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the Rev Roy Newell
17th March 1935 ~ 10th May 2012
A Tribute written for PILGRIM, The magazine of the Friends of the Church in India
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"All my hope on God is founded; He doth still my trust renew. Me through change and chance He guideth, only good and only true. God unknown, He alone calls my heart to be his own." These words, sung at Roy's funeral on 31st May 2012 in the United Reformed Church in Burnham-on-Crouch, give us the measure of the man. The second hymn, which he himself chose, encapsulates his committed response to Jesus' question as posed by John Bell: "Will you come and follow me?" Roy was quite prepared to risk the hostile stare, to let the blinded see, to set the prisoners free and to kiss the leprosy sufferer clean. He spent his life doing all of this and much more. Appropriately the service ended with these words: " 'Tis Jesus the first and the last whose Spirit shall guide us safe home; we'll praise him for all that is past, and trust him for all that's to come.' Singing that hymn surrounded by 'our Methodist people' was a truly moving moment, quite unforgettable, all of which echoed and re-echoed the faith and integrity which was the life of Roy Newell.
Roy was born in Farnworth, Bolton, in Lancashire and lived in an end terrace house, with his Mum, Maggie, his Dad, William, and his brother Arthur. In 1951, he and Jo became friends through the Youth Missionary Association. That is also where they both became inspired to work abroad later on. They were married in 1960, part way through Roy's theological studies at Hartley Victoria College. In 1963 they sailed for India with their toddler, David. Pamela was born in India in 1965 and in 1970, Jo and Roy took a big decision to adopt an Indian child after Roy had visited a children's home where he felt moved to do something to make a difference. They adopted Sushila and later Peter.
Soon after that, they all returned to the UK and Roy went back into circuit for a couple of years until he was invited to work in London at the East End Mission in Commercial Road with its many challenges. After 7 years, he was invited to Deptford Mission and amongst many other things worked hard to raise money for its work with disabled people, bussing them into clubs and giving them at least one time in the week in which they could get out and socialise. He then moved to Rotherham to work with Industrial Mission in South Yorkshire for 9 years and in 'retirement', went to Samoa for two years as a Piula College lecturer at the invitation of the Methodist Church in Samoa. Initially he had been in 1997, during a Sabbatical, to research the life of his great uncle James Newell, a LMS missionary there (1880 – 1910) and a friend of Robert Louis Stevenson.
While in Stepney, Roy was invited to join the Rotary Club. Later, he did sponsored bike rides from Deptford to Burnham and to Sussex for Rotary charities. He was touched when recently, he was honoured by the Burnham Club, as a Paul Harris Fellow "in appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among peoples of the world." During their eight years in India this is precisely what Roy and Jo did. They were greatly loved, and still are, by their Indian friends and colleagues. Roy's work included church extension through the Avadi Mission and industrial mission in the rapidly expanding factories of Madras. To be better equipped for this work Roy returned to England in 1965 with the family, where he studied industrial mission and sociology in William Temple College, Rugby. He then returned to India to be part of the industrial team in Madras, becoming, amongst other things, chaplain at St George's School and port chaplain for the Mission to Seamen. He also became the presbyter of St. Mary's Church in Fort St. George – the oldest former Anglican church East of Suez.
Roy loved cars and motorbikes, and he had learned how to maintain them in a Saturday job, while at school. This stood him in good stead in India, especially in industrial mission. When he went missing for a while you had only to look for two feet protruding from beneath a clapped-out van! Working with Roy in Christian Service to Industrial Society, was a joy. Rev Felix Sugirtharaj was director and Roy was his deputy. The team included factory managers, trades unionists, factory workers and presbyters – Lutheran and Church of South India. Managers' meetings, health and safety, family budgetting, Bible studies, Industrial Harvest services, May Day services for Labour Day, in-service training lasting a month for theological students, joint meetings with other teams in Durgapur, Bangalore, Coimbatore and Mumbai – all of these were the order of the day. Halcyon days indeed in which Roy was in his element.
Working alongside him, one discovered that though he didn't suffer fools gladly, especially sycophantic Bible-bashers, he was incredibly patient with all sorts of people. His sense of humour was abundant. He could always see the funny side of things with his wry smile and muted, chuckling laughter. Roy was able to talk to people from all walks of life and treat them as equal. He was as much at home in the managing director's office as he was discussing divorce with the crane drivers or having a cosy chat with the shop stewards. In later life while working in Sheffield his son David was surprised once when Roy asked him about good beers! "Dad was teetotal, but we found out that he was doing research so that he could have a subject to discuss with shop-floor workers!"
Roy touched the lives of many people. Mark Twain once said "Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." Roy did just that. He preached his last sermon on Easter Sunday 8th April, but his whole life was a sermon. To work with him was to learn the real meaning of integrity and one wonders when we shall see his like again.


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JAMMU, Oct 22: Amit Sharma, Director, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Jammu concluded an extensive tour of three hilly districts of Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban in which he took first hand account of dumping Foodgrains supplies to higher reaches of these districts.
He was accompanied by Assistant Directors Zakir Hussain (Doda), Abdul Rasheed (Kishtwar) and Ghulam Rasool Lone (Ramban) of the districts alongwith related TSOs and Storekeepers during respective field visits. During the three-day touring, major focus of the Director FCS&CA Amit Sharma was on ascertaining on-ground status of provisioning and dumping of Foodgrains and Civil Supplies in higher reaches of Chenab Valley such as Marwan, Warwan, Dacchan, Padder, Mohu, Mangat, Neel Valley, Pogal Paristan, Gool, Sangaldan, Chatroo well in-time before the onset of severe winter conditions. All Assistant Directors assured Director FCS&CA that the dumping is going before time and the same process shall be completed in all belts in next few days.
During the visit of Director FCS&CA Amit Sharma to Food Stores of Chenab Valley especially Mati Goran Food Store which is actually located in Anantnag but feeds Marwan and Warwan areas of Kishtwar, it was found that all stocks had been released for onward transportation to these higher reaches which almost remain cut-off due to excessive snowfall every year for almost four-five months.
Also, Director FCS&CA Amit Sharma held meetings with Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Angrez Singh Rana and Deputy Commissioner Ramban Showkat Aijaz wherein several coordination issues were discussed and they extended full support and coordination in ensuring supplies of Foodgrain and Essential Supplies in far-flung areas and suggested to conduct joint inspections of these areas during coimg winter months.
Apart from this, Director FCS&CA Amit Sharma took review meetings at all three district headquarters wherein the overall performance of department was assessed vis-a-vis several issues such as Aadhaar Seeding with POS Machines, Repairs of Gowdowns of the department, preparation of disaster management plans, revising K.Oil supplies in the districts, timely submission of all reports, etc which were noted by concerned officials for taking immediate necessary action in coming days.


