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This is a digitized image of a printed paper map of the Bannockburn, Ontario region (Sheet No. 031C12), published in 1947. It is the first and only edition of this map, which shows both natural and man-made features such as relief, spot heights, administrative boundaries, roads, railways, trails, waterways, bridges, buildings, mills, power lines, terrain, and land formations. The survey for this map was conducted in 1946 by the Royal Canadian Air Force, as part of a national topographical survey originally commissioned by Department of Militia and Defence in 1904. Surveys for Ontario were completed by one of two Canadian Government Agencies: the Survey Division of the Department of Militia and Defence (after 1923: the Geographical Section, General Staff, Department of National Defence) and the Geological Survey in the Department of Mines (after 1935: the Mapping Branch of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources). Original maps were digitally scanned and georeferenced as part of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) Historical Topographic Map Digitization Project.
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People who love sports, love watching sports on TV, online, or buy tickets to watch live games in an arena. You might also be someone who has a favorite team and favorite players that you love watching during the games. You may have spent many nights in bed imagining yourself playing the game with your sports idols. You don't just have to sit at home and dream yourself in a game. You will find organizations today creating sports leagues for people in the community for those who have the competitive spirit and for those who simply want to have something to do in their free time.
You can find online sports hubs where they let people register who want to be a part of a community sports league. There are actually many benefits that you can enjoy being a part of a real sports league in your community. Below are the benefits of joining one.
Being a part of a sports league will make you experience the game as it actually happens. So, if your favorite sport is soccer, then you just register to join a soccer team and you will become a part of a team of people like you who love the game, and play in a real soccer field, which is a dream come true for you. Joining a soccer league will make you experience the fun, the tension, the teamwork, and everything that you favorite soccer player feels and experiences as he plays soccer on the field big time.
The most important thing about playing sports is teamwork, and this is something you can develop playing for a team. Even if you are alone or with a few friends, you can register and be a part of a soccer team. Even though you are very skillful in the game, you use your skills to achieve the team goals and not your own. You will learn that in order to achieve victory, the key is teamwork. The great lesson of teamwork is the best lesson you can learn while playing for a team and helping it perform well in a game.
In a sports league, you get to meet the people who love the sport that you love. You find people living in the same community as you do and you spend time with them for the duration of the league. This builds stronger relationships because you have a common bond, your love for sports. And since all of you belong to the same community, then you will have better relationships in your own community.
Joining a sports league is a good way to invest your free time after work and during the weekends. It is a way to improve your playing skills and at the same time have fun when you are not at work.


It made Hayner's grandparents laugh, and indeed bitcoin has not come anywhere near that level. But it is worth more than 200 times what it was in 2011 when Hayner made the gift.
Investors who took a chance on the fledgling currency and stuck with it have been on a rollercoaster ride – but are optimistic that they are still onto a winner.
"I have seen these run-ups and drops in bitcoin and I did not even flinch," said 34-year old Hayner, who started mining bitcoins in 2009 when the granddaddy of all cryptocurrencies was worth nothing. He also founded payments company Metal Pay.
"I believe in this technology. I really believe that bitcoin is the next digital gold," he said in an interview this week.
Bitcoin on Wednesday celebrates ten years since Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin's mysterious founder, released a whitepaper outlining the need for an internet currency that could be used as payment without going through a third party like a bank.
One bitcoin is now worth around $6,200. That is a steep 70 percent fall from its all-time high of near $20,000 in December last year, hurt by a more intense regulatory scrutiny around the world, as well as the rise of cryptocurrency crime including hacking, but a substantial boost for any early investors who bet on it.
Peled's optimism is partly based on his waiting for bitcoin's next "halving," which has constrained its supply and has caused its spike as demand increased.
Bitcoin relies on so-called "mining" computers that validate blocks of transactions by competing to solve mathematical puzzles every 10 minutes. In return, the first to solve the puzzle and clear the transaction is rewarded new bitcoins. Bitcoin technology was designed in such a way that it cut the reward for miners in half every four years, a move that was meant to keep a lid on inflation.
The next halving is scheduled in 2020 and the following year should be a good year for bitcoin, Peled said.
The same optimism has prompted London-based investor Nicholas Gregory to keep his bitcoins, which he bought heavily in early 2014.
Distrustful of exchanges, Gregory, currently chief executive of blockchain firm CommerceBlock, made his first purchase through a website that matched him to a man selling bitcoins on a memory stick in a New York cafe.
Since then, he has not sold any bitcoins, citing the potential of the digital currency to safely store value and transfer money across the internet.
Some investors, however, have become disillusioned, arguing that bitcoin has been held back and not reached its expected potential by taking off in the real world.
Vaughn Blake, a Los Angeles-based portfolio manager at private equity firm Echo Tree Capital, liquidated his cryptocurrency quantitative fund in January this year when bitcoin was at $13,000. He started investing in bitcoin in 2013 when it was around $120 but said he has been a victim of hacks and phishing attempts.
Bitcoin's technology has also not always been an efficient means of processing payments. It can be slow, sometimes incurring higher fees than regular transactions, market participants said.
London-based entrepreneur Jez San, CEO of blockchain firm Funfair Technologies, started buying bitcoin in 2013, at around $50, but sold most of it well before the peak in December 2017. He invested in Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency that runs on another public blockchain network, instead.


