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A Show of Hands for Amazon's The Rings of Power: Speculating on What We Know So Far
Jeff LaSala
Tue Feb 8, 2022 12:00pm 37 comments 8 Favorites [+]
Amazon has done a pretty good job tossing up tantalizing nuggets about their upcoming 5-season Lord of the Rings series. First it was those varying maps of differing time periods. Then there were some casting announcements with a batch of unfamiliar faces (always a good thing, if you ask me). More recently we saw the "teaser" video announcing the title of the thing: The Rings of Power.
Then on February 3rd, they dropped twenty-three character "posters" depicting hands (some clean, some grimy, some in between), lots of clothes, armor, assorted trappings, weapons, and even some beards. And, of course… rings. These images offer a slew of new details to consider—but mostly for us to speculate about and guess at. And obviously for us all to talk about, because publicity is a thing. Nervous as I am about the whole venture, I'm still happy to see glimpses of some actual Númenóreans, aka the Dúnedain, aka the Sea-kings of Westernesse, aka Aragorn's ancestors…
So let's dig into some of this.
…But let's also not go crazy, either. There are few hard facts here, and it's impossible to map every detail to established Tolkien lore. Which means a lot of it is fabricated for new stories. First, we still don't exactly know what rights Amazon has acquired from the Tolkien Estate. How much of The Silmarillion can they even refer to? The whole of the Akallabêth, the Downfall of Númenor? We've got so few solid clues about what the show is up to. Most of it can only be conjectured about. So let's do that! Nerdily and vehemently.
Take this wonderfully bedraggled and apple-wielding, wool-clad chap with a gray beard and a humble bearing. (Click the Twitter link to see the full poster image.)
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— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
My book-aligned geek-brain wants to say this is some beggar or wise soothsayer among the non-Númenórean Men of Eriador in the Second Age. That's what I want it to be. What I'm afraid it will be is a wizard—that is, one of the Istari, coming onto the scene way too early. (In Tolkien's books, the wizards arrive on Middle-earth one thousand years into the Third Age, specifically to oppose the returning shadow of Sauron after the loss of his One Ring.)
And it is the Second Age this show is primarily concerned with. We know this. All the Rings of Power—the Three, the Seven, the Nine, and finally the One—are going to be the crux of this tale and they start to pop up 1,500 years into the Second Age. Put another way, the Rings of Power are made roughly 1,941 years before Isildur cuts the One Ring from Sauron's "dead" hand. Of course, Amazon might muck around with Tolkien's timeline—I'll be super impressed if they don't—but for now I'd like to pretend they will be faithful to the timeline. So let's have a look out the major events marked in The Tale of Years from Appendix B of The Lord of the Rings and see what they're supposed to be working with.
One important book paradigm is the fact that Sauron's identity, or even his existence as a threat at all, remains unknown for hundreds of years after the defeat of his boss, Morgoth, which is what wrapped up the First Age. Sure, Sauron was a known foe long before—especially in the Beren and Lúthien story—but for all intents and purposes, he's long gone. Gil-galad, the last High King of the Noldor, does eventually sense that "a new shadow arises in the East," but he has no idea who or what it is. Sauron's been lying low, totally off-grid.
Now, I'm guessing the series won't begin after the forging of said rings—they'll want to show them being made—so it needs to get underway somewhere before the year 1500. Númenor is already a significant power at this point and it has not yet fallen under the shadow of evil. Ostensibly the Sea-kings will start off the show as a force of good. How better to appreciate and shake our heads at their eventual corruption and fall? They're a kingdom of Men graced by the Valar with long (but not immortal) life, whose stature, skill, and technology are superior in skill to their mortal cousins on Middle-earth.
All right, so the Rings of Power get underway in the realm of Eregion around 1500, then Sauron finishes the One in 1600, and that's his big reveal: when the fair guise of Annatar is lifted and the Elves become aware of Sauron. And because his ring scheme fails he's pissed and starts gearing up for war. Yet Sauron himself doesn't go to Númenor and start prepping it for its downfall until the year 3,262. That's a HUGE gap of time.
Does Amazon plan on somehow cramming the ring-forging events together with the fall of Númenor? I hope not. Those two things can't really happen at the same time. They're separated by more than a millennium. But I can well imagine Amazon compressing the timeline. Which I'm not wild about. But I get it.
Anyway, let's get back to some of these posters.
Apple Dude could be just about anyone. Tom Bombadil, for all we know. But let's say he's a wizard. Like Radagast or one of the Blue wizards? Then either Amazon is (1) dragging Third Age events into the Second or (2) establishing the basic concept of wizards early and quite apart from the Istari. That is, making it a vocation of its own distinct from the divine agents sent by the Valar. Is that do-able? Only with some fudging. I get the sense that Amazon wants to be able to throw around the word "wizard" to rope in more people familiar only with Peter Jackson's films.
In Unfinished Tales, the first line of the "Istari" chapter is:
Wizard is a translation of Quenya istar (Sindarin ithron): one of the members of an 'order' (as they called it), claiming to possess, and exhibiting, eminent knowledge of the history and nature of the World.
Rather than making the word synonymous with the Istari who came in the Third Age (Gandalf, Saruman, etc.), they could just be trying to establish wizard as a classification for worldly sages. Consider the way hobbits regard Gandalf in Bilbo's youth; he's known as a "wandering wizard," which implies some idea of wizards in general. The sort of old men who tell wonderful tales at parties and give enchanted diamond studs to the Old Took. Who bring fireworks. Who whisk otherwise sensible hobbits off onto adventures.
And look, anything we see as anachronistic could be explained as being part of a framing story, be it wizards or hobbits. Maybe the setup is a hobbit and a wizard in the early Fourth Age discussing the events of the Second? So then the show could freely toggle back and forth through time as it pleases. Wouldn't it be neat if the frame story was a group of hobbits (Harfoots, Fallohides, and Stoors) visiting Rivendell and discussing the past with some lingering Elven loremaster (why not Celeborn, who stays there after Galadriel has sailed West)? By this point, Gondor and Arnor have been restored by King Elessar.
So who else do we see in these posters? Many speculations abound on social media, and there are some insights I don't want to take any credit for. So let's just look at just a few. Such as Spikey over here.
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If this isn't Sauron, it's sure meant to invoke the aesthetics of Mordor. If it is the Dark Lord, it'd need to be either pre-Annatar Sauron or post-Rings Sauron; the whole time he's in his Groucho Marx-mustache-and-glasses mode, adopting his Annatar persona, he is fair-seeming and wise and super charismatic. Curious aside: I'm doubtful that Amazon would incorporate anything from The Nature of Middle-earth into their show, but in that book we learn that while he was "cozening" the Elves as Annatar, Sauron couldn't simultaneously exert his dominance over all the Orcs. Which is why, once he's unmasked, it takes him ninety years to get ready for war.
This dark-armored, sword-wielding individual might also be a Ringwraith, maybe the Witch-king himself. But the Nazgûl aren't supposed to show up until more than five hundred years after Sauron wages war with the Elves. Of course, this could be a red herring. Whether Spikey is Sauron or not, one of the other poster characters could also be him as Annatar. Like Goldy Frocks over here.
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I mean, probably not. That's more likely a Númenórean king, like Ar-Pharazôn the Golden, or just an ostentatious Elf-lord (that doesn't feel quite right, but you never know), what with all those shiny rings. Elves do like shiny things, especially the Noldor. Speaking of rings, while we're seeing how popular rings are among some Second Age races, not too many of the ones we see in these posters are candidates for actual Rings of Power, since the sixteen Rings of Power each bore its own gemstones. Unless some of the rings we're seeing here are the mere "essays in the craft before it was full-grown," as Tolkien put it.
I think Amazon just wants to put the idea of rings in our heads.
But not all the rings shown here are fancy. In fact, we see quite a range of social classes represented: fine robes and armor, homespun cloth, well-worn cloaks, vocational trappings, and even weapons. A tool of agriculture in the hands of one who could be a peasant or noble; country folk with their hard-won fruits; mariners or explorers with practical gear; a lordly hand holding the Sceptre of rulership of Númenor; a red-robed figure holding a scroll (Elrond? Celebrimbor?); a red-dressed woman with a book; a white flower held in sun-browned hands.
Now this is surely a red-bearded Dwarf king, or at least a weaponsmith.
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This could be Durin II or III, the king of Khazad-dûm. Remember, these are the "happier times" when the Elves and Dwarves got along and set up doors with easy-to-remember friendly passwords. Some have translated the runes on that hammer as "Awake, sleeping stone." Note the gold dust on his hands, which we see on some others' fingers as well. Is that symbolic for the works of the Dwarves and the lust for gold that the Seven Rings given to them by Sauron will stir in their hearts, or is it merely the byproduct of their craft?
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This one's unfamiliar jewelry and golden robes could suggest Dwarves or the Haradrim. Her skin is dark, but she doesn't look like an enemy, which is encouraging. Harad is a land and culture ripe for exploration! Her shirt has a kind of beard-like flowing pattern, doesn't it? Which has me thinking of Dwarves again. If they were being faithful, Amazon would be sure to give any female Dwarves beards, too. From The Peoples of Middle-earth:
nor indeed can their womenkind be discerned by those of other race, be it in feature or in gait or in voice, nor in any wise save this: that they go not to war, and seldom save at direst need issue from their deep bowers and halls.
But if this is a lady of Harad, what is her vocation? Like all mortal Men, the Haradrim are not inherently evil, but when the Númenóreans go from friends to oppressors, they start demanding tribute from Harad, too. Which does them no favors in the long run, because Sauron eventually pulls the strings in Harad and turns them against the northerners and Sea-kings. But it would be delightful to see peaceful trade between the Haradrim and the people of Númenor and Eriador, at least for a while.
So what are we to do with Horseblade here?
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The horsey pommel and reddish armor is obviously going to make us think of Rohan. But there is no Rohan in the Second Age, nor even its predecessor Calenardhon, nor even the Éothéod people where they came from. There were Northmen up in the valley north and west of Mirkwood/Greenwood even in the Second Age, and sure, they were horsemen, but they'd have had little or no contact with anything going on in Eriador—only the mountain-dwelling Dwarves (who they traded with) and the Orcs (who they fought). So it's a stretch to bring anything even vaguely Rohirric into the Rings of Power story.
However, Númenóreans were superior horsemen as well, so this could just be a red herring. Look at that fishy scale mail. Sea-kings…
Still, in one of the maps Amazon teased in 2019, the land of Calenardhon is included. That's the wide green land in which Eorl the Young would ride to Gondor's aid and found Rohan. That's a Third Age event, mind you. So what the heck are they doing? Telescoping forward and backward in time? That could explain this range of cultures across different periods of time. It is a puzzle.
Now it's time to talk about the two giant trees in the room.
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This could be Galadriel, absolutely. Though she's never called out as a warrior specifically, in some ways I feel like all the Noldor have to fight to last this long. Those dwelling in Middle-earth in the Second Age are just a remnant of the whole. The rest were slain or sailed West. Moreover, Galadriel is tough and able-bodied as heck. In Unfinished Tales, we're told "she was strong of body, mind, and will, a match for both the loremasters and the athletes of the Eldar in the days of their youth."
But even if this poster turns out to depict just Elf Warrior #4, this person is almost certainly a Noldorin Elf of Eregion or Lindon. It is the Noldor who looked upon the Two Trees of Valinor and the first ones who would work that memory and admiration into their weaponry. (In the pommel of this Elven dagger, we clearly see represented Telperion the Silver and Laurelin the Gold.) There are going to be wars with Sauron that lay waste to Eregion, so this Elf is poised to be just about anyone involved. Though, if we're sticking to the text, by the time the Rings of Power are forged, Galadriel and Celeborn have already settled into Lórinand on the east side of the Misty Mountains (future Lothlórien).
So who is Woodsy McArcher here?
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I mean, a Silvan Elf maybe… but probably not. The bearded face in the leafy bark armor feels a bit more Mannish to me. If you look at the Second Age (and topmost) map in the ones Amazon has presented, you'll see regions in southern Eriador called Minhiriath and Enedhwaith. Notice they're heavily forested? They won't stay that way. When the Númenóreans go from lordly advisors to demanders of tribute, they do a lot of tree-cutting to make their ships and turn their havens into fortresses, beginning around the year 1800. So this archer would well be one of the hunters of that land fighting against the deforestation. Say, is that barky face meant to be Entish in inspiration?
Or not. This guy might just be a Númenórean with a penchant for woodsy armor. Red herrings, I tell you!
We should probably also address the little people.
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Some are calling this one a hobbit, and I can't gainsay it. If this is Sir Lenny Henry's Harfoot, who according to the actor is part of "the early days of the Shire," then it seems most likely that hobbits will be part of the main story after all, not merely part of a frame device. All fine, but how would the doings of such a people not upstage future hobbits or become part of recorded history? If they can really pull it off with those conditions, I'm all for it.
So, Ropey the Man.
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This could be Aldarion (from the story "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife" in Unfinished Tales), who'll eventually become Tar-Aldarion, sixth king of Númenor, if they decide to start well before Sauron starts his ring-based pyramid scheme. Before he takes the Sceptre, Aldarion goes sailing and exploring with his plucky Guild of Venturers. It's a rich story to mine from, but I'm not sure how it would tie in with the smiths of Eregion so early. In the span of history, Aldarion is especially credited with helping to build up the naval force that crucially comes to the aid of the beleaguered Elves in their war with Sauron.
One of the most evocative images is this one, which of course makes most people think of the broken sword Narsil.
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But it can't be Narsil. Amazon doesn't have to match Jackson's version of that sword, no, but this hilt has villainy written all over it. It doesn't so much look broken (as when Elendil fell on it when he was himself slain) as it looks melted, burned, or scorched. This seems more like a weapon of Mordor (or Angband), and the hand that holds it here belongs either to some hapless shepherd who found it or a future Nazgûl in awe of its power. Just a guess.
Now this next one sure seems both Númenórean and royal.
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There are three Sceptre-bearing queens of Númenor that Amazon could work with (of the twenty-five total monarchs), though the spouses of the kings could all be considered. Tar-Míriel, the wife (and, um, cousin) of the villainous final king, Ar-Pharazôn, should have been the fourth ruling queen but was denied her rightful role by her asshole of a husband. Still, this doesn't seem like her. And what does the white flower signify? Nimloth, the White Tree from whose fruit a seedling is transported to Middle-earth? Now, if the woman represented in this poster is of the royal house of Númenor, these brown-skinned hands are descended from Elros, brother of Elrond and son of Eärendil the Mariner.
And that's one thing I really like—the range of skin colors shown throughout these posters. It feels right. Seriously, I want Middle-earth to look real, lived in by disparate cultures, and Tolkien didn't get too descriptive with most of his characters. There is room for everyone. I only hope ethnicities are used consistently with their origins in the text, where he did specify—for example, the Harfoot hobbits are "browner of skin," per Tolkien himself in the "Concerning Hobbits" prologue of The Lord of the Rings, while the Fallohides are "fairer of skin." If they follow such guidelines where they appear and stretch a bit further in the unwritten lore, that's good enough for me. The Edain, the Men who became the Númenóreans, were comprised of several tribes of Men (the Houses of Bëor, Haleth, and Hador, and even some of the Drúedain), so there's no reason they should all be uniformly pasty, either. I'd be disappointed if they were. Now, should there be some blonds among the descendants of Hador the Golden-haired? Yeah, totally, but from start to finish, Númenor's history spans well over three thousand years. Plenty of time for genetics to do its thing.
But anyway, this is all just speculation. We're just getting started. Like a lot of Tolkien fans, I'm trying to be cautiously optimistic. I'm a book fan first, but I'm not a book purist when it comes to adaptation. Amazon is going to do a lot of inventing in The Rings of Power, but while the thousands of years of the Second Age are largely untold by Tolkien himself, there is a still a rich framework to build on. I hope they use it with respect.
If you'd like to hear further discussion and informed speculation that far exceeds mine, you could do much worse than the Who Are These People? video streams (there are already two) from Signum University, led by the Tolkien Professor, Dr. Corey Olsen. It walks through all of these posters and addresses every detail. I haven't even finished watching them myself…
In the meantime, what are your thoughts?
And one final note: If you're unfamiliar with the Second Age and haven't read The Silmarillion or Unfinished Tales, consider my overviews of the Second and Third Ages from the Silmarillion Primer:
Grace Under Pressure: The Rise of Númenor
A Farewell to Kings: The Fall of Númenor
Twenty Rings, Seven Stones, and Middle-earth's New Dark Lord
The Misappropriation of the Rings (and the Third Age)
Jeff LaSala can't leave Middle-earth well enough alone, and is responsible for The Silmarillion Primer, the Deep Delvings series, and a few other assorted articles. Tolkien nerdom aside, Jeff wrote a Scribe Award–nominated D&D novel, produced some cyberpunk stories, and works in production for Macmillan and Tor Books. He is sometimes on Twitter.
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Synced: The Japan Shoot – Part 1
June 11, 2015 March 27, 2017 neilosemanBlackmagic, cinematography, equipment, gaffering, international, lenses, lighting
Actor Shigeki Maegawa, director Devon Avery, actor Oliver Park with Justine Avery in front of him, actress Daisy Hainsworth, actor Sydney Jay, me and gaffer Keisuke Ueda, at Himeji Castle
575W HMI
On Wednesday May 27th I got a call from my friend and actor Oliver Park, saying he was flying to Japan on Sunday for a shoot and did I want to come as DP? He was playing the leading man in Synced, a sci-fi feature film directed and co-written by Devon Avery, and after a month of shooting in Glasgow, the existing DP had opted not to take part in the Asian shoot.
On Friday night my plane ticket came through, at midnight on Sunday I was changing planes in Qatar, and on Monday afternoon (local time) I was in Osaka. The following morning saw me at Arc System, a very helpful lighting rental house, with Devon, his wife/multi-talented assistant Justine and a couple of the Japanese crew. With two night exteriors and a night interior as well as a day exterior scene, a reasonable amount of kit was needed.
The mains electricity in Japan is 100V, 60Hz, so very similar to the US – and indeed the plugs and sockets are identical. But the killer is that you can only draw 7A per socket. That's a maximum of 700W, as opposed to over 3,000W from a UK socket.
Canon Ultrasonic 24-70mm f2.8
So the biggest lamp we could hire without needing a generator was a 575W HMI. With one of those in the bag, I figured it was best to fill out the package with battery-powered lamps, and so hired four 1'x1′ Bi-Color LitePanels. Although I'm still not 100% sold on the colour rendition of any LED panels (even LitePanels, which are amongst the best), there's no denying they're incredibly handy and quick to set up.
Pentax 50mm f1.4
I would be shooting in 4K ProRes 422 HQ on my Blackmagic Production Camera, at 23.976fps. I initially stuck to two Canon L series lenses for continuity: Devon's 24-70mm f2.8 and crew member Keisuke Ueda's Canon L 50mm f1.4. Since I was constantly struggling to expose an image at the BMPC's native 400 ISO, I later employed my Sigma 20mm f1.8 for faster wide shots, and I couldn't resist trying my new Pentax 50mm f1.4, which performed beautifully at f1.7 and above, but did seem a touch soft when wide open.
Monitoring via Thunderbolt cable to Blackmagic Ultrascopes on a Powerbook
Regular readers will know of the trials and tribulations I've experienced getting a monitor signal out of my BMPC, with the result that I bought a 17″ Blackmagic SDI monitor last year. It was impossible to bring this to Japan, so instead – for the first time – I experimented with Thunderbolt monitoring. A runner was dispatched to buy a cable, and Devon installed the Blackmagic Camera package on his Macbook. This package includes Ultrascopes, which provides a live video view amongst other things, though annoyingly only in a pretty small window.
Whenever I turned the camera off or played anything back, the signal would be lost. To get it back, Devon would have to quit Ultrascopes and I'd have to switch to 25fps before he re-opened it. Only once it was re-opened could I switch back to 23.976fps. Please sort out that little bug, Blackmagic Design!
With the kit and workflow sorted, we travelled to Himeji (by bullet train, no less) ready to start shooting on Wednesday. Watch this space for part 2: shooting the kitchen scene.
Synced is copyright 2015 Empty Box Productions LLC.


