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On Saturday, November 6, 2021, Lakefield College Schule welcomed over 1100 students from over 200 Ontario schools to compete in the 2021 OFSAA Cross Country Running Championships. Starting at 9 o'clock, students raced the four-, five-, and six-kilometre courses on our newly rejuvenated network of trails. Though crisp and cool, the sun shone down all day, providing athletes with ideal racing conditions.
Die LCS community was abuzz, eager to cheer on the 10 runners from its very own XC team who qualified for the event. Congratulations to Jana '25, Ali '24, Gabriel '25, Richard '24, Nate '24, Auston '25, Alistair '24, Clea '22, Evan '23, and Thomas '22 for their dedication and commitment to training, which led to their ongoing success in races leading up to OFSAA. This momentous day was made even more special as the LCS Junior Boys Cross Country team qualified for the race—the first LCS team to qualify for OFSAA in over 20 years!
LCS is grateful for the individuals and organizations who made today's event possible, Peterborough Public Health (for their ongoing support and guidance to ensure all of visitors and community members were able to participate in this event safely), LCS students and staff, CISAA, CISAA schools, COSSA schools, and the Association Convenors for Cross Country Running. The event was made even more special with the presence of the OFSAA sponsor—Nike—who installed a pop-up shop on the school grounds and sold OFSAA merchandise throughout the day.
LCS looks forward to hosting its second OFSAA event of the 2021/22 school year in February—the 2022 OFSAA Nordic Skiing Championship at LCS!
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Sorry for the radio silence for anyone that didn't catch my tweet, but as I was working on this very comic to go up on the 7th, the flu ambushed me and had me laid up for over a week.
This is Fist of the North Star, not a bloody Jojo's reference.
He's a rogue. He gets a feee cleanse?
Yay! Welcome back to the land of the living! I can't wait for him to fall over from 15x damage.
DoT is Death spelled backwards. Well, in German at least.
So stacking debuff and I'm assuming at the full original damage because it's broken. Yikes.
Yeah, we are looking at something like 17250 points of damage over five seconds here.
I'm assuming at this point Castor leads their internal testing teams and likes to sit on this stuff.
Depends on whether it's passive (on all the time) or active (triggered as a cooldown). As a "talent", could be either. Getting a baseline 20% dps increase for, say 15-20s as a cooldown isn't out of the question by any means.
Also, I don't think its "A lot more than twice". I'm assuming there's a rolling stack, rather than a debuff-refresh. So that stack of fifteen is going to start dropping down as the five second window behind the attacks earlier in the stack start dropping off. The only the stack would hit fiteen is because of FoF, which allowed Lys to put fifteen (weaker than normal) attacks downrange within the five seconds – there's no actual benefit per se to having a high stack number.
Also, glad you're feeling better Russell. Welcome back.
Means instead of full direct damage say a solid 1000 to your person in one shot, you get a DoT that applies that same damage over X amount of time. Say 100 damage every 1 sec for 10 sec's applies 1k damage over that time to you. So your life slowly ticks down.
So here, she's doing 15x her damage over 5 sec's. Let's just assume that's a LOT of damage draining him quickly.
What kind of crappy internal testing let this talent go live?
Sorry to hear you got laid out by the flu. May you feel better and remain well.
He asplode. In blood. It is quite dramatic.
I was actually starting to get a bit worried you were okay!
Roses are Red, Violets are blue. These dots say I love the end of you.
He spoke two comics ago, and it was commented on.
can we expect a "TO THE GROUND" + blue screen writing future post?


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The NS 8600 is a 0-6-0 class with a distinctly German appearance. No wonder as they were supplied from German standard production locomotives. The type "Crefeld" standard shunting locomotives were supplied by Hohenzollern in 1912 (4) and 1913 (2), so at the time I bought this kit in 2013, we could celebrate the centennial of the last deliveries!
The class was originally built for the Turkish Railways but apparently never delivered for some reason. Hence their Dutch nickname "the Turks". After spending some time in stock they were supplied to the Maatschappij tot exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen, SS, and the six members of the class were numbered 621-626 (builder's numbers 2908-2909 and 2957-2960). At the amalgamation of the remaining Dutch railway companies into the errrm, well, Dutch Railways the class was renumbered 8601-8606. The 8600's roamed all over the country where ever they were needed. Before WWII the whole class was shedded in Zwolle, Groningen and Heerlen but effectively spread over a far wider area around these depots. After the war the engines roamed individually over the country as tractive force was in high demand and short supply and considerations like efficient maintenance were subordinate to availability. Three members of the class were scrapped as a result of the sustained war damage. They other three were withdrawn in 1951 and 1952. All were scrapped.
8606 in its original SS livery, Utrecht around 1920. Note the excellent state of its paint works despite its diminutive mission. Copyright of this photo is not clear.


