On July 16th I rode from Annecy to Chambéry, crossing over the Semnoz along the way.
Another great breakfast in Annecy, this time enjoying the eggs I discovered yesterday, too late. I checked out of the hotel, carried my bike from the basement for the last time, and headed toward the climb of the Semnoz, on the southern side of town.
I became aware of this climb last year when it was the finish of the next-to-last stage of the Tour de France. Nairo Quintana won the day. That year they started in Annecy but came up the climb from the west, whereas I started from the north. The routes meet up midway up.
Getting passed by a bus, one of many times.
The climb almost immediately enters the woods, where it will stay nearly the whole way up. Since I got a reasonably early start I had the road to myself, but as the morning wore on I started seeing more traffic. Not so much cars, but buses, and lots of them. A little while later I passed a school, which I guess explained that.
The climb is moderately steep, and as the day warmed up I was grateful for the nearly-constant shade. Eventually, as I approached the top, the trees dropped away and exposed pastures and ski runs.
Semnoz isn't a pass, it's a mountain top. The road doesn't quite reach the peak, but there's a short hiking trail to the top. I didn't take it.
At the top there are fantastic views of the Alps. Each mountain has its own shape -- some snow covered, some pointed, some flat. This was the first time I was able to recognize its distinctiveness of Mont Blanc. Now that I think about it, this might also have been one of the few times on this trip when the weather was good enough at altitude to get really great views. Semnoz delivered.
Panoramic view from (near) the top of Semnoz.
The descent was remarkably fast, down long straights down into the valley. I picked out some minor roads heading generally south, but I doubt you can go too far wrong in this basin.
Eventually I started the surprisingly long climb out of the valley. It was hot, and I even ran out of water. I had to fill up at one of the ubiquitous village fountains.
After passing the Col du Plainpalais, I descended into Chambery. After the charming Annecy it seemed a little humdrum, until I actually found my hotel in the old town, tourist area, the vieille ville. Another amazing town, with cobbled streets mostly closed off to traffic, and hidden treasures around every corner. Little things like, you know, surprise cathedrals.
Around dinner time there was what seemed like a good-natured protest parading through town. Good natured as it may have been, there were nonetheless police standing around in the intersections. I never did discover what it was about. I violated a rule I had devised on this trip by eating at a restaurant with "pizzeria" in its name. It was friendly and serviceable, ravioli and a jug of wine, but... and I realize this is going to sound snobby, but... powdered Parmesan cheese. I really thought we were beyond that, as a civilization.
This day's ride was almost 48 miles, with over 5800 feet of climbing. The climb up Semnoz was pretty steep, and indeed the most difficult kilometer of the ride was a 9.3% stretch in the middle. But the climb out of the valley, in the mounting heat, was definitely the most difficult part of the day.
On July 15th I took a side trip from Annecy to Geneva.
When I planned this trip I wanted to have a few places to stay for more than just a night, in case I needed a rest. Annecy was one of those places. I thought if I didn't need a rest I might try visiting Geneva, partly because it's a major city of global importance and largely for the lark of visiting another country by bicycle. All in all, there wasn't a lot of thought invested.
I had a good breakfast in the hotel, with eggs... available. I didn't notice them until I was already done.
The Pont de la Caille, a vestigial suspension bridge.
I started riding north, in fine weather, nominally in search of a bike shop. As it turns out, the outfit from which I had rented my bike was headquartered in Annecy, so I asked for advice about getting the bike's broken rear spoke fixed. I got a polite reply, but it pointed me to a bike shop whose web site clearly said it had been closed for two months. So I was going to ride by, but didn't hold out much hope.
The most helpful bike shop, anywhere.
In the event, it was indeed closed, but it was on the way. In fact it was on the Avenue de Genève, which certainly sounded on target.
I followed the Avenue de Genève, eventually linking up with the busy and anxious D1201. I followed this for a while until I happened to ride by a bike shop that was open. I stopped, asked about the spoke. Ten minutes and 10 € later it was fixed! Finally! This was at Goodman Cycles in Allonzier-la-Caille. They were really friendly, too.
The bike felt so strong and efficient after that. I had long since resigned myself to living with that broken spoke through the rest of the trip, but it was not to be so.
The mighty Col du Mont Sion.
Call it a Category 4, on a light day?
Reaching Geneva meant crossing a small rise, in this case called the Col du Mont Sion, elevation 786 meters. It may not seem like much, but they dug a 3 km tunnel so the highway wouldn't have to cross it.
I didn't know what to expect when crossing the frontier, but I had my passport just in case. As it turns out there's an official border crossing, but it wasn't staffed. I sailed through, feeling like a spy.
From this point forward, I had no real plan. I had no idea what sights there were to see in Geneva, and no Swiss Francs. I headed vaguely toward denser urbanization, and accidentally ran across a few really interesting sights.
I must admit that I expected a heightened level of conformity with cycling laws in Geneva. Is that unfair? It was certainly incorrect. Cycling through town was much like New York would be, if cycling were regularized -- opportunistic, casual, efficient.
end up at my hotel in Lyon.
As you might expect, Geneva is something of a maze of one-way roads. Occasionally I would decide I needed to get somewhere, only to find that essentially all roads were one way, the wrong way. It gets a little frustrating.
The Cathedral of Saint Pierre, after heavy processing.
Although it was around lunchtime, I didn't quite find a place to eat that met my narrow needs -- suitable for a sweaty cyclist, in sight of the bike, and not a lousy tourist food stand. I decided that my exploration was good enough, and started back.
At L'Etape, wine from Mont Ventoux!
I didn't really want to take the same route back, partly for variety and partly because D1201 had been loud and busy. Ultimately I largely followed the same route, but took side streets wherever feasible.
On the way back I saw signs for the Col du Grand Colombier. And having looked that up, the confusingly similarly named Col de la Colombière, more frequently a part of the Tour de France, is also nearby. Maybe I missed a bet; it would have been interesting to work one of those into the schedule. I suppose they can wait for next time.
Back in by-now familiar Annecy, I had dinner at L'Etape. A salad with filo dough wrapped cheese, a surprise fish (good, but it wouldn't hurt to read the menu more closely) with risotto and sweet potatoes, and another crème brûlée. And a bottle of wine from Mont Ventoux!
While the profile looks dramatic, this was an easy day. A little over 55 miles, with 2800 feet of climbing. The most difficult kilometer only averaged 5.4%. And my bike was fixed!
On July 14th, I rode from Tournon to Annecy, discovering two minor mountain passes along the way.
After a lovely little breakfast at the B&B, I got my usual early start. When I told the proprietor that I was headed to Annecy, he knew I would be crossing the Col de Tamié. I found that comforting, in a way, that people know about these "cols" outside of cycling.
Again I was putting miles on a wounded bike, but by now I was gaining confidence that the broken rear spoke wasn't going to make the rear rim get any worse. And given that today was a holiday, it certainly wasn't going to get fixed today regardless.
The morning was very pleasant, becoming slightly muggy as I climbed. The fog got thicker as well, particularly as the road began passing through woods.
At the top there was the usual sign, and I took my usual picture next to it.
The previous evening the B&B proprietor had mentioned the Abbeye de Tamié, which produced the cheese I had for dinner and may have been originally responsible for the building I slept in (that part wasn't quite clear). I was expecting it to be right there at the summit, but as it turns out it's a little further along. There was a sign for a turnoff, and since this was a short day, I was inclined to take all the side-trips that sounded interesting.
I followed the driveway for a bit, not really knowing what to expect, and eventually came to a sort of visitor's center. Clearly this was a larger operation than I expected, and since I didn't really want to invest that much time, I continued on my way.
A little further along I saw signs for a Grotte and Cascade (i.e. cave and waterfall), so I followed that lead, too. It took me down some little roads that I wouldn't have seen otherwise. That was good, but the actual destination was a tourist area; you couldn't see anything from the road. I continued on.
My plan was to follow the road along the west side of the lake, the left side from this direction, to the city. But as I was pedaling along I saw a sign for the Col de la Forclaz, which seems to go around the east/right side of the lake. Well, why not?
I came to learn that the Col de la Forclaz is a substantial climb, marked as 8 km but that includes some downhill sections. It was very steep, with lots of sections of 10% or more. The most difficult kilometer was in this section, at 11.4%.
If you're looking it up, you probably want to know that there's a different pass in Switzerland with the same name. This one has been used a few times in the Tour de France; I think in 2004 it was a category 1 climb (and the Col de Tamié was a Cat 2 in the same stage).
Apparently the pass is used as a base for paragliding. It was busy as I passed through, with a few cyclists and lots of others enjoying the hiking or paragliding. I headed down the other side a bit, found a good spot for a picnic, and had a sandwich.
Shortly afterward it began to rain. It was coming down hard, but not especially cold, so I was happy. The rain let up just as I entered Annecy along its very pretty lakefront. After being disappointed in my brief exposure to Albertville I wasn't expecting much, but Annecy turned out to be fantastic. The infrastructure seemed healthy, the lakefront was lively, and the touristy old town was much more than I expected.
This place even has canals!
At the hotel they put my broken bike in the basement ("backstage", as the hostess put it), and I showered and enjoyed the sights. Dinner was a terrine, Tajine du Poullet (a sort of stew with chicken thighs), and crème brûlée.
As it was also Bastille Day, after a short rest at the hotel I went back down to the lakefront to see the fireworks. I hadn't asked anybody where they would be; it was pretty obvious. The park filled with tens of thousands of people and finally the show started. It was fantastic, similar in scale to those of Washington, D.C. on the Fourth of July, despite Annecy being a relatively small town.
This was a short day, at just 33 miles and 3800 feet of climbing. The day held several discoveries, notably the fierce Col de la Forclaz climb and the wonderful town of Annecy.
On July 13th I rode my bike from Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis to Tournon, near Albertville, along the way crossing the Col de la Madeleine.
Two days before earlier, I broke a rear spoke on my rented road bike.That was the 11th, a Friday. The next day I rode down to Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, the largest town in the area, in the pouring rain to try to get the spoke fixed. The large sporting goods store I stopped at had a promising bike repair facility, but the responsible employee told me he would have to order a spoke. What am I riding, a penny-farthing?
The result was that on this day I still had a broken spoke, and as it was Sunday there was little chance of changing that (and the next day was a holiday, but one day at a time). By now I had put in 10s of km on the weakened rear wheel, and since the wobbly rim was always not-quite rubbing I would have known if it had got significantly worse. So I decided to just ignore the problem and enjoy the ride.
For two days now I had been looking across the highway at a little town called Le Bochet. I decided that, rather than take the busy main road up the valley, I would take the side roads through that village. After the previous day's frustration, that was a very enjoyable ride, first running past one of the giant factories in this valley, and then through the cluster of houses tenaciously hanging on to the mountainside.