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Away days are an important team building event in the company calendar.
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Our most popular away day options include our legendary Country Sports and Crystal Challenge events – both are fantastic days out involving a mixture of cerebral and physical challenges. Country Sports is filled with fun teambuilding activities, including some whacky (and quacky) tasks such as duck herding!
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Camila Cabello Reveals That She Has A Sweet Nickname for Shawn Mendes and Fans Are Convinced They're In Love
We didn't expect this nickname.
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Shawn Mendes might not be a big fan of his recent Rolling Stone cover, but one of his BFFs is super excited for him.
He posted his disappointment over his recent cover story and shared that he wished the positive side of his story was shared instead of just his "insecurities and struggles."
A post shared by Shawn Mendes (@shawnmendes)
Camila Cabello commented on the same photo saying, "cover of rolling stone !!!!! Big deal Shawnito- proud of you and love you 😊😊😊😊."
Of course, fans started FREAKING OUT over her comment, especially when she revealed her special nickname for him.
Many fans were wondering if the two singers are dating now that she wrote down the words "love you" in her comment.
While many people might be happy to see the two of them taking their relationship to the next level, Camila is currently taken and she recently couldn't stop gushing about her current boyfriend, Matthew Hussey.
"Any time he's there, I get super nervous. I stutter or my hands are shaky," she told Marie Clarie. "It's annoying, because we've been together for kind of like a long time now, but every time, I'm like, 'Oh my God, I have to talk now.' He's so similar to me. In person, we're just weird and silly and stupid together. He makes me the happiest I've ever been in my life."
Shawn revealed in his Rolling Stone interview that he is currently single, but he says that he has no game when it comes to girls, which is why he hasn't been seen with anyone since the Met Gala, where he went with Hailey Baldwin.
Don't worry Shawn, we're sure you'll find someone soon!
Tamara Fuentes is the Entertainment Editor at Seventeen. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram!
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Got a mate who's been to Japan? Odds are high they've already preached extensively on the miracle that is the Japanese rail network, and how it can take you from the packed megalopolis that is Tokyo to the shrine-filled serenity of Kyoto in just a few hours for a reasonable price and virtually zero stress.
And they're not wrong – Japanese trains are truly impressive, especially for Australians accustomed to sub-par public transport – and for visitors to the country taking the train is a no-brainer. So why would you bother renting a car as a tourist? Believe it or not, you're missing out on a lot if you steer clear of the good ol' fashioned horseless carriage during your stay in Japan.
Japan offers that intriguing mix of the exotic and the familiar, with the country's ancient history and cyber-punk present somehow coexisting side-by-side without conflict. It's a land of tremendous contrast, and that dichotomy becomes immediately apparent if you venture outside of its sprawling major cities like Tokyo and Osaka.
This is a simple thing to do as a tourist, thanks to Japan's virtually flawless public transit system and extensive rail network. Travelling via rail is fast, efficient and affordable, regardless of whether you're travelling within a city or going from region to region, so it's little wonder that rates of car ownership in the country are low compared to Australia.
But… what about renting a car? Is a Japanese road trip more fun or more stressful compared to travelling by rail, and, if you decide to do it, what's the best way to go about it? We travelled to Tokyo to tour the countryside by car, and the short answer is this: if you can afford to do it, it's something that's absolutely worth doing, and something that will give you a different perspective on Japan. Read on.
Our vehicle of choice for this roadtrip was a Honda Civic sedan – which is marketed in Japan in a single specification called simply "Honda Civic Sedan". It's roughly equivalent to the Aussie-market Civic VTi-L grade, meaning you get nice stuff like climate control, paddle shifters, and active cruise control, except with the 16-inch alloys of the lower-spec VTi-S instead of 17-inch items (they're a cost option), and the addition of heated front seats (which aren't available in the Aussie VTi-L).
It's the cheapest Civic variant in Japan, but comes with plenty of gear as standard – stuff like Honda's suite of electronic driver-assist technology, active cruise control, the aforementioned heated seats, folding and heated wing mirrors, Honda's likeable 1.5-litre turbo petrol four, LED headlamps and plenty more. But while the Civic in Australia exists as a biggish small car, out on Japanese roads the Civic sedan feels much, much larger.
That's especially apparent in the cramped urban backstreets of Tokyo, where the road can measure barely more than a car's width and unforgiving concrete walls run incredibly close to your wing mirrors. A general rule of thumb when renting a car in Japan is to avoid large cars and people movers wherever possible.
It's no surprise that city-dwelling locals tend to favour vehicles from the domestic microcar class (or kei class), which are narrow and nimble enough to deal with the cramped confines of a Japanese megacity. But, for travellers, the Civic exists right in the sweet spot.
As a roomy small sedan it's got plenty of space for four adults, while its 519 litre boot capacity is simply massive. Even with three blokes, three full-size suitcases/duffels and more than a few bags of souvenirs to take home, the Civic never felt like it was wanting for space.
Its massive boot is a key advantage for travellers too – rather than having to lug your luggage with you from train to train, hotel to hotel, the car's boot essentially serves as a mobile storage locker. Take out what you need, whether it's an overnight bag or a day pack, and leave the rest. It's a lot more convenient than using the coin-operated storage lockers at train stations for the same purpose, which is what you'd likely have to resort to if touring by any other method.
I'm no stranger to Japan, but previous trips have seen me adhere to the common wisdom of never straying far from the Japanese rail system. It's a practice that has served well in the past. After all, the rails stretch far and wide, and if you're willing to walk a kilometre or two from the station there are very few things that are out of your reach as a tourist.
But for this trip, I wanted to try something different: a trip to Japan's rugged and scenic interior to retrace sections of Japan's medieval highway between Kyoto and Tokyo – the ancient Nakasendo, or Central Mountain Route.
The route runs east out of Kyoto, Japan's former capital, before turning north through the Kiso Valley. As the valley gives way to the plains of Nagano prefecture, the Nakasendo ends and the Koshu Kaido begins, taking travellers the rest of the way east to Tokyo. Though regarded as a 'highway', the route was a simple path cut through forests and traversed mainly by foot – trains and cars were hundreds of years away when Japan's first highway networks were established – and the route had been traversed by traders, travellers and others long before the Nakasendo was formally named in the 17th century.
Our journey to the Nakasendo begins from Nihonbashi, a bridge in central Tokyo that's been used for many centuries as the terminus for Japan's major inter-city travel routes, and the point from which highway distances are measured from Tokyo – including the Nakasendo. We take a slightly different route though, setting out south to skirt the western edge of Tokyo Bay and head to the port city of Yokohama.
It doesn't take long for one thing to become quite clear: the further away you get from Tokyo, the less stress you feel behind the wheel. The density of the buildings doesn't really get any lower until much closer to Yokohama – unsurprising, given Tokyo is the one of the largest and most densely-populated urban areas on earth – but the traffic eases up noticeably after just a few kilometres.
We're still at ground level for this portion of the trip too, having made a conscious decision to skip the expensive-but-fast toll road known as the Wangan that extends from Tokyo to Yokohama. Though a little slower, you do get to see a different side of Tokyo by bypassing the expressways. It's not quite as lively as the main activity centres like Shibuya, Shinjuku, Akihabara or Ginza, but it's areas that are a little further from Tokyo's main railway loop, the Yamanote Line, where the bulk of Tokyo's denizens live.
However unless you're hunting down a specific shop or visiting a friend, there usually isn't much reason for tourists to stop in these parts of town, and if you do you'll have the additional challenge of finding a convenient place to park (see below for our tips on parking in Japan).
After a couple of hours driving through Tokyo's bayside suburbs we arrive in Yokohama for an overnight stop, staying at the historic Hotel New Grand on the city's picturesque waterfront. Against the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, the more relaxed atmosphere in Yokohama is a welcome change.
Known for industry and shipping, the port city also boasts significant foreign influence thanks to its status as an important trading centre, and you can still see remnants of that in the distinctly western-influenced architecture in its old quarter, located not far from the New Grand – not to mention its sprawling Chinatown district.
It's a different, more modern taste of Japanese history compared to Tokyo's myriad temples and the huge Imperial Palace, but our objective is to go even further back. But first, we want to get up close with Japan's most recognisable natural wonder – Mount Fuji.
The almost perfectly conical volcano is visible from as far as Tokyo on a clear day, but the closer you get the more awe-inspiring it becomes – hence why we tracked so far south rather than bee-lining west to our objective of the Kiso Valley and the Nakasendo.
After our stopover in Yokohama we turned inland, driving alongside the Tomei Expressway toward Mount Fuji before heading into the Fuji foothills at Oyama.
After spending most of the day at Fuji Speedway to witness the annual Nismo Festival, we drove further into the mountains, crossing over into Fuji's Five-Lakes district and on to Lake Kawaguchi for another overnight stay.
It's here where the roads become more interesting, winding their way up steep slopes and narrowing significantly. The Civic dealt with it admirably, its turbo engine providing enough grunt to get our gang moving smartly, and its responsive and grippy front-end instilling confidence on these twisty – and in our case quite damp - roads.
By this point in time it was getting dark too, but the rainclouds cleared just long enough for us to get our first fleeting glimpse of Mt Fuji from up close, looming ominously above us in the near-darkness. It's hard to describe the sheer presence of the mountain in words, but from just 10km away it's easy to understand how the snowcapped Fuji has inspired generations of Japanese poets and artists. It really is a sight to behold.
And if you want to get the best views of Japans countryside, it certainly helps to have a car. The flexibility offered by being able to stop at any of the frequent roadside vista points and take a few snaps is hard to beat, and impossible to do if travelling by train. It's something we certainly appreciated the following morning as we drove along the shores of Lake Kawaguchi and took in the stunning vista of Japan's iconic peak.
Travelling west from the Fuji Five Lakes area took us further into the mountains. If all you've experienced of Japan is the mostly flat coastal plains that big cities like Tokyo and Osaka are built on, then travelling through the virtually vertical hills and valleys that make up the country's interior regions may take some adjustment.
The roads hug the hills, and tunnels bored right through the heart of the steepest obstacles are the only means of shaving hours off of your trip. The novelty of entering a tunnel in bright daylight and emerging at the other end into dense fog never gets old, but as a driver you do need to stay on your toes. The weather in these parts in winter certainly is … variable.
It sure is nice to be warm and snug inside a car though. Japan can get pretty wet and frosty in December, so being able to sit in a climate-controlled steel box as you travel from A to B is a definite advantage, not to mention the door-to-door convenience of not having to schlep by foot from train platform to accommodation.
It's something that becomes even more invaluable in rarely-touristed cities like Kofu, which we passed through on our journey, stopping only to pick up some road trip supplies. In places like these, using a car isn't just "less inconvenient" than in Tokyo, it's actually preferable to relying on trains and buses that are often much less frequent than in Japan's big cities.
But Kofu City is fairly charmless, so we press on westward. Turning south into the Tenryu-kyo valley, we then enter another series of tunnels that penetrate the Kiso Mountain Range to reach our objective: the Kiso Valley.
After another overnight stay at a charming Ryokan further down the valley, (a more traditional and much more hospitable option to a conventional hotel) we hit the road once more to reach the place we've travelled so far to find, the post town of Narai-juku.
Entering Narai is like travelling back in time to Edo-era Japan, circa 1600AD. Almost exactly halfway between Tokyo and Kyoto, the small township is a protected historic site and a faithfully preserved representation of what a post town - essentially a place to stay overnight for travellers - was like back in the Nakasendo's heyday. It's not the only well-preserved post town in the Kiso Valley either - a few of the original 69 Nakasendo post towns have survived or been restored to their former glory, with Tsumago-juku at the southern end of the valley being another well-known historic attraction.
We've come in the off-season, but there's more than a few people walking Narai's length and taking in the township. Come in spring or summer, however, and the main street can be a logjam of domestic and international tourists.
With its main street lined by charming wooden houses, a mixture of residences, stores and eateries, strolling through Narai is a serene change of pace from the urban chaos of Tokyo. It also feels very authentic. Though a historic site, it's still a functioning village with permanent inhabitants who live, work and raise families there. Sovereign Hill, it ain't.
Obviously, there are some differences. The main street is asphalted rather than made of bare earth and flagstones, and a train station provides a fast link to the rest of the valley and beyond. The Nakasendo itself was superseded as a mode of travel long, long ago. You can still walk sections of the original trail, however, which twists to the north and south of Narai-Juku through the dense forests of the valley - at times cobblestoned to give you greater purchase in steep sections, but mostly just a simple walking track through the woods. To think of it as having been a major inter-city thoroughfare in ancient times really shows how technological progress has transformed our lives.
It's a thought that's not lost on us as we fast-track our way back to Tokyo the following day, this time hopping on the Chuo expressway toll road to get back to the city pronto to hand 'our' Civic back to Honda.
These expressways flow quickly, and even though we have to stop every now and then to pay a toll (see below for tips on dealing with Japanese tollways), we cover a lot of ground efficiently. A trip that would have taken a week by foot back in Edo-era Japan takes us just four hours in the Civic.
Could we have taken the same journey without a car? Absolutely. There's no denying that Japan's train and bus systems are the gold standard, and nine times out of 10 you'll be able to visit any tourist attraction you like without needing to hire a car.
But there's no way we could have done the trip that we did without one - at least not in the time we had available. The flexibility a car offered us and the ability for us to leave at a time of our choosing and take a route that interested us was absolutely invaluable. You can craft a much tighter itinerary if you tour Japan's countryside by car, and it also leaves you spending less time waiting in bus stops and train stations – in other words, you spend far more time actually seeing the sights, the very thing you came to do.
And if you're travelling as a group of three or four people, hiring a car also becomes quite cost-effective. Even if you use a few toll roads during your journey, the ability to spread those costs among multiple people can make a car a better financial proposition than spending a few hundred dollars on train tickets and bus fares.
So if you're planning on heading off the beaten track in Japan and you'd like to spend some time in its scenic countryside, do yourself a favour and skip the train. Why live your life according to a schedule?
As an Australian tourist, you'll need an International Driver's Permit and your Australian driver's licence on you at all times when behind the wheel. Make sure you pack them both, as car rental companies will need to sight them before handing over the keys. Don't know how to obtain an IDP? Have a read of our handy guide.
The majority of Japanese expressways are toll roads, and making heavy use of them will definitely add a lot of expense. If possible, rent a car equipped with an ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) system fitted – it means you can pay for your tolls in one lump sum when you return the car, rather than having to pay as you go in cash. It also means toll points won't slow your progress.
If you can't get an ETC card, you'll need to use a 'general lane' at each toll point and pay by cash for each section of expressway that you use – depending on your specific route this could mean multiple payments, as different sections of the national expressway system are managed by different companies. When you enter the expressway you'll collect a paper ticket from a machine, which you'll then hand over to an attendant when you eventually exit the toll road. The ticket tells them how far you've travelled, and thus how much you'll need to pay. Keep a good amount of cash with you if you choose this method, as international credit cards are not universally accepted.
If you choose to pay for tolls by cash, don't take the lanes marked with just "ETC"! The green 'general lane' sign (一般) is what you're after – if you go into an ETC-only lane, you'll incur the wrath of other drivers and toll booth attendants, as you'll instantly become a clog in their otherwise well-oiled system.
Regional roadside rest areas are more than just a place to pull over and have a kip when you're tired – they're a great way of checking out what the region is known for, and the perfect place to pick up some souvenirs of the area. Japan's regional towns and cities are fiercely proud of their local identity, and if you're looking to take some of that back with you these humble roadside stops provide an excellent opportunity.
The Japanese drive on the left hand side of the road, so Australians should feel at home. Be aware of lit intersections though, as complex ones will often have a green light for specific lanes that you'll need to pay close attention to. You'll need to be on your toes in Tokyo especially, as high traffic density and a non-grid city layout can quickly confuse the unwary.
Japanese speed limits on highways are quite low, often signposted at 80km/h on what are otherwise autobahn-quality stretches of divided and well-maintained road. Speeding, however, isn't enforced as rigidly as it is in Australia, and locals will frequently blast past at 100km/h or more.
Petrol stations in Japan are almost universally full-service, something the average Australian hasn't experienced in quite a while. Feel free to stay in your car as the pump attendant takes care of refueling (they'll likely also clean your windshield for you while the fuel flows, a complimentary service) but you'll need some basic Japanese knowledge to tell them what you need. The most useful phrase at a fuel station is "man-tan, ku-da-sai", which translates as "full tank, please".
Simply put, parking a car is an absolute pain in any heavily-populated part of Japan. On-street parking is extremely difficult to find, so never expect to be able to park right outside whatever it is you want to visit. Instead you'll need to find a paid carpark, and they take multiple forms. Some are a simple self-serve parking lot with an automatic barrier that traps your car in place once you've parked, releasing it only once you've paid the (usually steep) parking fee at a nearby machine. Other times you'll need to use a robotic car stacker (which allow a sizable number of cars to park in an otherwise tiny block of land), or a conventional multi-storey parking lot.
Parking fees are normally calculated by the half-hour during daytime hours, or even per 15 minutes if it's a crowded popular area like Shibuya or Shinjuku. If the carpark is part of a shopping centre or on the land occupied by a business of some kind, you may be able to park there for free or at a discount – provided you're a paying customer and get your ticket validated. Keep PLENTY of cash on you to deal with parking fees, as using foreign credit cards can be a pain or simply impossible.