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Star Fox Assault (GameCube) review
"The Star Fox team first appeared on the Gamecube in a platform game, called Star Fox Adventures. While, many considered it a quality game (and others a subpar game) it never really felt like a true Star Fox game, despite the occasional flying (simple stages). Namco, however, introduced the true sequel to the classic Star Fox games, that game being Star Fox Assault. While it does have its faults, overall it keeps itself true to many of the key aspects of the frist two Star Fox game; that aspect b..."
The Star Fox team first appeared on the Gamecube in a platform game, called Star Fox Adventures. While, many considered it a quality game (and others a subpar game) it never really felt like a true Star Fox game, despite the occasional flying (simple stages). Namco, however, introduced the true sequel to the classic Star Fox games, that game being Star Fox Assault. While it does have its faults, overall it keeps itself true to many of the key aspects of the frist two Star Fox game; that aspect being pure entertaining fun.
When you are talking about a Star Fox game, the first thing that should come up is the piloting of the Arwing. Arwing battles are a prominent part of "Star Fox Assault" and it definitely one of the most entertaining parts of the game. The controls are all back, including the U-turn, and the loop-de-loop to shake off enemies, with the typical power ups to shoot down opposing ships. The space battles are filled with hundreds of enemies with a soul mission of killing you. Also, whenever you are in the air, you need to keep an eye on your three other pilots, who once again need your help alot more than they actually give help to you. It gives the sense that is truly you against the great manifestation of opposition in this game, and that feeling that you are going against overpowering odds is something that makes the flight battles a memorable experience.
The Star Fox team, however, does not stay exclusively to the air. A good portion of the game, is Fox McCloud on the ground, in a 3rd person shooter. Namco does a great job with this new addition however, as Fox controls a good variety of guns, all with their own distinct uses (for example a sniper rifle, machine gun, rocket launcher, etc). These weapons are all useful in disposing hundreds of enemies in each stage. The only problem with ground battles, is that instead of just fighting against opponents, you are instead looking to just destroy typically like 4 or 5 targets. In some cases, you won't actually have to kill that many enemies, because you are instead just running to the targets trying to blow your way up to the next part of the land stages.
The other thing about the land stages, is typically you are not stuck solely on your feet. Usually at some point in the stage you are able to navigate the Land Master, a tank that has appeared in the past Star Fox games, and later on even the Arwing. The Land Master, however, is not as useful as you would expect from the large machinery, and the gun controls are not as easy to aim, as it would be on foot or in the air. The ground battles are usually long affairs, but they never seem that tedius as the controls are excellent, and it never stops bringing enjoyment.
The biggest problem with "Star Fox: Assault" is that it doesn't follow true to one of the greatest strengths of its predeccesors. In the past the Star Fox series was known for branching paths. If you succeeded in certain parts of a mission you would be advanced to a harder level. In "Star Fox Assault" there are different level of difficulties, but no branching paths. This means that when you first beat the entire game, those are all the original stages you will be seeing (although the change in difficulty definitely does increase the urgency as you delve into the game).
That also leads into the other biggest weakness; the games length. You could probably beat "Star Fox Assault's" story mode in a single day, or about five or so hours on the easiest difficulty. While this game does have huge replay value with all the badges, medals, and flags to unlock at the three different difficulties, a single play through is definitely not as long as any Star Fox fan would desire.
"Star Fox" also has a four-player split screen multiplayer mode, one that gives a nostalgic feel as you fly around the skies shooting at your friends. While it's not the most complex multiplayer game, just the single player mode it is just fun to go against your friends in a landmaster, arwing, or on your feet along.
Namco also put alot of time into the graphics of StarFox, and everything looks extremely crisp and detailed, whether it is the characters walking around on the ground, or the extreme details to the LandMaster and the Arwings. The stages are all huge with amazing visuals, and the enemies all looks good. Along with the graphics the sound effects in the game also have been proved upon. While some voices just don't feel right (Slippy for ones, has had a massive voice change) the sound effects of shooting are still slick and smooth. When it comes to visual and audio quality, I have had few better experiences on the GameCube.
Lastly, I will talk about the story mode, seeing it is one of the least important factors of this game. Now, I am definitely not saying that "Star Fox" has a bad story, cause actually it has a much better story than you'd expect. It advances quite quickly, and it brings back alot of memorable characters, and even has its moments where it will bring emotions to your face. It definitely does not extract from the experience, nor does it overpower the game to the fact that you overlook its pure entertainment.
I have loved Star Fox games for years, and I was extremely pleased to see Namco return the series to form with this excellent experience. I recommend all gamers to go out and at least rent this game for a play through, and for any true Star Fox game, to go out and actually purchase it, because there is alot you can do to lengthen the play time on this game. In a day and age where everyone expects everything to be outright amazing, it is good to find a game that actually brings back fun to the table.
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Jak II was one of those experience that every gamer either absolutely loved or completely loathed. The game strayed from everything the first Jak game stood for, in that it took a much serious outlook, and it based itself more on the GTA series, that it's own original concept. Jak III does not change any of that, as it...
Jak II (PlayStation 2)
Jak and Daxter was a platforming game based on exploration, simple fight patterns, cool minigames, and lush colorful scenery. All that has changed in Jak II, for no longer is the Jak series perfect for kids of all ages and instead this game is only a little less intense version of Grand Theft Auto.
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Ilja Valerjevitj Konovalov (), född den 4 mars 1971, Jefrosimovka, Kursk oblast, Ryska SFSR, Sovjetunionen, är en rysk före detta friidrottare som tävlade i släggkastning.

Konovalovs första internationella mästerskapsfinal var VM 1995 i Göteborg då han slutade sjua med ett kast på 76,50. Vid Olympiska sommarspelen 1996 slutade han sexa efter att ha kastat 78,72. Han var även i final vid VM 1997 i Aten och slutade då sexa. Vid EM 1998 blev han nia och vid VM 1999 slutade han tia.

Bättre gick det vid Olympiska sommarspelen 2000 då han slutade på en femte plats med ett kast på 78,56. Vid VM 2001 blev han bronsmedaljör efter att ha kastat 80,27. Han var även i final vid VM 2003 och då slutade han på en sjätte plats.

Trots ett kast på 76,36 lyckades han inte kvalificera sig till finalen vid Olympiska sommarspelen 2004 och han åkte ut redan i kvalet. Däremot var han i final vid VM 2005 i Helsingfors där han slutade sexa med ett kast på 78,59.

2007 stängdes han av i två år för dopning.