According to research from Princeton University, students who identify as Asian must score, on average, 140 points higher on the SAT (out of 1600) than whites to have the same chance of admission to private colleges. They must score 450 points higher on the SAT than African-Americans. This is the "Asian Tax" that some refer to and, while this research's direct quantification of bias might be interesting, the fact that Asians have to do better academically than others to get admitted into selective US colleges shouldn't come as a big surprise to anyone somewhat familiar with college admissions.
Many elite US colleges argue that in order to maintain a rich-learning environment, they need to ensure a diverse student body and that includes, in part, racial diversity. They argue that they make an effort to achieve this racial-diversity in admissions based on "race-neutral" factors like income but cannot be completely blind to race to achieve a healthy level of racial diversity. This argument was supported by the US Supreme Court's recent June 2013 ruling on this issue, Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. In Fisher, the Court held that universities' admissions decisions need not be blind to race if the university can "convincingly prove that no workable race-neutral alternatives produce the educational benefits of diversity" consistent with the University's educational mission.
This debate is of utmost important to the team at Uni Prep because it directly impacts our students, who primarily consist of Taiwanese and Taiwanese-American students, for two reasons. First, our students and their coaches, need to be aware of the reality of their situation. When our students and coaches are building college lists and look at admissions statistics of different colleges, such as average ACT & SAT scores, they need to adjust these population-wide statistics to reflect the numbers for Asian and International applicants. Second, we all need to advocate on behalf of the Asian community to reform what appears on its face may be a discriminatory system.
While there isn't space in this post to fully address Uni Prep's view on this debate, in short, we understand the argument in favor of racial diversity on college campuses and support the argument that some type of affirmative action in admissions is required to achieve some level of diversity. However, we believe that the extent to which admissions preferences currently disadvantage Asians is not acceptable especially given the strong evidence that they disadvantage white applicants much less than they do Asians. Even assuming for the sake of argument that that Asian applicants are less non-academically competitive, on average, than white applicants, any difference in "non-academic achievement" appears to be disproportionate to the discrepancy seen in the admissions numbers. As recently as 60 years ago elite US college admissions severely discriminated against American Jews, and this history of discrimination is repeating itself today with Asian Americans.This state of affairs is not acceptable.
Despite the lengthy discussion above, it will take significant time to resolve the legal issues at hand. In the meantime, it is imperative for Asian students to acknowledge how the system currently works and respond accordingly.
You need to score higher academically, on both your GPA and standardized tests, because Asian applicants are currently judged at a higher standard for the time being.
You need to show that you are also non-academically high-achieving, which doesn't simply mean being first chair in orchestra or editor-in-chief of the newspaper. At selective US colleges, admissions officers appear to have a bias against what they consider "one-dimensional" Asian applicants: those who seem to only focus on grades and test scores. To learn more about what we mean by non-academically high-achieving, check out our blog post on which clubs are best to join and not join and another blog post that explains the difference between a Spike and good extracurriculars.
The Spike Lab's Spike Coaching program is designed to help students address the latter insight: supporting students' efforts to develop an impressive non-academic candidacy profile. We are particularly focused on international students in East Asia because that is where the need is the most pronounced. This is where University admissions is almost completely based on academics (i.e. entrance exams), and students have to work against a strong cultural norm to focus primarily on non-academic achievement.
If you want to learn more about how to overcome the so-called "Asian Tax", then click here or contact us to set up a consultation session. If you're a current student/parent and want to learn more about how the Asian Tax impacts you, then you should set up a concierge session to do so.


