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Georgia DACA Recipients Lead the Fight for Cheaper Tuition
10 DACA recipient students in Georgia filed a lawsuit on Tuesday asking Georgia University's board to give them in-state tuition rates. The same group of students filed a lawsuit in February of 2016, which was dismissed by the Georgia Supreme Court. The students...
Will Supreme Court Deliver the Much Anticipated Relief for Immigrant Families?
Nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants eagerly await the Supreme Court's decision on the scope of Presidential Executive Order. The state of Texas and 25 other states sued the Federal Government, denouncing President's Executive Order, particularly Deferred Action...
'Undocumented' Immigrants and Taxes
In a November interview with CNN host Erin Burnett, Trump asked "Do you think an illegal immigrant getting money is going to be paying taxes." Trump's question started a debate in our country as to whether undocumented immigrants were paying government taxes and...
The Presidential Election and Immigration
With the presidential election just around the corner, the headlines and news reporting are centered around the major issues facing this country. Amongst these headlines are many topics such as terrorism, healthcare, unemployment, the economy etc. However, in my...
Children In Deportation
Children in Deportation As a mother and a legal assistant working for an immigration attorney any story that talks about children being deported interests me. That is how I came across the story of Kimberly. Kimberly is a 19-year-old girl...
Get Your Mexican Birth Certificate in The United States
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January 15,2015 – Starting today, All the 50 Mexican Consulates in the United States will be able to issue birth certificates to mexican citizens. This will make it easier for immigrant people from Mexico to apply for Driver's Licenses, Work permits,...
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Christopher Sherwood, PhD
Research Oceanographer
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
csherwood@usgs.gov
384 Woods Hole Road
coastal and nearshore oceanography
sediment transport
coastal morphology
ocean processes
storm surge
water circulation
Chris (he/him/his), is a coastal oceanographer with expertise in measuring and modeling sediment transport and coastal morphology changes.
Research Oceanographer, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Woods Hole, MA, 1999 – present.
Affiliate Faculty, Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2009 – present
Guest Investigator, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 2011 – present
Senior Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. Geological Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 1995
M.S. Geological Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 1982
A.B. Economics and Environmental St
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TypeActivityCapabilityEventFieldworkPriorityProgramProjectResearchTopic
Remote Sensing Coastal Change
We use remote-sensing technologies—such as aerial photography, satellite imagery, structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry, and lidar (laser-based surveying)—to measure coastal change along U.S. shorelines.
Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Using Video Imagery to Study Storm Events at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
Two video cameras were temporarily mounted on a dune at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Using Video Imagery to Study Head of the Meadow Beach
Two video cameras are mounted on a bluff near Head of the Meadow Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, North Truro, MA. One camera looks alongshore toward the north-northeast, and the second looks directly offshore (northeast). The cameras are part of a U.S. Geological Survey research project to study the beach and nearshore environment shared by beachgoers, shorebirds, seals, and sharks. The work is...
Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
DUNEX Hazards at Pea Island
DANGER! INSTRUMENTS IN THE WATER AT PEA ISLAND!
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
DUNEX Aerial Imagery of the Outer Banks
The During Nearshore Event Experiment (DUNEX) project is a large collaborative scientific study focusing on understanding the consequences of coastal storms on the morphology of coastal ecosystems. By flying large sections of the coast and collecting still images using structure from motion (SfM) techniques, we hope to contribute high resolution (20cm) elevation maps for time series comparisons...
DUNEX Pea Island Experiment
The DUring Nearshore Event eXperiment (DUNEX) is an aggregation of multiple scientific organizations collaborating to increase understanding of nearshore processes. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has chosen Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge as a study location to investigate and characterize the magnitude and timing of changes to coastal morphology (i.e., dunes, shorelines), bathymetry, and...
USGS DUNEX Operations on the Outer Banks
DUring Nearshore Event eXperiment (DUNEX) is a multi-agency, academic, and non-governmental organization (NGO) collaborative community experiment designed to study nearshore coastal processes during storm events. The experiment began in 2019 and is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2021. USGS participation in DUNEX will contribute new measurements and models that will increase our...
Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Using Video Imagery to Study Marconi Beach
Two video cameras are mounted on a bluff above Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Wellfleet, MA. One camera looks alongshore toward the northeast, and the second looks directly offshore (east). The cameras are part of a U.S. Geological Survey research project to study the beach and nearshore environment shared by beachgoers, shorebirds, seals, and sharks. The work is being conducted under...
Morphologic changes from sound-side inundation of North Core Banks, NC during Hurricane Dorian
Morphologic changes from sound-side inundation of North Core Banks, Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina, during Hurricane Dorian
Sea Floor Stress and Sediment Mobility Database
The U.S. Geological Survey Sea Floor Stress and Sediment Mobility Database contains estimates of wave-current bottom stress and sediment mobility for the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coast continental shelf regions.
Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements- Field Measurements and Model Applications
Several components of this project are applications to evaluate the model against critical field measurements or to test new model components. Data from field measurements is described in our publications and available in our databases.
Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements- Advances in Instrumentation
Ongoing acquisition of new instruments and development of analytical methods provides us with the means to make better observations of coastal ocean processes. The measurements provide us with insight and data for critical evaluation of model performance. Advances in a range of measurement capabilities, including bottom stress, sediment erodibility, water properties and nutrient concentrations...
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Meteorological data from Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina, 9/13/2021 to 10/24/2021
Meteorological data were collected as part of the DUring Nearshore Event eXperiment (DUNEX) on Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina during 2021. The DUNEX project is a collaborative, multi-agency experiment designed to provide comprehensive measurements of storm-induced processes on coastal habitats. The overarching goals of this study are to understand oceanographic processes and
Aerial photogrammetry data and products of the North Carolina coast
This data release presents structure-from-motion (SfM) products derived from aerial imagery collected along the North Carolina coast in response to storm events and the recovery process. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) researchers use the aerial imagery and products to assess future coastal vulnerability, nesting habitats for wildlife, and provide data for hurricane impact models. This research is p
Topographic and bathymetric data, structure from motion imagery, and ground control data collected at Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, MA in March 2022, U.S Geological Survey Field Activity 2022-014-FA
The data in this release map the beach and nearshore environment at Marconi Beach in Wellfleet, MA and provide updated environmental context for the 2021 CoastCam installation that looks out at the coast shared by beachgoers, shorebirds, seals, and sharks. This is related to the field activity 2022-014-FA and a collaboration with the National Park Service at Cape Cod National Seashore to monitor t
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Topographic and bathymetric data, structure from motion imagery, and ground control data collected at Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro, MA in March 2022, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2022-015-FA
These data map the beach and nearshore environment at Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, MA, providing updated regional context for the 2019 CoastCam installation. CoastCam CACO-01 are two video cameras aimed at the beach that view the coast shared by beachgoers, shorebirds, seals, and sharks. These data were collected as part of field activity 2022-015-FA and a collaboration with the National Par
Grain-size analysis data of sediment samples from the beach and nearshore environments at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge DUNEX site, North Carolina in 2021
These data provide grain-size measurements from sediment samples collected as part of the USGS DUring Nearshore Event eXperiment (DUNEX) site on Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, NC. DUNEX is a multi-agency, academic, and non-governmental organization collaborative community experiment designed to study nearshore coastal processes during storm events. USGS participation in DUNEX will contribute
DUNEX topographic, bathymetric, and supporting GPS data collected in Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina 2020-2021
The data in this release characterize the beach and nearshore environment in Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, NC at the USGS DUring Nearshore Event eXperiment (DUNEX) site and Basnight Bridge. Data include GPS surveys, reference points, and ground control points; imagery and structure-from-motion products; bathymetry data, and merged topographic and bathymetric grids. To cite a specific data
Aerial Imagery of the North Carolina Coast: 2020-02-08 to 2020-02-09
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Remote Sensing Coastal Change (RSCC) project collects aerial imagery along coastal swaths, in response to storm events, with optimized endlap/sidelap and precise position information to create high-resolution orthomosaics, three-dimensional (3D) point clouds, and digital elevation/surface models (DEMs/DSMs) using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) photogrammetry methods.