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Kimberley began her career in 2007, playing Sophie McKay on Shortland Street, leaving the show in 2011. She wrote her first book, Love YOU: Be Your Best, and Live Your Dreams in 2013.
Since then, she has been splitting her time between Los Angeles and New Zealand working on shows in both countries working with the likes of Kevin Connolly, Steven Fry, and William Shatner. She is currently focussing primarily on comedy and aims to create a single camera comedy that she will also star in.
In addition to her acting success, Kimberley is an accomplished host, presenter, and radio personality and she is the LA correspondent for The Project. Her newest hosting job in America is working with the team at Seriously as the host of the Best Best Fiends Show, the Best Fiends game has had over 80 million downloads worldwide. Kimberley has also joined the team at Joyride and hosts daily live interactive trivia games on the app.

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Breathing New Life Into Old Bridges
Teaming up with NC State researchers, Brad McCoy found an innovative solution to extend the life of our state's ailing bridges.
June 5, 2019 Matt Shipman
McCoy's retrofitting solution takes as little as one day to implement and lengthens the lifespan of a bridge by up to five years. That gives the NC Department of Transportation much-needed time to plan their next move — and keeps us safely on the road.
There are hundreds of bridges across North Carolina — and thousands across the country — that are, frankly, in rough shape.
They can't carry as much weight as they used to, and transportation officials can't replace them as quickly as they'd like. But researchers from NC State have come up with a way to retrofit many of these bridges — restoring their lost capacity and buying planners time to put a long-term solution in place.
To be clear, we're not talking about massive highway bridges designed to carry 40-ton loads. We're talking about bridges designed to carry loads of 25 tons or less, which are found everywhere from country roads to urban thoroughfares.
All sorts of bridges are aging — and not gracefully. But NC State's new retrofit solution was developed specifically for use on bridges made with pre-stressed concrete beams.
Pre-stressed concrete beams are among the most commonly used materials for bridge construction. They're made by stretching steel strands until they are under thousands of pounds of tension, then casting concrete around the strands.
Once the concrete has set, the tension is released from the ends of those strands. The strands then try to snap back into shape, and that force compresses the surrounding concrete. The force is powerful enough to bend the concrete, putting a slight arch, or camber, in the beam.
The taut steel strands resist tension along the bottom of the beam, and the concrete resists compression at the top — this is what makes the beams (and the bridges) so strong. If those two forces become unbalanced, the beam loses capacity, meaning that it can't support as much weight. Which is, of course, not what one is looking for in a bridge.
Over time, the inner steel strands can be exposed to external chemicals, such as road salt. This causes the strands to corrode, expanding the metal and damaging the surrounding concrete. This further exposes the steel strands, speeding up the corrosion process. Unsurprisingly, corrosion can cause the steel strands to lose their tension, weakening the beams. Another frequent problem is damage to steel strands that occurs when over-height vehicles run into bridges — which happens more often than you might think.
What all this means is that a bridge designed to carry 15-ton loads may now only be able to carry 12 tons, or less. When that happens, transportation officials post a new load restriction on the bridge.
In other words, the bridge would still be safe for lighter vehicles, but heavier ones — such as school buses, dump trucks and agricultural equipment — may have to take detours. And those detours can be costly, in terms of both time and money.
Enter Brad McCoy, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who, in 2016, began a three-year Ph.D. program in civil engineering at NC State.
A cost-effective solution to an expensive problem
Working with researchers in NC State's Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, McCoy has come up with a retrofit solution for breathing new life into old bridges.
"By attaching pre-stressed fiber-reinforced polymer plates to these bridges, we are able to restore the bridges to their original load-carrying capacity, making them passable again for larger vehicles," says McCoy, who graduated on May 10 and is now a professor teaching civil engineering in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy.
"This retrofit solution is designed to restore that carrying capacity for at least three to five years, giving transportation officials time to plan, budget and construct permanent repairs or bridge replacements."
The plates in question are long, thin, rigid panels — only 4 inches wide and an eighth of an inch thick — that are made up largely of carbon and glass fibers encased in a waterproof polymer.
"These plates are already commercially available, and we can get them in the lengths we need," McCoy says. "That's a significant advantage, because we don't need to create something from scratch and then find a way to scale up production. Although the plates have been available for several years, we are the first to pre-stress this material to restore load-carrying capacity to pre-stressed concrete bridges."
Installing the plates quickly is important, because shutting down a bridge interrupts traffic.
What's more, McCoy and his collaborators have developed a system for putting this solution in place that should allow transportation officials to retrofit a bridge in one to three days, depending on the size of the bridge.
"Installing the plates quickly is important because shutting down a bridge interrupts traffic," McCoy says. "We want to make sure that this solution restores traffic quickly and uses as few labor resources as possible."
The researchers have tested the relevant materials exhaustively on a small scale, and are now testing it on a large scale — a very large scale — in NC State's Constructed Facilities Lab (CFL).
Better than new
"We're testing concrete girders that were previously in service on North Carolina bridges, provided by the NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT)," says Greg Lucier, who manages the CFL.
The researchers have already tested C-channel girders, which are found in bridges around the country but are no longer common in new construction. C-channel girders are 30 feet long and weigh 4 tons, which gives you an idea of the scale of the testing. And the results have more than met expectations.
For example, one of the C-channel girders tested in the CFL was so damaged that it was down to just below 70% of its original operating load capacity — which is what is used to set limits on the size of vehicles that can cross the bridge.
Constructed Facilities Lab
For students and researchers in the CFL, failure is an option. In fact, it leads to vital insights that protect our infrastructure.
But after applying the retrofit plates, the NC State researchers found that they could actually increase the girder's operating load by 15% over the operating capacity that it had prior to deterioration.
"This is a success," McCoy says. "We can either return the girder to its original operating load or increase it, depending upon the needs of the bridge, and the resiliency increases either way. Our goal was to restore full function for three to five years. And the technique we've developed both restores full function and gives the NCDOT time to replace the damaged infrastructure while minimizing the impact on the local population and industry."
Our goal was to restore full function for three to five years.
The CFL team is now testing hollow core slab girders, which are larger than C-channels, coming in at 40 feet and 7.5 tons. These are also in widespread use and are still used in new construction.
In the meantime, engineers are already moving their work out of the lab.
Real-world conditions
In April, McCoy and a maintenance team from the NCDOT installed the retrofit plates on a two-lane bridge in Franklin County. The bridge had deteriorated to the point that concrete had crumbled away, exposing sections of the steel strands near the middle of the bridge.
"This is real-world testing," says Lucier, who is a research assistant professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering at NC State. "And when this bridge is replaced — in six months — we'll be able to bring these beams into the CFL to do tests on how the retrofit system performs when in service."
This is real-world testing.
"NCDOT maintains over 13,000 bridges across the State of North Carolina," says Neil Mastin, research and development manager at NCDOT. "Managing such a large network requires many tools to maximize limited resources and provide the public with a safe and functional highway system. Our research program and partners at NC State are a key component of expanding that tool set. This research project opens up the potential to extend the useful lifespan of a bridge until it can be replaced. We look forward to additional work on innovative infrastructure solutions from the team at NC State."
"We're excited to see the efforts of our research have a real impact," McCoy says. "This new methodology is a cost-effective solution that can extend the useful life of existing infrastructure with minimal labor and material resources. And it is at a time when economic, environmental and social impacts are of utmost importance as we work to increase the overall sustainability of our nation's infrastructure."
Department of Civil Construction and Environmental Engineering
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Male from Connecticut here..Typically into sci and fantasy.
Look forward to meeting you on the boards.
Nice to meet you Martin! I look forward to hearing all about your writing interests too. Enjoy your stay.
Theres a few people on here already who are into sci fi and fantasy.
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All words which have long since borne negative connotations. In 21st century life, where sharing our every movement and every meal online has become the accepted way of behaving, social media has become the extroverts dream paradise, the introverts hell. Underestimated as a way of being, introvertism is neither prized nor offered as a path to tread, shunned in favour of over-confidence, extrovertism and ubiquitous over-sharing.
But a world in which every one is a Donald Trump or a Boris Johnson would not succeed – thankfully! Our species needs it's philosophers, it's artists, scientists and geeks. It needs it's witnesses as well as the witnessed. They are the ones who step back to view the bigger picture or delve deeply to see the oft missed yet crucial detail. Introspection provides the opportunity to practice, to cultivate and examine from every angle before we hit the share button. It is the first necessary step in the consummation of a new idea, the space in which to sow, till, nurture and reap until the young sapling is strong enough to face the limelight.
It prepares us for the conversation, tentatively invited when we finally stick our head above the parapet: it will buffet us in the maelstrom of social media, straining against our every grain and fibre of being, our private world exposed in the harsh glare of publicity. Carried as the wind in the trees our inner souls are transported across countries and continents, to shores so distant our physical being will never set foot upon them. As the shock of the first tectonic impact settles, we begin to find a new way of being and to join in the conversation. Our vulnerability becomes more robust as we emerge from our inner world and engage with the tumultuous, shifting noise of the online world.
As an artist I have reluctantly had to embrace the world of social media, the list is growing – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Artfinder, Fine Art Seen, as well as my own website and of course WordPress. It certainly has it's benefits and I have come to realise that unlike the extroverts who seek constant attention, the introvert retains the ability to retreat at will, we are masters at the beautiful art of withdrawal, where once again we can resume a conversation with ourselves; where we can tend a wound, cradle our disappointment and nurture our imagination until we are inspired once more. To seek solace, to retreat from the white noise, is to find space in which we can ask more of ourselves, raise questions that can re-shape our thinking and perspective of the world we inhabit.
It is quite simply, an exquisite place to reside.
Wonderful post. I especially love the end comments.
You´re very welcome, Rebecca! 🙂 And thank you – I´m already trying to lure those muses in 😉 Have a wonderful day!
Wow, you write with eloquence and that painting is magnificent. What a talent you are!
What a beautiful piece, Rebecca. Although more on the extroverted side, I understand and agree with you. This world needs people for whom the public part doesn't come very easily.
Thank you Tiny. We all have elements of both introvert and extrovert, but most of us would probably feel we have a default mode where we feel most comfortable.
You're extroverted enough to create the opportunity for all of us to "meet" you and enjoy your art and blog.
I'm learning to stick my head above the parapet Bruce – but like to duck down again quite often !


