcopal, Roman Catholic, African Methodist Episcopal Churches, Presbyterian, and Southern Baptist denominations. In addition, 72 Nobel prize-winning scientists and numerous scientific organizations filed court briefs describing creation science as a religious, not a scientific, movement.
The judge found that the law did indeed violate separation of church and state. He based his decision on what is known as the "Lemon" test, named after a 1971 court decision: "First, the statute must have a secular legislative purpose; second, its principal or primary effect must be one that neither advances nor inhibits religion ... ; finally, the statute must not foster 'an excessive government entanglement with religion.'" The judge found that "creation science" is characterized by belief in:
Sudden creation of the universe, energy, and life from nothing;
The insufficiency of mutation and natural selection in bringing about development of all living kinds from a single organism;
Changes only within fixed limits of originally created kinds of plants and animals;
Separate ancestry for man and apes;
Explanation of the earth's geology by catastrophism, including the occurrence of a worldwide flood; and
A relatively recent inception of the earth and living kinds.
Based on expert testimony, Judge Overton concluded that "creation science" is "simply not science," and instead is undeniably a religious notion promoted by certain fundamentalist movements. Thus, Overton ruled, "The Act therefore fails both the first and second portions of the test in Lemon v. Kurtzman." [Overton1982].
Edwards v. Aguillard
In this case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a Louisiana "Creationism Act," which prohibited the teaching of the theory of evolution in public elementary and secondary schools unless accompanied by instruction in the theory of "creation science."
In its decision, the Supreme Court struck down the law. They ruled [Supreme1987]:
The Act is facially invalid as violative of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, because it lacks a clear secular purpose. ... The Act does not further its stated secular purpose of "protecting academic freedom." It does not enhance the freedom of teachers to teach what they choose and fails to further the goal of "teaching all of the evidence." ... The Act impermissibly endorses religion by advancing the religious belief that a supernatural being created humankind.
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District
This U.S. District case arose after the Dover [Pennsylvania] School of Directors passed a resolution stating "Students will be made aware of gaps/problems in Darwin's theory and of other theories of evolution including, but not limited to, intelligent design. Note: Origins of Life is not taught." Subsequently the School District announced that teachers would be required to read the following statement to their biology classes [Lebo2008, pg. 62]:
The Pennsylvania Academic Standards require students to learn about Darwin's Theory of Evolution and eventually to take a standardized test of which evolution is a part.
Because Darwin's Theory is a theory, it continues to be tested as new evidence is discovered. The Theory is not a fact. Gaps in the Theory exist for which there is no evidence. A theory is defined as a well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations.
Intelligent Design is an explanation of the origin of life that differs from Darwin's view. The reference book, Of Pandas and People, is available for students who might be interested in gaining an understanding of what Intelligent Design actually involves.
With respect to any theory, students are encouraged to keep an open mind. The school leaves the discussion of the Origins of Life to individual students and their families. As a Standards-driven district, class instruction focuses upon preparing students to achieve proficiency on Standards-based assessments.
In the wake of these actions, a group of parents filed suit, and a widely publicized trial was held.
