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Tis The Season To Be Coached
http://t.co/BZI63Ang7k #LifePlanning #PerformanceCoaching contact me @rogerd_said if you like this taste of my coaching philosophy.
— Roger Dennison (@RogerD_said) December 18, 2013
The Guardian newspaper's Work blog has published the dilemma of a 23-year-old who seems to lack focus in his life. Follow the link above to learn more.
I think everyone could benefit from self-awareness about what is the best life they could be living. I have Tweeted my view of the situation, based firmly in my approach to coaching.
Regardless of the life stage you have reached how much improvement in your professional or personal situation do you want to achieve next year? What support could a coach provide for you in 2014?
If you are ready to make the progress you deserve get in touch with me, before 24 December. I'm here to help.
Lighting Up The Future
A bit of illumination (c) R Dennison October 2013
It almost goes without saying, that work plays a huge part in most people's lives – and according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figure there are 29.87 million people in work in the UK.
However the days are long gone in which employees started work with an organisation in their 20s and stayed there until retirement four decades later.
Even a thorough PEST analysis of the political, economic, social and technological climate now could not identify the sort of jobs that will be the backbone of the economy in 2053 .
If only there was some way of being able to light up the period 40 years ahead, and know what make a future career meaningful and exciting.
I would argue (based on the people I have coached) that self-knowledge can help light up that darkness. If you are supported in developing an understanding of: the qualities you value; the skills you offer; and the work you find stimulating you are closer to where the next few steps in your career might take you. Having some light shed on the future makes it seem less uncertain.
The Guardian's Work Blog sets out the quandary quite neatly. The discussion below the line is useful too. My comments are shown under the name RogerAD.
How can I break out of an unfulfilling job and sector? (theguardian.com)
Choosing a Slice of Life (c) R Dennison October 2013
Would it be great to be 25 years old again? What if you could view the rest of your life as you did then, with every possibility still open to you?
Life would be the most delicious treat, a cake perhaps from which you have only taken one slice. You could then make positive changes whose impact would be felt over the next 50, or 60 years. The rest of your life could be incredibly memorable.
A query in the Guardian Work blog explores the territory of later life choices, from the vantage point of someone at the age of 55. He is trying to find his occupational passion to improve the final part of his working life.
It makes sense to ask 'what do I want to do now', since the latest Office for National Statistics figures show a man of 55 can expect to live for another 12 years. Life expectancy for women is slightly longer.
The question is, if you have the choice, what should you do with the remaining 20 per cent of your life?
You can see the below the line comments if you click the link below. My views are shown there (I'm Roger AD) and you can see them on Twitter too (where I am RogerD_said)
http://www.theguardian.com/money/work-blog/2013/sep/23/job-inspires-passion
The Magic Management Pill (Doesn't Exist)
Magic Management Pills (c) R Dennison July 2013
I wonder how many people managers have wished for a daily pill they could take to make leading their teams easier or at least painless?
Sadly there is no substitute for the confidence that comes from practising regular and effective people management. Leaders 'To Do' lists can include a mixture of practical, stretching and contradictory objectives, such as: delivering high quality outputs; exceeding customer expectations; satisfying formal obligations to staff. The trouble comes if people management is too low on the list of priorities. Quality outputs only come from motivated people who are supported by their leaders.
The complication is that members of staff come to work with their personal and family situations in tow. Sometimes those factors can get in the way of team performance. An advice piece in The Guardian newspaper's work blog explores that complicated relationship. See what you think of the options available to the manager.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/work-blog/2013/jun/28/how-manage-colleague-personal-traumas
Follow The Leader?
Leadership Display (c) R Dennison June 2013
Let's assume you have an organised approach to planning your life and you are pretty content with things at the moment. You have a happy home life. You are good at your job. Family and friends sustain you. What could be the only cloud on your horizon during the working week? How about the attitude your boss displays towards you?
The Work section of the Guardian newspaper regularly features descriptions of bosses who aren't effective leaders. They aren't helping to solve problems, since they are busy creating them. Here's an example.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/work-blog/2013/jun/07/how-delegate-responsibility-remain-successful
Others are reported to be less than effective as they are: leaving new recruits to fend for themselves; stringing staff along in periods of restructuring; and in one recent example, oversharing details of an individual's personal life after being asked not to
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/work-blog/2013/may/31/how-stop-boss-mentioning-sexuality#start-of-comments
It seems that there is a real gap into which development opportunities could fit. Those opportunities would help people-managers become more competent leaders and more confident in delivering better results through people.
His or her goal could be as simple as, 'Listening carefully to what colleagues want and, where possible, helping them achieve good results afterwards'.
Perhaps a degree of empathy would also help. If the boss was to ask herself, 'what does my leadership style feel like to my staff?' they might be able to fine tune it to better effect. Here's an interesting reflection on the role of empathy in the workplace from the BBC.
The relationship a leader has with colleagues isn't like the one with family, or friends. However fine tuning the relationship by: listening carefully; supporting consistently; and being more self-aware, it can still be a respectful and productive one.
Another Thought About Bullying
A Glass Broken (c) R Dennison 2013
I posted on the subject of bullying recently and co-incidentally the Guardian has just featured the topic too. Their timely illustration (of the impact of workplace bullying) appears in the work advice section. A reader's letter recounts the difficulties linked to working with someone whose behaviour sometimes involves bullying.
Most people would recognise that typically the atmosphere in the workplace can combine both positives (interesting tasks) and negatives (challenging people). Most people accept that sometimes their job can seem like the proverbial half-empty glass.
The Guardian's advice-seeker has spent time trying to talk to a supervisor who can tackle the bullying issue. The supervisor hasn't grasped the situation successfully. For the correspondent their glass is not half empty. It is actually broken.
Reading between the lines the correspondent seems to have a narrow set of options. Option one, they put up with the situation (more unhappiness for them and for the bully). Option two, they start looking actively for other jobs they could be doing.
There is a crying need, I think, for coaching support to be made available to managers on this topic. Bullying makes workplaces unproductive, creates stress and wastes time. Managerial support would equip supervisors with the empathy, people skills and confidence to sense bullying is occurring, intervene firmly to end it and leave a climate of zero-tolerance afterward. Hopefully this kind of learning is going to become commonplace in future and bully-friendly environments a thing of the past.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/work-blog/2013/may/10/how-deal-with-nightmarish-colleague
Mind Your Language
Logo of the British newspaper The Guardian (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Maybe it is just me. I can think of many issues in the corporate world that might be worthy of ridicule. I wouldn't poke fun at language that potentially helps bring thousands of people together into one culture across several different sites, and perhaps different time zones.
Sometimes though language can obscure meaning, or be quite passive-aggressive when it is used strategically (I'm thinking of some of the Public Relations flavoured speech of the character Stewart Pearson, in Armando Iannucci's comedy The Thick of It).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2010/nov/01/stewart-pearson-thick-of-it
Anyway, here is the list of scorn-worthy corporate buzz words , proposed by Steven Poole in the Guardian newspaper this week (provoking more than 1800 below the line comments):
– Going Forward
– Drill Down
– Action
– End Of Play
– Deliver
– Issues
– Leverage
– Stakeholders
– Competencies
None of these is out and out offensive to my mind (as long as they are not strung together thoughtlessly in the same Bull S$!t Bingo-worthy sentence).
Mind you, if I was coaching someone who had 'issues' with an option they wanted to take I might have to stop and check what exactly that meant for them. Otherwise the list is fairly innocuous.
Luckily 'Kicking This Into The Long Grass' and 'Low Hanging Fruit' don't feature in the top ten, as those do sound too jargon-like, even for me.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/25/top-10-worst-management-speak
It's All About The Goals
Michael Owen (Photo credit: emphasis)
There was an interesting Guardian article at the end of March about Michael Owen's source of motivation to become the best footballer he could be. There's a lot to agree with in the piece and some points on which I take a different view. On the plus side in the article he says:
"Reaching the top of your profession on your own is nigh on impossible. Doing it with the support of others gives you a small chance. Having the support of all your family, while being guided by a father like mine made it hard to fail".
From a young age Michael Owen put a lot of effort into pleasing his father. Luckily the desire to please his parent chimed with his own growing desire to excel at his chosen sport.
On the other side, I think there is more to be said about the balancing elements of motivating a young person to achieve good results and their own desire to succeed , in sport or elsewhere.
What little I know about developmental psychology comes into play here. Parents may say 'you need to be better at this subject' and the child may believe 'I want to be better'. If so, great results are possible. If the pressure is all external – the parent bearing down on the child – there is a risk that the child will try hard and be unhappy doing so.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/mar/30/michael-owen-motivation-please-dad
Michael Owen poised to become football agent following retirement from the game at end of season (telegraph.co.uk)
After The Final Whistle
Michael Owen (Photo credit: Steve_C)
I think we've established in previous posts that there is a difference between sports people saying they are 'retiring' and the same words coming from a regular 9 to 5 worker.
No surprise then that the media have picked up on a statement posted on Michael Owen's website today. In the post he confirms that at the end of his current season with Stoke City he is bringing the curtain down on his playing career. I like that he says in his statement that:
"I have been very fortunate in that my career has taken me on a journey that like many young players starting out, I could only have dreamt of."
There have been plenty of commentaries and plaudits from the football world in response. I had to dig around a bit to find out how he has answered the inevitable question a successful 33 year old asks when replacing one buzz for another: What next?
According to the Guardian newspaper Adrian Bevington, Club England's managing director, said:
"We are already in talks with Michael about how he can share his international experience with our younger players in the future in an ambassadorial role".
That seems a fairly modest next step. Beyond that role it seems to me several opportunities may open up in the months and years to come. There may be openings in the arena of sports presenting (following in the footsteps of Gary Lineker or Sue Barker); motivational speaking (John Amaechi springs to mind) or even politics (Tanni Grey Thompson or Sebastian Coe have done okay for themselves).
It will be interesting to see where Mr Owen's journey takes him in 18 months' time. Wherever he is situated I hope his post retirement role brings him as much job satisfaction as his footballing career has done
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/michael-owen-to-retire-at-the-end-of-the-season-8540212.html
'Should I Stay, Or Should I Go?'
John Lewis DAF LF (Photo credit: kenjonbro)
Nothing is certain in the world of work these days. Staff are hanging on to their jobs to see whether the economy picks up over the next couple of years. They certainly aren't chopping and changing jobwise (to try something new), as they might do in less harsh times.
The Guardian reports that in the commercial sector at least one bouyant employer, the John Lewis Partnership, is able to award 17% bonuses, reflecting the good year they have just enjoyed. I wonder how many staff there are likely to have itchy feet and to be looking for other jobs?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/mar/07/john-lewis-bonus-17-percent-2012
Equally, in the legal field at least one employee is looking to spread their wings, the Guardian's work-blog confirms. The employee has been head hunted through a recruitment firm. Admittedly there have been redundancies in their existing firm, so they may be motivated to move away from an uncertain atmosphere, even though it features a good salary, flexibility and enjoyment too.
The advice offered to the would-be escapee below the article is varied. Some comments basically say 'stay', some suggest the employee 'go'.
My contribution is near the foot of the page (see comment from RogerAD). It is based on:
– the coaching adage that people are more motivated to move toward what they want, rather than away from what they don't want.
– An element of Brian Tracy thinking too (the idea that successful people plan their lives and attain the goals they focus on).
– A bit of personal curiousity, as I also wondered to what extent the job-change reflected the escapee's key work values (salary, flexibility, enjoyment).
What advice would you have offered?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/work-blog/2013/mar/08/take-new-job-or-stay-safe-role


