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Hadi Fayyadh
Hadi Fayyadh signs with J2 club Fagiano Okayama
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Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Fagiano Okayama
The 18-year-old striker has been eyeing a move to Japan for some time and now sees his dream realised with the Japanese second tier club.
The former Johor Darul Ta'zim II player who chose not to extend his contract with JDTII after being notified that Japanese clubs were interested in acquiring his signature, will now have his patience rewarded after he inked a contract with J2 club, Fagiano Okayama.
Hadi is an ever-present member of the Malaysia national teams across all age groups from the Under-12s until the Under-23s, with only the senior side yet to call for him. After two seasons with JDTII in the Premier League, Hadi will now be plying his trade in a completely different surrounding.
Fagiano finished in the bottom half of the table in 15th in the 2018 J2 League season. Since the club's inception in 2009, they have always remained in J2 and Hadi could look to hone his skills and maturity in Okayama, which is located in the southern part of Japan.
"Since childhood, it was a dream to play as a professional football player in Japan. I am able to take the first step of that dream and I am truly happy. I thank all the people who have supported me so far, I will pour everything into football life in Okayama," said the lanky Hadi in a statement published on Fagiano's club website.
With Zafuan Azeman also seeking to move abroad albeit through an European club, Malaysia's striking future could potentially sees a partnership between two players who plays their club football outside of Malaysia.
It's not just the development but the exposure that Hadi will get during his time with Fagiano. In the upcoming 2019 season, if Hadi gets selected, he could even face former AFC Champions League semi-finalist Kashiwa Reysol who were relegated from the J1 League in the 2018 season.
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The Government will publish it's Spring Budget on Wednesday 8th March 2017. The Spring Budget will set out the government's plans for the economy with the latest forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility. This will be the last spring budget, with future budgets to be announced in the autumn followed by a spring statement.
Over the past few years, the previous budgets have announced significant changes to the Private Rented Sector (PRS), with changes to Mortgage Interest Relief to hit landlords hard from April 2017.
All the evidence shows that the demand for homes in the PRS will continue to increase, due to a combination of continued difficulties for many in raising the deposit needed for a home of their own, and, a preference for the flexibility that the sector provides.
The government has encouraged greater institutional investment in the private rented sector but evidence shows that this is not achieving the desired results. We believe the government needs to support smaller landlords, to encourage them to invest in the new rental properties needed and, thereby, support local house builders.
The 7 RLA Budget Proposals
We believe if the government acts to support landlords and the wider private rented sector this will help make renting better for all. We believe this can be achieved through the following 7 key policy changes:
Mortgage Interest Relief
The RLA believes the government should follow the example of Ireland and scrap the planned changes to mortgage interest relief, or at the very least, apply this only to new borrowing for new purchases in the sector.
Stamp Duty Land Tax Levy
We believe the government should abolish the new three percentage point stamp duty levy. However, the government has predicted an extra £3.1 billion in additional revenue through this change and the government has insisted that they will not change this policy. Therefore, we are pushing for the government to not apply the three percentage point stamp duty levy on properties that add to the overall net supply of housing.
The RLA believes the government should remove the anomaly that means that VAT can be reclaimed on goods and services in connection with the construction of a new dwelling when it is intended for owner occupation, but not when it is constructed to rent out.
To support the Government's home ownership ambitions, landlords could be encouraged to sell properties to sitting tenants by applying the new 20% rate of Capital Gains Tax in such circumstances. Measures could be put in places to prevent abuse.
Small Plots for Private Renting
The government should encourage local authorities and public bodies, such as the Ministry of Defence and the NHS, to identify and sell off small plots (suitable for up to five units of accommodation) of unused public sector and local authority controlled land for development by the PRS.
Energy Efficiency of the sector
Following the decision to end the Green Deal, a review is needed to consider the financial capabilities of landlords to meet the new energy efficiency requirements coming into force in 2018. We believe the government should support landlords to make properties more energy efficient, by making improvements tax deductible.
We are supporting calls made by Crisis for modest funding to improve access to the private rented sector for the homeless.
RLA Budget Submission
To view our full submission to the government, please follow the link below:
Read the RLA Spring Budget Submission here
Our Campaign Updates
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And speaking of sellers: The glaring numbers in this data, that covers the last 4 weeks of markets activity for Oroville home sales is the trend in the inventory of bank owned homes in the greater Oroville real estate market. In the span of just 28 short days the inventory bank-owned homes has fallen over 50% to just 10 Oroville area homes for sale that are owned by the banks and now accounts for less than 7% of the Oroville area homes currently on the market. This is HUGE news, provided that the 5 year running rumor about the illusive "shadow inventory" remains a rumor. It would be nice to put the final nail in the coffin of the real estate crisis, wouldn't it?
I have added one more stat to this chart. At the bottom of this chart I have begun tracking the number of pending Oroville area home sales. As interest rates rise this will be the number to watch as a guide to how hot, or not, the market is becoming.
Stay cool, everyone. The weather is heating up out there.


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3-point defense struggles again as Bradley hands Evansville fourth straight loss
It's currently open season against the Aces until they fix some fundamental issues.
3-point defense struggles again as Bradley hands Evansville fourth straight loss It's currently open season against the Aces until they fix some fundamental issues. Check out this story on courierpress.com: https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/college/evansville/2019/01/30/ue-basketball-loses-fourth-straight-after-another-poor-night-defensively/2702199002/
Pat Hickey, Evansville Courier & Press Published 8:00 p.m. CT Jan. 30, 2019 | Updated 2:03 p.m. CT Jan. 31, 2019
Next: 1 p.m. Saturday vs. Valparaiso (12-10, 5-4)
EVANSVILLE — It was in the scouting report.
Nate Kennell has a strong tendency to pump-fake. Yet, the Bradley University junior wing got exactly what he wanted after Evansville's defense collapsed and then rushed to contest his shot. Twice, Kennell pump-faked as Jawaun Newton and Marty Hill flew past, then knocked a pair of 3-pointers in the Braves' 81-73 victory Wednesday night at Ford Center.
It was one of several instances to highlight how lost the Aces are, defensively. They allowed 57 percent field-goal shooting in the second half to drop their fourth straight game. During that span, opponents have connected on 46.3 percent of its shots from the perimeter after Bradley's 9 of 16 performance.
Kennell, who is known for his shooting, was 3 for 4 from deep and had 13 points off the bench. Even others like senior guard Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye, who is more of a slash and get to the bucket-type of scorer, found his groove in going 4 for 5 from outside for a game-high 18 points.
It's currently open season on the Aces (9-13, 3-6 MVC) until they fix some fundamental issues.
"We're into ourselves too much right now," UE head coach Walter McCarty said. "Nobody is doing anything as a team together. Everybody is out there doing their own thing and that's not who we want to be. In order for us to turn it around, guys have to pay attention to detail and do their job and be connected."