Though Lilly King is not the only American Record holder swimming at the 2019 NCAA Championships, she is the only individual World Record holder at the meet. She is the fastest-ever swimmer in the 100 breaststroke in long course meters and short course yards, as well as the three-time defending champion in this event (and the 200 breaststroke). As King continues to break barriers and delve into the 55s, fans will be left to wonder what other records she may break this summer. To put things into perspective, King's American Record performance at the 2018 B1G Championships is akin to a World Record performance at the National Championships, or other qualifying meet prior the World Championships: it's not necessarily uncommon, but we all know that meet is not the athlete's main focus. With that in mind, the 100 breaststroke will, in essence, be King versus the clock.
With King's 55-second performance, as well as her slew of 56-second swims, it's easy to lose track of how significant it is for other women to swim 57-anything in the 100 breaststroke, though this year's field boasts four women other than King that have done so. NC State freshman Sophie Hansson has been 57 twice this season and enters the meet as the second-fastest competitor with a 57.74 from the 2019 ACC Championships. Hansson established herself as the second-fastest freshman ever in the 100 breast behind King in both prelims and finals at ACCs, and alongside King and Texas A&M's Anna Belousova, is one of only three swimmers sub-58 so far this season.
Belousova swam a 57.99 at the 2019 SEC Championships, shaving nearly half-a-second from her 2018 best of 58.40. At the 2018 NCAA Championships, Belousova added to her seed time, yet still managed to place 5th in finals behind a slew of Big Ten swimmers. The reigning SEC Champion in this event, Belousova will try and hold off SEC rival Nikol Popov from Tennessee.
Tennessee Volunteer Nikol Popov is the fastest 58-second seed in the field, and a thrilling racer with incredible turnover speed. From a strategic and technical standpoint, Popov represents an interesting contrast to Wenger's race strategy, in that where Wenger works the underwater pullout to great advantage, Popov has experimented with skipping the underwater pullout and surfacing almost immediately. Whether Popov utilizes this strategy again or opts for the more traditional three-part breaststroke pullout will no doubt be a point of interest for fans between now and Friday's 100 breaststroke.
Minnesota's Lindsey Kozelsky is another sub-58 to watch, and she enters the competition seeded 8th with a 58.70. Last March, Kozelsky placed third in the 100 breaststroke behind King and Michigan's Miranda Tucker, though she failed to replicate her best time of 57.91 from the 2018 B1G Championships in that race. At this year's B1G Championships, the trio of King, Tucker, and Kozelsky placed 1-2-3 in the 100 breast, and then King and Tucker again went 1-2 in the 200 breast. At the 2018 USA Swimming National Championships (LCM), Tucker placed 9th in the 100 breaststroke, though of the 8 swimmers who competed in the 'A' final, only King and USC's Riley Scott will be racing at this year's NCAA Championships.
Southern California senior Riley Scott has a lifetime best of 58.64 from December 2017, though at the 2018 NCAA Championships Scott missed the 'A' final and placed 9th in 59.23. At last year's summer nationals, Scott managed eight-place finishes in both the 100 and 200 meter breaststrokes. Scott is seeded 14th going into this year's competition, but her formidable lifetime best as well as her success in the long course pool suggest she could surprise with an 'A' final appearance at her final NCAAs.
Virginia freshman Alexis Wenger experienced her first time drop since age 14 at the 2019 ACC Championships, where she utilized incredible underwaters to blast an eye-popping 58.31. Prior to ACCs, Wenger's best time was a 1:00.02 from 2015. In prelims, Wenger posted a respectable 59.70, which she then demolished in finals with a 58.31, taking second to NC State's Hansson. If Wenger can go 58-low or better, she will almost certainly make the 'A' final.
Stanford freshman Zoe Bartel enters the meet with an unremarkable 37th-seed time of 59.92, though her best time stands at 58.72, posted at the 2018 PN Speedo Sectionals in Federal Way. While the top 13 seeds this year enter the meet with season bests that would have been fast enough to make the 'A' final in 2018, if Bartel is near or better than her lifetime best, she could earn herself a second swim, and potentially a spot in the 'A' final. Florida State's Ida Hulkko, currently seeded 9th, is another that could slip into the 'A' final if she can go sub-59 in morning prelims. At the 2019 ACC Championships, Hulkko placed third in the 100 breast behind Hansson and Wenger with a 58.94. Though the field overall is much faster than last year, it is worth remembering that 59.34 was all it took to make the 'A' final at the 2018 NCAA Championships.
You can find all of SwimSwam's 2019 Women's NCAA previews here.
Really gonna leave Delaney Duncan out of this… presumably because she comes from a Mid-Major?


