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OP3237. FALSTAFF, Live Performance, 8 March, 1986, w.Levine Cond. Met Opera Ensemble; Giuseppe Taddei, Carol Neblett, Fiorenza Cossotto, Judith Blegen, Allan Monk, Douglas Ahlstedt, Italo Tajo, etc. (Canada) 2-St Laurent Studio stereo YSL T-653. Transfers by Yves St Laurent.
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"Verdi's valedictory masterpiece is arguably the greatest ensemble opera ever written; around the sun of its protagonist, the other characters orbit in a vocal constellation, with only Ford and Dame Quickly noticeably standing out on occasion as individuals. Consequently, apart from Falstaff, the opera requires sound, healthy voices that blend well rather than a great deal of individual interpretive finesse to carry the work. Here, all those elements are fully present. Making his belated Metropolitan Opera debut at age 69 (four years older than Magda Olivero when she appeared there as Tosca in 1975), Giuseppe Taddei is in remarkably fine form. His top notes are somewhat unsteady, though they are generally not sustained and so that is not a major issue, and his voice is not as plush as in his prime, but apart from that he is a pleasure to listen to, and of course he is also an absolutely masterful interpreter. Allan Monk provides a first-rate Ford; Fiorenza Cossotto is a colorful Dame Quickly, though she pushes her vibrato a bit hard to get a comically exaggerated effect in her salutations of 'Reverenza!'; Carol Neblett (sadly, recently deceased) and Brenda Boozer offer a well-matched pair of Windsor wives, while Judith Blegen and Douglas Ahlstedt give equal pleasure as sweet-voiced, ardent young lovers. (It's a bonus to have such a vocally attractive Fenton, a part that often seems to be cast as an afterthought.) Among the comprimario singers, veterans Charles Anthony, Anthony Laciura, and Italo Tajo (the latter as always a real treat) warrant special notice as Dr. Cajus, Bardolph, and Pistola, respectively. My only very slight caveat comes with James Levine's conducting. While precise and energetic, he misjudges a few tempo relations, particularly in the notoriously tricky Act I nonet, and the gear changes in such instances are evident and somewhat awkward. (Admittedly, only Toscanini has achieved perfectly magical fluidity at this juncture.) Other than that, he is in fine fettle.
The sound quality is that of a good FM stereo broadcast of the era; given its relatively recent vintage, apparently this Canadian label is not concerned about any possible legal action from the Met to block this release. There are no booklet notes; the back tray card provides the cast, and the front insert the list of tracks and characters singing in those but no timings. Sensibly, instead of trying to even out disc timings by dividing act two in half, the first two acts are placed on CD 1 and the third act on CD 2. While not quite equaling the classic recordings by Toscanini (RCA), Karajan (Angel), or Solti's first take (Decca) for stellar interpretive distinction, this is a very fine rendition that provides a welcome second take on Taddei's Falstaff 36 years after his notable 1950 monaural Cetra recording, and is cordially recommended."
- James A. Altena, FANFARE
"Taddei's 1985 Met debut in FALSTAFF - an opera he had first recorded in 1949 - was a triumph, his characterization a marvel of wit and comic invention that glowed with the relaxed mastery of an artist in his prime. No other Falstaff was quite so lovable a scamp; Taddei's deliciously witty 'Quand'ero paggio' was delivered as a crisp, pointed aside that seemed like a whisper but filled every corner of the house. It was an irresistible - and unforgettable - moment in a richly detailed performance imbued with the ripeness of Indian summer. Taddei sang eleven Met FALSTAFFs in the 1985-86 season and returned to the company in 1988 for ten performances as Dulcamara in L'ELISIR D'AMORE, another of his signature roles."
F. Paul Driscoll, OPERA NEWS, 3 June, 2010
"The debutant was Giuseppe Taddei, making his first Met appearance at age 69 in the title role of Verdi's FALSTAFF. Mr. Taddei, who has been one of the leading baritones on the international scene for nearly half a century (he made his opera debut in Rome in 1936), arrived with a glittering splash. His Falstaff, not only wittily acted and fully formed, was astonishingly well sung. The voice is not exactly plummy these days, but it retains a wonderfully liquid quality in lyric passages as well as the ability to bark out in the buffo style that for most Falstaffs is the beginning and end of the vocal gamut."
- Donal Henahan, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 26 Sept., 1985
"Giuseppe Taddei was a distinguished Italian baritone who made his Metropolitan Opera début to glowing notices in 1985 at the astonishing age of 69. Born in Genoa on 26 June, 1916, Mr. Taddei made his operatic début in 1936, as the Herald in a production of Wagner's LOHENGRIN in Rome. In the decades that followed he performed on many of the great opera stages of Europe, including those of the Vienna State Opera, La Scala and Covent Garden. In the 1950s, Mr. Taddei appeared in the United States with the San Francisco and Dallas Civic Operas; he was also long known to listeners here through his many recordings. In the 1960s, he sang in New York in concert performances. But until 25 Sept., 1985, when he stepped onto the stage at Lincoln Center in the title role of Verdi's FALSTAFF, Mr. Taddei had never sung at the Met. At his curtain call, THE NEW YORK TIMES reported, Mr. Taddei received 'a rafter-shaking ovation'.
Opera exacts a great toll on the voice. Singers often retire in their 50's, at least from weightier fare. Appearing at a major opera house in one's late 60s is highly unusual; making a début at that age, breathtakingly so. To do so to the kind of rapturous reviews Mr. Taddei received is almost beyond contemplation. What apparently stood Mr. Taddei in good stead was the Italian bel canto tradition — the lighter, less forceful style of singing in which he had been trained — which can let its practitioners extend their careers beyond the usual retirement age. In all, Mr. Taddei performed with the Met 21 times. Besides Falstaff, which he sang in 1985 and 1986, he appeared as Dr. Dulcamara in L'ELISIR D'AMORE in 1988.
Reviewing Mr. Taddei's Met début in The Times, Donal Henahan wrote: 'His Falstaff, not only wittily acted and fully formed, was astonishingly well sung. The voice is not exactly plummy these days, but it retains a wonderfully liquid quality in lyric passages'.
If Mr. Taddei could sing like that at 69, then why had the Met not signed him in even plummier days? As Mr. Taddei explained in a 1985 interview with The Times, the reasons centered on diplomacy, or rather what he saw as the lack of it. In 1951, he said, Rudolf Bing, then the Met's general manager, asked him to audition. That did not sit well with Mr. Taddei, who was already a star in Europe. He declined Mr. Bing's request. In 1958, Mr. Taddei said the Met tried to engage him again, at $600 a week. That did not sit well with Mr. Taddei, who asked for more money. The Met declined his request. A quarter-century went by. Then, in the early 1980s, after Mr. Taddei sang a well-received Falstaff at the Salzburg Festival in Austria, Mr. Levine, the Met's music director, approached him. He offered Mr. Taddei the part of Fra Melitone in Verdi's FORZA DEL DESTINO — a role typically billed sixth from the top. That did not sit well with Mr. Taddei . As he told THE TIMES, 'I said thank you, but coming for the very first time, I think I should come as protagonista'. And thus, as Falstaff, Mr. Taddei went onstage a world-renowned singer and came back a star."
- Margalit Fox, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 4 June, 2010
"Carol Neblett, a soprano who sang numerous roles at New York City Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, sang all over the world after making her City Opera debut as Musetta in Puccini's LA BOHEME in 1969. She sang the title role in Puccini's TOSCA more than 300 times, the first in 1976 at the Lyric Opera in Chicago with Luciano Pavarotti as Mario Cavaradossi.
The impresario Sol Hurok took her onto his roster and encouraged her to try opera. Her City Opera debut in 1969 impressed Allen Hughes, who reviewed the performance for THE TIMES. Almost 20 years later, in 1988, when she performed her first Aida with Opera Pacific, Martin Bernheimer of THE LOS ANGELES TIMES wrote, 'Tall, lithe and eminently sympathetic, she must be one of the most attractive 'and most formidable' Aidas in history - she worked steadily for decades, making her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1979 in Wagner's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN'. Harold C. Schonberg, the critic for THE NEW YORK TIMES, called her 'the surprise of the evening', adding, 'Never has she unleashed so powerful and commanding a voice'."
- Neil Genzlinger, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 28 Nov., 2017
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All-woman $20M VC fund seeks investors, prospects in West Michigan
BY Mark Sanchez Saturday, July 21, 2018 03:07pm
A new $20 million venture capital fund aims not only to generate returns for investors but also address a wide gender gap in the investing industry.
Individual investors in the Belle Michigan Impact Fund LP are all women, and the fund targets deals at women-owned startup companies.
Based in Grosse Pointe Farms north of Detroit, the Belle Michigan Impact Fund recently made two initial investments after closing this spring on its first $5 million, which it raised from 41 individual investors. To date, the fund has invested in Troy-based Alchemy, which makes games to teach math and science skills, as well as Seeva Technologies, a Redmond, Wash. company that developed a heated windshield washer fluid dispenser.
Belle Michigan Impact Fund hopes to raise the remainder of its goal over the next eight to 10 months, said co-founder and General Partner Carolyn Cassin. During that time, organizers want to reach out to women in West Michigan who may be interested in becoming venture capital investors alongside a "real who's who" of female investors from Southeast Michigan, she said.
"We'd love to get some interest and traction on the west part of the state because I know a lot of those women have the same values and the same mission as we do, which is to find great women-owned and women-led businesses and give them access to capital they need and deserve," Cassin said. "Southeast Michigan is just a corner of the state."
Cassin plans to hold a networking event for women on venture capital investing in West Michigan later this summer.
Geographically expanding the base of investors in the fund brings in additional capital as well as a broader source network for prospective deals and referrals from across the state, she said.
"Good ideas happen all over. That's the beautiful thing about this whole new economy that's emerging," Cassin said. "You don't have to be in a big city. You can have just as much opportunity and just as much success. We all need to find each other."
Cassin and co-founder Nancy Philippart, a one-time General Motors executive, started the Belle Michigan Impact Fund as an outgrowth of a previous $2.5 million venture capital fund they formed in 2012. That initial fund, known as the Belle Capital Fund, was backed by 29 female investors and invested in 14 women-owned companies. One company, Ann Arbor-based Accio Energy Inc., closed last year, while another, Ft. Worth, Texasbased Magaw Medical LLC, was sold in 2016, generating 1.85-times return on investment with the exit.
The Belle Capital Fund has deployed all of its capital and now is in the process of selling another portfolio company, Cassin said. The fund also has received interest from a potential buyer for a fourth portfolio company, she said.
The first fund was "kind of a disruptive innovation" to improve access to capital for women entrepreneurs and to get more high-net worth women involved in venture capital investing, said Cassin, who also serves as the president and CEO of Michigan Women Forward. The organization, formerly known as the Michigan Women's Foundation, focuses on empowering women entrepreneurs and leaders.