I passed through Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, not stopping but not missing it since I had spent quite a while there the day before. Again I took side roads northwest through the valley to La Chambre, the base of the climb to the Col de la Madeleine. An energizing ride so far.
The Col de la Madeleine is crossed by the D213 road, connecting the valley of the Arc river with the valley of the Isère. D213 starts right in the village of La Chambre, at the intersection of a little shopping area. No bike shops, though.
The day was gloriously dry after the previous day's heavy rain, but on the lower slopes of this climb it started to feel warm. I stripped down to just a normal jersey, no undershirt, the lightest I had dressed this whole trip so far.
The road seemed to run through clusters of hairpins, followed by longer winding sections. There were occasional villages, including Saint-François-Longchamp at which I refilled my bottles with water and my body with a nice sugary tea or some such thing.
Nice marker showing the climb, not to scale.
In this direction the climb is 19 km at an average of nearly 8%. It's steady but long, just plain long. At least it got cooler as it rose.
At the pass itself there was the usual little clutch of stores and a restaurant, with a generous parking lot being used by hikers and other folks enjoying the sights. I ate a sandwich for lunch and headed down.
dramatic, with the road clinging to steep mountain faces, and several villages doing the same. The road passes over fast-flowing streams and through picturesque woods. It's seems like a much more interesting and varied climb. Maybe next time I'll come this way.
On the climb I hadn't been thinking much about my broken rear spoke and wobbly back tire, but it was hard to ignore on the descent. Again the rear brakes were not very effective and worse yet unpredictable. Near the bottom of the descent I blew my front tire while braking for a hairpin turn, quite possibly because I was over-relying on the front brake. I managed to get the bike stopped without crashing, but it was close.
Once in the Tarentaise Valley I headed northwest toward Albertville, mostly following D990 but taking small unmarked roads when possible.
When I got to Albertville I remembered that it had been the site of a Winter Olympics, and that's about all I knew. I think I must not have seen the most interesting parts of town, because it certainly looked like there hadn't been any investment since those Olympics in... what, the 1950s? I was later reminded that the games hosted here were in 1994, which means I definitely must have missed the best of the city.
My hotel was in Tournon, a village down the valley a few kilometers, then up a hill. The tiny B&B style place didn't even have a numeric address, so I didn't have a lot of faith in the pins the map services showed me -- they were probably just centroids of the village area. I peeled off of D201 onto some unnamed road, climbed a kilometer to D201c, then since this was the main road through Tournon I just continued climbing until I saw a sign.
The hotel. A bed and breakfast. Not dinner, breakfast.
with apple juice. Unfortunately I had assumed that they had a restaurant, but as a small three-room hotel they only cooked for large parties. Since it was Sunday, relatively late and the nearest restaurant would be quite a climb away, I would again go hungry.
Well, nearly so: they kindly scrounged up a wedge of cheese from the nearby Abbeye de Tamié, and a cup of yogurt from a local dairy. Not too bad, actually.
This was also the night of the World Cup final between Germany and Argentina. I fell asleep before extra time commenced, and therefore missed the winning goal.
Today's ride was just over 60 miles, with just over 6000 feet of climbing. The most difficult kilometer was somewhere in the middle of the climb, with an average grade of 9.6%. The climb of the Col de la Madeleine, as a whole, was definitely the most challenging climb of my trip, both as I experienced it and in the semi-objective rating of my analysis program.
On July 11th I rode from Briançon to St.-Julien-Mont-Denis, passing over the Col du Galibier on the way.
After missing a proper dinner the night before, I was pleased to find a bountiful breakfast at my hotel in Briançon. I took good advantage of that. I felt like I was going to need a lot of energy today.
I got my usual early start and promptly headed up toward... Italy, actually. But I turned around and headed back up D1091 toward Col du Lautaret, reversing my course from the day before.
The climb is very gentle, at times hardly even registering as a climb. The road runs through some little villages, then becomes a little more isolated as it approaches the pass. I passed a couple of flocks of sheep, each with a shepherd watching them from the road. Not many fellow cyclists on this day.
Two years ago I passed through here. On that occasion I had a lovely omelette, sitting outside in the sun with a view of the Lautaret Glacier.
That omelette loomed strangely large in my planning. I had planned to get to the pass around lunchtime, which worked out. As it turned out it was far too cold to sit outside, and I ended up eating at the other restaurant at the pass. Anyway, I got my omelette.
Looking at my GPS track, I'm surprised to find that I spent about an hour having my leisurely lunch and generally loitering around the area. But eventually it was time to continue, and I headed up toward the Col du Galibier. I'm surprised to see, as I'm writing this, that this road is also labeled D902, just like the road up to the Col de l'Izoard.
Maybe it was the long rest, maybe it was the magical power of the omelette, but I felt really great on this climb. It runs through stark terrain, with exposed rock, grass or moss, and not a tree to be seen. You can see the road for miles ahead.
I think the last time the Tour de France climbed this side of the road was 2011, and the road was still covered with exhortations for Andy and Frank Schleck, and the Leopard team. That day was near the peak of poor Andy's powers; as I was passing over his name he had just pulled out of the 2014 Tour a couple of days earlier.
There was a fog hanging over the pass as I climbed toward it. Once I arrived I found the top almost deserted; it was just me and two other cyclists. Just enough to have someone take my picture, as it turns out.
At 2642m this was now the highest point of my ride, and indeed would be the highest point I would see until the plane ride home. It was also cold -- about 10C (on that plane ride home I kept an eye on the flight statistics, and as we passed through 2600m I couldn't help but note that the plane also registered 10C).
Given the fog there wasn't much sightseeing to be done, so I bundled up and headed downhill. In 2012 there had been little patches of snow up here, but on this day there were large areas of snow by the road, and melting across it. There wasn't much traffic, and the descent into Valloire was relatively quick.
As I rode into town, I heard a crack and thought I might have dropped something. After passing all the way around the town once, reminding myself of the place I spent two days in 2012, I headed up toward the Col du Télégraphe.
It was at that point that I realized that the crack I heard earlier was, in fact, a rear spoke snapping. Nuts! I turned back around to find a bike shop. The first one didn't have spokes for road bikes; the second one had no shop, but they offered to sell me a jersey and sent me toward another shop that didn't happen to exist.
So it was that I just opened my brakes and continued on. Oh well. I felt really uncomfortable with this, particularly as I started down the descent toward St.-Michel-de-Maurienne. The open rear brake didn't work well, unsurprisingly, and had a jerky, juddering, unpredictable effect. None of this lent any confidence to the guy descending on a damp road.
Nonetheless, I slowly and carefully made it to St. Michel, the little town at the bottom of the hill, and again looked around for a bike shop. None to be found. Incidentally, Google did no better. Harrumph.
The Maurienne, the valley of the L'Arc, from my hotel balcony.
I headed down D1006, a busy road despite the convenient highway running parallel to it, down to St.-Julien-Mont-Denis and my hotel. The hotel was isolated, and not only did they serve dinner but they actually had a large neon knife and fork blinking on top of the restaurant. Dinner was a lovely goat cheese salad, local favorite tartiflette, a chocolate tart and a 35 cl bottle of local red wine. Fixing the bike was going to have to wait for the next day.
Today's ride was just short of 52 miles, and just short of 5200 feet of climbing. The most difficult kilometer was the last bit near the Col du Galibier at 9.4%, but at the time the excitement of reaching the pass made it feel easy.
On July 10th I rode to Briançon, and took a side trip up to the Col de l'Izoard.
A few days ago, stage 14 of the 2014 Tour de France went from Grenoble to Briançon, up and over the Col de l'Izoard, then up to Risoul. On my trip I did much the same thing, except that what took the tour five hours took me two days, and I even skipped the last climb.
I got my by-now-usual early start of this trip, enjoying a cool but dry morning. Shortly after leaving La Grave you pass through the little Villar d'Arène, and after that the valley is largely unpopulated as it rises toward the Col du Lautaret.
Both sides of the Col du Lautaret are long climbs with gentle grades. As I climbed, a cloud layer formed mid-way up the mountains, separating the snow-capped peaks from the lush valley below.
up to the Col du Lautaret.
I got to the top of the Col du Lautaret, which is marked by a couple of restaurants and a souvenir shop, a little too early for lunch. The elevation at the pass is just over 2000m, the high point of my tour so far, and it was correspondingly chilly and windy. I enjoyed a coffee before putting on all my newly-bought cold weather gear and heading down the other side.
The long, mostly straight roads heading down toward Briançon made for a fast descent. The speed isn't extraordinary, but it lasts for kilometers at a time.
As on the other side, the top part of road passes through a lovely empty valley, then starts passing through a few little ski-oriented towns. I spent a little quality time in Montier-Les-Bains while fixing a flat, which also marked a good time to strip down to normal riding clothes.
I arrived in Briançon too early to check into the hotel, so that meant I would have to take my full, heavy bag all the way up the Col de l'Izoard. Oh well. I had a little lunch and headed down through town.
The road up to the Col de l'Izoard is D902, which starts at a traffic circle near the middle of town. It climbs past a few houses and, well, a dump, then actually descends for a little while before beginning the long climb toward the top.
Shortly before this trip I read French Revolutions: Cycling the Tour de France, in which the author described the Col de l'Izoard as a "ruined martian landscape." I was therefore surprised that the climb was absolutely lovely. It parallels a stream until it reaches the little village of Cervières. After that the road turns south and gradually enters the woods.
were already staking out space on the climb for when the Tour de France would pass by nine days hence. Spending more than a week somewhere just to see the race pass by? I'm a fan, but that seems excessive even to me.
On the whole, this climb didn't feel especially steep. The lower portions were a reasonable 5-6%, and while this section in the woods was the steepest it wasn't too bad. The most difficult kilometer of the ride was in this section, at a steep but reasonable 9.2%.
With about 1.5 km to go, the trees thin out and the barren pass comes into view. At roughly the same time, not coincidentally, you start to feel the powerful, chilling wind.
The elevation at the pass is 2360m, which again marked a new high point for my tour.
At the top the wind was fierce, threatening to blow my bike over while I was trying to take pictures. I took refuge in the lee of the souvenir shop. It became clear that the combination of the effort and the cold was having an effect on me when I was unable to figure out which coins would pay for a celebratory nougat bar. That can't be good.
A fellow cyclist told me his friend, still climbing, was riding a tandem bike with a Lego man on the rear seat. Honest. He showed me a picture. Hmm... maybe my head was fogged more than I thought. I once again put on the cold-weather clothes and headed back down toward town.
I checked into the hotel, watched André Greipel win the Tour de France stage into Riems, and did my laundry. Around dinner time I found that the hotel had no restaurant, and indeed all the decent places to eat were likely to be on the other side of town, near the start of the climb. Only a McDonald's was nearby, and that just couldn't be allowed. So: no dinner tonight.
Today's ride was a little over 50 miles, with just under 5800 feet of climbing. The most difficult kilometer was in the middle of the climb up to the Col de l'Izoard, averaging 9.2%.