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Аделейд или Аделаида () може да се отнася за:

Личности
 Аделаида Саксен-Мейнинген – британска кралица
 Аделайда Кейн (р. 1990) – австралийска актриса

Топоними
 Аделейд – град в Австралия, столица на щата Южна Австралия
 Аделейд – град в Канада, провинция Онтарио,
 Аделейд – град в Република Южна Африка, провинция Източен Кейп,
 Аделейд – остров край бреговете на Антарктида,
 Аделейд – остров в Русия, архипелага Земя на Франц Йосиф,
 Аделейд – полуостров в Канада, провинция Нунавут,
 Аделейд – река в Австралия, Северна територия,  (устие)

Друго
 Аделейд – писта в едноименния град, използвана за състезания от Формула 1
 Аделейд Юнайтед (Adelaide United FC) – футболен клуб от град Аделейд, Австралия

Вижте също
 Аделхайд
 Мари-Аделаид Бурбон-Френска
 Виктория Сакскобургготска, рождено име Виктория Аделейд Мери Луиз (1840 – 1901) – дъщеря на кралица Виктория и съпруга на императора на Прусия Фридрих III

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Oral history interview with Cadoc (Tsolo) Kobus [Part 2 of 2]
Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Non-European Unity Movement, Government, Resistance to--South Africa
This is a series of unrelated interviews from the period 1985-1990 with people involved in different spheres of political life in Africa, with particular reference to the politics of South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia and the Congo. Interviewees include, Jane Gool, Hassan Howa, Hosea Jaffe, I.B. Tabata, Jack Cope and Otillie Abrahams. Themes include: African National Congress (ANC) training camps, anti-discrimination in sport, life in exile in Botswana and Namibia, gender empowerment , the history of St. Francis, Langa in the Western Cape, Non-European Unity Movement (NUEM), political upheaval in Kenya, rural life and work and the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO), Pin4.27b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 31:59 min. ; interview 27 of 52
Oral history interview with Nicholas Henwood [Part 1 of 2]
Oral history, United Democratic Front (South Africa), Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Interviews, Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government, ,
The United Democratic Front (UDF) was established as a non-racial, anti-apartheid coalition in 1983. The interviews in this collection deal with the formation and impact of the UDF in the Western Cape in the 1980s. Key figures involved with the UDF are interviewed, including Cheryl Carolus, Lionel Louw, Sydney Luckett and Phyllis Orner. Themes include: community based organisations affiliated to the UDF; the effects of apartheid; religious affiliation; role of the UDF in the community; trade unions. These interviews originate from research conducted for the Albert Luthuli Young Historians Award 2008., Por6.02a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 53:20 min. ; interview 2 of 6
Oral history interview with Fikile (Fiks) Bam [Part 2 of 2]
Oral history, Judges-- South Africa--Interviews, Political activists--South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Bam, Fikile
Oral history interview with Gathu Motsweni [Part 1 of 2]
Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa
This sub-collection of interviews with political activists includes themes such as African National Congress (ANC) party politics, ANC underground training in Angola and Soviet Union, Jabulani Nobleman 'Mzala' Nxumalo, 1980s schools boycotts and the United Democratic Front(UDF). Interviewees include Gertrude Fester, Joe Marks, Lizo Ngqugwana, and Ray Alexander., Pin6.07a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:88 min. ; interview 6 of 10
Oral history interview with Achmad Cassiem, a political activist and prisoner on Robben Island [Part 2 of 2]
Oral history, Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso, Political activists--South Africa--Biography, Pan Africanist Congress--History, South Africa--Politics and government--1961-1978, Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa--History, Government, Resistance to--South Africa,
The interviews in this collection focus on the life history of Robert Sobukwe, teacher, lecturer, lawyer, secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) Branch in Standerton and first president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). Interviewees include Achmat Cassiem (activist and Robben Island prisoner), Benjamin Pogrund (author of his autobiography), Charmaine van Tonder (Robert Sobukwe's neighbour) and Dinilesizwe Sobukwe (Robert Sobukwe's son). Themes include: the controversy regarding his burial; the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC); reflections on his funeral; his life on Robben Island; Sobukwe as a father; the Sharpeville Massacre and his work at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) . This sub-collection originated as research for the Albert Luthuli Young Historians award 2010., Pin13.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 01:03:32 min. ; interview 1 of 5
Oral history interview with Ace [Part 2 of 2]
Oral history, Political activists--Interviews, Government, Resistance to
This is a series of unrelated interviews from the period 1985-1990 with people involved in different spheres of political life in Africa, with particular reference to the politics of South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia and the Congo. Interviewees include, Jane Gool, Hassan Howa, Hosea Jaffe, I.B. Tabata, Jack Cope and Otillie Abrahams. Themes include: African National Congress (ANC) training camps, anti-discrimination in sport, life in exile in Botswana and Namibia, gender empowerment , the history of St. Francis, Langa in the Western Cape, Non-European Unity Movement (NUEM), political upheaval in Kenya, rural life and work and the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO), Pin4.10b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 01:02:08 min. ; interview 10 of 52
Oral history interview with Dr Partic de Goede [Part 2 of 2]
Oral history interview with Augie Matsemela [Part 1 of 2]
Oral history, Political activists-- Interviews, Government, Resistance to
This is a series of unrelated interviews from the period 1985-1990 with people involved in different spheres of political life in Africa, with particular reference to the politics of South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia and the Congo. Interviewees include, Jane Gool, Hassan Howa, Hosea Jaffe, I.B. Tabata, Jack Cope and Otillie Abrahams. Themes include: African National Congress (ANC) training camps, anti-discrimination in sport, life in exile in Botswana and Namibia, gender empowerment , the history of St. Francis, Langa in the Western Cape, Non-European Unity Movement (NUEM), political upheaval in Kenya, rural life and work and the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO), Pin4.33a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 32:22 min. ; interview 33 of 52
Oral history interview with Otillie Abrahams [Part 2 of 7]
Oral history, Political activists-- Namibia--Interviews, Namibia--Politics and government, Government, resistance to--Namibia, Abrahams, Otillie
This is a series of unrelated interviews from the period 1985-1990 with people involved in different spheres of political life in Africa, with particular reference to the politics of South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia and the Congo. Interviewees include, Jane Gool, Hassan Howa, Hosea Jaffe, I.B. Tabata, Jack Cope and Otillie Abrahams. Themes include: African National Congress (ANC) training camps, anti-discrimination in sport, life in exile in Botswana and Namibia, gender empowerment , the history of St. Francis, Langa in the Western Cape, Non-European Unity Movement (NUEM), political upheaval in Kenya, rural life and work and the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO), Pin4.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 7 ; 48:25 min. ; interview 1 of 52
Oral history interview with Cheryl Carolus [Part 1 of 2]
The United Democratic Front (UDF) was established as a non-racial anti-apartheid coalition in 1983. The interviews in this collection deal with the formation and impact of the UDF in the Western Cape in the 1980s. Themes include: community based organisations affiliated to the UDF; effects of apartheid; key figures involved with the UDF (including: Cheryl Carolus, Lionel Louw, Sydney Luckett, Phyllis Orner); religious affiliation; role of the UDF in the community; trade unions. These interviews originate from research conducted for the Albert Luthuli Young Historians Award 2008., Por6.01a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 01:03:24 min. ; interview 1 of 6
Oral history interview with Dr. Sydney Luckett [Part 2 of 2]
The United Democratic Front (UDF) was established as a non-racial, anti-apartheid coalition in 1983. The interviews in this collection deal with the formation and impact of the UDF in the Western Cape in the 1980s. Key figures involved with the UDF are interviewed, including Cheryl Carolus, Lionel Louw, Sydney Luckett and Phyllis Orner. Themes include: community based organisations affiliated to the UDF; the effects of apartheid; religious affiliation; role of the UDF in the community; trade unions. These interviews originate from research conducted for the Albert Luthuli Young Historians Award 2008., Por6.04b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; interview 37:46 min. ; interview 4 of 6
Oral history interview with I.B. Tabata and Jane Gool [Part 2 of 10]
Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Non-European Unity Movement, Tabata, I. B., Gool, Zainunnissa, 1897-1963
This is a series of unrelated interviews from the period 1985-1990 with people involved in different spheres of political life in Africa, with particular reference to the politics of South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia and the Congo. Interviewees include, Jane Gool, Hassan Howa, Hosea Jaffe, I.B. Tabata, Jack Cope and Otillie Abrahams. Themes include: African National Congress (ANC) training camps, anti-discrimination in sport, life in exile in Botswana and Namibia, gender empowerment , the history of St. Francis, Langa in the Western Cape, Non-European Unity Movement (NUEM), political upheaval in Kenya, rural life and work and the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO), Pin4.44b.mp3: Part 2 of 10 ; 32:03 min. ; interview 44 of 52
Oral history interview with R. Clark [Part 1 of 2]
Oral history, Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Interviews, Civil rights movements--South Africa, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Colored people (South Africa)--Political activity, South Africa--Politics and government--1909-1948
The interviews in this collection cover a wide range of topics linked to coloured identity, political organisations and activities in South Africa during the 1940s and post-1948 era. It includes information on protest actions, the defiance campaign, the torch commando, boycotts and train resistance efforts following the 1948 National Party election. Themes include the Anti-Coloured Affairs Department movement (Anti-CAD), civic organisations, education and welfare, the introduction of the Group Areas Act, political parties, race and class issues, the removal of coloured men from the national voters roll in 1956 and the Unity Movement., Pin3.03a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 14:12 min. ; interview 3 of 11
Oral history interview with Brian and Sonia Buntin [Part 1 of 2]
Oral history, Political activists--South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa
This is a series of unrelated interviews from the period 1985-1990 with people involved in different spheres of political life in Africa, with particular reference to the politics of South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia and the Congo. Interviewees include, Jane Gool, Hassan Howa, Hosea Jaffe, I.B. Tabata, Jack Cope and Otillie Abrahams. Themes include: African National Congress (ANC) training camps, anti-discrimination in sport, life in exile in Botswana and Namibia, gender empowerment , the history of St. Francis, Langa in the Western Cape, Non-European Unity Movement (NUEM), political upheaval in Kenya, rural life and work and the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO), Pin4.09a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 48:20 min. ; interview 9 of 52
The interviews in this collection cover a wide range of topics linked to coloured identity, political organisations and activities in South Africa during the 1940s and post-1948 era. It includes information on protest actions, the defiance campaign, the torch commando, boycotts and train resistance efforts following the 1948 National Party election. Themes include the Anti-Coloured Affairs Department movement (Anti-CAD), civic organisations, education and welfare, the introduction of the Group Areas Act, political parties, race and class issues, the removal of coloured men from the national voters roll in 1956 and the Unity Movement., Pin3.03b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 32:09 min. ; interview 3 of 11
Oral history interview with Jack Cope [Part 2 of 4]
Oral history, Authors, South African--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Cope, Jack, 1913-1991