In his strongly-worded decision, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones struck down the school district's actions, characterized intelligent design (ID) as not science, emphasized that evolutionary theory is in no way antithetical to religion, and castigated the Dover School Board for its divisive and deceptive tactics (here "ID" is an acronym for "intelligent design") [Jones2005, pg. 136-138]:
The proper application of both the endorsement and Lemon tests to the facts of this case makes it abundantly clear that the Board's ID Policy violates the Establishment Clause. In making this determination, we have addressed the seminal question of whether ID is science. We have concluded that it is not, and moreover that ID cannot uncouple itself from its creationist, and thus religious, antecedents.
Both Defendants and many of the leading proponents of ID make a bedrock assumption which is utterly false. Their presupposition is that evolutionary theory is antithetical to a belief in the existence of a supreme being and to religion in general. Repeatedly in this trial, Plaintiffs' scientific experts testified that the theory of evolution represents good science, is overwhelmingly accepted by the scientific community, and that it in no way conflicts with, nor does it deny, the existence of a divine creator.
To be sure, Darwin's theory of evolution is imperfect. However, the fact that a scientific theory cannot yet render an explanation on every point should not be used as a pretext to thrust an untestable alternative hypothesis grounded in religion into the science classroom or to misrepresent well-established scientific propositions.
The citizens of the Dover area were poorly served by the members of the Board who voted for the ID Policy. It is ironic that several of these individuals, who so staunchly and proudly touted their religious convictions in public, would time and again lie to cover their tracks and disguise the real purpose behind the ID Policy.
With that said, we do not question that many of the leading advocates of ID have bona fide and deeply held beliefs which drive their scholarly endeavors. Nor do we controvert that ID should continue to be studied, debated, and discussed. As stated, our conclusion today is that it is unconstitutional to teach ID as an alternative to evolution in a public school science classroom.
Those who disagree with our holding will likely mark it as the product of an activist judge. If so, they will have erred as this is manifestly not an activist Court. Rather, this case came to us as the result of the activism of an ill-informed faction on a school board, aided by a national public interest law firm eager to find a constitutional test case on ID, who in combination drove the Board to adopt an imprudent and ultimately unconstitutional policy. The breathtaking inanity of the Board's decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which has now been fully revealed through this trial. The students, parents, and teachers of the Dover Area School District deserved better than to be dragged into this legal maelstrom, with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources.
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Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths has suffered yet another injury setback which could see him sidelined for the rest of the month.
The 27-year-old was plagued by calf and hamstring problems last season and has started just two games since January.
Griffiths had a "tidy-up" hernia operation at the end of May before giving up a summer holiday in the close season to do extra work in the gym.
However, his bid to reclaim a place in Celtic's attack, where he is behind French duo Moussa Dembele and Odsonne Edouard in the pecking order, has seen him pick up a thigh strain in training.
"Leigh is probably two or three weeks away," said Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers. "We'll know more in a few weeks. It's unfortunate for him but that's how football works.
"For any player when you miss a period of pre-season it's always difficult, especially if you've worked hard.
Celtic continue to step up their fitness by hosting Standard Liege in a friendly tomorrow and Rodgers hinted that Dembele and Edouard are likely to play a part in that game.