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UMass women's lacrosse uses 10-1 run to defeat George Washington Sunday afternoon
By Thomas Johnston
Filed under Headlines, Scrolling Headlines, Sports, Spring Sports, Women's Lacrosse
(Judith Gibson-Okunieff/Daily Collegian)
The Massachusetts women's lacrosse team used a 10-1 run to cap off its short weekend road trip with a 15-9 victory against George Washington Sunday afternoon in the nation's capital. The win extends UMass' winning streak to six games.
It was an uncharacteristically slow start for the Minutewomen (11-1, 4-0 Atlantic 10). So often this season, they have stymied opponents by blistering from the opening whistle, getting out to a substantial lead that the other teams struggle to overcome. Sunday, it was UMass who had to pick itself out of an early hole.
After Nicole Troost scored the first goal of the game three minutes, 35 seconds in, UMass surrendered three straight goals, putting the Minutewomen down 3-1. Michaela Lynch led the Colonials (2-10, 0-4 A-10) finishing the game with four goals on six shots.
From there, UMass came with a fury of offense, scoring six goals in a row, and 10 out of the next 11 to give it a 11-4 lead with 24:11 remaining in the game. Troost scored four of her five goals in the first half, putting her at 42 goals on the season.
"We stayed composed and knew that if we stuck to our game plan and executed our sets we would eventually get looks, which we did. We did a good job responding," Minutewomen coach Angela McMahon said.
Hannah Murphy was dominant in the draw control circle, leading UMass with 12 of its 18 total. Overall, the Minutewomen were 18-of-26 on draw controls.
McMahon credited Murphy's efforts in the circle as a big reason UMass clawed back into the game, as it gave it extra possessions and opportunities on the offensive end.
"(Murphy) did a fantastic job today directing (the ball) in an area where she would be able to come up with it. Really proud of her effort, they threw a lot of different people at her but she was able to stay consistent," McMahon said.
After the Colonials scored a goal with 19 seconds left in the first half to cut the deficit to three, Erika Eipp, who finished with two goals and five assist, scored with one second left in the half on a free position shot sending the Minutewomen to halftime with a 9-4 lead.
UMass picked up where it left off in the second half, scoring the first three goals after the intermission. The Minutewomen were aggressive offensively, outshooting George Washington 36-20.
It was once again a balanced scoring attack for UMass, as five different girls found the back of the net, with goals coming from Troost (five), Eipp (three), Eileen McDonald (three), Hannah Burnett (three) and Holly Turner (one).
"We had a lot of different scorers on the day, a lot of people stepping up for us which is what we want to do- create a balanced scoring attack with multiple threats," McMahon said.
The Colonials made a small run at the end of the game, scoring three straight goals, bringing the score to 13-8 with 7:58 remaining. That was as close as the George Washington would get.
"We did what we needed to do to win the game. We are still trying to look for areas of improvement and playing that full 60-minute game," McMahon said.
Thomas Johnston can be reached at [email protected]
Tags: Colonials, George Washington, Lacrosse, UMass Lacrosse, Women's Lacrosse
Thomas Johnston, Assistant Sports Editor
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Doctor Who Offered To Have Sex With Patient To 'Cure Cancer' Caught In Undercover Sting
Anish Vij
An Italian gynaecologist who offered to have sex with a patient to cure cancer has been caught by an undercover TV programme.
The man, who was nicknamed 'Dr Magic Flute', has resigned after an undercover investigation caught him half naked with a women who he believed was a patient.
Dr Giovanni Miniello, 60, was targeted by the Italian TV show 'Le lene' after a female victim complained about him offering a 'sex cure' to patients.
Credit: Newsflash
The 33-year-old woman consulted with him about failing to get pregnant, and he allegedly suggested that she had indications of human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually-transmitted DNA virus that can cause cancer, despite a negative Pap smear test.
He reportedly said: "I have saved many women from cancer. All those I have had contact with were negative afterwards."
The doctor practised at a surgery in the southern Italian city of Bari, the capital of the Apulia region on the Adriatic, and since the undercover investigation was broadcast, 15 other women have come forward and claimed they were also victims of the doctor and his miracle sex cure.
He also claimed that having sex with somebody like him who had been vaccinated would give her immunity, and he offered to see if he could immunise her by having sex with her.
The undercover actress then agreed to meet him in a hotel, where he again assured her as he undressed that afterwards she would be free from the virus.
While there, when she asked about protection, he told her that it was pointless as she would not then get the benefit of the antibodies if he had latex on.
Before the act was carried out, however, a journalist came into the room and surprised the half-naked doctor who protested: "I'm doing this for my studies, and for the other people that I have saved."
Through his lawyer, Miniello reportedly said: "I, who have successfully treated hundreds of women for over 40 years... only proposed an alternative treatment that has yielded results".
He also added that he had never coerced the women to have sex with him and always gave them 'absolute freedom of choice'.
The coordinator for the Anti-Violence Centre in Bari, Marika Massara, said: "We have received several reports in the last few days, dozens.
"Women who have come together and gone through a similar situation.
"Some consider reporting it, others are afraid, also because the level of secondary victimisation we are witnessing is very high."
The public prosecutor in Bari has meanwhile opened an investigation, which is currently in a preliminary phase to establish the facts.
Featured Image Credit: Newsflash
Topics: TV and Film, World News, Crime
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Isabella Judith Baker1
F, #713971, b. 20 March 1788, d. 22 November 1842
Isabella Judith Baker was born on 20 March 1788.1 She was the daughter of George Baker and Isabella Dalton.1,2 She was baptised on 23 March 1788 at Pittington, County Durham, England.1 She married Henry Tower, son of Christopher Tower, on 15 February 1816 at Pittington, County Durham, England.1 She died on 22 November 1842 at age 54 at Elemore Hall, County Durham, England.2
From 15 February 1816, her married name became Tower.1
Children of Isabella Judith Baker and Henry Tower
Georgiana Isabella Tower+3 d. 1867
Emma Tower3 d. 1845
Isabella Tower3
Henry John Baker Baker+1 b. 29 Jun 1822, d. 28 Jan 1871
Lt.-Gen. Conyers Tower3 b. 1826, d. 1 Mar 1903
[S7512] Landed Families of Britain and Ireland, online http://landedfamilies.blogspot.co.nz/. Hereinafter cited as Landed Families of Britain and Ireland.
[S68] H. Pirie-Gordon, editor, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th edition, (London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1937), page 82. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Landed Gentry, 15th ed.
[S339] Descendants of William the Conqueror, online http://www.william1.co.uk/. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of William the Conqueror.
George Baker1
George Baker was born in 1754.1 He was the son of George Baker.1 He married Isabella Dalton, daughter of John Dalton and Isabella Wray, in 1787.2 He died in 1837.1
He lived at Elemore Hall, County Durham, England.1
Child of George Baker and Isabella Dalton
Isabella Judith Baker+1 b. 20 Mar 1788, d. 22 Nov 1842
Isabella Allgood1
Last Edited=7 Dec 2018
Isabella Allgood was born in 1831. She was the daughter of Robert Lancelot Allgood.1 She married Henry John Baker Baker, son of Henry Tower and Isabella Judith Baker, on 29 June 1849 at St. James's, Westmisnter, London, England.1 She died in 1896.
From 29 June 1849, her married name became Baker.1
Children of Isabella Allgood and Henry John Baker Baker
Henry George Baker Baker+2 b. Jul 1850, d. 14 Mar 1905
Isabel Elizabeth Baker Baker2 b. 13 Dec 1851, d. 8 Oct 1911
Eva Conyers Baker Baker2 b. 2 Mar 1854, d. 2 Mar 1931
George Conyers Baker Baker2 b. 5 Jun 1857, d. 11 Jun 1892
Ferdinand Baker Baker2 b. 18 Dec 1858, d. 28 Sep 1909
John Francis Baker Baker+ b. 31 Jul 1860, d. 18 May 1925
Rear-Admiral William Henry Baker Baker+1 b. 7 Dec 1862, d. 7 Aug 1932
Ada Elizabeth Hunter Baker Baker2 b. 1864, d. 31 Oct 1926
Robert Lancelot Allgood1
Robert Lancelot Allgood lived at Nunwick, Northumberland, England.1
Child of Robert Lancelot Allgood
Isabella Allgood+1 b. 1831, d. 1896
Katharine Anne Baker Baker1
F, #713975, b. 11 April 1950
Katharine Anne Baker Baker was born on 11 April 1950.1,2 She is the daughter of Major Oswald Frank Baker Baker and Anne Bruen.1 She married Iain Forest McLaren Ellvers, son of Major Forest Victor Ellvers, in 1975.2
She lived at Eskhill, Angus, Scotland.2 From 1975, her married name became Ellvers.2
William George Baker Baker1
William George Baker Baker was born in 1955.1 He is the son of Major Oswald Frank Baker Baker and Anne Bruen.1 He married Sarah M. B. Lloyd in 1983.2
He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.2 He gained the rank of officer between 1976 and 1987 in the 13th/18th Royal Hussars.2
Children of William George Baker Baker and Sarah M. B. Lloyd
Harriett Baker Baker2
George Baker Baker2 b. 1988
Angus William Baker Baker2 b. 1990
Rory Francis Baker Baker2 b. 1990
Alexander Campbell, 10th Captain of Dunstaffnage1
M, #713977, b. after 1636, d. January 1687
Alexander Campbell, 10th Captain of Dunstaffnage was born after 1636.1 He was the son of John Campbell, 9th Captain of Dunstaffnage and Isobel Campbell.1 He married Margaret MacNeil on 15 July 1659 at Taynish, Knapdale, Argyllshire, Scotland.1 He married Isobel Campbell, daughter of Archibald Campbell of Glen Carradale and Barbara Campbell, after 20 October 1678.1 He died in January 1687.1
Child of Alexander Campbell, 10th Captain of Dunstaffnage and Margaret MacNeil
Angus Campbell, 11th Captain of Dunstaffnage1 b. a 1660, d. 1742
Margaret Campbell1
F, #713978, b. before June 1658
Margaret Campbell was born before June 1658.1 She was the daughter of Archibald Campbell of Glen Carradale and Barbara Campbell.1 She married Alexander Campbell, 1st of Kilmartin, son of Dougall Campbell, 6th of Inverawe and Janet MacNeill, on 28 September 1677.1
Children of Margaret Campbell and Alexander Campbell, 1st of Kilmartin
Dugald Campbell, 2nd of Kilmartin1 d. 1768
Hugh Campbell of Cruachan and Barmaddie1
Ann Campbell1 b. c 1678, d. a Feb 1699
Mary Ann Wilkinson1
F, #713979, b. circa 1834
Mary Ann Wilkinson was born circa 1834 at London, England.1 She married William Adam, son of Francis James Adam and Mary Augusta Dalrymple Poltoratskaya, after 1870.1
From after 1870, her married name became Adam.1
[S5792] Robin Dening, "re: Rochfort Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 2 January 2012. Hereinafter cited as "re: Rochfort Family."
John Dunlop, 9th Chief of Dunlop1
John Dunlop, 9th Chief of Dunlop married Lady Marion Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus and Elizabeth Boyd.
Child of John Dunlop, 9th Chief of Dunlop and Lady Marion Douglas
Alexander Dunlop+1