"Our great-grandfather, the old Hois´ has known over 100 years ago, why he chose this place on the banks of Lake Traunsee for his restaurant."
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Lowell Mason in Grote Kerk, Haarlem - in the beginning of 1853
from Musical letters from Abroad, pages 303-4:
There was a large congregation the Sabbath we were in Haarlem, and all united in great earnestness in the psalms. The movement was very slow — very nearly twice as slow as it is common to sing the Old Hundredth in our American churches, so that the time was easily described by counting four to each note, or eight in a double measure. No leading voice was heard; the organ alone seemed to lead, and yet the singing and the playing were so nearly together that no unpleasant effect was produced. It is always better that the organ should lead, than that a single voice should be heard ahead … more >>
There was a large congregation the Sabbath we were in Haarlem, and all united in great earnestness in the psalms. The movement was very slow — very nearly twice as slow as it is common to sing the Old Hundredth in our American churches, so that the time was easily described by counting four to each note, or eight in a double measure. No leading voice was heard; the organ alone seemed to lead, and yet the singing and the playing were so nearly together that no unpleasant effect was produced. It is always better that the organ should lead, than that a single voice should be heard ahead of others; but, there is, indeed, no necessity for either, even in Congregational singing, and the idea that a single voice should lead a choir by being always a little in advance in time, is so entirely at variance with good taste that it is not to be tolerated. The singing was in unison, and the times seemed to be perfectly familiar. The tune was not played over upon the organ before the singing, but the organist played only a prelude of a few measures, when all the people joined at once in the hymn. The interludes were very short; indeed, they could hardly be called interludes in the ordinary sense, since they were too short to include even a single phrase; they consisted only of a passing chord or two, merely allowing time to breathe between the stanzas.
We have already intimated that the singing was very general in the congregation; in this respect, we think the Dutch congregations are in advance even of the German; for there was one universal burst of vocal sound from the beginning to the end of the hymn. No other musical form was attempted than that of the plain metrical time, or chorale.
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Margate is currently hosting a variety of art events related to T.S.Eliot (who wrote the Wasteland here almost a century ago), including a weekend dedicated to cats over Easter. I created this print based on Bulgakov's the Master and Margarita, and a giant painted banner version of it to hang up at the show. It was a bit last minute, but I got it all done on time. The show is on at the Viking Gallery off Northdown Rd over the long Easter weekend and until the 7th of April.
Prints are available from the gallery, or to order online here.
The banner is about 5ft/1.5m tall. It looks small in this photo, but it's huge in real life. After we'd hung it, me and the curator decided to create a shrine to Behemoth's demonic powers. The Russian quotes from the book on the wall say "manuscripts don't burn" and "poison, give me poison".
What to offer to a demonic Russian cat? Dead flowers, cat food and an empty bottle of vodka.
I also created some fake cult recruitment leaflets, in lieu of business cards.