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Polka dots are fun. That's about all I need to say before I launch into this tutorial!
I had such a good time printing geometric envelopes a few weeks ago that I'm at it again with a slightly different take on the DIY stencil. This time I'm not cutting shapes myself, I used craft foam dots which are a dime a dozen at your local hobby store. I wanted to tie in with our Olivia invitation collection, because, well... polka dots are fun!
The original invitation suite was inspired by the glow of bright city lights and I think these printed envelopes uphold the modern charm.
I used acrylic paint in the same color family as the invitation, trying to match the colors as closely as I could without spending any time creating custom paint hues. I bought paint in a few different shades of pink before I found one that I was happy with.
Let me tell you, the color on the lid of the paint does not always match the color of the paint that comes out of the bottle, which doesn't necessarily match the color of the paint when rolled onto a stencil and stamped. There was a little trial and error involved before I settled on colors.
The Olivia Collection comes in seven colors, you're sure to go dotty for one of the choices. The good news is you get all seven colors in your download so you can delay deciding which color you love best!
Cut a flap from an old cardboard box (thank you Amazon). I'm printing on 5 x 7" envelopes to coordinate with the Olivia invitation, and I cut my cardboard to 4 x 6".
Stick craft foam dots to one side of your cardboard rectangle. I'm using three sizes of dots to create a random pattern.
If you aren't into dots, see how I created geometric printed envelopes using craft foam and this same printing technique.
Use hot glue to stick a wooden spool to the opposite side of your cardboard stencil. This will make maneuvering the stencil much easier. You'll thank me later.
Roll acrylic paint onto the stencil. If you are using two colors print the darker color first.
Get a nice even cover of paint on all the dots.
Press the stencil onto an envelope. I chose to print dots across the top of my envelope.
Re-roll paint onto your stencil and stamp again to cover the entire area that you want printed.
I do recommend adding paint to your stencil between each press. I found that if I tried to get two presses out of my paint the second print was much lighter and just didn't look all that great.
Print this color onto all your envelopes. You'll now have a collection of pretty dotty envelopes.
Use the same stencil and roll on your second, lighter, color.
Stamp your envelopes over the first color dots, overlapping the dots to create a random pattern. I turned my stencil around and started on the other end of the envelope to make sure my dots didn't line up.
Add the second color dots to all your envelopes.
Wait 2 hours for the paint to dry before addressing your envelopes. If you are worried about your chicken scratch ending up all over the envelopes get my free envelope addressing template and take the guess work out of evenly spaced handwriting.
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Being a retailer on Facebook in 2019 might feel a little cramped. Standing out among hundreds of businesses all gunning for a user's attention can be frustrating, not to mention a money sink. As an advertiser, understanding the technical aspects of Facebook Ads can tremendously increase your ROI without having to completely change your overall strategy. Correctly approach these three to improve your Facebook retail ads.
The "Learning Phase" is a time period post-campaign launch where the Facebook algorithm is taking time learning to optimize towards your objective. 50 optimization events will have to occur during your conversion window to complete the learning phase.
While somewhat at the mercy of the algorithm, understanding the learning phase for your typical campaign launch can help you neutralize the negative effects. Larger fluctuations towards the beginning of a campaign launch will impact performance, and setting expectations for this is crucial. As you test more campaign launches of various budgets and audiences, you will learn the average time to surpass this conversion threshold.
Retailers whose audiences or budget might be too small to get close to the 50 conversion threshold, remain calm! Facebook is still going to take a period of time to learn about your campaigns, work to maximize the objective, and will eventually exit the learning phase. Making drastic changes to your campaigns within the first few days post-launch is only going to send them into more of a downward spiral. If you have launched a campaign and do need to make significant edits, I've found more success duplicating a campaign, changing what I need, and relaunching.
Whether it's first-party data lists, website traffic, or engagement audiences, there are multiple considerations to make when utilizing this feature.
Keeping first-party data lists refreshed ensures the users in these audiences are receiving accurate and relevant advertising. A long sales cycle generally means you can get away with refreshing less often, but there are a lot of factors to consider, like when the email was captured, how the list is being used in targeting, and what the offer is. I use refreshing every month as a good rule of thumb and adjust accordingly.
Proper audience exclusions can help you avoid wasted spend. Few things on the customer's end are more abrasive than receiving an ad for something you've just purchased. And few things are more idiotic on the advertiser's end than spending money trying to get someone to give you money who has already given you money (obviously ignoring cross/up-selling). Having a rolling audience of converters as an exclusion on your campaigns can avoid this and please both parties.
Quick Tip: There is a setting hidden within your pixel settings to turn on automatic advanced matching. This is great for smaller advertisers who are wrestling with small remarketing pools.
Product sets are the lifeblood of your catalog sales campaigns, and knowing the possibilities within the set creation tool can help drive better performance.
Advertisers have the ability to create custom product sets easily within the Facebook interface in the catalog section. You can layer different criteria on each other to create more granular product sets that better align with your creative or campaign structure. If you're showing a video of a woman with a red T-Shirt on, it might make sense to show similar products alongside it.
Furthermore, if you have custom labels in your product feed there's even more freedom here to get creative with your product sets. Adding a pricing or profitability tier into one of your custom labels is something I always begin with. This allows for more seamless campaign optimizations by having a clear view into which products can most affect the bottom line.
In conclusion, there is no cookie cutter solution for winning with Facebook Ads in the retail space. Taking time to understand how Facebook learns about your campaigns, how your different audiences perform, and capabilities with your product catalog can bring you one step further to crushing your goals and becoming the hero of your organization.
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Et un petit clin d'oeil, ou plutôt un grand salut à la communauté francophone de WordPress sans laquelle la prise en main serait 15 000 fois plus longue.
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For whatever reason, this guy found a way to play original PlayStation games on his smartwatch.
I was recently at Engadget's Expand NY show this past weekend. Here's some of my favorite products that were there.
With all the different kinds of smartwatches on the market, this MB Chronowing set's its self apart.
Microsoft made some big news recently with the launch of their all new new multi-platform fitness band.
Ditto: A tiny wearable notification device that allows you to stop worrying about missed calls or left-behind phones.
Umbrellas have been due for an upgrade, and the Air Umbrella is the upgrade we've been waiting for.
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Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project-Rate Order No. WAPA-192, 55010-55011 [2020-19513]
Download as PDF 55010 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 172 / Thursday, September 3, 2020 / Notices John Miller (Technical Information), Office of Energy Market Regulation, (202) 502–6016, john.miller@ferc.gov Anne Marie Hirschberger (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel, (202) 502–8387, annemarie.hirschberger@ferc.gov Sarah McKinley (Logistical Information), Office of External Affairs, (202) 502–8004, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov Dated: August 28, 2020. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2020–19484 Filed 9–2–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Western Area Power Administration Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project—Rate Order No. WAPA–192 Western Area Power Administration, DOE. ACTION: Notice of rate order extending Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project transmission service rates. AGENCY: The extension of existing Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project transmission service rates has been confirmed, approved, and placed into effect on an interim basis. The existing transmission service rates under Rate Schedules INT–FT5 and INT–NFT4 were set to expire on September 30, 2020. This rate extension makes no change to the existing transmission service rates and extends them through September 30, 2023. DATES: The extended transmission service rates under Rate Schedules INT– FT5 and NFT–4 will be placed into effect on an interim basis on October 1, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracey A. LeBeau, Regional Manager, Desert Southwest Region, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005–6457, telephone (602) 605–2525, or email: dswpwrmrk@ wapa.gov; or Tina Ramsey, Rates Manager, Desert Southwest Region, Western Area Power Administration, telephone (602) 605–2565, or email: ramsey@wapa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: Legal Authority By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00B, effective November 19, 2016, the Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The authority to develop power and transmission rates to the Western Area VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:51 Sep 02, 2020 Jkt 250001 Power Administration's (WAPA) Administrator; (2) the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the authority to confirm, approve on a final basis, remand, or disapprove such rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In Delegation Order No. 00–002.00S, effective January 15, 2020, the Secretary of Energy also delegated the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Under Secretary of Energy. By Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10E, effective February 14, 2020, the Under Secretary of Energy further delegated the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Assistant Secretary for Electricity. By Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10– 05, effective July 8, 2020, the Assistant Secretary for Electricity further delegated the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to WAPA's Administrator. This rate action is issued under the Redelegation Order No. 00– 002.10–05 and Department of Energy's (DOE) rate extension procedures set forth at 10 CFR 903.23(a).1 Following DOE's review of WAPA's proposal, I hereby confirm, approve, and place Rate Order No. WAPA–192 into effect on an interim basis. This extends, without adjustment, existing Rate Schedules INT–FT5 and INT–NFT4 through September 30, 2023. WAPA will submit Rate Order No. WAPA–192 and the extended rate schedules to FERC for confirmation and approval on a final basis. Signing Authority This document of the Department of Energy was signed on August 25, 2020, by Mark A. Gabriel, Administrator, Western Area Power Administration, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document, with the original signature and date, is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register. 1 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 (Feb. 21, 2019). PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Signed in Washington, DC, on August 31, 2020. Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy. Department of Energy Administrator, Western Area Power Administration In the Matter of: Western Area Power Administration Extension of Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project Transmission Service Rate Schedules, Rate Order No. WAPA–192. ORDER CONFIRMING, APPROVING, AND PLACING THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE RATES FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST– PACIFIC SOUTHWEST INTERTIE PROJECT INTO EFFECT ON AN INTERIM BASIS The transmission service rates in Rate Order No. WAPA–192 are established following section 302 of the Department of Energy (DOE) Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152).2 By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00B, effective November 19, 2016, the Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The authority to develop power and transmission rates to the Western Area Power Administration's (WAPA) Administrator; (2) the authority to confirm, approve, and place into effect such rates on an interim basis to the Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the authority to confirm, approve on a final basis, remand, or disapprove such rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). By Delegation Order No. 00–002.00S, effective January 15, 2020, the Secretary of Energy also delegated the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Under Secretary of Energy. By Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10E, effective February 14, 2020, the Under Secretary of Energy further delegated the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Assistant Secretary for Electricity. By Redelegation Order No. 00–002.10– 05, effective July 8, 2020, the Assistant Secretary for Electricity further delegated the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to WAPA's Administrator. This extension is issued under the Redelegation Order No. 00– 002.10–05 and DOE's rate extension 2 This Act transferred to, and vested in, the Secretary of Energy the power marketing functions of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) under the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388), as amended and supplemented by subsequent laws, particularly section 9(c) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)) and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s); and other acts that specifically apply to the projects involved. E:\FR\FM\03SEN1.SGM 03SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 172 / Thursday, September 3, 2020 / Notices Order procedures set forth at 10 CFR 903.23(a). 