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The United States and the European Union declared a "new phase" in relations in reaching a trade deal and putting brakes on escalating tension, with German leaders hailing the agreement as an important step that benefits both sides of the Atlantic.
The DAX, Germany's blue-chip stock market index, jumped 1.8 percent the day after the announcement. European shares also climbed, rising to a six-week high. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose almost 1 percent on the news.
On July 25, Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker agreed to work together to eliminate tariffs and other trade barriers on all industrial goods other than cars. Both leaders also agreed to cooperate against unfair Chinese trade practices and reform the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The Trump administration agreed to put on hold any new tariffs, while the EU pledged to increase imports of American soybeans and liquefied natural gas (LNG).
According to Germany's foreign minister, Heiko Maas, the result was well above expectations.
"This is still not the outcome that we are aiming for," he told reporters in Seoul. But "it has made a positive outcome more likely than it was beforehand.
"America and Europe are not opponents. … We are partners and allies with common values and interests," he said, adding it was good that both sides agreed to resolve unfair trade practices and reform the WTO.
German economic minister Peter Altmaier applauded both Trump and Juncker.
"Breakthrough achieved that can avoid trade war & save millions of jobs! Great for global economy," he wrote on Twitter after the announcement.
Trade and investment flows between the United States and the EU create the world's biggest economic relationship. The economies have a trillion-dollar bilateral trade relationship and account together for about half of the world's GDP.
"The automotive industry regards the removal of import duties and non-tariff trade barriers on both sides as the right path to take," VDA President Bernhard Mattes said in a press release. He urged the leaders to commence negotiations quickly and put the agreement into practice.
"The United States is a strategically important market and production location for the German manufacturers and suppliers," Mattes said.
German carmakers, including BMW, Daimler, and Volkswagen, operate more than 300 U.S. plants and employ more than 118,000 people. And they build more than 800,000 vehicles per year in the United States, with over half of those exported to Europe, Asia, or the rest of the world, according to the VDA release.
Mattes also welcomed the intention to remove non-tariff trade barriers between the EU and the United States.
As part of the deal, both leaders agreed to establish a dialogue on standards to ease the non-tariff barriers and to lower costs.
U.S. exporters face challenges in accessing the EU market, as many of their products that conform to international standards cannot meet strict EU standards.
"The mutual recognition of standards, and regulatory cooperation eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy and reduce costs," Mattes said, adding this would create more opportunities to small and medium-sized companies in particular, and boost competition.
Germans have been particularly concerned about the trade war, as Trump specifically focused on German carmakers in tweets that were critical of the EU's high barriers to American cars. The EU applies a 10 percent tariff on passenger vehicles, whereas the United States imposes a maximum 2.5 percent tariff on imported cars.
Trump earlier asked EU leaders to scrap all tariffs and non-tariff barriers to American cars imported into the bloc. He said he would otherwise impose a 20 percent tariff on all EU cars coming to the United States.
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"Europe and France never wanted a trade war and the talks yesterday were, therefore, useful" in reducing the tension, he told reporters after a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Madrid on July 26.
According to the AFP, Macron opposed including agriculture in any trade deal with the United States.
"I believe that no European standard should be suppressed or lowered in the areas of the environment, health or food, for example," he said.


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}}Norte de México es una macro región geográfica y cultural en México. Comprende al menos 5 subregiones:

1) Noroeste conformado por los estados de Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora y Sinaloa,

2) Norte: Chihuahua, Coahuila,

3) Centro Norte: Durango y Zacatecas,

4) Noreste: Nuevo León y Tamaulipas. A su vez el norte del país está dividido entre las regiones noroeste y noreste del país. Al oriundo de ahí se le conoce comúnmente como norteño.

5) Zona Libre: Los estados que la constituyen se localizan debajo de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México —específicamente seis de los nueve estados colindan directamente— y abarcan hasta aproximadamente el trópico de Cáncer.

Su territorio no es homogéneo, las subregiones están débilmente comunicadas entre sí, pero sí comparte algunas características comunes donde su tipo de clima más presente es el seco y desértico, pero también está latente el templado. Su orografía es diversa y se ve surcada con zonas altas como la sierra de Baja California en la península homónima, la Sierra Madre Oriental y la Sierra Madre Occidental así como bajas con la llanura costera del Pacífico o la llanura costera del Golfo.

 Historia

 Antes de la colonización

No se sabe exactamente cuándo llegaron los primeros pobladores a Aridoamérica. El mal tiempo en la región limitaba la agricultura por lo que las culturas antiguas desarrollaron estilos de vida nómada dedicado a la caza y la recolección.

