The molecule Higenamine also known as norcolaurine is sourced from the Nandina plant and acts as a beta-2 adrenergic receptor agonist. This means it will dilate the bronchial tubes, opening up the airways and increasing air flow.
This makes Higenamine a little unique as most stimulants will cause vasoconstriction, decreasing blood flow but Higenamine will actually do the opposite and increase blood flow whilst increasing heart rate.
For the reasons stated above its no surprise Higenamine gets compared to ephedrine and it even tends to be dosed in similar fashion too.


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2014 Champagne Nicolas Maillart
Grapes Chardonnay Colour White
Origin France, Champagne ABV 12.5%
Grapes Chardonnay
Origin France, Champagne
A single vineyard of Chardonnay from Écueil. Rich in body and a full-flavoured expression with depth and texture – this is Chardonnay on clay which gives a much bigger style than chalk, and the richness of complex flavours is there with it. L&S (Nov 2021)
6 75cl bottles £ 65.95
In a case of 6* £ 61.50
Champagne Nicolas Maillart
Nicolas Maillart is the tenth generation of his family to own vines on these northern slopes of the Montagne de Reims, the land of Pinot Noir. The vineyard is all either 1er Cru or Grand Cru. The family can trace vine owning back to the neighbouring village of Chamery in 1753. The current domaine has about a quarter each in Bouzy and Ecueil, (where the winery is), and the rest in Villers Allerand. Most of the vineyard is well-positioned in mid-slope and it is planted with 70% Pinot Noir and 15% each of Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay, and the majority is selection massale rather than clones. In Villers Allerand they also have small parcels of the much rarer Petit Meslier, which is grown in the colder corners. Meunier is on the plateau, while the chalky slopes are reserved for the Pinot Noir. In Bouzy it's Chardonnay on the plain or the sandstone, and again Pinot Noir on the slopes.
There is some complication in the inheritance and ownership, since the vines belong to three different companies representing three branches of the family. Eight hectares are in the principal company, and this was what he started with in 2003. In 2008 they added the produce of another and the final part came in in 2013, with the four hectares in Bouzy. Nicolas' father had organised all this in advance, so when it came to the building of the winery, it was all done to take the whole 15 hectares. As a result of his 'buying' the produce of the land owned by the other branches of the family, Nicolas is classified as a négociant-manipulant (NM) when in reality he is managing the entire domaine as if it was his own. Well, nearly. The domaine was set on course to organic certification, but it would seem that not all the extended family were prepared to take the risk, so he has pulled back from that, but the vines are managed as organically as possible with only organic fertiliser, no weed killers, ploughing between the vines and so on. They are certified HVE3 and 'sustainable viticulture'. Nicolas now thinks this is probably the right direction – he's a pragmatist and a balanced approach in which most of the work is done in an organic manner, with recourse to other treatments if necessary, may mean he can use less copper, for example. Organic, he says, is one way to go, but it's not the only one, and respect for the grapes is the crucial thing.
Nicolas picks late, (five days to two weeks after the official date), seeking the best maturity he can get. This means normally achieving a natural 11% potential alcohol – he even got to 10.85 in 2021. Less than 10% of the wines do malo – he does nothing to provoke it and the cellar is cold, despite using low levels of SO2. All the wines are in barrel, he now has 400. He buys a few new every year and some are up to fifteen years old. They are all monitored carefully and kept full apart from one month of the year. He says that stainless steel tends to accentuate some aromas and dull other aspects of the wine, whereas barrels tend to round them out, giving more complexity, and more amplitude in the mouth. In particular the tailles (the last juices from the press) are much more interesting in barrel. He's now very wedded to the barrels, even if he might try some larger ones, but he's not interested in trying ceramic or glass. He's very particular that wine should age in the container it's made in – he does not like wines made in tank and then aged in barrel 'the birth of a wine is when it's really constructed' – so his wines are straight into barrel after a one or one and a half day débourbage and nothing is ever filtered – 'unfiltered wines last longer'.
The range can really be taken as two parts, one in which Nicolas is seeking 'balance', as he does in all aspects of the vineyard management and the winemaking, so that these are blends that express the whole diversity of his vineyard, and the much smaller cuvées parcellaires which are specific vineyards and the wines are trying to express that particular plot, much like Burgundy Premier Cru or Grand Cru. For all the wines Nicolas is keen to stress that they are wines first, and even the bottle shape is mean to reinforce this way of looking at them.
LARMANDIER-BERNIER 'Latitude' Extra Brut 1er Cru NV
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay.
Wow. Every sip here is a thrill. The Latitude is a very dry blend of 100% Chardonnay from Vertus (this is in fact an extra-brut), elegant and pure flavours, making for an interesting contrast to the Egly-Ouriet style. Br...(read more)
POMMERY Brut Royal NV
Champagne France 12% White
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier.
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Ferriswheel is playing at this year's event.
So I got to ask Simon Trottier some questions regarding Arboretum Festival.
Check out on what he has to say!
How excited is Ferriswheel to be playing at the inaugural Arboretum Festival?
Very excited to play this festival. Every show we did around Ottawa / Gatineau were great. We haven't played that many festivals with this band so we are thrilled about this one, and we are looking forward to try out the food vendors and the wine bar.
Is there any acts you are excited to see?
H. de Hertz, Sandro Perri, Steamboat, Ohbijou.
Besides the acts, is there any of the food vendors you are willing to try out?
What can we expect from your live set for those who haven't seen Ferriswheel before?


I arrived at in New York on a redeye flight on Monday morning, March 11th. I promptly went in search of coffee, which while a cup was successfully found, it wasn't Seattle coffee by any stretch of the imagination! Nevertheless, the caffeine and excitement started to kick in while I waited for the sun to rise. I ventured into NYC via the transit system and was able to find my way to the Armenian Center, were WOOMBs first event was to take place later that morning.
Before I came to New York I prepared and rehearsed my elevator speech to talk with people about how WOOMB International empowers women with natural fertility management. The team told me that in the past, when they would say they what they represented that people would just turn around and walk away from them. It was my goal to tell the truth in a language that would connect with my audience.
When I entered the Armenian Center that morning, things were very quiet. I didn't immediately see any team mates, but I started talking with a women named Francis from Nigeria. After hearing her talk about her NGO and the need for health education for women in Nigeria, I pulled out my prepared line. I continued to say how WOOMB could help with the initiatives she spoke to me about. She was so excited about it that she invited me to come speak at their event the following morning! I was shocked, but happily accepted. My first interaction at the United Nations had landed me a speaking gig, which was quite the encouragement for this little introvert to continue to be bold and network throughout the week!
I was energized as the morning went on and I met up with the WOOMB team and the panelists that were coming to speak at our first event. The room filled with 20-30 young men and women who listened intently to our speakers skillfully explaining their area of expertise. Many good questions at the end of the presentation spoke to a good level of understanding and interest from the audience.
We found out after the event that many in attendance were with the group "Universal Fiat" accompanied by some Sisters from Nashville. It was delightful to see a few habits running around the UN spreading joy.
I attended a few other events that day, passing out postcards and using my one-liner to start up conversations about what WOOMB is. As I waited in line to get my UN grounds pass, I struck up a conversation with a young law student who was from Seattle. He was fascinated by the idea of natural birth control and very inquisitive. Conversation meandered from NFP to relationship and marriage advice as the line crawled through the building. Everyone around us was relatively quiet, so I am certain that many more people got an earful that morning!
Once armed with my pass, I was able to go into the United Nations building. It felt very official to scan my pass and get to go places that tourists were not able to go.But it was also humbling because there were plenty of places that delegates could go that my badge couldn't get me into.
I attended a couple of events that afternoon before heading back with my teammates to a house in the Bronx where we were staying for the week.
That night I stayed up late trying to prepare for my talk the following morning. I had little idea what the Nigerian event was actually going to focus on, so I decided to gather lots of statistics and points that could be used in a talk, but were in no particular order. This was not the way I was used to preparing for a speech! But my plan was to listen to the other panelists and put together a talk on the fly from my gathered points that could speak to their topics of discussion.
When I felt that I had enough talking points gathered, I finally settled into bed. My jet-lagged body had little trouble surrendering to sleep. Little did I know of the phenomenal day that lie ahead.