"Women have not had access (to capital). The data is really pretty clear," she said. "It was, I think, kind of groundbreaking and revolutionary that we would put together a fund that invests in women-owned businesses and the investments would all come from women investors. That was a pretty unique proposition back in 2010 and '11 when we were putting the fund together."
Cassin and Philippart last year then sought to form a larger, follow-up fund to try to "go big and make a bigger impact," she said.
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The new Belle Michigan Impact Fund comes together as statistics show a relative lack of diversity in the venture capital industry, both in Michigan and across the U.S.
In Michigan as of 2017, just 7 percent of the 134 venture-backed startups were led by a woman CEO, versus 3 percent nationally, according to the annual research report issued by the Michigan Venture Capital Association.
Among venture capital-backed startups in the state, 9 percent were led by a CEO who is a racial minority.
Of the 87 venture capital professionals working in Michigan last year, 8 percent were women, compared to 29 percent nationally. Just 6 percent were racial minorities, versus 22 percent nationwide, according to the MVCA report.
A fund backed by women investors that invests in women-owned startups can become a "leading and driving force in the state of Michigan for more women entrepreneurs and more women investors," said MVCA Executive Director Maureen Miller Brosnan.
The MVCA first began tracking diversity within Michigan's venture capital industry in 2014. The National Venture Capital Association soon after started a comparable effort "with a basic understanding," according to Miller Brosnan.
"As we look to different ways to solve problems, which ultimately leads to innovation and creation, we need different people to bring answers to the table that we might not normally consider. So we look to more women, more racial diversity, and higher diversity within the LGBTQ community joining venture capital and the entrepreneurial space as well," she said. "There is a strong business case for diversifying not only our investments but for finding diverse entrepreneurs that are looking at specific problems from a very particular vantage point."
DRIVING MOMENTUM
Twenty-one of the 29 investors in the original venture fund invested in the new Belle Michigan Impact Fund, which will look for deals in companies involved in health care, manufacturing and technology, sectors the investors know and in which they have enjoyed successful careers.
However, the fund will consider deals in other industries and remains "interested in anything that is really disruptive and innovative," Cassin said.
Investors also will become involved in the startups in which the fund invests, mentoring entrepreneurs and growing their businesses to an eventual exit.
"We don't invest in anybody that we aren't willing to help nurture, if they need us," Cassin said. "We're looking for great companies that ultimately can get to $5, $10, $15, $20 million and then get sold to maybe a private equity firm. We think that's our sweet spot. We're really the seed capital to get these women into the big leagues."
In addition to pursuing more individual women investors, the Belle Michigan Impact Fund has reached out to prospective institutional investors such as banks, foundations and family offices.
Two institutional investors are in the final phase of due diligence "and, I think, will come aboard, and we have two more that we're talking to," Cassin said. She's confident the Belle Michigan Impact Fund will reach its $20 million fundraising goal.
"This is a fund that has momentum," Cassin said.
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EA done, but TH-XX race continues
The new training help will have no significant impact, but decision still needs to be
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While it's still unknown what helicopter will become the new Navy trainer at Naval Air
Station Whiting Field, one piece of the puzzle has been put in place. The Navy
determined that replacing the TH-57 training helicopters with a more advanced
helicopter and new ground based training system will have no significant impact on
the quality of the human environment.
A finding of no significant impact has been issued and preparation of an
environmental impact statement is not required.
The Navy is modernizing its rotary-wing and tilt-rotor integrated pilot production
training program at Training Air Wing Five at NAS Whiting Field, near Milton, Fla.,
and its associated helicopter training Outlying Landing Fields in Florida.
The Advanced Helicopter Training System (AHTS), also called the TH-XX, will replace
the TH-57 Sea Ranger training helicopters and simulators, and the training tempo will
also increase. There will also be changes in operational tactics based on a new
curriculum, construction of temporary and permanent supporting facilities, and an
increase in personnel.
All eyes are now on which of three candidates will replace the TH-57. In the running
is Bell's 407GXi, Airbus Helicopter's H135 and Leonardo Helicopter's TH-119. The
Airbus offering is the only twin-engine of the three contenders.
One of the helos is assembled in Philadelphia, and the other two will be assembled in
the Southeast - one in Columbus, Miss., the other Ozark, Ala.
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) anticipates awarding a single firm-fixed-price
contract for 130 helicopters through a base and up to four options. The contract
award is expected in the first quarter of fiscal 2020. The new platforms will be
purchased beginning in fiscal 2020 and the entire fleet of TH-57s will be replaced by
One competitors has committed to setting up an operation here. Leonardo Helicopter
says it will build a 100,000 square-foot support center at the 267-acre Whiting
Aviation Park, adjacent to the Navy base, if it is selected to supply the TH-XX. It plans
to hire up to 50 workers for around-the-clock maintenance for the helicopters.
The EA
The Navy has made available the Final Environmental Assessment (EA) prepared in
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, which evaluates the
potential environmental effects of the replacement program. The Draft EA was made
available for public review and comment from June 28 through July 19, 2019. All
comments were considered in preparing the Final EA, according to U.S. Fleet Forces
The TH-XX will be a more capable and reliable commercially available helicopter than
what's currently used by Training Air Wing 5 and will be in use through 2050. It will
require an additional 33 training personnel at Whiting Field.
For the Draft EA, a conservative representative surrogate helicopter, the UH-72
Lakota, larger and louder than comparable commercially available helicopters, was
used to analyze the potential impacts from the TH-XX.
Training operations would generally be similar to existing training. However, there
would be an increase in the number of annual flight operations, to include training
involving night vision device training, flying in formation at night, and search an
rescue.
Prior to arrival of the TH-XX, new facilities and associated infrastructure would be
constructed at NAS Whiting Field to accommodate helicopter maintenance activities
and ground based training requirements. Two temporary facilities will be built but
replaced by two permanent structures.
The replacement helicopter
The Sea Ranger, an aircraft based on the Bell Jet Ranger 206, was procured by the
Navy between 1981 and 1985. According to an April 2019 National Defense story, it's
"experiencing obsolescence, diminishing manufacturing sources and material
shortages, and increasingly expensive operating costs relating to aging aircraft
issues," stated the House Armed Services Committee markup for the fiscal year 2019
National Defense Authorization Act. Pilot shortfalls due to these issues could impact
readiness, the document said.
The Navy requested $261.2 million in the base budget to fund 32 aircraft in fiscal
year 2020, according to budget justification documents. Budget projections include
acquiring 31 in fiscal year 2021, 31 in 2022 and 15 in 2023, according to National
Defense.
The new trainer must be able to operate in temperatures ranging from -2 degrees to
102 degrees Fahrenheit. The helicopter must be Federal Aviation Administration
certified and able to fly at 115 knots true air speed at cruise airspeed and capable of
flying at 80 knots when the doors are opened or removed. The aircraft must be
instrument flight rules certified, the document stated, meaning it must meet
requirements to fly in low-visibility conditions where relying on instruments for
navigation is important, wrote National Defense.
The Navy is also requiring a digital health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) for
ground-based display of information to aid in predictive maintenance and reduce
sustainability cost.
The TH-119 earlier this year achieved FAA certification to fly with its new Genesys
Aerosystems glass cockpit, according to an April story by Rotor and Wing. It reported
in July 2019 that the TH-119 was cleared by the FAA to fly in inclement weather
under instrument flight rules, the first single-engine helicopter in decades to earn that
According to Avionics International, about a month after the FAA cleared the
Leonardo TH-119 to fly in inclement weather under instrument flight rules (IFR), on
Aug. 15 Bell received IFR certification for the 407GXi helicopter, the company said.
The Airbus H135 was previously IFR certified.
Leonardo's TH-119 is built in the U.S. at a facility outside Philadelphia. Airbus builds
the H135 in Germany, but plans to assemble the aircraft at its manufacturing facility
in Columbus, Miss., where it also builds the UH-72 A Lakota for the U.S. Army. Bell
builds the 407 in Mirabel, Canada, and in April 2019, Bell announced it would
assemble the 407GXi in Ozark, where it also works on the Fire Scout unmanned
helicopter.
Although the Navy knew the TH-57 would be replaced, in December 2014, the Navy
opted to upgrade the TH-57 simulators with new devices as part of a larger goal of
modernizing the entire helicopter ground training system. Earlier this year NAS
Whiting began receiving new simulators for the TH-57.
"NAS Whiting Field and Training Air Wing Five are responsible for training the nation'
s future aviation warfighters with a world class training program. The wing trains 100
percent of all Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps helicopter students, as well as
some international students," said Julie Zieghorn, a Whiting spokeswoman.
"The helicopter training simulators in use to accomplish that mission are 1970s
technology and required updates to continue the level of training needed for today's
aviation requirements. The new advanced helicopter training system will take some
time to complete acquisition, and the Navy decided to proceed with the purchase of
the new Level 6 and 7 simulators to afford our students the most advanced training
possible. The simulators will be in use for at least seven years, until the new
advanced helicopter training system with simulators are completely on line."
The Whiting role
NAS Whiting Field, a 4,000-acre complex north of Milton, is one of the Navy's two
primary pilot training bases and the busiest aviation complex in the world. It accounts
for more than 1 million flight operations annually. It's comprised of the North Field
and South Field, and 12 outlying landing fields encompassing some 18,000 acres
across four counties in Southeast Alabama and Northwest Florida.
Training Air Wing Five has three primary fixed-wing and three advanced helicopter
squadrons to train aviators from the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force,
and allied nations. The wing has 148 T-6 Texan II aircraft for fixed-wing training and
113 TH-57 helicopters for rotary wing training. Some 1,200 student aviators are
trained each year, including more than 500 helicopter aviators.
More than 60 percent of all primary flight training is performed at Whiting Field, along
with 100 percent of advanced U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard rotary wing
training. Roughly 15 percent of all Navy flight hours are performed at NAS
Whiting Field annually and about 11 percent of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast
Guard flight time worldwide.
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Asteroiden har en diameter på ungefär 8 kilometer.