Gallery: Evansville falls to Bradley at the Ford Center
Bradley's Koch Bar (12) blocks Evansville's Evan Kuhlman (10) shot attempt during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. Kuhlman was fouled on the play. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Bradley's Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye (23) and Evansville's Dainius Chatkevicius (14) fight for a rebound during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Bradley University Head Coach Brian Wardle holds Bradley's Elijah Childs (10) back as Evansville put up a 3-pointer during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Evansville's Shea Feehan (21) looks for an opening against Bradley during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Evansville's K.J. Riley (33) fouls Bradley's Nate Kennell (25) during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Evansville's Evan Kuhlman (10) drives against Bradley's Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye (23) during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Bradley's Koch Bar (12) takes a forearm from Evansville's Dainius Chatkevicius (14) to the head as Bradley's Nate Kennell (25) defends during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Evansville's Dainius Chatkevicius (14) looks to pass while being guarded by Bradley's Elijah Childs (10) and Luqma Lundy (2) during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Evansville's Shamar Givance (5) drives past Bradley's Darrell Brown (5) during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Evansville's Shea Feehan (21) discusses being handed a flagrant one foul against Bradley during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Bradley's Nate Kennell (25) comes up with the ball ahead of Evansville's K.J. Riley (33) during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Bradley's Darrell Brown (5) drives past Evansville's Shamar Givance (5) during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Evansville's Marty Hill (1) goes high to bring down a pass against Bradley's Nate Kennell (25) during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Evansville's Dainius Chatkevicius (14) goes strong to the hoop against Bradley's Koch Bar (12) during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Evansville's Shamar Givance (5) drives the paint against Bradley during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Evansville's Marty Hill (1) drives through the paint against Bradley's Nate Kennell (25) during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Evansville's Shamar Givance (5) pulls up for a shot over Bradley's Darrell Brown (5) and Koch Bar (12) during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Bradley's Elijah Childs (10) is guarded by Evansville's Jawaun Newton (3) during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Evansville's Marty Hill (1) maneuvers through the defense of Bradley's Nate Kennell (25) and Luuk van Bree (13) during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Evansville's Shea Feehan (21) gets past Bradley's Elijah Childs (10) for two points during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Evansville's Shamar Givance (5) makes a pass over Bradley's Darrell Brown (5) during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Evansville's K.J. Riley (33) drives past Bradley's Elijah Childs (10) for a basket and the foul during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Bradley's Darrell Brown (5) is pressured by Evansville's defense during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Evansville's K.J. Riley (33) drives to the basket for two points after making a steal against Bradley during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Bradley's Koch Bar (12) guards the inbounds pass against Evansville during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS
Statistically, Bradley (11-11, 3-6) entered as the least-efficient offensive team in the conference.
It had most recently struggled to score 35 points at Missouri State. But this was every bit the Braves team most expected before the season began. Led by three senior starters from last year's 20-win team, they showed no fear on the road in front of an announced crowd of 5,000-plus fans.
UE was the opposite. Too often, its inexperience showed and none of it was because of a lack of effort. It was not the most talented team on the floor, but skill has nothing to do with communication and leadership. Bradley picked apart a defensive unit that was simply lost and did not make adjustments.
Nobody was near Lautier-Ogunleye while he sank back-to-back 3s to cap a 12-0 run and make it 52-46 with 12:19 to play. Nobody communicated to pick him up after he spaced out to the perimeter from gaining a mismatch on Dainius Chatkevicius. Nobody spoke up in transition as he spotted up for another trey.
Bradley's Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye (23) and Evansville's Dainius Chatkevicius (14) fight for a rebound during their game at the Ford Center Wednesday night. (Photo: DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS)
He doesn't have to be a great shooter when given five feet of breathing room.
"We didn't execute the game plan," Aces graduate senior Shea Feehan said. "We talked all week about knowing personnel and doing a better job and we didn't do that. We talked about how transition supersedes matchups and yet we did stuff on the defensive end we haven't done all year. It's on us."
There had to be a better sense of urgency.
It marked UE's third straight loss at home, and it came at the hands of a team that entered in last place in the Valley. Bradley is better than what it had showed after starting league play 0-5. But the Aces are now at the bottom looking up – right where everyone had projected they would finish back in October.
They're at the midway point of the conference season. From here, it can go one of two ways. They take ownership and turn things around because they've shown they can run with the league's best. Or, they can be this disconnected team that deflates in adversity.
"We played with a sense of urgency in stretches," UE sophomore Evan Kuhlman said. "That's obviously a key problem we have. We came out hot. Things were going our way. We were making shots, talking to each other.
"Once we miss a couple shots and the other team gets on a little run, it just feels like we go our separate ways – including myself – whereas off the court we're as tight as can be. That's the way we have to be on the court. Coach is telling us that. We have to do a better job of listening to him."
The Aces will next host Valparaiso (12-10, 5-4) at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Pat Hickey is the UE beat reporter for the Courier & Press. Contact him by phone at (812) 464-6736, email at pmhickey@gannett.com and follow along on Twitter @patmhickey.
BRADLEY 81, EVANSVILLE 73
BRADLEY (11-11): van Bree 2-3 4-4 9, Childs 8-16 1-2 17, Brown 5-13 1-3 11, Lautier-Ogunleye 5-11 4-5 18, Lundy 2-3 1-2 6, Bar 3-3 1-2 7, Kennell 5-8 0-0 13, Brummett 0-0 0-0 0, Henry 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-58 12-18 81.
EVANSVILLE (9-13): Kuhlman 4-12 3-4 13, Hall 2-6 0-0 4, Riley 5-11 3-5 14, Feehan 3-7 1-1 9, Hill 4-8 1-1 10, Chatkevicius 1-3 1-4 3, Straub 0-0 0-0 0, Givance 2-2 0-0 5, Frederking 2-3 0-0 6, Newton 3-5 1-2 9. Totals 26-57 10-17 73.
Halftime—Evansville 36-34. 3-Point Goals—Bradley 9-16 (Lautier-Ogunleye 4-5, Kennell 3-4, Lundy 1-1, van Bree 1-2, Brown 0-2, Childs 0-2), Evansville 11-32 (Frederking 2-3, Newton 2-4, Feehan 2-6, Kuhlman 2-7, Givance 1-1, Hill 1-3, Riley 1-4, Hall 0-4). Fouled Out—Kennell. Rebounds—Bradley 40 (Lautier-Ogunleye 12), Evansville 27 (Hall 9). Assists—Bradley 10 (Brown 4), Evansville 14 (Givance 4). Total Fouls—Bradley 17, Evansville 15. A—5,019 (8,000).
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Today's post includes photos from our first day in Newport, and like almost all my outfits worn there, it is pretty obvious that the color white predominates, especially in a combination with red. Casual pants and a chunky sweater with a few red touches will do it for a walk on the streets of Newport and of course the well known Bowen's Wharf. Newport is well known for spectacular coastal scenery, for its Gilded Age Mansions (you will see one of my favorites in a post later on), as well as being the yachting capital of the world.
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How to Quickly Create a Drop-Down List in Google Sheets
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Drop-down lists will be very helpful to avoid data errors when you share a Google Spreadsheet with others and they can also edit the document. It can also be used whenever you want someone to select options from a pre-defined list. In this post, let's see how to create and use a Drop-Down list in Google Sheets.
How to Insert a Drop-Down List in Google Sheets
Drop-Down List Using List From a Range
Drop-Down List Using List of Items
How to Delete Drop-Down List in Google Sheets
How to Edit Drop-Down List in Google Sheets
Copying Drop-Down lists in Google Sheets
Google Sheets has multiple options to create drop-down lists. For example, you can easily convert a set of data into a drop-down list or you can create a new one by manually entering them as well. Let's see how to do both one by one.
Let's say that you want to convert data in certain cells in a column to a drop-down list and share the Sheet with others so that they can easily select from a list.
Open the Google Sheet on your computer and select the cell on which you need to insert a drop-down list.
Then, click the Data menu from the top of the sheet. From the list of options shown, click Data Validation.
In the Data validation window, you will see a lot of configuration options. Let's see that one by one.