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey simulations of hydrodynamics and morphodynamics at Matanzas, FL during Hurricane Matthew (2016) and at Fire Island, NY during Hurricane Sandy (2012)
The Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport (COAWST Warner and others, 2019; Warner and others, 2010) model was used to simulate ocean circulation, waves, and sediment transport to study barrier island breaches that occurred during Hurricane Matthew (2016) near Matazas FL, and Hurricane Sandy (2012) at Fire Island, NY. Hurricane Sandy was a Saffir-Simpson Category 2 hurricane that trans
Topographic and bathymetric data, structure from motion imagery, and ground control data collected at Head of the Meadow, Truro in February 2021, U.S Geological Survey Field Activity 2021-014-FA
These data map the beach and nearshore environment at Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, MA, providing updated regional context for the 2019 CoastCam installation. CoastCam CACO-01 are two video cameras aimed at the beach that view the coast shared by beachgoers, shorebirds, seals, and sharks. These data were collected as part of field activity 2021-014-FA and a
Aerial Imagery of the North Carolina Coast: 2019-10-11
Aerial Imagery of the North Carolina Coast: 2019-09-08 to 2019-09-13, Post-Hurricane Dorian
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Remote Sensing Coastal Change (RSCC) project collects aerial imagery along coastal swaths, in response to storm events, with optimized endlap/sidelap and precise position information to create high-resolution orthomosaics, three dimensional (3D) point clouds, and digital elevation/surface models (DEMs/DSMs) using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) photogrammetry methods.
TypeAudioBefore/After ImageDynamic FileDynamic ImageFileImageSlideshowStereogramVideoWebcam
CoastalImageLib: An open-source Python package for creating common coastal image products
CoastalImageLib is a Python library that produces common coastal image products intended for quantitative analysis of coastal environments. This library contains functions to georectify and merge multiple oblique camera views, produce statistical image products for a given set of images, and create subsampled pixel instruments for use in bathymetric inversion, surface current estimation, run-up ca
Shoaling wave shape estimates from field observations and derived bedload sediment rates
The shoaling transformation from generally linear deep-water waves to asymmetric shallow-water waves modifies wave shapes and causes near-bed orbital velocities to become asymmetrical, contributing to net sediment transport. In this work, we used two methods to estimate the asymmetric wave shape from data at three sites. The first method converted wave measurements made at the surface to idealized
Human-in-the-Loop segmentation of earth surface imagery
Segmentation, or the classification of pixels (grid cells) in imagery, is ubiquitously applied in the natural sciences. Manual methods are often prohibitively time-consuming, especially those images consisting of small objects and/or significant spatial heterogeneity of colors or textures. Labeling complicated regions of transition that in Earth surface imagery are represented by collections of mi
Ecosystems, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Southwest Biological Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Modeling morphodynamics of coastal response to extreme events: What shape are we in?
This review focuses on recent advances in process-based numerical models of the impact of extreme storms on sandy coasts. Driven by larger-scale models of meteorology and hydrodynamics, these models simulate morphodynamics across the Sallenger storm-impact scale, including swash, collision, overwash, and inundation. Models are becoming both wider (as more processes are added) and deeper (as detail
Processing coastal imagery with Agisoft Metashape Professional Edition, version 1.6—Structure from motion workflow documentation
IntroductionStructure from motion (SFM) has become an integral technique in coastal change assessment; the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) used Agisoft Metashape Professional Edition photogrammetry software to develop a workflow that processes coastline aerial imagery collected in response to storms since Hurricane Florence in 2018. This report details step-by-step instructions to create three-dimen
Ecosystems, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Southwest Biological Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Impacts of sediment removal from and placement in coastal barrier island systems
Executive SummaryOn June 24, 2019, Congressman Raul Grijalva of Arizona, Chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources, sent a letter to the directors of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey to request their assistance in answering questions regarding coastal sediment resource management within the Coastal Barrier Resources System as defined by the Coastal Barrier
Ecosystems, Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Mendenhall Research Fellowship Program, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
A survey of storm-induced seaward-transport features observed during the 2019 and 2020 hurricane seasons
Hurricanes are known to play a critical role in reshaping coastlines, but often only impacts on the open ocean coast are considered, ignoring seaward-directed forces and responses. The identification of subaerial evidence for storm-induced seaward transport is a critical step towards understanding its impact on coastal resiliency. The visual features, found in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Erosion and recovery: Sound-side inundation of Cape Lookout National Seashore during Hurricane Dorian
Hurricane Dorian tracked immediately offshore of Cape Lookout National Seashore (which includes the barrier islands of North and South Core Banks) and Ocracoke Island after devastating the Bahamas in early September, 2019. Dorian briefly made landfall at Cape Hatteras as a Category 1 hurricane on September 6 before moving northeast over the Atlantic Ocean. Winds on the Outer Banks, initially more
Using the Lomb-Scargle method for wave statistics from gappy time series
Sandwich Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, MA, has experienced substantial erosion and has been the subject of efforts by the town and private landowners to limit the sand loss. Erosion has been particularly dramatic in the past five years with the loss of dwellings. Sandwich's nourishment efforts presented a unique opportunity for scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Coastal and Marine
Wave-current interaction between Hurricane Matthew wave fields and the Gulf Stream
Hurricanes interact with the Gulf Stream in the South Atlantic Bight (SAB) through a wide variety of processes, which are crucial to understand for prediction of open-ocean and coastal hazards during storms. However, it remains unclear how waves are modified by large-scale ocean currents under storm conditions, when waves are aligned with the storm-driven circulation and tightly coupled to the ove
Morphodynamic modeling of the response of two barrier islands to Atlantic hurricane forcing
The accurate prediction of a barrier island response to storms is challenging because of the complex interaction between hydro- and morphodynamic processes that changes at different stages during an event. Assessment of the predictive skill is further complicated because of uncertainty in the hydraulic forcing, initial conditions, and the parameterization of processes. To evaluate these uncertaint
Tidal variation in cohesive sediment distribution in an idealized, partially-mixed estuary
Particle settling velocity and erodibility are key factors that govern the transport of sediment through coastal environments including estuaries. These are difficult to parameterize in models that represent mud, whose properties can change in response to many factors, including tidally varying suspended sediment concentration (SSC) and shear stress. Using the COAWST (Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave
COAWST Modeling System v3.4
Coupled ocean atmosphere wave sediment transport modeling system
USGS staff participating in DUNEX VIP Day at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Field Research Facility
Jenna Brown and Chris Sherwood of USGS attend a VIP Event to discuss the USGS component of the DUNEX project, a multi-agency study of storm processes...
USGS and Army Corps of Engineers conduct simultaneous measurements at Sandy Neck beach, Cape Cod, MA
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Aerial Imaging and Mapping (AIM) group conducted drone flights from atop a dune at Sandy Neck (Cape Cod)...
Data from Three Recent Studies Released in the USGS Oceanographic Time-Series Data Collection
Three new oceanographic time-series datasets were released in the USGS Oceanographic Time-Series Data Collection.
Coastal and Marine Geology is Airborne!
A number of Coastal and Marine Geology researchers have completed the Unmanned Aerial Systems certification classes held by the Department of Interior...

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The Prime Time Ministry of the Tehachapi Nazarene Church purposes to serve, not be served. We believe God is calling us to extend the love of God and the love of the Family of God to those within the church. We also believe that God is calling us to take His love, in concrete ways, to the un-churched senior adults in our community. These goals will be accomplished through regular planned activities focused on seniors as well as intergenerational. The anticipated results are God's blessing and people coming to Christ and the Church.
If you look throughout the Bible, you will find example after example of people God used in significant ways, people in the second half of life.
Throughout history, there have been stories of men and women who have recognized that this is their time to make a major impact for God's Kingdom. At this stage of life, you have time, experience, wisdom, and resources too valuable to waste. Your family needs you. Your church family needs you. Your neighborhood needs you. Tehachapi needs you.
So, make a commitment today to approach the later years of life as Paul did in Philippians 3:13-14 ~ "Straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."
Date, time, and locations will be advertised in advance on this site. Most activities will be held monthy at TNC on the 2nd Tuesday.
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Latest economic report paints positive picture for Town of Stony Plain
"Residential value is the highest we have seen [in years]," Economic development officer Shawn McCauley said in his briefing.
A sign in Stony Plain advertising property for sale. The community has broken some records for residential and other categories of development. File photo
It was all good news Monday as Town councillors heard of ever-increasing value in residential, commercial and other developments in the region.
Councillors were presented with an update on the community's economic development strategic plan during the meeting which was reviewed and updated earlier this year. As part of that process, those responsible for implementation update the Town on a semi-annual basis about how it is being done.
"Residential value is the highest we have seen [in years]," Economic development officer Shawn McCauley said in his briefing. "We are [working on] different housing strategies and pursuing economic greatness."
The category had 103 starts this year valued at $26 million alongside $2.2 million in commercial development and $10 million in industrial projects. Residential value is the highest since 2015 and industrial business is the best the Town has seen dating back to when they began keeping records 15 years ago.
Stony Plain Mayor William Choy lauded the numbers and said it was a sign the Town was on the right track.
"I just love hearing what you have," he said. "The stuff that we are doing in terms of growth and commerce for our community is working. We need to continue focusing on these sectors and the homes will come."
