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The Von der Heydt-Museum is located right at the heart of Wuppertal-Elberfeld's pedestrian zone. The classical building on Turmhof 8, originally the town hall of Elberfeld, became the municipal museum in 1902. From its beginnings the character of the Von der Heydt-Museum has been shaped by the middle-class residents of the towns of Elberfeld and Barmen, which merged in 1929 to form the city of Wuppertal. If the museum possesses today one of the richest collections in Germany, this is primarily due to the citizens of Wuppertal, their appreciation of art and their community spirit. The Von der Heydt-Museum owes its existence largely to the commitment shown by local residents. Especially notable as donors and patrons are the Elberfeld banker August von der Heydt (1851-1929) and his son Eduard von der Heydt (1882-1964). In grateful recognition of this the Museum has, since 1961, borne the name of the Von der Heydt family. The art lovers who made up the Barmen Art Society as well purchased important works and donated them to their museum. Over more than a hundred years, generous endowments and gifts made by citizens, together with major purchases have produced a collection of impressive size ranging from 16th century to contemporary art. Despite the enormous losses inflicted on the Museum by the National Socialist campaign against degenerate art, the collection now comprises some 3,000 paintings, 400 sculptures and around 30,000 works on paper. Areas in which the collection excels are Dutch painting of the 17th century, paintings and graphic art of the 19th century including some fine pictures of French Impressionism and 20th century painting. Expressionism, in particular, is represented with some outstanding works.
In recent years the Von der Heydt-Museum has focused its activities on the mounting of larce-scale special exhibitions on French 19th century art, devoted for example to the School of Barbizon, to Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Pierre Bonnard and Alfred Sisley. Most recent contemporary art is primarily shown in the Von der Heydt-Kunsthalle in Wuppertal-Barmen.
With its stock of over 100,000 volumes, the Von der Heydt-Museum's Library represents the largest collection of art books in the Bergische Land region. It is a reference and research library for Museum visitors, art historians, journalists, teachers, students and all local residents with an interest in art. Its resources include books, CD-Roms, videos, journals and a wealth of small publications and specialist materials that are not obtainable from bookshops.
Opening hours of the museum
Tue - Sun: 11 a.m - 6 p.m.
Thur: 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Exceptions: Ascension Day and Corpus Christi: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Closed on January 1st, Easter Monday, May 1st, Whit Monday, December 24th, 25th and December 31st.
Opening hours of the library
TUE, WED, FRI:1:30 - 3:30 p.m
THUR: 1:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Adults 12 € / Concessions 10 €
Reduced admission charge
Groups of 10 or more
School pupils, students, apprentices and trainees
Children under 6 years of age
Wuppertal school classes (advance booking required)
Tel.: 0049-202-2626, Fax: 0049-202-8091
von-der-heydt-museum@stadt.wuppertal.de
Reservation of guided tours
Tel. 0049-202-563 6397 (MO-THUR 9 a.m – 1 p.m.)
vdhm.fuehrungen@stadt.wuppertal.de
Pre-registered foreign language tours are offered in English, French, Dutch and Russian.
General Guide Fee:
60 min. foreign language tour (max. 20 persons): 150 €
60 min. foreign language tour outside regular opening hours: 200 €


Traffic rules are created for our very own safety however, few people still choose to overlook and break them from time to time for their convenience. One way to maintain the discipline on the roads, which is adopted by mostly every country, is to charge heavy fines on the lawbreakers however, a small fishing village in Iceland, Ísafjörður, decided to take upon this matter creatively instead.
Environmental commissioner Ralf Trylla took the support of painter Vegmálun GÍH to paint a pedestrian zebra crossing which gives off a 3D perception. The zebra crossing is so technically painted that its optical illusion shifts, depending on the viewer's perspective. A driver will see the white columns jumping in the air while to a pedestrian on the ground level, it will appear like a regular series of bars on the ground. The 3D zebra crossing is being experimented as of now to understand its effectiveness and if it works, the commissioner plans to implement the same in the other parts of the village as well.


A priceless piece of advice.
A revised and expanded version.
Some good things in life are free.
Michel Hodges (Blonder Home Accents) sent a nice piece of feedback about the online activity (Least Preferred Patient Test) that we published in last month's TGL . Based on Michel's and other reader's comments, we decided that this activity deserved a face-to-face version.
To identify the causes and effects of assumptions that we make.
Handout, Least Preferred Patient Test (one copy for each participant).
You can download these slides from http://www.thiagi.com/lppt/patients.zip . Alternatively, you can create your own slides using your own photographs.
Distribute copies of the Least Preferred Patient Test. Ask participants to read the instructions and circle their choice.
Give feedback about the first two patients. Ask participants who selected Patient B. R. as the least preferred patient. If anybody selected this patient, it is likely they misread the directions and selected the most preferred patient. Ask them to re-read the instructions and change their choice if they want to. Show the slide with a picture of this patient. Repeat the same procedure with Patient S. T.
Give feedback about the third patient. Ask participants who selected Patient J. T. as the least preferred patient. It is likely that everyone selected this patient. Show the slide with the cute baby picture. Pause briefly while participants realize the impulsive assumptions they made.
Just because a hospital is well known for its work in geriatrics, does it mean that it only deals with old people?
Don't have access to a laptop, projector, or screen? Print out the three Powerpoint® slides. Hold them up for the participants to see. Pass them around.
Circle the patient you would least enjoy taking care of.
B. R. is kind and appreciative. She cannot talk too much, but is otherwise communicative. She is friendly, fearless, and inquisitive. She looks good and is relatively self-sufficient. She asks about the nurse's well-being and sleeps through the night.
S. T. is grouchy, and something of a hypochondriac. He is scraggly-looking. He needs help walking, but can take care of himself when he reaches his destination. He sleeps, but not a lot.
J. T. is self-centered. He cries a lot, and can't walk or talk. He is incontinent and can't feed himself. He is almost bald, wrinkly, and cranky. He wakes up at all hours of the night.
In the past, traditional training techniques were based on the fact that content was sparse, controlled, or hidden. This resulted in training designers investing a lot of resources in creating handouts and manuals. This situation has changed drastically. Today, for example, when I searched for books on leadership at amazon.com, I came up with 17,042 different titles. When I searched for leadership in Google™, I came up with nearly a billion (915 million, to be exact) references.