Una de las más importantes culturas nativas en el norte de México fueron los Tepehuanes de Durango, que en realidad se llamaban Odamis que significa "gente que habita la montaña". Algo similar ocurren con los Rarámuris de Chihuahua que Rarámuri significa "persona que corre" pero ellos son conocidos como tarahumaras. Otras culturas importantes son los mayos y yaquis en Sonora, los laguneros en Coahuila. En Nuevo León había una gran cantidad de indígenas que fueron exterminados porque se oponían a la construcción de la ciudad de Monterrey.

 Era colonial
La primera ciudad fundada en la región fue Durango, que fue fundada por Francisco de Ibarra, un explorador vasco. Durante la época colonial se estableció una colonia vasca conformada por Chihuahua y Durango llamada Nueva Vizcaya. Otras ciudades importantes como Saltillo y Monterrey fueron fundadas hace casi 500 años.

El gobierno de Nueva España otorgó concesiones a los franciscanos para colonizar juntos con españoles los territorios de Texas, Coahuila, Chihuahua y California. A pesar de todo las misiones no tuvieron éxito.

Entre 1724 y 1740 se colonizó Soto la Marina, punto de partida de lo que hoy es Tamaulipas. Luego del moderado éxito de este proyecto, los jesuitas decidieron emprender, sin mucho apoyo del virreinato, la colonización de Baja California.

Carlos III decretó en junio de 1767 la expulsión de los jesuitas, con los que los territorios del norte quedaron abandonados y a expensas de la colonización norteamericana.

 Actividades económicas

La minería constituye quizá la rama económica que mayor riqueza genera en el estado de Durango, es la segunda entidad productora de oro y de plata en el país, después de Sonora, tercero en plomo, quinto en cobre y sexto en zinc.

El desarrollo industrial en el Estado de Chihuahua está basado en agrupamientos industriales. Son seis los agrupamientos industriales, los cuales generan más de 300,000 empleos, en 406 plantas establecidas en el Estado. Existen cuatro nuevas áreas de oportunidad dentro del desarrollo tecnológico industrial que está adquiriendo la entidad donde la mano de obra es más calificada.

Coahuila se caracteriza por los importantes yacimientos minerales que se encuentran en su territorio, especialmente los de carbón, materia prima esencial tanto para la industria siderúrgica como para la industria eléctrica. Su extracción se localiza principalmente en los municipios de Múzquiz, Nava y San Juan de Sabinas. Coahuila es el principal productor de carbón en el país y cuenta con el 95% de los recursos nacionales de carbón coquistable.

Sinaloa es el estado agrícola más importante de México y adicionalmente, cuenta con la segunda flota pesquera más grande del país.

 Estados

 Población
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|-
| colspan=11 align="center" | Estados del norte de México|-
| width="250" align="center" style="background:#e9e9e9;" | Estado| width="150" align="center" style="background:#e9e9e9;" | Escudo| width="150" align="center" style="background:#e9e9e9;" | Capital| width="150" align="center" style="background:#e9e9e9;" | Ciudad más poblada| width="100" align="center" style="background:#e9e9e9;" | Superficie (km²)| width="50" align="center" style="background:#e9e9e9;" | Número de municipios| width="100" align="center" style="background:#e9e9e9;" | Población (2020)| width="150" align="center" style="background:#e9e9e9;" | Otras ciudades importantes| width="150" align="center" style="background:#e9e9e9;" | Puertos| width="150" align="center" style="background:#e9e9e9;" | Pueblos Mágicos| width="100" align="center" style="background:#e9e9e9;" | Huso horario'''
|-
| Baja California
|
| Mexicali
| Tijuana
| 71,546
| align=center | 6
| 3 769 020
| EnsenadaTecateRosaritoSan QuintínSan Felipe
| align=center | Ensenada
| align=center | Tecate
| Tiempo del Pacífico (UTC -8)
|-
| Baja California Sur
|
| colspan="2" | La Paz
| 73,909
| align=center | 5
| 798 447
| San José del CaboCabo San LucasCiudad ConstituciónLoretoGuerrero NegroSanta RosalíaCiudad Insurgentes
| La PazSan José del CaboSanta Rosalía
| Todos SantosLoreto
| Tiempo de la Montaña (UTC -7)
|-
| Chihuahua
|
| Chihuahua
| Ciudad Juárez
| 247,487
| align=center | 67
| 3 741 869
| Cuauhtémoc Delicias ParralNuevo Casas Grandes
| align=center | Sin litoral
| BatopilasCreel
| Tiempo de la Montaña (UTC -7)
|-
| Coahuila
|
| colspan="2" | Saltillo
| 151,445
| align=center | 38
| 3 146 771
| TorreónMonclovaPiedras NegrasCiudad Acuña
| align=center | Sin litoral
| ArteagaCuatrociénegas de CarranzaParras de la FuenteViesca
| Tiempo del Centro (UTC -6)
|-
| Durango
|
| colspan="2" | Durango
| 123,367
| align=center | 39
| 1 832 650
| Gómez Palacio
Ciudad Lerdo
Santiago Papasquiaro
| align=center | Sin litoral
| align=center | Mapimí
| Tiempo del Centro (UTC -6)
|-
|Zacatecas
|
|Zacatecas
|Fresnillo
|75, 275.3
|58
|1 622 138
|
 Jerez
 Sombrerete

 Guadalupe
|    Sin litoral
|Teul
Nochistlan

Guadalupe

Sombrerete

Pinos

Jerez
|Tiempo del Centro (UTC-6)
|-
| Nuevo León
|
| colspan="2" | Monterrey
| 64,203
| align=center | 51
| 5 784 442
|
Guadalupe
Apodaca
San Nicolás
Escobedo
Santa Catarina
| align=center | Sin litoral
| align=center | Santiago
Linares
| Tiempo del Centro (UTC -6)
|-
| Sinaloa
|
| colspan="2" | Culiacán
| 57,331
| align=center | 18
| 3 026 943
|
Mazatlán
Los Mochis
Guasave
Guamúchil
|
Mazatlán
Topolobampo
Altata
|
El Fuerte
Cosalá
El Rosario
Mocorito
| Tiempo de la Montaña (UTC -7)
|-
| Sonora
|
| colspan="2" | Hermosillo
| 184,946
| align=center | 72
| 2 944 840
|
Ciudad Obregón
Nogales
San Luis Río Colorado
Navojoa
Guaymas
|
Guaymas
Yavaros

Puerto Peñasco
|
Álamos
Magdalena de Kino
| Tiempo de la Montaña (UTC -7)
|-
| Tamaulipas
|
| Ciudad Victoria
| Reynosa
| 80,148
| align=center | 43
| 3 527 735
|
Matamoros
Nuevo Laredo
Tampico
Ciudad Madero
Miramar
|
Altamira
Tampico
|
Ciudad Mier
Tula
| Tiempo del Centro (UTC -6)
|}

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Geografía

Aridoamérica limita al norte con los estados estadounidense de Arizona, California, Nuevo México y Texas, al sur con los estados mexicanos de Nayarit, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz y Zacatecas, al oeste con el Océano Pacífico y al este con el Golfo de México.

El Norte de México cubre una superficie de 1,054,382 kilómetros cuadrados, como el 53% de la superficie de México, similar a la de Bolivia o de Mauritania y con una población de 27,056,627 como el 27% de la población mexicana, muy similar a la de Afganistán.

Si Aridoamérica fuera un país independiente ocuparía el 49° país más poblado del mundo y  el 28° país más extenso del mundo.

Hidrografía

El principal río del Norte es el río Bravo o Bravo del Norte, nombrado de ese modo en México, o río Grande en Estados Unidos, que es un largo río del sur de Estados Unidos y norte de México que fluye en direcciones S y SE a través de Colorado y Nuevo México hasta llegar a la ciudad de El Paso  a partir de donde forma la frontera sur de Texas  y la frontera norte de los estados mexicanos de Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León y Tamaulipas, hasta desaguar en el golfo de México. Con 3 034 km de longitud, es el tercer río más largo de América del Norte, tras el Misuri y Misisipi.

Nace en el parque nacional Grandes Dunas de Arena, en el suroeste de Colorado. Fluye un corto tramo hacia el este y entra en el valle de San Luis donde gira hacia el sur entrando en Nuevo México. Pasa cerca de la capital del estado, Santa Fe, y por la ciudad más poblada Albuquerque. Atraviesa todo el estado y empieza a formar la frontera entre Texas y Chihuahua, pasando por las ciudades gemelas de El Paso y Ciudad Juárez y siguiendo en dirección sureste recibe al río Conchos por la derecha en Ojinaga.

A partir de ahí gira bruscamente hacia el noreste empezando a formar la frontera entre Coahuila y Texas, recibe al Río Pecos y gira nuevamente hacia el sureste. Pasa por las ciudades de Ciudad Acuña y Piedras Negras, forma un pequeño tramo de la frontera entre Texas con Nuevo León, y por último con Tamaulipas, donde pasa por las ciudades gemelas de Laredo-Nuevo Laredo, McAllen-Reynosa y Brownsville-Matamoros, desembocando poco después en el golfo de México.