Coun. Linda Matties asked McCauley about issues relating to development of the Internet in Stony Plain. Fibre optic Internet has been a topic of discussion in the Tri-Region for years and an agreement was announced in November that would see the faster Internet service finally come into the community.
Matties was interested in what the expected Internet speed would be for the Town by 2025.
In response, McCauley said he did not know for certain and would have to reference with his IT department to find out. They are working with the undisclosed provider and expect to have some news next year.
"The intention is for quarter four of 2020," McCauley said. "We are working with them to let them know where future development is happening so they know where the priority areas are. We are making strides."
Councillors unanimously accepted the report for information. Coun. Judy Bennett was absent.
Other Developments
Councillors also gave second and third readings to the consolidated fees and charges bylaw. Once official, it will take a number of charges previously under a number of different laws and set them within one policy.
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Speaker proposals: TEA Asia Pacific Division Board President Thomas Megna, or Mona Chang.
TEA SATE Asia Co-Chairs David Willrich (TEA International Board President) and Christine Kerr (TEA Past President and Education Committee Chair) talk about the value of the conference for individual delegates, companies and the industry overall, and share information about the presentations.
How does TEA SATE Asia stand out from other industry forums in Asia?
Christine Kerr: SATE represents a professional yet relaxed approach to a conference. The presentation style is informal and engages the audience with open question-and-answer sessions and moderated panel discussions that explore the topics from different perspectives.
David Willrich: TEA opens the door to learning more about the industry and with its history - since being founded in 1991 - brings together the top people within the industry who have a lifetime of experience that they are willing to share. You will not get this anywhere else!
What would a participant expect to take away?
Kerr: New ways of approaching their work. A practical understanding of the collaborative, team approach that has proven successful for managing the multidisciplinary teams required to create themed entertainment projects. And the kind of leadership required to effectively manage such teams. Inspiration and practical information on the industry as a whole – that includes regional and global perspectives.
Willrich: Information on a topic that they did not previously know, ideas for future projects and contacts that could help them in their own projects or even provide them with new projects for themselves or their company.
What can you tell us about the presenters?
Kerr: Our roster of presenters is made up of industry leaders working in the Asia Pacific region but also elsewhere in the world. The mix of personalities, areas of expertise and topics will provide attendees with varying points of view.
Speakers from Panasonic, Christie and Barco will share developments in technology developments and integration from many perspectives – from updates on the latest in VR and AR to plans for upcoming Olympic Games in Asia. Storytelling and Architecture speakers will include Kevin Barbee (IRMS), Chris Yoshii (AECOM), Phill Ramsden (Sanderson Group) Phil Kim (Jerde Partnership), Wang Jin (Wanda).
If someone is new to the industry, will they feel welcome at SATE Asia?
Kerr: One of the things that stands out about TEA events, including our SATE conferences, is the friendliness of the attendees and the openness to welcoming new people. There are opportunities to network and interact built into the schedule during lunch and breaks. The evening events extend this opportunity to socialize, share stories and learn more about the industry.
SATE Asia 2018 is hosted at Chimelong in Guangzhou. How does the venue - a major theme park resort - impact the content and the benefit to delegates?
Kerr: The location has a huge impact on the overall conference – being immersed in a place that represents excellence in themed entertainment further validates and provides context for the ideas being presented.
Willrich: We find that by holding the conference in a park, museum or attraction that it does add more relevance to the event. The host can showcase their park, hotel and conference facility of course, but we have an easier opportunity for keeping the group together for evening entertainment put on by the park. The social aspect of SATE offers even more opportunity to mix and to get to know people within the industry.
Who should attend TEA SATE Asia, and how should they prepare in order to get the most out of the conference?
Willrich: Bring plenty of business cards! Be ready to socialize and not spend too much time in your room!
The main thing is to be there. Be there! Attend all sessions, ignore your phone, listen and learn! Engage in conversation with industry colleagues during the breaks, there will be some excellent networking opportunities!
Anyone in the world of themed entertainment creating and even managing visitor attractions, not just theme parks but heritage attractions (including museums) too, who is really passionate about their job and the industry as a whole, should attend SATE. You will learn more, consolidate what you have learned in your daily job, and confirm by talking to others that you are not alone in the world with your views or even problems!
How do TEA SATE Asia, and the TEA Asia Pacific Division help foster a better industry and more successful projects in the region?
Kerr: The sharing of best practices, standards and expectations across cultural and geographic lines is very important. There is so much development currently underway in the Asia Pacific region on projects that bring together expertise from all over the world, so following an established way for developing these projects is necessary. These standards are well established elsewhere. Dedicated leaders within TEA are working to share these standards to help ensure excellence in the finished product.
Willrich: Asia is a growing market for visitor attractions. The operators, developers, creatives and suppliers are learning rapidly. The TEA community is very much one that has a lot of the answers and experience needed. It should be kept in mind, too, that the TEA is an international community that continues to expand; therefore, the knowledge and expertise presented at SATE and other TEA forums is delivered from a multi-national resource. As the community in Asia grows, it is expected that more of that expertise will actually come from within Asia.
What are some of the great gifts that Asian development gives to the global attractions industry as a whole? How has this changed the big picture?
Kerr: Developments in Asia challenge creators to use new approaches and adjust/adapt tried-and-true methodologies to ensure they are right for the culture and approach. And similarly, creators of themed entertainment projects who have honed their craft elsewhere in the world can introduce new approaches to specialized, multidisciplinary teams working on those projects.
Any final comments to inspire participation in TEA SATE Asia?
Willrich: There is a great thirst for experience design in Asia, not just theme parks but all manner of themed entertainment. It brings people together from all aspects of the industry, none of us are to old to learn or have all the answers. SATE presentations always have something in them that you did not know, or help consolidate something in your mind, plus you have the opportunity to learn more about the industry during breakout sessions and even to share your own knowledge! Particularly when younger people question something you have said or the way you do something - this can lead you to question yourself and keep yourself current!


The Project Yoga Richmond Board of Directors is excited to announce the appointment of Nadia Gooray as the organization's first Executive Director, effective immediately.
Nadia joined PYR in 2015, first as the Outreach and Volunteer Manager, and most recently serving as the organization's Program Director. She believes that the tools of yoga and meditation create conscious, positive change on an individual and community level, and is passionate about working with PYR to make the benefits of yoga accessible to all. After attending Brown University, and working in development at Garth Fagan Dance, Nadia came to PYR and Richmond from Rochester, New York, where she worked for 8 years in program development and community engagement at Breathe Yoga. She completed her 200-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher certification through Yoga Works in March 2017. In June 2018, Nadia completed the Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Program. When she's not on her mat, Nadia can be found exploring her Church Hill neighborhood, listening (and singing) to '90s R&B, and discovering a new favorite Richmond restaurant.
Project Yoga Richmond is a 501 (c3) non-profit founded in 2010 by five dedicated yogis and students of Arlene Bjork: Jonathan Miles, Dana Walters, Michelle Martello, Pam Cline, and Wendy Warren. Upon the sudden death of their beloved teacher, these five yogis created PYR as a way to make the benefits of yoga accessible and affordable to all, through a pay- what-you-can studio and community partnership programs across the Greater Richmond Region. In 2017, PYR provided 23,824 yoga experiences to individuals of all ages, abilities, and income levels.
Please join us in congratulating Nadia on her new position as the Executive Director of Project Yoga Richmond!
What first brought you to the practice?
Fitness. I was a 12-year-old who loved to dance and be active, but I was also self-conscious about being overweight. My favorite dance workout video was made by MTV's The Grind (a 90s dance show) and it had a sample yoga practice at the end. That was the beginning of my love affair with yoga.
Why do you continue to practice?
I continue to practice because yoga has taught me so much about myself and how I walk in the world. While my physical practice is great for building strength and flexibility, the rest of my practice (meditation, mantra, pranayama) has allowed me to cultivate flexibility and strength in my spirit.
Yoga has taught me to pause. When I'm having a bad day and I want to lash out, I remember my breath and remember that I get to choose. Sometimes I still choose wrong, but I always have the opportunity to think about how I want to react instead of just reacting. Yoga has also created a place for me to go when I need to reconnect with myself or encourage myself to reconnect with others. I've learned how strong I can be in body and spirit. I have tools that help me deal with anxiety and depression. Yoga has helped me engage with my body in a different way that reminds me to love it and appreciate it.
How do you think yoga benefits the world today?
Yoga benefits the world by showing people that there is always another way to be. There is always the opportunity to find peace in their hearts and spirits. There is a way to be compassionate and wish others well. Yoga benefits people by helping them find who they are, which encourages self-love, which then encourages us to share that love with others.
When and Why did you first start practicing at PYR?