These days, content is abundantly available. This is why I keep nagging trainers (and training designers) that our job is not to create content but to create activities that require and reward participants for mindfully interacting with existing content resources.
Beginning with this issue of TGL , I plan to present brief descriptions of different textra games. You may apply the main strategies in these games to create your own training activities that incorporate a variety of existing printed resources ranging from flyers and job aids to technical manuals and encyclopedias.
Here's the first set of five textra games.
Basic idea. Three teams read and analyze a research report and prepare an abstract. A fourth team comparatively evaluates the three abstracts.
Reading materials. Research reports, experimental studies, or scholarly articles.
Sample reading assignment. Individual differences in study processes and quality of learning outcomes (and four other similar research reports).
Learning outcome. Critically read research reports, prepare abstracts, and evaluate different abstracts.
Flow. Assign five different research reports for self-study by participants. Organize participants into five teams and ask each team to prepare a 100-word abstract of one of the five research reports by identifying key variables, results, and limitations of the study. Teams put their abstract inside an envelope, attach it to the research report, and give the report and the envelope to the next team. Each team now writes an abstract for a different report, places the abstract inside the envelope, and gives it to the next team. After repeating the procedure one more time, each team receives a new research report, opens the envelope, and comparatively evaluates the three abstracts.
Basic idea. Each participant prepares a summary of the main points from an article. Teams of participants evaluate summaries of another team and select the best summary.
Reading materials. Articles, new items, essays, research reports, or short chapters.
Sample reading assignment. Four types of happiness.
Learning outcome. Identify key points and summarize them.
Flow. Ask participants to read the article before coming to the training session. Ask participants to write a summary of the key ideas presented in the article. Organize participants into equal-sized teams. Distribute summaries from each team to the next one. Ask team members to collaboratively identify the best summary among those given to them. Ask the team representatives to read the selected summaries. Finally, ask all participants to vote for the best among the best summaries.
Basic idea. Participants mark a numbered space on their Bingo cards after providing correct answers to review questions related to a reading assignment. Whenever a participant marks five spaces in a straight line, she gets to mark a bonus space. First participant to mark all 25 numbered spaces wins the game.
Reading materials. Articles, reprints, pamphlets, brochures, instruction sheets, or job aids.
Sample reading assignment. Features and benefits of our newest medication.
Learning outcome. Recall factual and conceptual information.
Flow. Ask participants to read the pamphlet before coming to the session. Give a Bingo card to each participant with the numbers 1 to 25 arranged in different random orders. Ask a question related to the content of the reading assignment. Pause while participants write the answer. Announce the correct answer. Select a random number from 1-25. Ask participants with the correct answer to mark the space with that number. Repeat the process with other questions. Whenever a participant has marked five spaces in a straight line, ask her to mark a bonus space. Continue the activity until someone has marked all 25 spaces in her bingo card.
Basic idea. Participants study a two-page flyer. Each participant looks at a different page and takes turn asking questions about the content on that page.
Reading materials. Two-page flyers, brochures, fact sheets, job aids, or product brochures.
Sample reading assignment. How to recognize the agents of bioterrorism (one page dealing with plague and brucellosis and the second page dealing with anthrax and tularemia).
Learning outcome. Fluently recall key items of information.
Flow. Ask participants to study both sides of the brochure. Pair up participants and ask them to sit facing each other. Participants hold the brochure vertically in the middle so that each participant sees a different side. Ask participants to take turns asking a question based on the content on their side. If the other person gives the correct answer, she earns a point. After a suitable time, participants rotate the brochure so they see the other side. They continue taking turns to ask questions as before. When the game ends, the participant with the highest score is identified as the winner.
Basic idea. Participants begin by creating crossword puzzle clues for key terms from the reading assignment. Later, participants pair up and solve a crossword puzzle that tests the understanding of the reading assignment.
Reading materials. Articles, chapters, books, technical reports, manuals, spec sheets, theoretical papers, or research reports.
Sample reading assignment. A multicomponent conceptualization of authenticity: A theoretical model.
Learning outcome. Recall key terms, facts, and ideas.
Flow. Ask participants to pair up and prepare a list of key terms and concepts from the assigned chapter. Ask each pair to select five of these terms and create crossword puzzle clues for them. Take the word lists and clues from pairs and give them a crossword puzzle that tests the understanding of the contents of the chapter. Pause for a suitable period of time. After a suitable pause, give the solution to participant pairs and have them score their responses. Identify (and congratulate) the winning pair that has solved the most number of items.
Gregory Webb, General Manager of the Kansas City Country Club, provides this month's piece on the important—but difficult—skill of keeping our mouths shut. Thanks, Gregory.
Sometimes it takes 99 seconds of silence to get the job done.
Learning to be comfortable with silence can be difficult for some people, especially in some cultures.
Often we so want interaction that we forget to pause and let people process.
99 seconds allows participants to get caught up on notes or to revisit a thought or formulate a question.
As a facilitator it is time to scan your audience and see who needs to contribute next.
For some it is just a chance to breathe.
They say silence is golden, if so, 99 seconds is priceless!
On April 15, 1980, Thiagi designed a simulation game called Barnga , while being confined to a compound by rebel soldiers during a military coup in Liberia, West Africa. This simulation has become a classic, played by thousands of people all around the world. Hundreds of facilitators have selected Barnga as the simulation game of choice in diversity and intercultural communication.
This year, Intercultural Press is bringing out a special 25th anniversary edition of Barnga . Completely revised and enhanced by Thiagi with the help of Nancy Bragard (French), Samuel van den Bergh (German), and Ivan and Alexandra Cortes (Spanish), this edition has several unique features.
Barnga explores communication challenges across cultures. While playing this simulation game, players realize that despite good intentions, people interpret things differently in profound ways. Players learn that they must understand and reconcile these differences in order to become a functioning team. The book contains complete instructions for facilitating and debriefing the activity. While the instructions are in English, the book also contains reproducible masters for handouts and slides in French, Spanish, and German.
Now, as few as 2 and as many as 40 people can play.
Revised play-tested rules provide optimal jolt to players.
Partnership play enables players to understand the impact of peer support.
