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HomeItalian Air ForceF-104 Starfighter Pilot Recalls His Life Intercepting Soviet Bombers During the Cold War.
F-104 Starfighter Pilot Recalls His Life Intercepting Soviet Bombers During the Cold War.
June 16, 2020 Italian Air Force, Libya, Military Aviation, Russia, Troubled Areas
An Italian Air Force F-104 shadows a Soviet Tu-16 Badger over the Adriatic Sea in the 1980s. (All images: Italian Air Force).
Fascinating stories and photographs from another era.
As many of you will remember, last week we published an interesting story that included rare photographs of NATO fighter jets taken from Soviet bombers and maritime patrol aircraft intercepted during the Cold War. Although of poor quality, because they were manly taken in 1970s with the analogue cameras, the shots show the close encounters between Tu-95RT over-the-horizon targeting platforms and U.S. Navy F-4 Phantoms, F-14 Tomcats and also P-3s, USAF F-4s based in Iceland, RAF Phantom GR.1s, and also RNoAF (Royal Norwegian Air Force) F-104 Starfighter.
The success the article had among our readers and the subsequent discussions on social media brought to my mind some other interesting photographs I obtained years ago while preparing an article fo Air Forces Monthly and Aeronautica & Difesa, images depicting Italian Air Force F-104s flying along side Soviet or Libyan aircraft in the Adriatic, Ionian or Tyrrhenian Sea.
Once again, the quality is not even comparable to the digital shots taken nowadays since the majority of these photographs were taken with hand-held cameras, whose films were developed then copied many times for release. However, they are extremely interesting, because, as a sort-of time machine, they give us a glimpse at the types, color schemes, markings used by the jets in that period.
During the Cold War, Libyan MiGs and the Tupolev aircraft, along with Soviet bombers, maritime patrol, surveillance and reconnaissace, as well as transport aircraft wearing the red star, regularly transited through the Otranto Channel (the waters of the Southern Adriatic Sea in front of Albania) causing the frequent Alpha Scrambles (Alert Scrambles) of the F-104S Starfighter aircraft of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) in QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) service.
A fully tooled up F-104 of the 12° Gruppo. (Image credit: Italian Air Force)
The Italian fighter squadrons that in those years were tasked with the QRA service were mainly two: the 12° Gruppo (Squadron) of the 36° Stormo (Wing) at Gioia del Colle Air Base and the 10° Gruppo of the 9° Stormo at Grazzanise. Equipped with an average of 12 aircraft, both could count on the contribution of the alarm cells provided by the squadrons in the northern part of Italy: these rotated at Sigonella and Trapani Birgi, before the latter became the permanent base for the NODA, Nucleo Operativo Difesa Aerea (Air Defence Operative Group), and then the 37° Stormo (still based there and equipped with the Eurofighter Typhoon).
For my story I published in 2001 on Air Forces Monthly magazine, I had the opportunity to speak to Col. Agrusti who in 1987, as second lieutenant, joined the the 12th Gruppo as an F-104 pilot. Here's what he recalled to me:
"I arrived at Gioia from the 20th Gruppo of Grosseto in February 1987. At the time, the Gruppo at that time flew with F104s in the S modified version the one able to the launch of the AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilots were distributed between the 73rd, 89th and 90th Squadriglia (Flight). The newly assigned achieved the LCR, Limited Combat Readiness after 96 flight hours and then the FCR, Full Combat Readiness (the full combat capability), following 120 flight hours on the aircraft."
That part of the training, up to the achievement of the FCR, was important to put the pilot's ability to take off within 5 minutes from the alert scramble order.
An Italian F-104 shadows a Soviet Badger. (Image credit: ItAF)
"In the Squadron, besides training pilots, there was also an alert team. The simulated Scrambles, that were more common than the real ones, were kicked off by the sound of a simulated siren (as opposed to the "real" siren sound that was continuous). In 1987, the squadron shared the emergency shifts with Grazzanise. We were tasked alternate days with the 10th Gruppo: for example, they did even days, we did the odd days. The alert cell had to guarantee a pair of aircraft ready for take off in five minutes and a pair set aside that had 25 minutes to be ready to take off in five minutes, hence the "ready in 30" status. Similarly, the stand-by Squadron had to prepare two aircraft capable of taking off in two hours from the order. Practically, we were on call every day, because even on days that we were on stand-by, we had to guarantee readiness ."
Every alert cell was made up of two aircraft, two pilots (leader and wingman), four specialists, two weapon crews and one driver. The equipment was placed in an alert building, a separate building with a small conference floor, tables and TV and obviously bedrooms. There were three of these: one for the armament crews and driver, one for the crew chiefs and one for the pilots.
In the pilot's room, there were two telephones, one for internal communication, and one for direct access to the COC, Combat Operation Center.
The COC had a key role in the economy of the intercepting group that had to:
When possible, give warning of the Scramble;
Accurately provide meteorological variations on the base;
Give information on the status of the NAVAIDS (radioaids to navigation), runway, light, barriers;
Notify on eventual variations of emergency conditions;
Update on the weather at the alternate airfields.
"At the sound of the siren, everything had follow a routine in which nothing was left to chance, otherwise, being able to take off within the "five minutes" is truly an impossible mission. I have seen training pilots take off after ten minutes because one of the routine steps was missed during a Scramble!".
After leaving the alert building, the pilots would run towards the aircraft shelters. Usually, the F-104s were in the shelters next to the Gruppo, so they rarely had to use a van, and the closest fighter between the two would give the right of way to the leader.
A Tu-16K Badger flying close to the Italian airspace, photographed by an ItAF F-104.
"The aircraft in the shelters had already been checked and positioned in such a way that all idle flight gear would be in the correct position. After carrying out the "five fingers" in the morning at the beginning of the shift, (using the five fingers of the hand, the chief crew carries out a series of visual controls) I would position the SECUMAR on the ladder, the skull cap placed on top of the cockpit, and gloves, one on the right and one on the left."
Since in the case of take off there would not be enough time to carry out many checks, the morning inspection would also include a radar and equipment check, particularly the AIM-7 or Aspide, that consisted of "lock-on tests" carried out to various positions of the throttle. The generator would also be turned on to 28V so as to warm up the LN3 platform.
The cockpit of the latest operational variant of the F-104: the F-104S/ASA-M. (Image credit: Author).
The main rule of the Scramble was DON'T HARM YOURSELF, therefore it was important to be well-timed without compromising your own and other's safety.
As soon as entering the cockpit the "starter was given", the helmet was worn and the mask was put on, we would strap on the Martin Baker and we would make sure the specialists had already pumped air into the compressor. We immediately carried on a radio check which was to be on the UHF Squadron frequency and we then contacted the Control Tower so as to be given priority take off. With a little increase in thrust, essential for overcoming the inertia of the aircraft, we began taxing while checks took place.
We always took off from runway 14R, which was not the closest to the shelters. This was because 14L, which had to be crossed to reach the 14R, was not used as it was not equipped with Bliss Black barrier.
Timing of the take off was calculated from the sound of the siren to the time that the aircraft released its breaks to start take off roll. The rule was that the first aircraft to arrive at the runway, would take off first, regardless to whether it was the leader or wingman: what mattered was the results of the team. Immediately after take off, the Approach was contacted via radio, followed by the GCI, the (Guida Caccia, Ground Controlled Interception) fighter controller, on a "taboo" frequency, recognized by the crew. If the mission was for ID (Identification), the target was reached in the least amount of time possible. The leader went into "shadowing", hence, followed the intruder to determine its altitude, its speed, its heading, type of aircraft, its nationality and its serial, to then communicate it to the CRC.
Despite wearing a civilian registration this An-22 was operated by the military transport arm of the Soviet Air Force. The "Cock" was often used to deliver aicraft to Libya and Algeria.
"It was very hard to read the serial number of a Soviet Bear in flight at 45,000 ft. at 0.5 Mach. In such cases, it was extremely important to maintain the aircraft nose up, at low speed and with the shaker operating (it's a method that makes the control stick vibrate to warn the pilot of the impending pre-stall, and followed by the kicker, which automatically pushes the bar so as to avoid stalling). At night time, although all these aircraft had all their lights on, (otherwise, it would have seemed as a clear act of hostility which would have been responded with fire) being able to copy the serial number of the zombie was really very complicated".
Most of the time, the CRC required a photograph of the intruder so for this reason, pilots took with them a photographic camera in their left pocket of their flight suit, at leg level so that if one of them were to abort the mission for technical reasons, the other one could bring back an image for the Intelligence Officer. It was placed in the left pocket because the right hand could never be removed from the stick.
The Il-76 "Candid" was another transport aircraft often met by Italian fighters in the International airspace.
"At the time, there were lots of comings and goings of Russian made aircraft of all types that crossed the Otranto Channel to identify the aircraft by request of the SOC that consistently revealed to be "May", "Candid", "Blinder", or even "Bear". Once, a Tu-16 "Badger" tried to frighten me by turning its tail machine gunner towards me and took a photograph, but, this type of jokes, although rather common, were not considered hostile acts and did not require an armed response. These encounters were full of pressure, but they were carried out with extreme respect from both sides."
The Tu-16 flew in many specialized variants providing reconnaissance, maritime surveillance, electronic support missions to both Soviet Air Force and Naval Aviation and for this reason the "Badger" was one of the most frequent "zombies" intercepted by the Italian F-104s.
In this post you can find some photographs of Soviet and Libyan aircraft intercepted by the Italian Air Force in 1980s. Among them, there are some of Libyan Tu-22s, taken by the 12° Gruppo on Sept. 20, 1983 (and later released by the 5° Reparto of the Italian Air Force Staff) and show some Tu-22B Blinders flying next to the Italian airspace off Otranto. The Libyan Blinders (whose exact number is not clear with data reporting from 7 to 18 planes) were supersonic bombers based at Okba Ben Nafi Air Base (currently Mitiga, prior to June 1970, known as Wheelus Air Base and used by the USAF) that were used in combat against Tanzania in 1979 and Chad in the '80s, during the Chadian-Libyan conflict. Air-to-air photographs of Libyan Tu-22s are quite rare.
A famous scan from slide showing two Tu-22s escorted by the Italian F-104s over the Strait of Otranto in 1983. (Image credit: ItAF)
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The Free Association for the Development and Dissemination of Positive Science (Svobodnaia Assotsiatsia dlia Razvitiia i Rasprostraneniia Polozhitel'nykh Nauk – SARRPN) was an organisation established in Russia shortly after the February Revolution in 1917. It was founded on 28 March at the Women's Medical Institute, attended by 96 representatives of the exact scientists. It was organised by members of the Russian Academy of Sciences such as Vladimir Vernadsky, Ivan Borodin, Aleksey Krylov, Vladimir Steklov and Ivan Pavlov. They were joined by the novelist Maxim Gorky, the Bolshevik engineer Leonid Krasin and the physicists Dmitri Egorov and Dimitri Rozhdestvensky. The association aimed to facilitate the application of science to the problems of backwardness and ignorance of Russian society and thus help realise the economic potential of the country.