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Here we explain the different documents neccesary to travel to Edinburgh, depending on the nationality of the traveller.
Scotland has been part of the United Kingdom since the eighteenth century; therefore, to visit Edinburgh or any other part of Scotland has the same requirements needed to enter any of the countries that make up the UK.
American citizens travelling to Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland do not require a visa, but will need a valid passport. Before you land in the UK, you will be asked to fill out a landing card with your name, date of birth, gender, nationality, occupation and the address where you will be staying in London.
Canadians have to present a valid passport to enter the United Kingdom. A visa is not required for stays of six months or less.
If you are travelling as a tourist for up to six months, you do not require a visa. However, you will need to show a valid passport.
Citizens from Switzerland, the EU and the EEA will not require a visa to enter Scotland.
Citizens of the following countries do not need a visa for visits of up to six months to Scotland and the rest of the UK, but you will need a valid passport.
Anguilla, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominica, East Timor, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Kiribati, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Monaco, Montserrat, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Singapore, South Korea, Solomon Islands, Saint Lucia, Saint Helena, Taiwan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Tuvalu, Turks, and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, United States, Vanuatu.
Citizens from China, Jamaica, India and South Africa will need a visa to travel to the UK. We recommend going to the British Embassy of your country for more information.
For more information, visit the official travelling website to the United Kingdom.
When planning a trip to Edinburgh it's normal to have questions about opening hours, official money in the country, the neccesary documentation ant more. Here we will try to help by answering some of the most common questions.