As by now you surely know by now, especially if you're following us on Twitter as we live tweet Rams practices, press conferences and media events (HINT HINT), TPL are all over the various bits and bobs the NFL are running around London in the build up to this weeks' International Series clash. You'd be mistaken if you thought that all the events are being organised just by the NFL or NFL UK - and you'd be equally mistaken if you assumed that the events would only feature teams involved with the International Series (which I'll generously extend to include Fred Taylor, with the Jaguars starting their four-year residency next season). While I've been dutifully reporting on every single thing the Rams have done over the two days since they landed (well, not quite) in north-west London, as Ram-o-phile Phil was coming down from Nottingham to cover his beloved St Louis team in the flesh (which you'll know if you follow us on Twitter HINT HINT HINT), I instead today found myself on the absolute other side of the Capital this afternoon, in the newly-built Westfield Stratford City shopping centre (the one they built because of that little 'Olympics' thing that went on a few months ago which no-one really paid attention to).
"But Gur (and/or Fred, if you're that-way inclined)", I hear you ask (yes, I bugged your laptop), "why on Earth would you do such a thing?" Well, hypothetical reader, it was because those wonderful guys and gals at New Era decided that there was no better time than the present to piggy-back on the pre-Wembley hype and cash in on London's football fever by teaming up with JD Sports to bring over three members of the Buffalo Bills to talk with the media and have a good ol' fashion sign-and-greet with the fans.
The Pulling Linemen: Stevie, when you came into the league, it was as a seventh-round pick. Do you hold any grudges as a result, or want to prove people wrong and should have gone higher?
Stevie Johnson: I don't hold any grudges. Everything happens for a reason, I'm a big believer in that. I can only take it as motivation, I'm not negative about it at all. I carry it on my sleeve, I'm proud to have come into this league as a seventh-rounder and get to where I am. It just shows the work that was put in and just believing in [my]self so I like the fact that I came in as a seventh-round pick.
TPL: In your second year, you played alongside Terrell Owens. What was that like? What did he teach you?
SJ: It wasn't so much about football, I didn't ask him any questions, I just watched him practise, which was great because he works very hard. For the most part, [he taught me] about life outside of football, the ups and downs, and trying to stay even no matter what happens. He was one that I could listen to and be like, "OK, I know he's been through this" instead of in one ear, out the other. Just life lessons, things that might happen and how to get through it.
TPL: What's your opinion of Darrelle Revis?
SJ: He's one of the greatest defensive players in the league right now. I give him all credit and all props but that's where I've got to leave it. He is what he is and I think that in the future, once he gets back, we'll have great battles to come.
TPL: Would you say he's the best DB you've lined up across from?
SJ: No, I can't say that.
SJ: I can't say any of them are the best because they're all pretty good in their own respect.
TPL: OK, put it this way, which one gave you the most trouble?
SJ: My teammates give me the most trouble! Practice is harder, I truly believe that. I think the guys on my team are very rare in their coverage [ability]. The other guys on the those teams are great, we all know [that], but I have a hard time at practice.
TPL: Kelvin, Marcell, even though it's your second year in the league, it's only your first with having a full offseason. How do you compare this season, with that amount of preparation, to last season, coming off the lockout?
Kelvin Sheppard: I know that for me, being a middle linebacker, making the calls, making the checks and things like that, it helps out with me having the OTAs and having those practice sessions with my team mates. It's not the same, being away from each other. You can say it is, but it's just not. Being there together, making the calls, doing the whole-field adjustments together, that extra month you get, I think helps going into training camp.
Marcell Dareus: He wrapped it up pretty good!
TPL: Kelvin, you went to LSU.
TPL: And Marcell, you went to Alabama... [Dareus and Sheppard both start laughing – they know where I'm heading with this question] Did you two have a wager on the BCS Championship game last year?
KS: We were actually there, sitting beside each other... we'll leave it at that!
TPL: Marcell, your defensive line is considered to have as high potential as any line in the league, but this year has been a slow start playing together. What do you think that you, as a unit, need to do to reach the next stage?
MD: We need to continue to gel together. It's hard to just put together this unit and expect it just to stick. We've got to find the right combination just to get it there. I think the more and more we can play more games, we can get a chance to turn it on together. We can't go forward in practice going against hurt O-linemen. It's things like that. So we get to do it in the game and the more and more we do it, the better and better I believe we will become.
TPL: You two have faced Tom Brady and the Patriots' offense three times so far in your careers. What advice would you give to Rams' defensive players going into this Sunday's games?
MD: Get in his face. He knows that's my goal every time we play against him. He knows I'm going to be in his face all game. Any time he tries to throw, I'll be right there. He don't hear me coming, he don't see me coming. He's so patient and so controlled, you've just got to do everything to get in his face. That's the only thing I can tell you.
TPL: This question's for all of you – aside from the look of it, what differences have you noticed in the new Nike jerseys, compared to the old Nike ones?
SJ: It seems like it's a more sleek look. I think the designs are pretty cool, they pop out on the television. It's more of a 'fresh' type of look.
TPL: Does it feel any different when you're on the field or is it pretty much the same?
MD: I'll speak on that - these little guys don't have comfort issues! I really think these uniforms fit better. They put certain cuts in it so that it kinda stays dry and keeps air coming in to you which keeps you hydrated I guess?
MD: Yeah, keeps you cool. The uniform keeps you cool, keeps you dry at certain spots, they feel good to me. It feels great, the elastic on it is great. It's sweet.
TPL: Last question. Next year, in your fantasy drafts, who are you going to take first – Fred Jackson or CJ Spiller?
MD: He got both of you!
SJ: I'm just gonna go and draft our defense! I wouldn't draft any individuals, I'll just draft our defense and that's it.
KS: For the fantasy draft? Yeah, that's why I stay out of it, for reasons like this, you've got to pick your teammates!