3 Background On August 22, 2013, FERC approved and confirmed Rate Schedules INT–FT5 and INT–NFT4 under Rate Order No. WAPA–157 on a final basis for a 5-year period beginning May 1, 2013 and ending April 30, 2018.4 These rate schedules apply to the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project firm transmission service rates. WAPA's Administrator approved the use of existing Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project rates under his authority to set rates for short-term sales to cover the period between May 1, 2018 and October 31, 2018. On December 3, 2018, FERC approved and confirmed the extension of Rate Schedules INT–FT5 and INT–NFT4 under Rate Order No. WAPA–181 through September 30, 2020.5 The existing rates provide adequate revenue to recover annual expenses, including interest expense, and repay capital investments within allowable time periods. This ensures repayment within the cost recovery criteria set forth in DOE Order RA 6120.2. Discussion In accordance with 10 CFR 903.23(a), WAPA filed a notice in the Federal Register on June 22, 2020, proposing to extend, without adjustment, Rate Schedules INT–FT5 and INT–NFT4 under Rate Order No. WAPA–192.6 WAPA determined it was not necessary to hold public information or public comment forums on the proposed transmission service rates extension but provided a 30-day consultation and comment period to give the public an opportunity to comment on the proposed extension. The consultation and comment period ended on July 22, 2020, and WAPA received no comments on the proposed transmission service rates extension. jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES Submission to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission The provisional transmission service rates herein confirmed, approved, and placed into effect on an interim basis, together with supporting documents, will be submitted to FERC for confirmation and final approval. 3 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 (Feb. 21, 2019). 4 Order Confirming and Approving Rate Schedule on a Final Basis, FERC Docket No. EF13–4–000, 144 FERC ¶ 61,143 (2013). 5 Order Confirming and Approving Rate Schedule on a Final Basis, FERC Docket No. EF18–5–000, 165 FERC ¶ 62,137 (2018). 6 85 FR 37450 (Jun. 22, 2020). VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:51 Sep 02, 2020 Jkt 250001 In view of the above and under the authority delegated to me, I hereby confirm, approve, and place into effect, on an interim basis, Rate Order No. WAPA–192, which extends the existing transmission service rates under Rate Schedules INT–FT5 and INT–NFT4 through September 30, 2023. The rates will remain in effect on an interim basis until: (1) FERC confirms and approves this extension on a final basis; (2) subsequent rates are confirmed and approved; or (3) such rates are superseded. Signed in Lakewood, CO, on August 25, 2020. Mark A. Gabriel, Administrator. [FR Doc. 2020–19513 Filed 9–2–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [GN Docket No. 17–208; FRS 17034] Meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces the September 18, 2020, telephonic and electronic-only meeting of the Federal Communications Commission's (Commission) Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (ACDDE). DATES: Friday, September 18, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ADDRESSES: The ACDDE meeting will be held via conference call and will be available to the public via the internet at http://www.fcc.gov/live. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamila Bess Johnson, Designated Federal Officer (DFO) of the ACDDE, (202) 418– 2608, Jamila-Bess.Johnson@fcc.gov; Julie Saulnier, Deputy DFO of the ACDDE, (202) 418–1598, Julie.Saulnier@ fcc.gov; or Jamile Kadre, Deputy DFO of the ACDDE, (202) 418–2245, Jamile.Kadre@fcc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed Agenda: The agenda for the meeting will include a report from each of the ACDDE working groups. The Access to Capital Working Group will report on its ongoing examination of ways to improve access to capital to encourage management and ownership of broadcast properties by a diverse SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 55011 range of voices, including minorities and women. The Digital Empowerment and Inclusion Working Group will discuss its work assessing access, adoption, and use of broadband and new technologies by under-resourced communities. The Diversity in the Tech Sector Working Group will report on its progress in examining issues pertaining to hiring, promotion, and retention of women and minorities in tech industries. This agenda may be modified at the discretion of the ACDDE Chair and the DFO. The Committee's mission is to provide recommendations to the Commission on how to empower disadvantaged communities and accelerate the entry of small businesses, including those owned by women and minorities, into the media, digital news and information, and audio and video programming industries, including as owners, suppliers, and employees. The ACDDE meeting is accessible to the public on the internet via live feed from the FCC's web page at www.fcc.gov/live. Members of the public may submit comments to the ACDDE using the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System, ECFS, at www.fcc.gov/ ecfs. Comments to the ACDDE should be filed in GN Docket No. 17–208. Open captioning will be provided for this event. Other reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Requests for such accommodations should be submitted via email to fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 (TTY). Such requests should include a detailed description of the accommodation needed. In addition, please include a way for the Commission to contact the requester if more information is needed to fulfill the request. Please allow at least five days' notice; last minute requests will be accepted but may not be possible to accommodate. Federal Communications Commission. Thomas Horan, Chief of Staff, Media Bureau. [FR Doc. 2020–19448 Filed 9–2–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) E:\FR\FM\03SEN1.SGM 03SEN1
Western Area Power Administration
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 172 (Thursday, September 3, 2020)]
Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project--Rate Order
No. WAPA-192
AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of rate order extending Pacific Northwest-Pacific
Southwest Intertie Project transmission service rates.
SUMMARY: The extension of existing Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest
Intertie Project transmission service rates has been confirmed,
approved, and placed into effect on an interim basis. The existing
transmission service rates under Rate Schedules INT-FT5 and INT-NFT4
were set to expire on September 30, 2020. This rate extension makes no
change to the existing transmission service rates and extends them
through September 30, 2023.
DATES: The extended transmission service rates under Rate Schedules
INT-FT5 and NFT-4 will be placed into effect on an interim basis on
October 1, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracey A. LeBeau, Regional Manager,
Desert Southwest Region, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box
6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005-6457, telephone (602) 605-2525, or email:
[email protected]; or Tina Ramsey, Rates Manager, Desert Southwest
Region, Western Area Power Administration, telephone (602) 605-2565, or
email: [email protected].
By Delegation Order No. 00-037.00B, effective November 19, 2016,
the Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The authority to develop power
and transmission rates to the Western Area Power Administration's
(WAPA) Administrator; (2) the authority to confirm, approve, and place
such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Deputy Secretary of
Energy; and (3) the authority to confirm, approve on a final basis,
remand, or disapprove such rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC). In Delegation Order No. 00-002.00S, effective
January 15, 2020, the Secretary of Energy also delegated the authority
to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim
basis to the Under Secretary of Energy. By Redelegation Order No. 00-
002.10E, effective February 14, 2020, the Under Secretary of Energy
further delegated the authority to confirm, approve, and place such
rates into effect on an interim basis to the Assistant Secretary for
Electricity. By Redelegation Order No. 00-002.10-05, effective July 8,
2020, the Assistant Secretary for Electricity further delegated the
authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an
interim basis to WAPA's Administrator. This rate action is issued under
the Redelegation Order No. 00-002.10-05 and Department of Energy's
(DOE) rate extension procedures set forth at 10 CFR 903.23(a).\1\
\1\ 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 (Feb. 21, 2019).
Following DOE's review of WAPA's proposal, I hereby confirm,
approve, and place Rate Order No. WAPA-192 into effect on an interim
basis. This extends, without adjustment, existing Rate Schedules INT-
FT5 and INT-NFT4 through September 30, 2023. WAPA will submit Rate
Order No. WAPA-192 and the extended rate schedules to FERC for
confirmation and approval on a final basis.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on August 25,
2020, by Mark A. Gabriel, Administrator, Western Area Power
Administration, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of
Energy. That document, with the original signature and date, is
maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance
with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on August 31, 2020.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
Department of Energy Administrator, Western Area Power Administration
In the Matter of: Western Area Power Administration Extension of
Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project Transmission
Service Rate Schedules, Rate Order No. WAPA-192.
ORDER CONFIRMING, APPROVING, AND PLACING THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE
RATES FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST-PACIFIC SOUTHWEST INTERTIE PROJECT
INTO EFFECT ON AN INTERIM BASIS
The transmission service rates in Rate Order No. WAPA-192 are
established following section 302 of the Department of Energy (DOE)
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152).\2\
\2\ This Act transferred to, and vested in, the Secretary of
Energy the power marketing functions of the Secretary of the
Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) under the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat.
388), as amended and supplemented by subsequent laws, particularly
section 9(c) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C.
485h(c)) and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C.
825s); and other acts that specifically apply to the projects
involved.
into effect such rates on an interim basis to the Deputy Secretary of
Commission (FERC). By Delegation Order No. 00-002.00S, effective
interim basis to WAPA's Administrator. This extension is issued under
the Redelegation Order No. 00-002.10-05 and DOE's rate extension
procedures set forth at 10 CFR 903.23(a).\3\
On August 22, 2013, FERC approved and confirmed Rate Schedules INT-
FT5 and INT-NFT4 under Rate Order No. WAPA-157 on a final basis for a
5-year period beginning May 1, 2013 and ending April 30, 2018.\4\ These
rate schedules apply to the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest
Intertie Project firm transmission service rates. WAPA's Administrator
approved the use of existing Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest
Intertie Project rates under his authority to set rates for short-term
sales to cover the period between May 1, 2018 and October 31, 2018. On
December 3, 2018, FERC approved and confirmed the extension of Rate
Schedules INT-FT5 and INT-NFT4 under Rate Order No. WAPA-181 through
September 30, 2020.\5\ The existing rates provide adequate revenue to
recover annual expenses, including interest expense, and repay capital
investments within allowable time periods. This ensures repayment
within the cost recovery criteria set forth in DOE Order RA 6120.2.
\4\ Order Confirming and Approving Rate Schedule on a Final
Basis, FERC Docket No. EF13-4-000, 144 FERC ] 61,143 (2013).
In accordance with 10 CFR 903.23(a), WAPA filed a notice in the
Federal Register on June 22, 2020, proposing to extend, without
adjustment, Rate Schedules INT-FT5 and INT-NFT4 under Rate Order No.
WAPA-192.\6\ WAPA determined it was not necessary to hold public
information or public comment forums on the proposed transmission
service rates extension but provided a 30-day consultation and comment
period to give the public an opportunity to comment on the proposed
extension. The consultation and comment period ended on July 22, 2020,
and WAPA received no comments on the proposed transmission service
rates extension.
\6\ 85 FR 37450 (Jun. 22, 2020).
Submission to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The provisional transmission service rates herein confirmed,
approved, and placed into effect on an interim basis, together with
supporting documents, will be submitted to FERC for confirmation and
final approval.
In view of the above and under the authority delegated to me, I
hereby confirm, approve, and place into effect, on an interim basis,
Rate Order No. WAPA-192, which extends the existing transmission
service rates under Rate Schedules INT-FT5 and INT-NFT4 through
September 30, 2023. The rates will remain in effect on an interim basis
until: (1) FERC confirms and approves this extension on a final basis;
(2) subsequent rates are confirmed and approved; or (3) such rates are
superseded.
Signed in Lakewood, CO, on August 25, 2020.
Mark A. Gabriel,