Different tournament formats raise new types of communication challenges.
Suggestions for modifying the game help you accommodate very large and very small groups of players and very tight and very generous amounts of time.
A comprehensive debriefing guide uses Thiagi's six-phase model.
A bibliography of useful references helps people to follow up the play of Barnga .
We are planning to create a special section for Barnga users in our website ( http://thiagi.com/barnga ). Whether you are a new or an experienced user of this simulation game, please contribute modifications you have made to the game, reports of interesting experiences in conducting the game, additional uses for the game, and translations of rules into other languages.
Price: $35.00. Publication date: June 2006. Number of pages: 40 pages + 80 reproducible pages in English, French, Spanish, and German.
You can order your copy of this special edition of Barnga through our secure online store.
Ask participants to cross their arms in front of their chest. Now each participant observes which arm is on top, uncrosses the arms, and re-crosses them to bring the other arm to the top. Debrief by pointing out that most people feel uncomfortable when crossing the arms with a different arm on top. Learning point: Change of any kind makes people feel uncomfortable.
Ask people to silently notice their breathing for 60 seconds. Debrief by asking them what mindfulness does to automatic behaviors.
Are you ready to interact—with yourself?
Here are some simple instructions: Place your hands in front of your chest, palm to palm, as if you are praying.
I am going to count to three. When I say "Three", push your right palm forcefully.
Are you ready? Here we go: One, two, three, … push.
Thanks. You may relax now.
And are you ready for a quick debrief?
I am not interested in your right palm. But I am curious about what you did with your left palm.
Did your left palm push back? I didn't ask you to do that.
Here's the simple learning point from this exercise: People automatically resist when they are being pushed. This is true of all kinds of pressure: physical, mental, psychological.
Are you trying to change someone's mind? Good luck. Be prepared for automatic resistance.
And, hey, thanks for letting me push you around. Goodbye from Thiagi.
The North American Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA) is a network of professionals working on the design, implementation, and evaluation of games and simulations to improve learning results in all types of organizations. NASAGA maintains a very useful web site.
Visit the web site and review the valuable information in the Resource and Community News sections. Also, read the current and back issues of SIMAGES, NASAGA's online newsletter.
The web site displays latest exciting news about NASAGA's 2006 conference (to be held October 11-14, 2006 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada).
When you visit the NASAGA web site, be sure to sign up to become a member. This membership is free and perpetual. No need to renew your membership every year. When you become a member, you are added to the NASAGA discussion group where you can ask questions and supply answers about different aspects of simulations and games.
Talk about something that you are burning to say and your audience members are dying to hear.
At a recent conference session on storytelling, Jon Pearson shared this secret of successful presentations. I think that this secret applies not only to conference presentations and storytelling but also to training sessions.
You must have passion for what you are talking about and training others to do. Otherwise, your apathy is going to contaminate your session. It is better for you to say "No" to presentation and training requests on topics that do not excite you.
Your audience must be highly motivated to listen to you and to learn from you. Unless there is a strong and direct connection between your message and the personal goals of audience members, no amount of entertaining them is going to result in sustained improvement in learning and performance.
Use Jon Pearson's criteria for evaluating the potential impact of your training sessions and conference presentations.


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Safety and Side Effects of Using Placenta-Derived Decidual Stromal Cells for Graft-versus-Host Disease and Hemorrhagic Cystitis
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Baygan, Arjang; Aronsson-Kurttila, Wictor; Moretti, Gianluca; Tibert, Babylonia; Dahllof, Goran; Klingspor, Lena; Gustafsson, Britt; Khoein, Bita; Moll, Guido; Hausmann, Charlotta; Svahn, Britt-Marie; Westgren, Magnus; Remberger, Mats; Sadeghi, Behnam; Ringden, Olle
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are increasingly used in regenerate medicine. Placenta-derived decidual stromal cells (DSCs) are a novel therapy for acute graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) and hemorrhagic cystitis (HC) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). DSCs are more immunosuppressive than MSCs. We assessed adverse events and safety using DSCs among 44 treated patients and 40 controls. The median dose of infused cells was 1.5 (range 0.9–2.9) × 106 DSCs/kg. The patients were given 2 (1–5) doses, with a total of 82 infusions. Monitoring ended 3 months after the last DSC infusion. Three patients had transient reactions during DSC infusion. Laboratory values, hemorrhages, and transfusions were similar in the two groups. The frequency of leukemic relapse (2/2, DSC/controls) and invasive fungal infections (6/6) were the same in the two groups. Causes of death were those seen in HSCT patients: infections (5/3), respiratory failure (1/1), circulatory failure (3/1), thromboembolism (1/0), multiorgan failure (0/1), and GVHD and others (2/7). One-year survival for the DSC patients with GVHD was 67%, which was significantly better than achieved previously at our center. One-year survival was 90% in the DSC-treated HC group. DSC infusions appear safe. Randomized studies are required to prove efficacy.
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mesenchymal stromal cells
hemorrhagic cystitis
decidual stromal cells
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Frontiers in Immunology. - 8 (2017), 795
http://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2017.00795
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10.3389/fimmu.2017.00795
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
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STEM Careers is a digital toolkit for students and teachers. It helps to make the link between the Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths subjects people study in school, college or university and the world of work. Its goal is to bring alive the huge range of opportunities which are open to anyone who pursues STEM subjects.
STEM matters. People with STEM qualifications are in demand: you put yourself in a stronger position in today's competitive job market. Studying STEM subjects leads directly to a huge variety of exciting and rewarding career opportunities.
And with STEM skills, you can make a big contribution to many of the big challenges facing society today.
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Background information and facts on the demand for STEM skills.
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The Quebec Coyotes? A Potential Move From the Desert
April 15, 2013 by Mark Wallace Graham
(Ed Mulholland-US PRESSWIRE)
The Phoenix Coyotes situation is a mess. An absolute mess. The NHL has been trying to unload the team since it took control of the Coyotes in a bankruptcy court. The city of Glendale, Arizona is simply running out of money and has to lay off many its municipal workers because of an NHL team. So, why doesn't Gary Bettman just cut his losses and allow an owner to buy the team and move out? Somewhere where people love hockey and the team doesn't have to play second, or even third, fiddle.