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I've become accustomed to using saved terminal window groups, as in I open Terminal.app and it launches four windows with specific commands (I do this by opening terminal > Window > Save Windows as Group and checking in both options). Here's the weird part - one computer running High Sierra does this perfectly, as in launches the windows together with commands, yet the other one only opens terminal windows without commands (I have deleted, redeleted, saved and saved again the window group). Maybe someone can shed some light on what I am doing wrong. Basically it acts as if I didn't check the "Restore all commands" checkbox. What do I do?


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Q: Calling objective-c selector methods through FFI in Ruby Say you want to open a simple alertbox, which in the objective-c universe would be something like:
NSAlert *alert = [[[NSAlert alloc] init] autorelease];
    [alert setMessageText:@"Alert."];

    [alert beginSheetModalForWindow:window
                      modalDelegate:self
                     didEndSelector:@selector(alertDidEnd:returnCode:contextInfo:)
                        contextInfo:nil];

The beginModalForWindow is defined as a selector method. In apples reference guide it's full name is "beginSheetModalForWindow:modalDelegate:didEndSelector:contextInfo:"
It's defined in NSAlert.h as:
- (void)beginSheetModalForWindow:(NSWindow *)window modalDelegate:(id)delegate didEndSelector:(SEL)didEndSelector contextInfo:(void *)contextInfo;

Now the simple question, how to define this method in ruby ffi?
module AppKit
  extend FFI::Library

  # Load the Cocoa framework's binary code
  ffi_lib '/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/AppKit'

  attach_function :beginSheetModalForWindow, [:pointer,:pointer,:pointer], :bool
end

Fails with:
An exception occurred running ffi-test.rb
  Function 'beginSheetModalForWindow' not found in [/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/AppKit] (FFI::NotFoundError)

A: In short, you can't.  At least not without a slew of hoop jumping.
attach_function does what it says;  it binds a C function into the Ruby runtime.   beginSheetModalForWindow:modalDelegate:didEndSelector:contextInfo: is not a C function;  it is a selector.
What you really want to bind is the implementation of that selector.
But not really.
What you'd really want to bind is objc_msgSend with a type signature that includes all the arguments to that method.  And you'll also need to attach sel_getUid.  Oh, and you'll need to attach objc_lookUpClass
Then you would do something like (pseudo code):
 ... attach objc_msgSend to msgSend with no arguments and object return type ...
 alert = msgSend(msgSend(msgSend(lookupClass("NSAlert"),getUid("alloc")),
           getUid("init")), getUid("autorelease"))

 ... attach objc_msgSend to bs with all the arguments for beginSheetModal....
 bs(alert, getUid("beginSheetModalForWindow:modalDelegate:didEndSelector:contextInfo", ... all the arguments ...))

Or something like that.
At which point, you've re-invented a very rudimentary form of MacRuby or RubyCocoa.