Cell range: This indicates a single cell or range of cells where you want to insert the drop-down list. In this example, we have selected a single-cell C1.
Criteria: If you click this drop-down box, you will see multiple options for data validation. Since we want to create a drop-down list from existing data, we need to select the option List from a range.
Then, you have to select the cells that contain data for creating a drop-down list. While you start selecting cells with your mouse, you will see a small pop-up menu. Once you are done with the selection click OK to confirm.
If you are not comfortable selecting cells with your mouse, you can manually enter the cell addresses (eg. A2:A8) in the box located next to List from a range.
Show drop-down list in cell: Make sure that this checkbox is selected. Otherwise, the drop-down list will not be visible.
On invalid data: This field will decide what will happen if the user tries to enter incorrect data instead of selecting from the list.
Show warning – If this option is selected, the user can enter incorrect data and only a warning message will be shown.
Reject input – The user cannot enter any data other than the values in the drop-down list. A warning message box pops up and prompts the user to enter the correct data.
Appearance: If you wish to create your own message with instructions on the data entry, then you can select the check box Show validation help text: and enter your message on the box provided.
Once you are done configuring the above options, click Save.
Now, if you see the cell you had selected earlier (eg. C1), you will see a down arrow. If you click that, you can see the drop-down list.
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Instead of converting existing data to a drop-down list, you can create a list by manually typing them. Let's see how to do that.
After selecting the cell, go to the Data Validation window. (As mentioned in the previous section.)
In the drop-down box for Criteria, select List of Items.
Then, enter the values for the drop-down list separated by commas in the provided box. The values can be text or numbers.
That's it. The drop-down list has been created successfully.
Related: How to Quickly Highlight Duplicates in Google Sheets
Do you wish to remove a drop-down list from the Google Sheet? At any point in time, you can easily get rid of the drop-down list with a single click.
Open the Google Sheet and select all the cells for which you want to delete the drop-down list.
Then, click the Data menu and select Data Validation from the sub-menu shown.
In the Data Validation window, click Remove validation.
Now, the drop-down list will be removed from the selected cells.
It doesn't matter whether you have created the drop-down list using a list from a range or a list of items. You can edit both lists.
For a drop-down list created using the list from a range, you need to edit the original data which you had selected for converting to a list. Then, the changes you make will get reflected automatically in the drop-down list.
If you had created the list manually using a list of items, then you need to revisit the Data Validation screen to make the changes.
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Then, right-click on the cell where you need to paste the data and select Paste special. From the sub-menu, click Data validation only.
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Catalyte on 60 Minutes
Catalyte was featured in the 60 Minutes segment "Venture capitalist spreading funding to Middle America." The segment focused on Steve Case, co-founder of Aol and chairman and CEO of Revolution, and his efforts to bring investment to overlooked regions of America.
Sharyn Alfonsi (correspondent): Typically how hard has it been for these guys out here to get the attention of capital?
Steve Case: Super hard. Super hard. Right now, 75 percent of venture capital goes to three states: California New York and Massachusetts… Most of the venture capital is on the coasts, not in the middle of the country and we just have to change that.
Catalyte was one of three Revolution's Rise of the Rest portfolio companies that were in the segment. Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi interviewed CEO Jacob Hsu about how the company is using artificial intelligence to identify people with aptitude for software development in Baltimore and across the country.
Jacob Hsu: Our people come from all walks of life. We have fast food workers, we have teachers, musicians, artists, truck drivers– security guards. We have people who come from all over, right into these, into these positions.
Catalyte is rapidly expanding and plans to open in 20 cities in the next two years.
Jacob Hsu: This isn't kindergarten engineering; this is the real deal. We're not doing it just for a charity, we're doing it because we found a better way.
You can read more about Catalyte's involvement with Rise of the Rest in this post from 2018. Watch our part of the 60 Minutes segment below.
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Exhibition Records
National Museum of American Art. Curatorial Office
4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
This accession consists of records which document planning for and the installation of the following exhibitions: Art, Design and the Modern Corporation: The Collection of the Container Corporation of America; The Martha Jackson Memorial Collection; Patrick Ireland: Drawings, 1965-1985; Close Focus: Prints, Drawings and Photographs; Franz Kline: Photographs by Aaron Siskind …
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The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters
Brumbaugh, Thomas B. (Thomas Brendle), 1921-
73 Items (Letters, written in ink, ball point, graphite, typewriter)
26 Items (Stamps)
3 Items (Photographs)
FSA.A2009.06
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
This collection is an amalgamation of letters written and recieved by prominent figures in 19th and 20th century American Art. Included in the collection is a significant portion of letters from Abbott Thayer to correspondents from his circle of family, friends and art world figures such as Maria Oakey Dewing and Samuel …
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National Museum of American Art. Office of the Deputy Director
15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
Record Unit 444
These records consist of files maintained by Harry Lowe in his positions as Curator of Exhibits and Assistant, Acting, and Deputy Director.
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William Page and Page Family papers
Page, William, 1811-1885
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The papers of the portraitist and art theorist William Page and the Page family measure 11.06 linear feet and date from 1815 to 1947, bulk 1843-1892. In addition to the papers of William Page, the papers include documents related to Page's wife's career as a writer and records documenting their personal lives and the lives of their family members. Types of documents found include personal documents and artifacts, correspondence, essays, lectures, diaries, poems, notes and notebooks, financial records, legal records, published works, clippings, catalogs, photographs, and artwork.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Director
This accession consists of records that document the administrative and professional activities of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG), Office of the Director. Materials include the correspondence and memoranda of Abram Lerner, HMSG Director from 1974-1984, and James T. Demetrion, Director 1984- . Some of the Lerner correspondence dates back to 1965, when …
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Exhibition Records (Declined)
National Museum of American Art. Curatorial Department
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
This accession consists of exhibition proposals declined by the National Museum of American Art (NMAA) and the Renwick Gallery. Materials include correspondence, notes, memoranda, proposals, brochures, and color slides.
Storrs, John Henry Bradley, 1885-1956
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The papers of sculptor, painter, and printmaker John Henry Bradley Storrs measure 20.44 linear feet and date from 1790-2007, with the bulk of the papers dating from 1900 to 1956. The collection contains biographical material, correspondence, personal business records, forty-eight diaries of John Storrs, a few diaries of other family members, additional writings, printed material, photographs of Storrs and his family and friends, artwork, scrapbooks, estate records, and video recordings. Correspondence includes that of John Storrs, Marguerite Storrs, and the Storrs family.
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Victor D. Spark papers
Spark, Victor D. (Victor David), 1898-1991
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The Victor D. Spark papers measure 22.2 linear feet and date from circa 1830 to 1983, with the bulk of the material from 1930 to 1970. The papers document Spark's career as a New York City art dealer and appraiser who was most active from World War II through the 1970s, focusing on Old Masters paintings and 19th and early 20th century American art. Found within the papers are biographical materials, artist files, client files, financial records, legal records, printed material, and photographs.
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C. J. (Clarence Joseph) Bulliet papers
Bulliet, C. J. (Clarence Joseph), 1883-1952
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The C. J. (Clarence Joseph) Bulliet papers measure 34.6 linear feet and are dated circa 1888-1959. Biographical materials, correspondence, writings, subject and artist files, printed material, photographs, and artwork document the career of the influential Chicago art critic and writer. The records contain extensive information about art and artists in Chicago and the Midwest from the early to mid-twentieth century.
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Taylor Swift Dishes On 'Mine' Video Love Interest
Singer marries British actor Toby Hemingway in clip for the song, which will be the first single off her new LP.