Hey, Doug pays for the calls — 800-956-9241 — so I called to find out if he's still in business (he is) and whether he still likes WealthCom. He does, but says they're swamped with new business, because it's a multi-level marketing thing, so if you're looking for customer service, this may not be the long-distance carrier for you.
Doug represents no fewer than eight discount long-distance companies, and tries to match you with the one that best suits your calling habits.
I call long distance a lot within the U.S., and my main overseas calls are to Russia, I told him. He said WealthCom might not be the best — their Russia rates are pretty high.
It wasn't, and when I told him their rates — 9 cents a minute 24 hours a day, one-minute increments, a flat $4.95/month "access fee," and 69 cents a minute to Russia — he seemed a bit unnerved. To a guy in the discount telecom wars, it was as if I had just launched a surprise attack. Which I really hadn't meant to do, because he sounded like a nice young guy. I gave him CTS's number — 800-569-8700 — and I wouldn't be surprised if, by the time you read this, Doug is representing nine low-cost carriers.
I'm not saying you should switch to CTS — that $4.95/month access charge can turn your 9-cent-a-minute rate into a 19-cent-a-minute rate if you use only 50 minutes of long distance time in a given month, and it's a hassle to dial those extra numbers, and AT&T gives me a lot of frequent flier miles and all the rest. But especially if you make a lot of international calls, it would seem to be worth trying. According to the CTS chart, you'll knock 50% to 75% off the cost of those calls compared with AT&T, MCI and Sprint basic rates — e.g., $3.90 for a ten minute call to Japan versus $11.65; $2.90 for ten minutes to Ireland versus $9.70; $6.90 to Russia versus $20.63; $1.90 to London versus $8.38. Save big to Canada, too.
To start using CTS, just preface your interstate and international calls with 10834. To call the White House, you'd dial 10834-1-202-456-1414. To dial the Kremlin you'd dial 10834-011-7095-KRE-MLIN (or whatever — when I tried that number I reached a woman who was none too pleased). When your next regular phone bill comes, expect to see a $4.95 CTS access charge plus toll calls for any month you use the service.
Or give Doug a call and let him make a recommendation.