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overyourhead - some irreverent musings by a gay London guy - crawling though technology, love and life... so you don't have to.
"Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake - Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower (1887-1956)"
Inflight movies......
Tonight we're off to Oz. Hurray! But the movies on the plane look less than inspiring. Which do you recommend staying awake for?
Insomnia 1:58 | THRILLER | M Stars: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank Director: Chris Nolan
Director Chris Nolan follows his brilliant film Memento with a psychological thriller set in the 24-hour daylight of a small Alaskan town. After a shocking murder, two LA detectives are sent to investigate. Both, however, are in trouble for not playing by the rules. And soon they're investigation is compromised by a killer who knows their dirty secrets.
Works up a respectable level of bleary-eyed paranoia – Village Voice
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 1:56 | COMEDY DRAMA | M
Stars: Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn Director: Callie Khouri
Vivi, a southern matron, is shocked when her daughter, Sidda, a New York playwright, reveals to a journalist she was abused as a child. So Vivi's three childhood friends, the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, go to New York, drug Sidda, and bring her back to the south to learn the truth about her upbringing.
A movie resolutely for and about women – NEW YORK TIMES
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course 1:30 | ACTION COMEDY | PG
Stars: Steve Irwin, Magda Szubanski, David Wenham Director: John Stainton
Crocodile wrestler Steve Irwin wrestler a croc away from some poachers, only to find it's swallowed a secret electronic beacon and the poachers are US agents trying to get it back. To save the croc, Steve heads outback where he's sure he can lose them. Sound just a teensy bit familiar?
Delivers exactly what it promises – Variety
Life or Something Like It 1:43 / ROMANTIC COMEDY / M
Stars: Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns Director: Stephen Herek
TV anchor woman Lanie has it all – great job, baseball jock fiancee – until a homeless man predicts three things: the score of her man's next game, the weather the next day, and that she'll be dead in a week. When the predictions start coming true, she tries to turn her life and her heart around ... fast.
Bend it Like Beckham 1:52 | COMEDY | PG
Stars: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley Director: Gurinder Chadha
If you're young and can bend a kick like English soccer captain David Beckham, you're going to be a star. Unless, that is, you're a girl. Jess and Jules form an unlikely friendship as they struggle to realise their dreams while dealing with issues of race, gender and love.
The biggest UK sleeper hit since The Full Monty – Empire Magazine
Men in Black ll 1:26 | COMEDY | PG
Stars: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Lara Flynn Boyle Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Initially, Agent Jay is the only man in black – his sidekick is an alien pug dog. But Jay is forced to enlist his old partner Agent Kay in order to stop the villainous alien Serleena from finding a mysterious light force. The Men In Black then get to work amid some of the best special effects, and witty asides, in the business.
At times jaw-droppingly impressive – The Australian
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On a lovely fine Sunday, Carrigtwohill welcomed Richmond to Ballyadam Park for a last 32 Local Cup match. Missing a few players because of injury and other commitments, it meant that 3 Under-12 players made up the match day squad.
Starting well Carrigtwohill took the game to Richmond and took a deserved lead after 5 minutes when after some great football through midfield Phillip broke down the wing and put in a brilliant ball for Evan to finish to the corner.
Richmond took the game to the hosts after this and got a deserved equaliser before Carrigtwohill again took the lead when a speculative shot from Ryan went through the goalies legs.
Unfortunately, they conceded again before half time when the midfield got caught out of position to leave the game level at half time 2 all.
The second half started with Richmond on top and they took the lead. The real character in this team then shone through when Amany equalised from the edge of the area.
In true Cup fashion Carrigtwohill got a last minute winner when a corner from Phillip was half cleared and Hayden was on hand to brilliantly lob the Richmond goalie for the winner.
Player of match goes to the full squad for a brilliant effort and they go into the last 16 of the Cup.
A special mention also for the big support out to encourage the team.