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'Unorthodox' Creators Were Committed to Getting the Details Right About the Orthodox Jewish Community
Unorthodox is the story of a Hasidic Jewish woman, Esty Shapiro, who breaks free from her community and starts a new life. The idea of the new Netflix miniseries came from the true story as written by Deborah Feldman in her memoir Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots. Feldman served as a consultant on the Netflix series, as did several other people who came from Orthodox Jewish societies. This helped Unorthodox depict a realistic version of what life is like in these communities.
'Unorthodox': why producers wanted to get the details right
Amit Rahav as Yanky Shapirot and Shira Haas as Esty Shapiro in Unorthodox | Anika Molnar/Netflix
A mini-documentary titled Making Unorthodox is a lovely companion piece to the four-part drama series. Making Unorthodox goes behind the scenes to show all of the decisions that went into the production. Unorthodox executive producer Anna Winger explained in the doc that accuracy in portraying the Orthodox Jewish community was imperative. She recalled:
It was very important to us to get not just the look and feel and costumes and rituals and everything correct, but to inhabit the ideas of the these characters' worlds in a way that felt authentic.
As director Maria Schrader said in the short documentary: "You have to go beyond cliché, beyond our projection onto what the life might be in a community like this."
What is the Satmar Jewish community?
Unorthodox producer Alexa Karolinski went on to explain why this community is so insular–and unique. The Satmar Jews are "a Hasidic community" originally from Satmar, Hungary, she said. The group was "started by Holocaust survivors in New York after the war." This is what distinguished them from many other Orthodox communities.
Deborah Feldman, the author of the memoir the show was loosely based on, contributed to this mini history lesson in Making Unorthodox.
Deborah Feldman | Tristar Media/Getty Images
"It is founded by people who are struggling with the most immense trauma we can imagine," she said of the Satmar Jews. "This trauma was a very driving force behind the ideological structures of this community."
Due to the exclusivity and strict rules of the Satmar community, many of the people in these communities are very separated from the outside world.
"People like me never saw ourselves reflected back in the stores told in popular culture," Feldman said. That's part of the reason it was so imperative that Unorthodox got this community as right as possible.
"I think this is the first show ever to accurately portray the Hasidic community," Unorthodox actress Michal Birnbaum said. And she would know; Birnbaum's IMDb page shows that she herself grew up in an ultra-Orthodox community.
Netflix behind-the-scenes documentary, 'Making Unorthodox', highlights the measures they took to accurately portray this community
Unorthodox's story editor Daniel Hendler argued in the documentary why it was so significant to get details correct.
"When you're showing different communities, and especially communities on the margins, you want to get the details right," he said. That's why the casting and hiring process was so essential.
"We knew it was so important to get people on board not just as actors but behind and in front of the camera who are from this community," Karolinski recalled in Making Unorthodox. First, they hired Eli Rosen, who the producer described as an "actor, translator, and … specialist when it comes to Yiddish." Winger called Rosen a "spirit guide"
"He not only translated the scripts, he coached the actors in Yiddish, he helped us with all the cultural details, and he played the rabbi," she continued.
"I would have been lost without this advice," Unorthodox director, Maria Schrader, said of Rosen.
Karolinski also described "two research trips to New York with [the] entire team." The heads of each department working on the Netflix series walked around the neighborhood in Willamsburg where many Satmar Jews live. Schrader said these visits were "like a hunt for impressions, for feeling atmosphere, just watching, just taking things in."
The Unorthodox production designer Silke Fischer said she "tried to inhale this world by the visual impressions [she] got."
Author of 'Unorthodox' memoir on what details were important to get right
Writer Deborah Feldman, whose story was used to show Esty's journey told the New York Times about her time as a consultant for the Netflix series. She admitted that there were certain details that were important more than others to get right.
Deborah Feldman and Shira Haas filming Unorthodox | Anika Molnar/Netflix
"We had a lot of discussions about when can you sacrifice accuracy and when not," Feldman shared. "We agreed you can sacrifice accuracy as long as it doesn't impact the narrative." She used the fur hats that the men in the series often wear, shtreimels, as an example. Since in real life, the hats are made from mink fur, they're super pricey. Unorthodox didn't have the budget.
"I was constantly in touch with the costume designer to make fake ones that look real," she said. But Feldman said that's not going to ruin the powerful narrative Unorthodox is telling.
"Guess what?" she said. "It doesn't change the story if the shtreimels are fake."


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Ron Buckmire (born 1968) is a Grenadian-born mathematician, former chess champion and LGBT activist.  He is the past chair of the Occidental College Department of Mathematics. Starting in August 2018, he served as the Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs and Director of the Core Program at Occidental College for four years.

Early life and education
Buckmire was born in 1968 in Grenville, Grenada. In 1969 his family moved to the United States while his father earned a Ph.D. degree at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and in 1978 they moved to Barbados. There Buckmire attended high school at the Combermere School. Buckmire returned to the United States in 1986 to attend the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), graduating with a B.S. degree in three years and earning his Ph.D. in 1994, both in mathematics. His dissertation was on transonic aerodynamic flow, titled "The Design of Shock-Free Transonic Slender Bodies", under the advisement of Julian David Cole and Donald William Schwendeman.

Career
In 1994 he joined Occidental College as a postdoctoral researcher, and in 1996 he gained an appointment there as an assistant professor. After being granted tenure and promotion in 2004 he served as department chair from 2005 to 2010. His research interests include computational fluid dynamics for aerodynamics, nonstandard finite difference schemes, and the application of mathematical models to unusual phenomena such as the financial performance of movies.

From 2011 to 2013  Buckmire was a Program Director (rotator) at the National Science Foundation (NSF), in the Division of Undergraduate Education. After returning to Occidental he was promoted to Full Professor in 2014 and served as interim department chair for three semesters starting in Fall 2015. In summer 2016 he returned to NSF as Lead Program Director, a position he held until 2018. Starting in 2021, he is serving as SIAM's first Vice President for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. His term as Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs and Director of the Core Program at Occidental College ended in August 2022.

Research
Buckmire's research is in the area of applied mathematics, particular investigating numerical solutions of ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations. He has published multiple papers that show how to use nonstandard finite difference schemes to produce approximations to solutions of the Liouville–Bratu–Gelfand equation in one-dimension and in cylindrical or spherical coordinates.

Activism
Buckmire is also known as an LGBT activist. He came out during college in 1988 or 1989, having gained information about homosexuality through the early Internet. He became active in several student organizations at RPI, including serving as president of the Rensselaer Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Association and even co-founding the Women Students Association. In 1991 he began the Queer Resources Directory, an online resource that for information on issues relating to sexual minorities, and in the 1990s administered several queer electronic mailing lists/discussion groups. He was also active in outreach through radio, co-creating a queer local radio show called Homo Radio while at RPI, and later becoming a contributor to This Way Out, a national radio newsmagazine show. He organized a mailing list associated with LGBT meetups at the Joint Mathematics Meetings; this group of people evolved into Spectra.

Awards and recognition
Buckmire was awarded the NOGLSTP GLBTA Educator of the Year for 2011. Buckmire was also recognized by Mathematically Gifted & Black as a Black History Month 2018 Honoree.

Personal life
From his youth, Buckmire participated in competitive chess, becoming Barbados Junior Champion four times and National Champion three times, and as of 1997 was ranked as a senior master and one of the top 250 chess players in the United States.

Buckmire is married to Dean Elzinga, a former professional opera singer who is now a data scientist.

References

External links
 Professional Website at Occidental College
 Faculty Website at Occidental College
 Queer Resources Directory

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Less than two weeks after the series finale of The Good Wife, CBS has announced a spin-off depicting the next chapter of Diane Lockhart's career and life.
As per USA Today, Christine Baranski and Cush Gumbo will reprise their respective roles as Lockhart and Lucca Quinn in the currently untitled series, which is set to be offered exclusively via CBS' All-Access streaming app for $6 a month. The new show will carry on the legal tradition and depict Lockhart's new task of heading up her own firm with the help of Quinn.
The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King are also spearheading the new drama: Entertainment Weekly notes that the couple has agreed to pen the first episode's script and help serve as executive producers.
"The quality of The Good Wife has always rivaled anything on television and we're excited to tell more stories with some of the brilliant characters Robert and Michelle King created," CBS Television Studios President David Stapf said in a statement. During its heyday, the show racked up five Emmy Awards, but failed to achieve the ratings inherent to most successful primetime dramas.
The spin-off is set to take place one year after the final episode of The Good Wife ended.