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Brigg CIC into Challenge Cup semi-finals after Railway win
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Brigg Town Community Interest Club marched into the semi-finals of the Lincolnshire League Challenge Cup with a comprehensive win over Lincoln Moorlands Railway on Saturday.
Cameron Hill's 20th-minute goal gave Brigg a slender half-time lead, but Reece Moody doubled their advantage just seven minutes into the second half.
Joe Moloney, one of five Brigg substitutions made, scored just seven minutes after coming on to make it 3-0, and the hosts capped the win in the fourth minute of stoppage-time when Joe Smithson struck.
The win set up a semi-final clash next year with the winners of the Cleethorpes Town Reserves v Louth Town quarter-final.
League leaders Gainsborough Trinity Reserves took advantage of Brigg's cup commitments to go three points clear at the top thanks to a 2-1 win at home to Ruston Sports.
Town, who have two games in hand on Trinity, are in knockout action once more this weekend as their hunt for honours on three fronts continues.
Their opponents will also be familiar as they travel to Moorlands Railway in the third round of the Lincolnshire FA County Junior Cup. Kick-off is 1.30pm.
Brigg Town Reserves return to Lincolnshire Football League
Rasen area garden centre to close due to 'lack of trade'
Market Rasen rider Phil Crowe lands win on track return
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Andrea over at the fishbowl is hosting a photo challenge today – post one picture an hour between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., showing what you're up to on this Thanksgiving Monday. I'll be updating this post throughout the day with new photos.
Our big dinner with family was yesterday – I hosted and made my first ever turkey. It went well and everything was delicious and there were two kinds of super yummy pie, so that's a big success.
Today is all about relaxing, playing, and eating leftovers.
9 a.m. – Sir Monkeypants having coffee and leftover apple cream pie for breakfast. We've already been up for three hours but due to last night's dinner felt no need to eat before now.
10 a.m. – Everyone had a turn at Wii Fit – even Little Miss Sunshine. Notice Gal Smiley in the background applying glow-in-the-dark toenail polish.
11 a.m. – Having a Super Snack (several snack items mixed in a bowl), while playing Lego.
12 p.m. – Planting tulip and daffodil bulbs – and swearing a lot. Little buggers.
1 p.m. – Leftovers for lunch! Turkey sandwich, sugar snap peas, sweet potatoes in orange sauce (a family tradition).
2 p.m. – Weeding the lawn while the kids play hide and seek. I swear for Halloween I need only make children walk through our backyard for a major scare.
3 p.m. – Little hands washing the car.
4 p.m. – Watering the garden. I don't like to brag, but this purple aster has about 1000 blooms on it thanks to my complete and total neglect.
5 p.m. – Ah yes, the traditional Thanksgiving barbeque. The whole street was outside – it was like a huge party.
6 p.m. – Giving Little Miss Sunshine a bath.
These are great! Looks like you had a nice holiday Monday; good mix of fun and productivity. Your flowers are lovely.
I hope your tulips work out better than mine did. I planted mine on Saturday and when I went outside two hours later, there were nice round, squirrel-dug holes where each one had been.
Great photos! Hmm..apple cream pie!
LOVE this series and the descriptions that go with. Great pics and perspectives.
Nice pictures! And the idea of a neighbourhood Thanksgiving bbq is all kinds of awesome. If I had accepted Andrea's photo challenge, my pictures would have all been of me reading a novel: at the breakfast table, at the playground with Rae, on the front steps of the house studiously ignoring the leaves that need to be raked and the lawn that needs to be mowed.


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The Ethiopia national badminton team () represents Ethiopia in international badminton team competitions. It is controlled by the Ethiopian Badminton Federation, the governing body for Ethiopian badminton. The national team has competed in the All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships.

The Ethiopian mixed team also competed in the African Games.

Participation in African Badminton Championships
The Ethiopian men's and women's team qualified for the 2012 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships (previously named Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa) after becoming the host nation of the tournament. Both men's and women's team were eliminated in the group stage.

Men's team

Women's team

Participation in Africa Games
The Ethiopian mixed team competed in the African Games. They have yet to win a medal in badminton at the Games.

Current squad

Men
Endale Teklu
Fanthhun Estefanos
Asnake Getachew Sahilu
Surafel Yakob

Women
Kedusan Admasu Boke
Mekides Meskale Gudro
Belete Melat
Yerusksew Legssey

References

Badminton
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Badminton in Ethiopia


the Law of "the Passive Resistance".
These violet devas of the four ethers form, as you may imagine, four great groups with seven subsidiary divisions. These four groups work with the four types of men now in incarnation, for it is a statement of fact that at no time in this round are more than four types of men in incarnation at any one time.
A Deva (or Angel) is a god. In Sanskrit a resplendent deity. A Deva is a celestial being, whether good, bad, or indifferent. Devas are divided into many groups, and are called not only angels and archangels, but lesser and greater builders. In the present (solar) system, the second, there are two dominant evolutions, the human and the deva. There are 60 thousand million human monads. Add to this the feminine evolution of the devas, consisting of 140 thousand million.
The higher self, the soul on its own plane, is a great solar angel, who is the medium of expression for the Monad or pure spirit, just as is the personality for the soul on the lower level. From the point of view of man in the three worlds, this soul, or Solar Lord, is eternal; he persists throughout the entire cycle of incarnations, just as the personality persists during the tiny physical life cycle. Nevertheless, this period of existence is only relatively permanent, and the day dawns when the life, which expresses itself through the medium of the soul, the Thinker, the Solar Lord or Manasadeva, seeks to loose itself from even this limitation, and to return to the source from which it originally emanated.
The life then, which manifested as a solar angel, and which, through inherent energy, held together through long ages the form egoic, withdraws itself gradually, and the form slowly dissipates; the lesser lives (the lower devas and elementals) of which it has been constituted, return to the general fount of deva substance, plus the increased consciousness and activity which is theirs through the experience of being built into a form, and utilised by a still higher aspect of existence. Similarly, in the case of the personality, when the life of the soul withdraws, the threefold lower self dissipates; the little lives which form the body of what has been called the lunar self (in contradistinction to the solar self, being but its reflection) are absorbed into the general reservoir of deva substance of a lower vibration to that which composed the body egoic. Similarly, also, their evolution has been furthered through having been built into a form for the use of the higher Self.
The great "impulsive factors" in manifestation, organising substance, directing the multiplicity of lives and beings who constitute the forms through which God expresses divinity.
In a peculiar sense the embodiment of the divine purpose upon the planes of the Monad and of the Triad, just as the aggregate of energies in man's etheric body is the result of his inner direction and the cause of his outer manifestation.
The agents of the divine will because they are a consequence of the point of attainment of our planetary Logos as He exists outside the seven planes of our sphere of existence, the cosmic physical plane.
Conditioned by our planetary Logos cosmic astral and mental vehicles.
In a definite sense the agents of the Universal Mind, even though they are not mental as we understand that term.
Sometimes regarded as blind forces, but that is only because they get their inspiration from levels of divine awareness outside the range of the human consciousness, no matter how high, or when used in its widest connotation.
The particular devas in "their serried ranks" work only on etheric levels - either upon our physical plane or on the cosmic etheric levels. They are therefore active in the realm of maya, which is the etheric plane as we usually understand it, or upon the planes of the Spiritual Triad. The devas are therefore not active on the three gross physical levels or upon the astral or mental planes, nor are they active upon the highest or logoic plane. There they are implicit or latent but not active.
To understand more fully the function of the deva forces, a man must arrive at some understanding of the forces in his etheric body which, in their turn, are the consequence of his point of attainment - an attainment demonstrated by his astral (emotional) and mental natures and activities. These indicate his point of development.
Therefore closely connected with the third aspect of divinity.
Essentially the "eye within the Triangle" - a most familiar symbol to many today.
The expression, in activity, of the "All-See-ing Eye"; through their agency God sees, and through them and the energy directed through them, He directs the creative process.
Under the complete control of these three Buddhas of Activity, Who are the cosmic Prototypes of the Lords of the three major rays (of Will or Power, of Love-Wisdom and Active Intelligence), but not in the sense usually understood when the rays are considered in their relation to man.
The correspondence of these three rays and are responsible for the entire manifested universe, but only within the orbit of the third aspect, the expression of the Universal Mind.
And they come from the cosmic mental plane, just as the energy - distinctive of the second aspect - comes from the cosmic astral plane.
Devas of all kinds and colours are found on the physical etheric levels, but the prevailing hue is violet, hence the term so often employed, the "devas of the shadows." With the coming in of the ceremonial violet ray, we have the amplification of the violet vibration always inherent on these levels and the great opportunity therefore for contact between the two kingdoms. It is in the development of etheric vision (of the physical human eye) and not in clairvoyance that this mutual apprehension will become possible. With the coming in likewise of this ray will arrive those who belong thereon, with a natural gift of seeing etherically. Children will frequently be born who will see etherically as easily as the average human being sees physically; as conditions of harmony gradually evolve out of the present world chaos, devas and human beings will meet as friends.
As the two planes, astral and physical, merge and blend, and continuity of consciousness is experienced upon the two, it will be difficult for human beings to differentiate at first between devas of the astral plane, and those of the physical. At the beginning of this period of recognition, men will principally contact the violet devas, for those of the higher ranks amongst them are definitely making the attempt to contact the human. These devas of the shadows are of a dark purple, on the fourth etheric level, of a lighter purple, much the same colour as violet, on the third etheric level, a light violet on the second, whilst on the atomic subplane they are of a glorious translucent lavender.
II. those devas who form the etheric bodies of every form in manifestation. These constitute the bulk of the lesser devas.
Each group is represented on each of the four subplanes, and this grouping must be considered as but one method of differentiation out of the many possible.
The devas of the ethers carry on their foreheads a translucent symbol (a crescent moon); by this they may be distinguished from the astral devas by those able to see clairvoyantly.
They have come in from another planetary scheme, and are specialists in their particular line.
They have attained, or passed through, the human kingdom, and are of equal rank with certain members of the Hierarchy, having chosen to stay and work in connection with the physical plane evolution.
They are only twelve and are also mentioned in the list below.
The number of the deva evolution is six, as that of man is now five, and as ten stands for perfected man, so twelve stands for perfection in the deva kingdom. This group presides over the three which are enumerated in the same list below.
1. Four of the higher devas coming from another planetary scheme presides the violet group.
And four groups of violet devas, associated with the etheric doubles of all that exists on the physical plane. These four are in two divisions, those associated with the building of the etheric doubles, and those out of whose substance these doubles are built.
For the violet devas the path of attainment lies through feeling, and through educating the race in the perfecting of the physical body in its two departments.
- all the elementals working with the etheric counterparts of so-called inanimate objects.
These are named in the order and the importance of their development. The violet devas are on the evolutionary path. The elementals are on the involutionary path, the goal for them being is to pass into the deva kingdom of violet hue.
2. Five of the higher devas coming from another planetary scheme presides in the green group.
The green devas of the vegetable kingdom. They exist in two divisions also. They are of high development, and will be contacted principally along the lines of magnetisation. The greater devas of this order preside over the magnetic spots of the earth, they guard the solitude of the forests, reserve intact spaces on the planet which are required to be kept inviolate; they defend them from molestation, and with the violet devas are at this time working definitely, temporarily, under the Lord Maitreya. The Raja Lord of the astral plane, Varuna and his brother Kshiti, regularly consult the council chamber of the Hierarchy for specific adjustments, and as the Masters are endeavouring to prepare humanity for service when the World Teacher comes, so these Raja Lords are working along similar lines in connection with the devas. They are arduous in Their work, intense in Their zeal, but much obstructed by man.
For the green devas the path of service is seen in magnetisation, of which the human race as a whole knows nothing as yet. Through this power they act as the protectors of the vegetable plant life, and of the sacred spots of the earth; in their work lies the safety of man's body, for from the vegetable kingdom for the remainder of this round comes the nourishment of that body.
- the elementals who work with the fruits, vegetables, and with all that leads to the covering of the earth's surface with verdure.
Associated with them are the lesser devas of magnetisation, those attached to sacred spots, to talismans and to stones, and also a special group to be found around the habitations of the Masters wherever situated.
3. Two higher devas coming from another planetary scheme presides in the white group, with a presiding officer of rank equal to a Chohan.
The white devas of the air and water who preside over the atmosphere work with certain aspects of electrical phenomena, and control the seas, rivers, and streams. From among them, at a certain stage in their evolution, are gathered the guardian angels of the race when in physical plane incarnation. Each unit of the human family has his guardian deva.
For the white devas the path of service lies in the guarding of the individuals of the human family, in the care and segregation of types, in the control of the water and air elementals, and much that concerns the fish kingdom.
- the devas who guard each human being.
This list is not complete and does not include the grosser elementals, the brownies, and those that inhabit the dark spaces of the earth, the cities and the subterranean spots of the earth's crust.
Thus in the service of humanity in some form or another lies attainment for these physical plane devas. They have much to give and do for humanity, and in time it will be apparent to the human unit what he has to give towards the perfecting of the deva kingdom. A great hastening of their evolution goes forward now coincident with that of the human family.