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Everybody Get Up CD
Elbowed-Out
Soul Junction
SJCD5010
Modern Soul, 70s Soul
Click on the icon to play and pause the audio.
1. Taking A Step
2. Things Are Changing
3. Just To Be With With You
4. All Men Don't Love The Same
5. Girl I Want You
6. Girl You Got Magic
7. Everybody Get Up
8. Believe It
9. In The Book Of Guinness
During 2012 we at Soul Junction Records were fortunate to discover two excellent unissued Oliver Cheatham tracks "Don't Pop The Question/Good Guys Don't Make Good Lovers" (SJ518) and it was during the brokering of a subsequent licensing deal that we were introduced to the songs producer Mr. Bill Miller (who just happened to be Oliver's cousin). During a later conversation Bill mentioned that he had some other unissued material on a group by the name of Elbowed-Out that he worked with while living in Seattle, Washington and would we be interested in hearing it ? Well, if it was anything near as good as the Cheatham tracks then you bet we would! Well it was and two well received 45 singles from Elbowed-Out would eventually be released, firstly the double sided dance 45 "Taking A Step" b/w "Girl You Got Magic" (SJ523) in 2013. Followed by a further dance track backed with a mid tempo ballad "Things Are Changing b/w Just To Be With You" SJ527 in 2014.
A fifth Elbowed-Out track the sweet sounding "In The book Of Guinness" (probably the only song ever to reference the world famous record breakers annual in its lyric's) also gained a release on the Soul Junction various artists compilation "We Got A Sweet Thing Going On" (SJCD5009) during 2014.
So twelve months on we at last bring you the entire Elbowed-Out recordings from the group's 1978/79 sessions with Bill Miller. Which include the aforementioned issued tracks, but on this occasion both "Taking A Step" and "Girl You Got Magic" appear for the very first time as their previously unissued full length versions ( with both being over five minutes in duration).
Together with the remaining unissued tracks "All Men Don't Love The Same", "Believe It" and the album's title track "Everybody Get Up" added to those is the recently discovered track "Girl I Want You" a solitary release recorded sometime during 1988 by Denis Wilcox with one of the groups later line ups.
Elbowed-Out's mission in life was "to get you up and out of your seat, and then to begin to move your feet" something I think you'll agree they most certainly have achieved. So without further ado, just indulge yourself in the sound that is 'Elbowed-out'.
Soul Junction Records are a leading reissue label specialising in digging out quality, ultra rare groove soul tunes and reissuing them on collectable, limited edition 7" singles. They don't often do albums, so when they do you know that they're bound to be worth seeking out and that contention is more than justified with this new long player from the Soul Junction team.
Soul Junction's latest album is a 9 tracker on an almost unknown Seattle mixed-race group called Elbowed Out. The band was formed in the early 70s by singer/guitarist Dennis Wilcox and singer/trumpeter Sam Chambliss and they soon found themselves a popular feature on the local Seattle club scene playing a set that consisted mainly of soul and jazz covers. After graduating to bigger gigs, opening for acts like Tower of Power and the O'Jays, they came to the attention of Detroit producer Bill Miller (who'd worked with Wild Cherry, the Temptations and the Commodores). Miller had Elbowed Out record a number of tracks but had difficulty getting them released, so the band continued gigging – branching out to Alaska, Canada, even Japan! Elbowed Out finally called it a day in 1991 and that seemed to be that, till Soul Junction Records entered their life!
In 2012 Soul Junction's crate diggers found two unissued Oliver Cheetham tracks, both produced by the aforementioned Bill Miller. In licensing discussions, Miller offered Soul Junction the tracks he'd cut with Elbowed Out and the team were blown away by the quality of the music. Two Soul Junction/Elbowed Out 7" singles followed and their success has encouraged the Soul Junction crew to issue a full album on the band.... 9 great, rare soul grooves that prove that label execs and quality control teams often get it wrong.
Four of the tunes here ('Taking A Step', 'Girl You Got Magic', 'Things Are Changing' and 'Just To Be With You') were available on the two singles while a fifth cut, 'In The Book Of Guinness' (surely the only song to name check The Guinness Book Of Records) was featured on a Soul Junction compilation. If you know those cuts, you'll know the sound of Elbowed Out is kind of halfway between the Blackbyrds and Tower Of Power ...soulful, melodic and gritty with an irresistible hint of funk.
The previously unavailable tunes follow the same music template with 'All Men Don't Love The Same' being particularly strong. Even the 1988 recording ('Girl I Want You') which features a somewhat different band line up to the earlier tracks is sonically similar , if a little funkier. Ultimately, it's all eminently danceable, hence the album's title cut, an unbridled 'Everybody Get Up'.... vintage, rare soul
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The U.S. Transportation Department is creating a special commission to review how newly designed aircraft are certified, spurred by criticism after two deadly crashes of Boeing Co.'s 737 Max.
The commission will evaluate how the Federal Aviation Administration oversees the process of reviewing and approving new plane models, including the government's growing use of aircraft manufacturers' employees to sign off on designs. The FAA joined other global regulators in grounding the 737 Max family of jets on March 13, after evidence surfaced linking the two fatal incidents.
"Safety is the number one priority of the Department, and this review by leading outside experts will help determine if improvements can be made to the FAA aircraft certification process," Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said in a statement.
The new review adds to the stepped-up scrutiny of the 737 Max as Boeing works with airlines and regulators this week to prepare a software update for the workhorse jetliner. A criminal investigation led by the Justice Department is also underway, as is an audit of by the Transportation Department's inspector general of the 737 Max's approval. The Senate is holding a hearing Wednesday to review aviation safety in the wake of the two crashes.
The Special Committee to Review FAA's Aircraft Certification Process is an independent body that will present its findings to Chao and the FAA. It is being operated under a newly created advisory panel on safety oversight and certification, which was ordered by Congress in a law that passed in October.
Boeing is hosting customers and regulators this week in Renton, Washington -- home of the company's 737 factory -- to explain the measures it's taking to return the Max to service.
"Recently, we informed Max owners and operators that in order to allow for the delivery of the software update, they must place a free-of-charge order through our standard orders system," Gordon Johndroe, a Boeing spokesman, said in an email. "The update will only be released on certification but placing an order is a standard step to start the delivery process for any software or hardware change."
The Federal Aviation Administration hasn't certified the software change, the agency said in a statement. While the FAA has worked closely with Boeing during work on the update, it is waiting for the company to finish it so it can be reviewed.


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Marte (în latină Mars) era zeul roman al războiului.