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Q: API Design - Ordering return data in an array I currently have an API endpoint which returns an array of objects each containing 4 variables in JSON format.
The size of the data ranges from 500kb to 5mb - depending on the number of records. In order to reduce the size of the return, we're considering removing the labels from the objects, and returning an array of arrays.
E.g.
[{propertyone:123,propertytwo:456,propertythree:789,propertyfour:012},etc,etc,etc]
would become
[[123,456,789,012],etc,etc,etc]
We would then document that array position 0 is to considered propertyone, etc. There may be a point in the future when this API becomes public. Is it considered better practice to leave the names in, or would serving a documented API with an enforced order suffice.

A: Well documented APIs are often the best APIs. Having external documentation for your API is important, but the data you return needs to be documented as well, and nothing beats self-documenting data.
I think by removing the property names, you're going to lose this self-documenting entirely and you could end up limiting yourself in the future as well. For example, consider only wanting to return partial data, how would you represent it without those property names?
In addition to the documentation, if you're returning JSON then depending on the consumer's environment, providing those properties could give them a natural model to work with. Consider JavaScript as an example, if they simply parse your response into JavaScript objects they essentially have a client-side model implemented for free and that will make it a joy to work with your API.
Nonetheless, speed is important and I would suggest looking into different measures for reducing the size of the return. Often a common solution to this is providing paged results, requiring a client to perform additional requests if they desire more data. Also, depending on the shape of your data, you could benefit greatly by using something as simple as GZIP compression on your responses.
While designing an API, as long as you document it and it works as described, normally anything will suffice. However, the API that empowers the consumer is the one that succeeds.