Over the next two months the association organised three meetings in Petrograd and Moscow attracting such political figures as Pavel Milyukov, Alexander Kerensky and Nikolai Sukhanov.

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[further musings based on things I've read… looking at different ways to think about Twitter and tweets and communication on Twitter.]
what is transmitted in a tweet? information? knowledge? facts? all of the above?
in his essay, The Memo and Modernity [pdf], John Guillory says that
"The difference between information and fact is based on value in transmission."
so, according to Guillory, facts become information when there is a value attached to that fact and it is important to transmit this information in a timely manner. once that window of time that supports the relevance of that information has passed, the information is no longer as valuable. Guillory is talking about the memorandum – but the description serves as an early metaphor for today's tweets.
Guillory describes memorandum as something that
"… gives directions, makes recommendations, but, above all, it is a means of transmitting information within the large bureaucratic structures organizing virtually all work in modernity."
this isn't all that a tweet can represent, but it provides a very good description of a basic function of a tweet. so, in essence, a tweet can be thought of as a memo – to oneself, to one's followers, to a particular user; it is a transference of information.
for example, in different "#____chats" on Twitter, information transmitted during the weekly meetings is relevant, timely, and contextual. this is valuable for the duration of the meeting, but the information transmitted can be valuable beyond just the meeting, which is why members sometimes archive the chats or favorite certain tweets. tweets made at other times can still be valuable, based on who they are addressed to and what information they are transmitting.
in describing the nature of a memorandum, Guillory also touches upon another feature of the tweet – ephemerality. he characterizes memos as both ephemeral and permanent. ephemeral because memos contain information for a particular audience or oneself, and when the transfer of that information is complete, the memos are no longer required. permanent because even though they have fulfilled their purpose, they will be preserved and filed. in the same way, after a tweet reaches its intended audience, it is gone – it passes by in the Twitter stream and if you missed it, there is no way to know that you did. but, even if it is not visible in your Twitter stream, there are different ways in which it has been recorded; the most permanent of which is in the archive at the Library of Congress.
tools like Twapperkeeper allowed us to archive and save Twitter activity over a particular period of time based on different parameters, but Twitter revoked their access because it was in violation of their API. to get around this, people often archive the weekly chats in a wiki, or follow other useful workarounds. another way to save individual tweets for later is to "favorite" them. people also Storify twitter exchanges, creating "social stories" or archives of interesting conversations. these solutions address some of the issues of ephemerality of Twitter, but those tweets that are not archived or favorited, are lost in the ether.
Guillory spoke of the memorandum as another sign of the death of rhetoric. in his analysis of how the attitude towards rhetoric changed and what role the memo played in redefining the norms of information transfer, he talks about clarity and technicity.
"The norm of clarity arose form the publicness of print culture, which presupposed that written communications were addressed ideally to everyone, to the hypothetical general reader."
this helps to set a tone for tweets – the need for clarity is of importance because of the character constraint, the public nature of the tweet, and the wide audience that it needs to inform. on the other hand, technicity also brings up an integral feature of Twitter – if you don't understand the language of Twitter, you may not understand the information being transmitted.
communities use the specific language of Twitter in addition to the specific language of their own communities, the #_____chat communities, for instance. given the character constraint and specific language, the rhetoric undergoes a certain change – not necessarily a death, but definitely an evolution. newcomers have to spend some amount of time deciphering not only the language of the tool, but also the language of the community.
[note: a friend pointed out that I don't touch upon memos as a bureaucratic/intra-organizational form of communication, being intended for a closed or specific audience, or even how confidential memos (DMs?) work or can be leaked. while not a focus in my research, I agree that this is something I should at least look at a little. I hope what I've got here makes sense nonetheless. and, thank you to my friend who read over and encouraged me to post this.]
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Dynamic wrinkles show up when you move your facial muscles. For example, the wrinkles that appear along with your forehead when you frown but disappear as you relax your face.
Other factors that contribute to both wrinkles and fine lines are your genetics, diet, lifestyle, smoking, dryness, and exposure to pollution, sunlight and UV rays. All of these promote elastin and collagen breakdown in your skin.
Both elastin and collagen are proteins naturally present in the skin that allows it to stretch and come back to its original condition. When they deteriorate, your skin loses its strength and elasticity, resulting in lines and wrinkles.
As you get older, your body also tend to not produce as much elastin or collagen.
3. How Do You Get Rid Of Fine Lines And Wrinkles?
While there's really no way to stop protein disintegration as you age, there are ways to slow it down and somehow reduce fine lines and wrinkles.
First, develop a habit of moisturizing your skin and face in the morning and at night. This will keep your skin hydrated, so it stays plumper and younger-looking.
You can also try wrinkle creams infused with peptides, kinetin, retinol, or hydroxy acids. These ingredients help stimulate collagen production or remove the first layer of dead skin cells for a fresher look. You can buy these over-the-counter.
One great product for wrinkle and fine line reductionis Stemuderm Anti-Wrinkle Dermatological treatment by Solvaderm skin care. It has four scientifically-formulated compounds intended to smooth out wrinkles.
Theingredients of Stemuderm offer incredible anti-aging results, and this product is definitely a must-try!
If over-the-counter stuff doesn't work, move on to try prescription-strength products like tazarotene and tretinoin for fine lines and wrinkles treatment.
However, these medications often have vitamin A or its derivatives which can lead to burning, redness, dryness, itchiness, irritation, or heightened sensitivity to sunlight.
Therefore, it is recommended to use the lowest doses and always apply sunscreen when using these products.
Speaking of sunscreen, apply it every day on your face and other exposed areas like the neck and shoulders. Shielding your skin from UV radiations also helps wrinkle creams work better and prevents the development of new wrinkles.
Research has shown that sun damage increases wrinkle formation by causing collagen fibers to weaken. A broad-spectrum sunscreen with at least SPF 15 is ideal to protect your skin from both UVB and UVA rays.
You may also try resurfacing procedures that remove the outermost skin layer, and the wrinkles and lines that come with it. These procedures include peels, microdermabrasion, dermabrasion, and laser therapy.
These peel off damaged skin for a smoother, younger looking complexion.
Another option is injectable fillers like hyaluronic, fat or collagen for smoothing out wrinkles and for a better skin quality. However, these may have side effects and may need to be redone after every few months.
Face lifts are surgical procedures that get rid of facial wrinkles by removing excess skin or fat and tightening the muscles and connective tissues underneath. Depending on where you have wrinkles, the results can last for up to ten years.
There are many options you could choose from, but the best way to reduce wrinkles and fine lines is by maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Proper diet, exercise, hydration, and minimal exposure to pollutants will make you look younger, longer.
You should also make sure to get lots of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants to improve and maintain your skin's quality and appearance.
One great product for wrinkle and fine line reduction is Stemuderm Anti-Wrinkle Dermatological treatment by Solvaderm skin care. It has four scientifically-formulated compounds intended to smooth out wrinkles.
The first one is Argireline, a compound that works similarly to botox. SYN-AKE adds to the smoothening effect by relaxing the facial muscles. Matrixyl-3000 encourage hyaluronic acid, elastin, and collagen production. Lastly, the skin stem cell serum enhances skin repair and healing to help fight aging.
These ingredients offer incredible anti-aging results, and this product is definitely a must-try!
I hope you found this article helpful! Cheers to a prettier, younger-looking you!


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The primary contributing factor to vehicle accidents in Springfield continues to be inattention on the part of one, if not both, drivers. Many accidents could be prevented if drivers would concentrate fully on the road ahead and the other vehicles around them. Cell phone use while driving is often said to cause accidents, and it does, but here in Springfield the more commonly given reasons for drivers being distracted are things like reaching for the radio, looking at things off the road, attending to children in the vehicle, and eating or drinking.
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IGCLM
The institute of genetic chemistry and laboratory medicine was established in 2005.
It is a recent innovation in the Nigerian scientific landscape. It is a private non-governmental institution established to conduct high quality research and offer services of a sophisticated nature to the community.
He institute is created to mentor and develop human capacity in research in basic and applied sciences in genetics, chemistry, biomedical and ago-allied sciences. It will also consolidate and expand major existing efforts to combat the most serious threats to human health and overall well-being in Nigeria and the rest of the African region.
Our mission is to develop a centre of excellence in genetic chemistry and laboratory medicine where scientists would be able to pursue research activities at a high level at the frontier of knowledge studying the local genetic resources and upgrade the human capacity in skill and excellent science.
Strategic Intent
We have of the past fifteen years developed scientific and research capacity in a multi-disciplinary environment that has promoted appropriate responses to Africa's most pressing health problems; and to expand our collaboration with other advanced countries in addressing health priorities.
Potential for Development
The institute will sustain an environment of high caliber personnel of high productivity that will attract national and international researchers and secure a future for Africa's promising new generation of scientists, from an integrated approach of basic and applied sciences, c clinical and public health perspective that focused on improving quality and promoting excellence in health research priorities and health care delivery.