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Our thoughts on Forslund v. Minnesota
by Daniel Sellers posted on April 15, 2016 August 17, 2016
Daniel Sellers was MinnCAN's executive director from 2012-2016.
This week, four Minnesota parents filed a lawsuit, Forslund v. Minnesota, alleging that certain teacher-related state laws—including those that govern teacher tenure and dismissals—are unconstitutional, at times making it extremely difficult for schools to retain great teachers or remove those that are ineffective. This lawsuit has already garnered local and national media attention, and sparked conversations across the state. We expect the media coverage and public debate to continue, so we wanted to proactively share where we at MinnCAN stand on the Forslund lawsuit.
The bottom line is that we support and stand with the brave parents who have filed this suit and are asking for a better education for their children.
At MinnCAN, the core of our work takes place through policy changes at the Capitol, where we have seen great progress made through legislation on issues like pre-K access and teacher licensure. But we've also seen that many issues remain unaddressed or slow to change due to barriers in the legislative process, and the politics that surround it. Change happens at the whim of shifting political landscapes, which also often results in compromises that weaken a bill's impact or implementation hurdles that dilute or negate legislative intent.
The truth is that even when families do call for change in traditional ways—contacting their legislators, speaking at school board meetings, signing petitions, writing letters to the editor—change can be far too slow. For the parents in the Forslund suit, and we're sure many other families, their children's right to a quality public education is too important to risk being slowed down any further.
As their suit spells out, the Minnesota Constitution provides that, "The legislature shall…secure a thorough and efficient system of public schools throughout the state." The Minnesota Supreme Court has interpreted this to mean that Minnesota students have a constitutional and "fundamental" right to "a general and uniform system of education."
To us, the plaintiffs' request is clear: the Court should evaluate the current state laws in question and decide if they protect or actually impede on this right of students. Of course, this right of students should not infringe upon the due process right of teachers. These two rights can and must co-exist, and we hope that a solution is developed to find a legal and moral balance in a way that, to date, many worry our system has failed to do.
A legal review of the statutes that have created this system is more important now than ever: we continue to face nation-trailing academic achievement gaps, often along lines of race and family income, as well as growing challenges with teacher diversity (or lack thereof), shortages, attrition and support.
The root causes of these education disparities and challenges are complex, and will require complex solutions. As we craft these, it is not unreasonable—in fact, we believe it is critical—to examine the impact that current laws have on student achievement.
This is what we believe the parents in the Forslund case are seeking to do. They are raising their voices and asking questions, in the hopes of finding solutions for their children and their children's schools, and for future generations of students.
While it is unclear how the Court will ultimately rule, we support the parents who have taken the bold step of filing this lawsuit. We hope that more parents, educators and students will continue to raise their voices and ask questions about the way things currently are, and that together, we will build a better education system for all children.


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Cox plans to deploy 500,000 IoT sensors
April 16, 2018 by Stacey Higginbotham 3 Comments
Manheim Auctions car location app. Image courtesy of Cox.
Cox Communications, the nation's third-largest cable TV and broadband company, has gotten into the internet of things in a big way with an initial deployment of 45,000 sensors for its parent company's automotive auction business. That deployment is set to reach half a million sensors before the end of the year.
Like its rival cable providers and telco ISPs, Cox views the internet of things as a new line of revenue. And this time, it wants to provide more than just the connectivity. Through its Cox2M business (created roughly 18 months ago) it offers connectivity, sensors, software, and services.
Cox wants to be agnostic when providing connectivity, so it plans to offer both licensed and unlicensed Low-Power Wide-Area (LoRa) networks. Which means that for one client it might offer LoRa and another, Narrowband IoT. Barak Weinisman, general manager of the Cox2M business line, says the company has even spoken with Sigfox, the creator of a proprietary low power wide area network, about providing connectivity.
Cox2M puts information on both Google's Cloud or Microsoft's Azure Cloud. It works with hardware companies to buy the sensors it plans to use in deployments, and will even build custom software for clients. It's essentially a services business from the broadband and pay-TV provider.
"IoT sounds sexy, but it comes down to a lot of very complex sensor options and on-the-ground deployments," says Weinisman. He believes Cox can handle that.
Cox is not alone. AT&T has been trying to offer more than just a pipe for IoT customers for the last five years or so. In some cases it has succeeded, but in others it's just the pipe. On the enterprise side, Comcast has been playing around with offering a LoRa-based IoT network through a subsidiary called MachineQ. All around the world, operators of data networks are gearing up to provide connectivity for cars, sensors, and the billions of random devices connected to the internet.
Unfortunately, many of these devices don't need a lot of data. They just need cheap connectivity — connectivity that may be tough to provide. Getting a network up and running isn't easy. And with small devices that don't suck down many bits, operators are trying to find business models that will make their investments in IoT networks valuable. A smoke detector might generate $1 a month for an operator, for example, compared to the $150 I regularly spend on my cellphone bill.
Operators are going to need a lot of smoke detectors, efficient networks, and a way to pad out the lame annual revenue per user associated with the IoT. Services fit the bill. For example, Cox2M will provide fleet tracking for Manheim, a Cox Automotive company that auctions off vehicles. Cox is using LoRa-based connectivity and sensors that plug into each vehicle's on-board diagnostic port. Think of it as a custom version of Verizon's Hum.
When a vehicle comes in to be auctioned, the folks at the gate of the auction house input its VIN and other data. With the new fleet tracking, the worker who enters in the car's info also plugs in the connected sensor to the car's on-board diagnostics port and ties that sensor to the car. Now Manheim knows where that car is at all times. Manheim has more than 80 auction house locations and between half a million and 900,000 cars running through their auctions at any given point in time.
The goal is to track those cars inside the gates of each auction house. Tracking them while under transport is something that may come later. Weinisman has added Bluetooth radios to the sensors used in the Manheim auction deployment in the hopes of being able to track the cars in a variety of locations, but so far no one is interested in that proof of concept yet.
Weinisman claims that being able to control the entire deployment results in a lower price for customers, but he didn't share pricing. In general, I'm more concerned about the challenges associated with scaling the business with so much hands-on consulting. But it's not an option for these firms to sit around and do nothing.
Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: AT&T, comcast, Cox, Google cloud, LoRa, microsoft azure, NB-IoT
Robert Pons says
At least Cox is realistic about potential IoT service revenue levels, the $1 per month is based on the reality of what consumer will pay en masse. The $20-35 per month is not in IoT it's in telematics, where the value proposition is much greater for the large enterprises deploying thousands of vehicles at a time. Not to be confused with what Cox is deploying for their Manheim business, I am talking about Airports, high value fleets etc.
Sangeeta says
Hi Stacey,
This is Sangeeta from WebNMS – the IoT division of Zoho Corporation. WebNMS offers enterprise IoT platform and solutions categorised into Energy Management, Remote Site Monitoring and Smart Telematics.
Great fan of your blog. Would you be interested in knowing more about our offering? I would be glad to take you through our platform demo and also share the marketing material.
You could get some info from our website: http://www.webnms.com
Amogh says
We are 6th Energy Technologies, an IoT company that specializes in commercial IoT products and solutions for several industry verticals. While our team was researching IoT related topics on Google, they came across your blog. Your ideas are creative and novel.
We at 6th Energy are constantly innovating and trying to find new areas/applications to add value in previously unthought-of ways. You could get some info from our website: https://www.6thenergy.com
If you think it's something your audience would be interested in, please feel free to reference it as you see fit.
Amogh,


Visuals supports such as diagrams or illustrations were and still are an important resource in learning mathematics because they facilitate the understanding of mathematical concepts, propositions, etc.
From a historical standpoint, Portugal has a unique legacy regarding visual resources used to teach mathematics. A unique collection of tiles was found, dating from the late seventeenth century or early eighteenth century, used once as a resource in teaching mathematics. As Professor Henrique Leitão (1) says , these mathematical tiles were the "Powerpoint" of the seventeenth century, and by being so, assumed a very diferent function than tiles usually had (and have): to decorate.
It is believed that the mathematical tiles were ordered by the Jesuits in following up the "Ordinances to encourage and promote the study of mathematics in the Lusitanian Province" written by Tirso González (1692), General of the Society of Jesus, in which he reinforced the need for improve the level of mathematics teaching in Lusitanian lands.
In this document, Tirso González recommends, particularly, the use of Tacquet's version of The Elements, which It's exactly the version that is used as reference for the production of diagrams of the tiles. According to António Leal Duarte, Professor at the University of Coimbra, the diagrams of the tiles are faithful reproductions of illustrations existing in Tacquet's version (first published in 1654).
The researchers believe the mathematical tiles would be on the walls of the rooms of the Jesuit College at Coimbra, and that they were removed when the Society of Jesus was banned by order of the Marquis of Pombal.
The Colégio dos Nobres, created by the same Marquis, adopted R. Simon's edition of the Elements and so did other institutions during the Pombaline Reform. Thus, as the illustrations of R. Simon's and Tacque's versions were distinct, the tiles were no longer useful as a teaching resource.
Although the first public allusion to the existence of the tiles was is made by a national newspaper several decades ago (1980s), only in the recent years the collection of tiles became accessible to the general public. It is now exhibited at the National Tile Museum (Lisbon) and the National Museum Machado de Castro (Coimbra).