Somewhere like Quebec City. Quebec City is more than capable of supporting an NHL team and its about time the league looks into bringing the Nordiques back. The Nordiques faithful have put on rallies in Quebec City and even in New Jersey, so, it appears as if the fans really want a team back. But why did they leave in the first place? Let's go back to 1995.
The Problem With the Nordiques
The mid 90s were a rough time for Canadian teams due to the weak Canadian dollar and the Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, and Winnipeg Jets were in danger of moving. The Nordiques were no different. Canadian teams revenues are earned in Canadian dollars, but player salaries were paid in US dollars, this caused problems for quite a few Canadian teams.
Another problem facing the Nordiques was the cultural difference between Quebec City and the rest of the league. Quebec City is a mostly francophone city and its public address announcements were only given in French, unlike in Montreal were both French and English were spoken. There was a lack of English language media in the city causing marketability problems with the Nordiques and many non-French Canadians did not want to play in Quebec City, such as Eric Lindros.
Nordiques ownership asked for a bailout from the Quebec provincial government, but was denied. Quebec premier at the time Jacques Parizeau countered with a proposal of his own, but it simply wasn't enough to keep the Nordiques in town. Ownership had no other choice but to sell to a group from Denver, Colorado and, thus, the Colorado Avalanche was born.
Flash forward 18 years later and Quebec City is still without an NHL franchise while cities like Phoenix and Miami have one, but struggle mightily.
Why? Money, money, money.
The Problem With the Phoenix Coyotes?
Gary Bettman knows that the Phoenix and Miami media markets garner more revenue than say a Quebec City or even a Calgary or Edmonton. The Phoenix Coyotes are struggling and the city of Glendale, Arizona, where Jobing.com Arena is located, had to eat some money just to keep the team in town.
Glendale has considered putting up its city hall and police station as collateral to help quell the $41 million debt brought on by the Coyotes. I'm a big hockey fan, but having a city hall and a police station is so much more important than the NHL. The city of Glendale needs to realize this and just let the team go for the future of the city.
Bettman never fought this hard when the Winnipeg Jets were preparing to leave for Phoenix because he saw dollar signs. Bettman over the past few years has been fighting hard for both the Atlanta Thrashers and the Phoenix Coyotes. The Thrashers attendance and money woes were simply too much for Bettman and he finally relented and let the team move to Winnipeg, the former home of the Coyotes. The Coyotes had a potential owner in RIM CEO Jim Balsillie, but only if he could move the team to Hamilton, Ontario. Bettman refused to sell to Balsillie and, so, the deal was off.
Clearly, Phoenix isn't going to work out for the NHL, so, even with its past troubles, Quebec City is the best possible option.
Why Quebec City?
The problems that caused the Nordiques to leave in the first place can or already is resolved. The Canadian dollar is much stronger now than it was in the mid 90s and the Canadian teams that were once in danger of moving in the 90s are pretty much safe now.
While there still is a lack of English language media in Quebec City, I believe that, this time around, the Nordiques would be able to overcome this problem. Something as simple as having public address announcements in both French and English could help market the team better and help get some free agents to sign with Quebec. Seems crazy that a small move like that would do so much, but it really would.
A new arena has broken ground to replace the antiquated Colisée de Quebec. The Quebecor Arena broke ground in September of last year and is expected to be completed in 2015. The new Quebecor Arena is being built in hopes of bringing an NHL franchise to Quebec City and showing Gary Bettman that the city is completely serious about this.
The fans are rabid. The Nordiques fans have set up rallies in Quebec City by painting the town blue and hijacked a Devils-Bruins game in 2011 to show the NHL they want a team back. If Quebec City gets an NHL team back, attendance wouldn't be an issue with a new arena and could even beat the Coyotes, who average 13,927 fans per game this season, only the New York Islanders bring in less fans.
Quebec City is constantly at the top of player's polls for the city most deserving of an NHL team. Winnipeg was further down on the list, but was able to get a team back, so, why not Quebec City? Why not now?
Why Quebec City Wouldn't Work
However, some problems still loom for Quebec City. Quebec City was the smallest NHL market before they left and would still be the smallest market once, or if, they came back. They were also the second smallest North American market, only to the Green Bay Packers. That they really can't help.
Although Green Bay is smaller, they are the only NFL team in the state of Wisconsin, so, fans all over the state help make the team survive. Meanwhile, the Quebec Nordiques would always play second fiddle to the Montreal Canadiens in the province of Quebec. Also, Quebec City is too far away from Montreal to tap into their fanbase.
Even though Phoenix is struggling, the Phoenix media market will always be stronger than the Quebec City market. The NHL and channels like the NBC Sports Network wouldn't garner much revenue from a small media market like Quebec City, so, markets like Phoenix and Miami get the NHL more money. I understand why Bettman is fighting so hard to keep the these teams in their market, but only to a certain extent.
Hopefully we'll know soon about the Coyotes future and whether they will high tale it out of the desert. If they do, they should consider the Great White North and Quebec City. Hopefully we'll see the baby blue, igloo and fleur-de-lis adorned jerseys take the ice once again.
Vive les Nordiques!
Mark Wallace Graham
Mark Wallace Graham has been a writer for TheHockeyWriters.com since March 2013. Growing up in New England, Boston Bruins hockey was in my blood. Follow me on Twitter, @MarkWGraham
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13 thoughts on "The Quebec Coyotes? A Potential Move From the Desert"
Actually, Quebec is a bigger market then Winnipeg. Winnipeg and Quebec Metro area are pretty much the same (around 700,000), although Nordiques gathers support in eastern Quebec,Saguenay Lac-St-Jean, Trois-Rivieres area, Beauce…Once you add up all those regions (2hrs drive around the area except the regions near MTL which is Habs all the way), you easily get to 2 millions (+100 000 Beauce, +300 000 Saguenay, +250 000 Mauricie, Centre-du-Québec +200,000, +200 000 Bas-St-Laurent), which is almost double the population of whole Manitoba.
Considering the way stronger economy of the city compared to early '90s, a market that is bigger then 20 years ago and the CAD in a better position then it was, there is no cons for the return of the Nordiques, except maybe the corporate presence but it's not that bad.