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Víctor Vaillant (Montevideo, 15 de agosto de 1944) es un político uruguayo. Fue elegido diputado por el Partido Colorado en 1984, y en 2004 senador por el Frente Amplio.

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Dirigente sindical de la Asociación de Funcionarios del CASMU y de la Federación Uruguaya de la Salud (fundador de esta última). En varias oportunidades fue detenido, junto a otros dirigentes sindicales, por las fuerzas represivas y confinado en establecimientos militares en el marco de las «Medidas Prontas de Seguridad» impuestas desde el gobierno del presidente Jorge Pacheco Areco. Fue invitado a integrar el estrado que preside el impresionante acto del Plenario Intersindical de Trabajadores (PIT) el 1 de mayo de 1983.

Épocas de dictadura
Como integrante de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Partido Colorado, reclama la amnistía general e irrestricta para los presos políticos de la dictadura, siendo la primera vez que se levantaba en un acto público el reclamo de la amnistía. Manuel Flores Mora intervino inmediatamente dando su apoyo al reclamo en un memorable discurso.

En el año 1983, viajó a Europa a reunirse con las colectividades de exiliados en varios países y con la central sindical sueca. Junto a Ernesto de los Campos, compañero de dirección del semanario Convicción, visitó España, Francia, Suiza, Italia, Grecia, Dinamarca, Holanda y Suecia. En octubre y noviembre de ese año se reunió con las organizaciones de exiliados uruguayos en cada uno de esos países, y en Suecia gestionaron y obtuvieron apoyo económico para el semanario, ante la central de trabajadores suecos. Reunidos en Madrid, los primeros días de noviembre, con el dirigente sindical y militante socialista en el exilio Artigas Melgarejo, concibieron la idea de organizar un viaje al Uruguay de los hijos de los exiliados políticos uruguayos en Europa. Pocos días después, de regreso en Montevideo, escribió un editorial con su firma en el semanario Convicción lanzando la idea; veinticuatro horas más tarde, se creó la Comisión del Reencuentro de los Uruguayos, presidida por Vaillant, para organizar a nivel local el mencionado viaje.

El 26 de diciembre de 1983, ante el desconcierto de la dictadura, un vuelo de Iberia ponía en el aeropuerto 154 niños, hijos de uruguayos que tenían prohibido su ingreso al Uruguay, y se provocaba una de las movilizaciones populares más importantes que la historia del país conoció. Una multitud los recibió en la calle, a lo largo de todo el trayecto desde el aeropuerto hasta la Ciudad Vieja, bajo el grito de «¡Tus padres volverán!».

En febrero de 1984 fue designado por la recientemente integrada dirección del PIT para viajar a España a reunirse con los principales dirigentes de la proscrita Convención Nacional de Trabajadores (CNT) en el exilio.

Viajó a México invitado por los exiliados uruguayos nucleados en Convergencia Democrática. Los compatriotas integrantes de dicha organización en el exilio lo invitaron a ese país para reunirse con ellos en marzo de 1984, y estando aún en México, aceptó una invitación del gobierno cubano para visitar la isla, reuniéndose con autoridades del gobierno —entre ellos, Fidel Castro— y exiliados uruguayos allí radicados.

Cargos políticos
En las elecciones nacionales de noviembre de 1984 es electo diputado por la Corriente Batllista Independiente (CBI), de Manuel Flores Silva, que obtiene más de 70 000 votos: le corresponde ocupar una banca en el Senado y dos en Diputados. Asume como diputado el 15 de febrero de 1985, en el primer el parlamento democrático luego de doce años de dictadura. Es electo como miembro titular del Comité Ejecutivo Nacional del Partido Colorado para el período 1985-1990. El 5 de marzo de 1985, a escasos veinte días de haber asumido su banca y solo cinco días después de haberse instalado el doctor Julio María Sanguinetti como presidente de la república, presenta junto al diputado Daniel Lamas la primera iniciativa parlamentaria para liberar a los presos políticos de la dictadura.