I began practicing at PYR in 2012. I was first introduced to PYR at a yoga event by the river. I came to PYR to practice at a time when I was trying to get back into my personal yoga practice. I was having a hard time finding a place that felt comfortable and safe. PYR was that place for me.
I practice at PYR because I love the sense of community. I adore the teachers and volunteers that I've met. The atmosphere is warm, welcoming and kind. PYR embodies what I believe we seek when we practice yoga: loving-kindness, growth, and community.
How has PYR impacted you and your life?
PYR has given me the basis for my belief in what a yoga community can be. When I first started practicing at PYR, I was interested in growing my personal practice, but the more I took class there, the more I felt called to teach. I didn't even know that was something I wanted to do, but I wanted to encourage and support others the way I felt encouraged and supported.
What impacts do you see PYR making in the community?
I see PYR inviting people to the practice of yoga for the first time or the 50th time. Our community is so diverse and when I go to a PYR event I see that; I see the curiosity and the melting away of fear that yoga is supposed to be just one way. PYR brings people in!
Aside from Asana, what other things do you like to practice or do?
Practice with Kisha during Ebb and Flow – Slow Flow Yoga every Wednesday at 5:30-6:30pm at PYR's studio starting September 5th!
We are excited to announce that two powerful yoga instructors have joined PYR's family!
Meet Sherida Kemp and Kisha Hughes, long time PYR students and advocates, and now PYR Ambassadors!
Sherida began her yoga journey here at PYR 5 years ago by attending PYR's Breathe. Bend. Be. class with Sara Lovelace. She has remained a Thursday night regular and has been teaching yoga for two years, with a passion for creating adaptive, playful yoga classes for seniors and individuals with limited mobility, and at churches.
Kisha was introduced to yoga as a teenager. When she moved to RVA in 2011, she discovered PYR at a Living Social event and then attended her first PYR class shortly after (Live Your Yoga with Sue Agee). She, too, has remained a PYR regular. Kisha is passionate about teaching yoga to beginners, women, LGBTQAI+ communities, and anyone who finds themselves on the fringes of traditional yoga spaces.
You will see Sherida and Kisha subbing at the studio as we work to integrate them into the regular schedule – either at the studio and/or out in the community as the join us in making yoga spaces more accessible and equitable!


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Lots of interest in these threads about the Demon! Did the Demon win, that's what I want to know! @3:55?
If i never seen it before then how can i remember it?
My first car was a 69 dan gurney Cyclone Spoiler. Oh do I wish I had it still.
I'd love to know what combination of OEM body parts were used to make that Mustang wagon. I'd also like to know where the gas goes in because I see a body seam that makes me think the tailgate opens, which means the rear filler can't be functional.
Other than the Mustang wagon and the Mangusta, I've seen all of the rest. How could you not if you grew up in the 60's?
Ford NEVER built a mustang station wagon. It comes from a rumor around back in 1966 altho Ford NEVER did even prototype one some clever and very skilled people tried making some as to of coarse try to get a mint for them.
I remember their was a big controversy about it about 1991 or 92. The answer was eventually laid to rest by Ford company and the mustang man Himself Carol Shelby that it was NEVER MADE.
The De Tomaso Modena SpAwas an Italian car-manufacturing company.
Basically the only thing that even whispers muscle car is the 351 Cleveland Ford V8 that was in a few years of the Pantera.
I love the old Nomads...but I have to agree, that pony wagon looks mean.
Does Lamborghini make a station wagon?
The first ford mustang was not a production model It was a fabrication between a original model and a station wagon combined mabie a falcon but mabie not ?
I liked the way the Dodge Demon got smoked by the Chevy SS, which is built in Australia and imported into the USA.


Yes, but the story involves more than divine pursuit. God actually catches and takes possession of his people. And let's not forget the end of the story when God ushers in the new heavens and earth– a new creation for his people.


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Isiah Thomas joins via arena link to speak on Jeremy Lin and if Toronto can claim the top seed in the East.
Jeremy Lin gets a standing ovation as he's checked into the game for the first time as a Toronto Raptor.
Appeared in 71 games (33 starts) for the Houston Rockets in his fourth NBA season, averaged 12.5 points, 2.6 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 1.0 steals and 0.4 blocks in 28.9 minutes... Missed a total of six games with a grade-one sprain and contusion of the right knee, which he injured vs. Atlanta (11/27/13): DND for four games (11/29/13, 12/4/13-12/8/13) and NWT two games (11/30/13-12/2/13) … missed four games (12/15/13-12/21/13) with back spasms … came off the bench to lead the Rockets with 31 points (10-17 FG, 3-6 3FG, 8-9 FT) in a 110-104 2OT win vs. Toronto (11/11/13), netting Houston's most bench points since Carl Landry's 31 points at Phoenix (1/6/10) … registered 34 points (10-19 FG) and 12 assists in a start at Philadelphia (11/13/13), while going a career-best 9-of-15 from downtown (tied for second most 3-pointers made in Rockets history) … his 65 points over two outings (11/11/13-11/13/13) marked the best twogame total of his career … recorded 13 points (5-10 FG), a game-high eight assists and two blocks in a 111-98 win at San Antonio (12/25/13) … scored 14 of his 18 points (5-13 FG, 2-4 3FG) in the fourth quarter of a 100-92 comeback win vs. Memphis (12/26/13), which included all six of his makes from the free throw line (6-6 FT) … he then scored all 10 of his points in the fourth quarter of a 107-98 victory vs. New Orleans (12/28/13) … added 16 points (5-7 FG, 5-6 FT), nine assists and three steals at Boston (1/13/14) … reached 10-plus points in a season-high seven straight outings (12/31/13-1/15/14) … collected 18 points (8-14 FG, 2-3 3FG), seven boards and a game-high seven assists in a start at Dallas (1/29/14) … posted the first triple-double of his career vs. Cleveland (2/1/14), collecting 15 points (6-12 FG), a career-high 11 boards (had 10 on 11/2/12 at Atlanta) and 10 assists in 29:11 off the bench … stands as the first Rockets reserve to register a triple-double since Cedric Maxwell on Mar. 31, 1988 at Indiana (23 pts., 15 rebs., 10 assts.) and became just the third NBA player since 1985-86 to record a triple-double off the bench playing less than 30 minutes … collected 26 points (7-17 FG, 10-12 FT) in a 118-113 OT win vs. Portland (3/9/14), netting a team-high six points (2-3 FG) in the extra session … added 21 points (7-13 FG, 6-6 FT) at Chicago (3/13/14), marking his seventh 20- point game of the season … came off the bench with 17 points (7-10 FG), nine assists and two blocks vs. Utah (3/17/14) … registered 11 points (4-7 FG) and a game-high 10 assists vs. Minnesota (3/20/14), marking his third double-double of the season.