In KWOW episode 107, we learned about the music scene in Korea that existed before Kpop: pansori. To say pansori is the Korean version of opera is not completely accurate. It's the traditional storytelling told in musical form, performed by one singer and one drummer.
What's the difference between pansori and Western music? How different do pansori singers' vocal cords look compared to Kpop singers? How are people modernizing pansori these days?
As we already learned in KWOW episode 37 (see below), pansori (판소리) is a genre of Korea's traditional music performed by one singer and one drummer. Think of pansori as "Korean opera."
The most famous pansori story is "Chunhyangga (춘향가)." Set in the city of Namwon, Chunhyangga is the legendary love story of Chunhyang and Mongryong (몽령). To make a long story short, Chunhyang was a gisaeng (기생), a female entertainer for the aristocrats and royals. Mongryong was a district magistrate. Despite their class difference, they fell in love and married illegally. While Mongryong was in Seoul, another man forced Chunhyang to be his concubine. She refused and was given the death sentence. Mongryong returned to Namwon just in time to save her.
Another traditional Korean music genre is pungmul (풍물). Pungmul was once practiced by farmers for rural holidays and for shamanistic purposes. Nowadays pungmul are used as art and for political protest. Pungmul is commonly held outdoors and contains many performers, each dedicated to sing, dance, play drums, and more. The performers wear colorful costumes accompanied by hats with twirling ribbons.
Samul nori (사물놀이) is similar to pungmul as it uses the same traditional instruments: ggwaenggwari (꽹과리), janggu (장구), jing (징), and buk (북). The four instruments symbolize a weather condition. Janggu stands for rain. Ggwaenggwari symbolizes thunder. Buk represents clouds. Jing symbolizes the sounds of the wind. Compared to pungmul, samul nori songs tend to be faster and are performed while sitting down. Farmers would perform samul nori in hopes of good harvest.
Other Korean traditional music genres include sanjo (산조), shinawee (시나위), and jungak (정악).


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Microsoft Surface Membership Plan Targets Businesses
Microsoft has subtly launched a Surface Membership Program to let small businesses purchase devices on a payment plan.
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Microsoft has quietly begun to offer a Surface Membership plan to small business customers. The company is giving organizations the option of financing new devices through a monthly payment plan.
The plan applies to current models of the Surface Book, Surface Pro 4, and Surface 3 hybrids. Subscribers can upgrade to new devices, free, as Microsoft puts them on the market. This option is exclusive to business customers rather than individuals, Thurrott.com reports.
Monthly fees vary depending on the type of plan you choose. Customers can select to spread their payments over 18, 24, or 30 months.
[Read: Office 365 welcomes the Microsoft Planner app.]
Prices for the Surface plan start at $33 per month for the Surface 3 device and Type Cover keyboard for a 30-month plan. Higher-end devices cost more. For example, a Core i5 Surface Pro 4 with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage will cost $80 per month for a 24-month plan or $98 per month on an 18-month plan.
Surface Book is the most expensive device available. The cheapest model, which comes with a Core i5 processor, 8GB RAM, 128GB of storage, and no GPU, costs $80 per month for a 30-month plan. It's worth noting the Surface Pro 4 comes with a black Type Cover and pen, and the Surface Book also comes with a pen.
The application and financing for Surface Membership plans are handled by LiftForward.
In addition to new devices, subscribers have access to Microsoft support and services. The membership comes with seven-day phone and in-store tech support; one-on-one personal training; in-store discounts for future purchases on hardware, software, and other items; and the Microsoft Complete for Business extended service plan with accidental damage protection.
It wouldn't be surprising to see more enterprise customers adopting hybrids like Microsoft's Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book. Two-in-one devices are growing in popularity as the PC market continues to shrink and tablet sales plummet.
Hybrid shipments grew a little over 13% during the first quarter of 2016, reported market research firm Canalys. Data from IDC reflects a similar pattern: Detachables have seen triple-digit year-over-year growth, and increased to 4.9 million units, which amounts to 12.4% of the market.
Microsoft's pricing strategy could easily appeal to small business customers seeking an affordable means of providing employees with the latest mobile PCs.
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"The introduction of detachables from traditional smartphone vendors is only beginning, and poses a real threat to traditional PC manufacturers," Jean Philippe Bouchard, research director for tablets at IDC, wrote in the report.
How long will it be before Surface subscribers can access a new device? Sources are split. Some claim Microsoft will launch the Surface Book 2 and Surface Pro 5 later this year; others report we'll have to wait until 2017 for the upgraded hybrids.
The availability of Intel's upcoming 7th Generation i5 and i7 processors, or "Kaby Lake" chips, could be behind the delay of Surface Book. Analysts claim the Skylake processor is interfering with battery life, leading many users to complain about the device's lasting power.
Unfortunately, reports claim the Kaby Lake processor won't be ready until year's end. If that's the case, Surface Membership plan subscribers may be waiting until 2017 for new devices to launch.
SaneIT,
Re: Old models meet new products
@Technocrati, I agree with you on every point here. I'd prefer not to lease, but look at the cellular phone market, as the prices of smart phones increased we started leasing them through the service plans. The public in general doesn't have a problem with financing their toys this way.
I also have to agree with you that the Surface line is expensive and with competition coming from manufacturers who have a large manufacturing presence Microsoft needs to get the prices down. You're right that Microsoft hasn't had the best track record with Microsoft branded devices sticking around. Honesty the only hardware device that has had continued success that I can think of is the Xbox. I'm glad that Microsoft pushed the Surface concept and would gladly keep buying Surface products but they have to stay competitive in the market. If this is how Microsoft sees them remaining competitive I think it's a misstep but only time will tell.
Joe Stanganelli,
On the Surface
On the one hand, I'd love a new Surface Pro or two for my business -- and these new financing plans make them more accessible. On the other hand, there's really not a compelling enough reason for me to upgrade just yet. Guess I'll wait for the new models and see how I feel then.
Technocrati,
@SaneIT Sure it is but as you can probably tell, I personally do not like leasing. I have always purchased my equipment, now the enterprise might think differently but I question how good a business practice leasing actually is. Do you really need the latest hardware ? Often the answer is no, but manufacturers would love you to believe you do. And of course it is in their best interest for you to do so as well.
I have seen a few people with Surfaces and anyone who owns one that I have met loves them, but the real issue is that the Surface is overpriced and instead of lowering the price to gain market share MSFT would rather sign you up for a gift that keeps on giving - to them.
The Surface actually has potential and MSFT doesn't want to subsidize the cost in order to gain market share ? How many products and initiatives have they conducted over the years where millions have been lost ?
But they don't want to lose a penny now, for a sizable benefit down the road ? With the resources of MSFT, this seems to me to be a poor strategy.
"Though by the time you pay it off, they will have a new model to push to which you can sign up again."
This has always been the way leases work, you get to hedge your bets a little on new technologies. I haven't seen Microsoft's projected sales numbers so I don't know if they are anywhere close but I keep running into people who have new Surfaces and talk about them like a kid with a shiny new bike. There are still some very rough edges in the product line but overall the people I run into who are using them love them. I think the form factor is here to stay but the Surface product itself is starting to face very stiff competition.
@vnewman2 I would agree. Though by the time you pay it off, they will have a new model to push to which you can sign up again.
The program will start to resemble those shady "Payday Loan" programs but at least you will have a shiny Surface to check your payment date on.
vnewman2,
@Sane IT - "Are they doing this because they feel like the Surface is lagging and needs a push?"
That would be my guess, knowing MSFT.
Old models meet new products
This isn't a new concept for hardware manufacturers. I did this with laptops a decade or more ago through a different hardware manufacturer. We "leased" the laptops for what we considered the useful lifetime and paid over time. This sounds like a similar plan and should be useful for small companies who want new flashy hardware but swallowing the cost in one big bite is problematic. It does make me wonder though is Microsoft doing this with the Surface because it's one of the few hardware pieces they can do this with? Are they doing it because the Surface has the draw to allow them to do this? Are they doing this because they feel like the Surface is lagging and needs a push? I know that a lot of copycat products are popping up now and I'll be looking at them when my Surface is ready for replacement but until now it was a niche that everyone else was ignoring.