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Brenda Marjorie Hale, baronesa Hale de Richmond, conocida como Lady Hale (Yorkshire, 31 de enero de 1945), es una jueza británica. Desde  octubre de 2017 es la Presidenta del Tribunal Supremo del Reino Unido. Entre 2013 y 2017 fue vicepresidenta de dicho tribunal.

Biografía
En 2004 se unió a la Cámara de los Lores como Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. Es la única mujer que ha sido nombrada para este puesto. Fue Law Lord hasta 2009 cuando, junto con los otros Law Lords, fue transferida al nuevo Tribunal Supremo como resultado de la Ley de Reforma Constitucional de 2005.

El 5 de septiembre de 2017, Hale fue nombrada, bajo el gobierno de la primera ministra Theresa May, Presidenta del Tribunal Supremo, y juró su cargo el 2 de octubre de 2017. Es la tercera persona y la primera mujer en desempeñar el cargo. Hale es una de las tres mujeres que han sido nombradas para el Tribunal Supremo (junto con Lady Black y Lady Arden). El lema que utilizó al incorporarse al tribunal supremo fue: Omnia feminae aequissimae, que en latín quiere decir que "las mujeres son iguales en todo".

Referencias

Juezas de Reino Unido

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Q: After overriding the Application.getClasses() by a custom MessageBodyReader, methods on resource classes cannot be invoked In a RESTEasy project running on Wildfly server, there is a resource class:
@Path("/company")
public class CompanyResource {
  @Inject
  CompanyService companyService;

  @PUT
  @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
  public void update(Company company) {
    companyService.update(company);
  }
}

Initially the REST API configuration class just extends Application without any extra @override on the existing methods of Application class. An http request, http://localhost:8080/workcontext/company, with PUT as the http request method could work, meaning the CompanyResource.update() can be invoked successfully when receiving the aforementioned http request.
However, I then tried to add a custom MessageBodyReader<Company>:
public class CompanyReader implements MessageBodyReader<Company> {

  @Override
  public boolean isReadable(Class<?> type, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations, MediaType mediaType) {
    return true;
}

  @Override
  public Company readFrom(Class<Company> type, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations, MediaType mediaType,
        MultivaluedMap<String, String> httpHeaders, InputStream entityStream)
        throws IOException, WebApplicationException {
    try(JsonReader reader = Json.createReader(entityStream)) {
        JsonObject companyJson = reader.readObject();
        Company company = new Company();
        company.setCompanyCode(companyJson.getString("companyCode"));
        company.setName(companyJson.getString("name"));
        company.setHeadquarter(Region.valueOf(companyJson.getString("headquarter")));
        return company;
    }
  }

}

In order to make this custom MessageBodyReader<Company> work, I registered this class by overriding the Application.getClasses():
public class JaxRsConfiguration extends Application {
  @Override
  public Set<Class<?>> getClasses() {
      Set<Class<?>> classes = new HashSet<>();
      classes.add(CompanyReader.class);
      return classes;
  }
}

I expected that this MessageBodyReader<Company> could be invoked when sending the same http PUT request, but on the opposite the response is: RESTEASY003210: Could not find resource for full path: http://localhost:8080/workcontext/company
Question: How to make this custom MessageBodyReader work?

A: You should annotate you're CompanyReader with @Provider. In your application if you return any classes in Application.getClasses() or Application.getSingletons() then, per the spec, those are the only classes allowed to be used in your application.

If either getClasses or getSingletons returns a non-empty collection then only those classes or singletons returned MUST be included in the published JAX-RS application.


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GQ's Stylish Friends Sent Us Their Big Fits From Home
By anita 9 months ago
It was impossible to see this tragedy coming, and so quickly, but the rosy goggles
It was impossible to see this tragedy coming, and so quickly, but the rosy goggles of hindsight suggest that men's fashion has been conspiring toward a certain kind of reckoning. Look at the post-apocalyptic sensibility of Errolson Hughes's Acronym and the young French upstart Marine Serre. Or designers like Virgil Abloh and Demna Gvasalia, who packed the sweatsuit, the premiere working-from-home uniform, with as much semiotic chutzpah and design rigor as the tailored suit. The Fall 2020 collections of Loewe, Dries Van Noten, and Rick Owens, shown in Europe this past January, were celebrations of the act and art of dressing up, of fashion as a performance. Anything can become an occasion if you have the right outfit—even the act of putting on outfits itself!
Enter the new era of homebound style. Since mid-March, as millions of people in the United States, and countless others around the world, have been sheltering in place, we have left our homes only for necessities or as essential workers. So we asked GQ friends and family to capture themselves in their biggest fits from home. Some have adjusted to a new reality in sweatpants, but many people have embraced this new era by dressing up and taking advantage of the pure joy and solace clothing can provide. There is salvation in putting on clothes. There is a small human dignity in putting on a big fit. And as some of these subjects show, there is transcendence in reaching for an untamed color palette and a wild silhouette and never looking back.
If you don't leave the house, after all, that impossible dream of wearing a cropped pink double-breasted suit is suddenly so doable, as Laker Kyle Kuzma demonstrates. Or how about a spaghetti-strap top and zip-front latex-ass pants, like Ian Isiah? When every day is an off-day from human contact, you can freak it every day. Isiah freaks it every day regardless, but still: Your inner self becomes your only self. Sure, we might have an audience for our fits on Instagram, but never has that group been so secondary to our own needs and desires, whether those are met by soft drapes, like Rhuigi Villaseñor's unraveling knit, with bone-tone house shoes, or by the exacting psychedelica of Kyle Kuzma's hot-pink suit. The fit pic has become a balm: It's nice to know, for example, that while you may now find yourself slathering on some kind of green-tea lotion every afternoon for 20 minutes, #masking for Orville Peck still means a Lone Ranger bandanna and foot-long silk fringe.
Amid the alienation of social distancing, the fit pic welcomes the world into our homes. Some small part of your brain may never be the same after seeing A$AP Ferg's Jeff Koonsian balloon lamp, or Leon Bridges's mind-blowing group portrait of Frank Ocean and Willie Nelson and Frederick Douglass. The domestic space can be as fantastical as any fashion spread: Faith Lynch in a leather minidress, with the blue flame of her gas stove providing the ahooga commentary, and Gunna, still going 100 percent Gunna in the full Prada kit including the crossbody harness, with a mountain of Goyard just beyond. Look at fitspo god J. Balvin's closet. This is where the (fit) magic happens, baby!
This is not a time to keep calm and carry on, but a moment to reflect who we are and who we want to be. Clothes may not have the answers. But they'll be there with us no matter what. —Rachel Tashjian
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Home POLITICS NDC's manifesto is a fraud – Sekou Nkrumah
NDC's manifesto is a fraud – Sekou Nkrumah
Sekou Nkrumah has described the recently launched 'The People's Manifesto' of the opposition National Democratic Congress as a "fraud".
Sekou Nkrumah in a series of posts on his Facebook timeline wrote, "I was asked to describe the recently launched NDC manifesto in one word. My answer is Fraud!"
Sekou, one of the sons of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, has been an active social media user who does not mince words on national issues.
The NDC manifesto was launched by John Dramani Mahama, the opposition party's flagbearer who is also a former president, at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (USPA) on Monday.
Sekou, a former Coordinator of the National Youth Council believes that both the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition NDC have been doing the same thing since the fourth republican constitution came into force in January 1993 but are expecting different results, something which is not possible, in reference to Albert Einstein.
Sekou noted: "It is time we [dumped both] NPP and NDC, and vote independent! Let's vote for a third force!
He added: "Small, small we will get there! Even if we get 10 or 20 seats in parliament it is a good beginning to build on. A third force built on genuine efforts to reconstruct our society."
The NDC which described the manifesto as "a social contract between the party and Ghanaians" organized the launching ceremony in style by inviting non-party people, and importantly avoiding the mentions of names like President Akufo-Addo or Dr Bawumia, a strategy that has been hailed by critics.
Dubbed "The People's Manifesto: Jobs, Prosperity and More", the NDC's manifesto, explained Prof Kwame Danso Boafo, Chairman of the manifesto committee who is also a former university Vice-chancellor, is categorized into "six thematic areas" to serve as the party's blueprint as follows: "fixing the economy, promoting human development, providing infrastructure for growth, providing decent jobs, good governance and corruption, and deepening international relations and foreign affairs".
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The battle between Swedish vlogger PewDiePie and Bollywood's label T-Series intensified since late last year, with the YouTube channels racing for 100 million subscribers in the last few weeks.
Despite losing his mantle as the YouTube channel with highest subscriber count to T-Series several times now, PewDiePie's supporters have rallied each time and helped him reclaim the top spot.
The vlogger from Sweden, who ruled YouTube for six years holding the status of most subscribed channel, was challenged almost a year ago by the Indian label T-Series. The two have been running neck-and-neck since then with both contenders seeking all the support that they can get.
The video, which claims that there is more going on in the sky than one might think, was uploaded to a conspiracy channel on YouTube. The man behind the account concluded that the figure in the photo taken in New York may be nothing less than one of God's messengers.
The cartoon series, which launched about a decade ago and has since been labelled a "Russian phenomenon" by Netflix, has earned a new, truly global accolade.
In a recent vlog post on a popular conspiracy channel, a man who claims that he visited our time for the holidays, gave his "insight" into a technological breakthrough that is supposedly due to happen within the next decade. However, his revelations haven't seemed to impress commenters, who mocked the prophet, along with his prophecy.
The fighter that the blogger picked has only recently started his UFC career, although without much of success.
A video has emerged showing the moment when animals and people were left frightened by a loud, unknown sound that rang out during the night.
The scammers targeted and secretly filmed dozens of Australians in their own homes, luring them in through fake tech support websites.
Footage of the extremely close encounter has emerged on YouTube. A wild predatory cat played with a man, tickling the nerves of commentators.
The poll, conducted at Sputnik's request by the French Institute of Public Opinion (Ifop), shows that a major portion of people in the UK, France and Germany don't see Russia as a part of Europe.