Jeff Bucki
While Phoenix is a bigger market than Quebec City, a new team in Quebec is likely to be far more profitable. You'll have an avid fanbase and will be able to charge higher ticket prices. It would be the same boost as swapping Atlanta for Winnipeg. Plus, with the Canadian dollar at par, the Canadian franchises represent one/third of the NHL's revenues. That's a huge number, and that makes this decision easy. The Phoenix market might be more glamorous, but as a true hockey city, Quebec City has the fans and corporate support to make this work.
Jesse Fornash
Time to pull the plug on that Phoenix abomination, and BRING BACK THE QUEBEC NORDIQUES!!! Only Gary Bettman doesn't seem to realize that doing so would make too much sense, and do nothing but good for the league! Hope it happens soon!
Jeff Suzuki
The province of Quebec has fans that like both teams (HABS and former Nordiques) The writer knows nothing of Quebec's passion for hockey, Mtl to Que is only a 2.5 hour drive, the Quebec arena will be filled by Habs hockey fans that cannot buy season tickets in MTL….If Habs fans take flights to other destinations in North America to cheer their team, they will become Nordiques fans if they can get season tickets…
Also, Quebec City is too far away from Montreal to tap into their fanbase.
Devin Maroney
Miami doesn't have a hockey team. The city of Sunrise does which is an hour north of Miami, with no traffic. It's more Ft. Lauderdale than Miami. Do your geographical research.
Randy Heaton
mortgaging the city's assets is not new in AZ where the capitol bldg was leased. That the coyotes draw even 12,000 -13,000 a game considering the uncertainty around the team is amazing. Glendale should have accepted or supported the Balsisle (sp?) bid in bankruptcy instead of siding with the NHL and Bettman.
Marc-André Parizeau
@Goerge Yes, the attendance has gone up but you neglect to mention that most of the tickets sold are done at a ridiculously low price. You can find tickets for 4$ on StubHub.com
Also, when the last budget came out, when Jamison was still the savior, what the city had to pay Jamison to "manage"the yotes, the arena would have to be full capacity on every game, the yotes would not only have to make the playoffs but also win the Stanley cup or at least be the finalist each and every year for 20 years and even then, the city of Glendale would be losing money.
So unless you can tell me honestly (also prove it!) that buying/managing the yotes is an intelligent, responsible and PROFITABLE thing to do, your eggs are cooked.
Thank you and have a nice day :)
Yeah, but electronic delivery alone is around $10 or something. And to have it delivered in any other way still inflates the actual cost of a stubhub ticket.
George Fallar
Exactly what numbers are you basing your second statement on? Making blanket statements is simple with no supporting documentation, people do it all the time.
StubHub seats are already sold. Can you find cheap tickets for other arenas on StubHub? For tonight's game there are a total of 276 tickets available, the cheapest is $25. That's the least expensive FACE VALUE ticket available any time during the year.
For the next Senators game, there are MORE tickets (394) available and the cheapest ticket is $14.99. Oilers game tomorrow? MORE tickets (321) and cheapest ticket is $15.
The StubHub argument is ludicrous unless you also accept that Canadian teams are dumping tickets to fill their barns. Those are facts, not general statements with no support.
How long will it take Quebec to NOT lose money on their $400M arena if Quebecor is paying them $5M per year? Who pays the utilities, by the way, do we know?
Phillipe Henry
When you speak about inventing number, you're talking about the $5M per year you created all by yourself?
You blame people for errors you also commit…
I am aware the actual published number for Quebecor's "rent" is a bit over $3M, but early on there was mention of $5M. Is that the number that's created all by myself? If so, what is the correct number and where is it cited? I'd be happy to correct errors. So, a link?
Glendale "laying off workers" is incorrect. Budget decisions are currently in the works, the people "laid off" are positions left unfilled. If you were familiar with the actual process instead of the summaries from hockey blogs, you'd be aware that Glendale has budget issues that have NOTHING to do with hockey. For example, spend three minutes doing some Google research on "Camelback Ranch" before stating a "fact" that Glendale's problems are hockey related.
Every other thing you mention related to "paying for the Coyotes" is also incorrect. There has been no public discussion of what plans are being considered for Glendale to deal with the arena they own and have to service the debt on even if it's empty. Do you know what that debt service amount is? I doubt it. Are you aware that debt has been refinanced since the blog posts you quote as your research were written? Probably not.
You mention one of the problems the Nordiques had was the cultural difference between Quebec City and the rest of the league. Has that changed?
While the commitment of the city and provincial government is obvious based on their $400M expenditure and the passage of Bill 204, the commitment of the NHL is still very much up in the air based on public statements from the Commissioner.
As far as attendance goes, yes it's nearly the worst in the NHL. Yet there has been a six percent increase this season despite ongoing ownership uncertainty and despite a complete lack of interest from the NHL spending promotion money. Any UNBIASED assessment of the ownership of the Coyotes would clearly point to mishandling of the team, using them as a loss leader and a cash cow for real estate and flight charter businesses.
Wait for expansion, if there is any.
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How Russell Wilson's net worth compare to Lamar Jackson's?
How does Russell Wilson's net worth stack up against fellow guaranteed contract hopeful Lamar Jackson?
By Adam Hulse
Modified 29 Nov 2022
Russell Wilson and Lamar Jackson have a significant gap in their net worths at this point in their NFL careers. Much of that has to do with their age, service time in the NFL, and more specifically, their contract situations. Wilson is currently in his 11th year in the NFL, while Jackson is in just his fifth.
NFL players have the opportunity to make millions of dollars through their player contracts. This is especially true for superstar players like Russell Wilson and Lamar Jackson. They are also able to build their net worth in many other ways, such as through endorsements and business ventures, branding their celebrity status. Here's how Wilson and Jackson currently stack up in 2022.
Russell Wilson's net worth in 2022
Russell Wilson's net worth is currently estimated to be around $165 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. He has accumulated the majority of his wealth by being one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL over the last decade. He was initially selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2012 NFL Draft, where he signed his rookie deal.
Wilson signed a contract extension with the Seahawks in 2015 worth $87.6 million. He then signed another one in 2019 worth $140 million, setting an NFL record for the most money on a single contract. He then signed another contract extension in 2022 after joining the Denver Broncos worth a massive $242 million.