2012-13: In his first season with Houston, averaged 13.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.63 steals in 82 games (82 starts) … led the Rockets in assists per game (6.1) and stood T-14th in the NBA in steals per game (1.63) … led (or tied) the Rockets in assists a teamhigh 45 times, in points on six occasions and rebounds in two games … picked up 16 20-point performances (Rockets record: 10-6), including one 30-point outing … reached double figures in points in a season-best 10 straight outings twice on the season (2/27/13- 3/20/13 and 3/30/13-4/17/13) … Rockets racked up a record of 18-7 when he reached at least eight assists in a game … had a team-high 10 games with at least four thefts, which were the most by a Rockets player in a season since 14 by Tracy McGrady (2004-05) … recorded at least one theft in 19 consecutive games (12/14/12-1/16/13), marking the longest such streak of his career (prev. long: 13 from 2/17/12-3/14/12) … finished with nine double-doubles, nine outings with 10 or more assists and one double-digit rebounding game … participated in the 2013 Taco Bell Skills Challenge as part of State Farm All-Star Saturday Night in Houston (2/16/13) … recorded 12 points (5-12 FG), eight assists and four steals in his Rockets debut at Detroit (10/31/12) … tallied 21 points (6-16 FG, 7-8 FT), a career-high 10 rebounds and seven assists at Atlanta (11/2/12) … set a career high with six steals vs. Denver (11/7/12) … tied his career best in blocked shots with a team-high three vs. Miami (11/12/12), matching his three blocks at Chicago (3/12/12) … registered 11 points (3-8 FG) and a season-high 11 assists at Portland (11/16/12), adding 10 dimes in the next game at the L.A. Lakers (11/18/12) … finished with 16 points (7-9 FG), 10 assists and three steals vs. Toronto (11/27/12) … tied his career high of 38 points (11-21 FG, 4-5 3FG, 12-12 FT) vs. San Antonio (12/10/12) … returned to MSG with 22 points (9-15 FG) and a game-high nine assists in a 109-96 win at New York (12/17/12) … collected 15 points (5-12 FG) and a season-high-tying 11 assists vs. Memphis (12/22/12) … totaled 20 points (8-12 FG) and another seasonhigh- tying 11 assists at Chicago (12/25/12) … registered 21 points (9-16 FG), eight assists and four steals at San Antonio (12/28/12) … recorded 16 points (6-11 FG), eight assists, four steals and two blocks in a 123-104 win vs. Atlanta (12/31/12) … collected 19 points (7-13 FG), six rebounds, five assists and four steals in a 125-112 win vs. the L.A. Lakers (1/8/13) … chipped in with 12 points (5-11 FG) and 10 assists vs. the L.A. Clippers (1/15/13) … matched his career-high six steals in a 100-82 victory at New Orleans (1/25/13) … posted 12 points on 5-of-5 shooting (1-1 3FG, 1-1 FT) in a 125-80 win at Utah (1/28/13), adding a game-high seven assists and three steals … had a game-high 28 points (10-16 FG) and nine assists in a 140-109 win vs. Golden State (2/5/13), which included hitting a career-best five treys (5-8 3FG) … tallied 14 points (8-8 FT) and 10 assists at Golden State (2/12/13) … collected 29 points (12-22 FG, 3-5 3FG), seven assists, six boards and two steals in a 122-119 win vs. Oklahoma City (2/20/13) … finished with 21 points (8-14 FG, 4-5 FT) and a game-high nine assists vs. Dallas (3/3/13) … totaled 24 points (8-15 FG, 3-8 3FG, 5-6 FT), eight assists and four steals vs. Minnesota (3/15/13) … netted 21 points (9-16 FG, 3-5 3FG) vs. Golden State (3/17/13) … registered 24 points (9-13 FG, 5-6 FT) and six assists vs. Utah (3/20/13), which gave him three consecutive 20-point games for the first time since notching three in a row from 2/17/12-2/20/12 … notched 19 points (8-16 FG) and a season-high-tying 11 assists vs. Orlando (4/1/13) … recorded 15 points (3-6 3FG) and 10 assists at Sacramento (4/3/13), marking the third time on the season to dish out double-digit assist totals in two straight games.
2011-12: After being claimed by New York off waivers on Dec. 27, exploded onto the NBA landscape by averaging 18.2 points, 7.6 assists and 2.00 steals with seven double-doubles in 25 starts with the Knicks … actually eclipsed the 10-assist mark seven times … became the first NBA player to record at least 20 points and seven assists in each of his first five NBA starts since Elias Sports Bureau began charting stats in 1970 … was also the first Knicks player since Michael Ray Richardson in 1980-1981 to record at least 20 points and seven assists in six straight games … had the most total points (136) by a single player in his first five starts since 1976-77 NBA merger … made his first career NBA start in a 99-88 win vs. Utah (2/6/12), posted 28 points (10-17 FG, 7-9 FT), including 13 in the fourth quarter, eight assists and two steals over 45 minutes … according to Elias Sport Bureau, his 28 points and eight assists were the most points/assists in a first career start since Detroit's Isiah Thomas (31 points and 11 assists on 10/30/81 vs. Milwaukee) … registered a career-high 38 points (13-23 FG, 10-13 FT) and seven assists in a 92-85 victory vs. the L.A. Lakers (2/10/12) … notched 20 points, eight assists, six rebounds and three steals in a 100-98 win at Minnesota (2/11/12), including the game-winning free throws with 4.9 seconds left in the game … was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Feb. 6-12, leading New York to a 4-0 record with averages of 27.3 points, 8.3 assists and 2.00 steals … posted 27 points (2-2 3FG) and 11 assists at Toronto (2/14/12), including the game-winning 3-pointer with :0.05 left to play in a 90-87 decision over the Raptors … recorded 28 points (11-20 FG, 3-6 3FG), a career-high 14 assists and a career-best five steals in a 104-97 victory vs. Dallas (2/19/12), becoming the fifth player in the last 15 seasons to reach at least 28 points, 14 assists and five steals in a game (Elias Sports Bureau) … pulled down a career-high seven rebounds vs. New Jersey (2/20/12) and seven at Indiana (3/17/12) … missed the final 17 games of the regular season and the playoffs with a chronic small meniscal tear in his left knee … also assigned to Erie of the D-League on Jan. 17, recording 28 points (9-17 FG, 10-11 FT), 12 assists and 11 rebounds in his lone game with the BayHawks at Maine (1/20/12).
2010-11: Appeared in 29 games with Golden State, averaging 2.6 points, 1.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.14 steals in 9.8 minutes per contest … on inactive list 30 times and registered 23 DNP (CD) … recorded 10-plus points twice … made NBA debut vs. the L.A. Clippers (10/29/10) … posted a season-high 13 points in 18 minutes at the L.A. Lakers (11/21/10) … assigned to the Reno Bighorns of the NBA D-League three times during the season … appeared in 20 games (10 starts) over three stints with the Bighorns, averaging 18.0 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.00 steals in 31.7 minutes per contest … recorded 20-plus points nine times with Reno and registered one double-double … named D-League Co-Performer of the Week for the week of Jan. 10 after averaging 20.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.80 steals in four games, leading the Bighorns to a 4-0 record on the week … named to the NBA D-League Showcase First Team.
Undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft out of Harvard … signed as a rookie free agent with Golden State on July 21, 2010 … assigned to the Reno Bighorns of the NBA D-League three times in 2010-11 (assigned 12/28/10 and recalled 1/3/11; assigned 1/9/11 and recalled 2/5/11; assigned 3/17/11 and recalled 3/27/11) … waived by the Warriors on Dec. 9, 2011 … claimed off waivers by Houston on Dec. 12, 2011 … waived by the Rockets on Dec. 24, 2011 … claimed by New York off waivers on Dec. 27, 2011 … assigned to the D-League's Erie BayHawks on Jan. 17, 2012 … recalled by the Knicks on Jan. 23, 2012 … signed as a restricted free agent by the Rockets on July 17, 2012, after New York chose not to match Houston's offer sheet ... traded by the Houston Rockets with a 2015 1st round draft pick and a 2015 2nd round draft pick to the Los Angeles Lakers for Sergei Lishchuk on July 15, 2014.
Played all four years at Harvard, appearing in 115 games (87 starts) … averaged 12.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.96 steals in 29.2 minutes per game … became the first player in Ivy League history to record 1,450 points, 450 rebounds, 400 assists and 200 steals … ranks first all-time at Harvard in games played (115), second in steals (225), fifth in points (1,483) and fifth in assists (406) … named All-Ivy League First Team as a junior and senior … named USBWA All-District 1 First Team and NABC All-District 13 as a senior and was one of 11 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award … earned NABC All-District 1 First Team as a junior … named All-Ivy League Second Time as a sophomore … appeared in 29 games (all starts) as a senior, averaging 16.4 points (.519, 149-287 FG), 4.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.45 steals in 32.2 minutes per game … during his junior campaign, was the only player in the nation to rank in the top-10 of every significant statistical category in their respective conference.
Born Jeremy Shu-How Lin on Aug. 23, 1988, in Palo Alto, California … son of Gie-Ming and Shirley Lin … has two brothers, Joseph (younger) and Josh (older) … on Golden State's road trip to Boston in Mar. 2011, returned to the Harvard campus to pickup his degree, as he was unable to participate in the graduation ceremony the previous summer due to conflicts with preparing for the NBA … after signing with the Warriors in the summer of 2010, traveled to Taipei to take part in Yao Ming's Charity games … was his first trip to Taiwan, the birthplace of both of his parents, since he was seven years old … a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter at Palo Alto High School … captained his high school team to the CIF Division II State title by scoring 17 points in a upset of nationally ranked Mater Dei in the finals (51-47) … three-time First-Team All-Santa Clara Valley Athletic League selection at guard … two-time SCVAL Most Valuable Player … as a senior, named Northern California Division II Player of the Year, Northern California Scholar Athlete of the Year and First-Team All-State … also named Player of the Year as a senior by the San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury News … earned a 4.2 GPA in high school … was a summer intern for California senator Joe Simitian during high school … earned school's President Award as Vision New America 2004 Scholarship award … enjoys spending time with family and friends, listening to music, playing cards and video games, as well as going to church.


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In northwest Georgia the cities of Chickamauga, Fort Oglethorpe and Ringgold have joined with both Catoosa and Walker counties in improving access for canoeists and kayakers.
Chickamauga has a launch at Lee & Gordon's Mills near U.S. Highway 27.
From there, the creek meanders through the Chickamauga Battlefield Park to its next launch point which is near Logan's Roadhouse and O'Charley's where the creek passes under Battlefield Parkway in Fort Oglethorpe.