Jocelyn Vena 07/23/2010
[artist id="2389485"]Taylor Swift[/artist] is getting married. Well, at least she is in the new music video for her next single, "Mine." And she's found her perfect on-screen groom in British import Toby Hemingway.
So how did Swift decide to cast Hemingway as her groom? "I saw 'Feast of Love' and just loved that movie and thought Toby was so great that I thought it would be perfect to put him in the video," she tells People.com about the 27-year-old, who will next appear in Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan." Hemingway also starred in another flick that Swift saw, and this film proved what fate had in store: that Hemingway and the singer would appear together in the "Mine" clip.
"I was doing some more research and watched another movie he was in called 'The Covenant,' " she said. "I've got this crazy 13 lucky thing, and he walks on screen for the first time wearing a sweatshirt with a 13 on it! That was the deciding factor. It wasn't really up to me, it was about the number."
"Mine" is the first single off of Swift's next album, Speak Now, due out October 25. While the concept for the "Mine" video has been kept under wraps, we'll take a guess that Swift might be playing a runaway bride.
"It's been sort of a recent tendency, and I think it's because, for me, every really direct example of love that I've had in front of me has ended in goodbye and ended in breakups and things like that," she explained about the track. "So I think I've developed this pattern of running away when it comes time to fall in love and stay in a relationship. The song is sort of about finding the exception to that and finding someone who would make you believe in love and realize that it could work out, because I'm never ever going to go past hoping that love works out."
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PARIS (AP) — Security was tightened at Christmas markets across Europe on Tuesday after a deadly truck attack on a market in Berlin — and pointed questions arose over why the German capital was vulnerable despite months of warnings.
Monday night's truck rampage in Berlin left 12 people dead and nearly 50 wounded. One man is in custody but German officials say it's not clear that he was involved in the attack and he denies any involvement. German officials, however, say it was clearly a terror attack.
French Christmas markets were already under heightened security. Paris' Champs Elysees was lined with barriers and large concrete blocks straddled each entrance. Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux said he was briefed last week on measures to prevent exactly the kind of attack that struck in Berlin.
"There are an almost unlimited number of soft targets, that's simply the fact, so there are many possibilities to kill people with a truck," he said.
Germany's interior minister left it up to local authorities whether to raise security after Monday night's attack. In the eastern state of Thuringia and Potsdam, armed police patrolled around the markets and in the eastern city of Dresden, officers put up massive concrete blocks — and said they were planned ahead of the attack.
"There is a certain fear that I feel but business has to go on," said Gabriele Hartstang, a vendor in Dresden.
"All the means in terms of security have been evaluated and put in place when it was needed, that is to say several weeks or even several months ago," he said from the eastern city of Strasbourg, also famed for its Christmas market. "I wanted to get across a message to our fellow citizens that, at the time when there is a threat — it exists on our country, it exists in all democracies — we must continue to go out, to have fun."
"It is important to continue going to the Christmas markets," said Alexandra Reisebery. "No one should scare us off."


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The 2005 Equatorial Express Airlines An-24 crash, also known as the 2005 Baney plane crash occurred on 16 July 2005 after an Equatorial Express Airlines Antonov An-24 crashed into a side of a mountain near Baney, Equatorial Guinea. The accident killed all 60 passengers and crew on board the flight.

Aircraft
The aircraft that was used on this flight was an Antonov An-24 registration 3C-VQR that had its first flight back in 1967. It had flown for Aerolíneas de Guinea Ecuatorial (AGE) from February 2002 after being brought to Equatorial Guinea. It has been reported that the aircraft did not receive its 1,000-hour maintenance check after moving to Equatorial Express.

Accident
The flight took off from Malabo International Airport on a short haul flight to Bata Airport with 54 passengers and 6 crew on board. Just minutes into the flight the aircraft tilted and fell, skidded over trees for a distance of about half a mile and crashed into a side of mountainous jungle area near Baney at 10:00pm. An hour later the wreck of the aircraft was found and there were some conflicting reports regarding the number of persons on board. According to the airline, the flight manifest shows 10 crew and 35 passengers. Government sources reported 60 people were on the plane, after first reports of 55 occupants. The total bodies found at the crash site were 60 passengers and crew.

Cause
A witness saw flames coming from the side of the plane shortly after take-off. The cause of the accident was that the aircraft was overloaded and the aircraft was only built to accommodate a maximum of 48 passengers and crew.

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Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band has built its reputation the long, slow, hard way. After 12 years of playing as many as 300 shows each year, Rev. Peyton, the world's foremost country blues finger-style picker, along with the biggest little band in the country has pieced together one of the most dedicated followings out there. This following is sure to eat up the band's latest offering, Poor Until Payday, (the second on their own Family Owned Records label through hip Nashville indie Thirty Tigers) out October 5th, a country blues record that was made the right way — two feet on the ground and both hands getting dirty.
With all the power of a freight train, the Big Damn Band is known for its live shows. Rev. Peyton delivers guitar pyrotechnics the old fashioned way — ten fingers, a 6 string and an amp cranked at full tilt. In the country blues style, he plays the bass with his thumb, while picking the lead with his fingers at the same time. When he lifts the guitar behind his head to play there's nothing but skill and 16 gauge nickel strings to make the sounds coming out of the speakers.
Beside him on stage are just two other people. His wife, "Washboard" Breezy Peyton playing with all the nuance and percussive power of a New Orleans drum line, and keeping the train moving is Max Senteney on a lean drum kit including a 5 gallon maple syrup bucket. Together they play Peyton's wildman country blues that's as much ZZ Top as it is Bukka White.
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The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
There aren't a lot of Warped Tour vets who can claim proficiency in the use of washboards, bottleneck slides and five-gallon buckets. Most didn't spend their teens playing along to Charlie Patton and Bukka White albums. And just about none are fronted by a commissioned member of the Honorary Order of Kentucky Colonels.
But the Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, who appeared for two weeks on the 2009 Warped Tour and will be on the entire 2010 tour, are all that and more. With wild sing-a-longs and flaming washboards, their live shows have been converting skeptics left and right.
Now, with the May 25 release of "The Wages," the soulful, swinging country-blues trio proves they're more than just a world class live band. Their second album for SideOneDummy Records, it was produced by Paul Mahern (Zero Boys, John Mellencamp) and recorded in the band's Big Damn Tradition: live in the studio with no overdubs on honest-to-goodness analog tape.
Appropriate to our times, "The Wages" is thematically rooted in the blues tradition of hard-bitten reality matched with enduring optimism.
There are songs that deal with crystal meth abuse and the disappearance of the American family farm ("In a Holler Over There"), the cost of living ("Everything's Raising"), unrequited love ("Sure Feels Like Rain") and, of course, murder ("Lick Creek Road").
But the Reverend's brood also celebrates rural life on "Born Bred Corn Fed," serves up danceable sing-a-longs like "Clap Your Hands," and offers renewed hope for hard times in "Just Getting By."
The Big Damn Band is very much a family affair, with the good reverend on finger-style resonator guitar and lead vocals, his wife "Washboard" Breezy Peyton on washboard and vocals, and distant cousin Aaron "Cuz" Persinger on drums and bucket. The band's home base is deep in the hills of Southern Indiana's Brown County, which boasts a population of 14,957. (Or 14,954 when the band's out on the road playing close to 250 gigs a year, including appearances at the Austin City Limits festival and tours with Flogging Molly, Derek Trucks, and Clutch.)