A fines de 1986, se aprueba la Ley de Caducidad; Vaillant es el único diputado colorado que se le opone. Como consecuencia del apoyo de Flores Silva a esta ley, Vaillant se desvincula de la CBI y crea el Movimiento de Reafirmación Batllista.

En enero de 1989 viaja a Cuba invitado personalmente por Fidel Castro para la conmemoración de los 30 años de la Revolución. La delegación uruguaya es integrada además por Raúl Fernando Sendic y varios dirigentes políticos de distintos partidos.

En las elecciones de noviembre de 1989, se postula al Senado por su sector, sin resultar electo. Al año siguiente, habiendo dejado su banca de diputado, se consulta su opinión y disposición para ocupar cargos de responsabilidad política en el gobierno del Dr. Luis Alberto Lacalle, por parte de las autoridades de su partido. Su negativa es inmediata, manifestando que las diferencias ideológicas y programáticas se lo impedían. Vuelve a actividades privadas.

En 1995 es designado por el segundo gobierno de Julio María Sanguinetti como presidente del ente autónomo estatal Administración de Ferrocarriles del Estado (AFE), cargo que ocupa hasta 1998. Durante su administración se vendió la Estación Central General Artigas para desarrollar un proyecto inmobiliario, y parte del ramal a Maldonado en desuso para construir una carretera. En las elecciones internas de abril de 1999, se presenta como precandidato presidencial dentro del Partido Colorado, ya en un clima de alejamiento respecto a la línea programática de sus principales dirigentes, y obteniendo una reducida votación.

En marzo de 2000, junto a excompañeros del Movimiento de Reafirmación Batllista, funda el Movimiento Claveles Rojos. La asamblea fundacional se realiza el 25 de marzo, siendo electo secretario general, ingresando el movimiento como un nuevo sector al Encuentro Progresista del Frente Amplio. En el 2003, junto con dirigentes del Movimiento de Participación Popular, funda el Espacio 609, integrado también por el movimiento egresado del Partido Nacional Columna Blanca. Esta lista es la más votada dentro del Frente Amplio. En 2004 es electo senador de la república por el Frente Amplio.

Concluida la campaña por las elecciones internas de junio de 2009, Vaillant declaró su intención de retirarse de la política y darle paso a las nuevas generaciones.

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Senadores de Uruguay
Diputados de Uruguay
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Políticos del partido Colorado (Uruguay)
Políticos del Frente Amplio (Uruguay)
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I will never forget sitting in Nicotine Rehab, required by insurance…even though I neVer smoked, and hearing the shocking lung cancer statics! I also realized physicians & surgeons and their teams may feel the ugly lung cancer stigma.
Through research and also through personal experience I realized the Stigma is unfair. It made me so mad I decided to started running, 3 years after surgery. to prove there can be quality of life after lung cancer. I ran a 5k race in 50 states and I Often finished 1st in my age group!
I started running a 10k in every continent 2014. But that was interrupted when I was invited to the Kili Heart Climb this summer Aug 2016.
our every move. I love a challenge.
Honestly walking heal toe to the peak was almost as challenging as breathing was after lung cancer resection! But I made it to Uhuru Peak! This would not have been possible without so many wonderful souls! I can't wait until mountain testing results are in! Watching thecresearch teams work was amazing! Do they ever find time to sleep?
My husband & I started a foundation to create lung cancer awareness and lung health awareness so lives can be saved and research finds can be raised for lung cancer the #1 cause of death Lung Cancer killer.
We sponsor Running Lungs 10k 5k and 2k Run/Walk/Fun events to raise awareness and research dollars.
Kudus to all of my doctors and everyone at MayoClinic…including the work of everyone Rochester. I am so grateful.
Again Thank You. Let's get A lung cancer support group together and shake out a cure!
Oh, come join us No v4th at 4pm at Soldiers Field you can walk run or just say hi!
If you participate you will receive some nice swag!
Hi Linda, thank you for starting this discussion on lung cancer and non-smoking. When people hear lung cancer, they often default to smoking as the single cause. Lung cancer patients whether they were smokers or not have to bear the blame and stigma. I can't believe you had to go to nicotine rehab.
Can you elaborate on the statement you made — I also realized physicians & surgeons and their teams may feel the ugly lung cancer stigma — Did you mean some healthcare professionals treating lung cancer may also bear the burden of stigma or that they may also perpetuate the stigma? How can patients help change that?
Hi Colleen: Francis 5 is an amazing hospital ward where I recovered after lung cancer surgery. I had an amazingly brilliant, dedicated and compassionate medical team. Their support helped me want to fully recover. As difficult as it is.
Lung cancer surgery and difficulty breathing can put you and everyone around you at the brink of life.
I could not help but feel the emotions of my medical team as well. They work so hard with many challenges.
Then there are the follow up calls after you go home. One of mine was, "its hurts to breathe." The kind & perhaps sad voice said, "l know!" That person soon left the department. I ran into a favorite nurse, after she quit her career…the emotional pain was too great! I said I get it & now, Who is helping you? She said, No one understands!
I thought, what does that stress really do to our professionals who work with a disease that has such a high death rate? And horrible unfair stigma?
So, I strive to be the best patient !
I want to make a difference in the lives of everyone who works on Francis 5 as well as those who we may never see including research teams.
What do professionals go through?
What does it do to them personally?
How to they deal with the depression caused by the stigma as a professional trying to save lives?
How many talented brilliant professionals walk away?
Then what? It's very sad but true!
Nine years ago there was not a lot of research information about lung cancer and less about Lung Cancer and Never Smokers.
Thanks to Mayo Clinic research now that is changing! However, it is shocking to me, the more I advocate for lung cancer, lung health and pulmonary research funding (for all) that the stigma & blame and lack of lung cancer & lung health are still wrapped around smoking! We all know smoking is bad!!! But what about the other factors? Environment, Diet, Hormones, Genetics…????
And how can we raise the awareness for desperately needed research lung cancer funding?
What about the frustration of the brilliant doctors and research teams who have the unbelievable desire to research a disease that will topple "1" Billion deaths in the 21st Centry?
What about the small town doctors who are not properly diagnosing their patients ? …but honestly thought it was asthma? And then that 6 year old, or 20 year old , or 36 year old ,or 42 year old , never smokers that died… of Lung Cancer?
What about all of those who know their body is not well, but don't have a clue about lung disease?
What about the medical cost? Cost to family,? community ?and government ?
Why haven't the statics about lung cancer and" 17% chance of surviving" changed since too many years ago ? (the mid 70's).
Lung cancer deaths surpassed Breast cancer deaths in the late 1980's!
Lung cancer takes more lives each year than Colon, Breast & Prostate Cancers combined not only in the USA but worldwide!
So let's work together and step over the stigma and unite to support lung cancer, lung health and pulmonary research! Let's save lives by saving our lungs!
Let's start by learning & teaching our children about the amazing lungs!
I'm ready to share ideas and fun lung facts if anyone wants to step over stigma with me…a grateful 9 year lung cancer survivor, who Never Smoked and is Fighting to help Save Lives from the #1 cancer killer Lung Cancer!
How do we Connect Lung cancer patients who live in loneliness and fear due to Stigma?
What can I do after I gain trust of lung cancer patients and loved ones who have shared stories and then their emails, but haven't found the courage to connect with their email, yet have a desire to silently connect?
Hello @llwortman! Your story is inspiring and your passion is contagious. Thank you for sharing both. What a journey you have been on!
Mayo Clinic Connect is the perfect place for you to support and connect with others who are experiencing the same feelings, diagnosis and concern as you.
We promote keeping community dialogue public to support those needing to connect. There is the option of a private message if someone is needing to communicate or ask you a private question. However, being open and sharing your journey is the best way to let others know they are not alone.
@llwortman, I see you have connected with others already in other discussions. Great job!
Dear Jamie: so nice to hear your positive reply!
I still need your coaching as to how to share others info? Any suggestions?
Thank you for your amazing support! Your team is making such positive changes and giving HOPE by connecting patients and loved ones on their health journey.
Keep up the great work! I am grateful. You deserve a hug!
Don't know how you consider having lung cancer a blesssing, but I agree Francis 5 is an amazinag place…and Mayo in Rochester and Jacksonvile are wonderful!
My wife, Kay had VATS surgery to remove 2 lobes in her right lung in May, 2015. At the time, we were devastated by the disease. She had been on a journey of 15 months with pulmonary doctors, gastro doctors, etc. all of which told us that it was not a cancer! Finally, I contacted Mayo through the web site and applied for an appointment. The folks in Rochester worked fast and got her in right away, once they determined she had a non small cell adenecarcinoma.
She had CHEMO in August/September and finally last fall Dr. Menefee discovered that it was back! He re-staged her to stage 4 and as of today, she has had 9 Obdivo treatments…only to find out with the last PETSCAN that she is not responding. So, we had a needle biopsey done in Jacksonville on October 27 to enable the process of Genomics Profiling. We are awaiting word from Mayo as to any possible alternative therapies our there. The waiting is PAINFULL to say the least!
Keep on with your good news and we will let you know what we find out-once we hear back in December.
After departing Rochester we returned home and I had a tough time climbing stairs, sitting, sleeping, I'm sure you know.
I received a call from Mayo oncology asking if I wanted to participate in the Paced Breathing Research Study, by Dr Amit Sood.
lung cancer, life and breath. I also learned researchers suffer the same unfair stigma and this is why it has been difficult to find a cure!
think? It helped me change my life…and that is a blessing that would have never happened if it had not been for lung cancer.
I will be sending you and your wife silent blessings and prayers. Amazing discoveries are happening at Mayo Clinic, you are in the best medical facility in the world! Thank you for sharing. Take care.
Thanks Linda for your kind words.
We finally got some good news today…the bone marrow biopsy done several weeks ago came back all negative…no leukemia-yeah!
Now if we can get a good alternative therapy from the genomics study we will be elated!
I ordered the book today…hoping it will brighten our lives with happiness!
So happy to hear the good news! Every day is a blessing. Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy the book. Just think how happy your doctors are knowing they gave you good news! Keep smiling and I will keep sending silent blessings to you both! Thanks for sharing. I admire brace people!