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Editor's Note: This post inaugurates a new MR blog series, where we share online introductions given at guest appearances by some of our favorite speakers, writers, artists, and thinkers. Intros are, by definition, ephemeral, but that doesn't mean they always should be. You've all heard great ones, the sort that don't try to one-up the main event, yet somehow quickly manage to inform, evoke, and celebrate the person you've come to hear. With "The Next Best Thing," of course, you'll just be reading; you'll have to wait for another occasion for actual star-gazing. But at least you'll know who to come out and see, the next time they're in town.
Among the what-if's of cinephilia are the conversations you have about how some film or another would have been different if. . .
. . . if Bette Davis had been cast in Gone with the Wind instead of Vivien Leigh. . . if Orson Welles hadn't cast, well, Orson Welles in Citizen Kane. . . if Robert DeNiro and Harvey Kietel's roles in Scorsese's Mean Streets had been reversed. . . if Anthony Mann hadn't been fired from Spartacus and replaced by Stanley Kubrick. . . if Daniel Radcliffe hadn't been cast as Harry Potter.
Hard as it may be, you can imagine these films being different—less influential, perhaps, simply not as compelling. But now try to imagine Poison, Swoon, Safe, Boys Don't Cry, Far from Heaven, Still Alice or Carol being produced by someone other than Christine Vachon. Close your eyes. It's black in there, isn't it? This is how important to the history and life of American cinema Vachon has been. There is no imagining these vital films as different because without Vachon, they probably would not exist. And one can say that about at least another score of films she has produced. She has multiple projects in development all the time, including, currently, it just so happens, the biopic of the French writer Colette. When I went to the movies with my ten-year-olds this past weekend, we saw the trailer for Wonderstruck, her newest collaboration with Todd Haynes, starring Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams.
On the AIDS Crisis and movie-making: I actually can't even start quoting any of it or I'll cry. She and I are from that generation, and reading her account of those days in New York reminds me that, even though we were devastated and our community decimated, art sometimes actually does come very close to saving lives.
Christine Vachon produced Todd Haynes's first feature, Poison, which was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival—back when the distinction between Sundance and any other festival was much more pronounced. That award not only signaled the arrival of a significant new voice in American cinema, but also confirmed that Queer Cinema was here to stay.
Since then, the founder of Killer Films has produced so many acclaimed independent films that we would have to spend too much of our time with Christine simply listing them. And there are probably as great a number of vital films that don't bear her producer's credit but which—in some quiet, crucial way—she helped get from here to there to the screen. A very short list of her productions beyond those I've mentioned: I Shot Andy Warhol, Velvet Goldmine, I'm Not There, One-Hour Photo, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and the HBO series Mildred Pierce.
She is a graduate of Brown University, and has been on the juries of the Sundance and Venice Film Festivals. Vachon has worked across a range of moving image media, and her insights should be illuminating to anyone interested in media, cultural work and its business, and anyone interested in how to change a field that remains heterosexist and misogynist in many ways. The revelations about Harvey Weinstein of this week remind us of that—as if we needed it. And no, this auditorium wasn't paid for by Harvey, so everyone can just relax.
The last time Christine was here, I could not describe her as a proud Smith parent, but I can today. Her daughter Guthrie started this year, and, because I'm a pragmatic optimist, we scheduled her talk to coincide with Parents' Weekend—that's good producing on multiple levels!
Guthrie is her own reward, but Christine has a few material ones as well. She has received the Producers Award from the National Board of Review and an award for Outstanding Achievement in Gay and Lesbian Media from the Frameline (LGBT) Festival. She won the Independent Spirit Award for Far from Heaven, and has been nominated another nine times. She's also been nominated for Emmys and BAFTAs. And she's probably going to tell me to stop with the labels and the commendations and just ask her about Really. Good. Films. So I'll start our Q & A, but I am sure everyone here has lots to ask, so please welcome Christine Vachon.
ALEXANDRA KELLER is the director of the film and media studies program at Smith College. She specializes in the American Western; cinema and the postmodern, avant-garde and experimental film; and the relationship between cinema and other forms of artistic and cultural production, and she has published work on all of these topics.