Etimologia

Caracterizare
Marte provine dintr-o fuziune a zeului agrar și războinic Mavors, dintr-un vechi cult umbric, cu zeul etrusc Maris și cu zeul grec al războaielor, Ares. Până la cristalizarea acestui sincretism caracteristic mitologiei romane, Mavors era invocat ca protector al muncilor câmpului și chiar mai târziu, când se consolidează cultul lui Marte, noua divinitate e venerată mai ales tot ca ocrotitoare a activităților agricole, personificând totodată renașterea periodică a naturii. Problemele de delimitare a terenurilor agricole și de apărare a gospodăriilor și recoltelor contra incursiunilor de prădăciune îl învestesc pe același zeu cu atributul nou al patronării războiului, dar inițial aceste atribute se înrudeau strâns: preoții zeiței agrare Ceres, Arvales, îl invocau pentru ocrotirea ogoarelor și pe Marte, numindu-l Marmar, Marmor, Berber. Iar Cato lansase odată îndemnul de a se aduce sacrificii speciale lui Marte ca să aibă grijă de cirezile de boi.

Epitete
Printre vechile epitete ale zeului, două erau caracteristice: Rusticus și Silvanus. Când Marte devine, în epoca imperială, un zeu mai complex și în primul rând simbolul forței militare romane, începe să fie considerat fiul cuplului Jupiter-Iuno. Numit Mars Ultor (Marte Pedepsitorul) și Marspiter (Mars Pater, Tatăl), este inclus în triada protectoare a Romei, împreună cu Jupiter și Quirinus.

Atribute

Mitologie
Marte era considerat tatăl gemenilor Romulus și Remus, fondatorii tradiționali ai Romei.

Venus a fost repudiată de soțul său Vulcan, după ce acesta a surprins-o în brațele lui Marte. Din unirea celor doi (Venus și Marte) a rezultat nestatornicul Cupidon (Amor).
Mai mulți pictori au abordat tema momentului în care zeul Vulcan îi surprinde pe Venus și Marte (Hendrick de Clerck, Jacopo Tintoretto, Paris Bordone și Willem Key).

Cultul lui Marte

Răspândire geografică

În cultură

Film și televiziune
Pentru rolurile lui Ares, vezi Ares în film și televiziune
Personajul Marte a apărut de numeroase ori în film și televiziune, printre care:
 1914: The Story of Venus, William Scott
 1918: The Triumph of Venus, Karl Dane
 1928: Vamping Venus, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
 1961: Romulus and the Sabines, Jean Marais
 1962: Vulcan, Son of Giove, Roger Browne
 1962: Mars, Son of Giove, Roger Browne
 1973: Orpheus in der Unterwelt (TV), Franz Grundheber
 1974: Orpheus in der Unterwelt (TV), Werner Senftleben
 1976: Remo e Romolo (Storia di due figli di una lupa), Maurizio Arena
 1991: Castor et Pollux (TV), Bernard Deletré (ca Marte)
 2001: Jason and the Heroes of Mount Olympus, S. Scott Bullock
 2004: The Venus Project, Xavier Decis

 2012: Seinto Seiya: Omega, 6 episoade, Hidekatsu Shibata
 2016: Jupiter, Anthony Deleon

Varia
Numele planetei Marte provine de la acest zeu roman.

Referințe

Bibliografie
 Victor Kernbach, Dicționar de mitologie generală, Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, București, 1989
 Anca Balaci, Mic dicționar de mitologie greacă si romană, Editura Mondero, București, 1992, ISBN 973-9004-09-2
 George Lăzărescu, Dicționar de mitologie, Casa Editorială Odeon, București, 1992, ISBN 973-9008-28-3

Legături externe

 Dicționar mitologic
 Marte, forța brutã a Romei , 8 noiembrie 2011, Irina-Maria Manea, Historia

Vezi și
 Mitologie romană
 Listă de zei
 Listă de zei romani
 Listă de zei (pe zone geografice)
 Martin
 Câmpul lui Marte (Roma)

Mitologia romană
Zei romani
Personaje citate în Divina Comedie (Infernul)
Zei ai războiului
Eponime ale planetelor sistemului solar