"I grew up in the country, and rural life and rural culture has shaped me and my music," says Reverend Peyton, who really is a Kentucky Colonel, just like Elvis Presley, Roy Rogers and Tiger Woods. "I have been playing music since I was a little kid. I am pretty sure we are on to something now."
That combination of authenticity and originality is evident throughout "The Wages," driven by the trio's big damn vocals and melodies, gutbucket guitar playing, and foot-stomping rhythms, all in service of songs that are honest and moving, devoid of irony or artifice.
"We may be few in numbers, but we sound big," says Washboard Breezy. "And I think we stand for something big too. Even if sometimes it's just that it is okay to be a regular person."
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Oh, Jonathan Adler. Let us count the ways. Mr. Adler continues to surprise and delight with every new lighting fixture he designs, and these latest introductions are no exception—blending luxury with retro and a hint of playfulness.
Vienna Chandelier: This beauty looks like it's ready for a Great Gatsby party–and we like it. Paying homage to Italian glass artisans, the delicate "cloud" is made from clusters of white pulegoso glass, dangling from a brass chain. Each glass panel has countless bubbles in the molten glass, which gives it a spongey, irregular texture that creates the opaque appearance that is the pulegoso signature.
Puzzle Chandelier: An inventive wow piece that blends '60s modernism with '70s Italian glamour. This fixture is strong and architectural, with a cluster of brass sheets geometrically composed together around its light source, for warm, reflective light.
Rio Chandelier: This one would be right at home over Don Draper's dining table, right? That's the mastery of Jonathan Adler, who has many designs that bring a little retro flair while still being chic and modern enough for today's interiors. This one in particular has an upbeat mid-century vibe, with 8 globes emerging from a central stem. A choice of 3 finishes–brass, polished nickel and bronze–changes the look and makes it a versatile fixture for many different spaces.
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New-method IVF more effective
Researchers using a microscope and time-lapse photography believe they have developed a method for predicting which test-tube embryos are the most likely to develop properly, and are licensing development of a commercial test.
Their findings, published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, also provide some new insights into the development of days-old embryos, such as how babies inherit some genes from the mother and some from the father.
They said the new test could help fertility clinics pick the best embryo to implant in the womb.
No more repeat treatments
This would save mothers from having several treatments and help improve on the current method of implanting multiple embryos to try to get one pregnancy and risk multiple births in the process.
"Our results shed light on human embryo development," wrote Renee Reijo Pera of Stanford University in California and colleagues. "Our methods and algorithms may provide an approach for early diagnosis of embryo potential in assisted reproduction."
So called test-tube babies are conceived by uniting egg and sperm in a lab dish and transferring the embryo into a woman's uterus to develop. Most do not develop properly and labs have been looking for ways to improve their success rate.
Multiple embryos implanted
Although it is not recommended, some IVF clinics will implant more than one embryo into the mother's womb - leading to the birth of triplets, quadruplets and even more. Such babies almost always are born too early and face lifelong health problems.
All pregnancies are tenuous, even those achieved the old fashioned way. The March of Dimes, a charity founded to battle birth defects, estimates that as many as 50%of all pregnancies end in miscarriage - most often before a woman knows she is pregnant.
For the new test the researchers watched embryos divide and develop from the time sperm met egg in a lab dish. As the embryos split and grew, they also tested gene expression - looking at which genes activated, and when.
Active genes
To their surprise, they found that almost from the very beginning some of the handful of cells had different sets of active genes.
An embryo's fate - whether it would develop normally or not - seemed determined in many cases from the moment of conception and relied heavily on the mother's egg cell, they found.
Embryos most likely to form a ball of cells called a blastocyst developed at a certain, measurable rate, they found.
Auxogyn, Inc., a privately held medical technology company, said in a statement it had acquired an exclusive license from Stanford University to develop products related to the findings.
"Blastocyst formation is a critical time point in human embryo development and provides more objective criteria for selecting which embryo(s) to transfer," Lissa Goldenstein, president and CEO of Auxogyn, said in a statement.
"For years, researchers have searched for ways to predict the embryos most likely to reach the blastocyst stage in order to enable earlier transfer and ultimately improve live birth rates for in vitro fertilisation procedures."
The company estimates that there are 500 clinics in the United States providing in vitro fertilisation or IVF services, with combined annual revenues of nearly $2 billion.
SOURCE: http://link.reuters.com/xar76p Nature Biotechnology, online October 3, 2010.
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The Data that Changed FIFA's Pitch Preparation Strategy
by Blair Ferguson
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0 The Data that Changed FIFA's Pitch Preparation Strategy
When it comes to sports turf data collection, the requirements of FIFA echo the challenges faced by other federations in terms of the scale, depth and reporting of information needed. To bring their pitch management programme to life and extract the full amount of value from their data, FIFA turned to GrasPro and have used the system as a tool to successfully reshape their strategy.
For the world's football governing body, there are the two showpiece events in the men's and women's World Cups. These tournaments occur every four years worldwide, but there is also the age group World Cups held from Under 17 to Under 19. These events, for both boys and girls, are held once every two years.
That means FIFA is preparing for four tournaments at any one time, which are commonly spread across the globe. In 2019 the world football governing body took pitch maintenance in-house for the first time in the federation's history with the appointment of Pitch Management Manager Alan Ferguson.
The sole focus for Alan was to track the quality, condition, and progress of the pitches in each country in the build-up by capturing critical performance data, which allowed himself and his team of consultants to advise on pitch maintenance in between routine visits.
A large part of why this approach is so successful is the market leading scope of data users can collect with GrasPro and the collaboration process with tournament stakeholders who can also access and review the information.
Since 2019 the GrasPro pitch management system has been used to successfully deliver the men's U20 World Cup in Poland, the Women's World Cup in France, the men's U17 World Cup in Brazil and two Club World Cups in Qatar.
GrasPro has been used continuously in the build-up to the men's 2022 World Cup in Qatar and multiple other age-group tournaments that have been rearranged due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Stats Behind Hosting a FIFA Tournament
1,304 training sessions
125 stadia and training pitches
3x more training pitches used than stadia
85 teams
38,046 players on a pitch*
Pitch maintenance
205 hours of pitch maintenance on average to prepare it for a tournament
25,611 hours of pitch maintenance
9,204 maintenance tasks in total
164 active users of the GrasPro System. Groundsmen, Consultants, LOC, Contractors, Tournament operations and other tournament stakeholders.
The above statistics cover the men's U20 World Cup in Poland, the Women's World Cup in France, the men's U17 World Cup in Brazil and two Club World Cups in Qatar (2019&2020).
Women's 2019 World Cup France
9 stadia
270 stadia hours
38 training pitches
326 training sessions
8,661 players on the pitch*
3,458 hours of pitch maintenance
1,080 maintenance tasks
81 active GrasPro users
U17 Brazil World Cup 2019
10,938 players on the pitch*
922 maintenance tasks
FIFA's use of the system has extended to more than just pitch performance, with the data collected being used to make major infrastructure decisions for future sports events. A standout case of this is using the system to demonstrate the advantages of hybrid stitched pitches to lower the tournament footprint and reduce overall costs.
Alan explains: "What we've done with GrasPro is taken the data we have and use it to inform our decisions during tournaments and for future tournaments. We use the in-depth agronomic analysis and compare the maintenance effectiveness to enhance our decision making, and because the information is available to all the tournament stakeholders, it makes it very easy to discuss and illustrate any plans we have.