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FORM 8-K/A
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): July 23, 2018
25-28 North Wall Quay,
IFSC, Dublin 1, Ireland
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company x
Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
On July 25, 2018, Nabriva Therapeutics plc (the "Company") filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the "Original Form 8-K") disclosing that the Company and its newly formed, direct wholly owned subsidiaries, Zuperbug Merger Sub I, Inc. ("Merger Sub I") and Zuperbug Merger Sub II, Inc. ("Merger Sub II", and together with Merger Sub I, "Merger Subs") entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Zavante Therapeutics, Inc. ("Zavante") and Cam Gallagher, solely in his capacity as representative of the former Zavante stockholders in connection with the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which on July 24, 2018, Merger Sub I merged with and into Zavante with Zavante surviving such merger and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Zavante thereafter on such date merged with and into Merger Sub II, with Merger Sub II surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and assuming the name Zavante Therapeutics, Inc. (collectively, the "Acquisition").
This amendment to the Original Form 8-K is being filed for the purpose of satisfying the Company's undertaking to file the financial statements and pro forma financial statements required by Item 9.01 of Form 8-K, and this amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
(i) The audited financial statements of Zavante Therapeutics, Inc. as of and for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 and the independent auditors' report thereon were filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the Original Form 8-K and are incorporated into this Item 9.01(a) by reference.
(ii) The unaudited interim financial statements of Zavante Therapeutics, Inc. as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2018 are filed as Exhibit 99.3 hereto and are incorporated into this Item 9.01(a) by reference.
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.
The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements of the Company are filed as Exhibit 99.4 hereto and are incorporated into this Item 9.01(b) by reference.
(d) Exhibits.
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of July 23, 2018, by and among Nabriva Therapeutics plc, Zuperbug Merger Sub I, Inc., Zuperbug Merger Sub II, Inc., Zavante Therapeutics, Inc. and Cam Gallagher, solely in his capacity as Stockholder Representative
Transition, Separation and Release of Claims Agreement, by and between Nabriva Therapeutics US, Inc. and Colin Broom, dated as of July 23, 2018
Employment Agreement, by and between Nabriva Therapeutics US, Inc. and Theodore Schroeder, dated as of July 23, 2018
Consulting Agreement, by and between Nabriva Therapeutics US, Inc. and Colin Broom, dated as of July 24, 2018 (included as Attachment A to Exhibit 10.1)
Consent of Independent Auditors
Risk Factors of Nabriva Therapeutics plc
Audited financial statements of Zavante Therapeutics, Inc. as of and for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 and the independent auditors' report thereon
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Unaudited pro forma combined financial statements
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Jesse Woodson James (condado de Clay, Misuri, 5 de septiembre de 1847 - Saint Joseph, Misuri, 3 de abril de 1882) fue un forajido estadounidense y el integrante más famoso de la banda de asaltantes James-Younger. Asesinado a traición, se convirtió en una figura legendaria del Viejo Oeste, protagonizando ya en vida innumerables novelas sublimes (dime novel) que lo igualaban a Robin Hood.

A pesar del retrato de Jesse James como la personificación de Robin Hood, que robaba a los ricos para dárselo a los pobres, no había evidencia de que él y su banda compartieran el botín de sus robos. Los eruditos e historiadores han caracterizado a Jesse James como uno de los criminales inspirados por las insurgencias de los exconfederados tras la Guerra Civil estadounidense, más que como una manifestación de justicia económica o de la ilegalidad del Viejo Oeste.

Biografía

Familia
Jesse James nació en el condado de Clay, Misuri, en un pueblo cercano a lo que hoy se conoce como Kearney. Tuvo dos hermanos; el mayor era Alexander Franklin James, conocido como Frank James, y una hermana menor llamada Susan Lavenia James. Su padre, Robert James, fue un comerciante de cáñamo y ministro de la Iglesia Bautista de Kentucky, que después de casarse con  Zerelda James, emigró a Bradford, Misuri, y ayudó a fundar la William Jewell College Liberty.

Robert James viajó a California con la ilusión de alcanzar fortuna durante la denominada Fiebre del Oro, pero murió allí cuando Jesse tenía solo tres años de edad. Tras la muerte de Robert, su viuda volvió a casarse en dos ocasiones, la primera con Benjamin Simms en 1852 y la otra en 1855 con Dr. Reuben Samuel, con quien tuvo cuatro hijos: Sarah Louisa, John Thomas, Fannie Quantrell, y Archie Peyton Samuel. Zerelda y Samuel adquirieron un total de siete esclavos y lo utilizaron como agricultores de una plantación de tabaco.

Contexto histórico
La proximidad de la Guerra Civil estadounidense pronto ensombreció la vida de los James. Misuri fue un estado fronterizo durante la Guerra de Secesión entre el Norte y el Sur de los Estados Unidos, aunque el 75% de la población fuera del sur o de otros estados. El condado contó con un incremento de la esclavitud; en Misuri, los esclavos contaban con solamente el 10% de la población, pero en el condado de Clay constituían el 25%.