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by Alfred Noyes
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Explain the metaphor describing the road as "a gypsy's ribbon" in "The Highwayman."
What do these metaphors mean in the poem "The Highwayman"? 1) The wind was a torrent of darkness 2) The moon was a ghostly galleon 3) The road was a ribbon of moonlight
What are the four metaphors and two similes in Alfred Noyes's poem "The Highwayman"?
Why does the highwayman not return to Bess?
What is the central idea of the poem "The Highwayman"?
Is there any onomatopoeia in "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes?
Why did a red coat troop come marching in in "The Highwayman"? What did they do?
What is the rhyming pattern in "The Highwayman"?
What type of mood does "the moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas" set up in the poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes?
What are the main themes of "The Highwayman"?
Why was Bess plaiting a love knot in "The Highwayman"?
How do we know that the highwayman was in a good mood? Why was he in a good mood?
Who is to blame for the tragedy in the poem "The Highwayman"?
What is the purpose of the poem, "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes?
Who do you think is more civilized: the soldiers, who were a part of society, or the highwayman, who was an outlaw?
How effectively does the poet set the tone for the poem in the first stanza of "The Highwayman"?
What is meant by the line "The Highwayman" that says his pants "fitted with never a wrinkle"?
Why is the poem "The Highwayman" in two parts?
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Would you characterize Bess as foolish or brave in "The Highwayman"?
Explain "The Highwayman."
What does "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes symbolize?
What or who is the focus of the second stanza?
Whose plans were upset soon after the death of Bess in "The Highwayman"?
What is a narrative version of the poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes?
What are the main distinctions between part 1 and part 2 of "The Highwayman"?
Please explain the form of the poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes.
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Although the main theme in "The Highwayman" is mainly love could it also be despair that caused them to act so drastically?
What is the formal structure of "The Highwayman"?
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Analyze Alfred Noyes's poem "The Highwayman" in terms of form and content, focusing on the theme of love and marriage.
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Seventeen-year-old Evie O'Neill has been sent away to Manhattan to spend a few months with her uncle Will. Her parents consider this a punishment for her antics in town, but Evie couldn't be more excited. She sees this as an opportunity to let loose and find herself, hoping she'll find more people like her. She's a free spirit, a flapper, and she has no intentions of being responsible. Yet, she soon discovers there is a killer on the loose in her city, one that has the police baffled. Aiding her uncle in his investigation of the paranormal symbols left behind by the killer, Evie realizes that she has the power to catch this villain through supernatural means – a power that could put her in more danger than the killer alone.
I really enjoyed this novel. I loved the setting – the 1920s is one of my favorite decades to read about, and Bray really brought it to life in this story. There are speakeasies, flappers and chorus girls. Prohibition is in full swing, racism is rampant, and homosexuals have to keep their sexuality a secret – only revealing themselves in underground clubs. She also gives us a glance at the butchery young, desperate women went through back then when they had abortions. (That is actually probably one of the scariest images in the novel.) She also discusses churches that supported the KKK and a movement to purify the genetics within the United States, both of which, scarily enough, actually existed.
I thought the characters were great as well. I did have a hard time dealing with Evie on occasion. Many of her decisions are selfish and can lead to trouble for others around her. (Ex: when Mabel gets arrested during a raid at a club, which could have been avoided if Evie had agreed to leave when Mabel wanted to.) As much as she claims to adore Mabel, she never really bothers to understand her, only try and change her to make her fit in. I know she means well, but it does get irritating. I also hated how much she drinks alcohol and how frequently she wants it or emphasizes how great it is. However, I loved Evie's strength and sass. I found her very witty and enjoyed her sarcastic exchanges with Sam, Jericho and Will.
Mabel is the character I most related to, despite the fact that she never really had much of the story focused on her. She's an introvert, a reader, shy but kind, and holds strong in her beliefs for the rights of others. She was raised to fight for workers' rights and takes part in that movement – headed by her parents. I understood her irritation with Evie – who, in her own way, meant well in her attempts to bring Mabel out of her shell – because I know how it feels to have someone you care about try to change you.
Memphis is also a strong character. A boy who once had the power to heal, he spends his time running illegal gambling numbers, writing poetry, reading, and looking after his younger brother, Isaiah. His back story is tragic, and all he seems to have left is his little brother who he'd do anything for. It is through Memphis that Bray also explores the way interracial relationships were received back in the 1920s. His best friend warns him against the relationship – citing it as dangerous when the woman gets sick of him. She could lose her job if her boss discovered she was dating an African American. I hope this continues to be explored in future entries of the series.
Theta and Henry are also interesting characters. I liked that Theta was similarly sassy to Evie and knew how to work a crowd. She's a free spirit, a dancer, an entertainer, but she is also running from a dark past. Henry is sweet and kind, a man that took her in when she was starving on the streets. He has a great sense of humor, and he's also gay – which was a dangerous thing in that era. As with the interracial component, I hope this theme is also explored more in the books to come.
Lastly, we have Sam and Jericho – one a petty theif, the other a ward of the state, taken in by Evie's uncle. Sam comes off as charming but snaky when Evie first encounters him at the train station – he picks her pocket and thus begins a battle of wits between the two. Eventually he comes to work for Evie's uncle, becoming a perpetual pain to Evie, but also a great source of aid in the case. I am also very interested in his past and his quest to crack open "Operation Buffalo." I want to know what happened to his mother just as badly as he does. Jericho is interesting just because of his history. He is the strong silent type, only speaking when he feels it is important, but still offering much insight on the case at hand.
I also found the villain to be intriguing. I liked that, similar to Freddy Krueger, he had a creepy rhyme that followed his legend. I also found the mythology surrounding him creepy but believable. A supernatural killer, sacrifices, and the apocalypse? That kind of story is right up my alley! The fact that he had a crazed cult following only aided in the creep-factor for me. I'm wondering if the Brethren will reappear in later entries. They are an interesting group – I would like to see more of them.
The novel was both very suspenseful and a fast read. When I had the time to read, I'd run through four or five chapters at a time. Despite the fact that I didn't always agree with Evie's decisions, I did worry for her when she began investigating on her own. I did worry about who might be next, and there were many twists and turns I didn't see coming.
There was only one other thing, aside from some of Evie's characteristics, that I didn't like about the novel. I didn't like that Bray was descriptive about animal sacrifices, especially when she avoided describing the death scenes of the murder victims at all. If one could be avoided, why not the other? If one is graphic, why must we cover up the other? It didn't make sense to me. I don't like animal deaths in general, but I can understand them being described if the human deaths are also done that way. If not, I don't see why we have to read such details. It just doesn't seem necessary to me.
Overall, this was a fun, suspenseful read with realistic, interesting characters who may not always be likable, but do develop as the story progresses. The villain and his followers are creepy and the story is very engaging. Recommended.