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est un groupe de metalcore chrétien américain de Dallas, au Texas. Ils ont sorti deux EP indépendants en 2008 intitulés Fit for a King et Awaken the Vesper en 2009 et un album indépendant, Descendants, en 2011. Puis, le groupe a sorti quatre albums studio avec leur label Solid State Records intitulé Creation / Destruction, un réenregistrement de Descendants (2013), Slave to Nothing (2014), Deathgrip (2016) et Dark Skies (2018).

Histoire

Période indépendante (2007-2012)
Fit for a King a été créé à Tyler au Texas en 2007 par Jared Easterling, Aaron Decur, Justin Juno, Jared McFerron, Alex Danforth et Jed McNeill. Le groupe a d'abord joué sur des scènes locales et a sorti 2 EP, Fit for a King et Awaken the Vesper. En 2009, les membres du groupe ont décidé de commencer à s'investir à plein temps, et McNeill et McFerron ont quitté le groupe pour poursuivre leurs études. Ryan Kirby du groupe Bodies Awake (basé à Fort Worth) a rejoint Fit for a King en 2010 pour remplacer Mason Wilson, qui avait temporairement remplacé Danforth en tant que leader. Bobby Lynge a ensuite rejoint le groupe comme guitariste. Le groupe a sorti leur premier album de manière indépendante avec Descendants, en 2011. Avec la sortie de leur clip "Ancient Waters", le groupe a commencé à gagner un public. Le bassiste Decur a quitté le groupe en 2011 pour poursuivre une carrière dans le droit et a été remplacé par Aaron Kadura qui avait également chanté en chant clair dans le groupe Easterling.

Solid State Records (depuis 2012)
En juillet 2012, Fit for a King a signé au label Solid State Records. FFAK a sorti son premier album studio Creation / Destruction le 12 mars 2013. L'album a été vendu à plus de 3 100 exemplaires dans sa première semaine. Le Billboard a classé Création / Destruction  sur les ventes d'albums,  dans la catégorie musique chrétienne, et  dans la catégorie Hard Rock

Leur deuxième album était un réenregistrement de Descendants, qui est sorti le 25 novembre 2013. Il s'est classé  au Billboard,  dans la catégorie musique chrétienne.

Le troisième album de Fit for a King, Slave to Nothing, est sorti le 14 octobre 2014 avec trois singles dont  "Slave to Nothing" avec Mattie Montgomery de For Today.

Le groupe a sorti son quatrième album studio avec Deathgrip le 7 octobre 2016.

Le 1er juin 2018, le groupe sort un nouveau single, Tower of Pain.

Membres du groupe

Les membres actuels

 Jared Easterling - batterie (2007-présent), chant clair (2007-2014)
 Ryan Kirby - scream (2010-présent), voix claires (2014-présent)
 Bobby Lynge - guitares (2010-présent), chœurs (2010-présent),
 Ryan O'Leary - basse, voix claires (2014-présent)

Anciens membres

 Alex Danforth - chant hurlé(2007-2008)
 Justin Juno - basse (2007-2008)
 Jared Mcferron - guitares (2007-2009)
 Jed McNeill - claviers (2007-2009)
 Mason Wilson - chant, guitares (2008-2010)
 Aaron Decur - guitares (2007-2008), basse (2008-2011)
 Justin Hamra - guitares (2008-2013)
 Aaron Kadura - basse, voix claires (2011-2014)

Discographie

Albums studios

 Descendants (2011)
 Creation/Destruction (2013)
 Slave to Nothing (2014)
 Deathgrip (2016)
Dark Skies (2018)
The Path (2020)

EP

 Fit for a King (2008)
 Awaken the Vesper (2009)

Notes et références

Voir aussi

 Solid State Records

Liens externes
 Site officiel

Groupe américain de metalcore
Groupe américain de metal chrétien
Groupe musical du Texas
Groupe musical formé en 2007


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The Yankees made a feeble move on Thursday to shore up their pathetic situation at first base. They've already cut Chris Carter, missing person Matt Holliday appears to be on a permanent holiday and Greg Bird might as well be playing in French Lick for all the good he's done them in the Bronx. The overall production from the first-base position this year for the Yankees has been nothing short of abysmal. So, The Evil Ones traded away a marginal relief pitcher (Tyler Webb) and got back a minor-league first-baseman (Garrett 'Don't Call Me Cecil' Cooper). Yawn. Tomorrow night The Pinstriped Posers come to Fenway Park for a week-end series that could prove interesting.