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Breaking the Stigma of Late Lyme Disease
There's nothing quite like lived experience as a catalyst for igniting passion for change. I feel completely surrounded by this passion as part of the LDUK team and member of the wider Lyme community. Despite ill-health, the care for other patients and desire to prevent others going through the same experiences shines brightly from so many individuals and groups. It's a truly wonderful community to be part of.
Following my own experience of diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease and co-infections, I was keen to volunteer with LDUK to try and help improve the situation for Lyme patients. I want to help break down the stigma of living with late Lyme disease and provide much-needed support for a neglected patient community. No one should have to pay or travel for treatment for a bacterial infection, or feel stigmatised by a diagnosis.
What is it like to live with late Lyme?
When I meet fellow patients for the first time, there are often a number of things we have in common:
– Long-term, puzzling, multi-systemic symptoms
– Difficulty and delay in getting a diagnosis
– Appearing well although feeling physically awful
– Self-funding private treatment or aspiring to do so due to lack of treatment options on the NHS
– Emotional trauma caused by symptoms being disbelieved or misunderstood by doctors, friends or family, most often all of the above.
– An almost tangible sense of bewilderment and disbelief that it is possible to suffer with such a debilitating disease and be left to be your own advocate for diagnosis and treatment.
It sounds rather bleak and sadly it is. It's not at all surprising that people who are on this unusual and isolating patient journey feel kinship by meeting others going through the same experience. Discovering that you're not alone can be hugely comforting and sanity-saving.
Patient stories of acute and late stage Lyme
You don't have to delve too deeply into experiences from the U.K. Lyme patient community to get the gist of the issues and clues as to how they might be solved.
The repetition of patients' experiences of misdiagnosis at the acute stage of the illness tells its own story. Missed diagnosis of an erythema migrans rash, over-reliance on unreliable tests, the common myths repeated day in, day out, that Lyme is rare, easy to treat and hard to catch. In some cases, the impact of missed opportunity for early treatment is startling physically, psychologically, socially and economically. 'That's when I stopped work', 'my daughter hasn't been able to attend school this year', 'I can't drive or stand for very long anymore'. Others even more unfortunate are restricted to wheelchairs.
In the most severe late-stage cases people go to extraordinary lengths to try and regain their or their loved one's former health. The family who uprooted their lives to go and live in the US for a year to access IV treatment for the dad. The mum who organises regular fundraising events to pay for her son's private treatment. The patients who travel to their doctors for days by boat because they are too unwell to fly. Perhaps most shocking of all, the patients for whom private treatment is not an option and who are scared, suffering and fearful of whether they will ever recover. Support is absolutely crucial for these patients and their families.
Lyme disease is a disease, not a decision
Late Lyme disease patients are just people who got sick, yet for some inexplicable reason empathy is harder to come by than you'd expect. Media articles use the language of blame and ridicule in a way that would never be acceptable for patients with a disease by any other name. A particularly baffling perception of Lyme disease patients is the notion that we 'want' or actively seek out a Lyme diagnosis. Sick people tend to universally want the correct diagnosis and treatment to get better. Why would sufferers of Lyme disease be any different?
In a world where stigma of any kind is less tolerated than ever, people with Lyme disease are being left behind. The work of the LDUK team and other groups and charities in the U.K. and around the world are helping to change this.
If you know someone who is living with late Lyme disease, please reach out and show them your support, even a text or call to say that you hope they are doing ok can mean the world!
Hope for a tipping point
The education, research and culture-shift required for patients with Lyme disease to be treated adequately and with respect and compassion present a huge challenge the world over. With passionate and curious doctors and researchers and a growing, global patient community and charities working for change, I have hope in my heart that a tipping point may come. It's now just a matter of time.
by Ann Gregson
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«Ерл Ґрей» () — назва чаю з бергамотом, чайної суміші із специфічним ароматом, який отримують шляхом додавання екстракту олії зі шкірки плодів цитрусової рослини бергамота (або, частіше, її штучного замінника). Традиційно назва «Ерл Ґрей» стосувалася чорних чаїв, але фактично олію бергамота додають і до зелених та білих чаїв.

Історія виникнення
Суміш «Ерл Ґрей» отримала назву від Чарлза Ґрея, другого графа (ерла, ) Ґрея, британського прем'єр-міністра 1830-х років, який, за однією з легенд, отримав чай із додаванням бергамотової олії як дипломатичний подарунок.

За іншою версією своїм виникненням «Ерл Ґрей» завдячує випадку, який відбувся з одним з чайних кліперів. У трюмі судна розлилась бергамотова олія та просочила тюки з чаєм. Як наслідок, чай був визнаний непридатним і проданий як добриво. Проте, якийсь ентузіаст вирішив спробувати «зіпсований» продукт. Новинка незабаром отримала шалений успіх. Англійський лорд Адміралтейства граф Ґрей особисто вподобав «новий сорт», чим зробив новому продукту несподівану рекламу. Так чай отримав міжнародну популярність і ім'я лорда.

В наш час чай «Ерл Ґрей» вважається дещо вишуканим, але повсякденним напоєм і фігурує в художній літературі атрибутом при описах банальних сцен, нічим не примітних подій.