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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Even with a 6-3 Republican majority that includes Amy Coney Barrett, there hasn't been a big Supreme ruling on abortion this term. Kate Riga of Talking Points Memo is puzzled.
The Court has had the chance to take up an abortion case for the entirety of Barrett's tenure. It first scheduled Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case centered on a 15-week abortion ban out of Mississippi, for conference at the end of September 2020. That case has since been relisted 18 times.
"I don't know the record for relisting, but we have to be close," said David Cohen, professor at Drexel University's Thomas R. Kline law school and author of "Obstacle Course: The Everyday Struggle to Get an Abortion in America."
At least one abortion opponent thinks anti-choicers won't get what they want this year.
At first, the assumption among the anti-abortion crowd was that the delay was innocuous: Barrett was simply getting caught up on the caseload.
Now, it's starting to cause uncertainty.
"She's been on the Court long enough now that I think an alternative explanation is needed," Walter Weber, senior counsel at the Christian-based, conservative American Center for Law & Justice, told TPM....
"The Court is going to deny review, and a Justice is preparing a dissent," Weber suggested as a possible cause for the lag. "This is, statistically speaking, the most likely explanation for any delay in announcing an order."
I assume that the prime directive of most of the Republicans on the Court isn't to fight the right's culture wars -- it's to preserve and defend the corpocracy. They want whatever Charles Koch and like-minded right-wing billionaires want. They also want to ensure that pro-plutocrat Republicans continue to be elected, which is why they gutted the Voting Rights Act, issued the Citizens United ruling, and refused to impose limits on partisan gerrymandering.
The problem for the Court's Republicans is that, electorally, it's never really a good time to overturn (or effectively overturn) Roe v. Wade -- it will inevitably drive Democratic turnout in the next election cycle, and probably suppress Republican turnout, because the major goal of many evangelical Republicans will already have been accomplished. Maybe the Supremes will go for it in four years if Republicans have retaken Congress and the White House, but this seems like a bad time. Democrats turned out a lot of voters in November, as well as in January in the Georgia Senate runoffs. The Democratic president is popular. Republicans have a very good shot at retaking Congress in 2022, however, and the Court, or at least John Roberts and a couple of other conservatives, don't want to screw that up. And while it's unlikely that Democrats will be able to muster the votes to expand the Supreme Court, they're studying it and writing legislation to do it. Overturning Roe now could make that seem like a very mainstream idea -- or at least that's what I assume some of the GOP justices believe.
This could all change at any time. But if there really is hesitancy on the Court regarding abortion, I think it's because of the billionaires.
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PARJE Celebrates Unveiling of New 'Welcome' Mural at Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School
April 29, 2022 by Olwen Logan
Old Lyme First Selectman Timothy Griswold stands with the mural's lead artist Jasmine Oyola-Blumenthal after the mural had been officially unveiled on Wednesday at Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School. All photos by K. Monson except where indicated.
OLD LYME — UPDATED WITH FULL STORY: Around 40 members of the community along with several Old Lyme and Lyme-Old Lyme Schools dignitaries joined some 200 Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School students and faculty on Wednesday to celebrate the unveiling of a new Welcome mural, which had been sponsored by Public Art for Racial Justice Education (PARJE) and created in the school.
The completed mural shows students from many nations holding hands to cross a bridge.
The mural is part of the Sister Murals Project sponsored by Public Art for Racial Justice Education (PARJE), which was officially launched March 1, 2021. PARJE utilizes the broad appeal of art and education to confront racial injustice.
One mural has already been unveiled in Norwich and now murals are being worked on concurrently in Old Lyme and New London. Jasmine Oyola-Blumenthal, who is an alumna of Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, is the lead artist of the new Welcome mural in the Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School (LOLMS.)
In addition to her role as lead artist, Oyola-Blumenthal worked with school faculty to develop student workshops, which coordinated with the project.
Oyola-Blumenthal and her counterpart, Marvin Espy, in New London were selected from a field of nearly 20 applicants. In her application, Oyola-Blumenthal had described art as, "a neutral vessel," contending that [it], "Can bring forth conversations that can be uncomfortable and promote opportunities to open dialogue on racial justice and education."
Jasmine Oyola-Blumenthal, lead artist for the 'Welcome' mural, addresses the audience at Wednesday's ceremony in Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School to celebrate the unveiling of the mural. Photo by S. Hayes.
Superintendent of Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Ian Neviaser opened the ceremony and then a number of speeches were made including one by Kimberly Monson, a professional artist, who studied at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, and subsequently became one of its faculty. She, in fact, had taught lead artist Oyola-Blumenthal when the latter was a student at the same college.
Monson noted, "An artistic legacy is passed from instructor to student and is a direct line to the artists and instructors before them. Therefore, with her training, Jas's [Jasmine's] pedigree can be traced back to artistic behemoths such as Saint Gaudens and Gerome."
Monson then commented on Oyola-Blumenthal's own legacy and its relevance to the project, saying, "Jas also has a legacy in her heritage. She holds within her … the hopes and dreams of embracing diversity, which, in addition to her talent, give her an insightful perspective to this Mural project … [She carries] the legacy, of not only the Artists housed and trained here, but also [in her role] as the voice of collaboration with our kids."
Monson spoke warmly of Oyola-Blumenthal's skills saying, "Jas's sense of design was always powerful. She knows how to arrange a picture to tell a story and she has a strong command of color and pattern that celebrates her contagious optimism," emphasizing, "All of this shows itself beautifully on the Mural painted in your hall."
Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School students hard at work on the mural.
Three LOLMS eighth grade students read their poems related to the Witness Stones project in Old Lyme, in which houses where enslaved people were kept in town have been identified by engraved stones placed in front of them. The students were Maggie Thuma, Thomas Kelly and Anne-Marie Hinkley.
Thelma Halloran, who is the LOLMS art teacher also spoke during the ceremony. She had collaborated with Oyola-Blumenthal on many parts of the mural project. She explained how she had become involved with, "a new group in Old Lyme created by the Rev. David W. Good, Minister Emeritus of The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme."
This group, which became PARJE, was created more than a year ago in response to tragic events in the news like the death of George Floyd. Halloran said, "David wanted to remind everyone in Old Lyme that the town has a history of welcoming people – all kinds of people."
She then listed some of those who had been welcomed into the town mentioning four refugee families from Laos, a refugee family from Rwanda, and another from Syria. She also recalled a family from the Congo, who lived in a refugee house bought by the Congregational church and families from Pakistan, Guatemala, Burma, and South Africa. In addition, she mentioned a family, whose home was destroyed by a hurricane in Puerto Rico, who also found a home in Old Lyme.
No space was left unpainted as the mural takes form.
Halloran noted, "This history of hospitality to all who come to Old Lyme has evolved through time. It has not always been perfect. This is why there is a continued effort to strive to be a better community, including in our schools."
She continued, "Let the message of this mural continue to be a reminder of the values we share in the town of Old Lyme, and as a community in our schools. Make the message of this mural come to life in your words and your actions with everyone you encounter, not just student to student, not just student to teacher, and not just the new faces you see."
Urging the students to, "continue to show your kindness" to everyone in school including such people as custodians, security guards, secretaries, and paraprofessionals, she then told them also to, "Show your kindness to the student, who looks like you, but doesn't think like you." explaining firmly, "This is what we mean when we say welcome."
The intensity given to the project is clear on the faces of the students.
Halloran concluded by quoting the words of the 2021 US Presidential Inauguration poet Amanda Gorman, who said evocatively,
"The new dawn balloons as we free it.
For there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it.
If only we're brave enough to be it."
Editor's Note: Visit this link to see the video NBC TV posted about the event.
Filed Under: Community, Headline News, Lyme, News, Old Lyme, Schools, Top Story, Town Hall