The next stop downstream is the launch built in Catoosa County on West Chickamauga Creek at Cloud Springs and Dietz roads.
Ringgold's launch points are in the downtown district and provide access to South Chickamauga Creek.
Paddlers on the west and south branches of Chickamauga Creek will meet across the state line, at Camp Jordan Park in East Ridge, Tenn., before passing beneath Interstate 75 and following the Brainerd Levee enroute to the Tennessee Riverpark, located downstream of Chickamauga Dam near Chattanooga State Technical Community College.
Total paddling distance from the Walker County launch point, through Catoosa County and on to Camp Jordan, is about 20 miles.
Catoosa County Recreation Department maintains the West Chickamauga Creek Canoe Launch located off Dietz Road. The other two launches are maintained by their respective City Governments.
Chickamauga Battlefield
In addition to viewing historical sites at the Battlefield, there are also hiking and horseback riding trails.
Elsie A. Holmes Nature Park
Elsie A. Holmes Nature Park provides visitors a place of recreation that includes trails, fishing, picnics, or just a quiet place to enjoy nature. The park is bordered by the South Chickamauga Creek and includes five walking trails, a 1,500 sq. ft. screened-in pavilion, and rest rooms. The pavilion can be reserved for groups, and the park staff is available to speak or give guided tours on a prearranged basis. Phone: 706-935-5263 - Location: 88 Ben Holmes Rd., Ringgold Georgia 30736. Directions: I-75 Exit 348 off Ooletwah Ringgold Rd.
Elsie A. Holmes Nature Park is maintained by Catoosa County Recreation Department.
88 Ben Holmes Road
Gilbert-Stephenson Park
Gilbert-Stephenson Park is located at the corner of Van Cleve and Norris Street. Walking tracks, tennis courts, swimming pool, playground and picnic tables are available. The pool opens the Saturday before Memorial Day.
Gilbert-Stephenson Park is maintained by the City of Fort Oglethorpe.
Located at Van Cleve And Norris St, Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742
Jack Mattox Park
One of the largest County facilities is the state-of-the-art Jack Mattox Recreation Complex located on Pine Grove Road between Ringgold and Fort Oglethorpe. This 55-acre facility was funded by S-P-L-O-S-T (Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax) and features seven (7) lighted ballfields, a 1.2 mile paved walking track and a 9-Hole Disc Golf Course.
The Jack Mattox facility hosts youth and adult league play throughout the Spring, Summer, and Fall each year. In addition to league play, the facility is host to approximately 30 baseball / softball tournaments per year. The recreation department staff coordinates and hosts popular tournaments such as the Chick-fil-a "Duel on the Diamond" and the Dick's Sporting Goods "Dugout Slugout" each year. In addition to these tournaments, the recreation department has partnered with the three (3) parent-run rec. associations to host the 7 Year Old Dizzy Dean Baseball World Series on two separate occasions (2009 & 2010).
Catoosa County Recreation Department maintains Jack Mattox Park.
749 Pine Grove Road
Ringgold Nature Trail & Creek Walk
Enjoy a relaxing walk along Chickamauga Creek in Downtown Historic Ringgold. This newly constructed walk connects the Highway Commercial district to the Historic Downtown district. The walk is parallel with Lafayette Street (Old Federal Road) and crosses the Old Federal Bridge. The Creek Walk offers residents and visitors alike a peaceful area to enjoy fishing, canoeing, kayaking, dog walking, or jogging. The Creek Walk offers benches at regular intervals and has been extended to connect with downtown sidewalks and to the new Clark Park green space on Robin Road. This Creek Walk serves as a great link between the activity of downtown and our peaceful natural surroundings.
The City of Ringgold maintains the Ringgold Creek Walk.


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On This Day…1928
On this day in 1928 Terrence Murray Lewis, later Queensland Police Commissioner and Sir Terrence Lewis and subsequently inmate Terry Lewis was born.
Terry Lewis served as Queensland Police Commissioner from from 1978 to 1987 and received a knighthood, before being dismissed by police minister Bill Gunn in September 1987 as a result of being implicated in official corruption by Assistant Police Commissioner Graeme Parker.
After hearing evidence over five months and deliberating for five days a District Court jury found that Lewis guilty of accepting bribes totaling $700,000 to protect brothels, SP bookmakers, illegal casinos, in-line machine operators and to prevent poker machines being legally introduced in Queensland and had also forged Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen's signature on an official police document in 1981. Lewis was sentenced to the maximum term allowabvle for the offences for which he was found guilty, 14 years imprisonmentwith a non-parole period of 9 1/2 years and a $50,000 fine in respect of each of the 15 corruption charges.
Terry Lewis served 10 1/2 years of his 14 year sentencce before being paroled in 2002. His appeals against his convictions finally failed in 2005.
He was stripped of his Honours including his knighthood in March 1993.
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Q – Why did the chicken cross the road?
A – To see the man lay a brick.
On this day in 1935 nylon is invented at DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware.
Nylon, the world's first commercially used manmade fibre, was invented as a substitute for silk by DuPont chemist Wallace Carothers. It is a polyamide thermoplastic and since its invention has been used in a huge number of applications from consumer goods to military applications.
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Q – What do you call a Norwegian in a tree?
A – Leif.
On this day in 1902 Two australian soldiers serving in the second Boer War in South Africa, Harry Harbord 'Breaker' Morant and Peter Joseph Handcock were executed in Pretoria for the murder of Boer Prisoners of War and a German missionary. Continue reading
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Q – What do you call a man who sits waiting in front of your front door?
A – Matt.
Killer Quotes – W H Auden – Funeral Blues
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
W H Auden
Funeral Blues – The title of the above poem, was popularised after W H Auden's death in 1973 by broadcast on various mass media. It gained further popularity and exposure after being read at the funeral in the 1994 movie Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Written in its present form in 1938 it is a wonderfully sad and melancholy piece, however, a little known earlier 1936 version, written as a satire in five stanzas instead of four, exists.
Auden's large body of work including Funeral Blues marks him as one of the great writers of the 20th Century.
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On this day in 1995 Barings Bank, Britain's oldest Merchant Bank, called in the receivers and shut its doors.
Barings Bank was established in Cheapside London in 1762 by the Baring brothers Francis and John. It financed the Napoleonic wars. It was no stranger to risk. It was no stranger to volatility.
The demise of Barings is a tale of fraud and incompetence and fraud and concealment. Continue reading
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Q – What lives in the ocean and plays keyboards?
A – A piano Tuna.
Liberal National Party in Queensland shows itself to be run by a bunch of wowsers
The Gold Coast seat of Broadwater is held by the ALP by a margin of just 2.2%. The seat is considered crucial to the LNP ending the ALP's 20 year tenure in government in Queensland in the March 24 election.
Yet as important as Broadwater is to the prospects of the LNP forming government on 24 March they have just installed the third candidate to be indorsed to stand for the seat in less than 3 months.
The first candidate indorsed to stand for the seat was Richard Townson who was disendorsed after allegedly returning a breathalyser showing he was over the legal driving limit. Fair enough driving with a blood alcohol concentration above the legal limit is an offence and that sort of thing doesn't stand well with the electorate.
Enter Gold Coast solicitor Cameron Caldwell.
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Contact center outsourcing: Friend or foe?
Companies have been looking to save money by outsourcing some or all of their contact center operations to an outside entity. But the crucial questions in executing a move this big go beyond a company's bottom line.
Outsourcing brings concerns about the security of customer data. Oversight is difficult as managers strive to make sure their agents are committed to the company's goals. As a general business practice, outsourcing is controversial and is receiving governmental pressure to slow its march. Social media also plays a role in day-to-day operations, while automation and self-service software can be good in theory but potentially hurt customer experience.
This essential guide examines the challenges and benefits of outsourcing contact center operations. Beyond the obvious cost-saving potential, a move such as this is fraught with peril if not handled properly.
Contact centers deal with much more than phone calls in today's business world. They also handle social media and new innovations in infrastructure and technology. In general, outsourcing is a controversial practice that is being criticized in today's harsh economic climate. Attitudes are changing, not only in how outsourcing is viewed but in the fundamental way in which contact centers operate.
Practices such as automation and self-service have, in some cases, improved efficiency and further developed relationships with customers. However, this software is not a cure-all, and the human element is still needed. For a company looking to outsource contact center responsibilities, security is already a big concern. In implementing these practices, managers also need to worry about customer experience being negatively affected.


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Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
The Tanks Unit within Environmental Enforcement is comprised of Corrective Action and Prevention staff. There are four groups within the Tanks Unit.