Every child and young person is important at Atlas. We encourage them to aim higher in our AYM program, which currently has over 100 children ranging from infants to 12th graders.
Along with parents and volunteers from the congregation, our Youth Minister Bradley Keeton and his wife Samantha work with our young people to teach weekly Bible classes, host monthly activities, and provide spiritual development opportunities. Our Minister Miles Stutts is also involved in planning activities. Mike Hamner is the Youth Elder and there are 6 youth deacons.
AYM also participates in the Lads to Leaders ministry. We attend Challenge Youth Conference and participate in summer camps at Maywood Christian Camp. In addition, we attend the Shoals Area Youth Series, Songs of Summer, Exalt, and other youth activities.
Atlas Youth Ministry is helping our youth of today develop into the leaders of tomorrow. Together, we aim higher.


Theresa May faced cross-party calls to sack her transport secretary, Chris Grayling, last night, after the calamitous collapse of a no-deal Brexit ferry contract handed to a company with no ships.
Senior Tories said the prime minister had turned "a blind eye" to Grayling's decision to award the £13.8m contract to Seaborne Freight to run ferries between Ramsgate and Ostend, despite widespread derision and accusations that it had been awarded illegally.
Having awarded the contract to a company without ships, the deal with Seaborne descended further into farce when it emerged the company had copied terms and conditions from what appeared to be a pizza delivery company onto its website.
Several weeks later, the transport select committee published correspondence with Grayling in which he brushed off allegations that the government may have acted illegally by failing to put the deal out to tender.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, another leading pro-Brexit Tory MP, suggested Arklow might have ended support after political pressure in Ireland.
There is increasing international business concern about the prospect of a no-deal Brexit. The Japan Business Council in Europe, a body that represents the European arms of 85 Japanese companies including Fujitsu, Hitachi, Toyota, Honda and Panasonic, said its members were preparing for the "severe consequences" of leaving the EU without a deal.
"A no-deal exit would bring severe consequences not only to our member companies directly, but also to our supply chains and customers," said Lars Brückner and Graham Holman, joint heads of the council's Brexit task force. "It would therefore have a series of negative impacts on the economy and citizens more broadly. JBCE member companies are speeding up and finalising contingency planning in preparation for a no-deal Brexit.


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Q: Java, strange bugs. Android & Swing I have updated this ask, i created a simple program with the following problem.
This is the version code that work:
    package com.company;

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

public class Main {
    static boolean readytoconnect = false;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setSize(500, 500);
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        frame.setResizable(false);
        frame.setVisible(true);

        JPanel panel = new JPanel();
        frame.add(panel);
        panel.setBounds(0, 0, frame.getWidth(), frame.getHeight());
        panel.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        panel.setLayout(null);

        JButton connect = new JButton("Connect");
        panel.add(connect);
        connect.setBounds(200, 200, 80, 40);
        connect.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                readytoconnect = true;
            }
        });

        Thread threadtoconnect = new Thread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                while (true) {
                    System.out.println("WAITING TO CONNECT");
                    if (readytoconnect) {
                        System.out.println("CONNECTED");
                    }
                }
            }
        });
        threadtoconnect.start();
    }
}

This is the version code that don't work:
package com.company;

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

public class Main {
    static boolean readytoconnect = false;

public static void main(String[] args) {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    frame.setSize(500, 500);
    frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    frame.setResizable(false);
    frame.setVisible(true);

    JPanel panel = new JPanel();
    frame.add(panel);
    panel.setBounds(0, 0, frame.getWidth(), frame.getHeight());
    panel.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
    panel.setLayout(null);

    JButton connect = new JButton("Connect");
    panel.add(connect);
    connect.setBounds(200, 200, 80, 40);
    connect.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            readytoconnect = true;
        }
    });

    Thread threadtoconnect = new Thread(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            while (true) {
                //System.out.println("WAITING TO CONNECT");
                if (readytoconnect) {
                    System.out.println("CONNECTED");
                }
            }
        }
    });
    threadtoconnect.start();
}

}
the difference between these is that in the first, which works, there is the output before the 'IF' and in the second, which does not work, there is no output.

A: Android does not support the Swing library, you must use functions from the Android SDK to get input etc.
I would advise looking up "OnClickListener" or the like in the Android Docs

A: First, I will point out a couple of problems with both versions of the code:

*

*You appear to have two threads reading and updating a shared readytoscan field without any obvious synchronization.  Unless that field is declared as volatile, that is liable to lead to memory anomalies.

*The code in the run() method that assigns to readytoscan should probably be assigning false to it ... not true.

*The code will leak open sockets!

*You are creating an anonymous subclass of Thread which overrides the run() method.  It is more conventional to create an instance of Thread and pass it a Runnable ... or a lambda.

I don't think that any of the above explain the strange behavior that you reported though.  The only cause (that I can see) for the inner loop can run just once is if the run() method is crashing.  Specifically, something in the inner loop must be throwing an unchecked exception.
To track this down, you could add an extra catch (Throwable ...) to the try and log the exception that it catches.  If that doesn't yield an explanation for the behavior, try creating a minimal reproducible example.  For example, you could simplify the plain Java version so that it didn't use Swing ... which I don't think is implicated in the problem.
My guess is that the problem is coming from the new Socket(...) call.  For example, it could be a SecurityException.

The problems I described above are for both Android and Java with the use of the Swing library, so let's say Java is the problem in general.

It is a bad strategy to assume that the bug is in Java or Android or Swing ... just because you can't find a cause in your code.  Think of it this way: the Java / Android platforms work for millions of other developers and run on billions of devices (I am guessing these numbers).  They have worked for (in the Java case) 20+ years.  The chances that there is something fundamentally wrong with the Java AND Android platforms that other people haven't already found, reported and fixed is vanishingly small.