"If you take the U17 event in Brazil as an example. We had to demonstrate to the wider FIFA team that we could lower the tournament footprint by using fewer stadia to host more games, and in this case, we were able to reduce it from six to four. The way I saw us achieving that was by using stitched pitches. By doing so, we reduced transportation and lowered hotel costs, which led to financial savings and resulted in higher quality pitches for the players.
"In Brazil, we had four stadia, and we stitched two pitches and left two unstitched to assess the performance of the stitched against the unstitched. The Estadio Bezaro in Brasilia hosted 18 group games over 23 days, and on many days the games were doubleheaders. This was compared to the non-stitched in Estadio Olimpico in Goiania, which only hosted ten games in the same period, but the pitch started to suffer after games seven and eight. By using GrasPro to collect data on the pitch performance and condition after and between games, we could clearly demonstrate to our FIFA colleagues that the KPIs were being met after several matches, and the stitched approach has now been taken on.
"It's at moments like this where having the data can be invaluable because it helps to facilitate fundamental changes by confirming a new approach works.
"It's a decision that helps us make the most of current pitch technology, but it also brings greater consistency for the players because they will play on the same quality surface throughout whilst having to travel less."
GrasPro Player Perception
As part of setting pitch performance standards, a method of benchmarking the players' feedback on the match pitches was requested by FIFA. The GrasPro team was given several KPIs to consider and build into a quick and easy-to-use mobile-friendly programme, culminating in the GrasPro Player Perception.
This has been a crucial missing link between preparation and performance on both cool and warm-season surfaces, and Alan aims to use this data to optimise pitches for performance and player welfare.
"Any successful business has to listen to their customers, and our customers are the players," Alan explains. "The GrasPro Player Perception is their customer satisfaction survey.
"It will vary from country to country and account for the nuances of each climate, so it will become an invaluable asset for tournaments anywhere in the world. We aim to build a bank of data in cool and warm-season climates, and we want to keep building this data and analyse it to make sure we move in line with the modern-day game.
"The player survey is the only means we have of assessing if the pitches meet the players and coaches' expectations. It's also tied in with FIFA Medical to make sure it's not contributing to injuries. FIFA medical assess all the player injuries, so we can compare any trends they find with the information we have and then further compare that to what the players think.
"We may find that older age groups prefer the pitches to be a touch softer whereas the younger ones may prefer it harder and faster - but without the feedback from them, we'll never know that.
"By using GrasPro Player Perception, we are generating a much greater understanding of what is best for preventing injuries during intense tournaments and what the players value most.
"Ultimately, it gives everyone a benchmark to work and aim towards. We set the standards and a plan to achieve them, and with the data to hand wherever I am in the world, I can make decisions instantly. We're into our third year of using GrasPro now, and I base everything I do on the analysis we get from the system. It's proven to deliver value for us."
*no of times every tournament someone stepped onto a stadia or training pitch to play, practice, rehearse for a ceremony or work on preparation of the tournament.


Reports on the appointment of Dirk Springmann as sales manager in the Leather and Mattress Division of Hamilton & Spill Furniture Group in the U.S. Work experience at United Furniture Warehouse; Experience of the executive in retail location development, management development, sales training, motivation, administration and customer relations.
Reports on the appointment of Julie Clitheroe to the post of sales manager at Vancouver, British Columbia-based Hamilton and Spill. Career background; Duties.
Reports on the appointment of Gary Harmon as vice president of sales and marketing of Hamilton & Spill Furniture Group in the U.S.
Announces that importer Hamilton and Spill will use the Las Vegas Market to introduce a broad assortment of upholstery as part of the company's strategy to become a whole-home source for North American retailers. Plan to show some 20 designs, primarily in leather; Assortment sourced in China.
Reports on the alliance between Hamilton and Spill and several furniture manufacturers. Introduction of the bedroom category; Move of the company to establish a network in the industry; Modification of the layout of the Center Point showroom.


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Part II: Ensuring Safety in the First Temple of the Atom
Thomas Wellock
NRC Historian
As noted in Part I of this story on the NC State research reactor, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was very anxious to promote the world's first civilian reactor. But its enthusiasm was tempered by the challenge of placing a reactor safely on a busy college campus and developing an approval process for non-AEC reactors.
The AEC turned to its Reactor Safeguard Committee, the forerunner of today's Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. The Committee was formed in 1947 to evaluate the safety of new reactors proposed by AEC laboratories and contractors. "The committee was about as popular—and also necessary—as a traffic cop," recalled Safeguard Committee Chairman Edward Teller.
The Committee's most significant contribution was establishing a conservative approach to safety given the engineering uncertainty of that era. "We could not follow the usual method of trial and error," Teller said. "The trials had to be on paper because the actual errors could be catastrophic." The Committee developed a "simple procedure" of challenging a reactor designer to write a "hazard summary report" that imagined the worst "plausible mishap"—soon known as a "maximum credible accident"—and demonstrate the reactor design could prevent or mitigate it.
Five NC State physics professors designed the reactor. Here, in the reactor control room, (left to right front row) are Clifford K. Beck and Arthur C. Menius, Jr. Standing is Newton Underwood, three unidentified students, Arthur Waltner and Raymond L. Murray.
The Committee focused on several hazards, including a surge in the chain reaction called a reactor "runaway," a catastrophic release of radioactive material from fire, sabotage, or an earthquake, and hazards from routine operation that might result from leaks or inadvertent exposures. The Committee asked NC State to address these concerns in a "hazards summary report."
To meet the Committee's desire for inherent safety, NC State proposed a "water boiler" reactor, which was believed to have "student-proof" safety margin given its strongly "negative coefficient" of reactivity that limited greatly the possibility of a runaway. NC State also developed interlocks and an extremely dense concrete shielding to discouraged sabotage.
In order for NC State to commit the funds to such a long-term project, it needed an early approval. This created a dilemma since the college did not yet have a detailed, complete design. The AEC used a two-step conditional approval that was similar to its later construction permit/operating license process. In step one, construction did not begin until NC State addressed the most important design safety issues. When it did, the AEC agreed by contract to supply enriched fuel. The fuel was not delivered, however, until NC State resolved all outstanding safety questions and a final inspection took place. With that, the first civilian reactor in history went critical in September 1953.
The AEC approach to safety at NC State foreshadowed many later regulatory practices. As important as the 1954 Atomic Energy Act is to current regulatory practice, it is interesting to see that many of the critical elements have even deeper roots back toward the beginning of the atomic era.
Author ModeratorPosted on September 10, 2014 December 19, 2014 Categories Nuclear HistoryTags AEC, Atomic Energy Commission, NC State, nuclear history5 Comments on Part II: Ensuring Safety in the First Temple of the Atom
Part I — The First Temple of the Atom: The AEC and the North Carolina State Research Reactor
In January 1955, Newsweek reported, "It is the envy of thousands of scientists and hundreds of college presidents. It has made Raleigh, North Carolina's capital, an atomic mecca, attracting such disparate types as President Celal Beyar of Turkey, a band of junketing North Carolina peanut growers, some German school teachers, as well as a procession of industrialists from all over the world."
All had come to see the world's first research reactor open for public view at North Carolina State College (NC State).
Proposed by NC State in 1950, the reactor was an audacious idea when the most basic information about the fission process was a Cold-War secret. Industry and universities were unwilling to pursue civilian applications of nuclear energy that required expensive security clearances.
Where others saw obstacles, Clifford Beck spied an opportunity. A physicist at NC State, Beck proposed to the Atomic Energy Commission the nation's first nuclear engineering program built around a declassified reactor.