Примітки

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As Mother's Day and the end of the school year approach, here's a gift idea for Mom and for the teachers in your life. Show your love with a tablet or laptop sleeve covered in hearts. Designs for PC or Apple.
Make a card in the shape of a big heart to go with it.
For added love, fill the sleeve with treats like chocolate, pens that actually write, a Starbucks gift card, hand lotion, and maybe some lavender-scented hand-sanitizer to help her stay well until summer!
Classic and classy, this one's my favorite.
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Shawn Mendes releases music video for new song 'If I Can't Have You'
Music 06/05/2019
In between travelling on his big world tour, Shawn Mendes has made some time to release a brand new music video!
His first song since his self-titled album was released last year, 'If I Can't Have You' is a moody black and white music video, with a catchy track that muses about not being able to focus on anything but the one he's missing most.
Shawn Mendes will be appearing in New Zealand later this November performing one show at Spark Arena - and we can't wait to hear what other new songs he'll have in store for us!
Watch Shawn Mendes' latest music video above.
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Home » equipio.com Raises £100K in First Funding from London Business Angels
equipio.com Raises £100K in First Funding from London Business Angels
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Published on March 20, 2011 By FinSMEs
equipio.com, a UK-based company that operates a social shopping site for sportswear, raised £100k in its first round of funding from a syndicate of London Business Angels.
The company intends to use the funds to develop the site as well as build traffic and engagement through a number of sports brand content initiatives.
Founded by ex Nike business strategist Charlie Greenwood and launched in July 2010, Equipio.com (the trading brand of Sports Social Networks Limited) combines content from a range of sources (e.g. videos, product reviews, Twitter feeds, etc.,) with a community of athletes in order to help them find the best sports gear and connect with brands, organisations and other consumers.
Commenting on the funding, Anthony Clarke, Managing Director of the LBA, said: "We are very excited by the growth potential of this early stage business equipio.com – we look forward to helping them in raising development capital in future fundraising rounds".
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Professor Julian Stern
Professor of Education and Religion
julian.stern@bishopg.ac.uk
Julian Stern works on education and religion, leading research projects and organisations, and supervising doctorates. He qualified as a piano teacher, and then as a teacher of humanities and social sciences, and was a school teacher for fourteen years. Moving into teacher education and research, he has worked in universities in London, Yorkshire, and now Lincolnshire. Themes of his work include the philosophy of schooling, religious education, spirituality in education, research methods, and issues related to solitude, silence and loneliness.
Related courses:
PGCE Religious Education
Various dissertations related to religion and education
EdD work on methodology and on issues related to religion and education, the philosophy of schooling, spirituality, and solitude
PhD supervision on issues related to religion and education, the philosophy of schooling, spirituality, and solitude
The philosophy of schooling, including the use of philosophy in schools, and issues relating to care, curiosity, community and personhood
Religion and education, including religious education across the world, pedagogy in religious education, Christian education, Jewish education, prayer and schooling
Spirituality in education, including the 'spirit of the school', pedagogies of spirituality, different religious traditions of spirituality
Research methods, including research virtues, qualitative research, conversation in and as research
Solitude, silence and loneliness, including education and solitude/loneliness, solitude and the arts.
Computing and education
Some recent books
Stern, L J, Sink, C A, Wałejko, M and Wong P H (eds) (forthcoming, 2021) The Bloomsbury Handbook of Solitude, Silence and Loneliness; London: Bloomsbury.
James, M and Stern, L J (2019) Mastering Primary Religious Education; London: Bloomsbury.
Stern, L J (2018) A Philosophy of Schooling: Care and Curiosity in Community; London: Palgrave.
Stern, L J (2018) Teaching Religious Education: Researchers in the Classroom: Second Edition; London: Bloomsbury.
Stern, L J (2017) Can I Tell You About Loneliness?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals; London: Jessica Kingsley.
Stern, L J (2016) Virtuous Educational Research: Conversations on Ethical Practice; Oxford: Peter Lang.
Stern, L J (2014) Loneliness and Solitude in Education: How to Value Individuality and Create an Enstatic School; Oxford: Peter Lang.
Stern, L J (2009) The Spirit of the School; London: Continuum.
Stern, L J (2009) Getting the Buggers to Do Their Homework, Second Edition; London: Continuum.
Stern, L J (2007) Schools and Religions: Imagining the Real; London: Continuum.
Stern, L J (2007) O Envolvimento Dos Pais No Processo Educacional, Tradução Adail Sobral & Stela Gonçalves, Leitura Crítica & Adaptação Luciana Platero; São Paulo, Brazil: SBS.
Some recent book chapters
Stern, L J (2019) 'Care and Curiosity: How Religious Education Translates People and Ideas', in Haußmann, W, Roth, A, Schwarz, S and Tribula, C (eds) (2019) EinFach Übersetzen: Theologie und Religionspädagogik in der Öffentlichkeit und für die Öffentlichkeit [Just Translate: Theology and Religious Education in and for the Public Sphere]; Stuttgart, Germany: Verlag W Kohlhammer, pp 69-75.
Stern, L J (2019) Chapter 14: 'Holistic Assessment: Assessing Dialogically, Personally, Individually', in Miller, J P, Nigh, K, Binder, M J, Novak, B and Crowell, S (2019) International Handbook of Holistic Education; New York: Routledge, chapter 14, pp 129-138.
Stern, L J (2018) 'Loneliness in Education: The Agony and the Enstasy', in Sagan, O and Miller, E D (eds) (2018) Narratives of Loneliness: Multidisciplinary Perspectives from the 21st Century [Explorations in Mental Health]; London: Routledge, chapter 10, pp 113-123.
Stern, L J (2018) 'Missing Solitude: Macmurray, Buber and the Edges of Personalism', in Castriota, A and Smith, S (eds) (2018) Looking at the Sun: New Writings in Modern Personalism; Wilmington, Delaware: Vernon Press, pp 157-172.
Stern, L J (2017) 'Using Computers to Teach Religious Education', in Barnes, L P (ed) (2017) Learning to Teach Religious Education in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience: Third Edition; Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, chapter 12.
Stern, L J (2017) 'The Assessment of Ethics and the Ethics of Assessment', chapter 9 in Franck, O (ed) (2017) Assessment in Ethics Education: A Case of National Tests in Religious Education; Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp 177-191.
Stern, L J (2016) 'Personalism and the Personal in Higher Education Research', in McNiff, J (ed) Values and Virtues in Higher Education Research: Critical Perspectives; Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, chapter 4, pp 64-77.
Stern, L J (2016) 'Solitude and Spirituality in Schooling: The Alternative at the Heart of the School, in Lees, H E and Noddings, N (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Alternative Education; Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, chapter 28, pp 431-445.