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Floyd Mayweather's net worth, riches and controversies
One of the most acclaimed, controversial, successful and highest-paid athletes of all time, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is one of just three athletes to earn over $1 billion in his career after a reported $275 million payday for his fight with Conor McGregor in August of 2017.
While he remains undefeated as a boxer, rumors are swirling about a potential end to his retirement in the form of one or more MMA fights.
Here's a closer look at Floyd Mayweather's net worth in the context of his wildly successful career and controversial personal life.
Floyd Mayweather Net Worth: $560 Million
Floyd Mayweather has a net worth of $560 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Floyd Mayweather's career earnings as an athlete are estimated to be in excess of $1 billion, which would put him in the hallowed company of just Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods as only the third athlete to reach $1 billion in earnings in their career. Woods and Jordan each have earned about $1.5 billion over the course of their careers.
Mayweather most likely entered the elite $1 billion club after his fight with infamous MMA fighter Conor McGregor in August 2017. That fight had a total purse estimated at over $400 million after factoring in the various revenue streams, and Mayweather's share was likely in excess of $275 million.
If that's accurate — precise figures on the fight's revenue and the split of the purse aren't released — he will have reached that hallowed $1 billion tier based on the $700 million in estimated career earnings prior to the fight.
That was the second time in his career that Mayweather earned nine figures for a single fight. He collected an estimated $250 million for his 2015 bout with Filipino boxer and politician Manny Pacquiao. He's made at least $40 million on four other fights in his career.
Floyd Mayweather Career
Floyd Mayweather is widely considered to be among the best pound-for-pound fighters of all time, having never been defeated in his professional career.
He began boxing as a child under the direction of his father and uncle, who were both successful professional boxers. By the time he turned pro in 1996, he had already won an Olympic bronze medal and three national Golden Gloves titles.
With a record of 50-0, Floyd Mayweather has never lost a professional bout. Twenty-seven of his 50 wins have been by knockout, and he's boxed some 397 rounds over the course of his 21-year professional career. His win over Conor McGregor allowed him to pass a notable milestone: The career record of legendary undefeated heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano, who retired at 49-0 in 1955.
Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor
The McGregor fight is by far Mayweather's biggest payday in addition to being the highest-grossing boxing match of all time and the second-most ordered pay-per-view event in history. It drew 4.3 million pay-per-view purchases, which was 300,000 orders short of the record held by the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. That fight ended up grossing over $600 million — including $72 million in live gate sales to just $55.4 million for the McGregor fight — and Mayweather's share came out to an estimated $250 million.
The McGregor fight might also mark the beginning of a new chapter in Mayweather's career as rumors continue to swirl about the boxer potentially coming out of retirement to pursue a career as an MMA fighter. Mayweather told ESPN in April 2018 that if he comes out of retirement, it would be for an MMA fight and not a boxing match. He's also told TMZ that he's serious about plans to make the transition, training with UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. What's more, UFC President Dana White has confirmed that they're in negotiations, and Mayweather has applied for an MMA license.
Floyd Mayweather Personal Life
Floyd Mayweather is known as much for his flashy spending and lavish lifestyle as his unprecedented boxing career. His fans and detractors follow his exploits through his Instagram account, where he routinely shares photos of jets, boats, mansions and — most frequently — stacks of cash.
Among his inventory of high-end vehicles is a fleet of all-white luxury cars, a fleet of all-black luxury cars, a $1.7 million Bugatti Veyron and a $4.8 million Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita, seen below. He bought a $1 million watch as part of a shopping spree in Dubai. It was his second purchase of a wristwatch with a seven-figure price tag.
But with lavish spending comes consequences. In July 2017, news broke that Mayweather owed more than $30 million in unpaid taxes to the IRS. Records showed that he owed $7.2 million from 2010 and another $22.2 million from 2015. Mayweather responded by paying an initial $3.3 million — resulting in the IRS releasing his tax lien — and then making a reported agreement to use his earnings from the McGregor fight to pay the remaining $29 million he still owed.
Floyd Mayweather Family and Controversy
Mayweather was in the news again in May of 2018 after the founders of cryptocurrency company Centra Tech — which used an initial coin offering (ICO) to raise $32 million selling its own cryptocurrency in October of 2017 — were found guilty of attempting to defraud investors. Prior to the ICO, Floyd Mayweather was one of the celebrities who had endorsed Centra Tech, stating in a now-deleted Instagram post that he was using the company's products.
Floyd Mayweather has a long history of legal trouble and personal instability similar to that which plagued his parents during his childhood. In December 2011, he was sentenced to 90 days in jail for domestic violence and harassment stemming from an incident with ex-girlfriend Josie Harris, who is the mother of three of Mayweather's four children. One particularly chilling piece of evidence was a handwritten letter to police from Mayweather's then 10-year-old son, Koraun Mayweather, who witnessed the assault.
Mayweather has been arrested multiple times for incidents involving violence and battery. When former UFC champion Ronda Rousey — who was publicly feuding with Mayweather at the time — won Best Fighter at the 2015 ESPYs, Rousey said in a TMZ Sports interview, "I wonder how Floyd feels being beat by a woman for once."
Aside from Koraun, Mayweather's other children are Iyanna Mayweather, Jirah Mayweather and Zion Mayweather.
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Q: How do I get the first char of the selected text from dropdown and put it into textbox? How do I get the first char of the selected text from dropdown and put it into textbox?
Here is the html code:
<select id="ddl" onChange="configureDropDownLists(this,'ddl2')">
<option selected="selected" disabled="disabled">- Select Perspective -</option>
<?php
$class = mysql_query("select * from class");
while($c = mysql_fetch_array($class))
    {
    ?>
    <option value="<?php echo $c['class_id']; ?>"><?php echo $c['class_name']; ?></option>
    <?php
    }
    ?>
    </select>