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Ein Massekomparator ist eine sehr genaue, spezialisierte Waage, die den genauen Vergleich großer Massen erlaubt. Außerhalb des Vergleichsbereichs sind sie nicht verwendbar. Der Vergleichsbereich ist verhältnismäßig klein.

Bauformen
Die einfachste und anschaulichste Bauform eines Massekomparators ist die zweischalige Balkenwaage.

Die meisten heutigen Massekomparatoren sind einschalig ausgeführte, elektronische Waagen und arbeiten mit der elektromagnetischen Kraftkompensation. Die von den Massen im Schwerefeld der Erde erzeugte Gewichtskraft wird hier durch eine entgegengerichtete elektromagnetisch erzeugte Kraft ausgeglichen (kompensiert). Der Massekomparator hat häufig einen sehr eingeschränkten Messbereich, der lediglich die Differenz der beiden Gewichtskräfte (Referenzmasse und Vergleichsmasse) anzeigt.

Anwendung und Genauigkeiten
Die häufigste Anwendung von Massekomparatoren ist die Kalibrierung von Referenzmassen (Gewichtstücken). Die nationalen metrologischen Institute, wie beispielsweise die Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Deutschland, und Kalibrierlaboratorien kalibrieren ausgehend von einer primären Realisierung der Einheit Kilogramm weitere Referenzmassen zur Weitergabe der Einheit.

Die relative Standardabweichung solcher Massekomparatoren liegt im Bereich < 2 · 10−9. Die besten Massekomparatoren nationaler metrologischer Institute (NMI) haben relative Standardabweichungen von 5 · 10−12.

Literatur
 Michael Gläser: Massekomparatoren. In: Michael Gläser (Hrsg.): Massebestimmung. John Wiley & Sons, 2008, ISBN 978-3-527-62494-2, S. 442–479. ().

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Weblinks
 Massekomparatoren an der PTB
 Massemetrologie – Präzision ist eine Frage des richtigen Equipments Broschüre der Satorius AG über Massekomparatoren (PDF-Datei, 6,7 MB)
 Massenkomparatoren Website der Firma Mettler-Toledo

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Medley of Christmas Carols - Joy to the World/Away in a Manger/Jingle – Len Rhodes Music Inc.
This delightful carol medley will be a favorite Christmas recital piece for the beginning pianist. The arrangement contains dotted quarter-notes, and the left-hand is not too demanding. The register (vocal range) is suitable for any "sing-a-long" too!


Padron 1964 Aniversario Imperial Cigars are exquisite cigars crafted in limited quantities to commemorate the 30th anniversary of this great cigar brand. These cigars are highly praised and rated for their impeccable qualities. They are rolled in authentic Cuban style and sport a perfect box pressed format. They are packed with Nicaraguan tobaccos aged for four long years and enwrapped in a Nicaraguan Habano maduro wrapper. The result is complex but smooth cigar in medium to full body strength. They have strong smoke flavors of cocoa, coffee bean, earth and nuts. These Padron 1964 Aniversario Imperial Cigars are made in the shape of Toro in the size of 6 x 54. They are available in wooden boxes placed in set of 25. To buy these outstanding maduro cigars place an order at Cuenca Cigars and get the best online price.


Crytek released a new update (2.1) for Hunt: Showdown, its PvE/PvP bounty hunting game released earlier this year on Steam Early Access.
This new update adds a spectator mode (highly requested by the community), new weapons and several additional improvements including a new mission condition featuring heavy fog.
Seeing the reactions of the community and working closely with their feedback to fine-tune the direction of the game has been an incredible process. It feels like a truly collaborative process, and the game is all the better—and more fun—for it.
Below you can find the update trailer and the full patch notes. Hunt: Showdown is available now on Steam for $29.99.
3 new crossbows – Old school crossbow, Hand crossbow and Poison crossbow.
Silenced weapons – The Sparks LRR and Winfield now have additional variants with mounted silencers.
Throwing knives – A new tool, allows for stealth kills even if you bring the big guns.
Specter 1882 Bayonet – A versatile pump-action shotgun variant that works great in close quarters.
Combat Axe – Similar to the Wood Axe World Item (except you cannot throw it). A cheap, medium sized weapon that packs a punch.
Vitality shot changes – Added new variants: weak and normal variants. Injecting a shot now takes longer.
Retrieving projectiles – Crossbow bolts and throwing knives can be retrieved from bodies and walls to be used again.
Fog time of day – A new fog setting that shows off the swamps of Louisiana in all its foggy glory.
Spectator mode – The ability to continue watching the action through your teammates eyes after being downed/incapacitated or the death of your own Hunter.
With this update we are adding a number of additional weapons and equipment to aid Hunters in stealthy game play. This will be great for solo players, who now have more options available to them, if they choose to remain in the shadows. For teams, it is also much easier now to come up with combos that compliment your loadout, adding a silent option for those times when being loud is just not an option.
Crossbow – Large weapon that can kill a player with a well aimed hit from a single bolt. Cannot resupply from ammo boxes, but bolts can be retrieved.
Hand Crossbow – Medium weapon that is a great companion as a sidearm. Works the same as its larger cousin.
Poison Hand Crossbow – Uses poison-tipped bolts that burst on impact. Very powerful against most monsters and can distort the view of other Hunters.
Sparks LRR Silencer – Large weapon with an attached Silencer and reduced damage. Stronger sway makes for harder aiming, similar to the effect of the bayonet attachment.
Winfield M1873 C Silencer – Same as the Sparks LRR Silencer, but has more ammunition and fires the weaker Compact Bullets at reduced damage.
Throwing Knives – Pack of six throwing knives that can be used at short range and retrieved after use (watch where you throw them).
Specter 1882 Bayonet – Variant of the first-ever pump-action shotgun that comes with an attached bayonet for improved handling in melee combat.
Combat Axe – New early game melee weapon that occupies a Medium Slot. Very cheap, but a powerful option for new Hunters.
Weak Vitality Shot – Little brother to the Vitality Shot that heals 50 health, costs much less than the standard Vitality Shot.
Bolt Seer Trait – Highlights Bolts and Throwing Knives for better visibility.
Bolt Thrower Trait – Reduces the time to reload Crossbows.
With this update we are introducing a new setting – Fog time of day. This setting challenges players with reduced visibility while facing the dangers of the swamp.