Stern, L J (2015) 'The Personal World of Schooling: John Macmurray and Schools as Households', in Fielding, M (ed) (2015) Learning to be Human: The Educational Legacy of John Macmurray; London: Routledge, pp 75-94.
Stern, L J (2013) 'Endword: Virtuous Education: Divided No More', in McNiff, J (ed) (2013) Value and Virtue in Practice-Based Research; Poole, Dorset: September Books, p 124-128.
Stern, L J (2013) 'Loneliness, Solitude and Inclusion for Leaders', chapter 7 in Buchanan, M T (ed) (2013) Leadership and Religious Schools: International Perspectives and Challenges; New York: Bloomsbury, p 109-126.
Stern, L J (2013) 'Virtue and Value in Educational Research', chapter 10, in Arthur, J and Lovat, T (eds) (2013) The Routledge International Handbook of Education, Religion and Values; Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, p 114-123.
Stern, L J (2013) 'Homework', chapter 17, in Hancock, R, Collins, J and Stacey, M (eds) (20013) Primary Teaching Assistants: Learners and Learning (2nd edition); Abingdon, Oxford: Routledge, p 120-125, reproduced from Involving Parents, chapter 6, p 54-62.
Stern, L J (2013) 'What Must Church Schools Do To Live Up To Their Rhetoric', in Worsley, H (ed) Anglican Church School Education: Moving Beyond the First Two Hundred Years, London: Continuum Bloomsbury.
Stern, L J (2011) 'Expressing Meaning Through Sound: Liberating Music', p 18-22 in Pett, S (ed) Questions: Expressing Meaning; Birmingham: RE Today Services.
Stern, L J (2010) 'Love, Death, and Inclusive Religious Education', chapter 1 (p 5-17) in Schmack, J, Thompson, M and Torevell, D, with Cole, C (2010) Engaging Religious Education: Liverpool Hope University Studies in Ethics Series Volume One: Ethics and Religious Education; Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Recent journal articles
Stern, L J (2020) 'The Real Reason Neoliberalism Became Extinct: A Curious Educational History of 2020', Forum: For Promoting 3-19 Comprehensive Education, 62:3, pp 477-487.
Stern, L J (2020) 'Do You Follow?: Understanding Followership Before Leadership', Management in Education, pp 1-4.
Stern, L J and Wałejko, M J (2020) 'Solitude and Self-Realisation in Education', Journal of Philosophy of Education, 54:1, pp 107-123.
Stern, L J and Kohn, E (2019) 'Icarus Ignored: Understanding Mundane Spirituality Through Young People's Prayer', International Journal of Children's Spirituality, p 1-17.
Stern, L J and Shillitoe, R (2019) 'Prayer Spaces in Schools: A Subversion of Policy Implementation?', Journal of Beliefs and Values.
Stern, L J (2018) 'The Spirit of Religious Education', Journal for the Study of Spirituality, 8:2, pp 180-187.
Simpson, G and Stern, L J (2018) 'The Educational Use of Holocaust Novels', Other Education: The Journal of Educational Alternatives, 7:2, pp 38-54.
Stern, L J and Samiei, C (2018) 'Novel Theorising: Lessons from School-Like Literature', Other Education: The Journal of Educational Alternatives, 7:2, pp 22-37.
Stern, L J (2018) 'Curiosity Killed the SAT: The Role of Research in Redirecting Performativity in Initial Teacher Education', Research in Education, p 1-15.
Stern, L J (2017) 'Religion and Schooling in Conversation', Research in Education, 97:1, pp 16-26.
Stern, L J (2017) 'Avoiding Schooling Taboos: A Reply to Rasmussen', Research in Education, 97:1, pp 30-32.
Stern, L J, Grant, T and Ward, P (2015) 'How Solitude Will Bring Us All Together', Professional REflection: The Journal of NATRE, 33:1, pp 54-57.
Stern, L J (2015) 'Soul-searching and Re-searching: Action Philosophy Alone', Educational Action Research, 23:1, pp 104-115.
Stern, L J (2015) 'Children's Voice or Children's Voices: How Educational Research Can be at the Heart of Schooling', Forum: For Promoting 3-19 Comprehensive Education, 57:1, pp 75-90.
Stern, L J (2014) 'Dialogues of Space, Time and Practice: Supporting Research in Higher Education', Other Education: The Journal of Educational Alternatives, 3:2, pp 3-21.
Stern, L J (2014) 'Teaching Solitude: Sustainability and the Self, Community and Nature While Alone', Educational Research Journal, 28:1&2, p 163-181.
Stern, L J (2014) 'The Influence of Research Within Religious Education: The Westhill Seminars, RE Professionals, Pupils and Schools', British Journal of Religious Education, pp 1-21, 2013.
Stern, L J (2013) 'Martin Buber, Empathy and Research Practice: A Response to Rachel Cope', Journal for the Study of Spirituality, 3:1, pp 67-72.
Stern, L J (2013) 'Surprise in Schools: Martin Buber and Dialogic Schooling', Forum: For Promoting 3-19 Comprehensive Education, 55:1, pp 45-58.
Stern, L J (2012) 'The Personal World of Schooling: John Macmurray and Schools as Households'; Oxford Review of Education, 38:6, pp 727-745.
Buchanan, M T and Stern, L J (2012) 'Pre-service Teachers' Perceptions of the Benefits of Peer Review', Journal of Education for Teaching, 38:1, pp 37-49.
Stern, L J and Backhouse, A (2011) 'Dialogic Feedback for Children and Teachers: Evaluating the 'Spirit of Assessment'', International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 16:4, pp 321-336.
Stern, L J (2010) 'Research as Pedagogy: Building Learning Communities and Religious Understanding in RE', British Journal of Religious Education, 32:2, pp 133-146.
Stern, L J (2009) 'Soul and Chips', Teaching Thinking & Creativity, 10:2, pp 17-19.
Stern, L J (2009) 'Monologue or Dialogue? Stepping Away from the Abyss in Higher Education', London Review of Education, 7:3, pp 271-281.
Sink, C A, Cleveland, R, and Stern, J (2007) 'Spiritual Formation in Christian School Counseling Programs', Journal of Research on Christian Education, 16, pp 35-63.
Stern, L J (2007) 'Mattering: What it Means to Matter in School', Education 3-13, 35:3, pp 285-295.
Stern, L J (2007) 'Action Philosophy in Jewish and Christian Traditions', REsource, 30:1, pp 9-12.
Stern, L J and James, S (2006) 'Every Person Matters: Enabling Spirituality Education for Nurses', Journal of Clinical Nursing 15:7, pp 897-904.
Some public reports
Stern, L J and Shillitoe, R (2018) Evaluation of Prayer Spaces in Schools: The Contribution of Prayer Spaces to Spiritual Development; York: York St John University.
Stern, L J (2010) 'Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Religious Education', The Religious Education CPD Handbook, http://re-handbook.org.uk/sect....
Stern, L J (2005) 'Learning the lessons of life', Yorkshire Post, 5th January 2005, p 13.
Stern, L J (2005) 'Find Yourself on the Salmon Line', TES First Appointments, January 14th 2005, pp 32-33.
Department for Education and Skills (DfES) [Morgan, A and Stern, L J] (2004) Help Your Children to Learn: Getting the Best Out of Homework: For Both Primary and Secondary Parents; London: DfES.
Stern, L J and Sprake, B (1999) ICT Identification of Your Training Needs: KS3 RE; London: TTA. (CD-rom.)
Stern, L J and Lamey, J (1999) ICT Identification of Your Training Needs: KS4 RE; London: TTA. (CD-rom.)
Professional Roles
General Secretary of ISREV: The International Seminar on Religious Education and Values
President of the ISRS: The International Society for Research on Solitude
Secretary of the John Macmurray Fellowship
Board Member of the Centre for Global Education, York
Senior editor of the British Journal of Religious Education.
On the editorial boards of the Greek Journal of Religious Education, the Journal for the Study of Spirituality, Other Education: The Journal of Educational Alternatives, and Pedagogika Szkoły Wyższej (the Polish Journal of Higher Education Pedagogy)
Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy