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All schools and all departments aim for efficiency, however this is often not the case. No one seeks to be inefficient, but we see it happening constantly. We're not talking about cramming more students into a classroom to spread teachers wider or asking faculty to cover more content – we're referring to departmental and administrative efficiency.
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Sculpture, South East England: Artists and Subjects 17 comments Which Mayor of Southend is this?
© the copyright holder. Photo credit: Southend Museums Service
Topic: Subject or sitter
Many thanks to 'Southend Timeline', who have provided the extremely helpful information below:
'If you look at the chain, it still has one single row of name plates under the shields, this was doubled up in the 50's The second row got filled up again in the year 2000, some were taken off to make room for newer Mayors to be added, the ones that were taken off were placed in a display case, and are on display at Porters. The Chain on display here is also after the chain was redesigned in the 1930's to add more shields, there used to be the letter S between the shields. In 1950 there were no name plates added to the chain at that time, but by 1983, they were 8 years into adding the second row of name plates, so that would go back to 1975. So it's between those years.'
The suggestion is that this mayor was in office between 1950 and 1975 according to the chain. From the style of portrait, it seems likely to be the earlier end of the spectrum, 1950s or 1960s.
The list of Southend mayors since the date of incorporation.
https://bit.ly/2AkKD1j
Marion Richards, Art Detective Manager, 1 Jul 2020 Entry reviewed by Art UK
Marion Richards, Art Detective Manager, 01/07/2020 14:01
These photographic portraits of Southend mayors of the 1920s and 1930s might come in useful another day.
https://bit.ly/2Brzk89
Jacinto Regalado, 01/07/2020 14:05
Are there portraits, painted or photographic, of the mayors for those years?
Grant Waters, East of England and the Midlands: Artists and Subjects & South East England: Artists and Subjects, 01/07/2020 16:31
Judging by the hairstyle of the sitter (the centre parting) I think a date of early to mid 1950s is most likely.
Roberta Blick , 16/07/2020 19:05
Personally I would hope they still have a reference library, with local history section and I would email request and photo to the chief/senior librarian. Failing that 1) write to local paper. He has a distinctive face and someone will remember him. Failing that write to the office of the current incumbent
Osmund Bullock, 16/07/2020 19:30
Perfectly good suggestions - but why don't you do it, Roberta? That's how it works here: apart from Marion who runs things, all of us here are unpaid, many are wholly unqualified, and we do the research we do because we think it needs doing...and because it's a fascinating challenge! Why not join us?
Maria Castro, 17/07/2020 00:28
List of mayors of Southend:
https://www.southendmayorscharity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Mayors-Since-Date-of-Incorporation-1.pdf
Narrows down the field.
Thanks, Maria, but the link to that list is in Marion's introduction at the top.
Andrea Kollmann, 17/07/2020 10:04
The mayors of Southend used to provide a forword for the yearly Carnival Programme, plus their photo. https://bit.ly/2Bb04K0
Following Grant's suggestions to focus on the mid 1950s, the attachment shows images of the mayors between 1950 and 1965.
Two are missing: Herbert Henry Smith (1956-57) and Frederick Harry Woods (1957-58). For these years, no carnival programmes are available.
In my opinion, none of those listed in the pdf looks like our sitter and I can't find images of the missing two in other sources (BNA, general google search).
And here is the attachment.
mayorofsouthend.pdf (288 KB)
Southend Museums Service, 17/07/2020 13:27
I contacted the mace bearer Adam Tregoning, with our image and after some consideration, he sent the attached photograph of Albert Victor Mussett, JP, mayor of Southend 1959-60.
039-albert-victor-mussett-jp.jpg (803 KB)
The photographic image supplied by Adam Tregoning is very much appreciated. The image of Mayor Mussett shows a man also with a centre hair parting, presumably in the late 1950s, which confirms I think that the sitter for 'our' sculpture is from that period. However, I am not sure that there is a good likeness between to the two men as the bone structure appears to be quite different.
I notice that all the Holman works held by Southend were by gift from the artist's sister, Ivy Eliza Holman (1906-1995). Presumably Miss Holman left no notes in regard to this particular piece either by will or otherwise?
I have checked the records of the Royal Academy but this sculpture was not exhibited there. George Holman was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Society of British Sculptors and was elected a full member (FRBS) in 1955. As it is quite possible that he may have exhibited a commission of this kind at the RBS (as a Not For Sale item) I will check the RBS catalogues I have for that period but I do not have anything like a complete set. If others have those catalogues for say 1950 to 1975 it would be very helpful if checks could be made.
S. Elin Jones, 17/07/2020 15:48
According to the 'Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland' website, it mentions that George Alfred Holman was active between the years of 1942 - 1948.
Although the 1939 register also records him as being a Sculptor and jeweller.
https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1273507376&search=Holman
If this is taken at face value, then does that mean the timeline, due to the intervention of the war, only covers two or a maximum of three sitting Mayors (with a cusp).
1939/45 - William Miles
1945/49 - Stephen Frost Johnson JP
1949/50 - Sidney Henry James Bates
William Miles also has a portrait on ArtUK
https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/alderman-william-miles-cbe-jp-mayor-of-southend-on-sea-19221924-19361937-19391945-2992
Stephen Frost Johnson JP is a bespectacled gentleman and Sidney Henry James Bates is slightly out of the time period, but maybe worth a look.
Is there a similiarity to William Miles?
Thanks for the information above and the comments. I think it quite probable that this piece is a relatively early work but in my view not necessarily restricted to the years up to 1950. George Holman died in 1980 and he was working actively as a sculptor in the 1950s and 1960s and probably later than that.
This work gives every appearance of being a commission, either from the sitter or by the council, yet it remained in the possession of the artist, and then his sister, until it was given to Southend Museums. It begs the question was it rejected for whatever reason or was the artist a friend of the subject and asked him to sit for him? We shall probably never know!
I do not think our bust is of Mussett or Miles; they both look rather less hearty or more delicate. It may be that the bust was rejected by the council as being too quirky or informal for an official portrait.
Kieran Owens, 17/07/2020 20:09
Is it known in what year Ivy Eliza Holman gifted the bust to the Southend Museums Service?
Pieter van der Merwe, Maritime Subjects, 18/07/2020 08:51
The way to solve this one is for Southend Museums Service to publicise an image locally (local newspaper/media etc). Only local memory -family or otherwise - is likely to recall who this is, and perhaps its circumstances if controversial, which it might have been. Its a curious mix of technically good modelling, odd proportion and a rather offputting facial appearance: what was probably intended as a good-humoured smile has come out more like self-satisfied smirk. The weird bust of the footballer Cristiano Renaldo that briefly appeared in the airport on his native Madeira comes to mind as a more recent parallel.
Mark Wilson, 18/07/2020 15:10
Kieran - Ivy Holman also donated three medals and 12 drawings for medals and coins by her brother to the British Museum in 1993 (eg):
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1993-1002-52
So it's likely the donation to the Beecroft would have been then or before that. The Beecroft has 21 pieces by Holman - mostly plasters, so Ivy might well have gifted these before 1993 (though after her brother's death in 1980) due to the number and size of them. But it looks like she wanted to preserve her brother's legacy before her own death in 1995.
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Painting info
Bust of an Unknown Mayor
George Alfred Holman (1911–1980)
Southend Museums Service
50.7 x 46.5 x 24 cm
Beecroft Art Gallery
gift from the artist's sister, Miss Ivy E. Holman
Open on Art UK


Low opening bid. No idea what the reserve is though.
Not mine. I just found it and thought I would share.
It will be interesting to see what it eventually sells for.
I added it to my watch list. Solely for research purposes!