Otro río importante es el río Colorado que es un río del suroeste de los Estados Unidos y noroeste de México que fluye en dirección suroeste y sur por los estados de Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California, en Estados Unidos, y por Baja California y Sonora, en México, desembocando en el golfo de California o mar de Cortés (océano Pacífico). Con 2333km de longitud es el quinto río más largo de América del Norte —por detrás del Misuri, Misisipi, Bravo y Arkansas.

Nace en La Poudre Pass, un pequeño pueblo situado a 3100m de altitud en las Montañas Rocosas, al norte del estado de Colorado. Fluye un corto tramo hacia el sur desaguando en el Gran Lago (Colorado), de ahí fluye en dirección suroeste unos 300km hasta llegar a Grand Junction (Colorado) donde gira al noroeste y pocos kilómetros después gira nuevamente hacia el suroeste, entra en Utah, pasa por Moab, recibe por la derecha al río Green y desagua en el lago Powell. Al salir de este lago, ya en Arizona, pasa por Page en dirección sur, y gira hacia el noroeste-oeste formando la gran maravilla del Gran Cañón.

Después desagua en el lago Mead, pocos kilómetros al este de Las Vegas, formando frontera entre Nevada y Arizona y al salir de este lago, en dirección sur, sigue formando frontera entre estos dos estados, llega al lago Mohave, pasa por Bullhead City, empieza a formar frontera entre California y Arizona, llega al Lago Havasu y Lake Havasu City, sigue hacia el sur unos 250km y llega a México donde forma frontera entre Baja California y Sonora y desemboca en el golfo de California o mar de Cortés (océano Pacífico).

Actualmente el delta del río Colorado está dentro del área ecológica protegida por el gobierno mexicano del Alto golfo de California y delta del río Colorado

Relieve

El relieve del Norte es muy montañoso, las cadenas montañosas que forman este terreno son la Sierra Madre Oriental que abarca los estados de Nuevo León, Tamaulipas y Coahuila de Zaragoza.

El punto de elevación más alto de la Sierra Madre Oriental es un empate entre el cerro El Potosí, cerro el Morro y Sierra de la Marta con 3701 metros de altura, pero siendo la insolación (la segunda mayor insolación de México) y prominencia del pico más alto en el cerro El Potosí ubicado en el estado de Nuevo León cerca de los ejidos 18 de Marzo y El Potosí en la latitud 25° 22' N y longitud 100° 33' O.

La Sierra Madre Oriental es hogar de una diversidad de flora y fauna impresionantes, algunas de ellas son especies endémicas. Bio-geográficamente se incluye dentro de la región de los bosques maderenses de pino-encino.

A pesar que la mayor parte de la Sierra Madre Oriental se encuentra en México, pertenecen a ella los Chisos Mountains y el Parque nacional Big Bend en el suroeste de Texas, apenas dividido por el río Bravo o Grande del Norte, ya que su flora y fauna son similares a las que pueblan la parte de México.

La Sierra Madre Occidental atraviesa los Estados de Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa y Sonora, en donde se puede encontrar las Barrancas del Cobre que se encuentran en Chihuahua. El punto más alto se encuentra en Cerro Gordo, Durango. El terreno es escarpado en varias regiones, lo que hace que las variaciones de temperatura sean extremas. En la cima de las barrancas, el clima es frío (llegando en invierno a los -20 °C y en verano a los 20 °C de promedio), y en el valle templado o cálido (en invierno 10 °C de promedio, alcanzando los 40 °C en verano).

La Sierra Madre Occidental es el pulmón de la zona norte de México; cubierta por grandes bosques mixtos de pino-encino, de pinos, encinas y oyamel (abies religiosa y abies procera), en los últimos años ha sufrido un grave deterioro.

Está región cuenta con dos llanuras, la Llanura costera del Golfo que solo abarca el estado de Tamaulipas, en donde se dado una gran actividad agrícola, debido a los ríos y arroyos que fertilizan esa región

La Llanura costera del Pacífico, abarca porciones de Sinaloa, Sonora, Baja California y Baja California Sur, siendo esta considera la menos grande de país, pero en esta llanura a dado una gran actividad agrícola, sobre todo en Sinaloa y Sonora, debido a los ríos y presas existentes, lo que lo han considerando como el "Ganadero de México"

Demografía

Áreas metropolitanas más pobladas

Municipios más poblados

Áreas Metropolitanas trans-fronterizas más pobladas

Religión

La religión predominante, como en el resto del país y Latinoamérica, es el catolicismo romano, donde el 87% de los norteños se identifican como católicos. Existen además presencia de otras religiones como los cristianos protestantes, Islam, Judaísmo y no creyentes. Los siguientes son datos del INEGI

Cultura

La Cultura en el Norte es diferente a la del Centro y Sur de México. La gente en el Norte se ha descrito más abierta al modernismo, al progreso, al cambio, y a la tecnología,quizás por la influencia de Estados Unidos, y lejos de las culturas del centro y sur de México donde se exponen las culturas indígenas, las personas del norte prefieren abrirse a crear nuevas y modernas culturas, así como también muy relacionados hacia la cultura europea..

La cultura norteña bien podría resumirse en este fragmento artículo de opinión que apareció en La Jornada Aguascalientes escrito por Juan Carlos González Sánchez..

En los últimos años se ha dado el fenómeno de que inmigrantes del sur regresan a su lugar de origen, además una gran cantidad de norteños han emigrado a otros estados del centro víctimas de la violencia vivida, ha provocado porque la cultura del Norte del país tome cada vez más fuerza en México..

La distancia y menor atención del gobierno Federal y la Cultura estadounidense también ha influido en gran medida en estos estados, más en los estados que están más al norte como Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora y la franja fronteriza.

Festividades
 El 20 de noviembre, Día de la Revolución, toma mucha importancia sobre todo por considerarse a estos estados como la "cuna de la revolución". Cada año se realiza un desfile en conmemoración a los héroes de la revolución y se festeja con una gran fiesta, sobre todo en Durango y en Chihuahua donde esta tradición ha trascendido y donde con el paso del tiempo se le ha dado todavía más importancia que al 16 de septiembre.
 El 8 de julio se celebra el aniversario de la fundación de Durango, considerada la capital cultural del norte por ser el primer territorio explorado por los españoles en el norte de México, lo que se festeja con la Feria Nacional de Durango, que en 2013 por el motivo de los 450 años de la fundación de Durango, la feria paso a ser la segunda más importante del país, solo después de la Feria Nacional de San Marcos..

Deporte

El deporte juega un papel importante en la cultura norteña, el deporte más popular en la región es el béisbol, aunque con excepción en Torreón, Monterrey y Durango donde los deportes más populares son el fútbol y el baloncesto respectivamente. Aun así el Béisbol es el deporte en el que más se ha distinguido la región, actualmente en la Liga Mexicana de Béisbol juegan los equipos de los Saraperos de Saltillo, los Algodoneros de Unión Laguna, Acereros de Monclova, Toros de Tijuana, los Sultanes de Monterrey y los Broncos de Reynosa, también existen equipos fuertes en ligas menores como los Dorados de Chihuahua, los Alacranes de Durango, los Indios de Ciudad Juárez, los Constructores Modelo, entre otros.
Durante los meses de invierno se juega la Liga Mexicana del Pacífico, considerada la mejor liga profesional del país y una de las mejores ligas profesionales del mundo, se juegue en Sinaloa, Sonora, Baja California y Jalisco, los equipos que compiten son los Águilas de Mexicali, Cañeros de Los Mochis, Charros de Jalisco, Mayos de Navojoa, Naranjeros de Hermosillo, Tomateros de Culiacán, Venados de Mazatlán y Yaquis de Obregon, el noroeste ha visto crecer a los más grandes beisbolistas mexicanos, entre ellos, Fernando Valenzuela y Adrián González.

En el ámbito del fútbol a pesar de que los equipos norteños lograron dominar la Primera División Mexicana del 2009 en adelante, a pesar de que después de que a finales de los 90 y a principios de los 2000 los norteños sufrieron una "crisis futbolística, a la época en que se empiezan a resurgir futbolísticamente se le conoció como el "Dominio Norteño". Los tres equipos grandes del norte son; el  Club de Fútbol Monterrey, Club Santos Laguna y los Tigres UANL. También los Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana han obtenido un título de liga, que obtuvieron después de jugar pocas temporadas en la primera división, lo cual es considerado también una hazaña. Actualmente se añadió otro equipo a la legión del norte llamado Dorados de Sinaloa que logró ascender en el año 2015.
Una de las hazañas más importantes en el fútbol nacional e internacional la consiguió el Club de Fútbol Monterrey, al conseguir, además del tricampeonato de la Liga de Campeones de la CONCACAF, un tercer lugar en la Copa Mundial de Clubes de la FIFA 2012 al vencer por marcador de 2-0 al Al-Ahly egipcio, para ser el tercer equipo de la Concacaf en obtener este logro (después del Necaxa y el Saprissa de Costa Rica)..