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In the 2006 Census the population of Pawtella is 152 and is comprised of 55% males and 45% females.
The median/average age of the Pawtella population is 42 years of age, 5 years above the Australian average.
The country of birth of people living in Pawtella is 93.4% Australia, 3.3% England.
98.7% of people speak English as their first language.
The religious make up of Pawtella is 49.7% Anglican, 18.5% Catholic, 11.9% No Religion, 6% Uniting Church, 4.6% Presbyterian and Reformed.
65.5% of people are married, 22.4% have never married and 12.9% are separated or divorced. There are 3 widowed people living in Pawtella.
65.3% of the people living in Pawtella are employed full time, while 30.6% are employed on a part time basis. Pawtella has a below average unemployment rate of 0% and 42 people are not part of the labour force.
The average individual income is $338.00 per week and the average household income is $700.00 per week.
The average rent in Pawtella is $41 per week and the average mortgage repayment is $650 per month. 37.5% are fully owned, and 25% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 29.7% of homes are rented.
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Support Hershey's Bill
About the Hershey Anti-BSL Group
Hershey's Story
Ontario's BSL
What is BSL?
Why You Should Oppose BSL
Bill 132 & Beyond
Get involved! How you can help!
Bill 147
DBO Debunked
Awareness Poster Campaigns
Worldwide Anti-BSL Protest
YES WE CAN! Rally in Support of Hershey's Bill 16
"Ontario Dogs Vote" Event
Chateauguay to overturn its ban on pit bull terriers
http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/chateauguay-to-overturn-its-ban-on-pit-bull-terriers-1.2521647
Pit Bull Bans: A Delaware And A Missouri Town Do Away With BSL
http://www.inquisitr.com/2271080/pit-bull-bans-delaware-and-missouri-town-do-away-with-bsl/
Breed-specific restrictions lifted for pit bulls in Wilmington
http://www.wdel.com/story/69294-video-breed-specific-restrictions-lifted-for-pit-bulls-in-wilmington
Alberta dogs-rights crusader rejoices after Chestermere scraps breed specific legislation
http://metronews.ca/news/calgary/1391038/alberta-dogs-rights-crusader-rejoices-after-chestermere-scraps-breed-specific-legislation/
New partnership works to create pit bull ambassadors
http://www.ktva.com/new-partnership-works-to-create-pit-bull-ambassadors-783/
More communities repealing long-standing bans on pit bulls
http://www.kctv5.com/story/29180915/more-communities-repealing-long-standing-bans-on-pit-bulls
Breed ban would lead to more dog bites, says former bylaw boss
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/breed-ban-would-lead-to-more-dog-bites-says-former-bylaw-boss
Pit Bull PAC Aims To Ban Discriminatory Legislation
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/11/pit-bull-pac_n_7242318.html
After Death Sentence Lifted, Lovable Pit Bulls Look For Families
https://www.thedodo.com/adoptable-pit-bull-victory-1108571645.html
Landmark class action lawsuit claims that breed bans violate constitution
http://www.examiner.com/article/landmark-class-action-lawsuit-claims-that-breed-bans-violate-constitution
Hershey Anti-BSL Group is a grassroots association of dog owners and concerned citizens committed to repealing Breed Specific Legislation in Ontario. Through public education, political involvement and the promotion of responsible dog ownership, Hershey's mandate is to restore fair and equal treatment for all dog owners across Ontario. Hershey supports "breed" neutral legislation applied fairly and equally on a case by case basis.
1. Print the petition. Fill it out and get others to do the same. Every signature counts. Mail the petition to Premier Doug Ford or Andrea Horwath, NDP.
2. Call, write & email the Premier of Ontario and your local MPP. Ask them to remove the breed-specfic portions of the Dog Owners' Liability Act and Animals in Research Act. Ask them to restore fair and equal treatment of all dog owners across Ontario. Find out who your MPP is here.
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When identifying possible opportunities for improvement, areas may be explored where performance is low, relative to costs. Benchmarking may initially cover only service levels to inform the next step in the process. Subsequent benchmarking of service delivery methods and internal operations could then be carried out after levels of service have been reviewed.
Whether the unit cost of a particular service is increasing or decreasing, for example, the cost of child care per child or per staff member.
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Consideration should be given to the timing of benchmarking activities. Benchmarking too early in the process can create confusion, and benchmarking too late may not provide sufficient learning opportunities. As an example it may be appropriate for the Service Review Team to firstly spend time defining the purpose and the outputs of the services.