What better way to enjoy your day than on a scenic trail ride by horseback with magnificent views of the Salsipueded Bay, Todos Santos Islands and the Gold Coast! Arrive at the beautiful Rancho Los Bandidos Stables; home to 55 healthy, happy horses.Your leisurely trail ride will wind through the beautiful hills of San Miguel where the Kumeyayy Indians once resided. Overlook the magnificent views of Salsipuedes Bay, the Pacific Ocean and the Bay of Ensenada.Visit our Gift Shop and take a walk through our beautiful Cactus Gardens.
Depart from the harbor as your local excursion guide explains some of the history behind Ensenada and it's surrounding areas.
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Ethiopia's continued efforts to dam the Nile could end in war with Egypt
Posted By: Idil News Staff November 16, 2019
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in starting peace negotiations with Eritrea. But his country is still in the middle of another major dispute that threatens regional stability. This one is over the waters of the Nile River, specifically, Ethiopia's plans to build the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the river's Blue Nile tributary. Egypt considers the dam to be a looming threat to its very survival. Ethiopia, on the other hand, sees the undertaking as essential for its development and has vowed to continue the project no matter the ramifications.
Ethiopia and Egypt are two of Africa's most populous and powerful countries; any ongoing showdown between them is a major threat to peace, which is why the international community should press for an equitable settlement.Trending Articles
Both countries have expressed their preference for a negotiated long-term settlement for the dispute, but the road there has not been smooth. A round of negotiations in early October—following many others over the last few years—failed to reach a compromise. Egypt accuses Ethiopia of dismissing concerns its officials have raised about the threat to its water security. Ethiopia insists that pending issues will be resolved before the completion of the dam.
Meanwhile, two other countries—Russia and the United States—have been looking for ways to mediate the dispute. Abiy and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held a meeting on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, in late October, during which they merely agreed to allow a technical committee to continue its work. Their host, Russian President Vladimir Putin, pledged to help them reach an accommodation.
The United States has invited Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan, which is also affected by the dispute, for discussions in Washington. The three settled on a trilateral meeting on Nov. 6, which was also attended by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and World Bank President David Malpass. The three countries' foreign ministers agreed on holding four technical meetings on the dam. They've noted that they hope to reach agreement by Jan. 15, but, failing that, the countries' water ministers will refer the issue to their heads of state to seek further outside mediation. It is hard to know if Washington's intervention will help reach an agreement before the new deadline, making genuine U.S. assistance pivotal in the endeavor.
The Nile River is arguably the most important natural resource for at least 10 countries abutting its White and Blue tributaries: Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. But the current dispute involves only Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan, and it revolves around Ethiopia's use of the Blue Nile, the larger tributary, which originates in Ethiopia's Lake Tana, crosses into Sudan, and joins the White Nile in Khartoum, Sudan's capital, on its trek north across Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.
Two agreements, from 1929 and 1959, have guided the use of the Nile River north of Ethiopia thus far. The 1929 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty was signed by the United Kingdom, the colonial power in much of East Africa at the time, and monarchical Egypt—which was under British occupation—to allocate water rights along the basin. According to this treaty, Egypt and Sudan were guaranteed an annual supply of 48 billion and 4 billion cubic meters, respectively, out of an estimated yearly yield of 84 billion cubic meters of Nile water. Another agreement in 1959 between the United Kingdom and independent Egypt increased Egypt's share to 55.5 billion cubic meters and Sudan's to 18.5 billion cubic meters, with the rest shared by the other countries along the river. The new treaty also reaffirmed an essential provision from the 1929 agreement: Egypt had the right to veto any construction projects that could impede the flow of water into the Nile.
That the two agreements planted the seeds of today's dispute is a foregone conclusion. Those negotiating them should have surmised that Ethiopia—indeed, all states along the river other than Egypt and Sudan—would have trouble abiding by the terms and also sustaining their populations. Indeed recent Nile Basin Initiative demographic projections for 2050 put Egypt's and Sudan's populations well below those in some of the eight other countries in the initiative, making the old water agreements appear less fair every day.
And so, it should have come as no surprise when, in 2011, Ethiopia announced plans to build a large, $5 billion hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile near the Ethiopia-Sudan border. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam's reservoir will hold up to 67 billion cubic meters of water and will take at least seven years to fill, which will decrease the river's flow for at least that period by 25 percent. For Ethiopia, the dam is an utmost necessity for its water needs and economic development, as it is set to supply the country with more than 6,000 megawatts of electricity, essential for the country's agricultural and industrial development. But it would be devastating for Egypt, which relies on the river for irrigation, fishing, and transport.
Egypt has proposed in the latest negotiations that it be guaranteed at least 40 billion cubic meters of water annually and that Ethiopia take a longer time to fill its reservoir. But Cairo's leverage is limited, and so Ethiopia has offered just 31 billion cubic meters, which is only slightly more than half the quantity the 1959 agreement had guaranteed. Such an offer does not even begin to address Egypt's needs, let alone satisfy its national pride as one of the African continent's most historically consequential states. (Sudan, for its part, is less worried about its share because of its own supply of rainwater.)
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The chasm between the two countries' positions raises serious questions about the possibility of Egyptian military action to address what Egypt's strategists consider the country's most pressing national security threat. After all, the Nile has been the country's lifeblood for time immemorial, and Egypt's economy is currently woefully underperforming.
For some, military action seems even to be a preferred option to diplomacy if for no other reason than to show Egyptians that their armed forces are looking out for the people's interests.
For some in Egypt's government-affiliated media, military action seems even to be a preferred option to diplomacy if for no other reason than to show Egyptians that their armed forces are looking out for the people's interests. Abiy himself has surmised as much and alluded to the possibility on Oct. 22, when he said that his country is ready to field millions of troops to protect the dam should a war erupt over it.
But military action would be folly. Besides being a logistical and operational nightmare, it is unlikely to produce the results that Egypt may desire in the absence of a permanent occupation of the area of the dam—an untenable proposition with dire international repercussions. Without it, though, Ethiopia would still control the river's water and could devise innumerable schemes to divert it.
That's why de-escalation and international mediation are essential. The international community—using technical expertise from the United Nations, the World Bank, and other multilateral organizations—could devise a middle-of-the-road plan that addresses immediate concerns without fully meeting the competing demands. Such a plan can include convincing Ethiopia to meet Egypt's request for 40 billion cubic meters annually, helping the latter develop alternative modern irrigation schemes to decrease water usage, and assisting it in building water desalination plants. In exchange for slowing down Ethiopia's filling of the dam, international donors could temporarily help meet the country's need for electricity by funding floating power plants in the Red Sea, whose energy could be transported across Eritrea, Somalia, and Kenya.
Such an effort would do well to include influential friends of both countries, such as the United States and Russia, to apply the right pressure and offer incentives. Any compromise also needs to involve the Nile basin countries, because the required agreement is likely to affect all of them. In fact, the compromise should look to codify a regional entente that can be based on exchanging water rights and privileges for electricity and agricultural and industrial commodities, and vice versa, that can be used by all the countries of East Africa.
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My grandparents holding a wiggly 5 month old Ronin.
Marriage is wonderful and in fact there is no other person in the world that I think gets me the way my husband does. It is also a lot of work and I do not think there is ever a point where you can say you don't have to work on things anymore and everything is perfect.
I recently asked my Grandparents, Meama and Poppy if I could interview them about what they believe are the secrets to a long, happy and successful marriage. They have been married forever and are both almost 90. Every time I see them together I think to myself how sweet and in love they still are after all this time. After I tried my best to explain what a blog was and that is where I would be sharing their answers (pretty sure they are still somewhat confused) they happily agreed. Now they may not be licensed experts but sometimes experience is more credible than that.
Find the right partner who has the same views and beliefs as you.
Do things together that you both love. "Once a week Poppy and I go on a date to Baby Cakes. We have coffee, split a cupcake and just chat." She said they both always look forward to it and talk about what cupcake they might get the night before.
Be willing to do things that the other person wants even if you don't always want to do it.
Be interested in the things that your partner loves.
Always tell your husband how much you love him and never stop cuddling.
At the end of our conversation she added, "I love him so much and truly can not live without him." This made me tear up because I know it really is true.
You have to be able to understand each other.
Always be respectful and do not call each other names.
"If it's important to her, then it is important for us."
You have to be able to give and take.
After listening to them both give their individual takes on what makes a successful marriage I know for sure I learned a thing a two.
This is so sweet — I agree that if it's important for one person, it's important for the couple. It's the real meaning of "us." Thanks for sharing!
Great advice. My girls each had to do a project at some point in middle school where they had to interview their elders (grandparents, older parents, etc) about what marriage is. It was very interesting to read everyone's views.
This made me tear. What a wonderful couple to look up to.
That is so dang sweet.
They have interviews once a month in our newspaper of couples who have been married more than 50 years. I love reading them.
Today's our 9 year anniversary. It's crazy how much our lives have changed in less than 10 years.
so beautiful. thank you for sharing this with us!
I absolutely love this. Especially the cupcake date :) I wonder how long they've been doing that!
I am planning a cupcake date asap! Such a sweet post. Aren't grandparents in love just the sweetest!
Your grandparents are adorable and so wise! Love their commitment to marriage and all of their great tips!
Your grandparents are trully inspiring..they made me realize that i should more frequently show my love to my partner which i never does,although he tries to give me every happinesss in the world..
love this post :) they are so cute!
I have tears in my eyes! That is the sweetest thing ever!
gosh, this is sweet!! there is no better advice, if you ask me, than the words that come from years of experience :) precious!!
These values seem to have gotten lost in younger generations. Our elders believed 'til death do us part', not until I'm tired of being married to you. We are at 37 1/2 years and would still rather be together than with anyone else!
66 years for us, I have never ever regretted marrying him. I fall in love again every so often when he does or says something special........feels good.