Otro deporte con mucha importancia tanto a nivel colegial como profesional y semiprofesional es el fútbol americano, históricamente los equipos de Monterrey (los Auténticos Tigres y los Borregos Salvajes) dominaron la ONEFA hasta que Raúl Rivera dejara fuera de la liga a las escuelas privadas, ahora los pumas de la UNAM dominan la liga. A nivel Semiprofesional durante la década de 1990 existió una liga en la cual jugaban los extintos Cervezeros de Monterrey y los Dinosaurios de Saltillo, estos últimos dominaron la liga por la mano del histórico Frank González que a la postre se convirtió en el entrenador más ganador en la historia de los Borregos Salvajes.El fútbol americano se juega también semiprofesionalmente en Sinaloa y Durango en la Liga AFAS, la cual organiza la Asociación de Fútbol Americano de Sinaloa (AFAS). Cabe mencionar que Torreón, Coahuila es cuna de Raúl Allegre, el jugador más importante de este deporte en México y quien ganó 2 Super Tazones y que la región también es cuna de muchos jugadores en distintas partes del país..

En el norte además, se ubican dos equipos de la Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional. En el 2017, para la segunda temporada de la liga, se anunció la integración de dos nuevos equipos, ambos de ellos norteños y los primeros en jugar fuera de la Ciudad de México. Los Fundidores de Monterrey y los Dinos de Saltillo, ambos equipos siguen participando en la liga y el juego entre ellos es conocido como el Clásico del Norte. Este partido fue el primero de la temporada 2018. Con el anuncio de la expansión de la liga a 10 equipos, se espera que la mayoría de ellos sean de estados del interior de la república, dada la popularidad del fútbol americano en el norte del país, existen probabilidades de que al menos dos de estos equipos jueguen en algún estado norteño.

También el baloncesto es muy popular, sobre todo en Chihuahua y en Durango, en esta última es el deporte más visto, alguna vez se consideró el clásico nacional al partido entre Dorados de Chihuahua contra Leñadores de Durango, los dos equipos históricamente más ganadores de México. Actualmente por varios motivos este partido no se juega. La región ha visto crecer a un sinfín de seleccionados nacionales, entre ellos Eduardo Nájera.. Chihuahua, además, cuenta con una liga estatal profesional que es una de las más activas del país, la Liga de Básquetbol Estatal de Chihuahua que cuenta con 12 equipos que juegan en las ciudades más grandes del estado y un equipo de Gómez Palacio, Durango.

A nivel individual son muy populares la Tauromaquia (como máximo representante Eloy Cavazos), el Boxeo y la Lucha Libre siendo esta región la cuna de Black Warrior, Blue Panther, Blue Demon, Hector Garza entre otros....

Gastronomía

La carne asada es muy conocida en todo el país y es algo muy tradicional que sean los hombres quienes la preparan. Otro platillo muy importante en todo el norte son los huevos de machaca, las tortillas de harina y la barbacoa de res.

La discada es un alimento muy popular en la región, pero en cada estado se prepara de manera diferente. Básicamente son trozos de varios tipos de carne bien cocida y se llama así porque los granjeros solían prepararla con los discos que formaban partes de sus tractores..

Durango y Chihuahua tienen una importante tradición láctea, herencia Menonita..

El Cabrito de Monterrey es sumamente famosos en todo el país..

Dialecto

El español del norte de México es uno de los más conocidos del país y el más distinguible de todos. Se diferencia de otras regiones de México principalmente en la entonación (acento) y contracción de las palabras en las formas cortas como se pronuncia y se escribe. A diferencia del resto del país, donde los acentos tienden a ser "cantados", los acentos norteños tienden a ser más golpeados; es tal la diferencia, que en otros países de habla hispana existen personas que escuchan a los norteños hablar y piensan que son de algún otro país que no es México. Otra particularidad de la forma de hablar de los norteños es el uso universal del usted tanto para situaciones formales como informales. Otra característica importante en el español más septentrional de toda América es el excesivo uso de extranjerismos, sobre todo de anglicismos por hacer frontera con los Estados Unidos, otros extranjerismos frecuentes son los galicismos sobre todo por la enorme comunidad Francesa en la Comarca y el hecho de que haya una fuerte presencia menonita en Chihuahua y Durango y que el idioma alemán sea hablado en algunos municipios de estos estados (sobre todo Cuauhtémoc y Nuevo Ideal) también ha propiciado el uso de germanismos en esta región.

El español norteño también se identifica por su poco uso de indigenismos que se utiliza demasiado en el centro y sur del país, los norteños también se identifican por su manera de hablar muy directa y su poco uso de doble sentido (véase albur) muy característico del resto del país. Sin embargo, no existe un solo acento norteño, el acento norteño se puede dividir de muchas maneras, por ejemplo el Altiplano Septentrional en Nuevo León y Coahuila, el del noreste en Tamaulipas que también comparte características con el español costeño el del Noroeste, que se habla en toda esta región y en Chihuahua que se caracteriza por cambiar el sonido de la /ch/ por el de la /sh/. En Durango en las zonas urbanas el español es un poco más parecido al de Coahuila y Nuevo León, pero en las zonas rurales es más parecido al de Chihuahua y Sinaloa..

Como curiosidad, en muchos doblajes de series o películas de habla inglesa, se utiliza el acento norteño para personajes de origen Australiano o del Sur de Estados Unidos, por lo que existe la idea en los países de habla hispana que el acento de estos lugares sea parecido al del Norte de México, a pesar de que se hablé de forma muy diferente.

Véase también
 Noroeste de México
 Noreste de México
 Baja California
 Baja California Sur
 Chihuahua
 Durango
 Coahuila
 Nuevo León
 Sinaloa
 Sonora
 Tamaulipas

Referencias

Regiones de México


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'I beg, therefore. to propose to Your Lordship's consideration the Establishment of a Government Colonial Bank, under the name of "The New South Wales Loan Bank".'
Macquarie's term saw a period of promising economic growth. However, currency was in such short supply that barter and promissory notes had become the principal means of exchange.
In 1813, in order to remedy the situation, Macquarie had the centres punched out of 40,000 Spanish dollars, thus doubling the number of coins. The outer ring (holey dollar) and the centre (dump) became the first distinct coins of the colony. They remained in circulation until 1829.
Stabilising the Economy
Macquarie took further action to stabilise the colony's precarious monetary system. In the face of opposition from the Colonial Office, he sanctioned the establishment of the colony's first bank. At Macquarie's invitation 14 leading settlers met and subscribed £20,000 pounds for a limited liability bank.
The Bank of New South Wales, financed by private subscription, opened for business on 8 April 1817.
By 1822 commerce and trade had prospered to such an extent that Macquarie could confidently predict that 'this Colony will, at no very distant period, vie in trade and opulence with many others in His Majesty's Dominions.'
Lachlan Macquarie. Extract from Dispatch to Lord Liverpool, 18 October 1811 (Historical Records of Australia)
In order to solve the problem of the colonial currency, the lack of which was hampering commerce and trade, Macquarie makes a proposal to establish a government bank.


The countdown is on and to kick-off the run-up to #ParentsinSportWeek2018 The Child Protection in Sport Unit have released some brand new resources for #parents and #coaches on their website.
During the week British Gymnastics would like to encourage Clubs to recognise and promote the positive and important role parents play in helping children reach their full potential together with aiming to work with parents to reflect on the demands they're encountering and identify strategies.
Read to find out more on and to get involved in "Parents in Sports Week"