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Beyond wealth
A Life Less Ordinary: Tom Marchant
Launched in true entrepreneur style in a bedroom by friends Tom Marchant, James Merrett and Matt Smith, Black Tomato has been disrupting the travel industry for the past 14 years. The fast-growing company, now worth £30m, expanded to New York in 2013 and currently generates nearly 70% of its business from that office.
For Black Tomato, it's not just about the destination: the company's mission is to inspire travellers to disconnect through 'self-actualisation'. This means catering to clients who want to understand different peoples and cultures through unique, bespoke experiences, reconnecting with others and with themselves. 'We are Human' is Black Tomato's message.
The business made great strides through well-placed articles and an editorial partnership with the hip email newsletter Daily Candy, while key partnerships with the Gwyneth Paltrow-owned lifestyle brand Goop and Travel + Leisure magazine also helped. Its innovative products, including Get Lost (when clients are taken to a mystery destination) and Blink (pop-up luxury camps in untouched locations), offer one-of-a-kind experiences, from a private viewing of solar eclipses at the world's highest observatory to a private lunch in a restaurant carved out of ice on a glacier in Iceland to witnessing a private Inca ceremony in Sacred Valley after visiting Machu Picchu.
We speak to multi-award-winning founder Tom Marchant, named in 2018 as one of Conde Nast Traveller's 48 people in the world changing the way we travel, about why he started Black Tomato, how he found success in the United States and the future of travel.
I had a great, curious childhood. My mother was from Finland and travelled a lot. She worked as a nurse in Sweden and France, and met my father, who was an entrepreneur. They believed you learned a lot from travel, so we travelled a lot, to Finland, Southern Europe and the States. My great, great grandfather was an art dealer with Lautrec and Van Gogh, so there was also a big Parisian connection; we spent a lot of time there. We often had trips to where my father's software business was expanding.
It instilled a curiosity in me: I had this combination of wanting to travel and also seeing a parent building a business, and all the highs and lows that came with, and I think it subconsciously planted seeds in me that I wanted to work for myself, with something I was passionate about.
When I was growing up, travel agents weren't that inspiring. There's this industry whose job is to sell these amazing places; it should be the easiest sell in the world. But so many people were doing such a bad job telling people about these places. So that whole experience informed how Black Tomato was going to approach it.
It's harder working with friends, because if you disagree or have a different opinion with 20 years of friendship behind you, it can become personal. The three of us were best friends when we started Black Tomato. And in the early days it was bit like: 'How many founders of Black Tomato does it take to change a lightbulb?' So it could have been better in terms of clarity from the start, but we're still going.
There needs to be depth and understanding of the psychology of travel. When I go somewhere new, the first thing I'll do is ask a cab driver where he goes for a drink when he finishes work. By asking questions, it opens up things you're never going to find in the guidebooks, and you have that human interaction as well.
So many British businesses try to 'take on the States', and it's often driven by ego and it kills them. We thought our company's attitude would appeal to certain sections of the US audience – primarily the East and West coasts, but also pockets mid-country. We did an arm's-length relation with a PR firm in New York where we were trying to replicate our UK model, and it just didn't work; there's no substitute for being in the room. I started going to New York probably every five weeks, networking and getting to know journalists and brand partners, getting coverage and learning a lot.
Americans appreciate honesty, and that includes saying no. It's OK to say what you're good at, and if you play the humble card, they don't see the value. At the beginning of moving to New York, my friend asked me to a networking dinner and I said: "What's the format?" and he said: "You'll see." Very cloak and dagger.
There were 16 people in a private room in a midtown Italian restaurant, run by a doctor whose patients were relatively successful business people, and he told them to bring three guests. The doctor said: "Here's the deal: every person here is going to speak about the things they've done in their lives since they were 9 years old." So one of them says: "I'm chief advisor to George Soros and on the weekends I'm a DJ and I just did Mick Jagger's birthday." And I was like: "That's impressive. What am I gonna say?" Then the next person says: "I'm lead violinist in the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and head of creative at Apple." And by the time it gets round to you, you think, it's just OK to say what you did without boasting, even off the back of the connections you made. People say Americans are eternal optimists, but I just think they bring a pragmatism and honesty to business.
Tom Marchant
The best bit of business advice I've ever received was from my father. When we were starting out, he said: 'You need to be obsessed at the start'.
My experience in the States was like doing an MBA. We very quickly understood it's very different to the UK: don't assume that if your approach, tone of voice or product worked here it will work there. Yes, Americans do like to buy British and that's cool. But don't slap the Union Jack all over yourself, pretend you're Hugh Grant or be self-deprecating, because it doesn't always work.
Also remember: America is not a country, but a collection of states that all have very different attitudes towards travel, culture and appreciation of what service means. We did well in New York, but the West Coast was a very different audience,because they're so into service. They have their pool guy, their trainer, their stylist, so they want a travel guy – but the service still has to be impeccable. What I learned in the States was brought back to the UK: a focused, obsessive approach to service and knowing how important it is. I think sometimes British businesses in the hospitality world don't pay enough attention to that.
I think the concept of 'experience' is in its golden years. We're big on personal fulfilment, and so if you feel fulfilled in anything in your life, that's generally pretty good – and travel is a vehicle to do that. One thing we're looking at and trying to understand better is the real emotional takeaways from our clients' trips. 'Remember the night when…' is such a common phrase, but it's those nights and days when everything kind of fits and works, whether it's the beach bar on a Greek island or the hidden restaurant in Old Havana. It's the sensory thing, and I think you can build on that.
We're going to see more and more lifestyle brands getting into travel. I don't think it's beyond the pale to imagine a scenario in the years to come where people plan their travel every year according to the fashion brands and experiences they're going to have. You could imagine them having their Toms shoe experience in Sri Lanka, or spending time in Paris with Chanel.
The best bit of business advice I've ever received was from my father. When we were starting out, he said: "You need to be obsessed at the start." It wasn't a kind of 'work every hour, forever', but if you're going to do it, do it. A lot of people who start businesses these days are driven by the whole entrepreneurial culture: the vision or dream is far more attractive than the reality. If you want to give yourself a chance, you've got to be obsessed with it, and for the first 18 months we really cared about it, and it was our priority. I think that's why it worked. The other piece of advice is: never be too proud. It's about giving yourself the best chance to be a success. But also understand that by not being too proud it means you're open to ideas, and you're willing to listen. Because if you're too sensitive, then you lose focus.
Ali Catterall is a journalist who writes for The Guardian, British GQ, Louder and Director magazine.
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Shiloh was originally called Three Springs because of a site known as "Three Springs" for its geological characteristics. This site hosted an 11-day revival camp meeting in April, 1807, which was the first in St. Clair County and probably the second in the whole Illinois Country, which was then part of Indiana Territory. It was organized by the Rev. William McKendree, Presiding Elder of the Western Conference and 4th Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. This assembly inspired construction of the log Shiloh Meeting House on the site over a two-day period which became the first Methodist church in the county and second in the Illinois Country. This meeting house came to be the longest-organized United Methodist church in the state of Illinois (1807), bequeathing its name to the village and township which grew up around it. Three members of this church played significant roles in State government in the effort to prevent slaveholding from gaining a foothold in Illinois. Shiloh named its park on Frank Scott Parkway "Three Springs Park" to acknowledge this part of its history.
Joseph Scott erected a small grist and powder mill on a branch of Silver Creek. It was a log building and was propelled by an undershot water-wheel. For a number of years, he continued the manufacture of a fine quality of powder procuring the nitre in the caves on the Gasconade River in Missouri (which was hostile Indian territory at that time.) This was undoubtedly the first powder mill in the State. Mr. Scott furnished the rangers, hunters and sporting men of St. Louis with powder but never sold to the Indians.
The **Shiloh Cemetery on Main Street has graves dating back to the 1820's. Several Revolutionary War Veterans are buried there.
Frierdich Engelmann purchased the farm property in 1833, establishing the Engelmann Farm. This was not just another farm producing corn and other crops. The farm became known as "the refuge of righteousness on the Mississippi River" because those German exiles would resupply and rest there while en route to settle the American frontier.
Theodore Engelmann published the first newspaper in Illinois.
George Engelmann, was a renowned botanist. He helped to develop the Missouri Botanical Garden using plants that he grew on the farm in Shiloh. This acreage today represents the last "old growth" forest in Shiloh Valley.
Gustave Koerner married Sophie Engelmann (Frierdich's daughter); he became Illinois Supreme Court judge and lieutenant governor of the State; presided over the 1860 Illinois Republican Convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln; he garnered German support for Lincoln as Republican nominee for President.
Today, the Engelmann property is a St. Clair County Park. The County bought it to preserve its history. Besides its unspoiled habitat, there are two historic homes on the property as well as the Engelmann family cemetery.
In 1834, Dr. Adolph Reuss emigrated to the US and purchased a 200-acre farm in Shiloh, Illinois. Dr. Reuss was physician and zoologist, known for his work in the fields of herpetology and arachnology. He worked as a farmer and maintained a successful medical practice. His home was often used as a hospital. His estate grew to 450 acres.
In 1845, the Village was platted by Martin Stites and James Atkins. The first home was built just south of the Methodist Church followed by a store, a blacksmith shop and a steam sawmill.
The first schoolhouse in St. Clair County was a one story log house established in Shiloh in 1811. Shiloh Valley School was built on Shiloh Station Road in 1880 (This building is now gone.) Students then had a choice of which school to attend. There were no school districts at that time. Shiloh Village School's first building was built in 1850 and was located on the same site as today's school (125 Diamond Court.) This building was replaced in 1950. The current school has had several additions.
In 1850, the Shiloh Post Office was established but was moved to O'Fallon in 1854. The Shiloh Post Office was re-established in 1858. In 1911, the Post Office was closed again with residents getting rural delivery out of O'Fallon. Today, Shiloh has 4 zip codes in its corporate limits – 62269, 62221, 62226 & 62225.
Shiloh had the first library in the area. On August 14, 1836 it started with a collection of ninety-three volumes. By the end of the year it had grown to 346 books. On February 22, 1839, the library was incorporated by the General Assembly of Illinois with papers signed by Governor Theo Carlin. By this time the collection had grown to 1,906 volumes. In 1853, the books were moved to Belleville to create a larger library, creating Belleville's current library, which is the oldest library in Illinois.
Shiloh's Glen Addie Mansion on Lebanon Avenue was believed to be a stop on the Underground Railroad. Colonel James L. Morrison, a Civil War Army Colonel, who sympathized with the slaves, built his $60,000 mansion in honor of his wife. This mansion, containing 26 rooms, 12 fireplaces, and an enormous ballroom was later turned into St. John's Orphanage. In 1952, the mansion was torn down.
Two brick houses next to each other, on top of a hill, on Green Mount Road were also believed to be used to hide slaves. Little was documented about the location of underground stations because the railroad was illegal and any printed information could have incriminated an abolitionist.
By 1880, Shiloh had two shoe shops, two general stores, two hotels, a blacksmith shop and a saw mill.
In 1886, a toll gate was erected on the newly "paved" road between Lebanon Avenue and Hartman Lane (Belleville to Shiloh.) A homeowner at the location passed a bucket out the window for the tolls.
On June 20, 1905, Shiloh was organized as a Village taking its name from the Township that it was situated in. It had 51 residents – 47 voted for incorporation and 4 voted against.
In June 1917, the war Department selected a square mile near Shiloh for training aviators. Ten thousand dollars was appropriated by Congress for construction and 2,000 laborers and carpenters immediately went to work constructing an installation. The field was named in honor of Corporal Frank S. Scott who was the first enlisted person to die in an aircraft accident, and the only Air Force Base named for an enlisted member. In September 1917, the first four airplanes arrived. Captain Jack W. Heard was the first commanding officer. By 1919, Scott Field had trained approximately 500 pilots for WWI. That same year, the War Department purchased Scott Field and by 1921, the installation was approved to become a lighter-than-air station. Today, parts of Scott Air Force Base are in the corporate limits of the Village.
In 1978, the Shiloh Water Tower, was built. It stands 145 ft. tall and is also on one of the highest points in St. Clair County. Many think it resembles a giant red-and-white striped peppermint candy. The FAA chose its color scheme for flight safety reasons because of its close proximity to Scott Air Force Base. It is the most recognizable logo of the Village.
In the late 1980's Shiloh began annexing property mostly to its west making it the size we know today. Today, the Village is approximately 11 square miles.
A significant archaeological find was discovered at the Frank Scott Parkway East Extension in Shiloh in 2000. The traces of twenty-two houses and quite a few huts are believed to date back the Mississippian era. The era occurred between 1000 A.D. to 1400 A.D. Broken pots, stone tools and animal bones were found at the site.
In 2001, Shiloh's first shopping development was built at the corner of Frank Scott Crossing and Green Mount Road.
In 2004, at the entrance of the Shiloh Community Park a September 11 Memorial was constructed. This monument tells of the many different people and professions that helped in the aftermath of the tragic attacks on September 11, 2001. Each side of the memorial represents a different group of people, including police, firefighters, EMS personnel and military personnel, as well as lost loved ones.
In 2016, Shiloh welcomed Memorial Hospital East to the Village. It is a 94 bed state of the art facility located on Cross Street.
Shiloh's history is alive and growing – always looking forward. Out of the world of today, will come the history of tomorrow.
*Information taken from the book "Wanderers Between Two Worlds: German Rebels in the American West, 1830-1860" by Douglas Hale, Ph.D.
The 2010 Census shows Shiloh having 12,651 residents. Demographics are not yet available.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 10.1 square miles, of which, 10.1 square miles (26.0 sq. km.) of it is land and 0.04 square miles of it is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,643 people, 2,778 households, and 2,080 families residing in the village. The population density was 760.2 people per square mile. There were 2,928 housing units at an average density of 291.2/sq mi. The racial makeup of the village was 82.14% White, 13.32% African American, 0.27% Native American, 1.79% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.75% from other races, and 1.65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.62% of the population.
There were 2,778 households out of which 40.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.8% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.1% were non-families. 20.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.05.
In the village the population was spread out with 27.7% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 34.6% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 6.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 102.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.0 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $57,692, and the median income for a family was $67,054. Males had a median income of $42,083 versus $30,843 for females. The per capita income for the village was $25,550. About 6.1% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.1% of those under age 18 and 1.6% of those age 65 or over.
A special annual event for residents of Shiloh is the Shiloh Homecoming. The Homecoming is a two-day celebration with various amusements and rides, held the first Friday and Saturday after Labor Day every year. The end of the Friday celebration is marked by a fireworks display.
At the entrance of the Shiloh Park and Police Station is a September 11 memorial. This monument tells of the many different people and professions that helped in the aftermath of the tragic attacks on September 11, 2001. It is a memorial of those who were born to live, lived to help, and helped to live.
To commemorate the date that the 2004 Shiloh Homecoming Picnic fell on, members of the Village's Improvement Association organized a special event for all those lost during the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001.
A 9-11 memorial was unveiled during a ceremony on September 11 at 4 p.m. near the entrance to Park Drive.
Each side of the memorial represents a different group of people, including police, firefighters, EMS personnel and military personnel, as well as lost loved ones. In the future, the association hopes to add benches so people can be seated while reflecting on the memorial.
Click here to view photos of the memorial dedication.
For more information on purchasing a plaque, call us at (618) 632-1022 or stop by Shiloh Village Hall.