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Spotlight shines on stars, not designers dressing them
Robin Givhan
The red carpet – that staple of award shows – is bad for fashion. This wasn't always so, but now it is.
The benefits celebrities reap from the season of step-and-repeat, which began in earnest with Sunday's Golden Globe Awards, are significant, whether it is a boost to a level of acclaim that their resume does not support or a steady stream of attention while they await their next role.
What do designers get? The opportunity to create a pretty – but safe – formal gown that briefly amuses the eye but does little to move the fashion needle.
Actors such as Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Lupita Nyong'o and Eddie Redmayne have all used fashion as a way of propelling themselves forward – faster than their admirable acting chops alone would have done. They glow in the pop culture galaxy, swooned over in Vogue and GQ – their aesthetic acumen conflated with their acting skills.
It is hard to blame them for their efforts. Hollywood no longer is producing the kind of matinee idols of yore, the ones whose very presence on the big screen could send consumers running to the box office. We still have stars to transport us, the beleaguered, to fantasyland, but they are not built by Hollywood alone.
Designers have become part of the myth-making machine – as important as the lighting director, the makeup artist and the hairstylist. And almost as invisible.
The morning after a splendid showing on the red carpet, after everyone has discussed who looked marvelous and who should try harder, few people are rhapsodizing over the skill of a bias cut or the brilliant use of beading. The designer names go virtually unmentioned. It's all about Lupita's (Ralph Lauren) cape, Pharrell's (Vivienne Westwood) hat and Rihanna's (Tom Ford) pasties.
In the fashion salons of New York, Milan and Paris, workers may be keeping score: Did more women wear Versace than Valentino? Designers and manufacturers may be sussing out a trend or two from the kleig-lit promenade. Perfect for prom! But in the broader world, where all the hard work of an atelier is supposed to get noticed, in our consideration of the red carpet, the designer is no longer essential.
During award show season, the clothes flow by like bonbons on a conveyor belt. We consume the delights so quickly that we can't fully appreciate them. The umpteenth Versace gown no longer feels special – even if it happens to be an especially nice one. And the more times stars are asked "Who made your dress?," the faster we forget the answer.
In the beginning, which is to say back in 1988 when Giorgio Armani opened his Beverly Hills boutique and proceeded to dress actress Michelle Pfeiffer elegantly and uniquely in a navy cocktail suit for the Academy Awards, the wardrobing of an actor for the red carpet was one of the few ways for designers to rocket their name into the pop culture vernacular.
Back then, the inner loop of the fashion industry consisted of designers, models and editors. A celebrity sighting at a fashion show was something worth bragging about. And to dress an Oscar nominee was a coup. Award shows were rare and the light shone so brightly on the stars who were well-dressed – because not all of them were; in fact, most of them weren't – that everyone in their orbit was gloriously illuminated, including the designers. Who made your dress? The answer – Armani, Prada, Badgley Mischka, Vera Wang – could transform a lucky designer's business.
That was more than 25 years ago.
Today, designers, whether they believe it or not, no longer need the wattage of celebrities to bring them buzz, make them legit or otherwise bless them with cultural relevance. They have social media. Designers can star in their own television shows. They can live-stream their runway productions. Celebrities are no longer a boon; they are a crutch.
It is always flattering to have someone of the stature of Julianne Moore knock on a designer's door in search of a fancy dress. It must be personally gratifying to make a young starlet feel like Cinderella for an evening. But celebrities need fashion – benefit from fashion – a lot more than designers now benefit from stars. One of the most sought-after handbag brands of the last season, the upstart Mansur Gavriel, has no celebrity endorsers. And one of Hollywood's long-favored brands, Gucci, is sorting through financial woes.
For celebrities, however, fashion is more necessary than ever. They are constantly Instagramming their own self-consciously styled lives – Solange goes glamping at Joshua Tree! – and paparazzi hunt stars even when they're just walking out of the gym. But nothing beats an awards show red carpet. An appearance there in just the right look has the potential to turn starlets into style icons and make a convincing argument that a class clown can play a leading man.
Few actors have remained disengaged from fashion while staying atop the heap. Only the great Meryl Streep immediately comes to mind. Some, such as Johnny Depp, have cast themselves as fashion eccentrics. Others such as Jodie Foster and, now, Angelina Jolie, have eschewed glamour for studied intellectualism. But all of them, in some way, use fashion.
Jolie is actively using it to announce her transition from actress to director. After her right leg inspired its own meme at the 2012 Oscars, she is now dressing discreetly. The white Ralph & Russo dress with its matching capelet that she wore to the British premiere of her film "Unbroken" would have been equally at home at Sunday church service.
Ralph & Russo, founded in 2007, is the first British label to become part of the official Paris haute couture schedule in a century. Jolie has been relying on it for clothes that are elegant and highbrow – and befitting a serious filmmaker. What does Ralph & Russo get from this association? Well, now you've heard of Ralph & Russo.
There used to be more surprises on the red carpet. Not strange Cher tomfoolery, but moments when a barely known designer got a shot at the big formal gown and it captured the imagination. When Uma Thurman wore a lilac Prada gown to the Oscars in 1995, the Italian label was still relatively obscure. Now, the red carpet is controlled by major labels that strike exclusive deals with actresses or have the prestige to woo them into acquiescence. Few celebrities are willing to stray from the familiar litany: Armani, Valentino, Dior, Chanel, Versace, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Prada and Tom Ford. Names repeated so often we've gone deaf to them.
Small design houses barely stand a chance. And at its worst, the red carpet sucks young designers into creating one-of-a-kind gowns that they cannot afford to make in the hopes that lightning will strike and theirs will become the dress that everyone talks about the next morning. But even when that happens, it wasn't Peter Som's beautiful floral dress or Prabal Gurung's grand red gown. It was Julie Bowen's adventurous spirit and January Jones' regal stance. Such a Catch-22: When designers are at their best, as these were, the applause should be for the woman and not the frock.
Last year, Nyong'o made masterful use of fashion on the red carpet. She embraced an aesthetic that defined her as a new classic. Nyong'o won the Oscar, but perhaps even more important, People magazine declared her the "most beautiful" woman in the world; Lancôme signed her to an endorsement deal; and Vogue ran a cover story that described her as a "deity."
Rihanna's star has risen steadily higher – and it's not due to her modest vocal range. Seventh Avenue declared the Grammy winner a fashion icon; she is a muse to French designer Olivier Rousteing and was the star of his Balmain advertising campaign. Last year, she was named creative director for Puma. Even Michael Jordan didn't get to be creative director of Nike, and he was an actual athlete.
The fashion industry is so good at what it does. Its designers, stylists and photographers transform actors into gods and goddesses with an efficiency that Hollywood cannot match. They make us ogle celebrities. They help write the script for how we assess beauty, glamour and sex appeal.
But on the red carpet, the designer is just part of a village of tradesmen and crafts people. That's the way Hollywood works. The sun only shines on the star.


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Showing a war through a screen
Jan. 14, 2017, 1:17 p.m. | By Amy Forsbacka | 4 years ago
Social media personalizes the struggles of people living through the Aleppo crisis
Bana Alabed, seven, is a little Syrian girl bringing the daily struggles of living in a war zone and what is happening inside of Aleppo to the forefront of national media. Her medium for doing this? Twitter. During Syria's civil war, social media is helping the international community care more about the Aleppo conflict by directly seeing how it affects those living in Aleppo. Some people living in Aleppo are sharing what they're dealing with over social media and it's telling the world, "Hey, the crisis in Aleppo matters, and it needs attention." By personalizing this crisis, the international community can be prompted to take action and help those in need.
Syrians trapped in Aleppo are saying goodbye in what may be their last moments alive on Twitter and WhatsApp. Abdulla Saleem, 39, a doctor living in the bombed out remains of a building, said on WhatsApp, "They are killing everyone. ... My friends are doctors, who were providing the only possible medical care to the injured. Now they are butchered. Everyone is dying. I will soon die, too." The outside world can get a view into how the crisis is affecting the everyday lives of individuals living in Aleppo and the desperation of the people living in the city.
Bana Alabed and her mother tweet about what is happening to them to Aleppo and what they do to cope with the war through their Twitter account, which currently has 367,000 followers. Their struggles have not gone unnoticed, as Alabed and her family were recently evacuated from Aleppo to Turkey. The urgency of her tweets has captured the heart of many while bringing to light the dire humanitarian situation in Aleppo. Alabed has been called the girl "who announced the Aleppo massacre to the world on social media" and has been likened to Anne Frank. Using social media as a spotlight on the cruelty of the war is one of the ways it's being used by those trapped in Aleppo to expose the crisis to the international stage. Another person using social media to give the outside world glimpses into what living in the war torn city is like is Wissam Zarqa, an English teacher and anti-government activist in Aleppo. Zarqa posts pictures and videos to a WhatsApp group about bits of news, attacks and views into his daily life.
The people in Aleppo voicing their struggles online are not in isolation. The Syrian civil war is one that has been dominated by social media. How information is perceived and how the war is being portrayed has been shaped by social media. Opposition groups in the war and even President Bashar al-Assad have used YouTube and Twitter to convey their political message through social media exposure and use it as a platform. The victims of the war are cut off from the world yet connected to a national audience at the same time. Some Syrians, like others in Zarqa's WhatsApp group cannot leave their areas for fear of being killed or arrested by the Syrian government, but they can connect to the outside world through social media. When people are able to see on a personal level what living through this war is like, hopefully it helps the international community feel a greater sense of urgency about helping to evacuate and help people like Alabed and Zarqa. The crisis in Aleppo has ravaged the lives of thousands and destroyed a historic city. Through online glimpses of what living in a war zone is really like, it's time the world wakes up to what the people in Aleppo face every day.
Last updated: Dec. 19, 2018, 8:41 a.m.
Tags: Abdulla Saleem Aleppo Bana Alabed President Bashar al-Assad Syrian civil war Twitter WhatsApp Wissam Zarqa
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