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All Products / Airbus vs. Boeing : Aviation's Dramatic Narrow-Body Cliffhanger Spanning 3+ Decades - Strategy Perspective - E-book - Business Edition
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This Strategy E-book on the Airbus vs. Boeing arch-rivalry in the commercial narrow body aircraft market decrypts & unravels the relative strategy playbooks as well as game plans of the two aerospace giants in an unbiased, longitudinal analysis. The Airbus vs. Boeing story deciphers & chronicles the meteoric rise of Airbus from a virtual industry underdog starting out in the 1970s & how it went on to challenge the hegemony of Boeing to effectively become a worthy & equal rival within a span of 3 decades in a long- cycle industry with significant entry barriers well in place.
The analysis unravels & chronicles as to how Airbus challenged the market hegemony of Boeing, a clearly overmatched foe, by effectively taking on and tactically undercutting its marketing juggernaut & financial heft to become its arch-nemesis and going on to deservingly reach a commanding position in the almost three-and-a-half decades-long cliffhanger & quest for domination of the narrow-body aircraft market. The analysis also captures Airbus' significant contribution to the evolution of commercial aviation spearheaded by the company's technology-led, customer-focused strategy orientation & culture that has propelled multiple game changer strategy moves over the decades, speaheaded by the introduction of next generation 'Fly-by-Wire' & 'Flight Envelope Protection' technologies in the mid-1980s on the A320 aircraft family, which was developed as a 'Family of Aircrafts' right from the outset enabling Airbus to create significant & sustainable competitive advantages over Boeing supplemented by significant product portfolio broadening & capturing of strategic market sub-segments with the addition of A220 & the development of A321LR & XLR, the longer range variants of the A321.
The analysis further shows as to how Airbus has proactively & repeatedly disrupted the Global Narrow Body Aircraft market with the perfect concoction of technology & smart strategy, serving 'Aces', while Boeing has reactively maneuvered across the court with its loyal & versatile workhorse, the 737, to cover ground pushing it too far ultimately in the process for it to break down eventually. Also, how Boeing persisted with its mostly wide body obsessed product strategy in the 'War of Competing Strategy Orientations & Foci' for decades with the reactive strategic focus & posture, adopted for the narrow body aircraft market, ultimately scripting its fall from grace.
What this could be best compared to is a half time game review & match analysis from the strategy perspective…
Note: This PDF is based on Microsoft Word® platform with an overall page count of 270 pages and word count of around 100,000.
Excerpts & Coverage:
1. Longitudinal analysis on the Airbus-Boeing arch-rivalry in the narrow body aircraft market and how Airbus stepped up its game from being a rookie to become an equal rival within a span of a decade and a half (1985-2000) – Analysis backed by numbers
2. Airbus' repeated disruption of the narrow body aircraft market with its technology & customer focused strategy orientation spearheaded by a series of game-changer moves that have given it a definite, sustainable competitive advantage
3. Decade-wise Comparative Analysis on Airbus & Boeing on Product Strategy Pursuits for the past Half-a-Century and on the three key determinants of long-term, sustainable Organizational Success - Culture, Leadership & Strategy
4. Detailed analysis of the 737 MAX Saga - Ingredients, Recipe and the Making of it with a special feature on Boeing's reactive & competition focused strategy orientation in the narrow body segment for decades with its laser focus on the wide-body market and how it precipitated the MAX disaster
5. How Airbus clinched the C-Series from Bombardier in a virtual masterstroke and has created a commanding position for itself in the entry-level narrow-body aircraft segment
6. Detailed Analysis on the Battle for the Middle of the Market - How Airbus has played superbly to its strengths with the creation of derivative, longer range narrow bodies capable of operating on thin, long-haul routes with Airbus maintaining a stranglehold on the segment with the A321 variants – LR & XLR respectively
7. The Flight Path Ahead for Commercial Aviation – Perspectives for the Post COVID-19 World and Market Outlook
Products Mentioned:
1. Airbus A320, A321, A319, A318 & A220
2. Airbus A320neo, A321neo, A319neo
3. Airbus A321 LR, A321 XLR
4. Airbus A330 & A330neo, A340, A350 XWB & A380
5. Boeing 737 Original – 737-100 & 737-200
6. Boeing 737 Classic – 737-300, 737-400, 737-500
7. Boeing 737NG – 737-600, 737-700, 737-800 & 737-900
8. Boeing 737 MAX – 737 MAX - 7, 737 MAX - 8, 737 MAX - 9, 737 MAX - 10
9. Boeing 747, 757, 767, 777, 787, 777X
10. Boeing 707, 717, 720 & 727
11. Douglas Corporation's DC-8, DC-9, DC-10
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3. Bombardier Inc.
4. Embraer SA
5. Pratt & Whitney Inc.
6. CFM International
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8. COMAC
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Published by Burch University on June 24, 2021
The label "Northern Triangle" is in the news again as the Biden administration focuses on reducing illegal immigration from the three countries that make up the triangle: El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
Many people in Central America dislike the term because they believe it unfairly groups — and sometimes diminishes — the three very different nations.
But the administration believes there are enough similarities in the kinds of policies it wants to implement, and related problems with all three governments that will complicate the mission, that the term is part of official lexicon. President Biden named Vice President Kamala Harris to be in charge of Northern Triangle policy, and there's a special envoy for the Northern Triangle, the State Department's Ricardo Zúñiga.
Why these three countries? Don't most migrants come from Mexico?
For many years, Mexican nationals constituted a larger percentage of people attempting to cross their northern border into the U.S. And while the numbers fluctuate, Central Americans from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras in the last decade vastly increased their arrivals and attempted arrivals.
For example, in fiscal year 2008, more than 90% of those apprehended by U.S. law enforcement at the border were Mexicans. In the first three quarters of 2019, Central Americans comprised 74% of apprehensions. (Apprehensions are often the way the U.S. government measures immigration.)
The number of border crossers from Northern Triangle countries dropped last year at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic but are rebounding.
Why are Central Americans fleeing those three countries?
El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have seen their governments chronically fail to improve political conditions, squander foreign aid, and allow corruption to deepen and enrich a handful of elites while the majority endures poverty.
In 2014, there may have been a glimmer of hope when the Obama administration also announced ambitious plans to improve the security and economy of the region — a job then-Vice President Biden was tasked to handle. But those efforts ran aground, in part because Central American presidents did not hold their end of their bargain, and then the Trump administration shifted focus from aid to law enforcement. If anything, conditions have deteriorated.
Climate disasters also made tens of thousands of Central American citizens more desperate. Two devastating back-to-back hurricanes in 2020 destroyed large swaths of the region, areas not already lost to droughts fueled by climate change. The loss of crops robs untold numbers of Central Americans of their livelihoods in the agricultural economy.
By making the Northern Triangle the priority, U.S. officials calculate they can make the biggest dent in migration in areas where they can more easily funnel aid to grass-roots and development organizations, away from central government coffers.
Why avoid giving the money to governments? Aren't they best equipped to spend it efficiently?
That might be true theoretically, but the Northern Triangle governments have proven themselves inefficient or corrupt, or, as in the case of El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, have engaged in undemocratic behavior that the Biden administration does not want to reward.
Bukele has taken steps to take over the judiciary and consolidate his hold on power. In Honduras, President Juan Orlando Hernández has been implicated in a major drug-trafficking case in which his brother was sentenced to life in prison by a New York court. Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei has attempted to squash independent courts and corruption investigations and is thought to be beholden to the country's powerful oligarchs.
Isn't the history of U.S. involvement in Central America long and controversial? Does the U.S. bear responsibility for the troubles besetting the Northern Triangle?
Yes, and yes.
For much of the last two centuries, the United States regarded parts of Central America as its private plantation for the growing of bananas and other fruit, or a landscape for wild adventures and colonization, or a proxy battleground in fights against communism.
U.S. officials considered it to be in their own interest to further the subjugation of Central Americans, often by overthrowing leftist leaders like Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán in Guatemala in the 1950s or
by lending support to dictators like Nicaragua's Anastasio Somoza in the 1960s and '70s.
Nicaragua remains a deeply divided, repressive, impoverished country after wars and misrule. But the Biden administration did not include it in the Northern Triangle because most Nicaraguans who flee their country head south, to Costa Rica or Panama. (Nicaraguans who sought refuge in the U.S. in the '80s found an easier path to legal status because then-President Reagan judged they had fled communism.)
In the Northern Triangle, U.S. interventionism stifled democratic political development that troubles these countries to this day.
Toward the end of the 20th century, the U.S. backed a hardline military government in El Salvador in its civil war against leftist guerrillas fighting for peasants and workers with backing from Cuba and the Soviet Union. The war claimed more than 75,000 lives and sent hundreds of thousands fleeing mostly into California and the Washington, D.C., area.
The United States also interfered in Guatemala's 35-year civil war, which ended in 1996 and killed hundreds of thousands, mostly Indigenous peasants. And the U.S. used Honduras as a staging ground for a separate war around the same time aimed at toppling leftists in Nicaragua, doing lasting damage to both countries.
Who is coming from the three countries?
The migrants arriving from these countries run the gamut, but many are farmers, eager to pick crops where labor is often in short supply, and many work construction, domestic or service-industry jobs. The better-educated or -connected often find schooling and professional positions, though their legal status tends to hold them back. Many pay taxes and support local economies.
Many were children brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents and now constitute the so-called Dreamers, a group estimated to number up to 800,000 for whom Obama deferred deportation to allow them time to gain full legal status.
In the early 1990s, the U.S. for the first time deported members of an L.A.-born gang known as Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, back to their birthplace of El Salvador. The gang grew exponentially in numbers and ferocity, eventually franchising throughout the region. Many recent asylum applicants say they are escaping MS-13 or other gangs who have taken over their neighborhoods to extort, rape and kill.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Source https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/why-bidens-immigration-policy-focuses-on-northern-triangle-countries/ar-AALopwr?ocid=BingNews
Department of International Relations and European Studies https://www.ibu.edu.ba/department-of-international-relations-and-european-studies/