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Analyst Predicts When Cardano's Market Cap Will Surpass Ethereum – Here's The Timeline
This year, Cardano's Vasil Hard Fork upgrade and Ethereum's Merge event have been an emerging transition for the entire crypto space. Investors got more attracted to the market due to these most anticipated events.
While the crypto winter is trying to fade away this hype, several cryptocurrencies have maintained their legacy to be in the top positions, where altcoins like Cardano climbed a long way to be a tough competitor to Ethereum in terms of market capitalization.
Cardano Vs. Ethereum: Start Of A New Era
Cardano Vs. Ethereum is an edge-to-edge fight as both works on the proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. However, Ethereum is currently sitting at the top of its league after Bitcoin. Still, Cardano is not far behind as it is silently getting an inch closer and has already made itself into the top eight in terms of market capitalization.
The past few years have seen a significant change in the list of top 20 cryptocurrencies, where some new crypto projects have replaced the previous ones. The exponential growth of stablecoins like USDT or USDC has completely changed the crypto landscape throughout the years. It is anticipated that the list will drastically change in the near future following ongoing developments in crypto projects.
According to a popular crypto influencer, Ben Armstrong, Cardano is projected to surpass Ethereum in terms of market capitalization in the next six to ten years based on the market's current favorability and crypto's adoption.
Elaborating on this, Ben said, "I officially now believe that Cardano will eventually pass Ethereum in market cap and users. It won't be soon, but ironically, the slow roadmap for full ETH 2.0 rollout will be the Achilles Heel. Timeline: 6-10 years."
Even cardano
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charles hoskinson ceo at IOG Charles Hoskinson is an enthusiastic entrepreneur and one of the richest software developers across the globe. His creation Ethereum is touching sky heights in the crypto market. Charles resides in America and belongs to a doctor's family but decided to focus on finance over medicine due to his interest in the emerging field of crypto from the very start. Charles was regarded as the 40 Most Influential by Yahoo Finance in 2021.
Began his career in 2013 as a business consultant but dropped his job and got involved in the crypto space whilst starting a project called Bitcoin education. Later, Hoskinson joined the Ethereum founding team as one of five original founders with Vitalik Buterin who held the position of chief executive at Ethereum. In 2014, Hoskinson and former Ethereum colleague Jeremy Wood formed Input Output Hong Kong(IOHK), an engineering and research company that builds cryptocurrencies and blockchains.
Hoskinson along with IOHK sponsored research labs focusing on blockchain technology at the University of Edinburgh and the Tokyo Institute of Technology, in 2017. [email protected] EntrepreneurInvestor
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"Ethereum is the Hotel California of cryptocurrencies. You can check-in, but you can't check out. You'll have less and less Ether trading in the marketplace. And then what will ultimately happen is you'll have a liquidity crisis where a lot of volatility comes in."
Cardano Is On The Verge
ADA is one of the highly volatile digital assets in the crypto market, and it once became a messiah for bringing astronomical returns. However, the continuity of negative news from the US stock market and global economic factors have caused turmoil in the crypto market that barred ADA from showing its real potential.
However, another prominent crypto strategist, michael van de poppe
michael van de poppe Founder and CEO at eight global Eight Global is led by Michael van de Poppe, the company's founder, and CEO. He is a cryptocurrency trader who works at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange and is enthusiastic about the role of blockchain in the current financial system. Also, he is an author at Cointelegraph who covers everything about fintech, blockchain, and bitcoin, providing the latest news, prices, and analysis on the future of money.
In the past, he served as a technical analyst at TradingView, where he was responsible for making technical analyses via the platform of TradingView and distributing these through virtual social media, including Twitter and YouTube. He was the writer of CryptoBenelux, writing articles based on technical analysis and market insights, particularly about Bitcoin. EntrepreneurChief Executive OfficerTraderMarket Analyst
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According to coinmarketcap
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As Cardano has a smooth journey ahead where Ethereum is facing a liquidity crisis, it is expected that this 'Japanese Ethereum' will shortly touch the range of trillion dollars market cap, surpassing Ethereum. ben armstrong
ben armstrong host at bitboy crypto Ben Armstrong is known as BitBoy Crypto on his YouTube channel. He is well-known for his cryptocurrency investment ideas and is also one of the top crypto experts in the world. He's a well-known cryptocurrency YouTuber, social media influencer, entrepreneur, and TikTok creator. In the United States of America, he is extremely popular.
His social media profile has 1.5 million YouTube subscribers, 400k Instagram followers, 744.6k Twitter followers, and 100k Facebook followers. He stated on his LinkedIn profile that he attended Toccoa Falls College in 2009. He then finished his bachelor's degree in 2012. He also read the report at Kennesaw University. EntrepreneurInvestorContent Creator / InfluencerYoutube
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Need / Moving Messages (Storycuts)
by Susan Hill
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
In 'Need', Biddy longs to escape the noise and claustrophobia of the travelling circus she calls home, the chaotic family she shares her cramped quarters with, and the teasing, intimidating presence of Little Midge - the neighbour boy who spies on her. The lack of a plan and her attachment to the frail fortune-teller Rosa, is all that prevents Biddy from leaving. But when tragedy strikes, Biddy finds comfort in an unlikely figure.
In 'Moving messages', Didi is afflicted by a curious condition: 'poetic tinnitus', which causes poetic snippets to ricochet around her mind at all moments. Despite this, she feels content with her lot, living in the country and making quilts to forge a living. She is happy - or is she? When Didi visits a glamorous old school companion in London, her self-doubt flares up, but she soon begins to see the cracks beneath the perfect veneer of her friend's life.
Part of the Storycuts series, these two short stories were previously published in the collection The Boy Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read.
Susan Hill has been a professional writer for over fifty years. Her books have won awards and prizes including the Whitbread, the John Llewellyn Rhys and the Somerset Maugham, and have been shortlisted for the Booker.
She was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Honours. Her novels include Strange Meeting, I'm the King of the Castle, In the Springtime of the Year and A Kind Man. She has also published autobiographical works and collections of short stories as well as the Simon Serrailler series of crime novels.
The play of her ghost story The Woman in Black has been running in London's West End since 1988. She has two adult daughters and lives in North Norfolk.
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Q: confused about the readline() return in Python I am a beginner in python. However, I have some problems when I try to use the readline() method.
f=raw_input("filename> ")
a=open(f)
print a.read()
print a.readline()
print a.readline()
print a.readline()

and my txt file is
aaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbb
ccccccccc

However, when I tried to run it on a Mac terminal, I got this:
aaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbb
ccccccccc

It seems that  readline() is not working at all.
But when I disable print a.read(), the readline() gets back to work.
This confuses me a lot. Is there any solution where I can use read() and readline() at the same time?

A: When you open a file you get a pointer to some place of the file (by default: the begining). Now whenever you run .read() or .readline() this pointer moves:

*

*.read() reads until the end of the file and moves the pointer to the end (thus further calls to any reading gives nothing)

*.readline() reads until newline is seen and sets the pointer after it

*.read(X) reads X bytes and sets the pointer at CURRENT_LOCATION + X (or the end)

If you wish you can manually move that pointer by issuing a.seek(X) call where X is a place in file (seen as an array of bytes). For example this  should give you the desired output:
print a.read()
a.seek(0)
print a.readline()
print a.readline()
print a.readline()

A: You need to understand the concept of file pointers. When you read the file, it is fully consumed, and the pointer is at the end of the file.

It seems that the readline() is not working at all.

It is working as expected. There are no lines to read.

when I disable print a.read(), the readline() gets back to work.

Because the pointer is at the beginning of the file, and the lines can be read

Is there any solution that I can use read() and readline() at the same time?

Sure. Flip the ordering of reading a few lines, then the remainder of the file, or seek the file pointer back to a position that you would like.
Also, don't forget to close the file when you are finished reading it

A: The file object a remembers it's position in the file.

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*a.read() reads from the current position to end of the file (moving the position to the end of the file)

*a.readline() reads from the current position to the end of the line (moving the position to the next line)

*a.seek(n) moves to position n in the file (without returning anything)

*a.tell() returns the position in the file.

So try putting the calls to readline first. You'll notice that now the read call won't return the whole file, just the remaining lines (maybe none), depending on how many times you called readline. And play around with seek and tell to confirm whats going on.
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package com.galaxysoft.photogallery.web.config;

import com.galaxysoft.photogallery.web.test.MyDialect;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.YamlPropertiesFactoryBean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.*;
import org.springframework.context.support.PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer;
import org.springframework.context.support.ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource;
import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.validation.Validator;
import org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.DefaultServletHandlerConfigurer;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ResourceHandlerRegistry;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurationSupport;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerMapping;
import org.thymeleaf.dialect.IDialect;
import org.thymeleaf.spring4.SpringTemplateEngine;
import org.thymeleaf.spring4.view.ThymeleafViewResolver;
import org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.ServletContextTemplateResolver;

import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;

@PropertySources({
        @PropertySource("classpath:application.yml")
})
@Configuration
@ComponentScan({"com.galaxysoft.photogallery.impl",
        "com.galaxysoft.photogallery.utils",
        "com.galaxysoft.photogallery.web.controllers"})
class WebMvcConfig extends WebMvcConfigurationSupport {

    private static final String MESSAGE_SOURCE = "/WEB-INF/i18n/messages";
    private static final String VIEWS = "/WEB-INF/views/";

    private static final String RESOURCES_LOCATION = "/resources/";
    private static final String RESOURCES_HANDLER = RESOURCES_LOCATION + "**";

    @Bean
    public static PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer properties() {
        PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer propertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer = new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer();
        YamlPropertiesFactoryBean yaml = new YamlPropertiesFactoryBean();
        yaml.setResources(new ClassPathResource("application.yml"));
        propertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer.setProperties(yaml.getObject());
        return propertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer;
    }

    @Override
    public RequestMappingHandlerMapping requestMappingHandlerMapping() {
        RequestMappingHandlerMapping requestMappingHandlerMapping = super.requestMappingHandlerMapping();
        requestMappingHandlerMapping.setUseSuffixPatternMatch(false);
        requestMappingHandlerMapping.setUseTrailingSlashMatch(false);
        return requestMappingHandlerMapping;
    }

    @Bean(name = "messageSource")
    public ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource messageSource() {

        ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource messageSource = new ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource();
        messageSource.setBasenames("classpath:messages", "classpath:labels", "classpath:emails");
        // if true, the key of the message will be displayed if the key is not
        // found, instead of throwing a NoSuchMessageException
        messageSource.setUseCodeAsDefaultMessage(true);
        messageSource.setDefaultEncoding("UTF-8");
        // # -1 : never reload, 0 always reload
        messageSource.setCacheSeconds(0);
        return messageSource;
    }