Prevention Unit
AST: Aboveground Storage Tanks
AST or "tank" means a device made to contain an accumulation of more than one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) gallons of fluids that are liquid at standard temperature and pressure, which is constructed primarily of nonearthen materials, including concrete, steel, plastic or fiberglass reinforced plastic, which provide structural support, more than ninety (90) percent of the capacity of which is above the surface of the ground, and includes all ancillary pipes and dispensing systems up to the first point of isolation. The term includes stationary devices which are permanently affixed and mobile devices which remain in one location on a continuous basis for three hundred sixty five (365) or more days.
Senate Bill 373, containing the Aboveground Storage Tank Act §22-30 and the Public Water Supply Protection Act §22-31 was approved by the 2014 Legislature and signed into law by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin on April 1, 2014. The law officially took effect on June 6, 2014. The bill required an inventory and registration of aboveground storage tanks, the submittal of spill prevention response plans, and certified inspections of tanks.
UST: Underground Storage Tanks
The purpose of the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Section is to regulate underground storage tanks that contain petroleum or hazardous substances to determine compliance with state rules and federal regulations. West Virginia has had full program approval from EPA since February 1988.
The services and guidance provided by the UST unit include: Tank Inspection, Tank Closures, Tank Installation/upgrades, Receive notification forms, register USTs and receive proof of financial responsibility, Maintain database and files of registered USTs, Collect annual registration fees for UST and Leaking Underground Storage Tanks, Issue certificates to facilities that have paid their fees, and Write and file revisions to the current rules and attend legislative committee meetings as required.
Corrective Action Unit
LAST: Leaking Aboveground Storage Tanks
All Aboveground Storage Tank owners and operators are mandated by law (47 CSR 63) to report Confirmed, Suspected, or Threatened Releases as stated in Section 6.2 to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Emergency Spill Line at: 1-800-642-3074
LUST: Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
The WV DEP became the lead agency for administering the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Program with the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s authorization in September 1997. Since then, the WV DEP has overseen the cleanup of released regulated substances, primarily petroleum products. Such releases can originate from overfilling, spilling, or leaking tanks and piping.
Tanks Corrective Action Unit Project Manager Map
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Headline Sponsor of 2019 LRWA Awards Announced…
Waterproofing and insulation systems supplier, Moy Materials, has been named headline sponsor of the 2019 Liquid Roofing and Waterproofing Association (LRWA) Awards & Gala Dinner.
The company, which is headquartered in Dublin and has bases in London and Glasgow, is backing the LRWA's third event, which will take place on Wednesday, 6 November at the Titanic Hotel in Liverpool's Stanley Dock.
Commenting on the company's pledge to support the awards, Cathal Quinn, director of Moy Materials said: "We are delighted to be part of an event which is helping to promote the high standards being achieved across the liquid roofing and waterproofing sector.
"In a short space of time, the LRWA awards have made a significant impact on our industry, showcasing the versatility of liquids, the skilled people that work in flat roofing, and exemplar projects."
The LRWA Awards and Gala Dinner was launched in 2017 and has gone from strength to strength. Around 230 people from across the liquid roofing and waterproofing sector attended last year's event, including contractors, manufacturers and suppliers.
Sarah Spink, CEO of the LRWA, added: "We're very grateful to Moy Materials and our other supporters for helping us to run the awards for the third year in a row, especially as this year's event will coincide with the LRWA's 40th anniversary.
"We're returning to the Titanic Hotel to ensure we can accommodate the growing number of people choosing to enter and attend the awards. We were really impressed by the quality of the entries in 2018, which reflected our members' high standards of workmanship and the diversity of liquid projects. We are confident that we can raise the bar even higher in 2019 and look forward to another successful event."
The award categories for 2019 will remain the same as last years event, including: 'Liquid Roofing Project of the Year over 1000m2', 'Liquid Roofing Project of the Year under 1000m2', 'Liquid Waterproofing Project of the Year, 'Liquid Roofing Project of the Year in a Buried Application,' 'Trainer of the Year' and 'Student of the Year.'
A range of smaller sponsorship packages are also available. For further information, visit the LRWA website.
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Nickelodeons "Double Dare Live" is Coming to Austin!
Kids of the 80's – Nickelodeons "Double Dare Live" is Coming to Austin!
If you grew up in the 80's or even the early 90's, you probably dreamed of getting a bucket of Nickelodeon's famous green slime dumped on your head. Well, now your dream can become reality.
Bass Concert Hall in Austin will host "Double Dare Live" with original host Marc Summers on Sunday, April 7th starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are on sale now - which you can purchase here.
If you want to be considered as a contestant on the show, you have to fill out this waiver (also found at texasperformingarts.org) in advance and bring it with you along with an ID so that you and your family can receive the correct wristbands so that the Double Dare team knows that you are ready to compete or get SLIMED!


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Local assemblyman introduces bill to restore legislative authority during emergency
Posted: 5:33 am, December 17, 2020 by News Staff
Jordan Cunningham.
–On Wednesday, Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham (R-San Luis Obispo) introduced a bill that would limit the governor's ability under the California Emergency Services Act (CESA) to unilaterally enact or change laws or regulations 60 days after the emergency was declared.
Seeking to restore a balance between co-equal branches of government, AB 108 would require the governor to obtain approval from the California Legislature for any changes to laws and regulations under CESA proposed 60 days after the emergency declaration was enacted.
"California has been under a governor-issued state of emergency for 287 days, and for 287 days, the governor has been unilaterally changing laws and regulations with zero input from the legislature," said Cunningham. "The legislature is a co-equal branch of government. Under our constitution, it is supposed to have the principle lawmaking powers of the state. It's time to restore California to a constitutional democracy, and ensure that a governor no longer has unlimited and indefinite and unilateral power."
A copy of the bill, co-authored by Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield), can be downloaded here.


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Annual completion of compliance training, ADA and sensitivity training, customer service training, and bloodborne pathogens part 1 and 2 training is required to partner with Veyo and the health care contracts we service. Defensive driver training and First Aid/CPR training are required every two years. Additional Compliance training courses may be added to the requirements, as needed. You will be notified of any new videos that you need to watch.
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OCCA Begins 2020 Plastic Film Recycling Challenge
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"The Otsego County Planning & Solid Waste Department and the Otsego County Conservation Association (OCCA) are pleased to announce the start of the 2020 plastic film recycling challenge.
Just like last year's challenge, schools in Otsego County are competing to see who can collect the most plastic film for recycling from November 15th (America Recycles Day) until April 15th 2020. The winners will be announced at OCCA's Earth Festival (April 18nd)
The purpose of the challenge is to educate the community about the proper way to recycle plastic film. "Plastic film is unable to be recycled in single stream recycling, but can be brought to stores for recycling," according to Shane Digan, Otsego County Recycling Coordinator. "Film plastic is typically recycled into composite lumber, or made into new plastic films." Common types of plastic film include grocery bags, bread bags, newspaper sleeves, cereal bags, Ziploc bags, and more.
The school that collects the most plastic film per capita (by weight) will win the challenge. There will be a prize that has yet to be announced. Ten schools are currently signed up.
"It's not too late to join," Digan said. "The more schools that participate, the less plastic film we have going to our landfills or contaminating our single stream recycling."
Schools that sign up for the challenge will receive a detailed set of instructions on what material can be collected and how it needs to be handled. Casella Resource Solutions has collecting bins available if a school needs one. For more information or to sign up, please call 607-547-4256."
Source: OCCA Begins 2020 Plastic Film Recycling Challenge


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Government Impostor Scams Prey on Fear during Pandemic
Nicole Jones,
One of the most common scams nationwide involves callers pretending to be government officials. Some claim to be tax officials and representatives from the Social Security Administration; others claim to be law enforcement officers and threaten legal consequences. All of them use fear and intimidation to trick victims into turning over personal information or money, often in the form of gift cards.
A new investigative study by Better Business Bureau finds that while the number of government scam reports has fluctuated, scams have become more diverse and more sophisticated. In addition, many scammers have taken advantage of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by posing as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials, Internal Revenue Service representatives who can expedite economic impact payments, or contact tracers employed with local government agencies.
The investigative study — Government Impostor Scams: Reports Decrease, Scammers Pivot for New Opportunities — highlights the risk of this common but costly fraud. Read the full study at bbb.org/fakegov.
Many of these scams involve robocalls that are transferred to call centers in India when an interaction takes place. The scams are constantly evolving, and they prey on people with threats of being arrested if money is not paid or personal information provided. Complaints to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report $450 million in losses since 2015.
In 2019, BBB reports received about scammers impersonating tax officials and claiming back taxes were owed dropped sharply while reports about Social Security Administration (SSA) impersonators quadrupled.