His timing was perfect. The announcement in September 1949 that the Soviet Union had exploded an atomic bomb tipped the debate within the AEC toward those who favored declassifying atomic secrets. Former AEC Chairman David Lilienthal called on the AEC to "free the atom" for U.S. industrial use.
AEC officials were elated with Beck's proposal since it provided them with a concrete reason to declassify reactor information. They assured him they were "practically unanimous" that it would be approved. In late 1950, the AEC made public for the first time information on fission research and small research reactors, including the NC State reactor.
Taking advantage of its status as the world's only public reactor, NC State included a viewing auditorium with thick water-shielded windows so the public could see nuclear energy was, as Beck claimed, "just another type of tool, not something mysterious and super-secret." In the first year of operation, the reactor had more than 6,000 visitors who came to see a reactor that was "guarded by nothing more than a physics student with a guest book." One intrigued journalist dubbed it "The First Temple of the Atom."
NC State Observation Room
Ending secrecy cleared only the first hurdle for NC State. The AEC had to confront difficult safety and security questions.
In 1950, the 1946 Atomic Energy Act strictly limited uses of fissionable material. How could the agency provide bomb-grade fuel to a civilian reactor? How could it prevent sabotage of an unguarded reactor? How could the AEC ensure safe operation on a densely populated college campus? And who in the AEC should approve the reactor? In answering these questions, the agency foreshadowed many of the later practices it followed in licensing nuclear power reactors. We will turn to that story on Wednesday.
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He's celibate until marriage, and dates won't tolerate it
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | June 15, 2003 | Mary Mitchell
Posted on 06/15/2003 10:39:14 AM PDT by Mister Magoo
BY MARY MITCHELL SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST
Ten years ago, Darren Washington, 33, made a dramatic lifestyle change. He decided to abstain from sex until he got married. It is a choice that makes sense in a world where sex can literally kill you. But the fear of sexually transmitted diseases was not the only thing that motivated Washington to try celibacy. Given the pain sexual relationships can cause, he wanted to be part of the solution--not part of the problem.
On Saturday, June 21, he will be one of the panelists for "What Men Don't Like To Talk About" at Being Single Magazine's 5th Annual Bachelor Breakfast.
Washington, director of external affairs for SBC Indiana, says his celibacy has frustrated some women.
"A lot of women wanted to be sexually active," he said. "And you have so many people fronting. What I found out is that women wanted a man who was going to be faithful to her because a lot of men are juggling different women, having sex with different women, and so women thought it would be OK if I was only having sex with them."
Some women backed away after realizing Washington took abstinence seriously.
"I told one woman I just wanted to be friends and she said she already had enough friends," he said.
Then, there's the hurry-up-and-get-on-with-it sister.
"I dated a very intelligent woman, an attorney, who was OK with celibacy," Washington said. "But after six months, she wanted me to make a commitment. She felt if she knew we were going to marry then she could abstain. I couldn't make that promise."
Washington, a state-certified HIV/AIDS counselor, regularly speaks out about abstinence. He says he does so because it is the best alternative, particularly for African-American couples.
"I think a lot of people--men and women--don't understand the emotional and psychological effects that premarital sex cause besides teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
"When you give your body, you open an area to them that is really sacred. You exchange spirits with that person and that is how you end up with heartaches, pain and jealousy. There are women out here who are cheating just like men. You can't blame one [gender] more than the other. If men stood up and took the initiative and treated women with more respect and respected their bodies, women would want their bodies respected."
Sex shouldn't be part of a dating relationship, Washington said.
"You really truly have to be patient and wait for the right man to come into your life," he said. "There are a lot of men out here who have their pick of the litter. They date a lot of women and they know they are a good catch. They are financially together and a lot of these men are having sex with a lot of different women."
In the abstinence world, a date is a date.
"There are certain things that are off limits if you are not willing to be married," he said. "I can go out with different people to have fun, but I don't expect sex and I don't expect them to take their clothes off."
But for a lot of men, sex is seen as their reward for showing his date a good time.
""I don't expect a woman to have sex with me because I took her out to dinner and spent $100," Washington counters. "That should be normal if I am trying to win her hand and to prove to her I'm the man of her dreams.
On the other side, women who do not have romantic feelings for a man may get involved with him sexually because he is financially solid and drives a nice car, Washington pointed out.
"We have to stop using each other," he said. "One way to do that is to abstain."
Of course, the real question is whether Washington is really one of those brothers on the down-low. He chuckled when I asked, but admitted it wasn't the first time he's been asked about his sexuality.
"People live an alternative lifestyle for sexual liberation, not sexual resignation," he said. "Right now, a lot of people are looking for a cure to AIDS. My issue is, yes, we need drugs that will stop the spread of AIDS, but what about the people who don't have it. They need to abstain. If you can't put a ring on a woman's finger or you don't want to marry the brother, you shouldn't be out there."
As noted in a recent Sun-Times special report on marriage, African Americans marry at a significantly lower rate than other racial groups in the United States. By age 30, 81 percent of white women and 77 percent of Asians and Hispanics will marry, but only 52 percent of black women will do so, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
After talking to Washington, I recalled something my father used to say when his daughters started dating: "Why buy the cow when the milk is free?" Of course, we didn't listen. As things have turned out, fathers knew best after all.
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OK, it's one thing to be celibate during high school. I can understand that. I can even understand being celibate until you get married, assuming you are planning to get married in your early 20s. But if you are still celibate at 33, there is something wrong.
1 posted on 06/15/2003 10:39:15 AM PDT by Mister Magoo
To: Mister Magoo
But if you are still celibate at 33, there is something wrong.
No, it's a choice and it's a choice that confuses you.
2 posted on 06/15/2003 10:45:16 AM PDT by Archangelsk (Sensitive folks are a real hoot.)
"If you're still celibate at 33, there's something wrong"...
Not neccessarily.Some people do it as a choice, and I respect that choice, even though I'm no longer a virgin myself.
The apostle Paul stayed celibate all his life. I wouldn't suppose he had anything "wrong" with him.
3 posted on 06/15/2003 10:47:53 AM PDT by Springfield45 (Bush WON, Democrats. Now YOU get over it.)
To: Archangelsk
Yes, it does. A lot.
No, actually, there is not something wrong with being celibate at 33. In the first paragraph is states that he made a "dramatic lifestyle change" ten years ago.
Apparently he tried it and saw the destruction.
Why put yourself at risk for STDs and AIDS?
It seems that he has self control. That is a good thing.
5 posted on 06/15/2003 10:48:57 AM PDT by It's me
it's a choice
Yeah, but then so is shoving fruit up your nose. In both cases your likelihood of finding a mate to reproduce with is reduced.
I think this guy could win a Darwin award without actually having to die young.
6 posted on 06/15/2003 10:50:05 AM PDT by jlogajan
Generally, my personal feeling is this is "pushing the limit".
BUT...given the level of AIDS/HIV in the African-American community I can
understand a smart African-American male in his thirties being MUCH more cautious
just in terms of health concerns than I would folks in other ethnic groups.
(A fair number of African-American women get infected because their husbands/boyfriends
bring back HIV/AIDS from activities during their say in prison/jail, according to what I've read.)
7 posted on 06/15/2003 10:51:04 AM PDT by VOA
It is certainly unusual. I think it borders on abuse of ones sexual organ. lol
8 posted on 06/15/2003 10:51:15 AM PDT by ItisaReligionofPeace ((the original))
Well, he decided to abstain ten years ago.