Wilson's iconic status in the NFL has landed him a ton of endorsements, including Pepsi and Nike, among many others. He is also the partial owner of the Seattle Sounders FC in the MLS. He is an investor and business partner in many various ventures, including his own brand, 3BRAND. All of this contributes to his net worth.
Lamar Jackson's net worth in 2022
Lamar Jackson currently has a net worth estimated at around $5 million in 2022. He has spent his entire NFL career so far with the Baltimore Ravens since being selected in the 2018 NFL Draft. He played out his four-year rookie contract before the Ravens picked up his fifth-year team option, worth around $23 million.
While he is yet to sign a mega-contract that will significantly increase his net worth, Lamar Jackson is seeking to do so at the conclusion of the 2022 NFL season when he becomes a free agent. He has endorsement deals, including Oakley, among others. He also started his own clothing brand, Era 8 Apparel.
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The founders of the now-defunct cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) have been served subpoenas by the fund's liquidators via Twitter. While serving subpoenas on Twitter is rare, it has happened on various occasions in the past, including when Wikileaks was served on Twitter in 2018.
Founders of Defunct Crypto Hedge Fund Contacted Electronically on Twitter Due to Difficulties Reaching Them
Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, the founders of Three Arrows Capital (3AC), have allegedly been hard to contact in regard to the bankruptcy liquidation process. The now-bankrupt cryptocurrency hedge fund filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in the first week of July 2022. However, creditors and liquidators involved in the 3AC bankruptcy process have stated that contacting the founders has been difficult, and a judge has allowed liquidators to contact them electronically via email and Twitter.
Davies and Zhu have been using Twitter more frequently in recent times, particularly after the collapse of FTX. They have been vocal critics of Genesis and Digital Currency Group (DCG) amid controversy surrounding Genesis's liquidity problems with Gemini. Davies has also been discussing the UST depegging and LUNA incident. The Twitter account "3ACLiquidation" served subpoenas to the 3AC founders via Twitter on Jan. 5, 2023.
The 3ACLiquidation Twitter account wrote, "Kyle Davies, jpg copies of the subpoena are attached to this tweet by way of service. An unredacted copy of the subpoena was served via email and can be provided upon request." The founders were mocked on Twitter after people saw the Twitter-issued subpoena. Nic Carter tweeted in response, "Shouldn't have tweeted so much eh Kyle?" Davies' last tweet was on January 4, 2023, while Zhu's last tweet was recorded on the same day as he casually commented on the new artificial intelligence (AI) software Chatgpt.
Davies and Zhu are not the only individuals or organizations that have been served with subpoenas via Twitter. In August 2018, Wikileaks was served by Cohen Milstein, a litigation firm representing the Democratic National Committee (DNC), on Twitter over allegations of collusion with Russia. In 2016, a Kuwaiti man was served his subpoena via Twitter after a federal court allowed the procedure.
Four weeks ago, Davies claimed liquidators refused "to engage" with the duo "constructively." 3AC liquidators have gathered tens of millions of dollars in fiat, NFTs, and digital tokens and during the first week of Dec. 2022, the bankruptcy liquidators filed a motion to confiscated a $30 million super yacht reportedly owned by the 3AC founders.
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My hat's off to Imperial College London researchers who found a way to turn cholesterol-lowering statin drugs into a punch line.
Here's the ICL plan: Fast food restaurants should give out free statin pills to customers to offset the unhealthy effects of junk food.
This seriously strange plan was cooked up after the ICL team reviewed seven statin trials and came to the conclusion that a daily statin can erase the heart-harmful effects from daily consumption of a Quarter Pounder with cheese and a small milkshake.
The ICL paper was published in the American Journal of Cardiology, which is a pretty odd name for a humor magazine.
First–please don't give dietary supplements a bad name by using the word "supplements" in place of "statins." A multivitamin is a supplement. A statin is a chemical experiment in a pill. Big difference.
Brilliant! Just step up to the condiment bar and grab packets of ketchup, mustard, salt, pepper, and statins.
No. It's not ironic. I think the phrase Dr. Francis is looking for here is "completely appropriate." Because– newsflash!–Ketchup doesn't cause muscle damage or cataracts.
Here's what IS ironic: The BBC article about the ICL statin scheme includes a link to a May 2010 BBC article titled "Unintended Statin Side-Effect Risks Uncovered." And that in itself is pretty laughable–as if researchers suddenly, just this year, made the startling discovery that statins have side effects.
And as we now know, statin-related muscle weakness is a symptom of muscle damage.
So just imagine the side effect consequences if every McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, KFC, Taco Bell, Dominos, etc., put out complimentary statins for their customers. Hundreds of thousands of people would take them every day– adults, teens, even young kids–and the mounting side effects over the years would be devastating.


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The Manchester Institute Cancer Research UK
All Paterson Institute for Cancer Research
Involvement of alkylating agents in schistosome-associated bladder cancer: the possible basic mechanisms of induction.
Badawi, Alaa F
Mostafa, M H
O'Connor, Peter J
Department of Environmental Studies, Alexandria University, Egypt.
Carcinoma of the urinary bladder is a common malignancy in many tropical and subtropical countries. There is a well documented sequela of chronic urinary schistosomal infection and bladder cancer associated with schistosomiasis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the endemic areas. Experimental bladder cancer can be induced in schistosome-infected animals. Multiple factors have been suggested as causative agents in schistosome-associated bladder carcinogenesis and the N-nitroso compounds appear to be of particular importance. These agents have long been suspected to play a major role in the aetiology of a variety of human cancers. A model for the induction of bladder cancer associated with schistosomiasis is proposed which takes into account the interrelationships between different factors resulting from the infection, especially the role of alkylating agents that can contribute to the induction of this neoplasm.
Involvement of alkylating agents in schistosome-associated bladder cancer: the possible basic mechanisms of induction. 1992, 63 (3):171-88 Cancer Lett.
Cancer Letters
Molecular and genetic events in schistosomiasis-associated human bladder cancer: role of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes.
Authors: Badawi AF
Issue date: 1996 Aug 2
Relationship between schistosomiasis and bladder cancer.