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Sales rocket for London office firm Citibase despite Brexit vote
Serviced office operator Citibase has shrugged off Brexit jitters in the property market to record its best ever sales quarter.
The firm which counts business centres in Millbank, Victoria and Finchley among the London offices it runs, said revenue from new contracts surged more than three-fold in the three months to July 31.
While the company did not divulge the value of the deals, it said a flurry of small and medium enterprises signed for new offices in the period.
Citibase boss Steve Jude said: "I believe Brexit matters less to many SMEs than to larger corporates. SMEs are more nimble and will continue exporting and operating regardless of the vote to leave the EU."
He added: "Contrary to all the doom-mongers, SMEs have been quick to respond and find a solution to their office needs following the vote, both in the month before, during and after."
The lettings will allay concerns that Britain leaving the bloc could weaken the UK's image as a place for businesses to invest in.
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Morbidelli: Yamaha "didn't owe me" factory MotoGP status, but I deserve it
Franco Morbidelli admits Yamaha "didn't owe me" factory status in MotoGP, despite his form on an old M1, but he believes he "deserved" it.
Morbidelli will end the 2021 season as a factory Yamaha rider having been promoted from Petronas SRT to take the seat formerly occupied by Maverick Vinales before his axing last month.
On Thursday, Yamaha also confirmed it had signed Morbidelli onto a two-year factory deal through to the end of 2023.
Morbidelli was the top Yamaha runner in 2020, coming second in the standings with three victories, despite riding effectively the 2019 bike, having had the works support he was meant to have changed at the start of the year.
Despite his 2020 success, Yamaha kept him on the 'A-spec' version of the M1, with Morbidelli still able to manage a podium at Jerez and a fourth in Portugal on a two-year-old bike before injury curtailed his season in June.
When asked by Autosport ahead of this weekend's San Marino Grand Prix – which Morbidelli won last year – if he felt he was owed factory status given everything he's been through at SRT, he replied: "I felt I deserved it. I felt I definitely deserved it, and I spoke openly with all the people inside Yamaha.
"Finally, we're here. So, they didn't owe me anything, I just felt I deserved something, but for sure Yamaha didn't owe me anything."
Franco Morbidelli, Petronas Yamaha SRT
Morbidelli admits the situation with Vinales' suspension and ultimately the immediate end of his relationship with Yamaha "added some pepper" to things in MotoGP, but refused to divulge exactly what he thought it could have meant for his own career at the time.
The Italian has been absent since the Dutch TT in June after undergoing an operation on a knee injury he sustained earlier in the year in training.
Originally scheduled to miss three races, that hiatus turned into five grands prix, with Morbidelli admitting he is still struggling to bend his left knee.
"Well, we've been focusing quite a lot on the recovery," Morbidelli said of his time on the sidelines with injury.
"The injury is not that big of a deal, it's quite a usual injury, but it takes a long time to recover.
"So, we focused on forcing that recovery time. For sure the main thing is the knee bending, it's difficult to bend the knee.
"But we've been forcing and we've been focusing quite a lot that, and also keeping an eye on the overall physical shape. We will see this weekend what job we have done."
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Morbidelli confirmed he will work with Vinales' crew chief Silvano Galbusera for the rest of the 2021 campaign and will not bring Ramon Forcada back to the factory squad (having worked with Vinales previously, as well as Jorge Lorenzo) this year.
He says this was a team decision to avoid making further big changes amidst an already-chaotic period for both Yamaha and SRT.
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Q: Raspberry OS lite, TFT display, Openbox : Cannot init x I just installed Raspberry OS lite (no desktop environment), plugged a WaveShare 2.8 TFT display in and installed Openbox and the tools below:
xorg openbox obmenu openbox-menu menu slim (slim for auto login)
And lastly I ran shell script ./LCD28-show lite which you can see here: .
This setup worked with all systems by far, this time I am getting an error as follows:
Server terminated with error (1)
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error