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import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
	"strconv"
	"sync"

	"github.com/zerklabs/auburn/log"
)

type FileResponse struct {
	status   int
	headers  http.Header
	content  *bytes.Buffer
	err      error
	respType int

	mut sync.RWMutex
}

func File(path string) *FileResponse {
	r := FileResponse{
		headers:  make(http.Header, 0),
		content:  bytes.NewBufferString(path),
		status:   http.StatusOK,
		err:      nil,
		respType: FileResponseType,
	}

	return &r
}

func (r *FileResponse) Err() error {
	return r.err
}

func (r *FileResponse) Status() int {
	return r.status
}

func (r *FileResponse) SetHeader(k, v string) {
	r.mut.Lock()
	defer r.mut.Unlock()

	r.headers.Add(k, v)
}

func (r *FileResponse) GetHeader(k string) string {
	r.mut.RLock()
	defer r.mut.RUnlock()

	return r.headers.Get(k)
}

func (r *FileResponse) GetHeaders() http.Header {
	r.mut.RLock()
	defer r.mut.RUnlock()

	return r.headers
}

func (r *FileResponse) SetStatus(s int) {
	r.mut.Lock()
	defer r.mut.Unlock()

	r.status = s
}

func (r *FileResponse) Content() []byte {
	r.mut.RLock()
	defer r.mut.RUnlock()

	return r.content.Bytes()
}

func (r *FileResponse) Type() int {
	return r.respType
}

func (r *FileResponse) Size() int64 {
	s, err := os.Stat(r.content.String())
	if err != nil {
		return 0
	}

	return s.Size()
}

func (r *FileResponse) isHeaderSet(name string) bool {
	return len(r.GetHeader(name)) > 0
}

func (r *FileResponse) Cors(req *http.Request) {
	cors := defaultCorsHeaders

	origin := req.Header.Get("Origin")

	if origin != "" {
		cors["Access-Control-Allow-Credentials"] = "true"
		cors["Access-Control-Allow-Origin"] = origin
		r.SetHeader("Vary", "Origin")
	}

	for k, v := range cors {
		r.SetHeader(k, v)
	}
}

func (r *FileResponse) Write(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) error {
	if !r.isHeaderSet("Content-Type") {
		ctype, err := getContentType(r.content.String())
		if err != nil {
			er := Error(http.StatusNotFound, err)
			return er.Write(w, req)
		}

		r.SetHeader("Content-Type", ctype)
		r.SetHeader("Content-Disposition", fmt.Sprintf("attachment; filename=%s", filepath.Base(r.content.String())))

		s, err := os.Stat(r.content.String())
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		r.SetHeader("Content-Length", strconv.FormatInt(s.Size(), 10))
	}

	r.mut.Lock()
	defer r.mut.Unlock()

	for k, v := range r.headers {
		for _, vv := range v {
			w.Header().Add(k, vv)
		}
	}

	if r.Err() != nil {
		log.Debug(r.content.String())
		http.Error(w, r.content.String(), r.status)
		return nil
	}

	w.WriteHeader(r.status)
	var err error

	_, err = r.content.WriteTo(w)

	return err
}

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England Women make history with incredible 20-0 win over Latvia
Louis SealeyTuesday 30 Nov 2021 8:48 pm
England Women smashed Latvia 20-0 in World Cup qualifying (Picture: Getty)
England Women made history with an incredible 20-0 victory over Latvia in their World Cup qualifying clash at the Keepmoat Stadium.
Ellen White, Lauren Hemp, Beth Mead and Alessia Russo all scored hat-tricks as Sarina Wiegman's team maintained their perfect record in Group D with a record-breaking win.
It is England's biggest winning margin in history, beating the Lionesses' 13-0 demolition of Hungary in 2005.
By scoring three goals, Manchester City's White became England Women's all-time leading goalscorer as she surpassed Kelly Smith's previous record of 46.
There were nine other goalscorers for the hosts, with Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Jessica Carter, Jordan Nobbs and Jill Scott also getting on the scoresheet.
England controlled 86% of the possession against Latvia, having 63 shots at goal. Their rivals did not manage a single shot.
Record goalscorer White said: 'I feel very emotional about [breaking the record.] It's been spoken about for a long time.
🗞 @Lionesses score 14 in a match for the first time 🗞@alessiarusso7 becomes the latest to get off the mark for her country 👏#ITVFootball | #Lionesses pic.twitter.com/9TvnqhzQBB
— ITV Football (@itvfootball) November 30, 2021
'I feel really proud of the girls, we've got some of the girls that have scored their first goal for England. I love scoring for England so seeing them score – they're coming through now – so I feel really proud.
'It's incredible. I feel really lucky, I've had amazing support from my family, my friends, coaches, teammates and staff. But I'm not stopping here, I want to keep going – I want to score goals for England.'
White added: 'I [look up to Kelly Smith] so much. It's been spoken about a lot, going above Kelly Smith and breaking this record.
'To me, she's a legend. I have so much love and respect for her. I feel very lucky to have played alongside her, I was her team-mate. She'll always be the best for me.
Ellen White scored four goals to become the Lionesses' record goalscorer (Picture: Getty)
'I just want to play well, be selected and help the team do whatever we can to make the crowd and England proud. We'll just try and enjoy it.'
England head coach Wiegman, meanwhile said she is 'very proud' of White for breaking the Lionesses' goalscoring record.
'She has had a tremendous career, of course,' the Dutch manager said. 'This was a team performance, we kept on going. So many records were broken.'
Australia and New Zealand host the next Women's World Cup, which is scheduled to take place in the summer of 2023.
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The ancient history of the name Slater was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Variants of Slater include Sleator and Slatter. This is an occupational name meaning 'the slater', from a person who made their living working with slate. This name is of English descent and is found in many ancient manuscripts in the above country. Examples of such are an Adam le Sclattere, County Oxfordshire, who was recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England, in the year 1273 and a Richard le Sclattere, County Oxfordshire, who was also recorded in the same year in this ancient document.
The name Slater has since become well known in Counties Dublin, Longford and Louth.
The Slater coat of arms came into existence centuries ago. The process of creating coats of arms (also often called family crests) began in the eleventh century although a form of Proto-Heraldry may have existed in some countries prior to this. The new art of Heraldry made it possible for families and even individual family members to have their very own coat of arms, including all Slater descendants.