Authors: Mostafa MH, Sheweita SA, O'Connor PJ
Possible mechanisms of alteration in the capacities of carcinogen metabolizing enzymes during schistosomiasis and their role in bladder cancer induction.
Authors: Badawi AF, Mostafa MH
Issue date: 1993 Nov-Dec
O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase activity in schistosomiasis-associated human bladder cancer.
Authors: Badawi AF, Cooper DP, Mostafa MH, Aboul-Azm T, Barnard R, Margison GP, O'Connor PJ
Urinary excretion of nitrate, nitrite and N-nitroso compounds in Schistosomiasis and bilharzia bladder cancer patients.
Authors: Tricker AR, Mostafa MH, Spiegelhalder B, Preussmann R
Issue date: 1989 Mar


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China jumped into the Prophet controversy, gave this statement about the atrocities on Uighur Muslims
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Beijing: China has also jumped into the ongoing controversy over alleged controversial remarks made by two former BJP leaders on Prophet Muhammad and expressed hope that the incident can be dealt with appropriately. China said that "it believes that different civilizations, different religions should respect each other and coexist on the same level."
Responding to a question by state-run Chinese media on the protests against alleged remarks made by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, "We have looked into the relevant news. We hope that the incident concerned can be dealt with properly." He said that it is important to discard arrogance and prejudice and everyone should respect each other's religions.
BJP suspends two of its leaders
The BJP on June 5 suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled its Delhi unit's media chief Naveen Kumar Jindal for his alleged remarks on Prophet Mohammad. Amid protests by Muslim groups over the remarks, the party issued a statement aimed at addressing the concerns of minorities, saying it respected all religions.
Statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs of India
The Ministry of External Affairs has said that India gives the highest respect to all religions. The ministry spokesman said last week that the objectionable tweets and comments defaming a religious personality were made by certain individuals. He had said that they do not in any way reflect the views of the Government of India and strict action has already been taken against these persons by the respective bodies.
Significantly, China is facing serious allegations of large-scale action against Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang province. However, China has been denying these allegations.
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Q: Как конвертировать МФА в речь с помощью Python Какой модуль использовать чтобы конвертировать МФА в речь на mac os x в python ? Желательно, чтобы были функции по настройке голоса как в pyttsx3.

A: Посмотрите в сторону модуля ipapy.
Также почитайте на английской версии стака: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11911028/python-arpabet-phonetic-transcription
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USS PUEBLO – An Odyssey of Captivity (Part 3 of 7)
The drawing shows Chief Kell entering his room in "The Barn," destined to be his imprisonment cell for the next six weeks.
A single, uncovered light bulb hung in the middle of the room lighted day and night. There were four low, wooden cots, a table and four chairs. The walls were covered with bullet holes and dirt. Many of the Pueblo crewmen wondered whether if previous prisoners had met their demise there. There was about a half inch of space between each wooden floor boards in the poorly constructed and drafty building. The windows were covered with glued-on newspaper. For heat there was a barely functioning slightly hissing radiator that provided little heat.
The Barn offered the Pueblo crew little, delay or primitive medical treatment for wounds they suffered during the seizure of their ship. The crew was routinely interrogated, tortured and injured. Wounds became infected and surgery was in some cases performed without anesthetics.
Horrible food and dirty drinking water caused dysentery and weight loss, affecting everyone. The food was indescribably bad, including rotting fish that the crew nicknamed "sewer trout," watery pig fat soup, parts of pig including fatty skin with hair still on it and occasional eyeball or tooth, rice, bread, maggots, dead flies and some goat milk.
The crew was only allowed to use the toilet twice per day. The clothes they were wearing were the same clothes they had when they were taken captive – some still caked with blood from wounds and holes from shrapnel fragments.
The single luxury afforded the captives was cigarettes and matches.
Note: The drawing is slightly in error in that a blanket is depicted on a crewman. Blankets were not provided
Approximately one week after their capture, the Pueblo crewmen were allowed to bathe for the first time since their capture. Awaken in the middle of the night, they were led in groups to a small, rickety bus which transported them to a bath house located several miles away. They walked from the back door of the "The Barn," with their heads down and carrying newly issued toiletries and utensils in one hand and a small bar of soap, soap dish and a towel in the other hand.
While en route the guard in the bus flipped the safety of his AK-47 assault rifle on and off absent mindedly. He realized that he did not know whether the safety was on or off. He resolved the problem by pulling the trigger. Fortunately for the roof of the bus, the safety was on and the guard displayed a relieved look.
The requirement to walk with their head bowed and fists clenched plagued them throughout their captivity.
A harrowing experience with Genghis Khan (the Barber)
On their twelfth day of captivity, the Pueblo crewmen received their first shave. A North Korean civilian barber left many faces bloodied and nicked as he hacked through many days of growth with a dull, straight razor. Since some of the crewmen had beards because they had not shaved since leaving Sasebo. This experience was not soon forgotten!
Any whimper or wincing by a crewmen was met with a slap to the head. Later, in the next imprisonment, nicknamed the "Country Club," one of the Pueblo crewmen, Policarpo "Peepee" Garcia gave the haircuts and shaves. A standard barber chair also replaced the plain wooden chair.
Keeping "The Barn" Clean
Cleaning "The Barn" was a daily routine for the men. But the only cleaning supplies they had were rags, a bucket of cold water and a useless broom. The broom was about three feet in length with a thin square handle and a couple of straws for the brush. At best, this allowed the men to push the dirt from one place to another. The wooden floor had a half inch space between each board so the men used matches to dig out the dirt between the boards. Over time the broom became an object of entertainment as the crew would try to find humor in the midst of the adversity.
The "Home" of the USS Pueblo crew from March 4, 1968 to their release on December 23, 1968
After about six weeks confined to the "The Barn," the Pueblo crew moved to a new location, sardonically referred to as the "Country Club." Originally an army compound, the two major buildings were a three story structure that held the Pueblo crewmen and a two story structure where the two press conferences were held during the crew's captivity.
Additionally, there were storage sheds and a single guard shack building next to a running track. Across the track were several flag poles and two cement lined square pits about three feet deep used to collect rain water. Behind the storage sheds, at the far end of the field, was a small orchard and a propaganda billboard. Also in the compound was a volleyball and basketball court with a small podium next to them. Last, there was an eight-foot-high wooden wall and a short tunnel apparently used as an obstacle course. Surrounding the entire compound was a fifteen-foot-high dirt mound.