When I start openbox I get this error message:
Openbox-Message: Failed to open the display from the DISPLAY environment variable
Please let me know if there is any particular error log that could be useful and i will provide it.

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You'll find plenty of places to visit near Melbourne: The Great Ocean Road (in Torquay) and Werribee Open Range Zoo (in Werribee). Dedicate the 12th (Thu) to wine at some of the top wineries in the area. There's still lots to do: take in nature's colorful creations at Royal Botanic Gardens, savor the flavors at Food & Drink, contemplate the long history of Old Melbourne Gaol, and browse the collection at State Library of Victoria.
To see ratings, more things to do, reviews, and tourist information, you can read our Melbourne trip planning app .
If you are flying in from Malaysia, the closest major airport is Melbourne International Airport. Expect a daytime high around 30°C in March, and nighttime lows around 15°C. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 15th (Sun) early enough to travel back home.


You have dreamt of it for so many nights, you have saved up each euro/pound/dollar/yen and now you've finally got it: your own suit from Brioni. However, when you walk down the streets, the girls don't turn their heads to look back and Scott Schuman doesn't ask you for a photo to post on his website… Oh Georges "Beau" Brummel , God of the Dandies, please tell me, what's my problem?
The problem lies in the fact that most men do not think enough about their shoes. Let me tell you this: you could have the most perfect suit from the most prestigious tailor but without beautiful shoes, it's all over. The right pair of shoes will help lift up a middle-quality suit: nothing is impossible.
Think optimistic about it. Quality shoes are an investment. Shoes that are made with the Goodyear Welt method allow multiple sole replacements, extending the life of the footwear. So if you take care of your investment, you will keep them for a very long time: some of my shoes are more than 15 years old and I get asked frequently where I bought those new shoes.
Let me give you the rules to the game. Firstly, when you buy new shoes, make sure that you have shoe trees made out of cedar wood. This wood will better absorb the moisture and take away the smell. The shoe tree itself will help to keep the original form of your shoes. So when you are not wearing your shoes, use shoe trees! Secondly, you should not wear your shoes for two days straight to let the perspiration exit. Thirdly, regulary nourish the leather with a shoe cream; if you want your shoes to shine, you could add a drop of champaign or white wine (or a drop of water if you have a money problem due to the economic crisis), mirror effect guaranteed. This technic is called "freezing the leather".
Shoes are a real passion for a lot of men, so perhaps tonight you will dream of going to John Lobb on St.James Street, London. This shop is the church of the beautiful shoes. Lobb has handmade his shoes for the Royal Family of Great-Britain for several generations. Kings and smarter-dressed men from all around the world have been served by Lobb ever since 1849, which is still a family-owned business. Their warehouse stacks wooden sculptures of each of their customers feet; Lobb only makes bespoke models, their prices start at € 2500 and there is 6 month delivery time. Note that you can also find Lobb ready-to-wear (property of Hermès) in some selected shops for around € 750.
It's a lot of money for shoes, but at least you can promise your bankclerk that you will keep them marvelous for the rest of your life: your very own investment.
my pleasure if you find it interesting, thanks.
You will need the leather balm "cirage crème universelle saphir" to nourrish the leather (most important !) and to shine the shoes use : "cirage pâte de luxe saphir".
Thanks! You,re a pro Bertie!
Will have to try the "freezing method", but I'm not quite sure if I would use a 1988 DomP for it!
haha… freezing it… I'll first try it with some white wine… it truly is a great article Bertie!!
I am getting thirsty reading this post and comments….
ah ah ah I knew the wine freezing method would interest you !
If someone would like to try: put the wax one your shoes with a rag, rub a little and with your finger add some drop of water (or champaign or wine), and rub again, your shoes should shine like a mirror : it's the freezing !!!
… you are right Lance, and when you are finished shining your shoes, you can drink the Champaign with your girlfriend : we really live in a perfect world !
….the world of the Suitorialist through the eyes of a Suitorialist… Great job Bertie..
@ Bertie; touché! Tomorrow night there's FRANK (Friday Night Drink) in the Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam. The champaign isn't good, but the girls are!
@ I am presenting a case to MBA students at the RSM Erasmus University tomorrow and will be with them the entire day without a pc. So if I don't find time to see you here in the comments. Have a good Friday and we catch up over the weekend!
I am curious what you will think of my post on Saturday. If men …… are hot or not.
So, drink the water with the girlfriend and polish your shoes with champagne? Or the other way round? Hmm…depends on shoes and girlfriend, I think!
But anyway, your article is great! It's interesting and the way it is written is also great, always a little bit ironic! I like it!
So then, best of luck for your presentation tomorrow! You are a student or you are the lecturer?
Have a nice weekend! See you here!
@ Karl, thanks man you too! I was a lecturer today and it was my first time and it was great!! Cool mba students from 36 different nationalities. They came up with some impressive solutions for the case!! Then we went wild water rafting or flowboarding @ zoetermeer's Dutch Water Dreams; grand!!
Heard of Dutch Water Dreams, must be great!
Weekend? Hm…work a little bit, some drinks saturday night! Chill out on Sunday!
I really do need to up my shoe game.


Outstanding in the Field was way ahead of both the locavore and pop-up restaurant curves.
On Feb. 9, Outstanding in the Field will return to Texas to visit Jason and Lynsey Kramer's Yonder Way Farm in Fayetteville, where Emmer & Rye chef Kevin Fink and his team will prepare a huge meal in the middle of their farm outside La Grange. No word on the menu yet, but you can find tickets cost ($200) at outstandinginthefield.com.