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The every-day book: or The guide to the year, Volumen2
Por William Hone
played their colours in triumph; blowing horns, and making merry in the best manner they could. About nine o'clock they sat down upon the green; and each taking from his pocket, bread and cheese, or other provisions, made a hearty breakfast, drinking pure water from a well, which they always took care should be near the scene of banquet.
In the mean time, scouts were sent out towards every quarter, to bring them notice if any hostile party approached; for it frequently happened, that on that day the herdsmen of one district went to attack those of another district, and to bring them under subjection to them by main force. If news were brought that a hostile party approached, the horns sounded to arms, and they immediately arranged themselves in the best order they could devise; the stoutest and boldest in front, and those of inferior prowess behind. Seldom did they wait the approach of the enemy, but usually went forth to meet them with a bold countenance, the captain of each company carrying the colours, and leading the van. When they met, they mutually desired each other to lower their colours in sign of subjection. If there appeared to be a great disproportion in the strength of the parties, the weakest usually submitted to this ceremony without much difficulty, thinking their honour was saved by the evident disproportion of the match; but, if they were nearly equal in strength, none of them would yield, and it ended in blows, and sometimes bloodshed. It is related, that, in a battle of this kind, four were actually killed, and many disabled from work for weeks.
If no opponent appeared, or if they nemselves had no intention of making «n attack, at about mid day they took down their colours, and marched with horns sounding, towards the most considerable village in their district; where the lasses, and all the people, came out to meet them, and partake of their diversions. Boundaries were immediately appointed, and a proclamation made, that all who intended to compete in the race should appear. A bonnet ornamented with ribbons was displayed upon a pole, as a p-ize to the victor; and sometimes five or six started for it, and ran with as great eagerness as if they had been to gain a kingdom; the prize of the second race wa< a pair of garters, and the third a knife. They then amused themselves for
some time, with such rural sports as suited their taste, and dispersed quietly to their respective homes before sunset.
When two parties met, and one of them yielded to the other, they marched together for some time in two separate bodies the subjected body behind the other; and then they parted good friends, each performing their races at their own appointed place Next day, after the ceremony was over, the ribbons and napkin that foimed the colours, were carefully returned to their respective owners, the tower was no longer a matter of consequence, and the country returned to its usual state of tranquility.
The above is a faithful account of this singular ceremony which was annually repeated in all the country, within the distance of six miles west from Edinburgh, about thirty years before Dr. Anderson wrote, which was in the year 1792. How long the custom prevailed, or what had given rise to it, or how far it had extended on each side, he was uninformed. He says, " the name of Lammas-towers will remain, (some of them having been built of stone,) after the celebration of the festival has ceased. This paper will at least preserve the memory of what was meant by them. I never could discover the smallest traces of this custom in Aberdeenshire, though I have there found several towers of stone, very like the Lammas-towers of this country; but these seem to have been erected without any appropriated use, but rr.erely to look at. I nave known some of those erected in my time, where I knew for certain that no other object was intended, than merely to amuse the persons who erected them.'*
The Cobblers' Festival At Paris On Tbe First Of August, 1641.
A tare old "broadside" in French, printed at the time, with a large and curious wood-cut at the head, now before the editor, describes a feast of the cobblers of Paris in a burlesque manner, from whence he proposes to extract some account of their proceedings as closely as may be to the original.
First, however, it is proper to observe that the wood engraving, on the next page, is a fac-simile of one third, and by far the most interesting portion of the origin-il.
* Dr. Jame-i Anderson, in Tr>m &c. Antio V*'*,
The entire occupation of the preceding pa«e by a cut, which is the first of Kie kind in the Every-Day Book, may tartle a few readers, but it must gratify •very person who regards it either as a pithful transcript of the most interesting jarl of a very rare engraving, or as a ■epresentation of the mode of feasting in the old pot-houses of Paris.
Nothing of consequence is lost by the omission of the other part of the engraving; for it is merely a crowd of smaller figures, seated at the table, eating and drinking, or reeling, or lying on the floor inebriated. The only figure worth notice, is a man employed in turning a spit, and he has really so lack-a-daisical an appearance, that it seems worth while to give the top corner of the print in facsimile.
We perceive from the page-cut that at the period when the original was executed, the French landlords "chalked up the icore" as ours do, and that cobblers had music at their dinners as well as their betters. The band might not be so complete, but it was as good as they could get, and the king and his nobles could not have more than money could procure. The two musicians are of some consideration, as well suited to the scene; nor is the mendicant near them to be disregarded ; he is only a little more needy, and, perhaps, a little less importunate than certain suitors for court favours. The singer who accompanies himself on the guitar at the table, is tricked out with a <t an ding ruff and -ufHes, and ear-rings,
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and seems a "joculator" of the hi si order;—and laying aside his dress, and the jaunty set of his hat, which we may almost imagine had been a pattern for a recent fashion, his face of " infinite humour" would distinguish him any where However rudely the characters are cut, they are well discriminated. The serving man, with a spur on one foot and without a shoe on the other, who pours wine into a glass, is evidently a person—
"contented in his station
who minds his occupation."
Vandyke himself could scarcely have afforded more grace to a countess, than the artist of the feast has bestowed on a cobbler's wife.
From the French of the author who drew up the account referring to the engraving, we learn that on the first day of August, 1641, the "Society of the Trade of Cobblers," met in solemn festival (as, he observes, was their custom) in the church of St. Peters of Arsis, where, after having bestowed all sorts of praises on their patron, they divided their consecrated bread between them, with which not one third of them was satisfied; for while going out of the church they murmured, while the others chuckled.
After interchanging the reciprocal honours, they were accustomed to pay to each other, (which we may fairly presume to have been hard blows,) many of the most famous of their calling departed to a pot-house, and had a merry-making. They had all such sorts of dishes at their dinner as their purses would afford; par ticularly a large quantity of turnip-soup, on account of the number of persons present; and as many ox-feet and fricasees of tripe, as all the tripe-shops of the city and Us subuibs could furnish, with various other dishes which the reporter say* he does not choose to name, lest In. should give offence to the fraternity. He mentions cow-beef, however, as one of the delicacies, and hints at their excesses having disordered their stomachs and manners. He speaks of some of them having been the maslers, and of others at more than the masters, for they denominated themselves Messietiri le Jurcz, ol their honourable calling. He further siys, that to know the whole history of fieir assembly, you must go to Geiuily at the sign of St Peter, where, when ot
leisure, they all play together at bowls. He adds, that it is not necessary to describe them all, because it is not the custom of this highly indispensable fraternity to do kindness, and they are always indignant at strong reproaches. Finally, he says, " I pray God to turn them from their wickedness." He subjoins a song which he declares if you read and sing, will show he has told the truth, and that you will be delighted with it. He alleges, that he drew it up to make you better acquainted with the scene represented in the wood-cut, in order that you might be amused and laugh. Whether it had that tendency cannot be determined, for unluckily the song, which no doubt was the best part, has perished from the copy of the singular paper now described.
Lammas Day Exeter Lammas Fair. The charter for this fair is perpetuated by a glove of immense size, stuffed and carried through the city on a very long pole, decorated with ribbons, flowers, &c. and attended with music, parish beadles, and the mobility. It is afterwards placed on the top of the Guildhall, and then the fair commences; on the taking down of the glove, the fair terminates.
Rippon Lammas Feast.
To the Editor of the Every-Day Book.
Sir,—Tf the following sketch of St. Wilfrid's life, as connected with his feast at Rippon, be thought sufficiently interesting for insertion, you will oblige an old contributor.
The town of Rippon owes its rise to the piety of early times, for we find that Eata, abbot of Melross and Lindisfarne, in the year 661 founded a monastery there, for which purpose he had lands given him by Alchfrid, at that time king of Deira, and afterwards of the Northumbrians; but before the building was completed, the Scottish monks retired from the monastery, and St. Wilfrid was appointed abbot in 663, and soon afterwards raised to the see of York. This prelate was then in high favour with Oswy and Egfrid, kings of Northumberland, and the principal nobility, by whose liberality he rose to such a. degree of