Note: In this drawing the nearby village and Pyongyang are depicted several miles away.
By CAPT Ron Samuelson, USN, (ret.)


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Letter: Historical Society Presses On
in: Clubs & Organizations, From Our Readers
Many months ago, the Woodbridge Board of Selectmen (BOS), acting on the recommendation of the First Selectman and the Town Attorney, countermanded a decision by the Amity and Woodbridge Historical Society (AWHS) Board of Directors in order to favor the interests of the tenant who was living in the caretaker cottage of the Thomas Darling Museum. This decision was in direct violation of its long-term agreement with the town that gives it managerial authority over the museum site. Since that time the AWHS has been asking for the BOS to return the caretaker residence to our use and to revise and strengthen the Agreement to make clear that the AWHS is the Town's manager for the site.
After 10 months of meetings with members of the AWHS Board and its attorney, fruitless efforts to find alternative living and farming arrangements acceptable to the tenant, and hundreds of entreaties from the public and current and former legislators in the form of letters, public comments, and petitions, the Woodbridge BOS scheduled a special meeting on February 25 to vote on the matter. Three entities were invited to give proposals: The Historical Society, the farmer, and a third "interested party," followed by discussion and Board vote. Sadly, it was evident from the pre-scripted questions that were asked and the lack of interest in any aspect of our proposal that the complicated and lengthy motion made by the First Selectman was prepared in advance of the meeting before any presentations were made.
There were two aspects of the motion that appeared to comply with our request – to return the caretaker residence to us and to direct the town attorney (again) to work on a new, long-term agreement with the AWHS – yet most of the motion was designed to undermine and breach our current agreement with the town and eviscerate our role as the town's designated agent and site manager. Back in June Selectman Dey asked a question of his fellow selectmen which was, "Why are we not listening to the advice of our agents [the AWHS] for the property? We believe the answer lies with the outsized and unmerited influence of individuals who seek to discredit the Society with inflammatory comments in public, in private, and on social media.
Although this issue began as a dispute over the caretaker residence, which will now be reclaimed by the AWHS in May, there are still larger and more complex issues in play that may have much more severe and long-lasting detrimental consequences for the use and preservation of the Site. This latest motion fundamentally changed the definition of the Museum Property from what is in our agreement, both in writing and on a map, to give control over everything but the house and the caretaker cottage to an as-yet-undefined "Oversight Committee". This committee is the brainchild of two individuals who have sought to displace the AWHS in order to gain control of the site to further their own personal agendas by working behind the scenes with political contacts.
In discussions about the makeup and role of this Oversight Committee, it became clear that these two individuals would be given two of five seats on this committee while the AWHS would be relegated to a role of financier for the committee's decisions.
The implication is that AWHS cannot manage the site. If that were true, none of us would have anything to discuss now because there would be no museum site. Breaking up the Museum site and assigning responsibility to different parties will do more harm than good. At best, it will be very inefficient. Worse, it will put decisions about preservation of the Site in the hands of people without the experience, knowledge, and resources of the AWHS. We must work to reverse or modify this decision to keep it from doing more harm.
We are still unable to formally accept the state's $48,000 Good to Great grant to make improvements to the museum because, although on paper our current long-term agreement satisfies the State's requirements, the Town has repeatedly violated it, most recently in new, more serious ways such that we cannot be confident that we will be allowed to occupy the Thomas Darling property long enough to fulfill the terms of the grant or to merit a long-term investment from our treasury into the property.
We are disappointed in these new developments as the purpose of the Good to Great grant is to make innovative improvements to the museum that would allow it to become a destination site in CT, as the BOS stated was its specific wish for the property, and at no cost to taxpayers. Unfortunately, even though the State has verified that they believe that the AWHS has maintained an outstanding example of a historic house museum with a worthy mission and a great track record of innovative programming, fiscal responsibility, and successful preservation, we have not been able to convince certain members of the BOS of the same thing.
The continuing narrative that we are unwilling to work with volunteers and incapable of caring for the buildings and grounds at the Darling Property is patently false. Understand that our recommendations and choices are based on a plan for improved maintenance at the site, thus we had no choice but to part ways with individuals who were making it challenging to focus on and fulfill our mission. First, we sought a new resident caretaker who would better fulfill the duties of that role. Second, we parted ways with our volunteer historical consultant because not only was he actively attempting to undermine our relationship with the Town, his failure to follow through on promises was preventing us from completing necessary renovations to the buildings on the site. Instead we sought out more expertise from Preservation Trust and the State Historic Preservation Office and had established a road map to submit grants for assessment as well as restoration of the buildings, as outlined in our proposal on the 25th.
The town continues to stymy us on our plans for improved management of the site but we are tired of waiting on their cooperation. We must begin working on necessary restoration to the barn, as was brought to their attention by the AWHS at a site visit with the First Selectman and other town officials in the summer of 2018. We will move forward with our plans to write a grant for the property, as it is in the best interests for the preservation of the site, and ask the Town, as the owners, to submit this $20,000 grant proposal for the pre-development work required for State Restoration Grant monies. If they hold this grant up, as they are holding up the $48,000 Good to Great Grant, then the taxpayers as well as the site will suffer.
We regret that we still are not able to say the museum is out of danger, but we wish to thank everyone who called, wrote, testified, or signed a petition or petition letter. With your continued support we shall continue to try to work with the town to further the best interests of the Thomas Darling Property.
AWHS Board of Directors
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While it's important to understand that "No" is a full sentence, and we need to be able to use that in our lives when we need to, it's just as important to shout "Yes!" to life's many opportunities. We only get one chance at this great thing, we might as well give it our all, eh?
I don't figure that when I'm taking my last breath I will be thinking of all the rotten things I did, or even all the good things I did. I reckon I'll be thinking of the chances I missed because I was too scared or too hesitant when I thought maybe I couldn't do it. Or wasn't good enough, smart enough, pretty enough, on and on and on.
Today I shout a giant "YES!" to life. I'm ready. I'm so there.
Ahem. Maybe one day at a time.
How about you? What have you said yes to lately? What are you willing to say yes to?


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