    @Bean
    public ServletContextTemplateResolver templateResolver(ServletContext servletContext) {
        ServletContextTemplateResolver resolver = new ServletContextTemplateResolver(servletContext);
        resolver.setPrefix(VIEWS);
        resolver.setSuffix(".html");
        resolver.setTemplateMode("HTML");
        resolver.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
        resolver.setOrder(1);
        return resolver;
    }

    @Bean
    public SpringTemplateEngine templateEngine(ServletContextTemplateResolver templateResolver) {
        Set<IDialect> dialects = new HashSet<>();
        dialects.add(new MyDialect());

        SpringTemplateEngine engine = new SpringTemplateEngine();
        engine.setTemplateResolver(templateResolver);
        engine.setAdditionalDialects(dialects);
//        engine.addDialect(new SpringSecurityDialect());
        return engine;
    }

    @Bean
    public ThymeleafViewResolver thymeleafViewResolver(SpringTemplateEngine templateEngine) {
        ThymeleafViewResolver resolver = new ThymeleafViewResolver();
        resolver.setTemplateEngine(templateEngine);
        resolver.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
        return resolver;
    }

    @Override
    public Validator getValidator() {
        LocalValidatorFactoryBean validator = new LocalValidatorFactoryBean();
        validator.setValidationMessageSource(messageSource());
        return validator;
    }

    @Override
    public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {
        registry.addResourceHandler(RESOURCES_HANDLER).addResourceLocations(RESOURCES_LOCATION);
    }

    @Override
    public void configureDefaultServletHandling(DefaultServletHandlerConfigurer configurer) {
        configurer.enable();
    }

    /**
     * Handles favicon.ico requests assuring no 404 Not Found error is returned.
     */
    @Controller
    static class FaviconController {
        @RequestMapping("favicon.ico")
        String favicon() {
            return "forward:/resources/images/favicon.ico";
        }
    }

}

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RFID Journal Live is the largest RFID conference in the world and we had the pleasure of attending the 2013 edition hosted in Orlando, Florida from April 30th to May 2nd. This blog post summarizes our highlights.
The opening keynote speech was delivered by Roger Blazek of Bloomingdale's, a large American clothing retailer. His team have been working on item-level RFID tagging since 2007 largely to ensure that the right items in the right colours, styles and sizes are always available for consumers to browse in store. It has taken several years to get everything in place with several challenges along the way. Roger explained that he expected the installation of technology to be difficult, but in fact it was quite easy. However, the most difficult part, by far, was change management: getting the employees to buy in to the new system and use it effectively. Finally, now that everyone's on board, it's possible to stamp out deployments across the hundreds of Bloomingdale's and Macy's stores. Takeaway: people play by far the greatest role in a successful RFID deployment.
Following Mr. Blazek's presentation, a team from EADS (including Airbus) participated in a panel. EADS has successfully deployed both passive and active RFID systems including real-time location systems (RTLS) throughout its divisions in many countries. Similar to Bloomingdale's, their strategy is to deploy and refine a system in one location and then copy it to other locations. Carlo Nizam, Head of Value Chain Visibility and RFID at Airbus, explained that typically this is as easy as changing the back-end pipe. In other words, the RFID system simply needs to be adapted to feed the enterprise software specific to the installation. And we were very pleased to hear Claude Lorda, Head of Industrial Innovation at Astrium, confirm that it is extremely difficult to calculate the ROI for RTLS, and that typically they've simply approved projects based on gut feeling. That has been a successful strategy for EADS, but it's difficult to imagine that approach going viral among Fortune 500 companies. Takeaway: again people play by far the greatest role in a successful RFID deployment, first and foremost those who approve and champion the project.
Exploring the exhibition floor, it was great to see and meet many of the companies we've identified as complementary or competitive to reelyActive. Some of the people working the floor have been in the RFID game as long as or longer than us, and we've all had an interesting ride with great war stories to share!
It was refreshing to see how many companies are leaning towards collaboration rather than competition. There are far more potential applications for RFID than there are vendors with hyper-targeted solutions, so it makes sense to direct any potential client to the most appropriate vendor. On multiple occasions I saw the vendors at a booth point their visitors towards another booth. Mary from AWID even went as far as taking a small stack of our business cards to pass to her booth visitors who needed an active RFID solution rather than their passive!
Competition still exists, of course, and we felt it strongest amongst the WiFi RTLS vendors. WiFi RTLS can leverage existing WiFi infrastructure, an advantage highly touted by vendors against other RTLS systems. But in practice, WiFi RTLS systems often fall short of expectations, a fact bemoaned by many former clients and vendors of other technologies who arguably offered a more suitable solution for the given client. In our opinion, when early adopters receive the best possible advice and deploy the most appropriate system of all those available, the industry as a whole stands to gain from the visibility and the positive customer experience.
I recently received an e-mail from a person working at an art gallery, who wanted to know where she could purchase a simple radio frequency identification system that would enable her to tag items being moved into storage, so that they could be quickly inventoried and retrieved when needed. Regrettably, I had to confess that I was unaware of such a solution. And I've had to give other people that answer as well. I think it's unfortunate, because based on the volume of calls and e-mails I receive, I know that there is a demand for simple, easy-to-deploy RFID solutions allowing someone to quickly count items and transfer collected data to a laptop or a desktop computer. I'm sure that for every call I get, there are dozens of people who never contact me.
At the time, this statement validated our vision to create simple, accessible cloud-based active RFID, addressing the thousands of use cases like the one above. Did we find a vendor at RFID Journal Live 2013 who offered just such a solution? No.
That's unfortunate for the industry, because the vast majority of inquiries are, and will continue to be, for small-scale deployments. But, as Bloomingdale's and EADS have shown, once a small-scale deployment is proven, it can easily be duplicated many times over, providing economies of scale to the client(s) and lucrative business to the vendor. That's why we continue to pursue our vision of simple, accessible active RFID, and we strongly encourage other vendors to follow suit in the spirit of collaboration. A lot can happen in a year and we look forward to RFID Journal Live 2014!


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Year in review: Lawrence
Mayor Brian DePena completes first year at the helm
By mid-November, Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena had finished his first full year in office. He held a large celebration at Sal's Riverwalk to illuminate his commitment to stabilizing taxes and bringing new business and development to the city.
DePena also announced the hiring of a new trash hauler, Capitol Waste Services of East Boston, after weeks of delays and no-show service with previous hauler, Republic Services, formerly JRM.
But not everyone was celebrating with DePena.
At year's end, four police officers remained on unpaid leave from the force for a variety of reasons per the mayor's order.
Disciplinary hearings were held for some of the officers. But it's still under when Capt. Maurice Aguiler, Det. Shaun McClellan, Det. Paul MacMillan (the patrolmen's union president) and Capt. Fabian Guerrero would be returning to work.
Miss Massachusetts was Lawrence's own Skarlet Ramirez
The past year was a pretty amazing one for Skarlet Ramirez, a young Lawrence woman who was crowned Miss Massachusetts USA.
Ramirez was born in a poor neighborhood in the Dominican Republic and later came to the United States where she learned "anything was possible for me," she said.
Away from the spotlight, sequined gowns and sparkling crown, Ramirez described herself as a down-to-earth person who enjoys Dominican food, helping others and volunteering at the Lazarus House thrift store in Lawrence.
"I am your neighbor that goes to the local gym and local restaurants. I am just a regular girl that wants to be part of the community," Ramirez said.
Her reign as Miss Massachusetts ends in late January 2023. Ramirez has signed with modeling agency NYMMG and now hopes to pursue a full-time modeling career.
Lots of building and renovating underway in Lawrence
It was a big year for building projects in Lawrence with two school projects and construction of a new police station underway.
A final walk through of the 101-year-old Leahy School on Erving Avenue was held late in the year. The crumbling school is being rebuilt with a combination of state and federal monies.
Visible progress was made on the Oliver School and a groundbreaking ceremony for the new police station was held. The new station is being built on Lowell Street across from the old, sagging police station.
A community room for public gatherings is a welcome feature at the new station.
Lawrence police officer Carlos Vieira found guilty of child rape after meeting teen on Grindr
Former Lawrence Police Officer Carlos Vieira was sentenced to 10 to 12 years in state prison after a jury convicted him of child rape.
Vieira, 53, was a Lawrence police officer for 19 years. A Salem Superior Court jury handed down guilty verdicts against him for aggravated rape of child, two counts, and indecent assault and battery on a child under age 14.
The victim testified that during the summer of 2018 when he was age 13 he met Vieira on the social media app Grindr. The two agreed to meet in Mt. Vernon Park, which was near his home. He said he rode his mountain bike to the park and then engaged in sex acts with Vieira in his SUV.
Later, during the Merrimack Valley gas explosions on Sept. 13, 2018, the teen saw Vieira in police uniform directing traffic in Lawrence.
Vieira was also sentenced to five years probation after he finishes his prison sentence.
— Jill Harmacinski