opulence as to Tie with princes, ana enable him to build several rich monasteries; but his great pomp and immense wealth having drawn upon bim the jealousy of the king and the archbishop of Canterbury, he was exiled. After an absence of ten years he was allowed to return to his see, and died in the monastery of Oundlein 711, aged seventy-six, and was interred there. In 940, his remains were removed to Canterbury, by Odo, archbishop of that see. Amongst all the miracles recorded of Wilfrid by the author of his life,* one, if true, was very extraordinary, and would go far to convert the most obdurate pagan. It is said, that at this time, God so blessed the holy man's endeavours towards the propagation of the faith, that, on a solemn day for baptizing some thousands of the people of Sussex, the ceremony was no sooner ended but the heavens distilled such plentiful showers of rain, that the country was relieved by it from the most prodigious famine ever beard of. So great was the drought, and provision so scarce, that, in the extremity of hunger, fifty at a time joined hand in hand and flung themselves into the sea, in order to avoid the death of famine by land. But by Wilfrid's means their bodies and souls were preserved.
The town of Rippon continues to this day to honour the memory of its benefactor by an annual feast. On the Saturday following Lammas-day, the effigy of St. Wilfrid is brought into the town with great ceremony, preceded by music, when the people go out to meet it in commemoration of the return of their favourite saint and patron from exile. The following day called St. Wilfrid's Sunday is dedicated to him. On the Monday and Tuesday there are horseraces for small sums only; though formerly there were plates of twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty pounds.f
The following is a literal copy of part of an advertisement from the "Newcastle Courant" August 28, 1725.
TO BE RUN FOR. The usual four mile*' course on Rippon Common, in the county of York, according to articles' On Monday the thirteenth of September a purse of twenty guineas by any horse, mare, or gelding that was no more than five years oM the last grass, to be certified by the breeder.
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each horse to pay two guineas entrance, run three heats, the usual four miles' course for a heat, and carry nine stone, besides saddle and bridle. On Tuesday the fourteenth, The Lady's Plate of fifteen pounds' value by any horse, &c. Women to be the riders: each to pay one guinea entrance, three heats, and twice about the common fur a heat."
During the feast of St. Wilfrid, which continues nearly all the week, the inhabitants of Rippon enjoy the privilege of rambling through the delightful grounds of "Studley Royal," the seat of Mrs. Laurence, a lady remarkable for her amiable character and bounty to the neighbouring poor. On St. Wilfrid's day the gates of this fairy region are thrown open, and all persons are allowed to wander where they please.
No description can do justice to the exuberant distribution of nature and art which surrounds one on every side on entering these beautiful and enchanting grounds; the mind can never cease to wonder, nor the eye tire in beholding them.
The grounds consist of about three hundred acres, and are laid out with a taste unexcelled in this country. There is every variety of hill and dale, and a judicious introduction of ornamental buildings with a number of fine statues; among them are Hercules and Antseus, Roman wrestlers, and a remarkably fine dying gladiator. The beauties of this terrestrial paradise would fill a volume, but the chief attraction is the grand monastic ruin of Fountain's abbey. This magnificent remain of olden time is preserved with the utmost care by the express command of its owner, and is certainly the most perfect in the kingdom. It is seated in a romantic dale surrounded by majestic oaks and firs. The great civility of the persons appointed to show the place, is not the least agreeable feeling on a visit to Studley Royal.
I am, &c.
J. J. A. F.
Dissenters' Festival.
The first of August, as the anniversary of the death of queen Anne, and the accession of George I., seems to have been kept with rejoicing by the dissenters. In the year 1733, they held a great meeting in London, and several other parts of the kingdom to celebrate the day, it being
that whereon the "schism bill" was to have taken place if the death of the queen had not prevented it. If this bill had passed into a law, dissenters would have teen debarred the liberty of educating their own children."
Dooget's Coat And Badge.
Also in honour of this day there is a rowing match on the river Thames, instituted by Thomas Dogget an old actor of celebrity, who was so attached to theBrunswick family, that sir Richard Steele called him "a whig up to the head and ears."
In the year after George I. came to the throne, Dogget gave a waterman's coat and silver badge to be rowed for by six watermen on the first day of August, being the anniversary of that king's accession to the throne. This he continued till his death, when it was found that he had bequeathed a certain sum of money, the interest of which was to be appropriated annually, for ever, to the purchase of a like coat and badge, to be rowed for in honour of the day by six young watermen whose apprenticeships had expired the year before. This ceremony is every year performed on the first of August, the claimants setting out, at a signal given, a< that time of the tide when the current is strongest against them, and rowing from the Old Swan, near London-bridge, to the White Swan at Chelsea.f
Broughton, who was a waterman, before he was a prize-fighter, won the first coat and badge.
This annual rowing-match is the subject of a ballad-opera, by Charles Dibdin, first performed at the Haymarket, in 1774, called " The Waterman, or the First of August." In (Ms piece Tom Tugg, a candidate for Dogget's coat and badge, sings the following, which was long a popular
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And did you not hear of a jolly young waterman, Who at Blackfriars-bridge used for to ply; And he featlier'd his oars with such skill and dexterity, Winning each heart and delighting each eye: He looked so neat, and rowed so steadily. The maidens all flocked in his boat so readily,
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While it is obvious that Dr Kelvin Kemm's information was a bit dated when he wrote his article titled 'Sanral's tolling soap opera', I would like to take this opportunity to give Engineering News readers an update on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) and correct some of the inaccuracies in Kemm's article.
First is the question about toll commencement on the Gauteng e-road. Many road users probably know by now that the Gauteng e-toll commencement date of April 30, 2012, has been announced by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. The toll tariffs (inclusive of value-added tax) for e-tag account holders were also announced by the Minister and are set out as follows: motorcycles (Class A1), 18c/km; light motor vehicles (Class A2), 30c/km; nonarticulated trucks (Class B), 75c/km; and articulated trucks (Class C), R1.50/km.
Kemm also alludes to a figure of R2 000 a month that could be paid by someone who regularly drives between Johannesburg and Pretoria. What he probably did not know when he wrote his article is that the most a light motor vehicle driver with an e-tag account can pay in tolls on the Gauteng e-road is R550 a month. This is the cap that has been put on the tolls to further minimise the impact of the toll tariffs on road users. Our calculations show that 80% of light motor vehicle users of the Gauteng e-road will pay in the region of R220 a month in toll fees. The benefits of the improved highway far outweigh the capped monthly costs which he fails to recognise.
Another misleading assertion in Kemm's article relates to road users being fined if they have insufficient funds in their bank account to pay their toll fee. What he neglects to mention is that the credit-card-linked e-toll account is not the only payment method available on the Gauteng e-road. Road users can also register a prepaid e-toll account into which they can load funds in a similar way to a prepaid cellphone account. Toll tariffs are then deducted from this account only. The e-toll account can be topped up at an e-toll customer service outlet or through electronic funds transfer. In both cases, road users are not required to provide their banking details.
With regard to the alleged suspension of drivers' licences if tolls are not paid, this is completely nonfactual and misleading. Road users have seven days to settle their tolls from the day the toll charges are incurred. Thereafter, debt collection and legal processes will follow.
We are pleased that Kemm acknowledges the 'excellent engi- neering skills' that went into imple- menting the GFIP and we hope that, after reading this update, he will realise that the project is as moral, ethical and legally sound as the engineering work that went into it. He can find comfort in knowing that this was also confirmed by two independent auditing firms during the consultations by the Ministerial Steering Committee, which was appointed to review the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) financial model and found the inputs, formulae and outputs of the Sanral revenue model to be sound.
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Edited by: Martin Zhuwakinyu
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The Charlie Waller Institute of Evidence Based Psychological Treatment (EBPT) is the product of a collaboration between the University of Reading, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust.
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Presented by Professor Kate Davidson. People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are frequently referred to health services with high levels of emotional distress, self-harm behaviours and relationship difficulties. People with these problems have poor health and mental health and are disadvantaged occupationally and socially. Over the past two decades, psychological therapies have been found to be helpful with problems faced by those with BPD. Pharmacological therapies on the other hand are generally not recommended. Psychological therapies have differed in intensity, length of treatment and in complexity of theory and techniques. CBTpd is a brief effective evidence-based therapy for people with both borderline and antisocial personality disorder. CBTpd takes a developmental perspective, engaging the person in producing a narrative formulation of their unique circumstances and problems. Treatment techniques focus on emotional and behavioural regulation, usually in the context of interpersonal relationships. Developing a non-judgmental, authentic and warm therapeutic relationship is central in CBTpd.
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