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In a saucepan over medium heat, stir together the 2 cups of milk, sugar, and salt until sugar has dissolved.
In a separate bowl, whisk together cornstarch, egg yolks, egg, and 1 cup milk. Add a few tablespoons of the hot milk mixture and whisk vigorously.
Combine the egg yolk mixture and the milk mixture. Cook over medium heat while stirring constantly. Remove from heat once the mixture has thickened. Add in the vanilla.
Transfer to a bowl and cover with a buttered plastic wrap, pressing it closely over the top of the filling to avoid a skin being formed.
Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Lightly grease 2 8-inch pans.
In a medium sized mixing bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, salt, and egg yolks until well combined. Beat in the vanilla, milk, baking powder, and flour. The batter will be stiff.
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Beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add sugar and beat until smooth and glossy, but not too stiff.
Spread the meringue over the cake batter.
Mix cinnamon and sugar. Sprinkle the meringue with almond slices and dust with cinnamon and sugar.
Bake the cakes for 30 minutes. The meringue will puff up in the oven but will settle down once the cakes are removed from the oven.
Remove the cakes from the oven and let them cool for 15 minutes.
Loosen the edges of the cake. Place a plate or a large spatula over the top of the cake and carefully invert the cake pan. Flip it again and transfer onto a cooling rack. Cool completely.
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As early as 1882, The Salvation Army was involved in finding women emigrants for Australia. In 1891, passages for 95 emigrants were arranged, with employment also having been organised in advance for many of them. In 1894, the Army set up an Emigration Board, presided over by the General's son, Bramwell Booth.
Links with the Darkest England Scheme.
William Booth had a vision of rehabilitating what he termed the 'submerged tenth' of the population, outlined in his book 'In Darkest England and the Way Out'. Booth adopted the explorer Henry Stanley's analogy of Darkest Africa in European and American imaginations which he used as a parable to describe his perception of, and prescription for, the miseries which permeated the 'jungles of Darkest England'. That the Army's entire social scheme emanated from 'In Darkest England' is untrue; much of its social work began well before the book was published. Booth felt that a more comprehensive scheme was needed to rescue people in 'darkest England'.
The City Colony: William Booth wanted to establish, in city centre slums which he called the "Ocean of Misery", a number of institutions: his "Harbours of Refuge for all those who have been shipwrecked in life". Booth's Army would take the destitute, feed and clothe them and provide temporary employment. They would then start on a programme of "regeneration of moral and religious persuasion". Some would find permanent employment or return to their families from this first stage, but those remaining would graduate on to the second colony.
The Farm Colony: Stage two of the colony process. Hadleigh Land and Farm Colony in Essex equipped the 'colonists' with the necessary skills of agricultural employment in England. However, for those who wanted to travel further afield and take the emigration route to the British colonies, they were also taught further skills including, farm management, horticulture and cooking. It was an estate of vast proportions. With an initial 800 acres in 1891, it eventually grew to 3,200 acres, plus a further 200 acres of waste land, incorporating three farms and the ruins of Hadleigh Castle. By the end of 1891, cow-houses, sheepfolds, piggeries and stables were under construction, together with a dairy, a mill, and factories for farm produce, offices and stores. There were five dormitories to house the colonists with a dining room for 300, kitchen, pantries, wash-house and laundry – a far cry from the impoverished conditions that so many had been used to.
When the training was finished, the boys and men were free to choose whether they returned to their selected trade within Britain, if they were able, or take the assisted route out to one of the colonies. The numbers on each voyage to the colonies varied from a single berth to an entire chartered ship.
The Overseas Colony: Booth envisaged that the Army would "continue the process of regeneration, and pour them forth on to the virgin soils that await their coming in other lands, keeping hold of them free men and women; and so laying the foundations, perchance, of another Empire to swell to vast proportions in later times". It was this element of the vision that, to some extent, collapsed. Regardless of this many thousands did emigrate.
3] The transportation of the people to the colony.
The Salvation Army planned colonies in South Africa, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Australia and Canada. Tracts of land were identified for the settlements, and staff were made ready, but not employed, to receive the colonists. However this was where they met insurmountable difficulties, largely associated with money. The scheme relied on charitable donations from the British public, which were few and far between. In addition there were political problems with the Australian and South African governments' displeasure with large numbers of colonists being "offloaded" into their economy.
In 1903 the Migration Department was inaugurated (became Reliance World Travel Ltd, 1981; closed 31st. May 2001). A much larger programme of emigration was initiated, with almost 200 embarking in a single week in April 1904. An Emigration Advice Bureau was then set up, its rapid growth soon resulting in its moving into its own building at 27 Queen Victoria Street. In April 1905 three hundred migrants left for Canada. Will Crooks, then M.P. for Woolwich, addressed the emigrants: "You must all be grateful for the way in which plans have been carried out for you to leave the old world, which perhaps has been none too kind to you, and for sending you to the new world. Commissioner Lamb has taken considerable trouble to make every arrangement for your comfort."
Also in 1905, the Army chartered its own ship, the S.S. Vancouver, which sailed on 26th April to Canada with a 1,000 emigrants aboard. Many more such sailings followed on vessels that include S.S. Kensington, S.S. Southwark, and S.S. Ionian. The Bureau's continuing growth led, in 1907, to its move to even larger premises at 122 Queen Victoria Street where it was renamed the Emigration Department. In one year alone, 1908, 25,000 migrants left the UK to start a new life in Canada. It is estimated that between 1900 & 1914 200,000 were helped to start a new life in the new world (Coutts, F: (1974:114) 'No Discharge in this War', London, Hodder & Stoughton).
The Army addressed the issue of how much money was needed by migrants to allow them to live in reasonable comfort during their journey. Those who were assisted by the Army under the 'Empire Settlement Act' were often issued with a free railway ticket to the port of departure, and if they desired, would have been guaranteed work in the country they were emigrating to. In the main this would have been domestic work for the women and girls, and farm or industrial work for the men and boys.
"I've got a porthole, so I'm in luck, we've been out five days now and there's a bit of a role on, several of our chaps are sick, but yours truly is A1, though not so daring at meal times. We saw an iceberg. We shall see land tomorrow. There are about 150 in our party and this afternoon our Conductor gave us all a new Bible each. An Army present from the General (God bless him). The other passengers looked on while we got them".
"It's rough and hard, and, occasionally, a bit dangerous, but it offers a chance to a man to get his foot on a bit of land of his own, to own his house, and be his own master. A man who owns a farm is his own master in every way, and his comfort and happiness depend to a great extent on himself".
Rheba Crawford's 1st cousin, twice removed.
Rhebe Crawford was born Irene Rebecca Crawford on February 14th, 1898 in Milwaukee,WI. She was the daughter of Salvation Army Officers and as such, it was not surprising that she dedicated her life to God at an early age. Rhebe went to primary school in Sacramento, CA. and graduated from the North Ave. Presbytarian School in Atlanta, GA. She attended Columbia University and also studied post graduate work under Prof. Wolff, a graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford, England.
During WWI Rhebe became a cub reporter in Atlanta, GA. However, she felt God's call and entered The Salvation Army Training College in New York City, NY. Her first appointment was to St. Petersburg, FL. Rhebe's next appointment was to National Headquarters in New York City, as a writer and the Editor of "The Young Soldier", a children's publication of The Salvation Army.
Rhebe was then sent in charge of The Salvation Army work in the Theatrical District in New York City. It was said "Producer George M. Cohan, who had heard her preach, asked The Salvation Army to station her nightly at 46th and Broadway". Though still in her early 20's she became known as the young Salvation Army Captain whose street corner sermons had taken the Broadway cynics by storm.
Whether it was her winsome appearance or the message she spoke, Rheba soon began to attract large crowds and the news reporters dubbed her "The Angel of Broadway". Because of her beauty she received many movie and stage offers which she turned down for preaching. Zigfield was quoted as saying "I haven't seen a better looker in any chorus this season". The famous news reporter Walter Winchell once said "she was an inspiring speaker and had the best looking legs this side of the Mississippi". Winchell's good friend, reporter and writer, Damon Rungon wrote a story about her, leading to the creation of one of Broadway's most successful productions "Guy's and Doll's".
It was said "she was an actress in her own right, charismatic, memorizer of oratory with a flair for the dramatic". Nearly every restaurant in the area displayed her photo on the wall along with many famous actors. She became very good friends with the Barriymors, the Shuberts and George M. Cohan. Her Sunday evening Open-Airs held on the steps of The Gaiety Theatre, were said to attract over 1,000 listeners every week.
On October 28th 1922 she was arrested for "obstructing traffic", which inspired a riot when the police took her into custody. Rhebe was told she must discontinue her meeting. She replied "I have been holding meetings on this spot for the last two years and I refuse to stop". The officer who took her into custody was followed all the way to the station by a belligerent crowd. The charges against Captain Crawford were afterward changed to "disorderly conduct". Bystanders admitted they could see no reasonable grounds for the charges. The charges were dropped and she was released. She won a decisive moral if not legal victory.
Rheba suffered a nervous breakdown afterward and went on furlough. She went to stay with her father, Colonel Andrew Crawford, who was the Divisional Commander of The Salvation Army in San Francisco, CA. In January of 1923, she tendered her resignation from The Salvation Army. It was rumoured that Evangeline Booth was irritated by Rheba's popularity and that she was effectively forced to resign. Rheba said "she did not blame The Army. It is The Salvation Army standing policy to avoid dispute and to frown on personal publicity".
Rheba then decided to become an Evangelist and started conducting a series of evangelistic meetings at The First Congregational Church of San Francisco. It was said she was becoming "a feminine Billy Sunday". She then went back to Jacksonville, FL.
By the spring of 1924 she was one of the most famous women in America. Her only peer on "The Glory Road" was Aimee Semple McPherson of The Angelus Temple in Los Angeles, CA.
Rheba launched a 10 day crusade at Confederate Park Tabernacle which had been built for Billy Sunday. It was said by many different reporters: "She is young, full of life, vigorous in body, mind and heart". She has a striking personality and a brilliant mind. She is a wonderful orator with fire and conviction". "She is a human dynamo of Christian observance". "She is just a person with a wonderful personality and is giving to the world that personality in a wonderful way".
In Jacksonville it was said: "Rheba Crawford was here, there and everywhere". She was at the Kiwanis Club with Lt. Commander Ellis Zacharias, the Navy Intelligence Officer who would go on to become the man to induce the Japanese surrender in WWII. She headlined the April Follies midnight show at The Palace Theatre with Mayor John T. Alsop.
It was in Jacksonville, April 1924 she met and married J. Harold Sommers. Her husband was a veteran, crippled in The First World War. He had however gone on to become a very prosperous businessman in St Petersburg, FL. In September of 1928 she separated from her husband, who then sued for divorce on the grounds of desertion. She said "she found she was unsuited to home existence and wanted to resume preaching". During the separation she went back to San Francisco to preach.
In Feb. of 1930 she surprised everyone with the announcement she was going to wed Raymond Splivalo, a wealthy San Francisco Broker, Clubman and Polo Player. His grandfather had established one of the earliest shipping lines from San Francisco to the Orient.
She had been divorced by her first husband on the grounds she paid more attention to her religious work than to her home. Splivalo had just been divorced by his first wife on the grounds he was too absorbed in Polo and other sports. Her father, Colonel Andrew Crawford, did not attend the marriage ceremony because he was in the hospital. He was one of the 130 people poisoned by "bad chicken" while attending a banquet at The Young Peoples' Conference of The Golden Gate Division of The Salvation Army. Rheba said of Ray, "He was one of the most gracious, charming men I have ever known and his love was one of the real, great gifts God has given me".