It never says he was a virgin then...but it does seem like he COULD have found a wife in ten years, if he's turning women down. Maybe he just likes dating women so he can rebuff their advances?
9 posted on 06/15/2003 10:52:26 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
I've run across a couple of "celibate" guys in my life, not priests but very religious. They both were very tense people. Very tightly wound, edgy and defensive, not at all easy to be around. Wore their celibacy like a militant homosexual wears gay pride, they had to refer to it at least once every five minutes.
Not exactly a ringing endorsement of that lifestyle.
10 posted on 06/15/2003 10:53:10 AM PDT by Billy_bob_bob ("He who will not reason is a bigot;He who cannot is a fool;He who dares not is a slave." W. Drummond)
To: It's me
No, it probably means that he is either gay or asexual. If I had a son that was 33, and had been celibate for 10 years, during his sexual prime, I'd think there was something wrong with him. Most men that choose to be celibate for religious reasons end up getting married very young.
11 posted on 06/15/2003 10:53:44 AM PDT by Mister Magoo
To: Billy_bob_bob
Celibacy is nature's way of saying your genes aren't fit to produce the next generation.
12 posted on 06/15/2003 10:57:09 AM PDT by jlogajan
Ten years ago, Darren Washington, 33, made a dramatic lifestyle change. He decided to abstain from sex until he got married.
Obviously, comprehending the written word confuses you as well.
13 posted on 06/15/2003 10:57:22 AM PDT by SMEDLEYBUTLER
So he finds a woman who's willing to wait for marriage, but HE isn't willing to commit after dating and abstaining for six months.
How long does he need before he can throw the poor girl a bone (no pun intended) and say "yes, I think we have a FUTURE, hang in there sweetie"?
This guy must think he's going to live for 200 years.
14 posted on 06/15/2003 10:58:15 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
No one's commented on the most salient fact of this article, which is that many women today "won't tolerate" this.
15 posted on 06/15/2003 11:01:27 AM PDT by Dr. Frank fan
Love is a battlefield. This man is trying to avoid becoming a casualty by staying out of the fight. He could be wrong, unless he's right.
We'll never know I suspect.
16 posted on 06/15/2003 11:05:45 AM PDT by witnesstothefall
...getting married very young....
Can't blame them for that, can you? :)
17 posted on 06/15/2003 11:10:15 AM PDT by ItisaReligionofPeace ((the original))
To: Dr. Frank
Would women a hundred years ago tolerated this?
Wore their celibacy like a militant homosexual wears gay pride, they had to refer to it at least once every five minutes.
Hmmmm, that is probably closer to the mark than we will ever know.
19 posted on 06/15/2003 11:12:15 AM PDT by Double Tap
It's not that I personally don't tolerate it, I just frankly don't understand his behavior.
Women expect a man to show sexual interest, and traditionally it's her choice to say yes or no. At one time the "brakes" were entirely in the woman's hands.
I keep thinking about the woman he dated who was fine with celibacy until marriage, but when all she wanted was a tiny hint she wasn't wasting her time with him while her fertility slipped away like sands through the hourglass, he found he "couldn't help her".
If he doesn't at least ACT like he's dying to have sex with her one day, how is the woman to know he isn't just looking for a mommy instead of a real wife?
I respect his decision not to be promiscuous, but it sound like somewhere along the way it turned into an ego/control thing. He's seeing a woman who only wants to know if HE is the one she should be saving it for, and if they will be married sometime this century, and he can't even help her out with a clue. Not very kind. Or manly, IMO.


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D. THIEM/N. Djokovic
6-7, 6-3, 7-6
THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.
Q. What a match. That's all I have to say. What a match. How did you convert it? You were down so many times. It could have gone either way. What was the deciding factor for you?
DOMINIC THIEM: Yeah, probably it was maybe the best match I ever played. It was a real classic and epic match which will happen from time to time at these big tournaments.
It had everything what a match like this needs. He was up; I was up. He was playing amazing points. Me, I was playing amazing points. And then I think the match deserved an end in the third-set tiebreak. Well, there it's, I think, if we are playing two hours 45, two top 10 players, it's only about luck, and it was a little bit more on my side today in the third-set tiebreak.
But I'm really happy and proud, because as I said before, it was probably the best match I ever played.
Q. Novak said he's never really played too many matches where someone is just hitting the ball as hard as you were so consistently throughout. Was it an extra special effort tonight or just a particular tactic you knew you had to really go for every single shot? Was that a purposeful thing or just going with the mood?
DOMINIC THIEM: I knew that I had to play like this to beat him. Against everybody who qualified for this tournament here, there is a special effort necessary to win.
I did it against Roger, and I did it also today. Probably Novak is the best player in the world right now, so I had to do something outstanding, something unusual, and that's what I did. I mean, I was hitting really, really hard.
Well, 51 winners against him is a great number (smiling).
Q. Continuing with the same theme, would you agree that it's a bold strategy to do so against Novak to hit with full strength from point one to the last one? Would you agree with that, that it was a bold strategy from you?
DOMINIC THIEM: I think that would be too easy to say. I mean, I didn't hit everything full power, because otherwise it's way too risky.
But I really found a great balance today from being solid from playing also slice from time to time, from coming into the net. But then also to win points against him, to win important points against him, I had to come up with some special shots, with shots he didn't expect like backhand down the line or forehand down the line.
Most of these shots, while I was trying to surprise him, worked out today.
Q. I notice that when you return serve you have a very wide stance. I was wondering what sort of benefit does that extreme stance bring to your game, to your return game specifically?
DOMINIC THIEM: Which one? Sorry?
Q. Returning serve. You stand very far apart with your legs. What does that bring to your return game?
DOMINIC THIEM: Well, I mean, it just brings a better balance. I improved it, I think. In general my footwork is wider. It got wider.
And if you see the best players, they are all super wide. That just brings you the best balance. Obviously it's the best if you start already at the return with it.
Q. Today you were impressive. How confident are you to maintain this level for the rest of the week?
DOMINIC THIEM: I'm really confident, of course. It was I think for the first time that I beat two of the Big 3 back to back, which gives me a lot of confidence.
Also, I'm super happy and proud that I reached the semifinals for the first time. It was a big goal, but of course it's not enough now. I'll try to play a good match against Matteo on Thursday. Of course it's a little bit more comfortable now that I don't have a lot of pressure in this match, but of course I want to continue the great shape and then full focus on the semifinals. And I try to keep up the great level I had in the first two matches also for the semifinals.
Q. Last year Sascha won the title for the first time, biggest title of his career. You have come so close to major wins. Obviously you had Indian Wells this year, but if you were to lift the title here, what would that mean to you?
DOMINIC THIEM: It would be the biggest title of my career. I think this tournament here is almost on level with the Grand Slams, because it's so tough to win it.
You have to beat only top 10 players. You have to beat the eight best players of the season. Maybe this tournament is the most difficult to win all year.
Q. You were so much better on hard courts than you used to be, especially this year, so much more consistent. What's the main factor or main couple of factors in that?
DOMINIC THIEM: I think that there are two main factors. The first is that I really improve my aggressive game style. I'm coming in to the net way more, and that's just important on the hard courts.
And then also, I said yesterday already, there are also some big advantages for me on surfaces like this. I don't get the backhand in uncomfortably. I can hit it most of the time in a pretty good zone for me.
That's why I can go many times for a very risky shot, and the possibility that the ball goes in is pretty high because this surface makes it possible that I don't have to hit it too uncomfortable. These are the two main factors, I think.
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