Tras la firma de la ley de Kansas-Nebraska en 1854, el condado de Clay se convirtió en un escenario confuso, donde la esclavitud se extendió hasta el territorio de Kansas, formándose escenarios violentos, como el denominado Bleeding Kansas.

Desatada la guerra, Jesse James y su hermano Frank se unieron en 1862  a la guerrilla sudista de William C. Quantrill. La guerra civil devastó Misuri y fue determinante en la vida posterior de Jesse James.

Guerra Civil estadounidense
Acabada la Guerra Civil estadounidense, James se rindió a los soldados de la Unión, pero retomó las armas (1866). La Banda James-Younger, formada por él, su hermano Frank, los tres hermanos Younger (Cole, Jim y Bob) y los Miller (Clell y Ed), adquirió notoriedad por la audacia de sus asaltos a bancos y a trenes. Desde la formación de la banda, Jesse James asumió el rol de jefe del grupo. La banda pronto se hizo muy conocida en Estados Unidos. Hasta tal punto llegó su fama que el gobierno estadounidense llegó a contratar una agencia de detectives, la Agencia Pinkerton, con el único fin de capturarlos. En 1875, varios hombres de Pinkerton tiraron una bomba en su casa, pero no estaban ahí Jesse ni su hermano Frank: la explosión mató a su medio hermano de 8 años e hirió gravemente a su madre, que perdió un brazo. El suceso aumentó su popularidad.

Un año después del incidente de la bomba, la banda protagonizó un ataque durísimo contra Northfield, otro pequeño pueblo del Lejano Oeste, habitado por descendientes de inmigrantes suecos. Pero las cosas no salieron bien para los forajidos, que fueron repelidos a tiros por la población. La banda no pudo recuperarse del golpe, pues, salvo Jesse y Frank (que lograron huir a Nashville, Tennesse), todos murieron o fueron apresados por las autoridades y enviados a presidio. Jesse y su hermano formaron una nueva banda, la James Band, mientras su cabeza era tasada en 10 000 dólares.

El 24 de abril de 1874 se había casado con su prima Zerelda Mimms y tuvieron 4 hijos: Jesse Edward James (1875), futuro abogado, los gemelos Gould y Montgomery (1878), que murieron pronto, y Mary Susan James (1879; de casada, Barr).

El 15 de julio de 1881 realizó uno de sus últimos golpes junto a la banda, en el denominado asalto al tren de Winston, donde asesinó a William Westfall, conductor del tren, debido a que suponía que estuvo implicado en la explosión en la casa de su madre, que le costó el brazo a ella y la vida a su medio hermano Archie James, de tan solo 8 años de edad.

Asesinato
Finalmente, el 3 de abril de 1882, Jesse James fue asesinado en su casa de un tiro por la espalda a manos de Robert Ford, un miembro de su banda, quien junto a su hermano Charlie había pactado con el gobernador el cobro de la recompensa a cambio de entregar o matar al conocido forajido. En su tumba se puede leer:

Cultura actual

Cine

Videojuegos
Jesse James aparece como antagonista en el videojuego western Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, quien se enfrenta a Silas Greaves, un cazarrecompensas. Aunque Silas Greaves lo hiere en un duelo, comenta que fue asesinado por Robert Ford.

Aparece también, como protagonista, en el videojuego western de Ubisoft para PlayStation "Gunfighter", junto a Cole Younger y Zerelda Mimms.

Música

En 1989 la cantante estadounidense Cher publicó la canción Just Like Jesse James como parte de su álbum Heart of Stone, en honor al legendario bandolero.
En 1995, el dúo Ocarina, lanzó la canción "La complainte de Jesse James" en su álbum Songs for Baby Jane.
En 2007 se lanzó la banda sonora  El asesinato de Jesse James por el cobarde Robert Ford, interpretado por Nick Cave y Warren Ellis, de la cual la canción Song for Jesse también fue parte de la banda sonora de la serie Peaky Blinders.

Referencias

Bibliografía

Enlaces externos

 Biografía de Jesse James.
 Home Museum, lugar donde fue asesinado.

Militares confederados de la guerra de Secesión
Banda de James-Younger


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Il Nikol'skij rajon  è un rajon dell'Oblast' di Vologda, nella Russia europea; il capoluogo è Nikol'sk. Istituito nel 1924, occupa una superficie di 7.476 chilometri quadrati.

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5 Magical Facts About Ilvermorny, North America's Wizarding School
BY Erin McCarthy
Earlier this year, J.K. Rowling released details on new wizarding schools around the world—and today, we finally got details on Ilvermorny, North America's school of magic, via a new piece by Rowling posted on Pottermore. Here are a few things we learned about the school.
1. IT'S LOCATED IN MASSACHUSETTS.
Theorists had posited that Ilvermorny was located in Canada or on a ship sailing the Great Lakes, among other theories. Now, though, we know that it's actually located "at the highest peak of Mount Greylock," which is itself the highest point in Massachusetts. There, "it is concealed from non-magic gaze by a variety of powerful enchantments, which sometimes manifest in a wreath of misty cloud."
2. ONE OF ITS FOUNDERS WAS A DESCENDANT OF SALAZAR SLYTHERIN.
Isolt Sayre, born in Ireland around 1603, had a tough childhood: When she was just 5, her Muggle-friendly parents were killed at the family home—named Ilvermorny—in a fire. Isolt was raised by her mother's estranged sister, Gormlaith Gaunt (ya know, the family that would eventually include Voldemort) and it wasn't until she was older that Isolt realized Gormlaith had murdered her parents so that she could be raised "in the belief that as a descendant of both Morrigan and Salazar Slytherin she ought to associate only with pure-bloods." Isolt was not allowed to attend Hogwarts and was held captive with Dark Magic.
3. IT WAS CREATED BY THREE MAGICAL PEOPLE AND ONE NO-MAJ.
Eventually, Isolt broke free and fled, taking only "a gold brooch in the shape of a Gordian Knot that had once belonged to her mother." She went first to England, but when she realized Gormlaith was hot on her trail, she disguised herself as a boy named Elias Story and hopped on a trip to America on the Mayflower. In the New World, Isolt "vanished into the surrounding mountains, leaving her erstwhile shipmates to suppose that 'Elias Story' had died of the harsh winter, like so many others." (This echoes the life of the real Elias Story, who was on the Mayflower and died during the first winter at Plymouth Colony.)
Not long after, Isolt rescued a Pukwudgie—"a short, grey-faced, large-eared creature distantly related to the European goblin," according to Rowling—from a Hidebehind, which can "contort itself to hide behind almost any object, concealing itself perfectly from hunters and victims alike." Though Pukwudgies were not fans of humans, this one—who Isolt named William—begrudgingly pledged himself to her service, grumbling all the while.
Next, Isolt and William came upon a Horned Serpent, which Isolt discovered she could speak to—and understand. ("Until I am part of your family, your family is doomed," it told her.) Then, she rescued two boys whose parents were killed by the same Hidebehind that had attacked William, and nursed them both back to health. (Due to William's protests about rescuing the boys, she released him from her service.) The boys, Chadwick and Webster Boot, both turned out to be magical people.
When Isolt returned to bury Chadwick and Webster's parents, she found a No-Maj had beat her to it. As she watched, James Steward (also a real person, who arrived in the New World in 1621 on the Fortune) picked up one of the wands—which had been broken in the confrontation with the Hidebehind—and waved it, and "it rebelled. James was sent flying backwards across the clearing, hit a tree and was knocked out cold." Isolt nursed him back to health, intending to Obliviate him when he was well. Instead, they fell in love and got married, and raised the Boot boys as their own; Isolt taught them magic and told them tales of Hogwarts. She named their cottage Ilvermorny, after the home in Ireland that Gormlaith had destroyed.
Though both boys wanted to go to Hogwarts badly, Isolt thought it was too dangerous—so "she promised them that when they reached eleven years old, she would somehow find them wands ... and they would start a school of magic right there in the cottage." That is exactly what she did, and over the years, Isolt's magical mini-school took on more students. Ilvermorny eventually grew into a granite castle guarded by Pukwudgies. (Though they typically hated humans, William, who returned to help Isolt when Gormlaith finally tracked her down in America, decided that "wizards were too dim to protect themselves." He and his family "negotiated a hefty retainer in gold for acting as the school's private security/maintenance service.") Because one of its founders was a No-Maj, "Ilvermorny has the reputation of being one of the most democratic, least elitist of all the great wizarding schools."
4. LIKE HOGWARTS, IT HAS FOUR HOUSES.
They are Horned Serpent, Pukwudgie, Wampus, and Thunderbird. As Rowling writes:
"The idea of naming the houses after themselves, as the founders, was swiftly abandoned, because Webster felt a house called 'Webster Boot' had no chance of ever winning anything, and instead, each chose their favourite magical beast. For Chadwick, an intelligent but often temperamental boy, it was the Thunderbird that can create storms as it flies. For argumentative but fiercely loyal Webster, it was the Wampus, a magical panther-like creature that was fast, strong and almost impossible to kill. For Isolt, it was, of course, the Horned Serpent that she still visited and with which she felt a strange sense of kinship.
"When asked what his favourite creature was, James was at a loss. The only No-Maj in the family was unable to consort with the magical creatures the others had begun to know well. Finally, he named the Pukwudgie, because the stories his wife told of curmudgeonly William always made him laugh."
The creatures, which play roles in the story of Ilvermorny's creation, draw from Native American legends (Rowling has drawn from these legends liberally for her new writings before this, leading to complaints of cultural appropriation).
5. UNLIKE HOGWARTS, THERE'S NO SORTING HAT.
Ilvermorny students wear robes of blue (Isolt's favorite color) and cranberry (because it was James's favorite pie). The sorting ceremony looks very different from the one at Hogwarts. Instead of donning a hat, new students line the walls of a circular room until, one by one, they are called to stand on a symbol of a Gordian Knot on the floor. Then, the carvings choose the student:
"If the Horned Serpent wants the student, the crystal set into its forehead will light up. If the Wampus wants the student, it roars. The Thunderbird signifies its approval by beating its wings, and the Pukwudgie will raise its arrow into the air."
What happens if more than one carving wants the student in its house? As Harry Potter once found out, the student gets to choose.
You can get sorted into your Ilvermorny house here, and read more about the school, and the people who created it, here.
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In this short film David shares his personal creative journey and his views on the importance of the arts.
David Lan is also the Chair of the What Next? movement: a community of creative organisations who are brought together to champion the role of culture in our society.