As Mrs. Splivalo she was actively engaged in welfare work. It was said "She was tremendously well fitted for welfare work. She has kindness and understanding". She once said "I always want to fight for the people who can't fight for themselves and speak for those who are inarticulate".
In January of 1931 Rheba Splivalo was appointed by Gov. Jones Rolph Jr. as Director of the California State Dept. of Welfare. Impatient with red tape and bureaucratic delays, Rheba harried The Legislature making friends and enemies. Rheba jumpstarted California's Relief Program and her accomplishments caught Sister Aimee Semple McPhearson's attention.
Rheba Crawford had followed Sister Aimee's career with admiration verging on wonder since 1917. During that year the young Salvation Army worker was driving through Florida when she saw Aimee driving stakes for her revival tent. Rheba was impressed with Amiee's determination so she stopped and emptied the money from her purse into Aimee's hands, said "God Bless You" and drove away.
Welfare work in Los Angeles and Sister Aimee's similar Salvation Army backgrounds brought the two women together. Aimee needed help with her preaching schedule and the two women formed a working relationship. However, it was said the two Evangelists did not get along.
In 1933 Rheba was forced to resign her State Director post because the newspapers reported that a contract existed between her and Sister Aimee, saying Rhebe would receive $600 a month as Associate Preacher at Angelus Temple. While Amiee was on the road in the States, Rheba would occupy the pulpit and manage the radio station. When Aimee came home Rheba would disengage herself from Temple affairs. While Aimee was abroad her daughter Roberta would manage the affairs of the Temple.
Roberta Semple and her grandmother Mimmie Kennedy watched Rheba with growing concern. Rheba did a good job filling the Temple and getting money, but she gave fiery sermons from the Temple platform, including making attacks on the government for condoning gambling, prostitution and drug trafficking. After numerous flare ups with Rheba, Aimee asked the board to fire Rheba. Aimee was reported to have said "Evangline Booth had dismissed Rheba from her Salvation Army position because she would not tolerate grandstanding from her subordinates and I am beginning to feel the same way".
Rheba was ousted from The Angelus Temple. Aimee's daughter Roberta was also having trouble with her mother and decided to sue her. Rheba also launched a $1,000,000 slander suit, charging that Aimee had called her among other things a "Jezebel".
Rheba's marriage to Splivalo ended in 1937 with his death following a trip to Honolulu. The trial for slander was one of the most famous trials in Los Angeles and lasted for several years. Finally the lawyers and the Judge reached an agreement, that because of the fame of the two Evangelist and the nature if their work, both parties would be better off to agree to dismiss. Rheba gave up the pulpit at the Angelus Temple and went on a speaking tour.
Ill fortune then began to pursue Rheba and on July 30, 1941 she appeared at the Los Angeles County Bureau of Assistance and declared herself a pauper. The bureau agreed to grant her $19 a month. If this was unsatisfactory she could enter Rancho Los Amigos the county poor farm. Rheba accepted neither alternatives later explaining that she found "unexpected means of support". For the next few years she spent most of her time in various hospitals undergoing a series of operations.
Then in 1944 she said "I got back on my feet again, a little like my former self before those terrible years of tragedy and illness". She did war work and preached in San Diego for a time. Then returning to Los Angeles she was made Coordinator for the Los Angeles County Dept. of Senior Citizen Affairs.
In 1944, she was summoned by her attorney to his Los Angeles office. He was stumped, a client of his was being held in an El Centro, CA. jail on a false accusation and no one seemed willing to help the unfortunate man. Could she help the accused man the lawyer inquired? The twice married Evangelist, social worker and one time "Angel of Broadway" said she would try. She then went to El Centro and their encountered Arthur Lawrence Lambertz, wealthy Imperial Valley Rancher and Agricultural Contractor. He came to her aide. Together they got the accused man out of jail.
Although it could hardly be called glamorous, that first meeting between them led to a romance, then to their marriage in Santa Barbara, CA. It was Rheba's 3rd marriage. Rheba recalled at the time of their first meeting "He was hot, tired, dusty and mad. He was changing a tire in the sweltering heat and flatly told her he had no use for reformers. He said they were terrible people, but she changed his mind". Following her marriage to Lambertz she said "she just wanted to be his wife".
At the age of 69, on January 8th, 1966 she died in Los Angeles, CA. of complications following a meningitis attack. Her husband Arthur Lawrence Lambertz died 2 months after Rheba's death, in his sleep. He had suffered from heart problems. The announcement of the death of the "Angel of Broadway" appeared in almost every newspaper in the United States and abroad.
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Historical Events In 1977
Jan 01 Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596 on this day in history.
Jan 01 Czech intellectualus & chinas begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77 in the year 1977.
Jan 01 First woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means) in the year 1977.
Jan 02 On this day in history erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53
Jan 03 In the year 1977 apple Computer incorporated
Jan 03 Avraham Ofer, Israeli minister of housing, commits suicide in the year 1977.
Jan 03 Lindy McDaniel retires with 2nd most pitching appearances (987 games) in the year 1977.
Jan 05 In the year 1977 kenya President Jomo Kenyatta disbands parliament
Jan 05 On this day in history onslow Stevens, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life), dies at 74
Jan 06 On this day in history eMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols
Jan 06 Prince Andrew starts attending Lakefield College School near Peterborough, Ontario for two terms; second in line to the British throne on this day in history.
Jan 07 On this day in history human Rights Charter '77 established in Prague
Jan 09 On this day in history alexey Kozlovsky, composer, dies at 71
Jan 10 On this day in history canada expels four Cubans, two of them diplomats, after RCMP spy investigation
Jan 11 In the year 1977 france releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the
Jan 12 On this day in history anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes
Jan 12 Henri-Georges Clouzot, director (Diabolique, Truth), dies at 69 in the year 1977.
Jan 12 On this day in history via Rail Canada is incorporated to operate inter-city passenger rail service.
Jan 14 Abdul Razak bin Hussain, premier of Malaysia (1970-77), dies at 53 on this day in history.
Jan 15 Coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live" on this day in history.
Jan 17 On this day in history convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad at the Utah State Prison.
Jan 17 On this day in history gary Gilmore, executed in Utah, 1st US execution since 1967
Jan 17 In the year 1977 zaire President Mobutu visits Belgium
Jan 18 Australia's worst rail crash, at Granville, Sydney, kills 83 when train hits concrete bridge in the year 1977.
Jan 18 On this day in history carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80
Jan 18 In the year 1977 imran Khan takes 12 wickets in match for Pakistan win at the SCG
Jan 18 In the year 1977 on his last day as U.S. President, Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino, better known to U.S. troops as Tokyo Rose, from her acts of treason during WWII.
Jan 19 Geraldine Brooks, actress (Faraday & Co, Dumplings), dies at 51 in the year 1977.
Jan 19 On this day in history on his last day as U.S. President, Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino, better known to U.S. troops as Tokyo Rose, from her acts of treason during WWII.
Jan 19 In the year 1977 world's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival
Jan 20 George Bush, ends term as 11th director of CIA on this day in history.
Jan 20 Mr Knoche, serves as acting director of CIA through March 9 in the year 1977.
Jan 21 On this day in history italy legalizes abortion
Jan 21 John Vincent, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1977.
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Famous Birthdays In 1977
Famous People Born In This Year In History
Jan 18 Curtis Cregan, American actor was born on this day in history.
Apr 02 In the year 1977 birth of jelena Abbou, Serbian fitness model
Apr 02 Michael Fassbender, Actor was born on this day in history.
Apr 02 On this day in history birth of aiden Turner, British actor
Apr 19 On this day in history birth of lucien Mettomo, Cameroonian footballer
Apr 19 On this day in history birth of joe Beimel, American baseball player
Apr 19 On this day in history birth of dennys Reyes, Mexican baseball player
Apr 21 On this day in history birth of karen Ann Peterson, Miss Aruba Universe (1997)
Famous Deaths In 1977
Famous People Died In This Year In History
Jan 02 In the year 1977 erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53
Jan 03 Avraham Ofer, Israeli minister of housing, commits suicide died on this day in history.
Jan 09 Alexey Kozlovsky, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
Jan 14 Abdul Razak bin Hussain, premier of Malaysia (1970-77), dies at 53 in the year 1977.
Jan 17 In the year 1977 death of gary Gilmore, executed in Utah, 1st US execution since 1967
Jan 18 Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80 in the year 1977.
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Sociologists study the social behavior of human beings, including the development of human societies, criminal behavior, social classes and how different societies and segments of society interact with other groups. Social work and counseling careers often require some background in sociology, but you will need a doctorate to become a professional sociologist.
A sociologist is a person who works as a professor, researcher or consultant on sociological issues. The average wage of sociologist in May 2011, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, was $79,460. Competition for a job in this field can be intense due to the large number of qualified applicants and the relatively small number of available positions. Only professionals with PhDs in sociology are referred to as sociologists, but those with a bachelor's or master's degree in sociology can often obtain work in related careers.
The path to becoming a sociologist begins with obtaining a bachelor's degree. You don't necessarily have to major in sociology, but if you already know you want to be a sociologist it would probably be a good idea as some credits in sociology will be required for graduate studies. For instance, Middle Tennessee State University's MA program in sociology requires you to have at least 18 hours of undergraduate experience in sociology, including at least one course in statistics, method and theory. You also need to maintain an acceptable grade-point average as an undergrad. Middle Tennessee State University requires a 2.75 minimum. If you don't take your sociology education any further than a bachelor's degree, you can still use the degree to qualify for a job as a sociology research assistant, interviewer or counselor.
After you earn your bachelor's degree, you can apply to an MA program. In most cases, this would probably be an MA program in sociology, but some PhD sociology programs will accept an MA in psychology as well. To get into an MA program in sociology, you will need to meet the school's requirements for prior education and grade-point average, and you will also need to pass the Graduate Record Exam. Middle Tennessee State University, as an example, requires a minimum score of 800 on the GRE to qualify for the MA program, and a minimum of 1000 for those hoping to be teaching assistants.
Becoming a Sociologist
If you earn an MA in sociology but don't go on to earn a PhD, you may still be able to pursue a career as a college teacher or researcher in sociology. An MA in sociology can also qualify you for a position as a social worker. However, if you want to be a professional sociologist, you must apply to a doctoral program and complete your PhD in sociology. Once you have your PhD, finding a job in the field may take some time. However, sociologists report high levels of job satisfaction and overall quality of life, due to the autonomy and respect of working as a professional academic.
2016 Salary Information for Sociologists
Sociologists earned a median annual salary of $79,750 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On the low end, sociologists earned a 25th percentile salary of $57,650, meaning 75 percent earned more than this amount. The 75th percentile salary is $108,130, meaning 25 percent earn more. In 2016, 3,500 people were employed in the U.S. as sociologists.
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Brooklyn's Combo Chimbita have signed to ANTI- and will release their new album on the label in 2019. The band rose up through the scene at Brooklyn club Barbes and practice what they call Tropical Futurism -- "the idea that ancestral knowledge can represent a magical and substantial future outside the boundaries of white, Western ideals" -- inspired by Sun Ra Arkestra, psych rock, and more.
globalFEST, NYC's multi-stage one day festival with musical acts from around the world, will hold its 2019 edition at The Copacabana Times Square on January 6.