In many cases, scammers insist they are law enforcement officers and threaten to arrest people immediately if they do not pay money, usually with gift cards. They may tell consumers their Social Security number has been associated with a crime or may threaten to deport recent immigrants or arrest people for missing jury duty.
One woman told BBB she received two robocalls on the same day that both purported to be from "Social Security." The second one connected her with a live person, who told the woman her Social Security number had been compromised and asked for her full name and the last four digits of her Social Security number. When she provided a fake name and number, the caller told her that her Social Security number had been linked to crime reports in El Paso, Texas, and told her she needed to pay nearly $10,000. The woman made the caller aware that she knew it was a scam, and the caller hung up. Other scam callers lure victims with the promise of a "free" government grant, which they claim will be awarded if the victim pays a fee with a gift card or prepaid debit card. In reality, there is no grant.
Impostor calls from India must first go through a "gateway carrier" in the U.S. These carriers often provide both "spoofed" phone numbers that appear on caller ID and return phone call numbers for voicemails that appear to go to locations in the U.S. The Department of Justice recently sued two of these carriers while the FTC and Federal Communication Commission issued warning letters to others. As a result, robocalls and individual calls coming from India have declined drastically over the last several months.
Other law enforcement efforts have led to the arrest of dozens of Indian nationals for laundering money related to these scams. However, the study notes that cases are rarely prosecuted in India.
The report recommends:
Efforts to prevent fraud calls have shown promising results, and the telecom industry should continue efforts to stop illegal calls and to end caller ID spoofing. Legislation may be needed to address the problem of gateway carriers.
The government of India should do more to prosecute and extradite those operating frauds from that country.
Law enforcement should continue to take action against scammers who are physically present in the U.S. and Canada.
Efforts by many retailers and banks to question people buying gift cards have had limited success in stopping the purchase of gift cards to pay scammers. The gift card industry and retailers should explore additional ways to stem fraudulent use of their products.
How to complain about government impostor scams:
IRS: The Internal Revenue Service advises people to fill out the "IRS Impersonation Scam" form on the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Impersonation's website, tigta.gov, or call TIGTA at 1-800-366-4484.
Social Security: The Office of the Inspector General, Social Security Administration (SSA IG) has its own online form to take complaints about frauds impersonating the SSA.
Federal Trade Commission: 877-FTC Help or ftc.gov.
Internet Crime Complaint Center: https://www.ic3.gov/complaint/splash.aspx.
Contact your cellphone carrier, which may offer free services such as scam call identification and blocking, ID monitoring, a second phone number to give out to businesses so you can use your main number for close friends or a new number if you get too many spam calls.
File a report with BBB Scam Tracker.
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Nowadays every programmer has heard of Monads, and either has a PhD in CS or is afraid of them (or both...). When I first heard of it (my university years are quite distant, and the category theory wasn't en vogue yet in that distant time) I though: "Monadology? Leibniz? WTF? Didn't Kant disprove that?"
Because writing a monad tutorial is sooo last decade, I will just reference one quite good, practical introduction to that stuff that is using Javascript (Javascript! => nice, no need to learn a new, unreadable & incomprehensible language first!). I think it's <praise> practical enough to be useful, but then again not shirking back from maths in order to please the reader</praise>.
If you don't want to read it, and are smug enough to think that a 10.000 feet view is all you'll ever need, voila - there's a short summary:
Monads Summary
1. Functor
An object encapsulating a value, plus an interface (called "fmap" for historical reasons) taking some function to act on that value. Because of the immutability/pure functions stuff it doesn't change the contained value, of course, but produces a new functor instance.
+------------+                                  +------------+
|   value    |                                  |  newvalue  |
f     |            |     fmap()                       |            |
+-------> |   fmap()   |  +--------->  f(value) +-------> |   fmap()   |
|            |                                  |            |
Is the picture clear enough? OK, let's continue.
2. Monad
Is a Functor which has a "collapse" and "wrap" methods. Collapse (also called "join" in some contexts) will remove one level of the packaging added by the functor, "wrap" (also called "return") will remove it. Simple like that!
+-------------------------------+
|            +-------------+    |                 +------------+
|            |             |    |       join      |            |
|   value =  |    value    |    |   +---------->  |   value    |
|            |             |    |                 |            |
+------------+
wrap      |            |
value   +---------->  |   value    |
|            |
Well not quite, the classic usage case** that made the whole concept famous, hinges on another method called "mbind" which allows us to apply several functions to the monadic value in a row, an emulation of imperative programming (imperative always means in this context "evil, evil") standard sequential flow of control. But wait a minute: isn't that simply "fmap" + "join"? Yeah, you guessed it, it is***.
Simple? Yes, I think so. Was it that complicated? No. So why all that fuss? Don't know, won't comment here, make your own mind.
But why should this be useful? Again, I don't want to write a monad tutorial here (it's so ...), read the Javascript book, or maybe some general functional programming resources. Start with error handling and the Maybe type.
High level enough? If not, take on with this classic explanation: "Monad is just a monoid in category of endofunctors, what's the problem?"*. Here you'll need some category theory/maths, there's no mercy:
Another Summary
1. Endofunctor
A functor (see above) mapping values to values of the same type. On that level, functor is a mapping between categories, where a category is a set of values plus all the functions between the values. Thus our functor above maps values of type A to values of type B and functions A->A to functions B->B, respecting some common sense restrictions on its way.
You see, it's getting pretty messy quite quickly, but take it as a mathematical recreation and follow through.
2. Category of endofunctors
All endofunctors plus functions mapping one endofuctor (i.e. a functor, i.e a mapping from one "set" of object+mappings to another) to another.
3. Monoid in that category...
Monoid is a "set" of objects having a function A->A defined for them (usually called "m-append", you get it, basically a glorified string or array) plus a neutral element. Now just imagine that for the category of endofunctors, do some math, an you will see that all that gunk collapses to our old, trusty monad as described above.
Why so complicated? Well, that's maths (and mathematicians) for you. But don't despair, it's only a construction of a human mind, so everyone can get a grip of it. The question is only if that does feel like fun for you or not. In all cases, don't mythologize!
Now if you feel like that, you can try out this things in C++, there are a couple libraries implementing this stuff like this, this or that. Simple, self-sufficient implementation is possible too! There was even a C++ language proposal for a monadic expected class to be used for error handling, so somehow this stuff is coming. Now as you are not intimidated anymore, go and try it!
But first read the Javascript online book to familiarize yourself with the concepts. And yes, you don't need to learn Haskell and then read Haskell books for that! So do not fear.
Maybe you'd even like to go further and investigate monadic parsers (because I like F# you'll get this link and this link), applicatives & applicative parsers (sorry no link here, didn't find anything which is simple enough) or free monads. Who knows, the sky is the limit now, an you do not fear anything! At least you can read the jargon without cold shivers running down your spine.
PS: Maths guys, please no hair-splitting, I didn't cross-checked it with MacLane & Avodey, just wrote it down as I remembered it. However notice the "set" usage ;) ...
Update: If you want to continue in a similar vein, that's an interesting page demythologizing func. prog. on its own: github.hemanth.functional-programming-jargon!
* famously attributed to Ph. Wadler, but it's rather a joke, as the real sentence was:
"All told, a monad in X is just a monoid in the category of endofunctors of X, with product × replaced by composition of endofunctors and unit set by the identity endofunctor."
** by..., you guessed it, Phillip Wadler: "Monads for functional programming" (it's CS + FP but nonetheless quite readable, you may risk a try now when you fear nothing!)
*** in some contexts "point" and "flatMap" are used, the first for "wrap", the second for "fmap" + "collapse"
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In presenting the archive, Robert Schifreen explained the context of 1980's hacking to an audience at TNMOC. In 1985, the World Wide Web did not exist, home computing was taking off, Prestel, one of the first public online services had become available, but there was no real awareness of the need for computing security and no law explicitly against computer hacking.
Initially charged and convicted of forgery at Southwark Crown Court, that decision was overturned on appeal by the Lord Chief Justice. After a further appeal by the prosecution, the Lord Chief Justice's decision to acquit was upheld by the House of Lords.
The archive at TNMOC is available to bona fide researchers. It is growing rapidly already contains the entire 45 year print history (1966-2011) of Computer Weekly, the world's first weekly computer publication, 26 years of Personal Computer World, and many other magazines, the complete ICL manufacturing archive, the entire Digital Equipment Corporation microfiche and much more.


To overcome these difficulties, the European Committee for Banking Standards (ECBS) developed the IBAN which was later adopted as an international standard under ISO 13616:1997. Whilst every effort is made to provide accurate information, users acknowledge that we accepts no liability what so ever with respect to its accuracy. A sort code is the name given by both the British and Irish banking industry to the bank codes which are used to route money transfers between banks within their respective countries via their respective clearance organisations.