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EDGE 2020: Cultivating a mindset for success
Invite-only virtual experience played host to the more than 500 business technology leaders across Australia and New Zealand
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"People always ask, what is success?" outlined Jamil Qureshi, one of the world's most foremost practitioners of performance enhancing psychology.
Addressing more than 500 technology executives during the opening keynote of EDGE 2020 - an invite-only virtual experience housing partners, distributors and vendors - Qureshi defined success as the ability to make a connection between two things previously unconnected; "that's what success is."
"I help people cultivate a mindset for success," he added. "For us to act differently, we need to think differently. It's not just about creating different behaviours for ourselves or our team members, it's about creating different thoughts and attitudes for performance."
Based in London, Qureshi has helped six sports athletes reach world number one status, in addition to being appointed as the first-ever official golf psychologist to the European Ryder Cup team - influencing a record-breaking winning margin in 2006.
Qureshi has also worked with footballers from Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City, alongside Formula 1 drivers David Coulthard and Eddie Irvine, plus the 2009 England Ashes winning cricketers.
Meanwhile in business, Qureshi has helped executive teams fulfil potential across 24 countries, developing and delivering leadership programs at board-level for Coca-Cola, Hewlett Packard and Emirates Airlines among others.
"I've worked with Hewlett Packard and they say, 'if Hewlett Packard knew what Hewlett Packard knows, we'd be three times more successful'," he said. "And that's so true of any organisation.
"If we can take the wisdom, expertise, knowledge and contacts in your heads - we have more than 500 executives tuning in at EDGE 2020 for example - and place this all on one table with open access, how successful could we all become. This would be quite incredible, if knowledge could become a new asset class."
For Qureshi - who has lectured to an audience which included two former US Presidents - companies no longer compete with other companies, a theory gaining widespread credibility since the outbreak of Covid-19.
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"Networks compete against networks and you're only as strong as your network," he advised. "There's an external narrative for your business in that statement but there's also an internal narrative for you as an individual. You can only be as strong as the networks you forge."
In short, Qureshi stated that "the future demands us to be different", cautioning against trusting anyone who continues to "champion the past".
"And part of that difference is to understand that community will always out-perform bureaucracy and hierarchy," he said. "Therefore, what we need to do is think about bottom up, diverse and collaborative teams and how we can form more fluid organisations which allows us to be agile and open-minded in the way that we play into each other."
According to Qureshi - one of a select group of external psychologists allowed to study astronauts on the 2008 NASA Space Program - communities are now out-performing hierarchies in relation to maximising human performance.
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"Write down 'Think, Feel and Act' in a nice little linear way," he guided. "That's how you work by the way, how your colleagues work, your children, your partner - we think, we feel and then we act.
"Smart leaders trying to drive change in a team or even in themselves, don't work on actions and behaviours but work on thoughts. There is a difference between commitment and compliance when looking to make change. Commitment works on thoughts whereas compliance simply tells people. We do it all the time - you should be more innovative. Does it work? No."
Within this context, Qureshi also reinforced the belief that in the modern-day, "attitude is more important than intelligence or facts".
"I'd rather have 'I will' rather than 'IQ'," he noted.
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Qureshi delivered exclusive insights during EDGE 2020, an invite-only virtual experience which played host to the most influential business leaders in technology across Australia and New Zealand.
Underpinned by local research and insights, EDGE 2020 outlined customer investment plans, upcoming end-user projects and new partner requirements, leveraging unique analyst and CIO insights.
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Belinda Underwood Is An Enchanting Jazz Bassist and Vocalist
Among the recordings I had the pleasure to review this year for Jazz & Blues Report was the following by bassist and vocalist Belinda Underwood, that was sent to me by this publication. It appeared in the February 2009 issue (#313)
As the publicity for vocalist Belinda Underwood suggests, she is unique. After all, upright bass playing female vocalists are not that common, especially one also holding a degree in Astrophysics and holding a pilot's license. Based in Portland, Oregon, she has a delightful new release, "Greenspace ," with some unusual covers and her originals, that sometimes are whimsical, fit the playfulness of some of the performances. Her alto voice has a bit of sassiness, yet also is quite playful, and enchants with her delivery and phrasing. She plays bass on several tracks, but for much of the disc, Phil Baker of Pink Martini handles the bass with Martin Zarzar, also of Pink Martini on drums. Benny Green is the pianist and on three tracks, Belinda's sister, Melissa is heard on saxophones. Nancy King adds her vocals to two selections and Egyptian Alfred Gamil adds violin to one track. Green is such a marvelous accompanist; no surprise from his tenure with Betty Carter and the rhythm is first-rate throughout.
The program opens with Underwood and Nancy King scatting to John Coltrane's "Bass Blues," followed by her lovely reading of Stevie Wonder's "Secret Life of Plants," which is one of several songs indicating a concern for things natural, even if she expresses it sometimes unusually. "No Moon At All," is a playful waltz about falling in love with Green having a choice solo. An instrumental, "Seeing Red," on which she plays bass has a Latin rhythm with Green emphatically stating the theme before her sister comes in on tenor. Her lovely way with a ballad is exhibited on "Blue Gardenia," which is followed by her rendition of the bossa, "Estate," singing about Estate and how he bathes her in the glow of his caresses and turns her no's to tender yeses. "Polar Blue," has a playfully expressed, but sober lyric about global warming, how the icebergs are melting and wondering why no one cares about the plight of polar bears. It is followed by a whimsical song of chickens in the chicken coop, recalling their fearful youth and the "Midnight Creeper," the raccoon who snook into their Hen House. Underwood's playful, vocal is matched by the delightful trio accompaniment. Then there is her demonstrative lyric about singing in odd time signatures, "Odd Meter Blues." A bit of middle eastern flavor is added by Gamil's violin on "The Oasis." On this, Belinda plays the oud as well as bass while the rhythm conjures images of a camel caravan heading to a desert oasis.
There are plenty of pleasures on "Greenspace," from the songs, the wonderful playing and, most importantly, Belinda Underwood's delightful manner in delivering a song that results in these completely enchanting performances. "Greenspace" is available from her website, www.belindaunderwood.com, cdbaby.com, amazon.com, iTunes and other discerning retailers.
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