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The crane next to the M25 where a man fell off and died continues to cause problems on the M25 this morning.
Part of the crane at a business on the Court Lane Industrial Estate in Iver can be seen sticking out through a fence on the hard shoulder, anti-clockwise between junction 16 (M40) and junction 15 (M4).
Travel time is over one and a half hours. Congestion is back to junction 20, A41 (Kings Langley).
One lane was closed by police at 7.50am this morning. Officers were also at the scene overnight and a lane is expected to be closed today for several hours.
The crane is not likely to be recovered until Saturday.
Officers can be seen in Court Lane in Iver today.


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Acquisitions
In 2012, Shaw Media acquired Suburban Life Publications, a group of weeklies in Chicago's western suburbs, from GateHouse Media.

In 2013, Sun-Times Media sold The Herald-News of Joliet to Shaw Media.

In 2023, Shaw Media acquired Studstill Media in Peru, Illinois and their eight radio stations (WALS, WBZG, WGLC-FM, WIVQ, WSPL, WSTQ (FM), and WYYS) for $1.8 million. The sale marked Shaw Media's launch into radio and digital media, whereas previously, they exclusively owned newspapers.

Other properties
Shaw Media and the Daily Herald announced in spring 2014 the launch of a new Chicago Football magazine led by veteran football analyst Hub Arkush. The magazine subsequently merged with the re-launched Pro Football Weekly.

On December 18, 2020 they launched Shaw Local, a digital news platform covering northern Illinois.

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New lines, high-end product introductions, and CEU-accredited seminars will be on tap in the Hamilton Wrenn Properties – at 200, 320, and 330 North Hamilton buildings – for Spring 2019 High Point Market. Located in the center of the Hamilton Wrenn Design District, the 25 showrooms include furnishings for nearly every room of the home as well as customizable lines that allow retailers and designers to differentiate their store or studio portfolio.
Additionally, 200 North Hamilton St. is home to Alden Parkes, a showroom destination and a learning location. Along with its upscale product line, visitors to Alden Parkes can take advantage of numerous CEU-accredited seminars and visit "Showhouse in a Showroom," an event featuring the work of seven interior designers: Jeremy Bauer and Jason Clifton of Bauer/Clifton Interiors; Keia McSwain of Kimberly + Cameron Interiors; Kerrie Kelly of Kerrie Kelly Design Lab; Lisa Kahn of Lisa Kahn Designs; Rajini Alex of Rajini Alex Design and Shayla Copas of Shayla Copas Interiors. The event begins on Thursday, April 4 and runs through Wednesday, April 10. The designers will be on-hand to talk about their design concepts from 4 to 6 p.m. on April 6.


Vanessa presents How you feel after eating and what you crave: your body is talking to you posted at Fitbynature, saying, "A lot of us know what to eat, especially what we like to eat! But how do you know how much, or what you might need that particular day to make you feel amazing?"
Vanessa presents The speedy benefits of juices need slowing down for the most health posted at Fitbynature, saying, "We're all pretty keen to get moving in the morning: ok, let's face it rushing is the norm. And getting veggies into your breakfast to get even near your target needs, let along the variety that your bodies craves, is just not a thought you have. but health and convenience needn't be opposites, and the smoothie and his juicy cousins are the epitome."
Sophie presents AIP / STEAMED BROCCOLI MASH posted at A Squirrel in the Kitchen, saying, "This steamed broccoli mash recipe is the best trick I know to make use of those broccoli stems that are usually left untouched on the side of the plate!"
Eileen Laird presents Episode 10: Overcoming Self-Sabotage posted at Phoenix Helix, saying, "This episode of the Phoenix Helix podcast delves into the topic of self-sabotage. Sometimes, we do things that we know will cause an autoimmune flare. It's doubly painful, because not only do we suffer the physical symptoms, we're full of shame about being the cause. Today I'm joined by Dr. Judy Tsafrir and Rory Linehan, to talk about why we do this, and how to break this pattern."
Louise Hendon presents What's the Best Food For Your Dog? posted at Paleo Living Magazine, saying, "We recently got a puppy, and so I've been researching what best to feed him. This article is a summary of my research and conclusion."
Louise Hendon presents 20 Fantastic Paleo Kombucha Recipes posted at Paleo Living Magazine, saying, "I love drinking kombucha, but it can get expensive to buy them all the time. The best solution is to make your own, and here are 20 great recipes as well as step-by-step instructions on how to make them."
Melissa presents The beauty of white tea posted at Focus on Paleo, saying, "Drinking white tea can help keep you looking young."
Melissa presents Major score at the Korean market posted at Focus on Paleo, saying, "Noodles made from sweet potato starch. You NEED these!"
Melissa Joulwan presents Thai Pink Grapefruit Salad posted at The Clothes Make The Girl, saying, "This salad has bold flavors – fragrant mint, briny dried shrimp, fiery jalapeño, and sweet coconut – to wake up and shake up your meals and give you a punch of Vitamin C."
Amy Kubal presents The Journey To Health: Hey! This Map Is WRONG!?!? posted at Robb Wolf, saying, "The road to health isn't always a straight line - but even with a few detours you will get there. Enjoy the ride!"
Clare Gravolet presents How to Make You and Your Workout Click posted at Happy Eater, saying, "I used to wonder how some people have that magic ability to actually WANT to workout. In this post I talk a little bit about what is needed to make you and your workout routines 'click."."
Blair presents Hot off the Digital Presses posted at Menopause Happens, saying, "My new eBook Menopause Happens: Own the Change is now available! It is written for the woman who wants to retain or reclaim her vitality during the menopausal transition and it will especially resonate with the Paleo minded. As a registered nurse and long-time Paleo advocate, I share what has worked for me personally as well as what makes sense to me scientifically."


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Jussie Smollett Arrested for Allegedly Lying About His Hate Crime Attack
Natasha Reda Published: February 21, 2019
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Jussie Smollett has been arrested after being charged with filing a false police report.
As previously reported, the Empire star was under investigation after the two men—brothers Ola and Abel Osundairom—that allegedly assaulted him in Chicago last month came forward to reveal the actor "orchestrated" the whole attack. Now, in another unexpected twist, Smollett could face up to three years in prison and a $25,000 fine if the police can prove he lied about what he claimed was a racist and homophobic hate crime.
"UPDATE: Chicago Police Detectives take #Empire actor #JussieSmollett into custody to face Class 4 Felony charge (punishable for up to 3yrs in prison) for Disorderly Conduct in Falsifying Police report. Bond Hearing scheduled for 1:30p in Cook County Criminal Court. #ChicagoPolice," Tom Ahern, the Deputy Director of News Affairs and Communications for the Chicago Police Department, tweeted early this morning.
This story just keeps getting more and more shocking. In just one month, Smollett went from being a victim to being accused of staging the whole thing. His future on Empire is also unclear after Variety reported he's being suspended.
Following news of his arrest, his legal team released a statement: "Like any other citizen, Mr. Smollett enjoys the presumption of innocence, particularly when there has been an investigation like this one where information, both true and false, has been repeatedly leaked," Smollett's attorneys said told People. "Given these circumstances, we intend to conduct a thorough investigation and to mount an aggressive defense."
Stay tuned for more on the investigation...
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