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Stand with and serve the poor, disadvantaged and marginalised; andwork for a just, equitable and compassionate society.
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New book celebrates Fr Kevin Mogg
Fr Kevin Mogg AM has spent over five decades as a leader in Catholic Social Services. He has been an inspiring parish leader for over six decades, an educator, and a prison and youth justice chaplain. For 24 years he also served on the Board of CatholicCare where he continues to serve as Emeritus Board member - but it doesn't stop there.
Fr Kevin was the founder of Catholic Social Services Victoria and was a member of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council for 15 years. His dedication to the Church and towards creating a just society has been a lifelong mission, and he has encouraged many others to take part in this mission, too.
On Thursday 31 January, together with friends, family and colleagues, we celebrated the launch of Fr Kevin's book, An Enabling Life, which captures the journey of his ministry and vision in an insightful and engaging account.
Author Anne Tuohey - who first met Fr Kevin when she started work at Catholic Social Services Victoria - worked with him to bring this book to life and collate the stories and thoughts that portray his astonishing life's work.
A celebration with a sense of community
"The recurring theme throughout the book is the way in which Fr Kevin motivated people to contribute their talents for the benefit of others. He empowered many young people to develop leadership skills and a strong sense of community that would serve them well for life," reads the description on the back cover of An Enabling Life.
During the book launch yesterday, it was clear that Fr Kevin has developed the most wonderful, strong and meaningful relationships throughout his life.
There were people from all walks of life in attendance – all of whom had either had a part in shaping the person Fr Kevin is today, or who had been shaped by his friendship and support throughout their own lives.
Judge Michael McInerney, a close friend of Fr Kevin, was invited to officially launch An Enabling Life during which he told great stories of the wondrous life Fr Kevin has led.
"[He is] an intelligent, determined, loyal and obedient person who has a strong faith and has lived by that faith," said Michael. He also noted that Fr Kevin was the first state-appointed prison chaplain – and what better person to do this than someone who is so compassionate and slow to condemn.
"People often ask me about the evil deeds of people, perpetrated on other humans," said Fr Kevin. "I can honestly say that over all those years [as a prison chaplain] and all the hundreds, maybe thousands of people I've met in the prison system and juvenile system, I've only ever encountered one or two people that I would describe as evil. Most people do bad things because of what has been perpetrated on them by others. And I truly believe that people generally are inherently good – it's what happens to them on the journey [that changes them]."
"An Enabling Life is certainly a 'labour of love' as described by the many who were involved in the process of its making. The stories within span decades, and some have even been written by Fr Kevin's dearest friends and colleagues.
If you would like to purchase Fr Kevin's book, An Enabling Life, please click here.
Story and photos by Liz Gellel, Catholic Care Melbourne, Greater Geelong, Gippsland
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Honorary doctorate recipient Professor William Kirby shares insights on prospects for Chinese leadership in 21st century at distinguished lecture
Professor William Kirby delivers a distinguished lecture on "A Chinese Century? Infrastructure, Entrepreneurship and Education in the 21st Century"
(From left) Professor Clayton MacKenzie, Professor John Carroll, Professor William Kirby and Professor Ting Wai respond to questions from the floor in the Panel Discussion.
At a Distinguished Lecture on 14 November, Professor William Kirby, T M Chang Professor of China Studies, Harvard University, and Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School as well as the recipient of HKBU Honorary Doctorate of Humanities 2017 shared his view on China's capacity to lead the world under the title "A Chinese Century? Infrastructure, Entrepreneurship and Education in the 21st Century".
In the lecture, Professor Kirby explored the prospects for Chinese leadership in the 21st century. He focused on three aspects: infrastructure, entrepreneurship, and education. On infrastructure, he highlighted numerous examples of how China is taking the leading role, including the high-speed railway and the cell-phone network. He then moved on to discuss a series of Harvard Business School cases and demonstrated how some entrepreneurs started their business in the agricultural sector. While he showed multiple cases of internationally well-known universities that set up new campuses in China, he argued that the education power in China is growing rapidly. He said he believes that China has the capacity to lead the world in the 21st century; nevertheless, he also pointed out that some political problems still exist in China.
A Panel Discussion was arranged after the lecture. Professor Clayton MacKenzie, Provost, served as the Moderator and panel members included Professor Kirby, Professor John Carroll, Associate Dean (Outreach) of Faculty of Arts, The University of Hong Kong, and Professor Ting Wai, Professor of HKBU's Department of Government and International Studies.
The Lecture which was organised by the Department of History and the Alumni Affairs Office attracted a full house of over 400 people from different universities and professional bodies.
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Q: Python Permutation taken at a time I wrote nested loops to give me all posible permutations of all letter of alphabet taken 4 letters at a time.
def permutation():