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Trump gets wish in Georgia, sparks 'a political civil war'
by: JEFF AMY and STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press
FILE – Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., speaks during a rally in Augusta, Ga., on Dec. 10, 2020. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who drew Donald Trump's wrath for refusing to act on his false allegations of a stolen election, is likely to face the former senator for the 2022 Republican primary for governor. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
ATLANTA (AP) — Less than a year after losing the presidency, Donald Trump has set out to reshape the GOP in his image across the nation's top political battlegrounds, sparking bitter primary battles that will force candidates and voters to decide how much to embrace Trump and his grievances.
But nowhere is his quest more consequential than Georgia.
Trump has inspired a slate of loyalists to seek statewide office in the Southern swing state, and as of Monday, that group included former Republican Sen. David Perdue, who formally launched a challenge against Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. The move marked a rare, serious primary threat to a sitting governor, bucking the wishes of GOP leaders in Washington and ensuring months of Republican infighting in a state where the party is trying to restore its dominance.
"It is going to be a political civil war here in Georgia," current Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, a Republican and frequent Trump critic who is not running for reelection, told The Associated Press. "It's all avoidable if we just act like adults and move on. But that's not reality at this point."
It's not just Georgia.
Tension between Trump and what's left of the Republican establishment is defining primaries for Senate and governor across dozens of states — including Arizona, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania — months before the first ballots are cast next spring and summer. With President Joe Biden's approval numbers sagging, political headwinds from Washington suggest that Republicans could make major political gains in 2022 — if the GOP can get out of its own way.
Trump's interest in a third presidential bid in 2024 ensures he will be the face of the Republican Party for the foreseeable future.
Look no further for a cautionary tale than Georgia, an evolving swing state where demographic shifts of recent years have given Democrats a path to power. Biden narrowly defeated Trump here last fall and, after Trump falsely claimed widespread election fraud, Democrats seized victory in two Senate runoff elections in January that gave them control of the Senate.
Ever since, the former president has battered the state officials who certified the election results — Kemp chief among them — with an fierce torrent of political attacks.
Trump's chief problem with Kemp has little to do with substantive policy; he's working to oust the governor simply because he refused to support Trump's fight to overturn the 2020 election.
The former president called Kemp "a very weak governor" in a statement endorsing Perdue on Monday night, citing nothing specific in his opposition to the sitting governor save his position on "election integrity."
"Most importantly," Trump said of Kemp, "he can't win because the MAGA base — which is enormous — will never vote for him."
Trump also boosted Republican former football star Herschel Walker in the GOP's push to unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, betting on an untested and unvetted professional athlete in a Republican primary against state Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black. He is also backing like-minded candidates in Republican primaries for lieutenant governor and secretary of state, where current Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is fighting for his political survival.
Nationwide, Trump has endorsed more than 60 midterm candidates so far, including several running against Republican incumbents.
Trump's intervention in the Georgia governor's race is a nightmare scenario of sorts for some Republican strategists, who were already gearing up for a difficult general election contest against former state lawmaker and Democratic voting rights activist Stacey Abrams, who narrowly lost to Kemp in 2018. Abrams formally announced her candidacy last week.
In his announcement video, Perdue said he was running first and foremost to stop Abrams and an "unprecedented onslaught from the woke left." He also parroted Trump's baseless claims about the 2020 election.
"We simply have to be united," said Perdue, who narrowly lost his Senate seat in January. "Unfortunately, today we are divided, and Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger are to blame."
Meanwhile, a furious Kemp promised an all-out brawl. Kemp spokesman Cody Hall dubbed Perdue "the man who lost Republicans the United States Senate" and blamed the ousted senator for a list of complaints including inflation, high government spending and cancel culture.
The Georgians First Leadership Committee, a Kemp-aligned group that can raise unlimited contributions, also attacked Perdue just hours after his announcement in a fundraising email, seizing on the former senator's business record and stock trades while in office. Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff used similar criticism to defeat Perdue in January's Senate contest.
"This crooked insider and 'America Last' loser is DESPERATE to claw his way back into political relevance," the committee wrote in a fundraising email.
Republicans in Washington and beyond prepared for a nasty and expensive GOP primary, which could ultimately cost tens of millions of dollars and drag Kemp to the right in a state that has moved to the center. So far, Abrams has no primary challengers.
The governor's race reflects GOP divisions playing out across Republican communities this year.
In Georgia, pro-Trump activists angered by his defeat have flooded local Republican Party meetings, seizing control of the party machinery while dumping some metro-Atlanta county officials deemed insufficiently pro-Trump.
David Shafer, the state party chairman, has maintained a pro-Trump line.
Criticized for speaking at Trump's September rally where Trump joined his slate of endorsed candidates, Shafer on Sunday told The Associated Press that the party would be neutral in contested primaries and said he hoped Republican candidates "will focus on their own strengths and how they can assemble a winning coalition."
National Republican leaders are remaining loyal to Kemp.
Anticipating a Trump-backed challenge from Perdue, the Republican Governors Association vowed to support the incumbent Georgia governor in addition to other sitting Republican governors who have drawn Trump's ire, including Idaho Gov. Brad Little. In helping Republican incumbents, however, RGA Chairman Doug Ducey, the Arizona governor, said his organization would not attack Trump's slate of challengers.
"The RGA follows the 11th Commandment," Ducey said at the group's recent gathering in his state. "We do not speak ill of another Republican."
But Republicans on the ground in Georgia are not likely to play so nice.
Georgia Republican Party official Randy Evans, who served as Trump's ambassador to Luxembourg, argued that Kemp may be so unpopular with the Trump base that he will lose to Abrams even if he survives the primary.
"If the party comes together, Perdue will be the nominee and then he'll go on to be governor," Evans said. "And if the party comes apart, which if the bitterness and divisiveness continues with this kind of rhetoric, then Kemp will be the nominee and Stacey will be the governor."
Peoples reported in New York.
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SAB Biotherapeutics Announces Contract with BARDA to Advance First MERS Treatment
SAB Biotherapeutics, Inc. (SAB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical development company, announced today that it has been awarded a contract for up to $5.3 million by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The funding will be used for advanced clinical manufacturing and testing for SAB's novel antibody therapeutic (SAB-301) to treat MERS-CoV.
"SAB has developed a unique production platform to rapidly respond to emerging infectious disease threats," said SAB president and CEO Dr. Eddie Sullivan. "This partnership with BARDA is instrumental in advancing the MERS treatment, while creating a clinical development pathway for other therapeutics produced from our novel rapid response platform."
SAB-301 was produced utilizing the DiversitAb™ platform, which leverages transchromosomic cattle (Tc Bovine™). These cattle have been genetically designed to produce large amounts of human polyclonal antibodies (immunoglobulin G) in response to an antigen such as MERS in a brief period of time.
Currently, there are no approved vaccines or specific treatments for MERS, a severe respiratory disease akin to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) with a high fatality rate. Since it was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012, MERS has infected more than 1,700 people and killed nearly 40% of those infected. According to the World Health Organization, cases have now been confirmed in 27 countries in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the United States. A 2015 outbreak in the Republic of Korea is the largest outbreak outside of the Middle East.
BARDA, which manages the procurement and advanced development of medical countermeasures for pandemic influenza and other emerging infectious diseases, will provide an initial $2.4M for clinical grade product for human trials, with an option for an additional $2.9M to produce more doses if needed.
Phase I Clinical Trials are currently underway for SAB-301 with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) evaluating dosage and safety with a final report expected in the first quarter of 2017. Once these trials in healthy candidates have been completed with no significant safety concerns, the potency and dosing of the treatment can be evaluated in Phase 2 trials in patients with MERS in endemic countries utilizing the product specified in the BARDA contract also conducted by the NIH.
"We are also advancing treatments for Ebola, Influenza and Zika with the goal of leveraging our platform as a countermeasure against emerging infectious diseases," added Sullivan. "SAB is dedicated to partnering with government and other organizations to address this current and future threats to human health."
About SAB Biotherapeutics, Inc. (SAB)
SAB Biotherapeutics, Inc. (SAB), headquartered in Sioux Falls, S.D. is a clinical stage, biopharmaceutical development company leading the science and manufacturing of antibody therapeutics. Utilizing some of the most advanced antibody science in the world, SAB is delivering the world's first large-scale platform to create immunoglobulins. This natural production platform holds the potential for treatment of public health problems, rare conditions, long-term diseases and global pandemic threats.
SAB Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Melissa Ullerich, 605-695-8350
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