The men's conference, an illusioned event by men who are planning to ditch their women on valentine, has kicked off on Twitter with hilarious challenges.
Valentine which is happening on 14th February 2018 on Thursday was largely talked against by men who felt they should abscond their romantic duties.
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This development led by Assistant Professor Jason Yeo Boon Siang from the Department of Chemistry at NUS Faculty of Science and the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) was first published in the prestigious scientific journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.
Ethylene, which is the building block of polyethylene, is an important chemical feedstock produced in large quantities for manufacturing plastics, rubber and fibres. More than 170 million tonnes of ethylene was produced worldwide in 2015 alone, and the global demand is expected to exceed 220 million tonnes by 2020.
Current industrial production of ethylene employs steam cracking of fossil fuels at between 750°C to 950°C, which consumes a large amount of energy and poses a strain on natural fuel resources. The current method also leaves a significant carbon footprint, emitting about two tonnes of carbon dioxide for every tonne of ethylene produced. As such, there is a growing demand for a cleaner and more sustainable way of producing ethylene.
Recognising the need for a more eco-friendly method, Asst Prof Yeo and his team tapped into renewable energy to produce ethylene. The team first designed a copper catalyst in 2015 that could generate ethylene from readily available water and carbon dioxide when powered by electricity. This copper catalyst was subsequently introduced into an artificial photosynthesis system to convert carbon dioxide and water into ethylene using only solar energy. The prototype device designed to carry out the reaction achieved a 30 per cent faradaic efficiency of ethylene based on the amount of electrons generated from solar energy. The overall energy efficiency of solar-to-ethylene is also comparable to the level of energy efficiency of natural photosynthesis by plants.
"Carbon capture is a key step in fighting human-driven climate change. There has been a steady increase in the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, because the rate of carbon dioxide emissions exceeds that of carbon capture. This has been attributed as a major cause of global warming which leads to undesirable environmental changes. Our device not only employs a completely renewable energy source, but also converts carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas into something useful. This could potentially close the carbon cycle," said Prof Yeo.
The team also incorporated a battery in the prototype device to attain stable and continuous production of ethylene, a key challenge in artificial photosynthesis systems. The battery stores excess solar energy collected in the day to power the device at night or under low light, ensuring that operations are not interrupted by varying amount of sunlight throughout the day.
The invention marks a significant milestone in the realisation of a scalable artificial photosynthesis system for clean and sustainable production of important organic molecules like ethylene.


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HGG Advances is an important addition to the ASHG family of journals. It offers researchers a home for a wide variety of research findings and formats and is committed to prompt dissemination of results through timely peer review, continuous online publication, and innovation in responding to the human genetics and genomics community's needs as the field evolves.
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