    import string
    alphabet = string.ascii_lowercase

    perm = []

    for item1 in alphabet:
        for item2 in alphabet:
            for item3 in alphabet:
                for item4 in alphabet:
                    perm += [item1 + item2 + item3 + item4]

    return perm

So, when I do
permutation()

I get
['aaaa',
'aaab',
'aaac',
'aaad',
'aaae',
 ...
'zzzz']

Although this solves my particular problem (4 digit permutation), it's not an neat solution. Furthermore, if I'd like to make a n digit permutation (say, 10 digits), the nested loops would be a mess.
So, I was thinking I you can tell me how to implement this nested loops as some kind of function, using recursion or something of the sort.
By the way, I know that in this particular problem (4 digit permutation), I could use python libraries:
def permutation():

    from itertools import product
    import string
    alphabet = string.ascii_lowercase

    perm = [ ''.join(p) for p in list(product(list(alphabet),repeat = 4)) ]

    return perm

and this is what I would use in real life, but here I'm trying to figure out the algorithm of the permutation of letters of alphabet taken n letters at a time.

A: First, break this down into the two basic points of recursion: degenerate step (final condition) and recursion step.  Here, our final condition is to return the alphabet when we want strings of length 1.
For longer strings (length n), prepend each letter of the alphabet to all permutations of length n-1.
import string
alphabet = string.ascii_lowercase

def permutation(n):
    return [c for c in alphabet] if n == 1 \
        else [c + n_perm for c in alphabet for n_perm in permutation(n-1)]

print permutation(1)
print permutation(2)

A: If you want to make a N-digit permutation (say, 10 digits), I come up with two ways:
1)  Break up repeat 10 into 5+5 (or 3+3+4):
from itertools import product
import string
alphabet = string.ascii_lowercase

def permutation( * repeat):
        for p1 in product(list(alphabet),repeat = repeat[0]):
            for p2 in product(list(alphabet),repeat = repeat[1]):
                yield ''.join(p1 + p2)

permutation(5, 5)

2) Simply choose repeat 10 like:
from itertools import product
import string
alphabet = string.ascii_lowercase

def permutation( repeat):
    for p in product(list(alphabet), repeat=repeat):
        yield ''.join(p)

for word in permutation (10): print word


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Feb 06 - 16 2020
Howard Jones is back by popular demand for a 2-week residency on our intimate stage! He released his new studio album 'transform' in May 2019 and will be performing as a trio with Robin Boult and Nick Beggs.
Howard Jones solo shows are an intimate trip through Howard's 30 year music career. Many of his best known songs were composed on his favorite instrument the piano. Howard shares behind the scenes stories and reveals the inspiration behind the songs in these rare acoustic shows. Not to be
Howard Jones solo shows are an intimate trip through Howard's 30 year music career. Many of his best known songs were composed on his favorite instrument the piano. Howard shares behind the scenes stories and reveals the inspiration behind the songs in these rare acoustic shows. Not to be missed!
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Could federalism be the shift required to save the Union? What if, rather than reinforcing the hegemony enjoyed by the English at Westminster, powers repatriated from Brussels were redistributed more locally? Against the backdrop of an ongoing constitutional stand off between Westminster and Holyrood, Nextminster envisages a radical restructuring which fragments England along existing administrative boundaries, to produce, along with Scotland, Wales and a reunified Ireland, twelve region states, each closer to one another in population. If centralisation = elitism, then decentralisation = populism.
Nextminster connects the different social, spatial and cultural layers of the city in attempt to give form to the relation between citizen and government. The EU referendum result prompts us to reflect on our own self-image as British citizens and as Europeans, and as such old imperial spaces of the city take on a new role in building a narrative around citizenship means today. Three layers of pre-existing network emerge – the old industrial canals, the disused railway arches and finally a digital platform which takes the form of a smartphone app.
In light of an expanded role to deliver Brexit, the project fragments the institution of parliament, in both physical and experiential terms. The proposal is an experiment for the city, taking the form of a network of symbolic spaces. Some, like office and ministry spaces, are absorbed by the city, whilst some, like debating chambers, stand out. Echoing Henri Lefebvre, Winston Churchill said of Westminster itself, 'We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.' How might a more mundane architectural language to help parliament become part of the city and part of citizens daily lives? And what effect in turn might such an enclosure have on the politics within?


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