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Merck toch hoe sterck was een Belgisch-Nederlands bier. Het werd gebrouwen door de Scheldebrouwerij te Meer, een deelgemeente van Hoogstraten. Aanvankelijk was de brouwerij gevestigd in Nederland en werd Merck toch hoe sterck daar gebrouwen. In 2007 vestigde de Scheldebrouwerij zich in België, vandaar de benaming Belgisch-Nederlands bier. In 2009 werd de productie van dit bier stopgezet.

Eigenschappen
Het bier werd gebrouwen sinds november 1996. Merck toch hoe sterck was een donkere gerstewijn met een alcoholpercentage van 9%. Naast de vaste bieringrediënten bevat het koriander en kandij.

Vóór november 1996 werd een soortgelijk bier gebrouwen onder de naam Extra Zwaar Winterbier. Dit had een iets ander recept en een alcoholpercentage van 8,5%.

Benaming
De naam van het bier is afkomstig van het lied Merck toch hoe sterck. Dit geuzenlied uit 1626 herdenkt de overwinning van de Verenigde Provincies op de Spanjaarden bij het Beleg van Bergen op Zoom (1622) in de Tachtigjarige Oorlog. Het bier werd gelanceerd in herdenking van de 370 jaar voor het lied.

Etiket
Het buiketiket volgt de gewoonte van de Scheldebrouwerij om het buiketiket te sieren met een cartooneske schets van personen in bijzondere situaties. Bij Merck toch hoe sterck zijn dat twee wildemannen die klungelig sjouwen met een zware bierton. Mogelijk is dit een knipoog naar de vermelding Extra zwaar bier onder de tekening en de vroegere naam Extra Zwaar Winterbier. In elk geval verwijst de tekening naar het stadswapen van Bergen op Zoom, dat twee wildemannen als schildhouders heeft. Op de achtergrond is een stadssilhouet van Bergen op Zoom te zien, waarop de toren van het Markiezenhof met zijn bol en een buitensporig vergrote windhaan herkenbaar is. Boven de tekening staat nog Bergen op Zoom 1622, verwijzend naar het beleg.

Zie ook
 Lijst van Belgische bieren
 Lijst van Nederlandse bieren
 Lijst van Belgische brouwerijen
 Lijst van Belgische bierfirma's
 Belgische biercultuur
 Bier in Nederland

Externe link
 Website van de brouwerij

Belgische stout
Voormalig Belgisch biermerk
Voormalig Nederlands biermerk
Scheldebrouwerij


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package nl.tudelft.pl2016gr2.model.graph.nodes;

import nl.tudelft.pl2016gr2.visitor.NodeVisitor;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * This kind of bubble contains a point mutation.
 *
 * @author Faris
 */
public class PointMutationBubble extends Bubble {

  private final IVerticalAligner aligner;
  private boolean isPopped;
  private boolean verticallyAligned;

  public PointMutationBubble(int id, Collection<GraphNode> inEdges,
      Collection<GraphNode> outEdges, HashSet<GraphNode> nestedNodes, IVerticalAligner aligner) {
    super(id, inEdges, outEdges, nestedNodes);
    this.aligner = aligner;
  }

  private PointMutationBubble(Bubble bubble, IVerticalAligner aligner) {
    super(bubble);
    this.aligner = aligner;
  }

  @Override
  public int getGenomeSize() {
    int count = 0;
    for (GraphNode graphNode : getChildren()) {
      count += graphNode.getGenomeSize();
    }
    return count;
  }

  @Override
  public Collection<GraphNode> pop() {
    if (!isPopped) {
      setPoppedEdges();
      isPopped = true;
    }
    if (!verticallyAligned) {
      aligner.align(getChildren(), getInEdges());
      verticallyAligned = true;
    }
    return this.getChildren();
  }

  @Override
  public GraphNode copy() {
    return new PointMutationBubble(this, aligner);
  }

  @Override
  public GraphNode copyAll() {
    return new PointMutationBubble(this, aligner);
  }

  @Override
  public void unpop() {
    if (isPopped) {
      setUnpoppedEdges();
      isPopped = false;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Remove the edges to this bubble and set the edges to the nested nodes.
   */
  private void setPoppedEdges() {
    Iterator<GraphNode> it = getChildren().iterator();
    GraphNode firstChild = it.next();
    GraphNode secondChild = it.next();

    GraphNode inNode = getInEdges().iterator().next();
    inNode.removeOutEdge(this);
    inNode.addOutEdge(firstChild);
    inNode.addOutEdge(secondChild);

    GraphNode outNode = getOutEdges().iterator().next();
    outNode.removeInEdge(this);
    outNode.addInEdge(firstChild);
    outNode.addInEdge(secondChild);

    firstChild.setInEdges(getInEdges());
    firstChild.setOutEdges(getOutEdges());
    secondChild.setInEdges(getInEdges());
    secondChild.setOutEdges(getOutEdges());
  }

  /**
   * Remove the edges to the nodes in this bubble and set the edges to this bubble.
   */
  private void setUnpoppedEdges() {
    Iterator<GraphNode> it = getChildren().iterator();
    GraphNode firstChild = it.next();
    GraphNode secondChild = it.next();

    GraphNode inNode = getInEdges().iterator().next();
    inNode.removeOutEdge(firstChild);
    inNode.removeOutEdge(secondChild);
    inNode.addOutEdge(this);

    GraphNode outNode = getOutEdges().iterator().next();
    outNode.removeInEdge(firstChild);
    outNode.removeInEdge(secondChild);
    outNode.addInEdge(this);

    setInEdges(firstChild.getInEdges());
    setOutEdges(firstChild.getOutEdges());
  }

  @Override
  public boolean needsVerticalAligning() {
    return !verticallyAligned;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isPopped() {
    return isPopped;
  }

  @Override
  public void accept(NodeVisitor visitor) {
    visitor.visit(this);
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return String.format("%s:\n%s", "PointMutation", super.toString());
  }
}