    <select id="ddl2">
    </select>

and this is the javascript code:
<script type="text/javascript">
    function configureDropDownLists(ddl1,ddl2) {

        <?php
            $js_array1 = "(";
            $fin = mysql_query("select * from financial") or die(mysql_error());
            while($finn = mysql_fetch_array($fin))
            {
                $js_array1.= "'";
                $js_array1.= $finn['fin_name'];
                $js_array1.= "'";
                $js_array1.= ",";
            }
            $js_array1{strlen($js_array1)-1} = ')';

            echo "var financial = new Array".$js_array1.";"
        ?>

        <?php
            $js_array2 = "(";
            $cus = mysql_query("select * from customer") or die(mysql_error());
            while($cuss = mysql_fetch_array($cus))
            {
                $js_array2.= "'";
                $js_array2.= $cuss['cus_name'];
                $js_array2.= "'";
                $js_array2.= ",";
            }
            $js_array2{strlen($js_array2)-1} = ')';

            echo "var customer = new Array".$js_array2.";"
        ?>

        <?php
            $js_array3 = "(";
            $int = mysql_query("select * from internal") or die(mysql_error());
            while($intt = mysql_fetch_array($int))
            {
                $js_array3.= "'";
                $js_array3.= $intt['int_name'];
                $js_array3.= "'";
                $js_array3.= ",";
            }
            $js_array3{strlen($js_array3)-1} = ')';

            echo "var internal = new Array".$js_array3.";"
        ?>

        <?php
            $js_array4 = "(";
            $learn = mysql_query("select * from learning") or die(mysql_error());
            while($learnn = mysql_fetch_array($learn))
            {
                $js_array4.= "'";
                $js_array4.= $learnn['learn_name'];
                $js_array4.= "'";
                $js_array4.= ",";
            }
            $js_array4{strlen($js_array4)-1} = ')';

            echo "var learning = new Array".$js_array4.";"
        ?>

        switch (ddl1.value) {
            case '1':
                document.getElementById(ddl2).options.length = 0;
                for (i = 0; i < financial.length; i++) {
                    createOption(document.getElementById(ddl2), financial[i], financial[i]);
                }
                break;
            case '2':
                document.getElementById(ddl2).options.length = 0;
            for (i = 0; i < customer.length; i++) {
                createOption(document.getElementById(ddl2), customer[i], customer[i]);
                }
                break;
            case '3':
                document.getElementById(ddl2).options.length = 0;
                for (i = 0; i < internal.length; i++) {
                    createOption(document.getElementById(ddl2), internal[i], internal[i]);
                    createInput(document.getElementById(id), internal[i], internal[i]);
                }
                break;
            case '4':
                document.getElementById(ddl2).options.length = 0;
                for (i = 0; i < learning.length; i++) {
                    createOption(document.getElementById(ddl2), learning[i], learning[i]);
                }
                break;
                default:
                    document.getElementById(ddl2).options.length = 0;
                break;
        }

    }

    function createOption(ddl, text, value) {
        var opt = document.createElement('option');
        opt.value = value;
        opt.text = text;
        ddl.options.add(opt);
    }
</script>

I want to take the first char on the text of the 1st dropdown and then display it at the textbox.
<input type="text" name="code" id="code" value="">

How can I do this ?

A: In your configureDropDownLists()  function, add:
// for the first char of the value:
document.getElementById('code').value = ddl1.value.charAt(0);

// or for the first char of the visible text
var text = ddl1[ddl1.selectedIndex].text;
document.getElementById('code').value = text.charAt(0);

I showed both in this example: http://jsfiddle.net/v7tHF/

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